Hearing what Zhou Tong said, Hu Yuan asked: "Did the old gentleman reveal his whereabouts during this trip? A poor Taoist has just entered the world, but he doesn't know who is a powerful person in the Liao Kingdom. How can he make the old gentleman, a great master of martial arts, feel troublesome?"
Zhou Tong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "As the saying goes, 'There are people outside the world, and there is heaven outside the world.' When it comes to masters, we have a saying in the Song Dynasty called 'Wu worships one Buddha, and Tao worships two immortals.' It refers to a Shaolin sect who has reached the level of martial arts." The nameless old monk who is in the realm of Tongxuan Tianren, and the two land gods who have perfected their Taoism, Erxianshan Luo Zhenren and Longhushan Zhang Tianshi. In front of these three, I, the so-called great master, are really worthless.
"And the Liao Kingdom was able to confront the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and even steadily suppressed the Song Dynasty. Naturally, it has the foundation to rely on. In the far north of the Liao Kingdom, there is a place that is regarded as a holy place by the Liao Kingdom, even if the Liao Kingdom The mysterious place that the emperor cannot easily set foot on is called the Blackwater Shrine. Each generation of palace owners of the Blackwater Shrine is a beautiful woman who practices martial arts and shamanic magic. Regardless of age, they will immediately take over the throne once they succeed. He has the martial arts realm of Tongxuan Tianren and the shamanic magical skills that rival the Taoist land gods.
"As far as I know, during the war between Song and Liao for more than a hundred years, the Song Dynasty also sent out Tongxuan heavenly beings and land gods, but they were suppressed by the master of the 'Blackwater Palace' at that time. Fortunately, all the 'Blackwater Gods' The masters of the palace seem to be subject to certain restrictions, and their footprints have never set foot in the territory of the Liao Kingdom, otherwise the situation in our Song Dynasty will only be more difficult."
Hu Long frowned and said, "Could it be that the old gentleman accidentally bumped into the palace master of the Blackwater Palace this time?"
Zhou Tong smiled and said: "If I really bump into the palace owner of the Blackwater Palace, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you two here. In fact, although my troubles are in the Blackwater Palace, the cause is elsewhere. On one person..."
At that moment, he described in detail his sneaking into the Liao Kingdom.
It turns out that Zhou Dong sneaked into the Liao Kingdom at the beginning of the year, which coincided with the Liao Kingdom's Emperor Yelu Yanxi's tour of Chunzhou and summoned the leaders of the Jurchen tribe to come to court.
He wanted to take this opportunity to observe Yelu Yanxi's magnanimity, so he secretly followed him all the way.
The results of the observation made Zhou Tong very pleased. Yelu Yanxi really did not look like a human king, and his actions were only more absurd than the current literary and elegant Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Ordinarily, as the civil strife in Liao continues, he should have comforted the leaders of the various Jurchen tribes who were summoned to win their hearts.
However, he lost his moral integrity after drinking at the banquet, and he was very frivolous and ordered these Jurchen tribe leaders to perform dances in public to entertain the ears and eyes.
Although the leaders of the Jurchen tribe were angry, they were all afraid of the power of the Liao Kingdom, so they could only hold their noses and jump around randomly.
Only one of them, Wanyan Aguda, a tribal leader from the Changbai Mountains, not only refused to dance, but instead raised the table and angrily accused the other leaders of being spineless, criticizing Yelu Yanxi a lot in his words.
Although Yelu Yanxi was furious at the time, he still had some basic sense as a monarch. He knew that if he killed this person at the banquet, he would force all the Jurchen tribes to rebel together. The Liao Kingdom, which was already suffering from internal and external troubles, could not afford such trouble. .
However, he could not kill Wanyan Aguda, but he still had to teach this barbarian who dared to contradict him some lessons before he could let go of the bad breath he was holding in his chest.
At that time, Yelu Yanxi ordered one of his imperial guards to challenge Wanyan Aguda, intending to severely humiliate him.
Wanyan Aguda refused to dance with others, but did not refuse to compete with others. He immediately got up and started fighting with the imperial guard.
During the confrontation between the two, Zhou Tong, who was peeping secretly, saw something fishy.
The imperial guard of the Liao Kingdom was an innate master, while Wanyan Aguda only had brute strength and no martial arts skills. It was supposed that the outcome of the fight between the two would be easy.
But Wanyan Aguda had something strange about him. He seemed to be able to use some kind of Taoist secret technique of "inviting the gods" to give himself strength and speed far beyond the scope of normal humans. As a result, he fought vigorously with the imperial guard. In the end He also used a wrestling technique that was unattainable for martial arts masters, and threw the imperial guard far away.
It can be said that Zhou Tong was also unlucky. The imperial guard who was thrown away accidentally hit his hiding place, forcing him to dodge immediately and exposed his whereabouts.
When Zhou Tong broke out from the besieging Liao masters, Yelu Yanxi finally knew that the uninvited guest who invaded his palace and was no more than a few dozen steps away from him was actually a martial arts master who could threaten his life. .
He became furious out of fear, and immediately sent a message to the "Blackwater Palace", asking the "Blackwater Palace" to send experts to chase and kill him. He must keep this person in Daliao no matter what, otherwise Daliao will lose face. live.
There must be a special way of transmitting messages between the royal family of the Liao Kingdom and the "Blackwater Shrine". Not far after Zhou Tong left Chunzhou, two guardians of the "Blackwater Shrine" caught up with him, and the two sides fought a battle.
The two guardians who came were also great masters of martial arts. Although their cultivation levels were inferior to Zhou Tong's, they were proficient in the art of joint attack.
Zhou Tong can win one on one, but it is difficult to match one on two, so he can only fight and leave.
During this period, the two sides fought many times. Although the two men were able to suppress Zhou Tong with their combined strength, they were unable to retain him, so they chased and fled here.
Zhou Tong used some small tricks to temporarily get rid of his pursuers. He happened to meet Qiu Wu in a village near "Yang Wudi Temple" who came to repay his kindness but learned that his benefactor's family had been killed. He saw that this young man was about to take action.
Although he was running away, he had already tested the depth of the pursuers and did not really worry about his own safety.
Seeing that this young man was boldly going to break into the bandit's lair alone, Zhou Tong's pity for talent broke out, so he followed him secretly, preparing to rescue him if he saw him in danger.
When Hu Long showed up at the "Yang Wudi Temple", Zhou Tong saw how extraordinary this Taoist was, and his talent turned into curiosity, and he continued to follow him to see the excitement.
After listening to Zhou Tong's experience, Hu Long was most interested in two things. One was where Wanyan Aguda's weird ability came from, and the other was the two guardians of the "Blackwater Palace" What kind of character he is.
Zhou Tong stroked his long beard and muttered: "No matter where Wanyan Aguda's ability comes from, I don't think it is a bad thing. According to what I have observed secretly, this man has a tough and determined character and is unwilling to give in. He is really a good person." A powerful figure of the first class. Since he has mastered this ability, he must not be willing to continue to submit to the Liao Kingdom and suffer slavery and exploitation. If one day the Jurchen tribe raises an army to rebel against the Liao Kingdom, it will definitely cause a huge headache for the Liao Kingdom, and we, the Song Dynasty, will be even more Be at ease."
Hu Long said: "Since the old gentleman said that Wanyan Aguda was a tyrant, aren't you worried that one day he will replace the Liao Kingdom and become a greater threat to the Song Dynasty?"
Zhou Tong shook his head and said with a smile: "The population of the Jurchen tribe is very limited, and there are no people with powerful abilities that can match the Tongxuan heavenly beings or land gods. At most, it will cause a lot of trouble to the Liao Kingdom, but it is unlikely to replace them."
What he said was "unlikely", but in fact what he was thinking was "absolutely impossible".
Hu Long did not debate with the other party on this issue. Firstly, it was empty talk at this moment and it was useless to talk more. Secondly... there were also people who would not leave them any more time to continue chatting.
