Besides, after Hu Long and Zhou Tong repelled the two guardians of the "Blackwater Palace", the Golden Eagle and the Silver Yan, because Hu Long was seriously injured and they were afraid of the "Blackwater Palace" sending more pursuers, they took Qiu Wu away with them. Arriving at Gubeikou, we headed south at full speed into the territory of the Song Dynasty.
After that, Zhou Tong would return to Tokyo and tell his old friends who were officials in the DPRK about what he saw and heard in Liao this time, as a basis for deducing the relationship between Song and Liao.
Hu Long said that he didn't have a specific destination, and planned to walk around casually first, and then go to experience the bustling Tokyo and meet Zhou Tong then.
Zhou Tong carefully inquired about Hu Yuan's injury and learned that he would still need to recover for a while, so he suggested that Qiu Wu accompany him to serve him.
He made this suggestion with the intention of killing two birds with one stone. In addition to considering that the injured Hu Yuan needed someone to take care of him, he also thought that if Qiu Wu, a young man he admired, could accompany an expert like Hu Yuan, he would be able to get his guidance. A few words can last a lifetime.
Qiu Wu didn't think so deeply. He just thought that Hu Yuan saved his life in "Hungry Tiger Village" and that he should do his best to repay the favor. He agreed without any hesitation at that time.
At that time, the two sides parted ways at a fork in the road. Hu Long had the experience of traveling several times. He made full preparations before traveling again in his previous life. He stored various supplies in the space of the jade gourd, including some belongings.
He casually took out a piece of gold leaf and asked Qiu Wu to go to a nearby market town to buy a mule cart. He sat in the cart, took out a few elixirs and swallowed them, then used his energy to convert the medicine to heal his injuries. Qiu Wu acted as the driver and waved A whip turned westbound.
In fact, Hu Long already had a destination in mind, and he pointed Qiu Wu all the way to Yanmen Pass in Daizhou.
Having heard the three familiar names Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu and Duan Yu from Zhou Tong's mouth before, he knew that the world was far more complicated than he first thought.
Now that there was nothing urgent to do, Hu Yuan wanted to go to the place where Xiao Feng blossomed his last glorious life, to pay homage to the hero he admired the most but who had not been able to meet him because he came twenty years late.
Nothing major happened along the way. Apart from recovering from his injuries, Hu Long just casually gave Qiu Wuji some tips on how to use his sword.
With his current level of martial arts cultivation, he had long been able to see through Qiu Wu's basic talents and martial arts skills with just a few glances. Among the few sword techniques he picked up at his fingertips, they were not only the most suitable for Qiu Wu, but besides the sword moves, they also contained The corresponding auxiliary fists and palms, body posture and footwork, inner breath movement and other methods are so comprehensive that they can almost be used to establish a sect.
Although the five Qiu people are upright, they are not fools, and they will never understand the value of these skills.
He knew that for a god-like figure like Hu Yuan, he didn't need to repay his service. All he could do was serve with more heart.
In just ten days, Qiu Wu has made great progress in martial arts and has truly reached the state of acquired perfection. He has vaguely touched the threshold of the innate master that he had only hoped for before. It just depends on when the opportunity comes and a flash of inspiration will come true. Complete the breakthrough.
On this day, the two of them finally arrived in Daizhou. Hu Yuan, a good doctor, was really good at self-medication. He had managed his injuries to the best of his ability. His lost cultivation level had also recovered rapidly over time, and now he was basically healed. About 20% of the peak in the previous life.
It was getting late that day, so they stayed at an inn in Daizhou City for one night. They left the mule cart behind early the next morning and walked out of the north gate to the dangerous Yanmen Road thirty miles away.
Now that Hu Yun's soul has grown stronger, he can clearly recall many vague memories from his early years, including some details that he didn't pay attention to at the time. Therefore, he didn't go much further and quickly found his way to a high mountain on the west side of Yanmen Pass. A remote mountain road, and then found a corner that is most suitable for an ambush.
The narrow mountain road here is surrounded by steep cliffs on one side and a bottomless valley on the other. Most of the mountain wall on the right is flat and smooth, except for a large piece of rock in the middle with a concave layer, and the surface is covered with ax marks. Apparently there were originally some pictures and texts on it, but they were deliberately destroyed.
Around the ax chisel mark, dozens of palm prints that were several inches deep and two feet in diameter were clearly printed.
Qiu Wu raised his palm to compare with one of the palm prints, and exclaimed: "Taoist Priest, how come this man's palm is so huge?"
Hu Long shook his head and said with a smile: "This is not a real palm mark, but a mark made with the power of palm through the air."
After saying that, he drew a circle in front of him with his left hand, pushed his right palm out from the circle, and fired a move "A Dragon's Regret" from the "Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon" towards the stone wall two feet away.
When the palm was pushed out, there was no strong force of wind flowing out, but there was a soft "peng" sound on the stone wall, and a palm print collapsed in response to the palm movement. The size and depth were similar to the original palm print.
Under Qiu Wu's eyes full of admiration and admiration, Hu Yuan closed his palm and said as if nothing had happened: "In general, the most difficult thing about palm power is to restrain the true energy and make the palm power not disperse. The person who hit the stone wall with his palm has the most difficulty. In fact, his cultivation and palm technique are both superb. If he hadn't been so excited and unable to control himself at that time, this palm print would have been as big as his palm and at least twice as deep."
Qiu Wu was already curious about Hu Yuan's purpose of coming to this barren mountain. Now after hearing what he meant, he had some guesses and asked tentatively: "Taoist Master, this is the one who left the palm print on the stone wall." Senior, is he your friend?"
Hu Long shook his head and said with a smile: "It can only be said that we have known each other for a long time, and it is indeed a predestined relationship."
Qiu Wu became more and more curious. He couldn't guess what kind of remarkable person he was that could make this god-like Taoist priest value him so much. Even though he had never met him before, he went out of his way to see the mark he left.
Hu Yuan saw his curiosity and asked with a smile: "Do you still remember Xiao Feng mentioned by Mr. Zhou?"
Qiu Wu suddenly realized, but then he had more doubts: "According to what the old hero Zhou said, the hero Xiao single-handedly stopped Song and Liao from fighting for twenty years. He was really a great hero and a great hero. But such a hero Such a character, with such achievements, should be praised by everyone in the martial arts world. The villain has traveled around the world with his father since he was a child, why has no one ever heard of his deeds? "
Hu Dong said: "That's naturally because this Great Hero Xiao is from the Khitan and not the Song Dynasty. Therefore, in the documents archived by the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom's many years of truce is indeed related to Xiao Feng, but it was the soldiers of the border army who sacrificed their lives and fought to the death. The formation killed Xiao Feng, the king of the southern court of the Liao Kingdom, which frightened the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom.
"Although those heroes in the martial arts knew that the court was talking nonsense, they would never harm the face of the Song Dynasty for a Khitan. Therefore, some conscientious people chose to remain silent, while others chose to go along with the flow in an attempt to cover up some of the things that happened back then. matter."
Qiu Wu frowned and said, "Isn't this confusing right and wrong?"
Hu Long sighed: "Silly boy, in the minds of many people, there is no right or wrong in the world, only interests. But these people have enough power to judge the right and wrong in the world."
Then he ignored Qiu Wu, whose outlook on life was somewhat subverted by his words, reached into his sleeves, and took out a large jar of wine from the space of the jade gourd.
This is one of the top-quality wines Hu Yun brewed in his previous life. It is called "Scorching Sun Pill" and its potency is unparalleled in the world.
He used his true energy to open the seal of the wine jar, turned around and came to the edge of the cliff, and said loudly: "Brother Xiao's heroic deeds and chivalrous character, even if they are lost in the annals of history, will never be erased from the hearts of the people. I am a poor man who brewed this jar of wine myself." Let’s drink some wine to comfort Brother Xiao’s spirit in heaven!”
After that, he tilted the altar and poured the magnificent red wine into the deep valley without hesitation. The rich aroma of the wine spread far away with the mountain wind.
When the jar of wine reached the bottom, Hu Long threw the jar into the valley, and suddenly a soft voice came to his ears:
"Taoist Master is so kind, I would like to thank you on behalf of my eldest brother!"
