Hu Yuan made a decision in his heart, but he still followed the eunuch who came to deliver the order to the palace.
When they arrived at the Meridian Gate, the chamberlain smiled apologetically and said, "Please teach me, please stay here later. I'll wait for my servants to come forward and report."
Hu Long smiled and nodded.
The chamberlain walked toward the Meridian Gate in a hurry, but instead of notifying the imperial guards guarding the door, they quickly entered together and slammed the door shut.
Hu Yuan remained calm and stood with his hands behind his back, saying in a loud voice: "Everyone, please show up!"
Before he finished speaking, eight figures appeared out of thin air like ghosts, and instantly surrounded the square in front of the Meridian Gate, trapping Hu Long in the middle.
Hu Long looked around and saw that in the east were Shaolin abbot Xu Ji and another old monk he had never met, in the south were masters and disciples Zhou Tong and Lu Junyi, in the west were Tong Guan and Wang Jin, and in the north were Liang Shicheng and Huang Shang.
After these eight martial arts masters who had entered the subtle realm, more figures flew in from all directions, surrounding them one more level outside. Among these people were masters of the Imperial Guards in the Song Dynasty Palace, as well as Shaolin temple guardian monks, totaling about three hundred. Among them, more than 10% are innate masters, and the rest have a calm demeanor, long breathing, and are considered good masters in the acquired realm.
Then there was a loud sound of people shouting and horses neighing in the distance, smoke and dust were flying, and four thousand-strong troops roared from all sides. After forming a third layer of encirclement, the bow was unsheathed and the sword was unsheathed. The cold light of the blade and arrow pointed at the center. Hu Long.
From the beginning to the end, Hu Yuan only stood leisurely and watched as he was surrounded, and did not try to escape before the enemy surrounded him.
It was only at this moment that Liang Shicheng's hanging heart calmed down. A sneer appeared on his feminine face. He took out a roll of yellow silk from his sleeve, raised it high and shouted: "Hu Yuan, the headmaster of Taishangdao, accepts the order!"
The smile on Hu Long's face became even stronger, and he said calmly: "If you fart, let it go!"
"Be bold!"
Everyone around them changed their expressions, and many people shouted and cursed.
Only Zhou Tong, Lu Junyi, and Huang Shang had wry smiles on their faces, and they all knew that things would be difficult today.
Liang Shicheng couldn't laugh anymore. After the expression on his face changed several times, he finally followed the established procedure, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and let out the "fart":
"Hereby is Hu Long, the leader of Taishang Dao, who has evil intentions and deceives the master with monstrous words. He will be captured immediately for questioning. If anyone resists stubbornly, he will be killed without mercy!"
Hu Yuan shook his head and laughed: "'To harbor evil intentions and to confuse the Lord with evil words', this horoscope is quite insightful, but I don't know which master exposed this little trick of Pindao?"
Abbot Xunji of Shaolin clasped his palms together and said, "Headmaster Hu Yun is really audacious. He actually dared to confuse the officials with his deceptive magic. The poor monk had vaguely noticed some strange things when he came to Beijing last time to see him, so he invited the highest Buddhist and martial arts master in our temple. Uncle Xuankong secretly entered the capital and used his magical power of 'Lion's Roar' to awaken the officials who were confused by you, Taoist Priest."
Hu Dong said: "Young monk, don't brag about your own Buddhist skills. Shaolin's 'Lion's Roar' can achieve meritorious deeds. The real reason is that the emperor himself has the support of dynasty luck. It is difficult to apply real magic to him. A poor Taoist can only do it." Use some external means of verbal inducement to change their minds."
Xunji did have the air of a distinguished monk. Hearing this, he just smiled slightly, recited the Buddha's name in a low voice, and did not argue with Hu Long.
Tong Guan on the other side said in a deep voice: "So, the Taoist priest confessed to his crime?"
Hu Long said with a smile: "Pindao admitted this matter, but did not take it as a crime. Although Pindao used some lies and tricks to deceive the Zhao official family, it was not for his own selfish reasons, but only deceived him into doing some things. It is a good thing that is beneficial to the country and the people.”
"That's nonsense!" Liang Shicheng screamed, "You used those nonsense words to trick officials into joining forces with Liao to attack Jin. Now you have provoked the Jin Kingdom, which has occupied half of the Liao Kingdom, to send envoys to hold you accountable. This is an unforgivable crime that endangers the country! "
"So that's it." Hu Yuan showed a look of surprise, "I'm afraid that the reason why Zhao Guan's family was able to wake up from the dream of immortality that Pindao weaved for him was not only because of the Buddhist 'Lion's Roar', but also because of the fear of the Kingdom of Jin . Now we are going to use Pindao’s head to appease the anger of the Jin Kingdom and restart the strategy of uniting the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty?"
Tong Guan sighed: "The Taoist Master has seen with his own eyes the power of Jin's military force, and has personally experienced the ferocious power of Jin's national master Pu Feng. You should know that the fall of Liao will only happen sooner or later. If we, the Song Dynasty, want to preserve our lives, we can only join forces with Jin to destroy them." The Liao Dynasty took the opportunity to regain the land of Yanyun and accumulate enough strength to compete with the Jin Kingdom. This time the envoys from the Jin Kingdom made it clear that the Song Dynasty was willing to join forces with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty as long as they handed over the Taoist priest who had offended the Pufeng Imperial Division. . Tong is bold enough to ask the Taoist priest to die for the sake of the common people's livelihood!"
Hu Long applauded and laughed: "Tong Xiang and Liang Xiang are amateurs at fighting externally, but they are really experts at fighting internally. One pretends to be a bad person to force him to use power, and the other pretends to be a good person to use his righteousness. If Pindao is a young man who is just starting out, I am afraid that he is serious. I want to be shaken by you two and lose my will to fight. It's a pity that I don't take soft and hard advice. If you want to take my head, you will eventually have to use a knife to speak!"
"This beast is stubborn and unresponsive. You are all following the order and will not hesitate to kill him!"
Liang Shicheng shouted loudly. He had already jumped towards Hu Long first, and pressed down with his palm in the air. The force of his soft palm condensed into an invisible fine needle and shot towards Hu Long's eyebrows silently.
Tong Guan cooperated with him very well, stepping forward to punch, and striking from a distance in the air. The powerful and powerful fist attacked Hu Yuan's left side with the force of destroying mountains and mountains.
The two monks Xuji and Xuankong raised their palms and pushed flatly at the same time, using Shaolin's unique "Xumi Mountain Palm". The palms as thick as a mountain were connected into one, and they really pressed down on Hu Huan like a big mountain.
The remaining four great masters also used their own unique skills to attack together. Among them, Wang Jin and Hu Yuan had no friendship, so they did not leave any room for action. As for Zhou Tong, Lu Junyi and Huang Shang, they looked powerful and aggressive, but among them, they used Only you know how powerful you are.
Even so, facing eight martial arts masters at the same time, the pressure Hu Long felt was not much lighter than the last time he faced Pu Feng.
Zhao Ji also came up with such a lineup to deal with him because he knew that Hu Yuan had the ability to confront Pu Feng head-on and even retreat calmly.
After enduring such tremendous pressure, Hu Long finally showed his ability to stay at the bottom of the box.
His figure swayed from side to side, splitting into two, two turning into four, and four turning into eight. The eight Hulongs are divided in all directions, and the eight pairs of palms respectively transform into the "Eight Seals of Returning to Tibet", "Juntian", "Ksitigarbha", "Wind God", "Life and Death", "Weak Water", "Yanyang", "Buzhou" and "Yunmeng". "The Eight-Stage Seal Technique, the power of the eight phases of heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and lake, creates and changes to generate infinite power, which can be divided into eight directions to attack eight powerful enemies.
In a series of loud bangs like thunder from the blue, Liang Shicheng and other eight people retreated in all directions. Among them, Wang Jin and Lu Junyi, who were at the bottom among the eight great masters, looked even more embarrassed.
Before everyone could reorganize their offensive, Hu Long, who had eight figures reunited into one, laughed, shook his shoulders and shrugged his body, and under the horrified eyes of everyone, he turned into a giant with a height of five feet, with a layer of covering covering his body. The faint yellow light, with the most arrogant gesture, crashed straight towards the Meridian Gate.
