As Nangong Ling said, once you get deep into the Liangshan Mountains, you will find beautiful mountains and clear waters, red flowers and green willows. It is completely different from the hell on earth rumored by the outside world.
Along the way, Zhong Wen met farmers working and fishermen casting nets many times. These ordinary people had peaceful faces and smiles in their eyes. From time to time, there were three or five children playing and playing. Coupled with the beautiful natural scenery, it was not so much a den of thieves. , it would be more accurate to say it is a paradise.
It would be great if I could spend my retirement here.
Zhong Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As for how he could "retire" now that he no longer had a serious career, it was unclear.
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He looked like he was taking a leisurely stroll, but in fact, he spread out the "Immortal Steps in the Clouds" under his feet at an extremely fast speed. In less than half an hour, the first pass appeared in front of him, and what followed was the guard of the pass. cross-examination.
"This eldest brother has invited me. My younger brother is Tian Boguang, who ranks third among the 'Four Great Heroes' under the command of Venerable Song Hai. I have something important to report back to the mountain. Please be accommodating and let me go." "Zhong Wen joked casually with a smile.
"That's nonsense!" the pass guard shouted sternly, "I have never heard of any of the 'Four Great Heroes' under the command of Venerable Song Hai. Who are you, and what are your intentions in coming to Liangshan?"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a strange light flashing in the eyes of the young man in white in front of him, his head buzzed, and he lost consciousness.
After a while, Zhong Wen swaggered through the first pass. The guard not only respectfully let him pass, but also revealed all the information in his mind about the major forces in Liangshan.
The terrain of the entire area is very complex, consisting of seventeen branches and eighteen peaks. On each peak, there is a force entrenched.
And the relationship between these eighteen forces is also complicated. The two forces are allies today, but they may become enemies tomorrow. They are sometimes enemies and sometimes friends. It is unpredictable. From the perspective of outsiders, it is really a mess. Confused.
The two most powerful ones are undoubtedly the first peak where Venerable Song Hai is located, and the ninth peak where Venerable Yao Bei is located.
In addition, the seventh peak, which was originally extremely weak, suddenly surged up for unknown reasons recently, surpassing the other main peaks at once, and there were faint signs of becoming the third largest force in Liangshan.
Another force that caught Zhong Wen's attention was the Thirteenth Peak mentioned by the pass guard.
Just because the leader of this peak force is actually a young woman in her early twenties. According to the guard, she is also a great beauty, known as Thirteen Niangs.
It is said that in such a society where men are superior to women and they are in the den of bandits, if a young beauty wants to survive, she can only rely on a powerful man.
However, this Thirteenth Niang is quite skillful. Not only does she control a peak, but she is also single and unmarried.
Under her management, the Thirteen Peaks actually prospered. Among the eighteen peaks, they can be firmly ranked in the top five. If it were not for the lack of personal strength, even the No. 1 Peak with Song Hai might not be able to do so. A battle of merits.
Of course, out of curiosity, Zhong Wen has a clear goal this time, which is to go to the forces where Venerable Yao Bei and Venerable Luo belong to to find out what they are and provide information for the subsequent deployment of Nangong Ling.
Compared with Venerable Yao Ye who was in a state of complete victory, Venerable Luo, who was approaching his life span and did not dare to take action easily, naturally became his first choice.
Arriving at the foot of the Seventh Peak, I saw a few men in black sitting around in front of the mountain pass. As the guards and sentries of the Seventh Peak, there was not even one standing. Two or three of them were holding wine in their hands. Bottles, they drank to their heart's content during working hours, and one of them fell to the ground drunkenly, snoring.
This bandit's life is so damn...envious!
Zhong Wen used the "Breath Condensation Technique" and quietly passed by the guards without anyone noticing, leaving him completely prepared but useless.
Just like this all the way up, there were occasional bandits standing guard along the way. The situation was very similar to that at the bottom of the mountain. They were sitting or lying down, some were sober and many were drunk. Their laxness of defense was completely beyond his expectation. Zhong Wenqing Sneaking all the way to the peak with ease, it was like entering a deserted place.
Finally, in front of the gate of Dazhai on the top of the mountain, two big men in black were standing, with long knives in their hands leaning on the ground. They looked majestic, and their mental outlook was different from that of the people down the mountain.
But at this moment, Zhong Wen didn't intend to enter through the front door. He tiptoed to the ground and jumped up to the roof lightly. He glanced around and saw that there was no one watching above. He felt certain in his heart. He bent down and turned into a streak of white. The purple and white shadows moved nimbly on the top of the mountain village.
With his fifth-level cultivation of the Heavenly Wheel, and with the blessing of "Purple Qi from the East", his spiritual consciousness can be controlled freely, no less than that of ordinary spiritual masters. Although there is a roof across the building, the movement below is completely inescapable. past his prying eyes.
Not sure whether Venerable Luo could see through his "breath-containing technique", Zhong Wen controlled his consciousness to a very small area and wandered around the village for more than half a circle. Finally, he sensed Venerable Luo's aura near the center.
Carefully approaching the roof of the room where Venerable Luo was, he expanded his consciousness outward inch by inch. The conversation in the house below gradually became clear, but Venerable Luo seemed to have no regard for Zhong Wen who had used the "Breathe Concentration Technique". Not aware of anything.
"Thirteenth Mother, the old man has always admired your knowledge." Venerable Luo's old and hoarse voice came from below, "It's just that Venerable Yao Bei and I have always been on good terms, and you suddenly asked me to switch to Venerable Song Hai, both emotionally and rationally. It doesn’t make sense.”
"Venerable Luo, Song Hai was so powerful before that he overpowered Yao Ye. He had no choice but to join forces with you." A young woman's voice sounded, slightly deep, but revealing a hint of tenderness and charm, "Now Song Hai Seriously injured, there is no one in Liangshan who can rival Yao Bei. With his character, he will never be reconciled to the power structure in front of him."
Could it be the village leader of the Thirteenth Peak?
Zhong Wen didn't expect that when he came to the seventh peak, he would bump into this legendary female hero, and he listened more intently.
"Venerable Yao Ye has listened to your suggestion and has already planned to evacuate Liangshan." Venerable Luo said, "What else matters about the power structure in this mountain?"
"You have known Yao Ye for so long, and you still don't know his character?" Thirteenth Niang patiently advised, "If what I expected is true, he will come to you soon to deal with Song Hai together. You go up in front and consume each other with Song Hai, what do you think the result will be?"
"You also know that the old man doesn't have a few more years to live. Every time he makes a move now, he is taking another step closer to the grave. This spiritual master can only scare ordinary people." Venerable Luo said in a tone of voice. There was a hint of desolation in it, "If it is as you expected, the old man will most likely die together with Venerable Song Hai."
"It's not very likely, but it will definitely happen." Thirteenth Niang said unceremoniously, "Even if you are still alive, you will be killed by Yao Ye, pretending to die together with Song Hai, and then the entire Liangshan realm will be destroyed. Not respecting Yao Bei, he led all the people from the Eighteen Peaks to the place of chaos, with great momentum, and I think he will definitely conquer a whole country."
"Hey, Thirteenth Mother has always been very good at predicting things, and you will probably be right this time." Venerable Luo's voice was full of bitterness, "It's just that the old man and Venerable Song Hai have never been on good terms, and now they suddenly come to ask for cooperation. How could he agree?"
"This moment, that moment." Thirteenth Niang's voice was quite confident, "Now Song Hai is not only seriously injured, but also caused the major forces to lose many masters and made many enemies. It is at the most vulnerable time. If you go to form an alliance, he will definitely ignore the past grudges and sweep the couch to welcome you."
"This..." Venerable Luo seemed to be quite moved.
"If Venerable Luo is still hesitant, it is better to send someone to Song Hai to convey the intention of forming an alliance." Thirteenth Niang came up with another idea, "You can continue to wait and see. When Yao Bei comes to make an appointment to jointly attack Song Hai, just watch him You can tell by the conditions offered, if they are too generous, there must be fraud."
What an amazing woman. Not only is she good at judging the situation, but she also figured out the ingenious strategy of "Lian Wu against Cao" without having read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I am afraid she is another female middle school girl who is not inferior to Sister Nangong. Zhuge.
Zhong Wen was secretly surprised when he heard it on the roof. According to what Venerable Luo said earlier, he was afraid that Yao Bei wanted to evacuate Liangshan, so he followed the advice of the Thirteenth Mother.
"After hearing Thirteenth Niang's words, the old man was really enlightened." Venerable Luo was finally persuaded by her and made up his mind, "The old man will send someone to go to the first peak right now."
The two of them continued to plan how to deal with Yao Bei below. Zhong Wen listened for a while, but did not get the information he wanted. He gradually became bored. He was planning to go elsewhere to find the whereabouts of the goods that had been robbed from the trading company, when he suddenly heard a voice coming from below. Familiar voice.
"Mr. Luo, hey, Thirteenth Niang is here, what a coincidence." Zhong Wen instantly recognized that it was the voice of Venerable Yao Bei, "Yao came uninvited, don't blame me."
His heart tightened, and he quickly activated the "Breathe Condensation Technique" to the extreme, fearing that Yao Ye would find out.
"If Venerable Yao can come, the old man will be happy before it's too late, so he will be surprised." Venerable Luo chuckled and said insincerely.
"I really have something urgent that I want to discuss with Mr. Luo. I'm really sorry that I didn't have time to inform him in advance." There was no "sorry" in Yao Bei's tone.
"Since the two venerables have important matters to discuss." Thirteenth Niang's tone changed and became very respectful, "Then I will take my leave first."
"No, Thirteenth Mother might as well stay and listen." Yao Ye said softly, "This matter has nothing to do with your Thirteenth Peak."
"Oh? I wonder what Master Yao is doing?" Master Luo pretended not to know.
"This time Song Hai forcibly took away the masters from the major cottages to help the Xiao family." Yao Ye said loudly, "Now that the Xiao family has been defeated, not only have we suffered heavy losses, but we have also lost the foundation of Liangshan. If we just let it go, He, Yao, is really unwilling to give in, so he specially invites everyone to go to Song Hai to get an explanation."
"Master Yao means...conquer the first peak?" Thirteenth Niang asked.
"The Thirteenth Mother is indeed very smart." Yao Mo praised, "Yes, Yao wants to make that traitor Song Hai repay his debt with blood. I wonder if you two are willing to help me. After that is done, the first peak's How about sharing the power equally among the three of us?"
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the room.
"Our Thirteenth Peak is weak in strength, how can we share it equally with the two seniors, not to mention that Venerable Yao must have invited several other village leaders, right?" After a while, Thirteenth Mother slowly said, "If we share equally, then What should we do with them?"
"Each of our families has a spiritual master, and Thirteenth Mother is very resourceful. When we reach a place of chaos in the future, we should support each other and help each other." Yao Bei sneered and said, "Those incompetent people, again What qualifications do you have to compare with us?"
"When will we do it?" Thirteenth Niang seemed to be persuaded by Yao Ye.
"Without further delay, I would like to ask you two to make preparations early." Yao Bei did not ask for their opinions and made arrangements on his own, "There are several other village owners who have also agreed to Yao's invitation. Let's start tonight. Caught Song Hai off guard."
"Song Hai has long been disliked." Venerable Luo laughed and said, "Since Venerable Yao has called me, the old man will accompany you."
"It all depends on the two seniors." Thirteenth Niang's voice also sounded.
"Thank you very much!" Yao Ye said excitedly, "Yao wants to go to the Seventeenth Peak again, so I won't stay any longer. In the evening, someone will come to pick you up."
After a few more pleasantries, Yao Ye hurriedly left the Seventh Peak. Once again, only Venerable Luo and Shisanniang were left in the room.
"The three families share it equally, haha." Venerable Luo said disdainfully, "Yao Ye is so inflated that he doesn't even bother to lie."
"In this case, we should have responded early, as long as this is the case..."
There seems to be something going on!
Zhong Wen, who was lying on the roof, had a strange smile on his face.
Unconsciously, he imagined himself as a yellow bird in his mind...
