The peaceful days were finally broken. Two days before Zhang Sanfeng's 100th birthday, people from the martial arts world came up the mountain just after noon. Although the birthday celebration had yet to officially begin, some martial artists had arrived early.
Although every martial artist who went up the mountain had a smile on their face and was holding a gift in their hands, a strange aura pervaded the air on Wudang Mountain.
"Brother Master, why do you think so many people came this time? We originally sent invitations to sects or loose cultivators that we were on good terms with, but now there are almost that many who have already arrived, let alone those who haven't arrived. Moreover, there are many people that we don't even know. They just hold congratulatory gifts in their hands and say that they are here to celebrate Master's birthday.”After a busy day, Yin Liting complained to Song Yuanqiao.
"Sigh, don't mention it. Although they all gave congratulatory gifts, they didn't even look at what they were. Today, I was curious and opened some gift boxes to check. Guess what I saw?”Hearing Yin Liting's complaint, Zhang Songxi spoke up.
"What did you see?" Zhang Cuishan asked curiously.
"Yeah, tell me quickly, Fourth Brother. Don't keep me in suspense.”Yin Liting said anxiously. Obviously, Zhang Songxi's words had whetted his appetite.
"Hehe, did you know? I actually found a few steamed buns in the gift box. Oh my god, even if you didn't bring anything precious to celebrate your birthday, you didn't use steamed buns, right? There was even pork and something like that. What was even more outrageous was that there was even stone inside.”Zhang Songxi slammed his fist on the dining table. Fortunately, he didn't use his internal energy, or else the entire table would be in danger.
"Alright, Fourth Brother, don't be angry. It's not worth it. Your body is your own. It won't be good if you get angry and damage your body.”Seeing Zhang Songxi's angry look, Mo Shenggu quickly tried to persuade him.
"Sigh, I'm not worried about that.”Song Yuanqiao did not show much anger towards the situation that Zhang Songxi had described. Instead, his face was filled with worry.
"From these birthday gifts, it can be seen that they were prepared in a hurry. This shows that their true purpose is not to celebrate Master's birthday.”
"Big brother, are you talking about Xie Xun?" Hearing Song Yuanqiao's words, Yu Lianzhou added. Even though she was asking a question, Yu Lianzhou's tone was full of certainty.
Hearing Yu Lianzhou's words, everyone at the dining table fell silent.
"Brother Master, it's all my fault. I've caused trouble for the WuTang Sect.”Zhang Cuishan said. His voice was filled with self-blame.
"Fifth Brother, don't think too much. Since you're a member of our Wudang Sect, we have the obligation to protect you.”Hearing Zhang Cuishan's words, Song Yuanqiao hurriedly comforted him.
"That's right, Fifth Brother. What's there to be afraid of? Don't tell me that our WuTang Sect is afraid of these motley crew?”Yin Liting was very confident about this.
"That's right. If they rush over and force us, we'll make sure they don't return.”At this moment, Zhang Songxi was extremely domineering.
"Alright, hurry up and eat. There are still many things waiting for you after dinner.”Song Yuanqiao couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly changed the topic.
Soon after the meal, the six of them got busy again. Now that dozens of people had arrived, the entire Wudang Mountain became lively. However, while it was lively, it also represented chaos. It was not certain that anyone would encounter an enemy. If they were not careful, they would start fighting. Moreover, they had to arrange accommodation and meals. Everyone in the Wudang Sect became busy.
Fortunately, those who came today were only some itinerant cultivators or people from small sects. The real first-rate forces had not arrived yet. Therefore, these people in the Jianghu did not dare to cause trouble in Wudang Mountain. Therefore, the entire Wudang Mountain was relatively calm and there was no bloodshed.
The night passed. The next day, the people of WuTang Sect were really busy. On this day, not only were there many more people who came to offer their blessings than the previous day, but the factions that came were also not small. Although the WuTang Sect was not afraid, they could not offend so many factions at once. Therefore, everyone carefully received each faction and did not dare to be negligent.
On this day, it could be said that the forces that came to Wudang Mountain included nearly one-third of the forces in the game. Of course, some forces sent more people, while others only sent a representative. This also reflected the two attitudes of these forces.
One of them had directly pulled a large group of people over. It was obvious that they were determined to obtain the Dragon Slaying Saber and were even willing to start a war with the WuTang Sect. He only sent a representative, which meant that the force he belonged to knew that he was not fated to have the Dragon Slaying Saber. Therefore, he only wanted to know the specific situation at the birthday banquet so that he could choose which side to stand on when a war broke out in the martial arts world in the future. Of course, no matter what the purpose of these forces coming here was, none of them really wanted to celebrate Zhang Sanfeng's birthday.
On the afternoon before the birthday celebration, almost all the forces that could come had arrived. It could be said that experts had gathered. This made everyone in the Wudang Clan, be it the Wudang Seven Heroes or their disciples, extremely worried. Under such circumstances, if anything went wrong, the Wudang Clan might become history. Therefore, they had to be careful.
"Tomorrow is the most important day. As long as we survive tomorrow, these sects will no longer have an excuse to continue staying in Wudang Mountain. At that time, our pressure will be greatly reduced.”Song Yuanqiao analyzed while eating.
"That's right. In fact, it's not as dangerous as we thought. Although they seemed to have the advantage in numbers now, they were a mix of good and bad. It was difficult for them to be united. Moreover, not everyone would be enemies with Wudang. Most of them were just here to join in the fun or to fish in troubled waters. It was possible for them to take advantage of the situation, but it was impossible for them to take the lead. These old fellows were all very shrewd.”They were confident about tomorrow's arrangements, so Mosheng Valley was not worried at all. As long as they acted according to the script, everything would be fine.
"Seventh brother is right. In fact, there are only 22 sects that might really make things difficult for us tomorrow, and only they have a reason to make things difficult for us.”Yu Lianzhou agreed with Mosheng Valley.
"Although Xie Xun has offended many people in the pugilistic world, some of the small factions have long been annihilated by Xie Xun. No one will avenge them at all. Only twenty-two of the larger factions will seek revenge from Xie Xun.”Yu Lianzhou took a sip of water and continued.
"Among these twenty-two powers, there are two top-notch large sects, five first-rate powers, and the rest are some second and third-rate powers. In fact, we don't have to pay attention to these powers. As long as we settle these seven first-rate powers, the rest will be easily solved.”
"Oh? What forces do they have?" Zhang Songxi asked curiously.
"Hehe, in fact, they are all forces that we are more familiar with. Two of the top sects are the Shaolin Temple and the Kunlun Sect that infiltrated our Wudang Mountain not long ago. The first-class forces were the Jiuhua Sect in the south, the Divine Fist Sect, and the Nine Tiger Divine Knife Sect. The ones in the north were the Divine Sword Xue Clan and the Blood Shark Gang.”
"F * ck, Xie Xun is so awesome. He actually offended so many factions and even lived a carefree life for many years.”After hearing Yu Lianzhou's report, Yin Liting couldn't help but curse.
"Hehe, Sixth Brother, you are still young. Do you really think that they are here to take revenge on Xie Xun? "If that's really the case, with their current lineup, let alone one Xie Xun, even five or ten Xie Xuns wouldn't be enough for them to kill.”Song Yuanqiao was very clear about what was going on. How could these factions send so many people just for Xie Xun? It was all for the Dragon Slaying Saber in Xie Xun's hand.
Let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about the Shaolin Temple. With a history of nearly a thousand years, it could be said to have a long history. Its foundation was terrifying. Not to mention anything else, there were thousands of monks who became monks, let alone some secular disciples. It could be said that more than 60% of the forces in the entire Jianghu were directly related to Shaolin Temple, and the remaining 40% had an indirect relationship with Shaolin Temple. It could be seen that Shaolin Temple was deeply rooted in Jianghu.
With this kind of relationship, it could be said that Shaolin Temple's intelligence network was definitely first-class. How could they not find Xie Xun? Once they found him, they would send out the top experts of the temple and they would definitely be able to kill him. But why didn't he do so? It was not worth it. Not to mention that Xie Xun had the Ming Cult behind him, his martial arts were not weak either. If they really wanted to kill Xie Xun, Shaolin Temple would definitely suffer losses, and the losses would not be small. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Shaolin Temple was only pretending. They did not send any decent experts to capture Xie Xun. The other factions were in the same situation as Shaolin. They felt that it was not worth wasting so many resources on Xie Xun.
Now that they had the Dragon Slaying Saber, everything was different. For the sake of the Dragon Slaying Saber, they felt that it was worth it even if they had to use all their strength. That was why the situation of 22 people gathering at Wudang Mountain had occurred.
"Brother Master, among these forces, just Shaolin Temple alone is enough for us to deal with for a while. With the addition of other forces, what should we do tomorrow?”Although Yin Liting believed that the WuTang Clan was the strongest, he wasn't blindly confident. Therefore, he was very worried about the situation he would face tomorrow.
"We can only hope that they won't directly fall out with our WuTang Sect because they have more people. When the time comes, we might have a chance of winning if we fight them.”Hearing Yin Liting's worried words, Song Yuanqiao revealed his plan.
"Dou Jiang? How?" Yu Lianzhou asked in confusion.
"With the Shaolin Temple around, they will definitely become the leader of the twenty-two forces with their prestige. Therefore, we can think of a way to provoke the people of the Shaolin Temple to fight with us.”Song Yuanqiao explained in detail.
"Oh, that's a good idea. However, we need to carefully study the arrangement of manpower and the shape of the battle.”
After hearing Song Yuanqiao's plan, everyone expressed their agreement. However, some of the detailed steps still needed to be discussed.
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