The Birth of Tianjiao Chapter 17: Journey to the West
In the cave in the north of the city, Wang Tianao gently shook his folding fan and meditated quietly.
"Cuixian, is there any difficulty?" Fairy Bingyu asked in a deep voice. Wang Tianao is the disguised identity of Princess Zhu Cuixian.
"Li Tianba met with Qiao Wanyun and others today. They stayed at the Golden Sword Gate. It seems that they have reached a deal and want to get the treasure together. They have started to gather outside the west gate. It is expected that they will go to the front line of Gu Yuan Defeat to find the treasure."
"In my opinion, among the Golden Sword Sect, only Qiao Wanyun is brave and resourceful, and has rich experience in the world. He can be a formidable enemy. The others are not to be feared."
"King Shen Zhu Mo captured many disciples of the Guandong sect and tortured them. He must also have clues to the treasure. A thousand miles away is the territory under King Shen's custody. If King Shen sends out troops on a large scale, it will be difficult for us to resist."
Hearing this, Fairy Bingyu also frowned deeply. There were also a hundred thousand soldiers and horses in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Liao King, but mobilizing soldiers and horses across the territory was a crime of beheading. Now the Liao King's Palace can secretly mobilize only a thousand men. Remaining men and horses.
"Master, don't worry, I have my own arrangements." Zhu Cuixian smiled slightly, "Master took 200 good soldiers to join the 500 surrendered Mongolian cavalry from Charha, and gathered at the designated place on the Tatar border, waiting for my further instructions. After they robbed the treasure, they would definitely enter the territory of the Mongolian Tatars. We disguised ourselves as Mongolian bandits and robbed the treasure, then avoided King Shen's army, and then waited for an opportunity to return to Jian'an Prefecture."
The Bingyu Fairy's eyes lit up, "The Cui Fairy is resourceful and strategizing, which is really the blessing of the King of Liao!"
In the Golden Sword Gate, in Zhou Yunbi's room, Song Shuling pouted and said dissatisfied: "Uncle Master, the beggar just won't take us there, it's so abominable!"
Zhou Yunbi sighed softly, "Shu Ling, please don't be willful. This trip is extremely dangerous. Thank you Gang Leader for our own good."
"But the leader wants us to take care of Dugu Xiaotian, and he will also look for the treasure with the beggars."
Zhou Yunbi smiled slightly and said, "Silly girl, our Wudang sect's Tiyunzong Qinggong is famous all over the world. We have more than a dozen Wudang masters secretly following us to support us. How could they know about it?"
"Even if there is danger, with our light skills, it is not difficult to climb mountains and ridges and retreat. As long as we don't fight with the army in the plains, we can protect ourselves." Song Shuling was overjoyed when he heard this and wrinkled his nose, "Uncle Master. Gao Ming, let’s get ready to go now!”
Early the next morning, Li Tianba, Qiao Wanyun and others left the west gate of Shenyang Zhongwei together.
Everyone moved to a mountain col outside the city, where the people from General Zhenwei's Mansion and the Beggar Clan had been waiting for a long time. Forty carts were prepared for this trip, loaded with dry food and drinking water, and more than 400 people disguised as caravans, towed Heading west.
Jin Linfeng brought two disciples of the Jinjian Sect with him. They have been escorting in the west all year round and are familiar with the geography of the nearby mountains and rivers and the conditions of the pass.
They disguised themselves as business travelers, bypassed the main road, and traveled day and night without incident. Three days later, they arrived fifty miles northwest of Ningcheng County.
Ningcheng County is located on the boundary of Songzhou in ancient times and is famous for its abundant pine trees.
Li Tianba, Qiao Wanyun, Dugu Xiaotian and others looked at the pine forests far and near, feeling secretly worried.
With the change of dynasties, things and people have changed. In the past few decades, this landform has undergone obvious changes. According to the geographical shape and the position of the red circle on the map, we can roughly locate a dense pine forest, about ten miles square.
"The entrance to the treasure must have been hidden in that pine forest!" Li Tianba pointed to a large pine forest in the northwest corner and said.
"We don't have enough axes on hand, so we can stay where we are, purchase axes from nearby counties, cut down the pine trees, and then investigate carefully." Qiao Wanyun thought for a while and suggested.
Everyone said that it was extremely difficult to find the entrance to the treasure in such a dense pine forest, so they immediately set up camp outside the pine forest, with the camps on both sides being three miles apart.
The next day, Qiao Wanyun ordered the elder in charge to take a dozen brothers from the Beggar Gang to Ningcheng County to purchase axes.
He stayed in the camp with Xiaotian, monitoring the activities of the Zhenwei military camp, and at the same time fighting with Xiaotian and giving him pointers on difficult issues in martial arts.
In the past half month, thanks to Qiao Wanyun's guidance, Xiaotian's martial arts foundation has become more solid, and his internal strength has improved rapidly. Qiao Wanyun was secretly surprised.
Two days later, the elder in charge returned from Ningcheng County and brought back more than twenty axes. Qiao Wanyun gave half of it to Li Tianba, and then assigned the Beggar Gang disciples to take turns to chop down the trees.
The pine forest occupies a very large area, and the trunks of the pine trees are thick and tough, so the progress of cutting down the trees is not very fast. People and horses on both sides work together, and it is expected that it will take five or six days to clear the area. In addition to cutting down the trees, the others are silently working hard to practice Qigong and regulate their breath.
Cope with the changes that follow.
This is Xiaotian's fourth day in the pine forest. It's getting late, the cool breeze is blowing, and the pine waves are blowing.
Dugu Xiaotian was wielding the Pingtian Sword in the camp, slowly using the gale-wind sword skills he had learned at the Golden Sword Sect, such as "Breeze from the Ancient Tree", "Feeling of the Wind Tree", "Forest of Wind"...
In the natural sound of pines and waves, the profound artistic conception moves in the natural rhythm, tranquil and far-reaching, deep and high.
The wind gently overflows, coming from the source of green and the sea of spring, carrying the breath of new life. A new green plant breaks out of the ground, an old tree has new growth rings, and the feeling of spring becomes clear overnight.
The pine forest.
The sound of green leaves and the sound of the tree's arms vibrating among the strings of the piano, and the vast sea of forest stirs up the soul of endless life and growth.
Gradually, Xiaotian's mind mapped out such a picture of a vast forest and waves of pine trees. Inside his brain, the blue air mass flashed flat for a few times, and his swordsmanship slowly released a vitality.
Endless mood.
"The endless falling trees rustled, and the endless Yangtze River rolled in." After a long time, Dugu Xiaotian whispered a sentence, and gradually woke up.
"I seem to be one with the pine forest and feel the artistic conception of the wind," he murmured to himself.
"Well, Hongmeng Jin is in the middle stage of the sixth level." Every time I have this realization, the Hongmeng Jin in my body will improve a lot, and Xiaotian has completely adapted to this change.
Li Tianba stood in front of the camp, looking at the Beggar Clan's camp with an uncertain expression on his face.
"What happened just now? I was practicing, and I seemed to sense an unusual aura over there."
"You need to be more careful on this trip!" he said to himself.
A hundred miles away to the east of the pine forest, a dark military camp was stationed. At a rough glance, there were as many as 10,000 soldiers and horses.
King Shen Zhu Mo put his hands behind his back and looked towards the west, thoughtfully. General Ding Hualong and military advisor Zhang Shimou stood behind him on both sides.
"Yu Xiu, is there any movement at the treasure hiding place?" Zhu Mo asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, the spies reported that they are cutting down the pine forest there, and there is no other movement yet."
"Well, keep investigating." Zhu Mo snorted coldly.
"Your Majesty, with our military strength, since we have discovered the approximate location of the treasure, why wait any longer? Why not kill them immediately and annihilate them all?" Ding Hualong said with a ferocious smile.
"Don't worry, the treasure hasn't been found yet. Let them live for two more days. You can lead three thousand soldiers and horses to ambush on the road to Tartar and act according to the opportunity." Zhu Mo smiled coldly, "The day after tomorrow, the Chinese army will set out. When we arrive,