From Hongmei Villa to Guangmingding, if Meng Xiuyuan walked alone, it would only take a few days.
But now it's a large army of several hundred people. Naturally, it's different from traveling alone, and the speed is much slower.
In order to prevent long nights and frequent dreams, Meng Xiuyuan asked the team to rest for only three hours a day, and to walk as hard as possible during the remaining time without any laziness.
Fortunately, those who can come to encircle Guangmingding this time are considered to be good players from various factions, so most of them will have no problems in such a high-intensity journey.
After five or six days like this, the six factions' coalition forces gradually left the mountainous grasslands and entered a desert.
Meng Xiuyuan summoned representatives from various factions at this time and gave them simple instructions:
"From today on, we will stay up day and night, and be careful.
During the day, each of them would be covered with such a yellow cloth and hide among the sand dunes to have a good rest.
At night, no matter how quiet you are on your way, you must not make too much noise or raise the slightest bit of firelight for illumination.
At that time, whether you hold hands or tie the disciples together with a rope, it is up to you.
In short, don’t get lost and don’t violate my previous two principles.”
With that said, Meng Xiuyuan took a piece of yellow cloth from Xiao Zhao's hand next to him and showed it to everyone present.
He had asked the business gang in Hongmei Villa to prepare this cloth a long time ago. The color is very similar to the sand in the desert. Hiding under it, you can't tell the difference from a distance.
Meng Xiuyuan's plan was a lot of thought. However, the elders and heads of various factions present did not seem to appreciate it.
When they heard what Meng Xiuyuan said, all of them had very ugly expressions on their faces. They obviously didn't understand and did not agree with Meng Xiuyuan's plan.
"Meng Shaoxia, our siege of Guangmingding is an honest and upright action. How can we do such a sneaky thing?" Zong Weixia, one of the five elders of Kongtong, was the first to jump out and retort.
"Yes, our six major sects are well-known and decent sects. If we act like this, won't we be looked down upon by others?" The short old man among the two elders of Huashan also agreed.
Although they were all in awe of Meng Xiuyuan, they felt that they couldn't lose face by letting him act like this.
After all, as the so-called "six major sects of the Central Plains of Righteousness", they have always had some idol baggage with them.
Although they may not be so strict with themselves in private, these people always have to show their moral character when people pay attention to them now.
Meng Xiuyuan had long expected that they would say such things, so he patiently explained:
"The purpose of doing this is to avoid the enemy's peripheral search and reach the hinterland of the place.
The Ming Cult has been operating near Guangmingding for hundreds of years. Compared with ours, which occupies a large geographical area, it can be regarded as a leisurely business.
If we start a war with them in this desert, I'm afraid it will be extremely disadvantageous
If we have to act recklessly, nearly half of the disciples from each sect may be killed or injured before even approaching Guangmingding..."
Everyone nodded slightly when they heard the words, and couldn't help but feel that what Meng Xiuyuan said was reasonable. However, Master Jue suddenly stood up, his eyes widened in anger, his brows furrowed, and he shouted at Meng Xiuyuan:
"Hmph! Our purpose of besieging Guangmingding this time is to annihilate the Demon Cult in one fell swoop and eradicate all those demons. How can we be afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice?!
Why do we study martial arts? Isn't it to hoe the strong, support the weak, and destroy evil spirits?
If the Wudang Sect is afraid of damaging their disciples, they can just sit back and watch, but we, the Emei Sect, are not afraid!
As long as everyone has a vigorous and deadly battle with that demonic sect, the Emei sect will be destroyed in one fell swoop, is that enough?"
Miejie's words really came from her heart, so she spoke them with such righteousness and power that the representatives of various factions around her who originally wanted to agree with Meng Xiuyuan could not help but be overwhelmed by her words.
After all, if anyone sings the opposite tune at this moment, he will inevitably be suspected of violating chivalry and being greedy for life and afraid of death.
Everyone looked very embarrassed at this time, and they were in a dilemma. They couldn't think of how to answer her.
Only Meng Xiuyuan smiled slightly and said calmly:
"Master Tai wants to lead Emei to fight to the death with the minions on the periphery of Mingjiao, so naturally I will not interfere.
From all the sects here, if anyone wants to stay here and fight side by side with Emei, that's fine.
But no matter what, I, the Wudang Sect, will go straight to Guangming Peak to find Yang Xiao, the left envoy of Guangming.
Anyway, I am enough on my own, just leave the high-level officials of the Ming Cult in Guangmingding to me."
After Meng Xiuyuan finished speaking, he ignored everyone present and turned to leave.
When everyone heard what Meng Xiuyuan said, they felt that what he said was very reasonable, and their faces were saved, so they naturally agreed very much.
So in a moment, without any need to say anything, teams of people silently chased Meng Xiuyuan.
In the end, only the Emei sect was left in the same place, and the disciples all peeked at Master Miejie's expression and did not dare to say anything.
After a long time, the old nun gritted her teeth and snorted coldly:
"What else are you looking at? Keep up!
Let’s kill the leader of the thieves first, and then we can take care of the rest when we come back.”
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They continued like this for several days. Due to Meng Xiuyuan's arrangement, experts from various factions took turns to investigate. Therefore, although the six factions' coalition forces moved a little slower, they were indeed very hidden and were not discovered by the disciples of Mingjiao who were searching the periphery.
However, as we get closer to Guangmingding, the Ming Cult's search and defense becomes more intensive, and we can no longer hide like this.
Sure enough, at dawn on that day, a group of Mingjiao disciples carrying the Ruijin flag came nearby and happened to run into the group of the six major sects.
"They are demons from the demon sect. Don't let any of them go!"
Seeing that their whereabouts had been exposed, the Emei sect at the front immediately led his disciples to fight with the opponent under the order of Master Jue.
This Master Miejie really hated Mingjiao to the core. She had been so impatient these days that she wanted to start killing immediately. Now that she really saw people from Mingjiao, she naturally let go and started killing.
Her swordsmanship was so fierce that no member of the Ming Cult could block her three swords. Her tall figure was weaving in and out of the crowd, stabbing in the east and slashing in the west. In an instant, there were seven members of the Ming Cult.
Everyone died under her sword.
Zhuang Zheng, the flag bearer of the Ruijin Banner, happened to be among this group of people. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately rushed to meet the enemy with his mace in hand, and then blocked Master Mie Mie. After more than ten moves, Master Mie Mie unfolded his Emei
With swordsmanship, she fought faster and faster, trying her best to attack. But Zhuang Zheng was very good at martial arts, and for a while he was evenly matched with her.
Master Miejie didn't know the other party's details. He just felt that he was stopped by such an unknown person before he reached the Bright Summit. He was very angry. He immediately used his inner strength on the sword and struck straight at Zhuang Zheng, hoping to use his own practice for dozens of times.
The Emei Nine Yang Kung of 2004 forcefully crushed the opponent.
Little did they know that Zhuang Zheng, the bearer of the Ruijin Banner, was a very important figure in the Ming Cult, and even a first-rate master in the martial arts world.
He was born with extremely strong physical strength and excellent internal and external skills. In addition, he was using a heavy weapon like a mace, so he naturally had an advantage in a head-on fight.
He shouted loudly, and a strong arm force rebounded out. With a snap, the long sword in Master Miejie's hand was broken into three pieces at that time.
When Master Miejie saw this, she couldn't help but feel furious. She tried to pull out the Yitian Sword on her back. At this moment, a figure flew out from beside her. It was Yu Lianzhou who had already taken the lead and was already fighting with Zhuang Zheng.
Seeing this, although Mie Mie was displeased, he still maintained his identity and did not go up to besiege Zhuang Zheng with Yu Lianzhou, but just stood aside and watched and helped plunder the formation.
But it was better not to look at it. After looking at it, Miejie was definitely shocked by Yu Lianzhou's martial arts.
I saw that the Wudang Yu Erxia was using an ordinary long sword, and they were fighting head-on with the enemy's mace. But unlike Master Miejie, Yu Lianzhou clearly had the advantage in the fight. Within a few moves,
He had forcefully knocked down the Zhuang Banner's weapon and hit his acupuncture point.
"Why is this Yu Er so powerful that he seems to be much better than me? And what kind of sword technique does he use? Why is it that it looks ordinary, but he can knock down that man's heavy weapon with just a few blows?
?”
Master Miejie’s eyes were full of disbelief, and she sighed repeatedly in her heart.
And in the sudden move of Master Miejie, the winner was already decided on the battlefield.
Meng Xiuyuan suddenly appeared in the crowd, his fingers connected, and his feet moved like clouds and flowing water. In a moment, dozens of people from Ruijin Banner had their acupoints pressed.
The masters from various factions who caught up after hearing the news had no time to join the battle. They could only watch Meng Xiuyuan's performance helplessly, and then cheered as much as possible to avoid embarrassment.
"Meng Shaoxia, how should we deal with these people in the demon sect?"
Kong Zhi looked at the many enemies standing still and couldn't help but become more and more afraid of Meng Xiuyuan, so he took the initiative to ask him.
"Just leave them here. I have tapped their acupuncture points, and I won't be able to untie them in a day or two.
And we are only half a day away from the top of the Bright Summit, so there is no need to delay the opportunity because of their delay.
We'll just clean it up together when we get back."
After Meng Xiuyuan thought for a moment, he answered.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Meng Xiuyuan opened his mouth, Master Miejie on the side had an opinion:
"No! How can you let these demons off so easily?!
Even if they have no power to resist at the moment, we cannot kill them due to moral reasons, so we have to weaken their spirit.
I think this is it, open their acupuncture points and let them kowtow and beg for mercy.
If they don’t comply, cut off one of their arms first before proceeding.”
When Meng Xiuyuan heard this, he didn't want to quarrel with the old nun. He just smiled and replied:
"Master, you can do whatever you want, just don't let me do it."
After saying that, he turned around and continued to move forward with everyone in the Wudang Sect.
Seeing that Meng Xiuyuan agreed so simply, Miejie knew in his heart that Meng Xiuyuan must have some plan.
So instead of instructing her disciples, she grabbed the Zhuangqiu envoy herself, secretly used her internal strength seriously, and pointed several points at the large acupuncture points on his chest.
Unexpectedly, under her full exertion, the acupuncture points on Zhuang Qishi's body remained completely motionless.
"How could it be..." Miejie's face became increasingly ugly, and his gloomy face seemed to be dripping with water.
At this moment, when the people around saw this scene, they instantly understood and understood why Meng Xiuyuan did not argue with this extinction.
However, everyone in each faction knew that Miejie was embarrassed at this time, and they were afraid that continuing to stay here would make Miejie angry and angry. They held a grudge in their hearts and hurriedly chased Meng Xiuyuan in the same direction as if they didn't see anything.
Only the Emei group was left in place. After a while, they silently caught up with the larger group.
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"Next, we will actually arrive near Guangmingding. With our number of people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue sneaking.
If you want to enter the secret passage quietly, the best way is to have a team of people act alone to draw the other party's attention away..."
When Meng Xiuyuan saw Emei chasing after him, he didn't talk nonsense and started talking about business.
When all the factions heard this, they were all shocked. Their faces showed embarrassment and their eyes dodged, unwilling to look at Meng Xiuyuan.
After all, there are at least hundreds or even thousands of Five Elements Banners around Guangmingding. It would be good if the six factions fight against the enemy together, but if it is just a small group to attract the opponent's attention, it will be too dangerous. If you are not careful, you may
will be surrounded and killed.
Only Miejie felt that he had lost face just now, and secretly felt cruel in his heart. He wanted to send his disciples to do this in order to save some face for Emei.
Unexpectedly, before she spoke, Meng Xiuyuan was the first to explain:
"I have discussed with the second senior brother, and he will lead my Wudang disciples to do things to attract the enemy, while I will be here to lead you to Guangmingding.
What do you think?"
When everyone heard this, they were naturally happy. They all hurriedly praised them, saying things like "I admire the Wudang Sect's high righteousness" and "With the unique skills of Yu Erxia and Mo Qixia, they will definitely be able to take on this important task."
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Seeing this, Meng Xiuyuan just smiled and ignored them, and just asked Zhou Zhiruo and Xiao Zhao to follow the Wudang sect's people, leaving him alone without worries, and went to Guangmingding with the other five sects.
In this way, the two parties parted ways and acted independently.
About an hour later, a golden firework suddenly exploded in the distant sky. This was the signal bomb that had just been recovered from the people of Ruijin Banner.
It lights up at this time, indicating that Yu Lianzhou and others are ready to take the initiative to attract the attention of the surrounding Five Elements Flags.
Meng Xiuyuan also started taking action at the same time.
Guided by the secret tunnel drawings, Meng Xiuyuan led everyone to a hidden entrance without much effort, and entered the mountain tunnel at Guangmingding.
Guangmingding has seven peaks and thirteen cliffs. It has been managed by the Ming Cult for hundreds of years. There are many secret roads crisscrossing the mountain. Fortunately, the drawings completed by Dai Qisi and Xiao Zhao were very detailed. Meng Xiuyuan followed the drawings and found a path that may be Yang Xiaodu.
The unclear road leads directly to the Mingjiao General Altar at Guangmingding.
The exit of the secret passage is on a rock wall. From the outside, the stone gate is no different from the mountain wall. But after walking out of the narrow secret passage, what comes into view is a large square.
Perhaps because this is the hinterland of the main altar, there are no Mingjiao disciples to guard it again. Therefore, during the period when hundreds of people from the five sects walked out of the secret passage one after another, they were not discovered.
"Mr. Meng, you have really made a great contribution this time!"
Kong Zhi looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but feel very happy. He felt that the battle to siege Guangmingding had been mostly successful so far.
"Yes, let's set out quickly, catch them by surprise, and kill all those monsters!" Miejie has also clenched the Yitian Sword, with murderous intent in his eyes.
Everyone in the five factions was very happy to be infected by these leading figures. Although they did not dare to speak loudly for fear of being exposed in advance, they could not help but feel excited and excited when whispering to each other.
However, they didn't expect that they were happy too early.
At this time, Meng Xiuyuan suddenly took a deep breath without warning, channeled enough pure Yang energy, and looked up to the sky and shouted:
"Fellow Mingjiao sects, our six major sects have reached the top of the Bright Summit.
Come out quickly and let’s have a good talk!”
This roar, like rolling thunder exploding in the air, rumbled away in the air, and soon spread throughout Guangmingding.
Although the people from the five sects standing next to Meng Xiuyuan were not injured due to Meng Xiuyuan's deliberate control, they were all shaken out of their wits.
When they came to their senses and looked at Meng Xiuyuan again, they saw that he had already used several swords to chop down the secret door that everyone came from, causing it to collapse, blocking the only known way out.
At this point, everyone felt a thump in their hearts and looked very ugly.