Chapter 131: The Moon Locking Sect Incident
Chapter 131: The Moon Locking Sect Incident (V)
Fifty miles south of Luyang City, there is a big mountain in the Qinling Mountains.
The stone wall on the top of the peak is like a screen, with a hole in the middle, like a bright moon in the sky.
During the rainy season, the stone pool in the mountain would overflow after being filled with rainwater, forming a water curtain in front of the Mingyue Cave, which seemed like a work of nature.
Tianyue Mountain is more than two hundred feet high, far less majestic and tall than Huayue Mountain, but it is also in a dangerous position with many strange peaks and rocks. There is only one road going up the mountain from the north, which seems to have been carved out by a knife or an axe between the cliffs.
"You are so unworthy of a man!"
The sound came from the stone forest, and two men walked out holding swords. There were crescent-shaped marks on the left chest of their clothes. The exposed skin was tanned red by the sun, and the robes were soaked with sweat, sticking to the skin half wet and half dry.
The Suoyue Sect prides itself on being righteous and requires its disciples to dress appropriately, otherwise they would have been patrolling the mountains shirtless long ago.
"What the hell! The sun is so hot and we still have to patrol the mountains."
Starting three days ago, Sect Leader Liu dispatched additional personnel to patrol the mountain trails day and night.
The young disciple said helplessly: "Brother Zhu, please stop talking. How dare we, the low-level minions, disobey the orders of the Sect Master?"
"You forgot that in the middle of last month, the money and food were not distributed on time. Senior Brother Sun just complained a little, but someone reported it to the headmaster, and Senior Brother Sun was found to have made a mistake and was beaten with 20 sticks and driven off the mountain."
Senior Brother Zhu, who was walking behind, had a face full of resentment and was raising his arms to block the scorching sun.
"Humph, you have to obey the orders of the master, and you should also be careful. Sometimes, you have to learn to play dumb and muddle through. The minions should do their job, don't be too serious, saving your life is the most important thing. Anyway, I heard that things outside the mountain have been uneasy these days, and Master Pan has been killed."
"Is Master Pan really dead? Didn't you see how sad the Sect Master is?"
Senior Brother Zhu whispered, "The headmaster doesn't like Master Pan. After the incident six years ago, the second wife was imprisoned and Master Pan was exiled. He has never been allowed to return to Tianyue Mountain."
"I hadn't even started six years ago. What happened then?"
Senior Brother Zhu laughed strangely and said, "Hehe, that is a taboo in our sect. Whoever mentions it will die. You'd better not ask."
"It's so serious - Brother, look at the mountain."
The young disciple walking in front suddenly stopped and looked towards the middle of the mountain.
A white dot flashed by, very much like a human figure, but it was able to fly and move on the steep cliffs. Its lightness skill was incredible. I'm afraid even the head of the sect might not be able to do it.
"what?"
The young disciple was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Brother, I'm sorry, it's my eyes that are blurry. There must have been a strange bird flying over the mountain just now."
Senior Brother Zhu breathed a sigh of relief: "What a fuss."
The young disciple laughed awkwardly. He was not sure in the first place. If he made a mistake and mobilized so many troops in vain, he would definitely be punished by the master.
As a helpless disciple in the sect, he cannot withstand the slightest storm. It would be better for him to be a little ignorant as Senior Brother Zhu said.
On Tianyue Mountain, there are clusters of buildings and houses arranged in an orderly manner.
There is a huge monument in the middle of the square, with the words "Lock the Moon" engraved on it.
The Suoyue Sect dominated Luyang and had been plundering the area for many years, so its headquarters was built quite luxuriously.
There is a huge three-legged tripod on each side. Above the hundred steps is a three-story building with flying eaves, animal horns, and green tiles like scales, which are beyond the order.
Outside the Tianyue Tower, eight disciples stood with swords in their hands.
In the lobby.
"Master, the Lanzhu River has been blocked, and the sweet water shop business in Luyang City is recovering. However, the merchants in the city have been drawing a lot of water from the downstream in the past few days. It may take another ten days to restore the business to its peak."
Liu Chan gritted his teeth and said, "All this money is going to the poor just like that. What a sin!"
Xiao Shu, the first guest elder of the Suoyue Sect, asked tentatively, "Master, then how about raising the water price by 30%?"
Liu Chan shook his head and said, "One times." "One times? Could this be..." Even though Xiao Shu knew that the master had always been stingy, he was still a little shocked.
Liu Chan said bitterly: "Even if it doubles, it can't make up for the sect's losses."
Sect Leader Liu had a half-pockmarked face and a short stature. He sat on the armchair, tightly gripping the account book, with anger in his dead fish eyes, just like the 'Golden Toad Spitting Treasures' beside the God of Wealth.
He looked at the people standing in the hall and said, "Elder Xiao, have you found the bandits yet?"
Xiao Shu shook his head and said, "They should be the same group of people who attacked the Riverside Manor. They swept all the mines around Shenyue Valley and disappeared. The five groups of disciples we sent out didn't find any trace of them."
Liu Chan said sternly: "Send more people, send ten groups of people to continue looking for it, and don't come back if you can't find it."
Xiao Shu frowned and said, "That group of people dared to use the Sun Moon Sect's banner. If it wasn't the remnants of the Yunshui Hall causing trouble, but the Demon Sect's forces were launching a massive counterattack, and we sent out more disciples, Tianyue Mountain would be empty and it would be easy for the other side to launch a sneak attack."
Hearing this, Liu Chan calmed down immediately. Before the Battle of Hengshan, the Demon Cult only sent the Yunshuitang into Guanzhong, which made the people of the orthodox religions in various places suffer terribly and greatly disrupted the order of the rivers and lakes that had been formed for hundreds of years.
Xiao Shu continued.
"The Huashan Sect is now closed to the public."
"The Nangong family retreated to Longxi."
"The Huashan Heroes' Gathering not only failed to make Mr. Yue the leader of Guanzhong, but also exacerbated the rift between the righteous forces."
"If the Demon Cult chooses this moment to launch a counterattack against Guanzhong, it will be disastrous."
Liu Chan rolled his dead fish eyes. He originally thought that it was just the remnants of the Demon Cult, like the Thousand-Faced Fox, which caused a big disturbance in Xi'an Prefecture. But without the support of Heimu Cliff, the scattered members of the Yunshuitang were like a group of snakes without a leader. After all, they were just a few stray dogs and could not make a big difference.
Xiao Shu's words reminded him.
In the past, the remnants of Yunshuitang either fled or sought revenge, and none of them dared to raise the banner of the Sun and Moon Sect.
This group of people seems to have ulterior motives.
He was silent for a moment, then said to Xiao Shu, "Quickly send our elite disciples, prepare generous gifts, and invite fellow martial artists from the Baisha Gang, Feixing Sect, and Zhengqi League to come to Tianyue Mountain."
"Yes, Master." Xiao Shu bowed and stepped back.
After dark, the full moon shines through the stone hole, casting its light on the roof of the tallest Tianyue Tower.
Behind the Suoyue Sect there is a row of stone peaks, all twenty feet high. They were originally seven or eight huge rocks connected to the mountain. They protruded from the mountain and were tightly squeezed, shaped like a screen. Over thousands of years, they have become an integrated whole.
"Is this the Yuping Moon Cave, one of the ten great wonders of Guanzhong?"
There is no grass in the cave. There are many cracked and protruding rocks on the top of the cave. There is a black stone platform in the middle. If you get a little closer, the iron tools on your body will be sucked over. It should contain celestialite.
"It is neither in the sky nor on the ground, and surrounded by cliffs. It is a great place for meditation."
The man in white clothes and a bamboo hat walked to the edge of the cave and looked down. From a height of nearly 100 meters, he could see all the buildings and pavilions below. The stars and lights were like a jewel belt, winding around Tianyue Mountain.
"It's time to go meet the master."
The man chuckled, spread his arms, and leaned forward like a flying bird, forming a vertical position with the stone screen.
His legs stepped quickly on the stone screen, creating small stone pits.
The gravel and dust fell down, making a loud noise. Fortunately, this was the back mountain, and there were no Suoyue Sect disciples guarding or patrolling nearby.
When there was about thirty meters left, he leaped forward, landed on the ground, staggered forward two steps, and then stopped.
“It’s easy to climb up, but hard to come down!”
If one has practiced light skills such as 'Gecko Climbing the Wall' and 'Spider Clinging to the Beam', one can cling to the stone wall and move forward and backward freely. Zhang Yu relied on the leg skills of Feiyun Magic Kung Fu to force his way down from the 100-meter stone wall, but he looked a little embarrassed.
(End of this chapter)