Peerless Xuantian Record

Chapter 42 The Covenant of Loyalty Gate

A red sun rose slowly from the horizon. . . . . .Everyone was excited by the rising of the red sun, and the day finally came.

Yan Ruogu left Xiaobai in the inn room, while Xiao Jin and himself followed various martial arts people to the Zhongyimen.Yan Ruogu was very excited, after all, this was the first major martial arts event he encountered since his debut. . . . . .

Poyang Lake
The heads of all factions in the lobby of Zhongyimen have already sat down, and they clasped their fists to greet each other. . .It seems that the atmosphere is harmonious, but in fact they have their own ghosts.This time there are as many as dozens of sects, and it is rare to see so many sects participating in the past hundred years.Yan Ruogu and Xiao Jin entered smoothly among the disciples of various sects, found an inconspicuous corner and waited patiently. . . .

"Haha... I kept you waiting for a long time." A loud laugh came from the back hall, and a person walked out of the back hall with his hands clasped in fists. The visitor was dressed in a purple brocade robe, his face was rosy, and his lips were dark. With a goatee and a slightly rich figure, this person is Mei Tieshan, the head of the Zhongyi Sect.Mei Tieshan sat on the chief seat, stroked his beard and said, "Everyone, you must have heard that there were rumors in the world more than a month ago that the 'Secret Treasure Key' reappeared in the martial arts. That’s why you came here.”

"Oh? Sect Master Mei would be so kind to share this secret treasure with us?" The person who spoke was Gui Chunyang, the head of the Kongtong Sect.

Mei Tieshan said with a smile: "What does the head of Gui say? We are all sons and daughters of the Jianghu. This secret treasure is shared by everyone in the martial arts. How dare someone Mei take it for himself?" Mei Tieshan's words seemed to be He said it impartially, but everyone in the hall knew it well: you, Mei Tieshan, don't have the strength to dare to compete with the eight sects.Saying this is nothing more than to let oneself have a step down, the thickness of the skin is really the best in the past and the present.

"Master Mei has such a mind that I admire." The person who spoke was Tang Junfeng, the head of the Tang Sect.As soon as Tang Junfeng said this, the heads of all factions nodded in praise.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Jin on the side couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart: These people, the leaders of the noble faction, never expected to be so hypocritical. . .

"Okay, okay, don't bother to sing praises, it's better to listen to what Master Mei has to say." Liao Bufan, the head of Huashan School, said impatiently.

Mei Tieshan straightened his body, took a sip of water from his cup, and then slowly said: "More than a month ago, when the old man's first disciple was practicing by the Poyang Lake, he overheard an old man tell his grandson Story: When Emperor Taizu defeated Chen Youliang at Poyang Lake, Chen Youliang died of hatred. It is well known that Chen Youliang collected a lot of rare treasures back then, and my apprentice heard the old man say that the "key of secret treasure" was among them. Before Chen Youliang died, he asked his lieutenant Zhang Dingbian to hide all the rare treasures on Changshan Island in Poyang Lake. After Chen Youliang died, his son Chen Li fell to Taizu soon, and Zhang Dingbian was afraid that Chen would Li dedicates these rare treasures to the Taizu and takes them all out. Afterwards, he lives in the rivers and lakes incognito. However, the son of Zhang Dingbian accidentally discovered the existence of the secret treasure key while sorting out these rare treasures. And discovered the secret, it happened that this matter was known to his housekeeper somehow, and the news spread like wildfire after a short time, the poor Zhang family was ruined because of this incident, which is exactly what happened more than a hundred years ago. This martial arts catastrophe must have been the cause." Mei Tieshan took another sip of water when he said this.

"I said that what you said, Master Mei, is all about the past, and has nothing to do with the current secret treasure news." The master of Qinglongmen said anxiously.

"Hehe...don't worry everyone, I haven't finished yet. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, the heads of the eight major sects on the top of Mount Tai disappeared together with the 'Key of Secret Treasure', which has been puzzling to the martial arts for more than a hundred years. However, the old man’s apprentice heard the old man tell a big secret. It turned out that the heads of the eight major factions met at the top of Mount Tai to compete for treasures. For the sake of fairness, the heads of the eight major factions did not participate The contending Shaolin sent disciples to take care of the "Secret Treasure Key", so Shaolin sent a disciple of Arhat Hall. But no one thought that this Shaolin disciple, after witnessing the catastrophe of martial arts with his own eyes, suddenly became demons and went up the mountain Before taking the opportunity to put chronic poison in the drinking water of the eight masters, one can imagine the final fate of the eight masters. After the death of the eight masters, this Shaolin disciple used the "corpse water" to destroy their corpses, causing He lost the illusion of disappearance, and he himself sneaked down the mountain along another mountain path. After that, the Shaolin disciple exhausted his whole life and was unable to find the hidden treasure. Seeing that his century was approaching, he lived in seclusion on Mount Jiuhua Old age. And this 'Key of Secret Treasure' is now hidden on Mount Jiuhua, everyone, this is the story my disciple heard."

"Wait, how can you win people's trust just by hearing a story?" Liao Bufan asked suspiciously.The heads of all the sects also had the same expression.

Mei Tieshan raised his hand and said: "Don't be restless, everyone. After hearing this story, the old man's apprentice went to ask the old man, and only then did he know that when the old man was a child, an old monk came to his house. The old monk stayed at his house for a few nights, and the old monk seemed to like the old man who was a child very much. He often told him stories, and this story was one of them. A few days later, the old monk left the old man's house. The old man asked him where he was going, and the old monk said he went to Jiuhua Mountain to live in seclusion. Since then, the old man has never seen the old monk again. But this time the old man remembered this story accidentally and told his grandson. It was overheard by my apprentice."

"In this way, the old monk is the Arhat Hall disciple sent by Shaolin that day. It should not be wrong. If this is the case, we will set off for Jiuhua Mountain tomorrow." Shi Kangming, the head of the Qingcheng School, said.

There was a voice of approval in the hall.

Liu Dezhong, head of the Wanjian Sect, took the words and said: "Everyone, I will take a good rest today and recharge my spirits before we meet here tomorrow. What do you think?"

"Okay, okay, that's it." All the masters said in unison.Then they led their disciples to disperse. . . .Nothing happened that night.

Second day

Lobby of Loyalty Gate

"Everyone, it's almost time, let me go." Mei Tieshan, who was on the main seat, said to the leaders.

"Let's go..." All the masters said in unison.

Facing the rising sun, a group of people headed towards Mount Jiuhua mightily. . . . . . . . .

(End of this chapter)