Ten days later, just as the news of the discovery of the secluded cave of the great Martial Emperor Yuan Tianfeng in Yulong Mountain spread like wildfire, and many masters from the entire northwest were almost rushing to Yulong Mountain, the "Kill Yan Team" sent by the White Lotus Sect also arrived in Qiyun County. After arriving in Qiyun County, these people inquired about Yan Liqiang, only to find out that Yan Liqiang had gone to Yulong Mountain in person with a team of guards a few days ago on the pretext of suppressing the rebellion of the seven Shatu tribes. The entire northwest martial arts world was rumored that after discovering the secluded cave of the great Martial Emperor Yuan Tianfeng, King Pingxi Yan Liqiang had secretly gone to that cave to practice in seclusion. This time, after obtaining the secret teachings of the great Martial Emperor Yuan Tianfeng, King Pingxi might have to advance to the Martial Emperor before leaving the cave.
Corroborating this news is the fact that the 10,000-strong Longya Army, after arriving at Yulong Mountain, surrounded several important roads and a cave in the mountain, guarding them with powerful bows and crossbows, to the point where even birds could hardly get in. Many martial arts figures who came to Yulong Mountain were stopped outside the mountain by the Longya Army, and could not enter the mountain at all. Even if they had the ability to enter Yulong Mountain, they could not enter the cave guarded by the army, and could only wander around the cave and spy. According to many people hiding in Yulong Mountain, they all saw with their own eyes that Pingxi King Yan Liqiang came here a few days ago, and then entered the cave in person, and has not come out yet.
Even if the rebellion of the seven Shatu tribes was hiding in that cave, there was no need for the King of Pingxi to go into the cave alone to fight. The army guarding the cave did not move, but the King of Pingxi went in alone. What was the logic? So it was obvious that the cave where the first generation of martial arts emperor Yuan Tianfeng practiced in seclusion should be inside that cave. What rebellion of the seven Shatu tribes? This was just a trick to cover up the truth...
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"Boom..." The dull thunder echoed in the sky. A bolt of thunder streaked across the sky, illuminating the layers of peaks in the Yulong Mountain below. Amid the pouring rain and thunder and lightning, a figure, like a night owl, was running fast among the dense forests of Yulong Mountain. The figure was moving so fast that it was almost difficult to distinguish with the naked eye on such a night. When the thunder pierced the sky and the earth in white, the figure was still under a mountain. As soon as the thunder fell, the figure had already stepped on the rock wall in the mountain and soared into the sky. In a flash, it had already rushed to the middle of the mountain hundreds of meters high. The speed was so fast that even if someone saw it, they would probably think it was a ghost.
Bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, but before they landed on this man, they were already stirred up by the energy around him, and not a single drop landed on him. This terrifying level of cultivation, in the eyes of a master, was a sign of advancement to the Martial King. Even in the entire northwest, there were only a handful of such people.
When another flash of lightning streaked across the sky, the figure had quietly disappeared into the crack of the rock wall behind a huge rock on the mountain peak. There, there happened to be a not-so-deep cave hidden behind a huge rock and pine branches, which was very secretive.
The cave was extremely dark. On such a night, it was pitch black in the cave, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. The heavy rain was pouring down outside the cave, creating curtains of water. There were only ten ghostly people standing silently in the cave, like stone statues, motionless. Only when lightning illuminated the sky and the earth again could you see these people's faces in that flash of lightning.
These ten people were all wearing black cloaks with hoods, and they exuded a powerful and solemn aura. However, just looking at their faces would make people startled, because among these ten people, nine of them had very ordinary faces, so ordinary that they had no special features. They looked to be in their 40s or 50s, the kind that would be hard to find if thrown into the street. Only one of them seemed to be a little old, with a dead look in his eyes. He stood silently in the deepest part of the cave, like a pitch-black abyss that could swallow all the light, without saying a word and without moving.
The man who came into the cave walked quickly to the man with death in his eyes and handed over a few things he was carrying.
They were a few jade slips with words and human figures, and there were also bloodstains on them...
“These are jade slips and jade pieces obtained by several gangsters from the northwest. These people entered the cave before the Dragon Tooth Army surrounded the cave, so they gained some things…” the man who entered the cave said in a hoarse voice.
Although the jade slips and jade pieces are broken and even incomplete, some contents can still be seen.
"Mantis Fist... Hunyuan Sword Sutra..." The old man with a dead look in his eyes stared at the thing in his hand and read the words on it. As he spoke, he used one hand to make a few movements according to the pattern on the jade slip, and then nodded, "It really works..." Then he turned his head and looked at the other man in black beside him, and asked, "Is there such a martial art in the martial arts world of the Han Empire?"
"As far as I know, among all the sects in the Han Empire, there has never been a martial art like Mantis Fist and Hunyuan Sword Classic!" The man in black beside him spoke in a cold voice, completely without any emotion, just like a machine. "It is said that Yuan Tianfeng, the martial arts emperor of the Han Empire, wanted to experience the mystery of the Heavenly Dao Initiation in his later years and seek the final breakthrough in martial arts, so he was obsessed with creating his own martial arts secrets and left behind many deeds and legends..."
"In that case, that cave might really be the place where Yuan Tianfeng, the great Emperor Wu of the Han Empire, lived in seclusion in his later years, and it's not a trap set for us?" The old man with a dead look in his eyes muttered to himself.
The black-clothed man who had just spoken next to him continued to speak expressionlessly, "Only a few people in the White Lotus Sect know that we have come to the northwest, and no one knows our whereabouts. The secret martial arts on these jade slips and jade pieces have never appeared in the world, so the possibility of a trap is very low. Moreover, it can be confirmed that the man is indeed hiding in that cave. I saw him come out of the cave once a few days ago and showed up in the Longya Army's barracks. His aura has advanced to the Martial King level. Now the urgent news of the Pingxi Palace has been sent into the cave. I heard that the man had killed the Martial King of the Black Jie Tribe before. If he gets the things left by Yuan Tianfeng in the cave and breaks through again, once he advances to the Martial Emperor level, it will be even more difficult to kill him. Moreover, with the more than 10,000 Longya Army guarding outside the cave, it is impossible to keep us. The man is in the cave and has no escape. This is the best opportunity..."
The old man with dead eyes listened without saying anything, but just closed his eyes.
The entire cave was silent, no one spoke, and the others were as still as stones. After two minutes, another flash of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the old man's face in an instant. The old man suddenly opened his eyes, looked at a place in the distance with his empty and lifeless eyes, and then said, "Then let's do it tonight..."
As the hand sign fell, rumbling thunder was heard, but his figure had disappeared from the cave. Only a slight fluctuation could be heard faintly in the air outside the cave.
When the rumbling thunder began to echo in the deep valleys between the mountains, the other ten people in the cave, without any orders, jumped down from the cave one by one, like ghosts disappearing into the night and heavy rain outside. In the blink of an eye, there was no trace of anyone's existence in this cave anymore.
At this moment, in the sky above Yulong Mountain, above the pitch-black clouds that are hard to see with the naked eye, a golden eagle with fire eyes is hovering like a warrior between the dense dark clouds and lightning, fighting the wind and rain, proudly roaring in the sky, soaring proudly in the thunder and lightning, and the golden eagle's eyes are piercing through the clouds and darkness, staring at the ground...
(End of this chapter)