The Counterattack of the Villains

More than a month later, the order that the world will help the world and bring peace to the people has been spread to all forums, and the list of articles was quickly posted.

Although some members of the gang did not understand this order, the altar master and leaders could somewhat understand the benefits of this measure to Tianxiahui.

Thanks to Xiongba's hegemony, no matter whether the gang members understand it or not, they will do it, and they can only do it.

Those who are brave and unwilling to cooperate will have someone to deal with them.

Fortunately, this order only emphasized the attitude towards the common people and did not mention the people in the martial arts world.

Obviously this measure is only for the common people, and it will do whatever it wants to those in the martial arts world.

In short, there are eight words: Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.

This makes the world have a lot of people who are resistant. The number is not very large. Only a few people who like to be domineering and bully men and women will be resistant.

And that kind of person is of no use to Tianxiahui and will only ruin the reputation of Tianxiahui. It would be a good thing to get rid of them.

As long as it wins the hearts and minds of the people and has public support, the resistance of people in the martial arts world will become very weak.

The benefits of being loved by the people are huge.

First of all, in terms of public opinion, if the people are full of praise for Tianxiahui and love them wholeheartedly, then chivalrous people like Wuming will no longer be hostile to Tianxiahui.

Secondly, taxes are easier to collect. With the help of Tianxiahui, people's lives will become easier and their families will gradually have more food. They will be more willing to pay taxes.

Then the People's Association is willing to let their children join the Tianxiahui, so that the Tianxiahui has a foundation to be passed down from generation to generation.

With just these few items, the World Association can easily build the most important foundation for a power. To sum up, it is: there are people who have money and reputation.

In addition, when the people sincerely love Tianxiahui and people in the martial arts want to plot against Tianxiahui, unless everyone is avoided, the people of the world will become the eyes and ears of Tianxiahui.

Once it is discovered that you have bad intentions, someone will go to the Tianxiahui sub-forum to inform you in a matter of minutes.

As long as you are an enemy of Tianxiahui, you will fall into the ocean of people's war, and there will be only a dead end in the end.

In addition to these obvious visible benefits, there are many other hidden benefits that I will not list here one by one.

Just when the preliminary preparations were basically completed and Youruo's martial arts had been practiced to the point, Dugu Yifang from Wushuang City came to visit Tianxiahui with his son Dugu Ming.

Naturally, this meeting was not a pleasant one. Li Mu remained silent for the time being, and did not directly follow his previous idea and threaten him as a Xibei product of Dugu Yifang.

Because what Li Mu wants is to completely annex Wushuang City, not just a superficial surrender.

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After Dugu Yifang left, Youruo was finally taken away from the small village in the center of the lake by Li Mu, and officially met with the Tianxiahui gang as his secretly trained disciple under the name of Jian Wu.

On the first floor of the world, the three major disciples and the leaders gathered together.

After Shan Hu, everyone turned their curious eyes to Youruo who was standing next to Li Mu, and many people had a look of astonishment in their eyes.

Li Mudao: "Everyone, my gang leader would like to introduce to you. Her name is Jian Wu, and she is a close disciple that our gang leader has secretly cultivated over the years."

"Now that she has accomplished something in her studies, the gang leader plans to make her the leader of the Anmin Hall, and she will be fully responsible for the affairs of the Tianxia Association to help the world and bring peace to the people."

Regarding the meaning and mission of Anmintang, as well as its importance to Tianxiahui, Li Mu has already made it clear to Youruo these days.

Youruo naturally had no objection, and she was very happy to do this.

After Li Mu finished speaking, he looked at Youruo and said with a smile: "Jianwu, why don't you greet your three senior brothers?"

Youruo clasped his fists and bowed to the three major disciples and said: "Jianwu has met Senior Brother Shuang, Senior Brother Yun, and Senior Brother Feng. My little sister is new here. Please take care of me."

"Hello, junior sister." The three of them returned the salute with clasped fists. Qin Shuang and Nie Feng both had smiles on their faces. Even Bu Jingyun was no longer so cold. Although he was not smiling, he was much gentler.

Li Mu looked at one person and called, "Yang Zhen."

Yang Zhen, a Tai Chi master who was born in Wudang, stepped out of the queue, cupped his fists and said: "My subordinate is here."

Li Mudao: "You lead your team to help with the sword dance in Anmin Hall. With your team as the core, you can quickly organize the hall, and the general altar will let you choose."

Yang Zhen said: "Yes, I will definitely do my best to assist the Master of Sword Dance Hall."

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Shuang'er, Yun'er, Feng'er, Duanlang stay, others can go do their own thing!"

"My subordinates resign."

Everyone retreated, Wen Chou Chou took You Ruo to the entrance of the hall that Li Mu had prepared for her, and Yang Zhen followed You Ruo on her own.

After everyone else left, Li Mucai looked at Bu Jingyun and said, "Yun'er, I have a task for you to complete as my teacher."

Bu Jingyun cupped his fists and said, "Master, please give me your instructions."

Li Mudao: "More than sixty miles north of Prince Xia's Mansion, there is a mysterious ice cave, which contains a secret manual of peerless swordsmanship."

"My master wants you to set out immediately to retrieve the secret book. I don't know where the secret book is in the cave, so you need to search for it yourself."

"Yes." Bu Jingyun, who always acted resolutely, clasped his fists in response, turned around and left the hall, made some preparations and set off for Prince Xia's Mansion.

Li Mu looked at Nie Feng and Duan Lang again and said: "Feng'er, Duan Lang, the two of you lead a group of people and follow me to Lingyun Cave to search for some things. By the way, you can also go and pay homage to you."

's father."

The two looked at each other, clasped their fists happily and said, "Yes."

Li Mu finally said to Qin Shuang: "Shuang'er, when my master is not in the gang, you have full authority to handle the gang affairs. Please help Jianwu more."

Qin Shuang clasped her fists and said, "Disciple, I obey."

After finishing the arrangements, Li Mu stood up and said, "In that case, go down and get ready! We will set off early tomorrow morning and try not to disturb the people in the martial arts world."

"Although this gang leader is not afraid of any trouble, the main purpose of this trip is to find the target we are looking for. I don't want to waste time."

"yes."

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Before dawn the next morning, Li Mu took Nie Feng and Duan Lang, as well as fifty members of Shenfengtang and Duanlang's subordinates, and rode southward on fast horses.

It's a long way to Lingyun Grotto, but fortunately, the southwest area belongs to the territory of Tianxiahui. Every time we go to a city, there will be disciples from the sub-monastery who have arranged food and lodging and prepared replacement horses.

It didn't take long to travel thousands of miles, and we arrived in less than half a month.

It is said that all living beings suffer, so people are always longing for methods and truths that can eliminate suffering in the world.

I hope that someone with higher wisdom than myself can save or enlighten me.

Therefore, there are all kinds of suffering in the world, and there are also all kinds of Buddhas who were born to relieve the suffering of sentient beings.

There are countless Buddha statues in the world, but the largest one among them is the Leshan Giant Buddha.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is located in the west of Leshan, where the Minjiang River, Qingyi River and Dadu River converge.

According to legend, in the early years of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Zen master named Haitong. He saw that the river flow here was fast and ships ran aground on the rocks from time to time, so he wanted to build a Buddha statue here to protect the safety of ships.

This proposal won the support of thousands of people, and they began to build it. It lasted for ninety years before the big Buddha statue was completed. During this period, monk Haitong also passed away long ago.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is actually a seated statue of Maitreya Buddha. It is as high as the mountain, with a mountain on its back and a river on its back. It is made of stone carved from the mountain. The river below is surging and the boats are moving like ants. It is extremely spectacular.

It is said that the pair of "Buddha eyes" on its face alone are more than five feet long, which shows how majestic the Buddha statue itself is.

On the right side of the top of the Leshan Giant Buddha, there is an ancient temple called the Great Buddha Temple, and a hundred feet away to the left of the Great Buddha Temple, there is another villa called Duanjiazhuang.

It is Duanlang's home.

But since Duan Shuai was captured by Huo Qilin and taken to Lingyun Cave, and Duan Lang worshiped the Tianxiahui, Duanjiazhuang has been completely in decline, and Zhuangzi has been abandoned.

Next to the entrance of Lingyun Grottoes, two stone tablets stand side by side. On the tablets are respectively engraved "The Tomb of Nanlin Sword Head Duan Shuai" and "The Tomb of Northern Drinking Kuangdao King Nie Ren".

At this time, sacrifices were placed in front of the stone monument and incense candles were lit. Nie Feng and Duan Lang were burning paper money in front of their father's tombstone.

Li Mu stood behind the two of them, looked at King Nie's tombstone and sighed: "Brother Nie, Brother Nie, back then you and I competed here, but before the winner could be decided, you encountered an unexpected incident and was killed by the Fire Demon.

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"I regard this matter as a regret in my life. Without Nanlin Sword Head and Beiyin Kuangdao, how many people in the world who can be my rivals are left? Do you know how lonely I am?"

There is no doubt that these words are purely pretentious, just for Nie Feng, Duan Lang, and the fifty gang members behind them.

At that time, Nie Fengshang was still young and did not know the truth about the duel between King Nie Ren and Xiong Ba. He only thought it was an ordinary competition between martial arts masters.

Therefore, Nie Feng never resented Xiong Ba in his heart, but was extremely grateful for his upbringing and teaching.

Li Mu then murmured: "Brother Duan, Brother Nie, your children are all outstanding people. I think I have treated them well over the years."

"Although Duanlang took some detours, fortunately he finally turned back in time and returned to the right path. I can be considered worthy of you two old rivals. You can rest in peace now that you are under the influence of Jiuquan."

"Today I will take the two children into Lingyun Cave to explore. If they encounter the fire demon, I will avenge your blood. I hope you can keep the two children safe and sound."

Li Mu murmured to himself with emotion, but Nie Feng and Duan Lang's eyes turned red, and waves of emotion poured into their hearts.

After Li Mu said those words, he turned around and walked away, asking the fifty gang members, "Have you prepared enough dry food and drinking water?"

Duanlang's subordinate Hongyu clasped his fists and said, "Go back to the gang leader. We have all prepared, enough to support five days' expenses."

"Yes." Li Mu nodded with satisfaction. He didn't need to eat or drink. Even if he got lost and was trapped in Lingyun Cave, his life would not be in danger.

The best thing is to spend more time and one day be able to understand the terrain of Lingyun Cave and find a way out.

But the others couldn't. They had no food or water and were lost in Lingyun Cave. They couldn't survive more than a week.

The reason why he had to bring Nie Feng and Duan Lang with him when exploring Lingyun Cave this time was because he wanted to rub off on their protagonist auras so that he could find what he wanted smoothly.

Duan Lang and Nie Feng didn't dare to keep Li Mu waiting for too long.

After quickly burning the paper money, Duan Lang said a few words in front of the tombstone to express his determination and loyalty to Li Mu, and then followed Li Mu into Lingyun Cave.

Less than a hundred feet into Lingyun Grotto, a sultry breath hit us.

The temperature inside the cave is probably at least ten to twenty degrees higher than outside.

If an ordinary person entered, he would be suffocated to death within an hour at most, and eventually lose his life here.

Fortunately, the gang members who followed us this time were all elites, and their skills were not weak. As long as they paid attention to replenishing water in time, their lives were not in danger.

For some unknown reason, the cave walls in Lingyun Cave are always faintly emitting red light, so that even in the depths of the cave, it is not completely dark, and one can basically see the environment clearly.

It's just that the red light shines on people, making them feel as if they are next to magma underground.

About half a moment after entering the cave, everyone encountered a fork in the road, with three cave entrances leading to different places.

Li Mu stood still in front of the fork in the road. Without his instructions, Nie Feng immediately asked his subordinates to take out a blank scroll, hold it in his hand and unfold it towards him, while another subordinate quickly prepared the pen and ink.

Nie Feng drew the route from the entrance to here, as well as the three forked cave entrances in front of him on the scroll.

Because the temperature inside is higher, the ink dries quickly.

Nie Feng did not put away the pen and ink, but let his subordinates hold it in their hands to replenish the water needed for the ink at any time. The scroll was also held in their hands.

After entering the fork in the road, he will draw all the way.

When Nie Feng was drawing the map, Li Mu brought up a stream of true energy and secretly used the Tianshuang Fist technique to turn this true energy into the ultimate Yin and Chihan.

The true energy from the most yin to cold will be more sensitive to the blazing fire.

He used this to sense the fire emanating from the three cave entrances, which side was the strongest, because the direction with the stronger fire had a high probability of being where the fire unicorn was.

A cold aura spread out from Li Mu's body, causing Nie Feng Duanlang and the gang behind him to feel a chill, and couldn't help but feel refreshed.

After a moment of this, Li Mu looked towards the left passage and said, "Follow me."

When walking into the passage on the left, Li Mu casually slapped his palm at the entrance of the cave, leaving a deep palm print on the cave wall, and also drew a horizontal line under the palm print, which is the word "一一".

When Nie Feng and Duan Lang saw this, they immediately understood that they were making a mark to prevent them from getting lost later.

There is a map to record the places they have traveled, and there are marks for reference. This way, no matter how complex the terrain in Lingyun Cave is, it will be difficult for them to get lost.

Everyone couldn't help but admire Li Mu's careful thinking and rich experience in the world.

If they come by themselves, they may not be able to think of these very simple but extremely practical ways to avoid getting lost.

The Lingyun Cave is like a big maze. The deeper you go, the more forked roads you get. Once you walk into a big cave, you will find that the cave is surrounded by cave entrances, which can be said to be connected in all directions.

As the group walked around the cave, the map drawn by Nie Feng became more and more lengthy. Fortunately, the scroll was long enough, otherwise it would not have been possible to draw it.

After wandering around the cave for a long time, when he arrived at a large cave again, Li Mu asked the gang member responsible for keeping time: "How long has it been?"

The gang members said: "It will take less than three hours to get back to the gang leader."

His way of timing is to light incense. The incense used for timing comes in three sizes: half an hour (one hour), half an hour and five minutes.

At this time, they naturally used the largest specification, which lasted half an hour with one stick of incense.

The gang had already burned six incense sticks and lit the seventh one, but because they were walking, the incense would burn a little faster, so he estimated that it would take less than three hours.

Li Mu nodded and said: "Let's take a rest here, eat something and drink some water, and then continue deep in an hour..."

"ah……"

Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly exclaimed, and then someone reported: "Tell the gang leader, there is a skeleton here."

"Oh?" Li Mu became energetic. In Lingyun Cave, as long as he encounters skeletons, he will gain something.

Li Mu walked over with Nie Feng and Duan Lang, and it turned out that it was a cavern dug out of the cave wall.

From a distance, it looks like the entrance of a cave. When you get closer, you can clearly see that this is a cave, not an intersection of a road.

In the cave, there was a corpse leaning against the wall of the cave. The flesh and blood had long since disappeared, leaving only a pale skeleton.

Duan Lang's eyes suddenly focused. He knelt down and pulled out a ring from the skeletal finger.

After seeing the style of the ring clearly, Duanlang bent his legs and knelt on the ground, crying sadly: "Dad, my child is unfilial, and I finally found you."

Li Mu asked: "Duanlang, are you sure this is your father?"

Duan Lang kowtowed before standing up, holding up the ring, and said sadly: "I am very sure, because this ring is the symbol of the head of my Duan family."

Li Mu nodded and said: "In that case, let's take your father's remains out for burial soon! It will also allow him to rest in peace."

Duanlang cupped his fists and bowed, saying gratefully: "Thank you, leader."

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder and said: "My condolences, since your father is here, I believe the Fire Scale Sword is nearby. Look for it carefully."

Duan Lang's eyes lit up, it makes sense!

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Notice of leave, I have something to go to the countryside on the 16th, so I need to take a day off.