Tang Zilan didn't guess wrong." Although the Evil Dog Gate has lost all its rudders, and even the chief rudder in Wuyang City has been abandoned, most of the manpower has been preserved, except for those disciples who were killed by the surprise attack at the beginning.

The Demon Dao is powerful, and it is in the dark, the power of the "Evil Dog Gate" is too scattered, and it is very disadvantageous to fight, even if it can hold those rudders for a while, it will inevitably be broken by the other party's concentrated forces one by one in the end. Therefore, Hua Bushi would rather temporarily give up the industry of the "Evil Dog Gate" in various realms, let the disciples under the sect turn from light to dark, and preserve their strength as much as possible.

This is also the reason why in the eyes of outsiders, the rudder of the "Evil Dog Gate" collapsed so quickly.

The rapid rise of the "Baolian Sect" was beyond Hua Bushi's expectations, although he had fought with the Demon Dao several times before, he still didn't expect the hidden strength of the Demon Dao to be so powerful. But it is precisely because of this that this eldest young master must act more cautiously.

Fifteen days ago, the medical saint Meng Wuming's "Huitian Needle" operation was completed, Hua Bushi was able to get out of bed and walk around, he immediately ordered to move out of the house in Beijing, and everyone moved to this "Baozhong Huguo Temple" on Babao Mountain in the western suburbs.

The house in the city was located in the middle of the city, surrounded by houses and streets, which was not conducive to defense, and this temple was built on the mountain, although it was located in the wilderness, but it was very empty all around, and there were few houses, and if an outsider approached it, it would be much easier to defend it.

In the past ten days, Hua Bushi has been guarding the grave in front of his father's grave in Houshan every day, and at the same time analyzing the information from the eyeliner of "Qianhuafang" from all over the world, in order to find an opportunity for a decisive battle with the devil.

Since the "Baolian Sect" appeared in the rivers and lakes, it has been unstoppable, quickly swallowing up many Baidao sects, and now it has become a behemoth, and there are no less than hundreds of branches and rudders that have sprung up in various places. If you want to exterminate all these branches and rudders, it is absolutely difficult to do it with the current people of the "Evil Dog Gate".

However, most of these branches are actually just gangs that have been forced to submit or are controlled by the Devil's Dao. In other words, they are just minions of the Demon Dao, not the main body, and even if they are all uprooted, they may not be able to truly defeat the Demon Dao.

Just like those small and medium-sized sects that belonged to the "Fugui Alliance" in the Yu Realm back then, although they were all killed later, the power of the Demon Dao was almost undamaged.

In order to defeat the Demon Dao, you must first find the opponent's leader and concentrate on one blow before it can work. However, the whereabouts of the people in the Demon Dao have always been secretive, and the Immortal Old Demon and the "Immortal Six Uniques" Divine Dragon have not seen the end, if they don't show up, how easy is it to find them?

Hua Bushi knew the difficulties, and he also understood that this matter must not be rushed and reckless, the Demon Dao has existed for an unknown number of years, and its strength is by no means comparable to the "Evil Dog Gate", and now he can no longer make any mistakes, otherwise even the only opportunity will be lost.

In the past ten days, there have been dozens of pieces of information transmitted to Hua Bushi by the "Thousand Flowers Fang" from various realms every day, but there are very few really useful ones.

Most of this information is about what industries the "Baolian Sect" has obtained, which sect has been annexed or exterminated, and the actual ones who have been manipulated by the Demon Dao are some Jianghu people. Among the "Six Absolute Lifeless", only the Fog Shadow has appeared once in the Hubei Realm, and the other five are nowhere to be found, and there is no news of the Lifeless Old Demon.

Hua Bushi is not short of patience, but the reality is that there is not much time, the effect of the "Heavenly Needle" can only last for a hundred days, and now every day that passes, he is one step closer to death. Perhaps after exhausting his life for 100 days, he still couldn't find a chance to defeat the Demon Dao.

Hearing what Tang Zilan said, Hua Bushi undoubtedly saw hope, and now he can't miss any bit of hope.

Tang Zilu said: "This sect does know the location of the Demon Dao lair, and what Tang came here today is also related to this. ”

Hua Bushi said: "But I don't know what kind of place it is, how did Deputy Master Tang find out?"

Tang Zilan took a deep breath and said, "This matter involves a wide range of things, if you want to talk about the reason, you have to start with a rumor about looking for immortal medicine thirteen years ago. Does Young Master Hua know why the current 'Seven Great Sects' are divided into three parties, and there is no harmony between the various factions?"

The "Seven Great Sects of the Central Plains" were originally the most prestigious Baidao sects on the rivers and lakes, but they have always been divided into a tripartite alliance, headed by "Shaolin", "Wudang" and "Shuzhong Tangmen". The interests of these three forces are constantly conflicting, and friction and fighting also occur from time to time, Hua Bushi has seen it clearly at the Wanyi Conference, but when it comes to the cause, he does not know anything.

He immediately said: "I don't know, please ask Deputy Master Tang for advice." ”

Tang Zilan said: "More than ten years ago, although the 'Seven Great Sects' could not talk about sharing interests, they were all in the same vein of chivalry, and they fought against the underworld 'World Alliance' together, and the friendship was not bad, and they also made an alliance with each other, and often joined hands to cooperate. And the exploration of the elixir thirteen years ago was a cooperation between the seven factions. ”

He paused for a moment and said: "That year in the Sichuan and Hubei areas, there was a rumor among the people, saying that there is a fairy cliff on the Holy Maiden Peak of Qionglai Mountain, and there are many elixirs growing on the top of the cliff, such as thousand-year-old snow lotus, metamorphosis shouwu, the best cordyceps, etc., some of which are legendary fairy grass, with the effect of life and death, flesh and bones, and people who practice martial arts can increase their skills suddenly after taking them, and become peerless masters in one fell swoop. ”

Hua Bushi shook his head and said: "I don't know how many such legends and stories there are in the world, how can they be credible?"

Tang Zilan said: "Young Master Hua is proficient in medical skills, do you also think that there is no so-called fairy grass elixir in the world?"

Hua Bushi said: "I don't know if there are those immortal herbs in the world that you said, but in terms of medical Taoism, it is impossible to live and die people, flesh and bones, and take drugs that greatly increase internal strength." ”

He saw Tang Zilan's eyes looking at him with a puzzled meaning, so he explained: "There are two kinds of yin and yang between heaven and earth, and in the natural world, they are transformed into six qi: wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire. Reconciling the six qi and balancing yin and yang is the foundation of medical science. ”

"All the herbs are used to regulate the six qi, and the same is true for snow lotus, shou wu, ginseng and other great tonic medicines, even if they really grow for tens of millions of years, at most the medicinal properties are a hundred times stronger than usual, if the medicine can give birth to spirituality, it is really superstitious and absurd. The internal strength of a martial artist is only related to the strength of the body's meridians, but also lies in the cultivation of the martial artist's state of mind, which can only be cultivated step by step. If you take these great tonic medicines rashly without washing your muscles and bones, the medicinal properties are too strong, and you will only explode to death, and there will be no possibility of a great increase in internal strength at all. ”

Tang Zilan pondered for a moment when he heard this, sighed lightly, and said: "What Young Master Hua said is very true, in fact, this kind of truth should also be understood by people who practice martial arts, but it is a pity that many people have a fluke after all, and always want to be able to ascend to the sky in one step. At the beginning, everyone only regarded the legend as a nonsense rumor, and the Holy Maiden Peak of Qionglai Mountain was as high as 10,000 miles, and there was ice and snow on the peak that did not melt for thousands of years. ”

Then, however, a secret map came out. It is said that a local mountain man who made a living by collecting medicine climbed the fairy cliff and saw the spiritual herb and fairy medicine growing all over the cliff top, but unfortunately he was blown down the cliff by the strong wind before he could pick it, and he died of the wind and cold when he returned home, but he drew a map to this cliff. ”

Hua Bushi said: "That mountain man is just an ordinary person, he can't resist the biting cold wind on it, but the masters who have practiced martial arts are different, as long as they climb the fairy cliff, they will definitely be able to pick fairy grass, I think everyone will think so." ”

Tang Zilan said: "That's right. At that time, the secret map was spread to the rivers and lakes, and after some competition, it finally fell into the hands of the elder Baohong Zhenren of the 'Wudang faction', and the famous factions such as Kongtong, Huashan, and Emei also got the news, and the gate was located in the Sichuan realm, so they naturally knew about it. At that time, these sects were all good friends, and that Baohong real person did not hide his selfishness, and posted to invite the masters of various factions to go to Qionglai Mountain to explore treasures together. ”

"A total of nine people were invited to find medicine, in addition to Shaolin, the two major Buddhist sects in Putuo did not come, and the other five factions in the 'Seven Major Sects' were involved, including three people from the 'Wudang faction', two people each from Kongtong and Emei, one from the Huashan faction, and there was also a Tang Tiexin from this door, who was still the uncle of the purple scales. These nine people are either elders or worshippers in their respective sects, and they are all noble and top masters of martial arts. ”

Hua Bushi said: "These nine masters went to the Immortal Cliff to collect medicine, did they just return empty-handed?"

Tang Zilan smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, these nine people entered Qionglai Mountain, followed the map to find the legendary Immortal Cliff, and searched for a month, but they found nothing, and I don't know if it was a way, or the picture was fake, and they had to give up in the end." And the rumors that there was a fairy herb elixir in the Immortal Cliff, which was rumored to be boiling earlier, gradually became unbelievable. ”

"That can be regarded as a very failed treasure hunt, after the nine people came out of Qionglai Mountain, they each returned to the sect, and no one mentioned it for more than ten years, and everyone has long forgotten about it. However, an accident happened a few months ago, which made Benmen realize that there was a mystery in that treasure hunting trip. ”

He paused for a moment before saying, "Speaking of which, the accident is also related to the 'Heavenly Punishment'. ”

Hua Bushi's expression moved, and he said, "Oh, what does it have to do with 'Heavenly Punishment'?"

Tang Zilan said: "At the beginning of March this year, there were some business transactions to be discussed with the Bashu Chi family, and the ancestor sent his disciple Tang Feiyu to Chengdu to handle it, but it happened to catch up with the annual ancestor worship ceremony of Chi Siyuan, the head of the Chi family, and at that ancestor worship ceremony, the killer of 'Tianzhu' appeared to assassinate, Chi Siyuan did not escape this catastrophe, and Tang Feiyu was also killed. ”