The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 184: Discussions by the Five Elements Flag Bearers.
The entire Middle-earth was extremely lively during this period.

First, the leader of the Ming Cult set out on the journey to the west with his three thousand white-clad followers in a high-profile manner.

Not long after, the major sects and gangs in the martial arts world gathered thousands of people and headed for the Kunlun Mountains.

Soon after, the Yuan court frequently dispatched troops from all over the country. On the surface, Prince Ruyang personally took charge and led his troops to intensify the attack and suppression of the rebel forces in the north.
In secret, he asked his son Wang Baobao to lead the cavalry and act alone. At the same time, he sent teams of red-robed foreign monks, masters of the Semu people, and some warriors who were recruited by the Central Plains martial arts world to disguise themselves and cover their whereabouts. They were divided into several groups and quietly headed to the vicinity of Kunlun Mountain in the Western Regions.
The situation in the world has become turbulent and undercurrents due to the open and covert actions of these three forces!

After spending two months, Xu Xingchen and others finally got out of Xiguan, crossed a golden desert, and came to the Gobi Desert at the foot of Guangmingding Mountain.

The Kunlun Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, with countless deep valleys and pools hidden within them. It is unknown how many rare treasures are scattered among them. There are also countless peaks, some towering and some as tall as swords, each with its own unique characteristics.

Guangmingding, where the Mingjiao headquarters is located, is a majestic and imposing mountain with a vast area and complex and varied terrain.

There are winding paths that are difficult to walk on, open places for hiding soldiers, checkpoints that are easy to defend but difficult to attack, and dead ends on cliffs.
Looking up from the foot of the mountain, you can see palaces and pavilions scattered on the top of the mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, mixed with forests, waterfalls, cliffs, gentle slopes and other terrain. It is truly magnificent and eye-catching.

At this time, teams of soldiers were lined up at the foot of the mountain, divided into five different queues, distinguished by five different colors of clothing: red, white, black, yellow, and green.

Each team uses different and unique weapons. The central flag is also distinguished by five colors, with large characters such as sharp gold, giant tree, flood, raging fire, and thick earth marked on it.

These five-colored flags and five-colored formations are the most important basic combat force under the Ming Cult headquarters, the Five Elements Flag Soldiers.

Each flag has 500 people, for a total of 2,500 people.

Although their number is small, they are all the best selected from countless believers, and their strength should not be underestimated.

The soldiers with the Five Elements flags were lined up at the foot of Guangmingding Mountain, looking coldly at the approaching white-clothed followers, with a powerful aura emanating from them that showed no sign of weakness.

They are the most powerful members of the Ming Cult, and the strongest force that always guards the Holy Flame of Bright Summit. How can they be outdone by these "outlying members"? !

What are you doing? Do you really think that my Ming Cult headquarters is fake? You want to rebel against Tiangang and use the power of your branch to overwhelm the power of our headquarters?
If you succeed, will the Ming Cult headquarters still have any face left?
Therefore, when everyone heard that a self-proclaimed leader of the Ming Cult actually brought his followers from afar to Guangmingding and wanted to make the people in the headquarters submit to him, they were all filled with anger.

Even if we cannot fight to the death with our brothers and sisters of the same religion, we must compete with each other to make these "outsiders" recognize their own identities and stop having wishful thinking.

At the front of the Five Elements Flag soldiers stood twenty or thirty experts, each with a straight back, a sturdy body, and an arrogant look on their faces.

The five men at the front of this group of masters were of different heights, weights and appearances, but each of them had a gleam in his eyes and a more concentrated aura than the others behind him.

These five people are the flag masters of the Five Elements Flags: Zhuang Zheng, the flag master of the Sharp Gold Flag, Wen Cangsong, the flag master of the Giant Tree Flag, Tang Yang, the flag master of the Flood Flag, Xin Ran, the flag master of the Fiery Fire Flag, and Yan Yuan, the flag master of the Thick Earth Flag.

Looking at the white-clothed followers approaching from a distance, the tall and thin Tang Yang, the flag bearer of the Flood Banner, sneered and said, "This kid who was pushed to the position of leader by the White-browed Eagle King is so arrogant!"

Wen Cangsong, the flag bearer of the Giant Wood Flag, was tall and sturdy, with well-developed tendons. He said with a smile: "Don't forget, they have gathered the Four Dharma Kings again, and they are doing very well in the Central Plains. They have a strong momentum. When they come back to the headquarters this time, they will naturally make a big show!"

Zhuang Zheng, the flag bearer of the Ruijin flag, said expressionlessly: "What if the four Dharma Kings are gathered together? Not to mention whether the Golden Armored Lion King who emerged from some unknown corner is qualified to replace the Golden Haired Lion King appointed by Yang Jiaozhu back then."

"Just the fact that the four Dharma Kings recommended the leader is against the rules of the religion!"

"That's right!" Xin Ran, the Fiery Flag Bearer, pulled down the corners of his mouth harshly and said in a cold voice: "My Ming Cult is the strongest force among all the rebel forces against the Yuan Dynasty in the world."

"The position of the leader is not something that just anyone can take. The four Dharma Kings acknowledged it, but we, the Five Elements Flag Bearer, would not acknowledge it. The Five Scattered People had not acknowledged it either, and Yang Zuoshi would certainly not acknowledge it either."

Yan Yuan, the flag bearer of the Houtu Banner, was a short and fat man like a winter melon, with a bald head and no hair on his head. He had a round face and thick lips, which made him look a bit honest and rustic.

But if anyone dares to underestimate this person, the facts will teach them how to behave!
Listening to the discussion of several brothers, he wiped his shiny forehead with his broad hand and said impatiently: "Back then, the five of us couldn't beat their four Dharma Kings. Now, I guess we still can't beat the four of them."

"In terms of the number of people under their command and the number of experts, they are not inferior to our Five Elements Banner." "Damn it, how can we fight this battle?"

Xin Ran glanced at Yan Yuan and said unhappily, "Don't let others show off your power and destroy your own ambition. If the position of the leader of our Ming Cult could be achieved just by having high martial arts skills, then Yang Zuo Shi would have become our leader back then."

Zhuang Zheng said, "If you want to be the leader of our Ming Cult, you need the approval of all of us. If three or five brothers disagree, no one can take the position of leader!"

"It's not easy to be able to convince the four Dharma Kings." Wen Cangsong said, "Have any of you read the four great books written by that leader?"

"The Four Great Treasure Books? Humph, the White-browed Eagle King hid the most important Book of War and Book of Money. How are we supposed to read them?"

"That's right. The agricultural book and the medical book, one is hard to understand, and the other is just about treating minor injuries and illnesses. There's really nothing interesting about them."

"Speaking of which, I heard that the boy created hundreds of martial arts in just three months, including internal energy, body movements, footwork, fists, kicks, weapons, etc. It can be said to be all-encompassing and comprehensive."

"Don't listen to their bragging. Who can create so many martial arts secret manuals in three months? Even Zhang Sanfeng, the number one martial artist in the world, can't do it."

"There are also reports from followers that when that guy met with the leaders of the rebel armies from various places in our sect, his body was suspended in mid-air. I don't know how he did it."

"I guess he used some kind of sleight of hand to prevent those who met him from noticing. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense at all."

"That's right. Even though Master Yang had unparalleled magical powers and could move the universe, he couldn't make his body float in the air."

"In order to promote the young man he nominated, the White-browed Eagle King spread all kinds of false and exaggerated rumors. Anyone with a normal mind would never believe those messy rumors."

Yan Yuan listened to the four brothers' arguments, his eyes rolling, and suddenly asked loudly: "What if those rumors are true?"

This question immediately interrupted the conversation of the four people, and they all fell silent.

After a moment, someone sneered, "How can this be true? Brother Yan, don't say such stupid things!"

Someone else said, "If those rumors are true, he would be the most knowledgeable and talented person in the world, even many ancient saints and sages are not as good as him. But is this possible?"

"That's right. If the ancient saints couldn't do it, how can that kid be able to do it?"

"If he really did those things, we don't need to object, we can just submit to him."

While these people were talking, the white-robed followers in the distance had already approached within a hundred feet and were still moving towards this side in an orderly manner.

As if they felt the heavy pressure coming towards them, the five of them shut their mouths and looked over with solemn expressions.

The three thousand white-clad followers, after a long journey of thousands of miles, were not exhausted or dusty, but instead were full of energy and high spirits. They were more energetic, stronger and more powerful than before they set out!
All this was thanks to the special treatment their respected leader gave them along the way.

After traveling thousands of miles, resting in towns and markets, and meeting with leaders and generals of various forces, these things only took up a small part of the time. Most of the time was spent walking in the suburbs of the wild mountains and ridges, and in the depths of the forest canyons.
Either on the road or on the way to the road!

Whenever the group came to a scenic spot, or rested at night, Xu Xingchen would sit high on a big rock or a tree and explain the principles of martial arts to the people sitting around him.

He did not talk about specific methods of practice, nor did he talk about how to kill the enemy, but only talked about some common sense of martial arts.

From the origin of internal strength and mental skills, it talks about the connection between internal strength and the qi of the five internal organs, and then derives the various properties of true qi
From physical fitness training methods to martial arts techniques, and finally the subtle changes of various moves
From the rotation of the sun, moon and stars, and the changes of the four seasons, we can connect to the mystery of the movement of our own Qi.
Some of the things he talked about were common sense in the martial arts world, some were things that martial artists knew but not why, and some were contents from Taoist scriptures. He narrated them all in plain language.

In this process, there is no cover-up or vagueness.
The three thousand and seventy-two people who were able to improve their martial arts to the current level of strength within one or two years either had outstanding physical aptitudes or had some mental insight.

No matter whether they are smart or stupid, every time they sit around the master and listen to his lectures, they feel that they have gained a lot.
(End of this chapter)