The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 194: Open the secret passage in the mountain and see Yang Dingtian's suicide note

As the leader of the Ming Cult, Xu Xingchen naturally followed the local customs and bowed his head to recite the Ming Cult oath.
The "holy fire" in the distance lasted for half an hour and gradually dissipated.

The people in the square also came to their senses, greeted the leader once more, and then left one after another, busy with their own affairs.

Xu Xingchen convened several meetings with the four Dharma Kings, the Five Elements Flag Bearers, and some powerful figures from the four gates of Heaven, Earth, Wind and Thunder, and clarified what to do next.

Bright Summit, the headquarters of the Ming Cult, does not just refer to one mountain, but a large area including dozens of mountains behind it, a dozen canyons, seven or eight pastures and grasslands, and three or four lakes.

Tens of thousands of believers living here cultivate land, hunt and fish, pick herbs, search for ores, forge weapons, raise silkworms and weave cloth.
Most people are self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Among these tens of thousands of followers, there are men, women, old and young. There are less than 10,000 men who can serve as fighters, but there are quite a few experts.

These manpower are enough for them to dominate the Kunlun Mountains in the Western Regions, and no one dares to provoke them.

After looking at the hills, canyons, pastures and fields, Xu Xingchen did not make any major changes. He only made some minor adjustments to make them more efficient and save people effort.

In addition, what he did was to give speeches in the square.

Every evening, he would take half an hour to gather his followers, then sit on a high platform and explain martial arts knowledge to everyone.

Just like when he was explaining to the three thousand white-robed followers on the way here.
Xu Xingchen chose Guangmingding as the location for the future life-and-death battle, which brought an unexpected disaster to the people here.

Although that battle was necessary and had to be fought, it was ultimately something we owed to the people here.

Therefore, he tried his best to find ways to improve the strength of the believers here.

If you sharpen your gun before the battle, you will lose all your happiness!
Faced with this great initiative that breaks old conventions and sets a precedent for generations, everyone naturally cheered and was filled with joy.

In this difficult era, everyone is trying their best to survive. Now they can hear the leader personally explain martial arts knowledge to little people like them in public. They are moved and yearn for it.

Therefore, every evening, everyone would gather in the square and wait for the leader to start speaking.

The leader did not disappoint their expectations. He did not explain specific techniques or moves, but started from the most basic.

Although the three thousand white-robed followers had already heard it once, they still gained a lot from listening to it again this time.

Moreover, they found that what the leader said was more straightforward than before, easier to understand, and easier for them to gain insights.
I just thought that the leader made such simplification to take care of the lower-class followers who can't read a single word and only know some farming skills.

However, they did not know that this was actually the result of Xu Xingchen's repeated summarization of his own martial arts and his repeated explanations to everyone, which gave him a deeper and more thorough understanding of his own martial arts, which enabled him to achieve this level.

As the saying goes, great sounds are silent, great elephants are invisible, great ways are simple, and great elegance is found in the ordinary.

To be able to explain the most profound and mysterious truths in the world using the simplest and most down-to-earth words is something that not ordinary scholars can possess.

Xu Xingchen does not have such great ability at the moment. Although he has tried his best to explain the most basic martial arts knowledge to everyone in plain language, half of his followers are still confused and only have a vague understanding.

Compared with the carefully selected 3,000 white-robed followers, those warriors who have not yet entered the ranks of masters and are still wandering at the bottom have a comprehension ability that is not only one level lower, but also two levels lower.
Xu Xingchen had no solution to this problem and could only blame himself for not having a thorough understanding of martial arts and being unable to express it in a language that everyone could understand.

In desperation, he could only tell them some ways and methods of practicing basic skills, and asked them to memorize them and practice according to them in the future.
As for those disciples who have already learned some knowledge and have a solid foundation in martial arts, every time they listen to the lecture, they can't help but scratch their ears and cheeks excitedly, feeling that they have gained a lot.

One day, Xu Xingchen suddenly called the Four Dharma Kings and the Five Elements Flag Bearers and asked, "I heard that there is a secret passage hidden in the belly of Guangmingding Mountain?"

Several people looked at each other in confusion. After a moment, Yin Tianzheng spoke up: "Master, there are indeed countless secret passages in the belly of Guangmingding Mountain, which are full of traps and countless stone chambers."

"The secret passage is the last line of defense of Guangmingding. No one is allowed to enter the secret passage unless it is a matter of life and death. Anyone who violates this will be executed immediately."

"Since its establishment, our Guangmingding has never experienced a catastrophic disaster, so no one knows the layout of the secret passage except the leader."

"Ever since the last leader suddenly disappeared, no one on the Bright Summit, or even in the entire world, is familiar with the secret passage in the belly of the mountain."

After hearing this, Xu Xingchen thought to himself: "No, there is another person who is very familiar with the secret passage in the mountain."

After a moment's silence, he said, "I want to enter the secret passage and explore it. Is that possible?"

Everyone said, "It's fine if the leader wants to go in, but no one knows what the situation is like inside. Once you go in, you must be careful and not be careless."

They seemed to be unaware that some of the rooms on the mountain contained entrances leading directly to secret passages in the mountain.

He took Xu Xingchen directly to a secret cave entrance halfway up the mountain and pointed inside.

"Master, this is the entrance to the secret passage." "Master, be careful when you go in."

"However, with the power of the Sect Leader's Magnetic Ring, even if he encounters some traps and mechanisms, I'm afraid they won't be able to do anything to him."

Xu Xingchen nodded and walked into the cave.

As soon as he entered, two comet tails of light, one black and one white, emerged from his body and circled around.

He couldn't understand the mechanisms and traps inside, so he relied on the powerful defense of the Yuan magnetic ring and his unique "Cloud Escape" skills to rush around in it.

Crackling!

Boom! Boom!
shhhhhhhh
Click!Click!
The sounds of various mechanisms being activated, the shooting of various powerful crossbows and sharp arrows, the spraying and burning of kerosene, the closing and opening of stone doors, the crushing and forcing of rolling stones,
One trap after another was either dodged by his unparalleled speed or blocked by the magnetic ring around him.

Even some blockades made of iron plates and iron fences were chopped and broken one by one by the dragon-slaying sword in his hand.

Unparalleled speed, strong and tenacious defense, and a dragon-slaying sword that can cut through iron like mud.
With these three things in one person's hands, what else in the world can stop him? !

Xu Xingchen rushed all the way, destroying all the mechanisms and traps, and chopping the huge boulders that filled the passage into pieces.

Nothing can threaten him!

In this way, although it is a pity for the countless efforts of our predecessors, there is nothing that can be done about it!
It took him an hour to "break into" the entire secret passage in the mountain, and finally found the secret room behind an inconspicuous flip-type mechanism.

He used the torch in his hand to light the brazier on the stone wall, and the blazing flames illuminated the entire secret room.

The secret room is not small, it is very spacious!
There was nothing cluttered around, just a futon placed on the floor in the middle.

There was a skeleton sitting on the cushion, with another skeleton lying in the skeleton's arms, and a dagger lodged in the ribs of the lying skeleton.

The two skeletons are in an intimate state of deep love and facing death together. People who don’t know the truth would think that these two people were very loving when they were alive.

Xu Xingchen glanced at the parchment scroll and the unsealed envelope placed next to them, and clasped his fists toward the sitting skeleton apologetically: "Sorry to disturb your peace!"

Afterwards, he picked up the envelope and took out a piece of letter filled with words from it.

I opened it and read the contents carefully, and it indeed recorded the cause of death of the previous leader Yang Dingtian.

Before his death, Yang Dingtian married Cheng Kun's junior sister. Later, he discovered that his wife was having a secret meeting with Cheng Kun in a secret passage. At that time, he had just broken through to the fourth level of the Qiankun Da Neng Yi mental method. His Qi and blood were unstable, and in a fit of rage, he went astray and lost his power, and his life was about to end.

Before he died, he wrote a letter to persuade his wife to escape alone according to the secret passage map, while he and Cheng Kun were trapped in the secret passage and died.
Finally, he said that after his death, the Golden Lion King Xie Xun would temporarily take over the position of the deputy leader of the Ming Cult. In the future, whoever could find the three Holy Fire Orders would become the leader of the Ming Cult.

Seeing this, Xu Xingchen murmured, "Is this letter really left by Master Yang?"

"He passed the position of deputy leader to Uncle Xie, but passed the first level of Qiankun Damo Shift, which only the leader can practice, to Yang Xiao."

"Since he was going to be trapped to death in the secret passage of the cave with Cheng Kun, why did he escape?"

"Could it be that before your wife died, she explained the only passage drawn in the letter to Cheng Kun?"

After a while, he came to his senses, shook his head and sighed: "No matter what, with this letter, Uncle Xie's doubts can finally be solved."

Then he picked up the parchment scroll and saw that it was blank. Knowing that he needed to smear it with blood to make the words visible, he put it in his arms and turned and walked out.

After a while, he returned to the secret room with the four Dharma Kings and the five elements flag bearers who had been waiting outside the cave entrance.

When they saw the two skeleton figures on the cushion, the nine people's expressions were so complicated that no words could describe them.

They could never imagine that the missing leader had died in a secret room in the mountain. Why did no one expect this outcome in more than 20 years? !

Xu Xingchen took out the letter left by Yang Dingtian and showed it to several people so that they could understand the truth.

As they looked at the contents written in the familiar handwriting, their feelings became extremely complicated.

Among them, the one with the biggest emotional fluctuations is the Golden Lion King Xie Xun.

After reading the letter, he finally understood why his master treated him like that. He felt angry and annoyed, and the cruel scenes from those years reappeared in his mind.

He held his head and screamed to the sky in pain!
(End of this chapter)