The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 198 Xie Xun's Secret Passage to Chase Cheng Kun
On the way up the Guangmingding Mountain.

Some people from the six major sects and eighteen gangs rushed forward quickly, some rushed forward slowly, but most of them formed small teams and followed each other.

Hundreds of monks from the Shaolin Temple, as well as the abbot Kongwen, two of the four great monks, and the master Kongxing, all gathered around the three old monks.

The three old monks overcame disasters and tribulations. Although they had heavy iron chains on their bodies, they walked with ease and as usual, as if the chains on their bodies were fake.

In the Wudang camp, except for Yu Daying who could not fight with others, the other six heroes all went out, each of them walking with a long breath and holding a sword. They had already learned the purpose of their visit from Zhang Cuishan, and their moods were heavy and their faces were solemn.

The disciples who were following around were unaware of the inside story and were still somewhat excited. They wished that a disciple of the Demon Sect would appear in front of them so that they could stab them a few times with their swords.

In today's martial arts world, there are many masters. The most prestigious sects are Shaolin and Wudang, followed by Emei.

A group of female disciples of Emei also gathered around the leader, Master Miejue, and walked forward with swords in hand while calmly observing their surroundings.

Nun Miejue had one fluttering sleeve, her white hair scattered, and a red finger mark on her forehead, which was extremely eye-catching.

But her face was still as cold as ice, and her eyes occasionally flashed with a sinister look, which often made people shudder.

Of the remaining three sects, Huashan Sect needs no further explanation. The head of Kunlun Sect, He Taichong and his wife, personally went out to fight. Kongtong Sect sent out the Five Elders of Kongtong.
The other eighteen gangs were mostly there to join in the fun, secondly, they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain a reputation, and thirdly, they wanted to follow the six major sects and take advantage of the leaks.
So, although there are many forces coming to encircle and suppress Guangmingding this time, the real backbone is still the six major sects.

Among the six major sects, the main ones are Shaolin, Wudang and Emei.

The group went on their way without encountering any obstacles, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried.

On the way, one monk from the Shaolin Temple quietly left the team at the corner of the road, and moved forward quickly in the mountains and forests with ease. After a while, he came to the entrance of a hidden cave.

This is the entrance to the secret passage in the belly of Guangmingding Mountain.

When this monk, who looked righteous, walked into the cave, he frowned and said, "Hey, has anyone been here before?!"

His movements immediately became cautious.
As he went deeper, he saw traps that had been broken by force, and walls that had been shattered. He was secretly shocked: "Who on earth broke into this place and rushed in so recklessly?"

When he came to the secret room where Yang Dingtian and his wife died, he looked at the empty ground, clenched his hands into fists, and his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

In this world, beautiful love makes people yearn for and miss it, but deep-rooted hatred is the most lasting.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it."

".Apart from the leader of the Ming Cult, no one else can freely enter and exit the forbidden area."

"In that case, the exits leading to the rooms on the mountain may have been discovered by someone."

Cheng Kun, the former Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand, is now the leader of the four great Shaolin monks and a disciple of the monk Kongjian. Yuan Zhen has a gleam in his eyes and his face changes from gloomy to bright.

After standing in the secret room for a long time, he was still unwilling to give up, so he turned around and left the secret room, carefully groping towards the secret passage leading upwards.

When he pushed the stone slab of the first exit and felt that it did not move at all, his heart sank.

Soon, he came to the second exit, the third exit, and the fourth exit.
With every push and test, and every time it didn't move, his heart grew heavier.

He was a scheming man, unwilling to give up, and continued to try again and again, trying to find an exit that had been missed by the people above him.

But as he tried more and more, every exit was blocked from the outside and could not be pushed open. His heart gradually dropped to the freezing point.

When he came to the last exit, which led to the bedroom of Yang Dingtian, the former leader of the Ming Cult, he hesitated.
After a long silence, he slowly walked forward, gently touched the stone slab with both hands, and carefully passed his true energy through the stone slab, trying to shake it.

The stone slab moved slightly!
Cheng Kun was startled and immediately withdrew his hand, turned around and ran back the way he came, at a speed as fast as flying.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows. What does it mean if the other two holes are blocked and only one exit is left?
It means there is a hunter waiting outside, ready to catch the cunning rabbit at any time.
Cheng Kun was a guy a hundred times more cunning than a rabbit. When he felt that the stone door was not sealed, he reacted immediately and turned around and ran away.

On the stone slab
In Xu Xingchen's new bedroom, Xie Xun, dressed in golden armor, was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed.

He was left here by the leader to guard the only exit of the secret passage leading to the top of the mountain.

"Uncle Xie, you are not suitable to appear in the square, because there are too many enemies of yours among the sects that came today."

"If you are not careful, your identity will be exposed."

"I will give you a task. You will guard the exit of the only secret passage leading to the top of the mountain in my bedroom."

"Back then, your master Cheng Kun was able to escape from the secret passage. Today, with the six major sects besieging Guangmingding, he might come back to check the situation."

"After all, your master harmed you because he hated the Ming Cult to the extreme, and he took his anger out on you, his disciple."

"Perhaps, you can wait here for your master Cheng Kun to come to you."

These are what Xu Xingchen said to Xie Xun. It is true that he did not let him appear in public, fearing that his identity would be exposed; it is also true that he asked him to guard the exit of this secret passage and wait for Cheng Kun.

Without saying anything else, just hearing the leader say that his master Cheng Kun might appear in the secret passage, Xie Xun immediately agreed.

He has been looking for his master for half his life; now he seems to be much calmer, only because he has suppressed his hatred deeper.

That hatred, like aged wine, will only become more mellow and strong as time goes by, and will never become lighter.
As long as there is a clue or a little hope, he will not give up, no matter how slim the chance is.

Sitting upright on a chair, Xie Xun, wearing a helmet and mask, had an intermittent breathing pattern through his mouth and nose, with no clear boundaries between his breaths.

This is clearly a phenomenon that only occurs when one's skills have reached a certain level.

Ever since he started practicing the Nine Yang Divine Art, he would sit in meditation and practice whenever he had time, trying hard to accumulate every drop of true energy.

Before he changed his cultivation, his skills were already extraordinary. After changing to the Nine Yang Divine Art, not only did his true energy become much more refined, but his cultivation speed also greatly increased.

However, it is extremely difficult to open up hundreds of acupoints all over the body and break through dozens of mysterious gates.

Up to now, he and Yin Tianzheng have only opened up a dozen acupoints with the help of each other, and are still a long way from reaching the state of perfection.

Because he had been blind for ten years, Xie Xun's ears were much more sensitive than those of ordinary people. In addition, he was now practicing the Nine Yang True Qi, and his sensitivity had been raised to an incredible level.

Even though Cheng Kun was extremely careful when lifting the stone slab and the sound was very slight, he still noticed it.

"Huh? Someone!"

Xie Xun suddenly opened his eyes, and two lightning-like rays of light shot out.

The next moment, he appeared in front of the stone slab at the entrance, leaning over and pressing his ear against it.

In the empty void, one could faintly hear the sound of fluttering clothes, which was rapidly fading away and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Cheng Kun?!"

Xie Xun gritted his teeth and spat out the two words, then immediately pulled the trigger. Amid the rumbling sound of stones rubbing against each other, a hole appeared in the floor.

A figure in golden armor quickly went inside and chased forward along the secret passage.

At the same time, a loud roar echoed along the wall of the secret passage and spread far forward.

"Cheng Kun, where are you running?!"

Cheng Kun, who was fleeing in front, was shocked when he heard the familiar voice coming from behind him. He thought to himself, "My disciple is not dead? Could it be that the new golden-armored lion king of the Ming Cult is just a trick of my disciple?"

He was such a smart man that he figured out the whole cause and effect in just one breath.

However, he had no intention of stopping and turning back to fight with Xie Xun.

Since his disciple was guarding outside the exit, it meant that they had been prepared. Moreover, this was the territory of their Ming Cult, so who knew if they had any other backup plans.

Fighting with others on someone else's territory is the worst possible situation.
The only thing that puzzled him was why his stupid apprentice would be sure that the person who entered the secret passage would be him, his master?

Little did people know that apart from the Ming Cult leader, this secret passage was also known by the four Dharma Kings and the Five Elements Flag Bearers who had recently followed the leader into it.

Later, after reading the suicide note of the previous leader, I realized that in addition to the people in the Ming Cult, there was another outsider who knew about this place.

Now, everyone else followed the leader and stood guard in the square outside. Who else could appear in the secret passage except Cheng Kun, an outsider? !
In the secret passage.
Cheng Kun fled in front, and Xie Xun followed closely behind with his superb hearing.

Thanks to the new leader who was rushing around in the secret passage with the Dragon Slaying Sword a few days ago, all the mechanisms and traps became ineffective and all the iron walls were shattered.

This allowed the two of them to run smoothly.

Cheng Kun did not have to stop and delay the opportunity to set up the mechanism, but he also lost the opportunity to use the mechanism and trap to hinder Xie Xun's pursuit.

"Cheng Kun, I know it's you, you bastard"

"Stop and have a good fight with me, your disciple."

"I know that you resent the Ming Cult because of what happened to Cult Master Yang and his wife, and you are angry at me, but you are still a beast in human clothing."

"Cheng Kun, stop."

Xie Xun's furious roars continued to echo in the secret passage, mixed with unforgettable pain and hatred that could not be washed away even with all the water in the world.

Cheng Kun turned a deaf ear to him and just ran away. Soon, he was not far from the exit.
(End of this chapter)