Chapter 112 The Door Is Closed
Seven days later, everyone from the Imperial Academy arrived at the Zhenyu Mountains in the west of Zhongzhou.
No one knew that Mo Qingkuang failed to coax Han Yan'er in the end and just followed the cavalry all the way.
Fortunately, he had enough elixirs prepared, otherwise, it wouldn't take him half a day and he would just fall down from exhaustion.
By the time the Imperial Academy's cavalry arrived at the Prison Mountains, the camps of Yuanjian Sect and Tiandao Sect had already been set up.
Logically speaking, when the Luoye King's Tomb appeared in Zhongzhou, the first person to get the news should be the imperial court. However, the Tiandaomen and Yuanjian Sect were not dissatisfied at all, and even arrived a day faster than the Imperial College team.
"Lord Shadow Master, long time no see." Seeing the arrival of the Imperial College team, the leaders of Yuanjian Sect and Tiandao Sect also came over to say hello immediately.
Shadow Master is Wu Ming's title, which condenses the meaning of his fighting style.
In the Tianxuan Empire, those who have reached the level of Martial Lord are eligible to be granted the title of Marquis. Wu Ming's title of Marquis is that of Shadow Marquis. But in the world of martial arts, people prefer to be addressed by honorific titles, in order to strip away the majesty of the imperial court.
The leaders of Tiandaomen and Yuanjian Sect this time are both strong men at the martial master level. After all, just like the Nianhua King's Tomb in Nanzhou, in their own territory, no one dares to offend them based on the name of Yuanjian Sect alone.
The Yuan Jian Sect sent out this time a Silver Scabbard Deacon of the Martial Lord level named Lu Qing. He was dressed in a white robe and held a jade-inlaid sword. He looked to be in his early forties and quite young. People in the world called him "Quick Sword". Zun, his swordsmanship is famous for his sharpness and speed. Often, with a flash of sword light, a person’s head will fall to the ground.
The leader of the Tiandao Sect is an old man with a weathered face, dressed in coarse linen clothes. If it weren't for the long knife slung on his back, he would look like an old farmer in the countryside.
Although this old man is simply dressed and looks like he is dying, his strength is actually well-known in the world.
The old man's name is Yuan Kuang, a powerful man who has been famous for a long time, and is known as the Crazy Sword Master! As his name suggests, he has a wide range of fighting styles and does not hesitate to risk his life. He has always been a relatively difficult person to offend in the realm of Martial Lord. Even some powerful Martial King do not want to provoke him unless necessary.
They were the first to come to say hello, not because they were afraid of the Imperial Academy, for two reasons.
The first is to reveal one's identity, and the second is that the Luoye King's Tomb is within the territory of Zhongzhou after all. The two sects who came to explore it have already taken advantage of Zhongzhou, which is a bit unreasonable on the surface.
Wu Ming had no expression on his face and held his hands indifferently: "I represent Zhongzhou and welcome you both."
In the past, Wu Ming usually called himself an old man and didn't care about the title. But this is Zhongzhou, especially when facing the four sects who listen to the instructions but not the announcement, Wu Ming still has to show off his title. To maintain the dignity of the empire.
Lu Qing and Yuan Kuang called him Jianghu, which showed that they did not take the empire seriously. When the two of them were promoted to senior ranks, the imperial court also sent people to congratulate them and announce their titles.
However, both of them refused because they were idle in the mountains and had no intention of going to court.
In fact, it is not just the two of them, but also the four major sects.
If an edict could make the powerful men of the four major sects willing to obey orders, the Tianxuan Empire would not be in such a lonely state.
They do not accept rewards and gifts from the empire, because they are unwilling to accept the constraints of the empire. Unfortunately, the talents of the imperial court are withering away. Except for Her Majesty the Empress, who dominates the world, there is no strong person like the Martial Emperor!
This also further fueled the arrogance of the four major sects. The surrounding four states have almost become a lawless land. Except for the fact that there is no explicit rebellion, the four sects are almost ruled by territorial divisions.
Hearing Wu Ming's words, Yuan Kuang and Lu Qing were both stunned, and then they regained their smiles and said, "What did Yinghou say? It's my second sect that's bothering me. I'm bringing my little boys to Zhongzhou to see the world."
Wu Ming, on the other hand, smiled but said: "The four sects are also the people of Tianxuan. There is nothing to bother them. As long as it is the secret realm of Tianxuan, the people of Tianxuan can explore it."
His words always pointed out the purpose of Wang Tu in the world, and also warned the two sects: "Baby, you can come and get it, because you are the people of Tianxuan. If one day, you are no longer the people of Tianxuan, It’s hard to take it, maybe you’ll even have to keep it.”
Lu Qing and Yuan Kuang looked at each other, opened their mouths, wanted to argue something, but found that it was not appropriate, so they had to apologize.
"You two came early, did you find anything?" Wu Ming asked when he saw that the two of them stopped talking.
"The Shadow Lord doesn't know something. Although the Fallen Leaf King's Tomb has appeared, the real entrance has not yet been opened." Lu Qing frowned.
They rushed slowly and hurriedly, traveling day and night from the more distant Nanzhou, just to enter the royal tomb first and gain an advantage.
When I arrived here, I found that the entrance to the Fallen Leaf King's Tomb was tightly closed and guarded by a formation. There was only a stone tablet erected outside the door: "No one over twenty is allowed to enter!"
He and Yuan Kuang joined forces but failed to destroy it, so they had no choice but to wait here.
Now that Wu Ming has arrived, they want to try to see if they can open this door by gathering the power of the three Martial Lords.
If it still can't be opened, we have to go back to the sect and ask the formation masters to come and break the formation.
When Wu Ming heard this, he looked surprised: "Go and have a look."
The three of them led their respective disciples to the entrance, where there were many small sect teams from Zhongzhou or nearby Xizhou waiting here.
Some people arrived as early as the day the Fallen Leaf King's Tomb appeared, while others arrived recently after receiving news, but were unable to get in.
In the past two days, Crazy Sword Master and Kuai Sword Master had joined forces and failed to break the restriction on this entrance. At this moment, each of them looked depressed and very unhappy.
Seeing Wu Ming also coming this time, they were all overjoyed. The three martial masters must be confident that they can break this damn restriction.
So they all stepped forward to greet him.
"Greetings to Shadow Master!"
"Greetings to Shadow Hou!"
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Wu Ming looked at the entrance of the Fallen Leaf King's Mausoleum, which was a well-preserved stone gate with the three characters of Fallen Leaf King written on it.
It was also exposed from the landslide. There was a stone tablet at the door, which read: "No entry for those over 20 years old!"
Other than that, nothing unusual was found.
Wu Ming waved his hand, and a black halo rippled out, heading straight for the stone gate.
But the stone gate, which was calm as usual, suddenly shone brightly, rippling a circle of ripples, and actually eliminated Wu Ming's attack.
"Shadow Hou, I'm right, isn't it? This Fallen Leaf King's Mausoleum is a bit strange. How about the three of us try together?" Lu Qing said.
Wu Ming nodded: "Let's attack together."
Although he didn't use his full strength just now, with his strength as a seventh-grade martial master, this attack was also quite powerful. I don't know what kind of formation is at the entrance of the Fallen Leaf King's Mausoleum that can easily resolve his attack.
It seems that Lu Qing did not lie to me. After thinking about it, I had to accept Lu Qing's opinion and the three of them joined forces.
Yuan Kuang and Lu Qing stopped talking after hearing this, drew their weapons, and prepared to attack together with Wu Ming.