67th Mountain Fortress Version of Investiture of the Gods

  Liu Huiniang eliminated Zengtou City, and Liangshan took the opportunity to send troops. On the mountain head of Zengtou City, they set up a camp. The Flying Eagle Li Ying and the Insert Winged Tiger Lei Heng led more than a dozen leaders to occupy the left mountain head, near the Sishui River's side mountain head. By the Boat Fire Zhang Heng, the Standing Earth Age Ruan Xia'er, and the Ruan brothers, etc., led more than a dozen leaders to garrison, dividing their troops into two routes, directly attacking Shandong Yimeng City.

  Gaoyi City Governor Gao Feng is the brother of Gao Yun and Gao Lian. He became a monk at a young age and was also a Taoist priest. Together with Gao Lian, he practiced evil arts and created 300 iron-clad corpses. When Gao Yun rose to prominence, he went to rely on him and mixed in as a prefectural official.

  Gao Feng saw the Liangshan bandits coming with a mighty force, and while sending for help to the capital, he led his troops out of the city to do battle. In front of the army, he performed a dark ritual, shrouding a ten-mile radius in black smoke - it was the evil art known as "Mixed Sea Heaven Net".

  This evil technique of Hun Haitian Luo is a branch of Taoism, capable of eroding a person's soul. If one is affected by the spell for seven days, they will die. What more can be said about Gao Feng's method, which has enveloped an area of ten miles? As a result, Liangshan suffered a great defeat and retreated. More than twenty leaders were all dizzy and confused, lying in bed and struggling to survive on rice porridge.

  Gao Feng wanted to take advantage of the situation and capture Zeng's head, but saw Gong Sunsheng and Wu Yong leading their troops forward. He had long heard of Gong Sunsheng's reputation, and they fought a fierce battle on the front line, with neither side gaining the upper hand. Wu Yong took advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and as a Taoist priest was physically weaker, he would be killed if he was not careful on the battlefield. Gao Feng did not dare to show off his strength, so he retreated in defeat.

  Wu Yong and Gong Sunsheng led the army to attack Yanzhou City, but were ambushed by Zhang Shunye who came to reinforce. The two sides had a fierce battle in front of the city, with both gains and losses. The two armies fought until sunset before slowly retreating. Gao Feng opened the city gate and welcomed Zhang Shunye into the city, saying: "If it weren't for General, Yanzhou City would have fallen into the hands of the bandits."

  Zhang Shu Ye hastily said: "I don't dare. I led the troops under General Xiang's orders to come and quell the rebellion, fortunately we didn't arrive late. Those bandits are indeed strong and powerful, more formidable than the government troops!"

  Gao Feng said, "Please ask General to write a letter to Zong Xiang Gong and request the masters of Tianji Pavilion to come and assist in the battle. If not, both you and I will perish!"

  Zhang Shu's face changed greatly, and he said: "What can be done about this? The High Official has something that he doesn't know. My family's master has never gotten along with Wu Song, the head of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion. I'm afraid it won't be easy to invite him." Although he said so, he still wrote a letter by hand and ordered someone to send it to the capital.

  Now, Gong Sunsheng and Wu Yong led the two armies back to Zengtou City, where they saw the miserable state of Li Ying and others, all helpless. They hastily ordered someone to send a fast horse back to Mount Liang. On their way, they met Pu Tian Huan Xi Zhen Ren Xiang and 15 other Taoist priests who were invited by Chen Huiren to Mount Liang.

  Xu Xian stopped the soldiers and said, "Chen Touling knew that you were affected by evil magic, so he specially ordered us to bring the Qianyuan Mirror, a treasure of the Dragon Tiger Mountain." After saying this, he took out a copper mirror and shone it on the faces of the leaders. Lei Heng and others woke up, spitting out several mouthfuls of black water, their blood and energy gradually recovering. All the leaders felt grateful to Chen Xizhen from the bottom of their hearts.

  Zhuo Xun arrived at Zengtou City and ordered someone to hang a large bronze bell on the mountain, saying: "This is the Jiuyang Bell of Longhushan, as long as it is hung on the mountain, we will not be afraid of the evil spells of Gaofeng!" He also said to Gong Sunsheng: "Your master Luo Zhenren knows that you are not a match for Wu Zhi, so he specially ordered me to bring a volume of the Five Thunder Heavenly Punishment Orthodox Method, let you study it carefully, and there will be a use in the future!

  Wu Yong and Gong Sunsheng were overjoyed and ordered Tan Ma to scout out the situation in Yizhou City overnight, preparing to strike at any moment.

  On Mount Liang, Chen Xi was satisfied with being the first leader, while Song Jiang had to sit in the second position. Both of them had their own trusted followers and roughly equal forces under their command. In terms of numbers, Song Jiang still had more people on his side, but he had fewer strategists. However, with Cheng Yaojin and Zhuang Zhou in his camp, he was not afraid of Chen Xi's attempt to seize power.

  On this day, Chen Xizhen and Cheng Yi, Zhuang Hanmo spent four days and nights, sealing the Benming Golden Plaque of 107 Demon Kings in a giant stone. The names of the 108 Demon Kings were engraved on the surface of the giant stone with oracle bones, including the thirty-six Heavenly Fiends, the seventy-two Earthly Fiends, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, and others whose great names were also listed.

  This stone stele was built imitating the ancient divine seal, those whose names are on it will be dragged into the stele and sealed after death.

  After finishing, Zhuang Hanmo cast a spell to throw the giant stone into the void. As he started his magic, the sky suddenly burst open with a golden light flashing like an inverted golden plate, sharp at both ends and wide in the middle, radiating brilliant rays. The giant stone flew out of that eye, dragging thick black smoke towards Liangshan, crashing down on the Void Emperor's altar with a loud noise, standing upright in the center of the altar, attracting everyone from Liangshan to gather around and watch.

  When the Taoist translated the oracle bone inscriptions on the stone tablet, there was a burst of excitement throughout Liangshan, and everyone rejoiced, saying: "It turns out that our leaders are all heavenly generals who have descended to the mortal world, no wonder they are so brave!"

  Some people were puzzled and said, "Why are the great names of Wu Zong and Lu Zhishen also on it? Are those infamous Wu Song and Lu Junyi also heavenly generals?" The knowledgeable scholars then said, "The 108 Stars of Destiny will gather together, sooner or later they will come to our Liangshan!"

  Chen Xizhen and Zhuang Hanmo finished all this, looked at each other and smiled, saying: "With this stone stele here, one of the 107 Demon Kings will die, and a True Spirit will be attracted by the Benming Golden Token and return to this stone stele. The stone stele is engraved with my Yin-Yang family's array method, these demons can't escape."

  "It's just that the martial thief is hard to eliminate, he escaped from Longmai Town and his name was removed from this golden plaque!" Chen Xizhen also let out a sigh of relief and said: "When all 107 demon kings are dead, the Taoist will be able to seal them and return to the mountain to report back. From then on, they can live a carefree life like clouds and cranes, only seeking ascension."

  "Out of the 107 people, Chao Gai is already dead, and the others are easy to deal with. As long as we eliminate the martial bandits, the overall situation will be settled." Cheng Yao said: "In that case, my disciple Song Jiang can enter the imperial court and become a high-ranking official, spreading Confucianism throughout the continent of China, making it flourish!"

  Three people burst out laughing, but suddenly they saw a dark cloud of black clouds in the southwest, like boiling water rolling over, with a eerie atmosphere. They couldn't help but change their faces: "The bandits are coming!"

  "It's been years since we last met, and this guy has developed a vicious aura! When a country is about to perish, there must be evil spirits. Wu Zei is the greatest evil spirit of the Song Dynasty!"

  "A bandit like you, who only knows how to flee, dares to usurp the heavenly mandate? Your demonic words have deceived the Emperor. This time, I will surely seal you within the stone tablet, never to be reborn for eternity!"

  Chen Xi Zhen immediately asked Zhuang Zhou Mo to guard Liangshan, while he and Song Jiang each led an army down the mountain, rushing straight to Yizhou City. Song Jiang was determined to secure his own position and establish a meritorious achievement, so he spurred on his horse, arriving at Zengtou City half a day ahead of Chen Xi Zhen, where he led Gong Sun Sheng and Wu Yong's two armies in taking down the Jiuyang Divine Bell, then rushed overnight to arrive beneath Yizhou City.

  Zhuo Xun and other Taoist priests had no relationship with Song Jiang, so they stayed on the mountain and did not follow him.

  But Gao Lian was worried about his younger brother Gao Feng, who had taken the lead and led three thousand soldiers to rush to Yanzhou City overnight. Before they could enter the city, they saw a large army approaching, taking advantage of the moonlight to set up camp. Gao Lian immediately led the army in a surprise attack, and both sides fought for a night ten miles outside the city. By dawn, Song Jiang's main camp had not yet been set up, but at this time, Chen Hui came rushing with his army.

  Gao Jian saw Chen Xizhen's strong army and did not dare to be presumptuous, so he immediately led his troops to slowly retreat, and set up three hundred copper armor corpses in the back of the formation to defend.

  Chen Xizhen didn't chase after him, but instead turned to Zhao Xin and the other Taoist priests, saying: "Look at this, this is one of Wu Ze's followers, with an aura of evil all over his body. He actually wants to help Longting achieve immortality through the Dao? How ridiculous!"

  Xu Xuan and others nodded one after another, saying: "He's finished, he's really finished!" These people were all recipients of Chen Xiwu's kindness, who had promised to let them enter the Dragon Vein to cultivate in the future if they could eliminate the martial bandits, so they looked up to Chen Xiwu as their leader.

  At this time, a scout came to report: "The bandits are divided into three routes. One route is stationed in Mengyin, one route is stationed in Yishui, and they are mutually supporting each other with the city of Yizhou. Wu Zei alone leads an army and is stationed at Cangshan."