Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Passing on Arts

"Zhang Xiaofan!" There was a loud shout, the sound was sweet, but it was deafening.Zhang Xiaofan woke up from the dream, opened his eyes, suddenly he saw a big mouth with two rows of fangs lying in front of his eyes, he yelled out in fright: "Ah!" "Hehehe..." A burst of laughter came from behind. Zhang Xiaofan managed to regain his composure, only then did he see clearly that it was a big yellow dog, about half the height of a man, with shiny yellow fur, lying on his bed, and behind the yellow dog, Tian Linger was dressed in red Clothes, tight-fitting dress, bent over there laughing.

Zhang Xiaofan secretly took a look at the big dog, saw that it has a huge body, sharp fangs, a long tongue sticking out, it looks very vicious.He had never seen such a big dog before, he felt a little scared, and seeing Tian Linger smiled, he murmured: "Senior sister, what's the matter?" "What's the matter?" Tian Ling'er said with a smile, suddenly her face became serious, she frowned and said loudly: "What are you asking me at dawn? Get up quickly, I will go up the mountain with you to chop bamboo." Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, wondering: "You want to go too?"

Tian Ling'er said: "Nonsense, the disciples of this line have to go up the mountain to cut 'black knotted bamboo' for the first three years. I started when I was ten years old, and this year is the last year. Hey, are you still lying on the bed?" Zhang Xiaofan hastily responded, walked around the big dog carefully, got down from the other corner of the bed, and hurriedly put on his clothes. Tian Linger shouted: "Go on." Throwing a hatchet over. Zhang Xiaofan held onto it with both hands, saw that it was an ordinary hatchet, and it was quite heavy in his hands.When he was ready, he said to Tian Linger: "Senior sister, do you want to ask senior brother to go with you?"

Tian Ling'er gave him a blank look, and said: "Didn't you hear me that only beginners should do their homework? Now you and I are the only ones to chop bamboo, let's go." After saying the move, Zhang Xiaofan didn't move yet, the big yellow dog on the bed suddenly stood up, jumped off the bed, wagged its tail, barked at Zhang Xiaofan twice, bared its teeth in a vicious manner, and then ran away go out. Zhang Xiaofan heard the sound familiar, remembering that yesterday when he came back with his senior brother, he heard two barking dogs, it seemed to be this big yellow dog, he couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "The Qingyun sect is so powerful, even raising a random dog is better than that in our village Much bigger."

He followed Tian Linger out of the room, only to see that it was still early in the morning, and he walked out of the corridor to look at the back mountain, and there was still a hazy fog floating in the mountains in the distance. These two people and a dog walked towards the back mountain of Big Bamboo Peak. Yesterday Zhang Xiaofan was carried by Song Daren and walked to that hillside, he felt that he would arrive there in a short time and the road would be easy to walk, but unexpectedly he came here today, only halfway through, he found that the slope is getting bigger and bigger, and the distance is longer than he imagined Much farther.

On the other hand, Tian Linger, who was beside her, didn't use the "Amber Scarlet Silk" today, and still walked very easily. The petite figure in red swayed in the mountain path, extremely brisk.Not to mention the big yellow dog, running back and forth, running forward, slipping back, occasionally sneaking into the woods beside the road, I don't know what to do, after a while, the grass and trees sounded again. Drilled out from another place, very lively and excited. After walking for another half an hour, Zhang Xiaofan was so exhausted that he was panting heavily, his legs were sore and exhausted.

Tian Linger walked in front, seeing his appearance, snorted and said: "It's really useless, stop and rest." Zhang Xiaofan nodded quickly, sat down on his buttocks, panting desperately, the big yellow dog disappeared at this moment, and he didn't know where it went. Zhang Xiaofan panted for a while, and then gradually recovered.Sitting on the mountain road, he looked down and saw the big bamboo peak standing tall and straight, and the nearby mountains were all shorter by a head, which seemed quite proud. "Senior sister, I have something to ask you, I don't know..."

Tian Linger listened to his timid words, looked over with a pair of eyes, felt a burst of pride in her heart, subconsciously smoothed her hair with her hands, said solemnly, "You can ask." "Why do we take chopping bamboo as homework? I thought homework was all about practicing Taoism?" Tian Ling'er curled her lips and said: "What do you know, for a cultivator, the body is the most important thing. My mother said that if the body is not good, there will be a supreme magic method, and it is difficult to practice. Our Qingyun sect originated from Taoism , it is very important to keep in good health, and the body is even more important when the Taoism is practiced to the depth. Let's take the Divine Sword Yu Lei Zhenjue, one of the highest thaumaturgy in our Qingyun Sect, as an example..."

Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, his face changed greatly. Tian Linger wondered: "What's wrong with you?" Zhang Xiaofan came back to his senses, his face was cloudy and uncertain, nana said: "No, it's nothing, I heard that the name looks really good." Tian Linger glared at him, and said: "Of course it's powerful. This is one of our Qingyunmen's top mountain skills, and few people can master it. Listen to my father, to use this trick, you must use yourself as a guide, Lay out the sharp blade of the divine weapon to attract the divine thunder of the nine heavens, the radiant power of the heavens, it is truly invincible and powerful."

Zhang Xiaofan sighed, "Yes." Tian Linger said again: "Think about it, even though it is protected by the real art, but with the power of the god thunder, once ordinary people touch it, it will be reduced to ashes immediately. Although the practitioner is very deep in practice, if the body is not good, For a while, I'm afraid that I will be struck to death by the lightning first, so what do you say is invincible?" She glanced at Zhang Xiaofan, and said, "So my father asked you to do this homework for your own good, see if you still do it. With a reluctant face."

Zhang Xiaofan was startled, jumped up quickly and said urgently: "It's nothing like that, I will never, never dare to show any disrespect to Master, let alone have any reluctance. Ah, I've had enough rest now, that's it Go, just go!" After finishing speaking, he picked up the hatchet and started to run up the mountain. He was not slow.Tian Linger looked at his back, smiled lightly, and followed him. After finally climbing up to the small hill, Zhang Xiaofan was already out of breath, and saw a big yellow dog lying in front of the bamboo forest at some point, seeing the two of them coming up, barking "Wow, woof" A few times, without getting up, he turned his head again. Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, and said: "It's so fast!" "Did you mean rhubarb?" Tian Linger came up from behind without blushing or panting. Zhang Xiaofan pointed at the big dog, said: "It's called Dahuang?" Tian Linger said: "Yes, don't underestimate it, it's very powerful." Zhang Xiaofan murmured: "That's right, judging by its size, you know it's been raised for at least twenty years." Tian Linger said: "How can there be!" Zhang Xiaofan wondered: "It's less than twenty years old, rhubarb can really grow up." At this moment, Rhubarb barked fiercely at Zhang Xiaofan in front. Tian Linger said: "I mean how can there be such a young age. Uh, let me do the math, it seems that the fourth brother came here, that is seventy years, no, the third brother said he came The time is now, that is ninety-seven years. Ah!" She suddenly called out, startled Zhang Xiaofan, and quickly said: "What's wrong?" Tian Ling'er said happily: "I remembered that when I was young, my mother and father had a quarrel and said cruel words, saying that they wanted to kill the yellow dog that my father raised since childhood and drink it in stewed dog soup to make my father angry. I was half dead, and Rhubarb was too scared to go home for many days!" Zhang Xiaofan was amazed, said: "Dahuang dare not go home?" Tian Linger said: "Yes, Rhubarb has lived for many, many years, and has become human. Knowing that my mother is powerful, she will run away if she is really afraid of being murdered. How about it, is it amazing?" "Excellent!" Zhang Xiaofan said sincerely, he didn't know whether he was talking about rhubarb or admiring Master's skill.He looked at the big yellow dog twice more, but big yellow ignored it, snorted, wagged his tail, turned his head sideways, and lay lazily on the ground. The two had reached the bamboo forest at this time, Zhang Xiaofan said to Tian Linger: "Senior sister, when I first arrived on the Tongtian Peak, I saw a big monster that was many times bigger than the big yellow, I heard from the senior brother that it was called 'water monster'. Qilin', is rhubarb a spirit beast like it?" Tian Ling'er walked into the bamboo forest, shook her head and said: "No, Lingzun is an ancient strange beast, a prehistoric spirit species, far better than rhubarb, incomparable." While talking, she took Zhang Xiaofan through the forest, walked for a while, and came to a place where there are many thin bamboos, the black knotted bamboos here are usually only wrist size, very slender. "It's here, you can chop one every day for the next three months." Tian Linger said seriously. "Only cut one for such a thin one?" Zhang Xiaofan asked in surprise. Tian Ling'er snorted and said, "Chop and try." Zhang Xiaofan nodded, picked up the machete and walked to a thin bamboo, looked it up and down, and chopped it down with the knife.There was only a crisp sound, the hatchet turned out to be like a hard stone, it made Zhang Xiaofan's palms go numb.The thin bamboo was chopped by him, leaned forward, and bounced back after a while, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't dodge, was hit hard by the bamboo branch on the head, the pain was endless, leaving a red mark. "Hehe..." Tian Linger bent down with a smile, and after a while said with difficulty: "You can chop here, I'm going to do my homework." After speaking, she turned and left with a smile. Zhang Xiaofan touched the sore place on his face, saw that there was only a faint white mark on the place where the bamboo was cut, he couldn't help but gasped.This morning, Zhang Xiaofan faced the black knotted bamboo by himself, chopping, splitting, sawing, grinding, pressing, breaking, doing everything, after two hours, the sun rose to mid-air, his whole body Sweating profusely, his hands and feet were sore and weak, but he only managed to make a two-point cut from the black-jointed bamboo. At this time, there was a burst of singing, Tian Linger hummed an unknown song, and walked back bouncing back, seeing Zhang Xiaofan's distressed look, then looked at the black knotted bamboo, shook his head, and raised the hatchet , Do the momentum to cut. Zhang Xiaofan hurriedly said: "Senior sister, what are you doing?" Tian Linger said impatiently: "Chop it up for you." Zhang Xiaofan shook his head vigorously, panting heavily: "No, thank you senior sister. But this is my homework, I will finish it by myself." Tian Linger snorted, pointed to the sun, and said, "Do you know what time it is?" Zhang Xiaofan has a stubborn temper, he gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I hack until dark..." "Idiot!" Tian Ling'er suddenly yelled with her hands on her hips, Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, couldn't speak for a moment, just stared at this senior sister in a daze. Tian Ling'er was majestic and majestic, quite like a mother, and said angrily: "You don't look at the time, and you don't think about others. You hack until dark, do you want me to accompany you until dark? If you really want to To hold your breath, you should work hard every day from now on, try your best to do your homework well in two hours, instead of talking nonsense until it gets dark!" As soon as she finished speaking, she raised the knife in her hand and dropped it, the sound of the knife pierced the air, "chop chop hack" four times, the bamboo fell down in response, Zhang Xiaofan's eyes were straightened when he saw it. Tian Linger glanced at him, said calmly: "Go back." Then she walked out of the forest.Zhang Xiaofan was ashamed and ashamed in his heart, secretly made up his mind that in the future he will work hard and do his homework well. ※※※ It was already noon when she dragged her tired body back to the living place of Dazhu Peak, Tian Linger walked to the back of the Shoujing Hall without saying a word.Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, moved his steps with difficulty, walked towards his room, at the door of the corridor, he saw his senior brother Song Daren standing there. A smile appeared on the corner of Song Daren's mouth, and he said, "How is it, junior brother, are you tired?" Zhang Xiaofan forced a laugh and shook his head. Song Daren saw that he was quite stubborn at such a young age, so he couldn't help laughing, accompanied him to the room first, and said: "There is usually hot water in the kitchen, you can fetch water to wash yourself when you come back later, and then It's going to be dinner in a while, you take a rest first, I will come and call you, we still have to do our homework after the meal is over." Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, said: "Is there any homework this afternoon?" Seeing his big reaction, Song Daren was stunned for a moment, then realized with a smile, and said with a smile: "Oh, I was wrong, this afternoon is the time for my disciples to practice Taoism, and I will teach you some basic Taoism from today on." Only then did Zhang Xiaofan heave a sigh of relief, he was both surprised and happy, and asked in a low voice: "Elder brother, those Taoisms are very powerful, are they difficult to learn?" Song Daren smiled and said: "When the practice reaches a deep level, it is naturally extremely powerful. As for whether it is difficult to learn, it depends on each person's aptitude and understanding. But even if the aptitude is poor, it doesn't matter, you also heard what Master said last night Liao: Daohai has no limit, hard work is the boat. As long as you are willing to persevere and practice hard, no matter how difficult it is, you can still succeed.” Zhang Xiaofan nodded vigorously. At lunch that day, Tian Buyi asked Zhang Xiaofan about his homework, Tian Linger rebuked Zhang Xiaofan a lot, Zhang Xiaofan blushed and didn't dare to look up. Listening to his daughter's words, Tian Buyi shook his head repeatedly, waved his hands at the end, and said only two words: "Eat." Tian Buyi was too lazy to scold Zhang Xiaofan, but in Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, he felt that the master cared about him very much, but he didn't do well, and the master didn't scold him, he was extremely magnanimous, really a rare mentor in the world.He felt ashamed in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything more, he just vowed secretly in his heart that he would practice hard in the future in order to repay his teacher's kindness. After the meal, Tian Buyi took his figure-of-eight gait as usual, swaggered a few times, and then went back to his Shoujing Hall.The other disciples walked towards the Taiji Cave one after another, only Song Daren and Zhang Xiaofan came to the room together, and said: "Junior Brother, the Taoism of this school is very fundamental, you are just getting started, I will teach you the basic Taoism first, after you memorize it firmly , self-cultivation, if there is anything unclear, just ask me, understand?" Zhang Xiaofan nodded again and again, feeling a burst of excitement in his heart. Song Daren's complexion changed, and he said seriously: "There is another matter, I have to tell you: my school of thaumaturgy is profound and wonderful, and there are many prying eyes. You need to make a heavy oath. Disciple, never pass it on to outsiders." Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved, suddenly he was in a daze, but then he came to his senses, with a determined look on his little face, he said: "Yes. By heaven, if disciple Zhang Xiaofan reveals the secrets of Qingyun Sect's Taoism in the future, he will be struck by five thunderbolts, and he will not die. " Song Daren smiled and nodded, asked him to sit down at the table, first taught him how to meditate and meditate, then briefly talked about the meridians and the circulation of the human body, and finally passed on the first-level practice method of "Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao" . "Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao" is the root of all kinds of miraculous arts of Qing Yun Sect. It was comprehended by Qing Yun Zi in the nameless ancient scroll two thousand years ago. The supreme Taoist method that surpasses the heaven and the earth, and is mysterious and incomparable. Taiji Xuanqing Dao has three realms of Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing. The disciples of the Qingyun sect, including many intelligent and wise people, cannot break through the Yuqing realm throughout their lives. Practice is also rare in the world. In the Qingyun Sect, there are nearly a thousand people, but those who can break through the Jade Qing Realm and enter the Shangqing Realm, headed by Master Daoxuan, are no more than ten people.But with only a few dozen people, Qing Yun Sect is one of the most powerful and deepest sects in cultivation today.As for the legendary Taiqing Realm, it is said that only Patriarch Qingye, who was born in the past, has been able to cultivate it.