Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven Special Functions

Dora asked, "What did your master teach you?" Linfeng said: "He didn't teach anything." Linfeng and Dora drove for a day to Chenjiagou, Wen County, Henan Province, which is the birthplace of Tai Chi.There are two branches of Taijiquan, one is inherited from the Wudang School of martial arts, and the other was first practiced by the Chen family in Chenjiagou, Wen County, Henan Province.The car drove into a village, and the sheep on the small road were returning home. It was dusk and smoke filled the air. Linfeng and Dora got off the car at the intersection, and came to a small farmyard. An old woman was feeding chickens in the yard. Linfeng stepped forward and asked, "Where is Master Chen?" The old woman said that he was reading in the house.

Linfeng and Dora looked at the room, it was pitch black.The two walked in. In this dark, dusty room, the curtains were drawn, and no light came in. There was an old man reading a book.Linfeng turned on the light, and Dora noticed that the old man was blind and read Braille.Linfeng called out to Master.The old man sighed and said that no one had come to see him for several years.The old man closed his books, and for a blind man, he read those books, touched those raised Braille letters, perhaps not to get rid of loneliness, on the contrary, but to remain alone. The blind old man said: "20 years ago, you were only 10 years old. You knelt in front of my house for a day and a night. It was still snowing heavily. Do you remember what I said to you?"

Linfeng replied: Master, you said that you can take me as an apprentice, but you won't teach me anything. The blind old man walked into the yard, followed by Linfeng and Dora. The blind old man said, "Let me see how your skills are doing now." Before he finished speaking, he picked up two bricks from the door and threw them into the air one after another. , Linfeng stepped forward, before the bricks hit the ground, a straight fist followed by a side kick broke the two bricks. The blind old man praised: "Not bad." The blind old man rolled up his sleeves and threw two bricks into the sky one after another. Perhaps because of his bad eyesight, one brick was thrown far away, and it was about to fall outside the courtyard wall. The blind old man used Chen-style Taijiquan Qixing stepped forward, and then caught a brick with his palm independently, turned around and threw the brick in his hand, only to hear a bang, just hit the brick that fell to the outside of the yard.

Dora applauded! Linfeng said: "Master, I want to learn Qigong." The blind old man asked the old woman to place a brick on a case a few meters away. Linfeng whispered to Dora: "Look carefully, the master is going to perform a show of hitting objects from the air." The blind old man rolled up his sleeves, stood in the middle of the yard, with luck in his hands, and said in a loud voice: "Use your mind to guide your mind, use your mind to guide your breath, and use your mind to guide your body. Everywhere is a circle, and everywhere is a circle. With your wonderful hands, you can practice Tai Chi. Qi is like nine consecutive rings, and every detail cannot be reached, and energy is like a hundred steels, so it is indestructible."

The blind old man yelled, turned around and pushed his palm, and the brick on the case a few meters away fell down and broke in two. The old lady showed Dora the broken brick, and Dora was dumbfounded. Linfeng said: "Master, teach me qigong." The blind old man said, "No! I told you when I took you in as a disciple. I won't teach you anything." Dora said: "Please, teach him, Brother Linfeng is going to participate in the World Fighting Championship." The blind old man turned his head and asked in surprise, "Are you going to participate in the World Fighting Championship?"

Linfeng nodded and said, "Yes, master, I need your help." The blind old man looked at the sky, thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed.He walked back to the house and asked Linfeng and Dora to stand in the yard and wait. After a while, he took out an oilcloth bag and said to Linfeng, this is a secret I have kept all my life. Go away and never come again. Also, remember, this bag will not be opened until tomorrow morning! Linfeng carefully took the oilcloth bag and put it in his arms, thanked the master and said goodbye, and walked out of the yard. Linfeng started the car engine, and Dora said: "What's in that bag? Is it a secret book on practicing Qigong? Why don't you open it now?" Linfeng shook his head.

The car drove into the county town, stopped at the entrance of an alley, got out of the car in Linfeng, and stared at the alley in a daze.Those old houses and those north-facing windows made him feel as if he was in another world. He was sure that this scene had appeared many times in his previous dreams, and he had also returned to this place many times in his dreams. Dora: "What's wrong with you?" Linfeng: "This is where I grew up." Linfeng closed his eyes, how many past events, scenes and scenes flashed before his eyes like a movie, some things he could still remember, but some things would always exist in his oblivion.He remembered when he was a child, the snowflakes in the yard were falling profusely on the ground, and the pomegranate tree was lonely. He breathed on the windowpane, and the small circles were quickly frozen by the air-conditioning, and finally disappeared, disappeared, just like the past. years.

Dora: "Is your house near here?" Linfeng: "Yes, let's go, I don't have a home anymore!" At dawn the next day, Linfeng and Dora arrived at Xi'an Airport, where they would fly directly to Japan after meeting with Hawthorne.The head of the military region and Professor Lu Li came to see him off. The moment of parting was always sad. Professor Lu Li held Hawthorne's hand and couldn't say a word.The two old people have known each other for many years, and the archaeology of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum has made them forge a deep friendship. After leaving, I don't know when they will meet again, and I think that Hawthorne will embark on a journey to find the fireworks knife. Knowing how many hardships and dangers he had to go through, Professor Lu Li couldn't help feeling sad, and turned his head away as he spoke seriously.

The head of the military region patted Linfeng on the shoulder and said: "I don't have any rhetoric. I played a football match when I was young. The opponent was a high school student, and we were junior high school students. , In the end we won, and that game is something I will never forget. We stood on the playground and shouted hoarsely. Everyone was covered in mud, but this mud is a symbol of a man, a symbol of glory... You are about to embark on a narrow escape. It is a road that may fall down and die at any time, but this road leads to the top of the world, to the glory of the top of the world."

Professor Lu Li waved goodbye to the head of the military region. On the plane, Dora said to Hawthorne: "Grandpa, do you believe in supernatural powers? Last night, I saw a person who could hit objects from the air." Hawthorne said: "It's nothing to shoot objects in the air. I have seen a person fly through the glass, and see through the glass. He can move in an instant, pour out a basin of water with a small water cup, and then separate the basin of water with his mind. It's just magic." Duo stretched out her tongue, and said to Linfeng: "Now it's time to open that bag."

Linfeng opened the oilcloth bag in his arms, and there was only a piece of paper inside.Seeing the words on the paper, Linfeng couldn't help laughing wryly, Hawthorne and Dora also came over to look at it, there was a line written on it: I am a liar. Linfeng said: "I had more than a dozen masters, but I didn't expect this master to be a liar for fame. He told lies all his life, but in the end he told me the truth." Hawthorne said: "This master of yours is actually well-intentioned. He didn't teach you nothing. At least, he taught you two words: self-confidence. You are the same as those contestants who participated in the World Fighting Championships. Flesh and blood, you stand on the same starting line." Dora said: "Grandpa, do supernatural powers really exist?" Hawthorne said: "Some mysterious things cannot be explained by science, and they cannot be completely denied. The reason why science cannot be explained is that science has not developed to the point where it can be explained. People's common sense often affects people's correct judgment. It may stand twenty people, but after participating in an outreach activity, you will find that it can be done. A mosquito's mouth can pierce the hide of a buffalo, and a tree can grow from under a rock. Whether it is an animal or a plant, there is a powerful The energy of ordinary people can only stimulate the great potential in life at a certain moment, such as a mother lifts a truck to save a child under the wheel. People in 1900 would not believe that humans can land on the moon. The clairvoyance in ancient legends Heshunfeng ear has become the current videophone. There are many human potentials that have not been developed, such as human intelligence, memory ability and sixth sense.” A passenger on the next seat said: "What is the sixth sense?" Hawthorne said: "Scientific experiments have shown that in addition to the five basic senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, human beings also have a sixth sense. The sixth sense is a mysterious ability to perceive things. Different people will There are different degrees of reactions. For example, a dream that I once had has actually happened in reality. For example, I went to a new place that I have never been to, but found that the scenery there is very familiar. For example, I often have a correct hunch and will occasionally Unexplainable voices were heard." Linfeng closed his eyes, and after a while, the plane was turbulent, Linfeng had an ominous premonition, the flight attendant comforted everyone on the radio, saying that the plane encountered a strong turbulence over the ocean, please fasten your seat belts.The fuselage began to shake violently. Linfeng saw the plane passing through the dark clouds through the window. Suddenly, Dora yelled—they saw a bolt of lightning hit the wing. Then, the plane tilted its nose down and fell rapidly towards the sea!