Chapter 2 The second chapter of hiding in the ice cave and seeking secrets
Shi Zhan fell into the ice hole, and the screams came faintly from under the layer of ice, which was even more shocking.Qi Shijie's cultivation has not been able to reach the point of "seeing but not seeing, hearing but not hearing". Hearing this scream, he couldn't feel his heart shaking.It's still unknown what happened.His practice is at a critical juncture, so he's distracted?Immediately, the true energy could not be restrained, and the body was on fire.
The old monk whispered in his ear: "There is no one to look at, no one to look at me, even if the Sumeru (the big mountain in the Buddhist scriptures) is on the top, I will just be like the breeze blowing my clothes." Although Qi Shijie didn't understand the essence of the Buddha's thirst , but also like a blow to the head, Qu Ran introspection, to strengthen the mood.The old monk sent his own qi into the "Yongquan point" on his heel to help him restrain the turbulent qi in his body, but for a moment, Qi Shijie felt a moment of coolness and his heart returned to peace.
With a calm mind, he unknowingly reached the state of "forgetting things and me", and he didn't know how long it took. He only heard the old monk say: "That's it!" Upright posture, eyes open.
The old monk said: "Try it, walk a few steps." After Qi Shijie tried it, he felt refreshed and clear, and his steps were light and firm. Not only did he recover his original skill, but he seemed to be slightly better than before.
At this time, the ice hole had already solidified again, and the surface of the glacier returned to a smooth mirror-like state.Qi Shijie asked in a daze, "What about the lama in red?"
The old monk said: "He was buried under the glacier. If he wants to come out, he has to wait for the next life." Qi Shijie was so shocked that he was speechless.
The old monk said slowly: "This is an idiom for you Han people: you can still live if you do evil by the sky; .”
Qi Shijie said: "Thank you old Zen master for saving your life, but there is still one thing that I don't understand. I wonder if old Zen master is willing to enlighten me?"
The old monk smiled and said: "I also know that you must have doubts in your heart. After all, the lama in red has something to do with me. Why didn't I help him, but came to help you?" Qi Shijie said: "That's right."
The old monk said: "Although you and I have never met, you are Duan Jianqing's enemy and my friend. But he is just the opposite. He is Duan Jianqing's friend. Even if I don't regard him as an enemy, I know he is a bad person." .”
Qi Shijie asked in amazement: "Does the old Zen master have any enmity with this boy Duan Jianqing?" He thought that this old monk is so capable, he should be a senior monk in terms of age, Duan Jianqing seems not yet "qualified" to have enmity with him.
The old monk said slowly: "Do you want to know who Duan Jianqing is to me? He is my nephew!"
As soon as this remark came out, Qi Shijie felt even more strange, and said: "This kid Duan Jianqing, he, is he your nephew?"
The old monk said: "That's right, his last master was named Yingmi, who was exactly the same disciple of the old sleeve. The old monk's dharma name is Jiaxiang."
Qi Shijie asked: "Since he is your nephew, why—"
Jiaxiang said: "Although he is my nephew, he is also the enemy I hate the most in my life!"
Qi Shijie became curious and couldn't help asking: "Why is this?"
The old monk continued: "Five years ago, he had a relationship with a female devil, and I have a relationship with this female devil. This female devil is named Han Ziyan, and she is the world's number one poison master. I Unfortunately, I was hit by her poison-feeding hidden weapon. Duan Jianqing tricked me into taking the poison as an antidote. But he is still paralyzed and has become a disabled person. Duan Jianqing caused me to see the light of day, do you think I can not hate him?"
After briefly talking about his experience, he asked Qi Shijie: "You said that you and Duan Jianqing never knew each other, so why is he your enemy?"
Qi Shijie said: "He abducted my cousin..."
Jiaxiang listened to him explain the reason, thoughtful, and said for a while: "Your cousin Yang Yan, I have never met, but I have heard of his name. Does he have a half-brother named Meng?" magnificent?"
Qi Shijie said: "That's right, old Zen master, do you know Meng Hua?"
Jiaxiang said: "Not only did I know each other, I had fought against him before. That time I fought against him was after I was tricked into taking poison by Duan Jianqing."
At this point, Jia Xiang couldn't help sighing softly, and said: "I really regret that I didn't believe Meng Hua's words at that time. Meng Hua originally wanted to help me cure the poison, but because he wanted to protect Duan Jianqing, I suspected that he was Duan Jianqing Dude. At that time, the poison I was suffering had already exploded. Because I couldn’t believe Meng Hua, I used the lion’s roar to try to hurt him at all costs. But the result was almost the same as what Shi Zhan suffered today. The only thing better than me is that I didn't die immediately."
It turned out that when Jia Xiang was defeated by the combination of Meng Hua and Jin Biyi's swords, he immediately forcibly used the lion's roar, but couldn't hold on anymore and fell off the cliff.Meng Hua couldn't find his body, so he only knew that he was dead.In fact, he was only seriously injured and never died.
Relying on his pure internal strength, he was able to walk after being injured in that valley for a month.
He originally wanted to return to the Nalanda Temple in his home country to recuperate his wounds, but Duan Jianqing tricked him into taking poison, which was the most powerful poison Han Ziyan secretly prepared. The fact that he was able to walk was only a temporary improvement, and it was only due to strong luck and internal strength that he obtained it. of.In fact, the toxin has penetrated deep into the viscera.He walked thousands of miles from Huijiang to Tibet, and when he passed the Devil City, he couldn't hold on anymore.
He sighed and said, "I knew I couldn't support myself, so I had to hide in the Devil City to recuperate. I think that ordinary people dare not come to the Devil City, and this is a good place to recuperate. But apart from this reason, I There is another reason for choosing Devil City to recuperate."
At this point, he suddenly asked Qi Shijie: "You are from a family of martial arts, so you must know a legend related to Devil City?"
Qi Shijie was startled, and asked, "What legend?"
Jia Xiang said: "Peerless martial arts, leave it to fate!"
Qi Shijie said: "I haven't heard of it. Do these two sentences mean that there are some martial arts secrets hidden in Devil City?"
Jiaxiang said: "Gui Huasheng, one of the Seven Swords of Tianshan a hundred years ago, you know?" Qi Shijie said: "Yes, I know that the wife of Tang Jingtian, the current head of Tianshan School, is his daughter."
Jia Xiang said: "It is said that Gui Huasheng and his wife once left a set of swordsmanship and an inner skill in Devil City. My master Longye had a very unusual friendship with their husband and wife. When I was born, I also heard Gui Huasheng say that wish. Based on this, I can infer that this legend is probably reliable." (Note: Master Longye is a martial arts master a generation higher than Gui Huasheng Yu Gui Huasheng once had a great kindness, and the matter is detailed and clumsy.)
Hearing this point, Qi Shijie suddenly realized: "It turns out that what Leng Binger said about the fairy fate is such a meaning. Gui Huasheng and Princess Huayu, the exotic love couple, have been the envy of the gods for nearly a hundred years. After practicing 'Peerless Martial Arts, waiting for fate', no wonder Leng Bing'er wants to say it's fate."
Yingxiang continued: "When I think of this legend, I don't feel greedy. The main thing is not to be greedy for 'peerless martial arts', but to hope that the superior inner strength mental method left by Gui Huasheng will heal me.
"The martial arts of our Nalanda Temple was not inferior to any school of martial arts in the Central Plains. Although Gui Huasheng's inner strength is wonderful, it may not be stronger than what my master taught. Xianggong is the most difficult to practice after reaching the eighth level. After I was poisoned, my vitality was severely injured and I could no longer practice it. I think the principles of superior martial arts should be similar, and maybe it can be used in Gui Huasheng Among the inner strength and heart methods left behind, find a martial arts training method to restore vitality. It is always beneficial and harmless to know more about a superior martial art."
Qi Shijie said: "Master, have you found the secret book of martial arts?"
Jia Xiang said, "I found them all. You raise your head and look at it."
Qi Shijie looked carefully, and saw that the stone wall just above his head was engraved with many figures. The figure in the picture was a beautiful woman holding a sword in various poses, like a comic strip.
Jiaxiang said: "The woman in the picture is Gui Huasheng's wife, Princess Huayu, and the engraved on the wall is the glacier sword technique created by her. There are only eighteen styles in total. It seems relatively simple, but the mystery of glacier swordsmanship does not lie in the complicated changes on the surface. Its "sword theory" is ingenious and a different way. Look at this glacier, the glacier is condensed on it, and it is almost invisible Its movement, in fact, is still undercurrents and turbulent under the ice layer. The wonder of the glacier swordsmanship breeds extreme movement in the extreme stillness. If you understand the truth, you can follow the basics of these eighteen moves In the swordsmanship, there are endless changes, with the utmost lightness, agility and movement!" Qi Shijie seemed to understand but half understood, so he could only obsess.
Jiaxiang continued: "This truth is very 'mysterious'. With your current martial arts attainments, you may not be able to understand it, but it doesn't matter. As long as you sit here for three to five years like an old monk, even if you don't understand Master point it out, I believe there will be a day when it will be understood."
Qi Shijie was surprised: "Why?" Jia Xiang said: "Princess Huayu's glacier swordsmanship was originally learned from the wonderful changes of the glacier. You are young, and your martial arts are already so good. I believe your cleverness Wisdom must not be inferior to the old monk, I can comprehend it, and of course you can." Qi Shijie thought to himself: "I don't want to sit in this ice cave for three or five years."
Jiaxiang continued: "This set of glacier swordsmanship, if it is combined with the 'Ice Soul Cold Light Sword', its power will be unimaginable. However, the Ice Soul Cold Light Sword is a sword that Princess Huayu took from the ice cave back then. It was smelted by the ice soul elite of ice, and there is only one sword in the world. Princess Huayu passed it on to her daughter, Tang Jingtian's wife, Glacier Goddess. Glacier Goddess has long since passed away, and this sword must still remain in Tang Jingtian's hands. It's a pity that you are not It is very difficult for the disciples of the Tianshan School to obtain this sword. However, even the goddess of the glacier has not fully learned the true instruction of the glacier sword. Among them, it is also rare to meet an opponent."
Qi Shijie didn't want to dominate the martial arts world, but after hearing this, he couldn't help being moved in his heart, and thought to himself: "I am not a disciple of the Tianshan School, and Leng Binger is a disciple of the Tianshan School. Tang Jingtian should have passed the Ice Soul Cold Light Sword to her."
After Jia Xiang explained the mystery of the glacier swordsmanship, he continued: "The inner power mentality left by Gui Huasheng is hidden in another cave in this ice cave, and I also discovered it.
"Although the glacier swordsmanship is wonderful, it is of no great use to me. So when I discovered these two peerless martial arts, I first practiced the inner strength mentality left by Gui Huasheng. I only hope that I can learn from his superior mentality." Find what I need, and help me recover my strength as soon as possible."
Having said this, he suddenly sighed deeply again.Qi Shijie was puzzled, and asked: "Senior Gui's inner strength, has the master mastered it?" He thought: "Could it be that he sighed because he didn't master it?"
Jia Xiang sighed: "I know you Han people have an idiom: If a poor man loses his horse, he knows it is not a disaster. On the contrary, if he gains a horse, he also knows it is not a blessing. The world and everything, between gains and losses, there is a principle Save it!"
Qi Shijie didn't understand why he was expressing his emotions, but he said next: "When I first practiced the inner strength mental method left by Gui Huasheng, it seemed to be quite beneficial. Suddenly one day I realized that , I run the zhenqi according to his mentality, and it seems that the zhenqi that I have already cultivated can't be in harmony with each other. It is said that the principles of superior martial arts should be interlinked. The reason why this happens must be one of the key points. I haven't figured it out yet. Sigh, it's not easy to integrate the two superior martial arts? I've thought hard for five years, and until now, I still haven't figured it out!
"What's more unfortunate is that when I was practicing that day, a cold wave came suddenly, and I was unable to take care of it. Just like this, in a short while, the joints seemed to be frozen like ice, and I have suffered from hemiplegia since then."
Qi Shijie comforted him and said: "With the master's peerless magical skills, if you practice for a few more years, maybe you can get rid of the stubborn illness? If there is something that I can do for you, I can do my best." His idea is: if one day, he can escape In heaven, he could carry this old monk on his back.But I think this hope is slim after all, so I dare not speak out.
Of course Kaxiang understood what he meant, and said with a wry smile: "I can't heal myself. You have hope to go out, but I'm afraid it will take at least three years. I know my lifespan is limited, and I can't wait for you to save me Already!"
Qi Shijie said: "Master, why did you say such ominous words?"
Jia Xiang smiled wryly and said, "In the eyes of Buddhist disciples, form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. Life is death, and death is life. Life and death are nothing but turning the Dharma wheel. Life is not enough to be happy, and death is not enough to be sad. What is the difference?"
Qi Shijie didn't understand Buddhism, so it was difficult to comfort him, so he could only say: "The disciple's common opinion, the teacher laughed at it." At this moment, what he was thinking in his heart was how to stay in this ice cave for three to five years up.
Jiaxiang seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said, "I'm sitting in the ice cave, I only know what season it is now after about five years?"
Qi Shijie said: "Today is the eighth day of May. Although the ice and snow at the foot of the mountain have not completely melted, according to the season, it is already early summer."
Jiaxiang smiled and said: "It's your luck, falling into the ice cave in the best season. If it is winter, the cold wave will be really terrible. With your current skill, you can't resist it. In fact, if you don't tell me, I will I also know that it is probably summer outside, because the two cold waves that come every day as a rule have been weakening. From now on, it will take another four months for the cold wave to turn from weak to strong again. But if you practice your internal skills diligently , After four months, it may be possible to achieve a little bit, and gradually enter the 'beautiful state', then I am not afraid to stay in this ice cave for three to five years."
Qi Shijie sighed secretly in his heart, and said: "It seems that I can only accompany him in this ice cave. Being able to go out in three to five years is already my luck." Suddenly thinking of something, I couldn't help being curious, Asked Kaxiang, "I have something I don't understand, and I want to ask the master for advice."
Jiaxiang said: "You and I are dependent on each other now, if you don't understand anything, just ask me." Qi Shijie said: "I don't know how the master can find food in this ice cave?"
Jiaxiang laughed and said, "It's easy, just see!" After that, he lifted a stone and threw it down the glacier, opening a hole. Qi Shijie never paid attention to the one under the rock.
As soon as he took out the fishing rod, he stretched it into the hole in a swift and incomparable way. As soon as he lifted the fishing rod, he caught a fish weighing at least two or three catties.
Jiaxiang smiled and said, "The fish is abundant in this glacier, and it will be easier to catch the glacier after half a month of thawing. I have lived on raw fish for the past five years."
Only then did Qi Shijie suddenly realize that it was reasonable for Jiaxiang to choose to sit beside the glacier.In addition to making it easier for him to figure out the glacier swordsmanship engraved above his head, it also makes it easier for him to catch fish.Otherwise, he would have difficulty moving and would have starved to death long ago.
Kaxiang said: "No matter what, I will definitely help you see the light of day again. But I also ask you one thing."
Qi Shijie quickly said: "My life was saved by the master. If the master needs disciples' help, just ask."
Jiaxiang said slowly: "I just ask you to be my apprentice."
In the world, only disciples seek masters, and those who are not qualified to be masters seek others to be disciples instead.So Qi Shijie was taken aback unconsciously.
Jiaxiang said sadly: "I also know the rules of your Han people. Changing the school is a violation of the martial arts taboo, unless you get the consent of the original teacher. This is an unfeeling request. If you refuse to agree, then forget it." .”
Qi Shijie hurriedly said: "The master allows the disciple to be included in the door wall, which is something the disciple can't ask for. Master, please don't misunderstand, the disciple is just stunned because of the overjoyed." After finishing speaking, he immediately knelt down and bowed to the master, and changed his address to "" master".In fact, it was not because he was greedy for Kaxiang's peerless martial arts, but because he had received the great favor of Kaxiang's life, and he thought that there was nothing to repay him, so how could he go against his good intentions?
Jiaxiang drew his hands falsely, but before the palms touched his body, Qi Shijie already felt a gentle force to help him up. "I begged you to be my apprentice, and I can only accept half a courtesy from you. But aren't you afraid of violating a martial arts taboo?" Jia Xiang said.
Qi Shijie said: "The disciple is a martial arts family, and the master is the grandfather and mother. If they know that my life was saved by you, the old man, it's too late to thank you, how can they blame me for being another famous teacher?"
Jia Xiang said: "Okay, then I can also tell you why I asked you to worship me as a teacher. Because I know that in this life, I will never be able to personally punish that kid who bullied my teacher and destroy my ancestors. I want you Revenge on behalf of the teacher, I can only rest in peace after I die!"
Qi Shijie said: "This kid Duan Jianqing is also my enemy. Even if there is no enmity between teachers and sects, I will still settle accounts with him."
Jia Xiang said: "I beg you to be my apprentice, it is precisely because you have enmity with him. But there are some things that you haven't known yet.
"This kid has an evil heart, but he is extremely intelligent. Five years ago, he had already deceived a martial arts heart sutra from our sect, and a poison art secret from the female devil who is the world's number one poison master has also fallen into his hands." In his hands. With his extreme intelligence, after five years, the martial arts he has practiced must be different from what it used to be. Even exaggerating, there are very few experts in this world who can subdue him.
"Don't say that I am paralyzed. Even if I can get out of this ice cave, I may not be his opponent. With your current martial arts, if you want to settle accounts with him, that would be a dream! You worship me as a teacher, and then practice into a glacier Swordsmanship, although it may not be sure to win, but there is always a little hope. Do you understand my past intentions?"
Qi Shijie said: "The disciple understands that the disciple must practice the martial arts taught by the master diligently."
Jiaxiang said: "I will first teach you the martial arts of Nalanda Temple. I only mentioned the glacier swordsmanship and did not mention Gui Huasheng's secrets of martial arts. It’s a mystery, you can’t decide whether you can learn other martial arts at the same time after you have practiced your own martial arts for a while.”
Since Qi Shijie couldn't go out, he had no choice but to settle down and practice martial arts with Jia Xiangruo.
In the ice cave, the years are unknown, and it is difficult to distinguish between day and night.Fortunately, we already know that there must be two cold waves every day, one in the morning and one in the middle of the night.Depending on the number of cold waves, it is possible to infer how many days have passed.Every day that passed, Qi Shijie drew a stroke on the stone wall.
About four months later, one day Qi Shijie suddenly felt that the cold wave was particularly severe. The cold wind coming through the stones was like a knife, and the glacier was as solid as a stone. Dig up.A cloudy and cold air seemed to be too thick to dissolve.Fortunately, when Jia Xiang threw the stone into the glacier, the hole could still be shaken open, so that no fish could be caught.It was only then that Qi Shijie became more aware of Master's skill, and thought to himself: "How many years will it take to practice Master's skill?"
The cold wave was too severe, even if he tried his best to resist it, he still felt numb in his hands and feet, and even had difficulty breathing.Jiaxiang squeezed his hand, a gust of hot air poured into his palm, he let go immediately, and said, "Practice the Glacier sword technique!"
With Master's help, Qi Shijie felt a little warmer.He had already learned the eighteen basic moves of the glacier swordsmanship, and started practicing while facing the glacier.In the past few months he has observed the changes in the glacier, and through the guidance of his master, he has already understood a little bit of the mystery of "sword theory". is able to change by itself.
Strange to say, when he first practiced, he only felt that the cold was getting stronger, which made his teeth chatter. If Kaxiang hadn't told him to "keep practicing!", he would have almost given up.But after practicing for a while, my body suddenly felt warm again, and after the practice, a few beads of sweat appeared on my forehead.
Jia Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "Princess Huayu created this set of swordsmanship back then, and she used the cold air to boost the power of her Ice Soul Cold Light Sword. Although you used an ordinary sword, the sword The method is the same, this cold wave can just assist you in sword practice, and it can absorb the effect of mutual generation and mutual restraint, you can practice your own martial arts now." Qi Shijie sat cross-legged and practiced the great cycle of breathing in yoga qigong, and he really didn't feel It's cold.
If so, after six or seven days, Qi Shijie can resist the cold wave without the help of his master.At this moment, he hoped that the winter would last as long as possible.
But winter is always going to pass. Although Qi Shijie can't see the changes of the seasons outside, since the cold wave is gradually weakening and the glaciers are melting again, there is no need to count the lines he drew on the stone wall. He already knows that spring is coming outside, and summer is coming. Also followed.
After nearly a year in the ice cave without knowing it, one day he was fishing by the river, silently observing the signs of the flow of the glacier, when Kaxiang suddenly called him back.
Qi Shijie asked: "What is the master's order?" Jiaxiang said: "There is one thing I must tell you today. Gui Huasheng's martial arts secrets are hidden in a cave on the opposite mountain wall, about five or six feet above the ground. Gao, in the first step, you have to remove the ice that has condensed on the mountain wall, and in the second step, you have to remove a stone that seals the cave before you can find the entrance. I have already marked a 'cross' on the stone, you It will be easy to find."
Qi Shijie said: "My own martial arts is just a glimpse of the barriers, didn't you say that you can decide whether you can let me try other schools' superior martial arts after my internal strength has improved a bit? Then why rush to get Gui Huasheng's martial arts secrets?" When he said this, he felt a little strange in his heart: Why didn't the master tell him earlier, why didn't he tell him later, he must tell him today?Could this just be Master's "whim"?
Jiaxiang said: "Because I don't tell you today, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to tell you in the future." Qi Shijie was taken aback, and quickly asked: "Master, you, what do you mean by that?"
Jiaxiang didn't seem to be listening, and answered irrelevant questions, and continued on his own: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Your dragon elephant skill has just reached the second level. Compared with mine, it is of course far behind. There may be many mysteries that are hard to understand when you practice other schools of martial arts that are not taught by others. Even if you understand the principles, you may feel powerless. But it is also because your skills are not deep enough. If you practice incorrectly, it won’t cause too much damage and repeat my mistakes. But remember, if you find that there are two kinds of true qi in your body that resist each other, you can’t continue practicing.”
Qi Shijie said: "Master, you can teach me!" To know Yi Jiaxiang's martial arts cultivation, even though he has not fully understood Gui Huasheng's martial arts secrets, at least he can solve many problems for beginners.
After Jiaxiang told him the points that he should pay attention to, he smiled and said: "I can't practice with you anymore, I was just going to tell you that today is the day when you and I will part forever." Knowing that the time of death is approaching, it is only by relying on the remaining skills that he can talk and laugh freely.
Qi Shijie was taken aback, and shouted: "I, I don't believe it, Master, how could you die so well?"
Kaxiang said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, people must go through. The world regards death as sorrow, and Buddhism regards death as going to the world of bliss. Sanskrit calls death 'Nirvana', and your Chinese free translation means 'passing away'. What is 'passing away'? Nothing without preparation is called circle, and all obstacles are called silence. The scriptures say: leave all destinies forever, and enter the door of immortality and immortality. People, whether saints or ordinary people, must die of old age, but Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the sound of death is their illusory body. As for the original nature , then there is no birth and no death, so it is called Nirvana. If you realize this principle, what is the sorrow of death?" After reading a passage, he closed his eyes slowly, with a smile on his face.Qi Shijie probed his nose, but he was already dead.
Although Qi Shijie hadn't broken through the boundary between death and life yet, but after listening to the scriptures recited by his master at the end of his life, he wouldn't be too sad.At the moment, I gathered earth for incense, and performed a farewell ceremony to the master's body, and secretly prayed for the blessing of the master's spirit in the Western Paradise: "If the disciple can see the light of day again, I will definitely obey the master's order and punish that little thief who deceived the master and destroyed the ancestor for you, old man." After burying the master, the next day he went to find Gui Huasheng's martial arts secrets hidden in the ice cave.
At this time, his ability has greatly surpassed that of the past. Using lightness kung fu, he climbed up the icy cliff without much effort. Halfway through the climb, he inserted his sword into the stone wall to dig a foothold. According to the instructions of his master, Then he smoothed the ice that had solidified on the stone, and found a stone marked with a 'cross'. Pushing the stone away, he immediately found the cave.
The light in the cave was relatively weak. Qi Shijie had just entered, and his eyes were not used to the darkness. Fortunately, he had some leftover flint on him, so he lit the flint immediately and examined it carefully.
Gui Huasheng's inner strength method is engraved on the stone wall, and there are graphics attached to the well to explain how to guide the true energy to run the eight extraordinary meridians.Qi Shijie first memorized the scriptures in his heart. Although he didn't have the ability of photographic memory, his aptitude was above average. After reading it four or five times, he was able to recite it verbatim.The remaining Flint has not been used in half.
From this day on, he explored Gui Huasheng's internal skills by himself, practiced to the places he didn't understand, and then went into the cave to refer to the pictures for details.
It is strange to say that although he has no one to teach him how to practice this inner strength method, he has improved faster than when he practiced Tianzhu's school of inner strength than when he was taught by his master. Qi circulates in the eight extraordinary meridians, and there is no feeling of blockage and difficulty.I thought to myself: "Senior Gui's internal energy method seems to have many principles similar to the martial arts I have learned, and it is not so profound and difficult to understand. Why does the master find it difficult to practice this method?" Since Since practicing the exercises, he has never found that there are two kinds of zhenqi in his body that resist each other.
It turns out that there is a reason for this, which is unknown to Yingxiang.Gui Huasheng was born in Wudang, and his inner strength method is based on the inner strength of the Wudang school.Qi Shijie's family martial arts is a side branch of Shaolin School, Wudang Shaolin is a branch of the same source, and Shaolin School's martial arts originated from Tianzhu, so it is much easier for Qi Shijie to practice Gui Huasheng's inner strength and mental method than his master .You must know that the Shaolin school of martial arts has been introduced to China for more than a thousand years since the ancestor Bodhidharma, during which the benefits have changed a lot. The Wudang Shaolin branch was only three or four hundred years old when it was Qi Shijie, and they were both in China. , There are more opportunities to learn from each other, so Qi Shijie's family martial arts and Gui Huasheng's inner strength method are of course closer.In addition, the original source came from the Nalanda Temple, what Qi Shijie learned from Kaxiang in the past year has played a complementary role.
The time in the ice cave was unknown, but from the gradual strengthening of the cold wave, Qi Shijie knew that winter had come again. "Strange, how come this winter doesn't seem to be as cold as the previous winter?" One day, he counted the lines carved on the stone wall and calculated the time. It should also be the period when the cold wave is the most severe.
But he still didn't feel cold at all.
As soon as winter came last year, he had to exercise his kung fu to keep out the cold. On the days when the cold wave was the worst, he even needed the help of his master.But this winter, he doesn't need to exercise, and he doesn't feel cold anymore.Moreover, the "climate" in the ice cave seems to be getting warmer day by day, and he feels the same way during the days when the cold wave should be the strongest.
Of course it wasn't the sudden change in the weather outside. Since the surface of the glacier had solidified and was harder than stone, he knew that this year's winter would be no worse than last year's, if not colder.But why did he feel warm instead?
"Ah, I never thought that senior Gui's martial arts secrets are so miraculous. I only practiced for more than half a year, and I have achieved miraculous effects!" This question can only have this answer.
Discovering the miraculous effects of Gui Huasheng's martial arts secrets, Qi Shijie practiced even harder.
Another half month passed before he knew it. When the cold wave came for the first time that day, he felt a little colder. When he counted the time, it turned out that it was New Year's Eve.
His master once told him that the cold wave on New Year's Eve is the most severe cold wave of the year.Based on last year's experience, what Master said was also confirmed.He remembered that on New Year's Eve last year, he couldn't close his eyes all night. He practiced glacier swordsmanship, and after each practice, he had to be helped by his master to resist the cold wave.It's just a little colder this year, but it's already much better.Because this "slightly cold" feeling is just a comparison with the previous day.
But while feeling joyful, Qi Shijie couldn't help singing and sighing, thinking to himself: "Tomorrow is the New Year, and I'm stuck in the ice cave, and it's the second year before I know it. Although Master said it, I guess it will be three years You can practice the two martial arts skills left by the old couple Gui, but you may not be able to go out after practicing! Sigh, when will we see the light of day again?"
The mood was a little restless, and the cold feeling became more serious. "It's better not to think about it, and continue to practice!" At this time, he was practicing to the last level of Gui Huasheng's martial arts secrets.
Practicing at a critical moment, I suddenly felt a warm current flow through my limbs and bones.
Usually when the practice is over, although there is also a warm feeling, but like this, there seems to be a warm current passing through the limbs and bones, but it is the first time a fresh feeling.Qi Shijie couldn't help secretly rejoicing in his heart: "Could it be that this is a sign that my great achievements are about to be completed?" He knew that distractions are the most important thing to avoid at this moment, so he put away all distracting thoughts and continued to practice.
But if he continued to practice, he felt something was wrong. The second cold wave had arrived, which meant that the most severe cold wave of the year had arrived.The strange thing is: the cold wind is blowing like a knife, but the feeling inside his body is getting hotter and hotter.
This is a "sultry" feeling, as if the internal organs have been roasted and moxibustion, and the heat is emitted from the inside.It's completely different from the warmth I feel when I usually practice.After a while, he felt that the true energy in his body was rushing around, no matter what he could not lead to his dantian, this rushing true energy was like the hot air from a human stove, roasting his heart, liver, spleen and lungs.
No matter how he gets rid of distracting thoughts, he will not be able to reach the state of emptiness.
"Oh, if this continues, I'm afraid my body will explode!" Qi Shijie couldn't sit still and jumped up.
Unable to bear such hot pain, Qi Shijie suddenly remembered that on the first day he met his master, the master taught him the "Tuo Yuquan" pose of yoga qigong, and injected his own true energy from the "Yongquan point" on the bottom of his feet into his body. in the body to help him recover his strength.
"Ah, it would be great if the master is still here. He can help me get rid of the cold air with this method, and he can also restore my coolness if I think about it."
Although it was already midnight, the glacier, as smooth as a mirror, still gave off a dazzling cold light.Han Biao rolled through the ice surface, and ice shards splashed everywhere.Qi Shijie stared at the glacier, and suddenly had an idea: "Why don't I guide the cold air of the glacier into my body. Even if it doesn't work, at least sit on the glacier, it won't be so hot!"
He couldn't bear it anymore, so he jumped into the glacier.Shake open an ice hole with palm force, just sit cross-legged in this ice hole.
The "Tuo Yuquan" pose was originally performed on the head and feet, and others pressed the "Yongquan Point" on the soles of his feet. At this time, there was no one to help, so he used the method of guiding true energy and yoga qigong in Gui Huasheng's secret book Use it together to inhale the cold air from the glacier from the "Yongquan Point".
Feeling hot, slightly light.But I don't know how long it has passed, suddenly the cold and heat alternate, sometimes half of the body seems to be in a furnace, but the other half of the body is still in the ice cave.Qi Shijie gritted his teeth and endured it, and finally endured it.
The most uncomfortable moment is over, as if spring comes after winter.Qi Shijie feels that all hardships are rewarded at times.
The bitterness comes, and it feels very fast. In an instant, Qi Shijie only felt cool all over his body, and his true energy was naturally absorbed into his dantian, moving through his limbs, and it went round and round.Just like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, there are 84,000 pores, and none of them is uncomfortable.
It turned out that Qi Shijie had unintentionally followed the right path, and he had practiced the two superior internal skills to the point of combining them into one.
In just over a year, he first practiced the inner strength of Nalanda Temple, and then practiced the inner strength of Gui Huasheng. Based on his original foundation, he should have practiced these two superior inner strengths step by step. Entering the realm too fast, the true qi you have developed is beyond your control, and even at the last moment of practice, you still feel like your body is burning.This situation is like a boy wielding a knife, the danger is self-evident.Fortunately, he was blessed to his heart, and at a critical moment, he thought of the method of guiding the cold air of the glacier to assist his practice. His original intention was to relieve the burning pain, but it happened to be the right way.
齐世杰尚未知道大功告成，但得到遍体清凉，浑身舒泰，已是大喜过望了。大喜之下，在冰窟窿中一跃而出，只觉身轻如燕，两个起伏，便已脚踏实地。
齐世杰怔了一怔：“咦，我怎的跳得这么远？”他欢喜得手舞足蹈，只觉举手投足，都好像有无穷无尽的气力，要想发泄一个痛快。
手舞足蹈之下，他无意间一掌劈出，劈着一块石头，“轰隆”一声，那块石头竟然给他劈得四分五裂。
齐世杰想不到自己练成的内功，威力竟是如此之大，不觉呆了。
“我练成功啦！我练成功啦！”齐世杰一呆之后，情不自禁的大叫起来。“可惜师父已经圆寂了，我只能告诉他在天之灵了。”想到师父不能分享他的喜悦，不禁又是思之黯然。
师父本来是期望他三年之后练成的，如今从他开始进入冰窟的那一天算起，也还不过是一年半多几天就练成了。大功告成，此时他当然是希望越早能够重见天日越好了。
这冰窟约有十丈来深，高逾百尺的冰崖峭壁本是极难攀登的，但此时亦已难不到他了。
他走到最初跌落这个冰窟的地方，吸一口气，施展壁虎游墙的功夫攀上去，倒了顶端，用力一推，冰块簌簌而落，岩石却是纹丝不动。原来进入冰窟的石门是利用天然的崖石安装上巧妙的机关的，不懂得开启机关的办法，再大的气力也推不开这块几万斤重的巨石。
齐世杰想道：“即使我这把宝剑不怕折损，要想挖一个洞出去，也不知要到何年何月，才能成功？”不禁颓然兴叹：“人力毕竟有时而穷，我虽练成了桂老前辈的武功秘笈，依然无济于事。”
还有一个办法是等冰川解冰的日子，试一试是否能够在这地下的冰川游出去。
好不容易等了半年，等到夏天来到，冰川表面已经解冻，冰块一块块的裂开，又听到流水淙淙的声音了。在这半年当中，他练成的内功已是更为巩固，气力的大小，也可以控制自如，运用到招数上了。冰川剑法，亦已练到可随心变化的境界。
但他一试之下，依然还是失望。
原来冰川虽然解冻，便冰块并非完全溶化的，水流不过是从冰块的缝罅之中通过，要想排开拥塞水流的冰块，不是不可能，但所费的功夫，却是艰难得能以想像。而且他虽然练成上乘内功，也不能在水底闭气太久，这条冰川，也不知要经过多长的距离才到外面。要想破冰而出，也像要破壁而出一样，不知何年何月才能成功了？
齐世杰心灰意冷，想道：“难道我竟是命中注定，要老死冰窟不成？”
他可不甘老死冰窟！虽然无法出去，每天还是要到这冰窟进口之处静坐一会。这个地方是最靠近外面的地方，他在这里想像外面的天地：“现在已是夏天，外面的花草一定长得很茂盛了。呀，只要能够让我看一看外面的景色，纵然是有毒的魔鬼花也好。在这冰窟里可是没有彩色的世界，真是令人难捱！”他这心情，就好像是身无分文的穷人，过屠门而大嚼一样，虽不得肉，慰情聊胜于无。
想不到有一天他正在静坐遥思，浮想连翩之际，忽然听到了上面似乎有人说话。
齐世杰自从师父死了之后，已是差不多有一年没有听过人声了。这一下喜得他心头卜卜乱跳。
他连忙定了定神，把耳朵贴着山壁细听。他已练成上乘内功，听觉远胜常人，十多丈高的冰窟，上面两人说话的声音，听得清清楚楚。
“依你所说那天的情形，我的师弟料想不应丧在那丫头的剑下的，是么？”一个苍老的声音向他的同伴问道。
齐世杰心头一动：这个人说的那丫头，除了冷冰儿还能有谁？
他初时听到这个人说话的声音，几乎忍不住就要大声呼唤，但一听清楚他说的是什么之后，可只能忍住了。“想不到来的竟是敌人，但纵然不是敌人，他也没办法救我出去，我和他交谈又有何用？”
心念未已，只听得另外一个人已在答复同伴的问题了。“不错，那天是令师弟最先逃走的。他跑得很快，纵然受了点伤，伤得也绝不会重。不过后来我和连老大相继受伤逃走，却已找不到今师弟了。”
齐世杰一听声音好熟，不待他把话说完，已知此人是谁。原来这个人不是别人，正是曾经和他交过手的那个使虎头钩的名叫窦健刚的汉子。
“另一个人想必就是释湛的师兄释陀了，他等了两年不见师弟回来，故而找到了窦健刚带他重来魔鬼城查访。唉，可怜他怎想得到他的师弟已是埋在冰川底下？”齐世杰是尝过找不到亲人的滋味的，此时不觉倒是有点同情这个释湛的师兄了。齐世杰所料不差，果然便听得释陀说道：“他既然没死，却又未见他回来，那就只有一个可能，那天他根本没有逃下山去，而是躲藏在魔鬼城中。”
“我也是这样想。”窦健刚道：“否则，那天他最先逃走，应该是在山下等我们的。”
“你知道他为什么要逃回魔鬼城吗？”
“这个，这个我可不敢自妄猜测。大师，你是他的师兄，要是你猜不着，我更加猜不着了。”窦健刚讷讷说道。
释陀本是想试探他的口气，对那“绝世武功，留待有缘”的秘密知道多少的，听他这么说，不禁心里暗骂：“好狡猾的东西，反而试探起我来了。”
“你们和他是不是曾经在这佛塔里住过两晚？”释陀问道。
“不错。大师，你问这个是什么意思？”
释陀哈哈一笑，说道：“大家都不必说假话了，师弟虽然没有告诉我，但我已经知道那一次他是和你们一起来找传说中桂华生所藏的武功秘笈了。”
窦健刚这才说道：“大师既然知道，那我也不怕和大师说了。不错，我们那次的确是为了这个缘故才大着胆子到魔鬼城，不过，什么也没发现。恐怕那个传说是假的居多了。”
释陀淡淡说道：“我看未必。”
窦健刚心中暗喜：“毕竟给我探出一点口风来了。”故意装作还未明白他的意思，盯紧再问：“什么未必？”
释陀缓缓说道：“传说未必是假，依我看来，恐怕倒是真的居多。”
窦健刚连忙问道，“大师，你怎么知道它是真的？”
释陀说道：“我并没有说已经确实知道它是真的，只不过是我一己的猜测。”
窦健刚说道：“大师根据什么猜测？”
释陀说道：“我这师弟的脾气我是知道的，不是我说师弟的坏话，他第一个毛病就是自私自利，平生惯于利用别人，却不肯让别人分沾他的好处。”
窦健刚本来亦已早就有此疑心，释陀一加说破，他不觉便即愤然说道：“如此说来，令师弟其实早就在这里发现什么秘密，只不过当时瞒着我们罢了。怪不得那日我们和他一同败在那丫头剑下，他还是最先逃出去的，我们却找不见他。敢情他正是趁这机会撇开我们。”
释陀说道：“对了，你这猜想正是和我一样。我这师弟还有一个脾气，他绝不肯冒险做没有把握的事。”
窦健刚道：“不错，按当时的情形，齐世杰这小子也是受了伤的，在我们逃跑之后，冷冰儿这丫头很可能陪这小子在魔鬼城中养伤。令师弟要是没有把握得遂图谋，决计不会冒这个险依然躲在那丫头的眼皮底下。嗯，照这样看来，令师弟多半是已经找到了传说中桂华生留下的那部武功秘笈了？”
释陀说道：“这很难说，依我看来，有两个可能！”窦健刚道：“那两个可能？”
释陀说道：“第一个可能，就是如你所说，他已经找到那部武功秘复。但在这个情形之下，又有两种可能，一种是他找到之后，躲到另一个僻静的地方去了。一种是他虽然发现了找寻秘笈的方法，却已丧身在魔鬼城中。”
窦健刚道：“何以你会猜他已经丧身此地？”
释陀说道：“我只不过是从坏处着想。试想要是没什么危险就可以找到秘笈的话，这将近一百年来，也不知有多少本领高强、聪明才智之士前来找过，怎还轮得到咱们今天才来寻找。”
窦健刚点了点头，接着问道：“你说了第一个可能的两种情况，那么第二种可能又是什么？”
释陀道：“第二个可能，是他未曾找到武功秘笈，就已给冷冰儿这丫头杀了。这一个可能甚至比前一个可能更大！”
窦健刚吃惊道：“要是这样的话，那就更加糟了。那部武功秘笈，说不定已落到那丫头的手中了。”
释陀叹口气道：“我最担心的就是这个，倘若当真不幸如此，即使不是为了那部武功秘笈，我也是无论如何要为师弟报仇的。”
窦健刚说道：“那丫头的剑法虽然厉害，但以大师的武功，相信也不会输给她的。要是不嫌弃的话，我愿助你一臂之力。咱们再把连老大找来，一同对付她！据我所知，这丫头正在到处找寻杨炎，咱们无须到天山找她算账，暗杀了她，天山派也不知是谁干的。”
释陀摇了摇头，苦笑说道：“可惜你是只知其一，不知其二。”窦健刚问道：“什么其二？”释陀说道：“三个月前，天山派的老掌门唐经天已经去世，如今已是由唐经天的儿子唐嘉源继任掌门。”
窦健刚道：“这和咱们去找那丫头算账又有什么相于？”
释陀说道：“关系可大着呢。唐经天临终之际，已把冰魄寒光剑传给了冷冰儿。”
窦健刚大吃一惊，道：“你说的这把冰魄寒光剑就是桂华生妻子当年从冰窟之中采取冰魄精英炼成的那把宝剑吗？听说冰魄寒光剑只要一亮出来，只是宝剑本身所发的阴煞之气已是令得对方难以防御，桂华生妻子传给她的女儿冰川天女，冰川天女仗着这把宝剑不知曾经打败多少武林高手，只有她的丈夫唐经天才能在冰魄寒光剑下不致落败。而他们也是因此不打不相识结成夫妻的。”
释陀苦笑道：“你的见闻倒是很博。不错，冷冰儿得到的就是这把主剑了。要是各凭真实的本领，我与她单打独斗，也不会怕她。但如今，唉，她得了这把宝剑，咱们三个人加起来，也未必能是她的对手。”
窦健刚道：“唐经天何以会把妻子留下的宝剑，不传别人，单单传了给她？”
释陀道：“这我就不知道了，或许是因为他的儿子和媳妇都已无需这把主剑吧？不过我知道的一件事情是：这丫头是唐嘉源夫人的弟子，天山派懂得冰川剑法也只有这位唐夫人，这丫头得了冰魄寒光剑，她的师父料想也会把冰川剑法一并传了给她。”
齐世杰无意中听到冷冰儿的消息，不禁又是欢喜，又是伤悲，心里想道：“果然天从人愿，冷女侠得了这把宝剑。不过据师父所说，唐经天的妻子虽然是桂华生的女儿，也还未曾得到冰川剑法的真传的，他的儿媳更是无须说了。只可惜我不知何年何月才能逃出冰窟，否则我把参悟的冰川剑法送给她，倒是报答她的最好礼物。”
窦健刚继续说道：“大师不必担忧，这丫头纵学成冰川剑法，也未必就是天下无敌。”释陀说道：“当然不会就是天下无敌，不过你和我可是惹不起了。”
窦健刚道：“咱们惹她不起，但要请一个足以对付她的人，料想也还不至于太难。”
释陀听他话里有因，问道：“你心目中这个人是谁？这个人又肯不肯无缘无故帮咱们的忙？”
窦健刚道：“我和这个人多少也还有点交情，动之以利，大概可以请得到的。”
释陀道：“他想得到什么好处？”窦健刚道：“我没问过他，怎会知道？不过依我粗浅之见，他有对付冷冰儿的本领，普通的酬劳，自是不会放在他的眼内的。”
释陀道：“那你心目中可以给他的酬劳又是什么？”
窦健刚道：“比如说，假如咱们得到了桂华生的武功秘笈，把这'好处'与他分享，我想他是一定会帮咱们的忙的。”
释陀苦笑道：“假如咱们已经得到这部秘笈，花个三年五年工夫，咱们自己就足以对付得了这个丫头，何须别人帮忙？”
窦健刚道：“是呀，所以当务之急，还是先查探清楚令师弟的下落。他是被那丫头害了呢？还是已经得到了秘瘦躲起来呢？咱们如今都只是胡乱猜测的。找人替他报仇，那不是言之过早吗？”
释陀听他口气，心想：“这厮狡猾得很，他不肯透露那人的名字，却依然还是想套取我的秘密。好，我何不将计就计，就利用他。不过，也还不宜操之过急，且再逗他说些闲话，免得他起疑心。”
彼此勾心斗角，静默了一会。释陀忽地说道：“我想起一件事情，百恩不得其解。你能否为我一释疑团。”
窦健刚道：“什么事情？”释陀说道：“你不是说过那天的事情是因齐世杰这小子而起吗？怎的这小子会跑到魔鬼城的？”
窦健刚道：“是连老大特地把他引来的。”
释陀说道：“是你还是连甘沛和这小子有仇？据我所知，我的师弟和他们齐家可是风马牛不相及的。”
窦健刚笑道：“在那次事件之前，我连这小子的名字都没听过。据我所知，连老大虽然知道这小子的来历，但在他冒充向导之前，也是从未见过这个小子的。”
释陀道：“我不明白的就是这点了，你们既然是为了找寻桂华生的秘瘦才跑来魔鬼城，这秘鼓当然是越少人知道越好。这小子既然与你们往日无冤，近日无仇，何以你们要把他引来魔鬼城谋害他呢？”
这也正是压在齐世杰心头的疑问，当时固然百思莫得其解，直到如今，也是未曾想得明白的。不觉竖起耳朵来听。
只听得窦健刚说道：“这件秘密，说给大师知道也不打紧。实不相瞒，我们意欲害这小子，并非为了和他有仇，而是受人所托。”
释陀问道：“那人为什么要害齐世杰？”
窦健刚道：“大师，你想必知道齐世杰这小子的身世吧？”释陀说道：“我知道他是中原的武林世家。他的爷爷是四海游龙齐建业，他的母亲是辣手观音杨大姑。”
窦健刚道：“不错，但还有一重亲属关系也许大师尚未知道。天山派那个失踪弟子名叫杨炎，杨炎的父亲是冀州名武师杨牧，杨牧正是辣手观音杨大姑的弟弟。齐世杰这小子跑来西藏，为的就是找寻他的表弟杨炎的。”
释陀道：“这和你们有什么关系？”
窦健刚道：“和我们没有关系，和那个人却有关系。那人就是因为不想让齐世杰找到杨炎，故此要害这个小子的。”
释陀恍然大悟，说道：“我明白了，委托你们谋害齐世杰的这个人，是不是段剑青？”
窦健刚笑道：“不错。我刚才说的那个可以对付冷冰儿的人也正就是这个段剑青了。”
释陀恍然大悟，齐世杰也恍然大悟了，心道：“原来主谋害我的人就是段剑青这小子，这小子的消息倒是灵通得很，我一踏进西藏，他就知道了，只不知他是躲在何处？”怒火过后，不觉可有几分疑惑，接着想道：“但听师父所说，两年之前，这小子的武功应该是远远在我之上的，他何须买凶杀我？”
他的疑问也正是释陀的疑问：“既然段剑青是可以对付得了冷冰儿，齐世杰这小子自必更不在他的眼内了，他为什么不亲自下手？”释陀问道。
窦健刚道：“这我就不知道了，事情是连老大接头的。”
释陀道：“连甘沛没有向你透露一些什么吗？”
窦健刚道：“据连老大说，段剑青似乎是有什么顾忌，暂时未想在江湖露面。不过这也只是他的猜测而已。真正的原因，恐怕只有段剑青自己才能知道。”
齐世杰最想知道的是杨炎的下落，是以窦健刚说来说去，却始终未提到杨炎。齐世杰暗自想道：“表弟当年失踪一事，他究竟是落在何人手上，天山派如今也还未曾弄得清楚。他可能是被段剑青拐走，也可能是给官兵捉去。不过从段剑青不敢亲自出马杀我这点看来，恐怕炎弟还是在他身边这个可能大些。”
心念未已，只听得窦健刚已继续说道：“连老大恐怕单独对付不了齐世杰这小子，于是找我帮忙。其时恰值令师弟也来找我们二人一同到魔鬼城探险，连老大就想出那个办法，把齐世杰引到魔鬼城边，让他先中魔鬼花之毒，然后三个人一同对付他。那知人算不如天算，无巧不巧，眼看就可以把齐世杰这小子擒获的时候，却偏偏会碰上冷冰儿这个丫头。”
释陀忽地问道：“我的师弟可知道委托人是段剑青么？”窦健刚心想，“他既然有此一问，即使我不告诉他，料想他也会明白其中缘故。”于是实话实说：“他不知道。”
“为什么不告诉他？”释陀再问。
“这是连老大的意思。令师弟和段剑青相识在他之前，连老大是知道的。”窦健刚道。
释陀哈哈一笑，说道：“我明白了，你们虽然找了我的师弟合伙，却还是不放心他的。要是给他知道了段剑青的消息，恐怕他就会撇开你们了。”
窦健刚笑道：“连老大有此顾忌，那也不足为奇，如今事实证明，令师弟不是已经撇开了我们吗？”他口里在笑，心里也在暗笑：“连老大为什么要瞒住你的师弟的原因，你还只是猜中了一半呢。”
释陀说道：“他是否已经找到了武功秘笈，躲起来不让你们知道，目前也还不能断定。但咱们既然来了，总得想尽办法查个水落石出。”
窦健刚故意叹了口气说道：“咱们业已耗尽心力，还有办法好想？”释陀说道：“说不定还有什么秘密的处所，咱们未曾发现呢？”
窦健刚道：“咱们已经搜遍了每个角落，塔顶也上去看过了，还能有什么秘密处所躲得过咱们的眼睛？除非把整座塔倒翻过来。”释陀阴阳怪气的笑了一笑，说道：“对了，说不定宝藏是埋在地下？”
释陀说道：“那要费多大功夫才能发掘？”释陀说道：“或者可以碰碰运气，无意之中给咱们找到地下的秘室呢？”
在冰窟下面的齐世杰听到此处，不觉心中一动，想道：“莫非他已知道了打开复壁石门的办法，但却还未曾知道这底下乃是冰窟。”
在上面的窦健刚也不觉心中一动，连忙说道：“大师，我这两年碰上的都是不如意的事情，不用找人看相算命，也知行的是衰运了。要是能够当真'碰上运气'，那就只能仰仗你了。”
释陀说道：“我学过一点机关削器的学问，是有意试它一试。不过我觉得有言在先，免得将来发生争论。”
窦健刚情知他决不会让自己白占便宜，不知他要出的什么难题，心中一则以喜，一则以惧，只好说道：“大师意欲如何，请尽管直说无妨。”
释陀说道：“要是当真给我碰上运气，发现了秘密地方，那可要请你进去寻找，我在外面给你把风。”
原来他说的什么懂得机关削器之学，那是假的。但开启这个冰窟石门的办法，他倒是真的已经知道。
在他师弟失踪后，他曾花过不少工夫明查暗访，查悉他的师弟在魔鬼城之行的前几天，到过一个人家里，这个人以前是个马帮头子