Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Harmony
Linghu Chong came down to the peak drunk and didn't wake up until midnight.After waking up from the wine, he realized that he was in the wilderness, and the disciples of Mount Heng were sitting far away to guard.Linghu Chong's headache was about to split, thinking that from now on, he might not see Yingying again, he couldn't help but feel great pain in his heart.
A group of people came to Jianxing Peak of Hengshan Mountain, and prayed to the spiritual tablets of the three masters Dingxian, Dingjing, and Dingyi for revenge.Everyone expected that the Sun Moon Sect would come to attack the mountain overnight. After the first battle, the Hengshan faction would definitely be destroyed. Fortunately, the number of winners and losers had already been predicted, so everyone relaxed their minds and had nothing to worry about.The Bujie couple, Yilin, Tian Boguang and other four people had met everyone at the foot of Huashan Mountain and came to Hengshan Mountain together.Everyone thought that even if they practiced martial arts diligently, they would not be able to kill too many members of the Sun Moon Sect, and it would be useless, so they simply did not even practice swordsmanship.Devout people recite the scriptures diligently every day, and the rest of the people play all over the mountain.The Hengshan School used to have strict discipline, morning classes and evening classes, without any slack, but these days they have to relax.
A few days later, ten monks suddenly came to Jianxing Peak, the leader was Master Fangzheng, the abbot of Shaolin Temple.
Linghu Chong was drinking by himself in the main nunnery, banging on the table and singing, enjoying himself when he suddenly heard Master Fangzheng coming, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and rushed out to meet him.Master Fangzheng saw that his feet were bare, and he didn't have time to put on his shoes. His face smelled of alcohol, and he smiled and said: "The ancients greeted guests with their feet upside down, but they always remembered to wear shoes. The head of Linghu greets guests without shoes. Even better than the ancients."
Linghu Chong bowed and saluted, and said: "Master Abbot has come, and Linghu Chong has never greeted him from afar, so he is really terrified. Master Fang Sheng is also here." Fang Sheng smiled slightly.Linghu Chong saw that the other eight monks had fluttering white beards, and asked about their dharma names, they were all eminent monks of the "Fang" generation in Shaolin Temple.Linghu Chong welcomed all eminent monks into the nunnery and sat down on the futons.
Linghu Chong used to stay in the guest room outside the nunnery, but after returning from Huashan, everyone thought that there was not much time left in the world, so he didn't need to be more restrained, so he moved into the main nunnery for convenience.This main nunnery was originally Dingxian Shitai's place of pure cultivation, and it has always been spotless. Since Linghu Chong entered the residence, the house is full of wine jars and bowls, in a mess.Linghu Chong blushed, and said: "The boy is innocent, all masters, don't blame him."
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "The old monk came to worship the mountain today to discuss important matters. You don't have to be polite." The position of the vice-religion leader of the Moon Sect puts his life aside, and he is even more willing to let go of a life-and-death lover like Miss Ren, who is admired by all fellow martial artists."
Linghu Chong was stunned, and thought: "I don't want to implicate my martial arts comrades for the sake of the Hengshan faction, I don't allow the disciples of this faction to leak this matter, lest the Shaolin and Wudang factions come to help, go to war and kill more people. Unexpectedly, Master Fangzheng still got the news. " Said: "Master's absurd praise, it makes people feel ashamed. There are many grievances and entanglements between the younger generation and the leader of the Sun Moon Sect. There are countless grievances and grievances. With the kindness of the responsible young lady, the matter happened helplessly, and the master did not blame. If you add rewards and encouragement, the younger generation will never dare to be the leader."
Master Fangzheng said: "The main thing to teach is to lead people to make things difficult for your sect. Today, the four sects of Songshan, Taishan, Hengshan, and Huashan have all declined, and the Hengshan faction has no foreign aid, but the head of Linghu did not send anyone to our temple to interrogate, could it be that Do you think my Shaolin monks are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and have no regard for martial arts loyalty?"
Linghu Chong stood up and said, "Don't dare. Back then, the junior didn't check himself up and made friends with the leaders of the Sun Moon Sect, and all kinds of disasters started from this. The junior thinks that one person does things and one person should be responsible, and it hurts the whole Hengshan sect. I feel uneasy How dare you disturb Grandmaster and Daoist Chongxu again? If Shaolin and Wudang factions come to help out of righteousness and lose their hands, the crime of the younger generation will not be atoned for."
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "Sect Master Linghu's words are wrong. The Demon Cult wants to destroy my Shaolin, Wudang and Wuyue Sword Schools. It has been this intention for more than a hundred years ago. At that time, the old monk was not even born. What's the matter?"
Linghu Chong nodded and said: "Master taught me in the past that there is no balance between good and evil. The demon sect and my orthodox sect have been fighting each other year after year, and the enmity is very serious. The younger generation has little knowledge, so I only think that the two sides can resolve it by giving in each other, but I don't know Although the relationship between Master Ren and the younger generation is deep, in the end they still have to meet each other in battle."
Fang Zhengdao: "You said that the two sides can resolve it by making a concession. This is a good sentence. The Sun Moon Sect and my Orthodox Sect have been fighting each other for years. In fact, there is no reason for fighting to the death. It's just that the leaders of both sides He wanted to dominate the martial arts world and wanted to destroy each other. That day, the old monk had a meeting with Daoist Chongxu and the head of Linghu in the Xuankong Temple. He was deeply worried that the left head of Songshan might be mixed with the Five Sacred Sword Sect, because he was afraid that he would dominate The ambition of the martial arts." He sighed and said slowly: "I heard that there is a saying in the Sun Moon Sect, which says, 'for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes', with this heart, how can there be more peace in the martial arts world? ?The various gangs and factions in the Jianghu have very different purposes. Unification of the Jianghu is neither possible nor a blessing for everyone."
Linghu Chong said deeply, nodded and said: "Master Abbot is right."
Fang Zhengdao: "Master Ren said that within one month, he would kill every dog and dog on Mount Heng. His words are as strong as a mountain, and he will never change them. Now the masters of Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong are all masters. They have gathered at the foot of Mount Heng."
Linghu Chong was taken aback, "Ah", jumped up, and said: "Is there such a thing? The seniors of the various sects came to help, but the younger generation didn't know it. They really deserve to die." The Hengshan sect knew that once the demon sect came to attack, people would die. Everyone is unreasonable, and it is a waste of effort to keep sentries, guards, etc., so the sentries at the foot of the mountain have already been withdrawn.Linghu Chong said again: "Masters, please rest on the mountain, and the younger generation will lead our disciples to come down the mountain to meet you." Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "This time, all the factions are in the same boat and join hands to fight against the enemy. There is no need for such politeness. Everyone, everything is fine. Arrangements have been made."
Linghu Chong replied: "Yes." Then he asked: "I don't know how Master Abbot knew that the Sun Moon Sect was going to attack Mount Heng?" Fang Zheng said: "I just learned about it after receiving a letter from a senior." Linghu Chong said: " Senior?" I thought to myself that Master Fangzheng has a very high seniority in the martial arts world, how can there be more people who are his seniors.Fang Zheng smiled slightly, and said: "This senior is a famous person of Huashan School, who once taught Linghu's master swordsmanship."
Linghu Chong was overjoyed and shouted: "Uncle Feng!" Fang Zheng said: "It is Senior Feng. This Senior Feng sent six friends to Shaolin Temple to inform Master Linghu of what he said and did on Chaoyang Peak that day. These six friends were a bit tangled up in their speech, they were unavoidably long-winded, and liked to argue with each other, but after talking for several hours, I listened patiently, and finally understood." Having said this, he couldn't help smiling.Linghu Chong laughed and said, "Six Immortals of Peach Valley?" Fang Zheng smiled and said, "It's the Six Immortals of Peach Valley."
Linghu Chong said joyfully: "After this junior arrived at Mount Hua, he wanted to visit Grand Master Feng, but all kinds of incidents happened one after another until he went down the mountain, but he still couldn't kowtow to the old man. Unexpectedly, the old man knew about it secretly."
Fang Zhengdao: "Senior Feng behaves like a dragon who never sees the end. Since he lives in seclusion in Mount Hua, and the Sun Moon Sect is rampant in Huashan, how can he ignore it? The Six Immortals of Peach Valley were messing around in Mount Hua, so they were captured by Senior Feng. They lived there, locked up for a few days, and then ordered them to come to Shaolin Temple to pass on the book.”
Linghu Chong thought to himself: "The Six Immortals of Peach Valley were captured by Grand Master Feng. I'm afraid they will say that they captured Grand Master Feng. It's only because of their kindness that they come to spread the word on behalf of Grand Master Feng." "I don't know what Uncle Feng Tai wants us to do?"
Fang Zhengdao: "Senior Feng's words are very humble. He only said that he heard such a thing and specially ordered someone to inform the old monk. He also said that the head of Linghu is his beloved disciple. Shang Li refused the invitation of the Demon Sect, the old man was very happy to see him, and asked the old monk to take care of him. In fact, the master of Linghu's martial arts is far better than the old monk, and the word "take care" is too heavy for the old man."
Linghu Chong was grateful, bowed and said, "Master Abbot has taken care of this junior more than once."
Fang Zheng said: "Don't dare to do it. Since the old monk knows this, don't say that the old man has orders, he should obey it. Just because of the origin of the two factions, the friendship between the head of Linghu and the old monk, he can't stand still. What's more This matter involves the life and death of all sects, after the Demon Sect destroys Mount Heng, can the Shaolin and Wudang sects be spared? Therefore, a letter was sent immediately, informing all the sects to gather at Mount Heng and fight to the death with the Demon Sect."
Linghu Chong came down from Chaoyang Peak of Mount Hua that day, and he was already disheartened. Seeing the momentum of the Sun Moon Sect, the Hengshan faction was by no means the enemy. He just waited for Ren Woxing to lead his troops to attack one day. The Hengshan faction fought hard and died together. That is.Although some people offered to seek help from Shaolin and Wudang sects, Linghu Chong only asked one question: "Even if Shaolin and Wudang sects come together for rescue, can they stop the Demon Sect?" .Linghu Chong said again: "Since there is no way to save Hengshan, why bother to make Shaolin and Wudang lose many masters in vain?" In his heart, he really doesn't want to fight Ren Woxing, Xiang Wentian and others, and share with Yingying Once the hope of getting married is gone, the thought of self-destruction and self-abandonment arises unconsciously, and I only feel that living in this world is boring, and it would be better to die early.Seeing that Fang Zheng and others were entrusted by Feng Qingyang to come to help, they were very energetic, but if they really wanted to fight to the death with these people from the Sun Moon Sect, they still couldn't get excited.
Fang Zheng said again: "Master Linghu, monks are merciful, and I am definitely not a brave and ruthless person. If this matter can be done well, of course it can't be better, but let's make a step forward and let the leader go further. Today's The thing is not that we are unwilling to give in, but that the leader of the sect must kill all the sects of our Orthodox Church. Unless we all kowtow to him and shout out, 'Holy leader for eternity, rule the world! Amitabha!'"
He added the word "Amitabha" under the eleven characters of "The holy leader will rule the world for thousands of years", which sounded very funny. Linghu Chong couldn't help laughing, and said, "That's right. As long as the younger generation hears something." Holy leader', what's "for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes", goose bumps all over your body. The younger generation drinks thirty bowls without getting drunk, and after hearing a few more words "for thousands of years, unifies the rivers and lakes", I couldn't help being dizzy, and immediately will pass out."
Fang Zheng smiled slightly, and said: "These spells taught by Sun and Moon are really powerful." After a pause, he continued: "Senior Feng was on the Chaoyang Peak, and he saw the dizzy scene of Sect Master Linghu, and ordered him to The Six Immortals of Peach Valley brought a formula for inner strength, and asked the old monk to pass it on to the head of Linghu. The Six Immortals of Peach Valley were tangled in their speech, but the secrets of inner strength dictated in a clear and orderly manner. .Then ask Master Linghu to lead the way and go to the inner hall to teach the formulas."
Linghu Chong respectfully led Master Fang Zheng to a quiet room.This is the formula that Feng Qingyang ordered Fang Zheng to pass on from generation to generation, as if the grand master himself was there, he immediately knelt down to Fang Zheng, and said: "Grand master Feng treats his disciple with kindness like a mountain."
Fang Zheng was not humble, he bowed down and said: "Senior Feng has great expectations for Sect Master Linghu, I hope you will follow the formula and practice diligently." Linghu Chong said: "Yes, disciple obeys."
At that moment, Fangzheng read the formula slowly one by one, and Linghu Chong memorized it attentively.This formula is not very long, only a thousand words before and after.After Fang Zheng read it once, he wanted Linghu Chong to memorize it in his heart, and after a while, he read it again.He read it five times in total, Linghu Chong recited it from the beginning, and his memory was correct.
Fang Zhengdao: "Although the inner strength method taught by Senior Feng is only a few thousand words, it is profound and profound. We are friends, so forgive me for telling you the truth. Although Linghu's master swordsmanship is proficient, it seems that it is not as good as the inner strength. I'm not good at it." Linghu Chong said: "The junior's knowledge of internal energy is only superficial, the master will not give up, please give me some pointers." Fang Zheng nodded and said: "Senior Feng's internal energy method is quite different from Shaolin School's internal energy, but the world's martial arts Different paths lead to the same goal, and there is no big difference in the fundamental gist. If Master Linghu doesn't think the old monk is troublesome, I will let the old monk try to explain it."
Linghu Chong knew that he was one of the best masters in today's martial arts, and getting advice from him was no different from being taught by Grand Master Feng himself. The reason why Grand Master Feng entrusted him to teach it was of course because of his profound inner strength, so he hurriedly bowed and said: " The juniors respectfully listen to the teachings of the master."
Fang Zheng said: "Don't dare to do it!" Now he analyzed the inner strength mentality sentence by sentence in detail, and pointed out various methods of breathing, luck, exhalation, and transportation.Linghu Chong recited the mantras, originally he just memorized them by force, after Master Fang Zheng's further analysis, he realized that each mantra contains countless profound truths.
Linghu Chong's comprehension was originally very high, but each sentence of the essence of these internal skills was enough for him to think for a long time. Fortunately, Master Fang Zheng explained in detail, which gave him a glimpse of another wonderful realm in martial arts that he had never set foot in.He sighed and said: "Master Abbot, the younger generation has acted boldly in the arena all these years. It is because I don't know how shallow I am, and I am ashamed of thinking about it. Although the younger generation is not long-lived, I can't practice the subtleties taught by Uncle Feng Tai. Internal strength. But the ancients seem to have a saying that as long as you hear the truth in the morning, it doesn’t matter if you die at night, is that true?” Fang Zheng said: “If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening!” Linghu Chong said: "That's right, that's the sentence. I heard the master said it. Today I have to listen to the master's advice. It's like a blind man's eyes opened. Even if I don't have time to practice in the future, I'm still happy."
Fang Zhengdao: "All the sects of my orthodox religion have gathered near Mount Heng, guarding the main roads. When the demon sect comes to attack, everyone will fight with it, and they may not lose. Why is the head of Linghu so short of breath? This internal strength Mind skills can't be mastered in a few years, but one day's practice is beneficial, and one-time practice is beneficial for a while. There is nothing to do in the past few days, so Master Linghu might as well start practicing. While the old monk is here Guishan bothers me, I just happen to participate in the research together." Linghu Chong said: "Master is very kind, and this junior is very grateful."
Fang Zheng said: "I'm afraid Taoist brother Chongxu has arrived at this moment, how about we go out and have a look?" Linghu Chong hurriedly stood up and said, "It turns out that Taoist Daoist Chongxu is here, so I really neglected him." The two masters returned to the outer hall, only to see that candles had been lit in the Buddhist hall.It took more than three hours for the two of them to impart their skills, and it was getting dark early.
I saw three old Taoists sitting on the futon, talking with Master Fang Sheng and others, and one of them was Taoist Chongxu.San Dao Jian Fang Zheng and Linghu rushed out and stood up together. Linghu Chong bowed down, and said: "Mount Heng is in trouble, and all the priests have come to help for thousands of miles. My faction, I really don't know how to repay it." Knowing that Master Abbot and my little brother are studying the essence of internal energy in the inner room, I dare not disturb him. The little brother has learned the exquisite internal energy, buys and sells it now, and when I come up with it, I will use it on him, which surprises him." Linghu Chong said: "This inner strength is profound and profound, how can this junior learn it in a few days? I heard that the seniors from the Emei, Kunlun and Kongtong sects have also arrived, so we should invite you to come up the mountain and discuss the big plan together. I don't know all the seniors What do you think?" Chongxu said: "They hid very secretly to prevent the spies under the old devil from finding out. If you invite everyone to go up the mountain, I'm afraid that the news will be leaked. When we go up the mountain, we are all in disguise, otherwise it will be expensive. Why didn't the disciples come to report first?" Linghu Chong remembered that when he met Taoist Chongxu for the first time, he disguised himself as an old man riding a donkey, accompanied by two other men, both of whom were actually masters of the Wudang School.At this time, after a closer look, I recognized the other two old Taoists, who were the two men who had compared swords with me on the Hubei Road in the past. Daoist Chongxu mentioned it, but the younger generation can’t remember it.” The two old Taoists were dressed as peasants at that time, one was picking firewood, the other was picking vegetables, panting, it seemed that the whole body was sick, but now they were full of energy, but their eyebrows were still intact. I can vaguely recognize it. Chongxu pointed to the old Taoist who had played the role of picking firewood and said: "This is Junior Brother Qingxu." People relatively laugh.Both Qing Xu and Xuan Gao said: "Master Linghu has superb swordsmanship." Linghu Chong thanked him modestly, and said repeatedly: "Offended!" Chongxu said: "My junior brother and nephew are not very good at swordsmanship, but when they were young, they lived in the Western Regions for more than ten years, but they each learned a special skill. one is good at making explosives." Linghu Chong said: "That is a rare skill in the world." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, I brought them here with another purpose. I hope they can give Let's do something big." Linghu Chong was puzzled, and responded casually: "Is there a major event?" Chongxu said: "The old man is not presumptuous, and brought something to Guishan. I want to ask Brother Linghu to have a look." He is not as free and easy as Fang Zheng is cautious, so one called him "Brother Linghu", while the other called him "Master Linghu", Linghu Chong felt strange, and wanted to see what he took out of his bosom.Chongxu smiled and said: "This thing is really not small, I can't fit it in my arms. Brother Qingxu, tell them to bring it in." Qingxu agreed to go out, and soon brought in four peasant-looking men, each barefoot, carrying a load of vegetables.Qing Xu said: "I've seen Master Linghu and the abbot of Shaolin Temple." The four men bowed and saluted together. Linghu Chong knew that they must be people of high status in the Wudang School, so he immediately returned the salute politely.Qingxu said: "Take it out, let's put it up!" The four men took out the vegetables and radishes from the burden, revealing a few bundles underneath, and opened the bundles, which consisted of many wooden sticks, iron objects, screws, and machine springs.The four of them acted very quickly, they put these guys together and assembled them into a grand teacher's chair in a short while.Linghu Chong was even more surprised, thinking: "There are so many mechanism springs installed in this grand teacher's chair. I don't know what it is for. Could it be for practicing inner strength?" After the chair was installed, the four people took out the chair from the other two bags. Pads and chair covers are placed on the Taishi chair.In the quiet room, it was dazzling for a moment, but I saw that the chair cover was made of light yellow brocade, embroidered with nine golden dragons in golden yellow silk thread, holding a sun that had just risen from the sea in the middle, and the eight characters on the left were "Zhongxing St. To teach, to be the common people", and the eight characters on the right are "for thousands of years, to unify the rivers and lakes".Those nine golden dragons stretched their teeth and danced their claws, their expressions were as alive as life, and the sixteen characters were drawn with silver hooks and iron strokes, making people feel indescribably comfortable.Around these sixteen characters, there are many pearls, diamonds and various emerald gems.In the small and simple nunnery, the room was suddenly filled with jewels and jewels. Linghu Chong clapped his hands and applauded, remembering what Chongxu said just now, Qingxu had learned the skill of making mechanical sharpeners in the Western Regions, and said: "Master Ren saw this precious chair, he must go up and sit on it. It cost him his life, didn't he?" Chongxu said in a low voice: "Ren Woxing is quick to adapt, and moves like electricity. Although there is a spring in the chair, if he feels something is wrong, he will jump up immediately, and he will not be hurt. There are medicine guides at the foot of this chair. into a pile of gunpowder." As soon as he said this, the expressions of Linghu Chong and all the Shaolin monks changed.Fang Zheng recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!" Chongxu said again: "The advantage of this machine spring is that if someone sits down casually, there is no accident, and the medicine must be triggered after sitting for a stick of incense. Ren Woxing's character is suspicious and very delicate. When Mount Heng saw such a chair on Xingfeng, he would definitely not sit on it right away. He would definitely send his subordinates to sit on it first. There is a golden dragon holding the sun on the cover of this chair, and there is something about "eternal ages, unification of the rivers and lakes". In other words, the leader of the Demon Cult naturally dare not sit for a long time, and once Ren Woxing sits on it, he will definitely be reluctant to get off." Linghu Chong said: "The Taoist priest is really thoughtful." Chongxu said: "Junior Brother Qingxu has another idea. There are arrangements, if Ren Woxing doesn't sit down, ask someone to take off the chair cover, chair cushion, or even take a look at the chair, as long as you remove it, the mechanism will be triggered in the same way. The nephew Xuangao brought it to Baoshan this time. 20,000 catties of explosives. Destroying Baoshan Lingjing is probably inevitable." Linghu Chong felt a chill in his heart, and thought: "20,000 catties of explosives! Once this mass of gunpowder is ignited, everything will be destroyed. Master Ren will be killed, and Yingying and Big Brother Xiang will also be inevitable." Chongxu saw that his face was different, and said: "The demon sect threatened to kill all the noble sects. After the Hengshan sect is destroyed, they will attack me in Shaolin and Wudang immediately. The disaster is hard to deal with. Let's set up this poisonous plan to deal with me Okay, although the intentions are sinister, but to get rid of this devil, the intention is to save tens of thousands of lives in the martial arts world." Master Fangzheng clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! My Buddha is merciful. In order to save all living beings, I also need to ward off evil spirits and subdue demons. Killing a single husband to save thousands of people is an act of great mercy." When he said these few words With solemn expressions, all the old monks and Taoists stood up, folded their hands together and lowered their eyebrows, and said in unison: "Master Abbot is right." Linghu Chong also knew that what Fang Zheng said was very reasonable, the Sun Moon Sect wanted to kill the Hengshan Sect, and the Orthodox Sect designed to blow up Ren Woxing to death, that was a matter of course, no one could say otherwise.But if he wanted to kill Ren Woxing, he was quite unwilling in his heart. If he wanted to kill Xiang Wentian, he would rather die first; as for Yingying's life and death, he was not in his mind. In short, the two live and die together, so there is no need to worry too much .Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he pondered for a while, and said: "The matter has come to this point, the Sun Moon Sect has forced us to have nowhere to go, and Daoist Chongxu's strategy is probably the least hurtful." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu is right. The word 'least harm' is exactly what we are looking for." Linghu Chong said: "The younger generation is young and has little knowledge. For today's Hengshan matter, we invite Master Fang Zheng and Daoist Chongxu to preside over the overall situation. The younger generation will lead the disciples of our sect to provide advice." Chongxu smiled and said: "I dare not do this. You are the master of Mount Heng, so how can the abbot and I compete with each other?" Linghu Chong said: "This matter is definitely not for the younger generation to retreat modestly, it is really necessary to ask the two of you to preside over it." Fang Zheng said: "The master Linghu's intention is very sincere. Brother, there is no need to give way too much. The three of us will take the lead on the important matter in front of us, but Brother Dao will give orders and make it happen." After a few words of modesty, Chongxu agreed, and said: "We have laid down men on all the roads leading to Mount Heng. When will the Demon Sect come to attack the mountain, there must be news in advance. On that day, Brother Linghu Leading a group of heroes to attack the Shaolin Temple, Zuo Lengchan planned for us to lay out an empty plan..." Linghu Chong blushed slightly, and said: "The younger generation is messing around, and I am terrified." Chongxu said with a smile: "Let's plan this again. That's not going to work, it will inevitably lead to the suspicion of letting go. From the humble opinion of the old way, the entire Hengshan faction is defending on the mountain, and the Shaolin and Wudang factions also send dozens of people to fight. Knowing that the demon sect is attacking, if Shaolin and Wudang No one came to help, it is against the law, let this old thief will definitely guess that there is a fraud in it." Both Fang Zheng and Linghu Chong said, "Exactly." Chongxu said: "The rest of the Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong sects don't have to show their faces, they are hiding in the caves. When the Demon Sect came to attack, the three factions of Hengshan, Shaolin, and Wudang fought with all their might, and they had to be defeated. It looks like it. All three of our factions must be first-rate players, and the more we can kill each other, the better, and we must try our best to avoid losses." Fang Zheng sighed: "There are so many masters from the Devil's Cult, they have come prepared this time, and if this battle is fought, there will be many casualties on both sides." Chongxu said: "Let's find a few cliffs and arrange long ropes and iron cables. When the fight reaches the end, seeing that we are invincible, we will let the enemy go down the long rope one by one into the deep valley to make it difficult for the enemy to pursue. Let Woxing win a big victory , Seeing this precious chair again, of course sat on it triumphantly. Once the explosives were triggered, the old devil would have great abilities, and he could not escape. Following the thirteen passages up and down the mountain of Hengshan, the three Twelve mines exploded at the same time, and the members of the Demon Cult could no longer go down the mountain." Linghu Chong wondered, "Thirty-two landmines?" Chongxu said: "Exactly. Nephew Xuangao will get up early tomorrow morning, among the thirteen main routes up and down the mountain, choose a few of the most dangerous places for each route, bury powerful landmines, once the mines explode, Going up and down the mountain, the roads are completely cut off. Ten thousand people from the Demon Cult went up the mountain, and 10,000 of them starved to death; They got out of the tunnel." Linghu Chong said: "It was really a fluke to escape from Shaolin Temple that time." Suddenly remembered something, "Oh". Chongxu asked: "Brother Linghu, do you feel that there is something wrong with the arrangement?" Linghu Chong said: "This junior thought to himself, Master Ren came to Mount Heng, and naturally he likes this precious chair very much when he sees it. But he must be suspicious, Why did the Hengshan faction make such a chair, embroidered with the eight characters 'for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes'? If you don't understand this matter, I'm afraid he may not be fooled." Chongxu said: "This is an old way I've thought about it too. In fact, whether the old devil sits in this chair or not is not the key point. We also hide the explosives, which can also trigger explosives. It's just that when he is triumphant for eternity and dominates the rivers and lakes At this time, suddenly disaster happened to the soles of the feet, and it became nothing more than a helper in the martial arts." Linghu Chong nodded and said: "Yes." Taoist Xuan Gao said humanely: "Uncle Master, I have an idea, I don't know if it is feasible?" Chongxu smiled and said: "You just say it, and ask Master Abbot and Master Linghu to give advice." Xuan Gao said: "I heard that Linghu The head of the sect and the young lady Ren's original marriage agreement, it was only because of the difference between good and evil that it was obstructed. If the head of Linghu sent two Hengshan disciples to see the leader, they said that they would look for Miss Ren's face, and they would find out A skillful craftsman made a precious chair and gave it to my father-in-law. I hope that the two families will cease fighting and make peace. No matter whether the leader Ren agrees or not, when he goes to Hengshan and sees this chair, he will not Suspicious." Chongxu clapped his hands and smiled, "This plan is great, once you come..." Linghu Chong shook his head and said: "No way!" Chong Xu was stunned, knowing that he was bored, he asked, "Brother Linghu, what's your opinion?" There is nothing wrong with a strong enemy. If he comes to kill, we will blow him up, but I will never lie to him." Chongxu said: "Okay! Brother Linghu is upright and upright, which is admirable. Let's do it this way! It doesn't matter if the old devil is suspicious or not, as long as he comes to Hengshan with the intention of harming others, we will make him suffer greatly." head." At present, everyone discussed the details of defending against the enemy, how to resist the enemy, how to cover, how to retreat, and how to trigger explosive mines, all of which were discussed and determined.Chongxu was extremely cautious, he was afraid that the person responsible for setting off the explosives would be killed when he was facing the enemy, so he appointed several assistants. In the early morning of the next day, Linghu Chong led the crowd to inspect the terrain carefully. Qing Xu and Xuan Gao selected places where explosives, ampoules, landmines, and hidden sentries were buried.Chongxu and Linghu Chong chose four dangerous places as their retreat.Fang Zheng, Chongxu, Linghu Chong, and Fang Sheng guarded one place each, to prevent the enemy from approaching, waiting for all the defenders to retreat into the deep valley with the long ropes, and finally entered the valley, and then swung their swords to cut the long ropes. Make the enemy unable to pursue. In the afternoon of the same day, another ten people from the Wudang faction pretended to be peasants and woodcutters, went up the mountain one after another, and planted explosives under the guidance of Qingxu and Xuangao.Hengshan sent female disciples to guard the various mountain passes, preventing idlers from going up the mountain, in case the Sun Moon Sect sent spies to learn the secret.After being so busy for three days, everything is ready, waiting for the Sun Moon Sect to attack. According to calculations, it has been nearly a month since I left the Chaoyang Summit, and this person will keep his promises, and he will not miss the date.In the past few days, Chongxu, Xuangao and others were very busy, Linghu Chong was extremely leisurely, he recited the inner strength formulas passed down by Fangzheng silently every day, practiced according to the law, and asked Fangzheng for advice when there was something he didn't understand.
In the afternoon, Yihe, Yiqing, Yilin, Zheng E, Qin Juan and other female disciples were practicing swords in the sword training hall. Linghu Chong was beside him giving advice. Seeing that although Qin Juan was young, he had a good understanding of the essence of swordsmanship. Said: "Junior Sister Qin is very smart, this move has worked out the trick, but..." Before he finished speaking, suddenly there was a sharp pain in his dantian, and he sat down immediately.All the disciples were shocked, they rushed to help each other, and asked together: "What's wrong?" Linghu Chong knew that another kind of zhenqi in his body had erupted, so he couldn't speak. All the disciples were in a state of confusion, when suddenly they heard a few rustling sounds, and two white pigeons flew straight into the hall.All the disciples shouted together: "Ah!" The Hengshan faction raised many pigeons. That day Dingjing's master met the enemy in Fujian, and Dingxian and Dingyi's second masters were trapped in Zhujian Valley in Longquan. They all sent pigeons for help.The two carrier pigeons flying into the hall in front of them were sent by the disciples of our sect guarding the foot of the mountain. The backs of the pigeons were painted with red paint. When they saw it, they knew that the enemy of the Sun Moon Sect had arrived.Ever since Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu came to Mount Heng, all the disciples were relieved to see that there was strong help coming and everything was in place. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Linghu Chong suddenly fell ill. It was really a big surprise. Yiqing shouted: "You two junior sisters, Yizhi and Yiwen, hurry up and report to Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu." The two left as ordered.Yiqing said again: "Senior Sister Yihe, please strike the bell." Yihe nodded, then flew out of the hall and ran towards the bell tower. I could only hear the three long and two short bells ringing from the bell tower and spreading throughout the peak, followed by the bells in Tongyuan Valley, Xuankong Temple and Heilongkou temples. The bells also rang.Master Fangzheng ordered in advance that whenever there is an enemy police, the bells will sound three long and two short to signal, but the bell must be soothing to show leisure and not panic.It's just that Yihe is very impatient, although there is a word "he" in the name of the Dharma, his behavior is not harmonious at all, and the sound of the bell still reveals his impatience. The Hengshan faction, the Shaolin faction, and the Wudang faction dispatched troops to various places according to the prior arrangements, in preparation for meeting the enemy.In order to reduce casualties, all passages from the foot of the mountain to the top of Jianxing Peak were unguarded, and the door was simply opened wide to allow the enemy to come to the peak before engaging in battle.After the bell stopped, there was no sound on the peak or below the peak.The masters sent by Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong all hid in secluded places under the peak, and only waited for the demon cultists to go up to the peak, and stopped their retreat as soon as they were ordered.In order to prevent leakage of secrets, Chongxu did not inform the factions of the buried mines on the mountain road.The Demon Cult has great supernatural powers, so it is not uncommon for the disciples of Kunlun and other sects to lure secret agents and spy on news. Linghu Chong heard the bell and knew that the Sun Moon Sect was coming to attack, but there were tens of thousands of sharp knives stabbing randomly in his stomach, so he hugged his belly in pain and rolled on the ground.Yilin and Qin Juan were so frightened that their faces turned pale, they were at a loss and didn't know what to do. Yiqing said: "Let's help the master to go to the Wuse Nunnery, let's see what the Shaolin abbot and the Taoist priest Chongxu have in mind." At that moment, Yu's sister-in-law and another old nun put their hands under Linghu Chong's threat, half-framed and half-lifted He helped him into the colorless nunnery. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the nunnery, I could only hear the sound of horns bang bang bang under the peak, followed by the blaring of horns and the beating of drums, the Sun Moon Sect really came to attack the mountain in a majestic formation. Fang Zheng and Chongxu had learned that Linghu Chong was ill, so they rushed out of the nunnery.Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, you can rest assured. I have ordered Junior Brother Lingxu to cover the retreat of the Wudang faction on my behalf, and the old Taoist will be responsible for covering your faction." Linghu Chong nodded his thanks.Fang Zheng said: "Leader Linghu should retreat into the deep valley first, so as not to be in danger." Linghu Chong hurriedly said: "Absolutely... absolutely not! Take... a sword!" Chongxu also persuaded a few words, but Linghu Chong insisted on refusing. Suddenly the sound of drums and horns stopped, followed by thunderous shouts: "The holy priest will rule the world forever!" Hearing this voice, there were at least four to five thousand people.Fang Zheng, Chongxu and Linghu Chong looked at each other and smiled.Qin Juan held Linghu Chong's long sword and handed it over.Linghu Chong stretched out his hand to catch it, but his right hand couldn't help shaking, he couldn't hold the sword steadily.Qin Juan stood beside him holding a sword, and said, "You say the word 'sword' later, and I will hand you the sword." Suddenly I heard the sound of suona, the music was pleasant, but there was no sound of killing.Several people said loudly in unison: "The Holy Master of Sun Moon Sect wants to go up to see Xingfeng, and meet Linghu head of Hengshan Sect." It was the elders of Sun Moon Sect who shouted in unison. Fang Zhengdao: "Sun and Moon teaches courtesy first and soldiers later, so we shouldn't be too stingy. How about letting them go up to the peak?" Linghu Chong nodded his head, and at this moment, he felt another sharp pain in his stomach.Fang Zheng saw that his face was dripping with cold sweat, and said: "Master Linghu, the pain in the dantian is unbearable, you might as well use the inner strength method passed down by Senior Feng, and try to guide and circle." Dozens of different kinds of zhenqi in Linghu Chong's body are spontaneously Entanglement, conflict, confusion, if you add guidance and circling, it is tantamount to killing yourself with a knife, and the pain will add to the pain, but anyway, the pain has reached the extreme, and there is no time to think about the consequences at the moment, so circling in accordance with the law.Sure enough, under the impact of zhenqi, the pain in the lower abdomen was more unbearable than before, but after circling several times, more than ten strands of zhenqi flowed into the tributaries like a trickle, and the tributaries merged into the big river, faintly seeming to have a track to follow, although the pain As before, it is no longer rushing and bumping, where the impact is, the heart has already felt it. Fang Zheng raised his breath and said slowly: "Linghu Chong, the head of the Hengshan School, Taoist Chongxu, the head of the Wudang School, and Fang Zheng, the head of the Shaolin School, are waiting for the leader of the Sun Moon God Sect." His voice was not very loud, Slowly speaking, but sent extremely far. Linghu Chong secretly believed that the inner strength mental method was effective, so he simply sat down cross-legged, looked at his nose and his heart with his eyes, stroked his chest with his left hand, pressed his abdomen with his right hand, and practiced according to the method taught by Fang Zheng.He has only practiced this mental method for a few days, although Fang Zheng explained in detail every day, after all, his cultivation level is very shallow, but at this time guided by the law, more than ten strands of zhenqi of different species can gradually gather together.他不敢稍有怠忽，凝神致志地引气盘旋，心想：“恒山派今日遭逢大劫，恰于此时我内息作反，当是大数使然，我于今日毙命便了。”初时听得鼓乐丝竹之声，到后来却什么也听不到了。 方证见令狐冲专心练功，脸露微笑，耳听得鼓乐之声大作，日月教教众叫道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主，大驾上恒山来啦！”过了一会，鼓乐之声渐渐移近。 上见性峰的山道甚长，日月教教众脚步虽快，走了好一会，鼓乐声也还只到山腰。伏在恒山各处的正教门下之士心中都在暗骂：“臭教主好大架子，又不是死了人，吹吹打打的干什么了？”预备迎敌之人心下更怦怦乱跳，各人本来预计，魔教教众杀上山来，便即跃出恶斗一场，杀得一批教众后，待敌人越来越多，越来越强，便循长索而退入深谷。却不料任我行装模作样，好似皇帝御驾出巡一般，吹吹打打地来到峰上，众人倒不便先行动手，只心弦反扣得更加紧了。 过了良久，令狐冲觉得丹田中异种真气给慢慢压了下去，痛楚渐减，心中一分神，立时想起：“是任教主要上峰来？”“啊”的一声，跳起身来。方证微笑道：“好些了吗？”令狐冲道：“动上了手吗？”方证道：“还没到呢！”令狐冲道：“好极！秦师妹，剑！”秦绢将剑柄交在他手中。却见方证、冲虚等手上均无兵刃，仪和、仪清等女子在无色庵前的一片大空地上排成数行，隐伏恒山剑阵之法，长剑却兀自悬在腰间，这才想起任我行尚未上山，自己未免过于惶急，哈哈一笑，将剑交还给秦绢拿了。 只听得唢呐和钟鼓之声停歇，响起了箫笛、胡琴、月琴、琵琶的细乐，心想：“任教主花样也真多，细乐一作，他老人家是大驾上峰来啦。”越见他古怪多端，越觉肉麻。 细乐声中，两行日月教的教众一对对地并肩走上峰来。众人眼前一亮，但见一个个教众均穿着崭新的墨绿锦袍，腰系白带，鲜艳夺目，前面一共四十人，每人手托盘子，盘上铺缎，不知放着些什么东西。这四十人腰间竟未悬挂刀剑。四十名锦衣教众上得峰来，便远远站定。跟着走上一队二百人的细乐队，也都是一身锦衣，箫管丝弦，仍不停吹奏。其后上来的是号手、鼓手、大锣小锣、铙钹钟铃，一应俱全。 令狐冲看得有趣，心想：“待会打将起来，有锣鼓相和，岂不是如同在戏台上做戏？任教主如此排场，倒也好笑！” 鼓乐声中，日月教教众一队队地上来。这些人显是按着堂名分列，衣服颜色也各不同，黄衣、绿衣、蓝衣、黑衣、白衣，一队队的花团锦簇，比之做戏赛会，衣饰还更光鲜，只每人腰间各系白带。上峰来的却有三四千之众。 冲虚寻思：“乘他们立足未定，便一阵冲杀，我们较占便宜。但对方装神弄鬼，要来什么先礼后兵。我们若即动手，倒未免小气了。”眼见令狐冲笑嘻嘻的不以为意，方证则视若无睹，不动声色，心想：“我如显得张惶，未免定力不够。” 各教众分批站定后，上来十名长老，五个一边，各站左右。音乐声突然止歇，十名长老齐声说道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主驾到。” 便见一顶蓝呢大轿抬上峰来。这轿子由十六名轿夫抬着，移动既快且稳。轿夫脚步整齐，一顶轿子便如是一位轻功高手，轻轻巧巧地便上到峰来，足见这一十六名轿夫个个身怀不弱的武功。令狐冲定眼看去，见轿夫之中竟有祖千秋、黄伯流、计无施等人在内。料想若不是老头子身子太矮，没法和祖千秋等一起抬轿，那么他也必被迫做一名轿夫了。令狐冲气往上冲，心想：“祖千秋他们均是当世豪杰，任教主却迫令他们做抬轿子的贱事。如此奴役天下英雄，当真令人气炸了胸膛。” 蓝呢大轿旁，左右各有一人，左首是向问天、右首是个老者。这老者甚是面熟，令狐冲一怔，认得是洛阳城中教他弹琴的绿竹翁。这人叫盈盈做“姑姑”，以致自己误以为盈盈是个年老婆婆，自从离了洛阳之后，便没再跟他相见，今日却跟了任我行上见性峰来。他一颗心怦怦乱跳，寻思：“何以不见盈盈？”突然间想起一事，眼见日月教教众人人腰系白带，似是服丧一般，难道盈盈眼见父亲率众攻打恒山，苦谏不听，竟尔自杀死了？ 令狐冲胸口热血上涌，丹田中几下剧痛，当下便想冲上去问向问天，但想任我行便在轿中，终于忍住。
见性峰上虽聚着数千之众，却鸦雀无声。那顶大轿停了下来，众人目光都射向轿帷，只待任我行出来。 忽听得无色庵中传出一声喧笑之声。一人大声道：“快让开，该给我坐了！”另一人道：“大家别争，自大至小，轮着坐坐这张九龙宝椅！”正是桃花仙和桃枝仙的声音。 方证、冲虚、令狐冲等立时骇然变色。桃谷六仙不知何时闯进了无色庵中，正在争坐这张九龙宝椅，如坐得久了，提早引动药引，那便如何是好？冲虚忙抢进庵中。 只听他大声喝道：“快起来！这张椅子是日月教任教主的，你们坐不得！”桃谷六仙的声音从庵中传出来：“为什么坐不得？我偏要坐！”“快起来，该让我坐了！”“这椅子坐着真舒服，软软的，好像坐在大胖子的屁股上一般！”“你坐过大胖子的屁股么？”令狐冲心知桃谷六仙正在争坐九龙宝椅，你坐一会，他坐一会，终将压下机簧，引发埋藏于无色庵下的数万斤炸药，见性峰上日月教和少林、武当、恒山派众人，势必玉石俱焚。他初时便欲冲进庵中制止，但不知怎的，内心深处却似乎盼望炸药炸将起来，反正盈盈已死，自己也不想活了，大家一瞬之间同时毕命，岂不干净？一瞥眼间，蓦地见到仪琳的一双俏目在凝望自己，但和自己眼光一接，立即避开，心想：“仪琳小师妹年纪还这样小，却也给炸得粉身碎骨，岂不可惜？但世上有谁不死？就算今日大家安然无恙，再过得一百年，此刻见性峰上的每一个人，还不都成为白骨一堆？” 只听得桃谷六仙仍争闹不休：“你已坐了第二次啦，我一次还没坐过。”“我第一次刚坐上去，便给拉了下来，那可不算。”“我有个主意，咱们六兄弟一起挤在这张椅上，且看坐不坐得下？”“妙极，妙极！大家挤啊，哈哈！”“你先坐！”“你先坐，我坐在上面。”“大的坐上面，小的坐下面！”“不，大的先坐！年纪越小，坐得越高！” 方证大师眼见危机只在顷刻之间，又不能出声劝阻，泄漏了机关，当即快步入殿，大声说道：“贵客在外，不可争闹，别吵！”这“别吵”二字，是运起了少林派至高无上内功“金刚禅狮子吼”功夫，一股内家劲力，对准了桃谷六仙喷去。 冲虚道长只觉头脑一晕，险些摔倒。桃谷六仙已同时昏迷不醒。冲虚大喜，出手如风，先将坐在椅上的两人提开，随即点了六人穴道，都推到了观音菩萨的供桌底下，俯身在椅旁细听，幸喜并无异声，只觉手足发软，满头大汗，只要方证再迟得片刻进来，药引一发，那是人人同归于尽了。
冲虚和方证并肩出来，说道：“请任教主进庵奉茶！”可是轿帷纹风不动，轿中始终没动静。冲虚大怒，心想：“老魔头架子恁大！我和方证大师、令狐掌门三人，在当今武林之中，位望何等崇高，站在这里相候，你竟不理不睬！”若不是九龙椅中伏有机关，他便要长剑出手，挑开轿帷，立时和任我行动手了。他又说了一遍，轿中仍无人答应。 向问天弯下腰来，俯耳轿边，听取轿中人的指示，连连点头，站直身子后说道：“敝教任教主说道，少林寺方证大师，武当山冲虚道长两位武林前辈在此相候，极不敢当，日后自当亲赴少林、武当，致歉谢罪。”方证与冲虚谦称：“不敢当！” 向问天又道：“任教主说道，教主今日来到恒山，是专为和令狐掌门相会而来，单请令狐掌门一人，在庵中相见。”说着作个手势，十六名轿夫便将轿子抬入庵中观音堂上放下。向问天和绿竹翁陪着进去，却和众轿夫一起退了出来，庵中便只留下一顶轿子。 冲虚心想：“其中有诈，不知轿子之中，藏有什么机关。”向方证和令狐冲瞧去。方证不善应变，不知如何才是，脸现迷惘之色。令狐冲道：“任教主既欲与晚辈一人相见，便请两位在此稍候。”冲虚低声道：“小心在意。”令狐冲点了点头，从秦绢手中接过剑来，大踏步走进庵中。 那无色庵只是一座小小瓦屋，观音堂中有人大声说话，外面听得清清楚楚，只听得令狐冲道：“晚辈令狐冲拜见任教主。”却没听见任我行说什么话，跟着令狐冲突然“啊”的一声叫了出来。 冲虚吃了一惊，只怕令狐冲遭了任我行的毒手，一步跨出，便欲冲进相援，但随即心想：“令狐兄弟剑术之精，当世无双，他进庵时携有长剑，不致一招间便为任老魔头所制。倘若真的不幸遭了毒手，我便奔进去动手，也已救不了他。任老魔头如没杀令狐兄弟，那是最好，倘若令狐兄弟已遭毒手，老魔头独自一人留在观音堂中，必去九龙椅上坐坐，我冲将进去，反而坏了大事。”一时心中忐忑不宁，寻思：“任老魔头这会儿只怕已坐到了椅上，再过片刻，触发药引，这见性峰的山头都会炸去半个。我如此刻便即趋避，未免显得懦怯，给向问天这些人瞧了出来，立即出声示警，不免功败垂成。但若炸药一发，身手再快，也来不及闪避，那可如何是好？”他本来计算周详，日月教一攻上峰来，便如何接战，如何退避，预计任我行坐上九龙椅之时，少林、武当、恒山三派人众均已退入了深谷。不料日月教一上来竟不动手，来个什么先礼后兵，任我行更要和令狐冲单独在庵中相会，全是事先算不到的变局。他虽饶有智计，一时却浑没了主意。 方证大师也知局面紧急，亦甚挂念令狐冲的安危，但他修为既深，胸怀亦极通达，只觉生死荣辱，祸福成败，其实并非什么了不起的大事，谋事在人，成事在天，到头来结局如何，皆是各人善业、恶业所造，非能强求。因此他内心虽隐隐觉得不安，却淡然置之，当真炸药炸了起来，尸骨为灰，那也是舍却这皮囊之一法，又何惧之有？ 九龙椅下埋藏炸药之事极为机密，除方证、冲虚、令狐冲之外，动手埋药的清虚、玄高等此刻都在峰腰相候，只待峰顶一炸，便即引发地雷。见性峰上余人便均不知情。少林、武当、恒山三派人众，只等任我行和令狐冲在无色庵中说僵了动手，便拔剑对付日月教教众。 冲虚守候良久，不见庵中有何动静，更无声息，当即运起内功，倾听声息，隐隐听到似乎令狐冲低声说了句什么话，他心中一喜：“原来令狐兄弟安然无恙。”心情一分，内功便不精纯，一时再也听不到什么，又担心适才只不过自己一厢情愿，心有所欲，便耳有所闻，未必真是令狐冲的声音，否则为什么再也听不到他的话声？ 又过了好一会，却听得令狐冲叫道：“向大哥，请你来陪送任教主出庵。” 向问天应道：“是！”和绿竹翁二人率领了一十六名轿夫，走进无色庵去，将那顶蓝呢大轿抬了出来。站在庵外的日月教教众一齐躬身，说道：“恭迎圣教主大驾。”那顶轿子抬到原先停驻之处，放了下来。 向问天道：“呈上圣教主赠给少林寺方丈的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众托了盘子，走到方证面前，躬身奉上盘子。 方证见一只盘子中放的是一串混以沉香木的菩提子念珠，另一只盘子中是一部手抄古经，封皮上写的是梵文，识得乃是《金刚经》，不由得一阵狂喜。他精研佛法，于《金刚经》更有心得，只是所读到的是东晋时高僧鸠摩罗什的中文译本，其中颇有难解之处，生平渴欲一见梵文原经，以作印证，但中原无处可觅，此刻一见，当真欢喜不尽，合十躬身，说道：“阿弥陀佛，老僧得此宝经，感激无量！”恭恭敬敬地伸出双手，将那部梵文《金刚经》捧起，然后取过念珠，念珠入手，便闻到一阵香气。方证说道：“敬谢任教主厚赐，实不知何以为报。” 向问天道：“这串念珠，乃敝教先辈得自天竺名山，谨奉方丈大师。敝教教主说道，敝教对天下英雄无礼，深以为愧，方丈大师不加怪责，敝教已感激不尽。”侧头说道：“呈上任教主赠给武当派掌门道长的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众应声而出，走到冲虚道人面前，躬身奉上盘子。 那二人还没走近，冲虚便见一只盘子中横放着一柄长剑，待二人走近时凝神看去，只见长剑剑鞘铜绿斑斓，以铜丝嵌着两个篆文：“真武”。冲虚忍不住“啊”的一声。武当派创派之祖张三丰先师所用佩剑名叫“真武剑”，向来是武当派镇山之宝，八十余年前，日月教几名高手长老夜袭武当山，将宝剑连同张三丰手书的一部《太极拳经》一并盗了去。当时一场恶斗，武当派死了三位一等一的好手，虽也杀了日月教四位长老，但一经一剑却未能夺回。这是武当派的奇耻大辱，八十余年来，每一代掌门临终时留下遗训，必定是夺还此经此剑。但黑木崖壁垒森严，武当派数度明夺暗盗，均无功而还，反而每次都送了几条性命在黑木崖上，想不到此剑竟会在见性峰上出现。他斜眼看另一只盘子时，盘中赫然是一部手书的册页，纸色早已转黄，封皮上写着“太极拳经”四字。冲虚道人在武当山见过不少张三丰的手书遗迹，一见便知这“太极拳经”四字确是祖师真迹。 他双手发颤，捧过长剑，右手握住剑柄，轻轻抽出半截，顿觉寒气扑面。他知三丰祖师到晚年时剑术如神，轻易已不使剑，即使迫不得已与人动手，也只用寻常铁剑、木剑，这柄“真武剑”是他中年时所用的兵刃，扫荡群邪，威震江湖，是一口极锋锐的利器。他兀自生怕给任我行骗了，再翻开那《太极拳经》一看，果然是三丰祖师所书。他将经书宝剑放还盘中，跪倒在地，向一经一剑磕了八个头，站起身来，说道：“任教主宽宏大量，使武当祖师爷的遗物重回真武观，冲虚粉身难报大德。”将一经一剑接过，心中激动，双手颤个不住。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，敝教昔日得罪了武当派，好生惭愧，今日原壁归赵，还望武当派上下见谅。”冲虚道：“任教主可说得太客气了。” 向问天又道：“呈上圣教主赠给恒山派令狐掌门的礼物。” 方证和冲虚均想：“不知他送给令狐掌门的，又是什么宝贵之极的礼品。” 只见这次上来的共二十名锦衣教众，每人也都手托盘子，走到令狐冲身前。盘中所盛的却是袍子、帽子、鞋子、酒壶、酒杯、茶碗之类日常用具，虽均十分精致，却显然并非什么出奇物事。只有一只盘子中放着一根玉箫，一只盘子中放着一具古琴，较为珍贵，但和赠给方证、冲虚的礼物相比，却不可同日而语了。 令狐冲拱手道：“多谢。”命恒山派于嫂等收了过来。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，此番来到恒山，诸多滋扰，甚是不当。恒山派每一位出家的师太，致送新衣一袭、长剑一口，每一位俗家的师姊师妹，致送饰物一件、长剑一口，还请笑纳。敝教又在恒山脚下购置良田五千亩，奉送无色庵，作为庵产。这就告辞。”说着向方证、冲虚、令狐冲三人深深一揖，转身便行。 冲虚叫道：“向先生！”向问天转过身来，笑问：“道长有何吩咐？”冲虚道：“承蒙贵教主厚赐，无功受禄，心下不安。不知……不知……”他连说了二个“不知”，再也接不下口去，他想问的是“不知是何用意”，但这句话毕竟问不
I saw three old Taoists sitting on the futon, talking with Master Fang Sheng and others, and one of them was Taoist Chongxu.San Dao Jian Fang Zheng and Linghu rushed out and stood up together. Linghu Chong bowed down, and said: "Mount Heng is in trouble, and all the priests have come to help for thousands of miles. My faction, I really don't know how to repay it." Knowing that Master Abbot and my little brother are studying the essence of internal energy in the inner room, I dare not disturb him. The little brother has learned the exquisite internal energy, buys and sells it now, and when I come up with it, I will use it on him, which surprises him." Linghu Chong said: "This inner strength is profound and profound, how can this junior learn it in a few days? I heard that the seniors from the Emei, Kunlun and Kongtong sects have also arrived, so we should invite you to come up the mountain and discuss the big plan together. I don't know all the seniors What do you think?" Chongxu said: "They hid very secretly to prevent the spies under the old devil from finding out. If you invite everyone to go up the mountain, I'm afraid that the news will be leaked. When we go up the mountain, we are all in disguise, otherwise it will be expensive. Why didn't the disciples come to report first?" Linghu Chong remembered that when he met Taoist Chongxu for the first time, he disguised himself as an old man riding a donkey, accompanied by two other men, both of whom were actually masters of the Wudang School.At this time, after a closer look, I recognized the other two old Taoists, who were the two men who had compared swords with me on the Hubei Road in the past. Daoist Chongxu mentioned it, but the younger generation can’t remember it.” The two old Taoists were dressed as peasants at that time, one was picking firewood, the other was picking vegetables, panting, it seemed that the whole body was sick, but now they were full of energy, but their eyebrows were still intact. I can vaguely recognize it. Chongxu pointed to the old Taoist who had played the role of picking firewood and said: "This is Junior Brother Qingxu." People relatively laugh.Both Qing Xu and Xuan Gao said: "Master Linghu has superb swordsmanship." Linghu Chong thanked him modestly, and said repeatedly: "Offended!" Chongxu said: "My junior brother and nephew are not very good at swordsmanship, but when they were young, they lived in the Western Regions for more than ten years, but they each learned a special skill. one is good at making explosives." Linghu Chong said: "That is a rare skill in the world." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, I brought them here with another purpose. I hope they can give Let's do something big." Linghu Chong was puzzled, and responded casually: "Is there a major event?" Chongxu said: "The old man is not presumptuous, and brought something to Guishan. I want to ask Brother Linghu to have a look." He is not as free and easy as Fang Zheng is cautious, so one called him "Brother Linghu", while the other called him "Master Linghu", Linghu Chong felt strange, and wanted to see what he took out of his bosom.Chongxu smiled and said: "This thing is really not small, I can't fit it in my arms. Brother Qingxu, tell them to bring it in." Qingxu agreed to go out, and soon brought in four peasant-looking men, each barefoot, carrying a load of vegetables.Qing Xu said: "I've seen Master Linghu and the abbot of Shaolin Temple." The four men bowed and saluted together. Linghu Chong knew that they must be people of high status in the Wudang School, so he immediately returned the salute politely.Qingxu said: "Take it out, let's put it up!" The four men took out the vegetables and radishes from the burden, revealing a few bundles underneath, and opened the bundles, which consisted of many wooden sticks, iron objects, screws, and machine springs.The four of them acted very quickly, they put these guys together and assembled them into a grand teacher's chair in a short while.Linghu Chong was even more surprised, thinking: "There are so many mechanism springs installed in this grand teacher's chair. I don't know what it is for. Could it be for practicing inner strength?" After the chair was installed, the four people took out the chair from the other two bags. Pads and chair covers are placed on the Taishi chair.In the quiet room, it was dazzling for a moment, but I saw that the chair cover was made of light yellow brocade, embroidered with nine golden dragons in golden yellow silk thread, holding a sun that had just risen from the sea in the middle, and the eight characters on the left were "Zhongxing St. To teach, to be the common people", and the eight characters on the right are "for thousands of years, to unify the rivers and lakes".Those nine golden dragons stretched their teeth and danced their claws, their expressions were as alive as life, and the sixteen characters were drawn with silver hooks and iron strokes, making people feel indescribably comfortable.Around these sixteen characters, there are many pearls, diamonds and various emerald gems.In the small and simple nunnery, the room was suddenly filled with jewels and jewels. Linghu Chong clapped his hands and applauded, remembering what Chongxu said just now, Qingxu had learned the skill of making mechanical sharpeners in the Western Regions, and said: "Master Ren saw this precious chair, he must go up and sit on it. It cost him his life, didn't he?" Chongxu said in a low voice: "Ren Woxing is quick to adapt, and moves like electricity. Although there is a spring in the chair, if he feels something is wrong, he will jump up immediately, and he will not be hurt. There are medicine guides at the foot of this chair. into a pile of gunpowder." As soon as he said this, the expressions of Linghu Chong and all the Shaolin monks changed.Fang Zheng recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!" Chongxu said again: "The advantage of this machine spring is that if someone sits down casually, there is no accident, and the medicine must be triggered after sitting for a stick of incense. Ren Woxing's character is suspicious and very delicate. When Mount Heng saw such a chair on Xingfeng, he would definitely not sit on it right away. He would definitely send his subordinates to sit on it first. There is a golden dragon holding the sun on the cover of this chair, and there is something about "eternal ages, unification of the rivers and lakes". In other words, the leader of the Demon Cult naturally dare not sit for a long time, and once Ren Woxing sits on it, he will definitely be reluctant to get off." Linghu Chong said: "The Taoist priest is really thoughtful." Chongxu said: "Junior Brother Qingxu has another idea. There are arrangements, if Ren Woxing doesn't sit down, ask someone to take off the chair cover, chair cushion, or even take a look at the chair, as long as you remove it, the mechanism will be triggered in the same way. The nephew Xuangao brought it to Baoshan this time. 20,000 catties of explosives. Destroying Baoshan Lingjing is probably inevitable." Linghu Chong felt a chill in his heart, and thought: "20,000 catties of explosives! Once this mass of gunpowder is ignited, everything will be destroyed. Master Ren will be killed, and Yingying and Big Brother Xiang will also be inevitable." Chongxu saw that his face was different, and said: "The demon sect threatened to kill all the noble sects. After the Hengshan sect is destroyed, they will attack me in Shaolin and Wudang immediately. The disaster is hard to deal with. Let's set up this poisonous plan to deal with me Okay, although the intentions are sinister, but to get rid of this devil, the intention is to save tens of thousands of lives in the martial arts world." Master Fangzheng clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! My Buddha is merciful. In order to save all living beings, I also need to ward off evil spirits and subdue demons. Killing a single husband to save thousands of people is an act of great mercy." When he said these few words With solemn expressions, all the old monks and Taoists stood up, folded their hands together and lowered their eyebrows, and said in unison: "Master Abbot is right." Linghu Chong also knew that what Fang Zheng said was very reasonable, the Sun Moon Sect wanted to kill the Hengshan Sect, and the Orthodox Sect designed to blow up Ren Woxing to death, that was a matter of course, no one could say otherwise.But if he wanted to kill Ren Woxing, he was quite unwilling in his heart. If he wanted to kill Xiang Wentian, he would rather die first; as for Yingying's life and death, he was not in his mind. In short, the two live and die together, so there is no need to worry too much .Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he pondered for a while, and said: "The matter has come to this point, the Sun Moon Sect has forced us to have nowhere to go, and Daoist Chongxu's strategy is probably the least hurtful." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu is right. The word 'least harm' is exactly what we are looking for." Linghu Chong said: "The younger generation is young and has little knowledge. For today's Hengshan matter, we invite Master Fang Zheng and Daoist Chongxu to preside over the overall situation. The younger generation will lead the disciples of our sect to provide advice." Chongxu smiled and said: "I dare not do this. You are the master of Mount Heng, so how can the abbot and I compete with each other?" Linghu Chong said: "This matter is definitely not for the younger generation to retreat modestly, it is really necessary to ask the two of you to preside over it." Fang Zheng said: "The master Linghu's intention is very sincere. Brother, there is no need to give way too much. The three of us will take the lead on the important matter in front of us, but Brother Dao will give orders and make it happen." After a few words of modesty, Chongxu agreed, and said: "We have laid down men on all the roads leading to Mount Heng. When will the Demon Sect come to attack the mountain, there must be news in advance. On that day, Brother Linghu Leading a group of heroes to attack the Shaolin Temple, Zuo Lengchan planned for us to lay out an empty plan..." Linghu Chong blushed slightly, and said: "The younger generation is messing around, and I am terrified." Chongxu said with a smile: "Let's plan this again. That's not going to work, it will inevitably lead to the suspicion of letting go. From the humble opinion of the old way, the entire Hengshan faction is defending on the mountain, and the Shaolin and Wudang factions also send dozens of people to fight. Knowing that the demon sect is attacking, if Shaolin and Wudang No one came to help, it is against the law, let this old thief will definitely guess that there is a fraud in it." Both Fang Zheng and Linghu Chong said, "Exactly." Chongxu said: "The rest of the Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong sects don't have to show their faces, they are hiding in the caves. When the Demon Sect came to attack, the three factions of Hengshan, Shaolin, and Wudang fought with all their might, and they had to be defeated. It looks like it. All three of our factions must be first-rate players, and the more we can kill each other, the better, and we must try our best to avoid losses." Fang Zheng sighed: "There are so many masters from the Devil's Cult, they have come prepared this time, and if this battle is fought, there will be many casualties on both sides." Chongxu said: "Let's find a few cliffs and arrange long ropes and iron cables. When the fight reaches the end, seeing that we are invincible, we will let the enemy go down the long rope one by one into the deep valley to make it difficult for the enemy to pursue. Let Woxing win a big victory , Seeing this precious chair again, of course sat on it triumphantly. Once the explosives were triggered, the old devil would have great abilities, and he could not escape. Following the thirteen passages up and down the mountain of Hengshan, the three Twelve mines exploded at the same time, and the members of the Demon Cult could no longer go down the mountain." Linghu Chong wondered, "Thirty-two landmines?" Chongxu said: "Exactly. Nephew Xuangao will get up early tomorrow morning, among the thirteen main routes up and down the mountain, choose a few of the most dangerous places for each route, bury powerful landmines, once the mines explode, Going up and down the mountain, the roads are completely cut off. Ten thousand people from the Demon Cult went up the mountain, and 10,000 of them starved to death; They got out of the tunnel." Linghu Chong said: "It was really a fluke to escape from Shaolin Temple that time." Suddenly remembered something, "Oh". Chongxu asked: "Brother Linghu, do you feel that there is something wrong with the arrangement?" Linghu Chong said: "This junior thought to himself, Master Ren came to Mount Heng, and naturally he likes this precious chair very much when he sees it. But he must be suspicious, Why did the Hengshan faction make such a chair, embroidered with the eight characters 'for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes'? If you don't understand this matter, I'm afraid he may not be fooled." Chongxu said: "This is an old way I've thought about it too. In fact, whether the old devil sits in this chair or not is not the key point. We also hide the explosives, which can also trigger explosives. It's just that when he is triumphant for eternity and dominates the rivers and lakes At this time, suddenly disaster happened to the soles of the feet, and it became nothing more than a helper in the martial arts." Linghu Chong nodded and said: "Yes." Taoist Xuan Gao said humanely: "Uncle Master, I have an idea, I don't know if it is feasible?" Chongxu smiled and said: "You just say it, and ask Master Abbot and Master Linghu to give advice." Xuan Gao said: "I heard that Linghu The head of the sect and the young lady Ren's original marriage agreement, it was only because of the difference between good and evil that it was obstructed. If the head of Linghu sent two Hengshan disciples to see the leader, they said that they would look for Miss Ren's face, and they would find out A skillful craftsman made a precious chair and gave it to my father-in-law. I hope that the two families will cease fighting and make peace. No matter whether the leader Ren agrees or not, when he goes to Hengshan and sees this chair, he will not Suspicious." Chongxu clapped his hands and smiled, "This plan is great, once you come..." Linghu Chong shook his head and said: "No way!" Chong Xu was stunned, knowing that he was bored, he asked, "Brother Linghu, what's your opinion?" There is nothing wrong with a strong enemy. If he comes to kill, we will blow him up, but I will never lie to him." Chongxu said: "Okay! Brother Linghu is upright and upright, which is admirable. Let's do it this way! It doesn't matter if the old devil is suspicious or not, as long as he comes to Hengshan with the intention of harming others, we will make him suffer greatly." head." At present, everyone discussed the details of defending against the enemy, how to resist the enemy, how to cover, how to retreat, and how to trigger explosive mines, all of which were discussed and determined.Chongxu was extremely cautious, he was afraid that the person responsible for setting off the explosives would be killed when he was facing the enemy, so he appointed several assistants. In the early morning of the next day, Linghu Chong led the crowd to inspect the terrain carefully. Qing Xu and Xuan Gao selected places where explosives, ampoules, landmines, and hidden sentries were buried.Chongxu and Linghu Chong chose four dangerous places as their retreat.Fang Zheng, Chongxu, Linghu Chong, and Fang Sheng guarded one place each, to prevent the enemy from approaching, waiting for all the defenders to retreat into the deep valley with the long ropes, and finally entered the valley, and then swung their swords to cut the long ropes. Make the enemy unable to pursue. In the afternoon of the same day, another ten people from the Wudang faction pretended to be peasants and woodcutters, went up the mountain one after another, and planted explosives under the guidance of Qingxu and Xuangao.Hengshan sent female disciples to guard the various mountain passes, preventing idlers from going up the mountain, in case the Sun Moon Sect sent spies to learn the secret.After being so busy for three days, everything is ready, waiting for the Sun Moon Sect to attack. According to calculations, it has been nearly a month since I left the Chaoyang Summit, and this person will keep his promises, and he will not miss the date.In the past few days, Chongxu, Xuangao and others were very busy, Linghu Chong was extremely leisurely, he recited the inner strength formulas passed down by Fangzheng silently every day, practiced according to the law, and asked Fangzheng for advice when there was something he didn't understand.
In the afternoon, Yihe, Yiqing, Yilin, Zheng E, Qin Juan and other female disciples were practicing swords in the sword training hall. Linghu Chong was beside him giving advice. Seeing that although Qin Juan was young, he had a good understanding of the essence of swordsmanship. Said: "Junior Sister Qin is very smart, this move has worked out the trick, but..." Before he finished speaking, suddenly there was a sharp pain in his dantian, and he sat down immediately.All the disciples were shocked, they rushed to help each other, and asked together: "What's wrong?" Linghu Chong knew that another kind of zhenqi in his body had erupted, so he couldn't speak. All the disciples were in a state of confusion, when suddenly they heard a few rustling sounds, and two white pigeons flew straight into the hall.All the disciples shouted together: "Ah!" The Hengshan faction raised many pigeons. That day Dingjing's master met the enemy in Fujian, and Dingxian and Dingyi's second masters were trapped in Zhujian Valley in Longquan. They all sent pigeons for help.The two carrier pigeons flying into the hall in front of them were sent by the disciples of our sect guarding the foot of the mountain. The backs of the pigeons were painted with red paint. When they saw it, they knew that the enemy of the Sun Moon Sect had arrived.Ever since Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu came to Mount Heng, all the disciples were relieved to see that there was strong help coming and everything was in place. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Linghu Chong suddenly fell ill. It was really a big surprise. Yiqing shouted: "You two junior sisters, Yizhi and Yiwen, hurry up and report to Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu." The two left as ordered.Yiqing said again: "Senior Sister Yihe, please strike the bell." Yihe nodded, then flew out of the hall and ran towards the bell tower. I could only hear the three long and two short bells ringing from the bell tower and spreading throughout the peak, followed by the bells in Tongyuan Valley, Xuankong Temple and Heilongkou temples. The bells also rang.Master Fangzheng ordered in advance that whenever there is an enemy police, the bells will sound three long and two short to signal, but the bell must be soothing to show leisure and not panic.It's just that Yihe is very impatient, although there is a word "he" in the name of the Dharma, his behavior is not harmonious at all, and the sound of the bell still reveals his impatience. The Hengshan faction, the Shaolin faction, and the Wudang faction dispatched troops to various places according to the prior arrangements, in preparation for meeting the enemy.In order to reduce casualties, all passages from the foot of the mountain to the top of Jianxing Peak were unguarded, and the door was simply opened wide to allow the enemy to come to the peak before engaging in battle.After the bell stopped, there was no sound on the peak or below the peak.The masters sent by Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong all hid in secluded places under the peak, and only waited for the demon cultists to go up to the peak, and stopped their retreat as soon as they were ordered.In order to prevent leakage of secrets, Chongxu did not inform the factions of the buried mines on the mountain road.The Demon Cult has great supernatural powers, so it is not uncommon for the disciples of Kunlun and other sects to lure secret agents and spy on news. Linghu Chong heard the bell and knew that the Sun Moon Sect was coming to attack, but there were tens of thousands of sharp knives stabbing randomly in his stomach, so he hugged his belly in pain and rolled on the ground.Yilin and Qin Juan were so frightened that their faces turned pale, they were at a loss and didn't know what to do. Yiqing said: "Let's help the master to go to the Wuse Nunnery, let's see what the Shaolin abbot and the Taoist priest Chongxu have in mind." At that moment, Yu's sister-in-law and another old nun put their hands under Linghu Chong's threat, half-framed and half-lifted He helped him into the colorless nunnery. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the nunnery, I could only hear the sound of horns bang bang bang under the peak, followed by the blaring of horns and the beating of drums, the Sun Moon Sect really came to attack the mountain in a majestic formation. Fang Zheng and Chongxu had learned that Linghu Chong was ill, so they rushed out of the nunnery.Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, you can rest assured. I have ordered Junior Brother Lingxu to cover the retreat of the Wudang faction on my behalf, and the old Taoist will be responsible for covering your faction." Linghu Chong nodded his thanks.Fang Zheng said: "Leader Linghu should retreat into the deep valley first, so as not to be in danger." Linghu Chong hurriedly said: "Absolutely... absolutely not! Take... a sword!" Chongxu also persuaded a few words, but Linghu Chong insisted on refusing. Suddenly the sound of drums and horns stopped, followed by thunderous shouts: "The holy priest will rule the world forever!" Hearing this voice, there were at least four to five thousand people.Fang Zheng, Chongxu and Linghu Chong looked at each other and smiled.Qin Juan held Linghu Chong's long sword and handed it over.Linghu Chong stretched out his hand to catch it, but his right hand couldn't help shaking, he couldn't hold the sword steadily.Qin Juan stood beside him holding a sword, and said, "You say the word 'sword' later, and I will hand you the sword." Suddenly I heard the sound of suona, the music was pleasant, but there was no sound of killing.Several people said loudly in unison: "The Holy Master of Sun Moon Sect wants to go up to see Xingfeng, and meet Linghu head of Hengshan Sect." It was the elders of Sun Moon Sect who shouted in unison. Fang Zhengdao: "Sun and Moon teaches courtesy first and soldiers later, so we shouldn't be too stingy. How about letting them go up to the peak?" Linghu Chong nodded his head, and at this moment, he felt another sharp pain in his stomach.Fang Zheng saw that his face was dripping with cold sweat, and said: "Master Linghu, the pain in the dantian is unbearable, you might as well use the inner strength method passed down by Senior Feng, and try to guide and circle." Dozens of different kinds of zhenqi in Linghu Chong's body are spontaneously Entanglement, conflict, confusion, if you add guidance and circling, it is tantamount to killing yourself with a knife, and the pain will add to the pain, but anyway, the pain has reached the extreme, and there is no time to think about the consequences at the moment, so circling in accordance with the law.Sure enough, under the impact of zhenqi, the pain in the lower abdomen was more unbearable than before, but after circling several times, more than ten strands of zhenqi flowed into the tributaries like a trickle, and the tributaries merged into the big river, faintly seeming to have a track to follow, although the pain As before, it is no longer rushing and bumping, where the impact is, the heart has already felt it. Fang Zheng raised his breath and said slowly: "Linghu Chong, the head of the Hengshan School, Taoist Chongxu, the head of the Wudang School, and Fang Zheng, the head of the Shaolin School, are waiting for the leader of the Sun Moon God Sect." His voice was not very loud, Slowly speaking, but sent extremely far. Linghu Chong secretly believed that the inner strength mental method was effective, so he simply sat down cross-legged, looked at his nose and his heart with his eyes, stroked his chest with his left hand, pressed his abdomen with his right hand, and practiced according to the method taught by Fang Zheng.He has only practiced this mental method for a few days, although Fang Zheng explained in detail every day, after all, his cultivation level is very shallow, but at this time guided by the law, more than ten strands of zhenqi of different species can gradually gather together.他不敢稍有怠忽，凝神致志地引气盘旋，心想：“恒山派今日遭逢大劫，恰于此时我内息作反，当是大数使然，我于今日毙命便了。”初时听得鼓乐丝竹之声，到后来却什么也听不到了。 方证见令狐冲专心练功，脸露微笑，耳听得鼓乐之声大作，日月教教众叫道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主，大驾上恒山来啦！”过了一会，鼓乐之声渐渐移近。 上见性峰的山道甚长，日月教教众脚步虽快，走了好一会，鼓乐声也还只到山腰。伏在恒山各处的正教门下之士心中都在暗骂：“臭教主好大架子，又不是死了人，吹吹打打的干什么了？”预备迎敌之人心下更怦怦乱跳，各人本来预计，魔教教众杀上山来，便即跃出恶斗一场，杀得一批教众后，待敌人越来越多，越来越强，便循长索而退入深谷。却不料任我行装模作样，好似皇帝御驾出巡一般，吹吹打打地来到峰上，众人倒不便先行动手，只心弦反扣得更加紧了。 过了良久，令狐冲觉得丹田中异种真气给慢慢压了下去，痛楚渐减，心中一分神，立时想起：“是任教主要上峰来？”“啊”的一声，跳起身来。方证微笑道：“好些了吗？”令狐冲道：“动上了手吗？”方证道：“还没到呢！”令狐冲道：“好极！秦师妹，剑！”秦绢将剑柄交在他手中。却见方证、冲虚等手上均无兵刃，仪和、仪清等女子在无色庵前的一片大空地上排成数行，隐伏恒山剑阵之法，长剑却兀自悬在腰间，这才想起任我行尚未上山，自己未免过于惶急，哈哈一笑，将剑交还给秦绢拿了。 只听得唢呐和钟鼓之声停歇，响起了箫笛、胡琴、月琴、琵琶的细乐，心想：“任教主花样也真多，细乐一作，他老人家是大驾上峰来啦。”越见他古怪多端，越觉肉麻。 细乐声中，两行日月教的教众一对对地并肩走上峰来。众人眼前一亮，但见一个个教众均穿着崭新的墨绿锦袍，腰系白带，鲜艳夺目，前面一共四十人，每人手托盘子，盘上铺缎，不知放着些什么东西。这四十人腰间竟未悬挂刀剑。四十名锦衣教众上得峰来，便远远站定。跟着走上一队二百人的细乐队，也都是一身锦衣，箫管丝弦，仍不停吹奏。其后上来的是号手、鼓手、大锣小锣、铙钹钟铃，一应俱全。 令狐冲看得有趣，心想：“待会打将起来，有锣鼓相和，岂不是如同在戏台上做戏？任教主如此排场，倒也好笑！” 鼓乐声中，日月教教众一队队地上来。这些人显是按着堂名分列，衣服颜色也各不同，黄衣、绿衣、蓝衣、黑衣、白衣，一队队的花团锦簇，比之做戏赛会，衣饰还更光鲜，只每人腰间各系白带。上峰来的却有三四千之众。 冲虚寻思：“乘他们立足未定，便一阵冲杀，我们较占便宜。但对方装神弄鬼，要来什么先礼后兵。我们若即动手，倒未免小气了。”眼见令狐冲笑嘻嘻的不以为意，方证则视若无睹，不动声色，心想：“我如显得张惶，未免定力不够。” 各教众分批站定后，上来十名长老，五个一边，各站左右。音乐声突然止歇，十名长老齐声说道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主驾到。” 便见一顶蓝呢大轿抬上峰来。这轿子由十六名轿夫抬着，移动既快且稳。轿夫脚步整齐，一顶轿子便如是一位轻功高手，轻轻巧巧地便上到峰来，足见这一十六名轿夫个个身怀不弱的武功。令狐冲定眼看去，见轿夫之中竟有祖千秋、黄伯流、计无施等人在内。料想若不是老头子身子太矮，没法和祖千秋等一起抬轿，那么他也必被迫做一名轿夫了。令狐冲气往上冲，心想：“祖千秋他们均是当世豪杰，任教主却迫令他们做抬轿子的贱事。如此奴役天下英雄，当真令人气炸了胸膛。” 蓝呢大轿旁，左右各有一人，左首是向问天、右首是个老者。这老者甚是面熟，令狐冲一怔，认得是洛阳城中教他弹琴的绿竹翁。这人叫盈盈做“姑姑”，以致自己误以为盈盈是个年老婆婆，自从离了洛阳之后，便没再跟他相见，今日却跟了任我行上见性峰来。他一颗心怦怦乱跳，寻思：“何以不见盈盈？”突然间想起一事，眼见日月教教众人人腰系白带，似是服丧一般，难道盈盈眼见父亲率众攻打恒山，苦谏不听，竟尔自杀死了？ 令狐冲胸口热血上涌，丹田中几下剧痛，当下便想冲上去问向问天，但想任我行便在轿中，终于忍住。
见性峰上虽聚着数千之众，却鸦雀无声。那顶大轿停了下来，众人目光都射向轿帷，只待任我行出来。 忽听得无色庵中传出一声喧笑之声。一人大声道：“快让开，该给我坐了！”另一人道：“大家别争，自大至小，轮着坐坐这张九龙宝椅！”正是桃花仙和桃枝仙的声音。 方证、冲虚、令狐冲等立时骇然变色。桃谷六仙不知何时闯进了无色庵中，正在争坐这张九龙宝椅，如坐得久了，提早引动药引，那便如何是好？冲虚忙抢进庵中。 只听他大声喝道：“快起来！这张椅子是日月教任教主的，你们坐不得！”桃谷六仙的声音从庵中传出来：“为什么坐不得？我偏要坐！”“快起来，该让我坐了！”“这椅子坐着真舒服，软软的，好像坐在大胖子的屁股上一般！”“你坐过大胖子的屁股么？”令狐冲心知桃谷六仙正在争坐九龙宝椅，你坐一会，他坐一会，终将压下机簧，引发埋藏于无色庵下的数万斤炸药，见性峰上日月教和少林、武当、恒山派众人，势必玉石俱焚。他初时便欲冲进庵中制止，但不知怎的，内心深处却似乎盼望炸药炸将起来，反正盈盈已死，自己也不想活了，大家一瞬之间同时毕命，岂不干净？一瞥眼间，蓦地见到仪琳的一双俏目在凝望自己，但和自己眼光一接，立即避开，心想：“仪琳小师妹年纪还这样小，却也给炸得粉身碎骨，岂不可惜？但世上有谁不死？就算今日大家安然无恙，再过得一百年，此刻见性峰上的每一个人，还不都成为白骨一堆？” 只听得桃谷六仙仍争闹不休：“你已坐了第二次啦，我一次还没坐过。”“我第一次刚坐上去，便给拉了下来，那可不算。”“我有个主意，咱们六兄弟一起挤在这张椅上，且看坐不坐得下？”“妙极，妙极！大家挤啊，哈哈！”“你先坐！”“你先坐，我坐在上面。”“大的坐上面，小的坐下面！”“不，大的先坐！年纪越小，坐得越高！” 方证大师眼见危机只在顷刻之间，又不能出声劝阻，泄漏了机关，当即快步入殿，大声说道：“贵客在外，不可争闹，别吵！”这“别吵”二字，是运起了少林派至高无上内功“金刚禅狮子吼”功夫，一股内家劲力，对准了桃谷六仙喷去。 冲虚道长只觉头脑一晕，险些摔倒。桃谷六仙已同时昏迷不醒。冲虚大喜，出手如风，先将坐在椅上的两人提开，随即点了六人穴道，都推到了观音菩萨的供桌底下，俯身在椅旁细听，幸喜并无异声，只觉手足发软，满头大汗，只要方证再迟得片刻进来，药引一发，那是人人同归于尽了。
冲虚和方证并肩出来，说道：“请任教主进庵奉茶！”可是轿帷纹风不动，轿中始终没动静。冲虚大怒，心想：“老魔头架子恁大！我和方证大师、令狐掌门三人，在当今武林之中，位望何等崇高，站在这里相候，你竟不理不睬！”若不是九龙椅中伏有机关，他便要长剑出手，挑开轿帷，立时和任我行动手了。他又说了一遍，轿中仍无人答应。 向问天弯下腰来，俯耳轿边，听取轿中人的指示，连连点头，站直身子后说道：“敝教任教主说道，少林寺方证大师，武当山冲虚道长两位武林前辈在此相候，极不敢当，日后自当亲赴少林、武当，致歉谢罪。”方证与冲虚谦称：“不敢当！” 向问天又道：“任教主说道，教主今日来到恒山，是专为和令狐掌门相会而来，单请令狐掌门一人，在庵中相见。”说着作个手势，十六名轿夫便将轿子抬入庵中观音堂上放下。向问天和绿竹翁陪着进去，却和众轿夫一起退了出来，庵中便只留下一顶轿子。 冲虚心想：“其中有诈，不知轿子之中，藏有什么机关。”向方证和令狐冲瞧去。方证不善应变，不知如何才是，脸现迷惘之色。令狐冲道：“任教主既欲与晚辈一人相见，便请两位在此稍候。”冲虚低声道：“小心在意。”令狐冲点了点头，从秦绢手中接过剑来，大踏步走进庵中。 那无色庵只是一座小小瓦屋，观音堂中有人大声说话，外面听得清清楚楚，只听得令狐冲道：“晚辈令狐冲拜见任教主。”却没听见任我行说什么话，跟着令狐冲突然“啊”的一声叫了出来。 冲虚吃了一惊，只怕令狐冲遭了任我行的毒手，一步跨出，便欲冲进相援，但随即心想：“令狐兄弟剑术之精，当世无双，他进庵时携有长剑，不致一招间便为任老魔头所制。倘若真的不幸遭了毒手，我便奔进去动手，也已救不了他。任老魔头如没杀令狐兄弟，那是最好，倘若令狐兄弟已遭毒手，老魔头独自一人留在观音堂中，必去九龙椅上坐坐，我冲将进去，反而坏了大事。”一时心中忐忑不宁，寻思：“任老魔头这会儿只怕已坐到了椅上，再过片刻，触发药引，这见性峰的山头都会炸去半个。我如此刻便即趋避，未免显得懦怯，给向问天这些人瞧了出来，立即出声示警，不免功败垂成。但若炸药一发，身手再快，也来不及闪避，那可如何是好？”他本来计算周详，日月教一攻上峰来，便如何接战，如何退避，预计任我行坐上九龙椅之时，少林、武当、恒山三派人众均已退入了深谷。不料日月教一上来竟不动手，来个什么先礼后兵，任我行更要和令狐冲单独在庵中相会，全是事先算不到的变局。他虽饶有智计，一时却浑没了主意。 方证大师也知局面紧急，亦甚挂念令狐冲的安危，但他修为既深，胸怀亦极通达，只觉生死荣辱，祸福成败，其实并非什么了不起的大事，谋事在人，成事在天，到头来结局如何，皆是各人善业、恶业所造，非能强求。因此他内心虽隐隐觉得不安，却淡然置之，当真炸药炸了起来，尸骨为灰，那也是舍却这皮囊之一法，又何惧之有？ 九龙椅下埋藏炸药之事极为机密，除方证、冲虚、令狐冲之外，动手埋药的清虚、玄高等此刻都在峰腰相候，只待峰顶一炸，便即引发地雷。见性峰上余人便均不知情。少林、武当、恒山三派人众，只等任我行和令狐冲在无色庵中说僵了动手，便拔剑对付日月教教众。 冲虚守候良久，不见庵中有何动静，更无声息，当即运起内功，倾听声息，隐隐听到似乎令狐冲低声说了句什么话，他心中一喜：“原来令狐兄弟安然无恙。”心情一分，内功便不精纯，一时再也听不到什么，又担心适才只不过自己一厢情愿，心有所欲，便耳有所闻，未必真是令狐冲的声音，否则为什么再也听不到他的话声？ 又过了好一会，却听得令狐冲叫道：“向大哥，请你来陪送任教主出庵。” 向问天应道：“是！”和绿竹翁二人率领了一十六名轿夫，走进无色庵去，将那顶蓝呢大轿抬了出来。站在庵外的日月教教众一齐躬身，说道：“恭迎圣教主大驾。”那顶轿子抬到原先停驻之处，放了下来。 向问天道：“呈上圣教主赠给少林寺方丈的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众托了盘子，走到方证面前，躬身奉上盘子。 方证见一只盘子中放的是一串混以沉香木的菩提子念珠，另一只盘子中是一部手抄古经，封皮上写的是梵文，识得乃是《金刚经》，不由得一阵狂喜。他精研佛法，于《金刚经》更有心得，只是所读到的是东晋时高僧鸠摩罗什的中文译本，其中颇有难解之处，生平渴欲一见梵文原经，以作印证，但中原无处可觅，此刻一见，当真欢喜不尽，合十躬身，说道：“阿弥陀佛，老僧得此宝经，感激无量！”恭恭敬敬地伸出双手，将那部梵文《金刚经》捧起，然后取过念珠，念珠入手，便闻到一阵香气。方证说道：“敬谢任教主厚赐，实不知何以为报。” 向问天道：“这串念珠，乃敝教先辈得自天竺名山，谨奉方丈大师。敝教教主说道，敝教对天下英雄无礼，深以为愧，方丈大师不加怪责，敝教已感激不尽。”侧头说道：“呈上任教主赠给武当派掌门道长的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众应声而出，走到冲虚道人面前，躬身奉上盘子。 那二人还没走近，冲虚便见一只盘子中横放着一柄长剑，待二人走近时凝神看去，只见长剑剑鞘铜绿斑斓，以铜丝嵌着两个篆文：“真武”。冲虚忍不住“啊”的一声。武当派创派之祖张三丰先师所用佩剑名叫“真武剑”，向来是武当派镇山之宝，八十余年前，日月教几名高手长老夜袭武当山，将宝剑连同张三丰手书的一部《太极拳经》一并盗了去。当时一场恶斗，武当派死了三位一等一的好手，虽也杀了日月教四位长老，但一经一剑却未能夺回。这是武当派的奇耻大辱，八十余年来，每一代掌门临终时留下遗训，必定是夺还此经此剑。但黑木崖壁垒森严，武当派数度明夺暗盗，均无功而还，反而每次都送了几条性命在黑木崖上，想不到此剑竟会在见性峰上出现。他斜眼看另一只盘子时，盘中赫然是一部手书的册页，纸色早已转黄，封皮上写着“太极拳经”四字。冲虚道人在武当山见过不少张三丰的手书遗迹，一见便知这“太极拳经”四字确是祖师真迹。 他双手发颤，捧过长剑，右手握住剑柄，轻轻抽出半截，顿觉寒气扑面。他知三丰祖师到晚年时剑术如神，轻易已不使剑，即使迫不得已与人动手，也只用寻常铁剑、木剑，这柄“真武剑”是他中年时所用的兵刃，扫荡群邪，威震江湖，是一口极锋锐的利器。他兀自生怕给任我行骗了，再翻开那《太极拳经》一看，果然是三丰祖师所书。他将经书宝剑放还盘中，跪倒在地，向一经一剑磕了八个头，站起身来，说道：“任教主宽宏大量，使武当祖师爷的遗物重回真武观，冲虚粉身难报大德。”将一经一剑接过，心中激动，双手颤个不住。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，敝教昔日得罪了武当派，好生惭愧，今日原壁归赵，还望武当派上下见谅。”冲虚道：“任教主可说得太客气了。” 向问天又道：“呈上圣教主赠给恒山派令狐掌门的礼物。” 方证和冲虚均想：“不知他送给令狐掌门的，又是什么宝贵之极的礼品。” 只见这次上来的共二十名锦衣教众，每人也都手托盘子，走到令狐冲身前。盘中所盛的却是袍子、帽子、鞋子、酒壶、酒杯、茶碗之类日常用具，虽均十分精致，却显然并非什么出奇物事。只有一只盘子中放着一根玉箫，一只盘子中放着一具古琴，较为珍贵，但和赠给方证、冲虚的礼物相比，却不可同日而语了。 令狐冲拱手道：“多谢。”命恒山派于嫂等收了过来。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，此番来到恒山，诸多滋扰，甚是不当。恒山派每一位出家的师太，致送新衣一袭、长剑一口，每一位俗家的师姊师妹，致送饰物一件、长剑一口，还请笑纳。敝教又在恒山脚下购置良田五千亩，奉送无色庵，作为庵产。这就告辞。”说着向方证、冲虚、令狐冲三人深深一揖，转身便行。 冲虚叫道：“向先生！”向问天转过身来，笑问：“道长有何吩咐？”冲虚道：“承蒙贵教主厚赐，无功受禄，心下不安。不知……不知……”他连说了二个“不知”，再也接不下口去，他想问的是“不知是何用意”，但这句话毕竟问不