Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen
At this moment, a blue flame shot up into the sky from the northeast.Yin Liting said: "Ah, it's my Qingshu nephew who was besieged by the enemy." Turning around, he bowed to Miejue Shitai to salute, clasped his fists at the others, and ran towards Lan Yan. Jingxuan waved his hand, and the disciples of the Emei group followed. Everyone rushed to the vicinity, only to see another situation where three people were attacking one person.The three men were all dressed up as servants, and each held a single sword in his hand.Everyone only watched a few moves and were secretly surprised. Although these three people were dressed as servants, they were as fierce as first-class experts, and their martial arts were much higher than those of the three Taoists killed by Yin Liting.The three circled around a young scholar, fighting back and forth.The scholar was at a disadvantage, but he still guarded the door very tightly with his long sword. On the left side of the four members of Han Dou, there stood six men wearing yellow robes, with red flames embroidered on each robe, they were members of the Demon Cult.These six people stood far away and did not participate in the battle. Seeing Yin Liting and Emei sent people rushing, a short and fat man among the six people shouted: "Brothers of the Yin family, the other party is here to help, you can leave with your tails between your legs." , I will cut off the heir for you." A man dressed as a servant said angrily: "The Houtu Banner climbs the slowest, and you should invite the one named Yan first." Jingxuan said coldly: "When death is imminent, you are still arguing among yourself." Zhou Zhiruo asked: "Senior sister, who are these people?" Jingxuan said: "Those three people wearing servant's clothes and hats are Yin Tianzheng's servants. , called Yin Wufu, Yin Wulu, and Yin Wushou." Zhou Diruo said in shock: "The three servants are so... so amazing?" Jingxuan said: "They are famous robbers in the underworld, and they are not ordinary people. Those who wear yellow robes It’s the monster under the Houtu Banner of the Devil’s Sect. This short, fat man might be Yan Yuan, the envoy of the Houtu Banner. Master said that the envoy of the Five Banners of the Demon’s Cult competed with the head of the Skyhawk Sect, and they never got along…” At this time, the young scholar repeatedly made dangerous moves, his left sleeve was cut off by Yin Wushou with a single sword, his left arm was bleeding. Yin Liting let out a clear whistle, and stretched out the long sword, pointing at Yin Wulu.Yin Wulu's sword was hard sealed, and the swords intersected.Yin Liting's inner strength is strong, it's no small matter, with a snap, Yin Wulu's single sword suddenly bent over and turned into a curved ruler.Yin Wulu was startled, and jumped three steps to the side. All of a sudden, the spider rushed up, stretched out his right index finger, poked Yin Wulu on the back of the neck, and immediately jumped back to the original place. Yin Wulu's kung fu is not general, but under the impact of Yin Liting's internal force, the blood in his chest surged, he was still unsure of his footing, and unexpectedly he was hit by Zhu'er's finger.He bent down in pain, hummed, and trembled all over. Yin Wufu and Yin Wushou were shocked, they didn't care about attacking the young scholar, they rushed to Yin Wulu's side to support him, seeing that his body couldn't help twisting, it was obvious that he was seriously injured.They looked at Zhu'er, and suddenly said in unison: "So it's Miss!" Zhu'er said: "Humph, do you still recognize me?" The man picked up Yin Wulu and ran to the north without saying a word.This accident happened so suddenly that everyone was dumbfounded and confused. The short and fat man in the yellow robe raised his left hand, holding a big yellow flag in his hand, and the other five took out the yellow flags and waved them. Although there were only six people, the big flags were buzzing and mighty, and they retreated slowly to the north . Everyone in Emei was stunned when they saw the strange formation of flags.The two male disciples shouted and ran after him.Yin Liting's figure swayed, and he came first, turned around and stopped in front of the two of them, with a slight push with his cross arm, the two of them involuntarily backed away three steps, their faces flushed.Jingxuan shouted: "The two junior brothers came back, Yin Liuxia is kind, this thick soil flag can't be chased." Yin Liting said: "The day before yesterday, Mo Qidi and I chased the fire flag array, and suffered a big loss. Mo Qidi's hair and eyebrows were burned off. Half of it." While pulling up the sleeve of his right hand, he saw a large red burn scar on his arm.The two Emei male disciples couldn't help but secretly startled. Miejue Shitai turned his cold eyes on Zhu'er's face a few times, and said coldly: "Are you a poisonous hand?" Zhuer said: "I haven't practiced it yet." It's done, what's the matter? Why did you hurt this man?" Zhu'er said: "It's a pity that he didn't stab him to death." Miejue Shitai asked: "Why?" Zhu'er said: "It's my own business, no need You control!" Miejue Shitai was slightly sideways, and had already taken the long sword from Jingxuan, only to hear a clang, Zhu'er hurriedly jumped back, her face pale as paper.It turned out that Miejue Shitai had already struck Zhu'er's right index finger with a sword in this very instant, the technique was so fast that no one could see clearly.Unexpectedly, the spider's arm is not healed due to broken wrist, his hand is weak, and the thousand spiders and ten thousand poisonous hands have not yet been practiced. Before this attack, he put a stainless steel sleeve on his finger. Miejue Shitai did not use the Yitian Sword, this sword Slashed on her stainless steel sleeve, but failed to cut off her fingers. Miejue Shitai threw the long sword back to Jingxuan, snorted, and said: "This time it's cheap for you, next time you use such evil kung fu, don't let it hit me." Since she missed the junior, Just respecting his identity, he didn't want to make another move. ' Yin Liting saw Zhu'er practicing this vicious and ruthless martial art, which was originally a taboo of the martial arts family, but she pointed at Yin Wulu to help herself, and seeing her caring about Wuji and her deep love, she couldn't help being moved by it, and she didn't want to exterminate her teacher. Hurt her, so he persuaded her: "Master, this child has learned kung fu wrongly, let's gradually ask her to learn another teacher, um, or..." He thought that Miejue Shitai would accept her under Emei's sect, but really It's the best, but immediately remembered that the little girl called her an "old thief nun" just now, immediately stopped, pulled the scholar over, and said: "Qing Shu, quickly pay a visit to the teacher and all the seniors and uncles." The scholar took three steps forward, knelt down and bowed to Miejue Shitai, when he was able to bow to Jingxuan, everyone said they didn't dare to do it, and returned the bow one by one.Zhang Sanfeng is over a hundred years old, counting his seniority, he is too taller than Juejue Shi by more than one generation.Only because Yin Liting had a marriage contract with Ji Xiaofu, could he be regarded as inferior to Miejue Shitai, if Zhang Sanfeng was on the same level as Guo Xiang, the founder of the Emei Sect, then Miejue Shitai would call Yin Liting his uncle instead.Fortunately, Wudang and Emei have different schools, and they don't classify each other's class. Everyone calls out casually according to their age.But the young scholar called the disciples of Emei as uncles and uncles, so Jingxuan and others must be humble. Everyone saw that he was fighting the three brothers of the Yin family, his method was strict, his moves were exquisite, he was indeed a son of a famous family, but under the siege of the three masters, he was obviously at a disadvantage, but he still resisted the enemy calmly, without any panic, especially It's not easy, now that he was approaching, everyone couldn't help applauding inwardly: "What a handsome boy!" But seeing his handsome features, with a three-point majestic demeanor in his handsomeness, people were naturally heartbroken at first sight. Yin Liting said: "This is my elder brother's only son, called Qingshu." Jingxuan said: "In recent years, I have heard a lot about the name of Yumian Mengchang, and it is said in the world that Song Shaoxia is generous and generous, helping people out of difficulties. Today I got it It's a good thing to know and respect the model." All the disciples in Emei whispered in private, with the expression of admiration that "it really deserves the reputation" on their faces. Zhu'er stood beside Zhang Wuji, and said in a low voice: "Brother A Niu, this man is much more handsome than you." Zhang Wuji said: "Of course, that's needless to say?" Zhu'er said: "Are you jealous or not?" Zhang Wuji said: "Joke, why am I jealous?" Zhu'er said: "He is looking at your Miss Zhou, are you still jealous?" Zhang Wuji looked at Song Qingshu, and saw that he seemed to be staring at Zhou Zhiruo, but he didn't care.Ever since he knew that Zhu'er was A Li whom he had met in Butterfly Valley back then, his thoughts had been surging. At that time, Zhu'er tried to force him to go to Spirit Snake Island, but he couldn't escape, so he had to bite her hard , who would have thought that she would be so obsessed with him, and couldn't help being grateful. Yin Liting said: "Qingshu, let's go." Song Qingshu said: "The Kongtong faction is scheduled to gather in this area at noon today, but it's not here yet, I'm afraid something went wrong." Yin Liting said with a worried look on his face: "This matter is very worrying." Song Qingshu said, "Sixth Uncle Yin, why don't we go west with all the seniors of the Emei Sect." Yin Liting nodded and said: "Very good!" Miejue Shitai, Jingxuan and the others all thought: "In recent years, Daoist Zhang Sanfeng has long neglected common affairs, but Song Yuanqiao is the real Wudang master. It seems that the third generation of Wudang master will be succeeded by Song Shaoxia. Although Yin Liting is an uncle Instead, listen to what my nephew says." They didn't know that Yin Liting was easy-going, he didn't have much of his own opinions, and he never objected to what others said. The group traveled westward for fourteen or five miles, and came to a large sand dune.Seeing Song Qingshu rushing up the sand dune, Jingxuan waved his left hand, and two Emei disciples rushed up, unwilling to fall behind the Wudang faction.As soon as the three of them went up the sand dune, they couldn't help exclaiming in unison, and saw about thirty corpses lying in disorder in the desert to the west of the sand dune. Hearing the exclamation of the three people, everyone rushed up to the sand dune, and saw that the dead were old and young, their skulls were either broken, or their chests were sunken, as if they had been hit hard by giant sticks. Yin Liting had a lot of experience, and said: "The entire army of the Poyang Gang in Jiangxi was annihilated, and it was wiped out by the giant wooden flag of the Demon Sect." Miejue Shitai frowned and said, "What are the Poyang Gang doing here? Did your faction invite them?" Joyful meaning.Famous orthodox families in the martial arts have always looked down upon the various gangs, and Miejueshi is too unwilling to mix with them.Yin Liting hurriedly said: "The Poyang Gang was not invited. However, the head of the Poyang Gang Liu is a registered disciple of the Kongtong Sect. They must have heard that the six factions encircled and suppressed Guangmingding, so they volunteered and came to work for the division." Miejue Shitai snorted , no more words. They buried the corpses of the Poyang gang in the sand, and were about to continue on their way, when suddenly the westernmost tomb split open, and a person jumped out of the dust, grabbed a male disciple, and galloped away. At this moment, everyone was really frightened.Seven or eight Emei female disciples screamed.Miejue Shitai, Yin Liting, Song Qingshu, and Jingxuan set off to chase.After a while, everyone finally realized that the person who jumped out of the grave was the Demon Cult's Blue Winged Bat King.He wore the clothes of the Poyang gang, mixed among the corpses, held his breath, and pretended to be dead, but the disciples of the Emei group didn't notice and buried him in a sand grave.He is skilled and daring, but he didn't get angry at that time, but fortunately the yellow sand is soft, he held his breath under the sand for a while, he was fine, he had played enough tricks on everyone, and then he suddenly broke out of the grave. In the beginning, Miejue Shitai and other four people walked side by side, running more than half a circle, and they have already separated the high and low, becoming two in front and two behind.Yin Liting and Miejue Shitai are in front, Song Qingshu and Jingxuan are behind.The Qingyi Bat King's lightness kung fu is truly unparalleled in the world, even though he is holding a man in his arms, how can Yin Liting and others catch up? The second circle was about to be completed, Song Qingshu stopped abruptly, and shouted: "Uncle Zhao Lingzhu and Uncle Bei Jinyi, please surround Liwei, Uncle Ding Minjun and Uncle Li Mingxia, please block Zhenwei..." He shouted casually, ordering more than 30 disciples of the Emei Sect to occupy the eight trigrams positions.When all the people in Emei were leaderless, they heard his orders with a certain majesty, and everyone immediately followed them.As a result, the Blue Winged Bat King Wei Yixiao couldn't circle around smoothly, he screamed, threw the man in his arms into the air, and galloped away. Master Juejue stretched out his hand to catch the disciple who fell from the sky, only to hear Wei Yixiao's voice came from a distance through the dust: "Emei Sect actually has such talents, old nun Juejue is amazing." These few words were obviously a compliment Song Qingshu's.Miejue Shitai's face sank, and when he looked at the disciple in his arms, he saw blood dripping from his throat, showing two rows of tooth marks, and he was already dying. The crowd surrounded her, sad and silent.After a long time, Yin Liting said: "I've heard people say that this Blue Winged Bat King must suck the blood of a living person every time he performs martial arts, and what he said is true. It's a pity that this junior... oh..." Miejue Shitai was ashamed and hated. Since she took over as the head, the Emei Sect has never suffered such a major setback. Two disciples sucked the blood of the enemy to death one after another, but they couldn't even see the enemy's face clearly. She was stunned for a while, staring at Song Qingshu and asked: "How do you know the names of the many disciples under my sect?" Song Qingshu said: "Uncle Jingxuan introduced to the disciple just now." Miejue Shitai said: "Hey, No one can forget it! How can there be such a talent in our Emei sect?" That night during the rest, Song Qingshu walked up to Jue Mietai respectfully, saluted, and said: "Senior, sorry to bother you, junior has a merciless request." Mie Mie Mietai said coldly: Please, there is no need to talk about it." Song Qingshu bowed respectfully and said, "Yes." He returned to Yin Liting and sat down. Everyone heard him begging Miejue Shitai, and when he was rejected, they didn't say much, they all became curious, not knowing what he wanted to ask.Ding Minjun couldn't hold back, and went over to him and asked him, "Brother Song, what do you want to ask my master?" Song Qingshu said: "When my father taught the younger generation swordsmanship, he said that the swordsmanship of the world is supernatural, and he regards the ancestor of our sect as the first, and the second is the head of the Emei sect to exterminate the seniors. My father said that Wudang and Emei swordsmanship have their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, this move of our sect's 'Hand Waving Five Strings' is similar to your school's 'Qing Luo Small Fan', but the blade is stronger, so the move is not light and lively enough, so it cannot be compared to 'Qing Luo' The small fan is free to swing." As he said, he drew out his long sword and made two moves, but the "lightly pull the small fan" was a bit nondescript. Ding Minjun smiled and said: "This move is not right." He took the long sword in his hand, showed it to him, and said: "My wrist still hurts, and I can't use any strength, but it looks like this." Song Qingshu was greatly impressed, and said: "My father often said to himself that he hated his poor fortune and failed to see the swordsmanship of the respected master. Today, this junior saw Uncle Ding's move 'Qingluo Xiaofan', which really opened his eyes. This junior just wanted to invite his master Let me give you some pointers to solve some doubts about swordsmanship in this junior's heart, but this junior is not a disciple of the noble sect, so these words should not have been said in the first place." Miejue Shitai sat in the distance and listened to his words. He was extremely happy to hear that Song Yuanqiao praised him as the second best swordsman in the world.Zhang Sanfeng is the Taishan Beidou of martial arts in this world. Everyone in the martial arts admires her. She never thought that she could overwhelm this rare great master in ancient and modern times.But the disciples of the Wudang sect think that she is the best at swordsmanship besides Zhang Sanfeng, so they can't help feeling proud. Seeing that Ding Minjun's mental strength is only three or four in this move, isn't that the world famous Emei swordsmanship?Immediately approaching, he took the long sword from Ding Minjun's hand without saying a word, with his hand up to the tip of his nose, trembling slightly, the tip of the sword buzzed continuously, and swayed nine times from right to left, and then from left to right , extremely fast, but every flicker is clear.All the disciples felt their hearts jumping and their palms sweating when they saw their master performing such exquisite sword skills. Yin Liting shouted: "Good swordsmanship, good swordsmanship! Wonderful!" Song Qingshu held his breath intently, secretly startled.At the beginning, he just wanted to please Master Miejue, and praised Emei swordsmanship, but he didn't know that she performed it with unimaginable brilliance.No matter what Song Qingshu asked, Miejue Shitai would teach him, and he worked harder than teaching his own disciples.Song Qingshu's martial arts cultivation base is high, he is smart, and he knows everything he asks.The disciples of the Emei group gathered around the two of them, and saw that every sword move the master used was subtle and wonderful, to the point of perfection, some of them had been with the master for more than ten years, and they had never seen such a miraculous skill displayed by the master. Zhang Wuji and Zhu'er stood outside the crowd, both felt it was inconvenient to peek at the Emei School's unique sword skills.Zhu'er suddenly said to Zhang Wuji: "Brother A Niu, if I can learn the lightness kung fu like the Green Winged Bat King, I would really be willing to die." Zhang Wuji said: "These evil kung fu, why do you want to learn from him? Yin Liu... Yin Liuxia said Every time Wei Yixiao uses martial arts, he has to drink human blood, wouldn't he become a devil?" Zhu'er said: "He is good at martial arts, so he will kill the disciples of the Emei sect, if he is not good enough at lightness, give it to the old nun When they catch them, it’s not the same as killing people, they just don’t suck his blood. But when people are dead, what does it matter if they suck blood or not? Why don’t you ask if you are a decent family and evil or heretic?” Zhang Wuji was speechless for a while, when suddenly he saw a shining long sword flying up from the crowd towards the sky.It turned out that Song Qingshu and Juejue Shitai split their moves and gave her the fifth move "Black Marsh Spirit Fox", which shook Song Qingshu's long sword into the sky.This move was created by Guo Xiang, the founder of the Emei School, to commemorate the time when she and Yang Guo went to the Black Marsh to catch spirit foxes. Everyone looked up at the long sword together, and suddenly saw a yellow flame rising into the sky more than ten miles away from the northeast corner.Yin Liting shouted: "The Kongxiao Sect encounters the enemy, go to help." This time the six major factions went to the Western Regions to encircle and suppress the Demon Cult. The rocket is the signal of the Kongtong faction.
Everyone rushed to the place where the rocket rose, but they heard the sound of fighting, the sound became more and more fierce, and there were one or two dying calls from time to time.When they got close, everyone was surprised.In front of him was actually a massacre in the Asura field, hundreds of people from both sides participated in the battle, under the light of the bright moon, swords, lights and swords were shadowed, and everyone was fighting fiercely without sacrificing their lives. Zhang Wuji had never seen such a battle scene in his life, but seeing swords flying and blood spattering, the scene was horrible.He didn't expect the Devil's Cult to win, but he also didn't want Uncle Yin and the others to win. On the one hand, his father's faction and on the other hand, his mother's faction, but the two sides were fighting viciously. When everyone was killed, he felt terrified and saddened. Yin Liting watched the battle and said: "The enemy is the three banners of Ruijin, Flood, and Raging Fire. Well, the Kongtong faction is here, the Huashan faction has arrived, and the Kunlun faction has also arrived. Our three factions will fight against the enemy's three banners. Qingshu , let's join the battle too." The long sword made a false slash in the air, buzzing.Song Qingshu said: "Wait a minute, Sixth Uncle, look, there are still a large number of enemies over there, waiting for an opportunity." Zhang Wuji followed his finger and looked towards the east, and he saw three teams of troops standing tens of meters away from the battlefield, neatly lined up, each team had more than a hundred people.On the battlefield, the three factions fight the Three Banners, seeing that they are evenly matched, but if the three groups of the Demon Cult enter the battle, the Kongtong, Huashan, and Kunlun factions are bound to be defeated, but for some reason, these three groups have remained silent. Miejue Shitai and Yin Liting were secretly startled.Yin Liting asked Song Qingshu, "Why don't these people do it?" Song Qingshu shook his head and said, "I can't figure it out." Zhu'er suddenly sneered, "What can't I figure out? I don't understand anymore." Song Qingshu blushed and remained silent .Miejue Shitai wanted to ask, but finally held back. Yin Liting said: "Please give me some pointers." Zhu'er said: "Those three teams belong to Tianying Sect. Although Tianying Sect is a branch of Ming Sect, they have always been at odds with the Five Elements Banner. If you kill all the Five Elements Flags, On the contrary, the Skyhawk Cult will be secretly happy. Maybe the leader Yin will become the leader of the Ming Cult." Miejue Shitai and the others suddenly realized.Yin Liting said: "Thank you for your advice, miss." Zhu'er said: "I dare not be." Miejue Shitai glanced at Zhu'er and nodded, thinking: "Grandma Jinhua's martial arts are not weak, I can't think of her as a little disciple. , but it’s so amazing.” At this time, the disciples of the Emei group had arrived one after another, standing behind Master Miejue.Jingxuan said: "Song Shaoxia, when it comes to setting up an army to fight, none of us is as good as you. Everyone listens to your orders, but if you want to kill the enemy, you are welcome." Song Qingshu said: "Uncle Six, this... this...nephew How dare you do it?" Miejue Shitai said: "What kind of etiquette are you paying attention to at this moment? Let's issue orders." Seeing the urgency of the situation on the battlefield, Song Qingshu saw that the Kunlun faction had the upper hand against the Zhanrui Jinqi, the Huashan faction and the Hongshui flag were evenly matched, but the Kongtong faction felt more and more helpless. Let's rush down in three ways and attack Ruijin Banner together. The master's leader killed people from the east, the sixth uncle's leader killed people from the west, and Master Jingxuan and the younger generation killed people from the south..." Jingxuan said strangely: "The Kunlun faction is not critical, but I think the Kongtong faction is in danger." Song Qingshu said: "The Kunlun faction has gained the upper hand. Let's kill people with thunderous momentum. If we can wipe out the golden flag in one fell swoop, the remaining two flags will be invincible. If we go to save Kongtong, we will be invincible if we kill them. It would be bad if a fisherman makes a profit." Jingxuan admired him admiringly, and said: "Song Shaoxia is right." Immediately, the group of disciples was divided into three groups. Zhu'er pulled Zhang Wuji's sleigh and said, "Let's go, there's no good here." Then he turned around.宋青书发足追上,横剑拦住,叫道:“姑娘休走。”蛛儿奇道:“你拦住我干吗?”宋青书道:“姑娘来历甚奇,不能如此容你走开。”蛛儿冷笑道:“我来历奇便怎样?不奇又怎样?” 灭绝师太心急如焚,恨不能立时大开杀戒,将魔教人众杀个干净,听得蛛儿和宋青书斗口,身形晃动,已欺近身去,伸手点了她背上、腰间、腿上三处穴道。蛛儿和她武功相去太远,这一下全无招架之力,膝弯酸软,摔倒在地。 灭绝师太长剑挥动,喝道:“今日大开杀戒,除灭妖邪。”和殷梨亭、静玄各率一队,径向锐金旗冲去。 昆仑派何太冲、班淑娴夫妇领着门人弟子对抗锐金旗本已颇占优势,峨嵋、武当两派一冲入,声势更是大盛。火绝师太剑法凌厉绝伦,没一名明教的教众能挡得了她三剑,但见她高大的身形在人丛中穿插来去,东一刺、丙一劈,瞬息间便有七名教众丧生在她长剑之下。 锐金旗掌旗使庄铮见情势不对,手挺狼牙棒抢上迎敌,才将灭绝师太挡住。十余招一过,灭绝师太展开峨嵋剑法,越打越快,竭力抢攻。庄铮武艺甚精,一时竟和她斗个旗鼓相当。这时殷梨亭、静玄、宋青书、何太冲、班淑娴等人放手大杀,锐金旗下虽也不乏高手,但如何敌得过峨嵋、昆仑、武当三派联手,顷刻间死伤惨重。 庄铮评砰砰三棒,将灭绝师太向后逼退一步,跟着又举棒搂头盖脑地压将下来。灭绝师太长剑斜走,在狼牙棒上一点,使一招“顺水推舟”,要将他狼牙棒带开。哪知庄铮是明教中非同小可的人物,在武林中实可算得是一流高手,他天生膂力奇大,内功外功俱臻上乘。这时狼牙棒上感到对方剑上内力,大声呼喝,一股刚猛的臂力反弹出去,啪的一响,灭绝师太长剑断为三截。 灭绝师太兵刃断折,手臂酸麻,却不退开闪避,反手抽出背上负着的倚天剑,寒芒吞吐,电闪星飞,一招“铁锁横江”推送而上。庄铮猛觉手下轻了,狼牙棒生满尖齿的棒头已给倚天剑从中剖开,跟着半个头烦也给这柄锋利无匹的利剑削下。 锐金旗旗下诸人眼见掌旗使丧命,尽皆大声呼叫,红了眼不顾性命地狠斗,昆仑和峨嵋门下接连数人丧命。洪水旗中一个叫道:“庄旗使殉教归天,锐金、烈火两旗退走,洪水旗断后。”烈火旗阵中旗号立变,应命向西退却。但锐金旗众人竟愈斗愈狠,谁也不退。 洪水旗中那人又高声叫道:“洪水旗唐旗使有令,情势不利,锐金旗诸人速退。日后再为庄旗使报仇。”锐金旗中'数人齐声叫道:“请洪水旗速退,将来为我们报仇雪恨。锐金旗兄弟,人人和庄旗使同生共死。” 洪水旗阵中突然扬起黑旗,一人声如巨雷,叫道:“锐金旗诸位兄弟,洪水旗决为你们复仇。”锐金旗中这时尚剩下七十余人,齐声叫道:“多谢唐旗使。”只见洪水旗旗帜翻动,向西退走。华山、崆峒两派见敌人阵容严整,断后者二十余人手持金光闪闪的圆筒,不知有何古怪,便也不敢追击。各人回过头来,向锐金旗夹攻。 这时情势已定,昆仑、峨嵋、武当、华山、崆峒五派围攻明教锐金旗,武当派只到二人,其余四派都精英尽出。锐金旗掌旗使已死,群龙无首,自不是敌手,但旗下诸人竟个个重义,视死如归,决意追随庄铮殉教。 殷梨亭杀了数名教众,颇觉胜之不武,大声叫道:“魔教妖人听着:你们眼前只有死路一条,快抛下兵刃投降,饶你们不死。”那掌旗副使哈哈笑道:“你把我明教教众忒也瞧得小了。庄大哥已死,我们岂愿再活?”殷梨亭叫道:“昆仑、峨嵋、华山、崆峒诸派的朋友,大伙儿退后十步,让这批妖人投降。”四派人众分别后退。 灭绝师太却恨极了魔教,兀自挥剑狂杀。倚天剑剑锋到处,剑折刀断,肢残头飞。峨嵋派弟子见师父不退,已退下的又再抢上厮杀,变成了峨嵋派独斗锐金旗的局面。明教锐金旗下教众尚有六十余人,武功了得的好手也有二十余人,在掌旗副使吴劲草率领下,与峨嵋派的三十余人相抗,以二敌一,原可稳占上风。但灭绝师太的倚天剑实在太过锋锐,她剑招又凌厉之极,青霜到处,所向披靡,霎时之间,又有七八人丧于剑下。 张无忌看得不忍,对蛛儿道:“咱们走吧!”伸手去解她身上穴道,哪知在她背心和腰间推拿几下,蛛儿只感一阵酸麻,穴道却仍闭塞不开,才知灭绝师太内力浑厚,只出手轻点,劲力直透穴道深处,他解法虽然对路,却非片刻之间所能奏功。他叹了口气,转过头来,只见锐金旗数十人手中兵刃已尽数断折,给昆仑、华山、崆峒诸派人众四面团团围住,而教众也不想逃遁,各凭空手和峨嵋群弟子搏斗。 灭绝师太虽痛恨魔教,但她以一派掌门之尊,不愿用兵刃屠杀赤手空拳之徒,左手手指连伸,脚下如行云流水般四下飘动,片刻之间,已将锐金旗的五十多人点了穴道。各人或木然直立,或伸展手足欲动,都突然之间全身定住,没法动弹。旁观众人见灭绝师太显了这等高强身手,尽皆喝彩。峨嵋群弟子也已住手不杀。 这时天将黎明,忽见天鹰教三队人众分自东南北三方影影绰绰地移近,走到十余丈外,便停步不动,显是远远在旁监视,不即上前挑战。 蛛儿道:“阿牛哥,咱们快走,要是落入了天鹰教手中,可糟糕得紧。”张无忌心中对天鹰教却有一片难以形容的亲近之感。那是他母亲的教派,当想念母亲之时,往往便想:“妈妈是见不到了,几时能见外公和舅舅一面?”这时天鹰教人众便在附近,只想看看外公舅舅是不是也在其间,实不愿便此离去。 宋青书走上一步,对灭绝师太道:“前辈,咱们快些处决了锐金旗,转头再对付天鹰教,免有后顾之忧。”灭绝师太点了点头。 东方朝日将升彡朦朦胧胧的光芒射在灭绝师太高大的身形之上,照出长长的影子,威武之中,带着几分凄凉恐怖之感。她有心要挫折魔教锐气,不愿就此一剑将他们杀了,厉声喝道:“魔教妖人听着:哪一个想活命的,只须出声求饶,便放你们走路。” 隔了半晌,只听得嘿嘿、哈哈、呵呵之声不绝,明教众人一齐大笑,声音响亮。 灭绝师太怒道:“有什么好笑?”锐金旗掌旗副使吴劲草朗声道:“我们和庄大哥誓共生死,快快将我们杀了。”灭绝师太哼了一声,说道:“好啊,这当儿还充英雄好汉!你想死得爽快,没这么容易。”长剑轻颤,已将他右臂斩落。 吴劲草哈哈一笑,神色自若,说道:“明教替天行道,济世救民,生死始终如一。老贼尼想要我们屈膝投降,乘早别妄想了。” 灭绝师太愈益愤怒,刷刷刷三剑,又斩下三名教众的手臂,问第五人道:“你求不求饶?”那人骂道:“放你老尼姑的狗臭屁!” 静玄闪身上前,手起一剑,斩断了那人右臂,叫道:“让弟子来诛斩妖孽!”她连问数人,明教教众无一屈服。静玄杀得手也软了,回头道:“师父,这些妖人刁顽得紧……”意下是向师父求情。灭绝师太全不理会,道:“先把每个人的右臂斩了,倘若倔强到底,再斩左臂。”静玄无奈,又斩了几人的手臂。 张无忌再也忍耐不住,从雪橇中跃起,拦在静玄身前,叫道:“且住!”静玄一怔,退了一步。张无忌大声道:“这般残忍凶狠,你不惭愧么?”
众人突然见到一个衣衫褴褛不堪的少年挺身而出,都是一怔,待得听到他质问静玄的这两句话理正词严,便各派的名宿高手,也不禁为他气势所慑。 静玄一声长笑,说道:“邪魔外道,人人得而诛之,有什么残忍不残忍的?”张无忌道:“这些人个个轻生重义,慷慨求死,实是铁铮铮的英雄好汉,怎能说是邪魔外道?”静玄道:“魔教徒众难道还不是邪魔外道?那青翼蝠王吸血杀人,害死我师妹师弟,乃你亲眼目睹,这不是妖邪,什么才是妖邪?”张无忌道:“魔教中就算有人做了坏事,难道人人都做坏事?正派之中,难道就没人做坏事?说到杀人,那青翼蝠王只杀了二人,你们所杀之人已多了十倍。他用牙齿杀人,尊师用倚天剑杀人,一般的杀,有何善恶之分?” 静玄大怒,喝道:“好小子,你竟敢将我师父与妖邪相提并论?”呼的一掌,往他面门击去,张无忌忙闪身相避。静玄是峨嵋门下大弟子,武功已颇得师门真传,这一掌击他面门,实是虚招,待得张无忌闪身,立时飞出左腿,一脚踢中他胸口。 但听得砰嘭、喀喇两声,静玄左腿断折,身子向后飞出,摔在数丈之外。原来张无忌胸口中了敌招,体内九阳神功自然而然地发生抗力,他招数之精固远不及静玄,但九阳神功威力何等厉害,敌招劲力愈大,反击愈重,静玄这一腿便如踢在自己身上一般。幸好静玄并没想伤他性命,这一腿只使了五成力,自己才没受厉害内伤。 张无忌歉然道:“真对不住!”抢上去欲扶。静玄怒道:“滚开,滚开!”张无忌道:“是!”只得退开。峨嵋派两名女弟子忙奔过去扶起大师姊。 旁观众人大都识得静玄,知她是灭绝师太座下数一数二的好手,怎地如此不济,一招之间便给这破衫少年摔出数丈?若说徒负虚名,却又不然,适才她会斗锐金旗时剑法凌厉,人人皆见。难道人不可以貌相,这褴褛少年竟具绝世武功? 灭绝师太也暗暗吃惊:“这少年到底是什么路道?我擒获他多日,一直没留心他,原来真人不露相,竟是个了不起的人物。我便要将静玄如此震出,也有所不能,当今之世,只怕唯有张三丰那老道,以百年的内功修为,才有这等能耐。”灭绝师太是姜桂之性,老而弥辣,虽不敢小觑了张无忌,却也无半分畏惧之心,横着眼向他上上下下打量。 这时张无忌正忙于为锐金旗的各人止血裹伤,手法熟练之极,伸指点了各人数处穴道,断臂处血流立时大减。旁观众人中自有不少疗伤点穴的好手,但他所使的手法却令人人自愧不如,至于他所点的奇门穴位,更是人所不知。掌旗副使吴劲草道:“多谢少侠仗义,请问高姓大名。”张无忌道:“在下姓曾,名阿牛。” 灭绝师太冷冷地道:“回过身来,好小子,接我三剑。” 张无忌道:“对不起,请师太稍待,救人要紧。”直到为最后一个断臂之人包扎好了伤口,这才回身,抱拳说道:“灭绝师太,我不是你对手,更不想跟你老人家动手,只盼你们双方罢斗,揭开过去的怨仇。”他说到“双方罢斗”这四个字之时,辞意十分诚恳。他心中所想到的双方,正是已去世的父母,一边是父亲武当派的名门正派,一边是母亲天鹰教的邪魔外道。 灭绝师太道:“哈哈'凭你这臭小子一言,便要我们罢斗?你是武林至尊么?”张无忌心念一动,问道:“请问是武林至尊便怎样?”灭绝师太道:“他便有屠龙刀在手,也得先跟我的倚天剑争个高下。当真成了武林中的至尊,那时再来发号施令不迟。”峨嵋群弟子听师父出言讥刺张无忌,都笑了起来。别派中也颇有人附和讪笑。 以张无忌的身份年纪,说出“罢斗”的话来原本大大不配,他听得各人讥笑,登时面红耳赤,但忍不住道:“你为什么要杀死这许多人?每个人都有父母妻儿,你杀死了他们,他们家中的孩儿便要伶仃孤苦,受人欺辱。你老人家是出家人,请大发慈悲吧!”他原本不擅辞令,但想到自己身世,出言便即真挚。这几句话情辞恳切,众人听了都心中一动。 灭绝师太脸色木然,冷冰冰地道:“好小子,我用得着你来教训么?你自负内力深厚,在这儿胡吹大气。好,你接得住我三掌,我便放了这些人走路。”张无忌躬身道:“晚辈武功低微,我连你徒儿的一招都躲不开,何况是师太?我不敢跟你比武,只求你老人家慈悲为怀,体念上天好生之德。” 吴劲草大声叫道:“曾相公,不用跟这老贼尼多说。我们宁可个个死在老贼尼手下,何必要她假作宽大。”灭绝师太斜眼瞧着张无忌,问道:“你师父是谁?” 张无忌心想:“爹爹、义父虽都教过我武功,却都不是我师父。”说道:“我没师父。”此言一出,众人均大感奇怪,本来心想他在一招之间震跌静玄,自是高人之徒,各人心中都还存着三分顾忌,哪知他竟说没有师父。武林中人最尊师道,不肯吐露师父姓名,那是常事,但决不敢有师而说无师,他说没有师父,那便是真的没有师父了。 灭绝师太不再跟他多言,说道:“接招吧!”右手屈伸,随随便便地拍了出去。 当此情势,张无忌不能不接,他不敢大意,双掌并推,以两只手同时来接她一掌。不料灭绝师太手掌忽低,便像一尾滑溜无比、一迅捷无伦的小鱼一般,从他双掌下穿过,波的一响,拍在他胸前。 张无忌一惊之下,护体的九阳神功自然发出,挡接对方拍来的掌力,就在这两股巨大的内劲将触未撞、方遇未接之际,灭绝师太的掌力忽然消失得无影无踪。张无忌一呆,抬头看她时,猛地里胸口犹似受了铁锤一击。他立足不定,向后接连摔了两个筋斗,哇的一声,喷出一口鲜血,委顿在地,便似一堆软泥。 灭绝师太的掌力如此忽吞忽吐,闪烁不定,只出一掌,却分了先后次序,先引开敌入内力,然后再次发力,实是内家武学中精奥之极的修为。旁观众人中武功深湛之士识得这一掌的妙处,都忍不住大声喝彩。 蛛儿大急,抢到张无忌身旁,伸手待去相扶,不料腿膝酸麻,便又摔倒。原来她虽得张无忌解穴,但血脉未曾行开,眼见他受伤,焦急之下,便即奔出相救,但过得片刻,终于站立不定,叫道:“阿牛哥,你……你……” 张无忌但觉胸口热血翻涌,摇了摇手,道:“死不了。”慢慢爬起。只听灭绝师太对三名女弟子道:“将一干妖人的右臂全都砍了。”那三名女弟子应道:“是!”挺剑走向锐金旗众人。张无忌忙道:“你……你说我受得你三掌,就放他们走路,我……我挨了你一掌,还有……还有两掌。” 灭绝师太击了他一掌,已试出他的内功正大浑厚,绝非妖邪一路,甚至和自己所学颇有相似之处,又见他虽袒护魔教教众,实则不是魔教中人,说道:“少年人别多管闲事,正邪之分,该当清清楚楚。适才这掌我只用了三分力道,你知道么?” 张无忌知她以一派掌门之尊,自不会虚言,她说只用三分力道,那便真的只用三分,但不论余下的两掌如何难挨,总不能顾全自己性命,眼睁睁让锐金旗人众受她宰割,便道:“晚辈自不量力,舍命再受……再受师太两掌。” 吴劲草大叫道:“曾相公,我们深感你的大德!你英雄仗义,人人感佩。余下两掌千万不可再挨了!” 灭绝师太见蛛儿倒在张无忌身旁,嫌她碍手碍脚,左手袍袖拂动,已将她身子卷起,向后掷出。周芷若抢上一步接住,将她轻轻放落。蛛儿急道:“周姊姊,你快劝他别再挨那两掌,你说的话,他会听的。”周芷若奇道:“他怎会听我的话?”蛛儿道:“他心中很喜欢你,难道你不知么?”周芷若满脸通红,啐道:“哪有此事?” 只听灭绝师太朗声道:“你既要硬充英雄好汉,那是自己找死,须怪我不得。”右手一起,风声猎猎,直袭张无忌胸口。 张无忌这一次不敢伸掌抵挡,身形侧过,意欲避开她掌力。灭绝师太右臂斜弯急转,手掌竟从绝不可能的弯角横将过来,啪的一声,已击中他背心。他身子便如一捆稻草般,在空中平平飞出,重重摔落,动也不动地伏在沙里,似已毙命。灭绝师太这一招手法精妙无比,本来旁观众人都会喝彩,但各人对张无忌的侠义心肠均已忍不住暗中钦佩,见他惨遇不幸,连峨嵋弟子也有人惊呼叹息,竟没一人叫好。 蛛儿道:“周姊姊,求求你,快去瞧他伤得重不重。”周芷若一颗心突突跳动,听蛛儿求得恳切,原想过去瞧瞧,但众目睽睽之下,以她一个十八九岁少女,如何敢去看视一个青年的伤势?何况伤他之人正是。己师父,这一过去,虽非公然反叛师门,究是对师父大大不敬,是以跨了一步,却又缩回。 这时天已大明,阳光灿烂。过了片刻,只见张无忌背脊微动,挣扎着慢慢坐起,但手肘撑高尺许,突然支持不住,一大口鲜血喷出,重新跌下。他昏昏沉沉,只盼一动也不动地躺着,但仍记着尚有一掌未挨,救不得锐金旗众人的性命。 他深深吸一口气,终于硬生生坐起。但见他身子发颤,随时都能再度跌倒,各人屏住了呼吸注视,四周虽有数百人众,但静得连一针落地都能听见。 便在这万籁俱寂之际,张无忌突然间记起了《九阳真经》中的几句话:“他强由他强,清风拂山冈。他横任他横,明月照大江。”他在幽谷中诵读这几句经文之时,始终不明其中之理,这时候猛地里想起,以灭绝师太之强横狠恶,自已决非其敌,照《九阳真经》中要义,似乎不论敌人如何强猛、如何凶恶,尽可当他是清风拂山、明月映水,虽能加于我身,却不能有丝毫损伤。然则如何方能不损我身?经文下面说道:“他自狠来他自恶,我自一口真气足。”他想到此处,心下豁然有悟,盘膝坐下,依照经中所示的法门调息,只觉丹田中暖烘烘的、活泼泼的,真气流动,顷刻间便遍于四肢百骸。那九阳神功的大威力,这时方才显现出来。他外伤虽重,呕血成升,但内力真气,竟没多大损耗。 灭绝师太见他运气疗伤,也不禁暗自讶异,这少年果有非常之能。她打张无忌的第一掌是“飘雪穿云掌”中的一招,第二掌更加厉害,是“截手九式”的第三式,这都是峨嵋派掌