Chapter 7 Chapter Six Karma
"I'm coming!"
In the dark night, a figure came running through the torrential rain and muddy ground, and kept shouting.
He ran between the houses of the village.Only one or two houses had dimly lit windows, and people could be seen moving around in the windows, all nervously looking out.
The young man ran straight to one of the lit rooms, pressed his hands on the wall before stopping, took off the bamboo hat, pressed half of his wet face against the window, and called out in panic: "Village chief! Village chief ! Coming! I heard the sound of hooves! Coming from the forest in the northwest!..."
It was leaking everywhere in the house.There were about twenty people crowded in the room, men, women, young and old, all exuding nervous body odor.
An old man with a completely white beard and only three teeth left in the upper and lower rows of his mouth walked to the window in a crowd.
"How many people are there?" the old village chief asked the young man.
"I don't know..." the young man panted, "I ran back as soon as I heard the sound of horseshoes. The coir raincoat's body was shaking, not because of the cold.
"The previous news is true..." A middle-aged farmer beside the village head said with trembling teeth, "There are thieves doing business in this area..."
"Village chief, what should we do?" A peasant woman behind asked anxiously.
"Don't mess around!" Another farmer said, "Give it all to them! Anyway, the autumn harvest will be in a while..."
"But that has to be kept as food! Don't we need to make up for the shortage with other harvests? Then what do we eat for the winter?"
"Let's go through this level first! The knife is right in front of you..."
"Damn it, why don't you just go up the mountain and join the gang..."
Everyone in the room was chattering and in a mess.The noise and chaos made the atmosphere of fear even higher, and even the people in the other rooms across the street were infected.
At this time, the village chief said categorically:
"Tell that guy out."
Everyone immediately fell silent.
"Village chief, think again!" one of the villagers persuaded: "Is that guy really going to be used? Do you trust him? If you miss...if you offend that group of people, then it's not just a matter of offering food." what!"
"At that time, let's say that guy is just an unknown lunatic...Anyway, he is a foreigner..." The village chief said decisively again: "Wake him up."
"Hey! Get up! How long are you going to sleep?" On the floor of the woodshed, a strong body, wrapped from head to toe in a rotten and dirty rag cloak, moved slowly. "Is it still... raining?..." The rough voice seemed weak. "Get up!" shouted the villagers standing in front of the house with a lantern, "Didn't you say you want to help? Those people are coming! Go!" A thick palm protruded from between the holes in the cloak. "I'm starving to death... If you want me to help, please fill me up first." "If you want to be full, let's see what you are capable of!" The villager stuffed half of the corn into the palm of his hand. "only this!" The body in the cloak seemed to be stimulated by something, and the whole body twisted.The corn lightning was put into the cloak, and it took a while to gnaw it clean. "Okay! Get out now!" the villagers urged. The thick palm reached out again and scratched at the tangled short hair that exposed the cloak. "Do you have to beat me if I'm not full?...It's so troublesome..."
At the north entrance of Hengxi Village, the wild man wrapped in a torn cloak braved the heavy rain alone in the middle of the road.The surrounding area was too dark to reach out, and only relying on the lights from the windows of several houses in the village, the topography of things could be vaguely discerned. The villagers hiding in the house peeked nervously at the scene outside.They looked at the hazy back of this wild man in the rain, and only felt that when he stood up like this, his body suddenly exuded an incomparable aura. ——This guy seems to be really not an ordinary person... But there is only one person, is it really okay? ... The sound of horseshoes gradually came through the sound of rain.The wild man was the first to hear - not only because he was outside, but also because he had fully opened up his five senses. His fists were clenching under the cloak. The sound of hooves overlapping closely.It sounds like there are at least four riders. The wild man's eyes were as bright as stars in the darkness. In the distance ahead is a forest path, and after a turn, it is the bank of the stream, followed by a small bridge leading directly to the village. At the end of the darkness, among the raindrops as big as pea grains, the wild man saw a rapidly moving shadow appear. The wild man spread his legs and took a big stride. With his right hand, a long object appeared from under the cloak, almost as tall as him.The villagers couldn't see what it was. The cavalry from the opposite side emerged from the path.Because the road was narrow, they came in a straight line, and in the heavy rain, looking at the past from this angle, it was impossible to know how many people there were.I saw the two riders leading in the front, and the riders on the saddle were all wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats.There are all kinds of things hanging around his waist, which can be seen as weapons at a glance. "Come... here... it's really coming..." A villager hiding in the front room saw that his heart was about to jump out of his mouth. The villagers had heard a few days ago that Shizhou Village, Gaolong Village, and Pengjia Village had been paid grain by bandits in dozens of miles of land around Hengjiang Town.Among them, Pengjia Village was the worst, because the grain stash was found by thieves, and two daughters were robbed, and the village head was beaten with a leg. ——Fight against bandits, if you fail, the consequences will be even more unimaginable... As soon as the villagers thought about this, they began to blame the village head for his recklessness: How could the village head believe that this guy who has only been here for two days can drive the bandits away?What if he is a fake?Would the bandit believe him if he said it was just a lunatic from outside?As long as one of them is unhappy... "Village Chief, forget it! It's not too late to call this guy back!" "It's too late," said the village chief, swallowing his Adam's apple. The two leading riders have already spotted the wild man standing at the entrance of the village.One of them raised his fist high, signaling his companions behind to slow down; the other stretched out his hand, as if trying to pull something out of the saddle... The wild man's bare feet turned his ankles in the mud. --I want to eat.You are out of luck.Amitabha. His sturdy body suddenly started to move, his right hand hung the long thing by his side, and he rushed towards the cavalry with both feet! ——The timing of the wild man's launch is calculated: at this time, he rushes out, and the moment of the fight is exactly when the opponent's horse is crossing the bridge.That is the narrowest terrain ahead, and the opponent cannot encircle and attack. Under such a heavy rain, it was slippery and muddy everywhere, but the wild man was able to run at full speed without any scruples, showing off his footwork! Under the cover of the dark night and heavy rain, his forward momentum was completely unhuman, like an angry wild boar! The knight who was crossing the bridge had already sensed that he was about to raise the weapon he was holding. How can the wild man give the opponent a chance to fight back?When he was still six or seven steps away, he suddenly put the long thing in his hand on the ground, kicked his feet, and his whole body flew up! The wild man galloped to meet the opponent's horse, raised his knee high in the air, kicked sideways, and kicked the knight on the right who was drawing his weapon! ——a wild boar that knows how to leap in the air.How terrible. The enemy was suddenly in front of him, and he wanted to attack from a higher point than himself, the knight seemed stunned. Wild Han had already anticipated the sound of the bandit's neck breaking. But the knight's reaction was much faster than the wild man imagined.He judged in an instant that it was too late to draw his weapon, let go of his right hand and rested it on his left wrist, and punched the sole of his foot with his left fist! Fists and feet collided, and the wild man fell back and flew away! He was surprised in the air: ——I thought these little thieves were easy to deal with, why are they so skillful? The wild man put his whole body's strength on this leg, the strength might not be several hundred catties, but the knight resisted it with a single fist, his boxing skills are very good. ——The wild man also felt that the soles of his feet were hit by some cold and hard object the moment they hit each other. He guessed that the other party must be wearing metal objects on his fists.Fortunately, the soles of his feet were thick and thick, and they were not cut. At the same time, the punching knight also left the saddle due to the impact of the flying leg, and flew upside down faster and farther than the wild man! The knight was extremely dexterous, the moment his body flew over the bridge, he relaxed his right arm, climbed onto the bridge to relieve his strength, and his feet fell safely into the stream. The wild man turned over in the air, his feet spread out, and he stood firmly on the muddy ground.He was about to raise his head, but he heard a foreign object in front of him, whistling and cutting through the rain curtain, flying towards his door! Wild Han instinctively raised his left arm quickly. The screech of metal. The villagers in the house rushed to watch from the window.But not to mention on such a rainy night, even on a clear day, it is impossible for them to see such high-speed fights clearly. But they could hear the clack of metal. — The knife is on!I'm going to die! The one who issued the hidden weapon was the other leading knight.He didn't stop there after he took the shot, he still rode his horse towards the wild man, revealing a weapon similar to the one in the wild man's hand, and swung it out with the force of the galloping horse. ——This person is also a master! The wild man was not afraid, but laughed instead. ——It is the excitement of confronting a formidable opponent. Holding the long object in both hands, he slashed at the knight diagonally.The speed of the splitting momentum, wherever it passes, the rain is shot away like a powdery catapult! When the two things intersect, this time there is a dull thunderous sound. The wild man only felt his arms tremble, and the long object almost fell from his hands. ——Damn it... If I wasn't hungry, I would never lose in the strength competition... But he couldn't deny it: this opponent was very strong. After the rider finished his blow, the horse flew past the wild man.At this time, the third rider came again.The knight was tall and strong, and when he heard his horse yelling at him, he turned out to be a woman. The wild man vaguely saw the blade light flashing from the female knight's hand. At the same time, the knight who rushed over had turned his horse back, forming a front and rear pincer attack. The wild man suppressed his hunger, took a deep breath, and cheered up.But at the same time, I couldn't help but sigh: ——If you don’t come out, you don’t know, the world is so big, and there are such masters hidden in the mountains and green forests! With a loud cry, he tore off the tattered cloak with his left hand. All I saw was a round face covered with a shaggy beard.Her short hair was drenched by the rain. His left arm was clad in metal from shoulder to fist, with a faint copper color.It was precisely because of it that he blocked the powerful hidden weapon just now. Seeing this true face, the surrounding four riders stopped at the same time.The fifth man who fell into the creek had also climbed back onto the bridge. The knight who had fought him with a blunt weapon just now dropped his weapon beside his horse.Only then did the wild man see what it was. oars. The knight took off his hat and let his long hair braided. The "wild man" ruthlessly put the iron-clad hexagonal brow-level stick in his hand on the muddy ground, raised his head and asked the horse's horse: "What are you doing here?" Jing Li looked down at Yuan Xing, a Shaolin monk, deliberately made an unhappy expression, but couldn't hide the joy in his heart. "That's what I want to ask you too." ——As for the head of Hengxi Village, who was hiding in the house, when he heard that the wild monk who claimed to be a disciple of Shaolin had actually met the "bandit", he fainted from fright.
"That day I followed Grand Master Cheng and other senior brothers. I left Xi'an City early in the morning and set off for the Shaolin Temple. I didn't know that when I reached the first fork, Grand Master told me to go by myself. I didn't have to go back to Shaolin Temple. What do you say, 'Go outside, look at this world of mortals, use your stick and fist to make friends.' "I don't quite understand what I heard, and I kind of want to go back to Shaolin Temple to continue training. But Grand Master doesn't want me to follow, and throws stones at me, so I have no choice but to go the other way alone. "He told me to look at 'Red Earth', but I had no idea where to look, so I just walked when I saw a road, and when I encountered a fork in the road, I threw this eyebrow-level stick into the sky and landed on the ground to point it in which direction Just go whichever way. Walking in such a random way, I arrived at a town that I didn't even know the name of. "At that time, I was so hungry that I was begging for money on the streets of the town. Who do you think I saw on the street? It was that bastard Yan Qingtong—Amitabha, swearing again, sin—I saw that Yan and two One of his bodyguards led the horse away, and immediately packed a big bag and a small bag. I guessed that he must have fled there because he was afraid of causing trouble for the Wudang faction and other sects. "There are two other men with Yan Qingtong. They are both strangers. They have never seen each other in Xi'an. When they talk to Yan Qingtong, they whisper in whispers. It seems that there is something ulterior. The surname Yan seems to be respectful to them. They are a group of weird people. I wonder if Yan Qingtong has some new conspiracy? Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I decided to follow them. They only stayed for one night and left the town on horseback. , I also tracked with my legs all the way. "Oh... If I were Brother Jing, you would be fine. I saw your stalking skills at the bridgehead in Xi'an that time. I don't have such ability—the Shaolin Temple doesn't teach this kind of thing—only followed two God, they found me hanging behind. The surname Yan probably thought that I was going to arrest him and go back to question his martial arts comrades, so he ran away with his companions, and I ran after me desperately... It's a shame that I walked for a long time, and I was hungry again He didn't bring any dry food with him, so he lost it after chasing him. "But I just refused to admit defeat. I had to find them again. And as I said before, I didn't have anything to do. So I kept looking, village by village, town by town. Fortunately Yan Qingtong is a big fat guy who is easy to recognize, and he can ask all the way. It's just that sometimes when I meet some unreasonable guys, they will scold the monk for bad luck, so I have to show them my fist... "Yan Qingtong probably thought that he had abandoned me a long time ago, so he didn't rush all the way, so I kept following behind... Just like that, I didn't even know that I was walking north, south, east, west, and I forgot how many days I had been walking. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, only to know that the season has changed... "But then I came to a big city, there were so many travelers, and I couldn't find them anymore. I lost them at last. It's abominable... I asked the people in the city, and I found out that I had already arrived in Jiangxi Province. I have traveled so far the way..." Yuan Xing was eating suddenly, and at the same time he was telling a long story about how he came to Jiangxi, with rice in his mouth when he spoke, speaking quickly and vaguely. I got it roughly. The five of them had already finished their portions and sat in the village chief's room, listening to Yuan Xing's words. Thousands of miles apart, to be able to meet again in such a small village, and even fight in a daze, it has to be said to be a strange fate. ——Master Liaocheng's words that Yuan Xing "make friends with sticks and fists" really came true. The village head of Hengxi Village and several villagers gathered in the house, looking at the group of outsiders with curiosity and fear.Other villagers also surrounded the house to listen.The people who came were not bandits, although they were greatly relieved; but these people's skills and abilities are obviously far higher than bandits. Just because of their roundness, if they wanted to grab them in the village, hundreds of people in the whole village would be killed. I'm afraid it's impossible to stop it.Some villagers were not very polite to Yuan Xing before, but now they hide in the back of the crowd in fear. At this moment, the village chief thought: This monk Yuan would rather starve for two days than force the village. It seems that he is not bragging. He is really a master from Shaolin Temple... There are several peasant women in the house, some are feeding the guests; some are drying clothes for them; Jing Li combed that weird hair style, there was another big scar on his face, and there were many tattoos when he changed clothes just now, the villagers were all dumbfounded.They were willing to offer food, and they only hoped that these uninvited guests would leave quickly after a full meal. Unexpectedly, without saying a word, Jing Li took out two strings of copper coins and put them on the table. A bowl of rice, even if you go to the most decent restaurant in Hengjiang Town to drink and eat meat, it is enough to pay the bill. Yuanxing finally finished the fourth bowl of rice, took a deep breath, held his slightly swollen belly, and continued to tell his story: "I didn't have a clue to find Yan Qingtong, so I didn't know what to do at the moment. I just went around for alms and found a Buddhist temple in Jiujiang City where I could place an order. Haha, being a monk has this advantage, and you don't need to spend a penny when you go out... … "I haven't had a fight in a few months, and I'm really bored. It's okay on the road. You can practice martial arts anywhere in the wild, and you can exercise while on the road. On the contrary, when you go to the city, you need to find a place to practice martial arts that doesn't scare people. It’s even more difficult than ascending to the sky! Even if I was playing fists in the open space of the Buddhist temple, I was persuaded by the old host... I simply left. Since Jiujiang is in the north of Jiangxi, I will go south to see the scenery of this place. But Did not expect to encounter another thing. "Probably more than ten days after I left Jiujiang...One day in front of a small village, I saw a guy who stumbled towards me and gave me a hug. "That guy seems to be suffering from some kind of disease. He hasn't eaten for ten or eight days. He is so thin that his bones are exposed. His body is smelly and dirty. He doesn't know how long he has been homeless. But looking at his rotten clothes, it doesn't seem The farmer, who is completely dressed as a city man, came from nowhere." ——Tong Jing couldn't help sniggering when she heard this: "It's smelly and dirty, I don't know how long I've been wandering around", aren't you the same? Yuan Xing continued: "This man's eyes were rolling back and forth, the corners of his mouth were drooling, and he was muttering to himself. I saw that he was insane. I was afraid that he would break his leg if he fell into the ditch by the roadside." , and helped him to sit on the ground. "Unexpectedly, at this moment, he whispered in my ear several times: 'Wudang... Wudang...'" When they heard "Wudang", Jing Li and five people were all moved. "At first I thought I heard it wrong, so I asked him again: 'What? Are you talking about the Wudang sect?' He replied with a silly smile: 'Yes... Wudang disciples...frightening Wudang disciples...' "I kept asking, but this lunatic was talking nonsense. He was talking nonsense with gods and monsters. I asked patiently for a long time, and from his words, I vaguely knew that he came from Luling County. ..." "Luling again?" Tong Jing called out strangely, "What a coincidence?" "What? You are going to Luling too?" Yan Heng nodded, and told Yuanxing about the knife sharpener Han Shizi, and then asked him: "You... just because of a few words from a lunatic, you came south to find a 'Wudang disciple'?" "Brother Yan, you don't understand." Yuan Xing said.Originally he should be called "Yan Tanyue" in his identity, but Yuan Xing felt that his identity was more of a warrior than a monk, so he ignored the Buddhist etiquette and called him "Brother Yan" and "Brother Jing" according to the rules of martial arts. "That lunatic, I can tell at a glance that he is definitely not a warrior." "So what?" Tong Jing asked. "Although the Wudang School is famous all over the world, ordinary people don't mention it." Lian Feihong interrupted: "What's more, Wudang Mountain is located in the northwest of Huguang, thousands of miles away from Jiangxi. Will you talk about 'Wudang disciples'?" "Crazy people don't tell lies." Hu Linglan also said, "It's even more impossible to say such things for no reason. He must have seen or heard something." Tong Jing nodded, feeling that what they said was reasonable. "So I went all the way south." Yuanxing said, "Oh, how do I know, the more I go, the poorer the villages I pass by, and there is often a meal without a meal... "When I came to Hengxi Village the day before yesterday, I had been hungry all day, but they refused to give alms. They said that there were too many taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and there were many bandits infested recently. I didn't know when I would starve..." Yuan Xing glanced at the villagers as he spoke, and they all looked ashamed. "As soon as I got angry, I told them that I was a Shaolin disciple, invited me to dinner, and then beat the bandits for them!" Yuan Xing looked at the iron glove on Lian Feihong's left hand, reminiscing about the feeling of the punching and kicking just now. "These guys are so stingy, no matter what you say, I have to finish the fight before I can eat. When I played against you, I was already hungry for three days, otherwise, hmph..." Yuanxing said, looked at each other with Jing Li and Lian Feihong, and laughed at the same time. "We are really destined." Yuan Xing said to Jing Li: "Actually, when I heard what you said in Xi'an that day, Brother Jing, I wondered if I would have the opportunity to practice martial arts with you. It's a pity that when Grand Master drove me away, I couldn't find you. ...Unexpectedly, we will still meet." "It is true that we came to Jiangxi by chance." Jing Li smiled and said, "But you are not a monk." "How to say?" Roundness felt strange. Jing Li immediately told Yuan Xing about being followed and being invited by Prince Ning's Mansion. "The siege of Yao Lianzhou in Xi'an seems to be facilitated by the Nanchang Ning Palace in Jiangxi behind the scenes; Yan Qingtong, who suffered a big loss in that battle, escaped from his hometown in Xi'an, but came to Jiangxi again... The two things may have something to do with each other. You follow the surname Yan Naturally, it is no coincidence." "Master." Yan Heng asked: "You said that lunatic, what happened afterwards?" Yuan Xing replied: "I carried him to a nearby village, thinking that someone would come to save him. But after he lay at the entrance of the village for a long time, he suddenly went crazy again and said suddenly: 'I want...give me... ’ But he didn’t know what he wanted, and asked the villagers to bring water and food, but he refused to eat or drink. After struggling for a while, he finally died. I even recited sutras for him.” "Wudang disciples..." Jing Li thought for a while, then asked the village chief: "Have you heard that there are people from Wudang sect in this area? Is there any rumor that the martial arts sect was swallowed up?" "No..." The village head replied tremblingly: "We poor villages, how do we know about martial arts? It's not that we have never heard of the Wudang sect, but they are all stories told by teahouses in the town. Such fairy-like characters, and Why did you come to this small place for no reason? The meeting of several chivalrous men in our village today is a miracle that has not happened in our village for decades." Lian Feihong also said: "I haven't heard of any figures from this place for decades. It seems that the Wudang style is not strong, and it is unlikely that the Wudang faction will come here." "Why do you think so much?" Tong Jing pulled the cloth towel wrapped around her head, and let go of her half-wet black hair: "Anyway, we are going to Luling, so let's check it out then!" On the other side, Hu Linglan raised the Nodachi and slowly pulled it out.The villagers were dumbfounded when they saw this tall alien woman and this huge knife. She wiped the blade carefully with a dry cloth and said with a sigh: "We seem to have an inextricable relationship with this 'Wodan'."
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"Hey! Get up! How long are you going to sleep?" On the floor of the woodshed, a strong body, wrapped from head to toe in a rotten and dirty rag cloak, moved slowly. "Is it still... raining?..." The rough voice seemed weak. "Get up!" shouted the villagers standing in front of the house with a lantern, "Didn't you say you want to help? Those people are coming! Go!" A thick palm protruded from between the holes in the cloak. "I'm starving to death... If you want me to help, please fill me up first." "If you want to be full, let's see what you are capable of!" The villager stuffed half of the corn into the palm of his hand. "only this!" The body in the cloak seemed to be stimulated by something, and the whole body twisted.The corn lightning was put into the cloak, and it took a while to gnaw it clean. "Okay! Get out now!" the villagers urged. The thick palm reached out again and scratched at the tangled short hair that exposed the cloak. "Do you have to beat me if I'm not full?...It's so troublesome..."
At the north entrance of Hengxi Village, the wild man wrapped in a torn cloak braved the heavy rain alone in the middle of the road.The surrounding area was too dark to reach out, and only relying on the lights from the windows of several houses in the village, the topography of things could be vaguely discerned. The villagers hiding in the house peeked nervously at the scene outside.They looked at the hazy back of this wild man in the rain, and only felt that when he stood up like this, his body suddenly exuded an incomparable aura. ——This guy seems to be really not an ordinary person... But there is only one person, is it really okay? ... The sound of horseshoes gradually came through the sound of rain.The wild man was the first to hear - not only because he was outside, but also because he had fully opened up his five senses. His fists were clenching under the cloak. The sound of hooves overlapping closely.It sounds like there are at least four riders. The wild man's eyes were as bright as stars in the darkness. In the distance ahead is a forest path, and after a turn, it is the bank of the stream, followed by a small bridge leading directly to the village. At the end of the darkness, among the raindrops as big as pea grains, the wild man saw a rapidly moving shadow appear. The wild man spread his legs and took a big stride. With his right hand, a long object appeared from under the cloak, almost as tall as him.The villagers couldn't see what it was. The cavalry from the opposite side emerged from the path.Because the road was narrow, they came in a straight line, and in the heavy rain, looking at the past from this angle, it was impossible to know how many people there were.I saw the two riders leading in the front, and the riders on the saddle were all wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats.There are all kinds of things hanging around his waist, which can be seen as weapons at a glance. "Come... here... it's really coming..." A villager hiding in the front room saw that his heart was about to jump out of his mouth. The villagers had heard a few days ago that Shizhou Village, Gaolong Village, and Pengjia Village had been paid grain by bandits in dozens of miles of land around Hengjiang Town.Among them, Pengjia Village was the worst, because the grain stash was found by thieves, and two daughters were robbed, and the village head was beaten with a leg. ——Fight against bandits, if you fail, the consequences will be even more unimaginable... As soon as the villagers thought about this, they began to blame the village head for his recklessness: How could the village head believe that this guy who has only been here for two days can drive the bandits away?What if he is a fake?Would the bandit believe him if he said it was just a lunatic from outside?As long as one of them is unhappy... "Village Chief, forget it! It's not too late to call this guy back!" "It's too late," said the village chief, swallowing his Adam's apple. The two leading riders have already spotted the wild man standing at the entrance of the village.One of them raised his fist high, signaling his companions behind to slow down; the other stretched out his hand, as if trying to pull something out of the saddle... The wild man's bare feet turned his ankles in the mud. --I want to eat.You are out of luck.Amitabha. His sturdy body suddenly started to move, his right hand hung the long thing by his side, and he rushed towards the cavalry with both feet! ——The timing of the wild man's launch is calculated: at this time, he rushes out, and the moment of the fight is exactly when the opponent's horse is crossing the bridge.That is the narrowest terrain ahead, and the opponent cannot encircle and attack. Under such a heavy rain, it was slippery and muddy everywhere, but the wild man was able to run at full speed without any scruples, showing off his footwork! Under the cover of the dark night and heavy rain, his forward momentum was completely unhuman, like an angry wild boar! The knight who was crossing the bridge had already sensed that he was about to raise the weapon he was holding. How can the wild man give the opponent a chance to fight back?When he was still six or seven steps away, he suddenly put the long thing in his hand on the ground, kicked his feet, and his whole body flew up! The wild man galloped to meet the opponent's horse, raised his knee high in the air, kicked sideways, and kicked the knight on the right who was drawing his weapon! ——a wild boar that knows how to leap in the air.How terrible. The enemy was suddenly in front of him, and he wanted to attack from a higher point than himself, the knight seemed stunned. Wild Han had already anticipated the sound of the bandit's neck breaking. But the knight's reaction was much faster than the wild man imagined.He judged in an instant that it was too late to draw his weapon, let go of his right hand and rested it on his left wrist, and punched the sole of his foot with his left fist! Fists and feet collided, and the wild man fell back and flew away! He was surprised in the air: ——I thought these little thieves were easy to deal with, why are they so skillful? The wild man put his whole body's strength on this leg, the strength might not be several hundred catties, but the knight resisted it with a single fist, his boxing skills are very good. ——The wild man also felt that the soles of his feet were hit by some cold and hard object the moment they hit each other. He guessed that the other party must be wearing metal objects on his fists.Fortunately, the soles of his feet were thick and thick, and they were not cut. At the same time, the punching knight also left the saddle due to the impact of the flying leg, and flew upside down faster and farther than the wild man! The knight was extremely dexterous, the moment his body flew over the bridge, he relaxed his right arm, climbed onto the bridge to relieve his strength, and his feet fell safely into the stream. The wild man turned over in the air, his feet spread out, and he stood firmly on the muddy ground.He was about to raise his head, but he heard a foreign object in front of him, whistling and cutting through the rain curtain, flying towards his door! Wild Han instinctively raised his left arm quickly. The screech of metal. The villagers in the house rushed to watch from the window.But not to mention on such a rainy night, even on a clear day, it is impossible for them to see such high-speed fights clearly. But they could hear the clack of metal. — The knife is on!I'm going to die! The one who issued the hidden weapon was the other leading knight.He didn't stop there after he took the shot, he still rode his horse towards the wild man, revealing a weapon similar to the one in the wild man's hand, and swung it out with the force of the galloping horse. ——This person is also a master! The wild man was not afraid, but laughed instead. ——It is the excitement of confronting a formidable opponent. Holding the long object in both hands, he slashed at the knight diagonally.The speed of the splitting momentum, wherever it passes, the rain is shot away like a powdery catapult! When the two things intersect, this time there is a dull thunderous sound. The wild man only felt his arms tremble, and the long object almost fell from his hands. ——Damn it... If I wasn't hungry, I would never lose in the strength competition... But he couldn't deny it: this opponent was very strong. After the rider finished his blow, the horse flew past the wild man.At this time, the third rider came again.The knight was tall and strong, and when he heard his horse yelling at him, he turned out to be a woman. The wild man vaguely saw the blade light flashing from the female knight's hand. At the same time, the knight who rushed over had turned his horse back, forming a front and rear pincer attack. The wild man suppressed his hunger, took a deep breath, and cheered up.But at the same time, I couldn't help but sigh: ——If you don’t come out, you don’t know, the world is so big, and there are such masters hidden in the mountains and green forests! With a loud cry, he tore off the tattered cloak with his left hand. All I saw was a round face covered with a shaggy beard.Her short hair was drenched by the rain. His left arm was clad in metal from shoulder to fist, with a faint copper color.It was precisely because of it that he blocked the powerful hidden weapon just now. Seeing this true face, the surrounding four riders stopped at the same time.The fifth man who fell into the creek had also climbed back onto the bridge. The knight who had fought him with a blunt weapon just now dropped his weapon beside his horse.Only then did the wild man see what it was. oars. The knight took off his hat and let his long hair braided. The "wild man" ruthlessly put the iron-clad hexagonal brow-level stick in his hand on the muddy ground, raised his head and asked the horse's horse: "What are you doing here?" Jing Li looked down at Yuan Xing, a Shaolin monk, deliberately made an unhappy expression, but couldn't hide the joy in his heart. "That's what I want to ask you too." ——As for the head of Hengxi Village, who was hiding in the house, when he heard that the wild monk who claimed to be a disciple of Shaolin had actually met the "bandit", he fainted from fright.
"That day I followed Grand Master Cheng and other senior brothers. I left Xi'an City early in the morning and set off for the Shaolin Temple. I didn't know that when I reached the first fork, Grand Master told me to go by myself. I didn't have to go back to Shaolin Temple. What do you say, 'Go outside, look at this world of mortals, use your stick and fist to make friends.' "I don't quite understand what I heard, and I kind of want to go back to Shaolin Temple to continue training. But Grand Master doesn't want me to follow, and throws stones at me, so I have no choice but to go the other way alone. "He told me to look at 'Red Earth', but I had no idea where to look, so I just walked when I saw a road, and when I encountered a fork in the road, I threw this eyebrow-level stick into the sky and landed on the ground to point it in which direction Just go whichever way. Walking in such a random way, I arrived at a town that I didn't even know the name of. "At that time, I was so hungry that I was begging for money on the streets of the town. Who do you think I saw on the street? It was that bastard Yan Qingtong—Amitabha, swearing again, sin—I saw that Yan and two One of his bodyguards led the horse away, and immediately packed a big bag and a small bag. I guessed that he must have fled there because he was afraid of causing trouble for the Wudang faction and other sects. "There are two other men with Yan Qingtong. They are both strangers. They have never seen each other in Xi'an. When they talk to Yan Qingtong, they whisper in whispers. It seems that there is something ulterior. The surname Yan seems to be respectful to them. They are a group of weird people. I wonder if Yan Qingtong has some new conspiracy? Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I decided to follow them. They only stayed for one night and left the town on horseback. , I also tracked with my legs all the way. "Oh... If I were Brother Jing, you would be fine. I saw your stalking skills at the bridgehead in Xi'an that time. I don't have such ability—the Shaolin Temple doesn't teach this kind of thing—only followed two God, they found me hanging behind. The surname Yan probably thought that I was going to arrest him and go back to question his martial arts comrades, so he ran away with his companions, and I ran after me desperately... It's a shame that I walked for a long time, and I was hungry again He didn't bring any dry food with him, so he lost it after chasing him. "But I just refused to admit defeat. I had to find them again. And as I said before, I didn't have anything to do. So I kept looking, village by village, town by town. Fortunately Yan Qingtong is a big fat guy who is easy to recognize, and he can ask all the way. It's just that sometimes when I meet some unreasonable guys, they will scold the monk for bad luck, so I have to show them my fist... "Yan Qingtong probably thought that he had abandoned me a long time ago, so he didn't rush all the way, so I kept following behind... Just like that, I didn't even know that I was walking north, south, east, west, and I forgot how many days I had been walking. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, only to know that the season has changed... "But then I came to a big city, there were so many travelers, and I couldn't find them anymore. I lost them at last. It's abominable... I asked the people in the city, and I found out that I had already arrived in Jiangxi Province. I have traveled so far the way..." Yuan Xing was eating suddenly, and at the same time he was telling a long story about how he came to Jiangxi, with rice in his mouth when he spoke, speaking quickly and vaguely. I got it roughly. The five of them had already finished their portions and sat in the village chief's room, listening to Yuan Xing's words. Thousands of miles apart, to be able to meet again in such a small village, and even fight in a daze, it has to be said to be a strange fate. ——Master Liaocheng's words that Yuan Xing "make friends with sticks and fists" really came true. The village head of Hengxi Village and several villagers gathered in the house, looking at the group of outsiders with curiosity and fear.Other villagers also surrounded the house to listen.The people who came were not bandits, although they were greatly relieved; but these people's skills and abilities are obviously far higher than bandits. Just because of their roundness, if they wanted to grab them in the village, hundreds of people in the whole village would be killed. I'm afraid it's impossible to stop it.Some villagers were not very polite to Yuan Xing before, but now they hide in the back of the crowd in fear. At this moment, the village chief thought: This monk Yuan would rather starve for two days than force the village. It seems that he is not bragging. He is really a master from Shaolin Temple... There are several peasant women in the house, some are feeding the guests; some are drying clothes for them; Jing Li combed that weird hair style, there was another big scar on his face, and there were many tattoos when he changed clothes just now, the villagers were all dumbfounded.They were willing to offer food, and they only hoped that these uninvited guests would leave quickly after a full meal. Unexpectedly, without saying a word, Jing Li took out two strings of copper coins and put them on the table. A bowl of rice, even if you go to the most decent restaurant in Hengjiang Town to drink and eat meat, it is enough to pay the bill. Yuanxing finally finished the fourth bowl of rice, took a deep breath, held his slightly swollen belly, and continued to tell his story: "I didn't have a clue to find Yan Qingtong, so I didn't know what to do at the moment. I just went around for alms and found a Buddhist temple in Jiujiang City where I could place an order. Haha, being a monk has this advantage, and you don't need to spend a penny when you go out... … "I haven't had a fight in a few months, and I'm really bored. It's okay on the road. You can practice martial arts anywhere in the wild, and you can exercise while on the road. On the contrary, when you go to the city, you need to find a place to practice martial arts that doesn't scare people. It’s even more difficult than ascending to the sky! Even if I was playing fists in the open space of the Buddhist temple, I was persuaded by the old host... I simply left. Since Jiujiang is in the north of Jiangxi, I will go south to see the scenery of this place. But Did not expect to encounter another thing. "Probably more than ten days after I left Jiujiang...One day in front of a small village, I saw a guy who stumbled towards me and gave me a hug. "That guy seems to be suffering from some kind of disease. He hasn't eaten for ten or eight days. He is so thin that his bones are exposed. His body is smelly and dirty. He doesn't know how long he has been homeless. But looking at his rotten clothes, it doesn't seem The farmer, who is completely dressed as a city man, came from nowhere." ——Tong Jing couldn't help sniggering when she heard this: "It's smelly and dirty, I don't know how long I've been wandering around", aren't you the same? Yuan Xing continued: "This man's eyes were rolling back and forth, the corners of his mouth were drooling, and he was muttering to himself. I saw that he was insane. I was afraid that he would break his leg if he fell into the ditch by the roadside." , and helped him to sit on the ground. "Unexpectedly, at this moment, he whispered in my ear several times: 'Wudang... Wudang...'" When they heard "Wudang", Jing Li and five people were all moved. "At first I thought I heard it wrong, so I asked him again: 'What? Are you talking about the Wudang sect?' He replied with a silly smile: 'Yes... Wudang disciples...frightening Wudang disciples...' "I kept asking, but this lunatic was talking nonsense. He was talking nonsense with gods and monsters. I asked patiently for a long time, and from his words, I vaguely knew that he came from Luling County. ..." "Luling again?" Tong Jing called out strangely, "What a coincidence?" "What? You are going to Luling too?" Yan Heng nodded, and told Yuanxing about the knife sharpener Han Shizi, and then asked him: "You... just because of a few words from a lunatic, you came south to find a 'Wudang disciple'?" "Brother Yan, you don't understand." Yuan Xing said.Originally he should be called "Yan Tanyue" in his identity, but Yuan Xing felt that his identity was more of a warrior than a monk, so he ignored the Buddhist etiquette and called him "Brother Yan" and "Brother Jing" according to the rules of martial arts. "That lunatic, I can tell at a glance that he is definitely not a warrior." "So what?" Tong Jing asked. "Although the Wudang School is famous all over the world, ordinary people don't mention it." Lian Feihong interrupted: "What's more, Wudang Mountain is located in the northwest of Huguang, thousands of miles away from Jiangxi. Will you talk about 'Wudang disciples'?" "Crazy people don't tell lies." Hu Linglan also said, "It's even more impossible to say such things for no reason. He must have seen or heard something." Tong Jing nodded, feeling that what they said was reasonable. "So I went all the way south." Yuanxing said, "Oh, how do I know, the more I go, the poorer the villages I pass by, and there is often a meal without a meal... "When I came to Hengxi Village the day before yesterday, I had been hungry all day, but they refused to give alms. They said that there were too many taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and there were many bandits infested recently. I didn't know when I would starve..." Yuan Xing glanced at the villagers as he spoke, and they all looked ashamed. "As soon as I got angry, I told them that I was a Shaolin disciple, invited me to dinner, and then beat the bandits for them!" Yuan Xing looked at the iron glove on Lian Feihong's left hand, reminiscing about the feeling of the punching and kicking just now. "These guys are so stingy, no matter what you say, I have to finish the fight before I can eat. When I played against you, I was already hungry for three days, otherwise, hmph..." Yuanxing said, looked at each other with Jing Li and Lian Feihong, and laughed at the same time. "We are really destined." Yuan Xing said to Jing Li: "Actually, when I heard what you said in Xi'an that day, Brother Jing, I wondered if I would have the opportunity to practice martial arts with you. It's a pity that when Grand Master drove me away, I couldn't find you. ...Unexpectedly, we will still meet." "It is true that we came to Jiangxi by chance." Jing Li smiled and said, "But you are not a monk." "How to say?" Roundness felt strange. Jing Li immediately told Yuan Xing about being followed and being invited by Prince Ning's Mansion. "The siege of Yao Lianzhou in Xi'an seems to be facilitated by the Nanchang Ning Palace in Jiangxi behind the scenes; Yan Qingtong, who suffered a big loss in that battle, escaped from his hometown in Xi'an, but came to Jiangxi again... The two things may have something to do with each other. You follow the surname Yan Naturally, it is no coincidence." "Master." Yan Heng asked: "You said that lunatic, what happened afterwards?" Yuan Xing replied: "I carried him to a nearby village, thinking that someone would come to save him. But after he lay at the entrance of the village for a long time, he suddenly went crazy again and said suddenly: 'I want...give me... ’ But he didn’t know what he wanted, and asked the villagers to bring water and food, but he refused to eat or drink. After struggling for a while, he finally died. I even recited sutras for him.” "Wudang disciples..." Jing Li thought for a while, then asked the village chief: "Have you heard that there are people from Wudang sect in this area? Is there any rumor that the martial arts sect was swallowed up?" "No..." The village head replied tremblingly: "We poor villages, how do we know about martial arts? It's not that we have never heard of the Wudang sect, but they are all stories told by teahouses in the town. Such fairy-like characters, and Why did you come to this small place for no reason? The meeting of several chivalrous men in our village today is a miracle that has not happened in our village for decades." Lian Feihong also said: "I haven't heard of any figures from this place for decades. It seems that the Wudang style is not strong, and it is unlikely that the Wudang faction will come here." "Why do you think so much?" Tong Jing pulled the cloth towel wrapped around her head, and let go of her half-wet black hair: "Anyway, we are going to Luling, so let's check it out then!" On the other side, Hu Linglan raised the Nodachi and slowly pulled it out.The villagers were dumbfounded when they saw this tall alien woman and this huge knife. She wiped the blade carefully with a dry cloth and said with a sigh: "We seem to have an inextricable relationship with this 'Wodan'."
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