Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Slashing the Moon in the Water

The end of Shaoci Lane, five steps behind, is obviously the widest way to live. But for Gui Danlei, it is the final hurdle. Facing Yin Yingchuan flying down and concentrating 100% of his energy on "Zipping the Moon in the Water", he had no choice. Osmanthus Dan's thundering horse steps down even further.I have no intention of retreating. Opponents are willing to fight head-on.Yin Yingchuan, who was in the air, was extremely grateful. Gui Danlei's right palm, mottled with scars, went up to the blade that pierced through the wind. At the moment when the decisive victory was about to take place, Gui Danlei and Yin Yingchuan, with their normally mighty faces, were equally calm at this moment.

Gui Danlei stretched out his right hand, but he himself was not sure of the result—the martial arts he is best at sometimes does not know whether it will work or not. ——But as a warrior, there are always times in your life when you have to cross this boundary. In the kung fu of "empty hands into white blades", the most difficult thing is never the skill, the principle or the speed, but the courage. --Only one time.Succeed, or die. In Yin Yingchuan's eyes, it seemed as if he had seen the splash of blood from victory. The moment the blade meets the palm. Gui Danlei's palm originally seemed to be simply raised upwards to resist the Eight Diagrams Saber, but it suddenly deflected at the last moment.

The palm of the hand pats the blade from the side. The momentum of the giant knife has not changed at all. The palm is attached to the metal that is falling at an extremely high speed. ——This amazing principle is equivalent to riding on the back of a high-speed horse and catching the petals flying down. The edge of the blade has reached five inches above Gui Danlei's head. "Tai Chi · Cloud Hands". The skill of "introducing failure" is activated at this time of life and death. Gui Danlei's thick palms covered with scars and thick calluses may look rough and clumsy on the surface, but the internal "energy transformation" skill is as delicate and soft as touching the face of a lover, just like touching the face of a lover.

——Just like the previous battle at Qiaozikou, Shang Shilang, a disciple of Wudang's "Bing Crow Dao", used the "Tai Chi Sword" to cut the round monk's frontal stick, Gui Danlei's "cloud hand" is a move with exactly the same principle However, Gui Danlei's "Tai Chi" skill is far superior to Shang Shiro's, and he uses his fleshy palm with a more sensitive touch, which is completely different. The disciples of the Eight Diagrams Sect behind Yin Yingchuan only saw that the invincible "Zhan Yue in the Water" in their eyes, the moment it was stuck to the palm, it was like encountering an invisible flowing force, and the route of the knife began to slant. .

Yin Yingchuan gritted his teeth.In this very short moment, he remembered Jing Li's previous instruction to Yuan Xing to use short energy to break Shang Shiro's "Tai Chi". However, Yin Yingchuan has already put all his strength, and even his forty years of martial arts life, on this knife "Slashing the Moon in the Water", and there is no possibility of changing his move. One can only hope that the saber move will transform energy faster than "Tai Chi". Guided by Gui Danlei's "cloud hand", the giant gossip sword landed obliquely on the left side of his body.

The sharp sound of the blade piercing through the air passed by Gui Danlei's left ear. Blood splattered. Gui Danlei hadn't completely melted away the sharp energy of "Chopping the Moon in the Water".The blade touched the left shoulder. Gui Danlei followed the move, leaned forward, and moved forward. He howled like a beast. The broad blade slashed straight down from the outside of the shoulder, cutting a brilliant blood path on the outside of Gui Danlei's left shoulder and upper arm! "Cut the Moon in the Water" was only a hair's breadth away, it didn't cut deeply into Gui Danlei's left arm and body.The blade continued to be guided by Gui Danlei's right palm, and cut straight into the yellow sand of the alley!

Gui Danlei, whose left body was splattered with blood, rushed into the arms of Yin Yingchuan who was still on the ground. Into the body and break the momentum. Gui Dan's thunder-like body swelled up, sending out the most powerful "reliance" in the "Tai Chi Thirteen Poses", and his right shoulder and right elbow slammed into the middle palace of Yin Yingchuan's chest! The handle is out of hand.The gossip sword is still stuck on the ground.Yin Yingchuan's body flew up again before landing. As if he was hit by a cart driven by six horses abreast, his body flew high and passed over the heads of Ding Junqi and other nephews behind him. Among the people standing behind.

The group of heroes crammed in the alley seemed to be hit by a human shell suddenly, and they screamed and exclaimed in pain. What was even more disturbing was the hundreds of students and teachers who were watching upstairs.When they saw Yin Yingchuan flying up like this, it was as if they were witnessing some kind of magic and thaumaturgy, and exclamations resounded in the alley.Even the townspeople in the neighboring streets separated by double-storey houses outside the alley looked in the direction of Shaoci Alley because of the loud noise. Ding Junqi and a group of gossip sects who stood at the front and watched the duel saw with their own eyes that their sect's unique skills were defeated and their uncle's defeat was so tragic. They all looked sad and indignant, and stared excitedly at Gui Danlei who was half covered in blood in front of him.

——I don’t even know if my uncle is alive or dead.His order was also lifted. More than a dozen Baguamen weapons were pulled out at the same time. Gui Danxue broke through "Slashing the Moon in the Water" in an extremely dangerous situation, and before he had time to take a look at the injury on his left arm, three members of the Eight Diagrams sect raised their swords and rushed towards him. Ding Junqi, the most senior senior among them, was the first to rush forward. He swung his single saber, stepped obliquely with his left foot, and slashed at Gui Danlei head-on! Gui Danlei had just narrowly defeated a powerful enemy, and his whole body was full of fighting spirit. Ding Junqi used the same eight-diagram sword technique as Yin Yingzhou's, but his skill was a bit weaker. In the eyes of Gui Danlei at this moment, it was like slow motion .He didn't know if his left arm could move, but he still grabbed the chopping knife with his right palm, and with five fingers, he restrained the wrist holding the knife!

Two other Bagua disciples, one holding a single sword and the other holding a long sword, came to rescue Ding Junqi from both sides.The alley was too narrow, and it was quite difficult for the three of them to attack side by side with weapons. They could only attack with the most monotonous forward thrusts. Gui Danlei yanked Ding Junqi's wrist violently with the spinning force of "Tai Chi", pulling him forward and falling down, just in front of the sharp point of the sword stabbing from the left.The Bagua Sect brother who used the sword retracted the sword in time, so that he didn't make a hole in the back of Senior Brother Ding.

Gui Danlei pulled Ding Junqi vigorously, and at the same time, he leaned down and dodged the single stabbing knife on the right. Ding Junqi was pulled so hard that he was about to fall face-to-face on the ground, so he naturally leaned back violently, trying to stabilize his body.This movement was immediately sensed by the palm of Gui Danlei's grasping wrist.Gui Danlei's "Taijiquan" changed in lightning, and he still clasped his wrists tightly, but his body rushed into Ding Junqi's arms, and his right shoulder pressed against his chest, which was another heavy "shoulder lean". The strength of Ding Junqi's backwards knocked him so that he stumbled and fell backwards! The younger brothers on both sides of Ding Junqi immediately freed up their hands and held down the shoulders of the younger brothers, trying to stop his fall for him.Unexpectedly, as soon as they touched each other, they realized that the force of the fall was extremely heavy. Both of them sat down on horseback, desperately resisting it. Gui Danlei's "Tai Chi" skills are fully activated, and the sensitivity of "Ting Jin" is beyond ordinary people.As soon as he met the resistance of the two people behind, Gui Danlei judged the postures and movements of the two people through Ding Junqi's body, which was faster and clearer than seeing with eyes.His waist and hips circled and shook, and his shoulders reached Ding Junqi's chest for the second time with a very short distance! This leaning borrowed the thrust of the two people behind.The front of Ding Junqi's body was leaned against his shoulders, and his back was pushed and pressed. There was no gap between the front and back, as if he was caught between a hammer and an anvil. When Gui Danlei's strong shoulders were crushed, he let out a miserable cry, and his breastbone shattered on the spot. , "Wow", spit out a mouthful of blood, and the wrist that was still captured immediately became unable to drop the knife.The two behind also lost their balance and regressed under the slam. In order to defend the alley, Gui Danlei was in a position to gain power, he slightly raised his left arm that was hit by the knife, and found that he could still move, so he let go of Ding Junqi's wrist, and at the same time swung his waist around, swallowing and spitting, making the first move. He exerted his strength three times, and with a move of "double pushing palms", he pressed and hit the half-conscious Ding Junqi on the left and right chests! This "double pushing palm" seems to be a simple push, but in fact, the ingenious power angle of "Tai Chi" is used inside. The power passes through Ding Junqi's body, and all of it is focused on the Bagua disciple with the sword on the back left.This swordsman could not stand still, but when he met this strength again, his body suddenly turned over and fell, and bumped into his fellow disciple who was rushing to support him! ——The people present have heard a lot about this extraordinary skill of "beating cattle across mountains", but it is the first time they have witnessed it being used in actual combat. The gossip disciples and martial arts heroes in the alley were blocked, and they were frightened and angry, and they were anxious to attack.But Shaoci Lane is really narrow, and Gui Danlei's boxing skills are so good, even though there are hundreds of people, there is nothing he can do. Suddenly, someone in the crowd was sober and shouted loudly: "Squeeze together! Squeeze that guy out!" As soon as the Bagua sect standing in the front heard it, he immediately put away his sword and stepped forward to push the fellow sect who was still holding Ding Junqi's back.The people behind also swarmed up, pushing one layer at a time, gathering the strength of everyone, just like a group of reckless men who have never learned martial arts, pushing forward no matter what. Gui Danlei was also caught off guard by this sudden change, and in an instant, there were crowds of human bodies crowded in front of him.Forgive him for his ingenious "Tai Chi Chuan" skill of "four or two strokes of a thousand catties". Facing this primitive force gathered by nearly a hundred people, he was useless at all. He was pushed back step by step and gradually accelerated, and finally stumbled and rolled out of the Shaoci Lane. Outside the East Alley! The few Bagua disciples in the front row suddenly lost their resistance and were also pushed by the people behind, followed by Gui Danlei and fell to the ground, followed by dozens of people swarming out onto the street. Gui Danlei took advantage of the rolling momentum to roll over twice before he half-knelt down and realized that he was surrounded by a group of tycoons in the middle of the street. There was only one person lying on the ground, it was Ding Junqi who had been caught between Gui Danlei and the others.He was hit by Gui Danlei's "shoulder support" and broke his sternum, and several ribs were also broken. His chest was sunken, and he was already seriously injured; after the pushing just now, his eyes had turned white I swallowed. "Kill him quickly!" shouted one of the Eight Trigrams disciples who surrounded Gui Danlei.Seeing the elders of the same sect being killed and wounded one after another, he felt very sad and indignant: "Then rush over and kill his grandma's Wudang master!" Gui Danlei was surrounded by 70 to 80 people alone, like a forest of knives and guns, and with blood all over his body, he remained calm. He stretched out his hand to touch the wound on his left arm, only to feel a burning pain. It turned out that the move "Cut the Moon in the Water" cut off a large piece of flesh from his left shoulder and upper arm, but luckily it didn't hurt any bones or joints.Gui Danlei thought, if his "Taijiquan" "cloud hand" was a little slower to dissolve, or if Yin Yingchuan's saber was a little faster, the left shoulder would definitely be cut hard, and then the whole left arm would naturally be abolished, and Whether he can fight back and defeat Yin Yingchuan is also very doubtful. Under the knife wound, his left arm could still barely move, but it was bleeding profusely, exhausting his energy every moment.There are tens of times as many enemies surrounded in front of him, and they are not ordinary people. Except for a dozen bodyguards from the Zhenxi Bodyguard Company, they are all martial artists with excellent skills, and half of them are disciples of the famous Baguamen. More importantly, he is no longer in a narrow alley, but an open street that is easy to siege and attack.Although Gui Danlei is extremely proud of his "Tai Chi" martial arts, but in his current state, he is not even half sure that he can break out of this kind of battle safely. The Bagua sect disciple's yelling was very useful, not only the same sect, but other sect warriors also had blood rushing up, staring at Gui Danlei in the middle together. They didn't forget how this Wudang disciple uttered wild words at Qiaozikou not long ago: ——"Which sect leaves the gate of Xi'an Prefecture at the latest, our Wudang sect will be the first to destroy it next time." This is a battle that concerns the safety of all schools and sects in the entire martial arts world.If they can unite and kill one more Wudang faction master, it counts as one. The murderous intent emanating from dozens of bodies at the same time filled the street, and the atmosphere was no different from a battlefield. Just wait for who is the boldest, cut the first knife or stab the first sword. Gui Danlei also remembered another sentence he said earlier today, and couldn't help smiling. ——"We might as well turn the streets of Xi'an Prefecture into mountains of corpses and seas of blood." ——Looks like this is the moment. ——However, that mountain of corpses may also include my own corpse. Gui Danlei had secretly gathered energy, ready to charge in one of the directions.Breaking out is the only possibility of survival. The group of Bagua sect disciples around the front looked at each other, their hearts connected. --revenge! Five knives, three swords, a tasseled spear, and a pair of tiger-head hooks attacked Gui Danlei at the same time. Within three feet of Gui Danlei's body, there are powerful sharp knives that want to cut him to pieces. he roared. The sound of bones breaking.Metal clatter.The sound of flesh tearing.screams.muffled sound.The sound of wood snapping.The sound of a weapon falling to the ground. The siege was so chaotic that no one knew how it was going.Can only see the consequences: Gui Danlei's right hand was holding on to the back of a single knife, the blade was slightly bent under his strong fingers; his left hand was holding the small half of the gun barrel stuck in his back waist, the sharp tip of the gun penetrated two inches into his flesh, and he retracted it The tight psoas muscles were clamped tightly, but could not go deeper; there were sword wounds on the left abdomen, right shoulder, and left thigh, and blood stained the clothes. Around him, two Baguamen swordsmen and one swordsman lost their blades, their bones and joints were twisted, and they fell to the ground or retreated in severe pain; the one with the tiger's head hook was stabbed with the index finger of his right hand and almost fell off; Another Baguamen swordsman, the long sword in his hand had a deep gap; there was another swordsman, who passed out after being hit in the throat; . Not the time to be in a daze.People around the second floor joined in: Lancet, Double Swords, Swallows, Iron Whip... Gui Danlei's body rotated continuously, meeting, snatching, fighting, and destroying all incoming weapons.His curls fluttered wildly, and he was shaped like a wounded lion caught in a trap.There is more blood on the body. The third wave of attacks followed.The surrounding people no longer have the manners of ordinary warriors, but are like primitive hunters rounding up wild animals. They have no other thoughts except to see the prey die.People on the periphery who couldn't join the battle group also let out wild cries. Gui Danlei began to pile up corpses and injured people who fell to the ground.Blood flowed into the pits of the stone floor. The original color of his clothes was no longer visible.All are red.A piece of the left ear was cut off.The left arm cannot be lifted up to chest height.His legs were like sinking into knee-deep mud. Gui Danlei's mind went blank.It's just the body moving naturally.It is the fighting skills that have been cultivated to the bone marrow, which are still driving him. And the dignity of being a Wudang disciple. ——At least, take half of the people here to hell. Blood chokes nose.It was even difficult to breathe. ——It's almost over... "Over there!" The few Zhenxi bodyguards surrounded by the outermost suddenly let out a surprised cry. Because it was too noisy, the people inside the siege network couldn't hear it at first, and they fought for a while.It wasn't until the sudden panic spread to the inner circle that everyone stopped. All the warriors of the Western Army looked in the direction pointed by the bodyguard, and they were all stunned. At the southern end of the street, a group of densely packed figures were rapidly approaching this side—the street was still far away when it was first discovered, but now it is only dozens of steps away.At a glance, there were thirty to forty people, among whom two men were seen running in the front. Just looking at their body movements and postures, it was clear that they were neither civilians nor officials. ——Could it be reinforcements? ...or has the Eastern Army been defeated and fled here? ... A large group of people rushed forward, it is not known whether it is an enemy or a friend, the heroes of the Western Army had no choice but to suspend their attack on Gui Danlei, released the siege, and faced the group of people on guard. Gui Danlei was half-kneeling covered in blood, and opened his eyes, which were almost covered with blood, to see who was coming. The group moved closer.Gui Danlei gradually recognized the two men at the front. One is Fang Jijie, a disciple of "Shou Snake Dao" stationed in Xi'an by Wudang. The other man running side by side with Fang Jijie was wearing a blue military uniform, a pair of iron arm armor shaped like animal claws on his left hand, and a long silver sword obliquely on his waist.The middle-aged face is full of trauma scars. Gui Danlei recognized this person and couldn't help grinning blood red teeth. Then there were thirty or forty people, all of different sizes, ages, clothes, and temperaments, and each of them carried weapons that did not seem to belong to the same sect.The lineup of Nala's miscellaneous army is very similar to the martial arts heroes who gathered in Xi'an to attack Yao Lianzhou. Fang Jijie hurried up and knelt down, supporting Gui Danlei who was shaking.The man in Tsing Yi, wearing iron claw armor, put his right hand on the hilt of his waist to protect his body. "Senior Brother Gui." Jiang Yunlan seemed to be smiling, but the expression of staring at the heroes of the Western Army did not make people feel that he was smiling at all. "I never thought that I would see you in such a mess." Hearing this "senior brother", everyone in the Western Army was shocked. ——Dozens of Wudang disciples came in one breath! "It's time for me to ask you..." Gui Danlei waved Fang Jijie away, stood up slowly, took a few breaths, and then continued, "Why aren't you in... Sichuan?" Jiang Yunlan stroked the brand new saber at his waist, smiled and said nothing. It turned out that after the defeat in the First World War in Chengdu a few months ago, Jiang Yunlan changed his identity as "Soldier Crow Dao" and bid farewell to the deputy head Ye Chenyuan and left Sichuan. He was supposed to return to Wudang Mountain immediately; I was brooding over my heart, feeling quite depressed, and thinking about breaking my favorite ancient sword. I didn’t have a good weapon by my side, so I always felt uneasy, so I decided not to go back to Wudang halfway, and went out to relax and feel depressed. Come and look for a good sword. After walking in this way, I traveled for two or three months, and walked into Henan Province. During this time, I was thinking hard about the process of the Battle of Chengdu, and I went to inspect many small sects in Henan that had been surrendered by Wudang-now all It has become an affiliated dojo of the Wudang sect - after studying various martial arts in detail, I feel that I have some experience.Later, he found a famous blacksmith in Nanyang Mansion, and forged this new sword around his waist for him. Just in Nanyang, he heard the shocking news that Sect Master Yao entered the customs alone, and many sects followed him westward.Just like Gui Danlei and Chen Daixiu, Jiang Yunlan also thought that it must be unusual for the news to spread so quickly and widely.He was worried about the safety of the sect master, so it was too late to go back to Mount Wudang to report the news, so he selected about forty of them in various Wudang subordinate dojos, entered directly from Nanyang, and then came to Xi'an according to the new news, finally at this critical moment The day arrived in time. Jiang Yunlan didn't answer Gui Danlei at the moment, because he was afraid that the forty people behind him would reveal their truth.Gui Danlei glanced at these people, and saw that they were all freshmen, and none of them were direct disciples of Wudang Mountain.Looking at them all expressionless, it seems that they came willingly, Gui Danlei even guessed where Jiang Yunlan recruited these people. Jiang Yunlan looked at the dozens of enemies in front of him, and secretly estimated in his heart.He knew that the people he brought were actually slightly inferior in strength.Especially the group of enemies standing in the front, although Jiang Yunlan didn't know that they belonged to the Bagua Sect, one of the "Nine Sects", but he could tell that their martial arts background was unusual, and their own people were even lower. ——These guys who came here temporarily just bowed their heads and surrendered before the mighty power of Wudang, and they didn't come here wholeheartedly to rescue the head... But the heroes of the Western Army did not know what to do, thinking that the forty people who came were all genuine Wudang disciples.And Jiang Yunlan, who was the leader, had a terrifying aura that couldn't be faked. Those small triangular eyes glanced around, as if he regarded everyone in front of him as prey. ——This is the vigor cultivated by Wudang's "Bing Crow Road" through countless battles. Although the Western Army lost eight or nine people when they besieged Gui Danlei just now, the number is still nearly double that of the opponent, but the morale was suppressed by the sudden appearance of the new enemy army, and there was no leader. It's a dilemma. ——Some people were cursing Yan Qingtong in their hearts, and they came up with a bad idea of ​​dividing the army into two groups. If two hundred people form one team, no one needs to be afraid. At this moment, someone came out from Shaoci Alley. On the one hand, Yin Yingchuan supported the bodyguard, and on the other hand, he used the huge saber he picked up as a crutch, so that he could stand up and walk staggeringly step by step. The original gray beard on his chin was covered with blood spit out from internal injuries, his thin face seemed to be greener than the knife in his hand, and his black and white eyebrows were tightly wrinkled in pain.Every breath he took was short and accompanied by a low moan. —the sternum and half the ribs are broken.It was miraculous luck not to be fatally pierced by a broken bone. For Yin Yingchuan at this moment, the gossip sword is more of a burden than a support.But he still endured the severe pain and refused to let go.The tip of the knife dragged on the stone floor of the street, making a toothache sound. Seeing this, several members of the Eight Diagrams sect hurried forward to replace the bodyguard to help the uncle, and raised their weapons to protect his body. Yin Yingchuan saw forty or so new enemies across the crowd, and then looked at Gui Danlei who was covered in blood.At this moment, Gui Danlei was covered in wounds, and he could no longer see clearly the wound made by "Zhanyue in the Water" on his left arm.But Yin Yingchuan himself knew very well what happened at the last moment of the battle just now. He lowered his head again to look at Ding Junqi and the other Baguamen disciples who were lying on the street, and then shook his head slightly with grief and indignation. Jiang Yunlan saw Yin Yingchuan and his giant sword. Although he didn't know his identity, he could tell that it must be the leader of the enemy.Yin Yingchuan's injury was naturally caused by senior brother Gui, Jiang Yunlan thought it would be better to ridicule him to shake the opponent's morale.But Gui Danlei spoke before him. "Do you want to continue beating?" Gui Danlei coughed up blood when he said.He was hit by an iron whip on the back just now, and he also suffered internal injuries, plus large and small external wounds and blood loss, he is in the same condition as Yin Yingchuan at the moment, although facing the enemy he defeated with his own hands, he no longer has the previous arrogance . Yin Yingchuan ordered his disciples to take off their robes and cover the faces of the dead disciples and other martial artists. "If it was ten years ago..." Yin Yingchuan stared at Gui Danlei's bloody left shoulder, with a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes: "...my knife will definitely...cut you to death first." "Maybe..." Gui Danlei replied calmly. "But... Ten years ago, I hadn't even started learning 'Tai Chi'." Yin Yingchuan was stunned when he heard it.Then he slightly nodded towards Gui Danlei with some shame. When and where the most important battle in a warrior's life will take place, you can't help yourself to choose; once you set foot on this path, you will be a warrior at any time in your life. Yin Yingchuan wiped the blood around his mouth with a cloth towel handed by his disciples. "Pick up the dead and wounded fellow disciples." He ordered the remaining 20 disciples, and then took a step towards the north of the street: "Let's go." "Uncle!" All the disciples hurriedly dissuaded.They couldn't swallow the humiliation. "Today, we can't let more disciples of the Bagua sect suffer losses." Yin Yingchuan said sadly: "We will have a more important battle in the future." He turned his head slightly, and said decisively to Gui Danlei and Jiang Yunlan: "We will never sit still. At that time, we will gather the Bagua sects from all over the world and fight to the death with you." The numerous disciples of the Eight Diagrams sect lifted up the dead bodies and the injured fellow disciples, surrounded the injured uncle, and silently retreated slowly to the north of the street. The remaining 30 warriors and several bodyguards of the Western Army who were left behind panicked for a while.They didn't expect that the martial arts alliance, which had set out with great momentum not long ago, collapsed by a quarter.Everyone was not interested in fighting at once, fearing that the Wudang faction would take the opportunity to take revenge and attack them, so they all followed the Bagua sect and retreated. ——Many people on the way shamelessly took off the white cloth strips worn on their arms in mourning for He Zisheng, and threw them away.
In this section of Shaoci Lane, the remaining two sides of the earth wall covered with knife marks have been reserved for the people of Xi'an to commemorate this amazing decisive battle; A restaurant and teahouse where you can hear the legends of martial arts. It wasn't until decades later that the knife marks were weathered and blurred due to the age, and the earthen walls fell into disrepair, and people gradually forgot about this deed.

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