Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Eighth A Gentleman Can Be Deceived
The sound of people in the square became quieter, and the old monk of the Dharma Hall behind Kongzhi said loudly: "Let's start a martial arts contest according to the rules agreed by the heroes. Swords, guns, fists, and feet have no eyes, no matter whether you kill them, each has his destiny. Which sect will be the last one?" The martial art of the gang is the strongest, and Xie Xun and the Dragon Saber belong to him."
Zhang Wuji frowned slightly, and thought to himself: "This monk is afraid that others will not attack hard, and that the hatred between the various sects will not be deep. How can it be empty to see and hear about the compassion of these gods and monks?"
Since it was agreed that each person would win two games, they had to come down and rest, it didn't make much difference to compare first, some people came out to call for battle, some stepped forward to challenge, in a short while, six people divided into three pairs to compete.After Zhao Min learned the unique skills of the six sects in Wan'an Temple, although his cultivation level is still shallow, his knowledge is already extraordinary. Standing between Zhang Wuji and Fan Yao, he discussed the martial arts of the six people in a low voice, guessing who would win and who would lose. Straightforward.It's only one cup of tea, two of the three pairs have already divided the winners and losers, only one pair is still fighting, and then someone challenges the winner, and the six people are still divided into three pairs to fight each other.The two new pairs used their weapons respectively.In such ups and downs, nine out of ten people are bleeding and injured before the winner can be determined.
Zhang Wuji thought to himself: "In this kind of fighting, each faction must be seriously injured and peaceful. If any faction is defeated by the opponent, even if no one is killed or injured, they will still retaliate in the future. Wouldn't it lead to a great disaster of cannibalism?"
I saw the law enforcement elder of the beggar gang chop the short old man of Huashan sect with his palm until blood spewed from his mouth.The old man of Huashan School yelled: "Smelly beggar, rotten beggar!" He jumped out, wanting to challenge the law enforcement elder of the beggar gang.The short old man grabbed his arm and said in a low voice: "Junior brother, you can't beat him, let's swallow this breath for now." Knowing that his senior brother's martial arts skills are the same as his own, but his cultivation level is deeper, even if his senior brother loses, he must lose too. He was dragged by the old man, swearing nonstop, but went back into the wooden shed.
Then the law enforcement elder defeated the head of the "Plum Blossom Knife", winning two rounds in a row, and retreated triumphantly amidst thunderous applause from the beggar gang.
In this way, you come and go, and the competition in the square lasted for more than two hours. The red sun was westward, and the martial arts of the people who participated in the battle were getting stronger and stronger.Many people are ambitious at first, and they want to raise their eyebrows and show off their power in the hero meeting, but when they see other people's martial arts, they realize that they are just a frog at the bottom.
When it was time to apply for the cards, Bolong, the leader of the beggar gang, came out to challenge and hit Peng Siniang, a member of the Xiangsi Paijiao, into a big somersault.Peng Siniang's vest was torn apart, and she stepped back in embarrassment.Looking at the people of the Emei Sect, Zhangbo Longtou said with a sneer, "What kind of real skills can women have? They don't rely on the strength of swords, but rely on hidden weapons. It's not easy for this Peng Siniang to practice this kind of kung fu." It's gone."
Zhou Zhiruo said a few words to Song Qingshu in a low voice, Song Qingshu nodded, walked out slowly, cupped his hands to the palm-bowl leader, and said, "Brother Longtou, I have learned your brilliant trick."
When Zhangbo Longtou saw Song Qingshu, his face turned blue with anger, and he said loudly: "Song, you traitor was ordered by Chen Youliang to sneak into my gang of beggars and kill the leader of Shi clan. You, a traitor, must have something to do One copy. Do you still have the face to come to see me today?" Song Qingshu sneered and said, "It's a common thing in the Jianghu to hang out in the enemy's nest and spy on secrets. It's only because you guys are blind and can't recognize Uncle Song's true identity. face." The palm-bowl leader cursed: "You can even betray the Wudang sect of your own father, what can't you do? If you are unfilial to your father, you will also be unrighteous to your wife in the future. The Emei sect must be a big blow to you. Somersaults are not allowed." Song Qingshu was so angry that his face was bloodless, and said: "Have you finished farting?"
The palm bowl dragon head didn't even talk, and hit it with a palm.Song Qingshu turned around and let go, flicked with his backhand lightly, and resisted with the "Golden Top Cotton Palm" of the Emei School.The palm-bowl dragon head was annoyed that he was infiltrating into the beggar gang, he deceived everyone, and his subordinates were mercilessly merciless, it was a life-and-death struggle, it was already an extraordinary contest.
The position of Zhangbo Longtou in the beggar gang is second only to the gang leader and the two elders who teach and enforce the law, and his palm skills are extraordinary.Song Qingshu is an outstanding figure among the third generation disciples of Wudang School, but he is not very proficient in learning the "Golden Top Cotton Palm" of Emei School for the first time, and cannot display the subtle and subtle changes in the palm technique.After he fought for forty or fifty rounds, he had already encountered dangerous moves, and he naturally dismantled them with the "Mian Zhang" of the Wudang School.This is a martial art that he has been infusing since he was a child. He has practiced it for more than 20 years. It is handy and powerful. It looks similar to the Emei School's "Jinding Mianzhang" in appearance, but the method of using strength to dismantle moves is quite different.
Others didn't know, and said that he was gradually recovering from the decline.Yin Liting looked more and more angrily, and shouted: "Song Qingshu, you brat is so shameless! You came out of Wudang, how can you still use Wudang's kung fu to save lives? You don't want your father, why do you want the martial arts taught by your father?"
Song Qingshu's face flushed, and he shouted: "What's so rare about the martial arts of the Wudang sect? You can see clearly!" His left hand suddenly circled up and down in front of the dragon head of the palm bowl, turned left and right, and changed seven or eight tricks in succession. Stretching out his right hand, with a pop sound, five fingers were inserted straight into the forehead of Zhangbo Longtou.The onlookers were stunned, only to see his five bloody fingers lifted up, the dragon head in the palm turned over and fell down, and died immediately.Song Qingshu sneered: "Does the Wudang School have such skills?"
Amidst the screams of the heroes, eight people from the Beggar Clan snatched up at the same time, and the two lifted up the corpse of the palm-bowl dragon head, while the remaining six attacked Song Qingshu.Those six people were all experts of the Beggar Gang, four of them were still holding weapons, Song Qingshu was in danger all at once.
A fat monk behind Master Kongzhi shouted loudly: "The beggar gang bullies the few, isn't this breaking the rules of today's hero meeting?"
The law enforcement elder shouted: "Everyone, step back and let me avenge Zhangbolongtou." The disciples of the beggar gang jumped back, carried the body of Zhangbolongtou, and retreated to the wooden shed. He glared at Song Qingshu.
All the heroes on the sidelines thought: "Although it doesn't matter if you fight in a martial arts competition, this Song's attack is too vicious."
At this moment, all Zhang Wuji could think of was the five paw prints on Zhao Min's shoulders, and the horrible scene of Du Baidang and his wife's dead bodies lying on the ground in that hut that night. This evil martial art?"
Yang Xiao shook his head and said, "My subordinates have never seen this kind of kung fu. But the founder of the Emei School, Guo Nvxia, nicknamed 'Little Dongxie', it is not surprising if there is a little bit of evil in her martial arts."
While the two were talking, Song Qingshu was already fighting with the law enforcement elders.The law enforcement elder is thin and thin, and his movements are extremely fast. His ten fingers are like hooks and cones. He uses eagle claw skills to attack Song Qingshu. It seems that he is also good at finger skills. To avenge Zhangbo Longtou.At the beginning, Song Qingshu still dismantled him with the "Golden Top Cotton Palm" kung fu, and when the fight reached a deep stream, the law enforcement elder shouted: "Puppy thief!"Song Qingshu stretched out his right hand quickly, and with a bang, five fingers had grabbed his throat.
The law enforcement elder threw himself forward, the strength of his left hand was not weakened, it was inserted into the soil, blood flowed all over the ground, and he died immediately.
Zhou Zhiruo made a gesture, and eight female disciples of the Emei Sect, each holding a long sword, jumped out. Every two disciples occupied the four sides back to back, and surrounded Song Qingshu in the middle. situation.
An old monk from the Bodhidharma hall said loudly: "The thirty-six disciples of the Arhat Hall listen to the order!" After clapping his palms three times, thirty-six Shaolin monks in yellow robes jumped out, eighteen held Zen sticks, ten The eight people held the sabers in their hands, scattered all over the square, looking like a formation but not like a formation, they have already guarded the key points of each place.
The old monk said: "According to Master Kongzhi's decree, the thirty-six disciples of Luohan Hall supervise the rules of the hero meeting. In today's martial arts competition, if anyone bullies the weak, he is the public enemy of the world's martial arts. My Shaolin Temple is the master. We must maintain justice. Thirty-six disciples will strictly investigate, and no matter who violates the rules, they will be killed on the spot, and there will be no mercy." Thirty-six Shaolin monks agreed loudly, looking at the center of the square with tiger eyes.As a result, the Emei Sect defended first, and the Shaolin Sect watched. Although the disciples of the Beggar Clan were sad and angry, they didn't dare to act rashly, they just cursed loudly and lifted the body of the law enforcement elder down.
Zhao Min whispered to Fan Yao: "Master Ku, I didn't expect the Emei Sect to have such a unique move. In Wan'an Temple that day, Juejue Shitai would rather die than go out to compete in the tower. I'm afraid that's why." Fan Yao shook his head, I thought hard about the way to disassemble this trick.He stayed there for a while, then suddenly said to Zhang Wuji: "Master, I would like to ask you for advice on martial arts all the way." Pressing his palms on the table, he stretched out an index finger on his left hand and an index finger on his right hand, one in front of the other, in a very flexible and continuous manner. After moving seven times, he said in a low voice: "My arms are attacking in such a continuous manner, as long as I wrap around this boy's arm, the internal force can break his arm joints, no matter how strong his fingers are, it will teach him nothing. Do it." Zhang Wuji also stretched out his index fingers of both hands, hooked left and right, and said: "Be careful that he pokes your arm with his fingers." Fan Yao nodded in agreement, and said: "I will grab his wrist with my grasping hand, eighteen ways Yuanyang kicked him in a series of kicks." Zhang Wuji said, "A fierce attack with eighty-one moves made him unable to breathe."
The four fingers of the two of them advance and retreat one after another, attacking and repelling back and forth quickly and inexorably.Fan Yao suddenly smiled and said: "The leader's moves are too miraculous. Apart from finger strength, this kid's martial arts are limited, so he can't perform these moves." Zhang Wuji smiled slightly, and said, "He can't perform these three moves. , then Fan Youshi made you win." The index finger of the left hand turned two circles, and the index finger of the right hand suddenly pierced through the circle, hooking Fan Yao's finger, smiling without saying a word.
Fan Yao was stunned, and said happily: "Thank you, the leader, for your guidance. I admire you very much. These four tricks are unimaginable, and they have greatly opened up my subordinates. I really wish I could worship you as my teacher."
Zhang Wuji said: "This is the 'Chaotic Ring Jue' in Taijiquan taught by my grand master. The main idea is to draw a few circles on the left hand. Although this Song is from Wudang, it is expected that he has not realized these subtleties. .”
Fan Yao was confident, and he was sure of defeating Song Qingshu, but Song Qingshu had won two games in a row, so according to the rules, he should retire and rest, and he had to wait for him to play again, and then stepped forward to challenge.
Zhao Min smiled slightly, with a very happy expression, and walked aside.Zhang Wuji walked up to her and asked in a low voice: "Sister Min, what's the matter of being so happy?" Zhao Minyu blushed, lowered her head, and said, "You taught Fan Youshi these few moves, only to make him break Song Qingshu why not teach him to take the life of Song?" Zhang Wuji said: "Although Song Qingshu has done many unrighteous acts, he is my uncle's only son after all, and should be punished by my uncle himself. Ask Fan Youshi to take his life, but I am sorry to Master Uncle." Zhao Min laughed and said, "If you kill him, sister Zhou will become a widow, wouldn't it be great if you recover the water again?" Zhang Wuji said with a smile: " Will you allow me?" Zhao Min smiled and said: "I wish for it, when you are half-hearted again, so that she can poke five holes in your chest with her fingers."
When Zhang Wuji and Fan Yao were exchanging tricks and joking with Zhao Min, Song Qingshu had retreated back to the hut under the protection of the eight Emei female guards.When the heroes saw the two soul-stirring and vicious fights of his five-finger murder just now, they couldn't help but feel chilled, and they didn't want to come out to risk themselves.
After a while, Song Qingshu floated out again, clasped his fists and said, "I've finished my rest, which hero should give me advice."
Fan Yao shouted: "Let me learn the unique skills of the Emei Sect." Just as he was about to jump out, suddenly a gray figure flashed, standing in front of Song Qingshu, and said to Fan Yao: "Master Fan, please let me go." I saw this popularity Standing dignifiedly, with uneven feet, holding Yuanshouyi, it is Yu Lianzhou, the Second Wudang Hero.Fan Yao saw that he had already snatched him away, and knew that he was the master's uncle, so he was inconvenient to fight with him, so he said: "Fan is lucky today, and got to watch Yu Erxia's martial arts skills." Yu Lianzhou said: "Don't dare."
Song Qingshu has been afraid of this uncle since he was a child, but seeing him holding his breath and facing the enemy fiercely, he knows that today's event is no longer about teaching martial arts on Wudang Mountain, but a life-and-death struggle, even though he has learned other strange martial arts , After all, it is unavoidable to be timid. Yu Lianzhou clasped her fists and said, "Please, Young Hero Song!" This salute, and the address in his mouth, clearly showed that he didn't dare to underestimate Song Qingshu, but he no longer had any respect for him.Song Qingshu bowed and saluted without saying a word.Yu Lianzhou slapped her palm and slashed at her face. Yu Lianzhou has been famous for more than 30 years, but there are very few people in the martial arts who have seen him show his skills. Until today, he has seen him use the softness of his palms to transform the invincible force of thunder, thunder, fire, and bullets. Humbled.It is well known in the world that the main purpose of Wudang school's martial arts is to subdue rigidity with softness, with slow movements and subtle changes, but Yu Lianzhou's palms are like the wind, and his moves are extremely fast. Song Qingshu was horrified: "Both Grand Master and Dad want me to be the third generation leader of the Wudang School, so there will never be any secrets of martial arts that I will not teach. I have learned all the moves of Uncle Yu's fast punches and fast legs, but I have learned all the moves. How could the moves be so fast? Isn’t it a violation of the taboo of my own kung fu? But it’s so powerful!” When he was about to perform the finger kung fu taught by Zhou Zhiruo, he was caught by Yu Lianzhou and couldn’t breathe. Back again and again, trying to hold the door. The crowd watched the two fight with rapt attention. Although Yu Lianzhou had the upper hand at the moment, Song Qingshu captured and killed the two elders of the Beggar Gang just now, and they both turned defeat into victory.But I saw Yu Lianzhou playing faster and faster, but every move was clear, just like a famous singer who is good at singing, although he sang extremely fast, he still articulated his words cleanly and neatly, without any trace Vague procrastination.The heroes stood up one after another, and some standing behind simply boarded the tables and chairs, all of them admired in their hearts: "Wudang Yu's second hero is well-deserved of his reputation, this non-stop rapid attack, the moves are not repeated at all." Fortunately, Song Qingshu is a direct disciple of Wudang, and he has learned the subtle changes in Yu Lianzhou's fists and feet, but it is the first time in his life that he has fought so fast.The yellow dust flew up in the square and turned into a thick fog, enveloping Yu Qing and the two of them. Suddenly there was a slap, palms intersected, Yu Lianzhou and Song Qingshu jumped back together, and the two clouds of yellow mist separated.Before Yu Lianzhou could stand still, she leaned forward again. Yin Liting was worried about his brother's safety, so he couldn't help but walked to the sidelines, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and stared intently at the middle of the field.At this time, Song Qingshu's life and death were on the line, he was fighting with all his strength, he had long since ignored the differences in sects, and all he used was the Wudang School Kung Fu practiced since childhood.Yin Liting knew all the punching and kicking moves of the two, knowing that each move was fatal, and the anxiety in his heart was far greater than that of others.Fortunately, seeing that Yu Lianzhou gained the upper hand, if he hadn't been wary of Song Qingshu's protruding five-finger piercing killer, and reserved space everywhere, he would have been killed in the palm of his hand. Zhang Wuji was also quite worried, holding two sacred fire orders in his hands, if Yu Lianzhou's life was really in danger, he would have to rescue him regardless of the rules of the meeting. But seeing the dust rising higher and higher, Song Qingshu suddenly stretched out his left hand and grabbed Yu Lianzhou's right shoulder.Yu Lianzhou had been waiting for him to perform this move before the hundred moves.Song Qingshu arrested and killed the two elders of the Beggar Gang, and Yu Lianzhou saw clearly the scene of the attack. If the two elders did not suffer in advance, and suddenly met such a vicious killer for the first time, even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured. Already figured out how to deal with it.Song Qingshu hadn't practiced this grasping method for a long time, and there were not many changes. The grasping method at this time is still similar to the first two strokes.Yu Lianzhou's right shoulder flashed obliquely, and his left hand drew several circles out of thin air. Zhao Min and Fan Yao couldn't help exclaiming "Hey" in unison. The two circles that Yu Lianzhou made were exactly Zhang Wuji's teaching Fan Yao's Tai Chi "Chaotic Ring Jue".As soon as Zhao Min and Fan Yao saw it, they knew that something was going to happen to Song Qingshu. Sure enough, before the sound of "噫" was finished, Song Qingshu grabbed Yu Lianzhou's throat with the five fingers of his right hand.Zhang Wuji was furious, and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, damn it!" The law enforcement elder of the Beggar Clan was killed by this arrest, and Song Qingshu actually did the same thing to his uncle. But seeing Yu Lianzhou turning his arms around and using the two strengths of "Drilling" and "Spiral" in "Liuhe Strength", Song Qingshu's arms have been encircled, and there are two clicks, Song Qingshu's arms are broken.Yu Lianzhou yelled: "Avenge my seventh brother today!" He folded his arms together and made a move of "double wind piercing his ears", punching his left and right ears with both fists.This move was full of strength, and Song Qingshu's skull shattered immediately. Before he fell down, Yu Lianzhou was about to catch his foot, killing him on the spot, when suddenly a blue shadow flickered and a long whip hit him.Yu Lianzhou hastily jumped back to dodge it, and the long whip's quick and relentless moves were precisely Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei School, who came to avenge her husband. Yu Lianzhou took three quick steps back.Zhou Zhiruo's whip technique was unreal, and he was surrounded by three moves. Suddenly, the soft whip flicked, and she drew it back. She grabbed the tip of the whip with her left hand, and said coldly: "I'll take your life at this time, sorry for your dissatisfaction. Take the weapon Come!" Yin Liting drew out his long sword with a bang, stepped forward and said, "I'll take Miss Zhou's brilliant move." Zhou Zhiruo glared at him coldly, then turned to look at Song Qingshu's injuries, only to see that his eyes were protruding, bleeding from seven holes, he was paralyzed on the ground, his life was in danger.The Emei sect grabbed three male disciples and carried him down. Zhou Zhiruo turned her head around, pointed at Yu Lianzhou and said, "I'll kill you first, and then the one surnamed Yin will not be too late." Yu Lianzhou tried his best just now, but he couldn't get out of her whip circle, and he was horrified in his heart.He loves his younger brother and thought: "If I fight with her, even if I die under her whip, the sixth younger brother can at least see the clues of her whipping technique. If he narrowly escapes death, he has a little more hope." Back to He went to catch the long sword in Yin Liting's hand.Yin Liting also saw that the situation was extremely dangerous, relying on the martial arts of the two senior brothers, it seemed extremely unlikely that he could escape the blow of her long whip, he and his senior brother had the same thoughts, and would rather be the first to lead the way so that the Senior brother checked the gist of her whipping technique, he refused to hand over the sword immediately, and said: "Senior brother, I will go first." Yu Lianzhou glanced at him, the tens of years of fellowship and brotherly friendship suddenly surged into his heart, his thoughts were like lightning, thinking of Yu Daiyan's disability, Zhang Cuishan's suicide, Mo Shenggu's tragic death, Wudang Seven Heroes only Fourth, it seems that there are two heroes who have died here today. Although the sixth younger brother Yin is strong in martial arts, his temperament is extremely weak. Wan Nan avenged me, and he was determined not to run away with his life. It must be that the two brothers and sisters died at the same time, and it would not help. If he died first, I could see the essence of this woman's whipping method, and I might be able to fight her We will die together." Nodding at the moment, he said, "Sixth brother, please support me for a moment." Yin Liting remembered that his wife Yang Buhui was pregnant, so she couldn't help but look towards Yang Xiao and Zhang Wuji, then she thought again: "After I die, Buhui and the baby will be taken care of by themselves, why bother mother-in-law to ask for help." So Chang Jian made a move. , looking at the tip of the sword, without hesitation, followed by chest and back, shoulders and elbows, and said: "Master, please give me a move!" Although he was much older than Zhou Zhiruo, Zhou Zhiruo was the head of the Emei Sect at the moment. He did not lack manners at all.Yu Lianzhou saw that he was responding to the enemy with the "Tai Chi Sword" movement, and knew that the sixth brother was dealing with a strong enemy with his master's unique skills this time, so he slowly backed away. Zhou Zhiruo said: "Go ahead!" Yin Liting thought that the other party's moves were like lightning, and if she took the lead, it would be extremely difficult to vindicate him, so he immediately stepped on his left foot, crossed his sword with his left hand, and performed the "Three Rings Surrounding the Moon" move. The sword was false and real, attacking the enemy with the sword in his left hand, the light on the tip of the sword flickered, and there was a slight chi chi chi chi sound.The spectators couldn't help applauding. Zhou Zhiruo slanted to dodge, Yin Liting was followed by "Da Kuixing" and "Swallow Chaoshui", the long sword drew a big circle in the air, and when the right hand poked out the sword formula, there seemed to be a slight chichi sound.Zhou Zhiruo swung her slender waist lightly, dodged them one by one, and said, "Six Heroes Yin, I will let you do three tricks to repay the love of old friends on Wudang Mountain." Yin Liting's chest.Yin Liting ran to the left, and the soft whip turned around halfway. Yin Liting made a move of "Wind Swinging Lotus Leaf", the long sword was sliced out, the whip and sword intersected, and there was a light rubbing sound, Yin Liting felt the tiger's mouth was hot, and the long sword was almost out of hand, he was shocked: "I only know that her moves are weird, and her internal strength is strong. She is not my enemy, but her inner strength is so unpredictable." Concentrating on it now, she made a set of Taiji swordsmanship round and round as she wished, and guarded the door tightly and abnormally. The soft whip in Zhou Zhiruo's hand was like a piece of soft silk, but it didn't seem to have any weight. Her body moved eastward and westward, advancing and retreating, fluttering around Yin Liting's body. Zhang Wuji became more and more amazed as he looked at it, he thought: "She uses the whip like this, compared to the three eminent monks Du E, Du Nan, and Du Jie, she is completely different." Seeing her ghost-like skill, which is very different from Miejue Shitaishi, I felt a faint sense of fear in my heart.Fan Yao suddenly said: "She's a ghost, not a human!" This sentence was expressing Zhang Wuji's thoughts, and he couldn't help trembling, if it wasn't for the bright sunshine in the square and the crowds of people standing around, he would have suspected that Zhou Zhiruo was dead, the ghost Fighting with Yin Liting with a whip.He has seen countless weird martial arts in his life, but Zhou Zhiruo's body and whip techniques, like wind blowing willow catkins and water sending duckweeds, are really not human phenomena. It was like being in a dream for a moment, and he felt a chill in his heart: "Does she really have demon skills?" No? Or is there some monster possessing it?" Zhou Zhiruo's body skills are strange, but Taiji swordsmanship was created by Zhang Sanfeng following Taijiquan in his later years. No flaws. Suddenly, a person shouted in a strange voice: "Ah, Song Qingshu is about to die, Master Zhou, if you don't die for your husband, it would be disgraceful to be a widow!" Everyone looked where the voice came from, but it was Zhou Britain.He knew that the disciples of the Wudang School paid the most attention to nourishing Qi and regulating breath in their lives. When confronting the enemy, they all had the practice of "Mount Tai collapses in front without changing color, and elk thrives in the left without blinking", so he intentionally helped Yin Liting, thinking Disturbing Zhou Zhiruo's mind.He called again: "Hey, Miss Zhou Zhiruo from the Emei School, your husband is going to choke, I have a few words to tell you, he said he had three to seven twenty-one, four to seven twenty-eight illegitimate children outside. He died After he dies, I want you to raise him well so that he won't die in peace. Do you agree or not?" Hearing his nonsense, some of the heroes couldn't help but burst out laughing.Zhou Zhiruo still didn't hear it.Zhou Dian shouted again: "Ah, be good! Mrs. Miejue, you are in good health recently. I haven't seen you for a long time, and you are getting stronger and stronger. Your ghost is attached to Miss Zhou. This soft whip can be played How beautiful it is!" All of a sudden, Zhou Zhiruo flickered and retreated a few feet. The long whip was thrown back from her right shoulder, and the head of the whip suddenly hit Zhou Dian's face.She was originally more than ten feet away from the Mingjiao hut, but the soft whip arrived as soon as it was mentioned, just like a dragon swimming outside the sky, it arrived with the arrow.Zhou Dian was talking happily, but Zhou Zhiruo would suddenly attack with a whip in the midst of a fierce fight.He was stunned, and the long whip had reached the door.Zhou Zhiruo didn't turn around, but there seemed to be eyes on his back, and the whip pointed directly at the tip of his nose. Zhou Zhiruo swung the long whip backwards, pointed at Yin Liting one after another with the second finger in the middle of the left hand, seven fingers in a row, all pointed at the key points on his head, face and chest.Yin Liting couldn't attack the enemy in time, and he couldn't circle the long sword to cut her arm.I had no choice but to make the move "Feng Nod" short to avoid it. At that time, there was a crackling sound in the Mingjiao hut, followed by a chaotic noise.It turned out that Yang Xiao was standing next to Zhou Dian, with sharp eyesight and quick hands, he slapped the wooden table in front of him, blocking Zhou Zhiruo's whip.The long whip hit the wooden table, and sawdust flew across the table, the teapots and tea bowls on the table were thrown around, and a lot of hot tea was splashed on everyone's bodies. Zhou Zhiruo missed Zhou Dian's blow, she ignored Zhou Dian, turned back with a soft whip, and attacked Yin Liting like a storm. Yu Lianzhou held the sword and watched for a while, still unable to grasp the essence of her whipping technique, thinking to herself: "If I try again, this Taiji swordsmanship will not be able to make it better than the sixth brother. But if we fight for a long time, She lacks internal strength, we may be able to win with tenacity." He saw that Yin Liting's swordsmanship, opening and closing, yin and yang movement, had reached the ultimate attainment taught by his teacher Zhang Sanfeng, and he thought that his younger brother had never performed such a skill in his life. The superb swordsmanship, facing the critical moment of life and death today, has brought out the most essential aspects of the swordsmanship. The martial arts of the Wudang sect emphasizes that the more you fight, the stronger you become. Zhou Zhiruo suddenly shook the whip, forming circles of various sizes, immediately wrapping Yin Liting in them.Both Taijiquan and Taijijian focus on moving energy into circles, and Zhou Zhiruo's long whip also shakes into circles. The direction of the whip circle is the same as Yin Liting's sword circle, but it is several times faster.The strength of Yin Liting's sword was taken by her, and he couldn't help himself, he turned around a few times, a blue light flashed, and the long sword was released from his hand and raised.Zhou Zhiruo's long whip was rolled upside down, and the head of the whip aimed at Yin Liting's Tianling Gai and smashed it down. Yu Lianzhou jumped up and grabbed the tip of the soft whip with her right hand.A leg flew out from the bottom of Zhou Zhiruo's skirt, hitting Yu Lianzhou's waist.Yu Lianzhou has been elusive about the essence of Zhou Zhiruo's weird whip technique. When she saw her shaking her whip in a circle and snatching the long sword from Yin Liting's hand, she suddenly understood: "It turns out that her skill is not so good, these few times shaking her whip into a circle is better than that." Therefore, our Taijiquan skills are far behind." Grabbing the whip, he stretched his waist to receive her leg, and stretched out his left hand. It was a "Tiger Claw" move, which pierced Zhou Zhiruo's abdomen.Zhou Zhiruo was irresistible, a thought flashed in his mind like lightning: "I will die in the hands of Second Uncle Yu today." He let go of the handle of the whip with his right hand, and pointed five fingers at the top of Yu Lianzhou's head, hoping to fight him to the death together.Yu Lianzhou turned her head to avoid it, but unexpectedly the acupoints in the middle of her waist and the back of her legs were blocked, her head and neck were stiff, and she couldn't move, but her left hand was still moving. Just at this critical moment, a person snatched from the side, blocked Yu Lianzhou's "tiger claws" with his right hand, and blocked Zhou Zhiruo's five fingers that were piercing Yu Lianzhou's head with his left hand. It was Zhang Wuji who came to save him.Zhou Zhiruo hit Zhang Wuji's chest with both palms together.If Zhang Wuji dodged, the force of these two palms hit Zheng Yin Liting's face just right, so he had to block with his left palm. The two palms joined each other, Zhang Wuji suddenly felt that Zhou Zhiruo's palms had no strength, and he was terrified: "Oh, no! She and the sixth uncle fought hard for more than two hundred moves, and they have reached the point where they are exhausted. If I send this force forward, won't it kill her on the spot?" In the crisis, I hurriedly withdrew my hand. When he first struck out with his left palm, he knew that Zhou Zhiruo's martial arts were not far behind his own, and he was a formidable opponent, so he didn't dare to neglect it at all. In addition, with one palm facing both palms, this palm had exerted 100% of its strength, and its strength was directed towards the opponent. Throwing out, even when he sensed that the other party was exhausted, he hastily retracted it forcefully. He knew that this was a big taboo in martial arts, and it was tantamount to hitting himself back with 100% of his palm force. What's more, it was even more strange to use force to withdraw it suddenly when there was no room for it. It's fierce, but he can send and receive his internal energy freely, this strong back impact, at most he can be suffocated for a while, it's definitely not a serious problem.Unexpectedly, just as he regained his palm strength, he suddenly felt that the opponent's palm strength was like a flood bursting a bank, and he rushed towards him irresistibly. Zhang Wuji was taken aback, knowing that he had been tricked, his chest thumped, being hit by Zhou Zhiruo's palms.It was his own palm strength combined with Zhou Zhiruo's palm strength. Under the combined attack of the two masters in the world, although his body-protecting Nine Suns Divine Art was powerful, it couldn't resist it.What's more, Zhou Zhiruo's palm strength is taking advantage of the gap, just when his old strength has been exhausted and new strength has not yet emerged.This kung fu is a direct inheritance of the Emei sect, Miejue Shitai once hit him with this method, causing him to squirt blood and fall to the ground.It's just that he didn't know how to resist at all back then, but this time he was benevolent and deceived.Immediately, he involuntarily leaned back, his eyes darkened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. Zhou Zhiruo succeeded in the sneak attack, her left hand followed forward, and her five fingers grabbed his chest. Zhang Wuji was seriously injured, but his mind was not disturbed.With a chirping sound, Zhou Zhiruo's five fingers had scratched his shirt on his chest, exposing the skin on his chest. Zhou Zhiruo followed with five fingers of her right hand and was about to attack, at that moment Yu Lianzhou was kicked down by her, hit the acupuncture point, unable to move, Yin Liting rushed to rescue, but it was too late, seeing that Zhang Wuji was doomed.Zhou Zhiruo glanced at him, and suddenly saw a scar on his chest, which she had stabbed with the Yitian sword on the top of Guangming in the past. The five fingers were less than half a foot away from his chest, and the tenderness in her heart suddenly moved, her eyes turned red, and she couldn't grasp it. go down. She hesitated for a while, Wei Yixiao, Yin Liting, Yang Xiao, and Fan Yao rushed forward at the same time.Wei Yixiao flew in front of Zhang Wuji, Yang and Fan separated Zhou Zhiruo to the left and right, Yin Liting had already fled away with Zhang Wuji in his arms. As a result, there was chaos in the arena, the disciples of Emei Sect and the Shaolin monks shouted one after another, and rushed to the arena with weapons in hand.Yang Xiao, Fan Yao and Zhou Zhiruo stopped fighting after a few tricks, Wei Yixiao helped Yu Lianzhou up, and they went back into the hut together.People from Emei and Shaolin factions retreated when they saw that the fight had ceased. Zhao Minben also rushed to the rescue, but his movements were not as fast as Wei Yang's and others, and when he met Zhang Wuji on the way, seeing blood around Zhang Wuji's mouth, he was so frightened that his face was as white as paper.Zhang Wuji forced a smile and said: "It's not a problem, you'll be fine after a while." Everyone helped him to sit down in the hut.Zhang Wuji slowly invoked the Nine Suns magical power to recuperate internal injuries. Zhou Zhiruo shouted: "Which hero is here to teach you?" Fan Yao put on his belt and strode out.Zhang Wuji said: "Fan Youshi, I order you not to fight, let's... let's admit defeat..." He broke off in a breath, and two mouthfuls of blood spewed out again.Fan Yao did not dare to disobey the leader's order, if he insisted on fighting, Zhang Wuji's injuries would be aggravated, what's more, he just tried his best in the battle, which cost him his life in vain, but it would not help the sect. Zhou Zhiruo stood in the center of the square and said it twice. Just now Zhang Wuji turned back and hurt himself, only he and Zhou Zhiruo understood, others thought that Zhou Zhiruo's palm strength was weird and Zhang Wuji was invincible, but Zhou Zhiruo spared his life without pointing fingers, but everyone saw it.With a young woman, she defeated Yin Liting, Yu Lianzhou, and Zhang Wuji three first-class masters in a row. The martial arts are so amazing that it is really unimaginable.Although there are quite a few people with outstanding knowledge in the group of heroes, but they think that they are definitely not as good as Yu, Yin, and Zhang, so there is no need to go up and die. Zhou Zhiruo stood in the arena, the mountain wind blew her skirt, and it seemed that even her delicate body was shaking, but there were thousands of heroes from all directions around, and none of them dared to challenge again. Zhou Zhiruo waited for a while, but no one came forward.The old monk from the Nadharma Hall came out, clasped his hands together and said: "Mrs. Song, the leader of the Emei School, is the most powerful martial artist in the world. Is there any hero who refuses to accept?" Zhou Dian shouted: "I am not convinced by Zhou Dian "The old monk said: "Then please invite Zhou Yingxiong to compete." Zhou Dian said: "I can't beat her, so what is the comparison?" Already?" Zhou Dian said, "I know I'm invincible, but I'm still not convinced, is that okay?" The old monk stopped entangled with him, and asked again: "Apart from this hero Zhou, is there any one else?" Are you dissatisfied?" Zhou Dian shushed three times in a row, but no one objected. The old monk said: "Since no one is going to compete, let's follow the prior agreement of the heroes meeting. The golden-haired lion king Xie Xun will be handed over to Mrs. Song of the Emei Sect. Whoever owns the dragon-slaying knife, please also hand it over to Mrs. Song." Take it in. This is a referendum, and no one can disagree." Zhang Wuji was adjusting his inner breath, arousing the true qi of the nine suns, and healing serious injuries. He gradually entered the realm of returning to the void and emptiness, when the old monk suddenly heard the sentence "Golden Lion King Xie Xun is handed over to Mrs. Song, the head of the Emei Sect". At the words, my heart trembled, and another mouthful of blood almost spewed out. Sitting at the side, Zhao Min was concentrating on taking care of him. Seeing his body trembling suddenly and his face changing drastically, she understood his intentions and said softly, "Brother Wuji, it would be best if your adoptive father was dealt with by sister Zhou. She Just now I couldn't bear to harm you, so it shows that I still have deep affection for you, and I must not harm your adoptive father, you can just rest assured and heal your wounds." Zhang Wuji thought it was right, and he felt relieved. At that time, the sun was setting from behind the mountain, and the square was gradually getting dark.The old monk said again: "The golden-haired lion king Xie Xun is imprisoned somewhere behind the mountain. It's dark today, everyone must be hungry. Tomorrow afternoon, we will still gather here, and the old monk will guide Mrs. Song to open and release the prisoner. At that time Let's see Mrs. Song's unparalleled martial arts again." Yang Xiao, Fan Yao and the others all glanced at Zhao Min, and said in their hearts: "Sure enough, what you expected is right. The Shaolin sect has another conspiracy. No matter how strong Zhou Zhiruo's martial arts are, she can't defeat Du E and the other three old monks. I'm afraid she will die. Not on a small mountain peak, but in the end the Shaolin faction still ruled the roost." At this time Zhou Zhiruo had already returned to the hut, the Emei Sect was intimidating all the heroes today, all the disciples were in awe when they saw the head of the sect returned. Although the heroes saw that Zhou Zhiruo had won the title of "No. 1 martial arts in the world", the big event was not yet over, and they each had their own calculations in their hearts, so no one went down the mountain. 那老僧道：“各位英雄来到本寺，均是少林派的嘉宾，各位相互间若有恩怨纠葛，务请瞧在敝派薄面，暂忍一时，请勿在少室山上了结，否则便是瞧不起少林派。各位用过晚饭以后，前山各处，尽可随意游览。后山是敝派藏经授艺之所，请各位自重留步。”
当下范遥抱起张无忌，回到明教自搭的茅棚之中。张无忌所受掌伤虽重，但服了九粒他平时炼制的灵丹，再以九阳真气输导药力，到得深夜二更时分，吐出三口瘀血，内伤尽去。杨逍、范遥、俞莲舟、殷梨亭等均是又惊又喜，均赞他内功修为实是深厚无比，常人受了这等重伤，纵有高手调治，少说也得将养一两个月，方能去瘀顺气，他却能在几个时辰内便即痊可，若非亲见，当真难信。 张无忌吃了两碗饭，将养片刻，站起身来，说道：“我出去一会儿。”他是教主之尊，既不说是甚么事，旁人自也不便相询。殷梨亭道：“你重伤刚愈，一切小心。”张无忌应道：“是！”见赵敏脸上神色极是关怀，向她微微一笑，意思说：“你放心罢！” 他走出茅棚，抬起头来，只见明月在天，疏星数点，深深吸了口气，体内真气流转，精神为之一振，径到少林寺外，向知客僧人道：“在下有事要见峨嵋派掌门，相烦引路。” 那知客僧见是明教教主，心下甚是害怕，忙恭恭敬敬道：“是，是！小僧引路，张教主请这边来。”引着他向西走去，约莫行了里许，指着几间小屋。 那知客僧道：“峨嵋派都住在那边，僧尼有别，小僧不便深夜近前。”他深恐张无忌又去和周芷若动手，这当世两大高手厮拚起来，自己一个不巧，便受了池鱼之殃。张无忌笑道：“你若回去说起此事，不免惊动旁人，我不如点了你的穴道，在此等我如何？”那知客僧忙道：“小僧决不敢说，教主放心。”急急忙忙的转身便去。 张无忌缓步走到小屋之前，相距十余丈，便见两名女尼飞身过来，挺剑拦在身前，叱道：“是谁？”张无忌抱拳道：“明教张无忌，求见贵派掌门宋夫人。”那两名女尼大惊失色，一名年长的女尼道：“张……张教主……请暂候，我……我去禀报。”她虽强自镇定，但声音发颤，转身没走了几步，便摸出竹哨吹了起来。 峨嵋派今日吐气扬眉，在天下群雄之前，掌门人力败当世三位高手，吓得数千须眉男子无一敢上前挑战，真是开派以来从所未有的盛事。但峨嵋派今日杀丐帮二老、败武当二侠、伤明教教主，得罪的人着实不少，何况周芷若得了武功天下第一的名号，不知有多少英雄恼恨妒忌，这一晚身处险地，强敌环伺之下，戒备得十分严密。那女尼哨子一响，四周立时扑出二十余人，剑光闪动，分布各处。张无忌也不理会，双手负在背后，静立当地。 那女尼进小屋禀报，过了片刻，便即回身出来，说道：“敝派掌门人言道：男女有别，晚间不便相见。请张教主回步。”张无忌道：“在下颇通医术，愿为宋青书少侠疗伤，别无他意。”那女尼一怔，又进去禀报，隔了良久，这才出来，说道：“掌门人有请。” 张无忌拍了拍腰间，显示并未携带兵刃，随着那女尼走进小屋。 只见周芷若坐在一旁，以手支颐，怔怔出神，听得他进来，竟不回头，那女尼斟了一杯清茶放在桌上，便退了出去，轻轻带上了门，堂上更无旁人。一枝白烛忽明忽暗，照着周芷若一身素淡的青衣，情景凄凉。 张无忌心中一酸，低声道：“宋师哥伤势如何，待我瞧瞧他去。” 周芷若仍不回头，冷冷地道：“他头骨震碎，伤势极重，多半不能活了。不知能不能挨过今晚。”张无忌道：“你知我医术不坏，愿尽力施救。”周芷若问道：“你为甚么要救他？”张无忌一怔，说道：“我对你不起，心下万分抱愧，何况今日你手下留情，饶了我性命。宋师哥受伤，我自当尽力。”周芷若道：“你手下留情在先，我岂有不知？你若能救活宋大哥，要我如何报答？”张无忌道：“一命换一命，请你对我义父手下留情。”周芷若向内堂指了指，淡淡地道：“他在里面。” 张无忌走向房门，只见房内黑漆一团，并无灯光，于是拿起烛台，走了进去。 周芷若一手支颐，坐在桌旁，始终不动。 张无忌揭开青纱帐子，烛光下只见宋青书双目突出，五官歪曲，容颜甚是可怕，呼吸微弱，早已人事不知，按他手腕，但觉脉息混乱，忽快忽慢，肌肤冰冷，若不立即施救，果然是难以挨过当晚，再轻摸他的头骨，察觉前额与后脑骨共有四块碎裂，心想俞二伯双拳之力何等厉害，这一招“双风贯耳”自是运上了十成内劲，若不是宋青书内功也有相当根柢，当场便已毙命。他放下帐子，将烛台放在桌上，坐在竹椅上，凝思治疗之法。宋青书受的实是致命重伤，要救他性命，最多只有三成把握。 他细细思量了一顿饭时分，走到外室，说道：“宋夫人，能否救得宋师哥之命，我殊难断言，是否能容我一试？”周芷若道：“若你救他不得，世间也无第二人能够。”张无忌道：“纵然救得他性命，但容貌武功，难复旧观，他脑子也已震坏，只怕……只怕说话也不容易了。”周芷若道：“你究竟不是神仙。我知你必会尽心竭力，救活了他，以便自己问心无愧的去做朝廷郡马。” 张无忌心头一震，此事也不便置辩，当下回入房中，揭开宋青书身上所盖薄被，点了他八处穴道，十指轻柔，以一股若有若无之力，将他碎裂的头骨一一扶正。然后从怀中取出一只金盒，以小指挑了一团黑色药膏，双手搓得匀净，轻轻涂在宋青书头骨碎处。这黑色药膏便是“黑玉断续膏”，乃西域少林派疗伤接骨的无上圣药。当年他向赵敏乞得，用以接续俞岱岩与殷梨亭二人的四肢断骨，尚有剩余。他掌内九阳真气源源送出，将药力透入宋青书各处断骨。 约莫一炷香时分，张无忌送完药力，见宋青书脸上无甚变化，心下甚喜，知道救活他性命的把握又多了几成。他自己重伤初愈，这么一运内劲，不由得又感心跳气喘，站在床前调匀内息半晌，这才回到外房，将烛台放在桌上。 淡淡的烛光照映下，见周芷若脸色苍白异常，隐隐听得屋外轻轻的脚步之声，知是峨嵋派群弟子正在巡逻守卫，便道：“宋师哥的性命或能救转，你可放心。” 周芷若道：“你没救他的把握，我也没救谢大侠的把握。” 张无忌心想：“明日她要去攻打金刚伏魔圈，峨嵋派中纵有一二高手相助，十九也难成事，说不定反而送了她的性命。”说道：“你可知义父囚禁之处的情形么？”周芷若道：“不知。少林派设下甚么厉害的埋伏？”张无忌于是将谢逊如何囚在山顶地牢之中、少林三老僧如何坚守、自己如何两度攻打均告失败、而殷天正更由此送命等情由简略说了。 周芷若默默听完，道：“如此说来，你既破不了，我是更加无济于事。” 张无忌突然心中一动，喜道：“芷若，倘若我二人联手，大功可成。我以纯阳至刚的力道，牵缠住三位高僧的长鞭。你以阴柔之力乘隙而入，一进入伏魔圈中，内外夹攻，便能取胜。” 周芷若冷笑道：“咱们从前曾有婚姻之约，我丈夫此刻却是命在垂危，加之今日我没伤你性命，旁人定然说我对你旧情犹存。若再邀你相助，天下英雄人人要骂我不知廉耻、水性杨花。”张无忌急道：“咱们只须问心无愧，旁人言语，理他作甚？”周芷若道：“倘若我问心有愧呢？”张无忌一呆，接不上口，只道：“你……你……” 周芷若道：“张教主，咱二人孤男寡女，深宵共处，难免要惹物议。你快请罢！” 张无忌站起身子，深深一揖，道：“宋夫人，你自幼待我很好，盼你再赐一次恩德。张无忌有生之年，不敢忘了高义。” 周芷若默不作声，既不答应，亦不拒绝。她自始至终没回过头来，张无忌无法见到她脸色，待要再低声下气的相求，周芷若高声道：“静慧师姊，送客！” 呀的一声，房门打开，静慧站在门外，手执长剑，满脸怒容的瞪着他。张无忌心想义父的生死系于此举，自己的颜面屈辱，何足道哉，突然跪倒在地，向周芷若磕了四个头，道：“宋夫人，盼你垂怜。”周芷若仍如石像般一动不动。 静慧喝道：“张无忌，掌门人叫你出去，你还纠缠些甚么？当真是武林败类，无耻之尤。”她还道张无忌乘着宋青书将死，又来求周芷若重行缔婚。 张无忌叹了口气，纵身出门。 他回到明教的茅棚之前，赵敏迎了上来，道：“宋青书的伤有救，是不是？又用我的黑玉断续膏去做好人了。” 张无忌道：“咦！你当真料事如神。他伤势是否能救，此刻还不能说。”赵敏叹了口气，道：“你想救了宋青书的性命，来换谢大侠，无忌哥哥，你是越弄越糟，一点也不懂人家的心事。”张无忌奇道：“为甚么？这个我可不明白了。”赵敏道：“你用尽心血来救宋青书，那便是说一点也不顾念周姊姊对你的情意，你想她恼也不恼？” 张无忌一怔，无言可答，倘若周芷若愿意自己丈夫伤重不治，那是决无是理，但她确是说过：“我知你必会尽心竭力，救活了他，以便自己问心无愧的去做朝廷郡马。”这两句话中果是颇有怨怼之意，何况她又说了“倘若我问心有愧呢”那句话。 赵敏道：“你救了宋青书的性命，现今又后悔了，是不是？”不等张无忌回答，微微一笑，翩然入内。 张无忌坐在石上，对着一弯冷月，呆呆出神，回思自与周芷若相识以来的诸般情景，尤其适才相见时她的言语神态，低徊惆怅，实难自已。
五月初六清晨，少林寺钟声铛铛响起，群雄又集在广场之中。那达摩院的老僧这次更不向空智请示，便即站了出来，朗声说道：“众位英雄请了。昨日比武较量，峨嵋派掌门宋夫人艺冠群雄，便请宋夫人至山后破关，提取金毛狮王谢逊。老僧领路。”说着当先便行。 峨嵋派八名女尼大弟子跟随其后，接着便是周芷若与峨嵋群弟子。众英雄更在后面，齐向后山走去。 张无忌见周芷若衣饰一如昨日，并未服丧，知宋青书未死，心想：“他既挨得过昨晚，或能保得住性命。” 众人上得山峰，只见三位高僧仍是盘膝坐在松树之下。那达摩院老僧道：“金毛狮王囚于三株苍松间的地牢中，看守地牢的是敝派三位长老。宋夫人武功天下无双，只须胜了敝派这三位长老，便可破牢取人。我们大伙儿再瞻仰宋夫人的身手。” 杨逍见张无忌脸色不定，在他耳边悄声说道：“教主宽心。韦蝠王、说不得二位，已率领五行旗人众伏在峰下。峨嵋派若不肯交出谢狮王，咱们只好用强。”张无忌皱眉道：“这可坏了大会的规矩，有失信义。”杨逍道：“我只怕宋夫人将刀剑架在谢狮王颈中，咱们动手时投鼠忌器。信义甚么的，也顾不得这许多了。” 赵敏悄声道：“谢狮王仇人极多，咱们要防备人丛中有人发暗器偷袭。”杨逍道：“范右使、铁冠道长、周兄、彭大师四位已分占四角，防人偷袭。”赵敏低声道：“最好有人发射暗器偷袭，咱们就可乘机抢夺谢狮王。天下英雄也不能怪咱们失了信义。不过要是风平浪静……这个倒……嗯，杨左使，你不防暗中派人假装袭击谢狮工，纷扰之中，咱们混水摸鱼抢人。”杨逍笑道：“此计大妙。”当下便去派遣人手。 张无忌明知此举甚不光明磊落，但为了相救义父，那也只好无所顾忌，心中又不禁感激赵敏，暗想：“敏妹和杨左使均有临事决疑的大才，难得他二人商商量量，极是投机，我可没这等本事。” 只听周芷若道：“三位高僧既是少林派长老，自是武学深湛。要本座以一敌三，非但不公，抑且不敬。”那达摩院老僧道：“宋夫人要添一二人相助，亦无不可。”周芷若道：“本座承天下英雄相让，侥幸夺魁，所仗者不过是先师灭绝师太秘传的本派武功，若是以三敌三，纵然得胜，也未能显得先师当年教导本座的一番苦心；但如以一敌三，又是对主人不恭。这样罢，我叫一个昨日伤在本座手下、伤势尚未痊可的小子联手。这小子当年曾被先师三掌击得口吐鲜血，天下皆知。如此便不损先师威名。” 张无忌一听，心中大喜：“谢天谢地，她果然允我之请。”只听周芷若道：“张无忌，你出来罢。” 明教群豪除了杨逍等数人之外，都不明其中原由，但听周芷若小子长、小子短的侮辱本教教主，尽皆愤恨难平。却见张无忌脸有喜色，走上前去，长揖到地，说道：“多谢宋夫人昨日手下留情，饶了小子性命。”他心中已然打定了主意：“她当众辱我，不过是为峨嵋派挣个颜面，再报复那日婚礼中新郎遁走的羞耻。为了义父，我当委曲求全到底。” 周芷若道：“你昨日重伤呕血，此刻我也不要你真的帮手，只不过作个样子而已。”张无忌道：“是。一切遵命而行，不敢有违。” 周芷若取出软鞭，右手一抖，鞭子登时卷成十多个大大小小的圈子，好看已极，左手翻处，青光闪动，露出了一柄短刀。群雄昨日已见识了她软鞭的威力，不意她左手尚能同时用刀，一长一短，一柔一刚，那是两般截然相异的兵刃。群雄惊佩之下，精神都为之一振。 张无忌从怀中摸出两枚圣火令来，向前走了两步，突然脚下一个踉跄，故意又大声咳嗽几下，显得重作未愈，自保也十分勉强，待会若是胜了少林三僧，好让群雄都说全是周芷若的功劳。周芷若靠到他身边，低声问道：“你曾立誓为你表妹报仇，倘若害她的凶手是你义父，你还救他不救？”张无忌一怔，道：“义父有时心智失常，作不得数。” 渡厄道：“张教主今日又来赐教了。”张无忌道：“尚祈三位大师见谅。”渡厄道：“好说，好说！这位峨嵋派掌门，说道是昨日艺胜天下群雄，难道她武功还能在张教主之上吗？”张无忌道：“正是。晚辈昨日在周掌门手下重伤呕血。”渡难道：“这就奇了。”三个老僧长鞭缓缓抖了出来。 正在此时，忽听得峰腰里传来轻轻数响琴箫和鸣之声。张无忌心中一喜，只听得瑶琴铮铮铮连响三下，四名白衣少女翩然上峰，手中各抱一具短琴，跟着箫声抑扬，四名黑衣少女手执长箫，走上峰来。黑白相间，八名少女分占八个方位，琴箫齐奏，音韵柔雅。一个身披淡黄轻纱的美女在乐声中缓步上峰，正是当日张无忌在卢龙丐帮中会过之人。 丐帮的女童帮主史红石一见，奔将过去，扑在她怀里，叫道：“杨姊姊，杨姊姊！咱们的长老和龙头，都给人害了！”说着手指周芷若，道：“是她峨嵋派和少林派下的毒手。”那黄衣女子点头道：“我都知道了。哼！'九阴白骨爪'未必便是天下最强的武功。” 她上峰来时如此声势，人又美貌飘逸，人人的目光都在瞧她，这两句话更是清清楚楚的送到了各人耳中。群雄一凛之下，年纪较长的都想：“峨嵋派这路爪法，难道便是百年前驰名江湖的阴毒武功'九阴白骨爪'么？”他们曾听过“九阴白骨爪”的名字，但知这门武功阴毒过甚，久已失传，谁也没有见过。 黄衫女子携着史红石的手，走入丐帮人丛，便在一块山石上坐了。 周芷若脸色微变，低声问道：“这女子是谁？”张无忌道：“我只见过她一次，不知她姓名来历，只知她跟丐帮颇有渊源。”周芷若哼了一声，道：“动手罢！”长鞭抖出，卷向渡难的长鞭，身子一借势，便从三株苍松间落了下去。 她第一招便直攻敌人中央，狠辣迅捷，胆识之强，纵是第一流江湖老手也是有所不及。群雄只见她身在半空，如一只青鹤般凌空扑击而下，身法曼妙无比。她右手的软鞭与渡难的长鞭缠在一起，既借其力，又使渡难的兵刃暂时无法使用。渡厄和渡劫双鞭齐扬，分从左右击至。 张无忌直抢而前，脚下一踬，忽然一个筋斗摔了过去。群雄咦的一声，只道他伤后立足不定。哪知张无忌这一招使的乃是圣火令上所载的古波斯武功，身法怪异，已达极点，他似是向前摔跌，双手圣火令却已向渡难胸口拍了过去。其时渡难长鞭正与周芷若的鞭子缠住未分，不能回鞭抵挡，渡厄、渡劫眼见势危，立时舍却周芷若，双鞭向张无忌击来。两条黑色长鞭灵动威猛，直和一双乌龙相似，眼见张无忌难以抵挡，不料他在地下一个打滚，狼狈万状的滚向渡厄身边。渡厄左手向他肩头戳落，张无忌左掌以挪移乾坤之力化开，身子一晃，肩头已向渡劫撞去。 他今日一意要令周芷若成名，将
Song Qingshu has been afraid of this uncle since he was a child, but seeing him holding his breath and facing the enemy fiercely, he knows that today's event is no longer about teaching martial arts on Wudang Mountain, but a life-and-death struggle, even though he has learned other strange martial arts , After all, it is unavoidable to be timid. Yu Lianzhou clasped her fists and said, "Please, Young Hero Song!" This salute, and the address in his mouth, clearly showed that he didn't dare to underestimate Song Qingshu, but he no longer had any respect for him.Song Qingshu bowed and saluted without saying a word.Yu Lianzhou slapped her palm and slashed at her face. Yu Lianzhou has been famous for more than 30 years, but there are very few people in the martial arts who have seen him show his skills. Until today, he has seen him use the softness of his palms to transform the invincible force of thunder, thunder, fire, and bullets. Humbled.It is well known in the world that the main purpose of Wudang school's martial arts is to subdue rigidity with softness, with slow movements and subtle changes, but Yu Lianzhou's palms are like the wind, and his moves are extremely fast. Song Qingshu was horrified: "Both Grand Master and Dad want me to be the third generation leader of the Wudang School, so there will never be any secrets of martial arts that I will not teach. I have learned all the moves of Uncle Yu's fast punches and fast legs, but I have learned all the moves. How could the moves be so fast? Isn’t it a violation of the taboo of my own kung fu? But it’s so powerful!” When he was about to perform the finger kung fu taught by Zhou Zhiruo, he was caught by Yu Lianzhou and couldn’t breathe. Back again and again, trying to hold the door. The crowd watched the two fight with rapt attention. Although Yu Lianzhou had the upper hand at the moment, Song Qingshu captured and killed the two elders of the Beggar Gang just now, and they both turned defeat into victory.But I saw Yu Lianzhou playing faster and faster, but every move was clear, just like a famous singer who is good at singing, although he sang extremely fast, he still articulated his words cleanly and neatly, without any trace Vague procrastination.The heroes stood up one after another, and some standing behind simply boarded the tables and chairs, all of them admired in their hearts: "Wudang Yu's second hero is well-deserved of his reputation, this non-stop rapid attack, the moves are not repeated at all." Fortunately, Song Qingshu is a direct disciple of Wudang, and he has learned the subtle changes in Yu Lianzhou's fists and feet, but it is the first time in his life that he has fought so fast.The yellow dust flew up in the square and turned into a thick fog, enveloping Yu Qing and the two of them. Suddenly there was a slap, palms intersected, Yu Lianzhou and Song Qingshu jumped back together, and the two clouds of yellow mist separated.Before Yu Lianzhou could stand still, she leaned forward again. Yin Liting was worried about his brother's safety, so he couldn't help but walked to the sidelines, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and stared intently at the middle of the field.At this time, Song Qingshu's life and death were on the line, he was fighting with all his strength, he had long since ignored the differences in sects, and all he used was the Wudang School Kung Fu practiced since childhood.Yin Liting knew all the punching and kicking moves of the two, knowing that each move was fatal, and the anxiety in his heart was far greater than that of others.Fortunately, seeing that Yu Lianzhou gained the upper hand, if he hadn't been wary of Song Qingshu's protruding five-finger piercing killer, and reserved space everywhere, he would have been killed in the palm of his hand. Zhang Wuji was also quite worried, holding two sacred fire orders in his hands, if Yu Lianzhou's life was really in danger, he would have to rescue him regardless of the rules of the meeting. But seeing the dust rising higher and higher, Song Qingshu suddenly stretched out his left hand and grabbed Yu Lianzhou's right shoulder.Yu Lianzhou had been waiting for him to perform this move before the hundred moves.Song Qingshu arrested and killed the two elders of the Beggar Gang, and Yu Lianzhou saw clearly the scene of the attack. If the two elders did not suffer in advance, and suddenly met such a vicious killer for the first time, even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured. Already figured out how to deal with it.Song Qingshu hadn't practiced this grasping method for a long time, and there were not many changes. The grasping method at this time is still similar to the first two strokes.Yu Lianzhou's right shoulder flashed obliquely, and his left hand drew several circles out of thin air. Zhao Min and Fan Yao couldn't help exclaiming "Hey" in unison. The two circles that Yu Lianzhou made were exactly Zhang Wuji's teaching Fan Yao's Tai Chi "Chaotic Ring Jue".As soon as Zhao Min and Fan Yao saw it, they knew that something was going to happen to Song Qingshu. Sure enough, before the sound of "噫" was finished, Song Qingshu grabbed Yu Lianzhou's throat with the five fingers of his right hand.Zhang Wuji was furious, and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, damn it!" The law enforcement elder of the Beggar Clan was killed by this arrest, and Song Qingshu actually did the same thing to his uncle. But seeing Yu Lianzhou turning his arms around and using the two strengths of "Drilling" and "Spiral" in "Liuhe Strength", Song Qingshu's arms have been encircled, and there are two clicks, Song Qingshu's arms are broken.Yu Lianzhou yelled: "Avenge my seventh brother today!" He folded his arms together and made a move of "double wind piercing his ears", punching his left and right ears with both fists.This move was full of strength, and Song Qingshu's skull shattered immediately. Before he fell down, Yu Lianzhou was about to catch his foot, killing him on the spot, when suddenly a blue shadow flickered and a long whip hit him.Yu Lianzhou hastily jumped back to dodge it, and the long whip's quick and relentless moves were precisely Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei School, who came to avenge her husband. Yu Lianzhou took three quick steps back.Zhou Zhiruo's whip technique was unreal, and he was surrounded by three moves. Suddenly, the soft whip flicked, and she drew it back. She grabbed the tip of the whip with her left hand, and said coldly: "I'll take your life at this time, sorry for your dissatisfaction. Take the weapon Come!" Yin Liting drew out his long sword with a bang, stepped forward and said, "I'll take Miss Zhou's brilliant move." Zhou Zhiruo glared at him coldly, then turned to look at Song Qingshu's injuries, only to see that his eyes were protruding, bleeding from seven holes, he was paralyzed on the ground, his life was in danger.The Emei sect grabbed three male disciples and carried him down. Zhou Zhiruo turned her head around, pointed at Yu Lianzhou and said, "I'll kill you first, and then the one surnamed Yin will not be too late." Yu Lianzhou tried his best just now, but he couldn't get out of her whip circle, and he was horrified in his heart.He loves his younger brother and thought: "If I fight with her, even if I die under her whip, the sixth younger brother can at least see the clues of her whipping technique. If he narrowly escapes death, he has a little more hope." Back to He went to catch the long sword in Yin Liting's hand.Yin Liting also saw that the situation was extremely dangerous, relying on the martial arts of the two senior brothers, it seemed extremely unlikely that he could escape the blow of her long whip, he and his senior brother had the same thoughts, and would rather be the first to lead the way so that the Senior brother checked the gist of her whipping technique, he refused to hand over the sword immediately, and said: "Senior brother, I will go first." Yu Lianzhou glanced at him, the tens of years of fellowship and brotherly friendship suddenly surged into his heart, his thoughts were like lightning, thinking of Yu Daiyan's disability, Zhang Cuishan's suicide, Mo Shenggu's tragic death, Wudang Seven Heroes only Fourth, it seems that there are two heroes who have died here today. Although the sixth younger brother Yin is strong in martial arts, his temperament is extremely weak. Wan Nan avenged me, and he was determined not to run away with his life. It must be that the two brothers and sisters died at the same time, and it would not help. If he died first, I could see the essence of this woman's whipping method, and I might be able to fight her We will die together." Nodding at the moment, he said, "Sixth brother, please support me for a moment." Yin Liting remembered that his wife Yang Buhui was pregnant, so she couldn't help but look towards Yang Xiao and Zhang Wuji, then she thought again: "After I die, Buhui and the baby will be taken care of by themselves, why bother mother-in-law to ask for help." So Chang Jian made a move. , looking at the tip of the sword, without hesitation, followed by chest and back, shoulders and elbows, and said: "Master, please give me a move!" Although he was much older than Zhou Zhiruo, Zhou Zhiruo was the head of the Emei Sect at the moment. He did not lack manners at all.Yu Lianzhou saw that he was responding to the enemy with the "Tai Chi Sword" movement, and knew that the sixth brother was dealing with a strong enemy with his master's unique skills this time, so he slowly backed away. Zhou Zhiruo said: "Go ahead!" Yin Liting thought that the other party's moves were like lightning, and if she took the lead, it would be extremely difficult to vindicate him, so he immediately stepped on his left foot, crossed his sword with his left hand, and performed the "Three Rings Surrounding the Moon" move. The sword was false and real, attacking the enemy with the sword in his left hand, the light on the tip of the sword flickered, and there was a slight chi chi chi chi sound.The spectators couldn't help applauding. Zhou Zhiruo slanted to dodge, Yin Liting was followed by "Da Kuixing" and "Swallow Chaoshui", the long sword drew a big circle in the air, and when the right hand poked out the sword formula, there seemed to be a slight chichi sound.Zhou Zhiruo swung her slender waist lightly, dodged them one by one, and said, "Six Heroes Yin, I will let you do three tricks to repay the love of old friends on Wudang Mountain." Yin Liting's chest.Yin Liting ran to the left, and the soft whip turned around halfway. Yin Liting made a move of "Wind Swinging Lotus Leaf", the long sword was sliced out, the whip and sword intersected, and there was a light rubbing sound, Yin Liting felt the tiger's mouth was hot, and the long sword was almost out of hand, he was shocked: "I only know that her moves are weird, and her internal strength is strong. She is not my enemy, but her inner strength is so unpredictable." Concentrating on it now, she made a set of Taiji swordsmanship round and round as she wished, and guarded the door tightly and abnormally. The soft whip in Zhou Zhiruo's hand was like a piece of soft silk, but it didn't seem to have any weight. Her body moved eastward and westward, advancing and retreating, fluttering around Yin Liting's body. Zhang Wuji became more and more amazed as he looked at it, he thought: "She uses the whip like this, compared to the three eminent monks Du E, Du Nan, and Du Jie, she is completely different." Seeing her ghost-like skill, which is very different from Miejue Shitaishi, I felt a faint sense of fear in my heart.Fan Yao suddenly said: "She's a ghost, not a human!" This sentence was expressing Zhang Wuji's thoughts, and he couldn't help trembling, if it wasn't for the bright sunshine in the square and the crowds of people standing around, he would have suspected that Zhou Zhiruo was dead, the ghost Fighting with Yin Liting with a whip.He has seen countless weird martial arts in his life, but Zhou Zhiruo's body and whip techniques, like wind blowing willow catkins and water sending duckweeds, are really not human phenomena. It was like being in a dream for a moment, and he felt a chill in his heart: "Does she really have demon skills?" No? Or is there some monster possessing it?" Zhou Zhiruo's body skills are strange, but Taiji swordsmanship was created by Zhang Sanfeng following Taijiquan in his later years. No flaws. Suddenly, a person shouted in a strange voice: "Ah, Song Qingshu is about to die, Master Zhou, if you don't die for your husband, it would be disgraceful to be a widow!" Everyone looked where the voice came from, but it was Zhou Britain.He knew that the disciples of the Wudang School paid the most attention to nourishing Qi and regulating breath in their lives. When confronting the enemy, they all had the practice of "Mount Tai collapses in front without changing color, and elk thrives in the left without blinking", so he intentionally helped Yin Liting, thinking Disturbing Zhou Zhiruo's mind.He called again: "Hey, Miss Zhou Zhiruo from the Emei School, your husband is going to choke, I have a few words to tell you, he said he had three to seven twenty-one, four to seven twenty-eight illegitimate children outside. He died After he dies, I want you to raise him well so that he won't die in peace. Do you agree or not?" Hearing his nonsense, some of the heroes couldn't help but burst out laughing.Zhou Zhiruo still didn't hear it.Zhou Dian shouted again: "Ah, be good! Mrs. Miejue, you are in good health recently. I haven't seen you for a long time, and you are getting stronger and stronger. Your ghost is attached to Miss Zhou. This soft whip can be played How beautiful it is!" All of a sudden, Zhou Zhiruo flickered and retreated a few feet. The long whip was thrown back from her right shoulder, and the head of the whip suddenly hit Zhou Dian's face.She was originally more than ten feet away from the Mingjiao hut, but the soft whip arrived as soon as it was mentioned, just like a dragon swimming outside the sky, it arrived with the arrow.Zhou Dian was talking happily, but Zhou Zhiruo would suddenly attack with a whip in the midst of a fierce fight.He was stunned, and the long whip had reached the door.Zhou Zhiruo didn't turn around, but there seemed to be eyes on his back, and the whip pointed directly at the tip of his nose. Zhou Zhiruo swung the long whip backwards, pointed at Yin Liting one after another with the second finger in the middle of the left hand, seven fingers in a row, all pointed at the key points on his head, face and chest.Yin Liting couldn't attack the enemy in time, and he couldn't circle the long sword to cut her arm.I had no choice but to make the move "Feng Nod" short to avoid it. At that time, there was a crackling sound in the Mingjiao hut, followed by a chaotic noise.It turned out that Yang Xiao was standing next to Zhou Dian, with sharp eyesight and quick hands, he slapped the wooden table in front of him, blocking Zhou Zhiruo's whip.The long whip hit the wooden table, and sawdust flew across the table, the teapots and tea bowls on the table were thrown around, and a lot of hot tea was splashed on everyone's bodies. Zhou Zhiruo missed Zhou Dian's blow, she ignored Zhou Dian, turned back with a soft whip, and attacked Yin Liting like a storm. Yu Lianzhou held the sword and watched for a while, still unable to grasp the essence of her whipping technique, thinking to herself: "If I try again, this Taiji swordsmanship will not be able to make it better than the sixth brother. But if we fight for a long time, She lacks internal strength, we may be able to win with tenacity." He saw that Yin Liting's swordsmanship, opening and closing, yin and yang movement, had reached the ultimate attainment taught by his teacher Zhang Sanfeng, and he thought that his younger brother had never performed such a skill in his life. The superb swordsmanship, facing the critical moment of life and death today, has brought out the most essential aspects of the swordsmanship. The martial arts of the Wudang sect emphasizes that the more you fight, the stronger you become. Zhou Zhiruo suddenly shook the whip, forming circles of various sizes, immediately wrapping Yin Liting in them.Both Taijiquan and Taijijian focus on moving energy into circles, and Zhou Zhiruo's long whip also shakes into circles. The direction of the whip circle is the same as Yin Liting's sword circle, but it is several times faster.The strength of Yin Liting's sword was taken by her, and he couldn't help himself, he turned around a few times, a blue light flashed, and the long sword was released from his hand and raised.Zhou Zhiruo's long whip was rolled upside down, and the head of the whip aimed at Yin Liting's Tianling Gai and smashed it down. Yu Lianzhou jumped up and grabbed the tip of the soft whip with her right hand.A leg flew out from the bottom of Zhou Zhiruo's skirt, hitting Yu Lianzhou's waist.Yu Lianzhou has been elusive about the essence of Zhou Zhiruo's weird whip technique. When she saw her shaking her whip in a circle and snatching the long sword from Yin Liting's hand, she suddenly understood: "It turns out that her skill is not so good, these few times shaking her whip into a circle is better than that." Therefore, our Taijiquan skills are far behind." Grabbing the whip, he stretched his waist to receive her leg, and stretched out his left hand. It was a "Tiger Claw" move, which pierced Zhou Zhiruo's abdomen.Zhou Zhiruo was irresistible, a thought flashed in his mind like lightning: "I will die in the hands of Second Uncle Yu today." He let go of the handle of the whip with his right hand, and pointed five fingers at the top of Yu Lianzhou's head, hoping to fight him to the death together.Yu Lianzhou turned her head to avoid it, but unexpectedly the acupoints in the middle of her waist and the back of her legs were blocked, her head and neck were stiff, and she couldn't move, but her left hand was still moving. Just at this critical moment, a person snatched from the side, blocked Yu Lianzhou's "tiger claws" with his right hand, and blocked Zhou Zhiruo's five fingers that were piercing Yu Lianzhou's head with his left hand. It was Zhang Wuji who came to save him.Zhou Zhiruo hit Zhang Wuji's chest with both palms together.If Zhang Wuji dodged, the force of these two palms hit Zheng Yin Liting's face just right, so he had to block with his left palm. The two palms joined each other, Zhang Wuji suddenly felt that Zhou Zhiruo's palms had no strength, and he was terrified: "Oh, no! She and the sixth uncle fought hard for more than two hundred moves, and they have reached the point where they are exhausted. If I send this force forward, won't it kill her on the spot?" In the crisis, I hurriedly withdrew my hand. When he first struck out with his left palm, he knew that Zhou Zhiruo's martial arts were not far behind his own, and he was a formidable opponent, so he didn't dare to neglect it at all. In addition, with one palm facing both palms, this palm had exerted 100% of its strength, and its strength was directed towards the opponent. Throwing out, even when he sensed that the other party was exhausted, he hastily retracted it forcefully. He knew that this was a big taboo in martial arts, and it was tantamount to hitting himself back with 100% of his palm force. What's more, it was even more strange to use force to withdraw it suddenly when there was no room for it. It's fierce, but he can send and receive his internal energy freely, this strong back impact, at most he can be suffocated for a while, it's definitely not a serious problem.Unexpectedly, just as he regained his palm strength, he suddenly felt that the opponent's palm strength was like a flood bursting a bank, and he rushed towards him irresistibly. Zhang Wuji was taken aback, knowing that he had been tricked, his chest thumped, being hit by Zhou Zhiruo's palms.It was his own palm strength combined with Zhou Zhiruo's palm strength. Under the combined attack of the two masters in the world, although his body-protecting Nine Suns Divine Art was powerful, it couldn't resist it.What's more, Zhou Zhiruo's palm strength is taking advantage of the gap, just when his old strength has been exhausted and new strength has not yet emerged.This kung fu is a direct inheritance of the Emei sect, Miejue Shitai once hit him with this method, causing him to squirt blood and fall to the ground.It's just that he didn't know how to resist at all back then, but this time he was benevolent and deceived.Immediately, he involuntarily leaned back, his eyes darkened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. Zhou Zhiruo succeeded in the sneak attack, her left hand followed forward, and her five fingers grabbed his chest. Zhang Wuji was seriously injured, but his mind was not disturbed.With a chirping sound, Zhou Zhiruo's five fingers had scratched his shirt on his chest, exposing the skin on his chest. Zhou Zhiruo followed with five fingers of her right hand and was about to attack, at that moment Yu Lianzhou was kicked down by her, hit the acupuncture point, unable to move, Yin Liting rushed to rescue, but it was too late, seeing that Zhang Wuji was doomed.Zhou Zhiruo glanced at him, and suddenly saw a scar on his chest, which she had stabbed with the Yitian sword on the top of Guangming in the past. The five fingers were less than half a foot away from his chest, and the tenderness in her heart suddenly moved, her eyes turned red, and she couldn't grasp it. go down. She hesitated for a while, Wei Yixiao, Yin Liting, Yang Xiao, and Fan Yao rushed forward at the same time.Wei Yixiao flew in front of Zhang Wuji, Yang and Fan separated Zhou Zhiruo to the left and right, Yin Liting had already fled away with Zhang Wuji in his arms. As a result, there was chaos in the arena, the disciples of Emei Sect and the Shaolin monks shouted one after another, and rushed to the arena with weapons in hand.Yang Xiao, Fan Yao and Zhou Zhiruo stopped fighting after a few tricks, Wei Yixiao helped Yu Lianzhou up, and they went back into the hut together.People from Emei and Shaolin factions retreated when they saw that the fight had ceased. Zhao Minben also rushed to the rescue, but his movements were not as fast as Wei Yang's and others, and when he met Zhang Wuji on the way, seeing blood around Zhang Wuji's mouth, he was so frightened that his face was as white as paper.Zhang Wuji forced a smile and said: "It's not a problem, you'll be fine after a while." Everyone helped him to sit down in the hut.Zhang Wuji slowly invoked the Nine Suns magical power to recuperate internal injuries. Zhou Zhiruo shouted: "Which hero is here to teach you?" Fan Yao put on his belt and strode out.Zhang Wuji said: "Fan Youshi, I order you not to fight, let's... let's admit defeat..." He broke off in a breath, and two mouthfuls of blood spewed out again.Fan Yao did not dare to disobey the leader's order, if he insisted on fighting, Zhang Wuji's injuries would be aggravated, what's more, he just tried his best in the battle, which cost him his life in vain, but it would not help the sect. Zhou Zhiruo stood in the center of the square and said it twice. Just now Zhang Wuji turned back and hurt himself, only he and Zhou Zhiruo understood, others thought that Zhou Zhiruo's palm strength was weird and Zhang Wuji was invincible, but Zhou Zhiruo spared his life without pointing fingers, but everyone saw it.With a young woman, she defeated Yin Liting, Yu Lianzhou, and Zhang Wuji three first-class masters in a row. The martial arts are so amazing that it is really unimaginable.Although there are quite a few people with outstanding knowledge in the group of heroes, but they think that they are definitely not as good as Yu, Yin, and Zhang, so there is no need to go up and die. Zhou Zhiruo stood in the arena, the mountain wind blew her skirt, and it seemed that even her delicate body was shaking, but there were thousands of heroes from all directions around, and none of them dared to challenge again. Zhou Zhiruo waited for a while, but no one came forward.The old monk from the Nadharma Hall came out, clasped his hands together and said: "Mrs. Song, the leader of the Emei School, is the most powerful martial artist in the world. Is there any hero who refuses to accept?" Zhou Dian shouted: "I am not convinced by Zhou Dian "The old monk said: "Then please invite Zhou Yingxiong to compete." Zhou Dian said: "I can't beat her, so what is the comparison?" Already?" Zhou Dian said, "I know I'm invincible, but I'm still not convinced, is that okay?" The old monk stopped entangled with him, and asked again: "Apart from this hero Zhou, is there any one else?" Are you dissatisfied?" Zhou Dian shushed three times in a row, but no one objected. The old monk said: "Since no one is going to compete, let's follow the prior agreement of the heroes meeting. The golden-haired lion king Xie Xun will be handed over to Mrs. Song of the Emei Sect. Whoever owns the dragon-slaying knife, please also hand it over to Mrs. Song." Take it in. This is a referendum, and no one can disagree." Zhang Wuji was adjusting his inner breath, arousing the true qi of the nine suns, and healing serious injuries. He gradually entered the realm of returning to the void and emptiness, when the old monk suddenly heard the sentence "Golden Lion King Xie Xun is handed over to Mrs. Song, the head of the Emei Sect". At the words, my heart trembled, and another mouthful of blood almost spewed out. Sitting at the side, Zhao Min was concentrating on taking care of him. Seeing his body trembling suddenly and his face changing drastically, she understood his intentions and said softly, "Brother Wuji, it would be best if your adoptive father was dealt with by sister Zhou. She Just now I couldn't bear to harm you, so it shows that I still have deep affection for you, and I must not harm your adoptive father, you can just rest assured and heal your wounds." Zhang Wuji thought it was right, and he felt relieved. At that time, the sun was setting from behind the mountain, and the square was gradually getting dark.The old monk said again: "The golden-haired lion king Xie Xun is imprisoned somewhere behind the mountain. It's dark today, everyone must be hungry. Tomorrow afternoon, we will still gather here, and the old monk will guide Mrs. Song to open and release the prisoner. At that time Let's see Mrs. Song's unparalleled martial arts again." Yang Xiao, Fan Yao and the others all glanced at Zhao Min, and said in their hearts: "Sure enough, what you expected is right. The Shaolin sect has another conspiracy. No matter how strong Zhou Zhiruo's martial arts are, she can't defeat Du E and the other three old monks. I'm afraid she will die. Not on a small mountain peak, but in the end the Shaolin faction still ruled the roost." At this time Zhou Zhiruo had already returned to the hut, the Emei Sect was intimidating all the heroes today, all the disciples were in awe when they saw the head of the sect returned. Although the heroes saw that Zhou Zhiruo had won the title of "No. 1 martial arts in the world", the big event was not yet over, and they each had their own calculations in their hearts, so no one went down the mountain. 那老僧道：“各位英雄来到本寺，均是少林派的嘉宾，各位相互间若有恩怨纠葛，务请瞧在敝派薄面，暂忍一时，请勿在少室山上了结，否则便是瞧不起少林派。各位用过晚饭以后，前山各处，尽可随意游览。后山是敝派藏经授艺之所，请各位自重留步。”
当下范遥抱起张无忌，回到明教自搭的茅棚之中。张无忌所受掌伤虽重，但服了九粒他平时炼制的灵丹，再以九阳真气输导药力，到得深夜二更时分，吐出三口瘀血，内伤尽去。杨逍、范遥、俞莲舟、殷梨亭等均是又惊又喜，均赞他内功修为实是深厚无比，常人受了这等重伤，纵有高手调治，少说也得将养一两个月，方能去瘀顺气，他却能在几个时辰内便即痊可，若非亲见，当真难信。 张无忌吃了两碗饭，将养片刻，站起身来，说道：“我出去一会儿。”他是教主之尊，既不说是甚么事，旁人自也不便相询。殷梨亭道：“你重伤刚愈，一切小心。”张无忌应道：“是！”见赵敏脸上神色极是关怀，向她微微一笑，意思说：“你放心罢！” 他走出茅棚，抬起头来，只见明月在天，疏星数点，深深吸了口气，体内真气流转，精神为之一振，径到少林寺外，向知客僧人道：“在下有事要见峨嵋派掌门，相烦引路。” 那知客僧见是明教教主，心下甚是害怕，忙恭恭敬敬道：“是，是！小僧引路，张教主请这边来。”引着他向西走去，约莫行了里许，指着几间小屋。 那知客僧道：“峨嵋派都住在那边，僧尼有别，小僧不便深夜近前。”他深恐张无忌又去和周芷若动手，这当世两大高手厮拚起来，自己一个不巧，便受了池鱼之殃。张无忌笑道：“你若回去说起此事，不免惊动旁人，我不如点了你的穴道，在此等我如何？”那知客僧忙道：“小僧决不敢说，教主放心。”急急忙忙的转身便去。 张无忌缓步走到小屋之前，相距十余丈，便见两名女尼飞身过来，挺剑拦在身前，叱道：“是谁？”张无忌抱拳道：“明教张无忌，求见贵派掌门宋夫人。”那两名女尼大惊失色，一名年长的女尼道：“张……张教主……请暂候，我……我去禀报。”她虽强自镇定，但声音发颤，转身没走了几步，便摸出竹哨吹了起来。 峨嵋派今日吐气扬眉，在天下群雄之前，掌门人力败当世三位高手，吓得数千须眉男子无一敢上前挑战，真是开派以来从所未有的盛事。但峨嵋派今日杀丐帮二老、败武当二侠、伤明教教主，得罪的人着实不少，何况周芷若得了武功天下第一的名号，不知有多少英雄恼恨妒忌，这一晚身处险地，强敌环伺之下，戒备得十分严密。那女尼哨子一响，四周立时扑出二十余人，剑光闪动，分布各处。张无忌也不理会，双手负在背后，静立当地。 那女尼进小屋禀报，过了片刻，便即回身出来，说道：“敝派掌门人言道：男女有别，晚间不便相见。请张教主回步。”张无忌道：“在下颇通医术，愿为宋青书少侠疗伤，别无他意。”那女尼一怔，又进去禀报，隔了良久，这才出来，说道：“掌门人有请。” 张无忌拍了拍腰间，显示并未携带兵刃，随着那女尼走进小屋。 只见周芷若坐在一旁，以手支颐，怔怔出神，听得他进来，竟不回头，那女尼斟了一杯清茶放在桌上，便退了出去，轻轻带上了门，堂上更无旁人。一枝白烛忽明忽暗，照着周芷若一身素淡的青衣，情景凄凉。 张无忌心中一酸，低声道：“宋师哥伤势如何，待我瞧瞧他去。” 周芷若仍不回头，冷冷地道：“他头骨震碎，伤势极重，多半不能活了。不知能不能挨过今晚。”张无忌道：“你知我医术不坏，愿尽力施救。”周芷若问道：“你为甚么要救他？”张无忌一怔，说道：“我对你不起，心下万分抱愧，何况今日你手下留情，饶了我性命。宋师哥受伤，我自当尽力。”周芷若道：“你手下留情在先，我岂有不知？你若能救活宋大哥，要我如何报答？”张无忌道：“一命换一命，请你对我义父手下留情。”周芷若向内堂指了指，淡淡地道：“他在里面。” 张无忌走向房门，只见房内黑漆一团，并无灯光，于是拿起烛台，走了进去。 周芷若一手支颐，坐在桌旁，始终不动。 张无忌揭开青纱帐子，烛光下只见宋青书双目突出，五官歪曲，容颜甚是可怕，呼吸微弱，早已人事不知，按他手腕，但觉脉息混乱，忽快忽慢，肌肤冰冷，若不立即施救，果然是难以挨过当晚，再轻摸他的头骨，察觉前额与后脑骨共有四块碎裂，心想俞二伯双拳之力何等厉害，这一招“双风贯耳”自是运上了十成内劲，若不是宋青书内功也有相当根柢，当场便已毙命。他放下帐子，将烛台放在桌上，坐在竹椅上，凝思治疗之法。宋青书受的实是致命重伤，要救他性命，最多只有三成把握。 他细细思量了一顿饭时分，走到外室，说道：“宋夫人，能否救得宋师哥之命，我殊难断言，是否能容我一试？”周芷若道：“若你救他不得，世间也无第二人能够。”张无忌道：“纵然救得他性命，但容貌武功，难复旧观，他脑子也已震坏，只怕……只怕说话也不容易了。”周芷若道：“你究竟不是神仙。我知你必会尽心竭力，救活了他，以便自己问心无愧的去做朝廷郡马。” 张无忌心头一震，此事也不便置辩，当下回入房中，揭开宋青书身上所盖薄被，点了他八处穴道，十指轻柔，以一股若有若无之力，将他碎裂的头骨一一扶正。然后从怀中取出一只金盒，以小指挑了一团黑色药膏，双手搓得匀净，轻轻涂在宋青书头骨碎处。这黑色药膏便是“黑玉断续膏”，乃西域少林派疗伤接骨的无上圣药。当年他向赵敏乞得，用以接续俞岱岩与殷梨亭二人的四肢断骨，尚有剩余。他掌内九阳真气源源送出，将药力透入宋青书各处断骨。 约莫一炷香时分，张无忌送完药力，见宋青书脸上无甚变化，心下甚喜，知道救活他性命的把握又多了几成。他自己重伤初愈，这么一运内劲，不由得又感心跳气喘，站在床前调匀内息半晌，这才回到外房，将烛台放在桌上。 淡淡的烛光照映下，见周芷若脸色苍白异常，隐隐听得屋外轻轻的脚步之声，知是峨嵋派群弟子正在巡逻守卫，便道：“宋师哥的性命或能救转，你可放心。” 周芷若道：“你没救他的把握，我也没救谢大侠的把握。” 张无忌心想：“明日她要去攻打金刚伏魔圈，峨嵋派中纵有一二高手相助，十九也难成事，说不定反而送了她的性命。”说道：“你可知义父囚禁之处的情形么？”周芷若道：“不知。少林派设下甚么厉害的埋伏？”张无忌于是将谢逊如何囚在山顶地牢之中、少林三老僧如何坚守、自己如何两度攻打均告失败、而殷天正更由此送命等情由简略说了。 周芷若默默听完，道：“如此说来，你既破不了，我是更加无济于事。” 张无忌突然心中一动，喜道：“芷若，倘若我二人联手，大功可成。我以纯阳至刚的力道，牵缠住三位高僧的长鞭。你以阴柔之力乘隙而入，一进入伏魔圈中，内外夹攻，便能取胜。” 周芷若冷笑道：“咱们从前曾有婚姻之约，我丈夫此刻却是命在垂危，加之今日我没伤你性命，旁人定然说我对你旧情犹存。若再邀你相助，天下英雄人人要骂我不知廉耻、水性杨花。”张无忌急道：“咱们只须问心无愧，旁人言语，理他作甚？”周芷若道：“倘若我问心有愧呢？”张无忌一呆，接不上口，只道：“你……你……” 周芷若道：“张教主，咱二人孤男寡女，深宵共处，难免要惹物议。你快请罢！” 张无忌站起身子，深深一揖，道：“宋夫人，你自幼待我很好，盼你再赐一次恩德。张无忌有生之年，不敢忘了高义。” 周芷若默不作声，既不答应，亦不拒绝。她自始至终没回过头来，张无忌无法见到她脸色，待要再低声下气的相求，周芷若高声道：“静慧师姊，送客！” 呀的一声，房门打开，静慧站在门外，手执长剑，满脸怒容的瞪着他。张无忌心想义父的生死系于此举，自己的颜面屈辱，何足道哉，突然跪倒在地，向周芷若磕了四个头，道：“宋夫人，盼你垂怜。”周芷若仍如石像般一动不动。 静慧喝道：“张无忌，掌门人叫你出去，你还纠缠些甚么？当真是武林败类，无耻之尤。”她还道张无忌乘着宋青书将死，又来求周芷若重行缔婚。 张无忌叹了口气，纵身出门。 他回到明教的茅棚之前，赵敏迎了上来，道：“宋青书的伤有救，是不是？又用我的黑玉断续膏去做好人了。” 张无忌道：“咦！你当真料事如神。他伤势是否能救，此刻还不能说。”赵敏叹了口气，道：“你想救了宋青书的性命，来换谢大侠，无忌哥哥，你是越弄越糟，一点也不懂人家的心事。”张无忌奇道：“为甚么？这个我可不明白了。”赵敏道：“你用尽心血来救宋青书，那便是说一点也不顾念周姊姊对你的情意，你想她恼也不恼？” 张无忌一怔，无言可答，倘若周芷若愿意自己丈夫伤重不治，那是决无是理，但她确是说过：“我知你必会尽心竭力，救活了他，以便自己问心无愧的去做朝廷郡马。”这两句话中果是颇有怨怼之意，何况她又说了“倘若我问心有愧呢”那句话。 赵敏道：“你救了宋青书的性命，现今又后悔了，是不是？”不等张无忌回答，微微一笑，翩然入内。 张无忌坐在石上，对着一弯冷月，呆呆出神，回思自与周芷若相识以来的诸般情景，尤其适才相见时她的言语神态，低徊惆怅，实难自已。
五月初六清晨，少林寺钟声铛铛响起，群雄又集在广场之中。那达摩院的老僧这次更不向空智请示，便即站了出来，朗声说道：“众位英雄请了。昨日比武较量，峨嵋派掌门宋夫人艺冠群雄，便请宋夫人至山后破关，提取金毛狮王谢逊。老僧领路。”说着当先便行。 峨嵋派八名女尼大弟子跟随其后，接着便是周芷若与峨嵋群弟子。众英雄更在后面，齐向后山走去。 张无忌见周芷若衣饰一如昨日，并未服丧，知宋青书未死，心想：“他既挨得过昨晚，或能保得住性命。” 众人上得山峰，只见三位高僧仍是盘膝坐在松树之下。那达摩院老僧道：“金毛狮王囚于三株苍松间的地牢中，看守地牢的是敝派三位长老。宋夫人武功天下无双，只须胜了敝派这三位长老，便可破牢取人。我们大伙儿再瞻仰宋夫人的身手。” 杨逍见张无忌脸色不定，在他耳边悄声说道：“教主宽心。韦蝠王、说不得二位，已率领五行旗人众伏在峰下。峨嵋派若不肯交出谢狮王，咱们只好用强。”张无忌皱眉道：“这可坏了大会的规矩，有失信义。”杨逍道：“我只怕宋夫人将刀剑架在谢狮王颈中，咱们动手时投鼠忌器。信义甚么的，也顾不得这许多了。” 赵敏悄声道：“谢狮王仇人极多，咱们要防备人丛中有人发暗器偷袭。”杨逍道：“范右使、铁冠道长、周兄、彭大师四位已分占四角，防人偷袭。”赵敏低声道：“最好有人发射暗器偷袭，咱们就可乘机抢夺谢狮王。天下英雄也不能怪咱们失了信义。不过要是风平浪静……这个倒……嗯，杨左使，你不防暗中派人假装袭击谢狮工，纷扰之中，咱们混水摸鱼抢人。”杨逍笑道：“此计大妙。”当下便去派遣人手。 张无忌明知此举甚不光明磊落，但为了相救义父，那也只好无所顾忌，心中又不禁感激赵敏，暗想：“敏妹和杨左使均有临事决疑的大才，难得他二人商商量量，极是投机，我可没这等本事。” 只听周芷若道：“三位高僧既是少林派长老，自是武学深湛。要本座以一敌三，非但不公，抑且不敬。”那达摩院老僧道：“宋夫人要添一二人相助，亦无不可。”周芷若道：“本座承天下英雄相让，侥幸夺魁，所仗者不过是先师灭绝师太秘传的本派武功，若是以三敌三，纵然得胜，也未能显得先师当年教导本座的一番苦心；但如以一敌三，又是对主人不恭。这样罢，我叫一个昨日伤在本座手下、伤势尚未痊可的小子联手。这小子当年曾被先师三掌击得口吐鲜血，天下皆知。如此便不损先师威名。” 张无忌一听，心中大喜：“谢天谢地，她果然允我之请。”只听周芷若道：“张无忌，你出来罢。” 明教群豪除了杨逍等数人之外，都不明其中原由，但听周芷若小子长、小子短的侮辱本教教主，尽皆愤恨难平。却见张无忌脸有喜色，走上前去，长揖到地，说道：“多谢宋夫人昨日手下留情，饶了小子性命。”他心中已然打定了主意：“她当众辱我，不过是为峨嵋派挣个颜面，再报复那日婚礼中新郎遁走的羞耻。为了义父，我当委曲求全到底。” 周芷若道：“你昨日重伤呕血，此刻我也不要你真的帮手，只不过作个样子而已。”张无忌道：“是。一切遵命而行，不敢有违。” 周芷若取出软鞭，右手一抖，鞭子登时卷成十多个大大小小的圈子，好看已极，左手翻处，青光闪动，露出了一柄短刀。群雄昨日已见识了她软鞭的威力，不意她左手尚能同时用刀，一长一短，一柔一刚，那是两般截然相异的兵刃。群雄惊佩之下，精神都为之一振。 张无忌从怀中摸出两枚圣火令来，向前走了两步，突然脚下一个踉跄，故意又大声咳嗽几下，显得重作未愈，自保也十分勉强，待会若是胜了少林三僧，好让群雄都说全是周芷若的功劳。周芷若靠到他身边，低声问道：“你曾立誓为你表妹报仇，倘若害她的凶手是你义父，你还救他不救？”张无忌一怔，道：“义父有时心智失常，作不得数。” 渡厄道：“张教主今日又来赐教了。”张无忌道：“尚祈三位大师见谅。”渡厄道：“好说，好说！这位峨嵋派掌门，说道是昨日艺胜天下群雄，难道她武功还能在张教主之上吗？”张无忌道：“正是。晚辈昨日在周掌门手下重伤呕血。”渡难道：“这就奇了。”三个老僧长鞭缓缓抖了出来。 正在此时，忽听得峰腰里传来轻轻数响琴箫和鸣之声。张无忌心中一喜，只听得瑶琴铮铮铮连响三下，四名白衣少女翩然上峰，手中各抱一具短琴，跟着箫声抑扬，四名黑衣少女手执长箫，走上峰来。黑白相间，八名少女分占八个方位，琴箫齐奏，音韵柔雅。一个身披淡黄轻纱的美女在乐声中缓步上峰，正是当日张无忌在卢龙丐帮中会过之人。 丐帮的女童帮主史红石一见，奔将过去，扑在她怀里，叫道：“杨姊姊，杨姊姊！咱们的长老和龙头，都给人害了！”说着手指周芷若，道：“是她峨嵋派和少林派下的毒手。”那黄衣女子点头道：“我都知道了。哼！'九阴白骨爪'未必便是天下最强的武功。” 她上峰来时如此声势，人又美貌飘逸，人人的目光都在瞧她，这两句话更是清清楚楚的送到了各人耳中。群雄一凛之下，年纪较长的都想：“峨嵋派这路爪法，难道便是百年前驰名江湖的阴毒武功'九阴白骨爪'么？”他们曾听过“九阴白骨爪”的名字，但知这门武功阴毒过甚，久已失传，谁也没有见过。 黄衫女子携着史红石的手，走入丐帮人丛，便在一块山石上坐了。 周芷若脸色微变，低声问道：“这女子是谁？”张无忌道：“我只见过她一次，不知她姓名来历，只知她跟丐帮颇有渊源。”周芷若哼了一声，道：“动手罢！”长鞭抖出，卷向渡难的长鞭，身子一借势，便从三株苍松间落了下去。 她第一招便直攻敌人中央，狠辣迅捷，胆识之强，纵是第一流江湖老手也是有所不及。群雄只见她身在半空，如一只青鹤般凌空扑击而下，身法曼妙无比。她右手的软鞭与渡难的长鞭缠在一起，既借其力，又使渡难的兵刃暂时无法使用。渡厄和渡劫双鞭齐扬，分从左右击至。 张无忌直抢而前，脚下一踬，忽然一个筋斗摔了过去。群雄咦的一声，只道他伤后立足不定。哪知张无忌这一招使的乃是圣火令上所载的古波斯武功，身法怪异，已达极点，他似是向前摔跌，双手圣火令却已向渡难胸口拍了过去。其时渡难长鞭正与周芷若的鞭子缠住未分，不能回鞭抵挡，渡厄、渡劫眼见势危，立时舍却周芷若，双鞭向张无忌击来。两条黑色长鞭灵动威猛，直和一双乌龙相似，眼见张无忌难以抵挡，不料他在地下一个打滚，狼狈万状的滚向渡厄身边。渡厄左手向他肩头戳落，张无忌左掌以挪移乾坤之力化开，身子一晃，肩头已向渡劫撞去。 他今日一意要令周芷若成名，将