Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Harmony
Linghu Chong came down to the peak drunk and didn't wake up until midnight.After waking up from the wine, I realized that I was in the wilderness, and the disciples of Mount Heng were sitting far away to guard.Linghu Chong's headache was about to split, thinking that from now on, he might not see Yingying again, he couldn't help but feel great pain in his heart.
A group of people came to Jianxing Peak of Hengshan Mountain, and prayed to the spiritual tablets of the three masters Dingxian, Dingjing, and Dingyi for revenge.Everyone expected that the Sun Moon Sect would come to attack the mountain overnight, and after the first battle, the Hengshan faction would definitely be destroyed. Fortunately, the number of winners and losers was already predicted, so everyone relaxed their minds and had nothing to worry about.The Bujie couple, Yilin, Tian Boguang and other four people had met everyone at the foot of Huashan Mountain and came to Hengshan Mountain together.Everyone thought that even if they practiced martial arts diligently, they would not be able to kill too many members of the Sun Moon Sect, and it would be useless, so they simply did not even practice swordsmanship.Devout people recite the scriptures diligently every day, and the rest of the people play all over the mountain.The Hengshan School used to have strict discipline, morning classes and evening classes, without any slack, but these days they have to relax.
A few days later, ten monks suddenly came to Jianxing Peak, the leader was Master Fangzheng, the abbot of Shaolin Temple.
Linghu Chong was drinking by himself in the main nunnery, banging on the table and singing, enjoying himself when he suddenly heard Master Fangzheng coming, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and rushed out to meet him.Master Fangzheng saw that his feet were bare, and he didn't have time to put on his shoes. His face smelled of alcohol, and he smiled and said: "The ancients greeted guests with their feet upside down, but they always remembered to wear shoes. The head of Linghu greets guests without shoes. Even better than the ancients."
Linghu Chong bowed and saluted, and said: "Master Abbot has come, and Linghu Chong has never greeted him from afar, so he is really terrified. Master Fang Sheng is also here." Fang Sheng smiled slightly.Linghu Chong saw that the other eight monks had fluttering white beards, and asked about their dharma names, they were all eminent monks of the "Fang" generation in Shaolin Temple.Linghu Chong welcomed all eminent monks into the nunnery and sat down on the futons.
This main nunnery was originally the place where Master Dingxian lived, and it has always been spotless. Since Linghu Chong entered the residence, the house was full of wine jars and wine bowls in a mess. Linghu Chong blushed and said, "You have no shape, masters, please don't blame me. .”
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "The old monk came to worship the mountain today to discuss important matters. You don't have to be polite." The position of the vice-religion leader of the Moon Sect puts his life aside, and he is even more willing to let go of a life-and-death lover like Miss Ren, who is admired by all fellow martial artists."
Linghu Chong was stunned, and thought: "I don't want to implicate my martial arts comrades for the sake of the Hengshan faction, I don't allow the disciples of this faction to leak this matter, lest the Shaolin and Wudang factions come to help, go to war and kill more people. Unexpectedly, Master Fangzheng still got the news. " Said: "Master's absurd praise, it makes people feel ashamed. There are many grievances and entanglements between the younger generation and the leader of the Sun Moon Sect. There are countless grievances and grievances. With the kindness of the responsible young lady, the matter happened helplessly, and the master did not blame. The younger generation will never dare to be rewarded if it is rewarded."
Master Fangzheng said: "The main thing to teach is to lead people to make things difficult for your sect. Today, the four sects of Songshan, Taishan, Hengshan, and Huashan have all declined, and the Hengshan faction has no foreign aid, but the head of Linghu did not send anyone to our temple to interrogate, could it be that Do you think my Shaolin monks are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and have no regard for martial arts loyalty?"
Linghu Chong stood up and said, "Don't dare. Back then, the junior didn't check himself up and made friends with the leaders of the Sun Moon Sect, and all kinds of disasters happened from then on. The junior thinks that one person does things and one person is responsible, and it hurts the whole Hengshan sect. Don't worry, how dare you disturb Grandmaster and Daoist Chongxu again? If Shaolin and Wudang factions come to help out of righteousness and lose their hands, the crime of the younger generation will never be atoned for."
Fang Zheng smiled and said: "Sect Master Linghu's words are wrong. The Demon Sect wants to destroy my Shaolin, Wudang and Wuyue Sword Schools. It has been in mind for more than a hundred years ago. At that time, the old monk was not even born, and Master Linghu What's the matter?"
Linghu Chong nodded and said: "Master taught me in the past that there is no balance between good and evil. The demon sect and my orthodox sect have been fighting each other year after year, and the enmity is very serious. The younger generation has little knowledge, so I only think that the two sides can resolve it by giving in each other, but I don't know Although the relationship between Master Ren and the younger generation is deep, in the end they still have to meet each other in battle."
Fang Zhengdao: "You said that the two sides can resolve it by making a concession. This sentence is not bad. The Sun Moon Sect and my Orthodox Sect have been fighting each other for years. In fact, there is no reason for fighting to the death. The leaders all wanted to dominate the martial arts world and wanted to kill each other. That day the old monk had a meeting with Daoist Chongxu and the head of Linghu in the Xuankong Temple. This is the ambition to dominate the martial arts world." He sighed and said slowly, "I heard that the leader of the Sun Moon Sect has a saying, "For thousands of years, to dominate the rivers and lakes". Is there a day of peace? All gangs and factions in the Jianghu have very different purposes. It is impossible to unify the Jianghu."
Linghu Chong said deeply, nodded and said: "Master Abbot is right."
Fang Zhengdao: "Master Ren said that within a month, he would kill every dog and dog on Mount Heng. His words are as strong as a mountain, and he will never change. Now the masters of Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong sects, They have all gathered at the foot of Mount Heng."
Linghu Chong was taken aback, "Ah", jumped up, and said: "Is there such a thing? The seniors of the various sects came to help, but the younger generation didn't know it. They really deserve to die." The Hengshan sect knew that once the demon sect came to attack, people would die. Everyone is unreasonable, and it is a waste of effort to keep sentries, guards, etc., so the sentries at the foot of the mountain have already been withdrawn.Linghu Chong said again: "Masters, please rest on the mountain, and the younger generation will lead our disciples to come down the mountain to meet you." Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "This time, all the factions are in the same boat and join hands to fight against the enemy. There is no need for such politeness. Everyone, everything is fine. Arrangements have been made."
Linghu Chong replied: "Yes." Then he asked: "I don't know how Master Abbot knew that the Sun Moon Sect was going to attack Mount Heng?" Fang Zheng said: "I just learned about it after receiving a letter from a senior." Linghu Chong said: " Senior?" I thought to myself that Master Fangzheng has a very high seniority in the martial arts world, how can there be more people who are his seniors.Fang Zheng smiled slightly, and said: "This senior is a famous person of Huashan School, who once taught Linghu's master swordsmanship."
Linghu Chong was overjoyed and shouted: "Uncle Feng!" Fang Zheng said: "It is Senior Feng. This Senior Feng sent six friends to Shaolin Temple to inform Master Linghu of what he said and did on Chaoyang Peak that day. These six friends were a bit tangled in their speech, they were unavoidably wordy, and liked to argue with each other, but after talking for a few hours, the old monk listened patiently, and finally understood." Having said this, he couldn't help smiling.Linghu Chong laughed and said, "Six Immortals of Peach Valley?" Fang Zheng smiled and said, "It's the Six Immortals of Peach Valley."
Linghu Chong said joyfully: "After this junior arrived at Mount Hua, he wanted to visit Grand Master Feng, but all kinds of incidents happened one after another until he went down the mountain, but he still couldn't kowtow to the old man. Unexpectedly, the old man knew about it secretly."
Fang Zhengdao: "This senior Feng behaves like a dragon who never sees the end. Since he lives in seclusion in Huashan, and the Sun Moon Sect is rampant in Huashan, how can he ignore it? The seniors caught them, locked them up for a few days, and then ordered them to come to Shaolin Temple to deliver the book."
Linghu Chong thought to himself: "The Six Immortals of Peach Valley were captured by Grand Master Feng, they must have kept this matter secret, but when they talked about it, they would inevitably reveal their words." He said: "I don't know if Grand Master Feng wants What shall we do?"
Fang Zhengdao: "Senior Feng's words are very humble. He only said that he heard such a thing and specially ordered someone to inform the old monk. He also said that the head of Linghu is his beloved disciple. Shang Li refused the invitation of the Demon Sect, the old man was very happy to see him, and asked the old monk to take care of him. Actually, the master of Linghu's martial arts is far better than the old monk, and the word "take care of" is too heavy for the old man."
Linghu Chong was grateful, bowed and said, "Master Abbot has taken care of this junior more than once."
Fang Zheng said: "Don't dare to do it. Since the old monk knows this, don't say that the old man has orders, he should obey it. Just because of the origin of the two factions, the friendship between the head of Linghu and the old monk, he can't stand still. What's more This matter involves the life and death of all sects, after the Demon Sect destroys Mount Heng, can the Shaolin and Wudang sects be spared? Therefore, a letter was sent immediately to inform all the sects to gather Mount Heng and fight the Demon Sect to the death."
Linghu Chong came down from Huashan Chaoyang Peak that day, and he was already disheartened. Seeing the momentum of the Sun Moon Sect, the Hengshan faction was by no means the enemy. He just waited for Ren Woxing to lead the crowd to attack on that day. The Hengshan faction fought hard and died together. That is.Although some people offered to seek help from Shaolin and Wudang sects, Linghu Chong only asked one question: "Even if Shaolin and Wudang sects come together for rescue, can they stop the Demon Sect?" .Linghu Chong said again: "Since Hengshan can't be saved, why bother to make Shaolin and Wudang lose many masters in vain?" In his heart, he really doesn't want to fight with Ren Woxing, Xiang Wentian and others, and share with Yingying Once the hope of getting married is gone, the thought of self-destruction and self-abandonment arises unconsciously, and I only feel that living in this world is boring, and it would be better to die early.Seeing that Fang Zheng and others were entrusted by Feng Qingyang to come to help, they were very energetic, but if they really wanted to fight to the death with these people from the Sun Moon Sect, they still couldn't get excited.
Fang Zheng said again: "Master Linghu, monks are merciful, and I am definitely not a brave and ruthless person. If this matter can be done well, of course it can't be better, but let's make a step forward and let the leader go further. Today's The thing is not that we are unwilling to give in, but that the leader of the sect must kill all the sects of our Orthodox Church. Unless we all kowtow to him and shout out, 'Holy leader for eternity, rule the world! Amitabha!'"
He added the word "Amitabha" under the eleven characters of "The holy leader will rule the world for thousands of years", which sounded very funny. Linghu Chong couldn't help laughing, and said, "That's right. As long as the younger generation hears something." Holy leader', what's "for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes", goose bumps all over your body. The younger generation drinks thirty bowls without getting drunk, and after hearing a few more words "for thousands of years, unifies the rivers and lakes", I couldn't help being dizzy, and immediately will pass out."
Fang Zheng smiled slightly, and said: "These spells taught by Sun and Moon are really powerful." After a pause, he continued: "Senior Feng was on the Chaoyang Peak, and he saw the dizzy scene of Sect Master Linghu, and ordered him to The Six Immortals of Peach Valley brought a formula for inner strength, and asked the old monk to pass it on to the head of Linghu. The Six Immortals of Peach Valley were ambiguous, but they dictated the secrets of inner strength. Yes. So let Master Linghu lead the way and go to the inner hall to teach the formulas."
Linghu Chong respectfully led Master Fang Zheng to a quiet room.This is the formula that Feng Qingyang ordered Fang Zheng to pass on from generation to generation, as if the grand master himself was there, he immediately knelt down to Fang Zheng, and said: "Grand master Feng treats his disciple with kindness like a mountain."
Fang Zheng was not humble, he bowed down and said: "Senior Feng has great expectations for Sect Master Linghu, I hope you will follow the formula and practice diligently." Linghu Chong said: "Yes, disciple obeys."
At that moment, Fangzheng read out the formulas sentence by sentence slowly, Linghu Chong memorized them attentively.This formula is not very long, only a thousand words before and after.After Fang Zheng read it once, he wanted Linghu Chong to memorize it in his heart, and after a while, he read it again.He read it five times in total, Linghu Chong recited it from the beginning, and his memory was correct.
Fang Zhengdao: "The method of inner strength and mentality taught by Senior Feng is only a few thousand words, but it is profound and profound, and it is not trivial. We are close friends, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Although Linghu's master swordsmanship is proficient, it is as good as the inner strength. I'm not very good at it." Linghu Chong said: "The junior's knowledge of internal energy is only superficial, the master will not give up, please give me some pointers." Fang Zheng nodded and said: "Senior Feng's internal energy is quite different from Shaolin school internal energy. But martial arts all over the world lead to the same goal, and there is no big difference in their fundamental gist. If Master Linghu doesn't think the old monk is troublesome, let the old monk try to explain it."
Linghu Chong knew that he was one of the best masters in today's martial arts, and getting advice from him was no different from being taught by Grand Master Feng himself. The reason why Grand Master Feng entrusted him to teach it was of course because of his profound inner strength, so he hurriedly bowed and said: " The juniors respectfully listen to the teachings of the master."
Fang Zheng said: "Don't dare to do it!" Now he analyzed the inner strength and mental method in detail, and pointed out various methods of breathing, luck, exhalation, and transportation.Linghu Chong recited the mantras, originally he just memorized them by force, after Master Fang Zheng's further analysis, he realized that each mantra contains countless profound truths.
Linghu Chong's comprehension was originally very high, but each sentence of the essence of these internal skills was enough for him to think for a long time. Fortunately, Master Fang Zheng explained in detail, which gave him a glimpse of another wonderful realm in martial arts that he had never set foot in.He sighed and said: "Master Abbot, the younger generation has acted boldly in the Jianghu all these years, because I don't know how shallow I am, and I am ashamed to think about it. Although the younger generation will not live long enough to practice the exquisite inner strength passed down by Master Feng Tai But the ancients seem to have a saying that as long as you hear the truth in the morning, it doesn't matter even if you die at night, is that true?" Fang Zheng said: "If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening!" Linghu Chong said: " That’s right, that’s the sentence, I heard from Master. It’s like a blind man’s eyes opened to listen to Master’s instruction today, even if he has no time to practice, he’s still just as happy.”
Fang Zhengdao: "All the sects of my orthodox religion have gathered near Mount Heng, guarding the main roads. When the demon sect comes to attack, everyone will fight with it, and they may not lose. Why is the head of Linghu so short of breath? This internal strength Mind skills can't be mastered in a few years, but one day's practice is beneficial, and one-time practice is beneficial for a while. There is nothing to do in the past few days, so Master Linghu might as well start practicing. While the old monk is here Guishan bothers me, I just happen to participate in the research together." Linghu Chong said: "Master is very kind, and this junior is very grateful."
Fang Zheng said: "I'm afraid Taoist brother Chongxu has arrived at this moment, how about we go out and have a look?" Linghu Chong hurriedly stood up and said, "It turns out that Taoist Daoist Chongxu is here, so I really neglected him." The two masters returned to the outer hall, only to see that candles had been lit in the Buddhist hall.It took the two of them more than three hours to impart their skills, and it was already dark.
I saw three old Taoists sitting on the futon, talking with Master Fang Sheng and others, and one of them was Taoist Chongxu.San Dao Jian Fang Zheng and Linghu rushed out and stood up together. Linghu Chong bowed down, and said: "Mount Heng is in trouble, and all the priests have come to help for thousands of miles. My faction, I really don't know how to repay it." Knowing that Master Abbot and my little brother are studying the essence of internal energy in the inner room, I dare not disturb. The little brother has learned the exquisite internal energy, and he buys and sells it now. When I come up with it, I will use it on him and surprise him." Linghu Chong said: "This inner strength is profound and profound, how can this junior learn it in a few days? I heard that the seniors from the Emei, Kunlun and Kongtong sects have also arrived, so you should invite them up the mountain to discuss the big plan together. I don't know everyone What do seniors think?" Chongxu said: "They hid very secretly, so as not to be known by the spies under the old devil. If you invite everyone to go up the mountain, I'm afraid that the news will be leaked. When we go up the mountain, we are all in disguise, otherwise Why didn't the disciples of your faction come to report first?" Linghu Chong remembered that when he met Taoist Chongxu for the first time, he disguised himself as an old man riding a donkey, accompanied by two other men, both of whom were actually masters of the Wudang School.At this time, after a closer look, I recognized the other two old Taoists, the two men who had compared swords with me on the Hubei Road in the past. Daoist Chongxu mentioned it, but the younger generation can’t remember it.” Those two old Taoists were dressed as peasants at that time, one was picking firewood, the other was picking vegetables, panting, it seemed that the whole body was sick, but now they were in good spirits, but their eyebrows Still vaguely recognized. Chongxu pointed to the old Taoist who had played the role of picking firewood and said: "This is Junior Brother Qingxu." People relatively laugh.Both Qing Xu and Cheng Gao said: "Master Linghu has superb swordsmanship." Linghu Chong thanked him modestly, and said repeatedly: "Offended!" Chongxu said: "My junior brother and nephew are not very good at swordsmanship, but when they were young, they lived in the Western Regions for more than ten years, but they each learned a special skill. one is good at making explosives." Linghu Chong said: "That is a rare skill in the world." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, I brought them here with another purpose. I hope they can give Let's do something big." Linghu Chong was puzzled, and responded casually: "Is there a major event?" Chongxu said: "The old man is not presumptuous, and brought something to Guishan. I want to ask Brother Linghu to have a look." He is not as free and easy as Fang Zheng is cautious, so one called him "Brother Linghu", while the other called him "Master Linghu", Linghu Chong felt strange, and wanted to see what he took out of his bosom.Chongxu smiled and said: "This thing is really not small, I can't fit it in my arms. Brother Qingxu, tell them to bring it in." Qingxu agreed to go out, and soon brought in four peasant-looking men, each barefoot, carrying a load of vegetables.Qing Xu said: "I've seen Master Linghu and the abbot of Shaolin Temple." The four men bowed and saluted together.Linghu Chong knew that they must be people with high status in Wuzhong, so he immediately returned the salute politely. Qingxu said: "Take it out and pack it up!" The four men took out the vegetables and radishes from the load, revealing a few bundles underneath, and opened the bundles, which consisted of many wooden sticks, iron objects, screws, and machine springs.The four of them acted extremely quickly, they put these guys together and assembled them into a grand teacher's chair in a short while.Linghu Chong was even more surprised, thinking: "There are so many mechanism springs installed in this grand master's chair. I don't know what it is for. Could it be for practicing internal strength?" After the chair was assembled, the four people took out the chair cushion and chair cover from the other two packages and put them on the Taishi chair.In the quiet room, it was dazzling for a moment, but I saw that the chair cover was made of light yellow brocade, embroidered with nine golden dragons in golden yellow silk thread, holding a sun that had just risen from the sea in the middle, and the eight characters on the left were "Zhongxing St. To teach, to be the common people", and the eight characters on the right are "for thousands of years, to unify the rivers and lakes".Those nine golden dragons stretched their teeth and danced their claws, their expressions were as alive as life, and the sixteen characters were drawn with silver hooks and iron strokes, making people feel indescribably comfortable.Around these sixteen characters, there are many pearls, diamonds, and various emerald gemstones.In the small and simple nunnery, suddenly the room was full of jewels. Linghu Chong clapped his hands and applauded, remembering what Chongxu said just now, Qingxu had learned the skill of making mechanical sharpeners in the Western Regions, and said: "Master Ren must sit on this precious chair when the spring in the chair is activated. But it took his life, didn't it?" Chongxu said in a low voice: "Ren Woxing is quick to adapt, and moves like electricity. Although there is a spring in the chair, if he feels something is wrong, he will jump up immediately, and he will not be hurt. There are medicine guides at the foot of this chair. into a pile of gunpowder." As soon as he said this, the faces of Linghu Chong and the Shaolin monks all changed.Fang Zheng recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!" Chongxu said again: "The advantage of this spring is that if someone sits casually, there will be no accidents. It must sit until a stick of incense burns, and then the medicine will be triggered. Then let me act suspiciously, but also very delicate, suddenly see When Mount Heng saw such a chair on Xingfeng, he would definitely not sit on it right away. He would definitely send his subordinates to sit on it first. There is a golden dragon holding the sun on the cover of this chair, and there is something about "eternal ages, unification of the rivers and lakes". No one dares to sit for a long time among the leaders of the Devil's Cult, but once Ren Woxing sits on it, he will definitely be reluctant to get off." Linghu Chong said: "The Taoist priest is really thoughtful." Chongxu said: "Junior Brother Qingxu There are other arrangements. If Ren Woxing does not sit, ask someone to take off the chair cover, chair cushion, or even disassemble the chair to have a look. As long as you remove it, the same mechanism will be triggered. Nephew Cheng Gao brought it to Baoshan this time. , a total of 20,000 catties of explosives. Destroying Baoshan Lingjing is probably inevitable." Linghu Chong felt a chill in his heart, and thought: "20,000 catties of explosives! Once this mass of gunpowder is triggered, everything will be burnt. Master Ren will be killed, and so will Yingying and Big Brother Xiang." Chongxu saw that his face was different, and said: "The demon sect threatened to kill all the noble sects. After the Hengshan sect is destroyed, they will attack me in Shaolin and Wudang immediately. The disaster is hard to deal with. Let's set up this poisonous plan to deal with me Okay, although the intentions are sinister, but to get rid of this devil, the intention is to save tens of thousands of lives in the martial arts world." Master Fangzheng clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! My Buddha is merciful. In order to save all living beings, I also need to ward off evil spirits and subdue demons. Killing a single husband to save thousands of people is an act of great mercy." When he said these few words With solemn expressions, all the old monks and Taoists stood up, folded their hands together and lowered their eyebrows, and said in unison: "Master Abbot is right." Linghu Chong also knew that what Fang Zheng said was very reasonable, the Sun Moon Sect wanted to kill the Hengshan Sect, and the Orthodox Sect designed to blow up Ren Woxing to death, that was a matter of course, no one could say otherwise.But if he wanted to kill Ren Woxing, he was quite unwilling in his heart. If he wanted to kill Xiang Wentian, he would rather die first; as for Yingying's life and death, he was not in his mind. In short, the two live and die together, so there is no need to worry too much .Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he pondered for a while, and said: "The matter has come to this point, the Sun Moon Sect has forced us to have nowhere to go, and Daoist Chongxu's strategy is probably the least hurtful." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu is right. The word 'least harm' is exactly what we are looking for." Linghu Chong said: "The younger generation is young and has little knowledge. For today's Hengshan matter, we invite Master Fang Zheng and Daoist Chongxu to preside over the overall situation. The younger generation will lead the disciples of our sect to provide advice." Chongxu smiled and said: "I dare not do this. You are the master of Mount Heng, so how can the abbot and I compete with each other?" Linghu Chong said: "This matter is definitely not for the younger generation to retreat modestly, it is really necessary to ask the two of you to preside over it." Fang Zheng said: "The master Linghu's intention is very sincere. Brother, there is no need to give way too much. The three of us will take the lead on the important matter in front of us, but Brother Dao will give orders and make it happen." After a few words of modesty, Chongxu agreed, and said: "We have laid down men on all the passages going up Mount Heng. When will the Demon Sect come to attack the mountain, there must be news in advance. Brother Linghu will lead the group on that day. Hao attacked Shaolin Temple, we were planned by Zuo Lengchan, and set up an empty city plan..." Linghu Chong blushed slightly, and said: "The younger generation is messing around, and I am terrified." Chongxu said with a smile: "I can't think of yesterday's enemy, but today My friend. Let’s make empty plans again, that’s not enough, it will inevitably arouse doubts about our actions. From the old way, the whole Hengshan faction is on the mountain to resist, and the Shaolin and Wudang factions also send dozens of people to fight. Knowing that the devil If there is no one to help Shaolin and Wudang, it will be against the norm, and this old thief Ren Woxing will definitely guess that there is a fraud in it." Both Fang Zheng and Linghu Chong said, "Exactly." Chongxu said: "The rest of the Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong sects don't have to show their faces, they are hiding in the caves. When the Demon Sect came to attack, the three factions of Hengshan, Shaolin, and Wudang fought with all their might, and they had to be defeated. They look similar. All three of our factions must be top-notch fighters, and the more we can kill each other, the better, and we must try our best to avoid losses." Fang Zheng sighed: "There are so many masters from the Devil's Cult, they have come prepared this time, and if this battle is fought, there will be many casualties on both sides." Chongxu said: "Let's find a few cliffs and arrange long ropes and iron cables. When the fight reaches the end, seeing that we are invincible, we will let the enemy go down the long rope one by one into the deep valley to make it difficult for the enemy to pursue. Let Woxing win a big victory , Seeing this precious chair again, of course sat on it triumphantly. Once the explosives were triggered, the old devil would have great abilities, and it was impossible to escape. Following the eight passages up the mountain of Hengshan, thirty-two All the landmines exploded at the same time, and the members of the Demon Cult could no longer go down the mountain." Linghu Chong wondered, "Thirty-two landmines?" Chongxu said: "Exactly. Nephew Chenggao will get up early tomorrow morning. Among the eight main routes to climb the mountain, he will choose the four most dangerous places for each route, bury powerful landmines, and when the mines explode, he will go up and down the mountain. Completely cut off. The Demon Sect taught 10,000 people to go up the mountain, and taught them to starve to death 10,000; Get away." Linghu Chong said: "It was really a fluke to escape from Shaolin Temple that time." Suddenly remembered something, "Oh". Chongxu asked: "Brother Linghu, do you feel that there is something wrong with the arrangement?" Linghu Chong said: "This junior thought to himself, Master Ren came to Mount Heng, and naturally he likes this precious chair very much when he sees it. But he must be suspicious, Why did the Hengshan faction make such a chair, embroidered with the eight characters 'for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes'? If you don't understand this matter, I'm afraid he may not be fooled." Chongxu said: "This is an old way I've thought about it too. In fact, whether the old devil sits in this chair or not is not the key point. We also hide the explosives, which can also trigger explosives. It's just that when he is triumphant for thousands of years and dominates the world At this time, suddenly disaster happened to the soles of the feet, and it became nothing more than a helper in the martial arts." Linghu Chong nodded and said: "Yes." Taoist Cheng Gao said humanely: "Uncle Master, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible?" Chongxu smiled and said: "You just say it, and ask Master Abbot and Master Linghu to give advice." Cheng Gao said: "I heard that Linghu The head of the sect and the young lady Ren's original marriage agreement, it was only because of the difference between good and evil that it was obstructed. If the head of Linghu sent two Hengshan disciples to see the leader, they said that they would look for Miss Ren's face, and they would find out A skillful craftsman made a precious chair and gave it to Master Ren to sit on. He hoped that the two families would cease fighting and make peace. No matter whether Master Ren agrees or not, when he goes to Mount Heng and sees this chair, he will not Suspicious." Chongxu clapped his hands and smiled, "This plan is great, once you come..." Linghu Chong shook his head and said: "No way!" Chong Xu was stunned, knowing that he was bored, and asked: "Brother Linghu, what's your opinion?" There is nothing wrong with taking a strong enemy. If he comes to kill, we will blow him up, but I will never tell lies to lie to him." Chongxu said: "Okay! Brother Linghu is upright and upright, which is admirable. Let's do it this way! It doesn't matter if the old devil is suspicious or not, as long as he comes to Hengshan with the intention of harming others, we will make him suffer greatly." head." At present, everyone discussed the details of defending against the enemy, how to resist the enemy, how to cover, how to retreat, and how to trigger explosive mines, all of which were discussed and determined.Chongxu is very careful, he is afraid that when facing the enemy, the person responsible for setting off the explosives will be killed, so he will appoint another deputy. In the early morning of the next day, Linghu Chong led the crowd to inspect the terrain carefully, and Qingxu and Cheng Gao selected places where explosives, ampoules, landmines, and hidden sentries were buried.Chongxu and Linghu Chong chose four dangerous places as their retreat.Fang Zheng, Chongxu, Linghu Chong, and Fang Sheng guarded one place each, to prevent the enemy from approaching, waiting for all the defenders to retreat into the deep valley with the long ropes, and finally entered the valley, and then swung their swords to cut the long ropes. Make the enemy unable to pursue. In the afternoon of the same day, another ten members of the Wudang sect pretended to be peasants and woodcutters and went up the mountain one after another. Under the guidance of Qingxu and Chenggao, they hid explosives.Hengshan sent female disciples to guard the various mountain passes, preventing idlers from going up the mountain, in case the Sun Moon Sect sent spies to learn the secret.After being so busy for three days, everything is ready, waiting for the Sun Moon Sect to attack. According to calculations, it has been nearly a month since I left the Chaoyang Summit, and this person will keep his promises, and he will not miss the date.During the past few days, Chongxu, Chenggao and the others were very busy, Linghu Chong was extremely leisurely, and every day silently recited the inner strength formulas passed down by Fangzheng, practiced according to the law, and asked Fangzheng for advice when there was anything he didn't understand.
This afternoon, Yihe, Yiqing, Yilin, Zheng E, Qin Juan and other female disciples were practicing swords in the sword training hall, with Linghu Chong pointing them out.Seeing that although Qin Juan was young, she had a good understanding of the essentials of swordsmanship, and praised: "Junior Sister Qin is very clever, and I have already got the knack for this move, but..." Before he could finish speaking, suddenly there was a sharp pain in his dantian , immediately sat down.All the disciples were shocked, and rushed to help each other, they all asked: "What's wrong?" Linghu Chong knew that the strange qi in his body had erupted again, so he couldn't speak. All the disciples were in a state of confusion, when suddenly they heard a few rustling sounds, and two white pigeons flew straight into the hall.All the disciples shouted together: "Ah!" The Hengshan faction raised many pigeons. That day Dingjing's master met the enemy in Fujian, and Dingxian and Dingyi's second masters were trapped in Zhujian Valley in Longquan. They both sent pigeons for help.The two carrier pigeons flying into the hall in front of me are sent by the disciples of our sect guarding the foot of the mountain. The backs of the pigeons are painted with red paint. When they see it, they know that the enemy of the Sun Moon Sect has arrived.Ever since Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu came to Mount Heng, all the disciples were relieved to see that there was strong help coming and everything was in place. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Linghu Chong would fall ill, which was a big surprise. Yiqing shouted: "You two junior sisters, Yizhi and Yiwen, hurry up and report to Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu." The two left as ordered.Yiqing said again: "Senior Sister Yihe, please strike the bell." Yihe nodded, then flew out of the hall and ran towards the bell tower. Only three long and two short bells could be heard, three long and two short, from the bell tower and spread throughout the peak, followed by the big bells in Tongyuan Valley, Xuankong Temple and Heilongkou temples. All ring.Master Fangzheng ordered in advance that if there is an enemy police, the bells will sound three long and two short to signal.It's just that Yihe is very impatient, although there is a word "he" in the name of the Dharma, his behavior is not harmonious at all, and the sound of the bell still reveals his impatience. The Hengshan faction, the Shaolin faction, and the Wudang faction dispatched troops to various places according to the prior arrangements, in preparation for meeting the enemy.In order to reduce casualties, all passages from the foot of the mountain to the top of Jianxing Peak were unguarded, and the door was simply opened wide, allowing the enemy to come to the peak before engaging in battle.After the bell stopped, there was no sound on the peak or below the peak.The masters sent by Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong all hid in secluded places under the peak, and only waited for the demon cultists to go up to the peak, and stopped their retreat as soon as they were ordered.In order to prevent the leakage of secrets, Chongxu did not inform the factions of the buried mines on the mountain road.The Demon Cult has great supernatural powers, so it is not uncommon for the disciples of Kunlun and other sects to lure secret agents and spy on news. Linghu Chong heard the bell and knew that the Sun Moon Sect was coming to attack, but there were tens of thousands of sharp knives stabbing randomly in his stomach, so he hugged his belly in pain and rolled on the ground.Yilin and Qin Juan were so frightened that their faces turned pale, they were at a loss and didn't know what to do. Yiqing said: "Let's help the master to go to Wuse Nunnery, let's see what Shaolin abbot and Taoist priest Chongxu have in mind." At that moment, Sister-in-law Yu and another old nun put their hands under Linghu Chong's side, half-carrying and half-lifting, Help him into the colorless nunnery. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the nunnery, I could only hear the sound of horns bang bang bang under the peak, followed by the blaring of horns and the bang of drums, the Sun Moon Sect really came to attack the mountain in a majestic formation. Fang Zheng and Chongxu had already learned that Linghu Chong was ill, so they rushed out of the nunnery.Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, you can rest assured. I have ordered Junior Brother Lingxu to cover the retreat of the Wudang faction on my behalf. The responsibility of protecting your faction rests with the old Taoist." Linghu Chong nodded his thanks.Fang Zheng said: "Leader Linghu should retreat into the deep valley first, so as not to be in danger." Linghu Chong hurriedly said: "Absolutely... absolutely not! Take... a sword!" Chongxu also persuaded a few words, but Linghu Chong insisted on refusing. Suddenly the sound of drums and horns stopped, followed by thunderous shouts: "The holy priest will rule the world forever!" Hearing this voice, there were at least four to five thousand people.Fang Zheng, Chongxu and Linghu Chong looked at each other and smiled.Qin Juan held Linghu Chong's long sword and handed it over.Linghu Chong stretched out his hand to catch it, but his right hand couldn't help shaking, he couldn't hold the sword steadily.Qin Juan hung the sword on his belt. Suddenly I heard the sound of suona, the music was pleasant, but there was no sound of killing.Several people said loudly in unison: "The Holy Master of the Sun Moon Sect wants to go up to Xingfeng to meet the head of the Hengshan School Linghu." It was the elders of the Sun Moon Sect who said in unison. Fang Zhengdao: "Sun and Moon teaches courtesy first and soldiers later, so we shouldn't be too stingy. How about letting them go up to the peak?" Linghu Chong nodded, and at this moment, another sharp pain came from his stomach.Fang Zheng saw that his face was dripping with cold sweat, and said: "Master Linghu, the pain in the dantian is unbearable, you might as well use the inner strength method passed down by Senior Feng, and try to guide and circle." Dozens of different kinds of zhenqi in Linghu Chong's body are spontaneously Entanglement, conflict, confusion, if you add guidance and circling, it is tantamount to killing yourself with a knife, and the pain will add to the pain, but anyway, the pain has reached the extreme, and there is no time to think about the consequences at the moment, so circling in accordance with the law.Sure enough, under the impact of zhenqi, the pain in the lower abdomen was more unbearable than before, but after circling several times, more than ten strands of zhenqi flowed into the tributaries, and the tributaries merged into the big river, faintly seeming to have a track to follow, although the pain was severe As before, it is no longer rushing and bumping, where the impact is, the heart has already felt it. Fang Zheng said slowly: "Linghu Chong, the head of the Hengshan School, Taoist Chongxu, the head of the Wudang School, and Fang Zheng, the head of the Shaolin School, are waiting for the leader of the Sun Moon Sect." His voice was not very loud, and he said slowly Come, but sent very far. Linghu Chong secretly believed that the internal energy mental method was effective, so he simply sat down cross-legged, looked at the nose and the heart with the eyes, stroked the chest with the left hand, pressed the abdomen with the right hand, and practiced according to the method taught by the prescription.He has only practiced this method for a few days, although Fang Zheng explained it in detail every day, after all, his cultivation level is very shallow, but under the guidance of the law, more than ten strands of zhenqi of different species can gradually gather together.He didn't dare to be negligent, and focused his energy on circling, at first he could hear the sound of drums, music, silk and bamboo, but later he couldn't hear anything. 方证见令狐冲专心练功，脸露微笑，耳听得鼓乐之声大作，日月教教众叫道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主，大驾上恒山来啦！”过了一会，鼓乐之声渐渐移近。 上见性峰的山道甚长，日月教教众脚步虽快，走了好一会，鼓乐声也还只到山腰。伏在恒山各处的正教门下之士心中都在暗骂：“臭教主好大架子，又不是死了人，吹吹打打的干甚么了？”预备迎敌之人心下更是怦怦乱跳，各人本来预计，魔教教众杀上山来，便即跃出恶斗一场，杀得一批教众后，待敌人越来越多，越来越强，便循长索而退入深谷。却不料任我行装模作样，好似皇帝御驾出巡一般，吹吹打打的来到峰上，众人倒不便先行动手，只是心弦反扣得更加紧了。 过了良久，令狐冲觉得丹田中异种真气给慢慢压了下去，痛楚渐减，心中一分神，立时想起：“是任教主要上峰来？”“啊”的一声，跳起身来。方证微笑道：“好些了吗？”令狐冲道：“动上了手吗？”方证道：“还没到呢！”令狐冲道：“好极！”刷的一声，拔出了剑。却见方证、冲虚等手上均无兵刃，仪和、仪清等女子在无色庵前的一片大空地上排成数行，隐伏恒山剑阵之法，长剑却兀自悬在腰间，这才想起任我行尚未上山，自己未免过于惶急，哈哈一笑，还剑入鞘。 只听得锁呐和钟鼓之声停歇，响起了箫笛、胡琴的细乐，心想：“任教主花样也真多，细乐一作，他老人家是大驾上峰来啦。”越见他古怪多端，越觉得肉麻。 细乐声中，两行日月教的教众一对对的并肩走上峰来。众人眼前一亮，但见一个个教众均是穿着崭新的墨绿锦袍，腰系白带，鲜艳夺目，前面一共四十人，每人手托盘子，盘上铺缎，不知放着些甚么东西。这四十人腰间竟未悬挂刀剑。四十名锦衣教众上得峰来，便远远站定。跟着走上一队二百人的细乐队，也都是一身锦衣，箫管丝弦，仍是不停吹奏。其后上来的是号手、鼓手、大锣小锣、铙钹钟铃，一应俱全。 令狐冲看得有趣，心想：“待会打将起来，有锣鼓相和，岂不是如同在戏台上做戏？” 鼓乐声中，日月教教众一队队的上来。这些人显是按着堂名分列，衣服颜色也各不同，黄衣、绿衣、蓝衣、黑衣、白衣，一队队的花团锦簇，比之做戏赛会，衣饰还更光鲜，只是每人腰间各系白带。上峰来的却有三四千之众。 冲虚寻思：“乘他们立足未定，便一阵冲杀，我们较占便宜。但对方装神弄鬼，要来甚么先礼后兵。我们若即动手，倒未免小气了。”眼见令狐冲笑嘻嘻的不以为意，方证则视若无睹，不动声色，心想：“我如显得张惶，未免定力不够。” 各教众分批站定后，上来十名长老，五个一边，各站左右。音乐声突然止歇，十名长老齐声说道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主驾到。” 便见一顶蓝呢大轿抬上峰来。这轿子由十六名轿伕抬着，移动既快且稳。一顶轿子便如是一位轻功高手，轻轻巧巧的便上到峰来，足见这一十六名轿伕个个身怀不弱的武功。令狐冲定眼看去，只见轿伕之中竟有祖千秋、黄伯流、计无施等人在内。料想若不是老头子身子太矮，无法和祖千秋等一起抬轿，那么他也必被迫做一名轿伕了。令狐冲气往上冲，心想：“祖千秋他们均是当世豪杰，任教主却迫令他们做抬轿子的贱事。如此奴役天下英雄，当真令人气炸了胸膛。” 蓝呢大轿旁，左右各有一人，左首是向问天、右首是个老者。这老者甚是面熟，令狐冲一怔，认得是洛阳城中教他弹琴的绿竹翁。这人叫盈盈作“姑姑”，以致自己误以为盈盈是个年老婆婆，自从离了洛阳之后，便没再跟他相见，今日却跟了任我行上见性峰来。他一颗心怦怦乱跳，寻思：“何以不见盈盈？”突然间想起一事，眼见日月教教众人人腰系白带，似是服丧一般，难道盈盈眼见父亲率众攻打恒山，苦谏不听，竟然自杀死了？ 令狐冲胸口热血上涌，丹田中几下剧痛，当下便想冲上去问向问天，但想任我行便在轿中，终于忍住。
见性峰上虽聚着数千之众，却是鸦雀无声。那顶大轿停了下来，众人目光都射向轿帷，只待任我行出来。 忽听得无色庵中传出一声喧笑之声。一人大声道：“快让开，好给我坐了！”另一人道：“大家别争，自大至小，轮着坐坐这张九龙宝椅！”正是桃花仙和桃枝仙的声音。 方证、冲虚、令狐冲等立时骇然变色。桃谷六仙不知何时闯进了无色庵中，正在争坐这张九龙宝椅，坐得久了，引动药引，那便如何是好？冲虚忙抢进庵中。 只听他大声喝道：“快起来！这张椅子是日月教任教主的，你们坐不得！”桃谷六仙的声音从庵中传出来：“为甚么坐不得？我偏要坐！”“快起来，好让我坐了！”“这椅子坐着真舒服，软软的，好像坐在大胖子的屁股上一般！”“你坐过大胖子的屁股么？” 令狐冲心知桃谷六仙正在争坐九龙宝椅，你坐一会，他坐一会，终将压下机簧，引发埋藏于无色庵下的数万斤炸药，见性峰上日月教和少林、武当、恒山派群豪，势必玉石俱焚。他初时便欲冲进庵中制止，但不知怎的，内心深处却似乎是盼望那炸药炸将起来，反正盈盈已死，自己也不想活了，大家一瞬之间同时毕命，岂不干净？一瞥眼间，蓦地见到仪琳的一双俏目在凝望自己，但和自己眼光一接，立即避开，心想：“仪琳小师妹年纪还这样小，却也给炸得粉身碎骨，岂不可惜？但世上有谁不死？就算今日大家安然无恙，再过得一百年，此刻见性峰上的每一个人，还不都成为白骨一堆？” 只听得桃谷六仙还在争闹不休：“你已坐了第二次啦，我一次还没坐过。”“我第一次刚坐上去，便给拉了下来，那可不算。”“我有一个主意，咱们六兄弟一起挤在这张椅上，且看坐不坐得下？”“妙极，妙极！大家挤啊，哈哈！”“你先坐！”“你先坐，我坐在上面。”“大的坐上面，小的坐下面！”“不，大的先坐！年纪越小，坐得越高！” 方证大师眼见危机只在顷刻之间，可又不能出声劝阻，泄漏了机关，当即快步入殿，大声说道：“贵客在外，不可争闹，别吵！”这“别吵”二字，是运起了少林派至高无上内功“金刚禅狮子吼”功夫，一股内家劲力，对准了桃谷六仙喷去。 冲虚道长只觉头脑一晕，险些摔倒。桃谷六仙已同时昏迷不醒。冲虚大喜，出手如风，先将坐在椅上的两人提开，随即点了六人穴道，都推到了观音菩萨的供桌底下，俯身在椅旁细听，幸喜并无异声，只觉手足发软，满头大汗，只要方证再迟得片刻进来，药引一发，那是人人同归于尽了。
冲虚和方证并肩出来，说道：“请任教主进庵奉茶！”可是轿帷纹风不动，轿中始终没有动静。冲虚大怒，心想：“老魔头架子恁大！我和方证大师、令狐掌门三人，在当今武林之中，位望何等崇高，站在这里相候，你竟不理不睬！”若不是九龙椅中伏有机关，他便要长剑出手，挑开轿帷，立时和任我行动手了。他又说了一遍，轿中仍是无人答应。 向问天弯下腰来，俯耳轿边，听取轿中人的指示，连连点头，站直身子后说道：“敝教任教主说道，少林寺方证大师，武当山冲虚道长两位武林前辈在此相候，极不敢当，日后自当亲赴少林、武当，相谢赔罪。” 向问天又道：“任教主说道，教主今日来到恒山，是专为和令狐掌门相会而来，单请令狐掌门一人，在庵中相见。”说着作个手势，十六名轿伕便将轿子抬入庵中观音堂上放下。向问天和绿竹翁陪着进去，却和众轿伕一起退了出来，庵中便只留下一顶轿子。 冲虚心想：“其中有诈，不知轿子之中，藏有甚么机关。”向方证和令狐冲瞧去。方证不善应变，不知如何才是，脸现迷惘之色。令狐冲道：“任教主既欲与晚辈一人相见，便请两位在此稍候。”冲虚低声道：“小心在意。”令狐冲点了点头，大踏步走进庵中。 那无色庵只是一座小小瓦屋，观音堂中有人大声说话，外面听得清清楚楚，只听得令狐冲道：“晚辈令狐冲拜见任教主。”却不听见任我行说甚么话，跟着令狐冲突然“啊”的一声叫了出来。 冲虚吃了一惊，只怕令狐冲遭了任我行的毒手，一步跨出，便欲冲进相援，但随即心想：“令狐兄弟剑术之精，当世无双，他进庵时携有长剑，不致一招间便为任老魔头所制。倘若真的不幸遭了毒手，我便奔进去动手，也已救不了他。任老魔头如没杀令狐兄弟，那是最好，倘若令狐兄弟已遭毒手，老魔头独自一人留在观音堂中，必去九龙椅上坐坐，我冲将进去，反而坏了大事。”一时心中忐忑不宁，寻思：“任老魔头这会儿只怕已坐到了椅上，再过片刻，触发药引，这见性峰的山头都会炸去半个。我如此刻便即趋避，未免显得懦怯，给向问天这些人瞧了出来，立即出声示警，不免功败垂成。但若炸药一发，身手再快，也来不及闪避，那可如何是好？” 他本来计算周详，日月教一攻上峰来，便如何接战，如何退避，预计任我行坐上九龙椅之时，少林、武当、恒山三派人众均已退入了深谷。不料日月教一上来竟不动手，来个甚么先礼后兵，任我行更要和令狐冲单独在庵中相会，全是事先算不到的变局。他虽饶有智计，一时却浑没了主意。 方证大师也知局面紧急，亦甚挂念令狐冲的安危，但他修为既深，胸怀亦极通达，只觉生死荣辱，祸福成败，其实也并不是甚么了不起的大事，谋事在人，成事在天，到头来结局如何，皆是各人善业、恶业所造，非能强求。因此他内心虽隐隐觉得不安，却是淡然置之，当真炸药炸将起来，尸骨为灰，那也是舍却这皮囊之一法，又何惧之有？ 九龙椅下埋藏炸药之事极是机密，除方证、冲虚、令狐冲之外，动手埋药的清虚、成高等此刻都在峰腰相候，只待峰顶一炸，便即引发地雷。见性峰上余人便均不知情。少林、武当、恒山三派人众，只等任我行和令狐冲在无色庵中说僵了动手，便拔剑对付日月教教众。 冲虚守候良久，不见庵中有何动静，更无声息，当即运起内功，倾听声息，隐隐听到似乎令狐冲低声说了句甚么话，他心中一喜：“原来令狐兄弟安然无恙。”心情一分，内功便不精纯，一时再也听不到甚么，又担心适才只不过自己一厢情愿，心有所欲，便耳有所闻，未必真是令狐冲的声音，否则为甚么再也听不到他的话声？ 又过了好一会，却听得令狐冲叫道：“向大哥，请你来陪送任教主出庵。” 向问天应道：“是！”和绿竹翁二人率领了一十六名轿伕，走进无色庵去，将那顶蓝呢大轿抬了出来。站在庵外的日月教教众一齐躬身，说道：“恭迎圣教主大驾。”那顶轿子抬到原先停驻之处，放了下来。 向问天道：“呈上圣教主赠给少林寺方丈的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众托了盘子，走到方证面前，躬身奉上盘子。 方证见一只盘子中放的是一串十分陈旧的沉香念珠，另一只盘子中是一部手抄古经，封皮上写的是梵文，识得乃是《金刚经》，不由得一阵狂喜。他精研佛法，于《金刚经》更有心得，只是所读到的是东晋时高僧鸠摩罗甚的中文译本，其中颇有难解之处，生平渴欲一见梵文原经，以作印证，但中原无处可觅，此刻一见，当真欢喜不尽，合十躬身，说道：“阿弥陀佛，老僧得此宝经，感激无量！”恭恭敬敬的伸出双手，将那部梵文《金刚经》捧起，然后取过念珠，说道：“敬谢任教主厚赐，实不知何以为报。” 向问天道：“敝教教主说道，敝教对天下英雄无礼，深以为愧，方丈大师不加怪责，敝教已是感激不尽。”侧头说道：“呈上任教主赠给武当派掌门道长的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众应声而出，走到冲虚道人面前，躬身奉上盘子。 那二人还没走近，冲虚便见一只盘子中横放着一柄长剑，待二人走近时凝神看去，只见长剑剑鞘铜绿斑斓，以铜丝嵌着两个篆文：“真武”。冲虚忍不住“啊”的一声。武当派创派之祖张三丰先师所用佩剑名叫“真武剑”，向来是武当派镇山之宝，八十余年前，日月教几名高手长老夜袭武当山，将宝剑连同张三丰手书的一部《太极拳经》一并盗了去。当时一场恶斗，武当派死了三名一等一的好手，虽然也杀了日月教四名长老，但一经一剑却未能夺回。这是武当派的奇耻大辱，八十余年来，每一代掌门临终时留下遗训，必定是夺还此经此剑。但黑木崖壁垒森严，武当派数度明夺暗盗，均无功而还，反而每次都送了几条性命在黑木崖上，想不到此剑竟会在见性峰上出现。他斜眼看另一只盘子时，盘中赫然是一部手书的册页，纸色早已转黄，封皮上写着《太极拳经》四字。冲虚道人在武当山见过不少张三丰的手书遗迹，一见便知这《太极拳经》确是真迹。 他双手发颤，捧过长剑，右手握住剑柄，轻轻抽出半截，顿觉寒气扑面。他知三丰祖师到晚年时剑术如神，轻易已不使剑，即使迫不得已与人动手，也只用寻常铁剑、木剑，这柄“真武剑”是他中年时所用的兵刃，扫荡群邪，威震江湖，是一口极锋锐的利器。他兀自生怕给任我行骗了，再翻开那《太极拳经》一看，果然是三丰祖师所书。他将经书放还盘中，跪倒在地，向一经一剑磕了八个头，站起身来，说道：“任教主宽宏大量，使武当祖师爷的遗物重回真武观，冲虚粉身难报大德。”将一经一剑接过，心中激动，双手颤个不住。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，敝教昔日得罪了武当派，好生惭愧，今日完壁归赵，还望武当派上下见谅。”冲虚道：“任教主可说得太客气了。” 向问天又道：“呈上圣教主赠给恒山派令狐掌门的礼物。” 方证和冲虚均想：“不知他送给令狐掌门的，又是甚么宝贵之极的礼品。” 见这次上来的共二十名锦衣教众，每人也都手托盘子，走到令狐冲身前。盘中所盛的却是袍子、帽子、鞋子、酒壶、酒杯、茶碗之类日常用具，虽均十分精致，却显然并非甚么出奇物事。只有一只盘子中放着一根玉箫，一只盘子中放着一具古琴，较为珍贵，但和赠给方证、冲虚的礼物相比，却是不可同日而语了。 令狐冲拱手道：“多谢。”命恒山派于嫂等收了过来。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，此番来到恒山，诸多滋扰，甚是不当。恒山派每一位出家的师太，致送新衣一袭，长剑一口，每一位俗家的师姊师妹，致送饰物一件，长剑一口，还请笑纳。敝教又在恒山脚下购置良田三千亩，奉送无色庵，作为庵产。这就告辞。”说着向方证、冲虚、令狐冲三人深深一揖，转身便行。 冲虚叫道：“向先生！”向问天转过身来，笑问：“道长有何吩咐？”冲虚道：“承蒙贵教主厚赐，无功受禄，心下不安。不知……不知……”他连说了二个“不知”，再也接不下口去，他想问的是“不知是何用意”，但这句话毕竟问不出口。 向问天笑了笑，抱拳说道：“物归原主，理所当然。道长何必不安？”一转身，喝道：“教主起驾！”乐声奏起，十名长老开道，一十六名轿伕抬起蓝呢大轿，走下峰去。其后是号角队、金鼓队、细乐队，更后是各堂教众，鱼贯下峰。
冲虚和方证一齐望着令狐冲，均想：“任教主何以改变了主意，其中缘由，只有你才知情。”但从令狐冲的脸色中却一点也看不来，但见他似乎有些欢喜，又有些哀伤。耳听得日月教教众走了一会，乐声便即止歇，甚么“千秋万载，一统江湖”的呼声也不再响起，竟是耀武扬威而来，偃旗息鼓而去。 冲虚忍不住问道：“令狐兄弟，任教主忽然示惠，自必是冲着你的天大面子。不知……不知……”他自是想问“不知跟你说了甚么”，但随即心想，这其中的缘由，如果令狐冲愿说，自然会说，若不愿说，多问只有不妥，是以说了两个“不知”，便即住口。 令狐冲道：“两位前辈原谅，适才晚辈已答允了任教主，其中缘由，暂且不便见告
I saw three old Taoists sitting on the futon, talking with Master Fang Sheng and others, and one of them was Taoist Chongxu.San Dao Jian Fang Zheng and Linghu rushed out and stood up together. Linghu Chong bowed down, and said: "Mount Heng is in trouble, and all the priests have come to help for thousands of miles. My faction, I really don't know how to repay it." Knowing that Master Abbot and my little brother are studying the essence of internal energy in the inner room, I dare not disturb. The little brother has learned the exquisite internal energy, and he buys and sells it now. When I come up with it, I will use it on him and surprise him." Linghu Chong said: "This inner strength is profound and profound, how can this junior learn it in a few days? I heard that the seniors from the Emei, Kunlun and Kongtong sects have also arrived, so you should invite them up the mountain to discuss the big plan together. I don't know everyone What do seniors think?" Chongxu said: "They hid very secretly, so as not to be known by the spies under the old devil. If you invite everyone to go up the mountain, I'm afraid that the news will be leaked. When we go up the mountain, we are all in disguise, otherwise Why didn't the disciples of your faction come to report first?" Linghu Chong remembered that when he met Taoist Chongxu for the first time, he disguised himself as an old man riding a donkey, accompanied by two other men, both of whom were actually masters of the Wudang School.At this time, after a closer look, I recognized the other two old Taoists, the two men who had compared swords with me on the Hubei Road in the past. Daoist Chongxu mentioned it, but the younger generation can’t remember it.” Those two old Taoists were dressed as peasants at that time, one was picking firewood, the other was picking vegetables, panting, it seemed that the whole body was sick, but now they were in good spirits, but their eyebrows Still vaguely recognized. Chongxu pointed to the old Taoist who had played the role of picking firewood and said: "This is Junior Brother Qingxu." People relatively laugh.Both Qing Xu and Cheng Gao said: "Master Linghu has superb swordsmanship." Linghu Chong thanked him modestly, and said repeatedly: "Offended!" Chongxu said: "My junior brother and nephew are not very good at swordsmanship, but when they were young, they lived in the Western Regions for more than ten years, but they each learned a special skill. one is good at making explosives." Linghu Chong said: "That is a rare skill in the world." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, I brought them here with another purpose. I hope they can give Let's do something big." Linghu Chong was puzzled, and responded casually: "Is there a major event?" Chongxu said: "The old man is not presumptuous, and brought something to Guishan. I want to ask Brother Linghu to have a look." He is not as free and easy as Fang Zheng is cautious, so one called him "Brother Linghu", while the other called him "Master Linghu", Linghu Chong felt strange, and wanted to see what he took out of his bosom.Chongxu smiled and said: "This thing is really not small, I can't fit it in my arms. Brother Qingxu, tell them to bring it in." Qingxu agreed to go out, and soon brought in four peasant-looking men, each barefoot, carrying a load of vegetables.Qing Xu said: "I've seen Master Linghu and the abbot of Shaolin Temple." The four men bowed and saluted together.Linghu Chong knew that they must be people with high status in Wuzhong, so he immediately returned the salute politely. Qingxu said: "Take it out and pack it up!" The four men took out the vegetables and radishes from the load, revealing a few bundles underneath, and opened the bundles, which consisted of many wooden sticks, iron objects, screws, and machine springs.The four of them acted extremely quickly, they put these guys together and assembled them into a grand teacher's chair in a short while.Linghu Chong was even more surprised, thinking: "There are so many mechanism springs installed in this grand master's chair. I don't know what it is for. Could it be for practicing internal strength?" After the chair was assembled, the four people took out the chair cushion and chair cover from the other two packages and put them on the Taishi chair.In the quiet room, it was dazzling for a moment, but I saw that the chair cover was made of light yellow brocade, embroidered with nine golden dragons in golden yellow silk thread, holding a sun that had just risen from the sea in the middle, and the eight characters on the left were "Zhongxing St. To teach, to be the common people", and the eight characters on the right are "for thousands of years, to unify the rivers and lakes".Those nine golden dragons stretched their teeth and danced their claws, their expressions were as alive as life, and the sixteen characters were drawn with silver hooks and iron strokes, making people feel indescribably comfortable.Around these sixteen characters, there are many pearls, diamonds, and various emerald gemstones.In the small and simple nunnery, suddenly the room was full of jewels. Linghu Chong clapped his hands and applauded, remembering what Chongxu said just now, Qingxu had learned the skill of making mechanical sharpeners in the Western Regions, and said: "Master Ren must sit on this precious chair when the spring in the chair is activated. But it took his life, didn't it?" Chongxu said in a low voice: "Ren Woxing is quick to adapt, and moves like electricity. Although there is a spring in the chair, if he feels something is wrong, he will jump up immediately, and he will not be hurt. There are medicine guides at the foot of this chair. into a pile of gunpowder." As soon as he said this, the faces of Linghu Chong and the Shaolin monks all changed.Fang Zheng recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!" Chongxu said again: "The advantage of this spring is that if someone sits casually, there will be no accidents. It must sit until a stick of incense burns, and then the medicine will be triggered. Then let me act suspiciously, but also very delicate, suddenly see When Mount Heng saw such a chair on Xingfeng, he would definitely not sit on it right away. He would definitely send his subordinates to sit on it first. There is a golden dragon holding the sun on the cover of this chair, and there is something about "eternal ages, unification of the rivers and lakes". No one dares to sit for a long time among the leaders of the Devil's Cult, but once Ren Woxing sits on it, he will definitely be reluctant to get off." Linghu Chong said: "The Taoist priest is really thoughtful." Chongxu said: "Junior Brother Qingxu There are other arrangements. If Ren Woxing does not sit, ask someone to take off the chair cover, chair cushion, or even disassemble the chair to have a look. As long as you remove it, the same mechanism will be triggered. Nephew Cheng Gao brought it to Baoshan this time. , a total of 20,000 catties of explosives. Destroying Baoshan Lingjing is probably inevitable." Linghu Chong felt a chill in his heart, and thought: "20,000 catties of explosives! Once this mass of gunpowder is triggered, everything will be burnt. Master Ren will be killed, and so will Yingying and Big Brother Xiang." Chongxu saw that his face was different, and said: "The demon sect threatened to kill all the noble sects. After the Hengshan sect is destroyed, they will attack me in Shaolin and Wudang immediately. The disaster is hard to deal with. Let's set up this poisonous plan to deal with me Okay, although the intentions are sinister, but to get rid of this devil, the intention is to save tens of thousands of lives in the martial arts world." Master Fangzheng clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! My Buddha is merciful. In order to save all living beings, I also need to ward off evil spirits and subdue demons. Killing a single husband to save thousands of people is an act of great mercy." When he said these few words With solemn expressions, all the old monks and Taoists stood up, folded their hands together and lowered their eyebrows, and said in unison: "Master Abbot is right." Linghu Chong also knew that what Fang Zheng said was very reasonable, the Sun Moon Sect wanted to kill the Hengshan Sect, and the Orthodox Sect designed to blow up Ren Woxing to death, that was a matter of course, no one could say otherwise.But if he wanted to kill Ren Woxing, he was quite unwilling in his heart. If he wanted to kill Xiang Wentian, he would rather die first; as for Yingying's life and death, he was not in his mind. In short, the two live and die together, so there is no need to worry too much .Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he pondered for a while, and said: "The matter has come to this point, the Sun Moon Sect has forced us to have nowhere to go, and Daoist Chongxu's strategy is probably the least hurtful." Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu is right. The word 'least harm' is exactly what we are looking for." Linghu Chong said: "The younger generation is young and has little knowledge. For today's Hengshan matter, we invite Master Fang Zheng and Daoist Chongxu to preside over the overall situation. The younger generation will lead the disciples of our sect to provide advice." Chongxu smiled and said: "I dare not do this. You are the master of Mount Heng, so how can the abbot and I compete with each other?" Linghu Chong said: "This matter is definitely not for the younger generation to retreat modestly, it is really necessary to ask the two of you to preside over it." Fang Zheng said: "The master Linghu's intention is very sincere. Brother, there is no need to give way too much. The three of us will take the lead on the important matter in front of us, but Brother Dao will give orders and make it happen." After a few words of modesty, Chongxu agreed, and said: "We have laid down men on all the passages going up Mount Heng. When will the Demon Sect come to attack the mountain, there must be news in advance. Brother Linghu will lead the group on that day. Hao attacked Shaolin Temple, we were planned by Zuo Lengchan, and set up an empty city plan..." Linghu Chong blushed slightly, and said: "The younger generation is messing around, and I am terrified." Chongxu said with a smile: "I can't think of yesterday's enemy, but today My friend. Let’s make empty plans again, that’s not enough, it will inevitably arouse doubts about our actions. From the old way, the whole Hengshan faction is on the mountain to resist, and the Shaolin and Wudang factions also send dozens of people to fight. Knowing that the devil If there is no one to help Shaolin and Wudang, it will be against the norm, and this old thief Ren Woxing will definitely guess that there is a fraud in it." Both Fang Zheng and Linghu Chong said, "Exactly." Chongxu said: "The rest of the Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong sects don't have to show their faces, they are hiding in the caves. When the Demon Sect came to attack, the three factions of Hengshan, Shaolin, and Wudang fought with all their might, and they had to be defeated. They look similar. All three of our factions must be top-notch fighters, and the more we can kill each other, the better, and we must try our best to avoid losses." Fang Zheng sighed: "There are so many masters from the Devil's Cult, they have come prepared this time, and if this battle is fought, there will be many casualties on both sides." Chongxu said: "Let's find a few cliffs and arrange long ropes and iron cables. When the fight reaches the end, seeing that we are invincible, we will let the enemy go down the long rope one by one into the deep valley to make it difficult for the enemy to pursue. Let Woxing win a big victory , Seeing this precious chair again, of course sat on it triumphantly. Once the explosives were triggered, the old devil would have great abilities, and it was impossible to escape. Following the eight passages up the mountain of Hengshan, thirty-two All the landmines exploded at the same time, and the members of the Demon Cult could no longer go down the mountain." Linghu Chong wondered, "Thirty-two landmines?" Chongxu said: "Exactly. Nephew Chenggao will get up early tomorrow morning. Among the eight main routes to climb the mountain, he will choose the four most dangerous places for each route, bury powerful landmines, and when the mines explode, he will go up and down the mountain. Completely cut off. The Demon Sect taught 10,000 people to go up the mountain, and taught them to starve to death 10,000; Get away." Linghu Chong said: "It was really a fluke to escape from Shaolin Temple that time." Suddenly remembered something, "Oh". Chongxu asked: "Brother Linghu, do you feel that there is something wrong with the arrangement?" Linghu Chong said: "This junior thought to himself, Master Ren came to Mount Heng, and naturally he likes this precious chair very much when he sees it. But he must be suspicious, Why did the Hengshan faction make such a chair, embroidered with the eight characters 'for thousands of years, unify the rivers and lakes'? If you don't understand this matter, I'm afraid he may not be fooled." Chongxu said: "This is an old way I've thought about it too. In fact, whether the old devil sits in this chair or not is not the key point. We also hide the explosives, which can also trigger explosives. It's just that when he is triumphant for thousands of years and dominates the world At this time, suddenly disaster happened to the soles of the feet, and it became nothing more than a helper in the martial arts." Linghu Chong nodded and said: "Yes." Taoist Cheng Gao said humanely: "Uncle Master, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible?" Chongxu smiled and said: "You just say it, and ask Master Abbot and Master Linghu to give advice." Cheng Gao said: "I heard that Linghu The head of the sect and the young lady Ren's original marriage agreement, it was only because of the difference between good and evil that it was obstructed. If the head of Linghu sent two Hengshan disciples to see the leader, they said that they would look for Miss Ren's face, and they would find out A skillful craftsman made a precious chair and gave it to Master Ren to sit on. He hoped that the two families would cease fighting and make peace. No matter whether Master Ren agrees or not, when he goes to Mount Heng and sees this chair, he will not Suspicious." Chongxu clapped his hands and smiled, "This plan is great, once you come..." Linghu Chong shook his head and said: "No way!" Chong Xu was stunned, knowing that he was bored, and asked: "Brother Linghu, what's your opinion?" There is nothing wrong with taking a strong enemy. If he comes to kill, we will blow him up, but I will never tell lies to lie to him." Chongxu said: "Okay! Brother Linghu is upright and upright, which is admirable. Let's do it this way! It doesn't matter if the old devil is suspicious or not, as long as he comes to Hengshan with the intention of harming others, we will make him suffer greatly." head." At present, everyone discussed the details of defending against the enemy, how to resist the enemy, how to cover, how to retreat, and how to trigger explosive mines, all of which were discussed and determined.Chongxu is very careful, he is afraid that when facing the enemy, the person responsible for setting off the explosives will be killed, so he will appoint another deputy. In the early morning of the next day, Linghu Chong led the crowd to inspect the terrain carefully, and Qingxu and Cheng Gao selected places where explosives, ampoules, landmines, and hidden sentries were buried.Chongxu and Linghu Chong chose four dangerous places as their retreat.Fang Zheng, Chongxu, Linghu Chong, and Fang Sheng guarded one place each, to prevent the enemy from approaching, waiting for all the defenders to retreat into the deep valley with the long ropes, and finally entered the valley, and then swung their swords to cut the long ropes. Make the enemy unable to pursue. In the afternoon of the same day, another ten members of the Wudang sect pretended to be peasants and woodcutters and went up the mountain one after another. Under the guidance of Qingxu and Chenggao, they hid explosives.Hengshan sent female disciples to guard the various mountain passes, preventing idlers from going up the mountain, in case the Sun Moon Sect sent spies to learn the secret.After being so busy for three days, everything is ready, waiting for the Sun Moon Sect to attack. According to calculations, it has been nearly a month since I left the Chaoyang Summit, and this person will keep his promises, and he will not miss the date.During the past few days, Chongxu, Chenggao and the others were very busy, Linghu Chong was extremely leisurely, and every day silently recited the inner strength formulas passed down by Fangzheng, practiced according to the law, and asked Fangzheng for advice when there was anything he didn't understand.
This afternoon, Yihe, Yiqing, Yilin, Zheng E, Qin Juan and other female disciples were practicing swords in the sword training hall, with Linghu Chong pointing them out.Seeing that although Qin Juan was young, she had a good understanding of the essentials of swordsmanship, and praised: "Junior Sister Qin is very clever, and I have already got the knack for this move, but..." Before he could finish speaking, suddenly there was a sharp pain in his dantian , immediately sat down.All the disciples were shocked, and rushed to help each other, they all asked: "What's wrong?" Linghu Chong knew that the strange qi in his body had erupted again, so he couldn't speak. All the disciples were in a state of confusion, when suddenly they heard a few rustling sounds, and two white pigeons flew straight into the hall.All the disciples shouted together: "Ah!" The Hengshan faction raised many pigeons. That day Dingjing's master met the enemy in Fujian, and Dingxian and Dingyi's second masters were trapped in Zhujian Valley in Longquan. They both sent pigeons for help.The two carrier pigeons flying into the hall in front of me are sent by the disciples of our sect guarding the foot of the mountain. The backs of the pigeons are painted with red paint. When they see it, they know that the enemy of the Sun Moon Sect has arrived.Ever since Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu came to Mount Heng, all the disciples were relieved to see that there was strong help coming and everything was in place. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Linghu Chong would fall ill, which was a big surprise. Yiqing shouted: "You two junior sisters, Yizhi and Yiwen, hurry up and report to Master Fangzheng and Daoist Chongxu." The two left as ordered.Yiqing said again: "Senior Sister Yihe, please strike the bell." Yihe nodded, then flew out of the hall and ran towards the bell tower. Only three long and two short bells could be heard, three long and two short, from the bell tower and spread throughout the peak, followed by the big bells in Tongyuan Valley, Xuankong Temple and Heilongkou temples. All ring.Master Fangzheng ordered in advance that if there is an enemy police, the bells will sound three long and two short to signal.It's just that Yihe is very impatient, although there is a word "he" in the name of the Dharma, his behavior is not harmonious at all, and the sound of the bell still reveals his impatience. The Hengshan faction, the Shaolin faction, and the Wudang faction dispatched troops to various places according to the prior arrangements, in preparation for meeting the enemy.In order to reduce casualties, all passages from the foot of the mountain to the top of Jianxing Peak were unguarded, and the door was simply opened wide, allowing the enemy to come to the peak before engaging in battle.After the bell stopped, there was no sound on the peak or below the peak.The masters sent by Kunlun, Emei, and Kongtong all hid in secluded places under the peak, and only waited for the demon cultists to go up to the peak, and stopped their retreat as soon as they were ordered.In order to prevent the leakage of secrets, Chongxu did not inform the factions of the buried mines on the mountain road.The Demon Cult has great supernatural powers, so it is not uncommon for the disciples of Kunlun and other sects to lure secret agents and spy on news. Linghu Chong heard the bell and knew that the Sun Moon Sect was coming to attack, but there were tens of thousands of sharp knives stabbing randomly in his stomach, so he hugged his belly in pain and rolled on the ground.Yilin and Qin Juan were so frightened that their faces turned pale, they were at a loss and didn't know what to do. Yiqing said: "Let's help the master to go to Wuse Nunnery, let's see what Shaolin abbot and Taoist priest Chongxu have in mind." At that moment, Sister-in-law Yu and another old nun put their hands under Linghu Chong's side, half-carrying and half-lifting, Help him into the colorless nunnery. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the nunnery, I could only hear the sound of horns bang bang bang under the peak, followed by the blaring of horns and the bang of drums, the Sun Moon Sect really came to attack the mountain in a majestic formation. Fang Zheng and Chongxu had already learned that Linghu Chong was ill, so they rushed out of the nunnery.Chongxu said: "Brother Linghu, you can rest assured. I have ordered Junior Brother Lingxu to cover the retreat of the Wudang faction on my behalf. The responsibility of protecting your faction rests with the old Taoist." Linghu Chong nodded his thanks.Fang Zheng said: "Leader Linghu should retreat into the deep valley first, so as not to be in danger." Linghu Chong hurriedly said: "Absolutely... absolutely not! Take... a sword!" Chongxu also persuaded a few words, but Linghu Chong insisted on refusing. Suddenly the sound of drums and horns stopped, followed by thunderous shouts: "The holy priest will rule the world forever!" Hearing this voice, there were at least four to five thousand people.Fang Zheng, Chongxu and Linghu Chong looked at each other and smiled.Qin Juan held Linghu Chong's long sword and handed it over.Linghu Chong stretched out his hand to catch it, but his right hand couldn't help shaking, he couldn't hold the sword steadily.Qin Juan hung the sword on his belt. Suddenly I heard the sound of suona, the music was pleasant, but there was no sound of killing.Several people said loudly in unison: "The Holy Master of the Sun Moon Sect wants to go up to Xingfeng to meet the head of the Hengshan School Linghu." It was the elders of the Sun Moon Sect who said in unison. Fang Zhengdao: "Sun and Moon teaches courtesy first and soldiers later, so we shouldn't be too stingy. How about letting them go up to the peak?" Linghu Chong nodded, and at this moment, another sharp pain came from his stomach.Fang Zheng saw that his face was dripping with cold sweat, and said: "Master Linghu, the pain in the dantian is unbearable, you might as well use the inner strength method passed down by Senior Feng, and try to guide and circle." Dozens of different kinds of zhenqi in Linghu Chong's body are spontaneously Entanglement, conflict, confusion, if you add guidance and circling, it is tantamount to killing yourself with a knife, and the pain will add to the pain, but anyway, the pain has reached the extreme, and there is no time to think about the consequences at the moment, so circling in accordance with the law.Sure enough, under the impact of zhenqi, the pain in the lower abdomen was more unbearable than before, but after circling several times, more than ten strands of zhenqi flowed into the tributaries, and the tributaries merged into the big river, faintly seeming to have a track to follow, although the pain was severe As before, it is no longer rushing and bumping, where the impact is, the heart has already felt it. Fang Zheng said slowly: "Linghu Chong, the head of the Hengshan School, Taoist Chongxu, the head of the Wudang School, and Fang Zheng, the head of the Shaolin School, are waiting for the leader of the Sun Moon Sect." His voice was not very loud, and he said slowly Come, but sent very far. Linghu Chong secretly believed that the internal energy mental method was effective, so he simply sat down cross-legged, looked at the nose and the heart with the eyes, stroked the chest with the left hand, pressed the abdomen with the right hand, and practiced according to the method taught by the prescription.He has only practiced this method for a few days, although Fang Zheng explained it in detail every day, after all, his cultivation level is very shallow, but under the guidance of the law, more than ten strands of zhenqi of different species can gradually gather together.He didn't dare to be negligent, and focused his energy on circling, at first he could hear the sound of drums, music, silk and bamboo, but later he couldn't hear anything. 方证见令狐冲专心练功，脸露微笑，耳听得鼓乐之声大作，日月教教众叫道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主，大驾上恒山来啦！”过了一会，鼓乐之声渐渐移近。 上见性峰的山道甚长，日月教教众脚步虽快，走了好一会，鼓乐声也还只到山腰。伏在恒山各处的正教门下之士心中都在暗骂：“臭教主好大架子，又不是死了人，吹吹打打的干甚么了？”预备迎敌之人心下更是怦怦乱跳，各人本来预计，魔教教众杀上山来，便即跃出恶斗一场，杀得一批教众后，待敌人越来越多，越来越强，便循长索而退入深谷。却不料任我行装模作样，好似皇帝御驾出巡一般，吹吹打打的来到峰上，众人倒不便先行动手，只是心弦反扣得更加紧了。 过了良久，令狐冲觉得丹田中异种真气给慢慢压了下去，痛楚渐减，心中一分神，立时想起：“是任教主要上峰来？”“啊”的一声，跳起身来。方证微笑道：“好些了吗？”令狐冲道：“动上了手吗？”方证道：“还没到呢！”令狐冲道：“好极！”刷的一声，拔出了剑。却见方证、冲虚等手上均无兵刃，仪和、仪清等女子在无色庵前的一片大空地上排成数行，隐伏恒山剑阵之法，长剑却兀自悬在腰间，这才想起任我行尚未上山，自己未免过于惶急，哈哈一笑，还剑入鞘。 只听得锁呐和钟鼓之声停歇，响起了箫笛、胡琴的细乐，心想：“任教主花样也真多，细乐一作，他老人家是大驾上峰来啦。”越见他古怪多端，越觉得肉麻。 细乐声中，两行日月教的教众一对对的并肩走上峰来。众人眼前一亮，但见一个个教众均是穿着崭新的墨绿锦袍，腰系白带，鲜艳夺目，前面一共四十人，每人手托盘子，盘上铺缎，不知放着些甚么东西。这四十人腰间竟未悬挂刀剑。四十名锦衣教众上得峰来，便远远站定。跟着走上一队二百人的细乐队，也都是一身锦衣，箫管丝弦，仍是不停吹奏。其后上来的是号手、鼓手、大锣小锣、铙钹钟铃，一应俱全。 令狐冲看得有趣，心想：“待会打将起来，有锣鼓相和，岂不是如同在戏台上做戏？” 鼓乐声中，日月教教众一队队的上来。这些人显是按着堂名分列，衣服颜色也各不同，黄衣、绿衣、蓝衣、黑衣、白衣，一队队的花团锦簇，比之做戏赛会，衣饰还更光鲜，只是每人腰间各系白带。上峰来的却有三四千之众。 冲虚寻思：“乘他们立足未定，便一阵冲杀，我们较占便宜。但对方装神弄鬼，要来甚么先礼后兵。我们若即动手，倒未免小气了。”眼见令狐冲笑嘻嘻的不以为意，方证则视若无睹，不动声色，心想：“我如显得张惶，未免定力不够。” 各教众分批站定后，上来十名长老，五个一边，各站左右。音乐声突然止歇，十名长老齐声说道：“日月神教文成武德、泽被苍生圣教主驾到。” 便见一顶蓝呢大轿抬上峰来。这轿子由十六名轿伕抬着，移动既快且稳。一顶轿子便如是一位轻功高手，轻轻巧巧的便上到峰来，足见这一十六名轿伕个个身怀不弱的武功。令狐冲定眼看去，只见轿伕之中竟有祖千秋、黄伯流、计无施等人在内。料想若不是老头子身子太矮，无法和祖千秋等一起抬轿，那么他也必被迫做一名轿伕了。令狐冲气往上冲，心想：“祖千秋他们均是当世豪杰，任教主却迫令他们做抬轿子的贱事。如此奴役天下英雄，当真令人气炸了胸膛。” 蓝呢大轿旁，左右各有一人，左首是向问天、右首是个老者。这老者甚是面熟，令狐冲一怔，认得是洛阳城中教他弹琴的绿竹翁。这人叫盈盈作“姑姑”，以致自己误以为盈盈是个年老婆婆，自从离了洛阳之后，便没再跟他相见，今日却跟了任我行上见性峰来。他一颗心怦怦乱跳，寻思：“何以不见盈盈？”突然间想起一事，眼见日月教教众人人腰系白带，似是服丧一般，难道盈盈眼见父亲率众攻打恒山，苦谏不听，竟然自杀死了？ 令狐冲胸口热血上涌，丹田中几下剧痛，当下便想冲上去问向问天，但想任我行便在轿中，终于忍住。
见性峰上虽聚着数千之众，却是鸦雀无声。那顶大轿停了下来，众人目光都射向轿帷，只待任我行出来。 忽听得无色庵中传出一声喧笑之声。一人大声道：“快让开，好给我坐了！”另一人道：“大家别争，自大至小，轮着坐坐这张九龙宝椅！”正是桃花仙和桃枝仙的声音。 方证、冲虚、令狐冲等立时骇然变色。桃谷六仙不知何时闯进了无色庵中，正在争坐这张九龙宝椅，坐得久了，引动药引，那便如何是好？冲虚忙抢进庵中。 只听他大声喝道：“快起来！这张椅子是日月教任教主的，你们坐不得！”桃谷六仙的声音从庵中传出来：“为甚么坐不得？我偏要坐！”“快起来，好让我坐了！”“这椅子坐着真舒服，软软的，好像坐在大胖子的屁股上一般！”“你坐过大胖子的屁股么？” 令狐冲心知桃谷六仙正在争坐九龙宝椅，你坐一会，他坐一会，终将压下机簧，引发埋藏于无色庵下的数万斤炸药，见性峰上日月教和少林、武当、恒山派群豪，势必玉石俱焚。他初时便欲冲进庵中制止，但不知怎的，内心深处却似乎是盼望那炸药炸将起来，反正盈盈已死，自己也不想活了，大家一瞬之间同时毕命，岂不干净？一瞥眼间，蓦地见到仪琳的一双俏目在凝望自己，但和自己眼光一接，立即避开，心想：“仪琳小师妹年纪还这样小，却也给炸得粉身碎骨，岂不可惜？但世上有谁不死？就算今日大家安然无恙，再过得一百年，此刻见性峰上的每一个人，还不都成为白骨一堆？” 只听得桃谷六仙还在争闹不休：“你已坐了第二次啦，我一次还没坐过。”“我第一次刚坐上去，便给拉了下来，那可不算。”“我有一个主意，咱们六兄弟一起挤在这张椅上，且看坐不坐得下？”“妙极，妙极！大家挤啊，哈哈！”“你先坐！”“你先坐，我坐在上面。”“大的坐上面，小的坐下面！”“不，大的先坐！年纪越小，坐得越高！” 方证大师眼见危机只在顷刻之间，可又不能出声劝阻，泄漏了机关，当即快步入殿，大声说道：“贵客在外，不可争闹，别吵！”这“别吵”二字，是运起了少林派至高无上内功“金刚禅狮子吼”功夫，一股内家劲力，对准了桃谷六仙喷去。 冲虚道长只觉头脑一晕，险些摔倒。桃谷六仙已同时昏迷不醒。冲虚大喜，出手如风，先将坐在椅上的两人提开，随即点了六人穴道，都推到了观音菩萨的供桌底下，俯身在椅旁细听，幸喜并无异声，只觉手足发软，满头大汗，只要方证再迟得片刻进来，药引一发，那是人人同归于尽了。
冲虚和方证并肩出来，说道：“请任教主进庵奉茶！”可是轿帷纹风不动，轿中始终没有动静。冲虚大怒，心想：“老魔头架子恁大！我和方证大师、令狐掌门三人，在当今武林之中，位望何等崇高，站在这里相候，你竟不理不睬！”若不是九龙椅中伏有机关，他便要长剑出手，挑开轿帷，立时和任我行动手了。他又说了一遍，轿中仍是无人答应。 向问天弯下腰来，俯耳轿边，听取轿中人的指示，连连点头，站直身子后说道：“敝教任教主说道，少林寺方证大师，武当山冲虚道长两位武林前辈在此相候，极不敢当，日后自当亲赴少林、武当，相谢赔罪。” 向问天又道：“任教主说道，教主今日来到恒山，是专为和令狐掌门相会而来，单请令狐掌门一人，在庵中相见。”说着作个手势，十六名轿伕便将轿子抬入庵中观音堂上放下。向问天和绿竹翁陪着进去，却和众轿伕一起退了出来，庵中便只留下一顶轿子。 冲虚心想：“其中有诈，不知轿子之中，藏有甚么机关。”向方证和令狐冲瞧去。方证不善应变，不知如何才是，脸现迷惘之色。令狐冲道：“任教主既欲与晚辈一人相见，便请两位在此稍候。”冲虚低声道：“小心在意。”令狐冲点了点头，大踏步走进庵中。 那无色庵只是一座小小瓦屋，观音堂中有人大声说话，外面听得清清楚楚，只听得令狐冲道：“晚辈令狐冲拜见任教主。”却不听见任我行说甚么话，跟着令狐冲突然“啊”的一声叫了出来。 冲虚吃了一惊，只怕令狐冲遭了任我行的毒手，一步跨出，便欲冲进相援，但随即心想：“令狐兄弟剑术之精，当世无双，他进庵时携有长剑，不致一招间便为任老魔头所制。倘若真的不幸遭了毒手，我便奔进去动手，也已救不了他。任老魔头如没杀令狐兄弟，那是最好，倘若令狐兄弟已遭毒手，老魔头独自一人留在观音堂中，必去九龙椅上坐坐，我冲将进去，反而坏了大事。”一时心中忐忑不宁，寻思：“任老魔头这会儿只怕已坐到了椅上，再过片刻，触发药引，这见性峰的山头都会炸去半个。我如此刻便即趋避，未免显得懦怯，给向问天这些人瞧了出来，立即出声示警，不免功败垂成。但若炸药一发，身手再快，也来不及闪避，那可如何是好？” 他本来计算周详，日月教一攻上峰来，便如何接战，如何退避，预计任我行坐上九龙椅之时，少林、武当、恒山三派人众均已退入了深谷。不料日月教一上来竟不动手，来个甚么先礼后兵，任我行更要和令狐冲单独在庵中相会，全是事先算不到的变局。他虽饶有智计，一时却浑没了主意。 方证大师也知局面紧急，亦甚挂念令狐冲的安危，但他修为既深，胸怀亦极通达，只觉生死荣辱，祸福成败，其实也并不是甚么了不起的大事，谋事在人，成事在天，到头来结局如何，皆是各人善业、恶业所造，非能强求。因此他内心虽隐隐觉得不安，却是淡然置之，当真炸药炸将起来，尸骨为灰，那也是舍却这皮囊之一法，又何惧之有？ 九龙椅下埋藏炸药之事极是机密，除方证、冲虚、令狐冲之外，动手埋药的清虚、成高等此刻都在峰腰相候，只待峰顶一炸，便即引发地雷。见性峰上余人便均不知情。少林、武当、恒山三派人众，只等任我行和令狐冲在无色庵中说僵了动手，便拔剑对付日月教教众。 冲虚守候良久，不见庵中有何动静，更无声息，当即运起内功，倾听声息，隐隐听到似乎令狐冲低声说了句甚么话，他心中一喜：“原来令狐兄弟安然无恙。”心情一分，内功便不精纯，一时再也听不到甚么，又担心适才只不过自己一厢情愿，心有所欲，便耳有所闻，未必真是令狐冲的声音，否则为甚么再也听不到他的话声？ 又过了好一会，却听得令狐冲叫道：“向大哥，请你来陪送任教主出庵。” 向问天应道：“是！”和绿竹翁二人率领了一十六名轿伕，走进无色庵去，将那顶蓝呢大轿抬了出来。站在庵外的日月教教众一齐躬身，说道：“恭迎圣教主大驾。”那顶轿子抬到原先停驻之处，放了下来。 向问天道：“呈上圣教主赠给少林寺方丈的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众托了盘子，走到方证面前，躬身奉上盘子。 方证见一只盘子中放的是一串十分陈旧的沉香念珠，另一只盘子中是一部手抄古经，封皮上写的是梵文，识得乃是《金刚经》，不由得一阵狂喜。他精研佛法，于《金刚经》更有心得，只是所读到的是东晋时高僧鸠摩罗甚的中文译本，其中颇有难解之处，生平渴欲一见梵文原经，以作印证，但中原无处可觅，此刻一见，当真欢喜不尽，合十躬身，说道：“阿弥陀佛，老僧得此宝经，感激无量！”恭恭敬敬的伸出双手，将那部梵文《金刚经》捧起，然后取过念珠，说道：“敬谢任教主厚赐，实不知何以为报。” 向问天道：“敝教教主说道，敝教对天下英雄无礼，深以为愧，方丈大师不加怪责，敝教已是感激不尽。”侧头说道：“呈上任教主赠给武当派掌门道长的礼物。” 两名锦衣教众应声而出，走到冲虚道人面前，躬身奉上盘子。 那二人还没走近，冲虚便见一只盘子中横放着一柄长剑，待二人走近时凝神看去，只见长剑剑鞘铜绿斑斓，以铜丝嵌着两个篆文：“真武”。冲虚忍不住“啊”的一声。武当派创派之祖张三丰先师所用佩剑名叫“真武剑”，向来是武当派镇山之宝，八十余年前，日月教几名高手长老夜袭武当山，将宝剑连同张三丰手书的一部《太极拳经》一并盗了去。当时一场恶斗，武当派死了三名一等一的好手，虽然也杀了日月教四名长老，但一经一剑却未能夺回。这是武当派的奇耻大辱，八十余年来，每一代掌门临终时留下遗训，必定是夺还此经此剑。但黑木崖壁垒森严，武当派数度明夺暗盗，均无功而还，反而每次都送了几条性命在黑木崖上，想不到此剑竟会在见性峰上出现。他斜眼看另一只盘子时，盘中赫然是一部手书的册页，纸色早已转黄，封皮上写着《太极拳经》四字。冲虚道人在武当山见过不少张三丰的手书遗迹，一见便知这《太极拳经》确是真迹。 他双手发颤，捧过长剑，右手握住剑柄，轻轻抽出半截，顿觉寒气扑面。他知三丰祖师到晚年时剑术如神，轻易已不使剑，即使迫不得已与人动手，也只用寻常铁剑、木剑，这柄“真武剑”是他中年时所用的兵刃，扫荡群邪，威震江湖，是一口极锋锐的利器。他兀自生怕给任我行骗了，再翻开那《太极拳经》一看，果然是三丰祖师所书。他将经书放还盘中，跪倒在地，向一经一剑磕了八个头，站起身来，说道：“任教主宽宏大量，使武当祖师爷的遗物重回真武观，冲虚粉身难报大德。”将一经一剑接过，心中激动，双手颤个不住。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，敝教昔日得罪了武当派，好生惭愧，今日完壁归赵，还望武当派上下见谅。”冲虚道：“任教主可说得太客气了。” 向问天又道：“呈上圣教主赠给恒山派令狐掌门的礼物。” 方证和冲虚均想：“不知他送给令狐掌门的，又是甚么宝贵之极的礼品。” 见这次上来的共二十名锦衣教众，每人也都手托盘子，走到令狐冲身前。盘中所盛的却是袍子、帽子、鞋子、酒壶、酒杯、茶碗之类日常用具，虽均十分精致，却显然并非甚么出奇物事。只有一只盘子中放着一根玉箫，一只盘子中放着一具古琴，较为珍贵，但和赠给方证、冲虚的礼物相比，却是不可同日而语了。 令狐冲拱手道：“多谢。”命恒山派于嫂等收了过来。 向问天道：“敝教教主言道，此番来到恒山，诸多滋扰，甚是不当。恒山派每一位出家的师太，致送新衣一袭，长剑一口，每一位俗家的师姊师妹，致送饰物一件，长剑一口，还请笑纳。敝教又在恒山脚下购置良田三千亩，奉送无色庵，作为庵产。这就告辞。”说着向方证、冲虚、令狐冲三人深深一揖，转身便行。 冲虚叫道：“向先生！”向问天转过身来，笑问：“道长有何吩咐？”冲虚道：“承蒙贵教主厚赐，无功受禄，心下不安。不知……不知……”他连说了二个“不知”，再也接不下口去，他想问的是“不知是何用意”，但这句话毕竟问不出口。 向问天笑了笑，抱拳说道：“物归原主，理所当然。道长何必不安？”一转身，喝道：“教主起驾！”乐声奏起，十名长老开道，一十六名轿伕抬起蓝呢大轿，走下峰去。其后是号角队、金鼓队、细乐队，更后是各堂教众，鱼贯下峰。
冲虚和方证一齐望着令狐冲，均想：“任教主何以改变了主意，其中缘由，只有你才知情。”但从令狐冲的脸色中却一点也看不来，但见他似乎有些欢喜，又有些哀伤。耳听得日月教教众走了一会，乐声便即止歇，甚么“千秋万载，一统江湖”的呼声也不再响起，竟是耀武扬威而来，偃旗息鼓而去。 冲虚忍不住问道：“令狐兄弟，任教主忽然示惠，自必是冲着你的天大面子。不知……不知……”他自是想问“不知跟你说了甚么”，但随即心想，这其中的缘由，如果令狐冲愿说，自然会说，若不愿说，多问只有不妥，是以说了两个“不知”，便即住口。 令狐冲道：“两位前辈原谅，适才晚辈已答允了任教主，其中缘由，暂且不便见告