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Chapter 5 Tanzong Monk

After seeing the appearance of the visitor, even if he did not report his name, Li Xiake knew that he was the monk Tanzong.

The monk in Shaolin Temple was invincible in boxing and baguette skills. Only because he offended Wang Renze, he avoided the disaster to Shaolin, lived in seclusion and fostered his daughter in the village at the foot of Songshan Mountain.

If it weren't for the trouble caused by Jueyuan in the future and causing Shaolin to be implicated, this monk Tanzong might not have been shot to death by arrows.

This person is truly enthusiastic and bloody, and he is a man, and all the monks under him respect him.

Li Xiake has always had a good impression of this person. When he saw him appear, he hurriedly clasped his hands together, "Is he Master Tan Zong? Younger Li Xiake, see the master!"

Monk Tanzong went down the mountain to find his daughter today, but he never thought that he saw a beggar fighting with his daughter. He wanted to come forward and beat him up, but later he found that the beggar had no malicious intentions towards his daughter, so he felt relieved.

He was a master of Shaolin. After taking a look, he knew that this beggar made Shaolin boxing, which was very skilled in countering moves. Although he was not as good as the ten disciples of the monks under his seat, he was more than enough to defeat his daughter.

Although Li Xiake's boxing skills were learned from Shaolin, they were later Shaolin's boxing skills, which were quite different from those at this time. Some of the styles had been changed a lot. After reading it, Monk Tanzong was inspired and focused, he even forgot about the fight between the two.

It was not until Li Xiake voluntarily withdrew from the fight that Monk Tanzong came to his senses and secretly said in his heart, "Where did this kid learn boxing? It's clear that the boxing intention is my mountain door boxing technique. Why is the boxing technique different from the boxing technique today? Could it be that which senior brother practiced the new boxing technique?"

There are many masters who practice martial arts. There are often masters who practice martial arts and create their own boxing techniques, and then they keep their Shaolin for future disciples to study.

This is also the reason why Shaolin Temple has been passed down for thousands of years and remains standing. It is because of the emergence of many masters and continuous innovation.

Seeing that Li Xiake was respectful to him, Monk Tan Zong suddenly felt good about him. He withdrew his vicious face just now, with a kind look on his face, and smiled and said, "Li Xiake? Who gave you the name?"

Li Xiake said: "This is given to me by my father. He has always yearned for the masters and knights in the world. But he couldn't be a knight, so he named me 'Xiake', which was a wish."

Monk Tanzong laughed and said, "Your father is a wonderful person, where is your current life? You can make friends!"

Li Xiake looked sad, "My parents are all in a very far place, and I probably won't see them in my life."

When the monk Tanzong heard this, he was silent. After a moment, he said, "Who can live in heaven and earth without death? It is common for birth, old age, sickness and death, so don't be too sad."

When Li Xiake saw that he misunderstood his parents' death, he wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he finally held back that the matter could not be explained at all. The more he explained, the more he was chaotic, it would be better to default.

Then I heard the monk Tanzong continue, "I see that you are in rags, as if you are due to long-term hunger, but have your family suffered a military disaster?"

Li Xiake nodded vigorously, "Master is wise. I am indeed unable to escape from the mountains and forests because my family has suffered a military disaster. I want to live in seclusion for a while and wait until the world is peaceful before leaving the mountain to live."

Monk Tanzong sighed: "Since the fall of the Sui Dynasty, natural disasters have been constant and man-made disasters have occurred frequently. People are displaced, hungry people are everywhere, and hungry people are everywhere. Even my Shaolin cannot be purified."

He asked Li Xiake: "Master Li, what are your plans now?"

Li Xiake said: "I want to settle down in the mountains and go to the temple to practice martial arts at the same time."

Monk Tanzong said: "Shaolin Kung Fu is not passed down by outsiders. You are not a Shaolin disciple. How can you enter the temple to practice martial arts?"

Li Xiake smiled and said, "I just tried Shaolin boxing, why aren't I a Shaolin disciple? At least I can be considered a Shaolin lay disciple. Besides, I have a few sets of boxing techniques that Shaolin does not have today. If I were asked to enter the temple, I could keep these boxing techniques in Shaolin, which would add new skills to the martial arts in the temple."

Monk Tanzong was overjoyed. As the chief instructor of Shaolin martial arts monks, he liked martial arts the most in his life. When he heard that Li Xiake had boxing techniques that were not in Shaolin Temple, his eyes suddenly shone, "What kind of boxing technique is it? Can you practice it? As long as you can really leave one or two kung fu for Shaolin, I will allow you to enter the temple to practice!"

He looked urgent and excited, "Let's go! Come on, go into the temple with me now, wait for me to report to the abbot and see what he does."

Without waiting for Li Xiake to say more, he led him up the Shaoshi Mountain and said to Wuxia as he walked: "Wuxia, go back first and help Xiake find a place to live in the village. Dad and Xiake have something to do, so he will take him to the temple."

Bai Wuxia stamped her feet and said, "Dad, are you leaving now? I still have to learn martial arts from you!"

Monk Tanzong waved his hand and said, "There is no hurry to learn kung fu, you can learn it tomorrow, but this donor Li's kung fu is related to the Shaolin heritage, which is not a small matter. I have to take him to meet the abbot."

Bai Wuxia said: "I want to go with you too!"

Monk Tanzong glared at her, "Nothing! The place in the Zen Sect of Shaolin Temple is full of men. How can you enter with a female spoiler?"

Bai Wuxia snorted, hugged the little lamb and pouted, leaving without paying attention to Monk Tanzong.

"My daughter has been used to being spoiled since she was a child. She is a little willful and makes the donor laugh!"

He pointed his hand in the distance, "The gate of Shaolin Temple is there, you can talk to me first!"

Li Xiake followed Monk Tanzong for a long time and arrived at the gate of Shaolin Temple. At this time, Shaolin Temple was quite different from Shaolin Temple in later generations, and even the architectural styles were significantly different.

In history, Shaolin Temple was repeatedly destroyed by wars and was destroyed many times. After the new century, it was rebuilt again, which was long ago different from the shape of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

At this time, refugees were piled up in front of Shaolin Temple. Many people in rags were lying or standing, gathering in groups at the gate of Shaolin Temple, all of whom were full of disdain.

"These are all hungry people nearby who fled to the mountains to avoid disaster."

Monk Tanzong explained to Li Xiake: "In order to help the victims, I now have to pay porridge in Shaolin Temple, and I will have to pay porridge every morning and evening. However, there are too many victims and there are not much food in my temple. I am afraid that the act of credit porridge will not last long."

He led Li Xiake into the temple and called the monk to entertain Li Xiake. He rushed to report to the abbot.

After a while, the Shaolin abbot wearing a cassock and white beard floated slowly, saluting Li Xiake and said, "Amitabha, Li Shaoxia, where did you learn Shaolin Kung Fu? Can you demonstrate it to me?"

Li Xiake returned the courtesy and said, "Of course, I learned this boxing technique from Shaolin. I will return it to Shaolin again today. This is called borrowing and repaying it. It is not difficult to borrow again!"

The old abbot laughed and said, "You are a disciple of Shaolin family. When you come to Shaolin, you can naturally learn other skills. You just try not to kill."

At that moment, Li Xiake practiced all the sets of Shaolin boxing he had learned in the martial arts field, and the monk Tanzong and others could not stop watching.

"Although this Mr. Li is shallow in his skills and cannot practice well, these sets of boxing are not bad in themselves. It is my Shaolin lineage and can be recorded in the Sutra Pavilion."

Li Xiake: "...Mom sells criticism, am I so bad?"
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