It was early spring, and most of the trees in the mountains had fallen leaves. Only pines and cypresses were evergreen, and the black shadow he saw appeared in a pine forest. Because it was far away and mostly covered, he couldn't see it clearly.
You can roughly tell that the shadow is about the same size as a dog, and its fur is black and gray.
But that thing was only about the same size as a dog, but it didn't look like a dog. The most important thing was that dogs couldn't climb trees, and that thing was on a tree. It looked like such a big animal that could climb trees.
Maybe not.
Feeling suspicious, he left the pond and walked towards the pine forest in the distance. He was not sure whether the thing could bite people, so he picked up a wooden stick and held it in his hand while walking.
The animal on the tree seemed to be sleeping, lying motionless on the tree. Because it was curled up, he couldn't see the animal's appearance, but one thing he was sure of was that this thing was definitely not a lynx or a domestic cat.
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When he was still more than ten feet away from the pine forest, he accidentally stepped on a rock. The sound of the rock rolling down woke up the sleeping animal. Hearing the sound, the animal turned around and found that the animal was sleeping.
Approaching, he hurriedly jumped into the depths of the pine forest, jumped several times between the tree branches, and disappeared deep into the dense forest.
He did not chase him, but froze in confusion. He had already seen the appearance of the animal clearly before. It was indeed not a cat, but a monkey with a sharp beak and cheeks. Monkeys are rare in the north and there is no such thing in Dengzhou.
There were no monkeys, and he knew monkeys because he had seen monkey performers in the county town when he was a child.
The monkey that escaped seemed to have a collar tied around its neck. It must have an owner, and it must have escaped from the monkey trickster.
Seeing that the monkey ran away, he turned around and returned to the waterhole. In fact, fishing with a coiled hook did not require supervision, but at this time, Taoist priest Lin and others were sitting cross-legged and meditating, and he did not dare to disturb them.
In the late afternoon, everyone set out on the road, with a few yellow croakers strung on thatch in their hands. This is a scaleless fish that looks like a catfish. When caught, it will make a squeaking sound.
Taoist priest Lin rarely spoke. Among the junior brothers, Chen Liqiu, the third, was the most talkative, followed by Li Zhongyong, the second. Batulu would occasionally interrupt to talk, and Mayumi, the fourth, would only speak when others were talking to her.
The arrival of Chen Liqiu freed him from the tedious cooking.
Li Qiu liked him, so as a thank you, he took the initiative to explain to him the key to martial arts training. The key to Chen Liqiu's so-called martial arts training was only one sentence: "More than 90% of people are right-handed, and they are used to using one hand to attack when fighting."
, if your left hand can be as flexible as your right hand, you can defeat more than 90% of ordinary people.'
Seeing that although he nodded, the look on his face was not very convincing, Chen Liqiu picked up a stone and threw it out with his left hand. Then he picked up another piece and handed it to him, "Come on, Lao Wu, try it with your left hand too."
He took the stone and threw it with his left hand. Not only was the distance very close, but it was also completely inaccurate.
"Looking at the way you throw it, you look like an old woman." Chen Liqiu said with a smile.
Speechless, embarrassed and laughing.
Seeing embarrassment, Li Zhongyong said, "What Lao San said makes sense. You must learn to use your left hand. If you can use both hands flexibly in the future, you will have a great advantage."
He nodded in response. He had never noticed before that his left hand was very inflexible compared to his right hand. Only after being reminded by the two of them did he realize that his left hand was not only weak, but also very clumsy.
Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu were nearby when Taoist Master Lin was talking to him earlier. They heard their conversation and knew that they wanted to study the Hunyuan Divine Art. However, the Hunyuan Divine Art is an exquisite Taoist mental method.
To perform magical skills, one must be familiar with Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, but since they didn't even understand the basic elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the two of them could only start with the most basic Yin-Yang Yili.
He is very smart. He can remember complex music after listening to it once. He can also remember what the two people said. At first, he just listened quietly to the two people talking. By the evening, not only did the five elements interact with each other, but he also knew it by heart.
Yu Xin can even tell the nine diagrams and nine palaces one by one.
In order to avoid trouble, people mostly choose wilderness trails, and their resting places are casual. Tonight, I was lucky and came across an abandoned Yantai. The so-called Yantai is a beacon tower used to convey messages during the war. The beacon tower is an official
As the saying goes, the villagers call it Yantai
, because it is a temporary installation, the soldiers stationed there will leave after the war.
This is the off-farming season, and ordinary people only eat two meals a day. The same is true for everyone. Not only is there an extra fish dish for dinner in the evening, but there is also fungus in the pickles. Although it is not the season for mushroom growth, the dried fungus
There are still some. If you see them along the way, you will collect them.
After the meal, everyone began to sit cross-legged and meditate. They did not know how to practice Qi, so they had to lie quietly aside.
Although everyone deliberately slowed down to take care of him during the journey, the long walk still made him very tired, and he soon fell asleep after lying down.
Precisely because they didn't know how to practice Qi, they couldn't see at night, so everyone couldn't travel at night. In order to accommodate him, everyone spent the next few days traveling at night, covering sixty or seventy miles a day.
Although he was very tired from the journey, he never complained. Unlike the people in the village, Taoist priest Lin and others never looked at him strangely, nor did they curse and ridicule him like the villagers. Except that they would feel a twinge of joy when they thought of Lao Huang.
Even though I am in a good mood most of the time.
Since the martial arts practiced by everyone were not produced by Taoist Lin, Taoist Lin had never given any personal instruction. In fact, he had never even seen the martial arts secret books that everyone had.
The secret book of Hunyuan Magic has been destroyed, not because of man-made damage, but because the things in the ancient tomb were not exposed to light. The bamboo slips will soon decay after being unearthed. Fortunately, Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu have memorized the full text of Hunyuan Magic.
, the two of them dictated and memorized it silently. In fact, they didn’t want to start studying and comprehending it now, they just wanted him to memorize it earlier.
The two of them not only taught Hunyuan Divine Kung Fu, they also taught Qing Kung Fu, which is indispensable for traveling in the world. The Qing Kung Fu that Baturu studied was called Eight Steps to Catch Cicadas. This kind of movement technique is not considered superior.
It's just driven by spiritual energy and runs faster.
Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu practiced the same kind of Qinggong, called Chasing the Wind Ghost Step, which was obtained from an ancient tomb in the Jin Dynasty. According to Chen Liqiu, the biggest feature of this kind of Qinggong is that it does not follow a straight line. According to legend,
When you practice to the extreme, you can not only move as fast as the wind, but also transform into a clone and follow you like a shadow.
The body technique of the old Sita Mayumi is the Five Elements
Although Escape and Five Elements Escape are not just Qinggong, they also include Qinggong and Shenfa.
He has problems with his legs and feet, making it difficult for him to walk in a straight line. The movement technique called Chasing the Wind and Ghost Step is just right for him to learn.
With Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu as professors, Taoist Lin was happy and relaxed. Although Taoist Lin rarely showed worries, it could still be seen that he was very worried. He didn't know what Taoist Lin was looking for, but he had
One thing he was sure of was that after searching for so many years, Taoist Lin had not found what he was looking for.
As the saying goes, prosperous times bring out mediocre officials, and troubled times bring out heroes. It is unknown whether troubled times bring out heroes, but it is true that troubled times bring out bandits. During the past few days, everyone met more than one group of bandits, but although these bandits discovered
But everyone just watched from a distance and did not step forward to intercept. The reason was also very simple. The master and disciples looked like Lian Jiazi, and with the addition of Batulu, who was like a black tower, the bandits thought that they could not defeat him.
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Although most of the time we walked along small roads, we occasionally encountered passers-by, and once we met several monks who were begging for alms.
In his early years, he had seen monks and Taoist priests fighting, so his impression was that the relationship between the monks and Taoist priests was not good. This was confirmed by Taoist Master Lin's indifference to those monks.
Whenever I have questions, I like to ask Chen Liqiu. Chen Liqiu is kind and straightforward, and what he wants to say. After he explains it, I realize that the monks and Taoists are not in harmony with the ancient times. The reasons are very complicated and I can’t explain them clearly for a while, but both sides
The conflict broke out forty years ago. The reigning emperor at that time was Wu Zong. Wu Zong believed in Taoism and believed that Buddhist disciples did not work hard and was detrimental to the country and the country. So he wiped out Buddhism throughout the country, destroyed monasteries, and forced monks to return to secular life. During that period,
The monk's situation can only be described as miserable.
It stands to reason that since Wuzong believed in Taoism, Taoism should rise. After all, there was support from the imperial court, but Taoism also had unsatisfactory disciples. A Taoist priest named Zhao Guizhen was ignorant and incompetent. He refined elixirs and presented them to Wuzong, but he didn't do it at all.
He didn't know how to temper the elixir, and the elixir he produced was poisonous. As a result, Wuzong was poisoned to death.
As soon as Wu Zong died and Xuanzong ascended the throne, Zhao Guizhen was immediately dealt with severely. At the same time, other Taoists were also affected, so the current situation of the Taoists was not good...