"I am depressed in the morning after paying homage to the Dharma, I sing joyfully every night in the strong beams, I ride a mule to benefit myself at the expense of others, I am fair and honest and starve, I build bridges and repair roads and blind people, there are many murders and arson. I went to the West to ask the Buddha, and the Buddha said... I can't do anything."
Huh? Mr. Storyteller?
When I surveyed the competition venue at Lianhua Peak in advance, I unexpectedly heard an opening poem. When I turned my head to look, I found a circle of people listening to a book on a ring, so I patted Sophie to signal her to stop.
"Little...cough, Senior Sister 'Qingqing', do you want to listen to a storyteller?" Sophie asked.
"Storytelling is not unusual, but it is more unusual in famous sword competitions. Ordinary monks will not learn this." I turned my head and looked at Matthew: "'Iron Hand,' what do you think?"
"In my opinion, there must be something fishy about this matter." Matthew's face was sullen, as if he was holding back laughter.
"...'Chasing life', you have to listen." Tang Amy said in a cool tone.
"Then let's listen to what he is going to say." I knocked on the armrest of the wheelchair and turned it.
Cold-blooded, ruthless, life-seeking, and iron-handed people from the "Zi Zi Sect". This is how I came up with this strange-looking foursome.
To be precise, it was Sun Wukong's suggestion. After thinking about it, I found that there seemed to be no one with similar titles in the world, and there were no big problems with the titles themselves, so I agreed.
As a result, the monkey was having sex for a long time...probably it was an allusion that only he understood.
In this group, apart from me and the two little ones, obviously only the "iron hand" can compete. Although Dr. Roman is famous, not many people know that he has a daughter. Even if Matthew takes action, his origin will not be discovered.
Since there are no thresholds for the Famous Sword Tournament, you only need to register to participate - even under a pseudonym. Therefore, there are many competition venues prepared. There are a total of thirty-six available martial arts venues on Guangmingding, Tiandu Peak and Lotus Peak.
, enough for more than 200 young talents who have signed up so far to show off their skills.
However, in order to avoid boring matches that pit young talents and jugglers together, the organizers usually select some participants to not participate in the preliminary round, and the criterion is whether there is support from the sect and clan behind them and provide prizes.
To be selected by their own sect to participate in the conference, their strength must be stronger than those stragglers, unless the sect simply wants to spend money to show off.
And the truly capable monks will naturally not be unable to stand out from the primary. Unless the two dark horses are unlucky enough to collide directly in the primary, then the host of the arena will probably let both of them advance as appropriate.
By the way, my current identity is that of a straggler. After looking for an opportunity to remind my father and brother not to eat the food sent by Mingjiao, for the sake of convenience, Matthew, Sophie, and Amy Tang checked in with other identities, and
In order to avoid being recognized by people who are good at making associations based on appearance, Nishigaki chose to act alone.
Therefore, it’s okay to be lazy before the Famous Swords Tournament officially begins.
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The storyteller was about fifty or so. He looked like a slovenly, no, down-and-out Taoist priest. He had a slender face, messy hair, a goatee, a washed white but clean Taoist robe, and a seven-star sword on his back.
Hemp Shoes, holding a whisk in one hand and a gavel in the other, sat behind an old wooden table that he got from nowhere. Seeing that there were many people around, he slapped the gavel and then said:
"As you all know, this world is divided into four major continents. Although the environments are different, they are all inhabited by human races. In the four major continents in ancient times, there were great demons invading the seas, evil spirits entrenched in the mountains, and also in the sky.
The ferocious birds are wandering around, and the people of the human race are in danger and miserable."
Oh...it's about ancient times again.
After all, the word "revival" of spiritual energy is too directional, clearly implying that the increasingly abundant spiritual energy in this world was once inexhaustible.
"——Shh."
"——In addition to humans, those animals can also master the method of cultivation?"
Several monks in the audience booed.
This was a routine demolition of the storyteller's desk. Of course, it might also be a way for the storyteller to specially invite people to listen to the story.
"Everyone should know that after the spiritual energy was revived, our human race was far more intelligent than the birds and beasts, so we had to absorb and apply the spiritual energy earlier than them. This resulted in a situation where the human race in the four major continents became the dominant one," the storyteller completely ignored this point.
Rip: "As the spiritual energy becomes more abundant, the birds and beasts that absorb the spiritual energy by instinct will gradually show special characteristics. You have been in the world for many years, have you never seen spiritual birds and strange beasts?"
"……really."
"...I've actually seen it."
"...Me too."
The booing people fell silent.
After calming down for a moment, the storyteller continued: "In ancient times, the spiritual energy was never cut off. Human beings had to wait until they grew older, could read and digitize, and knew how to practice before they could absorb the spiritual energy. However, birds, beasts, insects, and snakes could not absorb the spiritual energy.
Rats and ants can do it by instinct, so how can they defeat those monsters?"
"——If you say so, wouldn't the ancient human race be meat on the chopping boards of those monsters?"
"——If this is really the case, how can we reproduce to this day?"
People in the audience continued to argue.
Snap, the storyteller flicked his fly whisk: "That's right! If we don't have the opportunity, we will become the prey of the monster. We will never be able to participate in the Famous Sword Conference here, let alone question the content of my book in the audience."
The audience burst into laughter and stopped interrupting.
"Those who can succeed in cultivating under such difficult circumstances must be people with extraordinary talents. After their cultivation is successful, they will become what we call 'gods' and 'saints.'" Seeing that someone was about to question again,
The storyteller slapped the gavel and interrupted: "Today we will tell the story of one of the saints - [Monkey King]."
"..." I changed my posture slightly and put my finger to my ear: "Why have I never heard of this 'saint'?"
"[Hmph... When history turns into stories, and stories turn into legends, there is some truth in it, but it's hard to tell.]" Monkey King rarely said hey hey.
"As the saying goes, 'if you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are powerful, you can help the world.' This 'Qi Tian' has been gifted with extraordinary talents since he was a child. After joining a famous family, his practice has been rapid. After learning and coming down from the mountain, he has practiced in many ways, slaying demons and demons, and acting as a chivalrous and righteous man.
, and was eventually revered as the 'Great Sage'." The storyteller said.
"[Pfft hahahahaha!]" Sun Wukong laughed wildly.
"That day, the 'Monkey King' once again rescued a village from the claws of evil beasts and suddenly realized that if demons are rampant in the world and the situation of beasts cannibalizing humans does not change, no matter how much he does, it will be in vain," the storyteller said.
He slapped the alarm again: "Do you know what the 'Monkey King' wants? He actually wants to summon all the gods and saints who have accomplished spiritual practice to eradicate all the demons and monsters in the sky and the earth in the four continents, and return one to the human race.
The world is bright! And this is what I want to say, the story of 'The Great Sage Qitian fought all the way from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Xiniuhezhou', called 'Journey to the West'."
"--good!"
"——Good man!"
"——Speak quickly, speak quickly!"
The audience's emotions were basically aroused, but Sun Wukong remained silent, not knowing whether he was shy or laughing silently.
Bang! The storyteller was shocked again:
"The Great Sage Qitian once said before going on the expedition——"
