On a sunny hillside, there is a solitary pavilion.
The spring breeze blows, and the grass is flying.
At this moment, there was a person sitting in this deserted and deserted mountain pavilion.
He is waiting for someone.
The person he was waiting for made an appointment at noon.
And now, it is noon.
That is, at this hour, which was neither early nor late, a middle-aged man, not too tall, appeared on the uphill path, carrying a long gun.
Look at this person, he is dressed in light-colored clothing, with a felt hat on his head, a gray cloak on his shoulders, and a pair of soap boots... At first glance, he looks like a wanderer.
However, if you look closely, you will find that this man's appearance is soft and relaxed, and even a little kind-hearted, which is in sharp contrast with his dress and rather domineering weapons.
"Brother Hai, long time no see." The man carrying the gun came to the pavilion, stopped for a moment and took a look inside, and then said hello to the man in the pavilion with a fist, and walked in with his feet raised.
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Ordinarily speaking, if you say hello to someone like this, it means either your relationship is not good or your relationship is too good.
But the relationship between this man and "Brother Hai" does not fall into any of the above categories.
As for the two of them... they have indeed met and spoken to each other before, but they are not familiar with each other. They are just acquaintances.
Therefore, he was quite surprised when the gun-carrying man suddenly received a letter from "Brother Hai" recently, saying that he was invited to meet here.
However, he is here after all - after all, he wants to give the "Canglong Hidden Peak" face.
"Brother Fang, you're fine." Hai Cangfeng saw that the other party was quite casual, so he also became casual and just sat there with fists in his hands and a salute.
"Okay, okay...what's 'Don't come and be safe'? Don't come, that's enough." As for the abbot, he showed a look of disgust as soon as he sat down.
Haicangfeng didn't answer the other party's words, but he wasn't angry either, because he knew that the abbot looked kind-hearted, but his words were always so unpleasant. The more you argued with him, the more angry he became.
Besides, Haicangfeng had something to ask for this time, and it was not easy to get into trouble with others.
"Anyway, I had already thought about it before I came here." Two seconds later, the abbot continued to say, "If you ask me to pay for this matter today, let me tell you...this is all my belongings.
A pot of wine and this beef with soy sauce..."
As he spoke, he took out a fist-sized paper bag from his arms, took off a gourd from his waist, and placed both items on the table.
"If you don't feel shabby, I can give you a few bites." As the abbot said, he opened the paper bag, grabbed two pieces of soy beef and threw it into his mouth.
After chewing a few mouthfuls and not swallowing it all, he started to smack his lips and said again: "If you have something to ask me for today, then let me say something unpleasant..."
When he said this, he tilted his head, glanced at Hai Cangfeng's right foot that had been replaced by a wooden prosthetic leg, and then said: "I am not your hero Hai, I dare to answer anything."
What he said was really unpleasant.
But I have to admit that in many cases ugly words are the most efficient expression.
Looking at Haicangfeng again, after hearing this, he was still not angry, and he also followed the other person's gaze, looked at his broken leg, then raised his head to look at the abbot, and continued with a smile: "Ha... if I
Say, I think the leg is worth losing, do you believe it?"
"What do you mean?" Looking at Haicangfeng's expression, the abbot felt that he didn't just mean "It's worth losing my disability in order to be a hero", but had another meaning. "Could it be that..." The abbot thought for a moment.
Seconds, he guessed, "...Did you realize any brand-new unique martial arts after breaking your leg?"
The smile on Haicangfeng's face was still there: "As expected of you, Brother Fang, you hit the mark right away." He paused and immediately followed the trend, "How about it? Do you want to compete with me? See it with your own eyes?"
Seeing this, some people may think that this sea hero is a bit aggressive? When he first appeared on the scene, he went to Xiao Wuji to discuss things, and now he has asked the abbot to talk about something, and the matter has not been discussed yet, and
Want to take action?
But actually you have misunderstood.
Haicangfeng would only propose to spar with others when he felt it was necessary. This was the case with Xiao Wuji in the past, and it was the same with the abbot now.
As for the abbot, you can tell from his words and deeds just now that he doesn't take external things like money very seriously; as for women... You can also tell from his name that his parents have already
Helped him cut off most of the relationships with women in his life.
For such a person who doesn't care much about money or women, you can guess what his remaining hobbies are... most likely martial arts; this is why, when Hai Cangfeng mentioned his broken leg
It was worth it. The abbot immediately thought of things like martial arts.
To put it bluntly, the person who likes to spar is not Haicangfeng, but the abbot. What Haicangfeng is doing right now is just to do what he likes.
"Okay!" On the other side, the abbot was really happy when he heard that Hai Cangfeng said that he had a unique martial arts and that he could even fight with each other. He quickly stuffed the meat in his mouth into his mouth, stood up and was about to get the gun, "It turns out that Hai Cangfeng
Is this why my brother is looking for me? That’s easy to say..."
"No, no..." Hai Cangfeng immediately interrupted the other party's soliloquy, "I'm looking for you for other matters. When I say discuss, I mean we should finish talking first, and then..."
"Huh?" When the abbot heard this, his expression changed again, "Hey - you old boy, you are very cunning." His mind was spinning really fast, "You are trying to arouse my interest first, and use
Take this and talk to me later."
"That's right..." Hai Cangfeng saw that the trick had been seen through again. He also smiled and quickly tried again, "Then, Hai Mou promises you. Regardless of whether you agree to this matter today, I will talk to you after we finish talking.
Let’s discuss it for a while.”
"Okay, let's talk..." the abbot responded impatiently and sat down again.
"Well..." Hai Cangfeng nodded, "Well, for Brother Fang, it's just a piece of cake. As for me... I'm also entrusted by others to be a peacemaker."
When Hai Daxia mentioned this matter, his tone was somewhat embarrassing: "Brother Fang, you still remember that about half a month ago, you had an affair with a young swordsman in an inn in Jiujiang.
Conflict?"
"Oh~" After hearing this sentence, the abbot immediately understood, "That's the kid's business."
"That's right." Hai Cangfeng continued, "I'm ashamed to say that, but that boy... I have a very good relationship with my distant cousin. The two children often exchange sword skills, drink and play together.
"That day, my cousin and I met him for dinner at the inn, but we were late because of something, so the boy drank a few more drinks alone, and then he started to cause trouble after drinking and bumped into Brother Fang.
"Young people, everyone has their moments of stupidity, and we were all young too.
"Brother Fang, you dealt with him so hard at that time that he still can't get off the ground. In addition, you also told him, 'I'll beat you every time I see you in the future', which scared the child a lot. Otherwise, I would be here today."
Even if you have to carry him, I will carry him with you to make amends to you."
This Haicangfeng's words were obviously more agreeable. Anyway, he just picked what the other party liked to hear and used this to help the young swordsman intercede.
"Hmph..." The abbot snorted coldly when he heard this, "Brother Hai has already talked about this. If I still argue with that kid, will it appear that I am being petty?"
In fact, the whole world knows that the abbot is very narrow-minded.
Indeed, it was the young swordsman who drank too much in the shop that day, and when he was acting crazy, he bumped into the abbot, and then he was beaten up by the abbot.
This is not a big deal. Looking at the entire martial arts world, this kind of thing can happen anywhere from a thousand to eight hundred a day.
But generally speaking, when the young man is beaten until he wakes up and admits his mistake and begs for mercy, the matter should be over.
Especially middle-aged heroes like the abbot, who are highly skilled in martial arts and have been famous for a long time, will basically never argue with the other party. Some heroes will even help the other party to heal his injuries immediately when they see the other party sincerely admit their mistakes, and give them some medicine.
of……
With such a "whip and then a candy" treatment, the two parties will be able to meet each other in the future. Maybe the young man will say good things to you afterwards and go out to praise your chivalrous name.
One day, this young man will become a hero and understand your approach more thoroughly. Then when he encounters such non-principled frictions, he will also leave a line for others.
This is the sophistication of humanity in the world.
But the abbot... he wasn't like that. After he beat the other person and begged for mercy, he would add like a gangster, "I'll beat you one time when I see you next time." He also snatched the young man's sword and said he confiscated it.
Okay, it's a lesson to the other party.
Originally, it was not impossible for him to do this. The key point was that the knife he snatched this time was a family heirloom. Although it was not worth a few dollars, it was of great significance to this young swordsman.
So, after going back and forth like this, the young man and his family found Haicang Peak through their connections.
In fact, is there really a "distant cousin" in this matter? Impossible, how could it be such a coincidence? You accidentally met a drunk and mischievous young man, and he happened to have a good friend who was related to Hai Da Xia?
But making up such a cousin would make it easier to talk about it, and it would make the other party feel that this young swordsman has some relationship with Hai Da Xia, and also assign part of the responsibility to the unwarranted "cousin".
At this moment, although Haicangfeng wanted to say to the abbot, "If you are not careful, who is the one who is?", but as a peacemaker, he certainly couldn't just say whatever he thought.
"Hey~ Brother Fang, what are you talking about?" Hai Cangfeng waved his hand, "Just give Hai a bit of noodles. You can return the knife that was passed down in that boy's family to him. I will ask him to come to the door in person to make amends some other day...
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"No need." The abbot interrupted, "I don't have time to waste time and time on this kid's affairs."
As he spoke, he began to fumble around in his arms, and after a few seconds, he took out a large stack of pawn tickets.
Hai Cangfeng was stunned when he saw this guy's actions.
After looking through it for a moment, the abbot took out one of the pair of pawn tickets, slapped it on the table, and said, "I pawned the thing a long time ago. Let him redeem it by himself with this pawn ticket."
Haicangfeng lowered his head and saw that the pawn shop's name, address, pawn bank, and current period were clearly written on the pawn ticket. Without saying anything more, he reached out and collected the pawn ticket.
"Brother Fang is very generous. Hai Mou would like to thank Brother Fang for this." The matter was done. Hai Cangfeng was also very happy and added another polite word.
So far, it can be regarded as a relatively typical "mediation" case in the world.
Many heroes with a certain age and status in the world may not have a few real fights with others throughout the year, but this kind of mediation work involves dozens of cases, and the matters vary from big to small.
This is naturally one aspect of Jianghu.
It coexists with the side of "fighting and killing", because after years of struggle, some people no longer need to fight and kill so frequently, and they can deal with some problems in a more civilized way.
Of course, whether the matter is handled fairly and appropriately will test the mediator's ability and conscience.
Sometimes, this seemingly "civilized" side is darker and more dangerous than direct fighting and killing.
"What's the point of just saying thank you?" The abbot saw that the other party's business was done, so it was time to mention his business, "Let's practice with me on your hands too."
Hearing this, Hai Cangfeng smiled bitterly and thought to himself: "Yes, we can't avoid this battle."
Of course, Haicangfeng had been mentally prepared for this, otherwise he would not have arranged the meeting place for the two of them here.
"Then Hai will be embarrassed, please..." After smiling bitterly, he stood up and took the knife.
"Please." The abbot was very excited now. After answering the word "please", he immediately rushed out of the small pavilion with a spear and stood in the open space.
Haicangfeng followed closely behind, taking off the wooden prosthetic leg under his right knee and limping out.
Seeing this, some of the judges will probably ask: Hai Daxia walks with a limp, are you sure he can still fight? Could he be using the phrase "newly created unique martial arts" to deceive the abbot?
Then you don’t know something…
Now, he is lame when walking, but if he really uses Qing Gong and runs, he will be faster than before.
And in the fight, he even has "new things".
Haicangfeng was different from Qingxiao. After he suffered a severed limb, he never thought that he would become a useless person. On the contrary, while he was still recovering from his injuries, he had already conceived in his mind how to use a wooden prosthetic leg.
Condition, maintain, and even improve one's strength.
So what is his original strength?
Let's put it this way, even if the current three-character king fights against the healthy Haicangfeng back then, he may not be able to win.
Even though Haicangfeng's performance in the battle of "Destroying Demons with Swords" seemed to be inferior to the talented young people around him, in fact, his comprehensive strength, a "Dinghai Shenzhen"-like existence, in "Seven Ultimate Swords"
The effect is no less than Xiao Wuji.
Strong internal strength, rich combat experience, and extremely firm will... these are what young people need to emulate him.
The Canglong sword technique for which he is famous can be said to be an extremely orthodox martial arts.
There is no trickery in this sword technique, but it is simply "strong"; this strength may not be as dazzling as some Qimen martial arts that can be quickly achieved, but it is extremely solid and heavy, because it is through the most orthodox methods.
The method is the result of hard work accumulated over time.
Therefore, even if a leg is broken, the strength gained through hard work has not abandoned Haicangfeng.
After fitting the prosthetic leg, Haicangfeng adapted to the change very patiently and continued his hard training for decades... After a period of time, a new sword technique was born naturally.
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In order to distinguish it from the "Canglong Sword Technique", he named it "Hidden Dragon Sword Technique".
Nowadays, Haicangfeng's martial arts skills are much better than when he was healthy. On the contrary, his opponents will fall into unimaginable difficulties when facing a swordsman whose body balance is different from ordinary people.
But...the abbot is a person who likes this kind of difficulty.
"The best shot in the world" is by no means a deserved reputation.
In this arena, for a person who speaks so disagreeably and is so petty to be able to maintain such a reputation for a long time shows that his hard power is extraordinary.
Therefore, the outcome of this competition between the two is really unpredictable.
And just when they were both standing in the open space, ready to fight...
"Damn it... I'm such a loser. How could I trust you and ask you to lead the way? I'm fucking lost again!"
"Damn it! It's my fault that the roads here are not good? Besides, what if I brought you the wrong person? Are you rushing to reincarnate? Now you just took a detour. How can you make progress if you don't make mistakes?"
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"Is that a 'little' detour? Your reverse high-speed train is hundreds of kilometers per hour! We are going around the mountain and walking down the mountain road. You can give me all the way to the top of the mountain. What a genius!"
As the two shouting sounds got closer and closer, two more figures appeared on the uphill path.