Meng Xiuyuan's sincere and frank talk sounded like a knife falling from the sky to Zhou Zhiruo's ears.
At this moment, she froze on the spot, her lips slightly opened, and couldn't speak for a long time.
The face that was originally as white as jade was now even more pale, as if it were colorless tissue paper.
It wasn't until a long while later that she gently touched the scabbard of the Zhenwu Sword in her hand and asked Meng Xiuyuan softly:
"Master, you have always cherished this Zhenwu Sword that belonged to Grand Master. Are you really willing to give it to me today?"
Meng Xiuyuan nodded slightly when he heard this and said softly:
"This sword was given to me by my master ten years ago when I went down the mountain to practice.
At that time, he asked his senior brother to tell him that this sword helped him kill many evil people when he was young.
It was given to me so that I can have a sharp weapon to defend myself when punishing rape and eliminating evil, so as to keep myself safe.
I give it to you today with this in mind.
I hope it can protect you and help you punish evil and eliminate evil."
Zhou Zhiruo snorted when she heard this, turned her face to the side to prevent Meng Xiuyuan from seeing her expression, and then said in a slightly trembling voice:
"Humph, isn't it just that I've been in the mountain for a long time? Master, are you looking at me annoyed? Why do you say so many things and nothing?
I packed up my things and went down the mountain to explore.
I will only come back if you miss me one day."
After saying this, Zhou Zhiruo turned around and left the room without giving Meng Xiuyuan time to speak.
Meng Xiuyuan looked at Zhou Zhiruo's leaving figure, but did not stop him.
What he said to Zhou Zhiruo was not actually to force her to achieve great achievements or become a famous heroine.
Instead, he used this as an excuse to let Zhou Zhiruo leave his side for a while.
After all, this girl really needs to go out and see more of the outside world before she can truly understand her own thoughts.
As for safety issues during the period, Meng Xiuyuan is not too worried.
Although Zhou Zhiruo's kung fu at this time was not as high as that of Meng Xiuyuan at that time, at least it was definitely considered to be a first-class level in the martial arts world, not much different from figures of the same level as the two elders of Huashan and He Taichong.
As long as she is careful, no matter how chaotic the world is, there will be no problems.
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In this way, in the afternoon of that day, Zhou Zhiruo said goodbye to her parents, packed her bags and went down the mountain to practice.
When Meng Xiuyuan went to see her off, he didn't say much to her face to face. He only handed her a letter and asked her to open it and read it on the way.
Zhou Zhiruo took it angrily, looking reluctant. But when she turned around, she still carefully put it into her arms.
Waving goodbye, Zhou Zhiruo walked straight down the mountain road.
Meng Xiuyuan didn't make a sound, just watched silently until her back disappeared.
With a sigh, Meng Xiuyuan turned around and wanted to go back to the mountain gate. But Xiao Zhao, who had come to see him off, quietly reached out and pulled his sleeve.
"What's wrong?"
Meng Xiuyuan turned around and saw Xiao Zhao still looking at the direction Zhou Zhiruo was going down the mountain, with a complicated expression on his face, and he couldn't help but ask.
When Xiao Zhao heard this, he looked at Meng Xiuyuan with his eyes as blue as the sea and the sky, and said softly:
"Sir, I'm so lucky that you didn't want to accept me as your disciple.
Otherwise, will you drive me down the mountain now just like you did to sister Zhiruo?"
Meng Xiuyuan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. He pulled his sleeve back from her hand and patted her little head:
"It's not that I'm driving your sister Zhiruo down the mountain, it's that she has really reached the age where she should be independent.
The same goes for you. When you grow up in the future, learn kung fu, and become unafraid of your mother's enemies in the past, you will certainly have some achievements of your own."
Xiao Zhao was shocked when he heard the sound, and looked pitiful.
However, she was careful and knew that she shouldn't say anything more at this time, so she just responded softly, and then quietly hid behind Meng Xiuyuan, as if to prevent Meng Xiuyuan from seeing her.
Meng Xiu shook his head at the sight, ignored her, turned around and walked up the mountain. He also wanted to pack his things and prepare to go down the mountain.
At the same time, on the mountain road of Wudang Mountain, Zhou Zhiruo only walked for a while and then couldn't control his mood and walked to the side road.
When she reached a secluded place, she immediately put down her luggage and took out the letter Meng Xiuyuan sent her from her arms.
The envelope was very thick. Zhou Zhiruo opened it and took out a large pile of letter paper.
The ink on the paper had dried up. It was obvious that he had not just finished writing it, but that Meng Xiuyuan had anticipated today's situation last night and had prepared it in advance.
Zhou Zhiruo clenched her fists and took a deep breath. After a long time, she mustered up the courage to read these letters.
I saw that there were no soft words of concern in it, and there were no polite words such as "seeing a word as it is a face".
The letter paper was densely packed with information about the setbacks Meng Xiuyuan had experienced over the years, as well as the experiences and profound lessons he had accumulated.
No matter how big or small the matter was, Meng Xiuyuan tried to write it as completely and as easy to understand as possible so that Zhou Zhiruo could understand it and not make the same mistake as him again.
Zhou Zhiruo just stood there for more than an hour, reading all the letters carefully, then folded them and put them in an envelope, and carefully put them back into her arms.
When they were on the road again, Zhou Zhiruo's bright eyes were filled with tears, but the expression on her face was no longer as sad as when she went down the mountain. She looked up the mountain reluctantly for a long time before turning around and continuing to move forward.
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Early the next morning, after Meng Xiuyuan greeted his master and brothers, he also packed his bags and set off.
After all, the map hidden in the Yitian Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Knife has been obtained, so Meng Xiuyuan naturally wants to get back those secret books and the art of war first.
And at the same time, Meng Xiuyuan also thought that maybe he should go to the ancient tomb to visit Miss Yang.
For more than five years, one of them has been in the ancient tomb and the other in the Kunlun Green Valley, retreating separately, but there has been no chance to meet each other.
Now that Meng Xiuyuan has left the valley, it is estimated that Miss Yang's kung fu should have been completed by some time.
Although he didn't know why Miss Yang didn't take the initiative to come to him, Meng Xiuyuan still felt that he should go there.
The two met in their youth when they were sixteen or seventeen years old, and now in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.
Looking back at this time, although many things have gradually become blurred over the years, after all, we have been friends who have experienced dangers together and worked together to help each other in times of adversity.
Even if it is just as an old friend, it is appropriate to visit.
Of course, such trivial matters should be put aside for a while, after returning from Peach Blossom Island.
After all, the "Nine Yin Manual" is secondary, but the "Wu Mu Suicide Note" is the top priority now.
Meng Xiuyuan was not familiar with the art of military formation, so he didn't know how effective a military book could be.
But since the original work contains a battle-hardened general like Xu Da, after reading it, they all gave the following conclusion: "Yue Wumu used his troops like a god, which is beyond the reach of future generations. If Yue Wumu were still alive today, he would lead
"Heroes from the Central Plains, why don't you worry about driving the Tatars back to Mobei?" Meng Xiuyuan naturally believed that it was indeed useful.
At this time when the world is in chaos and the rebel army and the Yuan court are at war every moment, a military book will make the anti-Yuan cause go much smoother and save many lives in the world.
Naturally, the sooner you can get it back, the better.
So, Meng Xiuyuan hurried all the way to the southeast. In order to save speed, he did not choose to take the main road. Instead, he tried to ask local pedestrians for directions at any time and often took shortcuts in the mountains.
After driving like this for half a month under the stars and the moon, we walked all the way from Wudang to Zhoushan.
He asked many boatmen on the beach if they knew the location of "Peach Blossom Island". Most of the answers he got were negative.
After nearly a hundred years, ordinary people have never heard of the names of Dongxie Huang Yaoshi or Guo Jing and Huang Rong, let alone such a small island behind them.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. After repeated confirmations, Meng Xiuyuan discovered that many of them actually knew that there was an island with lush vegetation and the fragrance of flowers in the southeastern sea.
However, because over the years, no one who has visited the island without permission has been able to come back alive, so it has always been called "Ghost Flower Island". When Meng Xiuyuan asked about the name "Peach Blossom Island", naturally he couldn't tell.
When Meng Xiuyuan proposed to hire a boat to land on the island, most of the boatmen immediately shook their heads and refused, no matter how much money they offered, they would not dare to go.
Only a fierce-looking man was moved when he saw Meng Xiuyuan taking out the white money, so he accepted the job. He said that after making preparations, he could take Meng Xiuyuan to the "Ghost Flower Island".
Meng Xiuyuan was naturally happy with the situation and even paid him a deposit in advance.
But before going to sea, a kind-hearted old boatman secretly came to Meng Xiuyuan, reminded him, and advised him not to take that man's boat.
According to the old boatman, the fierce man who took over the job was named Dong Cheng, and he was not from their local area, but had just escaped from the south a few months ago.
This person's origins are unknown, his behavior is somewhat withdrawn, and he is always mysterious.
It seems that he obviously has a small boat, but he often does not go out to sea to fish during the day, and rarely carries passengers.
On the contrary, it was seen that there were more activities at night, and the people who often took them out to sea were a group of fierce men with knives and guns, and they almost did not do normal business.
In the past, even if I chatted with them as a group of boatmen, I would always hide my origins and ask questions with a very purposeful purpose, which seemed to be impure.
So the boatmen secretly chatted among themselves, and they all felt that the evil man Dong Cheng was not a good man, but was related to pirates who seek wealth and death at sea.
The old boatman saw that Meng Xiuyuan was a talented person at a young age and didn't want him to be poisoned by evildoers, so he took the risk and came to tell him secretly.
After Meng Xiuyuan heard what the old boatman said, although he didn't care in his heart, he was grateful for his kindness and took some broken silver from his arms and gave it to him as a thank you.
When the old boatman saw that Meng Xiuyuan insisted on doing this, he sighed and stopped trying to persuade him. He only told him to be more careful, then turned around and left with the silver coins.
When he boarded the ship on the second day, Meng Xiuyuan took a closer look, and sure enough he saw that Dong Cheng had a burly figure that seemed to have some martial arts skills. The calluses on his hands didn't look like they were made by using a boat oar, but more like
Use weapons all year round.
Meng Xiuyuan didn't pay much attention to this. Anyway, no matter whether he was a villain or a bandit, he couldn't get anything out of him.
Other normal boatmen were unwilling to take him out to sea, but Meng Xiuyuan did not want to force him. Now that someone with such evil intentions came to his door, it was actually very good.
The journey to Peach Blossom Island was uneventful and no trouble occurred.
However, there were only two people on the boat, Dong Cheng and Meng Xiuyuan. The man couldn't stop talking and kept chatting with Meng Xiuyuan insinuatingly, trying to find out Meng Xiuyuan's identity and background.
When Meng Xiuyuan heard this, he was reluctant to talk to him more, so he just made a perfunctory excuse, saying that he was a leisurely student, and he heard from his classmates that there was a beautiful island on the sea east of Mount Putuo, so he was curious and wanted to take a look.
When Dong Cheng heard this, he didn't express any doubt.
After all, Meng Xiuyuan had passed the Zhenwu Sword to Zhou Zhiruo at this time and did not bring any weapons with him.
With such a delicate and elegant face, paired with a green robe, he looks like a rich man who has never suffered much.
When the ship was approaching the shore, Meng Xiuyuan could smell the fragrance of flowers in the sea breeze. Looking from a distance, the island was lush and green, with green, red, yellow and white flowers blooming like brocade, but not only
Peach blossom.
"I want to go to the island to explore, please wait patiently for me."
Meng Xiuyuan disembarked from the boat at the shore, explained to Dong Cheng, and then went to explore the island alone.
After walking slightly into the island, Meng Xiuyuan took out the dark iron piece hidden in the dragon-slaying knife from his arms and compared it carefully.
I saw that the map on the black iron piece was very detailed. The road was winding and complicated, and there were tiny arrows engraved along the road. The road branched at each end, and there was a small book painted on each end.
Obviously, Xu was just in case someone got lucky and accidentally found the right path after landing on the island. At that time, Guo Jing and Huang Rong did not put all their eggs in one basket, but set up two book collection locations on the island to store these books.
Secret military books are hidden separately.
Meng Xiuyuan followed the map instructions and started searching on the island full of formations and mechanisms.
Nearly a hundred years later, some of the mechanism designs have become ineffective, but there are still many dangers. Without the guidance of a map, even a highly skilled person like Meng Xiuyuan would have some trouble exploring the island.
No wonder everyone who landed on the island died in the past hundred years, leaving behind the name "Ghost Flower Island".
Until he first searched for a cave, Meng Xiuyuan excavated according to the map. Sure enough, he dug out a sealed stone box. When he opened it and looked at it, he found that it was a manuscript made of special materials.
The four words "Collection of Martial Arts" are written in Juanxiu handwriting on the cover of the book. I think it may have been written by the heroine Huang Rong herself.
Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but be curious. When he opened it, he saw that the content was much richer than he expected.
In addition to the original "Nine Yin Manual" which contains the general outline, there are also several obviously different martial arts methods written at the end of the book.
One is the quick martial arts adapted from "Nine Yin Manual" adapted by Huang Yaoshi, including "Nine Yin White Bone Claw" and "White Python Whip".
Meng Xiuyuan took a quick look and found that Huang Yaoshi was indeed a genius of his generation. He had indeed adapted this skill very subtly, making it quick and easy to achieve with limited consequences.
No wonder in the original timeline, Zhou Zhiruo only learned for a few months and was able to show off her power at the "Lion Slaying Conference", defeating the powerful Yin Liting and forcing Yu Lianzhou to almost die with her.
However, this kind of skill is of little use to Meng Xiuyuan. It can only be used to broaden his horizons and be passed on to the destined people in the future.
The second one is Huang Yaoshi’s own Kungfu from the Peach Blossom Island lineage.
In this part, Huang Rong did not record much, leaving only one special skill "Magical Power with a Snap of Fingers".
It seems that she was smart and knew that her father, Huang Yaoshi, was an arrogant person and did not want to be compared with other magical skills in this book, so she only kept the most powerful one.
Meng Xiuyuan took a brief look at it and found that this "Flicking Finger Magical Power" was indeed very exquisite and brilliant, and it could be said to be unique in terms of martial arts.
No wonder that among the five martial arts back then, Huang Yaoshi dared to say that with this skill, he could be as famous as Nan Di's "One Yang Finger" for decades. Each was good at winning. Now it seems that this is not a boast.
This "Flicking Finger Magical Power" can shoot energy, and it can also be used to shoot real objects such as pebbles. The attack distance is far beyond what "One Yang Finger" can compare with.
In the plot of The Condor, Huang Yaoshi even used his weapon to shake the King of the Golden Wheel from a hundred steps away, which was even more powerful than modern firearms.
Even with Meng Xiuyuan's martial arts attainments at this time, if he studied it carefully, it would be very helpful and he might be able to put it to use in the future.
As for the last third one, it is the "Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon", which was left by Guo Jing and Guo Daxia.
It seems that at that time, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the country was in ruins, which forced the honest and somewhat rigid Guo Daxia to ignore the rules of the Beggar Clan and pass on his best skills.
Meng Xiu looked at this part from a distance and saw that the handwriting was simple and upright, different from the previous ones. It was obviously written by Guo Daxia himself.
This "Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon" is known as the first palm technique in the Golden Book and has been used for nearly two hundred years, so it is naturally unusual.
Meng Xiuyuan took a quick look and was attracted by the content.
The moves of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms are simple and concise, and the essence lies in the movement of energy. It can be said to be extremely profound.
When I first thought about it, I just felt that it was neither extremely strong nor extremely soft. It had both Confucian and Taoist philosophies, and was very different from the Kung Fu that Meng Xiuyuan had learned in the past.
When I think about it more carefully, I feel that it combines the most rigid and the most soft, and is invincible and unstoppable. It is truly a magical skill that is unparalleled in the world.
Although I may be a little disrespectful to the master, I can honestly say that in comparison, the "Air Shock Palm" created by Zhang Sanfeng for Meng Xiuyuan is indeed weaker than the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" in every aspect.
point.
It also requires deep internal strength cultivation as a foundation, but the "Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon" is more than superior to the exertion of power.
If Meng Xiuyuan devotes himself to learning it in the future, the power of his palm skills will definitely be much stronger than it is now.
After a long while, Meng Xiuyuan closed the book with some reluctance and let out a sigh of relief.
I secretly sighed in my heart, as expected, every era has its own heroes. The martial arts contained in this book are much better than Meng Xiuyuan expected. It can be seen that the old and new five masters in the world at that time must have been so elegant.
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At this time, Meng Xiuyuan even felt a little regretful, feeling that there was a lack of masters in the Yitian world he had traveled to. Apart from Master Zhang Zhenren, a great master of martial arts, there were no other top figures.
Along the way of martial arts, I couldn't help but feel a little lonely.
However, Meng Xiuyuan did not sigh for too long. After putting the book away, he turned around and left the cave, and then explored the remaining places marked on the map.
Not surprisingly, in another hidden cave, Meng Xiuyuan dug out another manuscript with "Collection of the Art of War" written on the cover.
Judging from the handwriting, it is the same as the "Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon" in the previous book. It is presumably written by Guo Jing and Daxia Guo himself.
However, by this time, Guo Daxia's handwriting can already be seen to be slightly sloppy, and there is a sense of anxiety between the lines.
It seems that the war was on the verge of collapse at that time. Guo Daxia was busy with military affairs every day, so it was not easy to find time to write this book.
Meng Xiuyuan flipped through it briefly and saw that the first half of the content was copied exactly from the original "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" because he could see that the habit of choosing words and making sentences was very different from Guo Daxia.
The appended content below contains some of Guo Jing's own insights into military use and his original understanding of "Wu Mu's Suicide Note".
Although Meng Xiuyuan is not familiar with the art of war, after reading it, he feels that the content of the second half is also very valuable.
After all, Guo Daxia had accompanied Genghis Khan in the Western Expeditions of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was well aware of the Mongols' methods of using troops in the field. He also included these key points in the art of war. Although his military level was far less than that of General Yue Fei, he was better than Yue Wumu of the Song Dynasty.
, facing the Mongolian enemy is more targeted.
After a while, Meng Xiuyuan decisively put away the manual.
Compared to martial arts, Meng Xiuyuan is a complete layman in this art of war, and naturally he seems not as addicted as the one just now.
After leaving the cave, when Meng Xiuyuan returned along the road to the shore, the sky was gradually getting dark.
He walked briskly along the way, still feeling happy about harvesting these two precious books.
Unexpectedly, as soon as we arrived at the shore, we saw that something was wrong.
At this time, there was far more than the small boat that came from the beach, but there were several more unknown sailing boats.
There was not only Dong Cheng alone on the coast, but a total of about ten or twenty people, each holding a weapon and looking fierce, waiting there.
The boatman Dong Cheng was obviously in the same group as these people. He also held a spear that came from nowhere and stood at the head of the crowd.
As soon as Meng Xiuyuan walked out of the woods, the group of people immediately saw him. The leader, the boatman Dong Cheng, shouted to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Sir, come here quickly, we have something to talk to you about.
Don't think about escaping. You can't get there without a boat on this vast ocean.
It’s better not to waste our brothers’ time.”
Meng Xiuyuan was delighted when he heard the sound and walked straight towards them. He couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Who said I was going to run away.
I'm still waiting to hear what big deal you have that requires so many people to talk to me about it."