Sima Heng took Li Bai until they stopped at a restaurant called "Wangjiang Tower". They saw that Wangjiang Tower consists of three pavilions connected front to back, with high eaves and hooks, colorful phoenixes and auspicious animal carvings, and mahogany tables and chairs.
Fragrant, you can see the misty surrounding lake from the window, the scenery is pleasant and quite luxurious.
As soon as Sima Heng arrived, the waiter rushed to greet him with a smile on his face, "Master Sima, you are here, please invite me to the side room, please invite me to the side room." After that, he led the way and led Sima Heng and Li Bai into the room.
An elegant wing room.
In the wing room, green gauze blocks the door, calligraphy and paintings are on the wall, and there are red wooden boards with carved phoenixes and phoenixes on all sides. There are bonsai flowers on the sides. There is a large round sandalwood Eight Immortals table in the room, and eight round red sandalwood stools on the side.
Holding a wine flask and a wine glass.
As soon as we sat down, the shopkeeper entered the room and said with a smile on his face: "Master Sima, what do you want to eat today? What do you want to drink?"
Sima Heng smiled and called to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I made a new friend today. Please bring me some good dishes. As for the wine, of course it is my favorite Jiannan Shaochun."
"Okay, okay, gentlemen, just wait a moment, the wine and food will be here soon." After saying that, the shopkeeper left and prepared the food and wine.
After a while, a table of delicious wine and delicacies was placed in front of the two of them, including Drunkard Plum Chicken, Candied Sweet and Sour Bones, Steamed River Carp, Sautéed Beef, and Braised Pork Trotters. Especially the jar of aged sword.
In Nanshaochun, as soon as I opened the altar, the room was filled with the aroma of wine.
In his three years of cultivation, Li Bai had never seen such delicious food. In addition, he had only eaten three steamed buns since last night, and he was already hungry, so he didn't care about etiquette and started devouring it after saying hello to Sima Heng.
Sima Heng didn't mind at all and kept pouring wine for Li Bai while he only had a few bites of the food.
In a short while, Li Bai had cleaned up all the dishes on the table. He wiped the vegetable juice from the corner of his mouth. Li Bai drank a glass of wine in one gulp, then clasped his fists at Sima Heng and said, "Brother Sima, Li Bai is rude this time.
The food cooked in our restaurant is so delicious, when I pass the exam to become a martial arts scholar, I will invite Brother Sima here for another meal."
Sima Heng laughed and drank the wine in one gulp, "Li Bai, are you so sure that you can pass the Wu Scholar examination?"
Li Bai took the jug, poured a glass for Sima Heng, and said: "Brother Sima, your friend is very generous. I won't hide it from you. Don't talk about being admitted as a martial arts scholar. I am also the leader of the martial arts league. As long as I give it time, I am confident that I will be the leader of the martial arts alliance."
Get on!"
"Leader of the Wulin Alliance? Li Bai, are you drunk and starting to talk nonsense?" Sima Heng poured another glass of wine for Li Bai.
Li Bai drank all the wine in one gulp, "Drunk? Brother Sima, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I started drinking when I was three years old, and by the age of thirteen I can't get drunk after a thousand cups!"
"You won't get drunk after a thousand cups? Li Bai, are you really that interested?"
"Brother Sima, Taoists never speak big words."
"Okay, I believe you, but why are you so confident that we can fight one against five tomorrow?" Sima Heng put down his wine glass.
Li Bai also put down his wine glass and lowered his voice and said, "Because I realized Ling Yun Ta!"
When Sima Heng heard this, he exclaimed: "Lingyun step? Taishang Laojun's Lingyun step?"
"Exactly!"
Sima Heng couldn't believe it and asked: "It is said that Taishang Laojun's Lingyun Step can reach heaven and earth. Is it true?"
Li Bai was a little embarrassed, "Brother Sima, actually I only realized the first level of Lingyun Step, and I can barely walk up into the air. As for how come I haven't learned how to get down?"
When Sima Heng heard this, he was surprised and said with emotion: "Yes, since it is a heavenly skill, it is naturally difficult to master."
Li Bai seemed to be deeply touched when he heard what Sima Heng said, so he asked: "Brother Sima, from your tone, it seems that I feel the same way. Are you also confused by encountering heavenly skills?"
Sima Heng poured a glass of wine, drank it down, looked up at the misty Lake around the city outside the window, and said quietly: "Li Bai, to tell you the truth, our Sima family also has heavenly skills, but in the past nine hundred years, except for our ancestor Sima Xiangru,
, no one can break through the first level of heavenly skills, and even if it is the first level, no one can fully master it. And I, the thirty-eighth generation grandson, have only been able to reach the first level after practicing for fifteen years.
I am really ashamed of my ancestors to be in a state of 20%."
"Sima Xiangru's heavenly skill? Isn't it the 'Phoenix Clash'?" Li Bai asked.
Sima Heng turned around and said, "You also know about 'Phoenix Crash'?"
Li Bai nodded and said: "I once heard my master mention Sima Xiangru's "Phoenix Crash", and I have read his "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" many times before. I was deeply moved by the love inside and outside the poem."
As soon as Li Bai mentioned "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", Sima Heng became excited, "This is "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". It contains the mystery of the collision of phoenixes, but the descendants of our Sima family have not understood it for hundreds of years, so to
Now, no descendant’s Phoenix Crash can break through the first level.” After saying that, Sima Heng recited sadly and indignantly:
(Feng Qiu Huang)
There is a beautiful woman. I will never forget her when I see her.
Not seeing you for a day makes me miss you like crazy.
The phoenix is soaring, and the phoenix is begging for it from all over the world.
Unfortunately, the beautiful lady is not on the east wall.
Use the qin to express your words, and chat with your heart.
When will I see Xu Xi? It comforts my hesitation.
May your words be worthy of your virtue, and join hands to support each other.
I can't fly, I will perish.
…
The phoenix comes back to its hometown, and travels around the world to seek its phoenix.
If you don't meet me at that time, you will have no generals. How can you realize that you will be promoted to the hall now?
There is a beautiful lady in the boudoir, and the closeness of the room poisons my intestines.
How come we are like mandarin ducks with their necks crossed, and we are soaring together!
The phoenix is here, the phoenix is here to live with me, and I have to entrust the breeding tail to be my concubine forever.
Friendships are harmonious and hearts are harmonious. Who knows how to meet each other in the middle of the night?
Both wings are rising and flying high, feeling nothing but my thoughts makes me sad.
After reciting, Sima Heng closed his eyes and meditated. After a long time, he opened his eyes and said with a wry smile: "I still don't feel anything, and I can't understand anything!"
Seeing this, Li Bai poured a glass of wine for Sima Heng and said: "Brother Sima, heavenly skills can only be realized with destiny. There is no rush. I have practiced with my master for three years and finally learned the four-character mantra: quiet and inaction. This
You might as well understand these four words carefully, maybe they can help you realize your heavenly skills."
"Quiet and inactive?" Sima Heng couldn't help but muttered.
Miraculously, as soon as he uttered these four words, a ripple suddenly appeared in Sima Heng's heart, slowly impacting his restless heart. "Quiet and inaction! Quiet and inaction..." Sima Heng couldn't help but repeat it again and again.
Several times, every time he recited it, a ripple appeared in his heart, once, once, once, once... Soon, he felt an unprecedented calmness, and his mind began to wander too far away, and when the body and soul were illusory, Sima Heng
Suddenly I had a different feeling about "Phoenix".
"These four words are so amazing!" Sima Heng became excited. "Li Bai, thank you very much for your kind words!"
Li Bai waved his hand, "It's nothing to worry about. On the contrary, Brother Sima, 'Phoenix Crash' comes from such a big secret as 'Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix'. If you tell me frankly like this, aren't you afraid that I will steal the Sima family's natural skills?"
Sima Heng chuckled: "Don't be afraid, my ancestors used their thoughts to seal Phoenix Crash. It's not that the descendants of the Sima family can't practice Phoenix Crash, unless they use the evil sect's alchemy method to use evil methods on the descendants of my Sima family who know heavenly skills.
Refining it, but that way you can only get 50% of the refined person’s heavenly skills.”
"Oh, I didn't expect that senior Sima Xiangru knew the unique skill of sealing!" Li Bai sighed.
"By the way, Brother Sima, are you still living in the former residence of Senior Sima Xiangru?"
"Exactly, the Sima family's former residence has been passed down from generation to generation. It has only been repaired and has never been moved. Why do you ask like this?"
Li Bai's expression was solemn, "I have always admired great literary masters like Sima Xiangru, and I have always wanted to visit his former residence to cherish his memory."
"This is not easy. My home is not far from here. Come on, come to my house and have a drink!"
"Okay, then Brother Lao Sima will lead the way."
The two of them left the restaurant, walked through several streets, and arrived in front of a mansion. They saw ten bluestone steps in front of the mansion. Two stone lions stood in front of the gate. Two blue-brick and white-tiled balconies were separated on both sides. In the middle was a huge
The cedar gate has a gold lacquer plaque with the four words "Sima Mansion" written on it.
There are two servants guarding the door.
When the two families saw Sima Heng coming back, they rushed to greet him and said, "Young Master is back?"
Sima Heng accepted the promise and led Li Bai into the mansion.
Sima Mansion is a three-lane structure with green bricks and white tiles, and green trees. It is rich and elegant. There are many servants and family members in the mansion, and they are all lined up in the courtyard to welcome him.
Sima Heng waved them away, and then personally accompanied Li Bai around.
That night, the two held candlelight talks again, talking about martial arts, from poetry to martial arts leaders, from the principles of cultivation to the art of vertical and horizontal movements, and they felt like they had met each other late.
Li Bai also analyzed "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" from a Taoist perspective to Sima Heng. Sima Heng was enlightened and quickly took advantage of the situation to practice. In one night, he completely mastered the first layer of Phoenix Crash: Phoenix Shield Armor.