Early that morning, Chen Hongjing stood alone on the ferry deck looking at the scenery. Rather than looking at the scenery, it would be more accurate to say that he was looking at the fog. The sun has not come out yet and the fog has not dissipated. Although we cannot see the scenery in the distance, we can occasionally see a few strings of golden light passing through the fog. That is the Golden Crane, a strange beast that likes to hunt fish at sea and moves south in winter.
Chen Hongjing was lucky enough to see a golden crane once on the ferry. It has a rooster's comb on its head and a peacock's golden tail. When flying, you can see a string of golden light behind the golden tail. Why is it called the Golden Crane? It’s not just because of the golden stream of light when it flies.
There is also an older saying that a long time ago, there lived a group of white cranes in a place, and among them there was a rather thoughtful white crane. After living for too long, it felt very boring. So he told his companions what he thought. The companions also thought it made sense, so these dozen white cranes flew in groups towards the larger world outside. On the way, he met an enlightened eminent monk from Jinming Temple. After receiving the enlightenment from the eminent monk, he suddenly attained enlightenment and ascended to the throne, becoming the Golden Crane.
Many people also went to Jinming Temple to seek the truth, but the masters inside laughed and said nothing.
This statement came from Li Buchun's mouth. As for the truth, no one knows. Chen Hongjing didn't take it seriously and just treated it as a short story. Anyway, we don’t know the truth about many things in this world, so why bother with it.
Chen Hongjing looked at the sea. The ferry had been sailing on the sea for a while. In a few days, he would be able to treat Lao Luo with the Ai Ling Jing Cao brought back from Yin Binzhou. Ever since I wrote down what I had experienced last time, I would have thought of the words the old man left for him that day, that life is all about learning, thinking and doing.
He no longer practiced boxing blindly. Instead, he carefully read what he had written several times every day. Then he followed Fan Xiaoxi and others to the restaurant to watch the show, and to watch the scenery on the boat. In the afternoon At this moment, there is also a commentator who comes to the railing to explain something to the guests who are standing on the sea and admiring the scenery.
"My little friend, you came out so early to see the scenery? But it's a heavy fog now, and you can't see much. You'd better go back to your room and rest for a while. I won't make it easy for your family to find you."
Chen Hongjing turned around and saw that it was the commentator who was speaking. Chen Hongjing turned around and raised his hands to the commentator and said: "Thank you for your kindness, old gentleman. I just got up early and felt a little bored, so I came out to get some air. And I just happened to have plans to go back."
Oh, the commentator was a little surprised, and then he came back to his senses. Looking at the little boy slowly leaving, I didn't expect that there were children from cultivators on the ferry. Maybe it's because I haven't met such a child on this ferry for a long time.
Chen Hongjing did not return to his room, but came to a martial arts arena on the ferry. The purpose of building a small martial arts arena on the ferry is to allow practitioners to seize all the time to practice. This may have been the original intention, but now it is just to find a place to resolve disputes among those who had disputes on the ferry.
It's just that the martial arts arena here is covered with dust, and no one comes to resolve disputes or clean up. When Chen Hongjing opened the door to the martial arts arena, he was stunned. No one usually comes to the martial arts arena, but today two people came, and both of them were known to Chen Hongjing.
Tang Turing and Wang Yidian.
Looking at the way they stood, one could tell that Master Tang Turing was the one who spoke, and Wang Yidian was the one who listened.
Chen Hongjing asked with a smile: "Hello, Master, hello, Brother Wang. Am I disturbing your conversation? Then I'll go away for a while."
Tang Turing said quickly: "Don't interrupt, don't interrupt. We have just finished chatting. I should not interrupt your practice."
you? practise?
Before Chen Hongjing had time to think about Tang Turing's words, Tang Turing came to Chen Hongjing's side, patted Chen Hongjing's shoulder and said: "No matter how Wang Yingdian beats you later, you have to hold on. Hold on. There are good things to get.”
Once again, Chen Hongjing didn't have time to think before Tang Turing walked out. Chen Hongjing and Wang Yundian were left looking at each other.
Wang Yundian looked at Chen Hongjing and said directly: "Stop talking nonsense, you can first show me a set of boxing and palm skills that you have recently practiced."
Just as Chen Hongjing was about to ask why, the words came to his lips, and he immediately swallowed them back. He nodded, and began to squat on horseback and punch. When you release it, when you close it, when you turn your waist, every movement seems to come out of a book.
When Chen Hongjing finished playing all the things he had learned, he looked at Wang Yidian: "Brother Wang, I'm done."
Wang Yundian didn't make a sound. He took a big step forward with his left foot and hit Chen Hongjing with a palm of his right hand.
With such a short distance and such a fast speed, Chen Hongjing would definitely not be able to dodge this palm. And the chance of blocking it is even slimmer. It was too late to say, but it was too late to let Chen Hongjing think more, and his hands moved subconsciously.
There was only a "boom" sound, and Chen Hongjing was sent flying to several wooden stakes by Wang Yundian's palm, hitting the weapon rack. The wooden stakes and weapon rack fell down, crushing Chen Hongjing.
Wang Yundian sighed and walked towards the wooden pile. Before he took a step or two, there was movement under the wooden pile and the weapon rack. The next moment, Chen Hongjing climbed out from inside.
Wang Yundian groaned and looked at the blood stains on Chen Hongjing's face. The blood stains were mostly from his forehead and the corners of his mouth. Although the force of his palm had been reduced just now, it still did not reach the level he thought.
I have practiced boxing a lot, but my ability to take a beating is still not good enough.
Chen Hongjing panted and looked ahead. Before he could ask, Wang Yundian, who was twenty steps away from him, came to his eyes in an instant and slapped him again.
However, this palm soon stopped in front of Chen Hongjing's eyes.
Wang Yundian closed his palms and put his hands behind his back: "Although you are not as strong as I expected, you can still stand up, so you have barely passed. Take a rest, and I will teach you a set of Taoist Heart Techniques later."
Chen Hongjing, who looked confused, immediately raised his hand: "Brother Wang, I want to ask, why do you want to teach me the secret of my heart?"
"Because this is the agreement between me and you, Mrs. Tang."
"Then after practicing this set of mental techniques, will I become better?"
"That's natural. It's more than a little powerful. At least it will make your ability to withstand beatings longer."
After hearing this, Chen Hongjing thought that his excited heart suddenly calmed down. No, he simply hit rock bottom.
"That's it. You meditate here for a while and I'll come back to you after a while." After Wang Yundian finished speaking to Chen Hongjing, he walked out of the martial arts arena alone. For some reason, he remembered his relationship with Hong Zhishun when he was a boy. That time together.
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When traveling to Pingzhou, there was a girl sitting alone at a stone table playing chess under the same ginkgo tree next to the drugstore. In the eyes of others, the saint playing chess alone looked more like a fairy. Immortals should all be like this.
The drug store named "Suixin Ruyi" was still closed. Sun Xingming pointed to a green chess piece on the stone table: "Sister, I will take this move."
Gan Muyu held his head with one hand and moved the move Sun Xingming mentioned to the position he mentioned with the other hand. Since she arrived here that day, she has been coming here every day, and she would not leave until she played at least two games of chess with Sun Xingming.
After traveling through most of the Shuiyang Kingdom, I still couldn't find the remaining strands of Hong Zhishun's soul. Gan Muyu planned to visit all the remaining places in Shuiyang Kingdom in the next few days. If he didn't have any, he would go to Wuchen Pavilion.
Wuchen Pavilion is the place where Hong Zhishun and Gu Tianhai met for the last time, and it is also the place where the two severed the relationship between teacher and student.
Sun Xingming actually knew about this. In order to find Qi Hongzhishun's soul, Gan Muyu went to Lao Zhao to refine a soul-seeking blood crystal. The completion of the soul-seeking blood crystal must be exchanged for one's seven emotions and six desires. As for whether the seven emotions and six desires increase or decrease, it is harmful rather than helpful to that person.
Sun Xingming didn't know if he was influenced by Gan Muyu, but for no reason he remembered the time when he and senior brother Hong Zhishun went out for the first time.
Seeing Sun Xingming who was about to lose on the chessboard, he smiled bitterly and said, "Senior sister, let me tell you a story about senior brother Hong Zhishun."
That past incident happened exactly two years before Hong Zhishun entered the Licorice Hall.
"Stop. You guys, stop here." Zheng Cexiao ran and hurriedly walked toward the door. Seeing that four children are about to go on a trip with one baggage on their backs, can you not be anxious?
The four children were obedient and stopped, allowing Zheng Cexiao to run up to them.
"What's wrong? Elder Zheng?" Hong Zhishun asked.
"What else is going on? How old are you? Are you going to travel like others? Is that ridiculous? Either find someone to follow you, or don't go. Anyway, I am free during this period, so I can go with you, so I can take care of you. You guys. Where do you want to go, what do you want to do, and how long do you want to go along the way? As long as there is no danger on the way, I will listen to you. How about it?" Zheng Cexiao said.
"No." Several children shook their heads at the same time.
"No? Why not."
"Because the leader has agreed to let us travel alone." Wang Yundian said.
"As I said, you are still young and the world is dangerous. This world is not as safe as you think."
"But the kids younger than us are all out," Hong Jingjie said.
"Can this be the same?"
"Why is it different? Ha, I understand. Elder Zheng doesn't want to practice. He wants to sneak out with us to play without the leader finding out." Sun Xingming answered straight away.
Hearing a "clang" sound, Sun Xingming hid behind Hong Jingjie, pursed his lips, not daring to cry.
Zheng Cexiao looked at the determined eyes of the children, sighed, and took out two talisman papers from his clothes, one of which was blue, and it was already covered with runes. The other piece was white talisman paper with nothing on it. Zheng Cexiao drew a golden talisman in the air with his right hand and printed the golden talisman on the white talisman paper. Then the golden talisman disappeared.
After finishing all this, he handed the two talismans to Hong Zhishun and Wang Yundian, and said to them: "You should know how to use the messenger talisman. If there is any accident, just light it directly. As long as you don't go out of Yin. As for Binzhou, no matter how far it is, I can definitely get there within five days."
Fan Xiaoxi interrupted the story and sighed in admiration: "I think back then, when Lao Luo and I went out, we were younger than you, and Lao Luo didn't take action until the most dangerous moment. I didn't expect that Master Zheng was so heroic back then. I even gave you the military talisman."
This is not a joke by Fan Xiaoxi. A blue military talisman is like seven or eight Lao Luo. Can Fan Xiaoxi not be envious of this battle? I didn't expect that there is such a treasure in Qiu Sumen. It seems that I, Fan Xiaoxi, have underestimated it.
Fan Xiaoxi's smiling face didn't last long when he found that everyone listening to the story was staring at him. He immediately changed his serious face and waved his hand, signaling Wang Yindian to continue talking.
The most helpless thing was Chen Hongjing. He got punched for no reason and said that he could learn a set of mental skills. However, the mental skills were not revealed. Fan Xiaoxi, Gao Zhuli, and Tang Turing came from nowhere. Come out and say that Wang Yundian asked them to come and listen to the story.
Not only was Wang Yundian not angry, but he also said with a smile: "Yes, he is really good to us. Although he said he was relieved, he still followed us outside Yangzhou City in the end. If it weren't for the head of Hong Zekong, he When he goes back, he probably follows us all the way."
Hong Zekong grabbed Wang Yundian's shoulder with one hand and said with a smile: "You are always restless. You have given them the military talisman, so what are you worrying about?"
Zheng Cexiao said seriously: "How old are they? What if there happens to be powerful monks visiting Yinbinzhou? If one person has a bad temper, wouldn't it be a disadvantage in a fight? Besides..."
Hong Zekong didn't give Zheng Cexiao a chance to finish his words. He directly grabbed Zheng Cexiao and flew back to the mountain gate with the wind.
The four children traveled to two countries, several mountains and rivers, and saw different people and objects, big and small. We also talked with the gods on the mountain and the monsters in the water. Some of them were so late that they hated each other, and some of them almost got into a fight. Fortunately, several children escaped.
In the evening, several children lit a fire and sat next to a lake. This lake was very peaceful. It seemed that the gods stationed at the lake were sleeping and were not disturbed by these children.
Hong Zhishun took out the map of Yinbinzhou, pointed to their current location, and then pointed to the right: "We are now at Haoyun Lake. Tomorrow we will go to the Vine Palm Sword Sect, and then we will go to the Vine Palm Sword Sect. This tour is over and you can return to the sect. What do you guys think?"
"No problem." The remaining people said in unison.
After a few people decided, they created a barrier, two people were responsible for guarding it, and two people rested. At night, the two people responsible for guarding saw dozens of blue shimmers on the lake. In the blink of an eye, those dozens of shimmers turned into thousands of shimmers, covering the entire cloud. lake. The shimmer condensed into a huge ball of blue light.
Gan Muyu asked Sun Xingming to regret a few moves, and then Sun Xingming continued: "Do you still have any ideas about the next plot? Senior sister, it must be that the four of us are involved in that huge ball of light. It is a secret realm, a The secret place left by the immortals.”
Wang Yundian opened his eyes and said: "The Secret Realm of Ripples."
