The waiting time is long, especially when we don’t know when the waiting will end.
Except for Master Kongkong, Wudang Sansou, Master Xuyun, and Lu Bucai, all the other masters came to Zhongnan Mountain for the first time. They wandered around when they had nothing to do, and time passed quickly.
This time to find the Great Netherworld Sutra, Zhang Lingtian hopes that everyone he has invited has arrived. Tianlong sent Zhu Yu, Lan Tian, Lan Ling'er and Luo Lin to Zhongnan Mountain by accident. The note Zhang Lingtian sent to Yang Rourou is still on the way. So he sent his disciples to recover him, because if the Tianlong Sect wanted to send someone, they would probably send Zhu Yu and the others, so there was no need to trouble Leader Yang anymore.
Wudang Sansou had been invited by Zhang Lingtian before, so it was just right to come over at this time.
Master Xuyun just received an invitation letter from Zhang Lingtian a few days ago. In order to find Lan Ling'er and Zhu Yu, she came with her disciples.
As for the Qingcheng Sect, since it was the closest to Zhongnan Mountain, Zhang Lingtian was preparing his disciples to inform the Qingcheng Sect, but the Qingcheng Four came to Zhongnan Mountain by mistake, which also saved them from the setbacks along the way.
The Diancang Sect and the Wuliang Sect were in the south, a long way away, and not long after they returned from Shouyang Mountain, someone was injured again, and they needed to recover from their injuries. Zhang Lingtian had no intention of disturbing them in their search for the Great Netherworld Sutra this time.
Zhang Lingtian thought that there were nearly twenty people from each faction who came, including Master Kongkong and Lu Bucai. Especially with Master Kongkong and several other first-rate masters, they should be more than enough to deal with the soul-chasing witch and Linghu Wuya.
Three months ago, Zhang Lingtian received news that there were traces of the Soul-Chasing Witch and Linghu Wuya near Kunlun Mountain. Zhang Lingtian sent his disciples Zhou Tianzhi, Zhao Yitian and Wang Yuezhao to find out the news.
Before setting off, Zhang Lingtian repeatedly told the three of them to just follow the two from a distance and never have direct contact with them. Once they were sure where the two were, they would immediately return to Zhongnan Mountain or send a letter to Feige to inform them.
It has been three months since the three of them left Zhongnan Mountain, and no one has come back to inform them of the news, nor has they received a letter from Fei Ge. This convinced Zhang Lingtian that the three of them must have gotten the news they wanted, but the soul-chasing witch Qiulin and Linghu Wuya hasn't settled in a fixed place yet.
Speaking of Lu Bucai of the Kongtong sect, no one knew him. Twenty years ago, Master Kongkong went to Kongtong Mountain for a visit, but the place had long been ruined, and even his disciples were missing. This time, he could see Lu Bucai. Master Kongkong was naturally very happy. He never thought that in his lifetime, he would be able to discuss the martial arts of the Kongtong Sect with a master of the Kongtong Sect.
The most famous martial art of Kongtong School is called Yi Xingquan. Master Kongkong has heard about this boxing method for a long time, but he has never seen anyone demonstrate this boxing method. He has always liked to study and compare the martial arts of various schools to find out the advantages and disadvantages of each. Master Kong Kong, who has perfected his Shaolin Kung Fu, will naturally not miss the opportunity to compete with Lu Bucai.
Master Kongkong once told Zhu Yu that the world's martial arts originated from Shaolin, but for thousands of years, various sects have learned and evolved Shaolin martial arts, which has its own reasons.
So, in the past few days, Master Kongkong made an appointment with Lu Bucai, and the two of them discussed martial arts behind closed doors. Only when they were eating, the disciples of Tianling Tao knocked on the door three or five times before the two of them went out to eat, but they ate very quickly. After dinner, he closed the door again to study martial arts.
Zhu Yu wanted to ask Master Kongkong about some things he didn't understand about the Tathagata Hercules Palm, but seeing that Master Kongkong and Lu Bucai were so obsessed with discussing martial arts, he didn't want to disturb them, so he and Lan Tian closed the door to practice Qi.
In the afternoon of this day, Zhu Yu and Lan Tian were practicing Qi in the room as they had the previous few days. Suddenly, Lan Ling'er knocked on the door.
"Zhu Yu, brother, let's go for a walk in the mountains together. I'm going to be suffocated to death."
Lan Ling'er is very active. After practicing for an hour or two every day, she can no longer stay still. She has to run around a lot every day before she can calm down. In the past few days, she has been in the Tianling Sect courtyard. I was very busy catching butterflies to make specimens outside the hospital. I almost caught butterflies today, so I invited Zhu Yu and Lan Tian to go out to play.
"Ling'er, tell me, where are you going to play?" Zhu Yu opened the door and asked with squinted eyes.
"I heard from a disciple of Tianling Tao that in the dense forest of Zhongnan Mountain, there is a kind of fiery red fungus. It is as big as a human fist. There are seven or eight nests in it. It is most abundant in late autumn and is especially delicious. We might as well pick up the fungi. .”
As soon as Lan Ling'er finished speaking, Zhu Yu saw Ling Ya Zi and Xie Yan from Tian Ling Dao carrying several bamboo baskets on their backs. It seemed that Lan Ling'er and Ling Ya Zi had already planned for picking up the bacteria.
"If you don't practice martial arts well and just play around all day long, I'm worried that no one will want you in the future."
At this time, Lan Tian also walked to the door and said with a smile.
"How come no one wants it? If so, Brother Zhu Yu won't agree." Lan Ling'er retorted.
"What are you talking about? Let Miss Xie Yan laugh, let's leave quickly."
Ling Yazi said as he pulled Xie Yan out the door.
The four of them walked out of the front door, turned a corner, and led by Xie Yan, walked deeper into the back mountain.
Although it was afternoon, as winter approached, Zhongnan Mountain began to feel chilly. Xie Yan, in particular, had already put on winter clothes, and Zhu Yu, Lan Ling'er, Ling Yazi and Lan Tian also put on thick coats.
"Zhongnan Mountain gets cold very quickly. If we encounter a cloudy day with a northerly wind, it will snow." Xie Yan said as she walked.
"By the way, Master Kongkong said yesterday that the four Paju Gobu sent by Gedan will not go far. They must be observing us and will follow us to find the Great Netherworld Sutra, so we should not go too far." Zhu Yu reminded.
"Not far away, in the back mountain, in a place with dense trees, there will be red fungi. Normally, except for the disciples we send to pick it up, outsiders can't come here, and the basket will be full soon. ." Xie Yan said.
Sure enough, just after the five of them walked into the forest, Lan Ling'er shouted: "I picked up a fungus!"
Several people looked over with envy, and sure enough they saw a few fist-sized red fungi covered by a few wisps of decaying grass at Lan Ling'er's feet. The red fungus caps were exposed from the grass. If you don't look carefully, you might miss them.
Xie Yan carefully pulled up the fungus, used the knife she carried with her to peel off the soil on the fungus, and carefully put it into the bamboo basket Lan Ling'er was carrying.
When Zhu Yu was a child at Zhengxu Temple in Lion Mountain, he often went to pick up fungi with the monks in the temple. Later, in Tianlong Mountain, he often went up the mountain to pick up fungi with Lan Tian, Lan Ling'er, Zhao Li and Luo Lin. Ling Yazi also went to Qingcheng Mountain to pick up fungi. Indispensable is the experience of picking up fungi in the dense forest, so the four of them all know the characteristics of the fungi. It is difficult for the fungi in the grass under the forest to escape their eyes.
Sure enough, after Lan Ling'er picked up the first nest of fungi, several people found fungi one after another. After a while, everyone had their baskets full.
"It seems that the fungi in Zhongnan Mountain are very welcoming to you. They will let you fill your backpacks soon."
Seeing that several people had filled their backpacks with fungi, Xie Yan smiled.
"Sister Xie Yan, you picked up more than any of us. Look, your bacteria can't even be contained." Lan Tian said.
"Okay, let's go back now. The mushrooms are still fresh and the soup will be especially delicious."
During dinner, everyone praised the delicious taste of the mushroom soup. Master Kongkong even said to Zhang Lingtian: "Tomorrow, I will also pick up some, dry them and take them back to Shaolin to enjoy slowly."
"Every year, I will help my disciples dry some red fungi, and they will be available whenever the master comes." Zhang Lingtian said with a smile.
During meals, everyone would gather together and exchange martial arts experiences, tell stories, and even joke. It felt like time passed very quickly.
"In the past few days, Master Lu Bucai and I have discussed Shaolin Tathagata's Powerful Divine Palm and Kongtong Kungfu's Yixing Quan. There are similarities in the luck methods of the two techniques. Perhaps many years ago, these two techniques were actually It’s one kind of thing.” Master Kongkong said.
"The world's martial arts originated from Shaolin. It's just that a kind of Kung Fu will slowly evolve after many years. Not only will the moves change, but some will even change palms into fists, and fists into fingers. But it never changes from its origin, just like Buddhism Generally speaking, although there are eight major sects, there is only one source." Master Xuyun said.
"Could it be that the Emei Yuntong fingering technique was also the palm technique in the past?" Lingshanzi asked.
"As far as I know, although Yuntong Finger Technique does not come from palm techniques, it does come from sword moves. In fact, the fingers turn into a sword, and the Qi is transported to the tip of the sword, which is equally powerful."
