Seeing that the victory between the two was decided and the sky was getting dark, Master Kongkong said: "Each school has its own swordsmanship. If you want to compete, you can invite us at any time. It's getting late today, so let's rest first."
After hearing what Master Kongkong said, everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms.
"Brother, Zhu Yu, I made an agreement with Xie Fei and Xie Yan. Tomorrow afternoon, the two of them will take us to a place worth visiting." When Zhu Yu and Lan Tiancai arrived at the door of the room, they were stopped by Lan Ling'er.
"Are you going to get something delicious again? I'd rather go for this." Lan Tian said with a smile.
"Of course, there are many delicious things, such as fish and stone frogs in the deep caves in the back mountains, mountain crabs and purple lobsters in the canyon in the distance, which are easy to catch and taste good. There are also pheasants, hares and muntjacs in the mountains. These The resources are much richer than Tianlong Mountain.”
"Then what should we catch tomorrow?" Zhu Yu asked.
"Tomorrow, Xie Fei and Xie Yan will take us to a strange place." Lan Ling'er said mysteriously.
"What's so strange?" Lan Tian asked curiously.
"I don't know for sure. You'll know when you get there. Zhu Yu, you guys can practice your kung fu. I've also gone back to my house to practice my kung fu. If my kung fu is not good, the sad days are still to come."
After Lan Ling'er finished speaking, she went back to her room next door, closed the door, and started practicing with Ling Yazi.
"Zhu Yu, today I have a sword fight with Lingshanzi. What do you think?" Lan Tian asked Zhu Yu after Lan Ling'er left.
Zhu Yu took off his shoes and went to bed, sat cross-legged, and said: "Lingshanzi is the leader of the Qingcheng sect. I heard that he went to Qingcheng Mountain to practice martial arts at the age of seven. With more than forty years of martial arts, he is certainly better than you and me in sword moves. You lose to He is inevitable." Zhu Yu said sincerely.
"I could have fought him with a few more moves. It's just that I was young and energetic. I just knew how to attack when I first came up. I used the killing move in the first move, but I didn't know how to defend, so I was defeated in a few moves."
"Yes, when competing with swordsmen, you must be resilient and don't rush for success. If you rush in and fight hard as soon as you come up, it will be difficult to stabilize your position, unless your own kung fu is much higher than the opponent's."
After Zhu Yu and Lan Tian discussed their experience in using weapons for a while, they began to practice their Qi.
After Zhu Yu drank Yuanya's blood, not only did he gain twenty years of skill, but his qi training efficiency was much higher. He practiced qi for an hour every day, which felt like he had practiced for more than two hours. If he continued like this, within a few years, he would be You can practice the Great and Small I Chings.
In the afternoon of the next day, Zhu Yu had just been confused for a while when she heard Lan Ling'er shouting outside the room: "Zhu Yu, brother, let's go."
When Zhu Yu and Lan Tian walked out of the room, they saw Lan Ling'er, Ling Yazi, Xie Fei and Xie Yan waiting at their door. Zhu Yu noticed that the three of them were wearing tight clothes and couldn't help asking: "Hey, where are we going today?" ?Why are you dressed like this?"
"Let's go see a ruins in Zhongnan Mountain. Maybe we can learn something about martial arts from it," Xie Fei said.
Just like yesterday, a few people went out, followed the path to the back mountain, and then walked along the path up the mountain to the high mountain in the west.
The vegetation in Zhongnan Mountain is relatively sparse. The trees on the shady side are short but still dense, while on the sunny side there are alternating low shrubs and grasses. Even though it is close to winter, there are still many flowers of various colors blooming.
The six of them walked for more than two hours, climbed seven or eight peaks, crossed three or four small rivers, and came to the mountainside of a high mountain facing north and south.
On the east side of the mountainside, there is a cliff more than ten feet wide and dozens of feet high, with rattan and wormwood reaching a height of about two feet. To the west is a gentle slope of 70 to 80 degrees, with a good view. You can see the vast mountains in the distance.
"This is our destination. There is a poem carved on the stone wall under the rattan and wormwood. Xie Yantuo and I took it back. After studying it for a long time, we still couldn't figure out the reason. Today we brought it with us The reason you came here is to see which of you can solve it."
After Xie Fei finished speaking, he pulled out his sword and slashed at the vines and wormwood on the cliff. After a while, a smooth stone wall with writing was revealed in front of the six people. On the stone wall, there was a poem written, The words were flowing smoothly, and it seemed that they were carved with a sword at once. Ling Yazi couldn't help but whispered: "The hero escapes from the world to Zhongnan Mountain, dreaming of a bright future; he cultivates magical skills that are shocking to the world, and returns to his hometown after old age; he is lucky enough to meet the dragon girl and sleep with him , Husband and wife stay together and never forget each other; they are destined to understand this meaning in the next life, and they are deeply ecstatic and unparalleled in the world."
"Isn't this poem easy to explain? It's about a hero and his wife who lived in seclusion and lived here forever." Lan Ling'er said loudly.
"The question is, who is this hero, and who is his wife? Ecstasy seems to be talking about a kind of martial arts, and it also seems to be expressing an emotion." Xie Yan pointed to the words on the stone wall and said.
"Also, who carved the characters? It can't be this hero. Judging from the depth of the strokes, the inner strength of the person who carved the characters is also unfathomable." Lingyazi added.
"Just looking at this poem, it's like a frustrated master met a beautiful girl, and the two lived a life without fighting against the world, and finally died here." Lan Tian turned around and looked at the distance. Sunset, sighed.
"While it's daylight, we might as well search again to see if there is any information on the stone wall." Lingyazi reminded.
Hearing this, Xie Fei and Xie Yan pulled out their swords again and started slashing, clearing out the cliff several feet square. Several people searched carefully on the cliff but found nothing useful. Only Lan Ling'er was writing poems. Below, I found a word, which looked like the word "Guo". There seemed to be a word after the word "Guo", but I couldn't see it clearly.
Seeing that the sun had already set and it was almost dark, the six of them were reluctant to go down the mountain and look back with big questions in mind.
"Xie Fei and Xie Yan, when you go back, take out the words under the rubbing and let Master Kongkong, Master Lu Bucai, Master Xuyun, Master Zhang Lingtian, and Master Wufeng, Wuxin, and Wusi have a look. They are well-informed. , maybe there are some unknown clues." Lan Tian indeed has more knowledge than the others.
When the six people returned to the sect, it was already three o'clock in the moonlight. After eating in a hurry, they went to the main hall where Tianlingdao held meetings and called the seven masters, Luo Lin, Lingshanzi, Huaguzi, Linglinzi, and Fo'er. , Yi'er and others asked everyone to brainstorm and see if they could solve the mystery of Zhongnanshan's poem.
The main hall of Tianling Taoism is behind the main hall where several Taoist immortals are sculpted. It is dozens of feet square and is used as a training room on weekdays. When there is something to discuss, the disciples will put up stools and it becomes a discussion hall. Yes, the lights were brightly lit in the main hall, and the masters were sitting in the hall in order of priority.
Xie Fei and Xie Yan took the poems they had drawn on the cliff and handed them to everyone to watch one by one.
After everyone had circulated the poem, Zhang Lingtian said: "The founder of our sect founded the sect in Zhongnan Mountain for more than a hundred years. This stone carving must have been carved two hundred years ago. Therefore, no one in our sect knows who this poem is written about."
"Literally, the poem on the wall talks about the couple and their husbands living in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain. For thousands of years, there have been many cases of masters and hermits building huts in Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion. At that time, Jiang Ziya, the prime minister of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, , Zhang Liang, the founding father of the Western Han Dynasty, all lived in seclusion here, but it has been so long that the traces left by these celebrities can no longer be found, so it is not surprising that there are several martial arts wizards living in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain." Master Kongkong not only has profound martial arts attainments , is also very familiar with history. This comes from his eagerness to learn since he was a child, and he always asks why for everything.
"By the way, today we went to the cliff to check this poem, and accidentally discovered that there was an inscription underneath the poem, but we only saw the word "Guo". It is possible that this poem was inscribed by a person named Guo. "Lingyazi said.
Everyone read the poem and listened to Master Kongkong's analysis, and they all felt that behind the poem there was undoubtedly a reclusive master who lived hundreds of years or even earlier. But who this person was, so many years had passed, and no one had any clues. The hall couldn't help but fall into silence.
"By the way, I remembered that hundreds of years ago, the founder of the Emei Sect, Guo Xiang, was named Guo. Is there any connection with the poet?" Master Xuyun suddenly broke the silence.
"Since he is a reclusive master, he definitely doesn't want others to know everything about him, even if they are later generations, so he will not deliberately leave any information." Master Wufeng said.
"In this case, you don't need to delve into it carefully. It all happened in the past hundreds of years." Master Kongkong said.
