Less than a quarter of an hour after the five people left the city, they saw dust flying in the distance, and dozens of officers and soldiers on horseback approached in an instant.
Seeing six people riding on horses, the leader, a man who looked like an officer, reined in his horse and asked, "A few of them look like martial arts practitioners. I wonder if they are from Dawan City."
Zhu Yu discovered that the visitor was none other than General Sun Gan. However, they had only met once in Shaolin. In addition, Zhu Yu had grown taller and changed a lot in recent years, so Sun Gan naturally did not recognize Zhu Yu.
Lan Ling'er heard Xie Yan say that the place where her family lived was called Dawan City, so she patted her horse and said, "General, you have good eyesight. We have indeed practiced some martial arts, and we are from Dawan City."
"Is it possible that Dawan was occupied by the rebel army?" Sun Gan asked.
"I don't know what the rebel army is. I only heard that thieves entered the city. The officers and soldiers were defeated from the east. The thieves looted the government and went to the northwest." Lan Ling'er replied.
"Hurry into the city and appease the people. There is no one in the city to control it. Many people have fled with their families. Moreover, the corpses of dead officers and soldiers and thieves have been temporarily buried in the open space of the government office. There are hundreds of them. Well, you should go and bury them properly." Lan Tian stepped forward and said.
Although everyone has no good opinion of the officers and soldiers, everyone knows that under this situation, the officers and soldiers can only be left to deal with the funeral affairs, and it is not appropriate to attack them.
After Sun Gan left with the officers and soldiers, the five of them continued on their way. Dawan City was not far from Zhongnan Mountain. Not long after, everyone had arrived at the foot of the mountain, rested for a while, and began to slowly climb up the mountain.
"Zhu Yu, do you think the officers and soldiers are hateful or the thieves are hateful?" Lan Ling'er asked Zhu Yu while riding on the horse.
"The officers and soldiers killed my parents, burned down Shaolin, and colluded with the Sun God Cult. It is naturally hateful, but thieves kill people and steal goods, and they do not deserve sympathy." Zhu Yu said.
"I heard that there are some rebels who are called thieves by the officers and soldiers. They only deal with the officers and soldiers and the powerful and evil gentry, and do not bully the people. Such so-called thieves are what we martial arts practitioners should help." Lingyazi said.
"Is there such a person? Why haven't I heard of it?" Lan Ling'er asked strangely.
"Of course there is. These people are against the emperor and corrupt officials. They themselves are common people. If they succeed, they can change the dynasty. If they fail, they will kill themselves." Lingyazi is indeed more knowledgeable than Lan Ling'er.
"This is a rebellion! The people are still suffering," Zhu Yu said.
"Of course people will suffer if they rebel, but if they don't rebel, they will continue to suffer." Lingyazi explained.
"The purpose of practicing martial arts, from a small perspective, is to kill the rich, help the poor, and support the people. From a large perspective, it is to rebel against corrupt officials and ignorant kings, and to support a dynasty that is good to the people and rests with the people." Lan Tian said.
"Master Kong Kong and Master Kong Xin have told me these principles, but I was not very sensible at that time. Now, I seem to be able to understand them better," Zhu Yu said.
"Let's talk about these things later. We are almost at Tianling Road, let's leave quickly."
After Lan Tian finished speaking, he slapped his crotch and dismounted the horse. The horse was frightened, jumped up into the air, and ran towards the mountain with a "da da da" sound.
"Brother, wait for us." Lan Ling'er didn't show any weakness, and also beat the horse and chased towards Lan Tian.
Seeing this, Zhu Yu, Lingya Zi and Luo Lin also took the reins of their horses and sped up to follow.
In the evening, Zhang Lingtian and Master Kongkong summoned all the masters to the meeting hall to discuss matters. Seeing everyone gathered, Master Kongkong said: "Today's visit to Dawan City shows that the current country is unstable. We in the martial arts must destroy those who regard the people as enemies. The evil heretics and the corrupt imperial power have their own duty to benefit the people, so they must intensify their martial arts training just to serve the people of Li."
Master Kongkong's words were so impassioned that everyone's blood boiled. Lan Ling'er quietly said to Zhu Yu: "Tomorrow, go talk to Master Kongkong and see if I can also practice Tathagata's Hercules Palm."
On the second day, when Zhu Yu and Lan Ling'er came to Master Kong Kong and talked about wanting to practice the Tathagata's Powerful Divine Palm, Master Kong Kong not only agreed, but also said to Lan Ling'er: "Why don't you ask Lan Tian to come over too? If you are a disciple of Shaolin Temple, you can practice any martial arts of Shaolin Temple."
Lan Tian had long wanted Zhu Yu to secretly teach him the Tathagata Hercules Palm, but he never had the chance. Now that Master Kongkong is personally teaching him this palm technique, he is extremely happy.
On the first day, Master Kongkong taught the two people the 108-character secret of the Tathagata Hercules Palm, and asked them to memorize it in one day. This secret is the method, steps and precautions for practicing this palm technique.
The next day, Master Kongkong asked the two of them to memorize it each time. He found that both of them had memorized it very well, so he taught them the movements and essentials step by step.
The movements of Tathagata's Powerful Palm are only an auxiliary to guide Qi. What really needs to be cultivated is gathering Qi and luck. For several days, Lan Tian and Lan Ling'er practiced the movements with Master Kongkong in the morning, and followed the exercises of Tathagata's Powerful Palm in the afternoon and evening. Qi methods to practice Qi.
After Master Kongkong gave instructions and asked everyone to practice seriously, all the masters almost closed their doors to practice. No one played chess for entertainment, and no one went out to play. There was a tense and positive atmosphere in Tianling Dao.
Ling Yazi continued to practice her Yuntong fingering technique in the house. At the end of the day, she had to repeat it dozens of times before resting. After a few days, she was able to control the fingering technique freely, so she spent a lot of time practicing Qi.
Although Master Xuyun was arrogant and full of confidence in the Emei School's Kung Fu, she still humbly sought advice from Master Kongkong, Master Zhang Lingtian, Lu Bucai and Lingshanzi because their martial arts skills were much higher than hers. Seeing the talented and thinking of others is the ladder for martial arts practitioners to continuously improve.
Taoist Qigong techniques focus on the law that when Qi is sufficient, it will flow. As long as the Qi flow is sufficient, acupuncture points will naturally be opened and the Qi flow will not be blocked easily. Buddhist Qigong methods often use thoughts to guide Qi, so Qi comes quickly and consumes less during movement. However, it is very easy to get distracted by luck and go crazy. You must concentrate on it. It can be said that each has its own merits. However, Buddhist disciples have a calm mind and do not disturb each other when practicing. Using their minds to guide Qi has become the first choice for practicing internal skills.
However, compared with Shaolin monks, Emei monks and nuns are less detached and more obsessed in their practice. Therefore, Emei disciples are prone to go crazy during practice. Therefore, Master Xuyun too early wanted to integrate Buddhist and Taoist Kung Fu. The method is to further optimize the Emei School's Qi training method. It's just that it's not convenient to ask Taoist masters for advice on weekdays, so naturally I won't let go of such an opportunity.
After Zhu Yu was practicing, he took out the recorded Shameful Ecstasy Palm Technique and pondered it. However, he found that this palm technique was indeed as Master Kongkong said. It required a change in emotions and the body was in an extreme state. Talents can be gathered together, but this is not a skill that can be practiced casually.
More than ten days passed, and not only there was still no news from Master Zhang Lingtian's disciples Zhou Tianzhi, Wang Yuezhao, and Zhao Yitian, but there was also no news from Masters Wu Feng, Wu Xin, and Wu Si, and everyone began to become anxious.
Could it be that they encountered some kind of accident? This is what everyone is most worried about, because not only the Gedan Sect of Paju Gobu and the Sun God Sect of Shouyang Mountain covet the Great Netherworld Sutra, but also the unknown and strange sects outside the Great Wall, such as the Tocharian Sect of the Western Regions, The Sakya Sect in Kunlun Mountain may also want to take action against the Great Netherworld Sutra, so the trip to the Western Regions is full of risks.
Finally, at the beginning of the third month after Master Zhong came to Tianling Dao, and early the next morning after the first snow fell on Zhongnan Mountain, a gray homing pigeon staggered and landed on the corner tower next to the Tianling Dao main hall. in the pigeon's nest.
Zhang Lingtian arranged for his disciples to take turns to guard the pigeon cage, waiting for Zhou Tianzhi and others to return from releasing the pigeons.
When the three of them went out more than three months ago, Zhang Lingtian asked the three of them to take four or five homing pigeons with them. Because the journey was long and arduous, information needed to be communicated at critical times so that they could take the initiative when something happened. Zhu Yu and others came to Zhongnan Mountain When I saw Xie Fei, Xie Yan shot the eagle. The main purpose was to prevent the eagle from catching the homing pigeon.
There was a small bamboo tube tied to the foot of the homing pigeon. The disciple who kept the homing pigeon carefully took off the bamboo tube, held it in his hand, and hurriedly ran to the side hall where Zhang Lingtian lived. As he ran, he shouted loudly: "Master, There is news, Master, there is news..."
Hearing the cry, all the experts pushed open the door and ran out of the house and ran to Zhang Lingtian's residence. Everyone wanted to know whether the stone hanging in their hearts could fall down this time.
Before the disciples of the Keeping Pigeon arrived, Zhang Lingtian walked out of the palace door, took the bamboo tube, opened it carefully, took out a small roll of silk from the bamboo tube, and unfolded it.
At this time, all the experts had gathered around Zhang Lingtian, stretching their heads to see what words were written on the silk.
