When they parted ways at Gubeikou, Zhou Tong told them where he would stay in Tokyo.
Although Hu Yuan and Zhou Tong only met once, they were very similar to each other. Since they came to Tokyo, they went directly to Zhou Tong's residence.
When he arrived at the door of a small courtyard on East Street, Hu Long did not knock on the door, but used the method of "thousand-mile transmission" to say loudly: "Mr. Zhou, Hu Long, a poor man, has taken the liberty to come to visit."
It was like he was whispering to someone across from him, but his voice penetrated through the door and entered the room again, clearly reaching the ears of the two people in the room.
At this moment, Zhou Tong was talking to a guest indoors. When he suddenly heard this sentence, his face showed joy. He first said to the guest: "Mr. Yanshan came at the right time today. That person outside is the Gourd Taoist I mentioned." .”
The man was a middle-aged man who could not be more than forty years old. He had a face like a crown jewel, three locks of long beard floating on his chest, and his demeanor was aloof and elegant.
Hearing what Zhou Tong said, a look of curiosity appeared on his face, and he cupped his hands and said, "I heard what Mr. Dong said, this Taoist Hu Yuan actually has the means to resist Tongxuan Celestial Being. Although it is only a single blow, it is enough." It’s shocking. I’m lucky to be able to meet this master for a while.”
While the two were talking, they stood up together and went outside to greet each other.
Seeing two people coming out of the door, Hu Long was not surprised at all. He just stepped forward to bow to Zhou Tong.
Zhou Tong returned the gift first, and then introduced the man to Hu Long.
This person's surname is Huang Mingshang, his nickname is Yanshan. He was formerly the magistrate of Fuzhou. He has contributed greatly to the collation of "Wanshou Taoist Canon" and is now waiting for a reward from the imperial court in the capital.
Hu Long knew that he was in front of a great master whose cultivation was not inferior to that of Zhou Tong, but he did not expect that he would get a glimpse of the mysterious martial arts from the "Wanshou Taoist Canon", and finally develop the "Nine Yin Manual", a peerless martial arts The classic yellow dress.
In his previous life, he also studied the "Nine Yin Manual" hidden in the "Yitian Sword". Although he knew that the past and present lives should be in two worlds, the "Nine Yin Manual" in the other world should be different from the one that has not yet been born in this world. "Nine Yin Manual", but after all, there are some wonderful causal connections between them.
While these thoughts flashed through his mind, he had already greeted Huang Shang with a smile, and then called Murong Yan forward to pay homage to Zhou Tong and Huang Shang.
After everyone had finished their greetings, Zhou Tong invited master and disciple Hu Long to his home.
The three of them sat down separately as guest and host. As a junior, Murong Yan could only stand behind Hu Long.
Zhou Tong first asked about Hu Yuan's situation after farewell.
Hu Yuan briefly talked about his experiences along the way, only hiding the three volumes of heavenly books and the arrangements for Qiu Wu.
When Zhou Tong heard that he had instructed his disciple Lu Junyi to go to the battlefield to practice and seek opportunities to break through to the lowest level, he kept nodding and said: "I, this disciple of mine, is blessed with unique abilities and understanding. Just because he comes from a wealthy family, he Young Shunfeng Shunshui has never experienced any setbacks, so he lacks some life experience. It is indeed an excellent way for the Taoist Master to let him go to the battlefield to practice and understand martial arts between life and death."
Hu Long said with a smile: "Old sir, don't blame the poor Taoist, just let me do it for you."
Zhou Tong laughed loudly, and then took the initiative to tell his own experience.
After he arrived in the capital, he had already told several well-connected courtiers about his observations during his visit to Liao.
Those people seemed to be somewhat interested in the Jurchen tribe, which had shown its unwillingness to succumb to the Liao Kingdom, and planned to send people across the sea to Liaodong to learn more in detail.
Naturally, these military and national plans were beyond the concern of Zhou Tong, a warrior with no position or authority. He could only retire and wait for further news at his residence to see if the imperial court could still use him as an old soldier.
Huang Shang happened to be escorting the collated "Wanshou Dao Zang" to Beijing. He heard that Zhou Tong was in Tokyo, so he paid a visit today.
The two had known each other in their early years. Because Huang Shang admired the Taoist method of self-cultivation, he once asked Zhou Tong for some tips on how to guide Qi.
Now that they met again after several years, Zhou Tong was really shocked by this old friend.
In just a few years, Huang Shang, who originally knew nothing about martial arts, turned into a master of martial arts. His cultivation was so pure and profound that he was no less skilled than himself who had been practicing martial arts for decades since childhood.
Zhou Tong asked carefully, but Huang Shang did not hide anything.
It turns out that the current emperor admires Taoism and admires longevity, so he issued two edicts in a few years to search for Taoist books and compiled them into a "Wanshou Taoist Canon".
Because Huang Shang had a reputation for talent, the emperor sent an order to him to be responsible for collating and employing craftsmen for engraving and printing.
Huang Shang knew that the emperor attached great importance to this matter, and if he made a slight omission and made a false statement or word in the engraved Dao Zang, he might be killed, so he spent several years reviewing it word by word, making sure that every word was correct.
After studying so hard for several years, he naturally became proficient in the Taoism of the world. Combining some of the superficial Qi-guiding techniques taught by Zhou Tong, he understood the most superior martial arts principles and practiced them without any teacher. With his profound internal and external skills, he became a great martial arts master.
This time Huang Shang came to visit Zhou Tong, but he wanted to ask this martial arts master who had been famous for many years to help him see if there was anything wrong with the martial arts he had practiced in a muddle.
Although he already knew this story well, when he saw a living Huang Shang with his own eyes, Hu Long could not help but feel that God would always love some people more favorably, such as Wang Shouren in the Ming Dynasty, and Huang Shang in front of him.
Huang Shang was born as a scholar. Although he practiced martial arts with unparalleled skills, he really didn't take it seriously.
When he originally asked Zhou Tong for advice, he had no reservations about what he had learned. Now in front of Hu Long, he still had no inhibitions and spoke frankly about his various experiences and confusions in martial arts.
Hu Long listened to a few words and felt that the essence of martial arts he mentioned was indeed in the same line as the "Nine Yin Manual" he knew, but the realm was slightly more lofty, but it was somewhat scattered and not yet a complete system.
Neither he nor Zhou Tong were people who took advantage of others, because they both benefited a lot from Huang Shang's martial arts experience, so they tried their best to answer his doubts.
The cultivation level of the three people is similar, but Hu Yuan has accumulated it for several lifetimes, and his depth of knowledge and breadth of knowledge are far beyond what Zhou Tong and Huang Shang can achieve, so he has given the most to Huang Shang.
In this exchange between the three great masters, the one who gained the most was not each other, but Murong Yan, who was listening to the whole process.
Although she was standing behind Hu Yuan at this moment, her spirit had already been immersed in the martial arts principles that the three of them casually said and she couldn't extricate herself.
With her current level of cultivation, what she can understand is just a drop in the bucket. But these things will naturally turn into an endless stream in the future, nourishing her seedling to grow until it reaches the sky.
Just as the three of them were talking in the alley, and one of them was listening intently, another voice suddenly came from outside: "The villain, Lu Qian, the Marquis of Yu of Taiwei Mansion, asks to see Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Tong was startled when he heard this, and turned to Huang Shang and asked: "I remember that Lu Qian was originally a childhood friend of the villain Lin Chong, and was later recommended to Mr. Yanshan as a nursing home. When did he become a member of the Taiwei Mansion? Yuhou?"
Huang Shang smiled and said: "In the past few years, I have learned a lot of messy martial arts from the Taoist scriptures, but I didn't know if I could practice anything, so I passed some on to him to test the results. Unexpectedly, this person is a genius, and he actually gave me some He has practiced to the innate level. I thought that keeping him by my side would be a disservice to his talents, so I wrote a letter recommending him to come to Tokyo to seek a future, but somehow he ended up working in the Taiwei's mansion."
