"Speaking of the inheritance of my Hu family, it can be traced back to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty," Hu Tianzhu loosened his hand holding the sword manual and recalled: "The Yuan Dynasty wanted to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, but unexpectedly when it attacked Xiangyang, the Southern Song Dynasty came out He created an indomitable hero surnamed Guo, who blocked the Yuan Dynasty army in Xiangyang for decades, and continued his life for the Southern Song Dynasty for several years."
"The great hero surnamed Guo, Xiangyang." The expression on Song Xing's face almost became unbearable.
Fortunately, Hu Tianchun didn't notice, and continued: "Unfortunately, the Southern Song Dynasty finally perished under the general trend, and the great hero surnamed Guo also died in the city."
"In the Yuan Dynasty, the Hu family was still the home of merchants. While doing business, they were robbed by Yuan soldiers. When they were dying, they were saved by a masked female knight."
"After this battle, our ancestors deeply felt that in troubled times, without martial arts, life and death depended on human hands, so they wanted to worship the female hero as their teacher."
"But the female hero said that she did not accept male disciples, and could not withstand the ancestor's pleading, so she taught her a set of four-elephant palm techniques she created to the ancestor, and then she drifted away. The ancestor caught up and wanted to give his name to him, so he had to I know that the female hero’s surname is Guo.”
"Later, my ancestor stopped doing business and practiced Four Elephants Palm Technique hard. At the same time, he went around the world to find out about the female hero named Guo. It was not until his later years that he accidentally found out that the female hero who saved him was originally Guo. The youngest daughter of the great hero survived the destruction of Xiangyang City, and later founded the Emei Sect in Mount Emei and became a great master."
Hu Tianchou finished speaking in one breath, turned around and saw Song Xing's somewhat stunned expression, and did not take it seriously. He continued: "But the Emei Sect never accepts male disciples, and the Hu family never disturbs the Emei Sect with secular affairs. Pass this palm technique down."
"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, followed the destiny and started an uprising. The current head of the Hu family joined the army of King Chuang. Because of his outstanding martial arts, he became King Chuang's personal bodyguard."
"The head of the Hu family of that generation was extremely talented. He went through many battles in the war, but he learned a sword technique and a set of footwork from the Four Elephant Palms. With this sword technique, he gained the nickname of Flying Fox."
"Later, King Chuang was defeated, and the Hu family disbanded their armor and returned to their fields, using martial arts to pass down the family line. Until my grandfather's generation, my grandfather also relied on the martial arts inherited from his family to become famous in the Taiping Army."
Hu Tianchou finished speaking in one breath, looked at Song Xing with a smile and said: "So, it is me who is weak, not the Hu family's Kung Fu."
Song Xing quickly shook his head: "Uncle Hu, that's not what I meant. I just didn't expect that the Hu family's kung fu would be related to the Emei sect."
Guo Xiang, that is the rumored founder of the sect who is as famous as Zhang Sanfeng.
Song Xing did not dare to ask Hu Tianchou if any of the ancestors of the Hu family were named Hu Yidao. He just silently took the sword manual and started reading it.
Seeing that Song Xing accepted his kindness, Hu Tianchun smiled with satisfaction and stopped disturbing him.
It's called Dao Pu. In addition to the Hu family's sword techniques, there is also a set of Four Elephant Palm Techniques and Four Elephant Foot Techniques in the secret book.
The Hu family's swordsmanship seems to have yin and yang in its continuous flow. It is both offensive and defensive. It does not seek to defend but defends itself. It does not seek to attack but attacks fiercely.
Tenderness is better than oldness, lateness is better than haste, both are the power of the sword. The use of virtuality and reality, sometimes virtuality and now reality, is the essence of the Hu family's swordsmanship.
When they reach the realm of great boxers, martial arts is no longer limited to one move or another. It is said that if they understand everything, any move in their hands will be enough to exert extraordinary power.
There are also sword techniques in Plum Blossom Boxing. Song Xing combined the essence of Plum Blossom Knife Technique and Hu Family Knife Technique to perform various subtle changes in his mind, and his right hand began to bounce in the air uncontrollably.
The more you perform, the more you can feel the exquisiteness of the Hu family's sword skills. If you didn't still remember where you are at this moment, you would like to get up and demonstrate it.
At Song Xing's current level, if he wanted to make further progress, it was no longer enough to just practice hard.
Only by learning from the strengths of other martial arts schools, absorbing the essence of each martial arts school, integrating it into one's own martial arts, and forming one's own martial arts principles can one move towards a higher realm.
Among the martial arts of the late Qing Dynasty, the Hu family's swordsmanship was definitely among the top. Just reading through it, some of the martial arts principles in it gave Song Xing a sense of enlightenment.
He also benefited a lot from the Four Elephant Palm Techniques and Four Elephant Footsteps recorded at the back of the sword manual.
The steps of the four elephants change according to the four elephants: East Canglong, West White Tiger, North Xuanwu, and South Suzaku. Each image has seven constellations, and then changes again according to the shape of twenty-eight constellations.
Combined with the various footwork changes in the plum blossom pile, more changes can be produced, which are enough to have miraculous effects in battle.
As for the Four Symbols Palm Technique, changing directions coincides with the mystery of the Four Symbols, yin and yang complement each other, those that are round outside are yang, those that are square in the middle are yin, those that are round and moving are heaven, those that are square and still are earth, heaven and earth are yin and yang, square and round are moving and still. , based on the various changes in the yin and yang of heaven and earth in the four images.
This palm technique should be the ultimate martial art created by Guo Xiang by combining all his own martial arts. It is all-encompassing and cannot be learned easily.
When the ancestors of the Hu family were able to pass down the Four Elephants Palm Technique, Guo Xiang's martial arts must not have reached its peak, and his self-created Four Elephant Palm Techniques may not be as perfect as those he later developed.
But even if they learned something superficially, the descendants of the Hu family would become famous in later generations. They would become top masters in the world and become peerless generals in the battlefield.
After a long while, Song Xing put down the sword manual in his hand, stood up and solemnly saluted Hu Tian: "Uncle Hu, Song Xing is ashamed to receive such a generous gift."
Hu Tianchun laughed loudly and said: "We are all children of the martial arts world, so don't act like a child. There are many dangers in this journey. Even if this book of swordsmanship can improve your kung fu a little bit, for me, I will feel at ease." .”
The road ahead was dangerous, and Hu Tianchun had a reason to go forward, but the mountain road was rugged, and he really didn't want to let his descendants cut the mountain road.
But living in this era, it is true to the saying that people are in the world and cannot help themselves.
In order to find that ray of light in the darkness, too many people have died, and more people will die on this road in the future.
The tide of the times is pushing him forward, and there is no room for too many personal feelings, but he only hopes that Song Xing will be safe during this operation.
The caravan crossed the desolate and uninhabited area and gradually began to see people. Song Xing and Hu Tianchun knew that they were not far from the city and began to think about their next trip.
Although the large number of people can serve as a cover, Hu Tianchun has been targeted by Wayne Ming over the years and his face has been exposed. Although he has a fake waistband, it is probably still difficult to pass the layers of checks.
"Uncle Hu, how do you leave Guangzhou for Hong Kong? Do you have any countermeasures before?"
Hearing Song Xing's question, Hu Tianchou said: "We have people in Guangzhou City, and there is a way to go to Hong Kong by boat. But now I estimate that there must be people chasing me on all sides of Guangzhou. I have to think of a way to get into the city."
While the two were discussing in low voices, there was a sudden noise from the motorcade behind them, and the two of them raised their heads and looked back warily.
