Jiang Shuo said: "Master Zhao, I have a question. I told you not to be angry. Isn't the kung fu you taught me the jade formula on the silk book and the divine pivot sword on the golden wall? How can you say that I have been taught by you? ?”
Zhao Rui laughed loudly and said: "The methods of Jade Jue and Shen Shu are indeed wonderful, but they are the general outline of cultivation. If you have no foundation and practice by yourself, wouldn't it be like asking a child who can't write to write poems directly? Is the talent the same? In fact, the sword moves and boxing skills you have practiced have been integrated into what I have learned throughout my life. The so-called "raising the dead with flesh and white bones" is like Wuwo Master Zhao's Kung Fu, which is introduced from it. The two skills of Yu Jue and Shenshu All I have learned from you is that you can only cultivate your body and energy, and prolong your life."
He smiled extremely happily, because when Jiang Shuo was taught martial arts, his own kung fu was integrated with these two ancient magical arts, and his realm was greatly improved. Although he could not practice it himself, Jiang Shuo would definitely be able to practice it in the future. I can't help but feel very proud of carrying forward my martial arts skills.
Only then did Jiang Shuo know that Zhao Rui had worked hard for the past six months and had actually passed on his lifelong knowledge to him. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to become his master. Zhao Rui calmly accepted his three nods before lifting him up and saying, "Shuo'er, Now that you have just mastered the Jade Art and the thirty-nine styles of the Shenshu Sword, it’s time to find your way out of the cave and conquer the world.”
Jiang Shuo has been practicing Qigong every day for more than half a year and has become addicted to it. He has never thought about getting out of the cave. He said to Zhao Rui in confusion: "Didn't I destroy the mechanism of Jijinmen? Now I can't get out of Huayang Cave." Now, do you want to learn how to walk like a monkey through the entrance of Qiyao Cave? Not to mention that it is hundreds of feet above the ground, it is difficult to climb, and considering the size of the stone fissure, it is probably difficult for people to survive." After practicing the Jade Technique, Jiang Shuo also tried to reopen the Jijin Gate to break the dragon. The stone door, however, had its internal mechanism damaged by his previous shock, and it was unable to move even when he pushed it. It was indeed impossible to open it again.
Zhao Rui said: "You don't necessarily have to go through Jijin Gate. If the 'Three Manifestations and Two Hidden Things' mentioned by Patriarch Sanmao refers not to the Huayang Cave outside, but to this Qudong, then there should be more than one place leading to it. External door.
Jiang Shuo also took a walk around the Juqu Cave when he had nothing to do. Although the cave was large, he had been in the cave for more than half a year. He had already visited every corner and did not see any other cave doors. . He said to Zhao Rui: "Except for the Jijin Gate under the golden wall, I haven't seen even a small hole. Even if the hidden gate is hard to see, there should be some clues about the two exposed gates, right?"
Zhao Rui said: "I have been thinking about it for the past six months. I am afraid that the word "show and hide" does not mean visible or invisible. In fact, each door is well hidden, but the visible door means that mortals can enter, while the hidden door means that it is difficult for mortals to enter. .”
Jiang Shuo scratched his head and said, "I don't understand this. Is there a door that can be seen but cannot be entered, or can't be seen through?"
Zhao Rui said: "Of course there is. Look at the 'Qi Yao' on the top of the cave. Can't you see it but not enter it? At dusk, doesn't the setting sun shining on the golden wall look like a fairy palace opening? Both of these doors are You can see it but you can’t get in.”
Jiang Shuo said: "Oh... Master Zhao, I understand. The 'Qi Yao' on the top of the cave is in the west, and the golden wall is in the east. The so-called east and west hidden doors refer to these two doors that are visible but not accessible."
Zhao Rui nodded and said: "When I look at this curved cave, the five doors seem to correspond to the five elements. The seven rays are the fire in the sky, which is the door of 'living fire'. The straight and straight golden wall is naturally covered with gold, which is the door of 'dry gold'." The door is open..."
Jiang Shuo said: "That's not right. The Jijin Gate with gold in its name doesn't mean it's a 'Jin' Gate?"
Zhao Rui said: "Jijin means 'thick earth produces gold', so it is the gate of 'Kun Tu', not the Golden Gate. The five elements of each gate in Juqu Cave are arranged according to the Qimen Dunjia, which is different from the ordinary Bagua. Therefore, Lihuo is not in the due south, Qianjin is not in the northwest, and Kuntu is not in the southwest, so they cannot be measured by common sense."
Jiang Shuo said: "The remaining two visible doors that are invisible but accessible are the 'Wooden Gate' and the 'Water Gate'?"
Zhao Rui said: "I think this wooden door is based on the hexagram 'Zhenmu', which is like thunder. Yi said, 'Shocked for hundreds of miles, no dagger will be lost.'" As he said that, he approached a sky-supporting stone pillar that supported the cave, and used his skills to After knocking, he heard an "empty" sound coming from the pillars. Zhao Rui said: "These stone pillars are hollow and seem to be indestructible. In fact, they are made of stalactites. It must be necessary to wait for the heart of the jade formula to open the 'shock wood' door." After practicing the technique to the highest level, hit the stone pillar with all your strength, use your internal force to shatter the giant pillar, and then you can get out of the cave after it collapses."
Jiang Shuo patted the stone pillars vigorously. Although the pillars made a loud noise, they did not move. Zhao Rui smiled and said: "With your current skill, it is impossible to break these pillars. Besides, even if you have this skill, , we can't just destroy this fairy cave. Maoshan Huayang Cave is called the first blessed place and the eighth cave. It's wrong for you to destroy Jijin Gate. If you destroy the entire cave again, the two of us will really die without redemption. , Mr. Zhao, I have no shame even under Jiuquan to see Baiyunzi Sima Lao Tao."
Jiang Shuo stuck out his tongue and said, "Then we can only go through 'Shuimen'."
Zhao Rui nodded and said: "In the Five Elements, 'Kan' means water, and 'Kan Gua' can also be interpreted as a sunken pit." As he said that, he lowered his head and looked at the big pool where the blind fish came out.
Jiang Shuo immediately realized that blind fish often appeared in this pool. The two of them had been eating fish for more than a year. There must be an underground river connected to it. The door to the "Kanshui" was expected to be at the bottom of the pool.
Zhao Rui said: "There is a way to avoid water in the Jade Jue, and you have already mastered it. What do you think? Come with me, master, to go down and have a look?"
Jiang Shuo hurriedly crossed his hands and said, "Master Zhao, please sit down and let Shuo'er go down first to find out what's going on."
Zhao Rui said: "Well, it's okay for you to explore the truth first, but don't be brave and take risks."
Jiang Shuo agreed. Since there was no one else in the cave, he took off all his clothes and jumped into the pool. Naturally, this breath-holding technique does not allow people to stay underwater for a long time, but it is no problem to hold it for half an hour. The water pool is actually not very deep, but it is dim inside the cave, and there is a lot of green moss at the bottom of the pool. Therefore, Jiang Shuo has excellent eyesight when looking into the depth. It can be viewed underwater without any hindrance.
After a while, he found a cave on the west wall of the pool. He followed the cave and swam out for hundreds of feet. Just when he was feeling tight in his chest and short of breath, he suddenly saw a light above his head. He hurriedly kicked his head out of the water, only to see that it was not in the wild, but in the water. It is a natural cave eroded by an underground river. This cave is much smaller than Juqu Cave. There is no daylight, but the fluorescent light on the cave wall is shining from unknown minerals, and it can barely provide lighting. You don’t feel stuffy inside the cave. , there must also be holes and orifices connected to the outside world. Jiang Shuo saw that there was also a stone tablet standing by the Anhe River, and the words engraved on it were also painted with fluorescent powder. Jiang Shuo saw that there were three seal characters written on it, "Bai Zhaomen", and there was a line of small words on the side: "Here we go to the west for three hundred and two." Ten miles".
Jiang Shuo was afraid that Zhao Rui would be impatient, so he dived back into Juqu Cave and told Zhao Rui what he saw.
Zhao Rui said happily: "'Kan' in Houtian Bagua means 'Heaven is born with water', and its color is white. 'Bai Zhao' means the beginning of white. Doesn't it mean that Heaven is born with water?"
Jiang Shuo also said happily: "So Bai Zhaomen is Shuimen!"
Zhao Rui said: "Three hundred and twenty miles is nothing. Master, my internal strength has almost recovered. With your current cultivation level, if you can raise your energy quickly, three hundred miles only lasts a day and night. You only need to carry it with you." Clothes and a day’s worth of dry food are enough.”
Jiang Shuo was talking to Zhao Rui while putting on his clothes. He and Zhao Rui had lived in the cave for a year and ten months. Their clothes were already in tatters and were thrown on the ground like a pile of rags. When he was putting on his clothes, he suddenly heard something There was a muffled sound, a hole was made in the skirt of the clothes, and something fell out. Zhao Rui said "Huh", picked it up and saw that it was a small bag of fine silk. He asked Jiang Shuo: "This fabric is so delicate, and it is filled with heavy things." What is it? Why haven’t I seen you take it out?”
Jiang Shuo looked at this baggage and couldn't remember where it came from, and said, "I don't know, it doesn't seem to be mine."
Zhao Rui smiled and said: "What are you covering up? Could it be the love token given to you by Xiao Nizi from the Dugu family?"
Life in the duo's cave was boring. Zhao Rui often joked about Xiang'er and Jiang Shuo. Jiang Shuo was already used to it and said, "Master Zhao keeps telling the same joke, doesn't it feel boring?"
Speaking of Xiang'er, Jiang Shuo suddenly remembered that this little baggage was not the "treasure of the leader of the Jianghu Alliance" that Li Yong gave him that day. Xiang'er once said that he wanted to use it for fun, and was scolded by her. In a word, after the Japanese man Jing Zhencheng made a fuss, he was poisoned by the internal energy and passed out. When he woke up, he was almost killed by the owner of Ge Village. After that, he fled Xixi Villa and Li Yong never told him what was inside. The bundle was so small that he stuffed it into his pocket and carried it all the way to Maoshan without even taking it out to take a look.
Jiang Shuo told Zhao Rui the truth and asked Zhao Rui: "Master, do you know what this 'treasure of the leader of the Jianghu Alliance' is?"
Zhao Rui said: "The Jianghu Alliance started from the Dongting Bandits. This group of people came from the green forest and acted mysteriously. Master, I don't know what the 'treasure of the alliance leader' is." He added: "What are you guessing? Just open it and take a look. I know, I guess Mr. Li Yong won’t give you any poisons or traps, right?”
Jiang Shuo didn't want to be a "young master of the world", so he reluctantly accepted this burden that day. He was really resisting it, so he kept deliberately avoiding it and refused to open it. However, Zhao Rui took action so quickly that he had no time to stop him. Zhao Rui had already opened it. He opened the furoshiki, revealing a dark green thing inside.
Jiang Shuo couldn't help but be curious, and came over to take a look. It was the back of an eight-inch-long bronze mirror. There was a button in the center of the back of the mirror, and there were engraved animal faces surrounded by clouds and thunder patterns. He didn't know whether it was a panchi or a dragon. Taotie, the decoration is not very complicated but it is solemn and solemn. It has a sense of majesty when you look at it. Turn it over and look at the mirror, but it is extremely smooth and smooth, as clean as new. The human face is reflected in every detail, without any trace of time.
The two of them looked at their own images in the mirror and stared at each other, wondering why this ancient mirror could be the "treasure of the alliance leader".
Zhao Rui raised the ancient mirror and looked it up to the sky, but saw nothing unusual. He said: "This mirror has a simple shape. It looks like an ancient relic from the third generation of the pre-Qin Dynasty. It would be worth a lot of money if sold in Chang'an City, but Jianghu thieves Kui has never seen anything good, so this ancient mirror can’t be called a treasure in the eyes of Pirate Kui, right?”
Jiang Shuo was naturally even more confused. He really couldn't see anything special about this ancient mirror. The two of them looked over and over for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so they had to give up. Zhao Rui wrapped the mirror again and handed it back to Jiang Shuo, saying: "This thing must have an origin. You should put it away first, and then go out and take a closer look."
Jiang Shuo nodded in agreement, and Zhao Rui said: "Shuoer, you have to promise me one thing before you go out. After you go out, you are not allowed to mention the Juqu Cave to anyone, let alone the method of entering the cave."
Jiang Shuo wondered: "Why is this?"
