When the two monks saw Lu Jiong attacking separately, they turned around and retreated as expected. Lu Jiong pursued angrily. However, when the lone army went deep, more monks came at them from all sides with sticks. It seems that the tactics of the group of monks are - whoever Lu Jiong attacks, that person will immediately retreat, while other nearby stick monks come in to attack. In this way, just like the ebb and flow of the tide, Lu Jiong is always trapped in it.
Lu Yuxuan saw that Lu Jiong seemed to be wrapped in the waves. The stick monk in front of him separated like a wave, while the stick monk behind him rolled in like a tide. If Lu Jiong continued to pursue, he would be caught in the formation and would not be able to escape. , he shouted: "Brother Lu, get back quickly!" He rushed into the formation, trying to get Lu Jiong out.
Lu Yuxuan's weapon is a steel-framed round fan. It was originally lost in Fanyang Longhuo City, but it has been rebuilt a long time ago. The round fan used now is a newly forged weapon. He swung his fan into a monk's face.
The monk retreated as expected, and Lu Jiong realized that he was being led into the formation by the monk. However, others in the formation were like being caught in a torrent, and could only drift with the current, unable to escape. Fortunately, Lu Yuxuan repelled the stick monk behind him, and he was able to escape. Turn around and retreat, and gather together with Lu Yuxuan.
However, Lu Yuxuan repelled the stick monk behind Lu Jiong, but no one came to cover his back. Immediately, several stick monks chased and beat him behind him, driving Lu Yuxuan and Lu Jiong away from everyone, and surrounded them alone. . Although Lu Yuxuan understands the principle, he suffers from the inability to crack it. Once he falls into the formation, like falling into a whirlpool in the water, the stick monks advance or retreat, eventually trapping the two of them. Not only can they not escape, they are beaten further and further away.
Seeing this, Xiao Dayou shouted: "Hey, Lu Lang, Brother Lu, where are you going?" He used no weapons and caught up with the stick monk behind him and punched him. Nan Jiyun and Hun Wei knew clearly that he was not good at martial arts. , fearing that he would not be able to save Lu and Lu, but would instead trap himself, he hurriedly jumped to his side to protect him, but unexpectedly, the Shaolin monk's formation rotated and the three of them were involved in another vortex.
Nan Jiyun and Hun Weiming are both masters of using hidden weapons, but they don't want to offend Shaolin, so they don't even light their weapons, and naturally they don't know how to use hidden weapons. They only use fists and kicks to fight against the stick monk, although they are not at a disadvantage. , but couldn’t escape.
At this moment, three vortexes were formed, one of which was surrounding Lu Yuxuan and Lu Jiong, one was surrounding Xiao Dayou, Nan Jiyun, and Hun Weiming, and the other was surrounding Jiang Shuo, Dugu Xiang, and Ge Ruliang, who were still standing where they were. .
This Bodhidharma Demon-Suppressing Formation uses defense instead of attack. In the other two circles, there was a lively ping-pong-pong game. Jiang Shuo and the other four did not take any action. The stick monks surrounding them just circled around them, not doing anything. Actively attack.
Ge Ruliang stood there with his hands behind his back, but he had enough time to ask Dugu Xiang: "Xiang'er, look at the formation of the Shaolin monks, can you see anything about the Mingtang?"
Gu Xiang said: "Yeah, it seems they just want to trap us and don't want to kill us."
Ge Ruliang shook his head and said, "What a nonsense you are saying. All Shaolin Kung Fu is not focused on hurting people. Shaolin is known as the first place in Zen practice and the last in martial arts practice. I heard that the current host Huijue Zen Master does not know martial arts."
Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang said "Ah" together. Neither of them expected that the head of the Shaolin Temple, known as the Beidou Mountain in the martial arts world, did not know martial arts. qδ
Ge Ruliang said: "Not only Huijue, his master Faru also doesn't know martial arts."
Dugu Xiang asked: "Who are the ancestors of the Zen sect, Fa Ru? Then the fifth ancestor Hongren and the sixth ancestor Huineng don't know martial arts?"
Zhitong shouted angrily from outside the circle: "What is the Sixth Patriarch Huineng? The Sixth Patriarch of Zen is Zen Master Datong Shenxiu!" As he spoke, he stamped the ground with his long stick, and the monks surrounding Jiang Shuo and others also stamped their long sticks on the ground. There was a loud "bang" sound.
Dugu Xiang stuck out his tongue and said, "I forgot that this is Beizong's territory..."
Everyone knows this truth, but they shouldn't say it out loud. Dugu Xiang's move made the monks look at her angrily. If it weren't for the restraint of the formation, they would have beaten her with sticks.
Ge Ruliang, however, seemed to have not seen him, and said to himself: "After the Fifth Patriarch Hongren received the Dharma from Daoxin, he lived in Shuangfeng Mountain and Dongshan Temple for decades without leaving the mountain. He has never been the abbot of Shaolin Temple."
This sentence was completely unexpected by Jiang Shuo. He couldn't help but ask: "They say Shaolin is the ancestral home of Zen. How come Master Hongren has never been to Shaolin?"
Ge Ruliang said: "Shaolin is the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism because of Zen Buddhism."
Because Bodhidharma, the first ancestor of the Zen sect, attained enlightenment in Shaolin, the ancestors of the Zen sect only passed down the spiritual dharma, but not the temple industry. In fact, the fundamental reason is that Master Bodhidharma himself has never been a Shaolin master. "
Jiang Shuo said: "That's it..."
Ge Ruliang said: "But starting from monk Faru, it was the first time for a Zen master to preside over Shaolin Temple. Faru was a disciple of Hongren and served for sixteen years. Until after Hongren's death, he traveled north to Songyue and lived in Shaolin Temple for six years. After three years of practice, he can be called the leader of the Zen sect in the north."
Zhitong stood outside the circle and said, "Amitabha, I didn't expect that this gentleman is quite familiar with my Shaolin Zen sect."
Dugu Xiang said: "Ah...it turns out that Shenxiu and Huineng have been fighting for a long time, aren't they fighting for the position of Shaolin leader?"
Ge Ruliang smiled and said: "Yes, they are fighting for the status of the leader of the Zen sect. Neither of them looks down on the Shaolin Temple's industry. In fact, Shenxiu was the national master during the Wu Zhou Dynasty. He tried to ask the queen to invite Huineng to Luoyang, the eastern capital. , but Huineng refused on the grounds that "my appearance is short and ugly, and the people in the north may not respect my method if they see it." "
Jiang Shuo said: "Judging from this sentence, Master Shenxiu is also an eminent monk of the generation, and is not a jealous person."
Zhitong felt very proud after hearing his praise for the leader of our religion. He puffed up his chest and said, "That's natural!"
Ge Ruliang was still irrational and continued: "Okay, let's go too far. Let's go back to this formation. What do you think this formation looks like?" He was smart by nature and good at teaching others. He unknowingly regarded Jiang Shuo as a test school. Object.
Dugu Xiang was still pondering, and Jiang Shuo said first: "It's like a whirlpool in the water."
Dugu Xiang hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I also want to say like a whirlpool!"
Ge Ruliang rolled his eyes at her, then crossed his hands to Jiang Shuo and said, "Young master, you have good eyesight. After Huike, the first ancestor of Bodhidharma taught Dharma in Shaolin Temple, he went to Dinglin Temple at the foot of Xiong'er Mountain to teach Dharma for five years. The place where he finally passed away was in Dinglin Temple. Among Lin Temples, Dinglin Temple is located in Shaanzhou, close to the river. It is said that this set of demon-subduing formations is a set of stick formations created by Bodhidharma after observing the rapids and vortex of the Sanmenxia River in the last five years of his life. .”
Jiang Shuo also felt something: "That's it, I understand!"
Wisdom Channel: "You have such a big tone. Patriarch Bodhidharma was more than 140 years old when he created this formation. He has read all kinds of things in the world, and his meditation practice has reached a height that no one can reach. We have practiced this formation for more than ten years. You don’t even dare to say you understand, how dare you, a young boy, to boast that you understand?”
Jiang Shuo crossed his hands and said, "Master Zhitong, please forgive me for not explaining clearly. Patriarch Bodhidharma's formation is so exquisite that I cannot fully understand it, but I understand why this formation has such obvious flaws."
Zhitong's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he laughed angrily: "Okay, tell me what are the flaws in our formation? Since we have flaws, why don't you break out of the formation and show me!"
Jiang Shuo said seriously: "Master Bodhidharma's formation can be said to be unbreakable from the conception, because every formation must have an eye, and the eye is the center of the array. Once the eye is broken, the formation will not be broken." It broke. And this demon-subduing array is based on the whirlpools naturally formed in rapids. Water is the softest thing in the world. The formation of whirlpools is caused by external interference, encountering rocks, or changes in the river bottom."
Ge Ruliang nodded approvingly and concluded: "This is like a person who breaks into the formation is like a pebble thrown into the rapids. The whirlpool is born because of him, and naturally follows him like a shadow, and he cannot escape."
Dugu Xiang also realized: "So we stood still, as if the water flow was not disturbed, so the monks just circled around us, but did not attack us."
Jiang Shuo said: "Whether we attack or not is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this formation has no formation openings and no fixed program. You can add or subtract people at will. The more people there are, the greater the power, but those who want to break the formation cannot." The key point is that since there are no formation eyes, the formation is the same everywhere, and no one is irreplaceable. Therefore, even if one or two people can be injured, it will not affect the operation of the formation at all. It will be difficult to escape."
After hearing this, Zhitong secretly admired Jiang Shuo for being able to see the fundamentals of the Bodhidharma Demon-Suppressing Formation at such a young age, but he still pretended to smile with disdain: "Since you know how powerful this formation is, how can you still Do you dare to say that you have discovered a flaw in the demon-suppressing formation?"
Jiang Shuo sighed and said: "I'm afraid this is a common problem among people who are the best in the world in martial arts. I know a senior who
When he was yet to achieve his magical skills, he created a set of formations, which were already quite powerful. However, as his martial arts reached a state of transformation, he increasingly felt that the formations he created in his early years had too many flaws, so he created another set of formations. He thought that It makes up for all the shortcomings of the previous formation..."
Dugu Xiang suddenly said: "Brother Shuo, are you talking about the "Xuanji Formation" and "Heavenly Car Formation" created by senior Beimingzi? "
Jiang Shuo said: "Yes, in fact, the Heavenly Car Formation created later by Senior Beimingzi is easier to break than the Xuanji Formation created first!"
Jiang Shuo is probably the only person in the world who has fought against both the Xuanji Formation and the Tianche Formation. Only he knows which formation is easier to break. Dugu Xiang asked curiously, "Why is this?"
Jiang Shuo said: "When Senior Beimingzi created the Heavenly Chariot Formation, he also knew that his martial arts skills were too high, so he set the martial arts requirements for those setting up the formation much lower than his own, so that the formation could work. Otherwise, if all If you design the formation according to your own skills, where in the world can you find so many peerless masters to set up the formation?"
Dugu Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, that's the truth."
Jiang Shuo said: "However, because his own kung fu is too high, he has long lost his judgment on what level ordinary warriors can achieve... As a result, most of the kung fu required for the operation of the formation is too low, while there are a few key turning points that are too demanding. It is so high that the formation operation will break, and this break is the flaw of the formation!"
Speaking of this, Zhitong suddenly had a thought in his mind and was horrified. Jiang Shuo said: "The same is true for the demon-suppressing formation in front of me. The first key to the formation established by Bodhidharma is to move with the enemy. The basic requirements for defense are It's enough to run fast enough, and there is no requirement for Kung Fu, so you can add or subtract the number of people in the formation at will. But what about counterattack? If it were Patriarch Bodhidharma or his favorite disciple, I'm afraid he could win with one move, right? "
Dugu Xiang suddenly realized: "Oh, I know. In order to reduce the difficulty of setting up the formation, Patriarch Bodhidharma made the counterattack moves in the formation too common. Although it seems to be in an invincible position, it is actually an "invincible position". ”. "
