In this way, the master and the apprentice practiced while traveling, encountering famous mountains and rivers, precious temples and temples, and visited them many times. They arrived at the boundary of Huguang and entered the Jiugong Mountain. It was already two months later.
At this time, Yang Zhiyuan received the blessing of the elixir and practiced diligently under Shi Tieqiao's instructions along the way, and his Dantian was already feeling energetic. Jumping and climbing high, it becomes more and more light and agile. He stood at the foot of Jiugong Mountain, looking at the mountains, peaks and waterfalls on the mountain, feeling full of pride.
Just as the master and apprentice were walking vigorously, they heard a long roar in the air. Yang Zhiyuan looked up and saw a large golden eagle circling above his head, as if it was about to dive and attack.
"Master, look above..." Before Yang Zhiyuan could finish his words, the golden eagle flew towards him like an arrow, as if trying to catch his face.
Shi Tieqiao saw this and raised his hand to strike out, hitting the golden eagle in the face. The eagle was immediately torn into pieces, its flesh and blood flying everywhere, leaving only pieces of feathers dancing wildly in the air.
"Master played well." Yang Zhiyuan cheered loudly.
Shi Tieqiao said: "Go and pick up a few feathers. You can use them just in case you want to refine the Nine-Revolution Flying Pill."
The body of the golden eagle had been beaten by stone and iron woodcutter and was nowhere to be found, but the feathers were scattered on the hillside by the roadside. Just as Yang Zhiyuan was about to pick them up, a sword flew down from the mountain and stabbed straight at Yang Zhiyuan. Yang Zhiyuan didn't notice it, but Shi Tieqiao had already felt the sword wind coming, and he didn't have time to see it. He just slapped a palm in the direction of the sword, and the sword broke in mid-air like a golden eagle.
"Where do you think this fool dares to break into Jiugong Mountain without permission?"
While talking, a young Taoist priest wearing a green Taoist robe with a bun on his head and a long white jade hairpin jumped from the road to Shi and Yang.
Shi Tieqiao said: "Jiugong Mountain is the birthplace of the universe and the creation of heaven and earth. Everyone can enter, and it is not owned by your family. How can you say it is trespassing?"
The young Taoist priest glared angrily: "Even if the mountain gate can be entered, the big golden eagle is raised by my senior brother and is a sacred object guarding Jiugong Mountain. Why did you smash it to pieces with one palm?"
Shi Tieqiao and Yang Zhiyuan suddenly woke up, feeling a sense of guilt in their hearts. However, the golden eagle wanted to attack and hurt others first, so Shi Tieqiao's palm was considered self-protection and was not unreasonable. The critical situation was clear to the Taoist priest, but the young Taoist priest still stubbornly said: "Who said that the golden eagle is going to attack and hurt people? You two big living people, why don't you get well? Where is the injury, and who is injured?"
Shi Tieqiao said: "He was not injured. I killed the golden eagle before it hurt my disciple, so he was not injured. If I had not taken action, my disciple might have been blinded and scratched to death by the golden eagle." It’s shameful.”
"You are talking nonsense. This golden eagle has been raised by my senior brother since he was a child for more than ten years. He is extremely smart and has a deep understanding of human nature. Every time someone comes up the mountain, it will fly down from the mountain to see if the person has a sword or something. Weapons, such as those who come with swords or the like, will scream loudly to alert the brothers on the mountain. Such a precious eagle was killed by you for no reason. Both of you will have to pay for it with your lives."
Shi Tieqiao said: "You are young, but you speak so fiercely. Where is your Taoist training? My disciple and I are new here. How do we know that this flying eagle is coming to see if we are armed? Who is your senior brother? I personally talked to him Go and tell him. At worst, I will give him all the nine hundred elixirs that Master has made."
Yang Zhiyuan also interjected: "We came to Jiugong Mountain to find Master Ziyue. I am the disciple of Master Ziyue, Master Zimei. Next to me is Master Zimei's disciple, that is, my master Shi Tieqiao."
Although the Taoist priest was young, he seemed to have heard of the name Zimei Zhenren, and understood the origin of Zimei Zhenren and Ziyue Zhenren, and his face was very pleasant.
"It turns out that you are disciples of Master Zimei. The Master Ziyue you are looking for is my master. He is the head of our Jiugong Sect. My senior brother is also his great disciple, with the Taoist name 'Xuanxuanzi'. Just now That golden eagle was raised by him, you go up the mountain with me and talk to him."
"What's your name?" Yang Zhiyuan asked the young Taoist priest.
"My name is Xuanxing."
"It turns out to be Master Xuanxing, please give me some advice."
Xuanxing ignored it, rolled his eyes at Yang Zhiyuan, jumped down the hillside, picked up the remains of the golden eagle, his eyes were filled with tears, and he almost cried. Shi Tieqiao felt sorry again, took out a piece of silver, put it in Xuanxing's hand, and said: "I just shattered your sword. This little silver is considered as compensation. Wanwang will accept it. When I see Xuanxuanzi, I will do the same myself." That makes sense.”
Xuanxing accepted the money without looking at Shi Tieqiao, held his head high, and walked up the mountain. Shi Tieqiao had no choice but to take Yang Zhiyuan and slowly go up the mountain with him.
When they arrived at the Hunyuan Palace on the mountain, Xuanxing called out "Elder Brother, Eldest Brother" and trotted all the way into the gate. Xuanxuanzi heard the call and came out to greet him. This is a very tall, muscular, middle-aged Taoist priest with a sinewy face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a long stride and a loud voice. As soon as he saw the feather in Xuanxing's hand, he knew what was going on.
"Who did it, who killed my golden eagle?" he asked.
"It's him." Xuanxing said as he stretched out his finger and pointed back. Unfortunately, his finger was deflected and pointed at Yang Zhiyuan.
Shi Tieqiao and Yang Zhiyuan followed closely and were about to apologize to Xuan Xuanzi. Before he could say anything, Xuan Xuanzi flew up and kicked Yang Zhiyuan in the chest. Yang Zhiyuan was unsuspecting and was kicked more than three feet away and hit him. A large incense burner outside Hunyuan Palace was shaken so much that smoke and ashes flew all over the sky.
"What kind of wild bird dares to kill my precious eagle? Take your life." Xuan Xuanzi was obviously upset by this kick. Although Yang Zhiyuan had already vomited blood from the kick, he still casually picked up a stool next to him and threw it at Yang It hit Zhiyuan, and the injured Yang Zhiyuan had no time to react. The stool was about to hit his head and face. It was too late, but at that moment, the big incense burner behind Yang Zhiyuan flew up in the air and collided with the stool. Just then, the stool was knocked to pieces, and the big incense burner also made a "ding" sound, and stirred up soot more than ten feet high, making Hunyuan Palace filthy.
That big incense burner was made of stone and weighed at least three hundred kilograms. How could it fly up for no reason? Yang Zhiyuan was beaten so dizzy that he naturally didn't notice it, but Xuan Xuanzi and Xuanxing both saw clearly that the big incense burner was sucked up by Shi Tieqiao with his strong internal force, and he retracted it with Shi Tieqiao's outstretched palm. , the big incense burner followed the movement of the palm and flew over, just in time to collide with the stool.
When Xuan Xuanzi saw how skilled Shi Tieqiao was, he was reminded by Xuanxing that he had shot the wrong person. It was not Yang Zhiyuan who killed Diao but Shi Tieqiao, so he did not dare to make a mistake for a while. It happened that at this time, Master Ziyue heard the noise and walked out of Hunyuan Palace, and the two factions stopped fighting.
Ziyue Zhenren has a tall figure, about fifty or sixty years old, with a fluttering yellow beard on his chest. He wears a dark blue Taoist robe with Bagua patterns embroidered on it. He is neither fat nor thin. He is energetic and has a bright red face.
When Shi Tieqiao heard Xuan Xuanzi and Xuan Xing calling him "Master" one after another, he knew that it was Master Ziyue in front of him, so he told Master Ziyue about his identity, purpose of coming, and what had just happened. After that, he helped Yang Zhiyuan over from a short distance away and introduced him. Then he took out the letter written by Master Zimei from his arms and handed it to Master Ziyue.
Master Ziyue opened the letter on the spot and saw that what was written in the letter was nothing more than ordinary greetings and words of communication. At the end, he talked about the relationship between Master Zimei and Shi Tieqiao, and asked Master Ziyue to take care of this. Believe it or not Although he was young, he already knew that what Shi Tieqiao said was true, and Ziyue Zhenren didn't care about the commotion outside Hunyuan Palace.
"It seems that Zimei has made a lot of progress in the past few years. If a disciple can have such skills, his master must be even more amazing." Master Ziyue spoke with a neither yin nor yang expression, which made Shi Tieqiao unpredictable.
"Master, everything is fine with him." Shi Tieqiao replied vaguely.
At this time, Xuanxuanzi couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Master, this is the guy who killed the golden eagle."
Shi Tieqiao said: "But you also injured my apprentice."
Xuanxuanzi said: "You were the first to kill my golden eagle."
Shi Tieqiao said: "I accidentally killed the golden eagle. It was just to protect my apprentice. It was not intentional. Besides, I had an agreement with Xuanxing. Even if I accidentally killed your golden eagle, I would give you something to compensate you, but you didn't Without any reason, I kicked and injured my apprentice."
"How dare you say such arrogant words? I have raised this golden eagle for more than ten years and it is my brother-in-law. What are you going to give me as compensation? Money?"
Shi Tieqiao reached out and took out a leather bag from Yang Zhiyuan's arms and said: "These are nine hundred elixirs refined by my master Zimei Zhenren. They are priceless treasures. Is it enough to compensate for your golden eagle?"
Xuanxuanzi was speechless, or maybe he was moved. Master Ziyue winked at him and told him to leave it as soon as he could. Of course Xuanxuanzi understood what his master meant, so he said to Shi Tieqiao: "I accept it. Bring me the elixir."
Shi Tieqiao sneered: "Originally, I really wanted to compensate you for all the nine hundred elixirs, but you are so arrogant and unreasonable. You have no self-cultivation skills and kicked and injured my apprentice. Now I have changed my mind. I want to keep these elixirs." Just give it to my apprentice for healing. As for your golden eagle, I can only compensate you with money. But remember, my fault for accidentally killing your golden eagle has been offset by your fault for intentionally kicking my apprentice. I'm paying you money, but it's for the sake of Master Ziyue."
As Shi Tieqiao said this, he was about to take off the baggage from his body and give the money to Xuan Xuanzi. Unexpectedly, Xuan Xuanzi did not appreciate it. Instead, while Shi Tieqiao was taking the money, he slapped Shi Tieqiao and said angrily: "Who cares about you?" Yinzi, today you can either keep the elixir or keep your life, you have no choice."
Shi Tieqiao was unprepared and received the palm. He immediately lost his balance and rolled down the stone steps in a state of embarrassment. He heard Xuan Xuanzi say such arrogant and rude words, but Ziyue Zhenren did not care about all this. Shi Tieqiao was very disappointed. With a sneer, he stood up and bowed to Master Ziyue. After that, he supported Yang Zhiyuan and turned to leave.
But Xuan Xuanzi didn't give up, jumped in front of Shi Tieqiao, blocked the way, and shouted at the same time: "Brothers, come out."
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of Taoist priests rushed out from the left and right sides, some with empty hands and some with swords, and one by one they stood still behind Xuan Xuanzi.
Yang Zhiyuan was so anxious that he coughed violently. He knew that his master had been dragged down by him. Otherwise, with his master's mastery of flying in the wind, dozens of people would not be able to stop his way.
"Master, go ahead and leave me alone." Yang Zhiyuan said weakly.
Shi Tieqiao didn't speak. He looked back at Ziyue, who had no expression on his face.
Shi Tieqiao was heartbroken. He turned around and said to Xuan Xuanzi and others: "Don't force me to go on a killing spree and hurt the harmony of the Taoist sect."
These words made Master Ziyue anxious: "What did you just say? Say it again if you dare."
Shi Tieqiao didn't answer. He suddenly jumped into the air with Yang Zhiyuan in his arms, flew to the Hunyuan Palace, put Yang Zhiyuan down, and said to him: "You're lucky to be sitting here, don't move around."
After saying that, Shi Tieqiao flew back to Hunyuan Palace and said, "Don't force me to go on a killing spree and hurt the harmony of the Taoist sect."
Xuan Xuanzi saw that Shi Tieqiao's face was ashen, and he had seen how powerful he was just now, so he didn't dare to act rashly. However, Ziyue Zhenren took advantage of Shi Tieqiao's back to him and was unprepared. He secretly used his internal power and hit Shi Tieqiao in the back with a palm from the air. Come on, Shi Tieqiao had already sensed Master Ziyue's actions, and jumped up. Master Ziyue's palm did not hit a single hair of Shi Tieqiao, but his disciple in front was knocked down in large pieces.
Master Ziyue became so angry that he took off his large Taoist robe and threw it into the air. He half-closed his eyes, recited a mantra, made various gestures in his hands, controlled the Taoist robe, and chased the Shitieqiao in the sky.
The Bagua embroidered on the robe emits streaks of golden light, like sharp swords, shooting towards Shi Tieqiao in turn. Shi Tieqiao mobilizes the true energy from his lungs, causing the true energy to continuously radiate outward from the palms of his hands. The lungs It belongs to "gold" among the five elements, so the true energy drawn from the lungs is extremely strong and solid. Ziyue Zhenren's Bagua golden light collided with the "golden energy" emanating from Shi Tieqiao's palms, causing a loud sound like thunder in the air.
Suddenly, Ziyue Zhenren's Taoist robe made a "crackling" sound, and then white smoke billowed from the Taoist robe, and a tongue of flame suddenly shot out from the white smoke. In an instant, the Taoist robe was burned to ashes.
Master Ziyue's face was ashen, and the faces of all his disciples were pale. Shi Tieqiao didn't look at them, he just flew to Hunyuan Palace, picked up Yang Zhiyuan, and landed gently outside Hunyuan Palace like a sparrow, then he supported Yang Zhiyuan and walked slowly down the mountain.
Yang Zhiyuan looked back from time to time. He was afraid that the people from the Jiugong Sect would catch up again, but no, the whole journey was peaceful.
This fight in Hunyuan Palace in Jiugong Mountain was the first time Yang Zhiyuan saw Shi Tieqiao in actual combat. It can be said that what he saw this time broke through his imagination of the realm of martial arts. At the same time, his respect for his master became even deeper.
