CHAPTER XXIII

It turned out that on the night when the General Fono decided to take over the affairs of the sect, Ling Hu Chong and Ren Yingying went to the pharmacy to visit the injured Shangguan Hongyang. Although Shangguan Hongyang, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, lost one of his right palms, he could afford to put it down, and he was still magnificent, without losing the behavior of a hero. Let Linghu Chong be heartbroken, so he chatted with Shangguan Hongyang for a while. During this period, Shangguan Hongyang talked about his desire to be reluctant to involve grievances in the rivers and lakes, and only hoped to be hidden in the wilderness and have no quarrel with the world. Linghu Chong said casually, "In that case, why don't you follow me to live in seclusion in the northwest and cultivate yourself?" Shangguan Yun listened to the great joy on the side, and hurriedly drank Ling Shangguan Hongyang, "Why don't you kowtow to Uncle Linghu and call Master?" In recent years, Shangguan Hongyang's heart has changed greatly, the gentleman is cautious and independent, and he is unwilling to get involved in all kinds of martial arts disputes, Shangguan Yun was already quite annoyed by this, complaining that he was depressed and did not seek progress. At present, Shangguan Hongyang has broken another palm and has become a half-disabled person, and how to settle down in the rivers and lakes in the future is a difficult problem. Although Shangguan Yun is free and uninhibited, after all, his beloved son is heartfelt, and he can't help but be worried. Now I heard that Ling Hu Chong intended to accept Shangguan and promote him as an apprentice, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed. Shangguan Yun thought to himself, Ling Hu Chong has the three great martial arts of Dugu Nine Swords, Yi Jin Jing and Star Absorbing Dafa, even if he only teaches Shangguan to promote one, it is enough to rank among the top masters in the rivers and lakes.

Shangguan Hongyang was also moved when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship." ”

Ling Hu Chong said that he couldn't try his best to defend himself in front of their father and son, saying that he had no intention of accepting apprentices, so he had to get off the donkey and help Shangguan to carry forward, which can be regarded as accepting such an apprentice. But Ling Hu Chong then said, "Since you and I already have a master-apprentice friendship, I should teach you well, and it is impossible to teach you some second-rate kung fu to make up the numbers to send you away." However, there is a conundrum at the moment. The Yijin Sutra is a Shaolin master, and I have promised Master Fang Zheng that I will never pass it on, even if it is my own children. The star-absorbing Dafa has a very great counter-devouring effect, and friends from all walks of life on the rivers and lakes talk about it again, so it is naturally inconvenient to teach it to you. Only this Dugu Nine Swords is regarded as the kung fu of my Huashan faction, and it doesn't hurt to pass it on. But you're not a disciple of the Huashan Sect, so what can you do about it?"

Shangguan Hongyang hurriedly said, "This is not a problem. The disciple had long wanted to break away from the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, but his father blocked him and failed to do so. If you can take advantage of this opportunity, the Menghuashan faction will be included, even if you don't learn the Dugu Nine Swords, you will feel deeply honored. Shangguan Yun also added on the side, "Carry forward this child, for some reason, I have long had the idea of leaving the Black Wood Cliff. Originally, he was young, and his martial arts were also outstanding, and he successively served as the deputy incense master of the Vermilion Bird Hall and the incense master of the Wind Thunder Hall, and the elders and colleagues also praised him a lot. In time, will this position of elder of the Divine Sect still be able to escape from his palm? However, last autumn, without my permission, he privately asked the old sect leader to resign from the post of incense master, and his attitude was extremely resolute. At the end of the year, he finally got what he wanted, and he was unofficial and light. But I often think that people like us, who have been begging for a living in the bloody wind and rain on the rivers and lakes for generations, do not make a living licking blood from the knife edge, and want to be otherworldly and be alone, is there such a possibility? If there is a fox hero who takes care of him, maybe he can really live in seclusion in the mountains and forests and enjoy himself, then I will be much more relieved. ”

Ling Hu Chong heard that Shangguan Hongyang actually took the initiative to resign from the position of the incense master, and this kind of noble feelings made Ling Hu Chong have a good impression of Shangguan Hongyang. Linghu said, "Since this is the case, then I will send a letter to Uncle Feng, the head of the Huashan faction, and implore him to include you in the Huashan faction." As for the inheritance, door rules, martial arts, etc., you can learn from me, but you don't have to go to Huashan to be taught. "At that time, the good hands of Songshan, Taishan and Hengshan all died in the Siguoya cave, and Yue Buqun, the head of the Huashan faction, died outside the cave, and the disciples of the Huashan faction and the Taoist priests of the Taishan faction all accused each other of killing the division commander of the faction, and the two sides fought fiercely and suffered heavy casualties. The talents of the Huashan faction withered and almost existed in name only. In this case, the Sword Sect Feng Buping then came out of the mountain again, threatening that if Ling Hu Chong took over Huashan, he should bow down and obey orders, if Ling Hu Chong had no intention of this, he would take reviving the majesty of the Huashan faction as his thoughts, and he should not let go. Of course, it is impossible for Ling Hu Chong to compete with Feng Buping for the position of the head of the Huashan faction, but Ling Hu Chong also put forward two conditions to Feng Buping, one is to re-list himself on the wall of the Huashan faction, but he is not bound by Feng Buping, and the other is that if he opens the door to accept disciples in the future, he will be regarded as a disciple of the Huashan faction. Feng Buping was overjoyed and accepted it all. Later, Ling Hu Chong also copied a copy of the "Zixia Secret Book" that he searched from Yue Buqun, and entrusted it to Feng Buping, hoping that he would bridge the differences between the two sects of sword and qi and carry forward the Huashan faction. Feng Buping also agreed.

In order to let Shangguan Hongyang get rid of the psychological shadow of becoming a cripple earlier, Ling Hu Chong taught Shangguan Hongyang the second move of Dugu Nine Swords, "Breaking Sword Style", the next morning, and asked Linghu An to feed the sparring partner. Shangguan Hongyang's original swordsmanship was good, but now he has changed to a left-handed sword, which is inevitably clumsy and sluggish. Fortunately, the essence of Dugu Jiujian is to teach people how to anticipate the enemy's opportunity first, focusing on intuition and prediction. Shangguan is keen and studious, and good at touching and bypassing, and it only took two days to learn the "Breaking Sword Style" a rough idea. Hu Chong was delighted and gratified.

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