Mountains are a large and interconnected mountain range that stretches endlessly. Nineteen peaks and eighteen streams have always been the most talked about by locals.

Xiang Yu was embarrassed to continue to ask, although he felt that it was impossible from the bottom of his heart. But the mountain in front of him is Sister A's house, and if he really asks about other mountains, Xiang Yu is afraid that he won't be able to accept it all of a sudden.

Just think of it as the mountain in front of you.

Xiang Yu thought in his heart.

The car drove all the way to the square in front of the General's Temple. On the front is a huge old building, flanked by a row of tiled houses for the worship of the people, with dense woods in front and behind, and a stone staircase leading to the other side of the hill below the square.

There is no barrier to the stone steps, and there is no place to charge. But the steps are too long and too long, and they go straight from the high mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and they are circling, and there is no end in sight, only the mountains and the trees. So much so that even the local people who come here to worship can't accept it, and would rather take the car directly up the mountain and pay the fee to enter the door to worship.

Xiang Yu once went down the stairs with his classmates, and that time really impressed him. Although he was only a junior high school student at the time, it was the time when his energy was at his peak, but after that time, Xiang Yu never wanted to go a second time.

The local belief of the Windy City is a folk belief that belongs to the people. Non-Buddha is not Tao, that is, Buddha is Tao. In the same temple, Guanyin and Taishang Laojun will exist, and the statues of Taoist Buddha enjoy incense at the same time. In addition, the most special owner, there are heroes of folklore, there are gods who saved the common people in mythological stories, and even partial doors that are not in the mainstream Buddhist beliefs at all may be the masters.

Xiang Yu was actually very strange, why would the Martial Arts Sect come to such a place to do a coming-of-age ceremony.

There were many people standing solemnly in the square. There are men, women and children.

"I thought it wouldn't start until late, why is it that it's just a little bit brighter now, and the ceremony is about to begin?"

got out of the car and asked Sister Yu beside him with a strange look.

Sister suddenly slapped her head, "We really seem to have forgotten to tell you." ”

Xiang Yu immediately put on a posture of listening.

"You know, we are a martial arts family, and we belong to the people of the rivers and lakes. This coming-of-age ceremony is of course different from the usual ones. In fact, the so-called coming-of-age ceremony is very simple, which is to let people who feel that they have the ability to protect themselves on the rivers and lakes and can roam the rivers and lakes to take a test. Tests are generally a test of force. ”

Xiang Yu: "......"

"So sister, you mean, today we're going to watch those young people have a fighting match?"

"That's pretty much it, the standard of the test is different every year, and this year it may be a little bit higher. It's not a competition between young people, but there are special testers, as long as they pass. There is no need to win, because it is simply impossible. ”

Sister Ah paused, saw Xiang Yu's strange expression, and asked, "What? You don't like this? Don't want to see this kind of competition?"

"It's not, to be honest, I really didn't expect you to be so traditional. This kind of rule, which seems to be the inheritance of the past sect, can be kept by you to this day, which is really rare. I'm actually interested, I mean really. Xiang Yu said with a serious face.

"That's right, Sister. If, I mean, if someone doesn't pass, is it considered a minor?"

Sister Bai glanced at Xiang Yu, "What are you thinking? I am obviously talking about a coming-of-age ceremony, that is, you can set foot in the rivers and lakes after passing this level." If you can't pass this level, then you just stay at home, and it's easy to get into trouble when you go out to socialize. ”

"Not really...... The security of our country is very good!"

"It's the world of ordinary people, and the world of martial artists still happens from time to time. In the simplest terms, if you have been bullied, ridden on the head, or blackmailed. Ordinary people either call the police or swallow their anger. However, if you are a practitioner, do you also want to go to the police? Then you have been practicing all your life just to strengthen your body? Besides, if you really want to strengthen your body, you should not practice martial arts, and if you really want to talk about it, martial arts training is often very harmful to the body. ”

"This ...... Although we are a harmonious society and it is not suitable to start fighting at every turn, in fact, I also support countering violence with violence. Of course, the premise is that the other party is indeed violent. Xiang Yu said very understandingly.

"On the other hand, the ultimate goal of a martial artist is to practice qi, although the internal qi is a bit different from the qi mentioned here. But if the qi is not smooth, you can't do anything, not to mention that you need to practice qi yourself. ”

"Well, that's exactly what happened. Xiang Yu agreed.

"As for the one you mentioned, there are indeed people who have failed the test in middle age. That person is not talented, but he has a stubborn temper and has always insisted on practicing martial arts. As a result, I finally practiced for a lifetime, and I have been practicing at home, without setting foot in the rivers and lakes in the real sense. ”

Sister Ah looked down the mountain and looked into the distance.

"The rivers and lakes are declining, and the warriors are even more so. But in fact, if you don't enter the rivers and lakes, it's good to live a peaceful life all your life. However, now that the aura is recovering, the state is also paying special attention to this aspect, and the rivers and lakes may be lively again in the future. ”

Xiang Yu followed Sister A's gaze, his gaze was like a telescope, reflecting the bits and pieces of the distance into his eyes and seeing them clearly. There is no artistic conception of distant reverie at all.

"Your classmates are here too. Sister said suddenly.

Xiang Yu turned his head and looked back and forth, and sure enough, he saw a black car driving far away.

"Ayu, you're ahead of us! Or you have a big face, I didn't expect a car to pick you up. Xie Wei ran over and shouted happily.

"Uh...... I was also surprised, and Sister Ah didn't say anything yesterday. I went out after breakfast today and met Sister A at the door. What about you? ”

"I was still sleeping, and they knocked on the door to find me. It is worthy of a martial arts family, we didn't say anything, we didn't ask anything, and it was clear where we lived. ”

Xiang Yu looked at Xie Wei with a strange expression, and then looked at Sister A.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect them to be so anxious, in fact, I've already explained that there is no need to rush at all, just wait for them to go out. ”

"Ahh Sister, you may be wrong, Xie Wei really thinks you are very powerful, he is not sarcastic, nor did he mean to tell you. ”

"Yes, yes. Ah Yu is right!"

"Sister, I don't mean anything else, I just really think you guys are so good, really. ”

Xie Wei hurriedly said.

Others have also slowly come over.

"Ah Yu, Ah Sister. ”

Everyone greeted each other at the same time.

"Ayu, what's going on, how can it be so early? I was moving in the courtyard when I suddenly heard a knock on the door. Jin Long said suspiciously.

"It seems that because this ritual lasts for a long time, it may take a whole day, so I was ready to start early. By the way, everyone has been to the General Temple many times. However, you must not think of one thing, that is, this temple, this mountain belongs to Sister A's family. ”

"Isn't it!"

The crowd exclaimed.

"This temple seems to have been built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, could it be that Sister A's family has always had the ownership of this mountain since then. Besides, shouldn't they all be taken back after the founding of the People's Republic of China?"

"Of course it was re-bought. After all, we have been operating on this mountain for many years, and the abbot of the temple and many Taoist cultivators are actually members of our sect. Even the one who helped people write yellow tables at the entrance of the temple was too. ”

"It seems that there are several old people who write the yellow table, right?" Huang Jun suddenly asked.

"Yes, they are all people who watch the sea and listen to the wind. Otherwise, how do you think we listen to the wind, to understand people, to understand the world's affairs, of course, it is necessary to have their own talents in all walks of life. ”

"That's right!" Huang Jun sighed.

"We're going to keep climbing the hill now and go up to the new temple. It's just that from here, the car can't get up, so everyone can only walk slowly together. That's why Xiang Yu and I are waiting for you here. ”

The new temple is called so compared with the old general temple in front of the original square, and Xiang Yu has forgotten what the specific name is. I only remember that the road up to the new temple is not easy to walk, and there is even a small section of the city wall on it, and the city wall is further up, and the cliff is the location of the new temple.

"New Temple, isn't it still open yet?" Chu Hao asked curiously.

Hearing Chu Hao say this, Xiang Yu was stunned. In his memory, the new temple should have been built and opened long ago.

"It's always closed, but if you actually want to go up, no one will stop you. It's just that the road up is too steep and even a little dangerous, so few people have ever gone up. ”

"Some of the elders in the sect who practice on this mountain are actually happy to do so, and after saving more tourists, they can't be quiet. ”

"Haha, I'm afraid there's no way around it. Now there is no cable car, sister, you don't care about the operation here, maybe when the people from the tourism bureau will think of this problem, get a cable car on the mountain, and the difficult slope is not a problem. On the contrary, the temples in the cliffs are more likely to arouse people's curiosity, and they will really not be quiet when the time comes!" Xiang Yu said loudly.

"That's a problem, and maybe I should talk about it on the subject. Now the state attaches great importance to our part, and I think a quiet and clean place is still happy to give it to us. ”

Okay! I'm going to bankrupt the cliff temple travel project that will be very popular in the future.

Xiang Yu thought in his mind.

Speaking of which, if the revival of Reiki had anything to do with my rebirth, I did change the way the world looked all at once. At least it has changed the Chinese world...... In the past, I never thought that martial arts and rivers and lakes were not just online. In reality, it actually exists.

"That's right, Sister. Xiang Yu opened his mouth and asked: "Sister just now, you mentioned the rivers and lakes, are the current rivers and lakes the same as the above? or are they similar to some miscellaneous conversations? ”

"It's not that complicated. ”

Sister Ah hesitated, and said: "Have you seen Gu Long, 'Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes', this sentence is correct in a sense." It's just that the rivers and lakes of ordinary people are different from the rivers and lakes of warriors, and the rivers and lakes of warriors are more direct and violent, with chivalrous bones and soft intestines, as well as pleasure and hatred. And the rivers and lakes of ordinary people are mainly deceitful, and intrigue is an indispensable part. Ordinary people can be said to live a very safe and happy life because the government maintains order and the police ensure law and order. ”

"But we are different, even in this day and age, there are still sects of hostility, there are also factions of war, there are also factions of war, there will be wars of ideas. It's just that everyone doesn't put it on the bright side, so that the people can't see it. And, if we have to say anything, even we have to thank the government departments. ”

"Because now whether it is death or disappearance, it is not a trivial issue, it will cause people's attention. Therefore, even if we warriors fight, most of the time they are very restrained, and there will be no life and death. ”

"Most warriors can still get a good death and die on the bed. Sister A sighed.

"It's good, better than I thought. Xiang Yu said very seriously.

"yes, that's really good. ”

Everyone is young, and they have been practicing martial arts recently. Now walking on the steep slope is not like walking on the ground, but it is really not difficult. It was easy for everyone to climb to the site of the new temple.

When he came to the new temple, Xiang Yu found that there were not as many people outside the temple as below.

Perhaps seeing Xiang Yu's thoughts, Sister Ah said: "The following are all members of the sect who have already passed the ceremony, and they can be regarded as the backbone. They were guarding the bottom just in case someone broke in. After all, the blockade of the General Temple's ban on entry is only temporary, and it has not been reported before, so it is inevitable that some people will break through without knowing it. The following ones are prepared for this. And now you're looking at people on a higher level, and many of them are better than me, in the previous words. If it weren't for the fact that after the revival of the aura, my sister and I have now practiced internal qi, then neither of us sisters would be a match for any of these people. ”

"You can see it. Xiang Yu said seriously.

Outside the new temple, they are all middle-aged people, and they are the kind of middle-aged people who are in the prime of life, and they are also very strong and energetic. Each of them is tall and mighty, and it can be seen from the body that each of them contains explosive power. There is no face full of meat, but the temples are bulging high, and the thick arms and thighs are the kind of physique that makes people scared when they see it. This in martial arts is to be able to live at least a few tricks under the protagonist, not the kind of goods that will be seconds when they come up.

"Well, it's amazing. Xiang Yu said again.

"Aaron, look at these uncles, compared to them, your body is not enough. Xie Wei said softly.

"Why should I compare with them? They look like they've been practicing for years, and I just have to compare with you. My body, even if it wasn't sublimated originally, it would be enough to beat you two. ”

Xie Wei's face changed, "Count you awesome." ”

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