Chapter 5 A Trip to Shushan
Li Que and Zuo Xianglan had already set off for Huashan, and similarly, the Eagle Sect's large team was also heading for Huashan, while Bi Ling had to follow Yu Xiaowei to Yangzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Luoyang City, which was also home to many martial arts heroes, suddenly became deserted. At this time, Lu Xiaozhuo also left Luoyang.
Ever since he met Qin Yi in the hotel and saw the "Divine Soldier List", Lu Xiaozhuo has always looked forward to meeting the masters on this spectrum again. Although Li Que has been staying in Luoyang, Lu Xiaozhuo didn't know before his senior brother and Li Que fought in the hotel. And by the time he knew, Li Que was already on his way to Huashan.
Even if Lu Xiaozhuo had known about Li Que's existence for a long time, Li Que and the Maitreya Knife were not what Lu Xiaozhuo was most interested in. He is still most interested in the sword, because he is from the Sword Sect, and his ancestor is the sword demon Dugu Hong, who can be as famous as the sword god Ouyang Xu back then, and his swordsmanship is naturally unparalleled in the world. But twenty years ago, Duguhong and Ouyang Xu fought a decisive battle on the top of Huashan, and after three days and three nights, they were finally defeated and died. Since then, the Sword Sect has declined, and when it was rumored to Xiao Wei and Lu Xiaozhuo, it had long since lost its former glory. Nowadays, it is written on the "Divine Soldier List" that the strongest sword is the Taiji Sword of no Kendo people. Thinking that this non-kendo person must be a kendo master, I don't know how to compare with Lu Xiaozhuo's master. Therefore, no kendo talent is the person Lu Xiaozhuo wants to visit the most.
Where are the Kendo people now? Lu Xiaozhuo once inquired in the Luoyang market, and everyone in the city was surprised that there were still people in the world who didn't know about the non-kendo people. In the end, Lu Xiaozhuo learned that the no sword man was the current head of the Shushan Swordsman School, and the natural person was in Shushan. He set out from Luoyang, rode all the way to Jiangling, and then took a boat up the river until the foot of Shu Mountain.
Shu Mountain is a hundred miles in circumference, and there are countless large and small peaks. Lu Xiaozhuo asked the boatman who sent him about the location of the Shushan Swordsman faction. The boatman looked at Lu Xiaozhuo, but suddenly laughed and said, "You want to go to the Shushan faction?" I advise you not to go, it's not something ordinary people can go to. ā
Lu Xiaozhuo asked, "Why can't you go?" ā
The boatman said: "Young man, you don't know anything from other places, this Shushan road is rugged and abnormal, there are many dangers, and the Shushan faction is standing on the highest peak of Shushan, it is really difficult to go to the blue sky to go to the Shushan faction!" ā
After Lu Xiaozhuo heard this, he couldn't help but be indignant in his heart, he couldn't imagine that even this little Shushan boatman would look down on him. He exclaimed, "I don't have to worry about this matter, I grew up in the mountains, and such a mountain road will not bother me at all!" Just tell me how the Shushan faction is going! ā
Seeing that he was so stubborn, the boatman sighed and said, "Alas! Since you've decided to go, I'll tell you. After speaking, he pointed to the distance, where there was a tallest mountain, standing between the mountains, suppressing the momentum of the surrounding peaks, looking from a distance, like a straight sword, "That peak is called Yijian Peak, and the Shushan faction is on that peak!" ā
Don't pass the boatman, Lu Xiaozhuo's heart is still not very happy. Although he has long heard about the difficulty of the road in Shushan, he thinks that he is also a swordsman honed on the Tianshan Mountain, can't he even smooth the mountain road? However, he soon discovered that Shushan was completely different from Tianshan. Although the Tianshan Mountains are large and the altitude is not low, after all, there is a road, and you can always reach the top of the mountain if you go up along the mountain road; But Shu Mountain does not talk about the mountain road, it seems that even the slopes can not be found, the peaks are as if they were split, all of them are straight and erected there, how do people walk? Besides, the Yijian Peak that the boatman was referring to was even more than a dozen mountains away, which was simply out of reach.
Only then did Lu Xiaozhuo know why people said that Shu Road was difficult. There was no way, he had to climb mountain after mountain. He leaned sideways, clinging to the mountain wall, his eyes only looking forward, his right hand clenched the sword stuck in the stone wall, and his whole body moved slowly based on the sword, and from time to time he could hear the sound of the stone under his feet sliding to the bottom of the mountain. He muttered in his heart: "The difficulty of this Shu Road is really difficult to go to the blue sky!" ā
Three or four hours passed, and Lu Xiaozhuo finally climbed over a mountain, but many higher peaks appeared in front of him. He couldn't help but have a question in his heart: "With such a difficult road, there will still be people who will build a sect here!" ā
Gradually, the sky had already darkened, and Lu Xiaozhuo didn't have the strength to climb down again, so he just found a bluestone slab and lay down. Looking at the scene of no one around, only crows chirping, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Why did that non-sword person choose such a ghost place?" Is it because he is afraid that the enemy will come to the door to seek revenge? Scolding and scolding, the exhausted Lu Xiaozhuo soon fell asleep.
I don't know how long I slept, but a cold wind blew and blew away all the crows on the trees. Lu Xiaozhuo woke up from his dream, his eyes were half closed, and his limbs were still sore. Suddenly, he faintly heard a voice, which felt miserable, but it was getting closer and closer. This kind of sound, Lu Xiaozhuo, who has been in the mountains for a long time, is naturally very familiar, and this is clearly the howl of a wolf. He jumped to his feet, and hurriedly looked around, and there were many pairs of green eyes in the jungle. After a while, sure enough, a wolf came out of the forest, and then more and more, all staring at Lu Xiaozhuo, with their mouths open, and saliva was still dripping from their mouths. Some raised their heads and whined to the sky, some walked back and forth between the wolves, and some cocked their buttocks, bowed down in front of them, and posed ready to attack.
"This mountain road is difficult to walk, but there are wolves at night, it is really a good place to find a second home in the world!" Lu Xiaozhuo relieved the tension by complaining. As a Tianshan swordsman, he would not have taken these wolves in his eyes, but he had no choice but to climb all day, his limbs were no longer very obedient, and the cold wind just now seemed to make him a little cold, which made the sword in his hand be held extremely tightly by him, and he kept trembling with his right hand. He shouted, "You brutes! Let's go together! Let me show you how good Grandpa is! ā
The wolves were obedient, and as soon as the words fell, one of the wolves pounced on them with a "whoop". Lu Xiaozhuo shone a sword on the wolf's throat, only to see blood splashing everywhere, the wolf lying on the ground, his limbs still twitching, but there were dozens of wolves staring at Lu Xiaozhuo behind him.
Lu Xiaozhuo kept waving the sword in his hand, and had already killed one or two dozen wolves, but the wolves did not mean to be deterred at all, but killed more and more. Lu Xiaozhuo's limbs, which were already sore, were now even more sore, and he felt that his arms were getting lighter and lighter, gradually losing control, just waving by inertia. A wolf came from behind him, and as soon as he turned around, the wolf had already bitten his right arm. He suddenly felt a piercing pain. He screamed, grabbed the wolf's neck with his left hand, pulled the wolf's head off his right arm, and threw it into the air, followed by another sword, and the wolf was cut in two.
But before Lu Xiaozhuo could catch his breath, another wolf was pounced on his chest. He finally couldn't resist anymore and was thrown to the ground, so he had to roll on the ground quickly to avoid being pounced on by more wolves. When he rolled to the boulder, he had no way out, but the wolves surrounded him.
Lu Xiaozhuo was sweating profusely, and his whole body was twitching. He couldn't help sighing: "Could it be that I, Lu Xiaozhuo, really want to die at the hands of these beasts today?" ā
At this moment, Lu Xiaozhuo suddenly felt a fierce sword aura rushing out from his side, and then, he saw a sword shuttling between the wolves, but he couldn't see the person holding the sword clearly. The sound of the wolf's wail was endless, and after a while, a wolf corpse was lying in front of Lu Xiaozhuo, all of them only had a sword mark in their throats, and blood gushed out from the sword mark unstoppably. In the end, the remaining dozen wolves fled into the jungle with their tails between their legs, without a trace. Only then did Lu Xiaozhuo see the person with the sword clearly. It turned out that this was also a swordsman, not very old, similar to Lu Xiaozhuo, not tall, and did not look strong, not like a person who could kill the wolves and save Lu Xiaozhuo's life.
Lu Xiaozhuo was shocked, and sat under the boulder covering his wound, without responding for a long time. The swordsman took out a pair of plasters, applied them to Lu Xiaozhuo, and said: "The road in this mountain is narrow, the jungle is dense, and tigers and wolves often come out to hurt people, and ordinary people dare not walk alone. You are fortunate not to have lost your life today, and if you apply this medicine, your injuries will be healed. ā
Hearing this, Lu Xiaozhuo thought to himself: "This person must be a local, and he often walks the mountain road of Shushan, so he only knows about the infestation of this tiger and wolf, and he also has a plaster on his body." Looking at his elegant swordsmanship, could he be a member of the Shushan faction? So, he got up and saluted, and said, "Thank you for saving your life." Dare to ask the hero, but he is from Shushanmen? ā
The swordsman replied, "Exactly!" His name is Hua Yufei, and he is a disciple of the Shushan faction. ā
Lu Xiaozhuo was overjoyed, he finally saw the people of Shushanmen, and it was not in vain that he climbed so many mountain roads. He hurriedly asked: "That Taiji Sword Wukendao person is your leader?" ā
Hua Yufei replied: "It's the family teacher!" ā
"Oops! So much better! Lu Xiaozhuo patted his leg and said, "My name is Lu Xiaozhuo, I came from Tianshan Mountain, I have heard the name of Shushan Taiji Sword for a long time, and I came all the way to visit." It's a great blessing to see Brother Tai today. I also asked my brother to take me to your faction and meet the commander. ā
"This ......" After Hua Yufei heard this, he frowned, thought about it, and said to Lu Xiaozhuo, "It's not a secret, if Shaoxia is going to the Shushan faction, he should lead the way, but I'm afraid that in this way, the family teacher will not see you." ā
Lu Xiaozhuo asked, "Why is this?" ā
Hua Yufei replied: "The family teacher's surname is Pu. At that time, he studied under Wudang, and when he was twenty years old, he had learned something, so he went down the mountain alone and roamed the rivers and lakes; At the age of thirty, he competed with the heroes of Jiangnan and did not lose a single result; At the age of forty, he was already famous all over the world, and he had nothing else to ask for, so he sank his sword at the bottom of Taihu Lake, brushed his sleeves away, and changed his name to no sword man, and then came to the top of this Shu Mountain, and founded the Shushan Swordsman School. This gate is located in a remote area and has no quarrel with the world, so it rarely interacts with the Central Plains martial arts people. The family teacher is even more dedicated to retreating and cultivating, not asking about the world, and has not seen outsiders for many years. ā
After hearing this, Lu Xiaozhuo thought: "Why do masters like to live in seclusion and hide their skills?" He was disappointed and said, "Alas! In vain, I came to Shushan after a lot of hardships, but I still didn't have the opportunity to meet my swordless predecessors. ā
Hua Yufei said again: "However, if Shaoxia really wants to see the family teacher, it is not impossible. ā
"Oh?" Lu Xiaozhuo hurriedly bowed his hand again and said, "Please also ask Brother Tai to make it clear." ā
Hua Yufei nodded, turned to look at Yijian Peak in the distance, and said: "Even if Shaoxia climbs over this lofty mountain and climbs a sword blade, he only goes to the front yard of the Shushan faction, if he is just a person who learns from the teacher, he will be able to get there, but if the young man wants to see the family teacher, he must rely on his two legs, and then continue to walk to the Wuji Pavilion where there are dozens of miles of mountain roads away from the first sword blade." ā
When Lu Xiaozhuo heard this, he had hope in his heart again. Although the mountain road of Shushan has exhausted him, it is only a difficult mountain road to walk, since he has already walked so much, there is no harm in walking a little more. Lu Xiaozhuo also looked at Yi Jianfeng and asked, "So, as long as I can go to Wuji Pavilion?" ā
Hua Yufei said: "Young man, don't underestimate this Wuji Pavilion! From a sword blade to Wuji Pavilion, you must pass through the old road of Shushan, which is an ancient road that no one has walked for nearly a thousand years, and its condition is a hundred times more difficult than the mountain road here! And occasionally surrounded by miasma in the mountains and forests, so that birds and beasts dare not come, even if the people of Shushanmen, except for the family teacher, no one has ever walked. Therefore, the family teacher set the rule: no matter who can walk through the old road of Shushan, he will definitely go out to greet him. ā
Lu Xiaozhuo thought to himself: "This non-sword Taoist found such a place to create the Shushan faction, and built a Wuji Pavilion, and what kind of rules did he set for the old way of Shushan, could it be that he was just to harm people to trek through mountains and rivers?" He finally couldn't help but ask: "This road in Shushan is so difficult to walk, wouldn't it be quite troublesome for you Shushan sect members to enter and exit Shushan?" ā
Hua Yufei smiled and replied, "That's not necessary! I have a mastery of the sword in Shushan, and I can fly with the sword, shuttle between the mountains, and come and go freely. Therefore, if the disciples of Shushan want to go up and down the mountain, or go to Wuji Pavilion to meet the family teacher, they are all going to go with the sword. ā
"Edgeworth?" Lu Xiaozhuo was shocked. When he was in the Tianshan Mountains, his master also mentioned this swordsmanship to him, which is said to be one of the most incredible swordsmanship on the rivers and lakes.
Hua Yufei looked at Lu Xiaozhuo's injury and said, "Shaoxia is injured now, and his movement is inconvenient, I think it's better to go down the mountain first, and then go to Wuji Pavilion another day!" ā
"No!" Lu Xiaozhuo covered his wounds, imagining the silver glittering appearance of the Taiji Sword in his heart, and said firmly, "Since I am here, if I don't see my swordless predecessors, I will swear not to return!" ā
Hua Yufei looked at Lu Xiaozhuo's appearance and knew that he would not give up, so he saluted him and said, "The determination of the young man is deeply admired. That being the case, I will go back to Shushan first, and wait for the arrival of the young man! ā
I saw Hua Yufei wave his sleeves, and a sword flew out of nowhere in front of him. He jumped on the flying sword, but he was able to stand on it. "Lu Shaoxia, let's see you again!" After speaking, he made a "whoosh" sound, and flew towards the blade of the sword with the flying sword, and after a while, no one was in sight.
Lu Xiaozhuo was dumbfounded, it turned out that this was the swordsmanship! He now knew why the Wukendao people wanted to build the sect in Shushan. With this imperial sword technique, the lofty mountains and mountains here and the old road of Shushan cannot hinder the people of the Shushan sect at all, but are completely only used to prevent outsiders.
Lu Xiaozhuo realized that this trip to Shushan was far more troublesome than he imagined! But this only strengthened his interest in the Wukendo people and the Shushan sect. Completely oblivious to his previous fatigue and the pain left by the wolf, he took his sword and clothed himself in the moonlight, and continued to advance towards the edge of the sword.
Lu Xiaozhuo walked like this all night, and he couldn't remember how many mountains he had climbed. When the sun rose again in the east, he finally came to the foot of a sword-edged mountain. He looked up and saw that the mountain was so high that the surrounding walls were so steep and smooth that he could not find any way up the mountain. I wonder if the shape of the Tai Chi sword is also like this sword blade? As Hua Yufei said, the people of the Shushan faction have always flown up, but Lu Xiaozhuo can't fly, but fortunately, he has also practiced the skills of climbing mountains in the Tianshan Mountains, and he also carries some tools with him. He took out a pair of ropes for climbing, threw them up the mountain, and when he got hooked, he began to climb. The right hand still inserts the sword into the crack in the stone from time to time to stabilize the body. After another morning of tossing and turning, by the time he reached the top of the mountain, it was already noon. Lu Xiaozhuo sat on the ground and gasped for a few breaths, rubbed his arm, which was already sore, unconscious, and looked at the bottom of the mountain, and couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Above this lonely peak is indeed misty and misty, but the peak is very open. In the clouds and mist, some Taoist buildings can be vaguely seen, neatly separated around the peak, enclosing a courtyard in the middle. In the middle of the courtyard is a tall square hall, sitting in the north and facing south, the top of the hall has penetrated into the sky, and it looks like the Lingxiao Treasure Palace. In front of the main hall stands a three-door archway, in the middle of the archway is the white jade bottom inlaid with gold words, on the book: "Shushan swordsman".
Lu Xiaozhuo looked at the archway again, there was a person standing, not tall, it turned out to be Hua Yufei! Hua Yufei hurriedly walked over, and while helping Lu Xiaozhuo up, he said, "I don't want Shaoxia to have reached the edge of the sword so quickly, it's really surprising!" The perseverance and ability of the young man are all admired below! ā
Lu Xiaozhuo didn't have the heart to listen to Hua Yufei's polite words anymore now, he just wanted Hua Yufei to take him to the old road of Shushan as soon as possible, and quickly meet the Wujian Daoist and Taiji Sword. He stood up and was about to speak, but suddenly he felt dizzy, and there was a breath in his stomach that surged upward, and he wanted to vomit but couldn't, and his limbs soon lost the last of their strength, and then his eyes went dark, and he finally fainted.