CHAPTER XVIII

It was the disciple of the sword room who was waiting at the door who rushed over and kicked the Taoist, and he said angrily: "I said why didn't the little junior brother come out yet, and sure enough, you are hiding here." "I'm going to fight again. Fang Zhong grabbed him and said, "This senior is not at fault, why does Senior Brother just want to fight." The disciple pointed at the Taoist and scolded, "What kind of senior is he?" He is a hot-faced man with a thick skin, and he does his best to harm people with crooked ideas. ”

Fang Zhong thought to himself why he was a fire-headed Daoist again, and persuaded: "This senior also has some knowledge of swords, and he accompanied me to pick a good sword, senior brother, don't embarrass him." The disciple said bitterly, "Your sword has been used by him, and it is useless." Alas, when Master returns, he will definitely punish me. Fang Zhong was stunned and said, "This sword is clearly good, why does Senior Brother say it's useless?" He picked up the wooden sword in his hand and looked at it, trying to see what the uselessness was.

The disciple said, "He has also done something with this wooden sword!?" That's ruining two, okay, Lai Pizhang, don't break your dog's legs, you're really pervasive. He snatched the wooden sword in Fang Zhong's hand and slashed it hard. The Taoist stretched out his hand to block, and with a snap, he hit his wrist, and the Taoist screamed, retracted his hand to cover the sore spot and wailed. "Who will believe it if he dies again." The disciple was so angry that he raised his wooden sword and wanted to hit again. Fang Zhong's eyes were quick, and he stretched out his arm to cross in front of the Daoist, and the sword slashed into Fang Zhong's hand. Syllable! The wooden sword was broken in two, and only half of it was still in the disciple's hand. The disciple was taken aback and said, "Ouch, how did you hit the junior brother, what do you think?" "I'm worried that I'm going to use too much force, but don't break this disciple from the Jade Void Palace, if he sues any teacher, he will inevitably suffer some hardships.

Fang Zhongqiang held back the pain, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's the wooden sword that is not strong." The disciple relaxed slightly, and said with a smile: "Little junior brother, if you don't use this wooden sword, you can pick another good one." Fang Zhong leaned over and picked up the iron sword and asked, "Why did Senior Brother keep saying that he had destroyed the sword?" I don't see anything wrong. The disciple explained: "The little junior brother doesn't know anything, but as the sword grows with the user's cultivation, it will have spirituality, and those who have cultivated to a high level can use the sword to exert power, and the sword qi will hurt people." The better the sword, the more it can emit sword qi that seems to be true and fake, and the sword qi is indestructible. Fang Zhong thought in his heart, this was also consistent with what the Taoist said. The disciple said: "That sword qi can be collected and released, long or short, it is all in the mind of the cultivator, but this stinky Taoist priest has studied the method from nowhere, and the sword that he has played with can actually trigger the sword qi in a short period of time. A few disciples were lucky, thinking that they had found another way, where did they know that the longer they used it, the more they would achieve nothing, but it was not as good as before, and there was even a disciple who listened to his bewitchment and learned what method of opening the sword, and he actually scattered all the work of more than ten years, and could only start again, which was really regrettable. Fortunately, this Daoist's method of breaking can only be useful for some newly forged swords, and those swords that have been used for a long time and have been spiritual are ineffective. Fang Zhong said suspiciously: "It turns out that this method is not good. "Thinking of the luck method of learning Taoism, isn't it just that the true qi has disappeared after overflowing, at the beginning, I didn't think about it once or twice, if it goes on for a long time, maybe I will be like that disciple and scatter all the true qi in my body, it will be bad, and I can't help but let out a cold sweat.

The disciple said: "Little junior brother understands this time, this person is really not a thing, he doesn't have much ability, but he thinks he is a master, let him sweep the floor well but run around, he doesn't repent when his front teeth are broken, and he doesn't lose the title of Lai Pi Zhang." ”

The Taoist known as Lai Pizhang stopped snorting and shouted: "Who is to blame if they are useless themselves, why am I useful, isn't it that I am better than them?" The disciple said angrily: "You are a clever fart, if you are really useful, you are still here?" Raising his hand to fight, Lai Pi hugged his head and shrunk, and hummed again. The disciple didn't really want to beat him in front of Fang Zhong, and scolded: "Lai Pi Zhang, we have a word first, in the future, if you destroy a sword, you will have no food for three days, and today you steal into the sword room and destroy two swords in a row, you should have no food for six days, you are ready to be punished." Six days will not starve you to death. When Lai Pi Zhang heard that there was no food for six days, he cried and cried: "You bully me, an old man, my body is not good, you clearly want to starve me to death, woo woo, I am old and helpless, lonely and pitiful, and no one sympathizes, woo woo...... My mother, do you know that when I was born in this world, I didn't enjoy a little happiness, and all I suffered was suffering......"

The disciple pointed to the Taoist and said to Fang Zhong, "You see, you see, you are so shameless when you are old. ”

Fang Zhong pleaded: "Senior brother, it's better to punish less. The disciple shook his head and said: "It's not my idea to destroy a sword and starve for three days, Uncle Ba is such a rule in Japan, and now that my master has taken over, it is still the same, otherwise he will be even more lawless." Anyway, there are not many users of this wooden sword, it is simple to make, and it is good to cover up, but this sword is well-cast, and it is a pity that it is destroyed like this, and it must be recast, but this cannot be hidden. Master knew that not only he would be punished, but I would also be implicated. ”

Fang Zhong said: "Senior brother said that this wooden sword can be handed over if I take it, and you will punish this Taoist for three days, how about it?" The disciple hesitated: "But the wooden sword has been destroyed, and you have no sword to go back, aren't you afraid that Uncle Qian will blame you?" Fang Zhong thought about it, how should this be good.

Lai Pi Zhang, who was lying down, shouted again: "I can't afford to be hungry for three days, dizziness and vomiting blood, how can I have the strength to work, and then I will be punished and punished, or die, please give me a good time now, just wipe my neck with a sword, and don't slowly torture my old man......" Pull up his sleeves, let Fang Zhong see the wound where Fang was just slashed by a sword, and the emaciated wrist bone is really red and swollen.

Fang Zhong's heart softened, and said: "Then Senior Brother said that these two swords have been taken by me, first, you can pay errands, and secondly, you don't need to punish the Dao chief for not having food for six days." The disciple said, "But this sword can no longer be cultivated." Fang Zhong said with a smile: "I took it back to learn the tricks, and I don't urge the sword qi, so it should be fine." ”

The disciple thought that if he really dealt with it like this, not only would he not be punished, but he would also be able to eliminate the matter, so why not do it, and said in his mouth: "I'm afraid that the little junior brother will suffer a little." Fang Zhong said: "It's okay, originally I just wanted to take a sword, but with this sword, I am already satisfied, and I don't want anything more." The disciple said happily: "Little junior brother is really a good person, so let's take this sword, after a year and a half, I will prepare a good one for you, and say that the previous sword was accidentally broken, and then get another one." Fang Zhong smiled: "Then thank you, senior brother." The disciple smiled and said, "With each other, it's rare to have a similar language with the little junior brother, and the senior brother will give you a scabbard." In the compartment under the sword frame, a wooden board was opened, revealing a long camera obscura, in which lay a few scabbards, estimated and took one, and said: "This is made of pear blossom wood, and the front and back are inlaid with cold iron reinforcement, you can try whether it is suitable or not." Fang Zhong took it, wiped the sword inside, and with a click, the collapse spring had already locked the sword, and it was not the slightest difference.

Fang Zhong praised: "Senior brother has a good vision, it really matches." The disciple said, "If I don't even have this ability in the sword room all these years, wouldn't it be in vain." In a blink of an eye, he saw that Lai Pizhang was still lying on the ground, raised his feet and said, "Don't get out yet, do you want me to ask someone to pull you out." The Taoist got up and ran, and when he arrived at the door, he said, "Thank you, junior brother." "Disappeared outside the door.

After the Taoist left, Fang Zhong and the disciple closed the Kumen and returned to the Sword Fang compound. Fang Zhong asked what the Taoist did, only to know that this Taoist had been sweeping the floor in the backyard for decades, and his real surname was Zhang, but because of this scoundrel's temper, he was nicknamed Lai Pi Zhang, but that name was not mentioned, and was forgotten. The two broke up at the gate of the sword room, Fang Zhong took the sword, and said that Yan Zilu, Zhang Zihao and others were waiting in the martial arts arena, and then went there.

There was nothing to do all the way, and before I arrived at the martial arts arena, I heard the voice of someone there: "Huayangmen's ability is unique, and it is really amazing." A few cheers followed.

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