Chapter 6: Practice your skills

As soon as the sky was dark, Ruda was awakened by the sound of a wooden fish, or an iron wooden fish. When he opened his eyes, the old monk was sitting on the futon and beating the wooden fish, he hurriedly got dressed and knelt down in front of the old monk and said, "Please forgive the master, the disciple is getting up late." ”

The old monk said: "The season of the year is in the spring, and the day is in the morning." Those who practice martial arts must have the spirit of three watches, lights and five watches. ”

Luda said respectfully: "Thank you Master for your teaching." ”

The old monk said, "Get up, let's go to the courtyard behind." ”

When the two of them came to the courtyard at the back, the old monk handed Luda a wooden stick and said, "Come, you can first practice the martial arts you have learned before and show it to the teacher." ”

Ruda took the stick with both hands. took a few steps back, then spit out a portal, swept forward and back, picked up left and right, and then practiced a set of boxing techniques. The old monk looked at it for a while and said, "Stop." Your number is actually just a fist embroidered leg, which is not practical to look at, but with your innate divine power, the average martial artist is really not your opponent, but if you meet a real master, you will suffer a big loss. ”

Said Deruda nodded again and again and said yes.

The old monk continued: "From today you have to forget everything you have learned in the past and start from scratch. Practicing martial arts is the first to practice strength, and practicing strength is the first to practice qi, and it is necessary to control the power with qi and art, so as to reach the realm. Although you have relied on your divine power, your strength is not strong enough, and you still have to practice hard to reach a higher level. ”

Then the old monk asked Luda to sit cross-legged on the ground facing east, and began to inhale and exhale, exhale the turbid air in his stomach, and then inhale the fresh air of the morning, which is called spitting out the old and accepting the new. Sitting like this is half a day, in the afternoon in the movement of two large and heavy stone locks to practice strength, in the evening with the old monk to soak the body in the Chinese medicine water for two hours, every day is a cycle, reciprocating cycle, every day, Luda feels that his body is getting stronger day by day, as if there is a power in the body to burst out at any time.

Before you know it, a hundred days have passed, the leaves on the trees in the mountains have begun to wither, autumn will be gone, and winter will come.

This morning, Ruda was still dressed in single clothes and facing east as usual, sitting cross-legged on the ground and exhaling attentively, I don't know when the snow began to fall in the old forest, and it began to slowly snow, and gradually drifted up the goose feather snow, but Ruda didn't realize it, and the clothes on his body were puffed up by a wave of air at some point, and he sat there like an iron tower without moving. All this was seen by the old monk standing under the eaves, he twisted his beard and smiled, and nodded with satisfaction. Then chant a Buddha horn: "Amitabha." Wonderful! Wonderful! Get up, for you have something to say for your teacher. ”

Ruda stood up, walked over and bowed and said, "Master, what do you old man command?" ”

The old monk smiled and said, "Apprentice, I see that your qigong has been successful, and you will start practicing martial arts routines and weapons from today on." ”

Luda was surprised and said, "Master, can I do it?" ”

The old monk turned around and walked into the hermitage, walked out with a rope in his hand, pointed to the two trees in the courtyard that were one foot apart, and said to Luda: "Go, tie this rope to the two trees one side at the other, and tie it to the height of one person." ”

Ruda took the rope and went to the bottom of the tree and tiptoed to tie the rope to the two trees. The old monk pointed to the rope and said, "Come, you jump over there." ”

Lu widened his eyes and said, "Can this work, Master, can I jump over." ”

The old monk said, "How do you know that you can't jump without trying." Come on, you step back eight paces, then run up and jump again. ”

According to the master's instructions, Luda took eight steps back, then ran up, jumped and jumped over, and after landing, Luda said with some surprise in disbelief: "Master, I jumped over, really jumped over." ”

The old monk smiled and said, "It's done, it's done." He turned around and walked into the nunnery again, and took out an iron rod, and Ruda saw that it was not the same iron rod standing in the corner.

I saw the old monk rubbing the iron rod with both hands, and said with tears in his eyes: "The teacher has not touched this iron rod for decades. It has followed me all my life, so to speak, with my flesh and blood. An iron rod weighs ** seventy-two pounds, which is smelted from thousands of years of cold iron, and is a protector weapon for subduing demons and defending the road. Back then, the master held this iron rod, fought against Xiao Tianzuo, the general of the Great Liao, broke through the Tianmen Formation, and protected the peace of the country and the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Luda asked, "Master, are you really the general of the Yang family back then?" ”

The old monk said: "The past is like smoke, it has passed, what are you going to do, as a teacher, I just saw this iron rod, remembered the time of the year, and I was just a little emotional." ”

Although the old monk did not say whether he was Yang Wulang or not, this scene undoubtedly proved that he was the Yang Wulang of the past. Ruda's heart spontaneously developed a sense of admiration and admiration. At this time, Ruda's eyes flashed the heroic nature of the master Jin Ge Iron Horse, galloping across the territory and bravely killing the enemy.

Ruda didn't dare to ask more, only listened quietly.

The old monk sighed and said, "Alas, it seems that my cultivation has not yet arrived!" The past is still haunting. Then he shook his head and said, "Don't say it, don't say it." You see, let's take a look at the first set of stick techniques for the master. As he spoke, he waved the iron rod and practiced, and the whirring sound of the big iron rod was like a wheel, and suddenly the old monk shouted: "Hey! The iron rod struck a stone three feet square, and the hard stone was torn apart. Immediately after the closing ceremony, I saw that the old man's face did not change, his heart did not beat, and he stood upright like a pine.

Luda felt an eye-opener, seeing that the master was as quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit, and a dragon leaping like a tiger.

Luda really knew in his heart what it means to have people outside the people and mountains outside the mountains.

To be taught by his old man is really fortunate in this life, and blessed in three lives.

The old monk looked at the god-like Ruda, coughed lightly and said: "This set of stick methods combines the Yang family's marksmanship and Shaolin stick method, which is a stick technique created for the teacher, called the Demon Stick Method, and the teacher will teach it to you, I hope you can carry it forward and benefit the rivers and lakes." ”

Ruda knelt down and thanked the master.

After that, Ruda practiced this set of stick techniques every day, and at the same time, according to the master's requirements, practiced knives, guns, swords, and halberds. Axes, scorpions, hooks, forks. Eighteen kinds of martial arts such as hammers, whips, bows, arrows, etc., after the careful teaching of the master and Luda's diligent practice, today's Luda is like a betrayal compared with the original Luda.

Yes, after such training, Luda is no longer what it used to be, from a reckless young man, reborn into a strong man with blood and good martial arts. He is like a dragon going to sea, fighting in thousands of troops and horses, he will become a brave warrior for a while, and he will become a heroic hero in the rivers and lakes.

Chapter 7: Don't go down the mountain

Time passed like flowing water, unconsciously winter to spring, Luda in this mountain for half a year, in this half a year of the old monk not only his own martial arts, unreservedly passed to him, and also taught him some Wen Tao martial arts and some principles of life, so that Luda this uncarved jade, has been sharpened and carved.

It's a new spring

Although the time to be together is long, it always means separation,

When I got up early this morning and had breakfast, the old monk took Luda's hand and said, "Disciple, it's time for you to go down the mountain." ”

Ruda said, "Master, I haven't finished my studies yet. ”

The old monk said: "There is no end to art, and you can never finish learning." ”

Ruda said, "Then I won't leave, I'm gone, you're lonely, I'm not leaving, I'll take care of you for the rest of your life, and I'll give you a long time to retire."

The old monk said: "Silly apprentice, I have long been accustomed to being a teacher, I have a Buddha in my heart, and I am not alone." Besides, you've heard of the monk who made people retire to their old age. ”

Ruda said with tears in his eyes: "Then I won't leave." ”

The old monk stretched out his hand and lovingly stroked Luda's head and said: "Isn't your ambition to protect the land and the people, how can you protect the land and the people by hiding in this deep mountain and old forest." Be obedient, good boy, go down the mountain! As the saying goes, the literature and martial arts you learn are sold to the emperor's family. Let's go down the mountain! ”

Seeing that the old monk was so resolute, Luda had no choice but to nod with tears in his eyes and said, "It's Master, I listen to you." ”

The old monk said: "That's right, but the master still has a few words to tell when you go down the mountain temporarily, and you must keep what the master told you in your heart." ”

Ruda said, "Master, you say, the disciples must remember Master's words." ”

The old monk said: "First, if you meet nuns, Taoist priests, or monks fighting with you after going down the mountain, you must be cautious and not careless. ”

Ruda nodded yes again and again.

The old monk then instructed: "Second, if one day you meet someone who wields the same weapon as you, you must be merciful to your subordinates in battle, and do not injure their lives. ”

Luda touched his head and said inexplicably: "Weapon, Master, your old man didn't give me a weapon!" ”

The old monk sank his face and said: "Amitabha, everything is a certainty, and you will know when the time comes. ”

Ruda didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he said, "Yes, Master, I remember." ”

The old monk waved his hand a little sadly and said, "Let's go!" With that, he turned around and returned to the thatched hermitage.

Luda knelt in front of the nunnery and said in a choked voice: "Master, take care of your old man?" ”

When we met, it was difficult to say goodbye, Luda's heart was as uncomfortable as a knife, and he knew very well in his heart that the master was already nearly two hundred years old, and how many years could he live in this world.

Ruda didn't know that he would be able to come back that year and that month, return to the thatched hermitage in the deep mountains and old forests, and listen to his old man's earnest teachings.

Ruda was reluctant, and turned back step by step and went down the mountain.

The crisp sound of wooden fish came from the mountains,

There was a louder voice of praise from the mountain: "Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha......"

This is the Master seeing him off,

This is Master saying goodbye to him.

The crisp sound of the wooden fish seemed to hit Ruda's heart.

The high voice of chanting Buddha seems to be calling for Ruda's soul.

The world is complicated, and we must use our hearts to distinguish between right and wrong.

The rivers and lakes are sinister, and we must use our souls to identify the true, good, and beautiful, and the false and ugly.