Chapter 223: The Road to Rivalry is Narrow
Shifang Hall is the place where the Wudang faction used to place orders for the Taoist priests of the Shifang Jungle, so it got its name.
Quanzhen Tao has always had the rule of "don't take food for thousands of miles, don't take firewood for thousands of miles", as long as you place an order in the temple of the same school, you can arrange food and accommodation for a long time.
However, the procedure of placing orders is stricter, and there are a set of rules on how to raise your feet to start, how to give gifts and what to say in conversation.
These rules are equivalent to today's exams to distinguish between authenticity and falsehood.
Half of the Wudang sect was Quanzhen Dao, so they also inherited this rule and set up the Shifang Hall to receive Taoist priests who placed orders.
In fact, the place where the people usually entertain the same people is not here, but there are too many people coming to this Baishou Conference, so they simply changed to Shifang Hall.
The four of them stepped forward to check the invitation card and name, and there was no invitation when Liu Zheng arrived, but the Taoist priest who received him after he reported to the sect showed a clear expression, thinking that it was Shen Qihe who greeted him in advance.
"Can cats and dogs get in without invitations? Your faction is also too lenient. A yin and yang voice came from behind.
Liu Zheng looked back and found that the person who spoke was an old Taoist priest wearing a purple gauze and brown veil, a flying green skirt, and a primitive crown, and he was followed by seven or eight young and middle-aged Taoist priests wearing lotus crowns or Xuan crowns.
He frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but the receiving Taoist priest explained first: "Don't misunderstand, Master, this is a distinguished guest personally invited by Shen Qi and Senior Uncle. ”
"Since it's a distinguished guest, why don't you have an invitation, I think he knelt on the ground and begged, but Shen Qihe was soft-natured, but he agreed to let him come up and make up the numbers." The old mage laughed to himself.
When the Taoist priests behind him saw him laughing, they all laughed, and their sarcasm and disdain were overflowing.
"Yes, yes, this mage was also present at the time, and he knelt faster than me for a longer time, so he had an invitation and I didn't." Liu Zheng said with a smile.
"Kid is so daring, didn't your master teach you to respect your elders?" The old mage squinted.
"My master said that for elders like Zhang Zhenren, no matter how much respect is overstated, stay away from those who rely on the old and sell the old, so as not to get stained with the rancid smell on their bodies." He said lightly.
"If you speak disrespectfully, I will teach you a lesson for your master today." The old mage sneered, and before his words fell, his palm had already reached Liu Zheng's chest.
"That's a lot of speed." He didn't have time to dodge, so he had to puff out his chest, ready to fight hard.
Fortunately, no matter how fast the old mage's body is, it can't be as fast as the lone mulberry shrinks into inches.
"Daoist friends speak evil words first, and if you don't agree, you want to hurt people, are you here to be a guest?" Lone Mulberry grabbed the old mage's wrist and said in a deep voice.
The receiving Taoist also reacted at this time, and said with a calm face: "Master Zhang Cheng, this is the Wudang Sect, not your Heavenly Master's Mansion. Please don't embarrass us. ”
"Hmph, shrink the ground into inches." The old mage glanced at Gu Sangzi deeply, and then said to Liu Zheng: "Boy, don't think that with the great master protecting you, you can be unscrupulous. Better not let me grab you, or else, hum. ”
After saying that, he turned around and left with a group of Taoist priests.
"Daoist Li, who is that thing? So arrogant. Liu Zheng asked.
"That's Zhang Cheng, the Dongzhen Mage of the Heavenly Master Mansion of Dragon and Tiger Mountain." Li Baoyang replied.
The Taoist priests of the Heavenly Master's Mansion have strict grades, with a total of seven grades: Master Zhengyi, Master Gao Xuan, Master Dongshen, Master Dongxuan, Master Dongzhen, Master Dadong, and Master of the Three Caves.
And Master Dongzhen, except for a few old and high-ranking masters, are all great masters at the level of great grandmasters.
"Have the people of Longhu Mountain always liked to stir up trouble so much?" He pouted.
"That's not it, although I don't have much to do with Zhang Cheng, his reputation is not bad, and it doesn't match today's performance." Li Baoyang shook his head and said.
"You mean, he's coming at me?" Liu Zheng heard what he was saying.
"I should have come to your division." Li Baoyang nodded.
"My teacher? Ah, my master seems to have said that the relationship between our two factions is not very good, but there is no need to be so public and have trouble with my junior. Liu Zheng remembered and said.
Anyway, he is also a great grandmaster-level figure, and the Decishui Sect has been in decline for many years, so it is too embarrassing to target such an obvious target.
"Then I don't know. But I can help you with that. After Li Baoyang finished speaking, he blended into the crowd.
This kid helped him educate an apprentice, it doesn't hurt to help with a little help, and the relationship between the Heavenly Master's Mansion and the Qingcheng faction is not very good, otherwise Zhang Cheng wouldn't have even said hello just now.
In fact, the Heavenly Master's Mansion prides itself on the ancestral court of Taoism, and the relationship with the Taoist Xuanzong in the whole world is not very good.
If it weren't for Wudang's great power, Zhang Qingshan would have the potential to be the first person in the world, not to mention sending a great grandmaster to celebrate his birthday, it would be good to send someone to send a verbal congratulations.
Li Baoyang came back after a while, looking at Liu Zheng and smiling weirdly, laughing so much that he was a little hairy.
"Why is Daochang Li laughing?" He asked.
"Fortunately, you have a lonely mulberry Taoist friend to be your bodyguard, otherwise you will suffer a lot this time." Li Baoyang said with a smile.
"What do you mean by that?" Liu Zheng asked again.
"That Zhang Cheng's ancestor died at the hands of your ancestor of the Guishui Sect, and even the heirloom sword was broken by your ancestor, did you say that he was very red when he saw you?" Li Baoyang replied.
Yes, the predecessors pretended to be forced, and the descendants suffered, the key is that the descendants of the other party are great grandmasters, and he, the descendant, is just a rookie who is not even a grandmaster, Liu Zheng was speechless and choked.
"You don't have to worry too much, after all, this is Wudang Mountain, and they don't dare to go too far, just hide and walk when you see them. When they went down the mountain, they were protected by the lonely mulberry Taoist friends, and they did not dare to openly rob and kill the people in the righteous path. If you two can't do it, just come with me, they won't dare to attack me. Li Baoyang comforted.
"Daochang Li is really high-spirited, and the ancient road is hot." He immediately patted his ass.
"Come less, of course Poor Dao won't help you in vain. In the past few days, you will compete with my apprentice more and test his martial arts, and polish his arrogance more. Li Baoyang said calmly.
When he spoke, he didn't avoid Li Youhu at all, and seeing Li Youhu's eager look, he was obviously very satisfied with his master's arrangement.
"No problem." Liu Zheng agreed very simply.
Isn't it just to be a tool man, you use me as a whetstone, I don't use you as a wooden stake.
At Li Baoyang's request, the receptionist divided the four of them into adjacent rooms.
Needless to say, Li Baoyang and Liu Zheng were also distinguished guests personally invited by Shen Qihe, so they were assigned to double rooms.
As for the single room, it is a treatment that only the head of the big faction has.
The two of them put their luggage and rested for a while, when Li Youhu came over to visit the door.
"Let's go, let's go out and compete again." He said with interest.
"Okay." Liu Zheng shrugged helplessly.
Near the room was a hill wall, and on the edge of the hill was a large lawn with a ginkgo tree in the middle.
The two walked to the middle of the lawn, and Liu Zheng asked, "What do you want to compare?" ”
"Let's start with our fists and kicks." Li Youhu thought for a while.
"Come on, then." He made a gesture of please.
Li Youhu was also not polite, and slapped it horizontally with one palm.
Liu Zheng stopped with his palm, the two palms were facing each other, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the two strange palms came straight to his heart along the hand Shaoyin Heart Sutra and the Hand Yin Pericardial Meridian.
These two palms seemed to have spiritual intelligence, avoiding the internal force in his meridians, and pierced through the gap, like two scouts.
Five steps to destroy the palm, the Qingcheng faction is peerless, the palm technique is fast and fluttering, the palm power is strange and weird, and it hurts the enemy's heart and liver.
"It's kind of interesting." He was not in a hurry, and urged the dehydration true qi with his dehydration cold palm, and the decanate water true qi that was originally flowing slowly was instantly turbulent, giving birth to countless cold qi to freeze the meridians.
Those two palms were also frozen by the cold air, and then crushed.
"Give you a slap back." Liu Zheng came out with both palms and attacked Li Youhu left and right.
Li Youhu saw that the palm was light and heavy, thinking that it was a change in reality and reality, so he also slapped his two palms accordingly.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, the cold qi in the light palm suddenly poured into his body, and half of his arms turned blue and white.
Li Youhu was startled, and immediately urged the Nine Heavens Violet Gang Qi to resist the cold, but his feet did not stop, and he practiced kicking three times, attacking the lower yin, lower abdomen, and knees.
The golden whip leg method, named after the golden whip rock of Qingcheng Mountain, the leg method is strong and powerful, and the enemy must be defended, and it is often used to create flaws, and cooperate with other martial arts to defeat the enemy.
Although it is a competition, these three feet do not have any intention of leaving their hands, if they are kicked, ordinary people have to lie in bed for ten days and half a month.
However, Liu Zheng had already guessed that he would come out of his legs, and his fists were struck with both hands, and his elbows slammed into the big points of his legs.
If Li Youhu didn't retreat, he would be uncomfortable for a few days, but Li Youhu would be lame for half a month.
Of course, Li Youhu would not exchange injuries for injuries with him, and he turned over and went out with a volley in the air.
He was about to turn around and go up again, but a group of people came from a distance.
Liu Zheng squinted his eyes, but it was the Taoist priests of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, but he didn't see Zhang Cheng.
"The Qingcheng faction is really alive and going back, and they have been reduced to the point of competing with this kind of broken people. My Heavenly Master's Mansion is the sect of the world's Daomen, and if you want to find someone to talk to, you can tell us. A few young Taoist priests teased.
"Who do I want to fight with, it's not your turn to be in charge of the people of the Heavenly Master's Mansion. As for the sect of the Daomen, Dao Master and I are from the Quanzhen Dao, what does the Zhengyi Ancestral Court have to do with me? Li Youhu patted his sleeve and said disdainfully.
"We are also kind, as the saying goes, the more you play chess with a stinky chess basket, the more you stink. What should you do if you are sparring with such a waste, and the more you practice martial arts, the worse you go? It's not that we've lost the reputation of our famous faction. The young Taoist priest was not angry, and seemed to be sincere.
If he's a waste, then what am I? Li Youhu's eyes were about to turn to the sky, but his master Li Baoyang had warned him, so he turned his face away and ignored it, and prepared to greet Liu Zheng to continue.
However, he ignored them, but the Taoist priest of the Heavenly Master's Mansion did not intend to stop, and continued: "If you are afraid of losing too badly, I can give you one hand." ”
Li Youhu Huo Ran turned his head, stared at him and said word by word: "Do you have to rub your skin and itch with the two of you today?" ”