Walking into the jade cave door, there are neat bluestone slabs on the ground.

Li 17 and Wang 16 took Zhan Wuzha to a stone cave on the left and said, "Mr. Zhan, please rest here, and the owner of the island will meet Mr. Zhan." Then the two of them retired, and I don't know if they went to inform the owner.

The cave is full of tables and chairs, and a few candles illuminate the room.

As soon as Zhan Wuzha sat down, a child-like man in a gray cloth short coat offered a pot of tea and a few refreshments.

Smelling the aroma of dim sum, he decisively finished eating the warm four-plate pastries and drank a few sips of tea, and then he had time to look at the stone room, and the little boy walked out of the stone room, and he didn't know where to go.

After sitting in the cave for a while, the boy brought a few more plates of pastries.

Zhan Wuzha tasted it carefully for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of bells, drums, silk and bamboo, and a man in yellow who led the way walked to the entrance of the cave, bowed down and said, "The island owner is invited!" ”

Zhan Wuzha stood up and followed him out.

After passing through several stone caves and corridors, I heard the sound of bells, drums, silk and bamboo, and when I entered a stone cave, my eyes suddenly became very bright, and I saw that this big cave was full of thick candles, and there was only a table and three chairs in the cave.

The cave is so big, but there is a table on it, and it looks very empty.

Several men in yellow walked around silently, as if arranging a banquet.

The sound of bells and drums suddenly sounded in the hall again, and a man in a yellow shirt said loudly: "The two island owners of Xia Ke Island, the Dragon Island Master and the Mu Island Master, welcome Mr. Guest Zhan." ”

Zhan Wuzha knew that there were originally two owners on Xia Ke Island, one surnamed Long and the other surnamed Mu, but no one told him before, so he simply raised his eyebrows quietly, and did not deliberately or unintentionally pretend to hear it for the first time, and even guessed it a long time ago.

The middle door of the stone room opened, accompanied by BGM, and two rows of tall and short men and women walked out, the one on the right was dressed in yellow, and the one on the left was dressed in a green shirt.

The man in the yellow shirt shouted again with full of anger: "All the disciples under the Dragon Island Lord and the Wood Island Lord, welcome the distinguished guests." ”

“……”

Zhan Wuzha had a black line, I really felt a little speechless, I didn't expect Xia Kedao to be so easy to talk about pomp and circumstance, just by myself, put on such a big formation, is it to set up a horse? Or do you want to get off the horse?

More than 20 disciples in each of the two columns stood on the left and right, and they all bowed respectfully to Zhan Wuzha.

Zhan Wuzha naturally got up and bowed back, knowing that there were still two islanders coming, so he simply stood and waited.

The two old men slowly appeared side by side in the BGM, one was wearing a yellow robe, the other was wearing a green shirt, the dragon island master and the wooden island master did not speak, and directly saluted, Zhan Wuzha hurriedly returned the salute again.

The dragon island lord in the yellow robe laughed and said, "In the deserted island of the Xia and Mu brothers, I am fortunate to see Mr. Zhan today." It's just that on the desert island, everything is shabby, and the hospitality is not good, please forgive me. "The voice is very calm.

Zhan Wuzha couldn't hear what kind of accent this was, but fortunately, he just remembered that the original book said that it was a Zhongzhou accent, so he wrote it down.

The master of the wooden island said, "Please be seated." ”

His voice was very sharp, with a slight smell of seawater, and he knew that he was a person from the coastal area of Fujian and Guangzhou.

After Zhan Wuzha took a seat on the east side, the two island masters of Longmu sat down on the chair of the head of the throne on the west side, but the rest of the disciples had no seats, and each stood on both sides with his hands down.

Zhan Wuzha was looking at the two island owners at the same time, and the two island owners were also looking at him, only to see that the dragon island lord's eyebrows were all white, which could be called a crane-haired childish face, and the long beard of the Namu island lord was sparse, black and gray and silver and white, but his face was full of wrinkles.

In the eyes of the two island owners of Longmu, Zhan Wuzha is a bit of an anomaly, not to mention that his hair just covers his ears, the look in his eyes gives people the illusion of seeing all the prosperity, and the two contradictory emotions of self-confidence and loss are gathered together, which is obviously close at hand, and his temperament is a little isolated from the world, which seems out of place.

Fortunately, the two island owners of Longmu didn't know that Zhan Wuzha had crossed over, otherwise they might have known the reason, but I am afraid that they would also refresh the three views, and Zhan Wuzha had already made up his mind not to reveal his origin, even if someone asked, he said that he came from overseas, so there would be no fear.

As soon as the three of them were seated, the deacons on the island came up to pour wine, and then served the dishes, eight plates and three bowls on the table, eight dishes, chicken, meat, fish, shrimp, cooked with a fragrant aroma, which made people appetize.

The second island lord of Longmu raised his wine glass and said, "Please! The two of them drank it all as they spoke.

"Please!"

Zhan Wuzha saw that the wine in the cup was oily and fragrant, so he decisively raised his glass and drank it dry, and the servants who were waiting next to him poured it for the three of them.

The lord of Longdao said: "Mr. Zhan has come from afar, and we have no respect for the island. It was supposed to be feasted with Laba porridge, but the most important of them was the 'Broken Intestine Bone Rotten Heart Grass', although it is a specialty of the island, but it must be effective after flowering. And this herb only blooms once every ten years. We were supposed to wait for it to bloom before we invited our fellow Taoists to come here to share it, but Mr. has amazing talents, so we had to invite them in advance, which is ashamed. As he spoke, he stood up and bowed to the wooden island lord.

"It's okay, it's okay! I don't know what the two island owners have to do, and they need to show a certain service! ”

Zhan Wuzha looked at the Dragon Island Lord and the Mu Island Lord so polite that it was difficult to refuse, and simply went straight to the point.

In my heart, I thought that I was fortunate to be a traverser, and I knew the bottom of the stone wall of Xia Ke Island, otherwise, it would be difficult to say, and I thought that I came in advance, and it was only a few years before the next Laba porridge, and it was the best to learn the Taixuan Sutra.

As for the so-called "Broken Intestine Bone Rotten Heart Grass", Zhan Wuzha thought about it, according to his own internal strength cultivation, I am afraid that he will not be able to digest it even if he eats it, and he thinks that this may have some blood relationship with the Broken Intestine Grass in the Valley of Despair.

The lord of the dragon island said: "More than thirty years ago, I was engaged to Brother Mu, like-minded, I wanted to join forces with the rivers and lakes, reward the good and punish the evil in the martial arts, and do a good job, but I didn't want to go out of the rivers and lakes, and I found a map. From the small characters on the side of the picture, I learned that on the nameless desert island depicted in the picture, there is an earth-shattering secret of martial arts......"

Zhan Wuzha saw that the master of the Dragon Island did not directly say the purpose, but talked about the past, and then thought that the two of them had spent most of their lives here, so he simply listened carefully, and found that this kind of map hides the secret of martial arts, and he has never tired of looking at it.

The Dragon Island Lord smiled: "This nameless desert island on the map is the Xia Ke Island where you are in front of you. ”

"However, the name of Xia Ke Island was installed after Brother Mu and I arrived on the island. It's not that the two of us are arrogant and arrogant, calling ourselves chivalrous. There are other reasons for this, which will be known later. ”

"We searched for eighteen days on the island according to the picture, and finally found the secret of martial arts. It turned out to be an illustration of an ancient poem, and the meaning was extremely profound and complex. The two of us were overjoyed, so we practiced according to the diagram. ”

"Alas! After practicing for several months, the two of us suddenly had a disagreement about the martial arts shown in this diagram, and I said that I should practice like this, but Brother Mu said that I had a wrong idea and that I had to practice like that. ”

"Brother Mu and I argued a few times, but it was always difficult to convince each other, and we agreed to practice each other, and then we will confirm it after we have practiced, and see who is wrong."

"I never thought that after practicing for more than half a year, the two of us started to dismantle, and only dismantled a few tricks, and both of them couldn't help but be shocked, it turned out to be ......"

"It turned out to be ......"

When the Dragon Island Lord said this, his expression was gloomy, and he was silent, falling into memory.

The wooden island lord sat aside and took a sip of wine, and let out a long sigh like the dragon island lord, and the expressions of the two of them were enough to show how depressed they were in their hearts.

After a while.

The Dragon Island Lord said again: "It turns out that both of us have practiced wrong!" ”

Zhan Wuzha listened, but he didn't react, he still maintained the appearance of listening carefully, drinking wine from time to time, and the servants on the side also filled their wine glasses at the right time.

I only heard the Lord of Dragon Island say: "The two of us realized that something was wrong, and immediately stopped, debated and analyzed each other, and delved into the truth." It is also because the qualifications of the two of us are too poor, and the kung fu shown in the diagram is too profound, so that after a few months of study, it is still difficult to understand. ”

"At this time, a pirate ship drifted to the island, and my two brothers killed three of the thieves, interrogated the remnants separately, and killed each of the evildoers, leaving the rest of the people who were coerced on the island." The Dragon Island Lord said expressionlessly.

"The two of us discussed, so I couldn't understand this ancient poem illustration, most of it was because the two of us had practiced martial arts for many years, and we had preconceived ideas, so that we thought about the wrong way to practice, so it was better to accept a few disciples and let them think about it."

"So the two of us selected six people with more literacy, intelligent temperament and low martial arts from among the thieves, and accepted them as apprentices, and did not pass on their internal skills, but only pointed out some boxing and swordsmanship, and asked them to participate in the study of illustrations."

"How do you know that my three apprentices and Brother Mu's three apprentices are certainly different, and even between the apprentices I received, the ideas of the three are also very different, and the same is true of Brother Mu's three apprentices." The Dragon Island Lord couldn't help but sigh a little when he said this, and the Mu Island Lord also shook his head.

Zhan Wuzha listened to the story told by the master of Longdao, his words were subdued, and he had a feeling of immersion, and he couldn't help but think that this martial arts master was different, he could say so many words in one breath, how could he say more than a dozen words in one breath, and he had to slow down for a while.

The Lord of Dragon Island continued: "The two of us discussed it carefully, this illustration comes from an ancient poem by Li Taibai, we are rude and martial artists, but we are a little literate and ink, and we are not as proficient in poetry as a Confucian scholar. ”

"So Brother Mu and I were divided into the Central Plains, and for a period of one year, each received four disciples, either Confucian scholars full of poetry and books, or famous scholars with quick poetic talents."

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the seven or eight disciples in yellow and green clothes, and said, "Don't hide it from Mr. Zhan, these disciples may not be as intelligent as Mr. Zhan, but if you go to take the exam, it will be easy to get into the middle and get into Hanlin." ”

The Dragon Island Lord continued: "When they first came to Xia Ke Island, they may not all be willing, but after learning martial arts and studying illustrations, they all stayed dead. ”

Zhan Wuzha didn't hear the Dragon Island Lord say that "learning martial arts and practicing martial arts is far better than studying and becoming an official", and felt a little strange, and then thought that maybe he was regarded as a scholar, just like scolding the bald donkey in front of a monk, and saying in front of a scholar that "learning martial arts and practicing is far better than studying" This sentence is definitely inappropriate.

The Dragon Island Lord said: "However, once these eight disciples from scholars participated in the study of the illustrations, their opinions were different, not only could not inspire me and Brother Mu, but I became more and more confused. ”