Chapter 49: The Taoist

Su Ming went to say goodbye to Lin Shirong, only to know that Shen Feiyun had recovered from his injuries and traveled again, so he left Guangzhou, first went east to Fujian, and then north to Zhejiang. After traveling all over Zhejiang, he turned southwest back to Jiangxi, and passed through Jiangxi to Hunan.

In Hunan, Su Ming climbed Nanyue Hengshan, visited Yuelu Academy, which has been inherited for thousands of years, and also went to Shaoshan Mountain, and finally turned around and came to Yueyang Tower.

Yueyang Tower, look down at Dongting, look at Jun Mountain in front, have the reputation of "Dongting Tianxia Water, Yueyang Tianxia Tower" since ancient times, and Hubei Wuchang Yellow Crane Tower, Jiangxi Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion and called "the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River". Fan Zhongyan of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote "The Story of Yueyang Tower" to make this scenic spot famous all over the world.

Standing on it, Su Ming seems to have felt the broad-mindedness of the ancients of "worrying about the worries of the world first, and enjoying the joy of the world after the world", and the realm of "not being happy with things, not being sad about yourself".

The sky is blue, the white clouds are blooming, and the Dongting Lake below is sparkling and blue. In the distance, the water meets the sky, and it is spectacular.

Take a boat ride from Dongting Lake to Hubei. As a person who practices martial arts, Wudang Mountain in Hubei is a place that cannot be missed.

Wudang Mountain, the holy land of Taoism, can be called the "first mountain of Taoism" in later generations, also known as Taihe Mountain, Xie Luo Mountain, Shenshang Mountain, Xian Room Mountain, in ancient times, there were "Taiyue", "Xuanyue", "Dayue" said.

The reason why Wudang Mountain can be so famous in modern times is naturally because of the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a great master who cultivated Taoism and martial arts, was a scholar and a rare master in ancient and modern times, Zhang Sanfeng, a sloppy Taoist. There are also many legends in history that he has achieved success in cultivation and has become an immortal.

During the entire Ming Dynasty, due to Zhang Sanfeng's various magical legends, the emperors of all dynasties had special favors for Wudang Mountain. Wudang Mountain was named "Dayue" and "Xuanyue of the Ruling World", and was respected as the supreme "Imperial Family Temple". Since then, Wudang Mountain has been famous for its prominent position as the "crown of the five mountains" of "the four famous mountains are all arched, and the five immortal mountains are the same dynasty", and it is also known as "the unparalleled scenery of ancient times, the first immortal mountain in the world"!

In the history of martial arts, Wudang has also left a strong mark and is respected as the source of the family. Later, the three major fists of Neijiaquan, Taijiquan, Baguazhang, and Xingyiquan, were all more or less influenced by Wudang Neijiaquan. In the martial arts, it is also known as the saying of "respecting Shaolin in the north and advocating Wudang in the south", and Shaolin is one south and one north, and is known in the world.

When he was in Guangzhou, Shen Feiyun's Wudang boxing technique left a deep impression on Su Ming. At this time, when you travel to Hunan, you naturally want to visit it.

The scenery of Wudang Mountain is naturally needless to say. Su Ming climbed all the way, went straight to the golden top, entered the Dayue Taihe Palace, and bowed to the Zhenwu Emperor enshrined inside.

Zhenwu, also known as Xuanwu, commonly known as Zhenwu Emperor, Xuantian God, Xuanwu Emperor, Yousheng Zhenjun Xuantian God, the full name of Zhenwu Demon Emperor, is one of the emperors in Taoist legends. Its image is draped in black clothes, gold armor and jade belt, angry eyes with swords, stepping on turtles and snakes, and the top is covered with round light, which is the highest god in the north of the Taoist Heavenly Court.

Xuanwu is one of the four spirits of heaven and earth, and the turtle and snake are the same body. The turtle is calm, the snake is smart, the rigidity and softness are combined, the yin and yang flow, and it is born with the shape of Taiji. Among the Taoist classics, Xuanwu has achieved cultivation and attained immortality, and he is the Northern Emperor of Heavenly Court, which is the Emperor of Zhenwu.

After Su Ming bowed, he observed the statue of Emperor Zhenwu and savored its reasoning. For more than ten days, they lingered in Wudang Mountain, or toured everywhere, or watched Taoist classics, or listened to the Taoist sermon. Slowly, infected by the strong Taoist atmosphere here, the whole person became pure and natural.

Neijiaquan has been practiced to a high and profound realm, and most of them are inseparable from the concepts and ideas of Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, and Bagua. Just like Bajiquan, when practiced to the depths, it also pays attention to the succession of rigidity and softness, the coexistence of virtual and real, and the flow of yin and yang, which is an out-and-out Taoist thought.

Su Ming was on Wudang Mountain, unconsciously influenced by his unique Taoist ideas and style, and invisibly, whether it was the spirit or the edge unintentionally revealed, it was slowly constricted.

Wudang has always had the saying of the outer door and the inner door. The outer gate is naturally the Taoist priests that ordinary people can see, and the inner gate is the place where the Wudang Taoism and martial arts are truly inherited. Su Ming has turned around everywhere since he went up the mountain, and he has never seen anyone with excellent martial arts, and he can't help but sigh that the inner door of Wudang is hidden deeply, and it is difficult for mortals to see it.

However, although these Taoist priests Su Ming saw did not have advanced boxing techniques, many of them knew Taoist health preservation methods. Most of the ancient Taoist priests were doctors, meditating on alchemy and observing all things in heaven and earth. From generation to generation, he has a thorough understanding of all parts of the human body. The development of countless people and countless generations has created a variety of health preservation techniques.

In the end, the fusion of these health preservation techniques and fighting skills on the battlefield has achieved the current inheritance of boxing techniques of various sects.

Health is the body, and fighting is for use. If you have health and no fighting, you can't fight and defeat the enemy. If there is a fight without health, it is a tree without roots and cannot last long. Health is soft, and all the shelf practice methods of boxing are slow, not in a hurry. Fighting is rigid, fighting is all about cracking stones, and being fierce is the mainstay.

I asked these Taoist priests for some health preservation methods, which also had a bypass effect on Su Ming.

With a little disappointment in his heart, Su Ming went down to Wudang Mountain and stayed in a small mountain village under Wudang Mountain that night. After nightfall, with a bright moon hanging high, Su Ming still came out, and according to the method of "Washing the Marrow Sutra", he swallowed a breath in his body, penetrated the five internal organs, and had hundreds of veins all over his body.

I don't know how long it took, Su Ming finished his work, his eyes swept away, and he only felt that under the bright moon, this piece was clear everywhere, and there was no place that was not clear. But I saw that not far away, about a few zhang away, there was a person practicing kung fu.

Su Ming's heart was cold, but he didn't feel any problems. When you look closely, this is actually a Taoist, with fluttering sleeves, turning in circles and punching, under the moonlight, like a fairy.

His body seemed to be extremely heavy, and every punch and kick was very slow, slower than the Tai Chi exercises of later generations. Falling into Su Ming's eyes, he actually felt that this Taoist was not boxing in the air, but like boxing in mercury, and his whole body was very dense and sticky.

But with every move and style, he drew circles one by one. These circles are positive and negative, smooth and negative, large and small, but they give Su Ming a feeling of wind blowing willows, smart and elegant, soft and soft.

Between a person's practice, there are two completely opposite feelings: heaviness and lightness. In particular, the strong wind around the body was agitated, like thunder and explosion, and the clothes were agitated and shaken again and again, as if there was a legendary body protector.

With Su Ming's eyesight, it can naturally be seen that this Taoist fist and walk, not the sound of muscles and bones roaring and bursting with thunder, but the sound of the strong wind driven by various parts of the body rotating and shaking within a foot around the body.

The sound that comes out of your hand, including the thunder and vibration, is the sound made from the inside of the body, and this is the sound of the external strong wind. And the strong wind gathers within a foot of the body, and does not spread outward.

The footwork taken by the Taoist, according to the Tai Chi two rituals, is divided into four elephant gossip, full of Taoist mysteries and unpredictable, as if the Taoist mage used to call the wind and rain, and communicate with the heavens and the gods.

"Stepping on the gang? How did this person reach such a state? Su Ming looked at it, his mouth was all open, and his heart seemed to be in the cold sky of Sanjiu in an instant, and the cool air continued. I felt bad in my heart, and I wanted to leave.

As soon as he moved, he felt that the eyes of the Taoist swept over intentionally or unintentionally, and he felt that his whole body was seen through. At the moment, my heart trembled, I didn't dare to move again, I stayed honestly, and watched the Taoist practice boxing.

"I haven't met a Taoist priest with good boxing skills in Wudang Mountain for more than ten days, who knows that just off the mountain, but if you practice qi, you can meet a master who is stepping on the gang?" Although his body couldn't move, Su Ming began to complain in his heart.

The master who can step on the gang in the Daomen is also respected as a real person, and in the past he was a figure who could be a national teacher, a figure like a true immortal on land. In boxing, it is to surpass Bao Dan and reach Gang Jin!

This Taoist turned out to be a rare master in the world, and his boxing skills reached Gang Jin, which was comparable to Li Shuwen and Sun Lutang, surpassing Wang Zhongquan, Han Huachen, Li Cunyi, Shang Yunxiang and others!

Watching the Taoist priest practice boxing, Su Ming thought about it for a long time, and felt that he had not offended him. Although there is a saying in the martial arts that you can't peek at other people's boxing, this is the first time you came, and the Taoist priest came, and it is not considered to peek at boxing. Especially if he wants to leave, he won't let him go, it's not his fault.

Thinking of this, Su Ming simply didn't care, and carefully watched the Taoist's punch and kick, step by step. Every action seems to be full of the artistic conception of Daomen Wuji giving birth to Taiji, Taiji giving birth to two yi, two yi giving birth to four elephant gossip, and then giving birth to all things in heaven and earth.

A set of boxing techniques almost encompasses all the essences of the Daomen, no wonder this Taoist can reach Gang Jin and be honored as a real person!

Su Ming watched it, and before he knew it, he was so addicted to it that he even forgot the time. In the chaos, I don't know how long it took, I suddenly heard someone ask, "Do you understand?" ”

Su Ming replied casually: "I understand a little bit, but I don't know very well." After finishing speaking, he realized that this person was already standing in front of him!

The Taoist seemed to be smiling, and he didn't speak.

Su Ming was a little embarrassed, his alertness had actually been reduced to this level, and the extremely sensitive feeling of the previous proud power transformation master was completely unresponsive. In his heart, he knew that this was the Taoist who had converged his aura to the extreme, and he had to surpass the master of Baodan, so he gave himself this illusion.

At that moment, Su Ming honestly clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "Senior Su Ming, meet your seniors." Although I speculated in my heart, I was not too afraid. Anyway, I didn't peek at it myself from the beginning, and when it came to the edge of the sky, I didn't care about it. Although this person is a real person, he can't help but take his strong temperament master in his eyes.