Chapter VIII. Xanadu

The blue waves are surging, the waves are rolling, and as far as the eye can see, the water and the sky are the same color in the distance, and it is impossible to distinguish where is the sea and which is the sky. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn the rough waves, a cargo ship rides the long wind and waves.

On the deck, a Taoist in a dark robe stood in the wind, looking at the sea in a daze, and that Taoist was Sun Zhenhuan. After Sun Zhenhuan left Jiaxing, he rented a cargo ship and headed towards Peach Blossom Island, intending to rescue his uncle Zhou Botong first, and then get half of the Jiuyin Sutra and the Sanskrit general outline.

Sun Zhenhuan came back to his senses, squinted his eyes, and looked into the distance, it was the peach blossom island where the fishermen talked about it nearby. The peach blossoms of this Peach Blossom Island actually violate the law of the seasons, and in this cold winter season, they are in full bloom.

"Huang Yaoshi is a scholar of heaven and man, and he prides himself on being peerless, independent, and transcendent above the world, but he used despicable means to deceive the "Nine Yin True Scripture" in Zhou Botong's hands, and under the cycle of cause and effect, he indirectly killed his beloved Feng Heng. Mei Chaofeng and Chen Xuanfeng secretly learned the "Nine Yin True Scripture", but because of this, they were angry with other innocent apprentices, Qu Lingfeng, Lu Chengfeng, Feng Mofeng and others were all broken legs, these three apprentices were extremely filial to Huang Yaoshi from beginning to end, and then two died tragically, and one was paralyzed for life. In the end, Huang Yaoshi faced Mei Chaofeng who was dying, and he regretted it, feeling that what he did back then was too brutal, and the great master ended up so miserably, but who did all this tragedy come from? ”

Sun Zhenhuan sighed for a long time: "He claims to be lonely, but he does despicable acts; thinks that he despises etiquette, but in fact he is arbitrary and arbitrary. If there are any advantages left, that is, they can still have a clear understanding of national integrity and national righteousness. Huang Yaoshi, Huang Yaoshi, you'd better not mess with me, otherwise the hatred of Huashan's sword discussion back then will be repeated in advance. ”

Sun Zhenhuan had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but the speed of the boat was very fast, and he had anchored in the shallows of the island in a short time, and ordered the boatman to pick up people in the same place at noon tomorrow, Sun Zhenhuan jumped up, jumped out of the deck, stepped on the shallow waves, splashed a little ripple, and rushed to the beach quickly. Standing on the soft sand, Sun Zhenhuan looked at the surrounding environment and calculated his position.

"Huang Yaoshi is proficient in Zhou Yi Astrology and Qimen Dunjia, if you want to enter the residential area of the core of the island, you must pass through the vast peach forest that confuses the direction, and ......" Sun Zhenhuan stretched out his hand, took out a compass from the placket of his clothes, flicked the magnetic needle twice, and said in his heart:

"As expected, this island has a unique magnetic field, and instruments such as compasses and compasses will fail, if not, what is the point of arranging such a large peach forest, just let anyone play with the compass."

Sun Zhenhuan put away the compass and walked towards the peach forest, thinking as he walked: "If you want to save trouble, it can be said that the most direct way is to burn it, but I don't know if Huang Yaoshi is on the island, if it alarms him, my plan to find Zhou Botong will be interfered with." Cut down all the peach trees with a blade, and this formation will not be self-defeating, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and secondly, it lacks divine weapons, how many ordinary swords and axes can be cut? This peach forest stretches extensively, and even with my skills, it is difficult to break one by one. ”

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, if it weren't for the fact that many cubs had been born in the crane flock of Zhongnan Mountain, Ling Yun, as the Crane King, would have to go back, why would I have to be so distressed."

Sun Zhenhuan's footsteps were extremely fast, and he walked across the beach in a short time, climbed a small hill, and stood in front of the peach forest: "In the original book, how did those masters crack the peach forest?" ”

Sun Zhenhuan thought about it again and again, and couldn't remember many plot details, looked up at the tall peach tree that was coiled in Wolong, walked forward, stretched out his hand and stroked the sturdy trunk, a circle of delicate lines winding around the trunk, and the colorful Luoying weaved a floral carpet covering the mountains and forests, and the refreshing peach blossom fragrance carried out a trace of the freshness of the sea. Sun Zhenhuan sighed with emotion in his heart:

"These peach trees are naturally raised, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and grow on this island for an unknown number of years before they have today's prosperity. Huang Yaoshi is just a temporary guest here, after a hundred years, this place will return to the tranquility of nature again, and I am just a passerby, just because of my entanglement with Huang Yaoshi, I have to sacrifice these innocent peach trees, have I cultivated in vain all these years? ”

Sun Zhenhuan stretched out his hands, his palms pressed against the trunk of the tree and rubbed slowly, feeling the close contact between his skin and natural creations, a long-lost tranquility rose in his heart, strange, familiar and warm.

"Big tree, big tree, people have seven emotions and six desires, just now I almost harmed you for my own selfish interests, you belong to heaven and earth, no one has the right to decide your fate, you can grow here with peace of mind, the bigger you grow, the better, hahahahaha"

Sun Zhenhuan looked up at the treetops, his feet were full of strength, he jumped up, like a raccoon cat turned over in mid-air and rotated dexterously, jumping on the top of the tree lightly, Sun Zhenhuan looked at it, according to the high slope of the mountain, as far as the eye could see, it was a bright peach, only to see the end of the peach blossom garden, three or two houses, from time to time there was cooking smoke, quiet and quiet, peaceful and peaceful.

Sun Zhenhuan picked a peach branch, sniffed it and sighed: "Although I am not happy with Huang Yaoshi's actions, but his talent that transcends the times, I have to accept it, and it is also an ability to find such a fairyland on earth to settle down." ”

Sun Zhenhuan sighed for a moment, then frowned and thought about it randomly: "When Guo Jing met Zhou Botong, it was when Huang Yaoshi interfered with Zhou Botong with the 'Bihai Chaosheng Song', and Guo Jing followed Xiao Sheng to meet him in front of Feng Heng's tomb, which can be said to be a bit unexpected, but my situation is different......

A little bit later, he landed on another tree a few zhang away, Sun Zhenhuan looked around, and said secretly: "Looking for a grave on an island is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but I think that the grave must not be far from the residence, otherwise Huang Yaoshi would have to go thousands of miles away when he hangs the sacrifice, how could Huang Yaoshi do such an unreliable thing?" ”

Expecting the general direction, Sun Zhenhuan did not delay any longer, and leaped towards the top of the hill where the house was located.

At this time, far away in the Central Plains, the Zhongnan Mountain Quanzhen Sect, Ma Yu and Hao Datong, Sun Buer, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, Wang Chuyi and others quarreled over one thing.

Hao Datong: "Senior brother, according to the report of the outer disciples stationed in Jiaxing, Zhixuan went down the mountain this time, and opened a killing spree, this time it was more extreme, in broad daylight, everyone watched, and killed dozens of people on the long street without shying away, and then served the Nu Jiaotang in a pot, leaving no one alive, although those people deserve it, but after all, this is the matter of the government, Zhixuan acted so violently and transgressively, I am afraid it is not a good thing." ”

Ma Yu's face was solemn and he didn't say a word, but Sun Buer on the side spoke first:

Senior Brother Hao said this, but Senior Sister had a different opinion. Thinking of the angry Jiaotang, the people who commit adultery and plunder on weekdays, coupled with bribery of the local government, have nowhere for the people to seek justice. Nu Jiaotang is a scourge on one side, the people are miserable, what Zhi Xuan did is exactly what my generation should do, although Zhi Xuan's actions are inevitably violent and bloody, but I support Zhi Xuan, and the troubled times need to be repeated. ”

Wang Chu looked at Ma Yu on one side, and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter whether what Zhixuan did is right or wrong, the top priority at the moment is to find out what the imperial court and government think about this matter and whether they will take action." No matter how high Zhixuan's martial arts are, he is also flesh and blood, and he will never be able to compete with the imperial court. ”

Ma Yu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised his eyebrows and laughed at this time, and the other five sons only felt inexplicable.

Tan Chu made a gesture, leaned forward and asked, "Senior brother...... Why laugh all of a sudden? ”

Ma Yu restrained his laughter, looked around at the five people, waved his hand very freely, and lowered his voice and said: "You juniors don't know yet, Zhixuan once got acquainted with Emperor Ningzong, the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, and worshiped the position of the Hongdao Pavilion of the Imperial Court. ”

When Liu Chuxuan heard this, he couldn't help asking: "Since the court has no worries, why is the senior brother so sad?" With Zhixuan's martial arts, looking at the rivers and lakes, except for the top masters of the five absolute levels, there are few people who can match them. It's a good thing that he punishes adultery and destroys evil with thunder."

When the words fell, Ma Yu, who was still smiling just now, suddenly sank his face: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable...... Hey, to this day, let's tell the truth to the brothers......"

Ma Yu's solemn posture suddenly made the five sons frown, and they all sat down and listened quietly.

"Back then, when Zhi Xuan worshiped under the Quanzhen Sect, we participated in the whole process, and we have been focusing on his innate Dao body qualifications, but we have ignored another key. Zhixuan is different from any other disciple, he is not a teacher since childhood, but has grown up and directly entered my discipleship. His life experience and his concept of life have all been set and cannot be shaped by the many years of education of the Quanzhen Sect. ”

Ma Yu paused, his thoughts turned around, and he continued: "In the past ten years of Zhixuan's Quanzhen Sect, in addition to learning all the martial arts, I have been trying to let him study more classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, hoping that he can become a master who can be profound in both martial arts and cultural cultivation like a master, but it wasn't until one day that I realized that all along, our cultivation of Zhixuan has been one-sided, and we have never had an in-depth understanding of him at all. ”

"This ...... What does the elder brother mean by this? We have always put all our efforts into the cultivation of Zhixuan, hoping that he can become a character like the master, is there anything wrong? Hao Datong was puzzled.

"Here's the problem" Ma Yu glanced at Hao Datong and continued:

"Zhixuan and the master, all have an innate Taoist body, our seven disciples are not good, failed to glorify the true truth, we know very well in our hearts that the Quanzhen Sect has no successor, and at this time, the appearance of Zhixuan made us red-eyed, we subconsciously transferred the obsession with the master to Zhixuan, but the hearts of Zhixuan and the master are really different, the master is an orthodox Taoist person, although he is involved in the rivers and lakes, but in the final analysis, he still pays attention to diluting peace and seeking the Tao, but Zhixuan is different, the killing decisiveness in his bones, A river of anger and blood flowed into the world's domineering, and I, as a master, saw it clearly. ”

Wuzi looked at each other, and didn't know how to answer for a while, Ma Yu picked up the teacup that had already been cold, and continued: "In the past ten years of cultivating and learning martial arts, every time Zhixuan went down the mountain, he killed the bloody wind and rain in the rivers and lakes, in his words, what practice is called is the only criterion for testing the truth, he killed the gangsters in the green forest, killed the robbers and prostitutes, killed the scum of the martial arts, killed the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and killed the barbarian golden dog, he has always believed that he is defending the country and supporting justice, but he ignores that his soul has long been exhausted and can no longer bear the frequent killing. ”

Liu Chuxuan pondered for a moment and said: "I remember, when the master was alive, he said that when Emperor Zhezong was in power, the beggar gang leader at that time had martial arts and surpassed the previous gang leaders, but because of the entanglement of his life experience, he fought to the death with the martial arts factions. ”

"It's my master who is incompetent in teaching and can't detect his problems in time. What I'm most worried about now is that Zhixuan killed people without restraint, and in the end, he followed in the footsteps of that gang leader and became the devil of killing. He has been meditating on the Tao for ten years, suppressing negative emotions in the depths of his heart, and it will not appear easily, but this negative emotions have accumulated too much and too deeply, and once he is violently stimulated, he ......."

Sun Buer clenched the handrail and said worriedly: "I remember that when I was taking the school Zhixuan homework, he said a sentence, 'When you stare at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you' I didn't understand what it meant at the time, but now I think about it, it's really emotional." ”

Ma Yu put down the teacup, got up and looked at the distant clouds outside the Chongyang Palace, and said coldly: "No matter what, you must do everything you can to resolve Zhixuan's demonic obstacles, even if it is ...... Bet on the life of the old way. ”