8. Repeat the old tricks
In the first two levels, we won one and lost one, which was a tie with the keepers of the Long family, and then only the ghost gate was left.
It is said that it is impossible to summon spirits and attract ghosts during the day, but the Long family has an underground dark room dedicated to fighting ghosts. Although the Long family has basically given up the profession of chasing corpses, they have never lost the craft of chasing corpses, and they usually train in that dark room, which is also the place to break through the third ghost gate.
Although Tianguan Long Zhiqiang didn't actually break through, he said that he would personally guard the pass, so it can be regarded as his own defense of the first two levels. And this Zuihou is still guarding the ghost gate, and probably he is also very much looking forward to another duel with Qiao Wei to avenge the revenge nine years ago.
The protagonists of the ghost gate are Qiao Wei and Long Zhiqiang, but the head of the Long family is still Old Man Long, so everyone in the entire hall must act with Old Man Long.
Old Man Long looks very energetic, but he is really slow enough to walk, and I can just use this time on the road to ask Ye Hong what kind of doorway he has in Dao Mountain.
I've always had doubts about the invulnerability of the Golden Bell Jar, so I'm anxious to learn the secret of going to the Knife Mountain.
Ye Hong smiled mysteriously and said: "This is a secret that is not passed on, if I tell you, it will not be considered a unique skill~"
"Don't, I'm sure I'm not going to talk nonsense, I'm keeping my mouth shut!" I boasted.
Ye Hong was actually happy after hearing this, she smiled and said, "I heard Qiao Wei say that you are the least secret-keeping person on Shijie." ”
I immediately glared at Qiao Wei, who quickly turned his face to the side and didn't dare to look at me.
At this time, Long Zhiqiang, who was following Old Man Long, turned back to me and said, "Actually, the door is here!" As he spoke, Long Zhiqiang also opened his palm towards me, and then clasped his five fingers inward like eagle claws. I was still waiting for Long Zhiqiang to explain it to me further, but this kid kept his mouth shut, as if he was deliberately selling it there.
I compared his hand shape myself, and then recalled Ye Hong's movements when he went up the knife mountain—first holding the blade with his hand, and then with his feet.
Hands, fingers......
"Ahh I understand! I suddenly realized: "Actually, the liliang at the fingertips is carrying the weight of the whole body!" The palms of the hands and feet did not touch the blade at all, and the so-called upper knife mountain was completely blindfolded! Ye Hong's speed on Dao Mountain is because of her light weight! Right? ”
"That's good, it's a little bit thorough." Ye Hong smiled at me, and then explained: "Actually, the principle is what you said, the key lies in the fingers, wrists, and liliang of the upper arm, but the feet are not completely without touching the blade, but they will not press all their weight on the feet, and the feet cannot be moved left and right on the blade to rub and rub, otherwise there will definitely be blood." ”
What Ye Hong said is quite simple, but the difficulty of doing it is definitely not something that ordinary people can practice.
I asked Ye Hong how long it took her to practice the skill of Shangdao Mountain. Ye Hong replied that she had been practicing since she was five years old, and she still had to practice this basic practice every year. She said that breaking through the three levels was actually used by the corpse gang to choose the gang leader in the past, and whoever can beat the crowd in these three levels will be the gang leader.
Old Man Long also turned around and added: "These three levels were set by the ancestor of the current state, I saw Ye Hong's grandfather hold the stone tripod with one hand, and go up and down the knife mountain with one left hand, and no one can stop the ghost servant." Although Boss Ye is not as fierce as his father, but no one in our generation can stand out, but unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to practice these three jishu now, if I hadn't dragged Zhiqiang to practice all the time, I'm afraid it would have been lost in the Long family. ”
"I heard that the Long family is no longer in the business of driving corpses, and the conditions of your family should not use these three unique skills for performance, why do you still insist on practicing?" I asked.
Old Man Long smiled lightly and said, "The things handed down by the ancestors should be kept or kept, and I can't say when they will come in handy." ”
I didn't comment on Old Man Long's words, maybe one day the Long family's family business will fail, and at that time, Long Zhiqiang will really be able to make a living by selling arts.
After a big circle in the Long family's house, we followed a large number of people into an underground stairwell, and through the gate at the end was a long and narrow passage, and at the innermost part of the passage was the dark room used by the Long family to practice driving out corpses and manipulating the so-called ghost servants, and the third level would also be carried out there.
When the door of the darkroom is opened, the light comes on automatically. The light is a soft yellow, enough for everyone to see every corner of the darkroom, but without being glaring. The dark room is a large circle, like the Colosseum of ancient Rome, with a row of seats standing against the wall on the left and right sides of the entrance gate, as well as weapon racks with knives, guns, clubs, axes, hooks and forks.
Old Man Long entered the dark room surrounded by everyone, and sat down on the seat on the right, and the older ones among the others also sat down beside Old Man Long, and those who were younger stood aside.
Ye Hong and I are guests, so naturally we also have seats to sit, but we prefer to stand and cheer for Qiao Wei.
Long Zhiqiang, as the gatekeeper, was the first to come to the middle of the circular darkroom, and took off his coat, wearing only a vest, revealing an exaggerated muscle and a bulging belly. His figure is not the pure muscular type of Mr. Bodybuilder, but this thick, fat-wrapped body can take a big advantage in fights, and Liliang is also fuller. And judging from his jiashi, it seems that he is not going to compete with any ghost arts, but to have another hand-to-hand duel with Qiao Wei.
"It's the ghost who fights in the ghost gate, but the victory is in the person, if the person loses, no matter how strong the ghost is, it doesn't make sense, you should be able to understand what I mean, right?" Long Zhiqiang stared at Qiao Wei with two eyes, laughed arrogantly at the same time, and pinched his knuckles so that they rattled.
"It means that as long as I beat you down, it doesn't really matter if you're a ghost or not, right?" Qiao Wei responded without flinching, and at the same time slowly removed the bandage on his right hand.
Judging from yesterday's situation, Qiao Wei is obviously not Long Zhiqiang's opponent, and I don't know where Qiao Wei's confidence came from today, especially when his right hand is still injured. But to my great surprise, when Qiao Wei removed all the straps, his right hand was completely swollen!
He grabbed his right hand a few times, moved five fingers, and turned his wrist again. Judging by the dexterity of his movements, his hands seemed to be perfectly healed - the old lady who showed him them was really a god.
After a simple warm-up activity, Qiao Wei turned around and said to me and Ye Hong, "I'm on, you just wait to watch the show", and then went straight to Long Zhiqiang and walked over.
Without anyone giving any hints like "start the level", Qiao Wei quickly walked in front of Long Zhiqiang, and without saying hello, he directly raised his fist and smashed it towards Long Zhiqiang's head.
Long Zhiqiang was still the same tough appearance as yesterday, he didn't hide at all, so he let Qiao Wei hit his fist on his head, and he threw a side hook to Qiao Wei's cheeks at the same time.
Qiao Wei suffered a loss yesterday, this time he obviously didn't dare to fight with Long Zhiqiang anymore, as soon as he saw the fist coming, he immediately stepped back to avoid Long Zhiqiang's attack, and at the same time raised his left hand in Long Zhiqiang's face, and the fire dog jumped out and opened his mouth to pounce on Long Zhiqiang.
Long Zhiqiang seemed to see through Qiao Wei's trick, he stood in place and withdrew his fist back, and then blocked it in front of him, blocking the impact of the fire dog with only one hand! I don't know why, the fire dog turned into a spark and disappeared without a trace under Long Zhiqiang's block!
But Qiao Wei didn't give up the attack because the fire dog was suppressed, he used the advantage of speed to quickly go around Long Zhiqiang's back, and then raised his foot and kicked Long Zhiqiang's back. Long Zhiqiang still didn't have any intention of defense, he didn't care about Qiao Wei's feet at all, and smashed Qiao Wei with a whip fist in his own hands.
Qiao Wei hurriedly leaned back to dodge Long Zhiqiang's fist, and his foot finally kicked on Long Zhiqiang's body. But this kick didn't have any effect on Long Zhiqiang at all, and the kid's feet were still firmly rooted in place, like nails nailed to the ground.
One kick didn't work, Qiao Wei came with a second, third, and fourth kick...... He kicked around Long Zhiqiang like a spinning top, and at the same time wanted to dodge Long Zhiqiang's fist.
Long Zhiqiang almost didn't move, but Qiao Wei had to move all the time, although it seemed as if Qiao Wei had the advantage on the scene, but this advantage of not scoring was meaningless at all, and soon Qiao Wei's physical strength obviously couldn't keep up, and his speed began to drop significantly.
Long Zhiqiang seemed to be waiting for this opportunity, he grabbed the gap when Qiao Wei had just kicked out a kick before he could close his legs, and swept Qiao Wei's waist with a whip leg.
Long Zhiqiang had been using his fists before, but now that he suddenly changed his legs, Qiao Wei didn't seem to be able to react at all, this kick swept firmly on Qiao Wei's waist, even if Qiao Wei blocked it with his arm in time, but he was still swept by Long Zhiqiang to the weapon rack at the root of the dark room wall.
There was a bang, and the weapons suddenly scattered.
Thanks to these furnishings, Qiao Wei did not hit the wall directly. After he landed, he rolled and climbed up, and then picked up a scimitar and rushed towards Long Zhiqiang again.
"Give me the knife!" Long Zhiqiang also shouted in the center of the field, and someone on the sidelines immediately threw a scimitar over.
Long Zhiqiang caught the handle of the knife steadily, and then rushed towards Qiao Wei, and slashed Qiao Wei in front of the door.
Qiao Wei didn't dodge or dodge, and directly stabbed Long Zhiqiang in the stomach with a knife - nine years ago, he used this fight to defeat Long Zhiqiang by surprise, and this time he repeated his old tricks.
But this time, Long Zhiqiang obviously didn't eat Qiao Wei's set, his knife was still falling, and his stomach was left to Qiao Wei to stab Qiao Wei!
Qiao Wei accelerated violently, and moved his body to the left slightly, Long Zhiqiang slashed his head, but the scimitar in Qiao Wei's hand stabbed Long Zhiqiang in the stomach.
Hearing a crisp sound, the scimitar in Qiao Wei's hand actually broke on Long Zhiqiang's stomach, and at the same time, Long Zhiqiang's arm holding the knife smashed on Qiao Wei's shoulder, and Qiao Wei fell to the ground.
"Haven't you heard a word, boy? Don't use the same trick a second time in front of the same person! Long Zhiqiang shouted with a big mouth, and at the same time raised his foot and stomped on Qiao Wei's back!
Qiao Wei is not good!