Chapter 9: Xu Zhenren
Because he specially rewatched the movie before this time, checked the information, and made simple notes, Shao Cheng's memory of the original plot is still relatively clear.
As the pioneering work that set off the trend of fantasy kung fu films in Hong Kong that year, many settings and elements in "Ghost Fighting" have profoundly influenced many later films.
From a generation of zombie Taoist Lin Zhengying, to Jackie Chan's kung fu comedy, to the rise of Japanese and Korean ghost films, it is actually inextricably linked to "Ghost Fighting".
Of course.
As a work with more real nature, many of the settings in this ghost fight are also quite complex - Maoshan Taoist priest, please god upper body, skeleton ghost king, ghost mirror legend, cat jumping corpse...... The many strange ghost spells are simply dizzying. These elements are put together in a ninety-minute movie, which naturally looks a little cluttered.
However...... If it is used as information to explore this world...... This can give Shao Cheng a lot of hints.
Under Shao Cheng's inquiry, the two most important Maoshan Taoist priests in the original work, Qian Zhenren, who saw Qian Yankai and helped Boss Tan to murder Zhang Daring, and Xu Zhenren, who helped Zhang Daring, were all found by Shao Cheng.
For these two Maoshan Taoists who are brothers, what has been said in the movie is quite clear.
Qian Zhenren lives in the town, relying on his skills and mana to help people tell fortunes, settle houses, and make things work...... It looks like it's a good mix.
Xu Zhenren was a little more miserable - although it was a brother-in-law relationship, he always adhered to the so-called "no overnight money", and he was not willing to harm others, he just made a living by helping people look at corpses in Yizhuang!
You must know that the Yizhuang of this era is for those who have died and have not found their families for the time being, or whose families are poor and unable to operate.
Here, even the local gentry and neighborhood would scrape together some money every quarter to hire someone to guard it - it is conceivable that the number would not be much.
sporadically helping people do some white things, exorcism and the like, judging from Xu Zhenren's "ragged clothes and a wooden sword" style and disgusting and kind style in the movie, he will definitely not make any money!
Logically speaking, if you choose between these two people, nine out of ten people will also choose Qian Zhenren, who is better mixed, has a longer cultivation time, and has stronger mana.
But after watching the movie, where does Shao Cheng not know the trickiness in it?
Truly.
In the play, Xu Zhenren, who is disgusting and kind-faced and very down-and-out, said that he is not as good as Qian Zhenren by mana alone.
But that's not to say that the two are very different!
Opposite.
Although he looked much younger than his senior brother Qian Zhenren, Xu Zhenren, who had been cultivating for a much shorter time, was a little down, and in the end, his fighting method also fell a little behind. In the end, it was with the help of Zhang Daring to cut off the opponent that he struggled to rebound Qian Zhenren's fire dragon, and after burning the other party, he was seriously injured and fell, and finally died of anger.
But from the several battles between the two sides, it is not difficult to see that although Xu Zhenren is slightly weaker in terms of mana, when it comes to this live learning and application, it is Xu Zhenren who has the upper hand.
In addition, Xu Zhenren is obviously a little stronger than the shy and big-bellied Qian Zhenren in martial arts sword fighting, if it weren't for the fact that Xu Zhenren didn't want to kill his senior brother at first, but just admonished him...... Where will Qian Zhenren finally have the opportunity to manipulate the Skeleton Ghost King to chase and kill Zhang Daring, and then fight in the inn?
It can be seen that in fact, Qian Zhenren and Xu Zhenren, two brothers from the same school, just have their own strengths and weaknesses.
If you really want to learn from a teacher, in fact, the gap between who you worship is not too big.
And throw these away.
From the point of view of character, Xu Zhenren, who has a disgusting and kind face, has helped Zhang Daring many times, and is unwilling to use spells to collect wealth and harm others when he suffers from poverty and hardship, but it is much better than Qian Zhenren who casts spells to harm others after receiving two ingots of gold!
Moreover, it can be seen from the plot that Qian Zhenren, who has already received two apprentices, actually did not teach too many true skills to the two disciples.
This point is enough to see the status of the two "apprentices" in Qian Zhenren's mind from the fact that Qian Zhenren was annoyed and angry, and repeatedly beat his disciples out of the plot!
In terms of character, it is natural that Xu Zhenren will win in an all-round way.
Considering that Xu Zhenren has been poor and has not accepted apprentices until now, Shao Cheng naturally made a decision.
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Xu Zhenren does not live in this town, but lives in Yizhuang, which is adjacent to the town. I couldn't go that dayβor else the last part of the road would have to be through the wilderness at night.
In the context of ghosts, it is clear that no coachman will want to run.
Shao Cheng didn't want to take risks, so he delayed for another night, got up early the next morning, hid his backpack, and brought some silver money before running to Zhenkou to get into a big car. After waiting for a short time, the car was full of people, and the driver waved his whip and shouted and went on the road.
The ox cart is not fast.
It was a squeaky run for a morning before it was about to arrive.
got out of the car at the entrance of the town, first found a street shop, asked for a bowl of chicken leg rice to fill his stomach, Shao Cheng then found someone to find out where Yizhuang was, bought some wine, meat, rice and noodles, and carried it on his back to find Xu Zhenren.
Similar to the current crematorium - where is there a reason to repair near people's homes in a gloomy and terrifying place like Yizhuang?
After listening to it several times on the road, Shao Cheng found a place.
In the distance, an old big tiled house appeared on the side of the road, followed the road to the door, Shao Cheng put down the rice noodles, knocked on the open door panel and asked, "Is Xu Zhenren here?!" βγ
The doors of Yizhuang are open during the day and night.
Ordinary people come to see it to release the smell, but for experienced people, the main thing is to prevent the accumulation of corpse qi, causing erosion to the human body and even accumulating corpse changes.
"I am, you... Looking for me? A head poked out from behind the innermost coffin in Yizhuang.
Shao Cheng looked at it fixedly, only to see that the other party had arched eyebrows and big eyes, a steel nose and a wide mouth, a bronze complexion, and looked quite evil, and there was a flame-like cinnabar mark on his forehead - this is exactly Xu Zhenren in the plot!
Stepping into Yizhuang.
Politely explained the intention, only that he had just returned from overseas, and he had a great longing for the rumored Maoshan technique since he was a child, and he heard that Xu Zhenren came here again to sincerely apprentice.
After listening to Shao Cheng's words, Xu Zhenren's two big eyes purred, originally wanting to push him out, but after thinking about it: he has been a teacher for so many years, and the brothers and sisters who are in the same door as him have already established their own solid foundations, accepting apprentices and preaching, only he still abides by the door rule of "leaving no overnight wealth", which is very unruly, and he has not even met a teacher for so many years!
Haven't you met a person who took the initiative to come to the door to apprentice in the past ten years? !
Thinking like this, Xu Zhenren swallowed the words that had just come to his mouth and wanted to refuse, and then said, "Apprentice? There's nothing wrong with that! βγ
Shao Cheng just showed joy, but he changed his words: "But...... This kind of cultivation is not something that ordinary people can do overnight! If you want to be under my door, I have to take the school exam! Would you like to?! βγ
If you change to someone who wants to apprentice, and you see that you are poor, dressed in rags, and you don't know if you have not taken a bath for a few months, you will turn around and leave, and you will leave a sentence: "What kind of stand do you have for this virtue?!" βγ
However, how did Shao Cheng, who had watched the plot of the movie, not know that this real person was a master of Taoism who did not show up like a real person?
Immediately, he replied solemnly: "It is natural for the master to test the apprentice!" What do you ask for, just say it! βγ
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