Chapter 49: The Bright Sword
This is the second time that Daoist Ling Xuan and I have met.
The first time he saw me, he wanted to kill me, and the second time he opened his mouth and called me "good son-in-law". This is the rivers and lakes.
I hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, saying that my father-in-law was on top and was bowed by my son-in-law. Thank you father-in-law for making it perfect.
Ling Xudao came over and held me up with both hands, and said that no courtesy is required. You and Ying Ling have become husband and wife, what's the use of me stopping you? Now that your child is about to be born in a few months, and you promised Ling'er not to participate in the competition so as not to embarrass me, can I still disapprove of your marriage?
I pulled Sakura Ling and said that I couldn't worship my father-in-law when I married Sakura Ling, and now I will make up for it. Saying that, he knelt down again, Changyunzi hurriedly ran over to support Sakura Ling, and Sakura Ling also knelt down.
I looked at Chang Yunzi, Chang Yunzi understood, and shouted: "Second worship the high hall!"
Sakura Ling and I hurriedly kowtowed. Ling Xudao smiled and said continuously, good, good.
After we got up, Daoist Ling Xuan said that the Bright Sword Conference was being held outside, and you should also take a look at the mountain.
When they arrived in the courtyard of Zixiao Palace, the entire Wudang people were lined up, and the head of the law enforcement was drawing his sword one by one to check. He hesitated when he drew the fourth son of Wudang.
The law enforcement elder held the four swords in both hands and looked at them carefully, it was not quite right......
Chang Dongzi's feet were weak and he fell to his knees, Chang Xiazi and Chang Qiuzi also blushed, and the flesh on the right side of Chang Chunzi's face jumped, but his expression was calm.
Daoist Ling Xuan led us over and asked the Law Enforcement Elder, what happened to these four swords?
The law enforcement elder pointed to the center of the sword body and said, "Senior brother, you see, these swords are seven or eight years old, and the sword body has already darkened a little, but in the middle there is a place two fingers wide that is shiny, very new.
Ling Xudao didn't look at the sword, and asked Chang Dongzi, what are you kneeling for?
Before Chang Dongzi could answer, Chang Chunzi walked over and helped him up, and said, the junior brother has been afraid of the law enforcement elders since he was a child, and he was terrified when he saw the law enforcement elders.
The law enforcement elder said, I don't eat people, so why should I be afraid?
Changchun Zidao, my Wudang swordsmanship is about overcoming rigidity with softness, slow and fast. If you use Tai Chi swordsmanship to fight against others, the master and the master's swordsmanship are all together, even if the sword is slow, they can easily defeat the enemy. Our qualifications are reckless, and it is not long before we get started, so we discuss how to deal with a strong enemy.
Daoist Ling Xuan became interested and asked, what kind of coping method have you come up with?
Changchunzi said Master, uncle, let me show you. The law enforcement elder handed him the sword.
Changchunzi said while inserting back the sword that when he encountered a strong enemy, he needed to attack him by surprise, so the essence of the action was the word "fast". If you want to be fast, you have to draw your sword very quickly, and if you can draw your sword to attack before the opponent, you will have a few more layers of chance.
As he spoke, he suddenly drew his sword, but he only drew half of it, and the sword was not unsheathed.
Changchunzi said, "Look, the position I pulled out is exactly at the new position two finger widths?
Changchunzi inserted the sword back again, and quickly pulled out half of it, and repeated it ten times, saying, We practiced the speed of drawing the sword like this, and after practicing for several years, the mouth of the scabbard sharpened the position of the two fingers of the sword body as shiny as new.
I almost had to clap for Changchunzi, this guy can really make it up. Sakura Ling directly covered her mouth and laughed.
Daoist Ling Xuan obviously also suspected that this was a seam in the connection of a broken sword, but he was not sure, he turned his head and asked the law enforcement elder, what do you think of the junior brother, have these swords ever been broken?
I saw that the four sons of Wudang had some pale faces, especially Changdongzi, who was almost about to collapse again, and I couldn't bear it. Anyway, Sakura Ling and I were able to meet in the first place, thanks to them, and when I think of this, I have the meaning of helping.
Before the Elder could answer, I grabbed my body and drew his sword. I'm happy with my speed, and it's not enough to blink an eye.
Unexpectedly, the people in Wudang hurriedly drew their swords and looked at me vigilantly one by one. Chang Yunzi and Ling Xudao were no exception.
I pointed to the sword body of the law enforcement elder and said, "Look, the elder's sword also has a relatively new place with a width of two fingers.
When you heard me say this, you looked at the sword in my hand, and sure enough, the color was slightly lighter about two fingers wide, and the other parts of the sword body were relatively dark.
Sakura Ling said loudly, what do you mean by drawing your sword at Brother Shan? Daddy, what do you mean?
Ling Xudao's face was a little embarrassed, but Chang Yunzi said leisurely, Senior sister, just now we saw that Senior Brother Zhishan wanted to pull out the sword of the law enforcement elder, so we had the meaning of comparison, let's see if Shaolin draws the sword faster or our Wudang draws the sword faster. Senior Brother Zhishan really got it, although there were many of us, we were still a step slow to draw our swords.
After speaking, he inserted back the sword and arched his hand to me, Senior Brother Zhishan, I really have you, and the younger brother admires it.
Everyone also inserted back the sword one after another, gossiping that Shaolin drew the sword quickly, which was really eye-opening.
Changchunzi also followed and said, I thought that our four sons of Wudang had practiced drawing swords for all these years, and it was already considered fast, but I didn't expect Senior Brother Zhishan to still have high skills. I could see at a glance that Senior Brother Zhishan's speed of drawing his sword should be on par with that of his master, which is really remarkable!
Ling Xudao inserted the sword back in a curtled manner, saying that my son-in-law is really fast, and he will surpass me in two years. It stands to reason that he shouldn't be compared with juniors, but he had no choice but to draw his sword after all.
The law enforcement elder said, "In the past two years, I have been secretly practicing drawing my sword, and the place on the sword body that is two finger widths is relatively new. I thought that after this practice, even if the speed of drawing the sword was not as fast as Senior Brother Ling Xu, there should be few opponents in the rivers and lakes. Just now, I saw that Zhishan's nephew drew his sword as fast as lightning, and he thought to himself, so he knew that he was too arrogant before.
Ling Xudao patted the back of the law enforcement elder, and said I really didn't expect you to hide from me to practice drawing the sword, junior brother, you can still move the heart of the white head at this age, and not fall into the ambition of the clouds, senior brother, I admire it very much. After saying that, he laughed.
Everyone laughed, but Sakura Ling snorted.
In this way, the four sons of Wudang escaped a level, and of course, the matter of the law enforcement elder's broken sword was also fooled.
At the night banquet, everyone toasted one after another, congratulating me on getting married to Sakura Ling, I couldn't shirk it, and drank cup after cup. Sakura Ling was overwhelmed by the wine, so he retreated halfway to rest, and when he left, he was told not to drink too much, and I nodded.
Batch after batch of people who didn't want to toast, and before long I was drunk. In the midst of the noise, Daoist Ling Xuan came over and asked me with concern, are you okay?
I said in a daze that it was okay, and after saying that, the palm of my right hand was facing down, and my left hand was facing up, and I made a two-handed holding moon pose. I transport the Dharma Qi, the wine from the bottom to the top of the body, from left to right to force out the palm of the right hand, the left hand to carry the wonderful true qi, the dripping in the palm of the wine condensed into ice chips, a moment, all the wine forced out of the body, I put both hands together, all the ice chips into ice balls, the ice balls are about the size of a fist.
The originally noisy banquet suddenly fell silent. They all looked at me in amazement.
As soon as the wine was forced out, his mind was suddenly refreshed, and the drunkenness after drinking just now disappeared without a trace. At this time, he felt that he was too ostentatious, but he was afraid that he had offended Wudang, so he turned his head to look at Ling Xudao. Ling Xudao's face changed from grim to soft in an instant, and he said that the virtuous son-in-law has deep internal strength, which is gratifying.
After speaking, I applauded, everyone applauded, I was a little embarrassed, I just wanted to say a few polite words, and suddenly a table of wine stood up and said, Zhishan's Shaolin Dharma Heart Sutra, so unlearned. He hugged Ling Xudao again, Senior Brother, I have learned a set of Wuji Mind Method from the head of the sect over the years, and I also want to perform it to help the wine. I don't know if it's possible?
Ling Xudao said that it's okay, it's rare to be so happy today, volley, you can perform.
The Taoist named Ling Kong walked up to me and said that I would borrow the ice ball, and I handed it to him.
The head of the Ling Kong Dao took the ice ball, ordered someone to withdraw a table of wine, put the ice ball on the table, left the ice ball with both hands one foot away, and transported the internal strength around the ice ball, and the ice ball spun under the stimulation of his internal force.
I saw that his hands were wrapping faster and faster, and there were words in his mouth, saying: Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to four elephants, four elephants give birth to gossip, and gossip turns all things. Speaking of this, suddenly the head of the volley Dao Dao opened his hands and shouted: Transform!
I saw the sound of the ice ball, turned into countless small pieces of ice, and laid a table.
Immediately cheers rang out, and applause thundered.
The head of the road looked at me with a tilted head, and pointed to the table with one hand, as if to say "please".
I was annoyed by the sharp edge just now, and at this time, I didn't want to show my internal strength anyway, so I shook my hand and smiled, Master Lingkong, I can't do this with your hand.
Seeing that I admit that my skills are not as good as others, Ling Xudao added a little smile to his face, and said, Everyone has eaten almost the wine, and they have all watched the show, so let's go back to the room to rest.
I was taken to Sakura's room by the maid, and Sakura was already asleep. It wasn't until I had washed up and lay down next to her that she woke up.
Shaolin and Wudang have been hostile for so many years, and when they saw you suddenly draw their swords, they were all startled, and they all pulled out their swords unintentionally. You've just arrived, and everyone will be a little wary of you.
I said how could I be angry and be able to be with my spirit sister, I don't mind anything.
Sakura turned around and put her arms around my neck and smiled, Have you missed me these days?
I nodded and said yes, not only for you, but also for children.
As I spoke, I put my head on Sakura's belly, but I didn't expect to be kicked by the little guy through the belly.
I said ouch, dare to hit your dad in the stomach?
Sakura Ling said with a bitter face, your daughter is not at ease at all, I don't know how much she has suffered.
We lay flat, Ying Ling said, Brother Shan, when Daddy and they go to finish the competition, we will say goodbye to Wudang and return to Pingdingshan to live. Last time, I made the clothes for you out of animal skins, and I forgot them at Miaoyang Zhenren. When the time comes, I will make you another one, and we will live there happily and no longer pay attention to the affairs of the rivers and lakes. Those days make me happy when I think about it. Brother Shan, you promised that you wouldn't participate in the competition, and you wouldn't regret it, right?
I was listening fascinated, and when I was asked by Sakura, I didn't know how to answer. I wanted to hide it from her, but when I got to Sakura Ling, I still couldn't lie.
Sakura Ling turned her head and said you regretted it?
I said yes, if I don't go to the competition, Abbot Huineng will definitely die. The old abbot was given to die.
Sakura Ling looked at me, and suddenly cried, crying and saying What about me and my father? Finally, now that he has calmed down his anger, forgiven me, and agreed to our marriage, you have decided to go to the competition, won't my father and I have become old and dead in this life?
I was in a state of confusion, and I wanted to say that when I won, I would ask King Yan to send a will to force the Xudao chief, but I couldn't say it.
Sakura cried for a long time, but I just hugged her and didn't say anything.
After a long time, Sakura Ling finally stopped crying, pushed my hand away, and said coldly, sleep.