Early in the morning, Ying Ling and I said goodbye to General Wang, and General Wang said that the White Horse Temple replied, and you can only be alone. Sakura Ling had to go, and after a long time of appeasement, she finally agreed to wait for me in the General's Mansion.

General Wang sent someone to lead the way for me, and after walking less than half a pillar of incense, I arrived at the White Horse Temple.

There were two rows of monks standing outside the White Horse Temple, led by the abbot.

The abbot came up and introduced himself: Lao Qu Fa is the abbot of the White Horse Temple, and the assistant to the four princes is my junior brother. Zhishan's junior brother came from afar to be a guest, and our temple was honored. Hope you can find the answer you are looking for at Hakuba Temple.

I witnessed that the abbot was very polite, and he opened the door to see the mountain, and he was honest enough, so he also replied politely: The abbot is too humble. According to the year of the temple, the White Horse Temple is hundreds of years earlier than the Shaolin Temple, and the Shaolin generation is probably lower.

Abbot Zhengkuan obviously liked my wording, kept nodding and smiling, and when I finished speaking, he hurriedly said that you and I don't have to be humble, so you can call me uncle. Come on, come on, let's go into the house and talk about it.

Entering the main hall, I and the abbot of Zhengkuan sat down according to the division of the host and guest, and after the monk served tea, the abbot of Zhengkuan said: Last night, General Wang sent someone to tell me what you meant. I heard that when you were competing with the Taoist sword in Xiaoyao Town, you saw my junior brother Zheng Yan draw his sword to help, and it was also through this sword that you suspected that Zheng Yan was the murderer of your uncle's family. You came to the White Horse Temple to find out if your master and uncle had any conflicts with this temple. Is that so?

I said yes. I would like to ask a few questions, and I hope that Uncle Shi can answer me.

The abbot raised his hand and said: I must tell the truth.

I asked: Have my uncle's family ever been to the White Horse Temple?

Zheng Kuan asked rhetorically: What is your uncle's name?

I thought about it, shook my head and said: I only know that his surname is Zhao, and he has been called uncle since he was a child, but he doesn't know his name. We are all from Shenqiu.

Zheng Kuan smiled and said: Your uncle has never been to the White Horse Temple, Shenqiu is in the southeast of Shaolin, the White Horse Temple is in the northwest of Shaolin, Shaolin is closer to Shenqiu than the White Horse Temple, if you burn incense to worship the Buddha, how can there be a reason to give up the near and seek the far? This is one of them; second, Shaolin has the saying of "the first ancient temple in the world" among the people, although the White Horse Temple was built early, in terms of fame, it is slightly inferior to Shaolin, so when it comes to the prosperity of incense, the White Horse Temple is far inferior to the Shaolin Temple.

When I heard it, I thought it made sense. Then he asked again: I don't know that the weapon used by Master Zhengyan is a purple sword?

Zheng Kuan replied: The sword is a sharp weapon, and if you are a little careless, it will become a killing, so most of my Buddhist disciples use sticks, and the famous swords of the Buddhist sect are not as many as those of Taoism, and it is precisely because of this. Zheng Yan has loved swords since he was a child, and after becoming a monk, he obeyed his master's orders, and the sword did not show its blade, and he always used a copper-colored blunt sword.

After hearing this, I became confused, thinking to myself, could it be that Cheng Kuan is lying for Zheng Yan?

Seeing that I was silent, Zheng Kuan said: "Purple sword, I have seen that it has been recorded in ancient books.

I hurriedly asked: What does the book say?

Zheng Kuan said with a smile: My White Horse Temple is slightly different from ordinary temples, there are two halls behind this hall, and there are three halls behind the second hall, with a total of seven halls. The book is in the seventh hall, why don't you go to the seventh hall to read the book in person?

As soon as I heard this, I immediately got up, thanked Zhengkuan, and walked straight to the back.

Out of the main hall, behind is a bluestone field. I saw an old monk standing at the door of the second hall from a distance.

Walking to the old monk, I saluted and said that I wanted to go to the Seven Halls to see the ancient books. Can you make it convenient to let it go?

Who knew that the old monk said that if he wanted to pass the second hall, he had to have a competition.

I was stunned and asked what it was like, and the old monk pointed to the weapon rack on the bluestone field and said sword.

When I looked back, I saw that the shelf was full of swords.

I said, Master, I went to the Seventh Hall according to the instructions of the abbot, not to test swordsmanship.

The old monk said that if you come to burn incense and worship the Buddha, let alone the seven halls, even if there are ten halls, you can enter and enter freely, but if you want to read the ancient books of the seven halls, then you have to compete with me for swords, and you can pass after winning. Even if Senior Brother Zhengkuan goes to see the ancient books in person, he has to pass my pass, this is the thousand-year-old rule of the White Horse Temple, and no one will make an exception.

I said yes, then I'm offended.

We came to the bluestone field, and the old monk pointed to the weapon rack and said that you choose the sword first.

I said no, I brought it myself, and pulled out the handsome from behind.

The old monk "hummed" and said, don't think that the famous sword is omnipotent, if you have a dependence on it, I am afraid that you will have to gain and lose.

After the old monk finished speaking, he chose a soft sword with an extremely thin sword body from the weapon rack.

I was stunned, it was the first time I had encountered a soft sword.

The old monk said that I am older than you, so you should make the first move.

After I saluted with my sword and fists, I pinched the sword trick in my left hand and held the handsome hand in my right hand.

Speaking of the Dharma Vajra Sword, there are actually a total of 36 moves, 18 moves to attack and 18 moves to defend, and the "dripping water" I used in Huishi's Shunfeng blacksmith shop is a defensive move. This trick "Dharma boundless" can be said to be the essence of the Dharma Vajra swordsmanship, a sword stabbing the body's five organs, this is a killing move, and it is only used when encountering people who do not know how to repent of the evil swordsmanship. It is said to be a sword, but it is actually five swords, and the order of stabbing is the kidney, lung, spleen, liver, and heart, but the shot is too fast, and only one sword is seen in the eyes of ordinary people. The speed should be fast, this is still second, the kidney piercing is from the front of the person, and the sword needs to penetrate the body, avoid the stomach, and go directly to the left kidney, which shows that the accuracy of the sword technique is also very high. Of course, I didn't make this move to put the old monk to death, I just wanted the old monk to know the difficulty and retreat and admit defeat early.

Who knew that the sword was less than a foot away from the old monk, and it was entangled by the soft sword in a circle, the sword momentum slowed down, my arm shook, and the soft sword was shaken away, and this move was broken.

I changed another trick "borrowing flowers to offer Buddha", this trick is very satisfied, so the move is a virtual and a real, virtual trick, straight to the door, the real sword in the real move, the sword in the middle of the change to stab the lower abdomen. This trick is unexpected, and the false trick needs to be done to confuse the real with the fake. But as soon as the false move came out, he was entangled by a soft sword. As a last resort, he shook off the soft sword again.

I can only use "send the Buddha to the west". This trick is to change the stab to chop, cut eighteen directions in a row, the battle is handsome and sharp, and the bullying is the soft sword that does not dare to touch the blade. Who knew that the old monk used the sword body to meet the handsome, the handsome just touched the soft sword, the soft sword body bent, the handsome had to slide away with the soft sword, and when the handsome slid away from the soft sword, the soft sword swept back to my face. Slashed eighteen directions in a row, the sword and sword missed, and the soft sword was a sword and sword backsweep, I dodged left and right, and I was very embarrassed.

I waited for the "Buddha to the West" to finish, I didn't feel a little impetuous, I continued to change my moves, and I didn't touch the old monk for a long time, but I was in danger.

After the Dharma Vajra swordsmanship was finished, I put away the sword and was silent.

The old monk did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and asked: Do you still feel that the handsome man is invincible and disadvantaged?

I didn't know how to answer, and I was a little frustrated.

The old monk said: You must know that the Taoist swordsmanship overcomes rigidity with softness, you can't break my cloud sword, and you can't break Wudang's Taiyi Xuanmen swordsmanship, Eight Immortals swordsmanship, and Taiji swordsmanship.

I bent down and said sincerely, and asked the master for guidance.

The old monk smiled and said, the son can be taught, come, I'll tell you a thing or two. After speaking, he sat on the ground.

I sat down with it.

The old monk said: You can't break the "soft", the reason is very simple, we monks often use sandbags to practice boxing and feet, have you ever seen a tree to practice boxing? is because the sandbag is soft, the tree is rigid. When a punch goes down, the sand in the sandbag dissolves the punch through deformation and unloading, while the tree will not unload the force, and the punch will be broken in two. The first point of Rou Neng Kegang is "unloading", just now you cut me eighteen swords, my sword body is unloaded, and the sword bend is unloaded. Unloading again and again, the rigidity will be exhausted.

I nodded.

The old monk continued: The second point is "borrowing". For example, the spinning top that children play with, the reason why the spinning top can rotate is because of the force of the rope.

I said I don't understand, what happens if I borrow it?

The old monk said that if he borrowed it, he would become his own strength. Have you ever played with a tumbler?

I said I played. When I was a child, I fixed the scarecrow in a large round iron pot, and no matter how I hit the scarecrow, it would not fall.

The old monk said that the original name of the tumbler was to catch the drunken fairy, when the ancients drank, carved wooden people, fine on the top and thick on the bottom, virtual on the bottom and real on the bottom. Before drinking, the wooden man rotated, and after the wooden man stopped rotating, he was facing whoever wanted to drink, so he was named Drunken Immortal. You can't beat the tumbler, the tumbler leans back by your punch, and then leans forward, and if you can't dodge, you will be hit by the tumbler. The greater the force, the greater the tumbler's counterattack force, in fact, it is all your strength. The tumbler can borrow power, all because of the virtual and the real. You look at the willow, the wicker is solid, it is solid, the wicker is soft, it is empty, no matter how strong the wind is, the wicker will not blow off.

I said that the key to unloading and borrowing force is to "get down".

The old monk nodded and smiled: Just like the sword comparison just now, my sword body is empty, and my wrist is real. If you don't have a wrist, how to unload the force?

I suddenly realized, said: just attack the "down", soft can be broken.

The old monk laughed and said that Shaolin chose you to participate in the competition, and the abbot of Huineng was really discerning. The third is "entanglement". The two moves you made before were stabs, and you were entangled in a soft sword and couldn't move forward. Why is this so?

I said that I understood, the deeper the sword is inserted into the earth, the more it cannot advance, because the soil is wrapped around the sword. The deeper the insertion, the greater the force.

The old monk kept praising and asked how to break it?

I said that the stabbing force was strong enough that the earth could not be entangled. Therefore, although softness can overcome rigidity, it cannot be rigid but cannot be resisted.

The old monk laughed so much that his beard and eyebrows trembled, and after a while he began to cry again.

I asked the old monk what was wrong, and the old monk said that Shaolin Temple was the head of the Buddhist school, so it was. Although my White Horse Temple was built early, there is no person as smart as you.

After speaking, he stood up and raised his sword: Try again.

I can't leave the old monk's wrist, the old monk even changed the move, there is always no way to use the force to unload, I have to take a step back, so that the word "winding" is used. After my sword was entangled, I didn't use sword moves, but the internal force filled the sword body and stabbed straight through. The old monk exerted all his strength, but the sword still couldn't entangle the handsome, and when he saw that the sword was about to stab himself, he had to abandon the sword and jump away. My hand shook, and the soft sword fell to the ground.

I was very happy in my heart and thanked the old monk.

The old monk sighed and said You thank me, but I want to thank Huien.

I was stunned for a moment and asked why you wanted Master Xie Huien.

The old monk said that when Huien and Wudang competed, we also went to watch the "certificate" character of the White Horse Temple. The first part of the competition is the sword competition, Hui En didn't know why he abandoned the sword and didn't use it, and he broke Wudang's Taiji Sword with a pair of fleshy palms. I thought about it, and repeatedly recalled in my mind the tricks they used during the game, and it took ten days to realize Hui En's method of cracking, Hui En because there was no sword in his hand, so he could only use the dragon claw to grab the opponent's wrist, Tai Chi Sword was already borrowing strength, seeing Hui En playing like this, he was powerless to borrow, and finally wrapped a sword around Hui En's hand, although this method was good, but his sword could not move. Hui En's hand couldn't move, and the other hand grabbed the opponent's wrist holding the sword, and the opponent's right hand was unwilling to abandon the sword, so he had to use Tai Chi to meet the enemy with his left hand. Tai Chi is the same as Tai Chi Sword, Hui En wanted to break Tai Chi to grab the opponent's wrist, but was not unloaded by Tai Chi, he was entangled by the circle drawn by the opponent's left fist, and finally Hui En was angry, and carried up the internal force to smash the opponent's chest, although the other party drew countless circles, but still could not stand Hui En's full blow, fortunately, Tai Chi Mind learned to go home, and used the skin on his chest to unload Hui En's lot of punch. Rao still let go of his sword and was beaten back a few steps. Although Hui En broke the Taiji Sword with both hands, he was afraid that he didn't figure out the reason, and if he used the Dharma Vajra Sword to compare, he might not be able to win. After I figured it out, this is how to break the sword with the sword now. Do you think I want to thank your master Huien?

Once again, I would like to thank the old monk.

The old monk stepped aside, pointed to the door of the second hall and said, go.