Chapter 41: Learning the Sword

I said I'm coming for you.

Zheng Yan asked me why he was looking for me?

I said I wanted to see your saber.

Zheng Yan untied the sword and handed it to me. I pulled it out and looked, and sure enough, it was a bladeless bronze sword.

I ask Zhengyan, do you have a purple sword?

Zheng Yan shook his head and said that I have never seen a purple sword to this day.

King Yan also said, I have witnessed Master Yan, and he is wearing this bronze sword.

Someone outside the door suddenly reported that the emperor had summoned King Yan. King Yan said to us, "You should first discuss how we can send Zhishan and Yuying to a place that no one knows about these days." After saying that, he went out.

Zheng Yan asked, what are you looking for me to ask the purple sword for?

I didn't answer him, but what about Master Zhengyi? But here is it? I want to ask him why he attacked my beloved wife.

Zheng Yan was shocked, and said, "You love your wife?"

I nodded.

Zheng Yan sweated on his forehead, saying Have you ever been to the White Horse Temple, or have any monks in the White Horse Temple looked for you?

I said I had been, and the abbot of Zhengkuan also gave me a sword book, but I couldn't read it.

Zheng Yan said, you take it out quickly, I'll take a look.

I took out the book from my arms, and when I saw the results, I was overjoyed, and said that you have passed the level of Master Cimei?

I nodded and asked Master Zhengyi?

Zheng Yan replied to the question, saying that this sword is called Horse Treading Baiyun, which is the treasure of my White Horse Temple, also known as Baiyun Swordsmanship. The Buddha sect is saved, and King Yan is saved!

What was saved, I asked?

Zheng Yan said that you still don't understand? Your Dharma Vajra swordsmanship has been broken, and the chances of winning next year's game will become smaller, and if the Buddhist sect loses, then King Yan cannot be crowned the crown prince. If Prince Zhu Biao becomes the emperor, I am afraid that he will massacre the Buddhist sect in the future, and you Shaolin and our White Horse Temple will bear the brunt. In order to prevent the rebellion of King Yan, the prince will definitely lead a large army to pacify Beiping.

I said I forgot to tell you that I don't want to play next year.

Zheng Yan's face changed color, and he said, Why? Is it because the Dharma Vajra Sword Technique has been broken? You have learned the Baiyun Sword Technique, and it will not be worse than the Dharma Vajra Sword Technique.

I told the story of Sakura Ling, and I said that I couldn't let the people of Wudang reject me because of the competition.

Zheng Yan asked in a stern voice, then you can watch the disciples of the Buddhist sect being slaughtered? Can you watch Hui Enhui being given death by the crown prince?

I said I still have my brother Tomoki, and he can compete for me.

Zheng Yan said that you think I don't know Tomoki? His talent is not half as good as yours, so what's the difference between letting him compete and admitting defeat?

I was speechless for a moment.

Zheng Yan slowly relaxed his serious expression, and said that what is so difficult about Wudang? The Buddhist faction won the game, and King Yan became the crown prince, so he only needs to write a letter in person, are you afraid that they will not agree to your marriage with Miss Ying? After King Yan ascended the throne, the Taoist sect was afraid of King Yan's revenge, and it was too late to pat you, the son-in-law of King Yan, so how dare Wudang not agree to your marriage with Ying Ling?

As soon as I heard it, I felt that this was not a bad way, Wudang and Shaolin have been rivals for hundreds of years, if you want Wudang to be really willing to marry Sakura Ling to me, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, I asked Sakura Ling to say that he would not compete, Wudang was afraid that I would regret it, and he would definitely promise Sakura Ling, but in the future, Wudang won the game, and it is difficult to say whether he recognizes me as a son-in-law. If I win the game and King Yan is crowned crown prince, Wudang will definitely agree to let me be with Ying Ling in order to protect himself. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but nod.

Yan Zheng only asked at this time, why did you ask me if Zheng Yi was not there? Have you not seen him in the White Horse Temple?

I told Zheng Kuan that he suspected that Ying Ling was a pawn of Wudang and that Zheng Yi had attacked Ying Ling before and after, and Zheng Yan stomped his feet and said that Senior Brother Abbot was not confused, and killing Ying Ling would only make you have a gap between you and the Buddhist family. Replace me with you, the May competition will deliberately admit defeat, so that the White Horse Temple was served by the prince, and now the cherry girl is pregnant with your flesh and blood and married you, and the saying that it is a Wudang chess piece is untenable. I'm going to write a letter and tell the abbot to stop doing stupid things.

Originally, I thought that Zheng Yan would deny it in every possible way in the matter of Zheng Yi's sneak attack on Sakura Ling, but I didn't expect him to admit that it was Zheng Kuan's doing, and I heard that he was going to write a letter, telling Zheng Kuan not to have the idea of killing Sakura Ling again, and he actually had a good impression of Zheng Kuan.

After Zheng Yan finished writing the letter, he called his entourage and asked someone to go to the White Horse Temple day and night with the letter.

Zheng Yan also said, your master Huien and Abbot Huineng taught you martial arts, took care of you, and although they have selfishness and want you to win the competition, they have long regarded you as their own child. After you entered the Shaolin Temple, the abbot of Huineng once wrote to me, saying that you can fight on behalf of the Buddhists, and the words are mostly praise for you, and later the letter mentioned that you are weak and thin, afraid that you are not in good health, and have to break the vow to let you eat meat. Once you broke your finger while practicing Dharma Vajra, Abbot Huineng felt guilty, saying that in order for you to practice Dharma Vajra, you would cut off your finger, which was against your own heart, and I was even more worried about whether your finger could recover well in the future. Huineng once begged in a letter, in the future, you will walk the rivers and lakes, whether you are still in Shaolin or not, in case of difficulties, if we can help each other, we will definitely help you. The White Horse Temple has a request for Shaolin, and the abbot of Huineng will agree.

Hearing this, my eyes moistened a little.

Zheng Yan said again, Abbot Huineng is worried that you will repeat the mistake of Huien, and the woman will be broken by the Dharma Vajra swordsmanship, although you have agreed before going down the mountain, I am afraid that I will meet the woman I like, but I still unknowingly fall into the "love" delusion, and I am very anxious. Shaolin's three major swordsmanship, only the Dharma Vajra swordsmanship is the most powerful, how can you participate in the Dharma Vajra swordsmanship if you are broken? Huineng personally copied a copy of the Bodhidharma Heart Sutra, sent it to the White Horse Temple, and told the abbot about his worries. The abbot and brother will understand, and promise Huineng to find an opportunity to send you the Baiyun Sword Technique, just in case.

Zheng Kuan held the Dharma Heart Sutra in his hand and told Uncle Ci Mei, who did not immediately agree, only said that he would make a decision after discussing Zen with you, and if your Dharma and character could not satisfy him, he would return a copy of the Dharma Heart Sutra to Hui Neng. I never thought that you really passed the level of Master Cimei.

I said to Zheng Yan, don't worry, uncle, I will definitely participate in the competition. My nephew will learn the Baiyun Sword Technique with you. It's just that I won't marry the lord of Yong'an.

Zheng Yan said that this is not a big deal, marry or not, King Yan will never blame, King Yan is competing to recruit a son-in-law, it is nothing more than trying to find someone with strong martial arts to protect the county lord of Yong'an, it is better not to marry. As long as you protect the county lord of Yong'an before May, it will be a great achievement, plus if you win the game, who do you want to marry, who do you want to marry, and who do you want to marry, and when you talk to King Yan, King Yan will only have no mouth to agree. You only hide it from King Yan for the time being, and we will talk about this matter later.

Master Zhengyan took me to the martial arts training ground, saying that the Baiyun Sword Method is the same as the Dharma Heart Sutra, and only the abbot has the opportunity to participate in the study. Senior Brother Zhengkuan once said that there are eight strokes of Baiyun swordsmanship, and the benevolent teacher only understands six moves, all of which have been passed on to Zhengkuan, and I am friendly with Senior Brother Zhengkuan, and Senior Brother has taught me two tricks, that is, "to stab nothing" and "to cut nothing". Come on, I'll translate the mental method of these two moves on the sword book to you, and then teach you the moves.

Because I wanted to learn the Baiyun Sword Technique, Master Zhengyan discussed with King Yan to postpone leaving the palace for half a month, and in less than two days, I learned to "go to the stabbing of nothing" and "go to cut the nothing". Then he studied with Master Zhengyan "to poke the nothing", and he had learned it in less than three days, and it took five days to study the "no to sweep", and it took five days to practice, and at this time there were still four unlearned four of the eight moves, which were "no to hang", "no to intercept", "no to block", "no to block".

Master Zhengyan said, stabbing for a sword, slashing for a knife, poking for a gun, sweeping for a stick, it can be said that these four moves break the attack of the world's long and short weapons, in addition to these four moves, the first master still realized the "go to the grid of nothing" and "go to block the nothing", these two moves and break the defense of the weapon. Senior Brother Zhengkuan also said that he has pondered for more than ten years, and like the benevolent teacher, he has never been able to figure out the methods of "removing the strangled" and "removing the nothing". In the past few days, I have flipped through the book to study and study, only to know that "hanging" must be related to Taoist swordsmanship, twisting is to draw a circle, if you learn to "go to hanging", you will be able to break the Wudang Taiji swordsmanship. It's just "to intercept nothing", and I don't know what it means to look at the mental method.

I remembered the method of breaking Tai Chi taught me by Master Zhengben, so I said that I listened to Zheng Yan. After hearing this, Zheng Yan laughed after thinking for a while. Said a good certificate, which helped us a lot. The method of the certificate is to abandon the false and attack the real, and when it comes to "entanglement", it is used to get rid of it with the strength of the strong, and the benevolent teacher asked him to garrison the second hall, which really makes sense.

After speaking, Zheng Yan frowned and continued, but when he met Zhirou, he was afraid that this method would not work. Zhishan, although you have learned the Dharma Heart Sutra, the internal force is very thick, but there are people outside the sky, and it is difficult to guarantee that there is no internal force in the world and has been trained to be a person of the softest. If you fight with such a person, when you can't get rid of the "entanglement", you can block the "entanglement", such as when you meet the other party to draw a circle, you can see the sword momentum, the last to come, block the sword to draw a circle, and the word "entanglement" can be broken. The reason why I can see the sword momentum clearly is because there are traces to follow in the circle. "To twist the nothing" method of the mind: "anticipating the enemy's opportunity, the last to come, the power of the reverse twisting, the momentum of the circle", I think it should be this truth.

After speaking, Zheng Yan opened the sword spectrum and confirmed his mental method with his own speculation, and it was indeed so.

I practiced "going to hang nothing" every day, and when I went back in the evening, the county lord arranged for the maid to help me take a bath. When the maid went out, I stripped naked and sat in the pool, thinking that I had finally learned swordsmanship again, and I felt very happy.

King Yan didn't know that I was falsely married to the county lord, so he didn't arrange a place for me to live. I slept at the table every night, and the county lord often took advantage of my sleep to drape me with a quilt. When he woke up, he touched the soft quilt on his body, turned his head to look at the county lord who was sleeping soundly, and vowed to protect her.

Although I understood the meaning of the mental method of "going to the hanging", it was just that the four words "anticipating the enemy's opportunity" were too difficult to practice, and it was not until the fifteenth day that I reluctantly practiced the moves. Seeing that we were going to leave the palace on the second day, I strictly proved that the translations of "to intercept nothing", "to remove the grid of nothing" and "to block the nothing" were written in the gap between the sword spectrum seal texts, and asked me to remember these three tricks on the way back.

Zheng Yan said, before leaving, don't say much else, the battle of May is related to the fortune of the Buddhist sect, and it is also related to the lives of your master Huien and Huineng. Whether you and Sakura Ling can stay together for the rest of your life also depends on this battle.

I said I got it. I'm going to give it my all.

Zheng Yan said I heard that you chose Shaolin Sharp Weapon and Commander Divine Sword, why haven't you worn it these days?

I don't dare to say anything about Sakura Ling's loss of the sword, saying that since the Bodhidharma Vajra swordsmanship was broken, I didn't dare to carry it and hid it elsewhere. I'll get it when I leave the palace.

Zheng Yan nodded, and said There is another question I want to ask you, you use the Dharma Vajra Fist to take so many moves, I have never understood why. Is the Dharma Heart Sutra really so powerful?

I didn't dare to say anything about Miaoyang Zhenren's transmission of Miao Zhenqi, so I casually said nonsense: It's not too powerful, and if you hold two more palms, you will lie down. By the way, why can Kaishan Palm Kedama Boxing?

Zheng Yan sighed and said that this matter is a long story, and he will talk about it after dinner.