Cuicui said: "Then I'll go and collect some firewood, you use your sword to skin the snake, but you have to feed the leopard brother first!"

"I know. ”

The leopard peeled off the python with his sword.

The leopard does not need to be fed, it has already bent down and tore off the flesh of the python and eaten it.

The leopard is seeing the python, and he is just luck.

So, when Cuicui pushed the branch away, the leopard said, "Cuicui, you come and drink a few mouthfuls of python blood." ”

"It's so dirty!

"Cuicui, this snake blood can improve you!"

"Really?"

"Why should I deceive you? My master also said that snake blood can dispel wind and cold, and can also cure back pain. ”

"I don't believe it!"

Although Cuicui said so, when she saw that the leopard was still holding the python blood and drinking, she thought: Brother Leopard's amazing internal strength, is it from drinking python blood?

Cuicui was also very curious, so she threw down the firewood, picked up some python blood and drank it, but felt a fishy smell and almost spit it out.

She didn't want to drink any more, so she said, "What kind of snake is this? You drink it! I don't want to drink it!"

He walked to the creek, washed his hands and mouth, then set up wood, made a fire, and prepared to barbecue the python.

Somehow, after Cuicui drank a few mouthfuls of python blood, she felt a hot breath coming out of the dantian, and immediately flowed all over her body, and her tiredness was swept away, as if she had just practiced internal strength.

She couldn't help but wonder: can the blood of a python really increase a person's strength?

Or does it drive away the cold wind?

Cuicui couldn't help but pick up some more python blood and drank it.

The leopard smiled and said, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"But it's so bad!"

Good medicine is bitter and good for disease.

Cuicui heard the word "bitter mouth", and after a while, she remembered the snake gall again, and said: "Brother Leopard, if the python blood is useful, then the python gall is not more useful?"

"Yes, I must bring the gall of the snake back to the temple and drink this wine. ”

After drinking the blood and bile of the giant python, their strength increased greatly, exceeding the inner strength they had practiced for ten years, but they didn't know it.

After eating the roasted python, the leopard and Cuicui rested a little, and the leopard seemed to be full of energy, jumping down in the deep valley, catching a few birds to play, and sometimes happily climbing trees.

Cuicui said: "Brother Leopard, look at Brother Leopard, it carries a jade black pearl pill, and it is not afraid of the poisonous mist of miasma in the deep stream! But at first he didn't dare to enter this canyon!"

Leopard thought: "Cuicui, I'm afraid it's not because I'm afraid of the poison of the miasma that I don't dare to come in." ”

"Oh!?, what is it afraid of?"

"It seems that leopards have a more sensitive sense of smell than we do. They knew there was a big python in the canyon. Not only does it refuse to enter, it prevents us from entering. ”

"Really, and how did it get in again?"

"Cuicui, if I guessed correctly, the leopard brothers must be afraid that we are in danger, regardless of their own life and death, and follow to protect us. Cuicui, didn't you say that when you are in danger, it will rush over desperately and bite this python?"

"yes! I really want to thank Brother Leopard. ”

"Cuicui, from now on, walking in this deep mountain, we can know in advance whether there is danger in advance, so as to be prepared. ”

"Yes!"

Cuicui shouted happily: "Brother Leopard, come here!"

With a "whew", the leopard sensitively leaned towards Cuicui's side.

Cuicui hugged it affectionately, kissed the leopard's face with her own face, and said, "Brother Leopard, have you eaten enough?"

The leopard smiled and said, "Don't you want nothing, and if he doesn't have enough to eat, will he play everywhere?"

"Oh! I want to ask!"

"Okay, let's go find the sword. ”

"Brother Leopard going?"

"I suppose let him play at the entrance of the cave, and if something happens, it will tell us. ”

"It's okay!

Cuicui patted the leopard, "Brother Leopard, you play here, we will come out soon." ”

The leopard seemed to understand, nodded, and opened vertically from Cuicui's side!

The leopard took a piece of burning wood, and at the same time took a few pieces of pine oil wood with his other hand, and came to the small black hole with Cuicui.

Just as she was about to go in, Cuicui suddenly remembered something and said, "Brother Leopard, go slowly." Let me go first. ”

The leopard wondered: "Why are you doing this?"

"Because I want to see if this python is a pearl of the night, and if it's a pearl, we don't have to take a torch to the hole!"

"Well, you give it a try. ”

Cuicui held the python's beads and walked into the dark cave.

The beads gave a faint light, but after a few steps, the beads were bright, and the snowy cave was bright, and you could see not only the road before and after, but also the surrounding scenery.

This giant python bead is like a bright moon in the dark night, and Cuicui is like a fairy holding a bright moon.

But this full moon is only the size of a white pigeon's egg.

Cuicui was pleasantly surprised: "Brother Leopard, what a beautiful bead! We don't have torches." ”

The leopard was taken aback and rushed in: "Okay! we don't need to use it to light the lights at night! ”

Cuicui held this magical pearl high in the air.

After passing through a narrow, winding passage, the cave in front widened.

The hole was twice as large as when it was first entered, with two openings on the east and west sides, but nothing led to it.

There is nothing strange or special about these walls, they are just ordinary stones, rough and uneven.

But the first thing they saw was a rectangular iron box on a stone to the east.

Cuicui said: "Brother Leopard, I'm afraid the sword in the iron box is your master's sword! ”

The leopard thought about it, then opened the box and looked at it.

What was in the tin box was not a sword at all, but a letter that read "Leopard Son Personally Enlightened".

Cuicui said, "Isn't there a sword mark in the envelope?"

Cuicui couldn't believe it.

This is apparently just a letter.

If there is a notch of the sword in it, it must be thick.

When the leopard opened the letter, it turned out to be a page, not a sword book at all.

There are only two sentences written on the paper: "Learn the sword from benevolence, so that the sword cares".

There were hardly any words, not even letters.

The following inscription is even more puzzling, which is three horizontal lines of water waves.

Cuicui said: "Brother Leopard, don't be your teacher's old fool! Otherwise, your master must be drunk, and without thinking about it, he put these two words in the iron box and put the sword ticket in another place." ”

The leopard was also confused: "I don't know either." ”

"So we didn't come for nothing?"

"Cuicui, I don't think the teacher will lie to me. ”

"What about the sword spectrum?"

"Cuicui, let's take a look around. ”

"This grotto is the same as the one above. You can see it at a glance, and there isn't even a hole in it to hide something. Otherwise, this iron box would not have been placed on this rock. ”

"Cuicui, there are two holes here. Maybe Master's sword book is one of them. ”

"Then why doesn't your master write them down? It's rude to write these two meaningless sentences. ”

"Cuicui, let's go find it. ”

They walked to the caves on both sides of the cave first, but they felt a chill come over them.

They hadn't gone far when a puddle of clear water blocked their way, and a chill came from the deep water.

They looked at the walls on either side.

There is nothing suspicious about them, just like the outer walls, and there is nothing hidden in them.

So they went out to the east cave. The hole was narrow.

Soon, they came to an end with no way out.

The leopard carefully examined all the stone walls, pushing them with his hands, not moving.

These stone walls are all natural and have no artificial traces.

In the end, they walked out disappointed.

The leopard was silent about the iron box, but Cuicui scolded: "This old monk is simply a tease! Brother Leopard, let's go back and dig up his body." I want to ask him, why do you deceive people, so that I bow down to him in vain. ”

"Cuicui, don't mess around! I'm wondering, why did Master draw these three water waves? Did he engrave the sword at the bottom of the pool?"

Cuicui heard Leopard say this, and as soon as she paid attention, she asked, "Brother Leopard, did your master teach you to dive?"

"No!"

"No, why did he hide it underwater?"

Isn't this murder? How can such a deep pool draw water?"

"Yes, the bottom of the pool is too big. Even if I'm looking for it, I'm going to look for it. How can I get it?"

"Looks like the old monk is going to play a crossword puzzle again! Brother Leopard! Show me the note again." ”

The leopard handed the two-word paper to Cuicui, who looked at the pearl carefully, looked at it, and suddenly said, "Brother Leopard, let's go back to the waterhole." ”

The leopard was a little surprised: "Cuicui, have you seen it?"

"I don't know yet. Maybe we were too careless. Maybe we just dropped by the pool. ”

"Isn't the sword book hidden in a small hole in the rock by the waterhole?"

"Don't ask, just wait and see! In this case, your master is too harsh on you. ”

The leopard followed Cuicui to the pond and saw a row of bamboos under the stones.

If you don't approach the edge of the deep pool and look closely, you won't find the raft.

Cuicui held the night pearl high again, looked over the pond, caught a glimpse of a stone door, and said, "Brother Leopard, let's cross the river on a bamboo raft." ”

The leopard, who has better vision than Cuicui, has already seen a stone gate on the opposite bank, and from the other side of the stone gate, on the edge of the pond, there is a road to the stone gate.

Then, he and Cuicui boarded the bamboo raft, rowed to the opposite bank, and stopped at the stone gate.

After walking a few steps, he turned the corner of the wall and saw a line of words engraved on the wall: "To learn swordsmanship, you must swear again: never do anything bad, never kill innocent, and must do good deeds to rid the world of evil." Fangwu word. ”

Cuicui said: "Brother Leopard, your master's sword score must be hidden in this cave, otherwise these lines will not be retained." ”

The leopard nodded and walked down the corridor for a while.

Suddenly, it opened in front of him.

The cavern was large and tall enough to hold hundreds of people, and a beam of light penetrated through the opening of one of the platforms.

The walls around the cave are carved with a variety of sword movements: some are dancing with a sword;

Some doubles, some have multiple enemies, dozens of people, a total of more than 100 people.

Each painting has the name of the sword.

Step into the stone wall of the main entrance of the grotto and write the words "Shadowless Sword" on the stone wall.

Cuicui said, "Brother Leopard, this is the sword left to you by your master! This is engraved on the stone wall, not written on the book. If they want to, no one can steal. ”

Leopard said, "Cuicui, I want to thank you! If it weren't for you, I would never have found my master's sword book." Cuicui, I don't understand. How could you have thought of going through that deep pool to find my master's sword book?"

"Brother Leopard, your master told me. ”

"What? What did my master tell you?"

"Brother Leopard, didn't you notice the two sentences that your master left for you?"

"Signed? Three waterlines?"

"Yes! Three ripples!"

"So you've thought about the pool?"

"No, I didn't think about it at first, I just thought that these three lines of water must represent water. Where is the water in the cave? Only this deep pool. It occurred to me that your master's sword must have something to do with this deep pool, either in a cave in the rock on the edge of the pool, or in a pool. “

"Cuicui, but I didn't talk about the pool!"

"You told me to cross the river. ”

"What did I tell you?"

"You said you couldn't dive, your master didn't teach you, and he didn't tell you to learn to swim before you died. How do you get the sword if it's hidden at the bottom of the pool? So I don't think it can be at the bottom of the pool. Probably somewhere by the pond. ”

The leopard said, "I see! When you find that there is no place to hide your sword by the pool, and you find that there is a bamboo raft there, you will want to cross to the pool." ”

"Yes, this hole, so to speak, is empty except for your master? Why did he put a bamboo pole in the pool? There was no other way out than to row to the other shore and look at the surrounding rocks. ”

"Cuicui, you are so smart! If it weren't for you, I would never have found my master's sword. ”

"Brother Leopard, in fact, you are not stupid at all, but your experience in the rivers and lakes is not as good as mine. ”

"What does this have to do with the experience of rivers and lakes?"

"It's relevant! Because the rivers and lakes each help each branch, and each has a certain sign or expression with a design that tells people how to look for their winter, or tells the people of this branch where they have gone and what dangers they have encountered, let them come. Your master used to be a mysterious and terrifying figure on rivers and lakes, so he would never carve patterns or paint on the walls for no reason. ”

"I see, Cuicui, I really want to learn from you in the future, I hope you will teach me more. ”

"Oh, Brother Leopard, why are you so polite? Go and see your master's sword book!"

"Cuicui, let's watch together. ”

"Brother Leopard! It was sent by your master. How can I look at it?"

"Cuicui, why are you and I so angry, isn't it better for the two of us to study together?"

"Brother Leopard, you don't understand, any of this kung fu, don't be an apprentice of this kung fu, never learn, this is the biggest taboo in martial arts. If he does, he will be hunted down by the people of this school, unless he becomes a believer in this school. However, it may not be easy to become a believer in this sect. ”

"Why?"

"Do you think he won't suspect that you are a secret agent sent by another department? ”

"Is this the case with all sects now?"

The same is true of Linshao Temple, which prides itself on charity. Linshao Temple does not kill people who steal Linshao Temple's kung fu, but it vows to abolish their martial arts and ban them from leaving Shaolin Temple for life. As for the others, they were often killed. ”

The leopard was startled when she heard this: "How can Xuan Ling be so cruel and unreasonable?"

"Brother Leopard! Don't be so confused! Who made them steal other people's martial arts? However, stealing other people's martial arts must be malicious. Therefore, our family's martial arts, especially our family's one-step kung fu, are very confidential and will never be leaked by outsiders. Even the masters of our sect are not easy to teach. ”

"Can't we get more people to learn?"

"Oh, Brother Leopard, if everyone in the world is as kind as you, of course, the more people who learn, the better. If the bad guys learn, they will not only harm the world. Now that only Zhan Taiwu and his disciples have come out, all the factions of the martial arts sect are going to be disturbed! What will happen if you learn this shadowless practice from someone with malicious intentions? Why did your master engrave these words on the wall facing the gate? He was just afraid of the bad guys. ”

The leopard was silent again, and he couldn't help but think of Duan Lili's sister warning him: Don't say the young master's sword score, let alone let people know, otherwise there will be a catastrophe of life and death.

If the bad guys are like Jain, latecomers, etc., haven't they already had lunch?

Seeing that he was silent in thought, Cuicui asked, "Brother Leopard, what do you think? What did I say wrong?"

Leopard said, "How wrong are you! This is what Sister Duan said to me." ”

Cuicui was stunned: "Sister Duan, the county lord of the Dali prince's family?"

"It's her. ”

"Does she also know the sword note that your master left you?"

"Yes. ”

"Did you know that the sword was hidden in this hole?"

The leopard shook his head.

"She didn't know. ”

"You didn't tell her?"

"I was going to tell her that she told me not to say anything, that she didn't want to know, and that she warned me not to. ”

Cuicui put her mind at ease: "Fortunately, you met the Duan County Lord, if it were someone else, you would be dangerous!

"There's one more. ”

"Oh! Who?"

"You!"

Cuicui was beating the leopard with a pink fist, and said with a smile: "I thought you were honest, but it turns out that you are so bad, playing tricks on me." ”

The leopard grabbed her hand, "Am I wrong? Don't you know?"

"I asked someone else. ”

"Except for you and Sister Duan, no one knows. ”

"Really? Sister Qing, I keep calling, and my father doesn't know? Didn't you tell them?"

Leopard Er remembered his conversation with a shadowless Elder Mo again.

"Maybe the old beggar knows. He said hesitantly.

"To know is to know. How is it possible to know?"

"Lao Zhaohua knew early on that I was not the head of the Tibetan Sect at all, and I told him truthfully that I was not. ”

"You told him everything about your life and Master, didn't you?"

"Yes!"

"Tell me your master's sword book?"

"I didn't say it, but he guessed. ”

"What do you call Lao Hua?"

"He asked me to come back here and explore the martial arts secrets left by my master. If I learn and practice well, I will be able to fight the Black Arrows. Don't be afraid of black arrows!"

Cuicui said, "Brother Leopard! I don't know what to say. ”

"Cuicui, what do you have to say, although you say it well, are you afraid that I will reproach you?"

"You can't tell anyone about your master and this cave today!"

"Is it the same with the old guys?"