11. Establish the Qiankun faction
Since that night, Yao Banxian has changed his previous approach, he is no longer blindly stubborn, thinking that only by creating his own faction can he strengthen his strength, first, he can deal with the man in black, and second, some of his skills will not be lost in the future.
He took in eight disciples in the thousands of selections, and he gave the eight apprentices names, respectively called to the sky, to the earth, to the thunder, to the wind, to the water, to the fire, to the mountain, to the Ze, their names are all evolved from the Bagua Taiji diagram, heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain, Ze eight things and natural phenomena, symbolizing the changes and cycles of the world.
The eight disciples were basically the same age, Xiang Tian and Xiang Di were slightly older, 16 years old, and they were two to one year older than the other six disciples.
Heaven and earth encompass thunder, wind, water, fire, mountains, and all things, which also means a bright and peaceful world.
Since then, Yao Banxian officially founded the Qiankun faction, and hung a huge Tai Chi plaque in the middle of the gate, and the Tai Chi was inlaid with three vermilion characters of "Qiankun School".
On the first day of receiving disciples, Yao Banxian sat in the middle of the hall, and after the eight disciples knelt down to worship the master in turn, they sat in two rows, the right side was to the sky, to the earth, to the thunder, and to the wind, and on the left side was to the water, to the fire, to the mountain, and to the ze.
Yao Banxian awarded them the first chapter of the Tao Te Ching: "The Tao is the Tao, the extraordinary Tao, the name is famous, and the name is not famous." None, the beginning of heaven and earth, there is, the mother of all things......"
Yao Banxian shook his head and explained: "The Tao is the root of all things, the origin of the universe, it exists in the world, we can't perceive, see and touch, everything is relative, but the Tao has no relative at all, the Tao is the mother, all things are the father of virtue, as long as we are quiet and inactive, and seek the sublimation of the spirit and soul, we can understand the Tao Te Ching and understand the Tao Te Ching."
The disciples devoted themselves to studying Taoism and medicine every day, and Yao Banxian was very pleased, he stood at the gate, stroked his goatee, and nodded happily.
But in his heart, Yao Banxian seemed to feel that something was missing, he thought, it would be good if he taught his disciples some fists and kicks, although the bad old man taught him some fists and kicks, which were okay for self-defense, but he couldn't move to the table, how could his three-legged cat kung fu be ugly in front of his disciples.
Yao Banxian was a little remorseful, the superior kung fu cheats and mental methods in the "Yin Yang Palace" had long been shelved by him, and he was not interested in these when he was a child.
One night, Yao Banxian was studying the ancient book given to him by Mrs. Jiang, he took it in his hand and read it several times, and also checked other ancient books, but he couldn't find the font on this ancient book.
Uncle Jiang said that the words on this book are Sanskrit, Sanskrit he has also seen, and the Sanskrit on this ancient book is also the first time he has seen it.
Yao Banxian looked at the night sky, the night sky was extremely dark, he looked dazed, and repeatedly weighed in his heart: "What kind of strange book is this?" was said so badly by Uncle Jiang. ”
At this time, Yao Banxian was lying on his side on the bed and drowsy, the wick of the oil lamp on the table was about to burn out, and the light was very dim.
In a daze, Yao Banxian saw a man in black walking out of the crack in the wall, his hands were stained with blood, grabbed him, snatched the ancient book in his hand, he waved his hands, and knocked over the oil lamp on the table.
It was pitch black in the room, and when he came back to his senses, it was like a nightmare, and there were many beads of sweat oozing from his vest, and he found the feeling stick at the bedside, and came to the door, screaming the name of Jien.
Ji En was already asleep, there was no answer in the room, Yao Banxian raised his voice, half an hour, the oil lamp in Ji En's house was lit, and the eight disciples heard the sound and asked Yao Banxian with concern What was the matter, Yao Banxian shook his hand and motioned for the disciples to go back and rest.
Ji En lit the oil lamp......
Yao Banxian and Ji En talked about the nightmare, and he said in surprise: "I can't keep this book, I will have nightmares after reading this book, dreaming that the man in black came to snatch this book." ”
Ji En was stunned, looked at the ancient book on the table, and said, "It must be that Uncle Jiang said that this book is amazing, presumably you are also afraid of falling into the hands of others, right?" ”
Yao Banxian sighed: "This book is a troublesome thing in my hands. ”
Ji En said: "It's better to burn it with a fire, so as not to worry about it every day." ”
Yao Banxian said angrily: "Don't do stupid things, this is what Uncle Jiang gave me, it is an ancestral thing, how can I destroy the ancestral things of other people's families, I have to think of other ways." ”
Ji En thought for a moment and said: "Or return it to its original owner, I think, if you send it back, Uncle Jiang will not push it back, if you refuse to take it, I will send it for you." ”
Yao Banxian shook his head thoughtfully and said: "It's still not appropriate, if I send the book back, Uncle Jiang will definitely laugh at me, laugh at me for not even being able to understand a book, what face will I have in the future?" ”
Ji En knew that after serving Yao Banxian all his life, his stubborn temper with a good face still couldn't be changed.
In fact, Jien is only three years older than Yao Banxian, when he was three years old, there was a famine in the village and many people starved to death, including his father and mother also died of illness in that famine, the plague was raging in the village, and he couldn't survive, he and his grandmother fled to Longgu Town, and were taken in by Yao Banxian's father.
Yao Banxian's father was kind all his life, treated their mother-in-law and grandson like family, and named him Yao Jien, remembering the meaning of kindness. Yao Banxian was born that year, and since then they have been like brothers.
The two of them took a long time before they went out in the dark, came to a big tree near the "Yin Yang Palace", dug an arm-long hole under the tree, and buried the ancient books deep in the pit.
Back at the door of the bedroom, Yao Banxian was about to push open the door, when suddenly a gust of cold wind hit and blew a door open with a "squeak......
Yao Banxian shuddered, and then heard a "snap" sound behind him, which seemed to be the sound of tiles falling, he turned to look, and faintly saw a black shadow walking on the tile roof of the firewood house like a light swallow in the darkness.
Yao Banxian's heart tightened, and he exclaimed: "You are a human or a ghost, dare to trespass on my station." As he spoke, he pointed the stick in his hand at the black shadow, but the stick did not make any sound.
The black shadow was coming towards Yao Banxian, and as soon as the words fell, the black shadow had already rushed to Yao Banxian.
Only then did Yao Banxian see clearly that it was a man in black who had been killed, and the cold sword in the hand of the man in black stabbed straight into Yao Banxian's throat, his face changed greatly, and he said in his heart: "Could it be that the man in black from the leopard's head shop came to look for me...... Thinking about it, he had avoided it to the left, jumped out a few steps, and came to the courtyard.
The man in black followed closely, only hearing a few sounds of "dangdang", and the feeling stick in Yao Banxian's hand and the sword in the hand of the man in black had overlapped and collided together.
The two fought for a few rounds, Yao Banxian gradually felt physically exhausted, he retreated while fighting, and silently recited the illusion technique, and at the moment of turning into a shadow, he was tripped by the stones on the ground.
"Oops", as if falling into a panic nightmare, Yao Banxian's body had fallen heavily, only to find that his left arm was in a faint pain, and the sword in the hand of the man in black had pierced into his flesh.
The man in black shouted in a low voice: "Today, I was ordered by the master to take your dog's life, and today next year will be your death day." ”
Yao Banxian asked indignantly: "What kind of grudge do I have against you to let me die in vain?" ”
The man in black no longer reasoned, and the sword in his hand had already stabbed into Yao Banxian's chest.
Said that it was too late, that was fast, and heard the sound of "dangdang" twice, the sword in the hand of the man in black was broken into three pieces, the man in black suddenly felt that something was wrong, there was a person with extremely high martial arts hidden here, if he stayed again, his life would not be guaranteed, he quickly discarded the remnant sword, and ran forward over Yao Banxian's body.
I saw that a figure was extremely fast, and a gust of wind chased after Yao Banxian, Yao Banxian was dumbfounded, but because of the extremely fast speed, he couldn't see who the figure was at all, he was shocked, frightened and happy, and even more grateful.
At this time, the lights in the houses on both sides of the courtyard were turned on.
The eight disciples, including Xiang Tian and Xiang Di, were awakened by the sound of fighting outside the house, and they came to Yao Banxian's side and asked the master what had happened.
The disciples rushed up to help the master up, Yao Banxian covered the arm that was stabbed by the sword, and said slowly: "The master has encountered a wicked person with extremely high skills, and the master has been unable to sleep for a few days and nights, and his spirit is sluggish, so that the man in black has a chance to take advantage of it......"
Saying that, Yao Banxian shook his head and let out a long sigh, thinking to himself that this remark would definitely save some face for himself.
Ji En walked out of the darkness, he walked into the crowd to check on Yao Banxian's injuries, and told his disciples to go back to the house to rest.
The disciples stood at the door, their faces full of doubts, speculating about whose poison the master had encountered, and they watched Master and Ji En enter the house, and then went back to the house to rest.
Heavy snow fell in the sky, and the entire Longgu Town was tightly wrapped in fog and snow.
Ji En washed the blood stains on Yao Banxian's wound with raw salt water, applied Jin Chuangyao, wrapped it in two layers of gauze, and the sky was already slightly bright.
The pain of Yao Banxian's wound was lessened a little, he was extremely sleepy, and he lay on the bed and fell asleep.
After Ji En was busy, he took care of the big and small things at home properly, and Zhang Xianwei turned to Ji En as an assistant.
When the disciples saw that the master was closed, they all consciously reviewed their previous lessons. The heavy snow has closed the mountain, and the entire Longgu Town is as calm as death.
At night, after Ji En waited for Zhang Xian to fall asleep, he came to Yao Banxian's room, he was faintly worried that Yao Banxian would encounter another accident, Ji En walked to the side of the coals, scalded a pot of wine, he looked at Yao Banxian who was sitting opposite, and asked, "Is the wound better?" ”
Yao Banxian snorted and said, "It doesn't hurt." ”
Ji En poured a glass of warm wine and drank it, and said, "Don't move too much, just tell me something." ”
Yao Banxian looked at the coals that were burning vigorously, he fell into deep thought, but he didn't listen to what Ji En said. After a while, he sat down and said to himself, "I also wonder, who is he?" ”
Ji En handed Yao Banxian a glass of wine and asked, "You said you stabbed your man in black last night?" ”
Yao Banxian nodded "um" and drank all the wine in the cup.
Ji En filled Yao Banxian's wine glass with wine, and asked, "Is it the man in black you met in that leopard's head shop?" ”
Yao Banxian picked up the wine glass, raised it to his mouth and stopped, he shook his head, and said thoughtfully: "I don't see it." ”
Ji Enqi said: "Where does this start? ”
Yao Banxian drank all the wine and said: "If the black-clothed man in the leopard's head shop really wants to take my life, why does he need to use a sword, the embroidery needle in his hand can seal my throat with one needle, and the embroidery needle he uses is extremely fast, and the internal force is poisonous and ruthless......"
At this point, Yao Banxian stopped, he pondered for a moment, looked at Ji Grace and said again: "The man in black who stabbed me last night used a sharp sword, and his internal strength is fierce, I am sure that they are not the same person......"
Yao Banxian took the remnant sword discarded by the man in black in his hand, he looked at the blade and touched the hilt of the sword, this remnant sword is no different from the one sold on the market, it is not necessarily a rare thing.
Yao Banxian looked at the remnant sword for a moment, and then said, "I wondered, who was the one who saved my life?" His kung fu may still be above the bad old man......"
Yao Banxian thought to himself, could it be that Feng Qingsan came to help? But if he really came, why didn't he show up and say goodbye?
Thinking of this, Yao Banxian shook his head in confusion, and then his face was full of surprise, and he said to himself: "Could it be that there is a master hidden in my house?" ”
Ji En looked at Yao Banxian in surprise, but he remained silent, he warmed a pot of wine, and put some coals into the fire, he took the remnant sword in Yao Banxian's hand, flicked the blade with his fingers, and only heard a dull sound on the ground.
Ji En smiled: "Presumably, the man in black is just a little minion in the rivers and lakes, maybe a thief passing by." He filled his own wine glass, and filled Yao Banxian's wine glass, and the steaming wine rose from the two glasses, and the room was filled with a mellow smell.
Ji En raised his wine glass and signaled, and then drank it all, "Ah" from the throat couldn't help but emit a sound, the expression on his face was very pleasant, he looked at the silent Yao Banxian and smiled: "Yao Diji is a natural person, and he has the help of the gods, so why worry more, just drink." ”
Yao Banxian watched Ji En live so freely and carelessly, although he was older than himself, his face was ruddy, his physique was as strong as an ox, and his slender body and bones were comparable to his? No wonder my father said that Brother Ji En was a martial arts wizard since he was a child, and he also called Brother Ji En to learn some skills.
But Brother Ji En never forgot to repay the favor of the Yao family, firstly, he thought that it was too time-consuming to learn those kung fu, and secondly, he did not dare to ask too much extravagance, so the matter of learning kung fu was stopped.
Although Ji En still has some foundations, his potential has not been well explored at the best time, and it has been abandoned since then.
And Yao Banxian is very interested in dancing and brushing, and is quite proficient in the essence of Confucianism and Taoism, although he has dabbled in martial arts, but he has only tasted it, otherwise he will suffer the big loss of the man in black last night?
Thinking of this, Yao Banxian looked at Ji En, shook his head, and then let out a long sigh.
Ji En was surprised for a while and asked, "Brother Yao, why are you sighing here?" ”
Yao Banxian said: "You have a martial arts body, why didn't you learn more kung fu with your father at the beginning?" The strength of the wine rose slightly, and Yao Banxian's voice also increased.
Ji En drank a glass of wine, said "hey" twice, then toasted again, and unhurriedly filled the third glass.
When he raised his glass to drink, Yao Banxian said angrily: "Don't just patronize drinking, you answer my words, if you learn my father's No Ji Tai Lai palm, then it will be very tight, I think that my father's No Ji Tai Lai palm is also a powerful Quartet, how many heroes of the rivers and lakes are willing to bow down, and others want to learn this set of palm techniques He refuses to teach, and you ......"
Speaking of this, Yao Banxian stopped talking, and let out a long sigh, which was mixed with endless regret.
At this time, Ji En asked rhetorically: "I remember that Uncle Yao also taught you that boxing method, why can't you learn it?" ”
Yao Banxian's face was quite embarrassed, he paused for a moment before slowly saying: "You don't know since I was a child, I really don't like that thing, if you ask me to help people see some feng shui or exorcise ghosts and evil spirits, I am good at it, you see, I have this sick body and bones......"
As he spoke, Yao Banxian patted his chest, but he didn't know that he used too much force and shook the wound on his arm, only to hear him "Ahh
Ji En saw it in his eyes, couldn't help laughing, and said: "If you get fame and fortune, you are a rare talent, how can a rough person like me be compared with you, your method is indeed outstanding, but in the future, you will still focus on cultivating your mind, and it is better to see the grave and see the mountain, so don't mess with your mind." ”
Yao Banxian said in his heart, Ji Enge and Feng Qingsan said the similarities, and they said it very reasonably, Yao Banxian was secretly surprised while nodding his head.
After a while, Ji En asked Yao Banxian: "If the man in black comes to the door again, how should I deal with it, and do you want to go to the Yin Yang Palace for some time before the injury heals?" ”
Yao Banxian slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table, the wine spilled out of the glass, he snorted, and said loudly: "What kind of system does a manly husband hide and hide when he encounters an accident, isn't it a joke when he sees it?" If the man in black comes to the door again, see how I clean him up......"
Before the words fell, the memory stick placed next to Yao Banxian shook slightly, and then a strange pipa sound came from outside the house, Yao Banxian's face sank, and he looked at Ji En and said: "It's not good, someone is using witchcraft outside the house, you see, this feeling stick can be perceived." ”
The two of them looked at the buzzing stick, and the tremor became even worse.
When I listened carefully to the sound of the lute, I saw that the sound was mixed with other strange sounds, which sounded faint and unjust, tear-jerking, and couldn't help but remind people of the sorrow of their previous lives......
Yao Banxian immediately took the gratitude stick in his hand and said hurriedly: "Don't listen to that voice, it's messed up, go out and see, who is making trouble again?" He grabbed his hand and walked out the door, followed by Jien.
When I came out to the door, a cold air rushed in, and flakes of snow fell one after another. The two of them followed the voice, and the sound of the lute was coming from the roof of the opposite gate.
When I looked closely, I vaguely saw a black figure with long hair flowing on the roof, holding a lute in his hand.
Suddenly, I heard the faint sound of flutes and thumping cymbals from the rooftops on the left and right, and on the roof on the left stood a black shadow holding a golden cymbal, which glowed with golden light under the reflection of a dim oil lamp, and a black shadow holding a flute stood in the room on the right.
Three black figures were dressed in robes, and their robes fluttered in the cold wind.
Yao Banxian said in a low voice: "The person who came is not good......
Suddenly, I heard a few faint and mournful pipa sounds in my ears, and from the second pipa string, two red-eyed and black-bodied bats skewered out like lightning, and they pounced on Yao Banxian and Ji'en with sharp teeth in extreme hunger.
Ji En stretched out his hands and wanted to grab the two bats in his hands, Yao Banxian hurriedly said: "Don't use your hands to catch them, if you can't catch them, you will hurt your fingers, this is their illusion......"
Before the words fell, only two "pops" were heard, and the gratitude stick in Yao Banxian's hand had already hit the bat's head, and the two bats had become shattered after two "chirps", falling to the ground and turning into snow.
Yao Banxian pointed angrily ahead with a gratitude stick, and shouted: "Who are you, what kind of grievances do we have with you, are we here to ask for your life or borrow, if you borrow, you will be given a glass of wine below, if it is ......"
The black shadow holding the pipa interjected first, and laughed weirdly: "What a joke, do you think we are passing by?" Of course, I'm here to take your dog's life, and those who know each other will cut it off on their own, if you do it, you will die an embarrassing death, and let your apprentice see the joke. ”