Chapter Twenty-Eight: Apprenticeship Without Art
So Lin Yin returned to the waterhole, floated on the chain, and climbed up. This time he was alone, so he let go and climbed, and the way up was much faster than when he came down. After passing through layers of dense fog, it was not long before returning to the peak of the Jade Maiden. He glanced at the bottom of the cliff, covered by fog, and such a wide platform could not be seen at all.
Without any further delay, Lin Yin hurriedly descended the mountain and went to the East Peak again. The east peak is named because of its location in the east. There is a platform on the top of the peak, high and dangerous, the field of vision is broad, it is a famous place to watch the sunrise, people call Chaoyangtai, and the east peak is also called Chaoyang Peak because of it. There are also several small peaks around the east peak, all connected by suspension bridges. Lin Yin went to the East Peak, found a place to receive the new disciples, and after showing the waist card, he was taken to the courtyard where the disciples of the East Peak stayed.
"Hey, that's good, I can't think of a room for one person." In the room where Lin Yin lived, the door was engraved with the words "Huang Dingmao". Just now, the disciple who took the lead told him that the low-level disciples of the Huashan Sect were divided into four grades: "Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang", and then each grade was numbered by the Heavenly Stem Branch, with a total of 240 numbers in the four grades, and some of the disciples left due to casualties, going down the mountain and leaving the master, and sometimes they were not replenished in time, so the actual number was less than two hundred and four. Of course, those elders and masters, as well as high-level disciples, do not need to be compiled in this way. Compared with the major factions such as Songshan Shaolin, the Beggars Gang, and the Emei in Shuzhong, there are indeed many fewer disciples in Huashan, with a total of only three or four hundred. Therefore, low-level disciples can also have a single room, and some of those high-level disciples are even independent, and the head elder doesn't say much.
The room is not big, and the furnishings are very simple, a bed, a table, a chair, an oil lamp, and nothing else.
Early the next morning, Lin Yin was angrily shouted by a thin disciple. After packing up and about to go out, Lin Yin thought about it, put the two swords on his back, and went out.
With the flow of people to Chaoyangtai, the rising sun has just risen at this time, Chaoyangtai is dyed a light yellow, stratus clouds are stacked and level with the peak, and it is illuminated by golden light, which is very good-looking. There were seventy or eighty young disciples standing on Chaoyangtai, both male and female. There were also a few older ones, standing aside. One of the obese middle-aged Taoist priests shouted, "All Xuanhuang disciples, stand in four rows. "These seventy or eighty disciples, all of them are Xuanhuang two gears, and soon, they will stand neatly, and Lin Yin is standing on the far right of the first row, with a blank expression.
The fat Taoist priest stood in front of the disciples and said loudly: "In the past month, our Huashan Sect has accepted eight new disciples, and now we invite this new disciple to come out and stand in a row." When Lin Yin heard this, he stepped forward, and soon, several other young disciples also came out, just eight people. The eight of them stood in a row, at the front, but Lin Yin heard a lot of people laughing behind him, thinking that he was laughing at him for carrying two long swords.
After the eight people stood up, the fat Taoist priest said again: "You eight are new disciples, so the poor Dao needs to tell you about the rules of the Huashan faction, and the other disciples will also listen to it again, don't forget." The poor road number "Xiaoxiaozi", you also have to remember. Xiao Xiaozi straightened his voice and said: "All my disciples of the Huashan faction, the first precept is to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, and he does not respect the elders. The second precept is to bully the weak and hurt the innocent. The three precepts are adultery, lust, and molesting women. The four precepts are jealous and cannibalistic. The five precepts are forgetting righteousness and stealing property. The six precepts are arrogant and offend their colleagues. Seven precepts are promiscuous bandits, colluding with demons and evil spirits. This is the seven precepts of Huashan, the disciples of this sect, and they follow it as one. (I completely copied Mr. Jin Yong's laughter in this paragraph, sin) All the disciples on the field claimed that it was.
Xiao Xiaozi nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Now, assign a personal master to the eight disciples of my Huashan faction, you listen well." Then he read again: "Wen Chenggang, Lu Deyuan, the two of you, will follow Senior Brother Tianqizi in the future." After saying that, a middle-aged Taoist priest left and led the two disciples out. Xiao Xiaozi continued to read: "Qian Junqi, Feng Zhilin, the personal master of the two of you is Senior Sister Chen Fanxin. "A middle-aged beautiful woman came over and brought out two new disciples, that Qian Junqi is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, quite beautiful. And Feng Zhilin was short and obscene, and at this time he looked proud, and the audience was full of anger.
Xiao Xiaozi coughed twice, suppressed the soft noise in the audience, and read again: "Zhang Jinhai, Ding Xiaohui, Xie Bihang, the three of you will follow Senior Brother Wang Lin Wang to practice in the future." Finally, he read: "Lin Yin, in the future, your personal master will be poor Dao." After speaking, he rolled his little eyes and glanced at Lin Yin.
Lin Yin thought to herself: "Why are they all two or three newcomers for one person, just you take me with one." Could it be? Could it be that this Xiaoxiao fat man has low martial arts and can't teach many disciples? I thought again: "Forget it, I'm not here to learn martial arts anyway, I don't care if he's good or not." ”
The eight new disciples each recognized their master, and then returned to the team, and Xiao Xiaozi said: "At the beginning of next month, our Huashan faction will hold a seven-day sword appreciation conference, and there will be heroes from all walks of life in Huashan to appreciate the sword. As the host, of course, we have to entertain the heroes from all walks of life, arrange their accommodation in Huashan, dine and so on. Xiao Xiaozi glanced at the disciples and said, "You must already know that next month, you will be responsible for arranging the guests in Huashan." Then, Xiao Xiaozi talked about it for a long time, nothing more than how to arrange for guests to eat and stay, how to meet the martial arts seniors, and so on. The sword appreciation conference is held every three years, and many of the disciples in the field have received guests three years ago, and they will preach with a group of new disciples, so no one has any doubts.
The so-called "Sword Appreciation Conference" is actually the Huashan faction to do the east, inviting all factions in the world to gather in Huashan and come up with new sword warriors in the past three years for everyone to enjoy. Of course, this is only a small part of the content, the main thing is to improve the platform, let heroes from all walks of life compete in each other, and then ask a few elders with good prestige and martial arts in the martial arts to make some comments. Although Akari doesn't do rankings, there will still be good people in private who are ugly.
After the explanation of the matters, everyone dispersed, and Xiaoxiaozi stopped Lin Yin and asked him to go with him. After getting off the Chaoyang Terrace, I walked eastward, through a bamboo forest, and then bypassed a few boulders to a small courtyard. Xiao Xiaozi didn't take Lin Yin in, and said: "This is the residence of the teacher, if you have anything in the future, you can come here to find me." Lin Yin said yes. Xiao Xiaozi looked at the two swords on Lin Yin's back and asked, "Do you know how to use a sword?" Lin Yin said: "There will be some." Xiao Xiaozi was a little displeased, and said: "Yes yes, yes yes, no yes, what is some." Lin Yin was a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "Back to Master, I will make a sword." Xiao Xiaozi nodded, rolled her thick eyelids, and said, "I'll take a look at what you do." ”
Lin Yin said yes, and then untied the evening sword on his back. He thought as he untied the sword: "The swordsmanship taught by Mr. Taibai will not be too clever, but Brother Ren taught me no swordsmanship, these are a little difficult to do, I knew that I would not be able to use a sword." But why am I carrying two swords? It seems that I have to make it, and it must not be too bad, otherwise the two swords really don't make sense. With an idea in his heart, Lin Yin saluted Xiao Xiaozi, then pulled out the evening sword, and cast the sword technique taught by Li Bai.
There is no name for this set of swordsmanship, but its sword is like its poem, unrestrained and free, natural, one move and one style like an antelope hanging horns, there is no trace to be found, and the end is very chic. Although it was the first time for Lin Yin to use a real sword to perform this set of swordsmanship, he was extremely proficient, and a little bit of internal force inadvertently injected faintly had sword qi coming out.
Xiao Xiaozi, who was watching from the sidelines, was initially disdainful, but after watching a few moves, his face was cloudy, but gradually he became more and more surprised in his heart: "This kid is young, but his swordsmanship is very good, and he has never seen it." His internal strength doesn't seem to be low, and it's not at all what he should have at this age. If it is really from his father, then his father must also be a famous martial arts man. ”
Lin Yin used his sword technique one move at a time, while controlling the internal force, being careful not to stimulate the sword qi. When he was about to use a sword move of stabbing in the air, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Xiao Xiaozi's uncertain expression on his face, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good: "This set of swordsmanship is still too brilliant, and I will be asked about it, but I don't know how to explain it." He had the intention to disrupt the sword moves, and felt that if the mistake was too obvious, Xiao Xiaozi would definitely be able to see it, and there would be no three hundred taels of silver here.
Lin Yin knew that he couldn't stop at this moment, and he could only gradually change his sword moves to be plain and ordinary, but he had to gradually reduce his level step by step. Why didn't Brother Ren teach me some swordsmanship, alas. thought again: "Brother Ren's martial arts are so high, he will definitely use a sword, but he doesn't need to use a sword anymore." Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "If the palm method is used with a sword, it may not be possible, in the martial arts of the machine you have learned, there is no set of 'Sword Pavilion Thirteen Styles', why not use the sword as a palm, give it a try." ”
When I think of it, I tried it, the thirteen styles of the Sword Pavilion were originally a set of palm techniques created by Ren Cheng, and the moves were extremely simple, and it was very powerful to attack and not defend. Lin Yin used the sword as the palm, and he actually slashed and picked thorns, and everything did not fall, and he looked decent, but he couldn't tell that it was changed by a set of palm techniques. After all, the thirteen styles of the Sword Pavilion are still palm techniques, and they are used with swords, although they seem to be flawless, but the power is much smaller, and they are not as wonderful as the swordsmanship taught by Li Bai. When Xiao Xiaozi saw this, he felt: "This kid seems to have learned quite messily, a set of swordsmanship actually makes the tiger head and rat tail, and he can't die well, and he is still too young." ”
Lin Yin's "set" swordsmanship was about to be finished, and while putting the sword into the sheath, he saluted Xiao Xiaozi with a fist, and stood aside. Xiao Xiaozi nodded and said, "It's not bad, you've been learning swords for some time." Lin Yin said: "Back to Master, the disciple learned swords at the age of nine, and it has been more than five years. Xiao Xiaozi said: "Well, although you have a foundation, but into my Huashan faction, the martial arts of this door still have to be learned, until the end of the next month's sword appreciation conference, I will pass on your martial arts, you go back first, remember to go to Chaoyangtai every day." After Lin Yin said yes, he said goodbye and left.