Chapter 4: The Soul Chaser

Master Kongkong sat down cross-legged at the mouth of the cave, motioned for Zhu Yu to sit opposite him, looked up at the starry sky, sighed, and said: "Zhu Yu, you are not young anymore, I will tell you the reason why I did not enter the Shaolin Temple, but you try not to mention it to outsiders, so as not to ruin my reputation in Shaolin."

Hearing what Master Kongkong said, Zhu Yu couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, thinking: Master Kongkong must have something unspeakable, and he shouldn't mention it, but he was very curious and wanted to listen to it.

"Speaking of which, it's all to blame for my lax disciples, which eventually led to a catastrophe." Master Kongkong turned his head to look at Zhu Yu, then looked up at the distant night sky, and said: "Thirty-six years ago, the world was in turmoil, the people were displaced, Shaolin Temple took in thousands of refugees, including mother and daughter, the daughter was just in her early five years old, named Qiu Lin, the mother and daughter were originally eunuchs in the capital, and they didn't want the whole family to be killed after Zhu Si captured the capital, only the mother and daughter escaped by luck, and went to Shaolin with the fleeing people. Five-year-old Qiu Lin stayed in Shaolin like this. ”

Speaking of this, Master Kongkong sighed again and said: "Originally, Shaolin Temple did not accept female donors, and the abbot master wanted to give her away, I thought he was pitiful, let her stay and take her as an apprentice, and prepared to let her go alone after she was eighteen years old." ”

"Master Kongkong, what's wrong with you doing this?" Zhu Yu stared at Master Kongkong with wide eyes and said.

"The monks are merciful, and there is naturally nothing wrong with me doing this, but after the woman Qiu Lin was sensible, she knew that her family was harmed by Zhu Si, who seized the throne, and she was bent on seeking revenge on her, plus for other reasons, she messed up her mind."

"And then?" Zhu Yu was fascinated by what he heard, and he wanted the Master of Empty Space to tell the result quickly.

"This woman named Qiu Lin is a martial arts wizard, martial arts moves, you can learn it once, and the speed of cultivating internal skills is three or five times faster than ordinary people, so at the age of fourteen or fifteen, she is no longer invincible among the disciples of the younger generation of Shaolin, but she finally took the oblique road, it's a pity, it's a pity." The Master of the Sky shook his head and sighed.

Hearing this, Zhu Yu was a little confused and asked, "What happened to Aunt Qiulin later?" ”

"She later became a murderous maniac, known as the Soul Chaser, and countless people died under her sword." When Master Kongkong said this, he folded his hands, got up and muttered, "Nan Wu Amitabha!" There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south! ”

"Master Kongkong, did you hide here and repent because you taught such a harmful apprentice?" Seeing the empty master reciting the Buddha's name reverently, Zhu Yu asked boldly.

"Zhu Yu's nephew is smart, as you said, because of this, I swore not to step into the Shaolin Temple again, and it has been more than 20 years now." Kongkong bowed his head, looked at Zhu Yu kindly and said.

"So, then why didn't Master arrest Aunt Qiulin back so that she wouldn't harm anyone again?" Zhu Yu puffed up his chest and said righteously.

Kongkong smiled bitterly: "I and several senior brothers leave Shaolin every year to find out her whereabouts, but every time she kills someone, she will disappear for a while, we don't know where she is, it is not easy to catch her, but ten years ago, she seems to have disappeared suddenly." ”

Zhu Yu asked, "Master, but, but I still don't understand, why did Aunt Qiulin kill people indiscriminately?" ”

"You'll know about this later, but now that you've said it, you don't understand, so go to the cave and practice." Master Kongkong touched Zhu Yu's head and said slowly.

Compared with other Shaolin monks, Zhu Yu's understanding of martial arts is really extraordinary, and three months later, his Rulai Mighty Vajra Palm has become a small success.

One night, when Zhu Yu finished practicing in Master Kongkong's cave and was about to go back to the temple to sleep, Kongkong suddenly said to Zhu Yu: "Nephew Zhu Yuxian, from tomorrow, you don't have to come here to practice anymore, as long as you follow the method I taught you, take half an hour every night to meditate and practice, and your powerful vajra palm technique can continue to improve." ”

"Master Kongkong, I'd better come here to practice every day, so that I can accompany you." Zhu Yu said with some reluctance.

Master Kongkong explained: "Nephew Zhu Xian, you can control the operation of internal qi now, and you will no longer go mad, there is no need to come here to practice again, not to mention, I am going to go far away, I don't know when I will come back." ”

"Master, where are you going? I'll go with you. Zhu Yuyang begged.

"This time, I have something important, it's inconvenient for you to go with me, what's more, what you have to do now is to practice hard, and if you are tired of running around, you will waste your martial arts." Master Empty laughed.

"Master Kongkong, why do you suddenly want to go far away? What are you going to do? "Zhu Yu has a high desire for knowledge since he was a child, and he is willing to give up only when everything is clear.

"You want to know, I won't hide it from you, do you remember the time when Master Abbot Kongwu came to me three months ago?" Master Empty said.

"I naturally remember that day, the abbot master intercepted me halfway, tried my martial arts, and asked me to tell the master to meet him in the Shaolin back mountain." Zhu Yu raised his head and said.

Master Kongkong said: "Yes, Master Abbot and the three masters of the Wudang Sect have made an appointment, and in three months, that is, at this time today, they will go with me to do an important thing." ”

After Master Kongkong finished speaking, he suddenly turned his head to the outside of the cave and said, "Master Wufeng, your thousand-mile sound transmission stunt, but you are getting more and more sophisticated, and the old man is waiting for you to come in the Dharma Cave." ”

Hearing the words of the empty master, Zhu Yu looked outside the cave, but the outside of the cave was empty, where could he see half a figure, only the milky white moonlight was quietly smeared on the ground and stone wall at the entrance of the cave, cold and mysterious!

"Master Kongkong, who are you talking to? How can I not see anyone outside? Zhu Yu asked timidly.

"Ha, ha, ha!" Kongkong laughed and said: "Wudang Sansuo has arrived three miles away, and Master Wufeng of Dasuo asked me if I was here, and I answered him with a lion's roar. ”

At this time, Zhu Yu realized that the voice of the master of the empty sky before spoke was a little weird, and it sounded trembling, it turned out that this was the Shaolin stunt, the lion's roar magic skill.

"But why can't I hear Master Windless?" Zhu Yu asked again.

"Thousands of miles of sound transmission technique, only people with a certain skill can hear it, your internal strength is insufficient, naturally you can't hear it, and my previous lion roar skill is different, people around me can hear it, people miles away can also hear it, but I only use a layer of internal force, there is no harm to others, if I add more than five layers of internal force, the people around me will not be able to hear my voice, but it can shock their internal organs." Master Empty explained.

Zhu Yu said: "Master Kongkong, I once heard Master Kongxin talk about the lion's roar magic skill, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful, can you teach me?" ”

"The lion's roar magic skill is very easy to learn, as long as the internal strength reaches a certain level, you can learn it, if you want to learn it, I will teach you in the future." Master Kongkong lowered his head and looked at Zhu Yu kindly and said.

As soon as Master Kongkong finished speaking, Zhu Yu only felt a cool breeze enter leisurely from outside the cave, and there were already three more old men in Tsing Yi beside him.

"Oh, Sansu came so fast, three miles away, in a moment, it seems that the skill has increased a lot compared to four years ago!" Master Kongkong saluted the three of them and said slowly.

The three people in front of him are all six feet tall, the first one, the beard is white, the long beard hangs down the chest, the face is ruddy, the face is kind, it looks like the seventy, it is the Wudang Sansuo Wufeng master, the other two, one is about sixty, the face is dark, the eyes are sharp, is the second of the three, the road number is heartless, the other person, the face is white, the body is slightly fat, the road number is thoughtless, ranked third among the three.

Wudang faction and Shaolin time is similar, but also more than a thousand years old, and Shaolin, Wudang also attaches great importance to the Taoist martial arts cultivation, and Shaolin is called the Central Plains Wulin Ancestral Court. Over the years, although Wudang is not as Shaolin masters gathered, but in each generation of disciples, there are three or two outstanding figures, Wudang Sansuo standing in the cave today, is the top master of the Wudang faction, especially the master of Wufeng, famous for his three masters, and has few opponents in the rivers and lakes.

"Master Kongkong, don't be formal, you know, I hate red tape the most." Seeing the Master of the Sky saluting himself, the Master of Windless smiled.

"Master Wufeng is informal, I naturally know it, but this time, it was the abbot Master Kongwu who asked the three of you to help me Shaolin, you can come, of course I want to thank the three for the abbot master." Master Empty explained.

"Didn't Master Empty swear not to accept any more apprentices? Who is this little kid? The black-faced Wuxin had always been upright, and when he saw Zhu Yu standing beside Master Kongkong, he couldn't help but ask.

"This child's name is Zhu Yu, he was adopted by Master Kongshi of Shaolin, and now he is worshipping under Master Kongxin as an apprentice, and Lao Wei just instructed him in martial arts, and he did not accept him as an apprentice." Master Kongkong looked at Zhu Yu lovingly and said.

"Master Kongkong, I sent a disciple to find out a few days ago, the Sun God Sect and the Northern Shaolin have gone out to look for Linghu Wuya and the Soul Chasing Witch, and the Great Netherworld Sutra is very likely to be stolen by them, let's go out of the Jade Gate Pass to find the two of them and then make plans." Wusi said.

"I also have this intention, after my Shaolin Great Netherworld Sutra was stolen, the two also disappeared, the scriptures are very likely to be stolen by the two, if so, they must find a hidden place to practice, the Central Plains region, there are many ears and eyes of various factions, for them, if they want not to be discovered, it is safest to escape to the inaccessible Tianshan Mountains." The Master of the Sky analyzed.

"Then let's go." Wuxin was really anxious and urged.

"Zhu Yu, I'm going to find your aunt and the Great Netherworld, I don't know when I can come back, you must practice martial arts diligently, so that you can be worthy of a great responsibility in the future, and you must not be abandoned." Master Kongkong said to Zhu Yu.

"Master, if you arrest Aunt Dao Qiulin, you must not kill her, he has no father or mother, he is really good." Zhu Yu said worriedly.

"Naturally, this will not, I caught her, I want to use Zen to temper her, so that she can take refuge in my Buddha, and will never hurt her, Zhu Yu, you go back to the temple." After Master Kongkong finished speaking, he turned to Master Wufeng and said, "Without further ado, let's go!" ”

"Okay, without further ado, let's go." After Master Wufeng finished speaking, he turned his head to Wuxin again, and said thoughtlessly: "Wuxin, Wusi, you two are following closely, Master Kongkong's light skills are the best in the world." ”

As soon as Master Wufeng's words fell, Zhu Yu only felt that the figures of the four people flickered in front of him, and then disappeared, and he couldn't help but marvel at the light skills of Master Kongkong and Wudang Sansuo.

When Zhu Yu returned to his meditation room, he was already a child, because of what he had seen and heard before, he couldn't sleep for a while, so he simply sat up and practiced Shaolin internal skills, but he couldn't settle down, so he simply lay down again, letting his thoughts wander around.

Zhu Yu heard Master Kongxin and his brothers say that in today's martial arts, in addition to Master Kongkong, there are four masters with the highest martial arts, namely Qingcheng Mountain Yashanzi, Wudang Wufeng Master, Sun God Sect Leader Wuyingren, Tibetan Sakya Sect Jialai Venerable, ten years ago, these four masters gathered in Shaolin, the Sun God Sect leader Wuying and the Tibetan Sakya Pai Jialai Venerable joined forces to deal with the Kongkong Master, Yashanzi and Wufeng Master, in order to compete for the Shaolin Treasure Book Great Netherworld Sutra, and finally, the Kongkong Master, Yashanzi and Master Wufeng defeated the Shadowless and Venerable Jialai and kept the Great Netherworld Sutra, however, this supreme classic of martial arts was stolen by someone, and since then even people with secrets have disappeared without a trace, today, Master Kongkong and Wudang Sansuo, in addition to looking for Aunt Qiulin, the most important thing is to find the whereabouts of the Great Netherworld Sutra, but why does everyone want to get this scripture? This made Zhu Yu puzzled.

When the day was about to dawn, Zhu Yu fell asleep in a daze, he dreamed that he was running in the desert with the Great Netherworld Sutra in his hand, running and running, and suddenly fell into a big pit, and his body fell down involuntarily, he only felt that he was falling faster and faster, and he wanted to reach out and grab the cave wall but couldn't grasp anything, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and was scared to wake up, Zhu Yu opened his eyes, only to feel dizzy and dizzy, sweating profusely, thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be a nightmare.

Zhu Yu lay on the bed for a while, and heard the temple bell "dang, dang, dang" rang, he was busy getting up and dressing, just about to get out of bed, he heard a knock on the door of "tu, du, du", the sound was very light, the rhythm was clear, Zhu Yu knew that this was Lan Ling'er to call him, since he practiced the strong vajra palm with Master Kongkong, Zhu Yu was lazy because he went to bed late, so in the morning Lan Ling'er would come from time to time to urge him to get up, and then the two of them went to the morning class together.

At the opening of the door, Lan Ling'er, dressed in red, stood at the door with a smile, different from usual, Lan Ling'er obviously dressed up deliberately, her lips were red and she lit lipstick, and her eyelids were also powdered.

Dressing up is a daughter's talent, although in Shaolin Temple, where you can't see women, stay away from the smell of fireworks, and be accompanied by green lights and cold clothes, it can't cover Lan Ling'er's innate love for beauty.

"Ling'er, you look so good today." Seeing Lan Ling'er, who was dressed beautifully, Zhu Yu blurted out.

"Am I good-looking? But Senior Brother Kongling doesn't see it that way, I've been practicing with him for several years, and he doesn't seem to have even looked at me. Lan Ling'er said with some anger.

"Masters, don't you say that men and women don't kiss each other, and in the eyes of monks, there can be no difference, even if it's a man or a woman, Senior Brother Kongling naturally won't care about you." Zhu Yu comforted.

"Monks, monks, annoyed to death, can't monks also be vulgar? Okay, okay, let's go to morning class. Lan Ling'er said indignantly.

After everyone collectively recited the scriptures in the main hall, Master Kongxin asked the disciples to go to the Luohan Hall to meditate and practice qi, and called Zhu Yu, Lan Ling'er, Kongyuan, Kongying, Kongling, and Kongxi came to the backyard, there is a courtyard that is more than ten zhang long and seven or eight zhang wide, and the middle of the courtyard is a vacant land, covered with dense grass, surrounded by various flowers and trees with unique shapes, at this time, it is spring, colorful flowers are blooming one after another, bees and butterflies are dancing, the fragrance is overflowing, and the hearts of six people who are nervous about practicing all day are suddenly released

"Today, the six of you began to practice the fingering of the flowers, which was brought to me by the Bodhidharma Patriarch from India to my Middle-earth, and the key is to use your agile pace to find opportunities to defeat the enemy with your fingers." Master Sora Shin said as he gestured with his hands.

There are a total of 12 styles of fingering, and six people only took one morning to learn it, but this exercise focuses on defeating the enemy with stability, accuracy, ruthlessness, and speed, but it is not something that can be practiced in one or two days.

In the afternoon, Master Kongxin asked the six people to come back to the backyard to observe the body route of bees and butterflies flying among the flowers to collect honey, and to compare the twelve styles of flower fingering to comprehend the best movements of each style.

This homework, everyone practiced much more seriously than usual, only Lan Ling'er spent the whole afternoon catching butterflies, every time he caught one, he handed it to Kongling, Kongling always folded his hands and whispered: "Good, good, donor, don't kill, so the Buddha will be unhappy." ”

Lan Ling'er said with a smile: "I can't care if the Buddha is happy or not, as long as I am happy." After saying that, he laughed non-stop "giggling, gurgling, giggling".

The empty girl couldn't resist Lan Ling'er, so she had to carefully hold the butterfly in her hand, and while Lan Ling'er was not paying attention, she secretly released one or two, and deliberately shouted: "Fly, the butterfly flew away." "While barking, he makes a gesture of chasing butterflies.

Lan Ling'er saw that Kong Ling deliberately released butterflies, and she didn't have a brain, but she just said angrily: "I don't kill creatures, why did you release them?" ”

"Senior brother, you can't even catch a butterfly, I'm afraid you can't practice this flower fingering." Originally, he was staring at the empty edge of a bee, but when he saw the bee flapping his wings and flying away, he turned his head and said to Kongling, which caused several people to laugh, but he was cold, and found that Master Kongxin was standing in the middle of the courtyard at some point.