Chapter 32: See the Light Again
It was getting dark, and there was no sound around except for the sound of dripping water, and in this deep place, there should have been some poisonous monsters, perhaps because of an old cliff ape here, these animals disappeared.
The three of them practiced their own qi, and unconsciously, when it was time to come, Lan Ling'er had already felt that her internal qi was full, so she collected her strength, looked up at the canyon, and saw a ray of moonlight shining down from the canyon, she stood up, and through the faint moonlight, she saw that not far away, Zhu Yu and Lingyazi were still sitting cross-legged not far away, without the intention of collecting gong, it seems that Zhu Yu has not yet opened up all the tendons in the body, and the internal force created by the blood of the ape has not yet risen; And Lingyazi must not have healed his own injuries.
Lan Ling'er was inconvenient to disturb the two, and walked quietly around the canyon, now, she was most worried about Lan Tian, Zhao Li and Luo Lin, and also worried about the safety of several masters of the Qingcheng faction, with such a disparity in strength between the two sides, would they be able to get out of trouble?
If they get out of trouble, they will definitely come to the canyon to look for the three of them, but why haven't they seen anyone coming? Could it be that they were killed by Situ Yong, Northern Shaolin, and the Yingzhou monks? It is clear that this possibility is becoming more and more likely over time.
Suddenly, Lan Ling'er heard someone calling for her voice, listen carefully, it was Master Wufeng.
Zhu Yu, who was practicing Qi not far away, also heard the voice of Master Wufeng calling him, Lan Ling'er and Lingyazi, and at this time, Zhu Yu had just finished his work and was about to get up.
"Zhu Yu, Lan Ling'er, Lingyazi! If you are still alive, go fifty zhang east along the water of the pond, there is a cave, and you can walk out of the canyon by following the hole, and I will wait for you at the entrance of the cave. Master Windless repeated these words over and over again.
Not only did Zhu Yu and Lan Ling'er hear what Master Wufeng said, it was obvious that Lingyazi also heard it, she opened her eyes, looked around, and said, "Brother Zhu Yu, Sister Lan, did you hear someone speak?" ”
"I heard, this is Master Windless calling us! Lingyazi, how are your injuries? Lan Ling'er walked over and said.
"I don't feel anything in my body now, thank you for saving me, the strange thing is that I still feel that my body is full of internal qi, stronger than every practice before." Lingyazi asked curiously.
"You have to thank this cliff ape for pulling us out of the waterhole, and it was also it that used its own blood to remove internal injuries for you, and it also gave you twenty years of strength."
"Twenty years of skill, that means that if I continue to practice like this, I will have to be forty years old to have my current strength?" Hearing Zhu Yu say this, Lingyazi suddenly became excited, but after a while, she lowered her head and was silent.
"Lingyazi, you are worried about the safety of your senior brother and sister!" Lan Ling'er saw the sudden change in Lingyazi's expression and asked with concern.
"Yes, and your brother and two senior brothers, I don't know if they are dead or alive." Lingyazi said slowly.
"We buried our benefactor first, this cliff ape, copied the Book of Changes, and went out along the path pointed out by Master Wufeng, so as not to let him wait for a long time."
"Yes, let's hurry up, and when we see Master Wufeng, we will know the result." Lan Ling'er walked towards the corpse of the cliff ape.
The three of them quickly buried the cliff ape, and managed to light a few pieces of firewood, used charcoal as a pen, illuminated it with firewood, and wrote the I Ching on the stone wall on a piece of cloth torn from Lan Ling'er's clothes, Zhu Yu solemnly folded the written I Ching and kicked it into his arms. "I'll refer to this sutra first, try to practice the above martial arts, and when I finish it, I'll teach it to you."
When everything was ready, the three of them began to illuminate with burning sticks, and walked forward in the direction of the water, and before leaving, Lingyazi did not forget to run to the grave of the old cliff ape and kowtowed three times, and then hurriedly caught up with Zhu Yu and Lan Ling'er.
The three of them walked out of fifty zhang to the east along the water, and sure enough, they found a cave on the cliff wall, the entrance of the cave is not big, the square is not more than a zhang, but the hole is very wide.
It is estimated that it will take a long time to get out of the cave, so Lan Ling'er retreated outside the cave again, and found some firewood that rushed down from the mountain.
The cave is spiraling upwards and has a steep slope, but after years of rain, the cave is relatively flat, but some places are narrower and more difficult to walk.
Perhaps worried about the safety of others, the three of them were in a heavy mood, so no one spoke along the way.
"Are you three still alive? …… If you don't reach the entrance of the cave within an hour, I'll go back to the mountain first...... and I'll look for you in the canyon tomorrow. Suddenly, Master Wufeng transmitted the sound to the ears of the three of them with a thousand-mile transmission.
"Master Windless, we heard you speak before, we are in the cave now, and we will be able to get out of the cave soon, can you hear me?" Zhu Yu tried to say loudly towards the exit.
"I can hear you, don't be in a hurry, be careful of falling." A moment later, Master Windless's voice came from above the tunnel.
"Master Windless, do you know what happened to my brother?" Lan Ling'er is most concerned about the safety of her own brother.
"They're all good, I've sent them up the hill to the pie." Hearing Master Windless's answer, all three of them let out a long breath.
After another half an hour, the three of them finally walked out of the hole, outside the cave, all the sounds were silent, the moonlight hanging westward, sent the last ray of light, the surrounding light was clearly shaking, the entrance of the cave was a wide horn mouth with more than ten zhang, the bell mouth was bare, only the craggy strange stones and iron land.
"I thought that the three of you had already gone to report to Lord Yama, but I didn't expect that you were still alive." Seeing the three of them walk out of the cave, Master Wufeng jumped from the top of a boulder and stood in place to greet the three of them.
"Master Wufeng, tell us first, how did my brother Lan Tian and several masters of the Qingcheng faction get out of trouble?" Seeing Master Wufeng, Lan Ling'er asked anxiously.
"Speaking of which, Lan Tian and Lingshanzi are all auspicious people, you know, their opponent Yuan Ying, and I can fight a draw without wind, and the martial arts are also first-class, and those three Japanese monks, if they join forces, I may not be able to beat them." yes, that's what we're worried about.
"Almost when you were knocked off the cliff, Brother Wei Wuxin and the Wise Master just arrived at the Dishui Cave, and Yuan Ying saw the Wise Master, and at that time he took Zhu Fake, Zhu Buddha Ke and Zhu Seng Ke to escape from Wudang Mountain."
"And then? Those few monks must have suffered the loss of the two masters. Hearing Master Wufeng say this, Lan Ling'er felt a lot more relaxed.
"That's right, these Japanese monks, I don't know what to do, I think I have practiced a few knife tricks, and I am in collusion with the Northern Shaolin, there are many people, and I never put the Central Plains martial arts in my eyes, this time, I was taught a good lesson by the wise master." After Wufeng finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Let's talk while walking!" Almost all the factions have arrived, and we must strengthen our precautions on the mountain, so we should not delay here for too long. ”
"My mother, they're here too?" Yes, they arrived last night, and it is said that the journey went well.
"Master Wufeng, you should first tell me how those few monks got into the path of the wise master?" Lingyazi's curiosity was not much weaker than Lan Ling'er's.
"When I arrived on the mountain, I heard from the disciples who escaped the catastrophe in the sect that they found that since the Wudang disaster and the departure of the Sun God Sect, there are often some unknown people wandering on the mountain, so I don't worry, so I will go down the mountain to welcome you up the mountain, but it is a coincidence that I happened to see the wise master from a distance with a pair of dozens of Japanese monks, I saw that after he slapped a palm, the Japanese monks were killed and injured more than ten people, and had to go down the mountain in embarrassment with Situ Yong, carrying the dead and wounded."
"And then?" Lan Ling'er listened to stories around her parents as if she was a child, and she didn't know the result and didn't give up.
"Later, I knew that you were knocked off the cliff, so I estimated that most of you would be saved by the old cliff ape, and then drank the blood of the cliff ape, practiced qi for eight hours, and found a way out of the abyss after recovering your strength." What Master Wufeng said was consistent with the previous experiences of the three of them, and the three of them couldn't help but be surprised.
"Master Windless, why are you so accurate?" Lan Ling'er asked in surprise.
"I have been down to this cliff many times with the master of Wuxin and Wusi, in order to practice the I Ching on the cliff, but I don't know if it is a discord or where I still don't know anything, I always can't practice well, and then I gave up, but in this process, I observed the old cliff ape and found that he was extremely smart, as if he was waiting there for someone who was destined, I think, the three of you are destined people."
Listening to Master Wufeng's analysis, the three of them were amazed, they didn't expect that such a strange thing would happen to them when they came to Wudang for the first time.