Chapter Ninety-Three: Reluctance
As soon as the words fell, Ling Yu shot out of the cave and stood between Hanging Cloud and Yashanzi, as well as between Cairang Raj and Kekexi.
Ling Yu, the head of the Kunlun faction, was in his fifties, not tall and thin, but his eyes were bright, but when he saw him holding a golden bronze sword, he stabbed at Cai Rang Raj with a sword.
Only then did Raj's martial arts skills obviously be much higher than Ling Yu, and when he saw Ling Yu's sword arrive, he turned around a little, let Ling Yu's sword, and hit Ling Yu with a palm of his left hand.
Ling Yu and his disciples went into the cave to dodge before Raj and the others were in a hurry, so they didn't bring much dry food, more than 20 days later, the dry food had already been eaten, at this time Ling Yu was already hungry with gold stars, and he was even more powerless to fight the enemy, so he let Raj come over, Ling Yu was unable to resist, but at this critical moment, Master Xuanyun suddenly swung his fist at the soft underbelly of Raj.
Only then did Raj worry that Master Hanging Cloud would suddenly make a move, and he had already taken precautions, and when he saw that Master Hanging Cloud really punched, he calmly withdrew his left palm that hit Ling Yu, and hit Master Hanging Cloud's fist with the momentum.
The Qingcheng faction is famous for its boxing, and Hanging Cloud is the first person in the Central Plains martial arts, so that Raj is not a problem to deal with, and the two intersect with their fists, so that Raj was shocked and flew out more than a foot away, and his body touched the seat dedicated to the gods, and he was covered in ashes.
Seeing this, Kekexi rushed forward to prepare to fight with Master Hanging Clouds, but only when he heard it did Raj shout at the top of his throat: "Master Kekexi, let's go." ”
After Raj finished speaking, he stood up straight, patted the dust on his body, bypassed Master Hanging Cloud and Yashanzi, and walked towards the door.
Seeing this, Kekexi also followed closely to let Raj and the two walk out of the temple gate together.
Master Hanging Cloud has always been kind-hearted, and he didn't want to kill the two of them, but he just watched the two leave the main hall.
"Master Hanging Clouds, don't let the two of them go, they will invite someone back to retaliate." Ling Yu said weakly.
"Be forgiving and forgiving, Yashanzi and I will wait here for three months, and then talk about it when they come." Master Hanging Cloud said briskly.
While talking, two more people came out of the hole, a man and a woman, the man was the same age as Yashanzi, handsome and chic, but he was hungry for too long, his eyes were dull, and he was sluggish.
Ling Yu introduced the two to Hanging Yun and Ya Shanzi, it turned out that these two were the second generation disciples of the Kunlun Sect with the highest martial arts, the male was called Zhuo Feng, twenty-four or five years old, and the female was called Ruotong, who had just turned nineteen years old this year.
"The three Taoist friends haven't eaten water and rice for many days, Yashanzi, you go to the backyard to get some food."
Hearing what Master Xuanyun said, Yashanzi hurriedly walked out of the main hall, searched around in the backyard, and found that the rice, flour, oil, salt and some dried meat in the kitchen of the Kunlun faction had not been touched, so he lit a fire and prepared to cook, but saw Ruotong walking in lightly.
"Miss Ruotong, you can rest, I can do the cooking." Yashanzi said.
"It's okay, when I was hiding in the cave to let Raj go, Master and Senior Brother let me eat the last dry food, so I still have some strength, I'll cook with you."
Ruotong said as she skillfully picked up an iron scoop hanging on the wall, scooped out half a scoop of rice from the rice jar, poured it into a clay pot, and washed it in the backyard of the kitchen.
In the backyard, there is a stream of clear water from the mountains in a bamboo tube, which flows into a large stone tank, which is the water source used by the Kunlun faction in their daily lives.
Ruotong washed the pot and boiled the water, and then went to the backyard vegetable garden to pull the vegetables, took the cured meat from the beam, washed it together, and put it in the pot to cook with the rice.
"These monks and people from the Western Regions don't seem to eat the fireworks of the world, and they have been here for more than 20 days, and the things in the kitchen have not been touched at all." Ruotong said.
"I heard that when the monks go out, they will bring a lot of dry food, and if it is not enough, they will hunt wild beasts to satisfy their hunger, because they are not used to the diet of the Central Plains people, and they have their own unique cooking methods." Yashanzi explained.
"By the way, Miss Ruotong, why are there only three of you in the Kunlun Sect, where did the other disciples go?" Yashanzi added a piece of firewood to the stove and asked Ruotong, who was sitting on a low stool next to him in a daze.
"Master knew that sooner or later the monk would come to my faction for revenge, so he dismissed the disciple many years ago, leaving only him, my senior brother and me, to ensure that the martial arts function of the Kunlun faction is not lost, and over the years, there have been fewer and fewer merchants in the past, and the living environment of Kunlun Mountain has become worse and worse, and we are also ready to return to the Central Plains, find a place to live in seclusion, and no longer go out of the rivers and lakes." Ruotong said.
After a while, the rice was cooked, and Ruotong called Master Xuanyun, Master Ling Yu, and Zhuo Feng to come over to the kitchen to eat.
"I'm ashamed, over the years, my Kunlun faction is not as good as the previous generation, and now it will be destroyed in my hands." Ling Yu sighed as he ate.
"Actually, a sect, as long as the martial function continues, he will exist, as long as he avoids the revenge of the Ge Dan faction, and then finds a suitable time and place to build a house and accept apprentices in the future, he can still carry forward the Kunlun faction." Master Hanging Cloud comforted.
"That being said, if my generation is strong in martial arts, why worry about the revenge of the Ge Dan faction? Speaking of which, it's still inferior to others. Master Ling Yu put down his rice bowl and looked at the vast dark night outside the door and said.
"Master, I'm not leaving, I've agreed with my junior sister, and I'll live in seclusion here, guarding the foundation of my faction." Zhuo Feng said.
"Zhuo Feng, don't be stubborn anymore, Master Xuanyun is right, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, I sent scattered disciples, not to save everyone's lives, I accepted you and Ruotong as apprentices, but also to pass on the Kunlun sect's martial arts, this is not something that can be solved by guarding a large hall and dozens of houses."
Listening to what Master Ling Yu said, Ruotong said: "Master, Senior Brother and I listen to your arrangement, when will we leave here and where are we going to go to Ansheng?" ”
"Sleep well tonight, leave early tomorrow morning, arrive in the Central Plains, and then look for a place to stay." Master Ling Yu said as he looked at Master Xuanyun, as if he was asking for his opinion.
"Yes, let's rest now, and leave tomorrow, lest Raj move his master Dobogo, if that's the case, it will be difficult for us to leave." Master Hanging Cloud said.
Before the end of the second day, the five of them got up early, washed briefly, packed their bags, and went on the road in the dark.
Outside the main hall of the Kunlun faction, Master Ling Yu took Zhuo Feng and Ruotong to kneel on the ground, kowtowed three times to the main hall, and said: "Seniors of the Kunlun faction, I Ling Yu is incompetent, so I can only take my disciples Zhuo Feng and Ruotong to temporarily avoid the Central Plains. ”
"What kind of kung fu is the Heavenly Demon Finger, and why is it that if you practice the Heavenly Demon Finger, you can go back to the Kunlun Sect to collect disciples and spread the Kunlun Sect's martial arts?" On the way down, Yashanzi asked Master Ling Yu.
"The Heavenly Demon Finger is the exercise shed by Master Liu Qing, the ancestor of the Kunlun faction, and it is also the exercise of the Kunlun faction pressing the bottom of the box, if you practice this skill, you can enter the ranks of the world's first-class masters, naturally you don't have to be afraid of the Ge Dan faction!" Without waiting for Master Ling Yu to speak, Ruo Tong preemptively spoke.
"I heard that this fingering method was learned by Master Liu Qing from a Tianzhu monk by chance, but if you want to practice this exercise, you need some Buddhist cultivation, and over the years, it is rare for our sect to practice this exercise." Master Ling Yu said.
"Oh, why don't you just learn some Dharma from the monks?" Yashanzi said.
"It's that simple! Not only have I consulted with many Buddhist masters for teachings, but I have also asked Buddhist masters to try to practice the Heavenly Demon Fingering, but I have not been able to do so. Master Ling Yu shook his head and sighed.
"Buddhism pays attention to enlightenment, and it seems that the master has not yet realized the Tao." Master Hanging Cloud smiled.
"Alas! The master's words are reasonable, and now, I am trapped in the word "enlightenment". Ling Yu still shook his head and sighed.
The five of them walked along the path all the way out of the mountain, because the place where the Kunlun faction was located was not a deep mountain, and in the afternoon, the five of them went down the Kunlun Mountain and walked up to a plain.
It is said to be a plain, but it is actually a landform called Bazi in the south, the dam is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and a large square piece of flat land in the middle, a river flows out of the Kunlun Mountains and meanders to the west.
Although the dam in this mountain is not small, it is a real no-man's land because the winter is too cold and there is little vegetation in the summer, and to the east of the plain is another smaller mountain range, which sits west to the east and extends far to the east.