Chapter 146, return to Wudang Mountain

"It's a pity that there are so many precious things!" Jiang Mingyue said as she looked at the burning Old Summer Palace.

"Burn it, burn it. Li Shucheng said, "In this war-torn era, no matter how good the calligraphy and painting tripod garden is, it is not as useful as guns." They have put all their minds on this, can the country not be defeated? This is a profound lesson, no matter how many things you loot, if you have no strength to protect yourself, it will still not be yours in the end. ”

"Besides, didn't we also grab a batch?" Li Shucheng said. After the Eagle Weight Army entered the Old Summer Palace and looted it on a large scale, Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue seized the opportunity to go in and assassinate, and sent hundreds of Eagle Weight Army to the King of Hades to report, and by the way, they collected some precious cultural relics.

After the Eagle Weight coalition plundered the Old Summer Palace, the army turned back to the capital. From Prince Gong who stayed behind in the capital to the soldiers at the bottom, they all had no intention of resisting. Under the threat of the Eagle Weight Alliance, Prince Gong handed over the Anding Gate to the Eagle Weight Alliance Army to garrison, and the capital was like a woman stripped naked at this time.

"How many people are desperate, and more than half of the Eagle Weight coalition army has been killed or wounded. Originally, there were more than 100,000 troops in the capital, and they were guarded tightly to stabilize the morale of the army, but they were afraid that the more than 6,000 eagle weight coalition troops would not dare to attack the capital, so they had to retreat obediently. Li Shucheng said, "Now it's such a soft egg, it's no wonder that you can't make an inch." There is no point in fighting any longer, but there will be more people and more people, so that the Qing court will compensate more. Forget it, let's go. Zhang Xing and the others have also been back to the mountain for a few years, to see if they have practiced with their hearts. ”

At this time, Chen Yucheng of the Taiping Army led the army to the north, wanting to relieve the siege of Anqing, and continued to advance west after encountering defeat.

Li Shucheng couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity! The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is too bad, and under Hong Xiuquan's hands, it will fail sooner or later." ”

This was the last swan song of the Taiping army, and at this time, the Qing court had signed a treaty with Yingli and other countries, and they were ready to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In the mountains behind Wudang, Zhang Xing, He Wen and Huang Fei are practicing martial arts. However, at this time, the three of them were not practicing the same kind of martial arts. He Wen and Huang Fei practiced Wudang Changquan, and only Zhang Xing was still in the Rouyun Sword and Taiji Sword.

"Hehe! You've worked so hard. Li Shucheng smiled after landing on the ground, "Okay, come over and rest, and talk about your entry over the years." ”

"Li Daxia!**Sister!" Zhang Xing and the others stopped happily when they saw Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue, and ran over to salute.

"Alright, sit down. Li Shucheng sat down first and said, "As soon as I came here just now, I saw He Wen and Huang Fei and you two practicing martial arts and long boxing, it seems that you have a lot of attainments, have you decided to practice internal boxing in the future?"

"Yes, Li Daxia. He Wen said, "After a few years of practice, the gap between me and Senior Brother Huang and Senior Brother Zhang has already come out. In the years that followed, the gap widened. When I was in Wudang Mountain before, we had seen the senior brothers who practiced Wudang Changquan make moves, so I wanted you to learn Wudang Changquan. ”

"Well, over the years, your Wudang Changquan has been very profound. Since this is the case, let's practice Wudang Changquan well, and strive to achieve strength as soon as possible. Li Shucheng said. Bright energy, dark energy, and chemical strength are the division of the degree of use of strength, not the division of combat effectiveness. Although those who practice martial arts in the Ming Jin stage may not be able to defeat the dark strength as long as they have strong physical fitness and strong strength, this is only a rare exception. For the vast majority of people, such a division of the realm can still accurately distinguish the strength and weakness of combat effectiveness.

"What about you, Zhang Xing?" Li Shucheng said, "To be honest, your talent in cultivating internal strength is only reluctant, and you may not be able to reach the realm of your ancestors. "Although Zhang Xisong did not get through to Ren Du back then, he was also at the bottom of the six brothers except Zhang Cuishan, but he was also the top master among the first-class masters. And Zhang Xing's talent can't catch up with him, and Li Shucheng can't be as dedicated as Zhang Sanfeng, and his future achievements are basically impossible to catch up with Zhang Xisong.

"Even if I can't reach the realm of an ancestor in this life, I still decide to continue cultivating. Wudang's internal strength has long been lost, and now it has been passed on to me, and I have the responsibility to pass it on. Zhang Xing said.

"Well, it's very difficult, you have a heart. Li Shucheng said, "After you enter the first-class, go to Yunyou, it is not easy to find a talented successor." "In fact, it's not just internal strength, it's the same with internal boxing, although ordinary people can practice, but there are not many who practice to the depths, let alone cultivate internal strength from the outside in.

Next, Li Shucheng asked them to learn from each other, and then gave advice. At this time, He Wen and Huang Fei have been practicing Wudang Changquan for many years, and they are at a strong age, Zhang Xing can't beat them at all, but the two of them have a fierce battle, which is even more interesting.

"After practicing for so many years, but you can't beat the defeated generals of your former subordinates, how does it feel?" Li Shucheng asked Zhang Xingdao, who had retired to watch the battle.

"I can't beat them now, but they won't be able to beat me in the future. Zhang Xing said with a smile, "You have already said that the worst martial arts is to specialize in external skills, although the combat power is as strong, but as soon as the prime of life passes, the strength will decline rapidly, and even be injured." Although the combat power of the inner family can be maintained for a longer time, the strength will be greatly weakened after the age of fifty or sixty, but there are few injuries caused by the cultivation of external skills. And even if you are seventy or eighty years old, your combat power will not decline much, and it will even get stronger and stronger. ”

"You can see it. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "To practice internal strength is to be able to endure temptation and loneliness." It's not that you have to endure hardships to become a master, others can dominate the situation after practicing external skills and internal boxing for more than ten years, and you are still a small role, and you have to watch other people's scenery for more than ten or twenty years, and your heart still persists, after such a long time of tempering, you can naturally gain something. However, from ancient times to the present, there are very few people who can have such persistence.

In the past three years, under Li Shucheng's careful guidance, he opened a few small stoves and ate the unforgettable fish that Li Shucheng deliberately cultivated with his innate qi, Zhang Xing finally got through the twelve canons and entered the first-class, and it will be easier to get through the eight veins of the Qi Jing in the future, and at this time he can be on par with He Wen and Huang Fei.

"Li Daxia, in the past few years, you have opened a small stove for Senior Brother Zhang, he is making rapid progress now, and he can already make a tie with us, and we will eat with him in the future. After discussing with Zhang Xing that day, Huang Fei said. Before Li Shucheng opened a small stove for Zhang Xing, they also hoped that the senior brother's martial arts would improve, and when they learned that there were too few specially cultivated fish, they took the initiative to give up. Now that the senior brother has caught up, he naturally has to rush to taste it. And this kind of fish is not only good for practicing martial arts, but it smells more fragrant than the fish they have eaten, and they can't help but drool every time they smell it.

"Yes. Li Shucheng said, "But it will take a few months for the previous fish to be eaten by Zhang Xing." ”

"I can finally taste the fish. He Wen also said happily.

"Just thinking about eating, you are Taoist priests, you have to think about cultivation. Li Shucheng said with a smile.

"Confucius said, 'I have not seen a virtuous person like a lustful person', although we are Taoist priests, but we are only small Taoist priests, or ordinary people. He Wen smiled, "Being greedy is nothing." ”

"That's it!" Huang Fei said with a smile, "I heard that there is a dish called Buddha jumping over the wall, and I can't even help the Buddha when I smell the delicious dishes, not to mention us little Taoist priests." Such a delicacy, not to mention us, a Xuan Master Bozu can't help it. ”

"Your master takes care of you so much, is it really good for you to say that?" Li Shucheng said with a smile.

"We're just telling the truth. Huang Fei said with a smile, "Shi Bozu ate fish, we all hid outside the window and saw it." ”

"Just your skin. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "Then you will go to him to cultivate the Tao in the past few months, you have fallen behind a lot of homework in the past few years, you must remember that you are a Taoist priest first." ”

"This ...... Don't you need it?" Huang Fei wailed, "Following the cultivation of Shi Bozu is torture!"

"Good boy, let you go. Li Shucheng comforted, "Moreover, when martial arts reach your level, cultivating the Tao will benefit you more than stupidly practicing hard." ”

Yixuan Lao Dao is already over ninety years old, with a thin figure, gray hair, eyebrows, and beard, but he is still in good spirits, his ears and eyes are clear, and Zhang Xing and the three of them sit honestly and listen to his preaching.

At the end of an hour, Huang Fei said, "Shi Bozu, I have a question that I can't figure out. ”

"Say it. Yixuan said as he moved his body.

"The imperial court pursues Confucianism, Confucianism, like my Taoism, attaches importance to cultivating the mind and improving one's ideological realm, but the country is still so weak, and those countries in the West do not emphasize the cultivation of the mind, but drive people with profit, but have developed very strong, and now they are even more fighting. Huang Fei said, "This makes me wonder. ”

"The court is weak, and this is due to many reasons. The most important thing is that the governance method has not kept up, not that Confucianism is wrong and the cultivation of the mind is wrong. Besides, how many people in the world are reading books now? How many people are reading books correctly? Although we are temporarily weak, as long as our hearts are awakened, we can still resist external humiliation. Yixuan said, "Western countries drive people with profit, in fact, like the Xiongnu, Turks, and Mongolia in history, although they are strong for a while, they will eventually encounter trouble, even if there is no internal conflict, there will be conflicts between countries." And when they have a violent conflict and a big war with heavy casualties, they feel the pain, they will reflect and change their ways. Of course, if you want to be truly the world unity, it may take hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years, or even never reach it. But it's good to have a dream, isn't it?"

"Hey, the old elves, the old spirits, he really said it right. Li Shucheng thought to himself, "Isn't the United States in a civil war now? There was also World War I and World War II later, and in the final analysis, it was not a conflict of interest. And because of the desires of the human heart, such conflicts will continue. Isn't advocating self-cultivation and benevolence just to control desires, reduce wars and conflicts, and create a harmonious world? The backwardness of the Qing Dynasty was not due to the backwardness of Confucius's Confucianism and political concepts, but the fact that the current Confucianism has not kept pace with the times, and even that the current Confucianism is already a fake Confucianism. ”