Chapter Twenty-Seven: The First Enlightenment ● The Mystery of Fire
A high-flying and domineering Tang Sect boy actually has such a cultivation, which is much more reckless than Huang Cheng, who attacked him half a year ago, which Hou Jin never expected. The two of them were hard to face, and from time to time, beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads. Tang Qiangsheng is physically strong, and his strength alone is indeed greater than Hou Jin, but he is more than half a head shorter than Hou Jin. If it weren't for the cultivation of internal injuries, he would not be able to exercise for nearly half a year, and Hou Jin would be much stronger than he is now. Under the cancellation of each other, the two competed for internal strength in a short period of time, and they couldn't tell the winner.
As time passed, Tang Qiang's back was soaked with sweat, and white gas came out of the Tianling cover. Hou Jin's face is also constantly changing, sometimes it becomes jet black, sometimes it becomes purple, sometimes it flushes, and sometimes it returns to its original appearance...... Heaven and earth yin and yang, wind and clouds change, this is the result of Hou Jin's yin and yang five elements skills have not yet been cultivated, and the wine sword immortal Li Chunzheng will not be like this. Hou Jin has been stuck in the realm of the fifth layer of fire of the Yin and Yang Five Elements Gong for almost a year, and he has not been able to grasp the essentials, and there has been no suitable opportunity. Although Tang Qiang gradually felt overwhelmed, he still used the barb of the blade to clamp the sword in Hou Jin's hand to death, and Hou Jin couldn't get out for a while.
The fire is hot, hot and rising, bright and invisible. Calm and bright, not as good as Fu Ming, too Hexi. Fire likes gold, and gold is the wealth of fire.
Hou Jin silently recited the thirty-four-character mantra of the fire of the five elements, wanting to understand the mystery of fire, but he still couldn't break free from that layer of imprisonment. The blade in his hand is controlled by others, and cannot exert his due power. Suddenly, Hou Jin seemed to think of something! His eyes brightened, and he seemed to have touched the edge of the mystery of fire. The blade is gold, the man is the earth, the fire is the earth, the earth is gold, and the fire is gold. If the fire is not abundant, the soil will be thin, and the soil will be thin, and the gold will be weak, so as to reach the realm of fire and gold.
So it was, so it was, after a momentary epiphany, Hou Jin was overjoyed, and the "fire" that had been held in his chest for a year dissipated, and the whole person suddenly became brighter. Hou Jin's eyes were shining, the fire of the five elements in his body was wandering in every corner of his body, and his face was no longer constantly changing, only flushed.
Tang Qiang also discovered the change in Hou Jin, and the momentum of the whole person soared, as if he had changed a person, and he was in good spirits. Tang Qiang knew in his heart that if he was consuming, he was the one who lost, and he was the one who was ashamed. Tang Qiang has always been arrogant and obedient, among the younger generation of the Tang Sect, his martial arts are the highest, and now if he loses to an outsider, I am afraid that he will not be able to raise his head among the disciples of the Tang Sect in the future. It's just that Tang Qiang has never understood a truth, who dares to guarantee victory in a hundred battles among the top masters in martial arts? It is only by learning lessons from failure and summing up experience that they will grow up step by step and eventually become a top master of martial arts. Tang Qiang takes winning and losing too seriously, but he will not find shortcomings in himself, and is destined to become a first-class master, but he will never be able to take that step and become a super-first-class master.
At this time, Tang Qiang was already out of order, forcibly urging the Xuantian Wuji Gong of the Tang Sect, trying to suppress Hou Jin's momentum. In this way, it has already entered the misunderstanding, which is a taboo for martial artists. If it were a normal day, I would definitely understand this simple truth. What surprised Tang Qiang was that the internal force he forcibly urged seemed to be absorbed by Hou Jin, as if it was being absorbed by Hou Jin, and he felt that Hou Jin's palm was like a three-flavor fire, spreading all over his body, as if he wanted to be burned in a furnace.
The old man of Tianji shook his head, with a look of hatred that iron could not be made of steel, and he was very disappointed in this eldest grandson. Although Tang Qiang's qualifications are good, he was spoiled by Tang's father, he was arrogant, there was no one in his eyes, he couldn't judge the situation, he couldn't see himself clearly, and he was destined to be effective in martial arts. I made up my mind that in the future, I would no longer tilt the resources of the Tang Sect to Tang Qiang, find another descendant, and re-cultivate. Tang Qiang didn't know that he had been marginalized by the old man Tianji, of course, these were all later words.
Hou Jin shouted: "Let go!"
But Tang Qiang held it up and held the blade tightly in his hand. Hou Jin urged the power of fire, and there was a heat wave around him, Tang Qiang's face turned red, he couldn't support it anymore, the blade fell off, with a clang, he fell to the ground, and he also fell to the ground, full of embarrassment. The disciples of the Tang Sect were also deeply shocked by this scene, the first disciple of the Tang Sect, the best candidate for the next master of the Tang Sect, Tang Qiang was actually defeated at the hands of an outsider with a bookish face, and the defeat was so complete that some disciples even rubbed their eyes, they couldn't believe that this was true.
Hou Jin withdrew his palm, put away his sword, put it behind his back, and said, "Brother Tang Qiang, I have conceded!" After speaking, he walked towards the chairman and ignored it again.
At this moment, a mutation protruded, and several silver needles, mixed with whistling sounds, shot towards Hou Jin as fast as lightning. The silver needle lacks green light, but it is highly poisonous. This is the unique secret weapon of the Tang Sect, the Ice Spirit Dementor Needle, as long as a small piece of skin is scratched, the toxin will spread throughout the body, the poisoned person is like falling into an extremely cold ice cellar, shivering all over, if it is forcibly forced to force the poison, it will accelerate the infiltration of the toxin, and eventually freeze the person into an ice sculpture, and with a light knock, it will be broken into pieces.
"Hou Jin, be careful. Tang Lei obviously also found out that something was wrong, and he only had time to remind Hou Jin, and he was very angry with his eldest brother in his heart.
It turned out that these silver needles were Tang Qiang's forcible urging of the last trace of internal strength, and sent out the Ice Spirit Dementor Needle hidden in his sleeve, thinking that at such a close distance, it was a sneak attack from behind, Hou Jin was not spared, and a smug sneer appeared on his face. Just when Tang Qiang was using a secret weapon to sneak attack, the old man of Tianji and Tang's father had already noticed Tang Qiang's small movements, and they were shocked and were about to stop it. But at this moment, Hou Jin seemed to have eyes behind him, his body bent to one side, bent into an arc shape, and at the same time waved the sword in his hand quickly, at the same time as his shoulder, and the few silver needles that flew rapidly only stopped a few times, and all of them fell to the ground. Hou Jin had expected that Tang Qiang would sneak attack him, and the moment he put away his sword, Tang Qiang's eyes were wrong, as if he was unwilling, and stared at Hou Jin resentfully. If his eyes could eat people, Hou Jin would be gnawed by Tang Qiang's eyes to the point that there were no bones left, so he kept a heart and deliberately exposed his back to Tang Qiang. The half-raised bodies of the old man Tianji and Father Tang sat down again, their eyes full of anger.
Father Tang shouted angrily: "Rebel son, how dare you use such indiscriminate means to deal with people? Although my Tang Sect is not a famous and decent person, he has never been so despicable. In vain, my father loves you. If you lose, you lose, your skills are not as good as others, and you can't complain about others, you are too disappointed in your father. I announce as the master of the Tang Sect that from today onwards, I will abolish the identity of Tang Qiang's heir, be imprisoned in the ancestral temple, and repent in the face of the tablets of the ancestors and ancestors, and within five years, I will not be allowed to step out of the ancestral hall. Someone, bring this rebel down. ”
Tang Qiang looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter was very poignant, the identity of the son-in-law was deposed, and he had to be grounded for five years. The dignified heir of the Tang Sect was so despicable, everyone in the audience showed disdain, and no one sympathized with him. Even Tang Jun, who has always been close to Tang Qiang, was very disappointed with this big brother at this time.
The old man shook his head and sighed heavily. Today was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the festive day when the Tang Sect gathered together for a night banquet was all disturbed by this Tang Qiang. In previous years, it was all lively and lively, and the people in the Tang Sect gathered together on this day to have a night banquet and talk and laugh. Now this meal has changed its taste, there is no laughter, everyone has eaten hastily, and then they have a New Year's greeting to the old man Tianji and Tang's father, and they have left one after another.
The old man of Tianji handed the fish intestine sword to Hou Jin again, and Hou Jin excused himself and accepted it.
However, Tang Qiang was always deposed as the heir because of himself, so he apologized to the old man Tianji and Tang's father.
Father Tang was still indignant, and said: "This rebel son disappointed me too much, and he was embarrassed." Hou Jin, it's none of your business. If I succeed in being attacked by this rebel, my heart will be uneasy!"
"It's not that you're too used to him. The old man has long said that he should not be too indulgent to his children. Now it's going to cause trouble, but you won't listen. You, you, what should I say about you?" said the old man Tianji, pointing at Father Tang.
When Tang's father heard this, he trembled and was shocked, regretted that he was not at the beginning, and said: "What my father taught me is that it is all the fault of the child, and there is no way to discipline him, so there is such a rebellious son." ”
The old man of Tianji sighed, quite helpless, and said, "It's too late to say anything now, what did you do earlier?" Tang Qiang is a waste. ”
With Hou Jin and Tang Lei present, after all, Father Tang is the current owner of the Tang Sect, and the old man of Tianji is not too likely to blame, after all, he wants to save some face for Father Tang, and he can't let Father Tang lose his ugliness in front of the juniors.
The old man of Tianji then said to Father Tang: "You come to the study with me, I have something to tell you." ”
Father Tang said respectfully: "Yes, father." ”
The father and son also left, leaving Tang Lei and Hou Jin in the hall. In fact, this is the intention of the old man Tianji, in order to let the two juniors communicate more.
When the old man Tianji and Tang's father left, Hou Jin and Tang Lei looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say.
"You ......"
"You ......"
The two said in unison. Hou Jin smiled and said, "Miss Tang Lei, let's talk about it first, girls first." ”
At this time, Tang Lei was rarely well-behaved, without that unruly appearance, and said with a little sadness in his light blue eyes: "Hey, big brother, he ...... I didn't expect the eldest brother to be like this. Hou Jin, I apologize to you for my eldest brother. ”
Hou Jin comforted: "It's okay, isn't it okay for me?"
Tang Lei looked disappointed and said faintly: "Although my eldest brother and I were not born to the same mother, on weekdays, my eldest brother treats me very well and loves me very much. It's just that the eldest brother is too strong, his self-esteem is very heavy, and he has to fight for everything, which is also his most fatal weakness. ”
Hou Jin said: "Your eldest brother was severely punished by your father because of me, and it is I who should say sorry." ”
Tang Lei shook his little head and said, "It's none of your business, it's the eldest brother who caused it himself." Hey, it's come to this, so don't talk about it. ”
Seeing that Tang Lei was not very happy, Hou Jin had the intention of teasing this girl again, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't talk about this, then talk about that." ”
Tang Lei was puzzled, tilted his head and looked at Hou Jin suspiciously, and said, "What is this?"
Hou Jin looked giggling and said with a smile: "Look, such a beautiful day, such a festive New Year, and such a lovely girl, wouldn't it be a pity not to talk about the wind and snow?" Although this girl is very arrogant and has a brutal and pungent personality, she is innocent and cute. Unconsciously, I wanted to tease her when I had nothing to do, and I didn't know why I was like this.
Tang Lei opened a pair of watery light blue eyes, rolled his eyes, and returned to the appearance of the old little pepper, and said angrily: "Here you go again? Nasty!"
Hou Jin smiled: "I'm not doing anything right." If you don't have a beautiful woman by your side, if you don't appreciate it, it's not right!" After that, Hou Jin had an evil smile on the corner of his mouth, and deliberately stared at Tang Lei's chest with a squinting expression. Not to mention, this little girl has a unique charm with this dress. A bright red silk tight-fitting shirt reaches to the waist, slightly revealing a flat and white lower abdomen, outlining the petite figure with exquisite curves. Half of the arm is exposed, like a lotus root. A small fork is opened at the collar, and a deep ravine looms, making people think about it. A long neck, surrounded by a dark purple pendant. A small white face, except for a slight ruddyness, there is no trace of variegation, big light blue eyes, very smart, the bridge of the nose is slightly higher than that of the Han woman, a thin red mouth, a pair of beautiful eyebrows are very long, straight into a few strands of hair that fall slightly on the forehead, the two ends are almost connected with the middle of the top of the nose bridge, the hair is a faint golden yellow, and a thick ponytail is tied obliquely until the collarbone.
Tang Lei saw Hou Jin staring at his chest with malicious intent, so he hurriedly covered it with his hand, glared at him fiercely, and shouted: "Little pervert, where are you looking? Believe it or not, this girl gouged out your pair of dog eyes?"
Hou Jin grinned and sneered: "Girl, why are you so fierce? Be careful that no one will want it in the future!"
Tang Lei shouted: "I want you to take care of it, the girl is also called by you, let you scream indiscriminately, slap your mouth." "Anyway, this girl is still really, unceremoniously, stretching out her palm and about to pull it on Hou Jin's face.
Good guys, fight when they say they say, and have character. Hou Jin was stunned for a moment, quickly made a move, pinched Tang Lei's soft and boneless little arm, and shouted in his heart: "It's so slippery!"
Tang Lei struggled a few times, but he didn't break free, and said loudly: "Hey, let go, have you touched enough? Don't you know that men and women don't kiss each other? It's a shame that you are still a scholar!"
Hou Jin came back to his senses, let go of his hand, and smiled embarrassedly: "Rude, rude! Just because Miss Tang Lei is so beautiful, what boy is not fascinated by it?"
Tang Lei's face was flushed, don't look around, and said: "Flower heart big radish, little pervert, hate it! Ignore you, I'm leaving!" After speaking, he ran away quickly without looking back, faster than a rabbit.
Hou Jin looked at the petite Qianying and muttered, "It's sloppy!" Thinking of Ying'er again, he said in his heart: "Hou Jin, Hou Jin, what's wrong with you? How can you show mercy everywhere? You already have Ying'er, and you still provoke other girls? Ying'er is now uncertain about her life and death." Hou Jin couldn't figure out why he was like this, as soon as he saw Tang Lei, he couldn't help but want to tease her, and he had an indescribable feeling for Tang Lei. couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it, and Hou Jin left the hall and returned to his residence.
Thinking of today's epiphany and touching the threshold of the mystery of fire, Hou Jin sat cross-legged at the head of the bed, carried the five elements of yin and yang, and walked all over his body, ready to break through the last confinement, completely comprehend the mystery of fire, and enter a new realm. His eyes were slightly closed, his mouth was slightly open, he inhaled and exhaled, and his face continued to change from the beginning until he was flushed, but he could not return to his original state. Hou Jin was immersed in the world of the five elements, and saw the five unique symbols and ripples of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Gradually, the fire symbol gradually grew larger, flashing faintly intermittently, but after it was half the size of the other four symbols, there was no change, no matter how Hou Jin urged the power, the fire symbol still did not change. Hou Jin tried several times in a row, but it was still in vain. At this moment, the two forces of yin and yang were rampaging in Hou Jin's body, like two friends who had a very good relationship on weekdays, suddenly turning against each other, and there was a possibility of fighting at any time. Hou Jin suddenly felt a sweetness in his throat, his stomach turned over the river, and with a wow, a mouthful of blood spit out. Frightened, Hou Jin hurriedly forcibly suppressed the two forces and reaped the credit.
"It's so dangerous, I almost got backlashed. Master said that if you don't understand something, you must not force it to do it, otherwise it is easy to go mad. It seems that I am too greedy. But when I was obviously in the hall, I had a feeling, but at this time, I didn't feel it? What is the misunderstanding?" Hou Jin pondered. But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out what the problem was. The opportunity for epiphany is something that can be encountered but not sought, and sometimes it will be pondered inadvertently, but often when you sink down, you don't feel anything, which is very strange.
Anyway, he couldn't figure it out, so Hou Jin simply stopped thinking about it.
"Unconsciously, half a year has passed, and now the injuries on my body have long healed, it's time to leave, go to find Ying'er, and we must rescue Ying'er. Ying'er, you must not be fine. Hou Jin said in his heart.
The next day, on the first day of the first lunar month, Hou Jin got up early in the morning, practiced in the courtyard for a while, and after breakfast, he went to the old man of Tianji, as well as Father Tang and Tang Lei, to say goodbye, and by the way, asked the old man of Tianji about the location of the Plum Blossom Palace.
What disappointed Hou Jin was that the old man Tianji said that he didn't know the specific location of the Plum Blossom Palace. Hou Jin thought about it, after all, the Plum Blossom Hall is the number one killer organization in the rivers and lakes, extremely secretive and mysterious, where will the people in the rivers and lakes know where they are? In fact, the old man of Tianji was also selfish, and he knew the location of the Plum Blossom Palace, but he didn't tell Hou Jin. With Hou Jin's current martial arts, Huang Cheng of the Plum Blossom Hall can't win easily. And Huang Cheng's martial arts in the top ten kings of the Plum Blossom Hall are not the worst, but they are also the existence of the bottom. How deep is the water in the Plum Blossom Palace? People in the rivers and lakes talk about the change of color, and they stay away. The old man of Tianji took a fancy to Hou Jin's qualifications, and wanted to recruit this grandson-in-law, the Longtan Tiger Whisker of the Plum Blossom Palace, how could he let the current Hou Jin easily get into danger?
Hou went in to Tang Lei and explained the meaning of the resignation, and he wanted to hear if the girl could stay, but thinking about it, it was impossible.
Sure enough, when Tang Lei heard Hou Jin say that he was leaving, he said with a nonchalant and disapproving expression: "If you want to leave, you can go?" and deliberately came to me to say, do you still think I can keep you? Do you think that is possible? Let's go, little pervert, it's annoying to see you." ”
Hou Jin smiled, this girl is not ordinary straightforward, what do you say. So, Hou Jin simply cleaned up, then left the Tang Gate and embarked on a journey to find the Plum Blossom Hall and rescue Ying'er.
Looking at the back of Hou Jin leaving, Tang Lei muttered in a low voice, chattering, and he didn't know what he was talking about. Until Hou Jin's back gradually faded away, and finally he could only see a black spot, Tang Lei felt a little empty in his heart, as if something was missing, but he couldn't say it.
"What? reluctant to let him go?"
Tang Lei looked back and saw that it was the old man of Tianji, and hurriedly said: "Where is it? I wish he had left earlier! Bad guy, nasty ghost!" The old man laughed and didn't speak......