When I woke up again, there was a rumbling sound of water all around. Wu Shijiu sat up and looked around, and saw that he was in a thatched hall, which was very simple but clean and tidy. On the front wall, there is a painting on the left and right: "The way of the university stops at perfection", and the strokes jump out of the sky, and the strength penetrates the muscles and bones.

Got up and came to the outside of the house, there was a large open space, a vegetable field was opened on the left, planted with some seasonal vegetables, and a huge nine-square grid was drawn on the open space on the right, and each grid was engraved with a zigzag symbol, I don't know what it meant.

Further on, it is an abyss, it turns out that this thatched cottage is built on a vacant lot on the cliff, and below is the rushing Hongyan River. There is a small pavilion on the edge of the cliff, antique, there is a plaque on it, and there are three big characters written on it: "Guanxin Pavilion".

"There are some coarse tea and light rice in the house, you can eat some first when you are hungry. ”

As soon as Wu Shijiu turned around, he saw Liu Zizi standing behind him with his hands behind his back, covering his face with thin veil, and his eyes were burning.

"Senior, where am I?"

"Lingding Cliff. ”

"Ah, this is Lingding Cliff, that ......" Wu Shijiu wanted to ask where Shuangxi went, but he didn't know how to speak. Liu Zi stared at him and said, "I ask you a question, you have to answer honestly, if there is half a lie......"

As he spoke, he raised his left hand, and a palm-sized rock on the mountain wall fell off out of thin air, flew straight over, and before he could fly in front of him, he suddenly shook in the air, turned into powder, and drifted away with the wind.

A similar technique has also been used by Gain.

Wu Shijiu stuck out his tongue and said, "Good guy, is this the Earth Spirit Technique?" Seeing that Liu Zizi didn't answer, he said, "Senior, you want to ask me where I learned the Innate Twelve Forms?"

"This martial arts is not passed on to outsiders, who taught you this innate twelve styles?" Speaking of this, Liu Zizi's voice was fierce, and a murderous aura appeared in his eyes.

"Ah, don't be angry, I really just learned the innate twelve styles by mistake, I saw the predecessor demonstrated in the Guanyin Dragon Elephant Temple before, and I knew that you were also the successor of Mr. Baiyun, but I didn't know that you were Mr. Liu. ”

Subsequently, Wu Shijiu fell into the spiritual gate, how to encounter the four unkind people, how to heal the wounds of Shuangxi and strayed into a cave in a barren mountain in the Tengger Desert, and how to encounter the remains of Mr. Bai Yun, unintentionally triggered the mechanism, and learned the innate twelve styles and other things 1510.

Liu Zizai listened and said: "Whether it's true or not, you'll know if you try it." ”

Without waiting for Wu Shijiu to answer, a move "Cave Candle Machine First" attacked, and the two of them made the innate twelve styles together, attacking against attacking, fighting fast, and dismantling seventy or eighty moves in an instant. If you talk about martial arts attainments, ten more Wu Shijiu is not an opponent, but the other party seems to be deliberately guiding and observing his moves.

Dozens of moves were dismantled, Liu Zizai's body flickered, the direction under his feet changed, and Wu Shijiu gradually felt struggling, every move seemed to be a slow beat, the more he compared, the less confident he was, and one didn't pay attention, and was held by the throat of the other party's move "Yan Mo cooks first".

"Seniors should believe it now, right? I'm really a wild man, and I learned these things from you in the Guanyin Dragon Elephant Temple. ”

Liu Zizi stared at him and asked word by word, "Master's remains, are they really in that cave?"

"The younger generation doesn't dare to lie and don't believe it...... If you don't believe you can take me to catch up with the girl just now, she ...... too"

The maiden went with them. ”

"Oh...... Then I'm ...... too."

"You're no match for them now, and you're going to die in vain if you catch up. ”

Wu Shijiu was silent. With his current skills, there is no chance of winning one-on-one with Hei Yueming, not to mention that the other party also has masters such as Mrs. Shili, Yuwen Jiugu, and Hu Jinjin, if the other party rushes up, he will indeed die in vain. But he was worried about Shuangxi, but he couldn't rest assured.

"Are they heading west?"

Liu Zizi didn't answer, looked at the sky in a daze, and said after a long time: "Master didn't let me follow in his later years, saying that he would compile what he had learned in his life into a book, but he didn't expect to end up in the deep mountains. ”

Wu Shijiu took out the "Hugging Xuanxin Sutra" from his arms and handed it over: "Senior, this is the "Hugging Xuanxin Sutra" and the letter left by Mr. Bai Yun, I think this should be kept by someone in your sect, and I will return it to you today." ”

Liu Zizai saw that he was wrapped in several layers of oilcloth, wrapped very carefully, and felt grateful in his heart, so he took it respectfully with both hands, flipped through the pages one by one, and closed the book for a long time before he closed the book and muttered: "What I have learned is not as good as what Master does." ”

Wu Shijiu thought to himself, you are already the first in the world, not as good as the master, what kind of immortal rank should Mr. Bai Yun be?

After being silent for a while, Liu Zizai said: "No matter how you learn the Innate Twelve Forms, Master said that you are already a disciple of Mr. Baiyun, then you are my junior brother." I've heard a lot of rumors about you over the years, but fortunately, you didn't use your own kung fu to do evil, otherwise I would have abolished you a long time ago. ”

Wu Shijiu stuck out his tongue, and when he heard him call himself a junior brother, an inexplicable warmth welled up in his heart. Since he came to this world nine hundred and ninety-nine years ago, he has either been rushing around looking for clues, or killing monsters and saving people, and it seems that he owes the world an explanation every day when he wakes up. Although Windbeard is his master, he is busy all day long, except for giving him an introductory copy of "Yixin Jue", he has hardly taught him any kung fu, and there is very little communication between master and apprentice. Speaking of which, the fat master is his senior brother, but it is more of a partnership.

Only the old man in front of him, every move always brings him an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

Liu Zizai continued: "Since you are already a member of this sect, there are some things that you have to tell you about. As he spoke, he slowly took off his veil.

This is the first time Wu Shijiu has seen his true face, although he is old, he has a delicate face, his long white beard is trimmed very neatly, and he has a dusty temperament, and he must have been a handsome man when he was young. It's just that from the left ear to the right jaw, there is a pale red scar that is extremely eye-catching, and it looks a little hideous.

"Ah...... Senior, you ......"

"You still call me senior?"

"Division...... Senior brother, you scar ......"

"Speaking of which, this is a shame for the sect, and it is also a great hatred of the master during his lifetime. Don't look at me as your senior brother, but above me, there are two senior brothers...... Well, in terms of seniority, let's call that person a senior brother. This scar on me is due to the man. ”

Wu Shijiu couldn't believe that there were still people in this world who could hurt the deceased.

Liu Zizai said: "The master accepted a total of three of us as apprentices back then, the senior brother listened to the wind and walked in shock, the second senior brother asked Lu Daocheng, and the third senior brother was me, so Liu Zizai was there." ”

"Listening to the wind, asking questions, old people, shocking, sincere, and comfortable, the name given by the master to the disciple really has a Taoist style, no desire and no desire. ”

Liu Zizai smiled: "Master, he is an old man with an open-minded heart, sees through the world, and even refused the invitation of Emperor Taizong at that time, just because he is well versed in the study of Huang Lao, has a calm temperament, and has no quarrel with the world." But this is not the case with my senior brother, he always says that once you learn a skill, you have to do something earth-shattering. For this reason, he quarreled with the master several times, and finally turned out of the master's door. ”

"And where has he gone now?"

This person later took refuge in the Khitan, worshiped in shamanism, studied witchcraft, and then was respected as a royal wizard by the Empress Dowager Xiao, and participated in the Song-Liao War many times, offering advice. In the battle of Qigou Pass that year, Empress Dowager Xiao took Yelu Longxu to drive a personal expedition, and used the strategy of stepping into a shocking Hong to break the Song army and behead tens of thousands. Since then, the Khitans have called him ten thousand slaughters. Hmph, how can I be undefeated when I have such a traitorous person in the Great Song Dynasty?" Speaking of this, Liu Zizi's chest rose and fell, and his emotions were a little excited.

Wu Shijiu thought to himself, no wonder he was so loud when he asked me just now, I am afraid that he regarded me as a disciple of Bu Jinghong? He also thought that the Northern Song Dynasty was weak, and most of the wars with the surrounding ethnic minorities ended in failure, because of the imbalance in its own political and military systems caused by Yanwu Xiuwen, coupled with redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, and it was not a few people who were obstructed by it. Mr. Fan Zhongyan saw this very thoroughly, although the senior brother has high martial arts attainments, but in the concept of these family and country disputes, he blamed the traitors of the division for the failure of the Song-Liao War, but his vision was a little small.

I want to think so, but he keeps in mind the advice of Xianyu Qiaman, and never reveals the slightest information related to future history in this world, listening to Liu Zizi say this, he is noncommittal.

Liu Zizai continued: "Later, the master sent the second senior brother and me to rob and kill Bu Jinghong, but he designed to frame him, and the second senior brother died tragically in the chaos, and I was slashed in the face by him and almost died. But he was not much better, and was seriously injured by me. Since then, there has been no trace. ”

Wu Shijiu heard him talk about these old events, and he said a few words, but he didn't know how to be thrilling. I thought that although he claimed to be a Lingding old man, hiding on this Lingding cliff and not asking about the world, he was also worried about the world, jealous and hateful, and he must have been a lover back then.

At this time, the sky was dark, and as he spoke, Wu Shijiu's two eyelids gradually sank, and he had been sleeping in the open for several days, and today he had exhausted his strength in the Baoshui Beach, which was really a little unbearable at this time. Liu Zizi said: "You haven't recovered your strength yet, rest early tonight." Early tomorrow morning, I will pass on your own kung fu. ”

There was a bed and a recliner in the thatched hall, Wu Shijiu said that he would not occupy the bed at all, so he wrapped a thin blanket and slept on the recliner. I slept so deeply this night, I didn't even have a dream, and I whirred until dawn.

After breakfast the next day, Liu Zizai led Wu Shijiu to the periphery of the Jiugong Grid and said: "This martial arts is broad and profound, but it is inseparable from the three kinds of kung fu, you have learned the inner strength of the 12 innate styles and the Heart Sutra, but it is not profound enough, the reason is that you have not learned this footwork." Today I will teach you the third kind of kung fu in this sect, the Nine Palaces Flying Steps. ”

As he spoke, he stepped into the middle lattice with his feet in the middle.

As soon as the others entered the nine-square grid, the ground suddenly moved, and the grid on the left side was concave downward, and a spear stretched out from it, stabbing at Liu Zizi diagonally.

This change came too quickly, and Wu Shijiu was taken aback, never expecting that such an ordinary nine-square grid would have hidden mechanisms underneath.

Liu Zizi struck a "Hebi Wentian" with his left palm, blocking the spear that stabbed him, and at the same time took a half-step forward with his left foot, stepping on the lattice in the upper left corner and saying: "Jiugong Flying Steps, pay attention to rapid advance and retreat, left and right to dodge." With that, the spear was withdrawn, and the central lattice where he had stood just now was dented, and a long knife stretched out from it, and slashed at it.

He kept talking, walking as he spoke, stepped on the grid in the upper right corner and said: "Two or four is the shoulder, yin hugs yang." A move "Yan Mo cooks first" slapped his palm on the knife, and the knife was quickly withdrawn. Then the lattice in the upper left corner sank, and an iron rod stretched out, sweeping in the direction where Liu Zizai was standing.

"Six or eight is enough, born in four corners. As he spoke, he stepped back two squares in the lower right corner, and the iron rod swept away and immediately retracted. At this time, the lattice in the second shoulder position was concave, and a small golden gourd hammer was stretched out and smashed violently.

"Look at it. Liu Zizai's body shook, stood in the lower left corner, raised his legs "first-come-first-served", and kicked over with a small hammer, with sharp footwork, a chic and elegant posture, and it was very good-looking.

Wu Shijiu was on the side, but his palms were sweating, it turned out that there were hidden blades under each grid, and the nine grids had no safe position at all, if you wanted not to be injured by the blade, you had to keep wandering in the nine squares. What's even more difficult is that you have to cooperate with the Innate Twelve Styles to fight back.

Subsequently, Liu Zizai finished the footwork such as "three on the left and seven on the right, wearing nine shoes and one" one by one, jumped out of the circle, and the nine-square grid automatically returned to its original state. He looked at Wu Shijiu: "How many percent do you remember?"

"Six, seven. ”

"Okay, let's take a look. ”

Wu Shijiu silently recited the footwork sequence he had just seen, leaned forward, and stood in the center. As soon as his foot hit the ground, the middle lattice was dented, and a spear poked out and pierced the center of his foot.

"Ah, I'll go ......" Wu Shijiu didn't know that the mechanism under this was changed randomly, and even the weapons hidden in it were quietly exchanged, but the stress response brought by the innate twelve styles was faster, his body was suspended in the air, and a move "Tiansu Horse Horn", in an instant, he clapped a few palms in the air, took advantage of a sideways rollover, and rolled down to the Nine Palaces, although he was out of danger, he was extremely embarrassed.

"Drawing a scoop according to the gourd, that's a fool to learn martial arts. You want to follow the order I just toddled, but you forgot the essence of your own martial arts. ”

"Ah, by the way, I remember that my senior brother said before that this martial arts is the most taboo to stick to routines, and the moves can be swayed at will, and the footwork should be the same. ”

"What else?"

"You still say that martial arts in the world is nothing more than imitating the teacher. How the master teaches, how the apprentice practices, obviously a person practices martial arts, but he becomes a martial arts practitioner. If ten people are the same, they will practice a ...... Ahem, it's just a waste of time. There are only ten people and ten kinds to show the true meaning. ”

Liu Zizi smiled: "You have a good memory." I will pass on to you the key to the Nine Palaces Flying Steps. The nine-square grid is the nine-palace diagram in the eight trigrams, east, south, west, and north, respectively, are Zhen, Li, Dui, and Kan, which are the four positives, and the southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast are Xun, Kun, Qian, and Gen, which are the four corners, and the middle is the middle palace. This set of footwork, originally was the first kan, the second kun, the second earthquake, the second Xun, to the middle palace, and then from the middle palace to the dry, the second dui, the second gen, the second departure, a week to complete, this is the smooth wear. If you return from the off-position, it is a reverse penetration. But the master and his old man drew a picture outside the nine-square grid. ”

He walked to the small pavilion, stretched out his hand and patted on a pillar, I don't know what mechanism was touched, only to hear the sound of "rustling", and on the periphery of the nine-square grid, another Taiji diagram appeared.

"Everything in the world is inseparable from this picture. You just need to keep in mind the general tips: advance and retreat, dodge left and right, wear nine shoes and one, and yin hug yang. Don't have to stick to the nine grids who is first and who is behind, who follows and who reverses, this set of footwork gossip is contained in the nine palaces, the nine palaces are in Tai Chi, Tai Chi is all-encompassing, how to turn Ruyi how to come. You can be too chong with one fish, or you can have two yin and yang, or three talents alternately, four elephants cycle, or five elements of plum blossoms, six directions staggered, seven stars shift, until the gossip is in the corner, and the nine bitterness returns to the sweet ......"

While speaking, Liu Zizi jumped into the nine-square grid, wandering around at will, walking faster and faster. The mechanism on the ground activated, and when each blade poked out to attack, it was a step slower, and he skillfully dodged it. Later, there was almost no foot touching the ground, only a green shadow flickered.

If ordinary people were watching from the sidelines at the moment, it wouldn't take a moment to get dizzy. Wu Shijiu held his breath and pondered carefully, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was ever-changing and mysterious. He remembered the general tips and gist in his heart, and learned the 12 innate forms, and when he looked at it, the true qi in his body actually reacted.

He didn't know that this set of footwork was connecting the threads he had learned, and the more he understood, the more he unlocked his potential. At first, he just looked at Liu Zizi's figure and footwork, but gradually, Wu Shijiu's vision began to take a step ahead, and without waiting for him to move his body, he was able to judge the direction of his foothold in advance, and later he was able to predict two or three steps in advance.