One hundred and twenty-two, invitation tokens

On this day, Wu Tian's injuries have improved a lot, and although he still feels weak, he can still walk on the ground and do some small things such as washing clothes and picking vegetables.

Song Dabei was playing in front of the courtyard gate, and when he saw Wu Tian walking as usual, he only said that he had already recovered, and clamored for him to come and dig the sand on the ground with him. Wu Tian was washing vegetables in the courtyard, and when he heard Song Dabei shouting, he just washed the last vegetable leaf in the basin, put down the basin and was about to go to play with Song Dabei, and then thought: "I am a waste person at the moment, I can't practice martial arts, I can't do heavy work, and I can't even lift a bucket of water. Ignoring Song Dabei, he got up and wanted to find something else to do. Song Dabei saw that Wu Tian was not coming to play, so he threw the ruler used to dig the ground in his hand and scolded loudly.

Wang Xue stood in the courtyard, she stood for half an hour, her legs were already a little sore, she was noisy by Song Dabei, she only felt irritable in her heart, and shouted at the top of her throat: "Song Dabei, you kid shut up!" She had never shouted at Song Dabei, but suddenly shouted, which scared Song Dabei. Song Dabei was stunned, crying out and scolding nonsense: "You bully me, you all bully me...... In vain, I will treat you as a disciple, pass on your martial arts, and pass on your 'monk hitting the bell'...... I, who am a master, will be counted down by my disciples......"

Wang Xue couldn't laugh or cry when she heard these few nonsense words, and turned her head to Wu Tian and shouted: "Go and play with Song Dabei, don't let him bother me." Wu Tian's injury did not heal, and he couldn't help but be suspicious everywhere, thinking: "Okay, you Wang Xue, I was like a brother and sister to you before I was injured, but now I have no martial arts, but you treat me as a servant, you let me go to play with Song Dabei, don't you treat me as a wine bag and rice bag all the way with him?" Pretending not to hear Wang Xue's shout, he got up and walked to the jujube tree next to him, and wanted to pick some jujube to eat. Wang Xue saw Wu Tiantie ignoring himself with a blue face, and was slightly surprised, and shouted: "The surname is Wu, did you hear my sister call you?" Wu Tian thought to himself: "Listening to your tone, you really treat me as a servant!" "Turn around and yell: "Your father and I are not at the mercy of others, you wolf-hearted stupid girl, you want to!" Wang Xue was furious, waved her fist and was about to hit Wu Tian, her footsteps moved, and finally held back, looking at Wu Tian in a daze, thinking: "Why do you talk to me like this?"

Wu Tian saw that Wang Xue no longer spoke, and went to pick dates with a wooden basin, but he couldn't exert any strength in his body, and he had done his best to wash and pick vegetables, at this time, it was easy to hold the wooden basin under his armpit with his left hand, but his right hand couldn't lift it no matter what, and he obviously saw a big red date less than a foot above his head, but he couldn't reach it anyway, he was so anxious that his brows furrowed, the more he thought about it, the more he felt wronged, his eyes were red, his tears slowly fell, and he put down the wooden basin and sat under the tree to wipe his tears.

Seeing Wu Tian's appearance, Wang Xue's chest was sore, and her anger dissipated immediately, she walked over and sat down beside Wu Tian, stretched out her arm to hold Wu Tian in her arms, and said softly: "Wu Tian, don't be angry with your sister, you don't want to play with Song Dabei, so let him make trouble by himself, we don't owe him anything, we don't have to coax him all day long." ”

Song Dabei cried for a while, and when he saw that no one came to persuade him, he had to stop crying, picked up the card ruler in front of the door and knocked on the stone to play.

Wu Tian said softly: "I had a dream last night, and I dreamed that Senior Brother Liu stood in front of me and said to me: 'If the martial arts are gone, they will be gone, and after a hundred years, who will be strong and who will be weak, will they all be fleeting? I'm a wasted person, and living can only drag you down, but it's better to die. Wang Xue hurriedly said: "Don't say that, our own brothers live and die together, wouldn't it be too obvious to say who drags down whom?" Wu Tian smiled miserably and didn't answer Wang Xue's words.

Wang Xue thought to herself: "Wu Tian, you look easy-going on your face, but you don't want to be so strong and stubborn. He thought for a while and said, "Wu Tian, my sister will tell you something." Wu Tian didn't turn his head to look at Wang Xue, but only hummed lightly.

Wang Xue said: "When I returned to my hometown last year, I passed by Yunlei Town and met the descendants of Gao Yunlei Hero. Wu Tian himself lost his martial arts, and he didn't care about the martial arts of others, and when he heard Wang Xue mention Gao Yunlei, he only said casually: "Gao Yunlei's name is quite loud, that is because he is righteous and Bo Yuntian sacrificed his life for the people, when it comes to real martial arts, Gao Yunlei may not be able to defeat Senior Brother Liu, and his descendants are only afraid that their martial arts are not better than you or Zhang Guanhua." Wang Xue said: "His descendant's name is Gao Zhentian, this Gao Zhentian has not practiced kung fu for a few days, and his martial arts are naturally not stronger than ours." Wu Tian was slightly surprised, the first thought was that Gao Zhentian was connected to his own fate, and he was seriously injured and disabled, so that he could not practice martial arts for the rest of his life, and asked: "How did Gao Zhentian get injured?" Wang Xue said: "He is not injured, he is weak and sick since he was a child, and he will never be able to practice a decent kung fu, plus his father sneered every day, so he simply gave up martial arts." On the day I left Yunlei Town, I heard that Gao Zhentian was preparing to open a martial arts gym, and I thought that his martial arts hall was already doing a prosperous business now. ”

Wu Tian heard the first sentence of Wang Xue's words, only to feel that this Gao Zhentian was calm and did something reasonable, and when he heard Wang Xue's second sentence, he was really like falling into a fog, and shouted: "Nonsense, Gao Zhentian has never practiced martial arts, how can he open a martial arts hall to teach his disciples?" Wang Xue smiled and said: "Who said that people who don't know martial arts can't teach their disciples?" Gao Zhentian is obsessed with martial arts, although he can't become a master, but he spent his whole life reading all the ancient and modern martial arts books, and he is familiar with the martial arts and methods of overcoming the world, no matter what kung fu the disciples want to learn, he can teach it orally, but he can't deduce it to the disciples. Wu Tian was silent. Wang Xue said again: "People who really love martial arts and understand martial arts may not be masters of martial arts, Gao Zhentian is thin and weak, and he can't become a hero, but he can help others become heroes in other ways, so Gao Zhentian is also a chivalrous feeling." Regardless of whether his father's martial arts are martial arts or not, he cherishes his family and country and the world, isn't he also chivalrous feelings? Wu Tian, why do you have to be narrow-minded and care about your own body? Xiang Boshanyuan's scum martial arts are extremely high, but his character and behavior can't even be compared with Song Dabei, so what's the use?"

Wu Tian said in a low voice: "The dream I had last night was too terrible, if I was ridiculed by others, it would be okay to say, but the feeling of being ridiculed by Senior Brother Liu was really uncomfortable." Wang Xue said with a smile: "Senior Brother Liu advised you in your dream to get better quickly, and stop giving up on yourself. ”

Wu Tian raised his head, and for a moment only felt that Wang Xue's words were really a good medicine to heal his heart disease, martial arts is a murderous weapon on a bad person, and a good medicine to save people, as long as he is dedicated to goodness, then he is a hero and a chivalrous man, why do you care about the level of martial arts, not to mention that you can't practice martial arts in person, you can also find another way like Gao Zhentian, and learn martial arts in your mind, not to mention that you are not alone, and you are accompanied by Liu Yue, Bu Ziyi, Li Hao and others.

Liu Yue happened to walk out of the house at this time, Wu Tian got up and said: "Senior brother, what you taught last night is that martial arts are gone, and after a hundred years, who is strong and who is weak, it is just a passing cloud, how can a manly husband give up on himself?" Liu Yue was stunned, thinking: "When did I persuade you to say this last night, why don't I remember it at all?" He knew that Wu Tian's words and actions had always been incomprehensible, and he didn't ask at the moment, and answered a few vaguely "yes". Wang Xue stood aside, just looking at Liu Yue and Wu Tian and smiling, and said in her heart: "It's really an interesting senior brother." ”

Wu Tiande Wang Xue said a few words of persuasion, his heart was half relaxed, and he got up and shouted: "Song Dabei, I'm here to play with you!" walked to Song Dabei's side and said, "Give me one of your little shovels." At this time, Song Dabei had dug a small pit in front of the courtyard gate, covered with dirt, and said: "I don't have a shovel, I only picked up a small iron piece in the shape of a ruler to dig the soil, let's play something else." "Lift up the piece of iron and throw it away.

Liu Yue's eyesight is very good, standing in the courtyard, he can see Wu Tian and Song Dabei in front of the courtyard gate clearly, seeing Song Dabei holding up the iron piece, his face suddenly changed color, and shouted: "Slow!" Hurried over, grabbed Song Dabei's hand and shouted: "Where did this token come from?" Song Dabei was suddenly startled and shouted: "You let go!" He struggled hard, but Liu Yue's hand was like a steel tong, where could he break free, he couldn't help but cry out in pain, and even shed tears. Liu Yue asked again: "Where did you get this token?" Song Dabei was confused, and the more anxious Liu Yue was, the more speechless he became, and he only stared at Liu Yue.

Wang Xue hurriedly walked over and shouted, "Senior brother, what are you doing here, it's all scared of him." ”

Liu Yue snatched the piece of iron from Song Dabei's hand and looked at it carefully against the sun. Wang Xue Wu Tian saw that the iron piece was in the shape of a pentagonal, the whole body was golden, and it was obviously made of pure gold, and it could be exchanged for dozens of taels of broken silver in the market, which was clearly a token such as a token rune polished by a craftsman, and where was the ordinary iron piece?

Wu Tian asked, "Dabei, where did you get this piece of iron?" Song Dabei pointed to the small wooden door behind him and said, "I stole it on the deadbolt, and I will never steal it again." He saw that everyone looked serious, and only said that he had done something wrong again, so he said that the token taken down from the deadbolt was "stealing", but Liu Yue Wang Xue knew that someone had hung this sign on the door and waited for the owner of the courtyard to pick it up.

Wang Xue said to Song Dabei: "It's okay, Dabei, you go elsewhere to play first." ”

Song Dabei got up and went to pull Wu Tian and asked Wu Tian to accompany him to play in the woods outside the courtyard. Wu Tian saw Liu Yue's awe-inspiring expression, knowing that this token had an unusual origin, so he refused to go away at the moment, and said coldly: "You go play by yourself." Song Dabei saw that everyone's expressions were different, so he didn't dare to cry, and said: "I listened to you this time, next time you have to listen to me, let me pass you 'monk strikes the bell'." Wu Tian thought to himself: "I can't do anything, I'm already a waste, and the only move I can practice now is 'Monk Hitting the Bell'." He smiled bitterly at the moment: "Okay, okay, I must find a time to ask Master Song for advice." Song Dabei couldn't help himself and walked away happily.

Wang Xue saw Song Dabei walking away, and asked in a low voice: "Senior brother, what is this?" Liu Yue said: "In the years when you followed your mother to the rivers and lakes, have you heard of Dana Mountain in the Western Regions?" Wang Xue was stunned and said: "I have heard that it is said to be a very steep and desolate, strange mountain full of rare and exotic beasts, and there is an old man like a fairy wind and bones living on the mountain, who is the Taishan Beidou of martial arts, and he will come to the Central Plains every ten years to hold a martial arts conference to teach martial arts to the martial artists of my Central Plains. Wu Tian heard the name "Dana Mountain in the Western Regions" for the first time, and after listening to Wang Xue's words, he couldn't help but smile and said: "There is a small shop selling pancakes and fruits on West Street in Bozi Town, the owner is named Guo Dana, and the plaque of his store also reads the words 'Dana Mountain'. Wang Xue grinned and asked, "What does this brand have to do with Dana Mountain in the Western Regions, is it that the old-timer on the mountain has taken a fancy to us and wants to teach us kung fu?" Liu Yue muttered: "He really wants to pass on your martial arts, as for me, he wants to put himself to death." ”

When Wang Xue and Wu Tian heard this, they turned overjoyed and surprised, and said in unison: "Why is this?" Wu Tian asked again: "Did you forget to give money when you went to the Western Regions to buy pancakes and fruits?" Liu Yue said: "I heard that the person who lives on the mountain in the Western Regions is an old man who is like a fairy in the painting, and he comes to Middle-earth every ten years, and each time he will invite a sect that he can afford to study martial arts with each other. This token is the invitation, and the sect that receives the invitation will wait for the old man after a few days. Wang Xueqi said: "Everyone is a martial arts person, wouldn't it be good to learn from each other and study martial arts?" Liu Yue said: "Since they are both martial arts lovers, and it is rare to see each other in their lives, after meeting, they naturally want to compete with martial arts friends, but this old man in the Western Regions has a strange temperament, whenever he compares martial arts with the head of the sect, he will really go down and heavy-handed, and the result is often to beat the master of the sect to death." As for his disciples, he treated each other politely, not only did he not be ruthless, but he was tolerant and taught him one or two of his proud martial arts. In recent decades, every time a sect receives a token, the head of the sect knows that a great disaster is coming; some of the ordinary disciples of the sect are really worried when they see that the master is dying, and some are pretending to be sad on their faces, but in fact they are very happy, and they can be taught martial arts by Dana Mountain in the Western Regions, and they will be inexhaustible for the rest of their lives. As he spoke, he shook the pure gold token in his hand lightly, and said: "This Western Regions Dana Mountain only comes to the Central Plains once every ten years, and only sends out one invitation every time, and he really looks down on me, so many big sects on the rivers and lakes can't receive invitations, but I received it, I really don't know whether to be happy or worried." ”

Wang Xue and Wu Tian, who only said this, were dumbfounded. Wang Xue said: "Senior brother, you are the head of the Haba Gate, and now this token is displayed in front of the courtyard gate, so this strange man in the Western Regions wants to hurt you ruthlessly, how is this good?" Wu Tian said: "That's not easy, that person from the Western Regions came alone, but we have Wang Xue and Li Hao on our side, as well as Guanhua and Bu Ziyi, and then let's all go together to see who killed whom?" Wang Xue and Liu Yue couldn't help but smile when they heard what Wu Tian said, and the two of them thought at the same time: " Every time he came to the Central Plains, he would seriously injure a sect leader, which shows that he came to the Central Plains not only to study my Central Plains kung fu, but also to make a name for himself in front of my Central Plains masters. I Habamen didn't dare to compare one-on-one with him according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, it was very unthinkable, and I even had to rely on more people to pick him alone, if this was spread, wouldn't Habamen be ridiculed and scolded by the people of the world?" At that time, the world took the reputation of martial arts and the rules of the rivers and lakes very seriously, but Liu Yue and Wang Xue's worries were not trivial. Wu Tian saw that the two of them looked disapproving, so he said again: "Besides, when it comes to real martial arts, he may not be better than his senior brother. Wang Xue thought to himself: "Every time this person from the Western Regions comes to the Central Plains, he can beat one of the most prestigious sect leaders in the Central Plains to death, and the high level of martial arts is self-evident, and his methods are only ten times higher than that of Senior Brother Liu." But he didn't dare to say this thought, for fear of causing Liu Yue to be sentimental, so he turned his head sideways to look at Liu Yue's face, only to see Liu Yue contemptuously looking at the token in his hand, as if he was not afraid.

Liu Yue said: "It's hard to say how much higher the martial arts of this weird man in the Western Regions are higher than mine, but I have lived in a fixed place for several years, and these thatched huts are very secret, and even the hunters who go up the mountain all the year round can't find it. I heard that when he came to the Central Plains thirty years ago, he used a ruthless move to beat the head of the Tianlong Sect, the True Dragon Dao Chief, to death, and twenty years ago, he seriously injured the Du Gang leader of the Hunan Ten Thousand Poison Gang. "Stop here. Wu Tian heard that Liu Yue was no longer talking, and hurriedly asked, "What about ten years ago? Senior brother." Liu Yue said: "Ten years ago, the strange man of the Western Regions came to Liaodong to pass on his art to the Anhe faction, he finished talking about the essence of martial arts, and when it came to the time of mutual competition, the head of the Anhe faction knew that he never killed ordinary disciples, so he did not take action personally, only hid on the sidelines to watch the battle, and only arranged for the disciples to compete with the people of the Western Regions. Wang Xue said with a smile: "That head of Anhe is smart, what happened?" Liu Yue said: "That person from the Western Regions invited Anhe to teach martial arts, saying that I came to the Central Plains thousands of miles away, how can you, the head of a faction, have to give a face and learn two tricks." But Na An and the head of the family were afraid of death, so they refused to compete no matter what. The old man of the Western Regions did not lose his demeanor, seeing that An He refused to give teaching, and he didn't need to be strong, he casually competed with his disciples and left. The old man in the Western Regions has extremely high martial arts, and the only one in my Central Plains who has retreated under the old man for decades is only this Anhe Zhangjiao. ”

Wang Xue was afraid that Liu Yue would be injured, so he didn't want him to compete with the old man in the Western Regions, so he hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "That's it......! Bah, bah, it is able to bend and stretch, if the old man of the Western Regions comes, Li Hao and I can deal with him casually a few times, senior brother, you just don't come out to meet, go elsewhere to play. Liu Yue didn't answer, but Wu Tian laughed and said: "At that time, the old man in the Western Regions asked where the head of the Haba Sect went, and we said that Liu Zhangjiao sent your token to the pawn shop and exchanged it for dozens of taels of silver, and now he has gone to play elsewhere, and the old man of the Baozhun Sect even lost his beard." Wang Xue also laughed and said: "It's best if you can kill him alive, and after he dies, we will make a big splash on the rivers and lakes, saying that this Western Regions Dana Mountain can only make pancakes and fruits, but the martial arts are too, and he was killed by Senior Brother Liu with one move." Wu Tian smiled and said: "I think the day when our Habamen will carry forward its fame and become famous all over the world is not far away." ”

Liu Yue listened to the two children joking, but he just smiled and said nothing, and after a while, he said: "What is carried forward and famous all over the world, it is good if it is not notorious." The Anhe faction is a precedent, they dare not respond to the battle of the old man in the Western Regions, and lose the face of my Central Plains warriors, the Anhe faction has not been able to raise its head in the rivers and lakes since then, some of his disciples have gone to defect to other factions, and some have simply retreated, and a good sect has been in a slump since then, have you heard of any movement in this Anhe faction in the past few years?"

Wang Xue said: "If we don't kill the old man in the Western Regions, and we can't face the battle, the reputation will naturally be a little worse, but we can save our lives." Senior brother, which is more important, life or reputation?" Liu Yue is a person who practices martial arts, and he has the stubbornness of a martial artist in his bones, and said: "This is not fame, but dignity. The people from the Western Regions are coming, and I, as the head of the sect, don't even dare to see him, isn't it a shame to face him?

(End of chapter)