Chapter 12: The Wind King
But he said that Bai Ling knelt for a long time, and suddenly felt disgusted with the flowers in front of him, and the person fell obliquely, unconscious.
I don't know how long it took, Bai Ling woke up and saw himself lying on a flat grass, while Jian Ke was sitting not far away, not far from the grave of Yang Bai and the others.
At this time, it was getting late, and Bai Ling didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he remembered that he had a dream in which he sailed with Brother Yang and his father on the sea. Suddenly, the waves were choppy, the boat was drifting with the waves, and it could capsize at any time, and the three of them tried their best to control the boat, and after a long period of tossing, finally a huge wave came, and the whole boat overturned into the sea, and he suddenly woke up.
Bai Ling sat up, knowing that the frightening dream just now must have been caused by the tragic death of his old father and Brother Yang who had stimulated him too much, and his heart was caused by grief. Bai Lingqiang suppressed his sadness, and secretly warned himself not to cry like a crying bag.
Bai Ling went through the daytime scene several times in his mind, and firmly remembered the faces of those enemies, these people he could never forget for the rest of his life. He is small and strong, he does not flinch easily in case of trouble, stretches out his hand to wipe away his tears, and secretly resolves in his heart that one day he will kill Yushuguan and these dog thieves to avenge his father Brother Yang.
"Do you know that you've been shut down from the ghost gate once?" said Jian Ke, who was sitting on the side, suddenly. This was the first thing the two of them said when they met today.
Bai Ling came back to his senses, smiled bitterly, and said, "Yes, but I'm still alive, and it seems that God doesn't want to accept me." ”
Jian Ke's expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently, "It's better to live than to die, ants still steal life, not to mention people, living people, dead people can't do it." ”
Bai Ling's relatives were newly mourned, and he was holding back an evil fire in his heart, and when he heard Jian Ke's tone that it was not about him, he suddenly said a little hysterically and angrily, "Who are you, let me listen to you, I will die if I love it, I will live if I want to, and it has nothing to do with you!"
Jian Ke listened to his roar, but just looked at him with a cold face, neither angry nor answered.
Bai Ling saw that Jian Ke didn't quarrel with himself, and he didn't respond for a long time, and he didn't make a sound with a slap, but this fight didn't quarrel after all.
After a while, Bai Ling snorted, "I don't like you, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been so unlucky in the past two days." ”
Jian Ke still didn't speak, he didn't want to argue, and he didn't care if this young man liked him, he just saved him for his own peace of mind.
Bai Ling paused, eased his emotions, and continued, "But I also know right and wrong, good and bad, thank you for helping me bury my father and Brother Yang just now." I'm going to go to those Taoist priests in Yushuguan to take revenge, you and I will leave it at that. ”
Jian Ke couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and finally spoke, "I see that you are twelve or thirteen years old, but you are just an ordinary teenager who doesn't know martial arts, how can you go to take revenge?"
Bai Ling gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't report it, you have to report it, otherwise I will have the face to comfort my father and Brother Yang's spirit in the sky." ”
Jian Ke shook his head slightly, and said, "Yushuguan These people are all famous and surnamed people in the rivers and lakes, you were afraid that it would not be enough to stuff people's teeth in the past, and when the time comes, you will just add a tombstone to the grave." ”
Bai Ling said anxiously and angrily, "Then I'll learn martial arts now, learn them for a few years, and then kill them all." ”
Jian Ke said, "I'm afraid things will be difficult as you wish, I touched your muscles and bones just now, and your bones and meridians are all average, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a big difference even if you practice martial arts." ”
Bai Ling felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, Jian Ke is a martial arts master in the world, what this person said must be true, if it is really as he said, then his hope of revenge is very slim.
Bai Ling turned around, gritted his teeth, and asked a very practical question, "If I practice martial arts now, how long will it take to defeat those dog thieves in Yushuguan today?"
Jian Ke looked at Bai Ling and said slowly, "With your qualifications, you should be able to reach the realm of Nale Daoist at the age of forty, but Liu Yu and you can't match them in this life." Bai Ling clenched his fists and said angrily, "Even if you teach me, I can't reach it?" Jian Ke shook his head and said, "You can't pass through the meridians, you can't cultivate internal skills, and your bones are soft, your limbs are weak, and it's difficult to make breakthroughs in your external hard skills, and your talent is really limited, to put it bluntly, you can't even count as a middle-aged person." ”
Jian Ke saw that Bai Ling's face was pale and devastated, and the person was shaking again, and he couldn't bear to stimulate him anymore, so he said, "I sympathize with your plight, otherwise I wouldn't have exhausted my efforts to come to save you." It's a pity that I have no intention of accepting disciples, and I have a big deal on my side, so I really don't have time to teach in detail. I see you're pretty smart, and it's not hard to point out the details. You are soft and agile, so it is more appropriate to practice light exercises. I'll teach you a few tricks, so at least you can run for your life in the future. ”
Bai Ling said, "If you can't teach you to speak directly, it's okay, why do you go around so many circles, before Brother Yang left, he asked me to find a man named Shanye Idler, he can lead me into the Thousand Machines Gate, and I will go there to learn art." No matter how many years I practice, one day I will have to fight the enemy. As he spoke, he clenched his fists hatefully.
Jian Ke smiled and said, "The kid doesn't know what to do, if there are a few people on the rivers and lakes who can get my guidance, you still pretend not to accept my feelings." And I used to be a member of the Thousand Machines Gate, and I also know most of the martial arts in the door. ”
Bai Ling said, "Don't brag, I only ask you for one thing, since you know Qianjimen, then take me there." ”
Jian Ke frowned and said, "I once made an oath that if I can't break the Jade Dragon Water Pass, and I can't find the enemy who killed my wife and children, I won't go back to Qianjimen." But I know where the mountain idler is, I can take you to meet him, he is near the main altar of Qianjimen. ”
"It turns out that you have an enemy like you who can't deal with it. Bai Ling sighed and continued, "Then remember to teach me the light skills you said earlier, don't break your promise, whoever lies is a puppy." At this time, Bai Ling was eager for revenge, and after thinking about it a few times, if he didn't learn in vain, if he didn't have enough qualifications, then he could learn more and learn more, and he would make up for it by hard work.
Jian was stunned, just said that he didn't learn light skills, but now he says that he wants to learn, children are children, and the changes are really fast. Jian Ke shook his head, didn't care about him, and said, "I'm afraid that you won't be able to bear the hardships of practicing when the time comes." "Bai Ling doesn't want to eat his squeeze, he can still distinguish between hardship and blood feud.
The two of them finally reached an agreement, packed up and went on the road together. Jian Ke knew the distance to Qianjimen, and took Bai Ling to climb the mountains and wade through the water, all the way west. One of the two is silent, and the other only has revenge in his mind, and there is generally not much communication unless necessary.
After leaving the capital for a while, Bai Ling suddenly took the lead in asking Jian Ke, "You once said that I was closed from the Ghost Gate, what do you mean?" Jian Ke told him about the cold ice poison.
Bai Ling said, "It was you who defused the ice and ice for me, so I want to thank you again for saving my life." ”
Jian Ke said, "Actually, it's not, that's why I found out that your meridians are necrotic." The people in Yushuguan knew that my internal strength took the path of femininity, and I suffered from cold poison and internal injuries, so I deliberately injured you with cold ice internal strength. If I want to save you, the only way to save you is to inhale your icy true qi into my body, and this will greatly aggravate my internal injuries. Maybe I can even be gassed and killed. Even if I don't die, the next time they fight me, they will have a much better chance of winning. Jian Ke gestured twice on Bai Ling's body with his hand, imitating the appearance of sucking out the internal energy at that time, "But when I healed your wounds and wanted to suck out the ice poison, I found that this poisonous energy had almost disappeared in your body, and it had long since ceased to exist." ”
Bai Lingqi said, "Why is this?" Jian Ke said, "When I was doing my work for you, I found that half of your body is dead meridians, and the internal force, whether good or bad, cannot be stored in your body for a long time. But there are pros and cons, and necrosis of the muscles and veins has also become the reason why you can't practice the inner martial arts. ”
"In that case, my meridians are not good, but I am blessed by misfortune and am lucky not to die. It's a pity that even if you can survive because of this, you can't take revenge without martial arts, and you will still be a waste person after all. Bai Ling's heart was gloomy, and he asked again, "Then what's the matter with your internal injuries?"
Jian Ke said, "Even Liu Quan's Daoist generation is also worthy of hurting me? My internal injuries are due to the enemy back then, and the cold poison that attacks from time to time can make me remember him forever." But fortunately, this time you did not have the ice poison invade my body, and it did not aggravate my injury, and my injury will not kill me in a short time. Bai Ling nodded, knowing more about Jian Cao.
Bai Ling suddenly remembered something, and asked again, "Since you said that you were also a member of the Thousand Machine Gate, then why didn't Brother Yang know you, and even started to do it when he was in Yiyue Tower." ”
Jian Ke glanced at Bai Ling, thinking to himself where this young man had so many questions, but he still explained, "I was the first disciple of the Sword Sect back then, and I was not from the same sect as your Brother Yang, and his rank was not high, and there were many people in the Thousand Machine Sect, so it was normal for him not to know each other. Later, I left Qianjimen and wandered the world on the rivers and lakes, and I was already a person with no door and no faction. Bai Ling said darkly, "I see. ”
After talking for a while, the two found that their backgrounds were quite similar, they both had blood feuds, they had the same sickness, and their relationship was not as cold as before.
Jian Ke took Bai Ling for a few more days, and in his spare time, he taught him the key to light skills, and let him practice in the same way, and the two of them were safe and sound on the way.
On this day, the two came to a town, and according to Jianjiao, the idler lived on a hill not far from the town. The two of them planned to rest in the town before going up the mountain.
In the afternoon, the two of them ate some noodles and walked in the town's market. After a few days of horror and several experiences of life and death in the mountains and forests, Bai Ling couldn't help but feel like a world away when he looked at the fireworks in front of him. Bai Ling walked around the market, and his mood seemed to be much better. Jian Ke was calm and calm, just silently following aside.
Suddenly, a few children's games in a corner caught the attention of White Zero. The children were playing a game of paper slapping. They held a lot of square cards with various gods and demons in their hands, and several people were playing on the ground in a bunch. I saw that everyone's eyebrows were flying, and they were very fascinated. And this game of the same age also attracted Bai Ling's attention at once.
The rules of this game are that two people each out of one or two pieces of paper, through the "shoot, suck, scrape" and other ways to flip the pieces of paper with the hand wind, and although the hand can touch the pieces of paper but can not use the way to grab the cards directly flipped, the two sides of the paper take turns to shoot once, if anyone can turn all the pieces of paper on the field over the back side up, even if the victory, you can also take the opponent's pieces of paper for themselves.
Bai Ling watched with great interest, and cheered when he saw others playing to the wonderful place. After watching it for a while, Bai Ling's heart itched, and he also wanted to compete. At this time, Jian Ke suddenly reached out and handed over some cards, it turned out that this kind of god and demon cards were sold by the surrounding vendors, and Jian Ke saw that Bai Ling liked it and bought some for him.
Bai Ling looked back at Jian Ke and saw that his face was expressionless, so he thought to himself, you ruthless sick ghost still has such a delicate side to your mind. He casually thanked him, grabbed the cards and squeezed in to fight with the others.
This game seems simple, but in fact, you will know that there is something special after actually playing it. This game has to grasp the strength of the paper, the wind power must be just right, the force is small, the shot is not moving, and the force is large, the paper may still be facing up. Bai Zero didn't understand the trick at all at first, and lost several games. But when you play it gradually, you will gradually master the skills of hand clapping and wind power.
And Bai Ling has a smart mind, and after playing a few games, he has a whimsical idea to put on some chess-like "endgames" for the opponent to disassemble. For example, a piece of paper is turned over and slightly covers the corner of a piece of paper, so that the opponent has a feeling that he can get it with a shot, in fact, many times this kind of endgame is a trap, and others often fail to succeed under a shot, but instead shoot the piece of paper into a very unfavorable situation for themselves, and white zero can sit and reap the profits. Jian Ke saw that this kid was really clever, but unfortunately he was far behind in martial arts.
Bai Ling had a lot of fun, and after a while, he became famous in this game circle, and the children around him came to see Bai Ling shoot paper. Some of the teenagers who originally thought they were "masters" here challenged Bai Zero and were all defeated, and they were not opponents at all. White Zero won a lot of children's cards in his hand, and they were all piled up on the side.
Suddenly, a few children shouted, "The Wind King is here!" One of the children said to Bai Ling quite proudly, "The Wind King is the best at paper shooting here, and the strong dragon will be unable to suppress the ground snake after all, so you can ask for more blessings." Bai Ling was not timid when he heard this, but became interested, and was very interested in what they called the Wind King.
I saw a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old walking in the cheers of many children, this person was wearing a black leather jacket on the upper body, but a pair of blue boxer trousers on the lower body, the clothes looked very mismatched, and his hair was messy and fluttering in the wind, which made people feel very casual. The Wind King was holding a big bag of cards in his hand and swaying towards this side.
"I heard from my left and right protectors that there is a master on the territory today. I was so excited, I didn't even wear my pants and came to see you. "Wind King" said as he looked around Bai Zero. "Well, yes, yes, good looks, you can be my opponent. Bai Ling saw that he was talking and dressing funny, and he was obviously several years older than the children around him, and knew that he was the "child king" here.
Bai Ling didn't answer the words of the Wind King, but just raised the god card in his hand, and at the same time arrogantly pointed to the pile of cards piled up behind him, provocatively meaning at a glance. "It's kind of interesting. King Feng secretly exclaimed, it seems that he is going to make some effort to let this kid see and understand.
King Feng smiled, "Little ones, come to see the pinnacle battle between the king and me, there are not many opportunities like this, learn a little, it will be very beneficial for your card skills to grow!" After speaking, he pulled Bai Zero to the field, took out two cards from his bag, and put on a posture to fight with Bai Zero.
Bai Zero was also very excited, and without saying a word, he took out his cards and fought with him. This wind king really outperforms others in paper shooting skills, but Bai Zero is also strong when he is strong, and the two of them have won and lost each other, and they are in a stalemate.
Bai Ling thought about it for a while, and began to play the "endgame" tactic, making various swings of the paper for the Wind King to crack. This wind king has never seen this kind of play for a while, and he has lost several games in a row. But it was said that Bai Zero's side once again put out 2 cards, and they were flipped on top of the other two cards. King Feng thought that he couldn't lose anymore, and suddenly his eyes rolled, and he had a plan in his heart. I saw him stand up, and with all his strength he scraped over the cards, and a strong wind blew, and all the cards were turned over neatly, and it seemed that he had won. The Wind King laughed and was overjoyed when he picked up the white zero's cards.
Jian Ke stood aside and watched, this Wind King's method of slapping paper brought internal strength, obviously this person is responsible for martial arts. His technique is just right, just enough to turn the cards over neatly, so it is not surprising that this man can be a winning general in this group of children. Bai Ling didn't know that the Wind King used martial arts to deceive, so he was slightly surprised and shouted to fight again. Seeing that the little trick had not been seen through by Bai Ling, King Feng snickered and was very happy. Jian Ke thought it was just a child's play, and didn't pay much attention to it.
Let's say that since the Wind King has used his internal strength, Bai Zero has lost more and won less, and the cards behind him have gradually decreased. Bai Zero also shook his spirits, and the two of them gradually upgraded from two to two, to three to three, four to four, and obviously shot high. In order to block the Wind King's shooting skills, Bai Zero has whimsically designed various new "endgames". And after the Wind King adapts to the endgame, he can steadily use internal strength to help win. The two fought with wits and courage, fighting from daytime to sunset, and it was not smooth.
Bai Zero put on a "endgame" that he had just imagined. This is already his last four cards. Seeing the game that decided the outcome of the game, King Feng also wanted to win it in one fell swoop, so he repeatedly muttered how much internal strength should be used to get it just right, and he couldn't help but paced back and forth for a long time.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in front of them, and two officers and soldiers rode through the market. The other children who were playing avoided it, but the cards on the ground were trampled and destroyed by the horses' hooves. The endgame of White Zero and the Wind King was instantly disrupted. Bai Ling couldn't help but be annoyed, but before he could speak out, he heard the Wind King take the lead in scolding, "Where did you come from, the dog thing, it's bad for the master!"
When the officers and soldiers on the horse saw that someone dared to speak disrespectfully to them, they were furious, "Dare to scold the officers and soldiers, it's against the sky!" One of them turned his horse's head, raised the horsewhip in his hand, and whipped it directly at the wind king and Bai Ling's face. Bai Ling saw the arrival of the horsewhip, he didn't think much about it in his mind, and the light skill taught by Jian Ke got up, and his body flashed lightly and avoided it. And the Wind King did not dodge or dodge, but directly reached out and grabbed the whip that was drawn, and shouted, "Go you!" and pulled hard, pulled the officer and soldier who was holding the whip off their horses, and fell straight to the sky. The officers and soldiers were stunned, they never thought that there were still people who dared to beat the officers and soldiers, they got up and were about to have a seizure, stared at the appearance of the Wind King, and their anger instantly turned into a smile on their faces, nodded and said, "Ah, it turned out to be you, Zeng Gongzi, the little ones just left, I will compensate you, I hope you don't get angry." ”