Chapter 45: Four Years Later
Known as the "Throat of the World", Horsgaar Peak is the highest mountain on the continent of Tamriel, like a sharp sword piercing the sky, independent of the world. Legend has it that the peak of Hosga is more than 3,000 meters high, and there are more than 30,000 steps around the whole process, and ordinary people have to climb at least two days to reach the summit.
It's just that the climate on the peak of Khoska is harsh, and on a sunny day, you can see the top of the mountain, covered with snow and rocks everywhere, there is really no scenery to speak of, and for most of the Skyrim residents who are still struggling to make ends meet, they are not interested in climbing up to get a bird's-eye view of Skyrim Province.
Every summer, the snow under the mountain melts, and the mountain is easy to walk, but some pilgrims from all over the continent respectfully go up the steps, which makes the town under the mountain ~ Yew Town finally have a bit of a lively appearance. Skyline Province is located in the north of the continent, the climate is very cold, the peak of Horsgar is located on the plateau, the warmth comes later, the ice and snow often do not begin to melt until the late spring and early summer, and the rest of the continent at this moment is already busy with flowers and butterflies, a prosperous scene.
In May, a large amount of ice floes flows down the river from the mountains of the Hosgar Peak, and the branches of the trees are already covered with emerald green shoots. A few small birds jumped back and forth in the trees, chirping to welcome the belated spring mood. The air was still cold, and people wore thick scarves around their necks to ward off the cold wind. In Yew Town, at the foot of the mountain, families have long been busy, cleaning, cleaning houses and streets, repairing buildings that have been crushed by heavy snow in winter, and preparing for the pilgrims from all over the continent in half a month.
At this time, by the stone bridge outside Yew Town, two figures slowly walked in, a man and a woman, it was Lu Xihua and An, who had disappeared for four years after leaving the western guard tower.
"Lu, are you leaving?" Four years have passed, and time does not seem to have left any traces on the girl's body, she is still the same as she is sixteen years old, but there is an indescribable smell all over her body, as if she is integrated with the surrounding environment all the time. Several naughty birds swirled and flew around the girl, and one even jumped boldly on the girl's outstretched fingers, staring at the girl with small dark eyes, tilting her head and looking at it.
The girl stretched out her other palm and gently stroked the bird's feathers, and the bird remained docile and motionless, enjoying the girl's caresses, everything seemed so natural. The girl's hand flashed, a few grains jumped in the air, and the birds suddenly flew away from the girl, fighting with each other, so lively scenery.
"Yes, do you have anything you want to ask? In the past two years, you have begun to ponder on your own and no longer rely on me, and I have not opened your mouth to teach, but your martial arts have improved every day, and you have not taken any crooked paths, I am very happy. ”
The girl spoke unhurriedly, with a hint of softness in her voice, which was very comfortable to listen to in people's ears, like a yellow warbler singing in the valley. "Practicing martial arts is like painting, it takes a long time to brew. Draw a picture, before you put down the pen, you carefully ponder, ponder and ponder, and finally reach the spring of thought. When the inspiration is about to burst out in my mind, I can't suppress it, so I put pen to paper. The painting drawn in that way can only have momentum when it is done in one go and swayed freely. ”
The girl has been with Lu Xihua for four years, and under Lu Xihua's words and deeds, she has spoken with the flavor of the Oriental world, and some idioms and phrases come as soon as she opens her mouth, no longer the orc girl in the countryside who was about to freeze to death outside the city gate four years ago.
When the girl said this, she paused, and her mind seemed to reorganize the language, "I think the same is true of martial arts." When practicing, don't be in a hurry to practice, but before practicing each move, you should meditate, recuperate your spirit, think about the subtle changes of that move, the direction of the blood in the whole body, until you think about itchy, the whole body overflows, you must vent it, and then start practicing. In this way, it is the real cultivation and the real refining and refining of qi. Lu, I don't know if I understand this way, right?"
"What about the enemy, do you have to think about it carefully?" said Lu Xihua with a smile.
The girl opened her mouth casually, and a white light shot out of her mouth, hitting a leaf two meters away. The leaf seemed to have been hit by something invisible, and instantly broke away from the branch and fell to the ground, and was swept away by the wind and disappeared nowhere, but the branch did not move, as if the scene just now had not happened.
"Exhale like a sword, Ann, you are also a generation master. ”
"Dealing with enemies is different from practicing, the so-called doing what you want, the stroke of genius, how to fight comfortably, how to do it happily. This is the way to deal with the enemy, if you also think about it like practice, wouldn't it be your mother-in-law and mother-in-law, how can you express your heart directly and vividly. The girl replied with a smile, her eyes glanced at Lu Xihua, and there was some blame between her eyebrows, as if to say, you still test me for such a simple question, do you look down on me?
Lucy touched the bridge of his nose embarrassedly, "You are like me in this regard." The way of martial arts is static and moving, encroaching like fire, and immobile like a mountain. Your meditation is all about the mind. Man's heart is like a monkey, moving to and fro, but his mind is like a horse, galloping. This is what the so-called heart ape horse means, the mind and mind like a monkey and wild horse can only command its arm muscles, but it cannot command the blood of the body. To meditate, you must first gather your mind, so that you can be empty, and when your thoughts are gathered, and when you are quiet, you will be able to understand the details and control the blood in your body. ”
The girl knew that Lu Xihua was teaching herself how to go on the last road, and she listened with extra care, "So what is the ultimate purpose of refining and refining qi?"
With a move of Lu Xihua's hand, a big stone more than ten meters away suddenly flew to Lu Xihua's palm. This stone, which was worth thousands of pounds, was just put at the bottom by Lu Xihua with a finger, and stood firmly in the air, not moving at all, as if it had no weight.
"It's a weightlift. Lu Xihua knocked his finger slightly, and suddenly the big stone rose two or three inches away, and when it fell, Lu Xihua changed another finger, picked it at will, and flew up again. This thousand-pound boulder was like a bubble, jumping between the five fingers of Lu Xihua's one hand, and finally it was flicked lightly, and it instantly fell back to its original position, not even a piece of dirt was brought up.
"If the weight is light, then what is the light weight?" After seeing Lu Xihua's methods, An seemed to understand something and asked.
Lu Xihua spread out his jade-like palm, there were a few grains of wheat inside, the palm of his hand was hot, and when he roasted it slightly, the wheat grains emitted a sweet smell, and a small bird not far away flew over directly, landed on Lu Xihua's palm, and ate happily.
Lu Xihua's palm was stretched out, his five fingers spread out, and he didn't touch the bird at all, allowing it to fall into his palm to catch food.
After the bird was full, it wanted to fly away, but it fluttered its wings, and it couldn't fly no matter what, as if it was glued to Lu Xihua's hands by invisible glue.
Ann saw it clearly, the bird's claws fell into Lu Xihua's palm, and whenever he wanted to take off with strength, a small pit appeared in the place where the claws fell, making the bird lose its balance and unable to borrow strength, of course, it couldn't fly, as if it was glued. After tossing for a while, the bird finally flew up, flew away far away, landed on a branch, and looked at the two people under the tree suspiciously.
"When you are able to control the flow of qi and blood to every part of your body, you will naturally be able to stimulate the potential of all parts of your body and develop all kinds of incredible abilities. ”
"What is this for? Is the ultimate goal of our practice for these abilities?"
"Full of qi and blood, communicate inside and outside, until you break through the void, you can see God! I am in the desolate waterfall and ancient tomb, that's it!"
"Break through the void and see God. Break through the void and see God..."The girl muttered a few words, "Lu, is your god the white ape?"
"The gods here are not the heavenly holy spirits and demon gods, they are your understanding of martial arts, but the primordial gods. The white ape is the primordial spirit that I have transformed into the essence of what I have learned. Breaking the void, you can see God, see nature clearly, see as you come, and after refining and refining qi, you can refine qi and return to God. I think that your hero, Talos, who has achieved the Holy Spirit in the form of a mere mortal, is probably the case, and you, as a dragonborn, have learned my martial arts, and you should go your own way. Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die. ”
"What is a clear mind, what is a real?" An is not a person from the Oriental world in the true sense, so she does not understand these profound words at all.
"Those who come are like righteousness, that is, the laws are like righteousness, and there is nowhere to come from and nowhere to go, hence the name Rulai. Lu Xihua slowly said a sentence on the "Diamond Sutra", he once became the king of heaven with the body of King Kong, and naturally has a deep understanding of the meaning of Rulai.
Ann didn't understand what Lu Xihua said, but she secretly kept it in mind, and she believed that one day she would be able to walk out of her own path, and Lu's path might not be suitable for her.
The two entered Yew Town, went to the hotel to buy some shopping as usual, and when they got out of the hotel, the two decided to go to the peak of Horsga, where Ann and Lu would usher in their own paths and lives.
"It's still so cold, and the snow on the mountain has just begun to melt, why are all the outsiders coming so early this year?" said an uncle who was holding a broom in his hand and clearing the snow on the side of the road, standing upright and looking into the distance.
I saw two people in strange clothes walking on the avenue north of the town. They were all dressed in clothes that resembled a ritual and a mage's robes, and many of the key points were covered with bones. The strangest thing is that both of them wear the same bone mask on their faces at the same time.
Lu Xihua followed the uncle's line of sight, and the masks of the two were very similar to the face-hugging insects in a movie called "Alien" in that world, completely covering the entire face of the person.