Chapter Thirty-Eight: Light Singing and Dancing
Early the next morning, Wang Jin led Xu Zhi out of the village and into the depths of the taiga, where he stood still in an open field by the stream. Wang Jin said to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu, I have decided to teach you the elegant swordsmanship of the Yu Dance School, and I also hope that you can help Xiao Jingsi to carry forward the mastery passed down by the predecessors of this sect, defeat the plum blossom swordsmanship of the Jiang Temple, and revive the reputation of my Yu Dance Sect as the number one sword in the world!"
Xu Zhi held a wooden sword, knelt down to Wang Jin, and solemnly bowed to his teacher, Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi was very sincere, and did not stop him, and hurriedly helped him up. Xu Zhi said: "The seniors rest assured, the younger generations have remembered them one by one, Xu Zhi must live up to his grandfather's expectations, raise Xiao Jingsi as an adult, and teach him swordsmanship, and the younger generations will definitely help Xiao Jingsi and avenge the hatred of this country for his grandfather!"
Wang Jin praised: "The future is terrifying! I hope the old man is not wrong." Xu Zhi, I'll demonstrate the fluttering swordsmanship below, you have to take a closer look!", after speaking, he took out a three-foot-long sword.
Wang Jin took a few steps forward, turned his body, danced with the wind, the cold light of the long sword flashed, suddenly flat stabs, suddenly upwards, suddenly obliquely split, splitting the pieces of fallen leaves in the air into several sections. Wang Jin waved his long sleeves, rolled up the broken leaves flying in the sky, and then threw it into the air, and then turned the long sword, a sword pierced the heart, and thousands of fallen leaves kept rotating around the long sword in the air, and not a single broken leaf fell.
When Xu Zhi saw this, he couldn't help but shout: "Grandpa Wang, good swordsmanship!"
Wang Jin put away the sword, let Xu Zhi practice it a few times, and then said to him: "Just now these tricks are the introductory kung fu of our fluttering sword, called 'dancing with the wind', the main practice is the sword dancer's eyesight and agility, you have to practice well, master the essence as soon as possible, do whatever you want, and the heart sword is the same." ”
Xu Zhi hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Juniors, remember!"
Wang Jin said to Xu Zhi: "Next, I want to pass on your fluttering sword's 'Phoenix Dance Nine Days', in fact, this move we fought yesterday, you have also seen it, mainly imitating the phoenix dancing in the air, twists and turns, implying three kinds of swordsmanship changes in the air, such as the first style of sword pointing at Huashan, It is to use the power of the upward leap to attack the opponent's lower abdomen; the second type of phoenix wing Tianxiang is to use the sword to stab the opponent's eyes and interfere with his vision, and the third type of sword falling into the abyss is to use the power of dive, to fall to the opponent's front, side, rear and other advantageous positions, and hit it with one blow, so that the opponent is difficult to defend!", after speaking, Wang Jin demonstrated to Xu Zhi again.
Xu Zhi was very grateful when he saw that Wang Jin personally taught him swordsmanship despite his old age, and said: "Grandpa Wang, I understand, you can rest for a while! The younger generation will practice a few more times, and grandpa will see what shortcomings there are, and then give more pointers!"
Wang Jin agreed with a smile, sat under a big tree, and watched Xu Zhi practice the sword moves he had just learned several times until he completely memorized those trick changes. Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi was going to continue practicing, and said with a smile: "Xu Zhi, as the so-called desire for speed is not enough, and the practice of martial arts must be gradual and gradual, but you can't be greedy for more and more speed! I see that you are also tired, you sit next to your grandfather, and we will talk to each other! Rest for a while, and I will teach me the following swordsmanship!"
Xu Zhi had no choice but to put down his long sword and sit next to Wang Jin.
Wang Jin said slowly: "Xu Zhi, your foundation is good, I think when the old man learns these tricks, he is much more stupid than you." Because I don't know how many times I have been scolded by my father, I worked hard, and it took me nearly a month to memorize these sword moves one by one, but my father still said that I was absent-minded and had no temperament to learn martial arts!", after speaking, his eyes looked into the distance, full of tears.
Xu Zhi asked, "Did Grandpa Wang remember his father?"
Wang Jin nodded and replied, "Yes, although my parents left me very early, I haven't missed them all the time in the past few decades!"
Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi did not speak, but listened to himself quietly, and he continued to recall:
My mother's surname is Dong, she was a rich lady in Luoyang City, the eastern capital, she was knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, and originally lived a happy life, but at that time, the imperial court in order to pacify the rebellion of Wu Yuanji in Caizhou, in Luoyang City, the tyrannical expropriation, forced to recruit strong men, these officers and soldiers took advantage of the fire to strike, burn and loot, all evil, at that time Luoyang City was ten rooms and nine empty, many families secretly fled to the countryside outside the city for refuge.
Just as my mother's family had prepared some soft clothes, and as soon as they stepped out of the house, they bumped into a group of brightly dressed officers and soldiers who came to loot, and my grandfather hurriedly stepped forward to accompany him to intercede, but the general who was headed by him was very vicious, and he couldn't listen to the slightest reason, so he raised his long whip and kept beating my grandfather, my grandfather begged for mercy, and my grandmother also knelt down to plead, and the general still refused to give up. At this time, my mother, regardless of the danger, stepped forward and questioned the general: "You soldiers eat the court, what kind of heroes should you fight bravely on the battlefield and bully the common people?"
The general never thought that a little girl would have such courage, and was taken aback at first, but when he looked closely, he saw that my mother was beautiful, and couldn't help but salivate, and actually stepped forward to flirt and grabbed my mother's dress.
Just when my mother's family was helpless, my father happened to go to Luoyang City that day to buy goods for the Taiga Valley, and saw a group of soldiers laughing and laughing, and a general in the middle was pulling a young girl, who kept breaking free and shouting for help!
The father pushed through the crowd and stopped the general, and the mother took the opportunity to escape behind the father, who asked, "Why are you robbing the people's daughters in broad daylight?"
The general laughed and said, "Who are you, you dare to take care of grandpa's business, grandpa is going to take away this little girl today, what can you do with grandpa?", and after speaking, he reached out and pushed my father.
The father scolded: "It's really shameless, the so-called people in the world are in charge of the world's affairs, and today this matter is in charge!", after speaking, he pushed the general away with force, but he didn't expect to use too much force, and he actually pushed the general out of the way, and hit the stone steps in front of the door, and his brain burst when he touched it, and he died with a whimper.
When all the soldiers saw that the general led by them had died unexpectedly, they all took a few steps back, and suddenly someone shouted: "It's really the opposite, we killed this young man to avenge the dead general!"
Seeing that the soldiers were menacing, my father drew out his long sword, and stabbed the hands and feet of the soldiers in front of him with a move of "the wind rises and the sword falls", and the soldiers behind no longer dare to move forward, so they have to raise their voices and shout: "There are thieves here, please send reinforcements quickly, and quickly transfer the archers over!"
Seeing that the situation was urgent, my father asked my mother's family to leave quickly, but my grandparents were old and frail, and their legs and feet were injured again, and they couldn't go far, and they were caught up by the pursuers.
Grandpa had no choice but to push his mother away and said, "Daughter, you should quickly follow this hero and flee for your life! Don't worry about your father and mother, we are all old, even if we don't die this time, we won't live long, if you take us and run away together, it can only drag you down!", as soon as my grandfather finished speaking, several soldiers surrounded him, and my father stabbed the front soldier with a sword.
In order to make my mother let go of their worries, my grandfather and grandmother both crashed to death on a broken wall. While crying, my mother was forced to leave Luoyang City by my father, and later the two became a family in the Turtle Valley, and then I was born.
Wang Jin said as he endured his grief and did not let the tears fall.
When Xu Zhi heard this, he was also very sad in his heart, and comforted: "Grandpa doesn't need to be too sad and sad, there are a few families in the troubled times that can be intact, only the world is peaceful, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment!"
Wang Jin turned around, turned his back to Xu Zhi and said, "Xu Zhi, don't laugh at grandpa, grandpa remembered his parents when he was talking, and he was a little out of shape!"
Xu Zhi replied: "Grandpa don't worry, Xu Zhi won't tell outsiders, Xu Zhi likes to listen to grandpa tell stories from the past!"
Wang Jin said: "These past events have been held in my heart for too long, and today my grandfather told them all, and my heart is much more comfortable!"
Seeing that Xu Zhi had been staring at him, as if waiting for him to tell the following story, Wang Jin cleared his throat and continued:
Later, his father began to specialize in the elegant swordsmanship left by his ancestors, he practiced hard for ten years, and he achieved a little success, and he had already remembered the ancestral sword moves and used them freely, but he always felt that he was confined to the form, and did not really understand the essence of the flowing sword, but he was very confused and did not know where to break through this difficulty.
It wasn't until later that he saw his mother playing a song of "Yan Nanfei" in the room, and he had some feelings in his heart, and he saw that the music was sonorous and undulating, and the sound of the wind and the rustling of falling leaves, complementing each other, and finally understood that everything is alive and spiritual, and people use swords the same.
From then on, my father often invited my mother to come to this taiga, and the two cooperated, my mother played, and my father danced with a sword. Later, my mother saw that my father was very skilled in swordsmanship, and his body was very elegant and elegant, like a flower swaying in the wind and a green leaf drifting in the water. The mother couldn't help but dance, and her clothes danced in the wind, and the father was very romantic when he saw this scene, and his heart was moved, so the inspiration came spontaneously and created a new flowing sword move.
Xu Zhi asked, "What kind of elegant sword move is that?"
Wang Jin replied: "At that time, my father named it 'Light Song Man Dance', and said that this move should be the essence of the Flowing Sword, but this new move has not been established for a long time, and no one has used it against the enemy, so how powerful it is is still unknown!"
Xu Zhi asked: "Grandpa Wang, the Nine Heavens of the Phoenix Dance focuses on the change of moves, what kind of sword move will this Light Song Man Dance be?"
Wang Jin said to Xu Zhi: "I have only seen my father once in my life with this sword move of light song and dance, and he also sighed that he can only give full play to this move when his mother is alive in his life." This move is indeed very different from the Nine Heavens of the Phoenix Dance! This move not only pays attention to the external changes of the swordsmanship, but also pays more attention to the reality and sword energy of the sword moves, so the light song and man dance can only be understood but not spoken!"
After Wang Jin finished speaking, he took a few steps back, and was about to demonstrate to Xu Zhi the moves of light singing and dancing, Xu Zhi saw Wang Jin like a dancing girl, holding a long sword, constantly rotating, dancing dresses, only to see Wang Jin turning faster and faster, he couldn't tell the difference between people and clothes, long sleeves and long swords, body shape and pace, Wang Jin passed all the way, and the fallen leaves and gravel beside him were raised, and covered Wang Jin's surroundings, Wang Jin's move and style became more secret and mottled, Xu Zhi watched carefully and could not distinguish Wang Jin's advance and retreat, one move and one style.
Just when Xu Zhi was confused, Wang Jin roared, broke out of the cocoon from the fallen leaves, rushed straight into the sky, and then swung his sword and danced, landing lightly on the branch of a big tree, and then the branch trembled, and then stabbed forward, flying to another pine tree, his body was like a white line, fluttering with the wind, constantly shuttling and wandering in the taiga.
Xu Zhi saw that Wang Jin's figure was as light as a dancing girl, and as erratic as a ghost, he applauded continuously, only to see Wang Jin float from the taiga to the side of the stream, his body turned several times in the air, and the long sword suddenly turned to the left and then to the right from the circle, unpredictable, and he fell on the pebbles in the stream again, swung his sword and slashed towards the stream, sweeping thousands of troops with one move, and the sword qi pointed out, and suddenly the stream next to him splashed with waves.
After Wang Jin finished the light song and man dance, he said to Xu Zhi: "My ability is limited, and I can only comprehend so much, in fact, whether this light song and man dance can exert its due power not only requires the swordsman to have deep strength, flexible body, and changeable sword moves, but also requires the integration of heaven and man and sword." ”
Xu Zhi asked: "The unity of heaven, sword, and man, does it require the swordsman to use the time, place, and manpower for my use, so that the human sword can be turned into one?"
Wang Jin patted Xu Zhi's back and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, you have a good understanding, it should be like this." The highest level of this light song and dance can turn the tangible into the intangible, the virtual and the real can be used together, the sword qi is indestructible, and the body is as light as a swallow, shuttles like a weaving, and the waves are treading waves, and it is not a false talk!"
Xu Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and said to himself: "There is such a subtle swordsmanship in the world!"
Wang Jin said again: "Brother Xu, you currently have some foundation in swordsmanship, but to comprehend the essence of light song and dance, you not only need to practice hard, but also need to have an epiphany, you know the rhythm of music, sentimentality, you should be able to break through such difficulties quickly!
Xu Zhi hurriedly nodded and wrote it down, Wang Jin sighed: "Now it is a troubled time, in fact, no matter how powerful the swordsmanship, it is no match for the sinister hearts of the people, Brother Xu has a huge secret of the rivers and lakes, and everything must be cautious, so that he can protect himself, punish evil, and do something beneficial for the country and the people!"
Xu Zhi bowed down again and replied: "The younger generation remembers the teachings of grandpa, punishes evil and promotes good for the rest of his life, and carries forward the flowing sword!"
Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi was both loyal and intelligent, and he finally had no one to trust, so he took a long breath and said: "Brother Xu, this place is not far from Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Temple is the source of my Chinese martial arts, you have to be humble and seek advice, and if you go sincerely, you can learn Shaolin's internal kung fu as soon as possible, coupled with your intelligence and hard work, you should be able to exert the maximum power of the flowing sword." You don't want to learn from your grandfather's mediocrity in this life, and his martial arts are also mediocre, and he can't even repay the hatred of the country and the family, it must be a lifelong regret!"
Xu Zhi knew that Wang Jin was burdened with the hatred of the country, the family and the sea of blood, and he would never forget it for the rest of his life, so he didn't know how to start and how to comfort him, so he had to accompany him with a long sigh.