Chapter Thirty-Six: The Evil Arts
Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi's swordsmanship seemed simple but he couldn't see that there were no flaws for a while, while He Mengjiao's swordsmanship was very ordinary and full of loopholes, and knew that her swordsmanship foundation was very limited. Wang Jin decided to strike first, defeat He Mengjiao first, and then concentrate on dealing with Xu Zhi, so he turned the long sword in his hand, set aside Xu Zhi, and went straight to He Mengjiao.
The long sword in Wang Jin's hand was like a spiritual snake, flickering left and right, up and down, vertical and horizontal, so that He Mengjiao couldn't tell the difference, and couldn't tell where his sword moves were. In less than ten rounds, Wang Jin shook a sword, He Mengjiao was really fooled, swung the sword and stabbed flat, Wang Jin immediately used the wooden sword to split horizontally, and pushed away the wooden sword in He Mengjiao's hand, Wang Jin saw He Mengjiao's door wide open, and a sword stabbed her wrist, picking off the long sword in her hand.
Seeing that the wooden sword in her hand was shot down, He Mengjiao knew that she had been defeated, and she didn't dare to fight with Wang Jin anymore, so she had to pick up the wooden sword from the ground, retreat to the side with a red face, and watch the competition between Xu Zhi and Wang Jin with Xue Atan.
Xu Zhi saw that Wang Jin had defeated He Mengjiao in an instant, and knew that he could not be careless when he made a move with Wang Jin, he adhered to the tenet of the Taiji Sword and then took the lead, first firmly guarded the door, and then carefully observed Wang Jin's moves.
As soon as the wooden sword in Xu Zhi's hand fought with Wang Jin, he bounced sideways, swung the wooden sword, and surrounded himself in a circle, without any flaws in the up, down, left and right. Although Wang Jin's swordsmanship was superb and agile and changeable, he couldn't find a flaw in Xu Zhi's defense for a while, so he had to use the elegant dexterity of swordsmanship to try to disturb Xu Zhi's mind and sight, looking for an opportunity to hit with one blow.
Xu Zhi gradually realized: No matter how erratic and changeable Wang Jin's swordsmanship is, the final blow is always like a thunderous fury, and the sword qi is the same, stabbing the opponent's forehead, wrists, knees, shoulders and other weakest body parts. Therefore, he didn't dare to take the initiative at first, blindly evaded, and kept turning around the gossip direction, so that Wang Jin couldn't get close to him, while looking for an opportunity to strike later.
Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi had been retreating, avoiding himself, not daring to take the move, so he stopped and said with a smile: "Xu Yingying, you can't bully the old man, you have not made a move, avoid the old man, and consume the old man's physical strength!"
Xu Zhi saw that what Wang Jin said was reasonable, and thought: Grandpa Wang is instructing his own swordsmanship, and he can't keep dodging! So he suddenly changed his sword move, turned defense into attack, and jumped into the air, and his backhand was a move "Changhong Guanri", and he used a wooden sword to tease Wang Jin's back, which was a killing move when he faced off with Jiang Chao.
Wang Jin was not in a hurry, he also jumped up from the bottom to the top, turned his body, like a spinning top spinning at high speed, holding a wooden sword up, and the two swords hit each other in the air, making a thumping sound.
Xu Zhi immediately jumped from the air and saw that Wang Jin was still in the air. Wang Jin suddenly turned his body half a circle, and the sword head was facing downward, which was a move "sword pointing to the abyss", and stabbed straight down. Xu Zhi hurriedly took a few steps back, dodged Wang Jin's fierce surprise attack, and stabbed him with his sword.
Who knew that Wang Jin had spied on Xu Zhi's intentions in advance, and did not land, but turned a heel in mid-air, changed the direction of landing, jumped behind Xu Zhi, and lightly tapped his heart with a wooden sword. Xu Zhi woke up like a dream and abandoned his sword to admit defeat.
Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi had duel with himself for dozens of moves, and although he was defeated by his peerless "Phoenix Dance Nine Days", who among the heroes of the world could cope with this move? When Gongsun Lan created this move, he once combined his own spinning dance posture, sonorous and powerful rhythm, and elegant swordsmanship to create this elegant and exquisite sword in the world.
Wang Jin saw that although Xu Zhi was young, he was a rare martial arts wizard, and he actually dodged his two consecutive turns and changes in an instant, although he lost in the third change, but it was really not easy.
Xu Zhi put away the wooden sword, hurriedly walked over, and whispered: "Grandpa Wang, this time the younger generation of the sword is convinced, you should rest for a while and drink hot tea!"
Wang Jin saw that although Xu Zhi lost the competition, he was modest and polite, open-minded, and his love for him suddenly exceeded his opinion, and decided to teach him the swordsmanship he had learned all his life.
Wang Jin had made up his mind in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of tea, and said: "Brother Xu has some swordsmanship foundations, and Miss He's swordsmanship still needs to continue to practice hard. In fact, the swordsmanship of the world originates from one family, and it is not a single sect that can be carried forward, I don't know if Brother Xu is interested in learning from the swordsmanship of my faction. ”
When Xu Zhi saw Wang Jin say this, he knew that he intended to teach his swordsmanship to himself, and he was overjoyed, and shouted: "Grandpa Wang is above, and the younger generation is willing to worship Grandpa as a teacher and concentrate on learning the first swordsmanship in the world!"
Wang Jin hurriedly grabbed Xu Zhi's hand and said, "The swordsmanship of my dance school has always been a single lineage, and it is passed from father to son, and it has never been passed on. The old man did not dare to disobey the teachings of his ancestors, and it was inconvenient to accept Brother Xu, an outsider disciple. ”
Wang Jin saw that Xu Zhi, Xue Atan, and He Mengjiao were all a little dazed, and continued to explain to Xu Zhi: "Don't hide it from the three heroes, the old man originally wanted to pass on the swordsmanship of this sect to Xiao Jingsi. Now Xiao Jingsi is young, and it is inconvenient to learn this superb swordsmanship, and the old man is old and frail, and his days are short. Therefore, I decided to teach the swordsmanship to Brother Xu first, hoping that Xu Yingying will pass on the swordsmanship of this sect to Jingsi in the future, and hope that he can carry forward the first sword in the world of my Yu Dance School, so An Jingsi is the only successor of our Yu Dance School. ”
Xu Zhi only understood Wang Jin's true intention at this time: he did not violate the ancestral teachings by doing so, but also passed on the swordsmanship to himself openly. Xu Zhi replied: "Xu Zhi understands the thoughts of his predecessors, and he must live up to his grandfather's trust today!"
Seeing that Xu Zhi agreed, Wang Jin nodded and said, "Actually, I have another purpose for passing on the swordsmanship of this sect to Brother Xu. ”
Xue Atan hurriedly asked, "Grandpa Wang, do you have anything else that you need from Brother Xu and us to help?"
He Mengjiao saw Wang Jin's eyes full of tears, and hurriedly stopped Xue Atan's questioning.
Wang Jin took a sip of tea, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "That was an old thing sixty years ago, when the New Year was approaching, my father took me out of the Coniferous Valley along this winding waterway, and went to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to buy some New Year's goods for the villagers. It was the first time I went out of the valley with my father, so I remember it very clearly, I was very playful along the way, and everything I saw felt fresh, so we stayed in Luoyang City for many more days, which also caused my lifelong hatred!"
Xu Zhi saw that Wang Jin was very guilty about the past, and thought: At that time, Grandpa Wang was only a teenager, and it was human nature to be young and playful, so there was nothing to regret about this mistake. Could it be that there is another hidden secret? Xu Zhi was inconvenient to say what he was thinking, so he had to comfort: "Grandpa Wang doesn't have to blame himself, it's been so long, why bother so much?"
Wang Jin said: "Brother Xu, don't you know what happened later? At that time, Lord Zhao, the defense envoy of the Eastern Capital, in order to enhance the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, set up a martial arts competition ring in Luoyang City, so that the heroes of the world passing through Luoyang competed in martial arts and swords, and the winner could not only get a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, but also ride a big horse with flowers on his head and parade around the streets of Luoyang City for three days. ”
Xue Atan interjected: "Grandpa Wang, isn't that winner as glorious as the champion in the street?"
Wang Jin replied: "Yes, Brother Xue, I thought the same at the time. I saw that the martial arts and swordsmanship of several martial artists on the stage were very mediocre, and I looked down on them in my heart, so I jumped into the ring without consulting my father and asked the samurai on the stage for advice, which of those samurai were my opponents, and they would not be defeated by my sword one by one in three or four rounds. ”
He Mengjiao said with a smile: "Grandpa's first sword in the world, it is more than enough to send these three-legged cats!"
Wang Jin continued: "At that time, I had the same thoughts as Miss He, and I really didn't take these people seriously. But later, a group of friends from Jiangnan came down from the stage, led by Jiang Wangshen, who accompanied Dongying's envoy to send Tang envoys to Chang'an to face the saint. Jiang Wangshen saw the notice of the competition, and without saying a word, he jumped into the ring and tried to compete with me, we were using long swords, and our flowing sword and Jiang Wangshen's plum blossom sword have their own merits, one is that Jiang Wangshen is older and more experienced, and secondly, my swordsmanship has not been used freely, so at first we can still have a draw, but after three hundred moves, I gradually lost the battle. ”
He Mengjiao shouted worriedly: "The predecessor was defeated, how is this good?"
Seeing that He Mengjiao was worried about herself, Wang Jin smiled at her and continued:
At that time, I was about to abandon the sword and admit defeat, but the Jiang Wangshen didn't pay attention to it, and still killed me, it was actually the fatal mastery of the plum blossom sword "Plum Rain", the sword light flashed, the sword qi flew, like thousands of raindrops pierced into my body, my whole body hurt, discarded the long sword in my hand, screamed, and fell off the stage.
My father hugged me from the audience, and saw that I was fine, but I had some small sword wounds on my body. My father wanted to take me away quickly, but when he saw my very painful eyes, he comforted me several times, but I kept begging him: "The person on the stage is too domineering, although the child lost, he still didn't accept it!"
My father patted me lightly on the shoulder with his right hand and whispered;" Jin'er, no matter what happens in the future, you must learn to be patient, and you must learn to take care of yourself!", after speaking, he jumped on the stage and challenged that Jiang Wangshen.
When Wang Jin said this, he stopped, as if he had returned to seventy years ago, and muttered, "I didn't expect this to be the last thing my father said to me!"
He Mengjiao comforted: "Grandpa doesn't have to be too sad, he is depressed and sad, and he thinks about it for a long time, and besides, your old father is in the spirit of heaven, and he doesn't want his child to live in remorse all the time!"
Wang Jin listened to He Mengjiao's persuasion, Fang suddenly came back to his senses from his memories, and sighed: "Why does the old man think about the past more and more he gets older, alas!
Xu Zhi and the others all wanted to know: Who is the number one sword in the world between the Piaoyi Sword and the Plum Blossom Sword, and the three of them replied almost at the same time: "Grandpa just said: Father is going to come to the stage to compete with Jiang Wangshen, I don't know what the result of the competition between the two is?"
Wang Jin let out an "oh" and sighed: "The older you get, the more you can't remember things! Let the old man think about it!", Wang Jin thought for a while before continuing: " At the beginning, my father and Jiang Wangshen fought a tie, when Jiang Wangshen made two goals, after stepping on the snow to find plums, it was the plum rain that was flying, my father had already prepared, using sword qi to protect the whole body, making a move to the net, and actually rebounded all the sword energy, that Jiang Wangshen quickly flew away to dodge, and then the competition between the two of them, just now I and Xu Zhi's competition, my father finally used the phoenix dance nine days of three kills, and finally defeated Jiang Wangshen. ”
I was very happy to see my father win, and I quickly clapped my hands and applauded, but just as my father was about to leave the ring, the samurai jumped on the stage, and I saw that the Dongying man had shaved his yin and yang head, tied a small bun on his head, and wore a pair of clogs on his feet.
The Dongying man raised a long sword with both hands, the long sword in the sun, like a long rainbow sliding through the sky, and later I learned that the sword is called the white rainbow sword, which is the best of the swords, it sharpens iron like clay, and any sword will be cut off by it, so my father's long sword was cut off by the Dongying people as soon as it was handed, and Dongying's swordsmanship is very strange, like a ghost, suddenly the body is completely gone, and suddenly it comes out from behind you. My father was holding a broken sword, so he had to abandon the sword and admit defeat, and he knew that Jiang Wangshen shouted in the audience, "This person has superb swordsmanship, don't spare his life, so as not to leave future troubles!"
The Dongying man did not answer a word, like a ghost, suddenly disappeared in front of my father, and then drilled out of the ground behind my father, and stabbed out with a sword, which actually pierced my father's chest, killing my defenseless and defenseless father, and my father hugged the Dongying people's legs tightly when he was dying, and told me to run quickly, live well, and avenge him.
At that time, I knew in my heart: I am not the opponent of these two people at all, no matter how hard I fight, I will also be killed by the two, and it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, so I had to quickly disappear into the chaotic crowd with tears in my eyes.
In order to avenge my father, I did not leave Luoyang City immediately, but secretly inquired about Jiang Wangshen and the Dongying people.
The next day, I saw that the Dongying warrior was wearing a ribbon, and under the compliment of the Eastern Capital Defense Envoy Zhao and a group of officials, he rode on a tall horse, and a group of officials held signs of avoidance, beat gongs and drums, and surrounded the Dongying people in the street.
I secretly followed the procession, and I was very angry that no one in my country had won this Dongying person, and I didn't know when I would be able to avenge my father.
After the Dongying people finished touring the street, surrounded by Jiang Wangshen and his gang, they entered a restaurant in Luoyang City, called Fengming Building, they found a private room to sit down, I also followed, asked for a pot of wine, sat next to them, and eavesdropped on their conversations, I knew that this Jiang Wangshen was a gang leader in Jiangzhou, Jiangnan, who started by robbing houses and smuggling salt and iron on weekdays, and recently fornicated with Dongying Ronin on the sea, robbed merchant ships at sea, and even pretended to be Dongying's official envoy to Tang Dynasty to extort supplies from the imperial court and the locality.
Dongying people got benefits from Jiang Wangshen, in order to repay Jiang Wangshen, they actually passed Dongying's ghost ninjutsu and swordsmanship to Jiang Wangshen, which also made Jiang Wangshen's swordsmanship fly in for a few days, but he claimed to be his own eighteen-way plum blossom swordsmanship, which is actually Dongying's ghost swordsmanship, Jiang Wangshen relied on this ghostly plum blossom swordsmanship, and a sharp Changhong sword, which took less than three rounds in Jiangnan to defeat the siege of eight swordsmen, which also made him famous, resounding throughout the whole country, and he also boasted of it"The first sword in the world".
Later, I also understood that with my own strength, it was impossible to defeat the cult of Jiang Wangmiao and the Dongying swordsman for a while, so I endured my grief, cleaned up my father's body, cremated him, and sneaked back to the Taiba Valley with my father's ashes alone. I have spent my whole life thinking about how to crack the ghost ninjutsu and swordsmanship of the Dongying people, and I am ashamed to say that I have found nothing so far, so I tell this story, hoping that when you meet the people of Jiang Shenmiao in the future, you will be extra careful of their Changhong sword and ghost magic.