On the third day, the three of them went out of Jiangzhou City, traveled all the way south, walked for half a day, and saw the mountains in the distance, the clouds and mist were misty, the strange rocks were craggy, and the green pines and green waters. Xu Zhi's body had just recovered, and his physical strength was a little exhausted, but when he saw such a beautiful scenery in the world, he was suddenly relaxed and happy, and he forgot about his fatigue.

Hui Feng secretly complained along the way, complaining: "Brother Ling, I knew that the road was so far and the mountain was so high, so I wouldn't be guilty of this crime, why don't I rest in Xunyang Tower, listen to small songs, and taste fine wine and be happy? This broken mountain is very dangerous, what is there to see!"

Ling Kong shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Hui, don't worry about the wine and food in Xunyang Tower anymore, you say that we are all hungry, you can hold on for a while and reach the top of the mountain." After speaking, he saw that Xu Zhi beside him didn't say a word, and said with concern: "Brother Xu, you have just recovered, are you tired?

Xu Zhi shook his head, gritted his teeth and continued to climb upward.

The three of them walked up for several miles, and saw a small pavilion halfway up the mountain, and the three of them rested in the pavilion for a while, drank some water, and prepared to continue walking. Who knew that Huifeng shouted: "This mountain is much higher than our Jinshan in Runzhou, and there is no special scenery on the top of this mountain, why do we have to climb to the top? If the two eldest brothers insist on going to the top of the mountain, the younger brother can't walk anyway, and he doesn't want to go, so he is here in the pavilion and waiting for you to come back." ”

Ling Kong shook his head at Hui Feng in disappointment, and sighed: "Brother Hui is really not righteous, he will give up halfway after he has gone halfway! Alas, it is still Brother Xu who is righteous and keeps his promises!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Brother Ling doesn't know, our Senior Brother Hui is a child of a rich family, he didn't want to become a monk, but his parents have a life and have to repay his vows in front of the Bodhisattva." Therefore, he is in Jinshan Temple, and the abbot will not let him do any heavy work!"

Hui Feng let out an "oh" when he saw the volley, and said hatefully: "Brother Xu, you obviously look down on your brothers! Hmph! Ignore you! But the two eldest brothers should go early and return early, don't let the younger brother wait for a long time in this half-mountain pavilion!"

Ling and Xu nodded at the same time, then said goodbye to Huifeng and continued to move forward. Xu Zhi saw that the mountains of Lushan were getting steeper and steeper, and sighed towards the sky: "Brother Ling! This Lushan is really peculiar: the higher it is, the more beautiful the scenery, and the wider the field of vision." ”

Ling Kong nodded at Xu Zhi and told him the reason for coming to Lushan this time: it turned out that the ancestor of Lingkong, Ziyang Zhenren, was the former host of Wudang Mountain, and unfortunately died of illness in Jiangzhou on the way to Lushan, and the accompanying disciples could not transport the body of the real person back to Wudang, so they had to bury it on the spot under a pine tree on the top of Lushan Mountain, so every time Ling Kong passed by Jiangzhou, he had to go to the Golden Dome of Lushan to pay tribute to the patriarch.

Xu Zhi said: "So that's the case, since we came to Jiangzhou, we should pay a good tribute to this patriarch." ”

The two of them passed through the famous Sandiquan Waterfall in Lushan, the waterfall fell from the sky, unstoppable, roaring forward, as evidenced by the poems of Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty:

Purple smoke from the sunshine incense burner,

Looking at the waterfall Kakemae River from afar,

Flying down three thousand feet,

It is suspected that the Milky Way fell for nine days.

Ling and Xu had no intention of cherishing the beautiful scenery in the mountain, and spent a lot of effort to climb the golden top of Lushan, only to see the voices of people boiling on the golden roof, and the major gangs with swords in their hands had already been standing.

Xu Zhi saw that a group of people in the south were wearing clothes and pants embroidered with red flames, and they all jumped on the high mountain rocks, condescending, occupying the advantageous location, and the leader was the He Xiang Lord he saw in Xunyang Tower. Sitting on the ground to the west was a group of men dressed in gray and white clothes, armed with short swords, harpoons, and fishermen, led by red-faced men who were no more than thirty years old. There were fewer disciples in the east, only a few people, led by a young man in white, holding a long sword, because he was far away, his face was not clear for a while, but Xu Zhi knew the black and white double evil beside him.

I saw the red-faced man give a big salute to the young man in white: "Young Master Jiang! Below is Hong Tao, the helmsman of the Changjiao Gang Jiangzhou Branch, and the old Jiang gang leader asked him to greet him: Jiang Gang Master and the young master are good, and repeatedly told me that the two gangs have always been good friends, and the last Dragon Boat Festival Runzhou Dragon Boat Conference was really reckless and offended the young master, please forgive me!"

The white-clothed young man nodded slightly and said, "Lord Hong, you don't have to be polite, as the so-called 'don't fight, don't know each other', your two factions are both world-renowned big gangs, these little things are not worth mentioning!"

Xu Zhi suddenly remembered that the young master Jiang was the one who was plotting against the volley on the river, and he was just about to remind Brother Ling beside him, but he was unexpectedly pulled by the volley to a pine tree far away from the crowd.

Ling Kong looked around, and saw that he had not attracted everyone's attention, so he said to Xu Zhi: "Brother, don't worry, we might as well listen to what these gangs are doing when they gather at the Golden Peak of Lushan Mountain!", Xu Zhi saw that Ling Kong was cautious and nodded at him.

At this time, I only heard Young Master Jiang ask: "Lord Hongruo, you have sent thousands of miles to pass a book to our sect, and you want our sect to rush to the golden top of Lushan Mountain to meet today, what is the important matter?"

Hong Tao bowed and replied: "Young Master Jiang, back then, the Wudang Sect Ziyang Zhenren passed away at the Golden Peak of Lushan, leaving behind a sword that was unparalleled in the world, but it was missing. At that time, the two factions of you and me, as well as the Suzaku Gate in front of us, agreed: the three factions jointly owned Lushan, this oath lasted for decades, but now the Vermilion Bird Gate wants to swallow Lushan alone, what do you say our two factions should do?"

At this time, He Jin, who had been silent, defended: "Lord Hongrudder, you are the wicked person to sue first, right? We came to Lushan just by chance, and your Changjiao Gang broke the oath first, you think that everyone does not know, and the Lushan rudder you secretly set up is at the foot of Lushan, by Poyang Lake. There are a lot of people in you, all of them are good players, and I don't know how many heroes who have passed through Lushan in the past few years have been monitored and plotted by you?"

Hong Tao said with a smile, "Master He, you said that you were passing by Lushan, then why did you bring so many people? How did you come to the golden top of Lushan, not for the sword that everyone in the rivers and lakes coveted?"

He Jin's temperament was as strong as fire, and he replied: "Lord Hongrudder, you are spewing blood!", he raised the red tassel gun in his hand, and stabbed straight at Hong Tao with a move.

Hong Tao saw that He Jin was moving quickly, so he hurriedly raised the harpoon in his hand, made a move of "Overlord Anti-Ding", clamped He Jin's spear with his fork, and shouted: "Young Master Jiang, you have also seen it! This He Jin, he is a thief, otherwise how could he kill me?"

He Jin did not answer, but took a few steps back, pulled out the spear in his hand, and shook a shot, making a move to "lure the snake out of the hole".

Hong Tao saw that He Jin retreated for no reason, and also prevented him from cheating, so he did not come forward to pursue, first smashed the harpoon in his hand into He Jin's lower abdomen, and then threw out a flying tiger grab from his sleeve and shot at He Jin's face.

He Jin saw it clearly, danced the spear in his hand vigorously, and made a move "copper wall and iron wall" to protect his whole body, shot down the flying harpoon, and knelt on the ground again, bowing his head to avoid the flying tiger grabbing that flew immediately.

Hong Tao never expected that He Jin would be able to dodge his hidden weapon one after another, and hesitated for a moment.

He Jin saw that Hong Tao, who was close at hand, had no weapon in his hand, jumped up from the ground, made a move "Dapeng spread his wings", used a spear against Hong Tao's throat, and asked his subordinates to capture Hong Tao.

At this time, the disciples of the Changjiao Gang saw that their helmsman was captured, and they couldn't take care of it, so they turned to Jiang Shaozhu for help.

The black and white ghosts shouted almost at the same time: "Please rest assured, let our brothers go and teach Master He Xiang's kung fu!", after speaking, with two poignant laughter, like two ghosts, surrounded He Jin and circled.

Although He Jin had heard that there were two black and white demons in the Jiang Temple, making the weapons the same as the black and white impermanence of the underworld, he had never fought with them. He Jin didn't dare to slack off at all, and shouted, "It turned out to be the black and white second brother of Jiang Shenmiao, please give me advice!", after speaking, he raised the overlord gun in his hand, braked quietly, and firmly guarded his portal.

Seeing that He Jin was cowardly before he fought, Hei Sha sneered, then raised the whip and smashed it at He Jin's front door, while Bai Sha raised the golden mace to sneak attack He Jin's back, and the two cooperated seamlessly.

He Jin raised his gun to block the blow of the black evil, and then rolled on the spot, dodging the white evil.

Seeing that He Jin was very embarrassed to dodge his own blow, Bai Sha said proudly: "Old Hei, you often say that my martial arts are not as good as yours, how about today?

Hei Sha said unconvinced: "Come on! It's not my brother's whip, let the surnamed He roll on the spot!"

When He Jin heard this, his face was flushed with shame, but he knew that his two fists were invincible to his four hands, so he had to use a spear to seal his body in front and back, left and right, so that the black and white two were invulnerable.

Young Master Jiang's black and white eyes were fighting against the enemy at the same time, and seeing that the three of them had fought for nearly two hundred rounds, regardless of victory or defeat, he gradually became a little impatient and said: "Black and white protector, please step down, let this sect master come to meet this He Xiang master!"

Seeing that the young master had an order, the black and white shuangsha did not dare to disobey, and shouted at the same time: "Obey!" , both of them made a false move, and withdrew from the fight with He Jin.

Seeing that the black and white ghosts had retreated, He Jin took a breath and thought, "This Young Master Jiang, known as the 'No. 1 Sword in the World', he is young, I'm afraid he doesn't have that much ability, it's just a boast on the rivers and lakes!", so he replied loudly: "Young Master Jiang, then let the 'No. 1 Sword in the World' of the Guijiao come down to comprehend it", his tone was full of disdain.

The young master Jiang also sneered: "Okay, Master Hexiang, if you win by luck, please let Master Hong Helm go!"

He Jin replied: "Young master, please rest assured, that's nature!"

Young Master Jiang said again: "This sect master respects the person of the master of the chamber, if he can't win the lord of the chamber within three moves, he is willing to admit defeat and give up Lushan!"

He Jin didn't listen, and when he heard Young Master Jiang's arrogant words, he couldn't help but be furious and said: "If the young master can win the spear in his hand within three moves, he is willing to take the young master's horse head as a witness, and everyone on the top of the golden dome today will never break his word!", after speaking, he lifted the overlord gun with both hands, made a move "Tiger down the mountain", and went straight to Jiang Shaomaster.

The young master Jiang was not in a hurry, and suddenly pulled out the sword in his hand, the sword flashed with dazzling light, like a white rainbow flashing in front of everyone, only to see where the white light shone, the spear in He Jin's hand was cut off for several sections.

He Jin was shocked, hurriedly discarded the spear in his hand, took dozens of steps back, and jumped behind a big rock.

Jiang Shaozhu chased after him with a sword, saw that the mountain stone was blocking the way, waved a sword, the sword light flashed, only to hear a "boom", the rock was split in half by the long sword.

He Jin knew that he was invincible, and braved the scattered rubble, and shouted: "Brothers, retreat quickly", and after speaking, he took the lead in turning over and jumping into the pine and cypress on the top of the mountain, and the disciples of the Vermilion Bird Gate also fled one after another.

Seeing this, the young master Jiang did not order anyone to chase after him, but just sneered a few times: "Vermilion Bird Gate, how can there be a place for it to speak on this Lu Mountain!"

Hong Tao took advantage of the chaos and escaped, cheekily, walked in front of Young Master Jiang, and said: "Thank you for the young master's life-saving grace, the young master's swordsmanship has reached its peak, and he can sway freely with his qi sword, even the resurrection of the Zi * Yang real person in Wudang back then, which is not as good as the young master's kung fu!"

When Young Master Jiang heard this, he laughed proudly a few times, and then said: "How dare you compare it with Ziyang Zhenren, but from now on, this Lushan will belong to your two factions!"

Hong Tao flattered and said: "Young master, you are too humble, don't say that this small Lushan is the entire rivers and lakes, who is not afraid of your first sword in the world!"

That Young Master Jiang waved his hand at Hong Tao and said, "Lord Hongrudder, it's still important to do the right thing!", after speaking, he ordered everyone to carefully search the top of the mountain several times, and they didn't even let go of a rock, but they still found nothing.

Young Master Jiang looked at the sunset in the west, and sighed: "Could it be that the sword is buried on the golden top of Lushan, just a legend of the rivers and lakes?" After speaking, he led everyone down Lushan.

Ling, Xu and the others walked away before they walked out of the pine forest. Only then did Xu Zhi see a very flat boulder standing in the middle of the mountaintop, and it was written "The unity of man and sword, what you want in your life." Ziqing is lost, and he holds a grudge for life!" Sixteen big characters, these words were actually engraved on the sword, and the nick was three inches deep.

Xu Zhi asked, "Brother Ling, is this a book written by Ziyang Zhenren?"

Ling Kong nodded silently, led Xu Zhi to the top of the mountain under a thousand-year-old pine tree, and stopped in front of an inconspicuous tomb.

Xu Zhi saw that the tombstone was engraved with "The Tomb of Wudang Ziyang Zhenren", and he followed the volley to kneel in front of the tomb, kowtowed several times, and worshiped the patriarch.

At this time, it was getting late, a bright moon rose from the mountains, illuminating the surroundings like day, the two decided to stay on the golden top of Lushan for one night, and go down early tomorrow morning. Although it was mid-autumn, the terrain on the top of the mountain was steep and the cold was pressing, so the two of them found some dry branches and thatch nearby, lit a fire to keep warm, and began to chat:

"Brother Ling, Ziyang Zhenren is so old, hasn't traveled thousands of miles to Lushan Mountain?" Xu Zhi asked.

Ling Kong didn't answer directly, but said: "Ziyang Zhenren has been fond of martial arts all his life, and he has been specializing in swordsmanship all his life, and his kung fu has already reached the realm of perfection and unparalleled in the world. ”

"Then his martial arts are already the highest in martial arts, what is he still pursuing?", Xu Zhi asked puzzled.

Ling Kong said: "Ziyang Zhenren has always believed in the 'unity of man and sword' all his life. ”

"What is the unity of man and sword?", Xu Zhi asked curiously.

"No matter what kind of sword weapon, it is a dead object, they have no consciousness of their own, only when the swordsman uses it, it gives it the move to fight the enemy, so it is alive, its spirituality comes from the cultivation of human martial arts, on the contrary, a good sword is also conducive to the swordsman to defeat the enemy. Therefore, a swordsman has a sword in his heart, and the sword also has the master's spirituality, and he has sword energy. ”

"The sword qi that Ziyang Zhenren believes is a supreme manifestation of the unity of human and sword. Xu Zhi suddenly had a feeling.

Volley nodded: "That's right." ”

"Besides, you and Huifeng, I treat the two of you equally, and teach each other what you have learned in your life, but your future achievements still depend on your respective cultivation, Huifeng has been smooth, and when you encounter small setbacks, it is easy to waver, and you have been difficult, and when you encounter setbacks, you can also overcome and persevere, so your achievements should be above him. But if Huifeng can inspire your heart and work hard, your two achievements depend on your own chances. ”

"What is chance?", Xu Zhi asked puzzled.

"A person who practices martial arts is to be enlightened, and sometimes it is useless to work hard, but will lead to a dead end; only after experiencing certain things will he suddenly become enlightened, and he will be able to understand everything, and this is also true of martial arts. ”

Xu Zhi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, looking at the volley.

Ling Kong smiled: "Don't talk about it, you always like to get to the bottom of it, let's rest early, I'm tired all day." ”

The two of them fell asleep, the golden top of Lushan was already full of sunshine, a round of red sun was about to come out, the two went down the mountain together, arrived at the half-mountain pavilion, it was already morning, seeing that Huifeng was still sleeping soundly in the pavilion, the two quickly woke him up, went down the mountain together, and returned to Jiangzhou.