Chapter 7: The Saint of the Sword
It is "thousands of rocks are uncertain, and the flowers are leaning on the stones." Li Yan thought that Lingzhuzi would take him out of the valley, but he didn't expect to go deeper and deeper. When you look up, there is a purple cave in front of you, and there are three big characters on the plaque: "Lingyun Cave".
Outside the cave are naturally generated stone beams and stone gates, but inside there is a cave. I saw the carved fence and jade brick, flying pavilion Liudan, like a fairyland.
They made their way through winding corridors, lined with endless ponds and countless lotus flowers sleeping in the fog.
When he came to a pavilion, Lingzhuzi stopped, stretched out his hand and said courteously: "Please, please!"
Li Yan stepped forward and sat on the stone bench. Lingzhuzi jumped, sat down opposite, and asked, "Ugly monster, I don't know your name yet?"
"In the next is also surnamed Li, and his name is disabled. ”
"Okay, I'll do the math...... Hmmm......"
He suddenly turned his back and looked at Li Yan vigilantly: "Don't peek!"
Li Yan nodded, and he said to himself: "One four gets four, and two four gets eight...... 44...... Four-four-twelve......"
No matter what, Li Yan is also a person who has memorized the ninety-nine multiplication table, and he cautiously reminded: "Mr. Lingzhuzi, it should be four-four-sixteen......"
"I know!" the child turned back and defended himself, "I'm talking about sixteen! It's all your fault, I forgot everything!" He lowered his head again, wrenched his fingers, and muttered, "Four for four, eight for two-four......"
After a while, the spirit bead finally breathed a sigh of relief. wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Ugly bastard, your life is too bad!"
Li Yan had already seen that this kid was by no means extraordinary at this moment, and when he saw his words, he was sure that he was even more convinced, and said, "My luck is a little worse. However, life and death have a destiny and wealth in the sky, and I am already content to be able to walk in the world for a while. ”
Lingzhuzi nodded approvingly: "Lotte knows his fate, not bad." Your life is given by God, I can't change it, but I can help a little. You wait here!" he said, turning over and jumping into the lotus pond.
Li Yan exclaimed, but saw him standing on the water, with a little ripple under his feet. After looking around, Lingzhuzi opened the lotus bush, found a golden water lily, uprooted it without pity, and jumped back into the pavilion.
He threw the golden lotus to the ground and squatted there with his hands covered in mud. It looks like a rough humanoid. It was almost done, and he suddenly stood up and walked behind Li Yan, and he was defenseless with a kick.
Li Yan was kicked and stunned, "What are you doing?"
When he looked back, he found that his body was lying on the ground, and the spirit bead pulled his foot and neck, and threw it into the pond with a "whoosh".
Li Chuan was shocked, and just wanted to escape, but was grabbed by the back of the head by the spirit bead and pushed onto the lotus that was twisted and twisted.
He thought he would hit the ground with his face first, and he was even ready to touch his teeth. But unexpectedly, the vision turned upward.
Sitting up, Li Yan suddenly felt warmth flowing through his originally empty and cold left foot. He was startled, and quickly kicked his legs, which were so powerful. Looking at the body again, although the left arm is still broken like a knife, the nasty scabies is gone, and the skin is neat and smooth.
Lingzhuzi grinned with his hands behind his back: "How is it? This body is not bad, right? If anyone still calls you ugly, it will be a little unreasonable!"
Li Yan climbed to the edge of the pond and looked down, and in the reflection, he was still the same ugly self as before? I saw a handsome face, full of surprise.
Lingzhuzi's voice came slowly: "I wanted to make up for your broken arm, but how can you have a fate, if you use it, you will suffer in vain." So that's it!Hmm...... Wait......"
He tilted his head and looked at it, took out a knife and made a cross on Li Yan's face: "These two scars are a disguise used to deceive God, which can make your luck better." Remember, don't let anyone else touch it, or it will lead to a catastrophe!"
Li Yan was so excited that he didn't know what to say, but he just thanked him. Lingzhuzi was particularly useful for flattering others, his nose was almost up to the sky, and he crossed his waist and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, you helped me twice, and I will help you twice." Come with me, and I'll pick you a handy weapon. ”
Unexpectedly, Li Yan shook his head: "I understand your kindness, but I am a cook and I can't wield knives and guns." ”
Lingzhuzi grabbed him: "Won't you be able to learn slowly! Come on, come, I'll show you, maybe you'll be interested!"
His intention to show off couldn't be more obvious, Li Yan smiled bitterly, and had to obey.
The two of them came to another cave, and as soon as they stepped in, the purple electric blue light shook so that Li Yan couldn't open his eyes. The ears are whining, full of tigers roaring and dragon groans, wind, thunder and sea tides. He slowly opened his eyes, only to see that the cave was dozens of zhang long and wide, like a funnel high and low in the middle. In the center is a pool of clear water, filled with divine weapons. The fighting aura, murderous aura, and treasure aura they exuded were intertwined and stirred, and if it weren't for the stone wall blocking them, they would almost break through the sky.
Lingzhuzi looked like a rich man showing off his wealth, and pointed to his collection with great diligence and said: "You're welcome, just pick anything, you can make any one you like! How about this purple flame snake spear? I used it before, and it can breathe fire when you press it, which is very fun! And this painting halberd is also good." Tell you secretly, it's a treasure in the Dragon Palace! If you put it in the sea and stir it, it can immediately set off a huge wave seven or eight feet wide. And this, this ......"
He flew up and down, babbling on and on. But Li Yan walked to the corner by himself and picked up a single knife that looked tattered: "I want this!"
Lingzhuzi's smiling face froze suddenly. "The knife...... That knife sucks, you get a good one!"
"No, everything else is too good. As the old saying goes, 'A gentleman doesn't win love', and I just want this one. ”
Lingzhuzi was still laughing, but it looked like crying: "Are you really going to ask for this knife?"
Unexpectedly, Li Yan smiled slyly and patted the head of the spirit bead: "Lie to you." I'm already grateful that you helped me change my body, so why am I embarrassed to ask for anything from you?"
It seems that honest people also like to joke sometimes.
Lingzhuzi suddenly cried without warning, and it was still the kind of howling cry: "When you say that, it seems that I am particularly unrighteous, very stingy, and especially not human!"
Li was panicked and didn't know how to comfort him.
But fortunately, the child's cry came and went faster, and he wiped his tears: "Let me tell you the truth, this knife was given to me by my master for safekeeping, and if I gave it to you, I would be beaten." But I can give you a similar one. ”
He pointed to the weapons in the pool: "These are useless mundane things, not worth mentioning." ”
Li Yan was curious: "Is such a beautiful thing or a vulgar thing?"
Ling Zhuzi smiled: "Do you know the benefits and disadvantages of the 'Three Calamities'?" he explained: "The so-called 'Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind'. These divine weapons seize the essence of heaven and earth, invade the mystery of the sun and the moon, and are to descend from heaven to destroy them.
Naturally, they don't have to worry about me here, but once they leave the cave, they will attract thunder, earth fire, and wind. These are the three plagues.
In the end, these guys don't understand the truth of self-obscurity, and blindly show their edge, but they are always just second-rate goods. ”
Out of nowhere, he picked up another single knife.
"But it's not the same. ”
This knife is not as worn out as the first, but it is very ordinary, some too ordinary. It's like the work of a blacksmith at the entrance of the village. However, it was such an ordinary knife that made Lingzhuzi's eyes show a look of pity.
"Gods and men have no merit, and saints have no name. This knife is the same as the light, and it can be called a saint in the sword!"
Li Yan took the knife and pulled it out of its sheath, the cold light flickered, but he couldn't help but exclaim.
I saw that the blade of the knife was completely broken half a foot, and the fracture was like being bitten by jagged teeth, leaving an ugly scar. What it loses is the sharpest part of a knife, like those dazzling, high-spirited, but long gone.
Only the pain lasts.
I don't know how it escaped the three plagues, whether it was the negligence of God or the broken wrist of a strong man? Can it still face its ugly self after all this? Undoubtedly, this requires courage.
Lingzhuzi cast a meaningful gaze: "Like you, isn't it a good match?"
Li Yan was silent and nodded.
"Then I'll take it. ”
Lingzhuzi tilted his head and thought: "It's not enough, I'll teach you another trick of using a knife, and come over with your ears......"
The mantra is not long, only sixteen sentences. Li Yan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's this name?"
"Heart. Practicing knives is to cultivate the mind, there is no knife outside the heart, and there is no heart outside the knife. Lingzhuzi found a stone wall again: "You just practice here, and you feel that you can almost go." ”
Li Yan sat down cross-legged in front of the stone wall, thinking about the mantra in his mind, and what it said was not like a method of practicing swords.
Lingzhuzi said leisurely: "If you don't understand, think about it, and if you don't understand, you sleep." ”
This is completely unreasonable, but it seems to mean something in Li Yan's ears. He stared blankly at the stone wall, and suddenly swung a knife clumsily. Once a knife is born, there will be thousands of knives coming one after another. I saw that the body was flying, the cold light was cold, and all the moves in the world were in front of the stone wall. He wielded recklessly, and his sword skills were like a great river flowing with endless water.
Li Jian danced for a long time. One day, two days? Even he couldn't tell. But at some point, he suddenly stopped, and the long presentation came to an abrupt end.
He sat back down, the tricks were too cumbersome, and they needed to be simplified.
The process is in the mind, and all unnecessary actions will be removed. Condensation is often much more difficult and painful than complexity, this is the process of destroying the painstaking effort, and only by destroying everything can the sword technique be born in the ruins like flying from the sky.
Li Shu closed his eyes, and the chaotic knife light was gone, only to see the sun and moon alternate, the tide rising and falling, and the flowers blooming. Suddenly, like a little ripple on the surface of a calm lake, Li Yanmeng opened his eyes and saw a deep knife mark on the stone wall that was harder than Xuantie.
This knife is earth-shattering.
He was overjoyed, and danced with his hands and said, "I've practiced! I've practiced!" Looking back, I saw that Lingzhuzi was concentrating on pouting and playing marbles behind his back.
Li Yan bowed deeply: "Lingzhuzi, I'm leaving." ”
Lingzhu waved his hand without looking back: "If you don't send it, you won't send it, you will come often in the future!"
Li Yan was quite reluctant in his heart, but seeing him so focused, it was not easy to disturb. After standing for a long time, he quietly left.
Li Yan walked away, Lingzhuzi suddenly raised his head and sighed: "Ugly eight monsters, ugly eight monsters, this time the mountain is high and the road is far away, the people's hearts are sinister, you have to do it yourself!"
When I walked out of Lingyun Cave and looked back, the entrance of the cave was hidden in the thick fog. Li Yan suddenly felt a chill, and when he looked up, there was a heavy snow in the sky.
He wondered in his heart: "It's still autumn, why is it snowing?" Thinking about it, it was just that the climate in the mountains was different from the usual.
Xiaobai should still be wandering around the valley, do you want to look for him?
If he is with him, he will still be inevitably ridden. Rather than this, let him run in this place where there is no quarrel with the world.
Thinking of this, he put his hands to his mouth and shouted, "Xiaobai, goodbye!"
The valley echoed, sending the goodbye far away, I don't know if the white horse heard it.
He looked at the high mountain inserted into the dark clouds, and suddenly his heart was full of pride: "Without Xiaobai, I can also climb this mountain!" But when he came to the foot of the mountain, he couldn't help but cry out bitterly in his heart.
It turns out that there is no grass on the mountain, and the stone wall is as smooth as a mirror, and it is almost straight up and down, and there is absolutely no possibility of climbing.
Li Yan wandered around for a while, and suddenly patted his head: "There is!"
He drew his sword and leaped forward. It didn't matter this time, his body actually rose three or four feet like a cloud.
Li Yan was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly inserted the knife into the crack of the mountain. After a moment's pause, his arm strained, and it was another vertical. This time he was much more skilled, and with just a light touch of the knife on the stone, he flew upwards like wings.
The mountain is so high that there is no end in sight. The cold wind swept the snowflakes and slapped on Li Yan's body like angry waves. He looked far away, and saw wolf smoke rising from the vast land. At that time, it was a troubled time, and the war was endless. People were displaced, blood and tears flowed. The world is full of deceit, and there is no paradise.
Li is non-stop.
Soon dark clouds surrounded the surroundings, and there were thunder and lightning, and there seemed to be countless ghosts and ghosts in the darkness. This is the land of goblins, the land of ethereal nothingness. Legend has it that the songs of the gods and monsters can make people forget their worries and linger for thousands of years.
Li Chuan still didn't stop.
It's too hard to walk. You can't see the end when you look forward, and you can't see the beginning when you look back. In the chaotic time and space, the will of people seems to be blurred, so much so that they forget why they took this path in the first place. But there is a belief that supports Li Yan, that is, no matter what, he must rise up and never sink down.
After a long trek, the dark clouds were broken through, and Li saw an unprecedented sight. One peak is independent, the sea of clouds is upside down, and the eternal sun is burning overhead.
At this moment, his soul seemed to be connected to all things, and he couldn't suppress tears.
As a human being, I am really lucky to be able to laugh, look, say a word, and love once in this world.