Chapter 11 Friendship
In the Taiji Square of Wudang Mountain, many selected disciples have reached the top of the mountain one after another.
The last to reach the top of the hill was an eight-year-old girl with two pigtails, a young face and sweating profusely, just in time for the bell to strike.
The girl climbed to the top of the hill and sat on the ground, panting and rubbing her arms and legs with her hands, regardless of what people around her thought of her.
This girl fell not lightly, and her nose was already blue and her face was swollen. An older girl in the team was throwing anxious eyes at her, as if telling her to get up quickly and stand at the back of the team.
Although she was staring, this girl didn't move at all, pinched her waist with both hands, pouted, and looked innocent and aggrieved.
A gorgeously dressed woman in the square seemed relieved to see this scene.
This person is the leader of the Mu Yun Sword Pavilion gang - Mu Yunwan, this Mu Yunwan was also a female disciple of Wudang, and she is also the junior sister of the head of Wudang. Her husband is also a disciple of Zhang Zhenren and is deeply loved by Zhang Zhenren.
A few months ago, after receiving a letter from his senior brother, he decided to send a few proud disciples from the gang to sign up, and even said hello to the senior brother in charge early.
Now that the few disciples sent have all reached the top of the mountain, she feels much more relaxed, only this last female disciple, Mu Yun Jue makes her feel at ease.
This girl is her youngest apprentice, and she is deeply loved by Mu Yunwan, and when she practices, she is often lazy. In the first level of today's test, she was afraid that this female disciple would not be able to bear it and fall behind.
Muyun Sword Pavilion is not a big gang in the rivers and lakes, let alone a wealthy gang with deep pockets and strong strength, since their gang leader passed away, few people in the rivers and lakes know about it.
This Muyun Sword Pavilion was created by Muyun Wanfujun - Li Yu. This Li Yu is rarely known by people in the rivers and lakes, but in Wudang and the imperial court, he is famous.
This person is said to be a martial arts wizard, and he is the only one who has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the imperial court among these personal disciples, and he was officially named a general at a young age.
It is rumored that Taizu personally conquered and was trapped by the enemy army. Li Yu led a cavalry to attack overnight, fighting his way out of the encirclement and saving the lord. Because Li Yu's army held on to the city, the enemy besieged it for several days, gaining valuable time for the imperial army to counterattack. When Taizu watched the battle in the city tower, he even sacrificed himself to block the flying dark arrows for Taizu.
In this battle, Taizu was very happy, and named him the general of the conquest and gave him a gold medal for avoiding death.
After resigning and returning to his hometown, he founded the Muyun Sword Pavilion gang, and died young less than a year later.
Taizu felt that his loyalty was commendable, and allowed his son to inherit the dukedom. It is said that Li Yu died, and after Zhang Zhenren heard about it, he was sad for a while. His wife, Mu Yunwan, took over the position of head of the gang in order to continue the gang created by her husband, and accepted apprentices. However, he was afraid that his disciples would not be able to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes, so he sent his qualified apprentices to Wudang Mountain to practice, and after they became teachers, they would return to serve in the gang.
Since Muyun Sword Pavilion originated from Wudang, Wudang naturally took great care of its disciples.
Although there is this special friendship, in front of the first level, it is not easy to open the door of convenience. just told her that as long as the apprentices can pass the first level, even if they fail to pass the remaining levels, the master and his old man will not accept them, and he can accept them as disciples.
Her brother's promise made her feel very relieved.
After the bell rings, even if you reach the top of the mountain, you have to be ruthlessly eliminated, this is the selection, the first level is physical strength and perseverance, many children are turned away from the mountain gate.
Just as Chongxu was about to announce the result, he slowly walked up from the bottom of the mountain, and it could be said that a child climbed up, and this person was the limping child who had just walked at the back of the line.
Although when he was about to reach the top of the mountain, Qingyun had already told him that even if he reached the top of the mountain, it was already past the hour, and he would be disqualified. But he gritted his teeth, moved his body little by little, and climbed to the top of the mountain.
Chong Xuan saw the child lying on the ground from a distance, and at this time, the square was also quiet, and he was also shocked.
Among the disciples who came to Wudang Mountain to learn art, they have never seen such a scene in these years.
The tattered clothes, the blood blisters on the feet were rotten, and the blood was slowly flowing down the bluestone slab.
Senior Brother Qingyun was a little unbearable, according to the rules of Wudang, he would be eliminated after an hour. However, this stubborn child insisted on climbing to the top of the mountain, I don't know how many times he fell on the road, Qingyun saw many children who gave up on the road, and also saw some children who insisted, but in the end they all gave up, but this child always insisted.
Qingyun didn't know what was supporting this emaciated child. He hurried to the head of the house and reported to the master.
Chong Xu's expression was solemn, he pondered for a moment, shook his head, waved his hand, and said to Qingyun: "Let people carry it down the mountain." ”
After hearing this, Qingyun felt pity in his heart, and pleaded with his master: "Master, this kid doesn't know how many times he has fallen, and he is covered in bruises, so the apprentice has persuaded him many times to let him give up. But this son insisted even more, and kept shouting 'I must apprentice'. The master is merciful, and I implore the master to read his persistent heart, whether he makes an exception......"
Qingyun wanted to speak and stopped, Chong Xuan frowned, but did not reply. Uncle Wuchen, Uncle Yichen didn't speak, Qingyun understood what the master meant, turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait, in vain. ”
Chong Xuan shouted to Qingyun: "Carry it to Yaoguan, clean the wound, and then send it down the mountain." Chong Xuan couldn't bear it and commanded.
At this point, he seemed to see his own shadow. In order to apprentice to the master, didn't I kneel in front of the master's door until I passed out?
But the master only said that the obsession was too deep, and it was difficult to achieve great success, and he refused to accept him as a disciple.
Although he is now the head of Wudang, it is difficult for him to make a breakthrough in his martial arts attainments. When the master drove the crane to the west, he once said to himself that when he saw himself for the first time, he knew that it would be difficult for him to achieve great success in the future, and he couldn't bear to waste his time and future, and persuaded himself to change to something else and maybe there would be great success.
Now that I think about it, the words of the master and his old man are not unreasonable. Taoism emphasizes non-action, and if the obsession is too deep, it will become a bondage.
Chong Xuan announced the start of the selection and motioned for the junior to read out the rules.
Qingyun arranged for someone to carry the young man away, but although the young man was a little delirious, he kept muttering: I beg the master to take me as an apprentice and don't drive me down the mountain.
He grabbed the ground with both hands, and it took some effort for the two disciples to carry him away.
Qingyun hurriedly walked in front of Master Yichen, took the paperwork in his uncle's hand with both hands, and then walked to the middle of the square, stood in front of the children, and then read out the selection rules of the first level: the first level, standing on the horse, limited to the work of a stick of incense......
At this moment, several masters are on the first-line peak, tasting tea and discussing Taoism and Zen, and the two disciples are also listening attentively to the master's conversation.
For the scene just now, the real person didn't seem to be moved. After a while, he motioned for Yuan Tianzi to go down the mountain.
Before the children could catch their breath, they were about to stand and grumble. However, after complaining, he still followed suit.
Mu Yunjue muttered in his mouth: "This old guy is going to play us to death." Don't let me see it, or I'll have to pull your beard naked." ”
The older girl from earlier squeezed her eyes at her and motioned for her not to make a sound. She is Mu Yunya's senior sister - Mu Yunya.
They are all Mu Yunwan's female disciples, orphans she took in, and Mu Yunwan regards them as her own.
As the selection continued, some of the children couldn't bear it anymore and collapsed. It turned out that there were only about 100 children standing in the middle of the square.
There is still a period of incense, and some of the remaining children are almost unable to support it, even those children with a kung fu foundation seem to be shaking their legs, for these children, this is already the limit of physical strength.
There was a commotion in the square, and some people were talking about whether it was appropriate to test the child in this way, and even a normal person would not be able to stand it if he tossed like this.
Chong Xuan can feel the atmosphere of the venue, but this is the rule of Wudang recruiting apprentices, which has not changed for nearly a hundred years.
And the road of learning martial arts and cultivating is bumpy and difficult, and without a constant heart, how can you persevere?
The fainting child was taken away by the Wudang disciples and sent to the hospital, and after diagnosis and treatment, he would be sent to the bottom of the mountain.
"This dead old man, what kind of rules do you set, I can't hold on anymore, woo...... What should I do? I don't want to be eliminated. "The one who spoke was not Mu Yunjue, it was another girl, who was taller than Mu Yunjue.
At this time, the little girl who Mu Yunya muttered in a low voice: "Senior sister, hold on." The incense was about to be extinguished, and only a little bit remained. Hold on, it's a big deal......"
Mu Yunya hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and then said, "It's a big deal, sister, that gourd silk is for you." ”
When the girl heard that Mu Yunya was going to give her her long-desired musical instrument, her spirit suddenly lifted.
"Okay, it's a word, my sister is not allowed to deceive people. "This woman is Mu Yunwan's beloved daughter - Mu Yunxiaowan.
"Senior sister, you are partial, I don't do it, I want it too, you said to send it to me. Mu Yunjue seemed to be unwilling, her voice was louder, and the children around her heard it, and many people laughed, but they all cheered up.
Qingyun had already heard their conversation, but it was inconvenient to talk about them because of Uncle Shi's face.
Mu Yun's words had already affected the game, so he had to keep a straight face and stare at a few female babies fiercely.
When he turned to leave them, Mu Yunjue looked at Qingyun's back, squeezed his eyes and stuck out his tongue, causing the child next to him to almost laugh.
The children were sweating profusely, their legs trembling, and they were barely holding on.
There are very few people in the team who have good physical strength and do not move at all.
The child named Lu Yun was swaying, his physical strength was seriously overdrawn, and his sweat seemed to fascinate his eyes. At the moment of falling, only the sound of the drum sounded to tell the time, and Lu Yun fell.
Qingyun announced the end of the first level of assessment, and the children present rested in place.
As soon as the words fell, Hula fell down, and some children sat on the ground.