Chapter 16: The Tribulation
The man on the wall was not tall, with a lion mask on his face, the mask was not cute at all, and the image of the blue-faced fangs looked a little terrifying. His sleek short hair had turned a little gray, his hands were behind his back, his body was slightly rickety, but his legs stood straight, and although he looked short above the wall, no one dared to despise him.
"Who are you?" Buddha didn't know this man, not to mention that he was wearing a mask.
The masked man pointed his toes on the ground, and jumped forward lightly and skillfully, his upper body still did not move, but the whole person flew forward flatly, his feet were slightly retracted, and he slowly fell to the ground as if he were walking on the ground in the air, his movements were light and chic, if it weren't for his uninvited guest, I am afraid that everyone present would have cheered.
"Monk Buddha!" the masked man spoke again, his tone stern, "Do you remember Lu Zhenfeng from the Taiji Gate?"
Buddha Sheng thought about it, and did remember Lu Zhenfeng, last month he swung to challenge Taijimen, and it was Lu Zhenfeng, the eldest disciple of Taijimen, that many media also reported this competition live, Lu Zhenfeng's kung fu was good, and the two fought for 100 rounds to determine the winner, and in the end it was Buddha Sheng who won.
"What does Lu Zhenfeng have to do with Your Excellency?" asked Buddha Sheng.
"He's my apprentice. The masked man continued calmly, "You won the competition last month, which is true, but now everyone says that the kung fu of Taiji Gate is not worth mentioning in front of Shaolin Temple, and even many people say that our Taiji martial arts are deceitful and cannot be put on the table at all, and now even our apprentices of Taiji Sect are about to quit ......."
"This ......" Buddha Sheng just wanted to compete in martial arts at that time, as for the consequences, he never thought about it, and when he heard this masked man say, he couldn't help but be speechless.
"Amitabha Buddha ......" Master Kong Ming stepped forward and said, "It is common for me to win or lose in martial arts competitions, but I didn't expect the consequences, so today's misunderstanding was caused by him, after all, it was his fault, but I don't know what the donor plans to do?"
"Get justice!" said the masked man resolutely.
"Okay, how can we get justice?" said the Buddha with a nod.
The masked man didn't answer, only sneered behind his hands.
"Presumably, the donor not only wants to seek justice, but also wants my Southern Shaolin's Bo Ruogong, right? You were the one who came to my meditation room a few days ago, right? Fang Renkui was the donor!" Master Kong Ming bowed his head, but said in a tough tone.
The mask man is none other than Fang Renkui, the head of the Taiji Sect, and Fang Renkui has indeed experienced a change in the sect after the defeat of his disciple Lu Zhenfeng.
There have been many people who have disagreed with him as the head of the sect before, and they have never had the opportunity to impeach him, but this time Fang Renkui's personal disciple was defeated by the Buddha Sheng, and it was broadcast live, which made Taijimen lose face. Many disciples in the sect had their own thoughts, and immediately divided into several sects, some wanted to set up their own sects, some wanted to replace Fang Renkui, and some even colluded with other sects to oppose the Taiji Sect, which made Fang Renkui very distressed.
Fang Renkui thought to himself that if he wanted to get back face, he had to defeat Buddha Sheng. At first, he went to look for Nan Shaolin, but was told that Buddha Sheng was no longer there, and his master, Master Kong Ming, had also moved to another temple to cultivate. There have long been rumors in the rivers and lakes that Master Kongming's Bo Ruogong cultivation has become supernatural, and Fang Renkui has also coveted it for a long time.
Fang Renkui searched for a long time to find the Qingshui Temple, he secretly investigated, and found that the Buddha did not come back, so he first started the idea of Bo Ruogong, he within a week, he sneaked into the Qingshui Temple many times late at night, rummaging through the secret books of Bo Ruogong, but found nothing. A few days ago, he sneaked into Master Kongming's room and was discovered, but fortunately, Fang Renkui's light work was not caught by the monks, which also made Master Kongming probably know the intention of the comer.
"Hehe......" Fang Renkui smiled dryly at Master Kong Ming, although he couldn't see his face, he expected to be very embarrassed at the moment, "If you hand over the Bo Ruogong secret book as soon as possible, I can consider giving you a good one, lest life be worse than death for a while!"
"What a big breath!" Buddha Sheng said angrily, "Since you know Bo Ruogong, you must also know that my master is not easy to mess with, right?"
"Huh...... Of course I do. Fang Renkui continued to sneer and said, "Monk Kongming, can you still fight me now?"
Master Kong Ming shook his head, and everyone looked at him in surprise.
"Master, what's going on?" the Buddha asked anxiously.
"I got up this morning and felt weak, but it didn't have much impact, I just couldn't exercise normally, I thought it was caused by the fatigue of the past few days, it was no big deal, and I could regulate my internal breath, so I didn't care too much, now that I think about it, it must be this Fang Shi who used the means......" Although Master Kongming was poisoned and unable to exercise, his tone was still calm and calm.
"It's a shame that you're still the head of a generation, and you actually use this kind of indiscriminate means!" Buddha Sheng was furious, and after a pause, he turned to Ming Shuhui and continued, "You go to the southernmost meditation room, which is my room, and help me get my arhat stick." ”
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ming Shuhui was thinking about whether he should make a move this time, and when he heard that Buddha Sheng asked him to help, he responded and trotted to Buddha Sheng's room. He pushed the door in, and the items in the house were very simple, and the daily necessities were clear at a glance, but Ming Shuhui didn't find any Luohan sticks.
Ming Shuhui was about to go out of the house to ask Buddha Sheng, but saw Buddha Sheng standing not far from the door, I don't know what mechanism was detained, and the door of Buddha Sheng's room was suddenly locked. This door is an extremely thick security door, Ming Shuhui smashed it a few times, the door did not move, he knocked on the window again, and the window was also welded to death with a guardrail.
"Buddha Sheng, let me out, what are you going to do?" Ming Shuhui shouted at Buddha Sheng through the window.
"Ming Shuhui, Qingshui Temple may encounter ** trouble today, you are not from our temple, this matter has nothing to do with you. The Buddha approached outside the window and whispered to Ming Shuhui, "Under my bed, there is a tunnel that can lead to the outside of the temple, you run out of there quickly, no matter what you encounter outside the tunnel, don't be nosy, just run!"
"You stupid monk, let me out, how do you know that you can't beat this ...... surnamed Fang" Ming Shuhui couldn't stop banging on the window railing and yelling, but Buddha Sheng ignored him anymore and turned around and walked towards Fang Renkui.
Buddha Sheng walked up to Fang Renkui, clenched his fists, and confronted him, and the other monks hugged Master Kongming to the side. I saw that the Buddha's left arm was in front of his chest, his right hand was withdrawn, his legs were slightly arched, his eyes were bright, and he posed in the Arhat Fuhu starting pose.
"Master Fang!" Buddha Sheng said, "I will teach the Tai Chi Gate again in the next place!"
Fang Renkui drew the yin and yang poles out of thin air with his hands in front of him, his center of gravity sank, his palms facing the Buddha, and he did not answer, but he was ready.
Buddha Sheng is the first to strike strongly, the right hand out of the palm, the tiger and the tiger are windy, and the left side is swept out. Fang Renkui saw that the Buddha was menacing, he didn't dare to slack off, his arms crossed in front of him, just came into contact with the Buddha, only to feel that this sweep was not weak, only softly hit the arm, Fang Renkui was wondering, the Buddha suddenly bullied forward, when Fang Renkui noticed him, the Buddha had already come to Fang Renkui's side.
The Buddha's ape arm was lightly relaxed, and he hugged Fang Renkui into his arms, and then used all his strength to throw him out horizontally.
Fang Renkui spun around in the air two or three times, his waist was forced, and he forcibly twisted his body before he barely stopped.
Buddha Sheng stood still and looked at Fang Renkui with a smile on his face, Fang Renkui was stunned, and then laughed as well.
"He is worthy of being Kongming's proud protégé, and my apprentice is not unjustly lost. Fang Renkui dusted off his clothes and said with a smile.
Buddha Sheng knew that the other party did not do his best, and he did not dare to underestimate the enemy, he clenched his fists with both hands to protect his chest, observing Fang Renkui's movements.
Fang Renkui slowly walked towards the Buddha Sheng, as lazy as a walk, and seemed to have no regard for the Buddha Sheng at all. This made Buddha Sheng feel very strange, Fang Renkui is good at light skills, when fighting, he should generally use the advantage of light and fast pace to fight, but at this time, he is slow, and he has no intention of performing light skills.
Buddha Sheng didn't think much about it, his left foot fell under the original earthquake, his right foot took a step back, so that the legs into a left lunge, at the same time, the left palm pushed forward, the palm forward, the palm pointed upward, the right arm bent elbow and the right palm was closed in front of the chest, the palm obliquely forward, the palm fingers obliquely upward, and made a move "step back to meet the enemy".
Fang Renkui was still not in a hurry, and slowly walked in front of the Buddha, and at the same time his right shoulder sank, and his shoulder hit the Buddha's left palm. Buddha Sheng pushed his right palm to catch the shoulder, and his left palm was about to fight back, when he suddenly found that Fang Renkui's entire body began to turn, and as he turned, his right arm also threw over.
Seeing Fang Renkui's strange moves, Buddha Sheng threw his whole arm at him like a child playing tricks. He didn't care, his left palm continued to slap towards Fang Renkui's chest, but he blocked Fang Renkui's right arm with his right elbow, and suddenly, Fang Renkui changed his move, his forearm was slightly bent, and all his strength was condensed on his forearm.
Boom!
Before the Buddha's left palm arrived, he heard a muffled sound, Fang Renkui's arm was thrown into the Buddha's chest, and the seemingly weak move actually emitted a huge power, and the Buddha was knocked out four or five meters away.
Everyone present was surprised to see this change......
Ming Shuhui did not escape according to the method that Buddha Sheng said, but kept lying behind the window to observe the battle situation. He didn't see how Fang Renkui made a move, but he saw that Buddha Sheng had been knocked away, and his heart was even more anxious.
"Sistema?" Master Kongming exclaimed, "How do you know Sistema?"
"What's so strange?" Fang Renkui dusted off his clothes again, and said indifferently, "The martial arts of the world should learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths, such as Bo Ruogong, if it is for me to carry it forward, why not? Is that so, Master Kongming?"
"What is this...... Buddha Sheng clutched his chest, his ribs had been broken two or three, and he stood up with severe pain, "Why is it so powerful......
"Sistema is a unique assassination martial art in the Northland, which does not focus on reasonable moves, but on giving the opponent a fatal blow at a specific time and in a specific direction. Master Kong Ming explained, "This kind of martial art is not passed down to the outside world, and only the agents and soldiers of the Northern Kingdom will use it. ”
"Master Kong Ming is really well-informed, and his reputation is well deserved!" Fang Renkui praised, "But it's a pity......"
"Ahem...... What is a pity?" Buddha Sheng coughed again and again, he already felt the sweetness in his mouth, but he swallowed the blood and said without showing weakness.
"It's a pity that this high monk is going to die here today!" Fang Renkui walked slowly towards the Buddha again, and said as he walked.
Ming Shuhui was locked in the house, very anxious, thinking that if he continued like this, he would watch the Qingshui Temple be destroyed. He glanced around, trying to find a weapon to take with him for self-defense, and looked around, but only found a short sword with a black handle in the corner, this sword was lying dirty on the ground, and it looked like a broken wooden stick broken into two parts, Ming Shuhui didn't think much about it, picked up the short sword and pinned it to his waist.
Ming Shuhui turned around and came to the Buddha's bed, pulled the wooden bed with both hands, and there was a one-meter-square movable wooden board under the bed, Ming Shuhui pulled the wooden plank, and it was faintly visible that it was a tunnel below, Ming Shuhui jumped down without hesitation, although he couldn't see his five fingers below, but Ming Shuhui still touched the wall and walked forward.
This tunnel is surprisingly long, Ming Shuhui touched the wall and walked for more than ten minutes, but it was not yet the end, the more he walked, the more anxious he became, so he quickened his pace, fortunately, the tunnel was not difficult to walk, although he couldn't see anything, but the road was smooth.
After walking for another cup of tea, there was finally no way ahead, Ming Shuhui touched it up, and sure enough, there was an iron plate like a manhole cover. Ming Shuhui pushed it away hard, jumped up, and saw that the place where he jumped out was a room.
The room was small, like a barn, surrounded by miscellaneous items, and there was only one air window above it, out of which one could not climb out.
Ming Shuhui pushed the door out and came to the living room of the house, the living room was the same as ordinary people, nothing special. Ming Shuhui was in a hurry, and he had to leave the house quickly and rush to Kiyomizu Temple.
"Who are you?" suddenly called out a female voice.
Ming Shuhui looked sideways, and next to the kitchen door, there was a girl standing, the girl was wearing an emerald green floral dress, long hair and shawl, bright eyes, small nose and small mouth, and her appearance was delicate and weak, which made people feel pity when she saw it.
"I ...... I ......" Ming Shuhui suddenly saw a girl appear in front of her, so nervous that she couldn't speak.
Ming Shuhui remembered the words of the Buddha and asked him not to meddle in his affairs, just leave quickly, so Ming Shuhui turned around and wanted to leave.
"You...... Can you take me away?" the girl spoke again, cautiously begging Ming Shuhui.
Although Ming Shuhui has been traveling with his parents since he was a child, he has experienced many people and things, but he has never stayed alone with a girl, and at this time, a strange feeling came to his heart, making him stop leaving.
“...... You...... Who are you and why are you here?" asked Ming Shuhui a little nervously.
"My name is Xie Yanran, and I am being held here by the people of Qingshui Temple. The girl Xie Yanran said, lifting her right leg, and there was a long chain on her calf, the chain did not look heavy, and it did not affect her normal walking, but the length of the chain restricted her from leaving the room.
"Why did they imprison you? You are a girl, have you committed any crimes?" Ming Shuhui was a little incredulous, the weak and delicate girl in front of her didn't look like a person with a heinous crime, but since she wouldn't be a heinous person, how could she be imprisoned by Qingshui Temple?
"I can't tell, they all called me a little demon girl, and they locked me here. Xie Yanran replied.
"How can it be justified? When Ming Shuhui heard this, he was puzzled, and he decided to save the girl.
Ming Shuhui came to Xie Yanran and squatted down, and pulled the iron shackles on her ankles with her hands, although the shackles were not heavy, they were very strong.
"You can use the sword at your waist. Xie Yanran noticed the short sword on Ming Shuhui's waist.
"This sword is so worn, I'm afraid it won't work. Ming Shuhui said hesitantly.
"Absolutely, this sword is mine. Xie Yanran was obviously very confident in this sword.
Ming Shuhui looked up at Xie Yanran, Xie Yanran was also looking at him, a pair of big eyes were bright and cute, Ming Shuhui couldn't help blushing and heartbeat, and lowered her head.
He pulled out the short sword, and sure enough, the sword body was clear and translucent, and he couldn't stop shaking in his hand, and there was a faint sound of dragon roaring, and Ming Shuhui secretly praised it in his heart.
Ming Shuhui aimed at the shackles, and picked them with a sword steadily, where the sword arrived, the shackles were cut in an instant, and it was really a good sword!
"What a handsome swordsmanship!" Xie Yanran couldn't help but clap her hands and praise, "You are a person from the Western Martial Arts Arena?
"You...... How do you know?" Ming Shuhui was shocked, this girl was really not an ordinary person, she only made a random move, and she actually saw the origin of martial arts, and seemed to know everything about the martial arts of Xia Wulin, and she really underestimated her before.
"Don't be surprised, I only know a little bit about martial arts moves, but when it comes to how to use moves and compete in martial arts, I don't know at all. Xie Yanran saw that Ming Shuhui was surprised and suspicious, and hurriedly explained.
Although Ming Shuhui learned that she didn't know martial arts, she didn't dare to despise her anymore.
"Run away, I still have something to do, and I have to go back to Kiyomizu Temple immediately." Ming Shuhui stood up and said to Xie Yanran, and turned around to leave.
"Hey......" Xie Yanran called Ming Shuhui, "I'...... I'll go with you. ”
"Aren't you locked up by the people of Kiyomizu Temple? Isn't going back with me the same as throwing yourself into the net?" Ming Shuhui hurriedly stopped.
"However, I'm a girl, I don't know anyone in this wilderness, even if the people from Qingshui Temple can't catch me, it will inevitably be ...... by others" Xie Yanran wanted Ming Shuhui to protect herself, she said and lowered her head embarrassedly.
Ming Shuhui thought about it, leaving a girl alone, alone in this place where there is no village and no store, it is indeed against chivalry, and she can't bear it, so she simply nodded and asked Xie Yanran to go with her.
Because of the delay in saving Xie Yanran, Ming Shuhui was even more anxious, and he couldn't run fast with Xie Yanran. The two ran for a while, and finally came to the front of Qingshui Temple, Ming Shuhui pushed the door and rushed in, while Xie Yanran quietly hid behind, not daring to get too close to Ming Shuhui.
Ming Shuhui ran all the way to the backyard, in the middle of the courtyard, all the monks sat around Master Kong Ming and recited the Great Compassion Mantra, Master Kong Ming sat cross-legged with a serene expression, his hands folded, motionless, obviously deceased.
Not far away, Buddha Sheng was covered in blood, the blood and tears on his face were intertwined, and his expression had been blurred, only fiery eyes stared at Fang Renkui, while Fang Renkui stood upright with his hands behind his back......