Chapter 22: Tenderness is like water
Ever since he learned the second form of the Infinite Sword Technique, "Infinite Vientiane", Cunyi felt that his qi and blood were often surging, and his eyes were dark. He told his senior brother about it, and Zhang Jianfeng told Cunyi that it was because of his lack of cultivation.
Cunyi also thought that this was the reason, but the burning pain in his chest made it impossible for him to continue his swordsmanship. Zhang Jianfeng said: "At the top of the Lingxiao Peak of this sect, there is a Xuanbing Flame Cave, where the Wuji Fruit grows. This fruit is extremely cold and can remove the burning pain from your body. ”
Cunyi was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said to Zhang Jianfeng: "Senior brother, can you tell me where Ling Xiaofeng is?"
Zhang Jianfeng pointed to Cunyi and said, "Senior brother, that snow-capped mountain is." ”
Cunyi said to Zhang Jianfeng: "Senior brother, without further ado, I will go to Ling Xiaofeng to find the Wuji Fruit. ”
Zhang Jianfeng said: "Senior brother, slow down, I still have two Wuji Fruits, if the junior brother practices the sword, there is pain again, you can take it." ”
Cunyi took the Wuji Fruit and said to Zhang Jianfeng, "Thank you, Senior Brother." ”
Zhang Jianfeng said with a smile: "Senior brother, we belong to the same family, why do you want to see outside?"
Cunyi said to Zhang Jianfeng: "Senior brother, with your help, my swordsmanship will improve very quickly." ”
Zhang Jianfeng patted Cunyi's shoulder and said to him: "Senior brother, the two swordsmanship I taught, you must practice it well. Senior brother, I will go down the mountain for a few days, and when I come back, I will see your martial arts improve by leaps and bounds. ”
Cunyi nodded, and Zhang Jianfeng left the back mountain.
In the inner hall of Wuji Gate, the scholar handed a letter to Zhang Jianfeng.
Zhang Jianfeng took the letter and looked at it, and the envelope read, "The giant whale helped the head of Zhao to open it personally." ”
The scholar said to Zhang Jianfeng: "The teacher recently received a letter from Zhao Zhuolong and Zhao Zhangmen of the Taihu Lake Giant Whale Gang, saying that a large number of strange stones and jade toys will be loaded into ships through Taihu Lake. ”
Zhang Jianfeng replied: "Since the creation of the Jianghu faction, all factions have respected Shaolin, and Master Zhishan, the abbot of Shaolin, is a highly respected monk.
The scholar replied: "Master Zhao also knows that he is soft-spoken, so his tone in the letter is extremely humble, and he just asks us to help them. ”
Zhang Jianfeng said: "Master, with all due respect to the disciples, we have never had anything to do with the Giant Whale Gang, and those loaded with strange stones and jade must be official ships. You are an idle cloud outside the world, and in the humble opinion of your disciples, you really shouldn't come to this troubled water. ”
The scholar listened to Zhang Jianfeng's words and reproached him: "Jianfeng, how does the master teach you on weekdays?"
Zhang Jianfeng replied: "You warned your disciples to walk the rivers and lakes to be chivalrous and righteous. ”
The scholar said, "If you know it by heart, why do you forget it when you use it? Moreover, the construction of gardens will inevitably have to forcibly recruit people's husbands, such an unrighteous act of wasting the people's financial resources, as a chivalrous man, how can he stand idly by?"
Zhang Jianfeng knelt down and said, "Master's words are like an initiation, which makes the disciple suddenly open. ”
The scholar said: "You understand the good intentions of the teacher, you must be humble and cautious this time, and learn more from the predecessors of the rivers and lakes." ”
Zhang Jianfeng couldn't help nodding, bidding farewell to his master, and preparing to leave for the mountain.
At this moment, Zi Yan walked in with a basket on her arm and a bright smile on her face.
Zhang Jianfeng looked at Zi Yan who was full of spring breeze, and said to her: "Senior sister, this small basket of bamboo strips is really exquisite, where did you buy it?"
Zi Yan pursed her lips and smiled: "I didn't buy it, I made it in my spare time." ”
Zhang Jianfeng asked again: "Senior sister, when did you pay so much attention to these small things?"
The scholar sat on the wooden chair, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I see that since Cunyi joined the Wuji Gate, Zi Yan has become more and more adept at taking care of people, tell Master, what is delicious in this basket?"
Zi Yan's cheeks were crimson, and she turned around and fiddled with the placket with her hands.
Zhang Jianfeng saw Zi Yan's shy daughter, his heart was shaken, and he didn't know where he was?
However, he immediately regained his senses, and if he didn't get rid of Yang Cunyi, his junior sister would never look at him squarely. Zhang Jianfeng put his hatred in his heart, said goodbye to his master and Zi Yan and went down the mountain silently.
Zi Yan came to the back mountain with the basket, and she saw Cunyi holding the stone wall with her hand, contemplating and thinking.
She quietly walked up to Cunyi, patted him on the shoulder and asked, "What are you thinking?"
Cunyi turned his head and said, "It turns out that Senior Sister is here." ”
Zi Yan said with a pout: "It's not me, who else will it be?" ”
Cunyi hurriedly defended: "How can I ignore my senior sister, it's just that I still can't comprehend the swordsmanship taught by my senior brother in my heart. ”
Zi Yan put the basket on the stone table, walked to Cunyi's side and said softly: "Don't be anxious, you can't be impetuous when learning martial arts, if you don't understand something, you can ask me or the master." ”
As soon as Cunyi heard the word "Master", he hurriedly took Zi Yan's hand and said, "Senior sister, you let me ask Master, it's okay, his old man didn't teach me swordsmanship, didn't he learn his martial arts secretly to make him angry?"
Zi Yan lowered her head, her face was as red as the morning glow, Cunyi saw that she didn't speak, and hurriedly asked, "Senior sister, why don't you speak?"
Zi Yan glanced at Cunyi with watery eyes, and said softly: "You still don't let go, what does it look like?"
Only then did Cunyi know that he was rude, and kept apologizing to Zi Yan in his mouth.
Zi Yan said with a smile: "Senior brother, although my martial arts are not as good as senior brother, but after all, I learned swordsmanship earlier than you, if you don't understand something, we can study it together." ”
Cunyi said: "With my senior sister to guide me, what else can stump me?"
Zi Yan said coquettishly: "Where did you learn to be flamboyant." ”
Cunyi smiled, took a wooden sword given by Zhang Jianfeng, and said to Zi Yan: "Senior sister, you and I can study the first two moves of the Wuji Sword Technique together." ”
The two came to an open place behind the mountain, and Zi Yan said to Cunyi, "Senior brother, let's start." ”
The Cunyi sword did not come out of its sheath, and used the first form of the Wuji Sword Technique to attack Zi Yan.
Zi Yan raised her sword to greet her, and said with a smile: "Senior brother's sword is not out of the sheath, because I am afraid that I will be hurt when I compete with the sword." ”
Cunyi said: "Senior brother's swordsmanship is low, how dare you not be strong in front of your senior sister, just facing your senior sister with a sharp blade, it is too disrespectful to you." ”
Zi Yan saw that Cunyi was thoughtful, and she was secretly happy in her heart.
She practiced the first two styles of the Wuji Sword Technique taught by her master and practiced it with Cunyi.
When she used a move "Moon Shuttle", and the tip of the sword stabbed straight towards Cunyi, Cunyi turned around and stabbed a sword, which not only defused Zi Yan's attack, but also stabbed diagonally through her jade wrist.
Seeing that she had lost, Zi Yan sat on the stone bench and got angry. Cunyi walked up to her and said, "Senior sister, why don't you practice swords?"
Zi Yan glared at him, pretending to be angry and said, "You learned the strange swordsmanship of Guli and used it to bully me. ”
Cunyi said to Zi Yan: "Senior sister is so good to me, how dare I make you angry?"
Zi Yan blushed, glanced at him affectionately with beautiful eyes, and whispered, "I know how to pick up some nice words to make me happy." ”
Cunyi stood up and swore to the sky: "I, Yang Cunyi, swear to the sky that if I mess with my senior sister in the future, I will die with ten thousand arrows through my heart." ”
Zi Yan took his hand and said softly: "People are playing with you, why are you swearing so much." ”
Cunyi said to Zi Yan: "Senior sister, the move I used just now was not learned from others, but my improvement of my own swordsmanship in battle. ”
Zi Yan said: "Senior brother, the trick you just used is very similar to the "Wind Blowing Willows", but I can't confirm it. ”
Cunyi replied: "Senior sister, the trick I made just now was just a straight stab and a diagonal stab. ”
Zi Yan asked puzzledly, "Senior brother, aren't these moves in the swordsmanship fixed, how can you change them without authorization?"
Cunyi replied: "Senior sister, the power of swordsmanship lies not only in the cultivation of the martial artist himself, but also in the improvisation on the spot. If you can't guess the number of moves when facing the enemy, you will definitely be able to defeat the enemy. ”
Zi Yan nodded and said to Cunyi: "I didn't expect your comprehension to be so high, I have followed my master since I was a child, and I never thought that martial arts need to be learned and used. ”
Cunyi said to Zi Yan: "Senior sister, I can't help but study martial arts, the revenge in my family has not been avenged, I need to work harder." ”
Zi Yan nodded, and then asked, "Senior brother, if you take revenge one day, what are your plans in the future?"
Cunyi stood up, looked at the sun and said: "At that time, I will retire to the countryside, and live an ordinary life with my father-in-law and uncle Zhao at sunrise and sunset. ”
Zi Yan listened to Cunyi's words and hurriedly asked, "Are these people living with you?"
Cunyi was confused by Zi Yan's question, he looked at Zi Yan with puzzled eyes, and said to her, "Senior sister, I don't understand the meaning of your words. ”
Zi Yan said angrily: "What a big wood, could it be that in addition to your relatives, you have forgotten your master and ...... in your heart." ”
Cunyi took her hand and said, "Senior sister is good to me, I will always remember it in my heart." ”
At this time, Zi Yan suddenly shook off Cunyi's hand and ran away without looking back. She turned her back to Cunyi and shouted, "I don't want you to keep my good in mind, so I don't." ”
Cunyi sat in place in a daze, wondering in his heart, why did the senior sister lose her temper so much.
Zhang Jianfeng traveled all the way, and after more than ten days, he came to the helm of the Taihu Giant Whale Gang. He handed over the letters of the scholar to the gatekeepers. Seeing that the gang was a distinguished guest from the Tianshan Mountains, he did not dare to slack off, leading him to meet the gang leader. At this time, the gang leader Zhao Zhuolong was discussing the matter of the Taihu Lake boat robbery with Xu Dahai, the leader of the Sea Shark Gang, Tian Bufan, the leader of the Osprey Gang, and others.
Help the public tell Zhao Zhuolong, someone from Tianshan Wuji Gate came, Zhao Zhuolong and others saw Zhang Jianfeng's heroic face, they liked it very much, and ordered someone to sit and serve tea. Zhang Erfeng saluted the helpers, and learned that all the people who came were shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and people who were mixed with the water, Zhang Jianfeng despised them quite lightly. He thought to himself, my chance to show my talents.