Chapter 4 Half a knife fell into the city
A pot of tea soup can be divided into up to seven cups, generally speaking, only five cups, after drinking two cups of tea soup, Wu Heng did not let Yang Ning divide the fifth pot, reminiscing about the endless fragrance in the abdomen, although Wu Heng is still unfinished, but still smiled: "Everything can not be exhausted, there must be room for it, this last cup of tea is not drunk, in the past when the king and the master of the order tasted tea, the master said so." ”
Yang Ning couldn't help but be in a trance when he heard this, remembering that when he served the Lord of Huofeng County and the Hidden Emperor in the past, he tasted tea, and sure enough, the fifth lamp was always abandoned, that is, sometimes when he could get one, it would not be the fifth lamp, which was really the habit of the master.
Wu Heng didn't seem to notice that he was losing his mind, and said: " This king was defeated, and he was angry, so he simply took a few guards to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the king's knife technique is to watch the snow peak flying snow, although defeated by Yang Yuan, but this king felt that it was not my sword intention to lose to him, but this king did not understand deeply, so he went to the snow mountain again, hoping to get some enlightenment from the wind and snow, so that the king's knife skills to a higher level, the competition skills, victory or defeat is just an ordinary thing, but defeat can not be discouraged, this king is really unwilling to lose the knife to others, so he took the opportunity to retreat and practice the knife. ”
Hearing this, Yang Ning only felt the same feeling, so he nodded again and again: "The prince is right, if you lose, you will lose, and you will fight again next time." In his heart, he remembered Ping Yan, in his heart, Ping Yan was the master he dreamed of, and the hearty decisive battle was still replaying in his heart.
In fact, Wu Heng did not tell the truth completely here, he put down the military and political affairs at that time, and went to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to retreat and practice, in addition to wanting to improve his sword skills, but because he was defeated and retreated in Minshu, there was an unstable trend in southern Xinjiang, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to eradicate those unstable forces, so he concealed the truth that his strength was not greatly damaged, and left Qujing to go to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, leaving a gap for those ambitious people with different ambitions to stir up, in fact, after he returned to Qujing from the Snow Mountain, he went on a killing spree, removing dozens of unstable families and some generals in the army, if it weren't for this time he consolidated his rule over southern Xinjiang, Jianping's thirteen-year rebellion will not be easily quelled, and Ning Sudao may not be righteous and killed. It's just that this kind of scheming can't be talked about to people, so Wu Heng will cover up the past. just thinking of the past, I still feel that I am stunned in my heart, I have been bound by power and wealth, and I can't help it. But it is this young man who does not understand the world without concern, he can do it spontaneously, and if he wants to compete in peace, he can come to the door to challenge, and he doesn't have to worry about it. He didn't want to compete with Yang Yuan anymore, but the two of them are now different, one is the first master of the royal family, and the other is the vassal king sitting in southern Xinjiang.
Thinking of this, Wu Heng couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart, but he pressed the melancholy in his heart in an instant, with a look of memory on his face, and said in an almost longing tone:
"Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the first mountain in southern Xinjiang, also known as Snow Ridge, thirteen main peaks stretch for 100 miles from north to south, snow cover for thousands of years, like a row of jade pillars standing on the ground, the peaks are beautiful and upright, bright and clean like jade, Jun is quite bright, such as beautiful jade crystal, such as a sharp sword through the clouds, such as a jade dragon flying, so it is also called Jade Dragon Mountain. If it is cloudy, you can see the clouds steaming and the clouds are faint, if it is a clear sky, you can see the peaks such as jade, bright and dazzling, if the bright moon is like a wheel, you can see the moonlight dissolving, the snow peaks are bright, if it is the turn of spring and summer, you can see the rhododendrons full of mountains and valleys under the snow line, bright as clouds, the style is ten thousand kinds, there are hundreds of kinds of orchids of various grades in the deep valley and dangerous ravines, the fairy posture is quiet, the eyes are dizzying. But this king thinks that the most beautiful time of the snow ridge is to stand on the top of the snow peak, overlooking the snow glacier, looking up at the snowy snow, if you can see it with your own eyes, you will know what is Qionglou Yuyu, what is the frozen snow drift, this kind of wind and snow, is compared to the Hudi desert of the wind and snow, it may not be much inferior.
The thirteen peaks of the Snow Ridge, the main peak is called the White Snow Mountain, also known as the Snow Bucket Peak, it is extremely steep, the wall stands ten thousand thousands, straight into the sky, the snow on the top of the mountain, it does not disappear after summer, thousands of miles to look at it, if it is in close proximity, the Snow Bucket Peak is difficult to cross, the people are not in reach, between the mountains and valleys, there are dozens of miles of glaciers blocking the road, the glacier of the Snow Ridge condenses outside and melts inside, if the sunlight shines down, you can even see the blue ice liquid inside the almost transparent glacier flowing slowly, if you are not careful, you may fall into it, the locals call it ' Ice Soul Prison', which means that once you fall into it, not only your life is not guaranteed, but even your soul cannot be reincarnated, it is the king, although he is conceited of martial arts, he has practiced swords in the mountains for seven years, although he has tried several times, but he has given up halfway, and has never reached the peak.
In fact, in terms of reasoning, this king should not be in danger, but the king of Japan thought hard about a knife technique, but encountered a bottleneck, no matter how can not figure it out, waste sleep and forget to eat to no avail, this king was angry, he wanted to watch the snow on the snow bucket peak, hoping to be able to suddenly open up, so he simply threw off the guards and climbed to the peak. At that time, there was nothing else in the king's heart except the sword technique, not to mention the life of the king, it was a picturesque country, and millions of soldiers and civilians had been left behind. It's a pity that manpower is sometimes exhausted, and it is difficult to fly over, if you don't meet the commander halfway, I'm afraid that this king may not be able to survive. ”
Seeing that Wu Heng finally talked about the acquaintance with Shizun, Yang Ning's eyes flashed with excitement, and he listened intently.
Wu Heng almost forgot the existence of Yang Ning, just recalled the hidden past, and said lightly: "Brother Ximen is three years older than this king, he climbed the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, but he was looking for a person, according to him, that person likes to find secluded places, and is the most impatient to intersect with people, after that person disappeared for no reason, in order to find him, the more difficult and dangerous the place, the more he has to explore." In order to find that person, Brother Simon traveled almost all over the world, and that time he was alone because he learned about the danger and magnificence of Snow Dou Peak. Brother Simon was cautious and careful, and found several camps on the way to the mountain, and worked tirelessly to build an igloo to keep out the cold, and the house was to store food and fire, once the future was dangerous, or in case of a snowstorm, he would first return to the camp in front of him to rest, so that he moved forward slowly, although the speed of climbing the mountain was extremely slow, but it was much safer. However, those igloo camps were all hidden and safe, and the king hurried all the way, but he didn't see it, otherwise he would have known that there were others in the mountains. After being rescued, the king asked to climb the mountain with Brother Ximen, Brother Ximen's light feats are unparalleled in the world, although the Snow Bucket Peak is very dangerous, but it is not difficult for him, the King is familiar with the topography of the Snow Mountain, the two of us worked together, and finally climbed to the top of the Snow Bucket Peak after nine days. When we reached the summit, it happened to be snowing heavily, so Brother Simon and I built an igloo and stayed on the peak for three days. Brother Simon likes to cook tea, so he cut the thousand-year-old ice on the top of the mountain into cups and plates of tea kettle, took the wild snow orchid leaves at the bottom of the snow as tea, abandoned the mountain spring and did not use it, and used the snow for thousands of years as water, and cooked tea with pine charcoal fired by the green pine of the snow mountain. During those three days, the king watched the snow while burning incense and discussing martial arts with Brother Ximen, which really benefited a lot, and the 'wind and snow knife method' that was originally just formed became today's 'snow knife method'. ”
Wu Heng said this, only felt happy in his heart, that day he came down from the Snow Dou Peak, after breaking up with Ximen Lie, after seeing the guards who were already like ants on a hot pot again, he was almost explicitly advised by those guards, and secretly blamed for several days, and afterwards all the subordinate officials who knew that he was in danger were either tactful, or straightforward, or bitter, in short, none of them agreed, and Wu Heng completely understood what "involuntarily" was , Because of this, he never mentioned the matter of Xue Dou Peak, not to mention that when Ximen Lie parted, although he did not say it explicitly, it also hinted at the meaning of not wanting to be known, the two made friends together, and for nearly 20 days before and after, Wu Heng had regarded him as a friend outside the world in his heart, if he wanted to mention the matter of Xue Dou Peak, he naturally couldn't avoid mentioning Ximen Lie, so he was silent for more than 20 years, and today he can speak freely to the disciples of his old friend, and he is naturally very happy.
Yang Ning originally listened leisurely, but what he was more eager to see Wu Heng's knife technique, this was his original purpose, if it weren't for this, even if Wu Heng was the old acquaintance of the master, he would not bow his head so much, so he said eagerly: "The master once said that the prince's knife technique has a total of seven ways, namely Xiaoxue Chuqing, treading snow and looking for plums, returning to the wind and dancing snow, fishing snow in the cold river, Shuofeng flying snow, Yuanmen twilight snow, snow hugging the blue pass, over the years, the prince must be striving for excellence, I don't know if it is still these seven roads today?"
A hint of playfulness flashed in Wu Heng's eyes, and he said: "Now it's the ninth road, and the other two roads are June Flying Frost and Fierce Snow Nameless, does Zijing want to take a look?"
Yang Ning's eyes lit up, Wu Heng had not promised him to take a look at the 'Burning Snow Knife Technique' for many times, he had already been worried in his heart, and at this moment he felt hopeful, his hands shrunk in his sleeves couldn't help but tremble slightly, and when he thought of being able to see the sword technique that his master had sincerely praised, he couldn't help but be excited. It's just that Yang Ning was suspicious of Wu Heng's words, Wu Heng once said that King Yi's swordsmanship Yang Yuan's sword technique was superior to the world, why didn't he feel that although Yang Yuan and Ximen Lie used the moves were so refined and exquisite, just the scattered Gangfeng killing intent was enough to make him coma by the momentum of the battle between the two sides, but he didn't see the so-called "mighty world" earth-shattering sword. He didn't suspect that Wu Heng was lying to him, but he suspected that his eyesight was insufficient, or that he was unconscious too early and didn't see the powerful sword technique, if so, if he wanted to peep at the leopard in the tube now, he could only use Wu Heng's knife technique. Since Wu Heng is a master of sword skills and admires Yang Yuan's sword skills, then there will definitely be the shadow of Yang Yuan's divine knife in his sword skills. It's just how to convince Wu Heng, this is a difficult problem, but although Yang Ning always seems a little stupid because he doesn't understand the world, but in terms of martial arts, he is very smart, in order to see Wu Heng's sword technique, he has a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he has come up with a method, and he doesn't get up, turning his palm into a knife and attacking Wu Heng.
Wu Heng's eyes first flashed with a cold light, but then there was a light sigh, he had been immersed in the knife technique all his life, how clever his eyesight was, he only felt that Yang Ning had used the half-move knife technique at first glance looked ordinary, but when he thought about it carefully, it was endlessly changing, and what made Wu Heng even more excited was that although this style of knife technique was peaceful and neutral, it was slightly revealing between the turns. Wu Heng's eyes were full of wonder, and he was about to carefully watch the next half of the move, but he saw Yang Ning suddenly stop moving, showing embarrassment on his face, in order to impress Wu Heng, he used the knife technique that he saw Yang Yuan use with his own eyes four years ago, but he only saw the first half of the move in his memory, and then he only remembered that his eyes were full of knife light, and then he passed out。
Wu Heng misunderstood Yang Ning's violent stabbing at the beginning, and he was already angry in his heart, and then found that Yang Ning was just demonstrating a knife technique to show him, so he was curious, this young man's martial arts he knew, since he rushed to make the knife in front of him, it must be that this knife technique is extraordinary, but Yang Ning only stopped after half of it, he first thought that Yang Ning intended to do this, and couldn't help but become more and more angry, but seeing Yang Ning's embarrassed appearance with a red face, he immediately understood that this knife technique must have been learned by him, but unfortunately it was not complete, and the anger in his heart instantly turned into unspeakable regret。
If you think of his knife skills, if you see excellent knife skills, you will be like a drunkard who sees old wine, and you must drink it to be happy, if someone takes away the wine bottle halfway through the drink, this pain is better than when there is no good wine to drink. With a long sigh, although he tried his best to endure it, Wu Heng still felt itchy and unbearable, and repeatedly thought in his heart about what the second half of this knife should look like, with his ability, he came up with several knife styles almost instantly, but he felt plausible, even he himself would not be satisfied, he couldn't help but glared at Yang Ning fiercely, turned around and went into the inner room to take the long knife, and said coldly: "Follow this king to the martial arts hall, if you can't remember the second half of the move, this king will kill you under the 'Burning Snow Knife'." ”
Yang Ning was full of joy and sorrow in his heart, and was happy to be able to watch Wu Heng's sword technique at the same time, the cold sweat on his head was already trickling down, and he scolded himself for being confused, in fact, as a disciple of the Martial Arts Sect, he had seen countless knife techniques, although he had always liked to use his bare hands, but he was not able to use the blade, just looking at his ability to fight with the practice of no trace in the knife technique, he knew that his attainments in this were already extraordinary, but at that moment he wanted to perform a knife technique that could attract Wu Heng, and he only thought of the half of the knife technique, which was the heart disease that he had been haunting for several years, but it came out at this moment。 Thinking that if Wu Heng's wish is difficult to fulfill, he is afraid that he will have to suffer, if it is not for the yearning for the "Burning Snow Sword Method" in his heart, I am afraid that he will no longer have the courage to follow Wu Heng to the martial arts hall, it has nothing to do with courage, even if he has the most unruly temperament in the world, there is no way to speak ill of his old friend to his master.
Wu Heng carried his knife and walked, but the assassin who was originally mentioned to the Water Pavilion followed closely behind, such a scene was too strange anyway, although those guards did not dare to ask, they secretly sent someone to inform the two highest-ranking people in the county guard's mansion, so when Wu Heng walked to the martial arts hall, he saw Duan Yue standing by the door, but Ning Sudao was outside and did not return. Wu Heng didn't care, but saw Duan Yue but said with a smile: "You came just in time, if you have the ability to stay in the martial arts hall, take a good look at the sword technique of this king, you have already made some achievements in the four ways of sword techniques such as returning to the wind and dancing snow, Shuofeng flying snow, Yuanmen twilight snow, and snow hugging the blue pass, and you can also start to practice the three ways of Xiaoxue Chuqing, stepping on the snow to find plums, and fishing for snow in the cold river. ”
Duan Yue was overjoyed when he heard this, although he learned the knife from Wu Heng, he was not a disciple of the room, so he only learned four of the nine knives of the snow, but he did not dare to ask Wu Heng for help, today he had the opportunity to be able to see Wu Heng's knife technique, and the original intention of persuading Wu Heng was actually put down, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you for the grace of the king." ”
Wu Heng ignored Duan Yue, turned his head to look at Yang Ning and said, "Zijing, this king intends to let Duan Yue watch the battle, do you have any objections?" Although Yang Ning is still a prisoner, but at this time, Wu Heng is speaking to Yang Ning as a martial artist, if Yang Ning does not want his martial arts to fall into the eyes of outsiders, he can naturally refuse.
Duan Yue's heart trembled, and he immediately remembered that he had just whipped this person a few days ago, but at this moment, he had to get his consent to watch the battle, although he knew that since Wu Heng first said this request and then asked Yang Ning, most of the time Yang Ning would not refuse, but he was still uneasy in his heart, lest this young man refuse to nod in order to retaliate, and he couldn't care about being rude, he looked up at Yang Ning, and his eyes showed eagerness. In fact, if he had something in his mind, it should not have been easy for people to find out, but being able to learn the "Burning Snow Knife Technique" was the deepest desire in his heart, but at this moment, he couldn't contain his excitement.
After Yang Ning heard Wu Heng's request, he was originally reluctant in his heart, not because he was afraid to let others see his martial arts, the martial arts sect has always been eclectic, and there is no standard of self-cherishment, so he is reluctant because he will inevitably be taught a hard lesson by Wu Heng today, if he is seen by outsiders, he will feel a little embarrassed with his cold face and cold heart. Therefore, if Duan Yue hid his anxious mood according to common sense, Yang Ning would definitely refuse, but when he looked at it, he saw that Duan Yue looked very nervous, thinking of his mood of racking his brains to persuade Wu Heng, and then thinking that although this person had used a heavy punishment on himself, he was quite polite to himself after being tortured, which made the killing intent in his heart much lighter, at least he would not think that he would have to kill this person in the future, after all, his heart was soft, and he nodded slightly almost imperceptibly. Duan Yue was naturally ecstatic in his heart, but Wu Heng also nodded secretly, he liked Yang Ning's generosity quite much in his heart, but he didn't know that if it weren't for Duan Yue's anxious appearance that affected Yang Ning's heart, Yang Ning would definitely not be a tolerant person.
Ning Sudao was born in a family, and in the troubled times, no one will ignore the armed forces, so although the martial arts hall in the county guard mansion is not as perfect as the martial arts hall of Qujing Ning's family, it is also quite magnificent and magnificent, under the shade of orange, yellow, orange and green, a brick and wood hall with five rooms in width and depth stands in the corner of the orange grove, and the plaque with gold characters on a black background is the three words "martial arts hall", which is dignified and heavy, but it is Ning Sudao's own handwriting.
Yang Ning followed Wu Heng into the door of the martial arts hall, and saw that in the empty hall, except for the west wall, there were five weapon racks, on which were whips, guns, swords, halberds, spears, axes, all kinds of things. There are more than a dozen sabers of different shapes hanging on the east wall, although most of the scabbard handles are dull, but they can't hide the faint murderous aura coming out of the sheath, this scene reminds Yang Ning of the scene in the practice secret room of Qifeng Palace in the past, and he can't help but his eyes darken, but the fighting spirit in his heart is flourishing, but with a flick of his fingers, he calmed down.
Wu Heng walked to the center of the martial arts hall with his knife and said lightly: "What weapon do you use?"
Yang Ning knew what Wu Heng meant, although he mostly fought the enemy empty-handed, but against a master like Wu Heng who was close to the level of a grandmaster, if he wanted to use his fist to deal with the treasure knife, it was better to simply wipe his neck. Yang Ning's eyes first fell on a weapon rack, which was full of steel guns, two large guns, eight feet two inches of flat guns, seven feet of flower guns, five feet and five inches of short guns, everything, each gun has a few shots with different weights and thicknesses, very complete. Yang Ning slowly walked to the front of the weapon rack, stretched out his hand and took a big gun, as soon as the barrel of the gun covered with fine threads fell into his hand, Yang Ning felt very comfortable, and gently polished the body of the gun for a moment, his eyes lingered repeatedly on the tip of the gun, which should have been jet black, but now it has been polished to a bright stone, and the red tassel made of the red mane of the fierce horse, and his eyes revealed complex emotions.
Wu Heng frowned, although the gun is the king of a hundred soldiers, but what Yang Ning wants to see today is the 'Burning Snow Knife Method', and Wu Heng also wants to force Yang Ning to recall the follow-up of the half-move knife technique, so he doesn't want Yang Ning to choose to use a gun, but if he says something to stop it, it is inappropriate. Duan Yue naturally didn't understand Wu Heng's intentions, and he didn't have any resistance to Yang Ning's choice to use a gun, but when his eyes fell on Yang Ning's back, he saw Yang Ning holding a big gun with a proud and heroic posture, not like a master of the rivers and lakes, but like a battle-hardened general, and couldn't help but move in his heart.
However, to the surprise of the two, although Yang Ning was reluctant, he put down the big gun in his hand, walked in front of Wu Heng, smiled slightly, and then stretched out his right hand to the east wall, a knife roared like a dragon and a tiger, as if there was an invisible thin line traction, a thick-backed single knife came out of the sheath and fell into Yang Ning's hand, Yang Ning looked solemn, hugged the knife, and a tragic momentum surged out of him, Wu Heng's expression in it did not change at all, but Duan Yue, who was standing on the edge of the hall door, was shocked by the cold knife qi and turned pale, and his eyes showed a shocked look, at this moment he knew how lucky that day was, secretly admired at the same time, but felt unwilling in his heart, although the sword was like a tide, he gritted his teeth and stood still.
Duan Yue only saw Yang Ning's back, and naturally didn't know that Yang Ning's slightly pale and delicate face flashed with red light, but Wu Heng saw it in his eyes, frowned, and said: "This king tried the knife with you, but it didn't have to aggravate your injuries, but you didn't need to involve internal injuries in order to gain the first opportunity." ”
When Yang Ning heard this, a trace of fluctuation flashed in his eyes, and the momentum around him gradually weakened unconsciously, and at the moment when he controlled the internal force so that it would not touch the internal injury, a snow-bright cold light flashed in the hall, and by the time Yang Ning saw it clearly, Wu Heng already had an extra treasure knife in his hand. It was a five-foot long knife, in which the blade was three feet eight inches long, the handle was one foot two inches long, the knife was one inch and two minutes wide, the slightly curved blade was in line with the heaven and the earth, holding the knife in his hand, Wu Heng was no longer a kind and kind elder, nor was he a graceful and dignified King of Dian, but a knife technique that was enough to sweep the world. The feeling of flesh and blood clearly surged into his heart, even with his cultivation, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, as if echoing his mood, and the cold glow of the treasure knife began to stretch a little.
Although Yang Ning could also feel Wu Heng's excitement, Yang Ning could even feel that Wu Heng was gradually reducing his internal strength, but he even found that despite this, the momentum around Wu Heng had not weakened by half a minute, his person and the knife seemed to have become one, and his spirit had been integrated into the blade, and it could no longer be separated.