Chapter Twenty-Five: The Shadowless Crane
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At this time, the wind blows the pine forest, and the pine forest shakes for a while. The whirring wind wanders among the pine branches and pine needles, and the sound of urging is like ten thousand horses galloping in the grassland, majestic and up-and-down...... Who is hiding in the pine forest and sneaking up on him? Judging from the method of sneaking up on himself, this person must have been instructed by a famous teacher. Hmph, even after the famous teacher, what are you afraid of with my merits!
He hated others secretly attacking the most, his body stood still, he was angry, and shouted: "Don't you show up yet......" With a kick of footsteps, people are like fast arrows from the string, flying into the pine forest. Li Xuan saw Zhuge Dongfang shoot into the pine forest like an arrow, and when the pine forest was neutral, there was a sound of shouting and fighting. Who was hiding in the pine forest? He listened to the sound of fighting one after another, and it was very intense, because he did not know whether the person who rescued him at the critical moment could fight Zhuge Dongfang, and although he was full of anxiety, he was suffering from the fact that he could not move. was anxiously wondering, only to hear a crisp voice coming from the pine forest, shouting: "Brother Li, don't you go quickly...... and then a white figure flew out of the pine forest like a tanuki.
Li Xuan was hit by Zhuge Dongfang's palm, which was just the moment when the opponent's scorpion venom attacked, so the injury was much lighter than Duan Xiaotian's. Although he lay on the ground, the cold and paralyzing feeling of his body had already receded a lot. At this time, when I heard a crisp voice shouting my name, my heart was shocked, and I stood up suddenly, and a wave of warmth came to my heart, and I secretly said in my heart: "It turned out to be Ah Ying! Why is she here?"
At this time, Zhuge Dongfang had jumped out of the pine forest with Ah Ying closely. When he saw Ah Ying coming out of the pine forest, he didn't hesitate, he dodged to protect Li Xuan's side, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have saved beauties, but now it is a beautiful woman who saves her brother, ha...... Little sister sacrificed herself to save her lover!" Li Xuan and Ah Ying listened to his sarcastic words, their faces turned red with each other, they glanced at each other, and then immediately separated. Seeing that Li Xuan's face was as usual, Ah Ying had stood up, and she was happy in her heart, turned her head to Zhuge Dongfang and grinned and said, "Hey, Mr. Zhuge , you are a famous martial arts senior, but now you are here to bully the juniors, are you ashamed?" Zhuge Dongfang squinted his eyes, looked around, and said slowly: "Little girl, do you also have entanglements with the rich dart...... What about your accomplices...... Why did you save this kid?"
Ah Ying grinned and said: "I'm not your prisoner, I am so scared if you ask me like this!" Zhuge Dongfang saw her hippie smile and was not afraid, and couldn't help but secretly say: "This little girl is extraordinary, although she is not proficient in the dart skills of cutting branches and punching holes with one hand, but when she shoots, she has a faint celebrity demeanor, and when she fights me in the pine forest, she can avoid my famous stunt 'Ice Serial Three-Step Kill'...... It seems that she must have the backing of a master. Thinking of this, he held back his anger, did not attack easily, and said lightly: "What are you doing here?" Ah Ying pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "This place is deserted, and it is not your family's land, I will come when I come, and I will leave if I want to go, do you want to ask Mr. Zhuge for instructions?"
Zhuge Dongfang laughed and said, "Since you don't tell the reason, you won't blame me for being ruthless later." ā
Ah Ying was about to answer, when she heard a deep voice in the pine forest say: "The subordinates are merciless? Zhuge Dongfang's tone is too big, right?" As soon as the voice was finished, an old man slowly walked out of the hiding place of Ah Ying.
The old man had just walked out of the pine forest, and before he could stand still, there was a burst of laughter in the pine forest on the other side. Everyone listened to this laughter for a long time, the vicissitudes of breath, and the smell made the eardrums rumble and stir, and it was obvious that this person's internal strength was extremely strong.
Li Xuan saw that the old man who walked out of Ah Ying's hideout was none other than Shen Wuxing, who was instructing him in martial arts outside the Kelaixi Hotel, and was called the former leader of the Heavenly God Gang by Duan Xiaotian. To his surprise, the man who walked out of the pine forest on the other side was not tall, his face was wrinkled, and his eyes were faintly shining with cold light, and he was actually an old man who had set up a tea shed next to the Loess Avenue to tell stories. Li Xuan saw that they were all hiding in the pine forest, and they appeared at the same time, which was really incomprehensible.
Shen Wuxing looked at the surprised Li Xuan, nodded, and said with a smile: "Shaoxia, it seems that we always have a fate?"
Li Xuan's half body was still numb, and after seeing Shen Wuxing, his heart felt warm, and he smiled bitterly: "It really made the seniors laugh." ā
Shen Wuxing waved his hand, laughed, turned his head to look at the old man who appeared in the pine forest opposite, his expression did not seem to be surprised, he smiled and hugged his fists, and said in a deep voice: "I have heard that there is an ancient technique in the rivers and lakes, when you shoot lightly, and lift the weight as lightly, it is very similar to the Shaolin Flying Flower Leaf Picking Technique, the name is: Ghost Hand Technique...... The technique is powerful, it can hurt the enemy three or five hundred zhang away, and because its secret weapon seems to be pinched by the night ghost's hand, flying slowly, weird and wonderful, without the sound of breaking the wind, until the distance of three feet close to the enemy will suddenly exert force, which is difficult to prevent. Hahaha...... Unexpectedly, I have been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, and tonight I am fortunate to see this stunt in this barren mountain and wild mountains!"
When the old man heard this, he smiled, but sighed again and said, "Shen Wuxing is really good eyesight. It is true that the ghost hand technique has been extinct for decades, but how can the ordinary martial art of the ghost hand hurt the enemy for three or five hundred zhang? hehe...... Shame, shame! How can a ghost hand hurt an enemy three to five hundred feet...... That's just ignorance and people competing to tout. ā
Although Shen Wuxing heard the old man shout a few times and was ashamed, his face was colorful, and he felt slightly funny, but when he heard him recognize himself and call his name, he must know that he had run away from the Heavenly God Gang, so he groaned slightly and asked: "Since you know how to use ghost hands, you don't know if you know a 'ghost king' who moved the rivers and lakes in the previous dynasty?" When the old man heard Shen Wuxing mention the name of 'ghost king', he immediately put away his expression as if he was asleep, and said with a straight face: "Mr. Ouyang, the ghost king, is the teacher of the next generation. As soon as these words came out, except for Li Xuan and A Ying, who had never heard of the name of the 'Ghost King' and were not surprised, Shen Wuxing, Zhuge Dongfang, and Duan Xiaotian were all taken aback. You must know that before the Great Sui Dynasty, the world went through several major chaos, and the people were not able to make a living. For a time, the rivers and lakes were full of bloody wind and rain, and there was no moment of peace. But a chaotic river and lake is also a furnace for creating famous wizards, and the ghost king Ouyang Zhennan is one of them. Anyone who has experience in the rivers and lakes knows that the ghost king has two stunts, one is the floating duckweed light skill that no one can chase. The second is a shadowless and invisible, unguardable ghost hand hidden weapon.
The rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes, and they have always paid attention to the order of respecting the elders and the inferior.
Although Shen Wuxing met the old man for the first time, when he heard that he turned out to be a disciple of the ghost king Ouyang Zhennan, he couldn't help but be in awe, and said: "I heard that the predecessor of the ghost king only accepted two apprentices in his life, one is the 'Flying Fairy Fox' Liang Jiu who followed him to join the yamen of the world in the previous dynasty, and the other is Mr. Yuan Wenmen Yuan, who is lazy in the rivers and lakes all year round, and I don't know how to ...... it."
The old man didn't wait for him to finish, and said with a smile: "No, it's the lazy Yuan Wenmen below." As for the illusory name of 'Shadowless Crane', it's just a casual name given by friends in the rivers and lakes who love Yuan...... If you don't dare to take it seriously, please don't mention it. ā
Shen Wuxing listened to his humility and sighed, "I see. However, Mr. Yuan is humble, if you can't afford this name, who can afford it!" He said this, but said in his heart: "Everyone in the rivers and lakes respects you as a 'shadowless crane' on the surface, but most of them call you 'shadowless poisonous crane' behind their backs...... This person has always been invisible, ruthless, and indeed 'shadowless' and 'poisonous crane'. He looked at Yuan Wenmen and saw that he looked like a big thorn, and couldn't help but secretly say, "Why did he come here?"
Yuan Wenmen didn't know Shen Wufear's thoughts, and said lightly: "Shen Wuxing, now you are also an idle cloud and wild crane, why don't you live outside the world, but you ran to this barren mountain and wild cliff?" Shen Wuxing originally planned to find an opportunity to ask him what he was doing here, but because they met for the first time, they couldn't be too direct, and because the other party's name was too loud, if they asked each other bluntly, it would be a trivial matter to lose the etiquette of the rivers and lakes, but it would be a big deal if they angered him. He was secretly thinking about how to find out the purpose of the other party's trip, but he didn't expect to ask himself first.
Shen Wuxing was slightly stunned and said, "Since Mr. Yuan knows someone Shen, then I won't deceive him." Earlier, my granddaughter and I passed by the bottom of the mountain, and heard the sound of whistling and shouting in the mountains and forests, and we were curious, so we found all the way here, is this why Mr. Yuan also came here?" Yuan Wenmen nodded, as if he did not want to answer, but said simply: "That's true." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Xuan beside Ah Ying, and saw that he was helping Duan Xiaotian up, so he smiled and said, "This little friend, do you remember the old man?" Li Xuan heard him suddenly ask himself, and hurriedly said: "Of course I know...... On that day in the tea shed, the younger generation only listened to you tell legendary stories, but they didn't know that you were the predecessor of the famous rivers and lakes, which was really disrespectful. Yuan Wenmen laughed when he heard this, his expression was quite bold, and he sighed: "Xiaoyou is chivalrous, and he still doesn't forget to stretch out his hand to pull the old man when he is in danger, and now in the rivers and lakes, it is really rare!"
Li Xuan said: "That's the juniors who don't know the sky and the earth, thinking that the seniors are ...... The predecessor was just a storyteller and a tea seller. Yuan Wenmen laughed again, and said: "Telling books and selling tea? I really hope to be able to live so leisurely and leisurely for the rest of my life!" As he spoke, he arched his hand to Shen Wuxing and Li Xuan, and said, "When the two of you wait for a while, let Yuan deal with a small matter first, and then let's talk about it in detail." Shen Wuxing and Li Xuan listened to his polite words, and hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Please take care of yourself." But in his heart, he didn't know what the little thing he was talking about, and he was hesitating whether to avoid it, but he saw Yuan Wenmen suddenly speak violently, and shouted to Zhuge Dongfang: "Zhuge boy, spare you for your extraordinary martial arts, and you have mixed some fame in the rivers and lakes, don't you know the old man's methods?" Zhuge Dongfang, who was standing on the side, had already turned pale when he heard that the sleepy old man in front of him was actually Yuan Wenmen, the 'shadowless crane' who had made the people in the rivers and lakes feel terrible.
Zhuge Dongfang was silent, not knowing whether to leave or stay, so at this moment, he suddenly heard Yuan Wenmen ask himself sharply, and couldn't help blurting out 'Ah Ye', looked up at Yuan Wenmen, and muttered: "Of course I know, how can I not know!"
Yuan Wenmen looked at Zhuge Dongfang fiercely, and sighed suddenly: "If it weren't for the fact that the four girls always begged me so hard that I wouldn't hurt your life, you would have been a ghost under the hands of old decay." As soon as these words came out, Shen Wuxing and Li Xuan couldn't help but be confused, looking at each other, not understanding what entanglement Yuan Wenmen and Zhuge Dongfang had with their questions and answers.
Shen Wuxing understands that people in the rivers and lakes usually regard reputation and face as more important than their lives, and although Zhuge Dongfang has joined the imperial court and admired wealth and nobility, he is also a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes after all. At this moment, although he didn't know what kind of entanglement there was between Yuan Wenmen and Zhuge Dongfang, if he was by his side, watching Zhuge Dongfang make a fool of himself and lose face, it would be even more painful than killing him. After a little contemplation, he clasped his fists and saluted, and said to Yuan Wenmen: "Mr. Yuan, if there is nothing else to do, we will have to leave." After the words were finished, Yuan Wenmen said: "Slow." Later, Yuan has something to ask you for. ā
Shen Wuxing was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't know what he meant, and said in his heart: "I have never met him, and I have nothing to do with him, but how can I ask for advice?" Just as he was about to ask, he heard Yuan Wenmen ask Zhuge Dongfang: "Do you know that the fourth girl heard that you appeared in the area of Junwang Mountain, and you have galloped in the starry night, and rushed all the way from Yanmen to here, just to see you?"
Zhuge Dong was ashamed and said in a low voice: "How can the younger generation know about this! Now the fourth sister is ...... Where is she? Kim ...... Is Brother Jinshui here?"
Yuan Wenmen saw Zhuge Dongfang's expression, his cold face eased a lot, but his anger did not go away, and said: "I don't know where she is, she has been looking for you for ten years, if you know that you are here, you will definitely go nearby." That's why I set up the tea shed, alas...... My four girls!"
Li Xuan listened to the two of them and suddenly understood. It turned out that Yuan Wenmen set up a tea shed on the side of the road to find the four girls. But who are the four girls? It seems that she must have had a relationship with Zhuge Dongfang back then, could it be that because Zhuge Dongfang began to abandon the chaos, the four girls loved and hated, and they never forgot it? Am I right?"
Zhuge Dongfang's face turned pale, looked at Yuan Wenmen, and said in a low voice: "It should be so." Yuan Wenmen saw that he agreed without thinking, and a smile slowly appeared on his stern face, and he turned to Shen Wuxing and said, "Repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with grievances, should it be like this?"
Shen Wuxing had vaguely understood the entanglement between Zhuge Dongfang and Yuan Wenmen at this time, and when he saw Yuan Wenmen's words, Zhuge Dongfang would be called the 'three unprovoked people' by the Jianghu people, and he was surprised and amused. He looked at Yuan Wenmen, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his gestures, but what was wrong, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.