Chapter 7: Learning Arts

On the morning of this day, Tieshan called the three brothers, and then sat down in front of the Buddha statue and said to the three: "I have been in the rivers and lakes for half of my life, and I am tired of all kinds of fighting and fighting, so I live in seclusion here. Prestige is my eldest disciple, and the only one I have accepted before the two of you.

And Ding'er is also my closed disciple, and I will not accept others in the future. Starting today, I will teach what I have learned in my life, but as for how far you can learn, it will depend on your respective creations. ”

Shangguan Qianye listened to it, and he felt his blood boiling, because in his heart, Wan Daxia's kung fu was already extremely high, but today he was fortunate to learn the same art with Wan Daxia, and worshiped Wan Daxia's master, Tieshan Jushi, as a teacher, which was something he never dreamed of. After all, Shangguan Ding is only a five-year-old child, and he doesn't understand what the adults say very well.

As the old Tieshan monk was talking, Shangguan Ding asked: "Master, my senior brother's name is Zhongyi Xia, so what kind of chivalry is my brother and I called?" Tieshan Jushi smiled and said to Wan Weiwang: "You tell them how to be called a chivalrous character." ”

Wan Weiwang said: "We will hold a newcomer fight every year in the martial arts, no matter which sect you are in, and no matter how many years you have practiced martial arts, as long as you are a newcomer, you can take the stage to compete, and the final top 20 winners are eligible to participate in the triennial champion fight." Only the three people with the highest martial arts in the champion are eligible to obtain the title of chivalry under the public recommendation of everyone. ”

After listening to this, Shangguan Ding continued to ask: "Is Xia the best kung fu?"

Wan Weiwang said with a smile: "Of course not, the top three champions are qualified to be heroes, but the top twenty are all qualified to participate in the five-year martial arts sect conference held in Taidouya." There are masters of various sects gathered, and if you have the ability to suppress at least three masters, you are qualified to start a sect. ”

Shangguan Qianye asked: "After having this qualification, does it prove that the kung fu is the highest?"

Wan Weiwang said: "No, for example, if you are a sword-maker, or a sword-maker, or just practicing fists and feet, you must use martial arts to prove that your kung fu is the strongest among all similar weapons at the once-a-year martial arts supreme conference, and then you are the faction supreme." And after the general competition of all faction supremes, the final winner is the leader of the martial arts. ”

After listening to this, Shangguan Qianye thought carefully for a while, and then asked Wan Weiwang, "Who is the current leader of the Martial Arts Alliance?"

Wan Weiwang said: "In the past few decades, there have been two martial arts masters who dare to sit in this position. Forty years ago, our master was the supreme martial arts at that time, and no one dared to challenge it in the past twenty years. Later, the master retreated here, and more than ten years ago, a peerless master appeared in the rivers and lakes, and everyone called him to be the shadow of the Zhang. Back then, he defeated all the faction supremes in one fell swoop and won the throne of the alliance leader in one fell swoop. In the past few decades, the only people who can defeat the supreme of all factions are Master and Zhangying Rulai. ”

Shangguan Ding asked, "Why is he called Zhangying Rulai?" Tieshan monk said: "He was an orphan since he was a child, and he didn't know his parents' surnames, but he was later adopted by a monk in a monastery and became a monk. Therefore, after he was born, everyone called him Rulai, which was a reverence for his kung fu, and Zhang Ying was a metaphor for his kung fu, that is, when he was fighting and moving, under the illumination of the sun, he could pull out a shadow one zhang long on the ground, but the shadow of ordinary people was always under his feet, and you couldn't get rid of it. ”

After hearing this, Shangguan Ding hurriedly lowered his head and looked at the shadow under his feet, and then ran a few laps, sure enough, the shadow was only at his feet, Shangguan Ding stood up and said to the Tieshan monk: "Master, I am running too slowly, if I am faster, I will definitely be able to stretch the shadow long." The Iron Mountain monk smiled and said, "Okay, if you want to learn, then I will teach you this method today." ”

Shangguan Qianye asked anxiously on the side: "Master, then what should I study?" The old monk said: "You two have different qualifications, his talent is reflexes, and your talent is superior to ordinary people's muscles and bones. Why are those faction overlords practicing hard for decades, but kung fu is still not the opponent of Zhangying Rulai? It is because of talent, in my opinion, that Zhangying Rulai's reflexes and his own speed are ten times that of ordinary people before he practiced martial arts. I think Ding'er may not be able to reach this speed after several years of hard training. And if you start from the basics, I believe that you will also become a famous grandmaster. ”

Shangguan Qianye was also very happy after hearing this. "When it comes to martial arts, speed and reflexes come first, followed by strength, and finally moves. When the first two are not dominant, we will think of moves. A peerless martial arts talent like Ding'er doesn't need a thousand tricks, only one trick is enough. ”

From this day on, Shangguan Qianye began to learn some of the most basic kung fu from his senior brother Wan Weiwang, boxing, leg pressing, horse steps, etc. That's what I've been practicing for nearly two years.

And Shangguan Qianye himself, after all, is still full of hatred in his heart, gritting his teeth and practicing hard, the master and senior brother can practice whatever they want, let them practice how they want, never lazy, and sometimes they have to get up at night to increase the amount of exercise. Whenever the old monk of Tieshan saw him working so hard, he also felt very relieved.

At first, Tieshan lay man let him sit face to face with the cat, put a fish ball in front of the cat, and let Guan Ding and the cat rob it.

At the beginning, Ding'er's hands were always scratched by cats, and there were blood marks. Sometimes children don't want to practice anymore, and they think it's boring. I always went to the Iron Mountain monk and asked myself why I was so stupid, but I couldn't grab it even though the cat's movements were very slow. Under the careful guidance and strict discipline of the old monks of Tieshan, Shangguan Ding still persevered.

Half a year later, when Shangguan Ding sat opposite the cat, he could already grab the fish balls very casually. Just when he himself felt that it was boring to practice like this, Tieshan Monk asked him to stand up, then took a step back, and rushed over to grab it.

After months of training, Shangguan Ding's footsteps were significantly faster. In the following days, the old monk let Shangguan Ding keep retreating, and then constantly changed the position of the cat, sometimes Shangguan Ding had to squat down to grab it, and sometimes he had to jump up to grab it.

In this way, Shangguan Ding and the cat were together for two years. Two years later, Shangguan Ding has been able to easily grab the fish balls under the cat's claws from five steps away from all angles.

One day two years later, the old monk of Tieshan found Shangguan Qianye and awarded him a knife. The old monk of Tieshan said to Shangguan Qianye: "Child, I will give you this knife today, and you will start learning the technique of the knife from today onwards." ”

Shangguan Qianye happily took the knife and bowed to the Tieshan monk. Tieshan Monk said: "The name of this knife is called the Seven-Eyed Remnant Dragon. Shangguan Qianye looked at the knife carefully, the whole knife was blue, and the entire blade was a huge dragon head, but there was no dragon body, presumably this is why it is called a remnant dragon.

Looking at the seven holes in the knife again, I don't know what it is for. The Tieshan monk then took out seven red steel beads and said to Shangguan Qianye: "I have seven beads here, which are the seven eyes of the remnant dragon, and each hole on the knife body can be inlaid with one. The blade itself weighs only three catties, and each bead weighs two catties.

You first practice this knife for three months, then add a bead to the knife every three months, when the seven beads are full, then take off one every three months until all of them are removed, and then add one every three months, and so on three times, and your kung fu will be practiced. Shangguan Qianye respectfully took the seven more steel balls, and loved it very much.

Tieshan layman Dao, now I will pass on to you a set of sword techniques I created myself, called Flame Dragon Fury, and the whole set of knife techniques is divided into sixty-four styles. Since the creation of this sword technique, I have only granted Wan Wei, but I have only taught it for three days, and he has only memorized the forty-nine sword techniques. I will only teach you for three days today, and as for how much you can learn, it depends on your creation.

The old monk of Tieshan said, so he picked up a broken wooden branch casually, and practiced one move and one style to Shangguan Qianye to see, Shangguan Qianye learned very carefully, the old monk of Tieshan taught during the day, and Shangguan Qianye practiced all night long. Three full days passed, and Shangguan Qianye ushered in three sleepless nights.

On the morning of the fourth day, the old monk of Tieshan called Shangguan Qianye and asked him to practice the flame dragon fury he taught, and Shangguan Qianye practiced one move and one style, although he was not very proficient, but he memorized the entire sixty-four styles. The old monk of Tieshan watched the great joy, gently touched Shangguan Qianye's head, and then said, "Child, you are also tired, go back and rest." ”

Five years have passed, and the seven-eyed remnant dragon has already been filled and unloaded, and then filled and unloaded, and then filled and unloaded, and then filled and unloaded seven red steel beads. And Shangguan Qianye's sword skills are also becoming more and more proficient, and every day, in addition to doing chores in the temple and resting at night, Shangguan Qianye is practicing that set of flame dragon rage all the time.

In the past five years, Shangguan Ding is still with the cat, and now Shangguan Ding is twelve years old, at this time he can easily get the fish balls under the cat's claws from fifteen steps away. On this day, the old monk of Tieshan called Shangguan Ding and said to him: "Ding'er, from today on, you don't have to practice these anymore, I will teach you real martial arts." ”

Shangguan Ding knelt down in front of the Tieshan monk and said, "Thank you Master for your kindness, I don't know what you want to teach me." Tieshan Jushi said: "Your current reaction power and speed can be said to be extremely rare in today's martial arts, such a speed, you don't have to learn too long blades, a pair of daggers is enough." After that, he turned around and took out a yin-yang fish plate from behind, what made him different from other yin-yang fish was that the eyes of the two fish were quite large.

The Tieshan monk took the yin and yang fish in his hand, and with a slight turn, the two fish separated, revealing two daggers in black and white, and the two hands of the person could be held in the eyes of the double fish, and the tail of the fish was two sharp knives. The Tieshan monk handed the yin and yang blades to Shangguan Ding, and then said: "Ding'er, the name of this pair of weapons is Pangu Xiao, because its form is yin and yang, and it turns black and white to divide the world, so it is named after Pangu."

I will teach you another set of techniques, called Impermanence Tears, which are divided into 12 forms. Although there are few moves, they are all very subtle, and they are extremely ruthless, and they will die if they shoot. Although you are taught this technique today, remember not to kill innocents indiscriminately. Shangguan Ding kowtowed and thanked him, and the old monk of Tieshan began to teach him impermanent tears. Only half a day later, Shangguan Ding has memorized the technique.