Chapter Sixty-Six: The First Glory Calms the Heart, and Lays a Thousand Things in This Life
Everyone thought that Mingzi would inevitably die at the hands of Master Xiong this time, and they all hid their faces and exclaimed. But for a long time, they didn't hear any abnormal sounds, Zhong Kunlun and the others kept watching the situation on the field, and it turned out that the Xiong Ye's fist was only an inch away from Mingzi Tianlinggai. Xiong Ye looked at Mingzi and said, "If you want to die, I won't give you a chance." He turned his eyes and saw the tiger girl, so he smiled "hehe" and said, "Kill her and see your little bald donkey and don't fight with me." β
Mingzi was shocked in his heart, he could give up his life, but he couldn't affect the tiger girl. He was just about to stop it, but Hu Niu spoke, she said: "Big monster, I grew up at the foot of Shaomu Mountain, although I only cut wood and farmed, but I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Mingzi would rather die than fight you, so why am I afraid of death. Then his eyes widened, and he looked like a Ling Ran.
Zhong Kunlun looked down on the two of them before, but when he saw this and heard this, he couldn't help but secretly admire it in his heart. Master Xiong also took the two of them at once, so he said: "It's just that this little monk likes me, and this one depends on you, where you say it is, it's there." β
So the two came to the outside of the hall one after another, and the guests also hurried to follow the two outside. Hu Niu was worried about Mingzi, but she didn't dare to look at it, so she had to stay in the hall.
The contest between Xiong Ye and Mingzi lasted for about three incense sticks, and during this time, Hu Niu heard bursts of exclamations and cheers from outside. Her heart fluctuated with the shouts of the crowd. She wanted to see but didn't dare to look, she pricked up her ears, trying to hear if Akiko's name was mentioned in the shouts outside, and then judge the situation outside. Those people shouted loudly, the sound was like a wave, and it rolled into the tiger girl's eardrums one by one, she felt her heart tugging, and her eardrums were numb, but she couldn't hear the name in the waves.
At this time, a person next to him spoke: "Girl, don't worry about that little monk. Although Ah Xiong is domineering, the old man expects that he is not the opponent of the little monk. β
Tiger Girl's eyes widened, and she followed the voice, and saw that there was still someone at the main table, and the man who spoke sat on a yellow sandalwood chair with four wheels, his beard was white, his skin was shiny, and he was in a strong bodyβthere were two disciples with carts behind him, but they were almost blocked by his figure in a wheelchairβthe strength of this man was evident from this.
There was also a young man sitting on the side of this person, coarse linen clothes, wearing an official sword at his waist, and his expression was indifferent.
Tiger Girl's eyes widened and she said, "How do you know?"
A disciple behind the old man stood up, took a step forward, and was about to say something, when the old man waved his hand, stopped him, and said with a smile: "The old man still has this bit of eyesight." Then the old man turned his head and asked the cloth-clothed young man beside him, "Brother Xian, what do you think?"
The cloth-clothed young man smiled: "I feel the same way, but I don't know when Shaolin produced such a great monk." β
Tiger Niu then remembered and asked, "Who are you?"
The old man smiled slightly, and then laughed out loud and said, "The old man is the 'Shadowless Fist God'. β
Hu Niu thought for a moment and asked again, "Are you very powerful?"
The Shadowless Fist God laughed even harder this time, as if he had heard a particularly funny joke. The disciple behind him couldn't bear it, his expression was serious, and he said, "You ...... girl."
The Shadowless Fist God waved his hand and said with a smile: "The rivers and lakes are full of talents, and the old man doesn't dare to say that he is the most powerful." But if you only talk about bad legs and feet, the old man can probably be in the top three......" He pointed to his wheelchair, and then said, "If it is about sitting on the chair, the old man will sit firmly in the second place in the rivers and lakes." β
The cloth-clothed young man next to him said: "The boxing god is too humble." β
The Shadowless Fist God smiled: "Originally, the old man thought that if his legs and feet were not good, I could be ranked second, but after getting to know the virtuous brother, I found that I could only rank third." β
The cloth-clothed young man said: "The God of Fist is raised below, and in the next martial artist, how dare he compete with the God of Fist and King Jing." β
Hu Niu didn't care about this young man, as well as the God of Boxing, and what kind of "Jing Wangye". She does not discriminate against the disabled, the tiger girl who grew up under the mountain of Shaomu, has participated in the almsgiving activities in the temple with her father since she was a child, and has taken care of many disabled people, even in Shaolin, there are disabled monks, so the tiger girl is a healthy person like herself, but she doesn't know that these disabled people also have martial arts, and what seats will be arranged. This can only be blamed on the fact that the rivers and lakes in the eyes of the tiger girl are too small. A few years later, when Hu Niu remembered this day again, she probably didn't remember it anymore - even if this young man, "Jing Wangye" was ranked among the top ten masters like Mingzi - she only cared about Mingzi.
After a long time, Tiger Girl heard the sound outside suddenly decrease, as if everyone had disappeared at once. The tiger girl sat in her position, feeling that the stool was full of thorns, she stood up in a panic, and wanted to look out, but this living room was blocked by screens, and she couldn't see anything. So Tiger Girl began to slowly move out of the hall. At this moment, there was a "boom", and a thunderous exclamation and cheers hit, and Hu Niu felt as if the ceiling of the party hall was about to be torn off. She knew that the winner was decided.
At this time, a few people ran in from outside. Hu Niu looked at the brothers who pretended to know that they were Black Dragon Village, and hurriedly stopped them, and asked tremblingly, "What's going on outside?"
Those people also knew that Hu Niu and Mingzi were together, so they stopped and said, "The chief village master asked him to prepare a banquet, and he wants to bow to Master Mingzi." This answer was too surprising to the tiger girl, since they came to Black Dragon Village, no one in these green forest brothers has called Mingzi the word "master". But it seems that Akiko should be safe, and the tiger girl let out a long breath and began to wonder what was happening outside.
The crowd of "......" rushed back just like they had just poured out to see Mingzi and Xiong Ye compete, the difference was that everyone followed behind two people when they went, and everyone hugged one person when they came back. Needless to say, this person is Akiko. Tiger Girl looked at Akiko through the crowd and saw him smiling in her direction, and the stone in her heart finally landed.
The Shadowless Fist God looked at the tiger girl with a smile and said, "The old man is right. β
Hu Niu smiled at this time, and said, "What the old gentleman said is really right." β
The Shadowless Fist God smiled "haha" and said, "Then girl, guess who can win if I compete with this Mingzi master?"
Hu Niu was stunned for a moment and said, "Old man, you are so old, how can you like to cause trouble." Besides, you're in a wheelchair, how can you compete?"
The disciple behind the Shadowless Fist God shouted: "Little girl, don't have eyes and don't know Taishan......
The Shadowless Fist God waved his hand and said, "The old man has been sitting on this chair for a long time, but he still does not delay making a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, even if it is the abbot of Xuanjing, he probably doesn't dare to underestimate me." β
Hu Niu said: "Do you know our master?"
The young man smiled and said, "God of Fist, you and Abbot Xuanjing are equals, if you fight with the 'Shi' generation, even if you win, you will cause trouble." β
The Shadowless Fist God smiled, "I'm worried about losing now." β
The young man knew that the boxing god was humble, so he smiled and said, "Then it can't be compared." β
The Shadowless Fist God smiled: "What's the matter, I'll go first, and if you lose, you will go again, let's fight the wheels, and you won't win?"
When Hu Niu heard this, she was anxious: "You two want to bully the young with the old, and the young with more." β
The Shadowless Fist God and the young man looked at the tiger girl and said with a smile: "Then it's even more comparable." The Shadowless Fist God waved his hand and shouted: "Master Zhongzhai, don't be in a hurry to bow down first, the old man also has to learn a thing or two with Master Mingzi." β
When someone who had something good happened heard about it, he began to talk to each other.
Hu Niu hurriedly shouted: "These two people are shameless and want to join forces to bully people." β
This shout can scare Zhong Kunlun enough. What kind of big man is the Shadowless Boxing God, Hu Niu doesn't know, Zhong Kunlun knows, and that young man is a first-class new master in the rivers and lakes, and even Mr. You Jiang is full of praise for him. At this time, a large group of people were about to walk to the main table, and they all stopped at once.
Zhong Kunlun said with a smile on his face: "Girl, these two are well-known heroes, one is the third-generation head of the Phantom Fist Mansion, and the other is the former nomadic lieutenant of Northern Xinjiang, and now the Qiao family dart ......."
Hu Niu said: "They are not heroes, how can heroes bully people like this." β
The young man arched his hand and said: "In Xia Qiao Yisheng, a Shaolin lay disciple who entered in his early years, he was deeply taught by Master Xuanjing and Master Xuanning, and some time ago he made a special trip to visit Shaomu Mountain, but I didn't see you, Master Mingzi." Today happens to be here in the Zhongzhai Lord, it is rare to meet, and I hope that Master Mingzi will give advice. β
Mingzi's face was red at this time, he had just defeated Master Xiong, surrounded by martial arts figures, and for the first time he tasted the taste of being the focus, and now there were people challenging him in front of him, and he was also a young master who admired Shaolin, and there seemed to be something awakened in his heart.
But Mingzi hadn't reached the point of forgetting his ancestors, so he hurriedly clasped his hands together, bowed his head and said: "Master Abbot and Master Xuanning both know that the little monk is shallow in learning, how dare he fight with his predecessors." β
Qiao Yisheng smiled and said, "Master Mingzi, don't learn those annoying etiquette. If you can defeat Master Xiong, you are already a first-class player in the rivers and lakes. At this level, it is a rare thing to meet an opponent. Let's compete, point to point, not to talk about seniority, not to talk about factions, no matter whether you win or lose, it's a happy thing. β
Mingzi nodded and said, "Since the seniors said so, then I would be respectful than obey my fate, and ask the seniors to be merciful." β
The Shadowless Fist God interjected: "Xiao Qiao, now that you have neither a long knife nor a golden dart, you have to be more careful." β
Qiao Yisheng hesitated a little after seeing Mingzi listen to the words of the boxing god, and said to Mingzi: "I have also learned Shaolin boxing, why don't we only compete with Shaolin boxing." β
Mingzi said: "This seems to be bad for the seniors. β
Qiao Yisheng said: "Master Mingzi, in order not to show mercy to your subordinates, I might as well tell you something." Some time ago in Shaolin, my Luohan boxing was well received by Master Xuanning. β
Mingzi was stunned for a moment, he suddenly thought that Master Xuanning was the first seat of the Discipline Hall, known as "Tongbei Dharma", who had painstakingly studied Luohan boxing for decades, and could be praised by his old man, which showed that the Qiao Yisheng in front of him was extraordinary.
What Mingzi didn't know was that Qiao Yisheng was an arhat boxer who was trained with Master Xuanning, and overwhelmed the Tongjun Dharma with his pure Luohan boxing, which made Master Xuanning amazed. People in the rivers and lakes regard victory and defeat more than life, because victory and defeat are often entangled in interests. Take the "ten nothings" death match in Minjiang as an example, the winner can command the Minjiang River and command the martial arts; the loser can only be willing to be a fish and let others slaughter it. Perhaps examples like "Deathmatch" are too extreme. But even ordinary martial arts competitions are entangled in interests. The sect is based on the rivers and lakes, and prestige is very important. Some people are willing to learn from a teacher, and some people are willing to invest and cooperate, all of which are inseparable from your prestige. After gaining prestige, the government gives face, colleagues give face, and everything goes smoothly when walking the rivers and lakes, you see Shaolin and Wudang are like this. But the one that has a great lethal effect on prestige is the defeat of the competition. The news spread so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, you were embattled, and the situation of the sect was precarious. But you can't help but compare, you are not Shaolin, open your mouth to become a monk, close your mouth to the holy land of Buddhism, once the door is closed, where will the challenger go back and forth; you are not Wudang, you only care about Qing cultivation and preaching every day, as long as it has nothing to do with the ascension of immortals, let the challenger scold the bull's nose to the sky; you are not as good as the Mingshan Sword Gate, the sect is in a remote place, and the challenger can't find it; you can't compare to the Mizusawa Green Valley, you are full of evil spirit, and the people of the rivers and lakes can't hide, how can you challenge. So when the challenger comes, you have to meet it, or you lose. Therefore, when the martial arts people met the challenger, they had already scolded the challenger's ancestor eighteen times in their hearts. And the challenger is not easy to be, although the challenge is successful, although the fame and fortune are gained, but the other party does not hate you to death, and there are many situations where several generations of Liangzi have been formed because of the challenge, the previous Ji Gudan and Cui Shizhuang's poke foot door and flip fist door are an example. If you fail to challenge, it will be even more ridiculous and generous, maybe there will be a situation where the drum is broken and ten thousand people are beaten, there was a master of the sect who went to challenge another sect, but after the defeat, he was wiped out by a group of martial artists summoned by that sect. Although such an example is somewhat special, it is a fact that famous martial arts people do not easily accept challenges or challenge others. People cherish their reputation as a bird cherishes its feathers. But there is no first, there is no second, since everyone is practicing martial arts, it is inevitable that they will not be able to hold back the idea of competition, not to mention that if there are also entangled interests, grievances and other factors, then the competition is unavoidable.
But challenges like today's are rare. The challenger is a famous martial arts celebrity for a long time, and the challenger is only a fledgling little monk, although this monk is a "release" generation, a disciple of the Shaolin abbot, and his status in the temple is not low, but there is still a huge gap compared to the challenger. And the two sides of today's challenge do not seem to have any conflict of interest, they did not know each other before, there is no grudge, and there is no intertwined interests, you must know that even if these two challengers win, they will be discussed to bully the small with the big and the small, and the more to bully the less.
Although Mingzi is honest, he is not stupid, he can see from Zhong Kunlun's attitude towards the two of them that the status of these two people is by no means ordinary, especially the old man in a wheelchair, who is probably the most important guest in the entire banquet today. He also knows that it is very rare for such a master to challenge himself. In the past, in Shaolin, the people who stood outside the gate and shouted about the battle were basically the Jianghu people who were not as famous as the Shaolin monks, which shows that the challenger must be the norm in terms of fame or status as inferior to the challenged, so it is rare to see such a situation today. But as soon as he and Hu Niu came today, they faced many challenges, and the other party was a prominent person in the rivers and lakes, and when they met the Shadowless Fist God and Qiao Yisheng, even if the status gap was greater, they were used to it.