Chapter 57: The Cage

Slowly retracted, Yun exhaled a breath of turbidity. There is still no progress, the true qi has reached its peak, it seems that what is missing is the opportunity to break through, this is urgent, take your time.

Suddenly, the door squeaked open behind him, and an old man with a pale face and a haggard face showed his head and said, "Young man, if it's convenient, come and sit here." ”

Oh! This thousand-year-old man took the initiative to talk to me. Yun quickly and honestly entered the house. And the old man was already sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking very weak, his face was pale, his hair was wet, he thought he was soaked with sweat, and the green tendons on his forehead were still jumping and jumping. Remembering the beastly roar he had just heard, it was evident how much pain he had endured just now.

Yun also wanted to say two kind words of thanks for staying overnight, but the old man waved his hand and motioned for him to listen to himself first.

"Young man, I see that you are young, but your internal strength is very deep, your breath is long, and your cultivation is solemn and pure, not like a sideshow. What kind of school do you teach?"

"Oh, I'm a family heirloom of martial arts, left to me by my grandfather. But he didn't tell me where it came from. ”

"Well, I see that your inner breath is surging but there is nowhere to vent, it should have been a long time since you reached the bottleneck of cultivation. But seeing that you are not in a hurry, steady and steady, and not in a hurry, it can be seen that your state of mind is still very calm. You can tell that I have a big health problem, and I may not be dying. I have a share of the inheritance, it is a peerless martial art that has long been lost in the rivers and lakes, I don't know if you are willing to accept it. ”

Yun couldn't help frowning, this thing is a little weird, why would the great benefit fall on his head.

The old man was very pleased to see that he did not answer: "Very good! I can still maintain peace of mind in the face of temptation." It is true that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and with that comes great responsibility comes the amount of benefit. I do have something you need to do, but you don't have to rush to answer now, listen to my story first, and then decide for yourself whether to accept it or not. By the way, if you are interested, please come in and listen to it. ”

Hehe, Changqing Zhenren pushed the door in a little awkwardly, and Xiaoxiao was also very curious to probe his brain behind him.

Changqing hugged his fists: "Brother turned out to be a master, he feels so keen, admire!"

"What a master, just a waster. Please sit down, both of you, and listen to it if you don't like the old man's nagging. ”

The old man smiled at the sky. ”

"Ahh When he found that he was a little formless, he saluted solemnly again: "It turns out that you are one of the top ten, the great elder of the Iron Palm Gang, and the master of the torture hall Brother Xiang." I am Changqing of Longhu Mountain, and you and my senior brother should have some friendship. ”

"Well, yes. I recognized you yesterday as soon as you arrived. I'm not good at anything else, but I have an advantage that I can't forget. When your senior brother Changchun succeeded to the lord of Longhu Mountain, I went to congratulate you, and I once met you. At that time, you were still a rebellious teenager, and after so many years, although you are also old, your appearance is still faintly recognizable. ”

"Is this Grandpa Xiang very powerful? Why haven't I heard of it?" asked Xiaoxiao, who seemed to be very innocent. It's really collecting information for the cloud so you can make the right decisions. Just now, Xiang Tianxiao wanted to inherit the cloud martial arts, and Xiaoxiao also heard it.

Well, Changqing doesn't have so many eyes. explained realistically: "Brother Xiang was one of the top ten masters of the year, and he fought all over the country with one hand. As a fair, jealous and hateful, he once swept away the thieves' nest in the rivers and lakes overnight, and killed the three famous thieves in the rivers and lakes, which caused a sensation in the entire martial arts. It's just that I suddenly disappeared fifteen years ago, and it is rumored that I went crazy and died on a business trip, but I didn't expect to meet you here. ”

"That's all in the past, and the heroes don't mention the courage of the year. Look at the old decay now, it is a wasted person, life is better than death!"

"By the way, brother, how did you end up in such a situation? I heard that your pipa bone was pierced, and your body was poisonous. ”

"Oh, everyone in the village knows about my broken shoulder blade, but how did you know about my poisoning?"

"That's right. Xiaoxiao said with some embarrassment: "Yesterday I saw your medicine garden in the back of the house, where a lot of ** grass is planted, and I judged that you may have been hit by ten steps of broken intestines." ”

"Well, it's not easy to have such insight at a young age! The old man is indeed deeply poisoned, and this is what I am going to tell you now. ”

"Fifteen years ago, I heard a message when I was working in Suzhou. It is said that there is a thousand-year-old ginseng king in Changbai Mountain, who grows into a human form and can move by himself at any time. At that time, my internal strength in cultivation was stuck in a bottleneck, and I didn't break through for five years, so I took this as an opportunity. If I get the king of ginseng, I already have my understanding of pharmacology, refining it into an elixir can not only easily break through the bottleneck, but also increase the power of at least one jiazi. So I was tempted, and I didn't inform the gang of my whereabouts, so I came to Changbai Mountain alone to visit. Unexpectedly, he fell into an earth-shattering conspiracy and almost lost his life. ”

"That day, I was asking for news from ginseng farmers at Wuding Peak, a branch of Changbai Mountain, but I met Qingfeng Zhenren in Wudang. He also came to look for Sam, and I had some friendship with him back then, so I went together. According to him, he received reliable information that the last place where King Sam appeared was a cave in the mountain behind the Wuding Peak, so he searched all the way here, so we decided to go and investigate. ”

"When we got there, there were two ** people who were going into the hole before us. Not to be outdone, we ventured in without a closer look. ”

"If you don't say that greed affects people's reason, now think about it, the obvious traces of artificial excavation in that cave, if it were usual, we, the old rivers and lakes, would be very careful to go deeper and slowly even if we don't leave a back hand. But when we rushed in with a hot head, it was too late. ”

"A broken dragon stone at the door fell, at least 10,000 catties. Then smoke came out of the four walls, and I knew it was smoke as soon as I looked at the color, and we immediately understood what was going on. So we quickly retreated along the original road, and the two ** giants who came in earlier also rushed out with us. But it was too late, and that boulder was simply something that a few of us could shake. Seeing that the smoke was filling the whole cave and getting thicker, there was nothing we could do. Finally, I reached the limit of my breath-holding, and I felt dizzy after just a few breaths. The last scene I saw was that Qingfeng Zhenren slashed on the stone wall with a sword, and as a result, the sword was broken, and the person fell. ”

"I don't know how long later, when I slowly came to my senses, I found that I was no longer in the cave. Then a sharp pain came from my shoulder, and two wrist-thick chains pierced my lute bone and pinned it to the wall. I didn't dare to move, otherwise it would hurt my heart. I was lucky, but I found that the meridians had been broken, and I couldn't lift up any internal force in my body. ”

"Don't bother, we're already wasters!" said a man next to him.

"I turned my head and saw that one of the ** people who had entered the cave with us earlier was locked next to me. The same is a hole through the pipa bone. ”

"Where is this?" I asked him.

"I don't know, I only woke up a quarter of an hour before you!" he replied, "but this should be a dungeon, because the humidity is heavy, and there must be a water source down there." Don't worry, since the other party didn't kill us immediately, there must be other purposes, and I believe that we will be able to see people soon. It's a cruel tactic, and we're scrapped before we even see a human figure. Then he was no longer in the mood to speak. ”

"The sun and moon were not visible in the dungeon, and I don't know how long it took for the sound of the iron door opening. A man in black walked in. By the faint light, we looked closely, and saw that he was wearing a hood and couldn't see his face clearly. ”

"Welcome to the house!" his hoarse voice must have been deliberately changed.

"Is this your hospitality?" the ** character next to him spoke first.

Syllable. Immediately he was slapped in the face.

"Put away your unruliness, Iron Er, since you have arrived, you must have the consciousness of being a prisoner. The man reprimanded mercilessly.

"Who do you know me?" Iron Er was beaten, but immediately took another punch.

"You don't have the right to ask questions! You can only speak if I ask you, or you will have to die!

"The second elder of Hat Mountain Tie, thirty-seven years old. The famous stunt iron arm opens the mountain, the tricks are average, and the internal force is quite deep. The Iron Palm Gang smiled at the sky, forty-two years old, and became famous for his skills. The rivers and lakes have been lost for a long time, and the power is huge, and it is a good kung fu. "The man knows the details of us very well.

"We invited you here to bring apprentices. You see you're a wreck, half-dead. If you don't want your stunt to be lost, it's best to listen to our arrangement. We will choose the right people to learn from you. Give a detailed explanation of your internal skills and moves, and don't try to fool us with the wrong methods. Our masters here are not under you, and it is easy to verify the authenticity. Don't be a silent hero, then you will find that death is actually a very happy thing. Cooperate obediently, you will suffer less crimes, and we will save some heart. Think about it, I'll come back tomorrow. ”

With that, he left without waiting for our reaction. So the surroundings fell into a deathly silence again, and for a long time, Tie Er said: "Brother Xiang, will you hand over your mental methods and martial arts moves?"

I said without hesitation: "No! Let's not say that the master has a rule that the martial arts of non-personal disciples cannot be passed on. Let's just say that now, the reason why we are still alive is because we still have use value. If you say everything, then what are they doing with you as a waste? Not to mention, although you will have to endure some hardships, at least you can survive temporarily. Having said that, there is only one result, and that is death!"

Well, Tie Lao Er answered and disappeared, and I don't know how to think about it. It wasn't long before I was sore and hungry and fainted again.