Chapter Fifteen: Grinding the Needle with an Iron Rod
"Master, Junior Brother Dakui is naive and dull by nature. It has been more than two months now, and he can only master the basic skills. He really cannot understand other skills. I hope Master will show me." Lingxuzi bowed and stood in front of Master Lingzhi.
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Master Lingzhi smiled and said: "Every living thing in the world has its own strengths and weaknesses. The teaching of skills and vocations should also be different from person to person and make the best use of the situation. Just call him." Lingxuzi turned around and went out, and after a moment he took Dakui back to the door.
In front of him, Lingxuzi bowed and said, "Master, bring Junior Brother Dakui here."
Master Lingzhi said from inside: "Lingxu, you go ahead. Da Kui comes in." Da Kui followed the instructions and walked into the monastery, bowed and called Master. When he saw Master meditating on the futon with his eyes closed, he also walked to the side and crossed his legs.
After sitting down, the master did not open his mouth or speak a word. He sat up and meditated according to the breathing method taught by Lingxuzi.
The two masters and disciples sat in silence for four hours. Seeing the sun setting in the west, Master Lingzhi opened his eyes with a smile and said, "Well, although you are dull, you have perseverance. I
I know how to teach you." Da Kui said happily: "Really?" The spiritual master said: "You are here to seek the skill of 'walking on the snow without leaving a trace, flying leaves to hurt people'. However, according to your talent, you must use extreme methods.
have to."
When Dakui heard Master Lingzhi say that he still had hope, he couldn't help but dance with joy. Master Lingzhi laughed and said, "Don't be happy yet. Listen to my teacher slowly explain it to you in detail." Dakui heard this and stood aside.
Listen attentively and don't dare to interrupt.
Master Lingzhi held his beard and muttered: "All martial arts are divided into internal and external, soft and hard, but different paths lead to the same goal. I have a way to fulfill your wish." Da Kui nodded after hearing this and said: "Master, don't worry, I
Don't be afraid of hardship." Master Lingzhi smiled and nodded and said, "Well, this method takes five years to build the foundation. In these five years, you have to go through a lot of hardships before you can achieve anything." Dakui nodded.
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Master Lingzhi said again: "Being a teacher is a person who has transformed from outsiders, but I want to have no competition with the world. My skills are only for strengthening the body and not for other purposes. But now that I have accepted you as my disciple, I will teach you according to your talents.
Two skills: one is 'Hundred Mile Walk', once mastered after five years, one can run two to three hundred miles in one hour. This skill cannot be obtained except by those with a strong will. The second is 'Locust Stone', fifty steps
It can be used to fly stones and kill birds, and it is also a hidden weapon. Once these two skills are practiced, the foundation building is completed."
When Dakui heard this, he kowtowed hurriedly and said, "I am willing to learn. Please teach me, Master." Master Lingzhi nodded and said with a smile, "You go back and sew two bags filled with sand and soil. They will be tied to your legs every day, and you will use what your senior brother has done."
The taught method is to exhale and run until all your strength is exhausted. You need to do the same when you and your two senior brothers go to collect medicine in your free time. Do you remember?" Dakui said: "I have written it down." Master Lingzhi said again: "Take one.
Hang the bag around your waist. There is a waterfall and a large lake at the foot of the mountain. Take a bag of pebbles from the shore. When walking in the mountains every day, you can use leaves as targets and throw rocks at them alternately from left to right. From near to far, one bag a day. Do you remember?
"Dakui said: "I have written it down." The spiritual master said: "In that case, you can go." Dakui stood up, bowed and saluted, and said: "Master, then I'm going out."...
The next day, Da Kui tied sandbags on each leg when he got up in the morning. He walked on the road in the mountains and ran fast. Although he was sweating profusely, he still practiced diligently. After that, he would eat and sleep every day for the next month. On this day
In the morning, senior brother Ling Xuzi came with a message: "Master has a destiny, you need to add two more sandbags to your body." Da Kui followed his words and added two sandbags to his legs.
Although Dakui is stupid, he is very meticulous in practicing qigong. Every time he comes back from running, he presses his legs and lowers his waist to stand on the horse according to the master's instructions. As for the three-way long boxing taught by his elder brother Lingxuzi, Dakui has to do it three times every morning.
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The second senior brother Kongzi specializes in the art of Qihuang. He collects herbs in the mountains on weekdays and brings them back to dry, grind and process to make medicinal powder. He often goes down the mountain to treat the surrounding people, but when he encounters poor people, he doesn't take any money. Da Kui admires the second senior brother's kindness.
In addition to practicing martial arts every day, he often went into the mountains with his second senior brother Kongzi to collect herbs. Dakui carried sandbags on his legs, making the mountain road increasingly difficult to walk. After a month, he became accustomed to it.
During this period, Da Kui got to know two kinds of herbs. One was Dendrobium officinale, and the other was Tiantai Wuyao. Tiantai Mountain is rich in natural treasures, and there are many magical flowers and celestial beings. There are thousands of names, but Da Kui has a bad memory, so there are not many that he can think of. However,
The second brother said that if people take Dendrobium officinale, it can strengthen the body and strengthen the body, and Wuyao is known as the panacea in the world. Although Qingxu Guan has fasting meals, Dakui has an extremely large meal and has never been full. Therefore, he never sees these two herbs.
Put it in a medicine basket and eat it raw, which can at least quench your hunger and thirst a little.
In this way, every month, the senior brother urged Da Kui to add two more sandbags to his body. Spring passed and autumn came, and cold came and summer came. In the blink of an eye, two years later, Da Kui was not yet twenty years old, but he had grown eight feet tall and powerful.
, and his body was covered with dozens of sandbags. Even so, Dakui ran for dozens of miles every day as usual, as if he was walking as fast as flying even though the mountains were bumpy and difficult.
That day, the senior brother came to call him again: "Little junior brother, the master is calling you." Da Kui did not dare to neglect, came to the master's room and bowed: "Master, the disciple is here." The spiritual master said: "Come in." Dakui
Pushing the door open, Master Lingzhi smiled and said, "Sit down." Da Kui walked over and sat down cross-legged.
Master Lingzhi said: "The sand and soil in the sandbags on your body can be replaced." Dakui asked puzzledly: "Replace it?" Master Lingzhi said: "I asked your third brother to go to the blacksmith down the mountain and buy three hundred kilograms of iron sand.
, you will replace the sand in the two sandbags with iron sand every month from now on, and still practice the old method." Dakui responded respectfully: "It's the master." Master Lingzhi then asked: "How is your locust stone training?
Already?"
Dakui said: "The left hand is not as good as the right hand. If you hit the leaves like this, you can still hit the leaves within fifty steps. If you say that you can't hit the birds, you won't be able to hit them." The spiritual master said: "Flying birds are also living beings. You can't do more damage. You can
Practice turning around and throwing stones. If you can hit the target in a hurry, you will not be far away from shooting birds! You still need to practice diligently."
Dakui respectfully replied: "Disciple, I will obey my master's orders." Then Master Lingzhi asked Dakui a few more ordinary things.
You are used to walking around with more than a hundred kilograms of sand and soil every day, which shows that this method is very suitable for you." After saying that, he laughed and said: "Okay, you can go." Dakui stood up and saluted the master, and walked out of the master's room.
The Jingshe went to find the second senior brother. The second senior brother was going down the mountain today, and Dakui felt depressed on the mountain, so he just went out for a walk...
On the second day, Da Kui had two bags of iron sand on his body, and he felt no discomfort in his movements. As before, he ran down the mountain and along the road. Now Da Kui is no different than before, binding his burden and following the master's method of breathing.
It doesn't matter if you run fifty miles at a gallop.