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.
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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. He 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?"
Master Lingzhi said: "You are here to seek the skill of 'walking on the snow without leaving a trace and flying leaves to hurt people'. However, depending on your talent, it cannot be obtained without extreme methods." Da Kui heard Master Lingzhi say that he still has hope,
I couldn't help but dance with joy.
Seeing this, Master Lingzhi laughed and said, "Don't be happy just yet. Let me explain it to you slowly and in detail." After hearing this, Dakui listened attentively and did not dare to disturb him in the slightest.
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 method that can fulfill your wish."
Dakui nodded when he heard this and said: "Master, don't worry, I'm not 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 and said nothing.
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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 a 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."
Upon hearing this, Dakui hurriedly kowtowed 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, fill them with sand and soil. Bind them on your legs every day, and then use the method taught by your senior brother to breathe and run until you are exhausted. Go with your second senior brother in your free time.
The same goes for collecting herbs. Do you remember?"
Dakui said: "I have written it down."
Master Lingzhi added: "Take a cloth bag and hang it 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 mountain every day, you can use the leaves as targets, and alternately throw rocks at them 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 ahead."
Dakui stood up, bowed and saluted: "Master, I'm out now."
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 did not take off his load every day for a month, even eating and sleeping. 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 his kung fu. Every time he comes back from running, he presses his legs and lowers his waist to stand on the horse according to his master's instructions. As for the three-way long boxing taught by his senior 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 Kong Zi 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 vegetarian meals, Dakui has a very 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 already 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." Da Kui opened the door and entered.
Master Lingzhi smiled and kept the futon beside him and said, "Sit down." Dakui respectfully walked over and sat down cross-legged.
The spiritual master said: "The sand and soil in the sandbags on your body can be replaced."
Dakui asked in confusion: "Change?"
Master Lingzhi said: "I asked your third brother to go to the blacksmith at the foot of the mountain and buy three hundred kilograms of iron sand. From now on, you will replace the sand in the two sandbags on your body with iron sand every month, and you will still practice the old method."
Dakui responded respectfully: "It's master."
Master Lingzhi then asked: "How are you doing with your locust stone training?"
Dakui said: "The left hand is not as good as the right hand. If you hit the leaves like this, you will not miss a target within fifty steps. If you say you are trying to hit a bird, you will not be able to hit it."
The wise master said: "Flying birds are also living beings, so they can't do more damage. You can practice turning around and throwing stones. If you can hit the target in a hurry, you won't be far away from hitting the bird! You still need to practice diligently."
Dakui replied respectfully: "Disciple, I will obey my master's orders." Then Master Lingzhi asked Dakui several ordinary things, and Dakui answered them one by one.
Master Lingzhi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Now you are used to carrying more than a hundred kilograms of sand and earth every day. It shows that this method is very suitable for you." After saying this, he chuckled and said: "Okay, you can go.
." Dakui stood up and saluted his master. After leaving the master's monastery, he went to find his second senior brother. The second senior brother was going down the mountain today, and Dakui felt depressed on the mountain, so he went out for a walk.
On the second day, Da Kui had already changed two bags of iron sand, 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, wearing heavy objects and following the master's method of breathing.
It doesn't matter if you run fifty miles at a gallop.