The gate of Baiyun Nunnery in Hengshan Mountain was closed and deserted, but in front of Wose Nunnery in Jianxing Peak, a few miles away, there were hundreds of nuns in black and seventy or eighty girls and women standing in front of it.
Because today is the Hungry Ghost Festival and the Bon Bon Festival of Buddhism, in previous years disciples of the Hengshan Sect would gather at Baiyun Temple or Wuse Temple to hold Dharma gatherings.
However, this year, Master Dingxian also ordered that after the Bon Bon Festival, the disciples will be compared, and then the disciples with the best mind and martial arts will be selected to teach the most superior martial arts in the sect, so not only those who gathered at Wuse'an
Disciples from the two nunneries in Hengshan, disciples from the Lower Houses from various places, and lay disciples with outstanding martial arts also came to Jianxing Peak to participate in the grand meeting.
At this time, the red sun is rising in the east, but the sunshine is not yet blazing. Looking up, you can clearly see the red sun passing through the cloud lines little by little, until it jumps over the clouds and blooms with a bright and dazzling brilliance.
As the three bells rang in Wuse Temple, all the disciples looked solemn, knowing in their hearts that the auspicious time of the fourth quarter of the Mao hour had arrived.
The dilapidated door of Wuse'an was pushed open, and three middle-aged nuns of different shapes and appearances and a young monk stepped out. Behind them were two teams of young nuns wearing silk robes. In this team
After the nun is a thin-faced young monk.
The three nuns and monks at the head were all wearing cassocks. They were Master Dingxian, Master Dingjing, Master Dingyi and monk Dingding, the leaders of the Hengshan sect.
At this time, the three nuns and one monk have a solemn treasure elephant. Master Dingxian is holding a copper bell, Master Dingjing is holding a wooden fish, Master Dingyi is holding a small drum, Zheng Guize is holding a gold cymbal, and the disciples behind the four are also holding
Various magical instruments.
As the copper bell in Master Dingxian's hand rang, all the disciples outside Wuse'an came forward to pay their respects.
"Enter the nunnery and open the altar!"
As Master Dingjing spoke, the wooden fish in her hand made a "ding" sound.
The three nuns and monks then turned around and walked into Wuse Temple with their disciples, entered the Guanyin Hall, and knelt in front of the statue of Guanyin.
All the disciples also lowered their hands, filed in, and knelt down behind the teachers one by one.
Two hours later, the Dharma assembly ended with the singing of nuns.
Wuse'an is very small. Master Dingxian saw that there was no room for his disciples to display their fists and kicks, so he said: "Today's competition will be held in front of the stone platform in the south of Jianxing Peak."
Everyone immediately moved to the large stone platform on the gentle slope south of the peak outside the nunnery. Nearly two hundred people stood on the stone slope and it still seemed empty.
The weather was hot at this time, and the mountain wind was howling, making the monk's robes tremble, but it also made the whole body feel comfortable.
Master Dingjing looked at all the disciples and said: "The disciples who are less than sixteen years old just stand aside and watch the senior sisters compete with each other with swords. The other disciples compete with each other in martial arts. Yihe, who is in charge of the two nunneries in Hengshan, competes with each other and keeps watch.
Fortunately, someone accidentally hurt someone. Yiqing, come and watch the disciples from each lower house compete in martial arts. You must be optimistic about the disciples of the lay disciples."
The four major disciples bowed to accept the order, then went to greet the other disciples, and started to divide into two groups, and then divided into three venues. The disciples of the two nunneries of Hengshan, the disciples of the lower courtyard nunnery, and the lay disciples were all in one corner, and they gathered around to watch the two disciples compete.
When the disciples of the Hengshan sect came out, Zheng Gui and his disciples were all women. Women were not strong enough, and the defense between men and women was a matter of reputation. Therefore, the Hengshan disciples always focused on practicing swordsmanship, and their boxing and kicking skills were almost always weak.
Therefore, Zheng Gui watched for a long time and only saw various disciples competing with Hengshan swordsmanship. He did not see any disciples using fists and palms or other martial arts.
Zheng Gui knew that poor fist and kick skills were a shortcoming of Hengshan disciples, but when he thought of the seven-man sword formation, the treasure of the sect, he sighed in his heart: Compared to the sword formation, good fist and kick skills are really nothing...
If the founders of the Hengshan Sect had not been nuns with no ambitions, the Hengshan Sect would have been able to replicate the power of the Quanzhen Sect with just this seven-man sword formation, which is no less than the Tiangang Beidou Formation...
The Hengshan Sect's seven-man sword formation combines offense and defense, and can even be combined with additional formations. When seven second- and third-rate martial arts disciples form an formation, they can explode into a strength that is comparable to the first-rate masters in the world. If the Hengshan Sect has tens of thousands of disciples,
, it is extremely easy to conquer all factions in the world.
Zheng Gui felt that the Quanzhen Sect lacked top masters after Wang Chongyang died and Zhou Botong disappeared, but it was still the largest sect in the world. It relied on the "Tiangang Beidou Formation" formed by the Quanzhen Seven Sons to rival the five unique ones.
Later, when Guo Jing took Yang Guo up the mountain to become his disciple, he was mistaken for the lecher who harassed Xiao Longnu. He was besieged by thousands of Quanzhen disciples and faced hundreds of Tiangang Beidou formations. Even Guo Juxia was almost defeated. This is enough to show that this
This formation that can greatly increase combat power is no less than peerless martial arts in terms of the strength of the sect, or even better.
It's a pity that neither Zuo Lengchan nor Yue Buqun know how to use the Hengshan Seven-man Sword Formation, and they only focus on evil-fighting sword techniques.
Zheng Gui watched the disciples in the field catching swords, but his eyes were already wandering, and his mind was immersed in thinking about the seven-man sword formation.
After a long time, Zheng Gui came to his senses only after five disciples were selected from the competition and came forward to kowtow to Hengshan Siding.
He looked at the four nuns and a woman with a smile, but secretly said in his heart: He also needs to persuade the head sister to recruit more disciples. Currently, the Hengshan sect has more than 300 disciples. If it can be increased tenfold, it will train 300 disciples by then.
Multiple seven-man sword formations are enough to sweep through the other sects of the Five Mountains Sword Sect. How dare Zuo Lengchan dare to annex our Hengshan Mountain?
While Zheng Gui was secretly making up his mind, Master Dingxian had already spoken to encourage the disciples, and at the same time told everyone that the five disciples who won the prize in this competition would all learn the best swordsmanship of the Hengshan School.
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Although the five disciples were overjoyed and kowtowed in thanks, the rest of the disciples were also full of envy and secretly encouraged themselves, preparing to practice martial arts well in the future and strive to earn a place to learn superior martial arts next time.
At this time, the setting sun was hanging over the Hanging Temple, and it would set in another half hour at most. Master Dingjing stood up and told the disciples to disperse. Master Dingyi looked at the five disciples and said: "Tomorrow at midnight, the master
I will personally teach the five of you martial arts, so go down and have a good rest today."
These five disciples were the first batch of disciples that Master Dingxian and others prepared to teach after they obtained the lost swordsmanship. However, the four major disciples, Yihe, Yiqing, Yizhen, and Yizhi, were all close disciples of Sanding.
He received partial teachings, so Dajiu Yi and the four of them did not participate in this competition, which also invisibly elevated the status of the four of them.
The disciples bowed and retreated. Apart from Zheng Gui and Dingxian Sanni, there was a monk Yiguang in a ragged monk's robe standing not far away with his hands tied.
Master Dingyi glanced at Yiguang and said with a smile: "Junior brother, this time you came down the mountain to open the door to accept a disciple and saved a lewd thief who had just done bad things. You are really meritorious."
After Zheng Gui accepted Tian Boguang as his disciple and named him Yi Guang, he hurried back to Mount Hengshan. It was already July 13th when he went up the mountain. He had just taken his disciple to visit the two senior sisters and was about to prepare for the Bon Festival.
, so at this time Zheng Gui and the three senior sisters finally had time to talk for a while.
Tian Boguang's reputation as a solitary man has not yet been revealed at this time, but his outstanding martial arts skills have already fallen into the eyes of Sanni. In addition, after listening to Zheng Gui's story about the origin of Yiguang and how his junior brother accepted him as a disciple, he
Finally, Sanni was quite concerned about his junior disciple, the senior disciple of Nagato.
Zheng Gui smiled slightly, waved to Yi Guang, and said: "Come Yi Guang, you have already met with the master uncle and the third uncle. This master Dingjing just returned to the mountain last night. She is your senior uncle.
Kowtow quickly."
Yi Guang hurriedly lifted his robe and bowed down. While kowtowing, he said, "Disciple Yi Guang, I would like to pay my respects to our uncle."
Master Dingjing nodded and said: "Get up. Although you are not from a righteous background, you are destined to meet your mentor, Zen Master Dingjing. This is your destiny and blessing. Practicing well will definitely redeem your sins and seek liberation.
When entering our Hengshan Gate, you must abide by the precepts and do not act rashly."
Since Yi Guang joined the Hengshan Sect, he has been scolded and admonished by his elders continuously. He has become accustomed to hearing them. He lowered his head and said: "Disciple, I will obey the teachings. Thank you very much, uncle."