Chapter 317 The Whip is gone and the God is still there
Chapter 317 The whip is gone, but God is still there
As the descendant of Master Zhang Yun'an of Biluo Palace, Zhang Quanyi naturally knows the importance of the Valley of the Kings in the martial arts world. It is the holy land in the hearts of every martial arts person, and a peak existence that cannot be surpassed in the hearts of every martial arts person.
Yuan Ji smiled and said: "Since the young master has opened his mouth, how dare Yuan not obey?"
Zhang Quan was very happy. He thought it would take a lot of trouble, but it turned out to be so smooth. Zhang Quan glanced at me subconsciously and thought to himself, I don’t know where Mr. Huyan came from, but he could make Master Huolong of the Emperor Valley so obedient. .
"Master, please accept my apprentice's three bows." Zhang Quanyi knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times respectfully.
This time Yuan Ji did not stop Zhang Quanyi from paying homage.
"Well, Jun Bao, please get up. When the opportunity arises, my master will take you to the Valley of the Kings, and then the formal ceremony of apprenticeship will be held."
"Yes, master,"
"The dishes are cold, Xiao Tian, let the kitchen heat up before eating."
"Yes, sir,"
Fang Lingdao: "Zhang Gongzi's story is so wonderful that I even forgot to feel hungry after listening to it."
Wen Zhang also said: "Yes, but I feel hungry after listening to it."
Fang Lingdao: "Wen Zhang, and this brother Zhang Quanyi, you two should eat more later,"
"Why,"
"Don't you still want to compete in martial arts?"
When Wen Zhang saw that Zhang Quanyi had bowed to Yuan Ji's family, he asked, "Master, do you still want to compete?"
Naturally, I also wanted to know the level of Zhang Quanyi's current martial arts, and smiled: "It's not a bad idea to compete. Wen Zhang, if your martial arts at Longhu Mountain and Biluo Palace's martial arts prove each other, it will definitely be beneficial to both parties." Yes, after everyone has finished eating, we will go to the backyard,"
Soon, the reheated dishes were put on the table. Yuan Ji asked while eating: "Jun Bao, did your master Zhang Yun'an go to Dadu, Mongolia a few years ago to participate in the second debate on Buddhism and Taoism?"
"I went there, but I didn't participate in those people's debates," Zhang Quanyi recalled. "My master took me with him that day to see if he could find a Zen master named Haiyun there."
"Hai Yun," Yuan Ji asked, "has your master told me what happened?"
"Master, my master said that Zen Master Haiyun knew a stranger from the far north. That stranger was the chief elder of the Mongolian Shamanism. He was also the senior brother of Yin Tianya, the Great God of Tianya in Mongolia. That stranger knew a certain person. This method of dredging the meridians can reorganize the meridians in my body,"
"What, Yin Tianya still has a senior brother," Yuan Ji and I said almost at the same time.
Zhang Quan nodded and said, "That's what my master said. However, we couldn't find Master Haiyun at the Buddhist and Taoist debate that time. We didn't stop in Dadu and left directly. I asked my master at that time, Why don't you stay and watch the excitement? The master said, the Quanzhen lineage is too arrogant. Since Qiu Zhenren, it has become more self-contained and stuck in the rules. As a result, one generation is inferior to the other, so it's okay not to watch this kind of debate."
I said: "Standing on one's own ways has been one of the bad habits of our country throughout the ages. This is not just for martial arts people. You all know that our Chinese family has a long history. There are many things passed down from our ancestors, including good and bad. We should discard them. Jing, must not be eclectic. Two consecutive debates on Buddhism and Taoism ended in Taoist failure. Although on the surface, Yin Zhiping, the previous leader of Quanzhen Sect, passed away and Master Zhang Yun'an disappeared, resulting in Taoist talents during the debate conference. Unfortunately, in fact, there is an inevitable reason for this, which is what Zhang Yun'an said about the complacency of the Quanzhen lineage. As society develops, everything will change accordingly. As the saying goes, survival of the fittest, only by advancing with the times can we maintain stability for thousands of years. Otherwise, even the Valley of the Kings, the holy land of martial arts in the world, if it always clings to its shortcomings and fails to innovate, it will eventually be eliminated by society one day."
"Ah, it's impossible," Fang Ling said.
"Everything is possible," I smiled, "You all know the story of Hu Fu riding and shooting. Compared with the Hu people at that time, Zhao State had far the upper hand in terms of weapons and equipment, as well as humanities and economy, but in the war However, the Zhao State suffered more defeats and fewer victories. The King of Zhao State carefully thought about the reasons for the defeat and found that most of the Zhao State had a mixed formation of infantry and chariots. The soldiers wore long robes and their movements were far less agile than the Hu people on horseback. After learning from the painful experience, Zhao Wuling The king was determined to learn from the Hu people. Regardless of the opposition of the domestic aristocrats and bureaucrats, he issued the order to "mount and shoot in Hu clothes", which made Zhao one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period."
Fang Lingdao: "I seem to have heard this story about riding and shooting in Hufu,"
"Well, this is a widely circulated story. Let me tell you another story that you have never heard before."
Fang Ling clapped and said, "Okay, brother, you tell us and we listen while we eat."
"Well, you guys eat. Let me tell you. Legend has it that in a country with a long history, there were two chivalrous warriors who were highly skilled in martial arts and could not be distinguished. They were respectfully called the Sword God and the Whip God respectively. At that time, there happened to be a group of overseas The incoming thieves invaded this country. Although these thieves had no martial arts skills and were not many in number, they possessed the most advanced weapons of that era. Those weapons were more advanced than the muskets in our army. These two The knights could not tolerate the aggressive behavior of the robbers, so they joined forces to kill the thieves. What the two heroes never expected was that they were injured by the muskets in the hands of the robbers before they came into contact with them. Even the whip god's whip was hit by the opponent's musket and broke into two pieces. Fortunately, the two of them were very skilled in martial arts. Seeing that the situation was not going well, they escaped with wounds. These two heroes have never suffered such a big loss. , before leaving, he agreed to wait for his injuries to recover before seeking revenge against these thieves. During the year of recovery, the Sword God still practiced hard on his swordsmanship, broke through the bottleneck in one fell swoop, and mastered the most advanced sword move in his sect. The Sword God believes that with this sword technique, he can defeat the Whip God who was originally his rival."
I took a sip of tea and continued: "A year later, the two met again. What surprised the Sword God was that the long whip in the Whip God's hand no longer existed, and was replaced by the musket in the hands of the original thief. Although the Sword God was surprised, he didn't say much. The two of them fought against the thieves again. The Whip God relied on the musket in his hand and his swift movement to continuously kill the thieves one by one. The Sword God discovered He can only succeed with a sword when he encounters an enemy who is alone occasionally. When faced with rows of muskets, he can only flee. There are about twenty people in this group of thieves, only two of them. People were accidentally attacked and killed by the Sword God, and the remaining seventeen or eight people died under the Whip God's gun. After this battle, the Sword God also understood the correctness of the Whip God's abandonment of the whip training gun, and organized an organization with the Whip God He recruited a large number of warriors, practiced musket shooting hard, and finally drove the thieves out of their country."
Fang Ling felt that it was not enough and asked: "What happened next?"
"The story basically ends here. In the end, the whip god concluded that the whip is gone, but the god is still there. As long as this god is still there, he will evolve from the whip god to the gun god, or even something else."
Wen Zhang said: "Sir, wherever this country is, we should also learn the musketry skills."
"Where," I thought for a moment, smiled, "where is not important, what is important is that as long as we continue to innovate on the basis of retaining our God, I believe that in the near future, a large number of people will emerge in our country. Gun God,"
Yuan Ji nodded slightly and said, "Young Master is wise."
After hearing this, Wen Zhang said thoughtfully: "I understand, this is what the master said about advancing with the times. Only in this way can we keep up with the pace of social progress."
I praised: "Wen Zhang, you are right."
Zhang Quanyi asked carefully: "Master Huyan, what is this musket?"
"The musket is a new type of weapon. Wen Zhang has it. You can see it some other time and you will know."
"Oh well,"
Yuan Ji said: "Jun Bao, let's talk about the situation since you left home for more than a year."
"Yes, master," Zhang Quan said, "After I left my home in Liaodong, I looked for people to compete with each other. In the constant competition, I found more and more that my master's words were correct. All the moves I had learned in the past were dead. Only Only in actual combat can these moves be given life. I traveled south from Liaodong for more than a year and arrived at Longhu Mountain half a month ago. At the foot of the mountain, I happened to meet Wen Shaoxia’s master, Master Daofa. This Tao Master Fa seemed to know that I was coming, so I told him that I was the descendant of Biluo Palace, and I came to Longhu Mountain to compete with the disciples of the Longhu Sect in martial arts. Along the way, only Master Daofa knew about Biluo Palace, but the master did not He didn't mention the origin of Longhu Mountain and Biluo Palace. He just asked about my master, looked at my face very strangely, and then said that the martial arts successor of the Longhu Sect was named Wen Zhang. He is his apprentice who is currently in the Lin'an army. If I am interested, I can go to the Lin'an military camp to compete with Wen Shaoxia. In this way, I took the Taoist master's letter and went directly to the Lin'an military camp and met Wen Shaoxia at the door. "Young Hero,"
"Well, Jun Bao, you must have gained a lot of knowledge along the way,"
"Yes, I didn't feel that when I traveled with my master before. This time I walked alone, but I experienced the hardships of the world, all kinds of sweetness and sourness that are hard to describe,"
Yuan Ji smiled and became more and more happy to see Zhang Quanyi's humility and kindness.
"I've finished listening to the story and eaten enough. Brother, let's go to the backyard," Fang Ling said impatiently.
"Well, everyone has eaten, right?"
"Sir, it's ready."
"Okay, let's go to the backyard,"
After I became Zhao Yu and took over Shifeng, due to the rapid development of business and Longya, Shifeng Commercial Bank has expanded several times. Fang Ling, Yuan Ji, I were sitting in the brightly lit backyard, preparing to watch these two young people The masters competed with each other, and this time even Xiao Tian, who was not good at it, stayed to watch the battle with great interest.
"Young Master Wen, please,"
"Zhang Shaoxia, please,"
The two of them saluted each other according to martial arts rules, and then each took two steps back.
I smiled and said, "Let's get started."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two fists and palms met each other, each assuming a posture. These movements were the starting postures of Longhushan Boxing and Biluogong Boxing respectively, but they were extremely similar.
Longhushan martial arts is known for its lightness, speed, and agility. As the only disciple of the Taoist master, Wen Zhang knew the truth. Wen Zhang stepped on the seven-star step, took the lead in attacking, and quickly bullied the opponent's middle palace. Quanyi also did not give in. He stepped on lotus steps and faced each other head on. His speed was no less than Wen Zhang.
In an instant, the two of them were fighting together.
Compared to Yuan Ji and Fang Ling, Xiao Tian and I can only be regarded as amateurs, but when we see people on the field following each other like shadows, sometimes they point to each other, sometimes their legs are aroused, and sometimes they are not even touched. , but hurriedly separated, already dazzled by the few moves,