The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 91
In a short time, the two Taoist priests, Liaochen and Liaoyin, cleaned up the house, and Liaochen came out humming a little tune.

"You two benefactors, come in and have a look, and see if you are satisfied with what we have arranged for you?"

After hearing this, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu stepped into the west wing to have a look, and saw that the structure of the west wing was almost exactly the same as that of the east wing. There was almost nothing in this room, and they were placed on the small kang on the west side of the back room. There was a dilapidated kang mat with a broken bag on the mat, and nothing else.

Duan Wuji nodded when he saw it.

"Well, it's fine here, let's live like this."

Tieniu gave Duan Wuji a blank look, and said to himself: What's all this?Pretty good, is this liveable?
However, Duan Wuji has already stated his position, and Tieniu is unwilling to say anything more.

Liao Chen said with a smile: "Both benefactors, I think the two horses should be kept in the yard. Now that the weather is not cold outside, the horses are kept in the yard and the air in the house is fresher. Look at this How are you?"

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, that's what I thought too. In such a warm day, why should this horse be kept inside the house?"

Wait until everything is arranged.

Monk Liao Yin asked with a smile: "You haven't had dinner yet, let me make you something to eat."

All three shook their heads.

Liao Chen smiled and said: "Brother, just now the three of us ate at the restaurant at the foot of the mountain, you can eat alone, I will talk to the two young friends about practicing martial arts later."

Liaoyin laughed when he heard this.

"Brother, are you talking about martial arts? This is strange, do you know martial arts? If you know martial arts, you won't be reduced to the point where you don't eat and drink less, right?

When you talk about martial arts, isn't that just bragging about Hella!Whoever believes in you will be fooled. "

Daoist Liaochen laughed and said: "Brother, you don't know that, brother, I also learned peerless martial arts from our ancestors in the early years, but I didn't study hard, but I know the method of cultivation clearly. It's clear. Otherwise, senior brother, how could I have such a good body?"

Liaoyin grinned.

"Then you can talk, I'm going to cook."

After finishing speaking, Taoist priest Yin turned and went back to the house.

Daoist Liaochen came to Duan Wuji and Tie Niu with a smile, found a half-headed brick and sat down, and then said to the two of them: "You two little benefactors, when I first became a monk 50 years ago, I told you that Master Baiyun Daochang has learned two peerless martial arts.

A kind of martial art is called Zhanyi Shibatie, also known as Tiebu shirt. This kind of martial art is to run the meridians of the body, make the true energy flow in the body, and make the body form an air bag, which can make it invulnerable. This kind of martial art is very powerful. .

The other kind of martial arts is a kind of lightness skill. Once it is practiced, it can fly on the grass and walk on the snow without a trace. Because it is very hard to practice these two skills, so I haven't learned either of them. very thorough.

To put it bluntly, it’s just a half bottle of jealousy. If you are willing to learn, I can teach you the method. If you are not very interested, just be poor and say nothing, and we will be fine. "

Tieniu was very disappointed after hearing what he just said, and looked at Duan Wuji after thinking for a while.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Master Liaochen, it is often said that practicing kung fu is about fate, if this peerless kung fu is so easy to learn, wouldn't there be martial arts masters everywhere?
Especially the high-blocking martial arts, none of them are easy to learn, let's see if this martial art has a fate with you.

Master Liaochen, please tell us about the lightness skill first, as for the iron cloth shirt's force, let's talk about it in ten and a half months, we won't be able to learn it if we learn too much. "

Daoist Liaochen smiled.

"You two benefactors, this lightness kung fu is very easy to practice, but the method of cultivation is very painful. I'm afraid that you two won't be able to bear that kind of suffering."

"Hey, what is suffering or not? As the saying goes, if you want to practice martial arts, you should not be afraid of hardship, and you should not practice martial arts if you are afraid of hardship. What method? Tell me."

Daoist Liaochen smiled, and immediately walked into the house, dug out a few sandbags from a broken box, and put them in front of Duan Wuji and Tie Niu.

Duan Wuji looked around and said: "What's the use of this?"

Liao Chen looked at the empty bag on the ground and said: "After this bag is filled with sand, this small bag is tied to your leg, and this big sand bag is tied to your waist. Over time, it will help to build a solid foundation for the feet.

Once the sand bag is untied, you will find that the heel is extremely stable, and you can walk on the snow without trace after a long time.

It's just that this method is extremely painful, and most people can't persist for a few days. Otherwise, there are very few people who have mastered this skill?
Try it tomorrow and see if you can hold on, persistence is victory! "

Duan Wuji picked up these sandbags and looked carefully, and found that these bags were made of good leather and looked very strong. After looking at them for a long time, Duan Wuji handed these bags to Tieniu again.

Tieniu looked at it for a long time and said, "Aren't there just a few broken bags, let's spend money to make two sets tomorrow. Let's see if this method is worthwhile."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, I also have the same idea. It probably won't cost much to make these bags. Let's make a set by ourselves."

Liao Chen smiled.

"No, you just need to make one set. My set is useless. I will give you this set of bags. Last time I owed you 30 taels of silver, and I have no financial means. I had to use this set of bags to pay the bill.”

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Then thank you, teacher and father. Brother Tie Niu, put away this set of bags, and let's make another set with him tomorrow.

Hey, Master Liaochen, do you need any auxiliary skills to practice this set of skills? "

Liao Chen shook his head.

"I don't know about this. If I want to know, I will definitely pass it on to you."

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu looked at each other and said: "Brother Tie Niu, it's still early, let's lead the animals and let the horses graze on this hillside."

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

Tie Niu picked up the bag on the ground, led the horse and followed Duan Wuji out of the Taoist temple.

Tie Niu said with a smile: "Brother, let's put the two horses here by yourself first. I'll find some sand and fill these bags first. Let's try first if it's okay."

After finishing speaking, Tieniu threw the horse's reins to Duan Wuji, and he went down the mountain alone with an empty bag. Duan Wuji was waiting for him while putting the horse on.

The time was not too long, and the iron bull smiled and ran up from the bottom of the mountain.

When Duan Wuji saw his swollen body, he knew that the bull had tied those sandbags to his body.

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu and said with a smile: "How is it, how does it feel to tie this sandbag?"

Tie Niu laughed.

"It feels quite heavy, but it's still acceptable. The amount of sand weighs sixty to seventy catties. I'll try it for a few days before I talk about it."

After letting the horses rest for a while, the two tied the horses to the tree again. At this time, the sun had already set, and the two took off the weapons, bows and arrows and put them on the kang. In the middle of the night, the two of them lay down and fell asleep.

In the morning of the next day, the two practiced boxing and kicking for a while, and then practiced weapons for a while, until the sun came out, and the two quietly went down the mountain. They went to the tailor shop to buy two sets of quilts, and asked the tailor shop to buy two sets of quilts. The master made a set of slightly enlarged sandbags, and then the two returned to Tongtian Temple.

When Duan Wuji saw the firewood in the hut, he knew that the owner of the rice noodle shop had already come.

Seeing that the two of them had returned, Liao Yin and Liaochen said happily, "Now we have rice, flour, grain and oil, so you can stay here in peace.

Because I am responsible for letting go of the horses for you every day, I will cook for you every day, so you can practice with peace of mind. "

After everyone had breakfast, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother Tieniu, come on, pack these sandbags with me, let's climb Huashan Mountain today.

It is said that Huashan is extremely dangerous and beautiful, and Huashan has been a road since ancient times. Now that we have come, we have to climb Huashan to play.

Master Liaochen, don’t wait for us to eat today, just cook what you eat, today we will climb Huashan Mountain. "

Liao Chen nodded.

"Well, you go, this Huashan is extremely steep, you have to pay attention to safety."

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu nodded, and the two left Tongtian Temple and walked straight down the mountain.

The two came to a small dry river, Duan Wuduan filled sandbags full of sand and tied them on his legs and waist, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's climb the mountain."

Tie Niu saw it and said with a smile: "Brother, your sandbag is much heavier than mine. Is it hard to climb a mountain with such a heavy sandbag?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "If we can't stand it, let's try it and then we'll know. Let's go, it's such a high mountain, if we go late, we won't be able to come down today."

The two came to the winding mountain road and looked up. They saw that the mountain road was as wide as one person and went straight to the clouds. There was no end in sight, and there were not many people climbing the mountain.

The two climbed up the steps, step by step, and enjoyed the scenery on the mountain while climbing.

But see that: the strange rocks are jagged, the mountains and rocks are strange, and the old trees and pine forests are new.The weeds on the roadside are like beautiful flowers, and the sound of birds and cranes is crisp.Tourists shuttle up and down like a shuttle, and the breeze blows slowly.

The two of them climbed the mountain with heavy loads, and they didn't feel anything at the beginning. When they climbed more than halfway, the sweat of the two of them came down.

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Brother, we bring this sandbag to climb the mountain, isn't this just asking for trouble, I think we will be exhausted to the top of the mountain."

Duan Wuji wiped the sweat off his face and said: "It's not that serious, if you can't bear such a little bit of suffering, how can you learn that peerless martial arts?
Brother, work harder, we have both practiced internal strength, we will never die from exhaustion, brother, let's see who of us can't hold on first. "

Tie Niu sneered and said: "Brother, Bibi is Bibi, brother, I am several years older than you, and the sandbag you tied is heavier than mine. I don't believe it today. You can persevere, but I can't." .”

The two talked and laughed and continued to climb up the mountain. After an hour, the two finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

The two of them were so tired that they could hardly even speak. After they closed their eyes and practiced on the top of the mountain for a while, their throbbing hearts finally calmed down.

The two stood up and looked into the distance, only to see that: white clouds wrapped around the mountainside like belts, and green pines swayed in the wind.The wild flowers on the top of the mountain are red or purple, and the singing of birds is melodious.The distant mountains are locked like black clouds and mist, and the daytime is like a photo of the head of a pan.

The two walked around the top of the mountain for a while and then began to descend. As the saying goes, going up the mountain is easy and going down the mountain is difficult. The two walked down the mountain carefully, and it took them nearly two hours to get down the mountain. Panting heavily, it took a long time for the two of them to catch their breath.

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu and smiled.

"Brother, how is it? Are you still holding on?"

Tieniu grinned wryly after hearing this, and said, "Brother, you have persevered, can I not persevere?"

Duan Wuji pointed to a pergola not far away.

"Brother, are you already hungry? Let's go, let's eat something first."

The two of them went to sit under the awning, and the boss who sold food ran over.

"Second guest officers, what do you want to eat?"

Tie Niu said loudly while drinking tea: "First, bring us ten flatbreads, and then cut ten catties of cooked meat and serve them up."

The boss of the rice seller got busy immediately after hearing this, and the food was brought up in a short time.

When the two of them saw it, they ate wildly, and when they had finished eating, they ordered two more pots of tea. When they finished eating and drinking, they calculated the cost of the meal, and then walked straight towards Tongtian Temple.

(End of this chapter)