Seeing the clouds

Chapter 41 Forty old friends are few and far between
Chu Kuangsheng's name is definitely not known to the younger generation in today's world. Even some experienced people in the world only have a vague idea of ​​the name. As for his life story, it is probably difficult to tell. Got it.Only a few people who stood at the top of the world would be deeply impressed by it, but now most of them have become reclusive old monsters in various sects.

However, this cannot be blamed on Jianghu's forgetfulness and ruthlessness. Although Chu Kuangsheng, a swordsman, traveled around the world and defeated countless heroes who claimed to be masters, it was actually a flash in the pan.I only heard that this young swordsman who came from the Chu region and had never been defeated went to Wudang Mountain to seek enlightenment. After losing a move, he lost news in the world and no further deeds were reported.

The reason is that you only hear the newcomers laugh, how many times do you hear the old ones cry?
Even Chu Kuangsheng himself couldn't help but sigh: No one in the world recognizes this mirage tower, let alone Chu Kuangsheng, who is one against ten in the Yueyang Tower.

As for why Zhang Yue knew the name Chu Kuangsheng, there was something wrong with it.When he was studying Confucianism under the guidance of Bai Feng, the name Chu Kuangsheng was mentioned in one of the classes.When Chu Kuangsheng traveled around the world, he did many shocking deeds because of his bohemian character.For example, he sang songs to satirize Confucian saints and insulted Confucian scholars in front of hundreds of literati in the Imperial College, offending the literati all over the world, and naturally became the villain of Confucianism.

Zhang Chuchu, who was still a child at the time, naturally did not understand what Chu Kuangsheng or a Confucian saint meant to scholars.I just thought this young man named Chu Kuangsheng was interesting, so I spent a lot of effort to understand Chu Kuangsheng's life story.He naturally understands how powerful Chu Kuangsheng was back then in today's arena, which would only attract some ignorant young people to say, "There are no heroes, so Zhuzi became famous."That's why he was so shocked when the amiable old Taoist priest claimed to be Chu Kuangsheng.

The old Taoist priest's face was full of emotion: "I didn't expect you to know the name Chu Kuangsheng at the beginning of the month at your young age. You know, even I have almost forgotten it."

Zhang Chuchu bowed solemnly again, but this time he was not paying respect to the old Taoist priest in front of him, but to the young swordsman who had no inhibitions and was arrogant and unrestrained.

Zhang Chu said: "It just happened that when I was studying literature, the teacher once mentioned Grandpa Chu, although he didn't say anything good about him."

The old Taoist laughed loudly again and said: "I didn't expect that the people in the world would not remember the name Chu Kuangsheng, but those weird scholars would still remember it so clearly. I have to say, it also confirms the saying, 'A gentleman takes revenge in ten years' If it's not too late, bookishness still stinks, it stinks!"

Zhang Chuchu then continued: "I was just a child at the beginning. I thought you were interesting, Grandpa Chu, so I read books and asked about your deeds. For example, you defeated ten famous masters at that time alone on the Yueyang Tower; you defeated the Qingyun Sword of that year. The head of the clan mocked him as an embroidered pillow; he sang songs in front of the Imperial Academy to insult the Confucian scholars; he fished alone in the snow on Dongting Lake during heavy snowfall; and he also sang in front of the mountain gate of Shifu Villa..."

Zhang Yue didn't know why, but he stopped talking.Seeing his somewhat embarrassed expression, the old Taoist priest laughed and said, "You peed! I still remember that at that time, the old owner of Shifu Villa wanted to marry his beloved daughter to me. Bah! Poor! Tao. In the end, the old man was so angry that he wished he could send out the entire Shifu Villa to hunt down Pindao. I never thought that I would be lucky enough to hear about my deeds from others in this life. Alas, 40 years have passed in the blink of an eye, and still... Do you remember what Pindao’s sword is called?”

Zhang Chuchu nodded: "There was a famous craftsman in Da Chu called Lu Shuo. He made two sword handles during his lifetime, one Yang Yan and one Mirage. Grandpa Chu's sword is the latter of these two famous swords, Mirage."

The old Taoist priest stepped forward and patted Zhang Yue's shoulder, nodded and said loudly: "It is indeed fate that I can see you today. Just because you can say the word "mirage tower", if I don't teach you this time, I will make a difference in the world. First of all, how can you deserve the mirage tower that has accompanied me for more than a century?!"

Zhang Yue was frightened by the words of the old Taoist priest, and said quickly: "It's just a coincidence, it's a coincidence. The younger generation is self-aware and doesn't dare to expect to be the best in the world. As long as Grandpa Chu can give the younger generation a few casual tips, the younger generation will benefit for life." Contented."

The old Taoist priest was so happy that he said three good words in a row.

The two came to a relatively empty place next to the waterhole.Chu Kuangsheng took a few steps back and said to Zhang Yue: "Come on, let Pindao see how strong you are at Yue Yue first, but don't be merciful. Although Pindao is nearly seventy years old, his body is still very strong. of."

Zhang Chuo stood three feet away from Chu Kuangsheng, raised his hands and bowed: "Grandpa Chu, be careful, Chu Yue offended you."

Zhang Yue put his left thumb on the scabbard and drew the sword with his right hand. Zhan Whale raised his hand and slashed towards Chu Kuangsheng in the air.

Chu Kuangsheng looked at the sword energy coming from the sky and smiled happily: "Not bad."

Immediately afterwards, the old Taoist priest stretched out his right hand and drew a circle with his sleeve in the air, drawing a gust of wind. The strong wind blew towards Zhang Chuo, forcibly canceling out the sword energy coming from across the sky, leaving only curls of green smoke in the air.

Zhang Chuchu saw that his moves were so easily broken by the old Taoist priest. Although he had been prepared, he was still a little stunned by the blow.The old Taoist priest saw Zhang Yue stunned and was not surprised at all. He laughed loudly: "The momentum is good, but unfortunately he is still a little immature. But it doesn't matter. The swordsman is different from those sissy swordsmen with embroidered pillows. They don't care about the so-called release of Qi. What is more important is the unity of sword and god."

The old Taoist priest waved his hand: "Come here, let me see how you do in close combat."

Zhang Yue held Yu Gong in his hand and ran towards Chu Kuangsheng. When he was less than three feet away from the old Taoist priest, he suddenly drew his sword. Yu Gong slashed at the old Taoist's neck like a thunderbolt. Zhang Yue's sword not only did not spare his hand, but instead used his whole body. Twelve points of strength.He simply didn't believe that the old Taoist priest who could easily neutralize his own moves before could not even take such a simple blow.

As a result, the old Taoist priest Chu Kuangsheng, who was once an absolute master in the art of swordsmanship, naturally did not disappoint Zhang Yue. The old Taoist priest stretched out his left hand and blocked the Yugong Sword's attack with only the index and middle fingers of his left hand. Clamping the blade tightly with his fingers, no matter how hard Zhang Yue tried, Yu Gong could not move at all, and was in a dilemma in the air.

After the old Taoist priest received Zhang Yue's blow, he was still very leisurely: "Now I know what you are lacking. Is there anything else? Don't hide it, use it as soon as possible."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he ignored the so-called elders and juniors, turned around and kicked the old Taoist, forcing the old Taoist to let go of Yu Gong with two fingers of his left hand.Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yue wielded the Yugong Sword and continued to slash at Chu Kuangsheng without stopping. However, compared to the previous reckless sword strike, the subsequent attacks were lighter and more cunning.However, although the old Taoist priest was old, he was still nimble and could easily dodge the coming blade without any sloppiness or even leaking any flaw in his figure, making Zhang Yue's attack even more difficult.

Zhang Chuchu discovered that the old Taoist priest seemed to know every move he made and could always respond to his moves in advance, but he couldn't think of any way to win.It has to be said that this method has a very obvious effect on people's mental suppression. The more Yu Gong waved in Zhang Yue's hand, the more he felt that he was unable to do anything.Gradually, the speed of Yugong's swing slowed down, and his moves were not as fierce and sharp as before.

The old Taoist priest understood clearly, and took advantage of Zhang Yue's slight hesitation when he retracted his attack. He stretched out his left hand and quickly touched the joint of Zhang Yue's right hand. Zhang Yue suddenly felt that his arm was sore, he could not exert any strength, and his palm lost feeling.The old Taoist priest took the opportunity to tap Yugong's blade with his right hand, causing the knife to separate from Zhang Yue's palm. He then extended his left hand to hold Yugong behind his back, and held Yugong beside Zhang Yue's neck.

Zhang Yue held his sore right arm with his left hand. He felt a little disappointed when he thought that he could not pose any threat to the old Taoist priest, and that the old Taoist priest had taken the blade with his bare hands. It was simply a shame for a swordsman.

The Yugong knife stayed on Zhang Yue's shoulder for about three breaths. Chu Kuangsheng looked at Zhang Yue's lost look, smiled slightly, took Yugong back and returned it to Zhang Yue: "Don't be sad, you lost to the poor. Taoism is not shameful. To put it bluntly, 40 years ago, countless people in the world wanted to lose to me... Bah! There is no way to lose to a poor Taoist." Listening to the words of comfort from the old Taoist priest, Zhang Yue said He was not immediately relieved that someone had taken away the knife with his bare hands, but he still bowed his head and remained silent.

The old Taoist priest patted Zhang Yue's shoulder and said softly: "I heard that you have been learning swordsmanship for a long time?"

Zhang Chuchu said softly: "Well..."

The old Taoist priest continued: "Not long after I learned the sword, I was able to reach my current level, which is actually quite good. When I first learned the sword, I couldn't chop wood, let alone fight with people with a knife."

Only then did Zhang Yue raise his head and asked in surprise: "Really?"

The old Taoist priest laughed: "Of course it's fake!"

Zhang Yue looked at the disrespectful old man in front of him with disdain. Although he did not get the answer he wanted, the sense of loss in his heart was relieved a lot by the old Taoist priest's joke.

Old Taoist priest: "Is it better? Oh, young man, don't be discouraged. If you lose more now, you will win more in the future. As for you, your talent is so-so, but your basic skills are far inferior to those of a poor Taoist." As soon as the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he saw in front of him The young man was obviously starting to feel a little disappointed again, so he quickly explained, "Don't be too upset right now. The journey of martial arts depends not only on talent and skills, but also on many factors. Look at Pindao, he was very high-spirited and arrogant back then, but he is not like that now. Become an unknown Taoist priest on Wudang Mountain. So don’t worry, with a leader like Pindao here, you will definitely not go up the mountain to become a Taoist priest."

It has to be said that although the old Taoist priest Chu Kuangsheng is older, his speech is still as traceless, funny and cute as before.This is not only related to the original character of the old Taoist priest, but also to the casual atmosphere of Wudang Mountain.

Zhang Chu said: "But I can't even touch a finger of yours, Grandpa Chu. There are so many masters in the world. It seems difficult for me to feel anything other than sighing."

The old Taoist priest waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If you can master two moves with Pindao soon after learning swordsmanship, then you don't need to come to Pindao for advice on swordsmanship. You can just find a place to practice." In a few years, I am guaranteed to be number one in the world."

When the old Taoist priest said this, Zhang Yue seemed to understand. It seemed that it was not that he was too weak, but that the old Taoist priest in front of him was too powerful, and he suddenly felt relieved.

Chu Kuangsheng felt the change in Zhang Yue's aura and said with a smile: "Now let's get down to business. Everything Pindao says later is related to your future martial arts, so you have to listen carefully."

As soon as Zhang Yue heard what the old Taoist priest was going to say about the most important thing, he immediately nodded heavily.

The old Taoist priest changed his previous laughter and said solemnly: "First of all, I want to talk about the most important point of being a swordsman - murderous intent! A sword is different from a sword, and a swordsman is also different from a swordsman. I have mentioned this before. Swordsman You can wield a sword to be extremely romantic, but if a swordsman can kill with one sword, he will never use a second sword. The sword can only come and go straight, without the flowers of the sword. Therefore, in the world, most knights and righteous men use swords, and the use of swords Nine times out of ten, people are either killers or demons. You have murderous intent and it is very strong, but your knife does not, which has a great impact on the actual fight between you and others. If a person has too much murderous intent, sensitive enemies will be able to Predict the enemy's opportunity and put yourself in a passive position. If you don't feel the key to this, recall your talent."

Zhang Chuchu recalled that when he fought against the old Taoist priest just now, his every move seemed to be predicted in advance. This was probably the reason.

The old Taoist priest continued: "This is related to the fact that you have been practicing swordsmanship for too short a time, and it is also related to the fact that the sword in your hand does not belong to you. If I am not mistaken, this sword should be the Yugong of the Mo family, right?"

Zhang Chuchu nodded: "It's Yu Gong."

The old Taoist priest raised his eyebrows: "This sword is a treasure passed down from generation to generation of the Mo family's non-life sect. It can only be owned by the leaders of each generation of the non-life sect. I didn't expect that at the beginning of the month, you were the leader of the Mohist family's non-life sect at such a young age. This poor Taoist misunderstood .”

Zhang Yue didn't know anything about the Mo family and the Fei Ming sect. He was afraid that the old Taoist priest would misunderstand him, so he quickly waved his hand to explain and told the old Taoist priest his previous experiences. Only then did the old Taoist priest understand the cause and effect.

After listening to Zhang Chuchu's words, the old Taoist couldn't help but sigh: "I have stayed in Wudang Mountain for so long, but I didn't expect that the Moh family would also fall. But the swordsman named Xu Luzhi was actually willing to give Yu Gong, who was of great significance to the Moh family, At the beginning of the month, it seems that your father was indeed very kind to them."

Zhang Chuchu was naturally not clear about the past that disappeared into the dust, but the Mohist non-ming sect mentioned by the old Taoist priest earlier aroused his interest.He asked curiously: "Grandpa Chu, what is the Mo family's non-life sect?"

The old Taoist priest explained: "When the Mohist school was at its peak, it was called the Three Religions along with Confucianism and Taoism. There were two factions in the Mohist school, one was called Feigong and the other was called Feiming. The leader of the Mohist school, Juzi, was composed of The leaders of the two factions were elected after competition. Although the two factions came from the Mohist school, they adhered to completely different concepts and ideas. The non-defining faction emphasized that man can conquer nature and not be content with fate; the non-offensive faction emphasized mutual love and mutual benefit. . And each of the two factions has a weapon passed down from generation to generation. For example, the Yu Gong in your hand is the leader’s weapon passed down from generation to generation by the Fei Fate faction.”

Zhang Yue nodded, and then he asked curiously: "Then how did Grandpa Chu know about the Mo family?"

Chu Kuangsheng replied: "It happened that one of the martial arts masters I defeated back then was the leader of the Mohist family at that time. Although Meng Gourd was not as powerful as Ping Dao, he was still a good person, so Ping Dao traveled with him in the past. After a period of time in the world, of course, these were all things he secretly told Pindao because he couldn't stand Pindao's nonsense. But even if Meng Gourd hadn't returned to the west on a crane, he was probably an old guy who couldn't walk. His body had been No one is poor and healthy."

As the old Taoist priest spoke, he couldn't help but sigh: "If you want to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and drink wine, it's not like you are a young man."

(End of this chapter)