Seeing the clouds

Chapter 42 Chapter 41 Cold Pond
Zhang Chuchu really didn't expect that when he was young, he stood on Confucius, which is regarded as a sacred place by scholars all over the world, and arbitrarily laughed at the literati and poets. How chic and romantic the old man was, he would have such a sad side to Spring and Autumn. He couldn't help feeling that the years have been ruthless. Make people grow old.But just now he heard what the old Taoist said, and he realized that Yu Gong in his hand was so important to the Mo family. Uncle Xu must have received a lot of criticism for it when he returned to the sect. If there is an opportunity in the future, he must take it. The sword is returned.

Chu Kuangsheng just sighed for a while, and then returned to the old and disrespectful state. He reached out and patted the back of his neck, and asked with a smile: "What did you say just now?"

Zhang Chuchu replied: "Talking about murderous intent."

The old Taoist priest clapped his hands and nodded: "Yes, we are talking about the issue of murderous intent in you and murderous intent in the sword. I also felt it when I fought with you before. There is some aura that does not belong to you on Yugong's sword. It must be that Xu Luzhi The swordsman left behind is to help you cultivate your aura and rise to the realm. To be honest, this method is indeed the most direct and effective method for a new swordsman like you. But even if you use this method to cultivate A land god, but when he meets a real master, he will become a useless person who is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. You have to remember that for the person holding the sword, the martial arts realm is not important, what is important is the power to kill everything with the sword."

The old Taoist priest continued: "But this matter is not urgent at the moment. The momentum of the sword you started earlier was good, and it was the so-called martial arts path of deliberately nourishing the energy when you should strike. To be honest, you are indeed very smart. You know that you have become a monk halfway, so you use what you have." Qi machines are all 'stolen' from others. But the things you 'stolen' are never understood by yourself, so it is more difficult to use them. So for you right now, the most important thing is to learn how to Let the Qi flow in the body to achieve the effect of integration. Otherwise, no matter how high your level is and how strong your Qi is, fighting with others will be the same as an ordinary martial artist. Without the complementary moves of Qi, even if you hit someone, , and can’t hurt others at all.”

Zhang Chu nodded: "Indeed, I feel the same way myself. However, Qi comes naturally to everyone, and it is difficult for others to guide how to circulate and use it. I really don't know how to understand it."

The old Taoist priest waved and said, "Come here." He led Zhang Yue to a pool not far from the two of them.The pool is about one foot deep and crystal clear. There are no fish in the pool, and some dead branches and rotten trees can be seen at the bottom.In addition to some dead leaves floating on the surface of the pool, there is also a row of driftwood connected from one side of the pool to the other. The driftwoods are of different sizes and in random positions. They are only connected by a thin silk thread, making the driftwood It can barely be called a floating wooden bridge, but this reluctance is a bit too forced.

Chu Kuangsheng said to Zhang Yue: "Next, keep your eyes open and watch."

After saying that, Chu Kuangsheng stepped out with one foot and stepped on the piece of driftwood closest to the shore. Then the other foot also stepped out and stepped on the next piece of driftwood. Then he walked as fast as flying, As if walking on flat ground, he stepped on one piece of driftwood after another and walked to the other side of the pool without stopping.Zhang Yue, who stood still without moving, was shocked and speechless.Let’s not talk about how the old Taoist priest was able to stand on the pond without falling into the pond with only two pieces of driftwood. The fact that the old Taoist priest walked the entire pond without even a single piece of driftwood making a ripple was enough to make Zhang Yue incredible.Although Zhang Yue is not old, he still knows common sense that even if he is crossing the river by boat, as long as a person steps on the boat, the boat will shake even if it is thick.After taking a closer look, I saw that it was indeed driftwood connected by silk threads, not stone slabs. I was not mistaken, but it was a bit hard to imagine.

The old Taoist priest stood on the side of the pool and disapproved, shouting: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? You can try it too."

Zhang Chuchu stretched out his right index finger and pointed at himself: "Me?"

Old Taoist Priest: "There are only two of us here, who else could it be if you weren't you? Try it quickly, what are you afraid of? The worst is, if you fall into the water, your clothes will be wet at most. There are plenty of clean Taoist robes on Wudang Mountain, so don't be afraid, be bold! Don't fall into the tiger's den. , How can we get tiger cubs?"

Zhang Chuchu swallowed his saliva, not because he was afraid, but because he was self-aware and knew that even if he tried it once, he would not be able to escape the end of falling into the pool even if he tried it a hundred times or a thousand times. He felt really unsure.But the old Taoist priests have said so. It seems that it would be a bit embarrassing if I didn't give it a try.So he walked to the edge of the pool, looked down at the driftwood, then raised his head at the old man on the other side, with a bitter look on his face: "Do you really want to try it? I feel like... it's not good."

The old Taoist priest on the other side had a cheerful temper. Seeing Zhang Yue's hesitation, he became a little impatient: "What nonsense, hurry up. If you don't hurry up, I... Bah! I have no interest in teaching a poor Taoist." Got it!"

Zhang Chuchu had no idea. He thought that death was inevitable and he would die early and be reborn, so he imitated the old way and stepped on the driftwood with one foot. As a result, he felt that he was really confused and felt that the foot he stepped out was not right. As soon as the soles of his feet were empty, there was a "plop" and the whole person fell into the pool. The splashing water wet the grass on the shore.The old Taoist priest on the other side was really heartless. Seeing this scene, he laughed from ear to ear.

Fortunately, Zhang Chuo knew how to swim and climbed out of the pool to the shore in just a few breaths. The October pool water was so ice-cold that Zhang Chuo almost cramped in the cold water. Although he managed to climb to the shore, he still drank. There are many pools of water.

At this time, Chu Kuangsheng had walked back from the other side. Looking at Zhang Yue, who was all wet, he asked: "How is it? Does the pond water taste good?"

Zhang Chuchu glanced at the old Taoist priest's face. It looked like the smile of a senior who succeeded in tricking the junior. He really didn't want to pay attention to this disrespectful guy.However, people under the eaves have to bow their heads: "To be honest, it doesn't taste very good."

The old Taoist priest laughed loudly: "It's okay, you are so young and strong, it doesn't matter if you get a little cold."

Zhang Chuexin said in his heart, it's not you who fell into the pool and got his clothes wet, so of course you'll be fine.But just thinking about it, if he really wanted to speak like this, he would have to be thrown into the pond by the old Taoist priest and drink a few mouthfuls of water.

Zhang Chu said: "I'm fine, I just need to change my clothes."

The old Taoist priest waved his hand: "Don't change it in a hurry, you will have to fall in later. If you change it now, won't it be in vain if it gets wet later?"

When Zhang Yueyi heard that he would have to fall into the pool to drink water later, his head felt heavy, and he suddenly felt the urge to "I won't practice this sword anymore."

The old Taoist priest continued: "If you don't want to drink the pool water anymore, you have to work hard next. Do you still remember how you used the move you started when you fought with me?"

Zhang Chuchu nodded: "The two hands are connected with the knife, and the Qi in the knife is drawn out of the knife."

The old Taoist priest said: "Yes, now you try to gather Qi on your feet, and then connect your feet to the driftwood. You will be able to walk to the other side like a poor Taoist."

After Zhang Yue heard this, he started to think about it, but after half a quarter of an hour, he still couldn't feel anything in his feet.He then said: "No, I can't feel a trace of Qi in my feet."

Chu Kuangsheng rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand to pat his head, and cursed: "I praised you for being smart before, but now you are so stupid? You can't feel it with your feet, but can't you feel it with your hands? You can use your hands first to feel it. Isn’t it just that the Qi movement is transferred to the feet? With this beginning, it will be much easier to feel the Qi movement in the feet later. It’s really stupid.”

Zhang Chuyi patted his head and suddenly realized: "Yes, why didn't I think of that?"

Chu Kuangsheng really couldn't bear it: "Then you practice first, and I'll go eat something. I'm going to be hungry after all this trouble with you. Remember, unless you can walk through the pool as easily as me, otherwise you will Don't even think about going down the mountain, otherwise you will be used as a grindstone for others."

After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he didn't care about Zhang Yue's reaction and walked away.And Zhang Yue looked at the clear pool water in front of him. Although his body was wet and a little cold, his heart gradually became hot...

Chu Kuangsheng returned to Qianshan and was about to eat some vegetarian food to fill his stomach when he met his senior brother Zhao Qingxi.

Zhao Qingxi asked: "How about the child?"

Chu Kuangsheng lost the impropriety he had when getting along with Zhang Yue, nodded and said: "At present, he is a malleable person. As for whether it is true or not, it depends on this night." Zhao Qingxi smiled and said: "Lian has always been strict. Seventh Junior Brother, you said so, it seems that he is indeed a good prospect."

Chu Kuangsheng waved his hands: "Hey, if others say forget it, senior brother, you also say so. Who among the senior brothers doesn't know that I am just pretending to be strict?"

Zhao Qingxi then asked: "It was Master who suggested that you take charge of the commandments in the first place. As for the reason, he has been dead for many years, so I'm afraid there is no way to know. However, Seventh Junior Brother, did you ever regret your choice to stay in Wudang Mountain over the years? "

"There is nothing to regret. When I first ventured into the world, I thought I was comfortable enough. I didn't expect that after staying in Wudang Mountain for ten years, I discovered that the previous freedom was all fake and I deceived myself. I have been lonely since I was a child. , except for the master who taught me swordsmanship and whom I called daddy, I didn’t have any relatives. Later, when the master died, I was really alone. After staying in Wudang Mountain for ten years, the entire Wudang Mountain regarded me as a relative. , that feeling is really...too warm."

Chu Kuangsheng paused for a moment, then spoke again: "However, if I really regret it. I think the thing I regret most when I arrived at Wudang Mountain was to worship an irresponsible master, and to have someone like you who takes pleasure in cheating my junior brother. Senior brother."

After hearing this, Zhao Qingxi laughed heartily, patted Chu Kuangsheng on the shoulder, turned and left.

Time flew by quickly, and the next morning arrived in the blink of an eye.

And throughout this whole day, Li Jingxuan, Li Jingxiong and Zheng Baiyu never saw Zhang Yuechu again.Zheng Baiyu loves to play, so Li Jingxuan took him and his younger brother Li Jingxiong to play on Wudang Mountain. They met many Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain and became familiar with the most senior Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain.Zheng Baiyu naturally asked Zhao Qingxi about his cousin's situation, but Zhao Qingxi only said, "Practice with concentration, not easy to disturb" and sent Zheng Baiyu away.

In fact, Zhao Qingxi and Chu Kuangsheng had been to Houshan many times. In addition to bringing fast food to Zhang Chuo, they also wanted to see how Zhang Chuo was doing.But after the two of them discovered that Zhang Yue was preoccupied with luck, they both left quietly. Of course, Zhang Yue didn't know.

In the early morning of the next day, Chu Kuangsheng had a vegetarian meal and brought a breakfast for Zhang Yue, and then went to the back mountain again.Of course, this time he was loud and not as sneaky as yesterday.

Chu Kuangsheng walked to the stone table and put the vegetarian meal on the stone table. He found that not a single grain of rice had been touched on the two vegetarian meals yesterday. In his heart, he thought highly of the young man who was still working hard to cross the pond. .

Chu Kuangsheng walked to the edge of the pool, and Zhang Yue just happened to climb out of the pool. Zhang Yue's whole body was a little swollen due to being soaked in the pool for too long.He wiped the pool water on his face and laughed wildly at Chu: "Grandpa Chu is here."

Chu Kuangsheng knew that he neither slept nor ate yesterday, but practiced in this pool of water all night, but he deliberately pretended to be ignorant and said: "I didn't expect you to be so diligent at the beginning of the month, and you got up so early in the morning to practice ”

However, to the surprise of the old Taoist priest, Zhang Yue did not mention that he had practiced all night. Instead, he smiled lightly and said: "I woke up early, thinking that I would be fine, so I got up to practice. After all, the stupid bird flies first. Although I can now I’m good at using my feet to make luck, but it’s still a little difficult to connect my feet to the driftwood.”

The old Taoist priest originally wanted to say something to attack Zhang Chuo, but after listening to Zhang Chuo's words, his eyes felt a little sore, and he no longer knew how to say those words.

The old Taoist priest said softly: "Okay, okay, in no time, I have brought you clothes. They are in the wooden house. Go change clothes quickly and eat something to fill your stomach."

Zhang Chuchu said "Okay" and then ran to the wooden house to change clothes.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Yue changed into clean clothes and walked out of the wooden house. Chu Kuangsheng stood at the stone table and waited for a long time. The cold rice and cold dishes left on the table from yesterday had long since disappeared.Seeing that he had changed his clothes, Chu Kuangsheng waved for him to come over.

Chu Kuangsheng said to Zhang Yue who had walked to the stone table, pointing to the still warm vegetarian rice on the stone table: "Come sit down and eat some vegetarian food."

Because Zhang Yue focused on how to use his feet, even though he didn't have lunch or dinner yesterday and practiced all night, he didn't feel the slightest bit hungry.But as soon as I entered the house and changed my clothes, I felt hungry. It was really unbearable.As soon as the old Taoist priest said this, he sat down and started to devour it.

The old Taoist priest felt a little amused when he saw him wanting to eat the whole stone table: "Eat slowly. If it's not enough, the poor Taoist will have someone bring you some more later."

Zhang Yue's mouth was full of food, and he could not speak clearly: "That's enough...that's enough."

The old Taoist priest smiled and said: "Now that you have learned how to use your feet to make luck, the next step will be much easier. As long as you follow the same method and apply this method to your whole body, you can make the qi flow easily throughout your body. As for how to let the qi flow in your body. Qi is connected with other things. You can slowly explore this yourself. Now the second important thing is in front of you, and that is your knife. Because Xu Luzhi’s Qi remains on Yugong, although there is It is good for your Qi cultivation and realm improvement, but it is extremely detrimental to the connection between you and the sword. As long as the Qi on the sword is still there, the Yugong Sword will only be surnamed Xu instead of following your Zhang Yue surname. You need to know this."

Zhang Chuchu kept chewing the food in his mouth, but after listening to the old Taoist priest's words, he nodded.

The old Taoist priest continued: "So I can only help you erase the Qi on the sword. Although your level of improvement will be much slower after this, if you don't do this, your sword path will only get worse and worse." narrow."

Zhang Yue put down his bowls and chopsticks and said solemnly: "It's okay. I can completely understand Grandpa Chu's good intentions at the beginning of the month. I will go and get Yu Gong right now at the beginning of the month."

Just when Zhang Yue got up and was about to go to the water pool to get the Yu Gong knife, Chu Kuangsheng suddenly had an idea. He seemed to have thought of something and shouted: "Yue Yue, wait a minute!"

Zhang Chuchu turned around, a little confused, and saw that the old Taoist priest was as light as a swallow, rushed into the wooden house, and walked out of the wooden house in the blink of an eye.

But when he walked out of the cabin, he had something extra in his hand.

Spirit knife, mirage tower.

(End of this chapter)