human ice maker

Chapter 387 Fate and the Secret History of the Dark Sword Sect
Zhuhai Village is a small mountain village isolated from the world, perhaps it is not an exaggeration to call it a paradise.

The whole village is located in a mountain depression, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and this unremarkable small village is tightly surrounded by eight towering mountains.Because the cold air is blocked from the mountains, it is always green all year round and the climate is pleasant all year round.In the coldest season of the year, the outside world is already covered with snow, but here is full of greenery, and besides the trees, the most common thing to see is bamboo, which is probably the name of Zhuhai Village. origin.

The biggest feature of Zhuhai Village is not the pleasant scenery, but the architecture of the village.The whole village is built with blue bricks and black tiles, interspersed with several wooden houses, especially near the fields there are a few thatched houses that can only be seen in costume movies.The structure of the house still has the flavor of the ancient Dragon Kingdom architecture, and the tiled roofs of several big houses are still carved with dragon heads.In particular, there is a lake in the center of the village. In the middle of the lake, there is a Taoist temple with blue bricks and red tiles. An ancient tung-colored curved wooden bridge connects the Taoist temple to the other side of the lake.Walking on this wooden bridge, looking at the green mountains and green waters and the quaint folk customs, will always make people feel relaxed and happy.

Such ancient-style buildings are rare in Longguo, and there are even fewer buildings that allow people to enjoy the scenery and natural mountains in peace.Just like the sacred place of Buddhism in the eyes of the people of Longguo, the Shaolin Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, has long since become a gathering place for traders and tourists. Even the square of the Shaolin Temple is full of small stalls selling so-called souvenirs.And those Shaolin disciples who so-called clean the six roots and cut off three thousand threads of troubles only know how to count money and play with the merit box every day.Under the influence of money, the thousand-year-old holy temple is now as noisy as a vegetable market, and has long lost the solemnity and sanctity of the past. This is really chilling.However, it is said that the real Shaolin Wuzong sect has long left the thousand-year-old temple, hiding in the mountains and forests of Songshan Mountain and continuing to practice.It's just that whether this legend is true or not, I'm afraid not many people know it.

11 Standing on the wooden bridge outside the Taoist temple in the middle of the lake, looking up at the simple and solemn Taoist temple in front of you.The area of ​​the Taoist temple is not large, only about 11 square meters. It is located in the center of the lake, surrounded by bluestone fences for people to enjoy the scenery in the lake.It's just that the gate of the Taoist temple is locked all the year round, so I don't know what's inside or which god is enshrined.There is a bluestone plaque embedded above the Taoist temple, engraved on the plaque are two ancient characters of the Dragon Kingdom, flying like dragons and phoenixes, but [-] can't understand what these two characters are.

11 After he came out of Lu Xuan's house, he wandered around, not so much for wandering, but rather to get familiar with the environment first, this is a habit he has always maintained. Eleven didn't take Lu Xuan's words to heart. In his mind, he could only fall into the hands of the three forces.One, it was indeed Lu Yang Tuolong's family who sent him to the main sect of Jianzong.Second, he fell into Lu Qing's hands, but why Lu Qing lied to him is unknown.Three, he was under house arrest by Dragon Soul, and this may be the place where Dragon Soul specially imprisoned the traitors of the organization.But this possibility is the least, as far as 11 knows, people in Dragon Soul, especially the older generation of masters, are the most rigid and arrogant, disdain to play tricks to deceive people.So if they fall into the hands of Dragon Soul, they should directly say that they are a certain group of Dragon Soul, and disdain to say what kind of sword sect it is.

But no matter which side it is, he really cannot leave casually.If it's really in Jianzong, it's okay, maybe after the outside rumors pass, Lu Yang will come to let him go, but at least not now, because as soon as he appears, what awaits him will be attacks and hunts by all forces.If it fell into the hands of the other two forces, then don't think about it, it is already a great gift to give him freedom of movement within a certain range.

Along the way, 11 found that all the men, women and children he met, even children as young as Douding, knew kung fu.The main reason is that their footsteps are steady and their breathing is slender, which is a sign of kung fu practice.Moreover, the group of five and six-year-old children who ran past 11 just now also walked lightly, not stumbling like ordinary children running outside.

This village is really a place where martial arts masters are born. 11 was filled with emotion.

When he was still in the training camp, he had heard the instructor mention the most mysterious oriental kingdom, the Dragon Kingdom, more than once or twice.As one of the four ancient civilizations, the Dragon Kingdom is undoubtedly full of mystery and legend (some say it is one of the five ancient civilizations, the author chooses one). 11 has always been yearning for the culture of the Dragon Kingdom, so he also worked hard to learn the Dragon Kingdom dialect and characters during the training camp.Especially after he met Lu Yang while working as a bodyguard beside Ma Di, he was even more shocked by the ancient martial arts of the Dragon Kingdom, which greatly increased his interest in this mysterious country.This curiosity didn't gradually disappear until he came to Longguo. In his opinion, this ancient civilization was no longer full of mystery after the veil of mystery was lifted.There is no such thing as gods flying all over the sky and masters running all over the ground as imagined. The construction and development of the city is no different from other countries. It can be said that apart from the powerful military organization Dragon Soul, there is nothing in the Dragon Kingdom. Mention his interest.Perhaps as Lu Yang said, the culture of the Dragon Kingdom has long since declined, and the ancient martial arts, metaphysics, Taoism, and self-cultivation techniques that once shocked the world have all been annihilated in history, and they are no longer the prosperous age of martial arts.

Perhaps the era in which gods fly all over the sky and masters run all over the ground in the movie has really become history.

But after arriving here, 11's gradually fading heart was deeply shocked again.From his point of view, there are quite a few people here whose kung fu is not weak, especially Lu Xuan who is going straight to catch up with the masters in Dragon Soul.

Is this really just an inconspicuous, poor mountain village that no one cares about?I'm afraid that if a few people are randomly selected here to train for a period of time, they can become the most qualified melee fighters.And 11 believes that such a poor mountain village is not inferior to the existing three major families of Longguo.

"How about this Taoist temple?" Just as 11 was still thinking about the village, a voice suddenly said behind him.

Eleven turned around, only to find that an old man who was about the same age as Lu Xuan was standing behind him at some point.His heart shuddered slightly. With his perception of the surroundings, if someone easily stood behind him without being noticed, then this person's cultivation could only be described as horror.

Although 11 was quite surprised, there was still no expression on his face, he just glanced at the old man and turned his head.At the same time, he also noticed that the villagers passing by nearby looked at him with expressions of awe, but when they looked at the old man, they were full of respect from the bottom of their hearts.It seems that this old man's prestige in this village is not low.

The old man walked up to 11 and stood side by side with him. He also looked up at the Taoist temple in the center of the lake, and said calmly: "This sword mound was built by the ancestors who first came to settle here. He grew up. After he settled here, he also built this small Taoist temple according to the Taoist temple he lived in when he was a child. The ancestors originally remembered the former residence, but later it became the ancestral hall of the clan."

After a pause, the old man said again: "It used to be called Lujiazhuang, but it was renamed Zhuhai Village after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Since No. 30, the fifth patriarch's family moved here, the children of the Lu family have lived in seclusion here for generations. Ask about affairs in Jianghu."

11 suddenly asked, "Is everyone here surnamed Lu?"

"No." The old man shook his head and said: "The surname Lu is only a part of it. There are more than 360 households in this village, of which there are less than a hundred Lu family children. The orphans and descendants we take in."

The old man looked at 11 and said: "Jianzong's disciples are not really living in seclusion. Every year, some of our disciples enter the world for experience. If we encounter lonely orphans and widows during the experience, we will try our best to bring them back to settle down for them. These people will also become a part of Lujiazhuang in the future."

"Why not a member of Jianzong?"

The old man smiled lightly and said: "It's different. Although everyone in this village has practiced martial arts since childhood, only those from the Jianzong sect can learn the real sword sect martial arts. It's like the Shaolin Temple in ancient times. Although Shaolin's 72 The unique skills are famous all over the world, but not everyone in the Shaolin Temple can practice them, only Shaolin disciples who are recognized by the Bodhidharma Hall can practice the 72 unique skills."

11 glanced around lightly, and said, "In other words, these people are not from Jianzong?"

"Yes. They are the children of Lujiazhuang and the villagers of Zhuhai Village, but they are not the heirs of Jianzong." After a pause, the old man asked again: "Do you want to hear about the history of Jianzong?"

11 Without speaking, the old man also said to himself: "Our Jianzong was founded in the reign of Taizu in the early Ming Dynasty. The first ancestor Lu Yuanfeng was originally a fierce general under King Xiaoming. He wanted to lead the crowd to leave, but Zhu Yuanzhang lobbied three times, and finally persuaded his ancestors to join his subordinates and work for him. After Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded in conquering the world and became the emperor, the ancestors knew the truth of great achievements. Early in the morning, he resigned on the pretext of illness, and only brought a group of guards who swore to accompany him to the edge of Taihu Lake to establish Lujiazhuang. Not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to consolidate his throne, began to point the finger at those heroes who gave their lives to fight for him. The minister of the imperial staff, abolished the prime minister, set up Jinyiwei, and used various excuses to kill the heroes. Although the ancestor had already retired from the officialdom, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of the ancestor's prestige in the army, and he was not ready to let the ancestor go. At this time, the censor Zhongcheng and Tai Shiling, Bo Cheng, Liu Ji and Liu Bowen had a secret meeting with the ancestors. Not long after the two had a secret conversation, the ancestors established a sect in Lujiazhuang and established Jianzong. After Lujiazhuang became a martial arts sect, Zhu Yuanzhang really gave up dealing with the ancestors. The lineage of our Lu family has been preserved to this day."

The old man looked up at the two vigorous and powerful ancient characters "Jianzhong" written on the plaque, and continued after a long while: "Since then, Jianzong has become a sect in the martial arts. But after 500 years in the Ming and Qing Dynasties For years, Jianzong has always been an unpopular sect in the martial arts. It is no wonder that the ancestor Yuanfeng was originally a fierce general on the battlefield, and it is easy to march and fight, but in the martial arts, his Martial arts in the army are no longer popular. The successive suzerains of Jianzong have long been aware of this problem, so each suzerain takes it as their duty to collect martial arts from various schools and create Jianzong's own kung fu, even sending Lu family children into Other schools learn from masters. It is a pity that Jianzong spent hundreds of years to obtain only the most superficial surface of martial arts of each school, but the real essence has never been seen, so Jianzong has always been in the ranks of the nine schools This situation was not improved until No.30, the fifth suzerain, Lumen Zhang Minggong, was born. Chang Minggong was sent to Wudang to learn art since he was a child, and returned to the sect after he was successful in swordsmanship. , sorted out the superficial martial arts of various schools collected by Jianzong for hundreds of years, and finally created the Sirius thirteen-style sword moves and unique inner skills with his own extraordinary talent. After that, Chang Minggong relied on Sirius There are few opponents in the thirteen-style walking world, and the Jianzong sect has finally come to the fore after all the hardships. Unfortunately, the time is not for me."

The old man sighed: "It was the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the coalition forces of various countries forced Huaxia to carve up the land of our Dragon Kingdom. At that time, various factions in the martial arts spontaneously formed resistance organizations, and Chang Minggong led my Jianzong sect. They were also among them. They fought against foreigners. In more than ten battles, many enemy bandits were beheaded, but they were forced to retreat every time because the opponents took possession of firearms and suffered heavy losses. Moreover, the Qing government at that time was really corrupt and incompetent, and only knew how to blindly cede land for peace. But his heart had no one to turn to, and in the end, he led the Lu family members to escape here in grief. After that, Changming Gong finally became ill and died of illness not long after. The sixth patriarch of No.30 set up the sect rules. I, a disciple of Jianzong, no longer care about worldly affairs. Since then, Jianzong has truly lived in seclusion. But among the seven disciples of No.30, there appeared a martial arts genius comparable to Chang Minggong. It was Master Bo Lumen Yanggong who broke this rule. Back then, there was a secret history of Xinmen in Jianzong, and he was known as the next generation of martial arts geniuses under the Jianzong sect after Changminggong, and Bo Yanggong, and The Fourth Uncle, Lu Qing, a traitor of the Sword Sect, left Lujiazhuang one after another. The Fourth Uncle Lu Qing never heard from him again, while the Elder Uncle came back decades ago and only said that he had entered the country. Some organization, and then took his son away, and the father and son never came back after that."

11 Although he listened with a blank face, his heart was filled with emotion.He guessed that Lu Yang's secret history of Xinmen might be related to his fiancée, who later became his younger brother and sister.Just why does this old man call Lu Qing a traitor?Did they know about Lu Qing's betrayal of Lu Yang?Or did Lu Qing betray Jianzong before?In addition, why did the two brothers Lu Yang and Lu Qing leave Jianzong?Why did Lu Yang join the Dragon Soul?In addition, this old man called Lu Yang a martial arts genius of the generation of Jianzong. Could it be that Lu Yang's kung fu was really good before?Didn't he appear so conspicuous until he was designed by Lu Qing and Ma Di and lost all his skills?Or is he deliberately hiding his clumsiness?Also, 11 only knew that Lu Yang had a granddaughter married to Long Haiyou.But never heard him mention his son, who is his son?where are you now?

It seems that Lu Yang has never mentioned all this to Eleven.Before, he didn't think there was anything strange about this old man who was over a hundred years old, but now he discovered that his own teacher, the third generation master of Dragon Soul, had so many unknown secrets.

"Lu Yang...is he the seventh suzerain of No.30?"

The old man looked at 11 with a strange expression, shook his head and said: "No, he is not the suzerain. The master has been addicted to martial arts all his life, and he only likes to practice hard behind closed doors, and he does not want to take over the position of suzerain. His younger brother, Lu Qing, the Fourth Martial Uncle, took over the outer council, but some things happened, and finally the suzerain was succeeded by the family teacher. After the death of the family teacher, the sixth senior brother succeeded as the suzerain. Unfortunately, the sixth senior brother was greedy for quick profit , wanting to achieve higher achievements than Duke Changming and the Grand Master, but in the end, he was trapped in a cocoon and died young. Afterwards, Lu Xuan, the most outstanding descendant of the 39 generations, took over the No. 30 ninth suzerain."

Eleven asked, "What happened to Lu Yang and Lu Qing back then?"

The old man shook his head and said, "This is the forbidden history of Jianzong, so it must not be mentioned again. If you want to know, just ask the master himself."

11 and the old man seemed to have their own concerns, and they stood side by side on the wooden bridge in silence.

After a while, 11, who was looking at the two flamboyant characters on the plaque, suddenly asked, "Why is this place called Jianzhong?"

The old man smiled faintly and said: "This is the rule of Jianzong. The people of Jianzong mainly focus on practicing swords, and the most important thing in practicing swords is to train their minds. A disciple of the sect must love the sword as himself, and always keep in mind the admonition of "the sword is with the people, and the sword breaks the death". In order to make the disciples value the long sword in their hands, all disciples of the sword sect must forge a sword with their own hands and wear it for life This sword. Until the disciple passed away, the long sword he wore and the longevity card were enshrined in the sword tomb."

The old man said, pointing to the Taoist temple in front, he suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, the admonition of 'the sword is with the person, the sword breaks the person' is the rule of Wudang. Master Changming was born in Wudang, and he was obsessed with swords all his life. He forged swords by himself. A Sirius sword, and later this sword accompanied him to kill the enemy and make a lot of contributions. Not long before he died of illness, he was still recasting his Sirius sword by the sword furnace, but unfortunately the Sirius did not complete his work, and he died. After that, No.30's six suzerains locked the unfinished Sirius Sword and Changming Gong's Longevity Card into this building, and nominated the "Sword Tomb". Since then, this sword tomb has become a sword tomb. Zong's ancestral hall."

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Note: Regarding the five ancient civilizations, it seems that the world recognizes the five ancient civilizations, namely ancient China, ancient India, ancient Greece, ancient Babylon, and ancient Egypt.

In addition, Xiaozhi here wishes everyone a happy new year!It's the year of the ox, let's go to the ox again.

(End of this chapter)