Chapter 9 Wang Yue and Zuo Ci

Tongbai Mountain is located in the extreme area from the Qinling Mountains to the Dabie Mountains. My current geographical location should be divided into the border area between Henan and Hubei Province. It belongs to the western section of the Huaiyang Mountains, starting from the Nanyang Basin in the west and ending at Jigong Mountain in the east, and it runs for more than 200 miles. More importantly, Tongbai Mountain is the birthplace of the Qianli Huai River, one of the four rivers in my country in history.

As dusk approached, A Dou and Tong Yuan finally arrived near the main peak of Tongbai Mountain. Looking around, layers of colorful clouds dyed by the sunset surrounded the undulating peaks, weaving an intoxicating scenery. The main peak of Taibai Peak, which is more than 1,000 meters high, seems to be a Tongtian pagoda standing here, adding a bit of solemnity and solemnity. From a distance, it is already awe-inspiring.

People near Tongbai Mountain worship Pangu, Pangu Temple, Pangu Mountain, Pangu Boat, Pangu Well, Pangu Mo and other related Pangu cultures can be seen everywhere. At the same time, because this is the source of the Huai River, many legends of "Dayu Locking the Dragon" have been circulated for thousands of years.

It is worth mentioning that during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Chengen worked as a county magistrate in Xinye, Tongbai County. During this period, he visited Tongbai Mountain many times. Later, based on the story of "Dayu Locking the Dragon" and combined with the water curtain cave on the mountain, the water curtain cave on the mountain, the horse farm, Taibaiding, Huaguo Mountain, Laojun Hall and other place names, he completed the famous work "Journey to the West". In his "A Brief History of Chinese Novels", Mr. Lu Xun also clearly stated that "Wu Zhiqi is the prototype of Sun Wukong."

Tongbai Mountain is one of the birthplaces of Taoism, so in his previous life, Adou once came to Tongbai Mountain and climbed Taibai Peak. However, compared with that, Tongbai Mountain in the Three Kingdoms era had far fewer residents than in the late Qing Dynasty.

I saw Tong Yuan leading A Dou towards Taibai Peak. Although the road was rugged and difficult to walk on the way, there were still rocks and thorns blocking it, but this was nothing for experts like A Dou and Tong Yuan.

Finally, A Dou and the others climbed to the main peak Taibai Peak. In the era of A Dou, there was a famous Yuntai Zen Temple on this Taibai Peak. However, now there is no Yuntai Zen Temple here, only a Huai Temple. According to legend, this Huai Temple was established to worship the gods of the Huai River during the reign of Emperor Shi Huang. Later, Emperor Gaozu of Han also came to worship the gods of the Huai River. Since then, until the time of Emperor Ling, officials have come to worship and the river gods every year to pray for good weather. However, since the chaos in the world, especially after Cao Cao moved away from the people of Nanyang, no one has come to this Huai Temple for several years.

However, at this time, there were two people sitting in the pavilion next to the Huai Temple, a bald man and an old Taoist priest.

Tong Yuan took Adou over, and at this time, Adou realized that the bald man turned out to be an old man. The old man's hair had all fallen off, and the bald man was shiny. Looking at his face, the old man's face was full of wrinkles, but the texture of the muscles could be clearly seen.

Looking at his body, the old man was very burly. Although he was wearing winter clothes, he could still see that he was very strong and could vaguely see the muscles on his body. At the same time, there was a sword next to the old man. The sword was much larger than the ordinary sword, and the length was almost as large as Liu Bei's double-stranded sword, and the thickness and width were wider than normal swords.

From the appearance of the old man, Adou could see that the old man in front of him was a master of practicing external skills, and this man had already practiced external skills to the extreme.

Generally speaking, when a person is older, his muscles will relax, his blood vessels will gradually become thinner, and some nutrients in his bones will gradually be lost. However, the old man's muscles in front of him are not slight relaxation, but are very strong. Judging from the age of the old man, it is almost impossible for the muscles to not relax at all. Even if he is a master of internal skills, such as Zhang Sanfeng, his internal strength cultivation is behind him. When he gets older, his body tissues and organs will gradually age.

But another type of human being is an exception, that is, to practice external skills to the extreme, to refine tendons and bones, the muscle density reaches an astonishing level, as hard as a rock, just like the "golden body" mentioned in Buddhism. Even if a person dies, his body will not rot.

Unexpectedly, the bald old man who used the sword in front of me was such a person who had mastered his skills to the extreme.

There was an old Taoist priest sitting next to the bald old man. The Taoist priest was wearing a purple robe, with a childish face, holding a whisk in his hand, and a smile on his face. He had a calm and peaceful feeling in his every move.

Seeing this purple-clothed Taoist priest, Adou sighed in his heart: Another master.

It turns out that birds of feathers gather together, and those who can become friends with experts like Tong Yuan are probably only people of the same level.

Suddenly, Adou felt that the top experts in the world were gathering on Tongbai Mountain.

"Old man Tong Yuan is here!" The purple-clothed Taoist priest pointed at Tong Yuan and said with a smile.

The bald old man frowned: "Aren't we the only three of us? Why did he bring his apprentice here!"

Although the bald old man's voice was not loud, both Tong Yuan and Adou heard it. The bald old man regarded Adou as Tong Yuan's disciple.

"This old man Tong, Isn't it said that Zhao Yun is his closed disciple? Why did he accept another disciple?" The Taoist priest in purple smiled and looked at A Dou, then said, "But it seems that the disciple that the old man Tong Yuan recycled is not bad, and he still uses a sword..."

"Whoever uses a sword?" A cold light flashed in the bald old man's eyes: "He, Tong Yuan's old man's gun dance is good, but his sword skills are mediocre, how can he be a disciple? He teaches his disciples to use swords so much that he doesn't take me seriously!"

"Old bald man, bull's nose, I'm talking bad about me again!" Tong Yuan walked over from afar, pointed to Adou and said, "He is not my apprentice, I don't have such a blessing!"

Then Tong Yuan pointed to the two people opposite and said to Adou, "Did you see that this bald man is Wang Yue, who claims to be the number one swordsman in the world all day long. This old guy will brag; the bull's nose is Zuo Ci, who plays strange things all day long and often tells fortunes to people, but he hasn't calculated accurately."

Adou nodded, and unexpectedly, this bald man was the imperial teacher Wang Yue, and this purple-clothed Taoist priest was Zuo Ci, a figure who was transformed into a god in the Three Kingdoms era.

Wang Yue looked at A Dou slightly, and did not take A Dou, a young man of fifteen or sixteen, seriously, but shouted at Tong Yuan: "Old Tong, don't think you are older than me, I dare not hit you! I just learned a set of swordsmanship recently, and I will let you try it later!"

"Sword Technique? Old bald man, don't keep your sword Technique at your mouth all day long. Do you really think your sword Technique is the best in the world?" Tong Yuan said with a little disdain.

"Hmph, my swordsmanship is the best in the world. If you don't accept it, we will compete with our swordsmanship. Within fifty moves, we will definitely beat you!" Wang Yue said.

"The best swordsmanship in the world, maybe it's not necessarily true!" Tong Yuan smiled strangely, pointed at Adou, and continued, "Did you see this little friend? If you can defeat him within 300 moves, I, Tong Yuan, will admit that you are the best in the world!"

"Just him?" Wang Yue looked at Adou seriously at this time. At this time, Wang Yue realized that this young man had a good martial arts foundation and he could not see through him.

Then, Wang Yue's eyes swept at A Dou's sword, and his eyes lit up. Wang Yue could see at a glance that the Leng Ye sword was not an ordinary genius. Although it was a little thinner, those who could use this kind of sword must have some attainments in swordsmanship.

But what if you have attainments in swordsmanship? Wang Yue himself has been immersed in swordsmanship for decades. Wang Yue does not believe that anyone in this world can surpass him in swordsmanship.

A smile suddenly appeared on Wang Yue's face and he said, "Old Tong, what if we make a bet?"

"What are you betting on?"

"Betting on your "Horse Sutra"!" Wang Yue said with a smile.

This "Horse Sutra" was obtained by Tong Yuan from the Xirong. It is said that it was passed down from the mouth of Wang Hai, a master of horse training during the Yellow Emperor period. This horse sutra not only records how to identify and train horses, but also records how to make horses reproduce and how to choose seeds to give birth to good horses.

"Hahaha, old bald man, you're quite angry. Want my "Horse Sutra"? It's okay, but you always want to make a fortune by yourself!"

"Okay! How can I press my book "The Secret Records of Lu Gong"?" Wang Yue said.

"You won this "Lu Gong's Secret Record" from the bull's nose! You will naturally feel heartbroken if you lose it! But I got this "Horse Sutra" with all my efforts!" Tong Yuan snorted coldly.

"Don't think I don't know. When you got the "Horse Sutra", there were only three broken pages left, and my "Lu Gong's Secret Record" is the complete version!" Wang Yue argued hurriedly.

Tong Yuan was stunned. Unexpectedly, Wang Yue knew his background. Tong Yuan smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll have a gamble with you, the old bald man!"

Tong Yuan looked at Adou and said, "My friend, don't lose later. You will use your Tai Chi sword technique as soon as you come up later. Don't lose! As long as you win that old bald man, that book "The Secret Record of Lu Gong" will be given to you!"

A Dou gave Tong Yuan a blank look and took it for a long time. Tong Yuan used himself as a gun. However, listening to the name "The Secret Record of Lu Gong", A Dou felt that it seemed to be a martial arts secret book. This martial arts secret book is still very attractive to A Dou.

So Adou asked, "Senior, what is this "Lu Gong's Secret Record"?"

"This "Lu Gong's Secret Record" is a good thing. It is said that it was compiled by the disciples of the craftsman Lu Ban at that time. However, the book in the old bald man was newly revised by the Qin people. I heard that the siege tools inside were even higher than those made by the skilled craftsmen of the Momen, and there are also records of the Qin crossbow formation..."

Adou nodded. In fact, Adou also wanted to compete with Wang Yue, to see Wang Yue's swordsmanship, and now there is a lottery ticket, which is quite good. Besides, this lottery ticket is not an ordinary thing. Although it is not a martial arts secret, it is very useful for war.

Thinking of this, Adou drew out the Leng Ye sword and said to Wang Yue: "Please give me advice."

Wang Yue also picked up the big sword from the ground, shook it gently, and removed the sword cover.

One of Wang Yue's heavy swords in his hand was a very simple-style heavy sword. The sword edge was not very sharp, or even a little blunt, but Adou did not doubt the power of this heavy sword at all. The so-called heavy sword without a sharp edge, such a heavy sword does not need to be too sharp.

Adou Leng Ye sword shook and pointed directly at Wang Yue's face. Wang Yue did not block it, but instead began to attack Adou.

"Bang!" A crisp sound came, and Adou felt his arm tremble. Wang Yue had such great power!

Wang Yue is born with great strength. He used the heavy sword in his hand to shake Lu Bu's Fang Tian Hua Ji back. This Fang Tian Hua Ji was more than 120 kilograms, and it was used by Lu Bu, so the power was naturally huge. Wang Yue was able to shake Lu Bu back, which is enough to show that Wang Yue is so powerful.

Now Wang Yue has already reached the extreme of external skills and his muscle density has reached an astonishing level. Although Wang Yue is already ninety years old, his strength is only stronger than when he was young.

For such a powerful opponent, Adou naturally used Tai Chi sword technique and used the force to deal with Wang Yue.

Wang Yue is worthy of being a master of swordsmanship. After a few moves, he discovered that A Dou's swordsmanship was strange and he was good at leveraging power to fight. So Wang Yue changed his strategy and no longer simply relied on the power of his body to swing the sword, but added the use of power.

Wang Yue was immersed in swordsmanship for eighty years, and his ability to control and understand power was above A Dou. With this move, A Dou suddenly felt the pressure coming, because At this time, A Dou discovered that Wang Yue had changed the way of using power and he could not borrow any more power.

Adou took three moves, feeling his arms were slightly numb, so he quickly used his skills to activate blood and clear the meridians of his arm. At the same time, Adou also used his moves, changing to using force to relieve force, and unloading Wang Yue's power to the ground.

The two of them fought more than twenty moves, and they were considered to be half a pound of strength in terms of the use and changes of strength. Although Wang Yue had great strength, 90% of them were removed by A Dou. Although A Dou had internal strength, facing a person like Wang Yue who practiced his skills to the bones, the simple muscle strength of the other person would catch up with A Dou and his internal strength, and A Dou had no good way to deal with it.

At this time, Adou sighed inwardly. No wonder the old monks in Shaolin Temple practiced the golden body, cleansing marrow and tendons. With such a body, you can have such great power with just a wave of your hand, and at least you can stand invincible in the battle.

At this time, Wang Yue also discovered that Adou's sword technique seemed unhappy, but he could remove his own power. Such a strange sword technique was definitely a unique sect, but Wang Yue had never seen it before.

From A Dou's sword technique, Wang Yue saw that this Tai Chi sword technique was a very skillful sword technique. Wang Yue thought to himself that Wang Yue was no worse than anyone else than his sword technique. He only saw that Wang Yue turned his wrist and used the skillful sword technique.

"Dang!" The two swords intersected, and A Dou suddenly discovered that Wang Yue's sword move suddenly changed. He originally held the momentum and strength and turned into a clever sword move. However, this clever sword move was different from any sword skills that A Dou had contacted before, as if it had suddenly subverted the sword technique theory that A Dou had learned before!

"Ancient swordsmanship!" Adou exclaimed in his heart, this is the real ancient swordsmanship!

At this time, Adou was filled with excitement, but he didn't expect to finally see the ancient swordsmanship! This is the ancient swordsmanship he had always dreamed of and hoped to see.

This ancient sword technique is actually the earliest sword technique. Legend has it that in the ancient times, the Central Plains was full of strange beasts, just like those recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing". At that time, humans used ancient sword technique to fight against wild beasts. This ancient sword technique could still be seen before the pre-Qin period, but as time went by, it gradually disappeared into the long river of history.

Seeing this ancient sword technique, Adou didn't dare to take it lightly. He shook his sword and took a twelve-point spirit to deal with Wang Yue's ancient sword technique.

"Old bald man, fifty moves!" Tong Yuan's gloating voice came from the side, while Zuo Ci smiled and looked at A Dou and Wang Yue.

To put it bluntly, Tai Chi sword technique is very suitable for fighting with people. To put it bluntly, Tai Chi sword technique is good at spending time with others. When you face a person who uses Tai Chi sword technique, you may have an advantage when you come up, but after a hundred moves, you find that your advantage has not been expanded. You may also find that the opponent is in danger under your attack, but after hundreds of moves, you still cannot win.

At this time, Wang Yue deeply felt this feeling. He was obviously very anxious and also grabbed some of the opponent's flaws, but he just couldn't gain an advantage. His attack was like a stone sinking into the sea, and A Dou's Tai Chi sword technique was still like a move and one move.

Wang Yue kept changing his moves and constantly used all kinds of sword techniques he had learned in his life one by one. However, Adou only used a few Tai Chi sword techniques back and forth. In the end, even Wang Yue himself was about to memorize Adou's moves, but he didn't have any way to fight the enemy.

"One hundred and fifty moves!" Tong Yuan's voice sounded from the side again.

Tong Yuan's voice made Wang Yue feel depressed. Facing a junior, who was the best swordsman, he had not won even a hundred and fifty moves, and he didn't even get any advantage!

Wang Yue is a three-generation imperial master, and his sword skills have reached the point of being superb. Wang Yue asked himself when using the sword, no one in the world is his opponent, but now the boy in front of him is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he is just as good as him.

To be precise, it is not that A Dou and Wang Yue are equal. In terms of understanding swords, A Dou is really not as good as Wang Yue. When fighting people of Wang Yue, A Dou can only use his most skilled Tai Chi sword technique to remain undefeated. Therefore, A Dou has always used Tai Chi sword technique to fight Wang Yue and did not dare to exchange for other sword techniques. However, this made Wang Yue even more depressed. The other party had only a few moves back and forth, but he had no choice.

"Two hundred tricks!"

"Two hundred and fifty moves!"

"Three hundred tricks!"

Wang Yue finally stopped, looked at the sword in his hand, shook his head slightly, his eyes filled with confusion and confusion, and a hint of relief. After a long time, Wang Yue took out a finely decorated booklet from his arms and handed it to Adou. The booklet had four big words written on it - Lu Gong's Secret Record.

Adou took over the "Lu Gong's Secret Record" with both hands, bowed to Wang Yue, and then looked over happily.
Chapter completed!