Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 237 The name of Taoist Qingyang spread throughout the world!
Yangzhou City South Wharf.

On the leading Wuya warship.

A group of imperial guardsmen lined up in a row, constantly fetching water in small buckets from the canal and carrying it into a room in the cabin.

Zhang Shihe, who was Yu Wenzhi's confidant, walked into the cabin and saw smoke all over it. The visibility was less than three feet, as if he was in the clouds.

In the center of the cabin, there is a large wooden barrel with a diameter of seven feet and a height of five feet.

Inside the wooden barrel, a middle-aged man with red skin, a strong body, and a short beard, with his upper body naked, was sitting cross-legged in the smoke, meditating with his eyes closed, and his face looked very majestic.

But his occasional furrowed brows and slight gritting of teeth made him look like he was experiencing some kind of pain.

The water in the wooden barrel kept tumbling as if it was boiling, and a large amount of steam and smoke came out of it, swirling in the room, but there was clearly nothing under or around the barrel, not even any flames.

It looked as if this man's body was actively radiating a high temperature comparable to that of fire.

The man in the wooden barrel was Yu Wenzhi, the chief of the imperial guards, who was ordered by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to go to Yangzhou first to help him seize the "Secret of Immortality".

"How is the butler?"

Zhang Shihe walked to the wooden barrel and asked one of the four imperial guards who was guarding it.

They were responsible for adding water into the barrel. There were at least hundreds of neatly arranged barrels filled with clean water placed around the big barrel.

"Mr. Zhang, the situation is not bad. At the beginning, we had to fill a bucket of water every half a quarter of an hour. Now it only takes two quarters of an hour to fill a bucket of water."

The imperial guard soldier who was asked looked at Zhang Shihe who walked in and said respectfully.

"That's good."

Zhang Shihe breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

The steward had instructed before the treatment that if the speed of adding water slowed down, it would mean that he had gradually brought the injuries in his body under control.

While he was talking to the imperial guard soldier, the smoke in the cabin was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The cabin, which was originally hazy and had low visibility, immediately became clearly visible.

Zhang Shihe looked into the large wooden barrel and saw that the clear water, which had been boiling and bubbling, had cooled down rapidly while he was talking to the imperial guards. A thick layer of ice had formed inside. Even his steward's hair and eyebrows were covered with a layer of white frost.

Zhang Shihe was not surprised because he had been here several times.

He knew that this was the tug-of-war between his own steward and the attempt to resolve the fire-type true qi in his body.

After a while, the clear water that had been frozen into ice in the big wooden barrel melted at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into water again.

However, this time the water in the big wooden barrel no longer continued to roll and boil like before.

"Butler, what's the situation?"

Seeing Yu Wenzhi slowly open his eyes, Zhang Shihe immediately stepped forward to ask.

"Not bad, I finally managed to temporarily suppress the "Eternal Life Secret" Qi in my body."

Yu Wenzhi felt the situation inside his body and said.

He breathed a sigh of relief!

I have managed to save my life.

He couldn't completely expel the "Eternal Life Secret" Qi from his body by himself, and he needed help from a master who was more powerful than him.

Looking at all the masters in the Yuwen clan, he felt that only his uncle Yuwen Shang could do it.

He can only wait until he returns and ask his uncle Yuwen Shang for help.

"How's the situation outside?"

Yu Wenzhi thought of the outside world and asked.

He didn't know how long it took him to recover from his injuries.

"Our ship is still anchored in the canal outside Yangzhou City. We hope that after you wake up, you can decide whether to send a large army to besiege Shilong and his "Shilong Martial Arts Field"?"

Zhang Shihe said.

Yu Wenzhi thought for a moment and immediately made a decision: "No, immediately send an order to have our Wuya warship turn around and return to Jiangdu for the time being."

Zhang Shihe was puzzled: "General, even if Shi Long and the man beside him are powerful, they can't defeat the imperial guards we brought with us, right?"

Yu Wenzhi said: "You don't understand. Not to mention that Shilong is already a congenital master, the power of the "Shilong Martial Arts Field" is now spread all over the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas. If we continue to stay here, we might be attacked by Shilong and the "Shilong Martial Arts Field."

"More importantly... the Secret of Immortality is no longer in Shilong's hands. Instead, Shilong gave it to the young Taoist priest who claims to be the head of the Qingcheng Sect. Even if we kill Shilong and destroy the Shilong Martial Arts Arena, it will be useless. We cannot complete the task assigned by His Majesty because the Secret of Immortality is in the hands of that Taoist priest."

Yu Wenzhi felt a little anxious!

Zhang Shihe is not a warrior!
He simply didn't understand how powerful and terrifying the masters were.

A powerful master cannot be dealt with by a small number of troops, but they will not confront a large number of troops head-on.

Because martial artists are human beings, if they can't win, they will run away, launch a sneak attack, or assassinate.

This time when he went south to Yangzhou, he originally thought that dealing with Shi Long and obtaining the "Eternal Life Secret" would be a foolproof matter.

But the facts proved that he underestimated Shilong and the young Taoist priest beside Shilong who claimed to be the head of Qingcheng Sect.

Needless to say, the young Taoist priest had mastered the "Secret of Immortality", one of the four great books in the world.

His martial arts are terrifying and his inner energy is strange, no one can defeat him.

Even Shi Long's martial arts were far beyond his imagination.

Just when he was escaping, he caught a quick glance and saw more than twenty second- and third-rate masters of the Yuwen clan besieging Shilong, but they were easily defeated by Shilong. They couldn't even break Shilong's protective true qi.

Shi Long, this innate master, is far more powerful than he imagined.

He was not sure if he could defeat the stone dragon if he took action against it himself.

When he thought of Shilong and the young Taoist priest in Yangzhou, he felt uneasy about the presence of these two masters in Yangzhou.

Seeing his chief steward say this, Zhang Shihe nodded and said, "Chief steward, I will go out and pass the order."

After saying this, Zhang Shihe left.

"I have to think about how to report back to His Majesty so that he won't blame me."

Yu Wenzhi felt a little headache.

It seemed like a sure win, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened along the way.

He could only go back and send someone to investigate in detail the identity and background of this young Taoist priest who claimed to be the leader of Qingcheng Sect, and then think of a way to deal with him to see if he could get the "Eternal Life Secret" from him.

……

South City Pier.

shore.

When he learned that one of the two people in front of him was Shi Longhou, the "mountain pusher" who was famous in Yangzhou and even in Jiangnan.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling came to their senses and immediately knelt in front of the two men.

Kou Zhong also took out the purse that he had just stolen from Shi Long from his sleeve. He held it above his head with both hands and begged, "We are blind and have angered Master Shi. Please spare our lives, Master Shi."

As thieves living at the bottom of Yangzhou City, they had been caught before.

But a real man can bend and stretch, and he always begs for mercy immediately and can always escape danger.

In addition, they have Boss Yan behind them, so if the other party is just an ordinary person, they would not dare to make things too difficult for them.

Shi Long was not a person who was clear about right and wrong and would never let go of any grudge. Seeing that the two little thieves were sensible, he took back the purse that Kou Zhong had handed to him.

Shi Long glanced at Kou Zhong, then at Xu Ziling who was kneeling beside him: "You are so young, why do something else but do such sneaky things!"

Kou Zhong rolled his eyes when he heard this, and immediately kowtowed to Shi Long on the ground and said:
"We also want to learn martial arts at the Stone Dragon Martial Arts Arena, whether as a bodyguard or a martial arts master, to make a living. However, the fees at the Stone Dragon Martial Arts Arena are too expensive, and we can't raise the fifteen taels of silver required for registration. It is said that the owner of the Stone Hall is a great master in Yangzhou City. Please show us a way out. We brothers will be very grateful. It would be the best if we could become your disciples."

Xu Ziling also reacted and kowtowed to Shi Long on the ground, saying, "Yes, Master Shi, we are willing to worship you as our master. Please guide us on the right path."

Shi Long was so angry at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling that he almost laughed.

Shi Long pointed at them, then at himself: "You two stole my things, and you still want me to show you a way out and become your disciple?"

Upon hearing this, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling felt that there was no hope of becoming Shilong's disciple. They felt a little disappointed and said nothing, but just kept kowtowing to Shilong.

They knew that their encounter with the stone dragon was their greatest chance to change their destiny in this life.

And they must seize this opportunity.

Shi Long, who had never thought of accepting them as his disciples, began to waver when he saw their sincere attitude.

“You can take them in as your disciples.”

Chu Yuan suddenly spoke to Shi Long.

Originally, the rise of the Twin Dragons should have started with their accidental acquisition of the "Secret of Immortality".

But now that "The Secret of Immortality" is in his hands, the two protagonists probably won't have much chance of obtaining it in the future.

However, we have to admit that in the original plot, one can practice the "Eternal Life Secret", one of the four great books in the world, although it is only a one-seventh incomplete version.

But it shows that these two people's martial arts aptitude is indeed excellent.

Both Shilong Martial Arts Arena and Qingcheng Sect need top talents with good martial arts aptitude.

And they two are exactly that.

"Take them as your disciples?"

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, Shi Long was stunned, and then asked Chu Yuan: "Master, is there anything special about them?"

Chu Yuan said: "They both have good martial arts aptitude."

Shi Long pondered for a moment and looked at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. He didn't see any excellent aptitude for martial arts in them.

However, Chu Yuan is the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, so he has to follow whatever Chu Yuan says.

Anyway, he has a lot of disciples, so two more or two less won’t make much either.

It can also be considered as giving face to the leader!
Shi Long agreed and said, "Since the master has spoken, I will accept them both as my disciples."

This scene made Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who were standing by, look at the Taoist boy with fair skin, extraordinary temperament, and about the same age as them, in surprise.

They thought that this young Taoist priest was Shilong's junior.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

Because Shilong called him the leader, he seemed to respect him and obeyed his orders.

But isn’t “Shilong Martial Arts Arena” a martial arts gym founded by Shilong himself?

Why does it seem like there is a sect behind the Shilong Martial Arts Arena?

As he spoke, Shi Long looked at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling again: "Are you willing to take me as your master?"

"Master Shi, we are willing."

"Yes, we do."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling nodded repeatedly.

Shi Long said, "Everyone, get up first. When you go back, kowtow to me three times and nine times. You will be my disciples from now on." "Yes, Master."

"Master, from now on, if you tell us to go east, we will never dare to go west."

Shi Long and Xu Ziling immediately followed suit and respectfully called Shi Long "Master".

Seeing this scene, Shilong couldn't help but laugh.

I have to say, he doesn’t know how talented these two little thieves are in martial arts, but their level of shamelessness is definitely unique.

Even if you don't take him as your master, you will definitely achieve something in the future.

"Who's that next to it?"

After Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling stood up, Chu Yuan asked Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Because he discovered that when Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were captured by him and Shi Long, the woman with a stunning and extraordinary appearance had been standing at the door looking at them with a worried look.

It seemed that as long as Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were in danger, she would immediately rush over to plead for them.

"Master, what should I call this person?"

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at Chu Yuan and asked Shi Long.

"Just call him the headmaster."

Shilong responded.

"Master, she is Sister Zhen, the concubine of Feng Qiang, the owner of Old Feng Steamed Bun Shop. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Before, we had no money and were hungry every day, so we plucked up the courage to come here to buy steamed buns on credit. Although Sister Zhen scolded us, she always gave us steamed buns on credit. She is a kind person and treats us like a mother."

Xu Ziling looked at Mrs. Zhen with a guilty look in his eyes.

"It's just that the original wife of the boss of the bun shop is not a good person. Every time Sister Zhen gave us buns on credit, she would beat Sister Zhen up when she found out. Sister Zhen has been beaten by her for the two of us over the years. Feng Qiang is a henpecked man and doesn't dare to stand up for her."

Kou Zhong looked somewhat angry.

Chu Yuan only remembered it after Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling said that.

Speaking of this Zhen Sao, her original name was Wei Zhenzhen, and it seemed that she became Yu Wenzhi's concubine in the future.

After Yu Wenzhi rebelled, she was named Zhenfei by him.

As for the final outcome, he couldn't remember it clearly.

Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground again: "Master, Master, we two dare to ask you, can you save Sister Zhen from suffering? If you can save Sister Zhen from being beaten by that vicious woman again, we two brothers will do whatever you ask us to do in the future!"

Seeing Kou Zhong's actions, Xu Ziling also knelt on the ground and said, "That's right, as long as we can save Sister Zhen, we will do whatever you ask us to do in the future!"

Chu Yuan and Shi Long couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Shi Long smiled and said, "I didn't realize that you two are so grateful."

Although he said this, Shi Long's eyes turned kind when he looked at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Only now did he truly accept Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, his two disciples.

When recruiting disciples in the martial arts world, the most important thing is their character.

Even if his aptitude for martial arts training is not so good, if he is a grateful person, he is qualified to be Shi Long's disciple.

Shi Long said: "I helped with this matter."

As he spoke, he walked towards Lao Feng's steamed bun shop.

Seeing Shilong approaching her, Sister Zhen stood at the door with a somewhat nervous look on her face and said, "Sir, have Xiaoling and Xiaozhong gotten into any trouble? If they stole your things, I will find a way to compensate you. I just ask you not to hurt those two children."

Shi Long said: "I am Shi Long, the owner of Shi Long Martial Arts Arena. Tell Feng Qiang and his wife to come out."

When Zhen Sao heard that the man in front of her was Shi Long, the most powerful and famous person in Yangzhou City, she was shocked.

She didn't expect that Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, two troublesome people, would dare to provoke such a big shot.

For her, this kind of big shot is enough to destroy her family.

Seeing that Shi Long wanted to meet her husband Feng Qiang and his original wife, she was filled with worry and could only go to the backyard to call them.

"Master Shi, this is none of our business. These two thieves have nothing to do with our family..."

The three of them came out together again. There were several bright red palm prints on Zhen Sao's face, and she looked like a tearful pear blossom. Feng Qiang, the owner of Lao Feng's steamed bun shop, and his wife Feng Yang, walked out from the backyard tremblingly. Feng Qiang was short and fat. He explained to Shilong.

It seemed that they thought Sister Zhen had caused trouble for the family, and they just beat her up.

Shi Long saw this scene but did not meddle in it.

He took out two silver ingots from his purse and threw them in front of the couple:

"Here are two hundred taels of silver. I, Shilong, want your concubine!"

Feng Qiang and his wife stood there stunned for a moment with the silver in their hands. They didn't expect that Zhen Sao actually climbed up the stone dragon.

Seeing the two men accept the silver ingots, Shi Long said:
"Part of it is the money that my two disciples owed you for buns on credit. From now on, it will be written off."

Feng Qiang and his wife looked in the direction where Shi Long was speaking and discovered that the disciples Shi Long was talking about were actually the two little thieves they used to look down upon.

Those two little thieves actually worshipped Shilong as their master!!!

It seems that they will become prosperous in the future!

……

In a moment.

Shilong brought Zhensao back.

Mrs. Zhen is still a little confused. How could a big shot like Shilong fall for her out of the blue?
"From now on, you will be a cook in the Shilong Martial Arts Field and help prepare food."

Shilong said to Sister Zhen.

"Master Shi..."

Sister Zhen covered her face with her hands, her mind was a little confused and she didn’t know what to say!
"Sister Zhen, Xiao Ling and I have decided to become Master Shi's disciples."

Kou Zhong said happily beside him.

He now realized that what was a huge trouble for them was just a matter of a few words for a big shot like Shi Long.

"No wonder."

Sister Zhen suddenly understood.

Why did Shi Long, the owner of Shilong Martial Arts Arena, suddenly appear and spend money to buy me out of the fire pit? It turned out that it was because of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

"Xiao Zhong, Xiao Ling, thank you!"

Sister Zhen was in mixed feelings and was grateful to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

She didn't expect that her momentary act of kindness would change her destiny so drastically.

"Sister Zhen, we should thank you."

"That's right. If it weren't for you, we would have starved to death long ago."

"Sister Zhen, why are you covering your face? Were you beaten by the couple again?"

"Nothing, we've already left there anyway."

"Assholes, I'm going to settle accounts with them!"

"Mr. Zhong, don't be impulsive."

……

Just when Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Wei Zhenzhen were arguing because Wei Zhenzhen was beaten by Feng Qiang and his wife.

The five large ships docked in the canal actually retracted their anchors, changed the direction of their sails, and then sailed away in the surprised eyes of the people on the shore.

The five departing large ships attracted the attention of everyone on the shore, including Chu Yuan and others.

Chu Yuan and Shi Long then discovered that the imperial guards guarding the dock had already withdrawn back to the ship.

Just now, because of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's affairs, the two of them did not notice that the big ship was about to leave.

Shi Long said to Chu Yuan: "Master, it seems that we don't need to do anything, they have already withdrawn on their own."

Chu Yuan retracted his gaze: "They left quickly."

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had just withdrawn their gaze from the five large ships, and thought of the five large ships that had just docked at the shore. They seemed to be large ships of the imperial court.

Just now their master and the headmaster were talking about dealing with those five large ships.

It seems...

Their master and this sect leader were at odds with the imperial court.

They felt a little excited for a moment.

Because the two of them grew up in the market, they admired the rebel kings who dared to rise up in rebellion and go against the imperial court.

Now it seems that the "Shilong Martial Arts Field" which is famous in Yangzhou and even Jiangnan may also be a rebel army.

"Master, I just heard you keep calling this Taoist priest the headmaster. Is there a sect behind our Shilong Martial Arts Field?"

Kou Zhong quietly inquired about the news.

Seeing Kou Zhong asking, Shi Long told the two, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the Shi Long Martial Arts Field that I founded has joined the Qingcheng Sect not long ago. Now the Shi Long Martial Arts Field is a Taoist temple of the Qingcheng Sect in Yangzhou, and this Taoist priest is the head of the Qingcheng Sect. When you see this Taoist priest in the future, you have to call him the head, okay?"

Xu Ziling said, "I understand."

Kou Zhong also said, "I understand."

Shi Long smiled and said, "That's good to know."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong thought to themselves, "It seems that the Qingcheng Sect is a very powerful sect in the martial arts world. Otherwise, why would even his master, the "Mountain Pusher" Shilong and the Shilong Martial Arts Field, who are famous in Yangzhou and Jiangnan, join the Qingcheng Sect?"

Before I knew it, it was already dusk.

Outside Yangzhou City, the afterimage was like blood, dyeing the surface of the canal red.

The passenger and cargo ships docked at the pier, and the constant stream of merchants coming and going, form a vivid picture of life.

……

at the same time.

A piece of news suddenly appeared in the world and spread throughout the world like a hurricane.

Yu Wenzhi, commander-in-chief of the imperial guards of the Sui Dynasty, was ordered by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to lead 4,000 imperial guards to Yangzhou City to seize "The Secret of Immortality", one of the four great books in the world, from Shi Long, the "Mountain Pusher".

However, he encountered a young master in Yangzhou City and was defeated by Qingyang Taoist, the leader of Qingcheng Sect. He was seriously injured by Qingyang Taoist and temporarily retreated to Jiangdu with his men.

Shilong gave the "Eternal Life Secret" to Taoist Qingyang. Taoist Qingyang, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, was suspected to have mastered the "Eternal Life Secret", one of the four great books.

In a short time, the name of Qingcheng Sect's leader, Taoist Qingyang, quickly spread throughout the martial arts world.

　ps: I felt that it was not good to let Shilong be the head of the sect in the previous chapter, so I changed it to the owner of the Taoist temple in the previous article. In addition, Zhen Sao is Feng Qiang's concubine, not his wife. The previous article has also been modified for your information.

　　
　
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