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Chapter 204
Not only Qiu Shi was surprised, but everyone under the bridge was also confused. Since the birth of "Zhouliu Liuxu Gong", eight supernatural powers have been used to control things, and there are no swords in the world. Unexpectedly, Lu Jian used a soft sword to display a second-rate swordsmanship After killing Qiu Shi, he retreated one after another.Only Gu Zhen is proficient in the way of heaven, and he can see some ways. Lu Jian didn't use the robbery technique, but used some "heavenly robbery controlling military art". But other than that, there are some unclear ways in this sword technique The thing seems to be related to the divine will, even Gu Zhen can't guess it.

The two people on the bridge fought faster and faster, Qiu Shi's body was like a ghost, the water flowed through his fingers in a directionless manner, occasionally hitting the blade of the sword, making buzzing and trembling sounds.Lu Jian knew every move and every move clearly. Even though he was going to the extreme, his tricks were still undisturbed. At the beginning, every time he used a move, Yao Qing would always call his name, but as the two moved faster, before Yao Qing opened his mouth, Lu Jian had already used it. He has learned seven or eight moves, but unfortunately he has never learned all of this "Duan Shui Sword Art", he has used twenty or so moves in a short time, he had to use these moves again.

Qiu Shi also saw that Lu Jian's moves were repeated constantly, coming and going just a few moves, but it was so repeated, the power would not be reduced by half, and he would not take advantage of the ever-changing changes.Lu Jian's swordsmanship seemed to imply a sense of power, fierce and powerful, flowing water and easy changes. Every time he counterattacked with his sword, it would always make Qiu Shi flustered and unable to deal with it.

Yao Qing's heart skipped a beat when she saw it, her surprise overwhelmed her injury.She never thought that Lu Jian's family-inspired swordsmanship would show such power in Lu Jian's hands. Compared with him, Yao Jianghan was really different day by day.

The word "Sword Intent" flashed in her mind, Yao Qing suddenly realized something, clapped her hands and shouted: "Ah, I know!" Gu Zhen responded with a heartbeat, turned around and smiled and said, "What do you know?" Yao Qing laughed. "I know the true origin of Lu Jian's sword technique, do you want to listen?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Please tell me, please tell me." Xianbi and Yu Zhao also looked sideways.

Yao Qing smiled and said: "Stinky fox, do you still remember the couplet on the 'Fengxue'?" Gu Zhen said: "You are talking about the couplet of Patriarch Gongyang?" Xiyi's subtle voice, the horizontal comment is, the gate of the winds. On that day, Lu Jian saw the meaning of the sword from this couplet." Xianbi asked doubtfully, "You mean, Lu Jian learned his sword from the handwriting of Patriarch Gongyang. sword intent?"

"What's so strange?" Yao Qing rolled her eyes, "Didn't that drunk Zhang Xu learn cursive calligraphy from Mrs. Gongsun's sword intent? Do you realize the meaning of the sword in the sheep's brushwork?" Xianbi was stunned, Yu Zhao also felt admiration, clapped his hands and said: "Wonderful, wonderful!" Gu Zhen thought to himself: "I treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain Now, what Lu Jian used was not the 'Heavenly Tribulation Controlling Military Method', but Gongyang Yu's method."

Yao Qing looked at Lu Jian, her heart was full of elation, and she sighed with a smile: "I just never thought that this kid has become smarter, not only can he use it as soon as he learns it, but he can also use it so beautifully. This sword technique is really worthy of 'Breaking Water' in his hands." name." Yu Zhao said with a smile: "The Duanshui swordsmanship originally came from Gongyang Yu's 'Guizang Sword', and today it is regarded as a recognition of the ancestors. But it is strange, the word was written by the wind cave for 300 years, so many things The island masters didn't realize it, so why did Lu Jian realize it?" Xianbi said lightly, "This means that in terms of realm, Lu Jian has already surpassed the great masters of the East Island in the past." Gu Zhen laughed He smiled, shook his head and said, "Perhaps it has nothing to do with realm, but fate. Gongyang Patriarch Quanxia knows that, and he must be very happy to have this little friend."

During the conversation, the two people on the bridge advanced and retreated, fighting to the middle of the Hongqiao, where the giant waterfalls meet, the sky is full of flying beads, silver flows in all directions, the sound of the water is rumbling, deafening, in the misty water, two figures disappear from time to time Now, it is difficult to distinguish each other.

Suddenly, Qiu Shi gave a strange cry, and the water droplets burst and turned into mist. It turned out that he had been at a disadvantage for a long time, and in a fit of anger, he gave up the idea of ​​winning with the water sword and resorted to "Xuanming ghost fog".

Fengxue sword intent was originally Gongyang Yu's mastery of learning. After he sealed the sword for 15 years, Xiao Ran sat on Ling'ao Island.In the past 15 years, the sword was not in his hand, but he realized many truths that he did not understand when using the sword. However, he was old and indifferent to victory and defeat, so he wrote couplets to leave behind the meaning of the sword.Each of these fourteen characters has its own charm, and they can all be turned into a swordsmanship. If the spirit of the word "Zhuang" is used, it can be called "Zhuangzi Sword", and if the spirit of the word "Sheng" is used, it can be called "Shengzi". "Sword", between the characters, the meaning of the sword is coherent with each other, so the study of its magic has already surpassed "guizang sword" and directly reached the ultimate attainment of the way of swordsmanship.

What Lu Jian was using was the "Duan Shui Sword Art", but Li Zi was using the Wind Cave Sword Intent. If Yao Qing hadn't had a conversation with him, no one would have noticed it.As soon as Qiu Shi changed, he also changed accordingly. When he drew the sword, he carried the charm of the four characters "Gate of the Winds". Short, sometimes thick and sometimes thin, or like a flying snake, or like a tortoise, soaring vertically and horizontally, changing blurredly.

Suddenly, Lu Jian let out a long howl, the howling sound was clear and clear, and the mountains echoed, echoing like a tide.The four people under the bridge clearly saw a white brilliance flashing and disappearing in the mist. In an instant, the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, and the two people on the bridge changed positions. Slowly expanding, he twisted suddenly, as if he was about to struggle, but his body swelled like an inflated ball.

"Be careful!" Xianbi screamed, "This is the sword of blood-staining blood!" Lu Jian stared at Qiu Shi as if he had never heard of it, shook his head, turned around suddenly, and walked forward. At this time, behind him With a "bang", Qiu Shi's body exploded, flesh and blood flew all over the place, and the bloody arrow he shot was only an inch away from Lu Jian's heel.

Everyone held their breath, but Lu Jian was unmoved. He walked to the cliff, looked at the men and women on the cliff, undecided, and suddenly heard a sigh from the empty mountain, Wan Guizang's voice came slowly: "Unexpectedly, after 300 years , I saw Gongyang Jianqi again. Poor, the surnamed Qiu has been rampant for a lifetime, and he died so unsatisfactorily."

Lu Jian raised his voice and said, "Wan Guizang, will you let him go?" Wan Guizang smiled and said, "So what if you don't let him go?" Lu Jian's eyes lit up with anger, and Wan Guizang sneered, "Boy, don't make a mistake. , this old man is not Qiu Shi."

Before Lu Jian could answer, Gu Zhen suddenly said with a smile, "Old man, you haven't solved the mystery of the eight diagrams, have you?" Wan Guizang said coldly, "What do you think?" Gu Zhen said, "If you solve the eight diagrams The mystery of the picture has already been solved first, so why stop me everywhere? I guess that in the jade box you took away, it only said that the clue was in the west city, but did not say where it is. According to my guess, you need to get the clue of the jade box and the eight pictures Only when the secret words are combined into one can we find the next clue."

As soon as these words came out, there was a moment of silence in the mountain.It turned out that Wan Guizang obtained the eight diagrams and studied them endlessly sooner or later, but Gu Zhen was able to decipher the eight diagrams that day because of his collective wisdom and teamwork. Strength, and there is no weird person like Mo Yi available.So after a few days, I still couldn't figure it out. Hearing what Gu Zhen said, he said coldly: "What's so great about it? After watching it for a long time, the old man will realize it sooner or later."

Gu Zhen said: "You can't figure it out in a year or so?" Wan Guizang said: "It's absolutely impossible." Gu Zhen said with a smile: "You can think slowly, but I can't wait. Now that your minions are withered, you have to We are alone, but we have many people. You are a majestic city lord, can't you guard the bridge day and night? Even if you guard the bridge, with your apprentice's ability, it is not difficult to climb over the cliff. Hand, don't regret it..." Before he finished speaking, Wan Guizang suddenly interjected: "What thing?" Gu Zhen said, "It's that thing." Wan Guizang smiled when he saw that his tone was very strict: " Don’t be complacent, Xiao Gu’er, I still have another method, but I won’t say it for now.” Gu Zhen smiled slightly and said, “I know what method you use, so I won’t say it for the time being.”

"Okay." Wan Guizang said, "What do you know, I just want to hear it." When he said this, Gu Zhen didn't dare not to say it, so he could only laugh: "Your method is just like Ning and Zuo Er Like a human being, subdue us all until you figure it out."

Wan Guizang laughed and said nothing.Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Old man, we have agreed to fight wits. If you control us by force, even if you win, you will not be able to win people's hearts. No one can stand without faith. If you have no faith, let alone conquer the hearts of the world, even if you are in Xicheng I'm afraid I won't be able to subdue people's hearts."

Wan Guizang remained silent, the mountain was empty, and there were no birdsong, only the sound of the waterfall.Gu Zhenrao was bold and bold, and in this situation, he didn't feel his fists clenched tightly, sweat dripping from his palms.Knowing the nature of Wangui Tibetan businessmen, he takes the word "loyalty" very lightly, and only sees the size of his interests. At this moment, he keeps silent, and he must repeatedly weigh in his heart which is more beneficial, "keeping promises" or "breaking promises". Understand, immediately take the big and discard the small.

Just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard Wan Guizang say: "Boy Gu, what do you think this matter should be?" Gui Zang changed from a buyer to a seller, and Gu Zhen changed from a seller to a buyer. If Gu Zhen didn't offer a higher price, the deal would definitely fail.Gu Zhen's thoughts changed sharply, and he said with a smile: "Well, old man, I'll tell you where the clues are. You let Miss Ning and Lord Feng go!"

Wan Guizang chuckled, and said, "You said it yourself. The old man didn't force you, and I didn't force you, so it's not a breach of trust." Gu Zhen let out a long breath, and scolded the "old scoundrel" ten times in his heart. over and over again, but smiled: "Yes, yes, I said it myself, old man, you just accept it." Wan Guizang said: "You have a smile on your face, you must scold me in your heart." Gu Zhen said: "No Dare you?" Wan Guizang said with a smile, "Okay, I'll wait for you at the Throwing Pillow Hall." Gu Zhen said with a smile, "No need, you wait for me at Yingying Temple, I'll come later." Wan Guizang coldly He snorted, "What flower gun are you playing with?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Where can I have a flower gun to play with in front of you? It's just covered in stinky mud and dirty, so it's not easy to meet the revered master."

Wan Guizang smiled and said, "You kid, when did you become respectful?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "I've always been respectful, but old man, your eyes are too high, you can't usually see me." Wan Guizang snorted softly, and Ya Shangning and Zuo were suddenly pulled up by the rope and disappeared behind the cliff.Lu Jian was so angry that his eyes widened, but there was nothing he could do.Seeing that his master was about to leave, Sha Tianhuan hurriedly said: "City Master, save me..." He called twice, but there was no response.

Sha Tianhuan opened his mouth wide, looking very dazed.Gu Zhen sneered and said, "According to the old man's temperament, you are lucky that you didn't keep the 'Death Marsh'. He didn't kill you." Turning around, he asked, "Brother Yu, how should we deal with this man?"

Yi Yuzhao's temperament was slapped, and he was about to speak, but he heard Lu Jian say: "Let him go!" He waved his hand to the distance, "You two come out!" The two of them walked out from behind the rock , it was the Great Sage Rat and Chi Yingzi, both cowering and pitiful, they suddenly threw themselves at Lu Jian's feet and kowtowed repeatedly.

Lu Jian sighed, lifted the two of them up and said, "Sha Tianhuan, you have done all kinds of bad things, and you shouldn't have been kept alive. But once you die, the slaves will also die, which makes people feel unbearable. It’s all because of these two robbers, I hope you will treat them kindly and stop doing evil again.”

Unexpectedly, Sha Tianhuan had done evil for half his life, and ended up relying on two robber slaves to save his life. Feeling both happy and ashamed, he got up and sang to Lu Jian, and left with the two robber slaves.

Sending Sha Tianhuan away, Xianbi rushed to Gu Zhen and complained loudly: "Why did you let Wan Gui hide and wait in Yingying Temple? Isn't that self-inflicted?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "This is called reality but nothingness. Wan Guizang is very suspicious, the more I tell him the truth, the more he won't believe it, if it's a lie, the old man has a sharp eye, he can't lie to him."

Xianbi was skeptical: "Are you really going to tell Wan Guizang the second clue?" Gu Zhen said: "You saw it too, if you don't give in, we're all doomed." After saying that, he walked to the bottom of the waterfall and finished washing slowly The clothes were dried with fire, and Yu Zhao said impatiently: "You have so many things to do, would you rather Bukong see you drying clothes with fire?" Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Fire!" What's wrong with all the supernatural powers being used by the people?" Yao Qing was impatient, she had already waited impatiently, and couldn't help cursing: "You deserve to be called Min? I think there is a word for death next to the word Min, which is called gangster. Hooligan." Gu Zhen said: "You're flattering me!" Yao Qing said: "You can't even understand cursing?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Liu Bang has been a hooligan, and you called me a hooligan, didn't you praise me? Very good, I will become the emperor in the future, how about entrusting you to be the Minister of the Women's Department, who is in charge of women all over the world?"

Yao Qing sneered, and said, "You are Mencius meeting King Xiang of Liang." Gu Zhen stared at her without saying a word, Yao Qing saw that he had nothing to say, and proudly said, "Is there nothing to say?" Gu Zhen laughed "I said it, didn't you see?" Yao Qing said: "Nonsense." Gu Zhen said: "You don't believe me, what did I do just now?" Yao Qing said: "I didn't do anything, just smile." Gu Zhen smiled Said: "You don't understand, it's called 'Master Smiling'." Yao Qing was stunned for a moment, then yelled, and cursed: "Arrogant and crazy!"

The two of them played charades, Lu Jian listened hard, couldn't help asking: "What are you talking about?" Gu Zhen just laughed, but Yao Qing angrily ignored.Xianbi thought about it several times before he understood, and said with a smile, "Lu Jian, the two of them were joking about ancient books, but they didn't finish talking, each said half, and kept the other half. It is said in "Mencius" that Mencius saw Liang Xiang Wang, the speaker said: "I look like a gentleman", which means that this person does not look like an emperor. "Master smiles" comes from "The Analects", the master smiled and said : 'How can you cut a chicken with a bull's knife'. Gu Zhen quoted this, comparing the emperor to a chicken and himself to a bull's knife, he doesn't even care about the emperor."

Lu Jian heard it interesting, nodded and said: "Ah Qing, Gu Zhen is right, what's so great about the emperor, in my opinion, Gu Zhen is many times stronger than that Emperor Jiajing." Gu Zhen clapped his hands and laughed , Yao Qing was bitter in her heart, she punched Lu Jian hard, and cursed, "You're the only one who talks too much!"

Gu and Yao quarreled all the way, crossed the Hongqiao, and went up the mountain along a stone step. Everyone looked down, the clouds and fog were locked, and the deep valley was covered by a vast expanse of white. Press it.Gu Zhen looked up at the dangerous building, sighed suddenly, and said spontaneously: "No wonder that when the East Island attacked the West City, they all came back in defeat. This place is really guarded by one man, and no one can open it." Xianbi laughed: "When the East Island attacked, There are only four or five attics here, far less prosperous than it is today, and it has been in operation for 200 years, and it has just come here." Gu Zhen clapped his hands and praised: "It's amazing!"

While talking and laughing, I turned around a mountain ridge, and suddenly saw a stone pavilion covered with snow, and the branches of two dead willow trees beside the pavilion were blown by the wind, which was very desolate.There is a bluestone tomb in the pavilion, and the stone stele in front of the tomb is engraved with the word "Lengxiang", which is thin gold, clear and sparse.

Xianbi and Yu Zhao walked to the pavilion and stood silently. Gu Zhen wondered, "Who is buried here? Why is there no name of the tomb owner?" Xianbi said, "It is said that under the Lengxiang Pavilion is Liu Yingying. The place where the Patriarch and West Kunlun are buried together, so since ancient times, the disciples of Xicheng have to observe a moment of silence here."

Gu Zhen asked in surprise, "Didn't West Kunlun marry Patriarch Hua?"

"Yes." Xianbi's eyes flashed with sadness, "When he was alive, he had only one body, but after death, he could be divided into two halves. I heard from the predecessors that after the death of West Kunlun, the ashes were divided into two parts. Half, half stayed overseas to accompany his wife; the other half was brought back to China by Patriarch Siqin to be buried with Patriarch Liu."

Gu Zhen was slightly moved, and when he walked to the pavilion, he saw a small decree written under the word "Lengxiang" in Zhong Shaojing's Lingfei script: "That day, when the young boy was wearing a thin spring shirt, and the bright moon was shining on the silver hairpin, when the swallows parted, Hate wind, disease and chaos. Aspirations are unpaid, temples are freckled, dreams are crippled. This life is gone, people are old in the sea, and their hearts are in the Tianshan Mountains."

(End of this chapter)