Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 261 The candle sheds tears in the waning moon

Chapter 261 The candle sheds tears in the waning moon

Hu Fei said that he was born in a family of officials in the south of the Yangtze River. His maternal grandfather had many years of ups and downs in the officialdom. He served successively as the magistrate of Haining and the magistrate of Wenzhou Prefecture. He stumbled into the fifth-rank official position. Because he had made great achievements in arresting theft and pacifying the people during his tenure, and he had excellent examination results. He was even promoted to the capital, and was only waiting to be appointed Si Youshi, the envoy for punishment and inspection.

However, the spring breeze was so proud that his horse was hoofed, and one day he stumbled forward. On his way to Beijing, he happily received the imperial edict, but he did not know that the world was about to be in chaos. He had offended too many bandits in the rivers and lakes over the years, and was quietly targeted by strong men with evil intentions on the way.

The strongman found out that his grandfather had been in charge of the prison for many years and was always extremely cautious in his actions. He always had a sword by his side for self-defense, making it difficult for ordinary people to succeed, so he came up with a poisonous plan.

The strongman first bribed his grandfather's old friend Jiang Tiaohou to host a banquet at the post house in southern Zhejiang to lower his grandfather's vigilance. At the same time, he hired three brothers from the Gui Jianchou family in northern Hubei to serve him disguised as servants. When he was in a daze, he stole the sword and worked together to kill the unarmed old man.

At this time, there were still many servants and officials outside the post house, but as a few strong men showed their ferocious looks, these people all turned into birds and beasts when they saw the proprietor's death. Only the official lady who accompanied her father was left lying on the body and crying bitterly.

Hu Fei said that it was during this incident that a knight stepped in to rescue Miss Xiaguan and escorted the orphan girl and Master Nan's body back to their former residence. The two fell in love for a long time, and Chunfeng became pregnant with Hu Fei for a time. However, when Miss Guan was about to give birth, the knight suddenly flew away and disappeared without a trace, leaving only the orphan and the widow.

Miss Guan belonged to an official family in southern Zhejiang, so she naturally had many relatives and friends. However, when they saw that the knight had not returned for a long time, they claimed that Miss Guan had not married through a matchmaker, and their unruly affair had brought shame to the family, so they took advantage of the situation and formed a gang. Come to seize the family property.

The poor official lady lost all her big business and was driven into an old house that was about to be abandoned. There was only one loyal old servant who had been favored in the past to guard the mother and son, and the other one. Before the knight left, he left behind a book of swordsmanship and boxing.

Miss Guan had no choice but to sell her jewelry and property to make ends meet, while looking forward to her children growing up and the knights returning. However, it rained all night. She saw that the Book of Swordsmanship and Boxing was full of strange words, twists and turns, so she hired someone to help her. The interpretation of the acupuncture points and meridians was coveted and stolen by a doctor who was proficient in fisting and kicking. If the old servant hadn't fought for it to the death and even paid the price of losing an arm, what would have been lost in this Sword and Boxing Sutra was not just the first two pages. .

Hu Fei has been practicing this incomplete secret book since he was a child, and grew up guarding an empty old house.

After the secret book was damaged, Miss Guan had no choice but to keep it a secret. She taught Hu Fei how to read and digit, and studied the incomplete secret book together every day until he died of physical and mental exhaustion and vomiting blood when he was eight years old, leaving him with a mink fur, a sword, and a book. The bloody remains of the book.

"...I always feel like something is wrong."

After hearing the tragic story of Hu Fei's mother turning from a government lady to a single mother, Jiang Wen always felt something was wrong. The Golden Snake Swordsman revealed to Jiang Wen that the child's biological father should be Hu Yizhi, the "King of Yum Knife", but Jiang Wen always felt that this knight haunted Guangzhou, cheated and gave birth to a child, and ignored him. Could it be that he was as black as coal?

Jiang Wen took the incomplete secret book from Hu Fei's hand and saw that it was stained with dark bloodstains. The first two pages with the main purpose and outline were torn out in a hurry, leaving the next two to three hundred pages, which were all complicated and complex. The subtle and mysterious moves can be said to be diverse and all-encompassing.

Its connotations include boxing techniques that are straightforward and harmonious with form and Qi, the movement of fists and feet, continuous and gentle footwork, light and agile Qinggong that can fly over walls and walls, and even Qigong that is long-lasting and internally strong, and harmonizes Yin and Yang. It is a pity that Hu Fei lacks a famous teacher. Guidance, but never found the way.

To say that the most exquisite and powerful among them is undoubtedly the sword technique with many strange moves and various hardness and softness. Hu Fei also put in a lot of effort to study and study, and relied on his natural talent and wisdom to learn a lot in just a few years. become.

"My martial arts training is all based on broken books. Although my moves are exquisite, I have never been able to understand the essence of the skills because I lack the basic skills of the first two pages..."

Hu Fei, a man with big eyebrows, sat there and wanted to rub the blade of the Lengyue sword out of habit, but he only touched a crudely made rusty hatchet, his eyes filled with sadness. The tiger eyebrows are thick horizontal eyebrows, and the big chin is a broad forehead. Coupled with Hu Fei's slovenly appearance, this sixteen-year-old boy looks particularly sloppy and vicissitudes of life.

But Jiang Wen heard that his words were neat and his tone was elegant. He was indeed well-educated in a private school. He was at least much better than Jiang Wen's two unlearned male disciples. With his slovenly appearance, it was obviously him. The protective color in the arena.

Jiang Wen sighed and said, "So you resorted to dangerous tactics and integrated the magic into your sword skills on your own initiative?"

Hu Fei nodded, not intending to explain more. In order to cultivate the Hu family swordsmanship to the upper level, he has put in endless efforts. The most difficult and dangerous level is to survive in death. He uses his strong desire to survive to stimulate those who are familiar with it but are still difficult and obscure. His sword moves can be executed on the thin line between life and death!

This kind of hardship is not appreciated by outsiders, and Hu Fei does not regret his choice, because without this sword skill, he would not have been able to kill Jiang Tiaohou and the three brothers Zhong at the age of thirteen, avenging his grandfather's death. Blood feud, using human head to pay homage to his mother.

Hu Fei did not fully understand the "magic way" Jiang Wen referred to, and the demons Jiang Wen referred to were actually inner obstacles.

Buddhism says that demons are divided into four types: yin demons, death demons, trouble demons, and heavenly demons. The so-called evil demons are those who think they are real; the so-called death demons are the fear caused by death; the so-called trouble demons are the obstacles of various troubles; and the so-called heavenly demons are those who think there is a real master who controls everything.

Hu Fei is now turning the heart barrier of the "Death Demon" into the sword technique. As the desire for survival becomes stronger, the sword technique becomes more powerful. And the more powerful the sword technique is, the more evil knowledge and evil views are in his mind. , swallowing up his consciousness that should be clear and clear.

If these statements are too mythical, then he can be regarded as a mentally ill patient who takes the initiative to become ill. The early episodes are just pretending to be crazy and stimulating his potential, but at the end of this road, he is a truly irreversible mental illness. kind……

Hu Fei looked at Jiang Wen with burning eyes at this time.

He didn't know the origin of this book of swordsmanship and boxing. His mother who died young and his fourth uncle Ping who raised him also knew very little about it. Until he met Jiang Wen, he felt that the opportunity to complete the swordsmanship was right in front of him.

When Jiang Wen first met Hu Fei in Guangzhou City, he shocked Hu Fei with the "Hu Family Sword Technique" that was different in shape but from the same origin, and then made the stubborn and arrogant young swordsman follow him obediently——

If Jiang Wen wasn't the right age, Hu Fei would have thought that Jiang Wen was the bastard father who abandoned his wife and son.

"Don't look at me like this, disciple."

Jiang Wen sighed and spread his hands towards Hu Fei, looking very helpless. "Listen to me telling you a story."

"There once was a master who was as talented as you. He had no other hobbies in his daily life. He just liked to study martial arts when he had nothing to do. So the more he studied, the better he became."

"Until one day, he was inexplicably defeated in a competition with a master. The opponent pointed out that when he used the "lifting sword and white crane to spread its wings", his back would slightly shrug, revealing his flaws. "

"The master just remembered that when he was a child, he was strictly taught by his father. When he used Su Qin's sword-carrying move, he had fleas on his back and itched unbearably. His father mistakenly thought that he was careless in learning the sword and scolded him. From then on, every time he used this move, he would slightly shrug his back, revealing his fatal flaw."

Hu Fei looked stunned. He had already understood what Jiang Wen meant, but he still couldn't accept it.

Jiang Wen sighed: "The difference between martial arts practitioners is a thousand miles. Even a slight flaw in a move will lead to death. And you have walked on the wrong road for too long and too far. Even if you want to turn around, it will be difficult to truly Saved.”

Hu Fei looked at Jiang Wen. Thousands of swings of the knife had made his hands thick with calluses, and his mind had become extremely tough. However, once he chose the path he had chosen, he would never hesitate, just like he was between life and death. His sword skills would make him angry if he hesitated even a little bit in his will to survive, but he survived every time.

Hu Fei said to Jiang Wen firmly: "No need to say more. As long as you give me the general outline of the first two pages of the Sword and Boxing Sutra, I will naturally be able to practice my martial arts to the peak and then seek revenge on that man."

Jiang Wen sighed deeply again, as if the air in the hall was thinning with his sigh.

"Okay, since you insist so much, I'll read you the first two pages."

Hu Fei's whole body trembled when he heard this, and his eyes instantly narrowed into slits. The memories of these years of stumbling against walls came to his mind.

His mother and his fourth uncle Heping told him that the boxing manual was missing the first two pages, which lacked the basic kung fu and boxing and sword techniques. Therefore, no matter how smart and diligent he was, he could not get started. Practice over and over again, but never get it right.

"Using the heart to move the qi and make sure it is calm can collect the yin into the bones; using the qi to move the body and make it smooth can help the yang follow the heart. The birth of all things carries the yin and embraces the yang. This is called "the return of all laws to the origin"... ..." Jiang Wen in the Tongtian Hall began to recite loudly. In the vast hall, apart from the sound of a needle falling, there was only a faint oscillating sound that rose and fell, making him feel uneasy——

Hu Fei knew that it was just his violent heartbeat, which almost jumped out of his chest.

But the more Jiang Wen recited, the uglier Hu Fei's face became. By the time he finished reciting the two-page general formula and fist moves, his eyes were red, glaring at Jiang Wen like a bull, and the veins on his arms and even body were They all rose up, twisting and rising like dragons and soaring snakes.

This is not the secret at all!

It can’t be the secret! !

"How dare you tease me! This is obviously just a superficial way of regulating your breath!"

Hu Fei ran over with eyes wide open, holding a hatchet in his hand like a ferocious hungry ghost. Jiang Wen smiled coldly and raised his hand to restrain him in place.

"Is it superficial? If you climb Wudang Mountain like me and enter the Zixiao Palace, you will see the plaque "All Dharmas Return to the Sect" hanging high on the door. All martial arts practices must be attributed to "Tao". Can you do this kind of martial arts? "

Very early on, Jiang Wen realized the strong Taoist meaning from this "Hu Family Sword Technique", whether it was the subtle ways of yin and yang or the subtle use of hardness and softness between host and guest. Adhering to the morality of carrying the yin and embracing the yang, and holding the qi to become soft.

To practice this martial arts well, one must see through those fierce and fierce sword moves, and advance to a state of slow convergence, as if invincible. This also made Jiang Wen even more suspicious of the Wudang sect. I always feel that both the "Hu Family Sword Technique" and the source of it, the "Yum Knife King" Hu Yizhi, have an inexplicable origin with the Wudang Sect.

Yuan Huazi mentioned not long ago that the ancestral court of the Wudang Sect had suffered heavy losses. The Qing soldiers besieged Wudang Mountain, bombarded the Yuxu Palace, and the Jinlun Tower that housed the secrets of martial arts was also destroyed by artillery fire. What was the reason for these efforts? It is even more difficult to know from outsiders whether the legacy is still being taught deliberately.

But this made Jiang Wen even more suspicious. Why would the people in Guangzhou take such good care of Hu Fei because of the traitor Hu Yizhi? Even the Golden Snake Swordsman, who had no interest in world affairs, came forward in person, preferring to owe himself a huge favor. …

Let’s talk about Hu Fei again. Taoist Kung Fu has a long history, is easy to learn but difficult to master. Logically speaking, it is not easy to become possessed. However, Hu Fei obviously just lacks the method of cultivating his state of mind and polishing his internal strength. However, under the influence of the external environment, his own personality, and the pressure around him, Due to various factors, the inner strength and mental skills were skipped, and the dangerous and treacherous and changeable sword skills were taken as the core, and the sword skills were trained to be truly insane——

In fact, at the beginning, Hu Fei's incompetence and lack of understanding were just caused by the unsettled mind of a young child. As long as he can continue to practice with peace of mind, as he grows older and his skills become deeper, even if he lacks It doesn't hurt to be elegant if you learn some general boxing moves.

"Your reverse training comes first. Even if I have a formal training method, it will not help. In the end, you will stop there and become obsessed..."

Jiang Wen was not helpless, but Hu Fei already had inner demons in front of him. It was like a pot of extremely hot boiling water. If you add a little seasoning to it, it might just boil the soup and stop it from boiling, which would be of no benefit at all. But be careful. If you want to stop the fire, the other party will probably not be able to cooperate, so it becomes extremely difficult.

Jiang Wen helped Hu Fei up again, his movements were friendly and natural, as if he had completely forgotten that he was the one who pushed him down. Then he stretched out his three fingers on his robe sleeves and said slowly.

"As a teacher, there are actually three strategies: upper, middle and lower, which can protect you from worries."

"The best solution is to interfere with your sword skills with external force. You soak in our magic word blood pool for seventy-seven forty-nine days. First, you will excite your inner demons to the extreme that you will not recognize your relatives, and you will cultivate to the point where you can kill everything." With the magic sword, if you carefully understand the mantra of "Becoming enchanted, in a single thought" and reach the state of crossing the devil's mind, then you will naturally be able to control the inner demon and your sword will be like a god! "

Hu Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, but Jiang Wen suddenly sighed.

"It's a pity. The reason why this road is a bad idea is because it is full of difficulties and dangers, and there is no chance of death. More importantly, our sect is too weak to build this magic word blood pool. At present, it is only theoretical. We must I can't start research until I go down to raise funds."

Hu Fei: "..."

"So now only the middle strategy is available."

Jiang Wen suddenly raised his hand and continued with bright eyes.

"The best strategy is for your master to teach you a swordsmanship and martial arts that is as subtle and subtle as the "Hu Family Sword Art" and complementary to each other, so as to correct the endless troubles of the magic sword. As long as you can work hard to achieve great success, your martial arts will be invincible whether it is a sword move, a sword move, a sword move, or a sword combined to cut through the sky. "

"It's just that this road requires cutting through thorns and thorns, and you are not allowed to use sword moves until you have mastered the swordsmanship. It is more likely that you will not be able to master it for the rest of your life until you are gray-haired. Do you have this awareness?"

"understood."

Hu Fei happily agreed to this. For a sixteen-year-old Jianghu man, changing to martial arts was tantamount to abolishing martial arts, but he knelt down without any hesitation.

"Well, I still have some good ideas to share. Are you sure you've made your choice and won't change it?"

"I will never regret it!"

"Okay, okay, you have great perseverance and great understanding. You are worthy of being my disciple Jiang. If you are greedy and ask me for the best advice, then I will drive you off the mountain at any cost today. Also, stop squinting your eyes normally. , I have long seen that you are short-sighted, and I will think of a way to help you get a pair of glasses another day."

"Thank you, Master!"

This was not the first time Hu Fei knelt down, but it was the first time Hu Fei called Jiang Wen master.

He has traveled through the world, and he understands quite well how precious a martial art that can be regarded as a gem alongside the "Hu Family Sword Art" is in the eyes of the outside world.

But Jiang Wen was able to take it out without frowning, and even used words to provoke him to induce him to choose this middle strategy. He was a noble and upright man with an open mind. No wonder Senior Luo said that this man was nicknamed "Junzi Sword". Now it seems that it is indeed worthy of the name.

Hu Fei followed Jiang Wen out of the Tongtian Hall and immediately saw a purple figure peeping around the corner outside the hall for a long time. Because the light in the hall was dim, he could only lie outside the window and listen carefully.

"Girl in purple, this hall of mine is newly built. The windows are bright and clean, so there is no need to lower yourself to sweep and wipe it."

Yuan Ziyi blushed as she couldn't dodge, turned around and seemed to want to leave, but also seemed to have something to say. After holding back for a long time, she still followed forward and couldn't help but ask.

"Master Jiang, please do well. I want to know what the best strategy is."

Jiang Wen smiled slightly, his clothes fluttering, and did not look back. He only gave a four-word answer.

"Delete your account and practice again."

(End of this chapter)