The World of Martial Arts

Chapter 50
At the beginning of the practice, first prepare the granite, and then slowly carve with the Miao Dao according to the Buddha image conceived in the mind.

Granite is hard, and it usually needs to be carved out with a chisel.

Xu Zhengping chopped with a seedling knife, not only did he need to use sufficient strength for each cut, he also had to be skillful, and when encountering areas with complex structures, he had to pay attention to precision.

At the beginning, I was very unaccustomed to chiseling with a knife. Often, not many stones could be removed in one day, and the tiger's mouth would be cracked by the shock.

But Xu Zhengping's will was extremely firm, and after a little dressing with medicine, he continued to do it every day.

At the end of the tiger's mouth, extremely thick calluses formed, and gradually mastered the ingenious and precise knife skills, which no longer hurt one's own hands, and made the carving process much faster.

So day and night, in the past two months, he practiced more than 20 knives with carving into the knife method, and finally carved a Buddha statue the size of a person.

Yue Buqun lived in Xu Zhengping's home, and when he saw it in the courtyard on the day of his success, he couldn't help but frown deeply.

Because the carved one is not so much a Buddha, but an ugly and fierce evil ghost Shura.

Yue Buqun had witnessed Xu Zhengping's daily practice, and knew that what he wanted to carve was a statue of Buddha.

But what Xu Zhengping carved was the Buddha statue in his heart, but he didn't expect it to be such a thing.

Xu Zhengping's upper body was naked, covered with beads of sweat, holding the incomplete seedling knife in one hand, and a melon ladle in the other, scooped water from a water tank on the side, filled half of the ladle, and poured the rest on the statue.

The excess residue on the statue was washed away. Since it was the first time to carve, the knife skill was not mastered properly, and Xu Zhengping himself did not have a very good artistic talent, so the knife marks on the sculpture were very obvious, segment by segment.

It made the already ugly statue look even more ferocious. It should have been a smiling Buddha statue with benevolent brows and bumps on its face, half-closed eyes were all opened, and slightly raised lips were bent downward.

Especially the nose, which is not round at all, is full of three-dimensional squares. With the uneven facial surface, it looks like an evil ghost with wide eyes.

Xu Zhengping looked at his masterpiece and shook his head slightly, "I haven't sculpted the Buddha Xu imagined in his heart, it's a lot worse, I still have to practice!"

Yue Buqun asked doubtfully, "Is it really useful to practice like this?"

Xu Zhengping threw the seedling knives in his hand to the corner, where there were more than twenty broken seedling knives piled up.

"It's useful! It has greatly improved the strength and precision of the knife, but it's just a preliminary practice. If I can carve a perfect Buddha statue on the rotten wood, I believe my knife skills will definitely reach perfection."

As the saying goes, rotten wood cannot be carved. If you can carve on soft and rotten rotten wood, the level of effort and subtlety is unimaginable to ordinary people.

I'm afraid that even if the internal strength is not deep enough, a person with such a level of swordsmanship is still enough to become a top master.

Yue Buqun couldn't help having a new understanding of Xu Zhengping's will and belief, and felt ashamed.

At this moment, Uncle Qin, the housekeeper, rushed over, "Master, Chief Zhang is asking to see you, and seems to have something important to discuss."

Apart from regular monthly reports, Zhang Wenqing rarely came to disturb Xu Zhengping's practice. If he was in such a hurry today, something serious must have happened.

Xu Zhengping came to the hall and invited Yue Buqun to come with him.

Zhang Wenqing was brought into the hall by Uncle Qin, first bowed and saluted, and then began to report.

"Mr. Xu, recently many businessmen in this county have sent back news that all parts of the south of the Yangtze River are spreading the news of what the gang did in the past.

Xu Yuanwai knew how bad the Nanshan Gang was before you took down it. "

Xu Zhengping focused his eyes, "Someone is hyping up what the gang has done in the past?!"

"Not only that, but also publicized the fact that our gang protected Master Lei and killed those who came to uphold justice. In particular, we said that we protect the wicked, and we should be public enemies of the martial arts!"

Xu Zhengping sneered, "Public Enemy? Hmph, it looks like this is Jiang Biehe's trick. He wants to create a big trend and make our Nanshan Gang arouse public anger.

However, even if there are people in the Jianghu who like to meddle in other people's business, most of the forces still have nothing to do with themselves, and it is not enough to rely on what the gang has done in the past and protect Lei Zong! "

Zhang Wenqing said: "This is the point! So the tragedies happening in various places in the south of the Yangtze River are all rumored to be the work of our gang!"

Xu Zhengping and Yue Buqun looked at each other, and they both smelled a deeper conspiracy.

"tell me the story."

"Tinghu Villa was exterminated late at night, but the property under the name of this villa was only traded to us the day before it was destroyed. Some people confused the facts and said that we deliberately killed people and exterminated the family in order to seize the property of Tinghu Villa.

The county magistrate of Gusu was transferred for three years and was assassinated on the way. His daughter claimed that the assassins we sent did it because he did not agree to the gang's purchase of a fishing ground in Gusu before he left office.

There is a [-]-acre tea garden under the name of Sun Yubo in the Sun Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River. When the new tea just came out, it was burned to the ground. During this period, the guards of the Sun Mansion went to stop the fight.

However, the arsonists encountered formed various small formations with swords, shields and long spears, which was very difficult to deal with, and this kind of tactics was only good at this gang.

As for the [-]-acre tea garden, our gang once snapped up a bid with the Sun Mansion. It was originally used to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms.

And...and...the government has cracked a case of human trafficking by the beggar gang. Those beggars who were captured actually said that we entrusted them to abduct and sell women, and they are about to be sent to Yuhang to be trained as prostitutes...

And... I heard that Zuo Lengchan has been sitting in Jiangfu as a guest, and that you have killed four of Xu Yuanwai's fellow disciples by despicable means, and that the two surviving sufferers even complained in public..."

Xu Zhengping's complexion had become very ugly. He really didn't expect the other party to be so vicious and do so many things to frame him in a short period of time.

What's more, Zuo Lengchan also got involved, this is a joint effort from the north and the south to deal with him.

"It seems that it is really going to arouse public anger."

Zhang Wenqing raised his head and said, "I've heard that the Jiang Mansion seems to be inviting the sufferers from all over the world, as well as righteous forces from all over the south of the Yangtze River, to discuss a plan, and then come to our Yuhang County to seek justice!"

Yue Buqun on the side frowned deeply, "Mr. Xu, the other party may have other backers, so be extremely careful."

Xu Zhengping's heart was filled with anger, he knew that he must not sit still, he had to find ways to deal with it.

He stood up with his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in the hall, trying to think about how to deal with this crisis.

After a cup of tea, Xu Zhengping turned his head, "Investigate clearly, besides the dirty water you mentioned, is there anything else?"

Zhang Wenqing gritted his teeth and said, "I've only collected these for the time being. The opponents are fierce, but their influence should be limited. After all, if they do too much, they will be more likely to be exposed!"

Xu Zhengping nodded in agreement, his eyes narrowed slightly, his expression had become very dangerous, he hadn't had such murderous intentions for a long time.

"Tinghu Mountain Villa was exterminated, there is no evidence for this matter, so don't worry about it.

The daughter of the magistrate of Gusu may have been controlled or bewitched by others, so she can't be bothered.

Needless to say, the case of human trafficking by the gang of beggars must have been bribed, so it can't be ignored.

The above are trivial matters, and the forces involved are not the point.

Only Sun Yubo of the Sun Mansion is No. 1 of the underworld in the south of the Yangtze River, with unfathomable power and strength. We are definitely not opponents, and we cannot let him become an enemy!

This person likes to make friends the most. Although I have never dealt with him, this friend is the right time to make friends. "

(End of this chapter)