Bright Moon and Cold Thousand Mountains

The heaven and earth exercises, the supreme inner strength heart method on the twelfth floor, relying on the flower-folding hand and the spring water knife method, among them, the method of unblocking the meridians with the mind is unmatched in the world.The tenth floor of the heaven and earth kung fu, which is rumored to have never been reached by anyone but one person, is called "Heaven and Earth Same Life", which is the ultimate martial art that the previous masters of the twelfth floor have been striving for.

Why is it here?

If this is the real "Heaven and Earth Kungfu", what is everyone on the twelfth floor practicing? Is it a fake?Who could be so bold as to hide such a big secret?Will it hurt anyone, and...

Who is that person who deliberately hides it here?

Wendi's mind was buzzing, and it became a mess in an instant. Countless questions overwhelmed him. He didn't know what to do for a moment. He took a step back unsteadily, and the bamboo slip in his hand fell on the on the ground.

"Brother Di!" Liu Shiqi shouted, bowing to pick up the bamboo slips.

He also stayed on the twelfth floor and practiced the heaven and earth exercises, so he naturally understood the shock of hearing the flute.But he was a little more rational, and hastily read the words on the bamboo slip from beginning to end, and then struggled to retrieve the formulas of the heaven and earth exercises that he memorized back then from his memory. He was surprised to find that the two sides seemed to be exactly the same!

So, what's the point of this thing?Still locked up and buried in the ground?

"It seems to be the same." Liu Shiqi frowned and muttered, he was not sure, so he handed it to Wendi to make a decision.

Wendi also calmed down a little after going out just now, he pinched his acupoints and tried his best to suppress his emotions, and then took the bamboo slip.Unlike Liu Shiqi's hasty glance, Wen Di read carefully, not missing every word.

He sat down casually on the grass next to him when he saw half of it, resting his chin on one hand, and unconsciously read aloud: "...the one with eight veins, the innate root, the ancestor of one qi. Go from Yangshang to Yongquan, one inch Divided into Linjiang Palace, Xu Xuyi went to lead the tailbone, and the two lowered the veins to communicate with Laogong (*note)... Huh? Seems a little inappropriate."

Liu Shiqi: "What?"

Wendi said in surprise: "The first nine levels are similar to what we practice, only the tenth level... I was lucky enough to take a look at it when I was serving Zuo Nian. The way, order and breathing adjustment of the acupoints written in 'Heaven and Earth Same Shou' on the tenth floor are all different from those above."

Liu Shiqi: "Are you sure?"

Wen Di hit him with the bamboo slip: "I can't remember this wrong."

Liu Shiqi leaned over and sniffed the bright red writing: "The writing material should be the unformed ointment of Du Xin Dan, which contains cinnabar and deer blood, and the taste is exactly the same."

He touched the handwriting again, and said: "It's strange, these words are not written on them, they are all sunken, but more like engraved. It's just that the bamboo slips are thin and brittle, and to engrave words on it, the inner strength must have been perfected to control the strength... ..."

Wendi quickly skipped over the remaining few lines. Fortunately, the owner of the bamboo slips left his emotion at the last inscription.

"Will never tire?" Liu Shiqi asked, "Who is it?"

"I remember correctly that it seems to be the fourth head of No.30, almost 60 years ago. According to the secret history of our sect, he was only one step away from 'Heaven and Earth live together'. The position was passed on to his eldest disciple, and he disappeared afterwards. Zuo Nian respected this person very much, but why he suddenly went crazy and ruined his whole body's internal strength, no one knows." After Wen Di explained, he left Read the words below.

The handwriting is not consistent with the heaven and earth skills, it looks more elegant, and it is not like the cinnabar lettering used in the main text, but is written with a serious pen, and the ink is still brand new after years.

Zhong Buyi doesn't have the problem of being a master of the world who loves to drop book bags. The content he writes is very easy to understand, all in plain language, and he can understand it as soon as he reads it. He can even find out some of his thoughts when he wrote these words back then.

Wendi said: "The way of the same life is nothing but nonsense. If it really reaches the time when it exists in the world, it will destroy human nature and cut off the seven emotions. In this way, there is indeed no difference between human beings and mountains and rocks. It is not an exaggeration to say that they will last forever. But in the life of a person, only the word love is very important, how can I give it up easily? I destroy my self-cultivation, and I don’t want to be the person who sits in the mountains. The exquisiteness of the heaven and earth exercises, my sect stopped at the ninth floor, and has already passed away. Can stand alone in the world. Seal up this method, never see the sun, and never tire of the beginning."

In the end, there were some nonsense that the heads of previous dynasties forgave the disciples to make decisions without authorization. Wen Di was silent for a while, and then looked at Liu Shiqi, his eyes couldn't help but become helpless.

But Liu Shiqi laughed out loud: "These seniors are too capricious."

Wen Di couldn't help laughing: "Do you still remember what Song Min'er said? She checked that the heaven and earth exercises and the flower-folding hand did not make people go crazy from the very beginning. To death. It was after a certain head developed Duxin Pill, suddenly there were more people like this..."

Liu Shiqi: "Are you trying to say that the person who made Duxin Pill is also Zhongbuyi? What is he trying to do?"

Wen Di: "Perhaps... Du Xindan is not an aid to practice, but a... warning?"

Liu Shiqi was extremely clever, and immediately said: "That's right! He sealed the heaven and earth exercises and tampered with the tenth level to an unattainable level. He has already exhausted his whole life's work on 'Heaven and Earth Live Together', so it will be even more difficult. It’s like ascending to the sky. He is using this method to warn future generations not to try to challenge the tenth floor, there is no ‘heaven and earth live together’.”

Wen Di: "If you understand people, you can understand the true connotation of Du Xindan after a little guesswork. It's a pity that Zuo Nian, including the previous heads of him, are too paranoid. Since the fall of the Moon Worship Sect Afterwards, the twelfth floor is in the limelight, and they will not let it go, they will definitely try again and again."

Liu Shiqi took the bamboo slips and was about to take a closer look when he moved his fingers and suddenly felt something.Surprised, he turned over the bamboo slips and said, "Brother Di, there are still words engraved on the back!"

Wendi took it quickly, the small characters on the back of each piece of bamboo slips were not colored, and the strokes were as thin as mosquitoes and flies, and they felt uneven when they started, and it was impossible to tell what was written for a while.

He sat aside without saying a word, tore off a piece of the skirt and spread it out on the back, groping and carefully identifying the words on it, and when he found one or two that were clearly read, he bit his fingers and wrote on the white clothes.He didn't seem to feel any pain at all, only this scroll of bamboo slips he got by chance was in his eyes, and he eagerly read it.

Seeing that he was serious and didn't want to disturb him, Liu Shiqi thought wildly, "Brother Di's behavior is more like the state of 'no distractions' that Huici said that day", while looking left and right, jumping around from time to time, thinking that this room really is a safe haven place.

When he was tired from tossing around, he curled up at will and fell asleep immediately.

As the sun gradually set in the west, Liu Shiqi woke up from a nap by the tree by the hot spring, and the outer shirt covering his body fell to his knees with his movements.He recognized the person who was listening to the flute, and he picked up his sleeve in confusion and looked at the person's position.

The placket was already covered with dense scarlet letters, but Wendi frowned and continued to read. When he was bowed, his back showed a nice curve, the spine was slightly protruding, but not weak at all.

Liu Shiqi hugged the clothes in his arms and sat next to him, resting his chin on Wendi's shoulder naturally, reading what he wrote silently in an extremely intimate posture.Wendi's handwriting has not been practiced seriously, and it is because of this that it is more sharp, which is quite different from his usual gentle and elegant personality, as if one can infer from the handwriting that he has never shown a side in front of others.

He yawned, and his warm breath touched Wendi's ear: "Brother Di, do you see anything?"

"Well, it's unexpected and reasonable." Wen Di raised his hand and patted Liu Shiqi's side face, unaware of the unusual ambiguity between the two of them.

Liu Shiqi: "I think the first few lines you wrote down are a bit like folding hands."

Wen Di: "That's right, whoever engraved the bamboo slips on the back, it's Zhehuashou's military manual, and Du Xindan's making method, but they are no different from what Zuo Nian taught, it should be the original version .”

"Then what's the point of writing it? I think it's strange."

"I thought it was exactly the opposite to you. If Zhong Buyi left this behind, then he might just want to keep all the secrets of his sect on the bamboo slips. Anyway, no one would come here for a hundred years, so he became a... "He said, showing Liu Shiqi the written words, tilting his head slightly, his lips gently brushed the tip of the young man's ear, he paused for a moment, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Liu Shiqi didn't know anything, and blinked at him: "Keep talking."

After Wen Di coughed a few times, he pretended to be calm and said: "In short, this is more like a back road. This person has good intentions, even more than the previous masters who studied flower folding hands."

No matter how much he said, it was actually not about Liu Shiqi's business. He nodded half-understood: "It's fine now anyway, do you want to practice according to the heaven and earth exercises above? Brother Di, how far have you practiced?" level?"

Wen Di: "Yu Zheng broke through the ninth floor one step ahead of me. On the way back before, I secretly adjusted my internal energy every night. Now my internal energy should have reached the ninth floor. It's half a step away, and I haven't had time to cross it."

"This place is clean and there are no outsiders. I will accompany you to practice martial arts." Liu Shiqi said cheerfully, weighed the Changhe knife in his hand, and smiled. Twenty, my basic skills are solid, so I can start to practice the 'Six Yang Palms' of my sect."

His mind was jumping, and before hearing the flute, Liu Shiqi suddenly laughed even wider, as if thinking of something funny, pointed to Wendi, and then pointed to himself: "Folding the flower hand controls yin, and six yang palms control yang." , the two of us can be considered reconciled."

"Fuck you!" Wendi slapped him on the back, lightly as if caressing.

There is little wind in the valley. At this time, a gust of wind blows, the leaves rustle, and the hot spring water evaporates with warm white air.Liu Shiqi jumped away, put down the long knife, tied up his belt, and began to recite the formulas silently.

I don't know if it's because of his ups and downs in childhood, his growth is always a bit slower than others, and he looks like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in his weak years.His waist is really thin, as flexible as a willow branch in spring, and he always has a slightly indifferent and ignorant expression, and his eyes are too clear, making people ignore that his facial features are actually handsome.

The bamboo slip in Wendi's hand fell to the ground with a soft sound, and he picked it up as if facing a big enemy, buried his head and continued to read.In my heart, it's like a secret box has been overturned, and the things released are beautiful and dangerous.

When he moved his throat, he realized that his mouth was dry.

Martial arts practice pays attention to concentration, and Liu Shiqi was deeply influenced by Zi Zi Wu Xiang Gong, so he naturally found another way to concentrate, which will get twice the result with half the effort.Once he enters the short-term "retreat" state, the Lingtai is clear, the surroundings are silent, and his five senses are almost lost. He can only hear weak external sounds, completely isolating himself.

In the summer when he was 17 years old, Xie Xingzhou began to practice Liuyang Palm.Yi Chunqiu didn't deliberately avoid Liu Shiqi when he was teaching, so he just let him listen by the side.

This method is externalized from "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi", it is the highest martial art dreamed by all the male disciples of Wangyue Island, and when it reaches its peak, it can smash mountains, rocks and giant trees with one palm.There are similar moves in other schools. For example, Bodhitang's Longxiang palm technique is also famous for its fierceness, but because it is not very exposed to people, there is no room for comparison.

The most important thing about Liuyang Palm is the four words "great ingenuity as clumsy". Supported by internal force, this method has no time to wait for the force to be exerted, first of all, it will immediately reverse the flow and damage one's own cultivation.

"A pair of white birds stood facing the water, and jumped into the reed flowers in shock when they saw people." This is Luo Wuhen.

"Ten years of frost and cold is a sword, and flying through chaotic clouds is still calm." This is the Beiming sword.

There is only Liuyang Palm, and there is only one sentence: "Let's die with the fragrance of a heroic bone, not ashamed of being a hero in the world." Back then, Xie Xingzhou couldn't understand it, and Feng Tingyun couldn't figure it out. Practicing martial arts, no one can see what kind of state the founder of Wangyue Island has encountered.

At this moment, Liu Shiqi felt in a trance that he had encountered a corner of the chaotic world, and vaguely captured the mood of that person decades ago-there must be many injustices, but he was also unhappy, and he could only use this open and close relationship to make him feel happy. Palm method to vent.

It's no wonder that although this palm technique is domineering, there is always a tenderness hidden in it, and it can be born from the same root as Beimingjian and Luo Wuhen.

"Who is he? He is so contradictory, and he seems to be profound, and he has a latitude and longitude in his heart." Liu Shiqi realized that he hadn't asked Wang Qian'an about the history of Wangyue Island before, and suddenly felt awe of the long-dead ancestor.

With the general outline of the palm technique engraved in his mind, Liu Shiqi followed the three moves, already sweating profusely.

His hands and feet softened, and he sat down on the ground suddenly.If he was on Wangyue Island, or other places where no one was watching, he would get up by himself in a while, but now Liu Shiqi raised his head for some reason, and suddenly felt that he had a place to vent his grievances. zoomed in.

"Brother Di, my hand hurts." Liu Shiqi said, and sure enough, the person who was still studying the bamboo slips over there came over immediately.

Wen Di raised his hand and twirled it around, and said gently: "What's wrong? Are you still not used to the new external skills, and you shouldn't practice more without guidance, it's a mess..."

Liu Shiqi was very close to him, his eyes flashed, and he said again: "No, it's just a little uncomfortable."

Seeing that he was fine, Wen Di pinched Liu Shiqi's nose just to find an excuse to act like a baby.Seeing the sun set, the valley began to get colder, and there was nothing around to keep warm, so he lit a fire.

After a day and a night of tossing, I was hungry at this time.

Wen Di himself was fine, he was hungry and full all the year round, but now there is a child who degenerates into an ignorant age when he meets him, and is still waiting to eat.Although Wen Di thought those rabbits were cute, he had no choice but to kill them at this moment.

After hearing Liu Shiqi's stomach growling feebly again, Wen Di grabbed the dagger and got up: "I'll get you something to eat."

Those mountain rabbits scattered around, and Wendi was thinking about which one to catch, when suddenly a strange sound came from the grass.The two were vigilant for a moment, only to see a fat gray one emerge from the half-human tall weeds...

big rabbit.

The rabbit was still holding a bunch of pale yellow fruits in its mouth. The fur on its back was soaked and stuck to its body. Its eyes looked at Wendi with some fear. After putting down the fruits, it twisted its buttocks and ran away!

Wen Di: "..."

Terrible, the rabbit in Xixiu Mountain has become a genius!

In any case, the things that the rabbit brought seemed to be still in the mouth. Wendi squinted his eyes and recalled for a moment, felt that the white tail of the rabbit looked familiar, and returned to Liu Shiqi with a grape-shaped fruit, suddenly remembering the cause and effect : "I caught it in the afternoon. Could it be that it saw that we had bad intentions and quickly found something to save itself from being eaten?"

Liu Shiqi casually washed off the dirt on the fruit with hot spring water, and ate one, regardless of Wendi's further research.

The fruit looks like a grape, and it tastes similarly sweet and sour and juicy. Although it doesn't fill your stomach, it's okay to satisfy your hunger for a while.After hearing the flute and investigating, he concluded that it might be a wild grape growing in the mountains. Xixiu Mountain itself is close to the Western Regions, and the climate in the mountain is varied. It is not surprising that this thing grows.

The two of them divided up the few wild grapes that the rabbit brought, and when they were thinking about what to do next, the grass suddenly moved again.

Gray Rabbit was still as timid as a mouse. After putting down the fruit, his tail trembled and he hurriedly slipped away, afraid that Wendi would catch him if he was too late to decide whether to bake it or boil it.

Wen Di laughed out loud at this moment: "As the saying goes, animals also have spirits. It seems to be true. After all, they are rabbits in the place of cultivating Taoism. After a long time, it is possible that they can understand people's intentions."

Later, the gray rabbit came several times, each time bringing a large pile of wild grapes and some other fruits, as if it had specially handed over its grain reserves.After many times, it saw that the two were not malicious, and gradually dared to put things closer to Wendi. Liu Shiqi touched its ears tentatively, but the gray rabbit didn't hide.

"It likes you enough." Wen Di said, and slipped a red fruit to Liu Shiqi.

The wild fruits in the mountains tasted special, and the two chatted while paying attention to the comings and goings of the rabbits, and they were full after a while.Liu Shiqi felt sleepy after eating too much, leaning on Wendi's shoulder, he went through the experience of the past two days with unsatisfactory thoughts, and still felt as if he was in a dream.

And the moon slowly took shape, and the clear glow and snowy light contrasted very movingly.

He thought of the long-lost reunion between the two during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Xingzhou's warning was still in his ears, and the words Wendi said to him, Zuo Nian was covered with blood on his hands...

"Brother Di," Liu Shiqi said, "I ask you something, can you answer me truthfully?"

The man patted him on the shoulder lightly, his eyelids drooped, as if trying to lull him to sleep: "Ask, when have I lied to you?"

Liu Shiqi sat upright a little bit, the remnant snow and clear spring, tender grass and new leaves all matched together strangely, as if it aptly aroused his deepest doubts: "When you first arrived in Xixiu Mountain, you tried every means to make the left Nian Rong, teach you martial arts, I thought you respected him very much. But Du Xindan and Zhehuashou... you clearly thought of it so much, but he never listened to you?"

What he asked was too subtle, and there were many layers to it if he didn't point it out.

Do you hate him or respect him?If you hate him, why do you want to learn kung fu on the twelfth floor?If you respect him, but also conceal many truths about him, and he is crazy, why do you look calm, with a hint of expected pleasure?

With Wendi's sensitivity, how could he not have guessed that the fleeting panic on his face did not escape Liu Shiqi's eyes this time.Holding Wendi's hand, Liu Shiqi saw his hesitation, and said with an emphasis:

"Brother Dee, you and I have lived together since childhood, and you treated me like your own brother. Now that we have experienced life and death together, I will not believe you, but I really can't figure this out."

Wen Di still had the scent of wild fruit on his fingers, he sighed after a while, and then laughed almost self-deprecatingly: "You suspect that I have been wearing a mask, lest I deceive you. Seventeen, everything I do Everything is for your own good, I don't want to burden you with many things, for fear of blocking your way."

Liu Shiqi frowned, pensive, and before asking any more questions, Wen Di grabbed his right wrist instead.

"Okay, I'll tell you today." Liu Shiqi's unfamiliar hostility was tinged in his words, and his eyes were heavy, as if he remembered some frightening story.

"Let me tell you, I hate him, I wish I could kill him with my own hands! Because he ruined everything about me, he killed my parents, and caused me to be separated from my younger brother for many years, and we haven't recognized each other until now.

"Let him accept me as a closed disciple and teach me how to fold flowers. These are just my preparations to kill him. Get all his things and destroy them one after another, making him miserable. Zuo Nian is unrivaled in martial arts. I He must repay him with his way, why can't he taste the taste of losing everything!

"Seventeen, I have endured the pain of family ruin and death, and the revenge of killing my father for 14 years."

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*Note: The first sentence "Eight Meridians are the innate roots and the ancestor of one Qi" comes from "Eight Meridians", and the following four sentences and seven words are randomly made up by me.

The phrase "a pair of white birds" comes from Dai Gou.

"Even if the fragrance of chivalrous bones" comes from Li Bai's "Xia Ke Xing"