The heavens start with Buddhist disciples

Chapter 5 Wisdom Sword
Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "If you knew someone was waiting for you at home, you would be in a hurry to go home."

Ji Ran looked at Chu Liuxiang on the left and Hu Tiehua on the right, and then sighed helplessly: "Actually, I quite envy the brotherhood between these few people over the past few decades. Originally, I also had a brother like this, but it's a pity..."

"Xiangshuai probably wants to find those confidante of yours. The monk here has some words of advice. Xiangshuai must know that birds of a feather flock together. Some people may seem to be helping you everywhere, but in fact they may not be sincere. Reserve three points for everything. Be careful, especially with women.”

After saying that, Ji Ran stood up and left without saying hello to Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua.

"Where is Master Wu Zhen going? I wonder when we will meet again?" Chu Liuxiang shouted looking at Wu Zhen walking downstairs on the street.

"When Xiangshuai goes to eat seabass," Ji Ran said with a smile.

Time flies like water, three years later, Xuejiazhuang.

"Eliminate all evil and purify the body, speech and mind. Live and die for countless kalpas, but have courage in mind. Hear the immeasurable virtues of the Buddha and be untiring in ambition. Use the sword of wisdom to destroy the thieves of worries. Enter from the underworld and bear the burden of all living beings, forever liberating them. With great power, Be diligent, defeat the demonic army, and always seek the thoughtlessness and wisdom of reality. That’s it for today’s lesson.”

Xue Yiren nodded to Wu Zhen, and then ordered the servants: "Wait for the second master to wash up and rest."

"Yes." After the servants responded, they heard another voice just as they were about to take action.

"Baby, don't go. The baby hasn't had enough fun yet! Brother, don't drive the baby away."

But I saw that the person speaking was at least over 40 years old, with a somewhat gray beard, but he was wearing a bright red embroidered dress, with bangs and money embroidered on it, and a red velvet chain with double tiger heads on his feet. Under the starlight, His face seemed to be very rosy, and upon closer inspection, it turned out that he was actually wearing rouge.

Unexpectedly, when this baby was acting mischievously, he would suddenly fly up and pull out the snake-like soft sword from his belt. "Suddenly", three swords were stabbed out in succession. These three swords were really fast and accurate. , and cruel.

Ji Ran also marveled at the swiftness and precision of the swordsmanship.Ji Ran didn't panic, stretched out her left hand in a crotch shape, crossed her right side of her body to dodge the oncoming sword, and then flicked three times with her left hand.

A flick of the sword spine prevented the killing sword from entering again.

The second flick of the wrist holding the sword causes the opponent to abandon the sword.

Three flicks between the opponent's eyebrows, causing the opponent to pull back and defend.

This is exactly the finger kung fu and three-finger playing skills that Ji Ran has perfected in countless fights with this baby while studying swordsmanship in Xuejiazhuang in the past three years.

At that time, Feng Xuan, a guest of Mengchang Jun, often played the cymbals and sang while playing the sword, so Ji Ran borrowed this allusion.

But Ji Ran's three fingers popped out, and the baby who was supposed to be self-sufficient was also extraordinary. With the power of the first finger, the baby turned left. Halfway through the turn, the soft sword stabbed upwards along his left armpit, facing Ji Ran has three acupoints on her wrist: Shenmen, Neiguan and Daling.

Seeing this, Ji Ran leaned back and kicked her left foot upward, targeting Baobao's right hand holding the sword. At the same time, she used her left hand to use her finger snapping power to hit Baobao's back heart with invisible finger energy.

The baby seemed to have been aware of it a long time ago. With a flick of his right wrist, the soft sword turned around the baby's back like a living thing, blocking the finger force and flying back into the baby's left hand at the same time.Ji Ran also took advantage of the situation and jumped away and joked: "Baby Xue is still Baobao Xue."

Xue Baobao pretended not to be angry and said: "You are a very noisy monk. Not only do you delay the baby from counting stars every day, but you also read some incomprehensible bird songs in front of the baby. Chirping, chirping, chirping makes you very annoying."

Ji Ran turned to look at Xue Yiren, her eyes seeming to say: "It's all your fault. The Buddha will not bear this responsibility."

Xue Yiren said to Xue Baobao in a deep voice: "Okay, baby! Don't make trouble. The master was invited by me to give you lectures and enlightenment. I also hope that you can grow up as soon as possible. Go down and rest. Remember to talk to the master tomorrow. Let’s practice swordplay together.”

Then, Xue Yiren turned to Ji Ran and said, "Master Wuzhen, it's time for us to finish today's evening class." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

Ji Ran followed, and the two came to a pavilion in the back hill of Xuejia Village. Ji Ran sat cross-legged in it while Xue Yiren was practicing swordsmanship outside.

It seems that one is practicing swordsmanship and the other is meditating.In fact, when Xue Yiren was practicing his sword, he was always releasing his sword intention towards Ji Ran, while Ji Ran, with the bodhicitta, always brushed away the sword intention from the opposite side.

This is exactly what Ji Ran said to Xue Yiren when he came to Xuejiazhuang three years ago, which can help his swordsmanship to a higher level.

Because Ji Ran once fought against the top master Shi Guanyin, and although he lost with less than a hundred moves, the aura of Shi Guanyin that was unparalleled in the world really existed.

So Ji Ran had a certain amount of confidence to face Xue Yiren, who knew that Xue Yiren's sword intent was to kill, Ji Ran couldn't bear even half a stick of incense with such a strong killing intent.

Xue Yiren originally did this with great interest, but Ji Ran couldn't hold on to even half a stick of incense for the first time.Let him be disappointed.

However, after three years of training every night, Ji Ran can now hold on for half an hour, and Xue Yiren does feel that during this half-hour of confrontation, his sword intention is strengthening and becoming more and more powerful. The sharper it is, Ji Ran's will of the sky is like a whetstone, constantly sharpening the edge of the sword.

Xue Yi people call it sword fighting.

Since breaking up with Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua three years ago.Ji Ran came to Xuejiazhuang. Sure enough, Master Tianfeng's face was useful. Xue Yiren agreed to teach Ji Ran swordsmanship but not the Xue family's swordsmanship.

Ji Ran was just interested in learning swordsmanship, acting cool, and practicing her basic swordsmanship skills.

Stab, split, tease, hang, cloud, point, collapse, cut.In essence, he does not have a transparent sword heart.

Xue Yiren also saw this.So after meeting Ji Ran, he made a request to chant sutras for Xue Xiaoren, that is, Xue Baobao, to become enlightened every day.In return, Xue Baobao, who is also excellent in swordsmanship, will be Ji Ran's sparring partner every morning and practice swordplay together.

For the past three years, Ji Ran still got up at [-] o'clock every day to do morning classes, and then practiced boxing and sword practice.In the afternoon, I practiced calligraphy. Yes, it was calligraphy, not piano art.

Since then, Ji Ran has stopped practicing piano and started practicing calligraphy instead, because Ji Ran believes that each of the four skills of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting requires at least ten years of practice before you can get started, starting from practicing piano at the age of eight to completing the introduction to piano.

After that, he started practicing books. Now 24-year-old Ji Ran has been practicing books for six years.

"Today is September 27th. Tomorrow will be the beginning of winter. Master has been here for almost three years. Is there anything you want to eat tomorrow?" Xue Yiren asked Ji Ran after completing today's practice.

"Thank you, Master Xue. I heard that there will be seabass stew at Toubi Villa next door at the winter solstice tomorrow. I guess my friend Chu Liuxiang will also go there this year. So I plan to go to Toubi Villa tomorrow." After Ji Ran got up, she and Xue The men in clothes walked side by side and answered at the same time.

Ji Ran guessed from this that it was because she heard about the defeat of Chu Liuxiang by the master of Shenshui Palace some time ago. Ji Ran knew that the story of Piaoxiang in the Sea of ​​Blood was finally over, and that senior brother Wuhua's influence on the world was finally over!Chu Liuxiang's coming to Toibei Villa for vacation should be another story.

After hearing Ji Ran's answer, Xue Yiren's face couldn't help but darken: "Master, do you know that my Xue family village and Toibei Villa are feuding, and yet I still want to go? Could it be that Xue did not treat me well?"

"It's nothing wrong. I'm just a friend who wants to come. Let's go and meet him. Why should the owner care about it?" Ji Ran didn't seem to hear the implication of Xue Yiren's words and still answered with a smile.

"In this case, after the master leaves tomorrow, there is no need to come back. After three years of sword fighting, Xue has already spent all his money to teach me. Humph!" Xue Yiren snorted coldly and flew away.

Ji Ran was helpless when she saw this and returned to her room.A night of silence.

In the early morning of the next day, Ji Ran didn't say hello to Xue Yiren or Xue Xiaoren anymore, because he knew that the trip to Xuejiazhuang had already ended his fate and there was no need to force it.

September 28, the beginning of winter.

If Chu Liuxiang had not seen what happened at the "Tossing Bei Villa" that day, she would never be able to believe it.

"Toubei Villa" is outside Songjiang Prefecture, less than three miles away from the world-famous Xiuye ​​Bridge. Every year before and after the winter solstice, Chu Liuxiang almost always goes here for a few days, because he, like Mr. Ji Ying and Zhang Han, is attracted by the autumn wind. ; Then there is the thought of perch.

Because the only sea bass in the world produced under the Hideno Bridge in Songjiang has four gills, and everyone in the world knows that Zuo Erye, the owner of "Toubei Villa", is not only the best in the south of the Yangtze River in cooking skills, but also cooks more delicious seabass noodles by himself. It is wonderful.

Everyone in the world also knows that there are only two people in the world who can make Mr. Zuo go to the kitchen himself, wash his hands and make fish soup.Chu Liuxiang happened to be one of these two people.

But this time when Chu Liuxiang came to "Toubei Villa", she didn't taste the seabass cooked by Zuo Erye. Instead, she encountered something that she had never encountered in her life. It was the most absurd, bizarre, mysterious, and... Horrible thing.

He never believed that such a thing could really happen in the world.

Mr. Zuo is also the same as Chu Liuxiang!He is the person who knows how to enjoy life best. He does not ask for a title, but seeks constant happiness, so he calls himself "Qinghou".

"Throwing Cup Villa" has the most beautiful singing girls in the south of the Yangtze River, the mellowest wines, the fastest horses in the seven southern provinces in the stables, and the most elegant diners in the hall.

But these are not the things that Mr. Zuo is most proud of.

There are three things that Mr. Zuo is most proud of in his life.

The first thing that made him proud was that he had a friend like Chu Liuxiang. He often said that he would rather cut off his left hand than lose Chu Liuxiang as a friend.

The second thing that made him proud was that he had the most terrifying enemy in the world, the "Man in Blood Clothes" Xue Daxia, who was known as "the best swordsman in the world".

He and Xue Yiren have been enemies for thirty years, but they can still live comfortably until now. Although Xue Yiren is powerful in the world, he can't do anything about it.

Every time Second Master Zuo mentioned this matter, he couldn't help laughing.

The third thing, and the thing he is most proud of, is that he has the smartest, most beautiful, and most obedient daughter.

Second Master Zuo has no son, but he never regrets it, because he thinks his daughter is ten times better than the two hundred sons combined.Zuo Mingzhu had never disappointed her father.

She has almost never been sick since she was a child, and she has never been in any trouble. Now at this age, she is still as cute and obedient as when she was two years old.

Although her martial arts is not very good, she is already considered outstanding among women. After two trips outside, she also has a very famous name, called "Jade Fairy Baby".

Although everyone knew that at least half of the reason why people in the world praised her so much was for the sake of Second Master Zuo, Second Master Zuo himself didn't care at all.

Mr. Zuo does not want his daughter to be a female devil.

What's more, she doesn't have much time to practice martial arts. Not only does she have to play chess and drink with her father, she also plays the piano, arranges flowers, writes lyrics, and recites poems for her father. Whatever she does, she does it for her father. She did it because she didn't have a second man in her life.

All in all, this girl Zuo was exactly the kind of good daughter every father expected. Mr. Zuo almost never worried about her. ——Until now, Mr. Zuo has not worried about her.

But now, the most absurd, bizarre, mysterious, terrifying, and almost completely unbelievable thing happened to her.

Ji Ran came to Toubi Villa at noon and wanted to have a meal, but before she entered the door, she heard a roar: "Zhang Jianzhai, I thought you had some great ideas, but who knew you would say such ridiculous things?" Come, please, please, Zuo no longer dares to accept advice from a famous doctor like you."

The concierge of the villa did not dare to neglect Ji Ran when he saw her wearing a moon-white monk's robe and her outstanding temperament.He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "May I ask what your name is, Master? Why are you here?"

"Amitabha. The young monk Nan Shaolin Wu Zhen heard that the owner of your village cooks a good seabass, and he seems to be planning to entertain others today. The young monk is so shameless that he came here to make this happen."

When the concierge heard that he was an eminent monk from Southern Shaolin, he did not dare to neglect him. One person quickly ran to the back house, while the other person took Ji Ran to the living room.

Ji Ran heard an old man's voice again on the road: "In that case, I'll take my leave."

Then a familiar voice sounded: "The situation is very serious. Everyone should be extra calm and don't let your emotions get the better of you. In any case, both of you, please calm down first and wait until I can ask her again to make it clear."

"Master, the concierge just said that the eminent monk Wu Zhen from Southern Shaolin came to ask for alms. Please give me your permission." A woman dressed as a maid said to Zuo Qinghou.

"No! No, no, the eminent monk of Southern Shaolin, my daughter is already...all gone...Why am I in the mood to see a monk? Could it be that he came to curse my daughter." Zuo Qinghou said angrily.

"Oh? It turns out to be Master Wu Zhen? Brother Zuo might as well meet him. Rather than having an old acquaintance with Chu, and Master Wu Zhen himself said that he is also familiar with Qihuang, why not let him come in and have a look." Chu Liuxiang listened. The person reported and said to Zuo Qinghou.

After a while, Ji Ran walked into the inner hall, reached the bedside, and looked at the girl on the bed.

Then he smiled slightly and said softly: "I not only understand the girl's mood, but also sympathize with it. No matter who mentions this matter, it will definitely be uncomfortable. I just hope the girl knows that your father truly loves you. Some things might be better if you are more direct!"

The girl glanced at Ji Ran with fearful eyes, and then said: "I...I am very confused, I can't seem to remember anything..."

She raised her head involuntarily, her beautiful eyes seemed to be filled with mist.

Ji Ran did not rush her. After a long time, she slowly continued: "I remember that I have been sick for a long time, and I was very sick."

Zuo Qinghou immediately became happy and said: "Good boy, you finally remembered that you have indeed been ill for a long time. For more than a month, you have been lying on this bed and never got up."

The girl shook her head decisively and said loudly: "Although I have been lying on the bed for more than a month, I am definitely not lying on this bed."

Zuo Qinghou: "Where else would you be if you weren't here?"

The girl said: "Of course it's my own home, my own room."

Seeing Zuo Qinghou's expression change again, Chu Liuxiang rushed to ask, "Miss, do you still remember what kind of house that is?"

After a confused conversation and fight, Chu Liuxiang confirmed that the girl in front of her looked exactly like Zuo Mingzhu, but she said that she was Shi Yin, the daughter of Shijiazhuang.

"Amitabha. It's better for Xiangshuai to take action and go to Shijiazhuang and Xuejiazhuang to investigate. I think Xiangshuai will definitely gain something if he takes action." Ji Ran first glanced at the miracle doctor Zhang Jianzhai, then at the girl on the bed, and then looked at Zuo Erye said.

"That's all. I feel haggard now and have no mood at all. I still need to trouble Xiang Shuai at this time." Zuo Qinghou said weakly.

Chu Liuxiang looked at Ji Ran helplessly and murmured: "Why do I always have to deal with all the troubles? Why doesn't the great monk help?"

"Amitabha. The great monk dare not. The young monk has been living in Xuejiazhuang for the past three years since he last said goodbye to Xiang Shuai, so it is not convenient for him to interfere in this matter."

"And in the past three years, I have always heard of Xiangshuai's name. Even the famous Shenshui Palace can't help Xiangshuai. How can he be Xiangshuai's opponent now that his children only love each other." Ji Ran clasped her hands together and said to Chu Liuxiang.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The days are short in late autumn.Dusk seems to be coming.The autumn wind dances with yellow oak trees.Lingbai's orange cores trembled in the autumn wind.

Chu Liuxiang picked up a fallen leaf from the ground, looked at it blankly for a long time, then gently put it down and watched it being picked up by the autumn wind.He straightened his chest and walked out of Xuejiazhuang, murmuring: "All the troubles are finally over."

Back at the villa, Chu Liuxiang briefly told Ji Ran that Xue Xiaoren was the leader of the killer organization where Zhongyuan Dianhong belonged and that Xue Xiaoren committed suicide.

"Hey! Xue Baobao failed to become that simple, sword-loving child after all. I dare to ask if there is a wise sword in the world, which can cut off the troubles of the world and the suffering of all living beings." Ji Ran raised her head and looked out the window at the bleak autumn wind.

Chu Liuxiang first stabilized Mr. Zuo, and then quickly went out and brought back a few people. These people were Xue Bin, Shi Yin, Shi Shenglan and Zuo Mingzhu who called himself Shi Yin.Looking at the four of them, Chu Liuxiang said seriously: "You must confess everything here, or I can help you!"

Zuo Mingzhu, Xue Bin, Shi Yin, and Shi Shenglan immediately stood up and bowed down, saying: "I hope Xiangshuai will be fulfilled, this junior is very grateful."

At this time, Zhang Jianzhai also pushed in the door and laughed.

Chu Liuxiang bowed her head and smiled: "Not only can the old man cure all kinds of diseases, his method of treating lovesickness is even better than others."

(End of this chapter)