17. Longmen Sect (Please Read On)

No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives.

What's more, it's a foreign gun!

After listening to Master Ma's narration, Xu Xing couldn't help but think of this sentence.

Sir, times have changed!

…

Fang Yun, the governor of Qin Province, was not a good person.

In other words, most Qing court officials are not the losers in movies and TV dramas. On the contrary, these people were able to fight through the imperial examinations, and all of them were extremely talented.

It's just that under the influence of the general trend of the times, it seems a bit stupid.

Before he joined Wei Jing Academy, he had predicted that Fang Yun would be guarded by a foreign gun team. So even with a master like Master Ma by his side, he was eager to find a way to avoid this tragic death...

"I'm afraid Master Ma also knows that Fang Yun has a foreign gun team..."

"It's just..., it's a good opportunity, I have to go."

Xu Xing suddenly felt some respect for Master Ma.

You know you can't do something, but you do it.

Xiaoyitang, who had been at odds with the Qin provincial government for so many years, could not have known the true nature of Governor Fang Yun's guards.

"Twenty-three brothers went."

"Only fourteen are back."

Master Ma sighed, "I failed to kill the Dog Tartars this time. Instead, I lost nine brothers. I was the one who took the lead. It's a good thing you didn't go. Otherwise, your martial arts skills were mediocre and you would have died if you assassinated Fang Yun." "

"By the way, why are you here today?"

"But the academy has to be handed over to Shu Xiu? We are still short of money..."

Master Ma asked Xu Xing about business.

While talking, he took out another ten taels of silver from a cloth bag on the kang and handed it to Xu Xing, "If you spend a small amount of money in the future, you can go to Sihai Bank to withdraw it. Shopkeeper Wu of the bank is the incense owner of Taoyuan Township. You Just report your name to Xiaoyi Hall and withdraw the money there. But you can't be too lavish, every penny is earned by brothers...hard-earned money..., save some money."

The four pillars of Ge Lao Hui are landscapes and fragrant halls.

(Four pillars means four branches.)

Taoyuan fragrance fits the word "fragrant".

Xiaoyi Hall is combined into one hall.

The main hall is Qinfengshan, also called Shantang.

Xu Xing nodded and accepted the money handed over by Master Ma.

This money is not collected randomly.

If he receives the funding from Xiaoyi Hall, then he is a member of Xiaoyi Hall. If he refuses to accept this funding, then he has ulterior motives and is suspected of betraying Xiaoyi Hall.

"Master Ma..."

"I came here today. Firstly, I read in the Guangtong Daily that you failed to assassinate the Tatars. I was worried about the safety of our brothers, so I came over to take a look. Secondly..."

"I recently accidentally saw a martial arts secret book in the library of the academy. This secret book is hidden in the fairy volume of "Taiping Guangji". I saw that it has some wonderful principles, so I gave it to Master Ma for you to take a look at. …”

Xu Xingtian shamelessly made up a bizarre story about the origin of "The Heart of the Rock".

What was a common routine in later generations was nothing more than a rarity at this time in the late Qing Dynasty.

After saying that, he handed the excerpted Rock Heart Technique to Master Ma.

After hearing this, Master Ma frowned at first, and then felt relieved, "Maybe when the Wei Jing Academy established the Shanyuan and purchased rare ancient books, someone accidentally sold the ancestral belongings, and you missed it."

"But this technique..."

He carefully read every word of the technique.

"This technique is quite profound. Although it is not as good as my Ziwu Kung Fu, it can complement it."

"This technique..."

He looked hesitant and closed the silk cloth with the exercises written on it.

"Rock Heart Technique" is a martial arts technique. Practicing this technique can refine your essence and cultivate your energy.

Strictly speaking, his "Ziwu Gong" is not a martial arts technique, but a Taoist internal skill.

Collect the inspirations of heaven and earth and practice at two o'clock in the afternoon.

The former is to refine the essence in food, while the latter is to absorb the spiritual energy stored in heaven and earth.

"Master Ma, is there something wrong with this technique?"

Seeing Master Ma's delay in speaking, Xu Xing asked deliberately.

"no."

Master Ma shook his head, "There's nothing wrong with this mental method. It's just too precious. I read it, but it's hard to give you a corresponding reward."

"We are all brothers."

"Master Ma, you said that we are all brothers..."

"I only acquired this skill accidentally. I was lucky to get it, but it was my fate to lose it."

Xu Xing waved his hand, looking unconcerned.

Anyway, his Rock Heart Technique was something he got for nothing, and it was not a technique passed down from his family. Having another Master Ma to practice it meant nothing to him, and it was a benefit at no cost to him.

On the contrary, after Master Ma, a master, practiced the Rock Mind Technique, he could also take the opportunity to ask for advice.

A matter of mutual benefit!

"That's it!"

"In this case, I accept your kindness."

Master Ma said in a deep voice.

He originally planned to accept Xu Xing as his disciple.

But today, Xu Xing's identity is different.

Is a scholar.

He was in the bedroom just now and heard the conversation between Xu Xing and his buddies outside the door. He knew that Xu Xing had done well in the Wei Jing Academy and had a great chance of getting an honor.

Regardless of whether in the government or the public, or within the palace, the status of scholars with a good reputation is not very low.

He comes from a rough background, and it is not appropriate for him to be accepted as a disciple.

"If you can be a scholar..."

"With your background, you may be able to get an opportunity."

Master Ma glanced at Xu Xing and said something enigmatic.

"Master Ma, please elaborate."

"Xu Xing is deeply moved..."

Seeing that Master Ma was about to stop talking about the word "chance", Xu Xing was not someone who would wait foolishly, and he immediately bowed to Master Ma and said sincerely.

To put it bluntly, Xu Xing was not optimistic about how long Master Ma could live. Although Master Ma was a martial arts expert and almost escaped unscathed from the assassination of Governor Fang Yun, the origin of "those who are good at swimming drown in water, and those who are good at fighting die in killing" is not just empty talk.

"This..."

Master Ma was caught off guard.

Ordinary people, after hearing what he said, should not first pass the examination to become a scholar...

How could Xu Xing do this and directly ask him what the opportunity was.

"This opportunity is nothing."

"My family's inherited martial arts is the "Ziwu Cleansing Gong". The ancients said: Ziwu and Kanli are combined, which is the best time to practice and rest. This "Ziwu Gong" was passed down from my ancestors."

"My ancestor was one of the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, and was the Danyang Zhenren..."

"The headmaster of Weijing Academy is Liu Guyu, who is the leader of Guanxue. Quanzhen Taoism is a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, and has always had a good relationship with Guanxue. If you can pass the exam, you can also say that you are from Guanxue, and then I will ask the head of Longmen Sect to teach you the real skills..."

Master Ma took a deep look at Xu Xing and said slowly.

The reason why he didn't teach Xu Xing the "Ziwu Gong" was because this martial arts was a family martial arts, which was not allowed by Quanzhen Taoism and could not be taught privately to outsiders, even disciples.

But his failure to pass this path did not mean that Xu Xing could not obtain the true teachings of Longmen Sect.

"The Seven Quanzhen Sect?"

"The Guan School? The true teachings of the Longmen Sect?"

Xu Xing was immediately filled with thoughts.

He never expected that Master Ma, who seemed like a common man, had such a connection with Quanzhen Taoism. And Quanzhen Taoism has such a connection with Guan School and Weijing Academy...

Yes, Guanzhong seems big, but it is also small.

Quanzhen Taoism is in Zhongnan Mountain.

The founder of Chongyang, Wang Chongyang, was from Xianyang.

Before Wang Chongyang entered Taoism, he was a Jinshi in Qin Province. It seems that it is also common for him to have such a connection with Guan School...