Chapter 53 Dugu Treasure Blade Flying Cold Light
After Yue Lingfeng and Liu Jing left Hengyang, they took a boat to the north along the Xiangjiang River. Liu Jing left home for the first time so old, and she still had to go thousands of miles away. The uneasiness and longing for her family can be imagined. From the beginning of the journey, she was depressed. Yue Lingfeng wanted to relieve her depression, but she was not in a hurry to rush, so she took her all the way to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Early spring is the time when the grass grows and the birds are flying in the south. The scenery along the way is pleasant, especially when the boat enters Dongting Lake, the beautiful lake and mountains finally make Liu Jing feel better.
When Yue Lingfeng was with Lu Dayou and Gao Genming to Dongting Lake, he hurried by without a careful tour. Now that the beauty is by his side, he can't help but have a great time and decided to take Liu Jing to visit Junshan in the lake for a tour.
The most famous scenery in Dongting Lake is Junshan. Junshan is beautiful and is an isolated island on Dongting Lake. There are 72 large and small peaks on the island. Junshan was originally named Dongting Mountain, which means the gods and immortals' cave. According to legend, four thousand years ago, Emperor Shun visited the south, and his two concubines, Ehuang and Niaoying, could not catch up with him. He climbed the bamboo and cried bitterly. Tears dripped on the bamboo and turned into spotted bamboos. Later, the two concubines died on the mountain, and later generations built the tomb of the two concubines. The two were also called Xiangfei, Xiangjun. In order to commemorate Xiangjun, Dongting Mountain was changed to Junshan.
Yue Lingfeng and the others stayed in Junshan for two days, and visited the tomb of the Second Concubine, Xiangfei Temple, Liu Yijing, and other scenery along the way. Junshan’s bamboo is very famous. Yue Lingfeng was on a whim and carefully selected a few good Xiangfei bamboos, made them into several sections of bamboo, drilled holes and tuned them by hand, and made them into bamboo flutes for Liu Jing. Liu Jing was very happy to see her lover so considerate and happy, and the sorrow that was not much had been gradually replaced by her beautiful expectations for the future.
After leaving Junshan, the two continued to take a boat north. They enjoyed the scenery of Dongting during the day and played the piano and flute at night. They were so happy. Liu Jing was the true teachings of his father, and his flute skills were also profound. With her on the side, Yue Lingfeng's flute skills became more and more perfect. When the boat arrived at Yueyang, Yue Lingfeng was able to play the song "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" fluently.
When they arrived in Yueyang, the two went ashore for two days to rest. It was Yue Lingfeng who had arrived in Yueyang for the third time. He was familiar with the road and took Liu Jing to a good tour. On the third day, the two rented another large boat by the Yangtze River. This time, Yue Lingfeng did not choose to go to Jingzhou against the current, but went down the current and east along the river.
Liu Jing came to the Yangtze River for the first time in her life. Looking at the turbulent river rolling eastward, she couldn't help but feel relieved and threw away the feeling of separation. Liu Jing's favorite thing these days is to play "Guangling San" at the bow of the boat with the surging river. The score of "Guangling San" was handed over to them by Qu Yang and "Swordsman".
A few days later, the boat arrived in Wuchang. It was Yue Lingfeng's first time to arrive in Wuchang. Since he arrived in Wuchang, he had to eat the world-famous Wuchang fish.
Walking on the bustling street, Liu Jing asked casually: "Brother Feng, since you want to eat Wuchang fish, do you know which restaurant Wuchang fish is the most authentic and delicious?"
Yue Lingfeng tapped his head gently with his hand and said jokingly: "I don't know which one is the most authentic, but I know which one is the most famous, so I can just go to that one!"
"The most famous?" Liu Jing's eyes lit up: "Huang Crane Tower?"
Yue Lingfeng patted the flute in his right hand and smiled and said, "Yes, Jing'er is really smart." As he said that, he shook his sleeves like a scholar on the stage, bent down and bowed, and said, "The little student dared to invite the girl to go to the Yellow Crane Tower and savor the Wuchang fish together. I wonder if the girl is willing to appreciate the scenery?"
Liu Jing has been with him these days, and has long been accustomed to his laughter and clamor from time to time. Putting aside the identity of the eldest lady of the Liu family, she is just a sixteen-year-old girl, who is at the age of playing, and she feels that there is a unique interest in laughing with her lover. So she bent her knees slightly and said, "It's better to obey your orders than respect, and the little girl thanks the young master." As soon as she finished speaking, she giggled and trembled.
In this way, the two went to the Yellow Crane Tower, while enjoying the beautiful scenery of "the lonely sail was gone in the sky, only the Yangtze River flowed in the sky", while tasting the fresh and fragrant Wuchang fish. Although both of them were dressed only in normal clothes, the man was tall and handsome, with elegant temperament; the woman was beautiful and dignified, elegant, and was still eye-catching. The diners on the floor all praised him in their hearts: What a beautiful couple. If they hadn't seen the two long swords on the table, they would have thought that the young master of a certain family was traveling with the beauty.
After resting in Wuchang City for one night, they crossed the Yangtze River to Hankou the next morning. Here, Yue Lingfeng bought a carriage and drove the carriage Liu Jing to sit in the carriage. The two of them walked all the morning and stayed overnight. Within 20 days, they passed by Xiaogan and arrived in Xiangyang.
Xiangyang is a special place for Jin Yong's martial arts fans. This is not only a place where Guo Jing and Huang Rong sacrificed their lives to the city, but also a valley near Xiangyang is also a retreat for the top master Dugu Qiubai. Yue Lingfeng obtained the "Heavy Sword Technique" from the ancient tomb. The prologue not only records the origin of this sword technique, but also mentions the valley where Dugu Qiubai lived in seclusion.
Although Dugu Qiubai did not appear in Jin Yong's novels, his two successors, Yang Guo and Linghu Chong, shined in the book.
Since you have arrived in Xiangyang, why don’t you pay tribute to this holy place?
Yue Lingfeng stored his carriage and luggage in an inn in Xiangyang City. He also thought that the valley where Dugu Qiubai lived in seclusion had many poisonous snakes in the era of the Condor Heroes. For the sake of caution, he went to the medicine shop to prepare some medicine to deworm and avoid snakes and brought it with Liu Jing and himself. Then, the two went to the carriage and horse store to rent horses and galloped towards the valley.
After about half a day of leaving the city, the two rode into a deep valley. The mountain road was steep, and the two had to abandon their horses and walk. Fortunately, they were all children of martial arts, so it was not difficult. After walking for a long time, they finally found the rather hidden cave. The cave looked dark and the two walked into the cave carefully. They walked less than three feet away and had reached the end. There was nothing else in the cave except a stone table and a stone bench.
It must be this! Yue Lingfeng and Liu Jing looked at each other and laughed, but they finally didn't waste their efforts.
Yue Lingfeng saw a pile of rocks rising from the corner of the cave, which looked like a tomb. He couldn't help but feel excited and thought to himself: "This should be the place where Dugu Qiubai lived in seclusion and buried his bones." When he looked up, he saw that the walls of the cave were covered with moss and could not see clearly in the darkness. He looked for a dead branch outside the cave to make a torch, took out the fire break and lit it.
I reached out to wipe off the moss growing on the cave wall, and saw three lines of characters appearing on the cave wall on one side. The handwriting was very thin and the stone was deeply penetrated, and it was obviously made of extremely sharp weapons. Looking at the three lines of characters, "I have been circulating in the rivers and lakes for more than 30 years, killing all enemies and treacherous people, defeating all heroes, and there is no resistance in the world. There is nothing to do. I can only live in seclusion in the deep valley and use carving as my friend. Alas, I have been seeking an enemy in my life but cannot get it, and I am truly lonely and embarrassed." The following signature is: "The sword demon Dugu Qiubai."
The handwriting on the cave wall is extremely old, but through the handwriting, you can still feel the momentum of looking down on the heroes of the world and looking down on the heroes of the world, and the wild and magnificent passion that is roaming the world but seeking defeat.
Liu Jing sighed quietly, "Brother Feng, is this the tomb of the senior Dugu you mentioned?" On the way here, Yue Lingfeng told Liu Jing about Dugu Qiubai's life. His origin was not expressed in detail, but only said that he was a martial arts senior who had a connection with the Huashan Sect.
Yue Lingfeng also sighed: "Yes, it's here! A generation of strange people, Dugu Qiubai, was buried here forever."
The two took off the bag on their backs and took out the incense, candle, fruit and guqin. Liu Jing helped to arrange the incense, candle and fruit in front of Dugu Qiubai's grave. The two of them burned incense and worshiped Dugu Qiubai. Then they played a song here to express their admiration and feelings for their predecessors.
After worship, Yue Lingfeng led Liu Jing to the direction of the legendary sword tomb. The trees along the way were lush and the mountains were clear. The two walked around to enjoy the scenery. After walking about a mile, they came to a cliff. The cliff was like a huge screen, rising into the sky. About twenty feet above the ground in the middle of the cliff, a large stone three or four feet square was protruded, like a platform, with words engraved on the edge of the stone. Looking up at the top, you can see the two big words "Sword Tomb".
The two approached the cliff and saw that the grass and trees were not growing on the stone wall, so bare that there was nothing to be with your hands and feet.
Liu Jing looked at the cliff and smacked her tongue: "Brother Feng, you are so tall, can we go up like this?"
Yue Lingfeng looked at it for a while, and suddenly saw a cluster of moss growing on the cliff every few feet, dozens of clusters lined up straight up, which was very strange. He jumped up, reached into the lowest cluster of moss, and grabbed a handful of black mud. It was indeed a small cave. It was dug by Dugu Qiubai or someone else who dug it with a sharp weapon back then. Over time, mud accumulated in the cave, so moss grew.
Yue Lingfeng smiled proudly and said, "Don't be afraid of Jing'er, what's the difficulty? Look at me."
As he said that, he put his arms around Liu Jing's slender waist, took a breath, and rushed up more than three feet high. His left foot stepped into the first small hole, followed by a rushing, and his right foot pointed at the second bunch of moss and kicked in. The soft mud burst out, and there was indeed another small hole on the stone wall that could accommodate his feet. After this, he easily rushed to the platform.
Before Liu Jing's expression of surprise faded, she had already stepped on the platform and looked out. The height made her breathe in air. Then she thought of Yue Lingfeng taking her to climb here easily, and couldn't help but admire Xiang's lover.
Yue Lingfeng was carefully looking at the various parts of the stage at this time. He saw two lines of stone carvings with smaller fonts next to the two big characters "Sword Tomb" on the big stone: "The sword demon Dugu Qiubai is invincible in the world, so he buried his sword here. Alas! The heroes bowed their heads and the long sword is empty, which is also a pity for his husband!" As expected, exactly the same as what the book says.
Under Liu Jing's curious gaze, Yue Lingfeng moved the stones on the tomb and revealed a long sword. On the edge of the sword, there was another long stone piece. The long sword and the stone piece were arranged side by side on a large bluestone.
Yue Lingfeng lifted the long sword and saw two small lines of characters engraved on the stone under the sword: "Sharp and fierce, invincible, and compete with Heshuo heroes before the weak."
Looking at the sword again, I saw that the wood on the hilt had already decayed, and the copper guards were covered with copper green, but the sword body, about four feet long, still shone with green light, with patterns like flowing water, its light was like stars, and its splendor was like water overflowing the pond. I don’t know what material this sword was forged, but it had not rusted after more than two hundred years.
Yue Lingfeng held the long sword and slashed at the stones on the ground. With a sound of "swish~~~!", a stone the size of a watermelon was cut in half, with a smooth cut surface! Liu Jing's heart was shocked. The sword was indeed fierce and fierce, invincible!
There are also two lines of small words engraved on the bluestone under the stone slab next to it: "The soft sword of Ziwei was used before the age of thirty. It accidentally hurts the righteous man and regrets it. He abandons it in the deep valley."
The stone carving next to it is: "The heavy sword has no edge, and the great trick is not skillful. Before the age of forty, he relies on it to spread the world."
There are still two small lines of small words engraved on the bluestone slab on the left: "After the age of forty, you will not be stuck in things, and you can all be swords. From then on, you will be refined and gradually advanced to the realm of no swords than swords."
Liu Jing has seen these stone carvings one by one. Although she is not good at skill and has mediocre martial arts, she is still amazed by the strength revealed by these stone carvings: "This senior Dugu is gifted and has extremely high qualifications, and his magical skills are even more unimaginable. She is really a great guest from the sky!"
Yue Lingfeng sighed: "The martial arts realm of senior Dugu is a role model for us!"
Then, he knelt down at the sword tomb and kowtowed, "Senior Dugu, you have spirits in the sky, and I believe you don't want the sword to be covered with dust and will be silent forever. Today, I am Huashanyue Lingfeng, and I beg you to carry your sword out of the valley. I promise that the sword will not be shamed, nor will you lose your reputation."
After three bows, Yue Lingfeng wrapped the long sword in the sword tomb with his bag and inserted it around his waist. Then he hugged Liu Jing and walked down the sword tomb along the cliff, and returned to Xiangyang City without stopping all the way.
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