156. The Audition of the Mountain Gate (I)
Most of the small mountain gates really can't take people who can be on the stage to participate in the Dongsheng Competition, so only one elder who is really successful in cultivation is left to press the formation, and there are often one or two disciples in front of him who deliberately move out to learn experience, which is called "experience". Whether it is to make a fool of himself or to successfully make the other party make a fool of himself, the temperament of these young and reserved disciples will change, and whether it is good or bad depends on personal perception.
There are also many people who are in the formation of the small mountain gate are the highest elders or even contemporary ancestors, it is really the advantage of the big mountain gate is too great, the living space of these small mountain gates is extremely compressed, it is difficult to accept disciples, most of the disciples are not very talented, and even many disciples will run to the big mountain gate after learning the Tao to enjoy more preferential cultivation resources.
In this case, Xiaoshanmen had no way except to sigh helplessly, at most, it was to use Shanmen's special mental inheritance to barely retain some lowly disciples, and barely make up the table.
It was not until it was almost noon that there were more people who began to guard or fight at the middle mountain gates, and how could they tell the difference? The number of onlookers watching the ring can basically be seen, and the more onlookers there are, there must be two sides fighting particularly excitingly, so the crowd attracted is also very large. In particular, the kind of ring that even cultivators watch, is basically an extremely famous mountain gate.
Lin Ziyue even heard the conversation of several teams of players, most of them were chatting about the mountain gate rankings in the forum, and many players were boasting about how many profiles they had read, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of a certain sect, and betting with friends to win or lose in the end.
There are also players who rushed to participate in the fight, and they signed up in their own mountain gate in mind to have a good time, as a new outstanding disciple in the first or second place to learn and play, but this kind of player is generally a small and medium-sized mountain gate, and the big mountain gate will not allow the disciples to fight so casually, and the big mountain gate can't afford to lose this face, so the candidates have to go through the selection within the mountain gate.
Lin Ziyue looked at the time and felt that this atmosphere was almost over, and immediately pulled Xuanyuan Yu to find Meng Li, Xuanyuan Yan and Blue who were resting in the temporary tea stall on the roadside, because they were not interested in watching the battle in the ring, they simply found a tea shop built with bamboo poles and linen cloth, and drank tea here to rest and wait for the battle.
Yu Qianrong dragged Tang Lingling to the ring and stalls, and also forcibly pulled Su Jiujiu and the reluctant Yan Crow away, giving the little couple an hour of light......
However, what made Xuanyuan Yu depressed was that there were too many people here, so many that the two of them could only honestly watch the battle in the ring, and he wanted to do something to warm up the relationship between the two, but Lin Ziyue commented on the battle in the ring with a serious face, which made Xuanyuan Yu more and more embarrassed to think about other things, so he could only honestly accompany Lin Ziyue to watch the group of sand sculpture mountain gates fight and guard, and watch those new disciples of the small mountain gate make jokes.
After Lin Ziyue and others discussed, they decided on the list of candidates for the audition, Xuanyuan Yan took the lead, Meng Li was in the center, and Xuanyuan Yu was in the array.
Although Blue repeatedly emphasized that he could also play, he was firmly rejected by Lin Ziyue, and he couldn't let Blue come forward, also in order not to let him be involved.
"Old Yan, your ability is also very conspicuous, so when the time comes, you must use the pipe I bought two days ago, at least as a magic weapon against the enemy, it won't look so unusual. ”
Xuanyuan Yan smacked his lips in frustration: "I'm not used to smoking an old antique like a pipe......"
Then he was slapped on the back by his little brother: "Let you put on a show, I didn't let you really smoke!"
"I know, just kidding!" Xuanyuan Yan was even more depressed, this damn wife is strict with his brother, he hasn't married Lin Ziyue yet, and his elbow has already turned outside the Six Realms, it's good now, he can't beat him and don't listen to it, it's better to be the younger brother when he was a child!
A few people walked to the ring with the largest crowd of onlookers, and it was a coincidence that the defending side on this ring that had just ended the battle and won the victory was Wanghaiguan, that is, the mountain gate that the Bora Chamber of Commerce attached to in the capital.
When Lin Ziyue registered and walked to the entrance of the ring under the leadership of the attendants, he found that the person who led the team was very familiar, and he was actually the shopkeeper with whom Lin Ziyue had a relationship.
"I've seen Shopkeeper A. Lin Ziyue took the lead in saying hello, no way, this atmosphere is really a bit embarrassing, especially when she brought Qizong to fight, and Wanghaiguan only won one game just now, and there are still two games to participate, since there is no replacement proposed, it is natural to continue to defend it.
Shopkeeper A also smiled bitterly, he wanted others to try the water of the Qizong sect, but he didn't expect to go around in a circle, and it was actually his own family that was so unlucky, and it was Wanghaiguan's turn.
Shopkeeper A hugged his fist at Lin Ziyue: "Be merciful! Be merciful, Miss Lin! We look at the sea and look at it just a small mountain gate, I only pay attention to harmony and make money, let's fight, don't hurt the harmony!"
Seeing this, Lin Ziyue knew that the shopkeeper was begging the Qizong to spare him, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, did they look like such murderous people?
However, Lin Ziyue also smiled politely, and said to Xuanyuan Yan, who was about to enter: "Old Yan, you heard it, leave some room for your subordinates not to hurt people, and invite your fellow Daoists from Wanghaiguan down as soon as possible." ”
"Hmm, we don't have to be in the limelight?" asked Xuanyuan Yan with a tilt of his head, looking like he was in a good position.
"Fight, don't hurt your muscles and bones, you can build momentum as much as you want......" Before Lin Ziyue finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yan turned his head and left, the registrar over there was urging people, so Lin Ziyue looked at Shopkeeper A again: "Don't worry, he looks unreliable, but he is actually a very sophisticated person, and he will not embarrass you." ”
Lin Ziyue glanced at it quickly, and saw that only Xuanyuan Yu was closest to the two, so she said softly: "Thank you for the tea that day." I'll try not to trouble you with this. ”
Hearing this, Shopkeeper A felt a little relieved, since he is a grateful person, he will not let both sides get off the stage, it seems that those rumors are forgotten, but they can't really be used to speculate on the depth of this disagreement. Thinking like this, Shopkeeper A took a few more glances at Xuanyuan Yan, and there was no strong spiritual power fluctuation, maybe the Qizong Sect also came to Dongsheng Dabi to see and understand, maybe it would not be useful...... Hmm, wait, what did this fellow Daoist seem to say just now to make a splash?
Shopkeeper A still turned around and went to the side where the disciples were resting, and carefully told the second and third people who would play later, and never leave their hands behind to protect themselves. He always had a bad premonition that maybe Wanghaiguan was really going to become a stepping stone for the first battle of the Qizong in the Dongsheng Dabi audition.
When Xuanyuan Yan walked into the ring enchantment, there was already a young man standing in the center of the arena, with a bun with water stripes and blue ribbons, and a light gray robe. Although the clothes on this young man's body were scorched or torn in many places, there were no bloody wounds, and there were no traces of fatal positions, indicating that he still had the strength to fight with that mountain gate before, and he was a cultivator who fought steadily and steadily, not the soft persimmons that those small mountain gates could only compare.
And this time, he is still the first, Wanghaiguan values this young man very much, and is willing to let him go to experience, more because he values the potential shown by this young man and is willing to cultivate him, so even if there is a lot of loss in the last game, Wanghaiguan has not changed, and still hopes that this young man can continue to play, and polish his Dao heart with perseverance, patience and hard work.
The young man stood in the field, his expression was not arrogant, he was as indifferent as a pine and cypress in the goose feather snow, and when he saw someone coming in, his indifferent and posthumous gaze turned around, and he arched his hand at Xuanyuan Yan: "Looking at the sea and watching the thirty-six generations of disciples, Qin Shi." ”
Xuanyuan Yan also bowed casually with Qin Shi's appearance: "Qizong...... Xuanyuan. ”
This was also discussed by several people in the Qizong before, and when they reported it, they only left their surnames and did not become famous.
Qin Shi didn't have a special reaction, this situation is not uncommon among the small mountain gates, but the "Divergent Sect" made him a little familiar, but he didn't remember which mountain gate it was for a while. In fact, this is still Qin Shi's usual habit, he was originally a person who focused on cultivating the Dao, because he felt that gossip and rumors hindered the Dao heart, and he never heard people talk about these news, so he didn't know about the affairs of the sect.
"Please. Qin Shi spread his hands politely.
"Then you're welcome. ”
Xuanyuan Yan still had that somewhat lazy expression, but as soon as his words fell, Qin Shi gave birth to a creepy sense of crisis. For the first time, this young man, who was dedicated to refining his Dao Heart, felt a crack in his state of mind, which had been completely indifferent since a few years ago, how could this not make him suspicious.
The result was obviously what Qin Shi said to please, but Xuanyuan Yan just glanced over, so Qin Shi couldn't help but make a move.
The cattiness in this is naturally because Xuanyuan Yan used the power of the title of "jealousy", and used emotional resonance to stimulate this indifferent young man, wanting to take off Qin Shi's arrogant temperament. is nothing more than anything else, just because Qin Shi's temperament is somewhat similar to Meng Li, which makes Xuanyuan Yan very unhappy, he feels that Meng Li owes a lot of money is not a matter of a day or two.
The originally dark iron ring in Qin Shi's hand lit up and turned into a long sword with a clear body, although he moved first, he still remembered that he had just let someone else take the lead, so it was just a horizontal sword on the defensive, but Qin Shi put his empty left hand behind his back, twisting a spell with white paper and blue characters, his fingers trembled slightly because of nervousness, and he himself didn't understand why this happened, but the Xuanyuan clan on the other side gave him an extremely terrifying feeling, so Qin Shi held the life talisman that the master handed over to him in his hand.
Xuanyuan Yan felt that his cheeks were a little sour, and he touched his chin and looked at the young man opposite, he was really like Meng Li, so forget Lin Ziyue's advice a little bit and teach him a lesson, it's no problem to take revenge, right? Anyway, it doesn't hurt anyone......
So Xuanyuan Yan smiled, as he usually did, with a very kind and lazy smile, he picked up the long cigarette stick pinned to his waist and put it to his mouth, and immediately a cloud-like white smoke came out of the end of the cigarette stick, spreading quickly around him.
Seeing this, Qin Shi no longer hesitated, those white mist looked like an unconventional means, he immediately drove the spiritual power and smashed the talisman hidden in his left hand, and a blue water curtain instantly surrounded Qin Shi, and then the water curtain rippled, and one by one sapphire-like transparent water droplets broke away from it and suspended in front of Qin Shi.
The crowd of onlookers let out a cry of admiration and eagerly discussed, and there were also a few players who were blushing at such a wonderful talisman prop, but the shopkeeper of Wanghaiguan was very puzzled, the senior brother made the blue sea pearl spell into a talisman for Qin Shi to protect himself, he was not surprised, but is it necessary to use this method to fight in the ring with that Xuanyuan Yan?
Shopkeeper A glanced at Lin Ziyue and wanted to see something, but Lin Ziyue didn't have much expression on his face, just staring intently at the situation in the field.
When Xuanyuan Yan saw the water curtain, he laughed even deeper, even a little mocking, and the blue light under his eyes instantly lit up, covering the black eyes.
Qin Shi felt that the water curtain around him froze, he had just done an order to protect, but the next moment, those water pearls suddenly burst out, shooting in the direction of Xuanyuan Yan like bullets.
Xuanyuan Yan held the cigarette stick in his mouth, raised his hands up, and the white smoke that had sunk to the ground rose instantly, and it also rose like flowing water, and a white smoke forest stood up in the field on his side, which looked extremely spectacular.
Those bullet-like water pearls fell into the white smoke forest, and instantly turned into violent water bombs and burst open, leaving traces on the ground as if they had been strafed, and the originally flat ground became pitted, but the white smoke column only returned to calm in the twisting and circling after swallowing the water pearls, like a group of snakes dancing wildly.
The water pearls on the field continued to explode, and the roar even attracted the people nearby, and the crowd gathered around this ring in amazement, and hurriedly asked the people who came earlier which two disciples of the mountain sect were fighting against each other.
Qin Shi was a little panicked, because after those water pearls and his spiritual power control were forcibly cut off, he actually automatically launched an attack on the other party first, and this unexpected lethality and situation made him feel at a loss, thinking that his divine sense was not stable enough, and his Dao heart was damaged under the fear just now, so the spell left by the master for himself was out of control.
Qin Shi slashed the sword in his hand to connect the dots, and the water curtain emitted fluctuations under his forcible guidance, stopping the action of swallowing out the water pearls, but the remaining water pearls still drilled into the white smoke forest in one go, as if they were fighting with Xuanyuan Yan endlessly.
Except for the one who directed and acted on the field, only Meng Li realized what Xuanyuan Yan was doing, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and it was difficult to explain to Lin Ziyue, who was full of worries, for such a move of burning buns.
However, after Xuanyuan Yu sensed that something was wrong, he directly patted Lin Ziyue on the shoulder and whispered, "Do you remember Xuanyuan Yan's ability to control ocean currents? ”
Lin Ziyue was not worried for a while, but there was a faint disdain in her words: "It's like this, he's really ...... will build momentum. ”
On the field, Xuanyuan Yan took the last wave of water pearls, his face turned a lot paler, coughed for a moment before raising his head, and said to Qin Shi in a hoarse voice: "I have been taught." Well, it's time for me to change it. ”
The white smoke around Xuanyuan Yan gathered around him, and it was so simple that it turned into the shape of gloves and boots, wrapping Xuanyuan Yan's hands and feet, and when Xuanyuan Yan stepped again, his figure instantly fluttered, like a green swallow flying only close to the ground, and he actually rushed in front of Qin Shi in two breaths.
Xuanyuan Yan swung out a fist and smashed it on the water curtain that Qin Shi was protecting.
It's like a heavy hammer, the moment it hits the sea, the conflicting force bursts out, setting off a thousand waves.
The water curtain of Qin Shi's protective body shattered silently under this punch, and countless tiny water filaments rose into the air, drawing a rainbow, drenching the crowd of onlookers on the sidelines from head to toe, and the people who were originally talking more and more noisy instantly looked like ducks that had been sawed out, and they were stunned to touch the energetic water traces on their heads, faces, and bodies, and even felt that the fatigue on their bodies was relieved, because the dry throats that had just been discussed were moistened.
Xuanyuan Yu quietly withdrew his fingers, and the spatial crack in front of him and Lin Ziyue disappeared, and Meng Li calmly extinguished his sword qi and withdrew the long sword that he had just drawn out at that moment.
Xuanyuan Yan's fist stopped in front of Qin Shi, and the figure could only retreat for a moment, because in the moment when the others were stunned, Qin Shi still reacted, even if he was affected by Xuanyuan Yan's emotions, this young man's heart was still extremely resolute, so that he was enough to instinctively raise the sword in his hand at such a critical moment.
If Xuanyuan Yan advanced even a little more just now, then Qin Shi's sword would also pierce his chest, and he would be defeated by both.
Xuanyuan Yan had to admit that such a lonely and arrogant person was difficult to deal with, because under the calm surface of these people was often boiling water rather than a frozen lake.
As he thought, the scene just now not only did not make Qin Shi timid, but instead gave birth to a strong fighting intent.
Master's curse was broken, so what?
That's not my power!
Not my way!
Therefore, Qin Shi stepped straight under his feet, approaching Xuanyuan Yan, and the long sword danced over, like another silver-white light curtain.
Qin Shi's Dao Heart, which had just appeared cracks, was repaired by his momentum, and even entered the realm, making his hand closer to the "Martial Dao" Sea Tribulation Sword Technique, and became unpredictable.
Xuanyuan Yan didn't fight back immediately, deliberately let this young man burst out, always just deviating at the most dangerous time, letting the sword body slash past him, but he didn't even touch a corner of his clothes.
At this time, the crowd in the audience came back to their senses from the "cold water on the head", and shouted passionately, not even realizing what they were shouting, just watching the battle situation from the fighting method to the martial arts, and the onlookers only regarded the two of them as overconsumed, and the battle came to an end, and they cheered desperately, wanting to release their shocking emotions at that moment just now.
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Xuanyuan Yan no longer dodged, but hooked his middle finger with the thumb of his hand that was still shrouded in white mist, and flicked his backhand lightly on the tip of the sword stabbed by Qin Shi.
The sound of the whistle resounded in the room, Qin Shi flew out a few steps upside down, barely standing still, although he felt dizzy, but he was not injured.
So this hot-blooded young man rushed up again, Xuanyuan Yan had expected this, and he was no longer polite, his fist fell, but it only shook the muscles and joints used by Qin Shi when he exerted his strength, although every punch made Qin Shi extremely painful, but it really didn't "hurt" him.
In the end, Qin Shi's wrist was no longer able to hold the hilt of the sword, and he was slapped on the shoulder by Xuanyuan Yan in pain, Qin Shi's body was already half paralyzed by the continuous attacks, and he could only let his center of gravity fall backwards.
The battle is won and lost.
However, Xuanyuan Yan still helped Qin Shi, and didn't let this young man who fought to the end really fall on the potholed and dusty ground.
Naturally, it was expected that the people from Haiguan rushed up and helped Qin Shi down, casting an unkind look at Xuanyuan Yan.
"Hey, boy, it'll be fine in ten minutes!" Xuanyuan Yan shouted in a special voice.
Qin Shi turned his head and looked at him deeply, nodded and didn't speak, and that lonely and cold look returned to his face.
It seems that the person who didn't hurt Xuanyuan Yan with all the sword moves just now, but he refused to give up.
Xuanyuan Yan moved his arm and sighed lazily: "Alas, I should be merciful to my subordinates, right? I was a little too excited when I thought that I could think that I was beating Meng Li......"