Chapter 21: Sword Duel
"Ten thousand empty alleys. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Qi Wuwei muttered, just the unremarkable one of the countless streets in this city, and the open door was enough to dazzle him.
In every open door, as usual only "people" are owed, but it is not normal for there to be more people at the moment, so who will not join in such a big bustle? But no matter what the hidden dangers are, people who have not seen this grand event thousands of years ago still reached a tacit understanding and opened the door generously.
Qi Wuwei walked into one room, went upstairs, came out again, went to find the next one, repeated this process several times, and finally saw the old bachelor standing by the window on the stairs of a certain room.
"This is where you found?" Qi Wuwei stepped forward with peace of mind.
The old bachelor said proudly: "Yes, yes...... From this street to the site of the sword duel, there are seven or eight streets and alleys, countless pavilions and pavilions, but here, a straight line to the sword duel site is the door and window to the door and window, and it is bright! ”
Qi Wuwei was incredulous, "You can see the sword duel here?"
"And ......"
Qi Wuwei approached the window, a pair of eyes blinked for a long time, and squinted and swept up. Scornful sneer:
"Bullshit can't see one!"
The old bachelor smiled and said, "Take out your 'Baoding' and take a piece of refining heart leaf." ”
Qi Wuwei took out the wishful wishful treasure tripod, except for the gray leaf, there was nothing else strange that happened to the two leaves that he relied on for survival. He opened the lid, and sure enough, he saw a heart refining leaf, and he took out a piece and was about to eat it, but the old bachelor stopped him. Qi Wuwei suddenly remembered something, and tore it in half and gave it to the old bachelor.
Two long cigarette pouches stick out of the window, one left and one right, and the two men stand side by side. Together, Qi Wuwei's eyes seemed to have changed a world, and what was happening in the sword duel field outside so many streets and alleys was under his control except for the sound. The frequency and amount of smoke exhaled by the two people are almost the same, and Qi Wuwei deliberately maintains this consistency, because when smoking, the facial features on his face are doing his own activities, and his body just needs to stand like that, only this "frequency and amount of smoke exhaled" shows the change in his psychology.
The old bachelor found this place, but when there was no effect of refining the heart leaf, his eyes may not need to refine the heart leaf, he has such an ability, but he just asked for that half of the piece. When these two people smoked the heart refining leaf at the same time, it meant that the time of Qi Wuwei's effect would be halved, but the intensity of the effect would be doubled. And he didn't feel the effect of the cigarette he inhaled when he first felt it, but when he inhaled the cigarette that the old man had breathed out, he made it work as he could.
"Don't let him touch the Forgetting Leaf, this guy has already touched the effect of the Heart Refining Leaf. Qi Wuwei thought about it, and spit out the same amount of cigarette as the old bachelor at the same time.
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"Zichao...... Why is King Xuning's seat so far away from us?" asked King Xunzun as he turned to the banner behind him.
Qi Zichao said: "Master, when you rested yesterday afternoon, I came out to investigate, the layout of this place was arranged by Cang Hui and others, originally the seats of the two 'kings' were next to each other, but King Xuning intended to change to one on both sides of the competition venue, one for symmetry and good looking, and the other to ......."
King Xun asked, "How?"
Qi Zichao said: "Second, he said that this martial arts competition venue is not very big, and if the people below can't afford to coax, just a little louder voice will not hinder the communication between the princes, and ...... Why should the prince's conversation be confined to 'private'?"
King Xun Zun sighed, "Alas, he wants me to be dumb!"
Flag was silent.
On the other side, King Xuning and Xiao Mianxiang, who had been to welcome him to Zhongzhou and later became his entourage, were talking in their seats.
"Have all the children of the various families arrived?" asked King Xuning.
Xiao Mian Xiang replied calmly: "Yes, the prince, everything that should have arrived has arrived." ”
King Xuning said impatiently: "Then hurry up and start......! How long will it take? If you don't know, we'll have to wait until tomorrow. ”
Xiao Mian Xiang looked embarrassed, and pointed to the row of seats facing the competition venue, "Sui Yusheng, a famous master in the Zhongzhou sword world, has not arrived yet, it is necessary to wait for him." ”
King Xuning said: "Then let the children of each family come to the stage to practice and practice, this is necessary, and not only I want to see it, but the people in the audience must also want to see it." He said, looking back, but he didn't see the desecrated jackal, and I don't know if it had anything to do with that Sui Yusheng.
The children of various families came to the scene one after another, they were a group of noble people among the children of the rivers and lakes, but they also knew that there was no difference between showing their skills in the eyes of the princes and nobles and the performers, so they only planned to stand. So, they were divided into several small circles, and several acquaintances chatted about some homely things, and the scene was extremely harmonious, if you didn't consider the restlessness of the people in the audience.
Delusional pulling the idiot towards the field. If you don't look at the weird "sword" of the idiot, the two of them are dressed no different from the children of the family on the stage, so the audience avoided it, thinking that they were going to the stage, but unexpectedly, the two of them crowded to the front and stopped.
"You're really in good spirits today. The idiot said lightly.
Yu Zheng gasped, her small body trembling slightly, obviously a little excited. But he forgot to answer the idiot's words.
The idiot waited for a long time until her breath calmed down, and then said, "Don't you have anything to say?" The idiot stared at her, her eyes scanned the stage, as if looking for someone, and while sweeping, she replied, "Look hard, study hard." ”
At this time, a group of people in the arena suddenly became nervous, and they saw a black figure jumping above the sea of people, with excellent light skills, jumping from one person's shoulder to another's shoulder, not only as light as a gust of wind, but his shadow would not be noticed by the person who stepped on his shoulder for the short time he stayed. No one in the sea of people felt his presence, only people outside the sea could see it.
Suddenly, he stretched his hand to his shoulder, and the force of this stretch even frightened the idiot. But she grabbed the air, and although the figure had already landed, because of her grasp, she took three more steps to stabilize her figure.
"Boy, I almost got you in trouble!"
The man looked back at her and smiled, didn't say anything more, and walked into the arena, where the night robe and the sword on his back no longer needed any explanation for the important person.
"This is the etiquette of Xiao Canghui. The old bachelor who was watching from a distance said, "Xiao Canghui once warned the young man: show your skills appropriately and decently, otherwise you will incur unfair treatment, you see that if that kid rushes in and turns over the stage in one go, everyone looks at him, it is inappropriate." But he rushed to the front with light skills, and then walked up on his own, which was very decent. ”
"I know, he's from Canghui......" Qi Wuwei said.
"Xiao Hei" slowly walked to the competition venue, and the representative of a certain family in the middle of the table suddenly stood up and asked, "Which family are you from?"
But seeing that Xiao Hei's mouth was moving, but no sound came out, the man said in a loud voice: "Everyone is quiet, I am asking him! Which family are you from?" For a while, everything was quiet, and the words of "Xiao Hei" were like flying insects flapping their wings, but they could penetrate into the ears of everyone present.
"My name is An Qiuliang. ”
This sentence can answer a lot of questions and can also show a lot of feelings. The man who stood up sat down slowly, and most of his sharpness was somehow cut by this sentence.
King Xun Zun squinted at him, and after looking at him for a long time, he suddenly stood up in surprise, but he was also too frightened to speak.
"Your Excellency, the King. Do you recognize him?" asked King Xuning aloud.
King Xun Zun pointed at An Qiuliang with a strange expression and said, "I recognize, the sword behind him ......" The words said, everyone stared at the sword behind An Qiuliang with bated breath, he silently took the whole sword with the scabbard in front of him, put it flat on top of his hands, and said, "Then...... Lord of Anlu, could you please tell me the name and origin of this sword on my behalf?"
An Qiuliang's words were not responded to for a long time, but most people's eyes were shifted to King Xunzun. At this time, if you don't follow most people, there are only delusions and fools. The delusion only stared at An Qiuliang intently, and the idiot only looked back and forth between An Qiuliang and delusion.
After a long stalemate, King Xun Zun had to compromise for this person, "Okay! This sword has no name, but its original owner is famous, if you want to force the name of this sword, just put its owner's name in front of the word 'sword'." Then I hope that my next non-hostile words will not disgust the people of the court. ”
"This sword is the 'Sword of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor', the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor is the father of the current King of Anlu, the Blood Raven Wind King, and me and several other venerable kings. In our country, if the aristocracy, especially the ruler, wants to go independent when he becomes an adult, he will choose a symbol to represent himself between all living beings and the weather of heaven and earth to draw his own totem, which will become a symbol of his identity with his followers, when people attend important occasions, his totem will be the theme of people's clothing, and when people lead troops to fight, the totem will appear on their flags and privately cast armor and weapons. Under my father...... There was a time when the nobles and commoners of the whole country all served the 'Kunpeng Thunder' totem, and they could not find the existence of other people's totems. King Xun said, his face full of pride and nostalgia.
Qi Wuwei and the old bachelor in the distance didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know how many times they had asked each other:
"Why don't you start fighting?"
"During that period of peace and tranquility, my country experienced prosperity that I had never experienced before, and after I arrived here, I often thought that if that prosperity lasted a few more years, perhaps we would have built a capital no less than that of Yantianjing. But it's all so unpredictable. On that day, my father, the king, was summoned to the suzerain, which he trusted in every way, and he did not return for three years. Brother Changwang took his entourage to look for it, but there was no news. After another two years, a man who had changed his totem found the owner he had once been loyal to, and brought back the once prosperous but now ruined capital. That's not my father anymore, that's all I can remember about him...... He said that he had given the sword to the family who had rescued him, and that if the family was dragged down by him, the royal family of Anlu would be responsible for supporting his descendants without being ungrateful. ”
Listening to the story of King Xun Zun, An Qiuliang's smile that showed a few teeth became toothless. He wasn't ready to speak, and he didn't seem to need to speak again, most of the people in the audience were people from the rivers and lakes, but they were also very sensitive to the love and hatred between the countries, and they naturally sensed that it was the Shengping Dynasty that did something to the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor, and it implicated the rescue and shelter of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor's family. These people come from all over the world, not limited to Shengping, and naturally do not have much support for the face of this country, and for a while, there are voices of grievance for the situation of Kunpeng Thunder Emperor and the An family, and in the noise, An Qiuliang silently looked at the children of the various families who were originally communicating on the stage, regardless of men and women, age, in his eyes they were like children who had not grown up. His smile did not change, and he took away the anger and fear on the children's faces one by one, but a fat man who did not fit in with a smile walked towards him.
"It's him!" said the idiot, who had seen the fat man before.
"Contemptible Zhu Zeshun, fortunate meeting!" For this An Qiuliang, the fat man Zhu Zeshun has very few words. But the fat man seemed to have a great influence on the others, and the noise of this sentence was suddenly heard.
Qi Wuwei said: "It is actually Zhu Zeshun, the youngest son of the old lady Zhu of Jiuluan Mountain Lijian Villa, the old lady is over eighty years old and has twenty-three children, when he announced that this Zhu Zeshun is his last child, everyone knows that the second son has an unlimited future in the future." Now he is young, but he has changed the behavior of the Sword Villa, from 'salute for the sword' to 'collect the sword for the salute'. ”
The old bachelor asked, "How do you know?"
Qi Wuwei replied: "Travel around the world, go to Jiuluan Mountain, go to his house and have a few full meals, the old man is not bad, it's just ......" Qi Wuwei looked at the old bachelor meaningfully, "There are too many wives!"
“...... The old man surnamed Zhu, is he here?"
Qi Wuwei pointed and said: "Look at that row, except for Qi Case, the leader of the Sword Alliance of the World, the rest are the masters of the major families, they don't have an old monster like you who can come out and make trouble, so you can see it at a glance based on your age." ”
"Qi?"
"It certainly has nothing to do with me, but I don't know if it has anything to do with my adoptive parents. ”
King Xuning took advantage of the noise to subside and got up and said: "This sword duel is not as good as a few competitors competing together, and the winner will be the one who fights to the end! This king is already tired, and he just wants to rest early!" He was really uncomfortable because the Shengping Dynasty had become the target of public criticism before, and he hated to be dragged out by this trivial matter.
The leader of the Sword Alliance, Qi Yuan, objected: "Lord Wang! If such a battle is decided to be won or lost, what do you need me and a group of people to maintain justice?" But he was pulled down by him and Lieshengsheng, and the heads of each family said in unison: "Lord Wang! Please take care of your body! We will all agree to the decision to win or lose the battle!" The heads of each family realized that the comers were not good, and they also believed that the children of each family had the consciousness of jointly rejecting An Qiuliang. Seeing that the Qi case could not dismiss this decision, he could only acquiesce. On the other side, the king couldn't speak.
Only when he saw the heads of the families vying for agreement, An Qiuliang's cruel smile in an instant, and only when the idiot saw that this decision was finally passed, he was vainly disdainful and contemptuous.
The children of each family drew their swords out of their sheaths, but An Qiuliang seemed indifferent. Without waiting for anyone to give orders, several people had already attacked An Qiuliang at the same time, An Qiuliang used the sword as a reference, and he could still resolve the offensive with an offensive, but a wave of unsettled waves rose again, and then the people who followed continued to attack, which seemed to put An Qiuliang in a crisis.
Everyone in the audience was very angry at this undisguised despicable act, and the voices of scolding continued. Seeing this, Zhu Zeshun advanced into the battle circle to block the barrier, and shared all the offensive of everyone to each other with his own strength, contributing to a scene of chaos.
"Kind of skill. King Xuning said.
"Well, you deserve to carry my shoes too. ”
"Huh?" Hearing the word "lift shoes", King Xuning looked back and saw that the desecrated jackal had come. He looked at Sui Yusheng's seat again, and saw Sui Yusheng sitting there with a gloomy face, and a person behind him looked at this side with an angry face.
King Xuning asked, "You haven't returned for a long time, is it related to that Sui Yusheng?"
The blasphemous jackal said: "Last night, Wu Xingxuan died violently in his own residence, Sui Yusheng suspected that I did it, and he didn't allow me to defend himself and did not attack me. ”
"And how do you deal with it?"
The desecrated jackal said, "What else can I do, my sword is all at home!"
"Huh, you're defeated?"
The desecrated jackal jumped up, "I...... I casually knocked him down with a sword and insulted him severely, and that's it!"
Xiao Mianxiang looked at the two of them quietly, with his understanding of Sui Yusheng, but he didn't dare to say a word at this time.
King Xuning sighed: "Alas, these are all stories of prejudice. ”
"Hmph! If I were him, I would have cut it off on his own!"
King Xuning waved his hand and said, "Okay...... Don't you know that one of the eighteen layers of hell is reserved for those who are quick to talk?"
In the eyes of some people, the current battle situation is stalemate, everyone uses their personal skills, but nothing is gained, no one bleeds, and no one is taken by a sword pointed at the neck. But in Zhu Zeshun's eyes, he was excited and relaxed, he felt that he was getting closer to the goal, An Qiuliang and him reached a tacit understanding at some point, they were all saving physical strength and consuming the physical strength of other people, so that they would not make killings to settle grudges. And soon, the exhausted people will be swept out of the stage one by one, leaving the two who really have the strength to compete. This subtle idea is clear to the idiot.
"Ahh The whole fight was clear at this moment, Zhu Zeshun and An Qiuliang were standing in the same direction, while the rest of the people were standing face to face with them.
Zhu Zeshun kicked the sword off the competition venue, "I'm sorry, you lost! ”
The woman angrily scolded: "Dead fatty! You! you kind of slap me down!"
Zhu Zeshun sighed and raised the sword, wanting to whip her down with the blade of the sword. Suddenly, I heard a sentence from the crowd in front of me:
"Slow down, brother!
Zhu Zeshun looked up at the person who spoke, but his raised head and eyes did not stop on the speaker, but kept leaning up, and his whole person seemed to fall on his back, but he couldn't fall, because a sword pierced from behind him and pierced out in front of him. The sword is black, carved with gold and a Kunpeng dancing between the thunderclouds. The sound of this sword passing through Zhu Zeshun's flesh and bones and waving in the strong wind of the air was like the roar of a fierce beast, as if it was accompanied by additional mysterious power, so strong that it cut off all Zhu Zeshun's vitality in an instant.
The old lady stood up suddenly, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell aside with a scream.
"Thief, stop!" shouted in unison as the heads of the families jumped up and rushed towards An Qiuliang.
An Qiuliang only kicked Zhu Zeshun away from the sword, and then silently put away the sword of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor. When several people arrived, they suddenly felt that it was dark in front of them......
It wasn't just them who felt this, all the people in Zhongzhou felt that it was suddenly dark at that moment, even Qi Wuwei and the old bachelor in the distance. Fortunately, someone soon lit a lamp for them, and the strange green streamer that permeated their bodies illuminated the dark and dim sword duel field at the moment.
The audience was originally watching the tide, but at this moment, there was only a confused idiot and two people who fainted.
Xiao Mianxiang was so frightened that he hid behind the fearless King Xuning and the Blasphemous Jackal, and these two fearless people were looking at King Xunzun. And the one standing in front of King Xun Zun and Qizi was An Qiuliang. I couldn't hear what they were exchanging, An Qiuliang stood, but King Xun Zun left with a flag.
The heads of the families also discovered An Qiuliang, they had no time to take care of this murderer, and they couldn't care about the children of their own family who were brutally killed, they only clearly felt the killing intent coming, and this killing intent was ...... It seems to come from the sky, the green stars in the sky, two by two, like human eyes, but they are the source of the green streamer when it is dark, they are getting closer and closer, and when they are close enough, they can see that it is a green-eyed monster like a human falling from the sky......
"Everyone pay attention to deal with it!" The words were quickly drowned out, and the heads of the families were all dismembered and killed by the green-eyed man in an instant.
"Ahh At the critical moment, a few sword qi suddenly killed several green-eyed people around him, and an elegant figure fell to his side and helped him up. But he saw that his eyes had faintly emitted a faint green light, as if he was about to fall into a green-eyed man.
The person who came pulled out the sword at his waist and drew the sword on his back, and it was the one on his waist that he had just made, and at this moment, in order to save the idiot, he took the one behind him and cut it in the palm of his hand. The tragic sword intent infiltrated and firmly held the scattered soul of the idiot.
"Multi-...... Thank you!"
"Pick her up, leave with me, and it'll be fine!"
"Yes!"
The three of them supported each other and left, and the beastly and ferocious green-eyed man came like a wave, ignoring the three of them. The screams of the green-eyed man from behind him kept going on for a long time, and the idiot was heartbroken when he heard it, but he couldn't intervene.
"Heavenly ...... It's dark?" Qi Wuwei was stunned for a long time before he reacted, "You quickly go to the sword duel to investigate!