Chapter 70: The Battle of the Swords
Seeing that Jiang Liu agreed, Qin Xue directly took Jiang Liu and Qin Ye to a battle platform in the square.
Jiang Liu looked around, and there were almost two hundred young people sitting in the audience.
Jiang Liu took a closer look at the age of eighteen, and they were basically all swordsmen at the high level, and many of them were swordsmen.
There were two people fighting on the stage, both of whom were swordsmen of the seventh order.
Qin Xue walked to the middle of the front row, and Jiang Liu was also pulled by Qin Ye and sat in the temporary position of the front row.
Feeling the breath of the Jiangliu Swordsman realm, many people in the back row looked sideways, Qin Ye, as a hereditary prince, was unknown to everyone among the sword cultivation geniuses of the younger generation in Shenquan County.
"Who is this person, why haven't you seen it before?"
"If you can sit in the front row, isn't it Tianjiao invited by the prince outside?"
"If that's the case, I'd like to see it. ”
It is understandable for Qin Ye to sit in the front row, but this kid who followed him, but in the realm of swordsmen, why could he sit in the front row.
After Jiang Liu sat down, while watching the battle in the stands, he asked Qin Ye about the competition system of the Kendo Tianjiao Challenge.
Kendo Tianjiao Challenge, once every three years, can be participated from the fourth order of the swordsman to the ninth order of the sword master, and the competition is divided into three stages:
In the first stage of the qualifying competition of the same level, Tianjiao of the same realm was randomly divided into a group of six, and the winners of the four battles were qualified, and the others were all eliminated.
In the second stage of the same level qualifying match, Tianjiao of the same realm will draw lots and fight against each other until the final ranking of everyone is produced.
In the third stage of the points competition, any Tianjiao can choose opponents of the same rank or above, and each person can challenge up to five opponents, and the points will be calculated according to the ranking of the defeated opponents.
In the whole kendo Tianjiao competition, the ranking of Tianjiao is determined according to the points obtained by each person, and the points are tied with the ranking of the same opponent.
In this way, the final ranking has nothing to do with cultivation, it determines the relative combat power of the ranking, and a swordsman of the fourth order may still win the top spot in the Tianjiao Competition.
Qin Ye told Jiang Liu that the selection competition in Shenquan County, which is now underway, is completely in accordance with the format of the official Tianjiao Competition, but the six people in the first stage have been changed to four, and they can continue to participate if they win two games.
After Qin Ye's explanation, Jiang Liu felt that the competition system was still very reasonable, and the unfairness caused by restraint and cultivation factors was minimized.
At this time, the battle of the seventh order of the swordsman on the stage had ended, and the deacon on the stage announced that the next game was the eighth order of the swordsman.
Someone handed Qin Ye a wooden card, Qin Ye handed the wooden card to Jiang Liu, and Jiang Liu saw that it said sixteen, which was probably the number plate for his own competition.
The four members of the first group quickly took the stage, and the draw decided on the matchup and immediately began the battle.
One of the four is named Li Fu, the youngest is only sixteen years old, but his strength is obviously higher than the other three, and he defeated his opponent with one move in three consecutive battles.
However, he is obviously very arrogant, and he has a rebellious posture on the stage, completely ignoring his opponent, and even looking at the river twice as if provocatively.
Jiang Liu ignored the other party's provocative eyes, as long as he didn't come to provoke himself, he didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Noticing the hostility in Li Fu's eyes towards Jiang Liu, Qin Ye introduced to Jiang Liu in a low voice, Li Fu is the son of Li Tong, the city lord of Shenquan County, and his talent is indeed very good, he is a few months younger than Qin Ye, but he is already a swordsman eighth-order cultivator.
It is precisely because of his talent that he ranks first in the entire Shenquan County that he is naturally a little arrogant, and he is the son of the lord of the county city, he has always been used to being high, and he has developed a rebellious temperament with empty eyes.
Jiang Liu was not interested in what Qin Ye said, and agreed to participate in this competition, more because he wanted to see the Tianjiao of the Chuyang Kingdom, as for Li Fu, he was not a Tianjiao in Jiang Liu's eyes.
However, it seems that Jiang Liu's indifferent posture annoyed Li Fu, and after the deacon on the stage announced Li Fu's victory, Li Fu stepped down and walked straight to Jiang Liu.
Li Fu came to Jiang Liu and said with an indignant expression:
"Why are you sitting here, with your cultivation, do you have this qualification?"
Jiang Liu didn't expect that he still provoked him, and said coldly:
"I don't know if I'm qualified or not, but since I'm sitting here, I naturally have a reason to sit here. ”
Qin Ye couldn't help but look slightly angry, and said in a deep voice:
"Li Fu, Brother Jiang is a guest I invited, and it's not your turn to accuse. ”
A middle-aged man next to him stood up at this time and said to Qin Ye:
"The prince is angry, and Fu'er is also angry, please don't take this little brother to heart. ”
Li Fu looked at the middle-aged man, still with an angry expression, and said:
"Dad, he's just an eighth-order swordsman, so why can he sit with the prince and the county guard. ”
Jiang Liu heard it, this Li Fu seemed to be upset for the prince and the county guard, but in fact he was upset for his father, but he was more jealous.
Jiang Liu just sat there with a cold face and didn't speak.
Li Fu, a high-minded and arrogant young man, has been repeatedly ignored by Jiang Liu, and his heart has already been angry, and he looked at Jiang Liu coldly and said:
"If I meet you in the next competition, I'll see if you have the qualifications. ”
The other party repeatedly provoked, and the mud bodhisattva also had three points of fire, Jiang Liu said with a smile:
"Why don't we make a bet?"
Li Fu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said:
"Bet?
"Let's fight in the last battle, if you win, I will leave Shenquan County immediately, and if I win, you will apologize to me. ”
A trace of disdain flashed on Li Fu's face, and he said with a sneer:
"What kind of gamble is this, if you win, I will not only apologize to you, but also withdraw from the selection.
If I win, not only will you leave, but you will leave with your sword.
Do you dare?!"
A sword cultivator loses the sword in his hand, which is the biggest humiliation for a sword cultivator.
Li Fu jumped out to deal with Jiang Liu, and most of the people who participated in the selection were still optimistic, and few people present were convinced that Jiang Liu was sitting in the front row.
Jiang Liu sneered in his heart, he expected that Li Fu would not accept his bet, and he would not be willing to step on his face.
Li Fu's words made Qin Xue's face change slightly, Li Fu's victory showed that Jiang Liu's strength was not good, which had little impact on Shenquan County;
If Jiang Liu wins, it will naturally show that Jiang Liu's strength is extraordinary, but Li Fu's withdrawal is also a loss to Shenquan County.
Qin Ye was dissatisfied with Li Fu's aggressiveness, although it was indeed a little inappropriate to let Jiang Liu sit in the front row, but Jiang Liu was his guest after all, and even if he was at fault, it was his own inconsiderate fault.
Now that he was messed with by Li Fu like this, Qin Ye's face was a little uncomfortable, Qin Ye frowned, and said angrily:
"Li Fu, you are too presumptuous!"
The middle-aged man beside Jiang Liu saw that Qin Ye was angry, and hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"The prince is angry, it was this little brother who first said that he wanted to gamble, and the conditions proposed by Fu'er can not be agreed to. ”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Jiang Liu, who waved his hand at Qin Ye and said:
"It doesn't matter, since it's a bet, the bet is naturally agreed upon by both parties. ”
Jiang Liu looked at Li Fu and continued:
"However, it doesn't matter to me if you quit or not, I want your sword too. ”
Jiang Liu looked at the two swords on Li Fu's back, he had already comprehended the sword formation cheats left by Xiao Jiu, and his current cultivation was not able to use sword qi to set up the formation.
The simplest sword formation in the cheats also requires nine swords, not to mention that you don't have so many swords, and even if you do, it's not suitable to carry it on your body.
Now that there is space to sharpen the sword and the problem of carrying it has been solved, Jiang Liu wants to quickly gather the nine swords to try the power of the sword array.
"Okay, I'll bet with you, don't regret it. ”
Jiang Liu looked at the representatives of the various sects of Shenquan County who were sitting on the side, and said:
"Don't worry, with so many Grandmasters present, you and I can't go back. ”
Jiang Liuzhi was really afraid that Li Fu would regret losing, so he temporarily pulled a few bigwigs to endorse him.