Chapter 15: Yaoru vs. Du Sheng
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Xiang You, Xing Yuzi and the four brothers and sisters of Conscience and Liangren arrived at the foot of Damaofeng Mountain.
Da Mao Peak is the highest peak of Mao Mountain, standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, towering into the clouds, you can't see the top of the mountain. It was the first time for Xiang You to climb this Damao Peak, and when he thought of the Jiuxiao Palace located on the top of this mountain, an indescribable taste rose in his heart.
When Xiang You and the others walked to the intersection of the mountain, they found that there was a stone plaque hanging on the top of the road. There are five big characters on it, "Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace", iron painting silver hook, and the font is vigorous and heroic.
Xiang You approached, looked up and looked into the distance, and there were already groups of people climbing the mountain road that was winding up.
Seeing so many people, Xiang You couldn't help but worry about Senior Brother Conscience. It was a conscience with some confidence, and now a reluctant smile appeared on his resolute face, but his pace did not stop, and he strode as before.
Approaching the peak, Xiang You saw the palace-like Nine Heavens Palace. Although there is a row of red walls on the outside, the tall and magnificent temple inside is unstoppable and breaks through the wall, and its momentum is shocking.
The flow of people in front of them did not enter the majestic gate of the Nine Heavens Palace, but walked along the high wall to the plank path on the right. Xiang You was puzzled, and when he got closer, he saw that there were several disciples of the Nine Heavens Palace guiding the people to the right in front of the door.
Going around to the back of the mountain, Xiang You and the others finally came to their destination, which was a wide square. The square is very large, the size of a small city, and there are more than a dozen huge circular rings on the smooth ground, neatly arranged until the end of the square.
Xiang You sighed, it really deserves to be the first palace leading Maoshan, and the scale and momentum are not comparable to any palace.
In the empty square, many people have already come, and many people have poured in one after another. As for whether this place can accommodate so many people, Xiang You has no doubts at all.
"Look at it," Xing Yuzi pointed to it, shouting.
Xiang You looked in the direction she was pointing and found that at the edge of the square, on one side of the flattened rock, there were two stone stairs. At the top of the stone staircase is a long recessed end, which is located in the middle of the square, so that every move in the square can be clearly seen from the height.
After a while, the number of people who poured in gradually decreased, and the hole was filled with people one after another. In the middle of the hollow there was a large wooden chair, which was not yet seated, and was still empty.
"That position should be reserved for the Nine Heavens Palace Palace Master Feiyang Zhenren," his conscience judged.
Xiang You nodded, thinking that this was also the case.
Sure enough, an old Taoist priest wearing a purple Taoist robe with a white beard and hair, surrounded by five young men and women dressed in dark yellow clothes, sat on the only empty wooden chair. With his arrival, all the people who had been sitting in their chairs stood up and saluted him.
On the square, almost all the disciples also bowed down to the old Taoist priest above, and Xiang You knew that this person must be Feiyang Zhenren.
The five disciples who followed Feiyang Zhenren's side naturally attracted everyone's attention. Xiang You skipped the other four, fixed his gaze on the face of a female disciple, and suddenly took a sharp breath, her appearance was so beautiful, she seemed to inadvertently glance down, Xiang You was shocked in his heart, and secretly exclaimed: "How can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?"
"Who is that woman?" asked Ryohito.
"She is the personal disciple of Feiyang Zhenren, Xu Jing," said the conscience.
However, just when the men were drunk. In that cave, an obese middle-aged man walked to the railing at the edge of the cave, took a deep breath, and said, "On this day of fine weather and beautiful wind, I am very happy to be able to gather here with all the young talents. I'm sure you're looking forward to this day as well, because this day will not only allow you to showcase your hard work and make a name for yourself. More importantly, you will have the opportunity to enter Haoyuan Academy, which is the number one in the cultivation world. β
In the square, when everyone heard this, they immediately cheered. Now they may have to add one more, that is, to show their heroic appearance to the beautiful woman, hoping to seek favor.
"Please be quiet," the square was huge, but the voice of the fat middle-aged man clearly reached everyone's ears, "Seeing that everyone is so excited and can't wait, we will also start the competition immediately." There are a total of 12 rings in this square, these rings are named according to the 12 genera, and there is a list of people posted on the side of each ring, please ask the disciples who have signed up before to find the ring they belong to, and then wait for their own competition. And I hope that you can stop the competition on the spot and not cause unnecessary casualties. Finally, I wish you all β good luck. β
Many people have already found their own ring as soon as they came, and Senior Brother Liangren and Little Sister Xing Yuzi also quickly helped Senior Brother Conscience find the ring. The ring of the conscience brother is in the middle, and the word "Weiyang" is engraved on the side.
Xiang You took a look, the senior brother was in the fourth game, and he was competing with a person named Heng Yanzi, looking at this number, this person should be a disciple of Qianyuanguan. Xiang You was a little worried, Maoshan's three palaces and five views were not in vain.
When the conscience brother saw his opponent's name, he laughed. patted Xiang You on the shoulder and said, "Senior brother, don't worry, even though the three palaces and five views are strong, they are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. The disciples of Qianyuanguan, as long as it is not Hengxinzi and Hengyunzi, I am sure of a battle. β
Seeing that his senior brother was full of confidence, Xiang You was also relieved. I usually either cultivate, or go out on missions with my master, so I really don't know much about them.
At this moment, an old man in a yellow robe walked into the ring and announced to the disciples around the ring: "The competition in the Weiyang ring is about to begin, please invite the two disciples of Xuzhi and Huang Yi in the first competition to come to the stage." β
The old Taoist priest standing in the center of the ring, Xiang You felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Stretched out his hand and pointed to the ring, staring at the face of the conscience brother, and said, "He's not that-"
Conscience smiled and said: "It's Donglu Zhenren, not only him, you see-there are many small-scale viewers who are referees in the ring." β
Xiang You looked left and right, and sure enough, he wondered in his heart: "Then why didn't our master come?"
Conscience sighed and said, "Our master loves face and disdains to do such things. β
"Oh!" Xiang You nodded as if he didn't understand.
At this time, the two people in the ring had already saluted each other and were ready to make a move.
Nothing, needless to say, is a disciple of the Nine Heavens Palace, wearing a pale yellow robe, which is the symbol of the core disciple. Huang Yi was wearing a green robe, but Xiang You didn't know it, but he had the courage to participate in the competition, and he was not weak in cultivating if he wanted to.
The morning sun is shining, and the slightly hot light makes people not suspect that today is another hot day. Summer in this region is always more sensitive than in other places, as if a boy or girl is eating the forbidden fruit for the first time, and they are impatient.
A gentle wind blew through, bringing up the robes of the two people on the field. Huang Yi closed his eyes and moved first, only to see him clenching his hands into fists and pointing his two index fingers together to the sky.
Xiang You raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth moved: "Trick, is it a blessing or an attack?"
No one answered him, for what happened next had already been told to him.
I heard a voice coming from the ring, the content was unclear, whispering like a lover, humming like a bard, and chanting like a monk reverently. Hearing this voice, Xiang You only felt an inexplicable sense of irritability, surging out from the bottom of his heart.
Xiang You was startled, hurriedly concentrated, and silently recited the heart purification mantra, trying to suppress this evil qi. When he resisted with all his might, his heart moved, as if he had thought of something, and he hurriedly looked to the side, and found that except for Liangrenyou, who frowned slightly, conscience and Xing Yuzi resisted very easily.
After having no worries, Xiang You continued to recite the heart mantra silently. But the delay just now seemed to give that evil qi a chance to take advantage of, Xiang You only felt that his heart was beating very fast, and a burning sensation in his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire.
Xiang You secretly shouted: "Oops!" But there was no fear on his face, and he pinched the trick with both hands to bless himself.
After a while, the evil spirit in Xiang You's heart gradually improved, and then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, he didn't dare to stop silently reciting the Heart Purification Mantra, because Huang Yi's mouth was still vibrating up and down rapidly, and the magic sound was lingering.
"Disturbing the mind is a curse," Xiang You glanced at Huang Yi in the ring in horror. But after thinking about it, although this spell is powerful, it can only disturb the mind, and it seems that it is not enough to hurt the enemy.
Xiang You turned his gaze to Void Knowledge, the yellow figure was still standing on the stage, not moving at all, looking at his face, this curse didn't seem to have much effect on him.
Time passed, and the two people in the ring were still in a stalemate, while the two adjacent rings had already fought together. Just when everyone was wondering if they were going to go on like this, Huang Yi took a step forward and rushed towards Void Knowledge first.
Using martial arts to fight in close combat, Xiang You guessed Huang Yi's actions. Casting two spells at the same time, there is no such concept in Xiang You's cognition, he Huang Yi has already cast a spell, and if he wants to cast another spell, he must terminate the current spell.
Sure enough, Huang Yi approached Xuzhi and punched Xuzhi's face, strong and powerful, with the power of shattering boulders. The start is a real move, and he didn't fake the opponent, but it was out of Xiang You's surprise, he thought that he would at least test the opponent's reality.
This punch was extremely violent, but the speed was not fast, Xiang You asked himself if he was confident to dodge, he believed that as a core disciple, Xuzhi would definitely be able to avoid this blow. However, unexpectedly, Void Knowing did not give in, but raised his hand in front of his face.
Suddenly, fists and palms touched. The raging fist suddenly stopped, as if it was striking on a hard iron plate, and stopped in the middle of the road, but it seemed to hit a ball of soft cotton, without causing any sound.
"Is this the strength of the core disciples of the Nine Heavens Palace?" Xiang You was shocked, looking at the void knowledge in the ring in a daze, and he couldn't avoid taking this punch, I'm afraid Senior Brother Liangren didn't have such confidence.
His full force blow was easily caught by the other party, Huang Yi was shocked in his heart, and a helpless wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. The disparity in strength was too great, so he surrendered at the moment and stepped down and left.
I thought there would be a dragon fight, but I didn't expect it to be over just after the fight, Xiang You was a little unhappy, but this result was reasonable.
At this time, the old Taoist priest Donglu Zhenren walked into the center of the ring again, twisted his beard and smiled slightly: "First of all, congratulations on the victory of the void knowledge, I am happy to see it when it comes to the point, the two of them compete, you must not compete with each other, in addition to knowing yourself and knowing the other, you must also have the consciousness of self-knowledge, which Huang Yi has done very well." ββThe following is the second competition, and the contestants Yaoru and Du Sheng are invited to the stage. β
Xiang You raised his eyebrows, he had a good show to watch, he was a disciple of Yuanfu Wanning Palace and Chongxi Wanshou Palace.
The three palaces of Maoshan and the disciples of the two palaces should be very exciting.
A light breeze blew, and a cyan figure leaped into the ring, followed by a gray shadow.
In the ring, the two figures were in a square shape, and they immediately clasped their fists at each other and saluted.
Donglu Zhenren verified the identities of the two, and after briefly telling the two of them some rules, he turned around and left the ring.
On the adjacent hill, the sun has already risen, and the warm sunlight shines on this field, helping everyone to drive away the cold air of the early morning.
Xiang You greeted the sunshine of Hexi and set his eyes on a man and a woman on the stage. The woman wearing the cyan Dao robe should be Yaoru, a disciple of the Yuanfu Wanning Palace, her appearance is relatively ordinary, but it may also be the reason why she has not been dressed up well, and the wide cyan Dao robe looks nondescript on her thin body.
And the Chongxi Wanshou Palace Du Sheng she faced was much more domineering than her thinness. Du Sheng's body is not very fat but very burly, with a round head, which makes him stronger than ordinary people.
On the surface, Du Sheng is much stronger than Yaoru. But Xiang You knows that the most taboo thing for cultivators is to judge people by their appearance, and God knows how powerful the power of that thin body is hidden in that fat clothes.
Du Sheng seemed to be full of confidence, and the corners of his mouth hooked up into a contemptuous smile.
"Senior sister, I'm sorry. Today, senior brother, I'm going to destroy the flowers with my hands. Haha-ha-ha-" Du Sheng automatically divided Yaoru into the ranks of his junior sisters, his expression was arrogant, and he laughed wildly.
Yaoru pursed her lips and ignored the person. Xiang leaned forward slightly, "Bang!" The long sword behind his back suddenly broke out of its sheath. The brilliance flickered, and the long sword hanging in the air seemed to have life in an instant, lifting the tip of the sword and stabbing straight at Du Sheng.
Although the three sects of the talisman are the best in the world, not all the three sects and factions use spirit runes. Taking Maoshan as an example, the three palaces have different cultivation methods, among which except for the Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace, which is an authentic Fu Gong sect, the remaining two palaces are not good at making spirit runes, Yuanfu Wanning Palace is known for Taoism, while Chongxi Wanshou Palace is a major martial arts and weapons, which is the most down-to-earth sect.
For example, Xiang You's True Monarch Concept is limited by resources, so he doesn't major in techniques or methods, he just learns a little bit of everything, but it's just a few skins, and there are no more advanced ones. Because of this, Xiang You has mastered these small techniques when he has nothing to learn, and his physical cultivation has also laid a good foundation.
There are many small views similar to the True Monarch Temple, and they are often ridiculed as "three-legged cats in the cultivation world". Due to the limitations of their resources, these people's cultivation realm has also been restricted, and most of them have only mastered the cultivation method of "building a foundation and refining themselves", and some of them are not even complete. The promotion of such a rank as Zhenjun Guan, from "building a foundation and refining oneself" to the first part of "refining and refining gas", is already good.
Although Du Sheng was arrogant, he was not conceited that he could win steadily, and his opponent was a disciple of the "Three Palaces" like himself.
Facing the sword that was coming quickly towards him, he saw Du Sheng's left foot move back half a step, and he raised his right palm and pushed it forward. In an instant, the fleshy palm was wrapped in a cloud of blood-red gas.
"When!" said the sword as it slammed into the sword.
"Flesh, he's an external cultivator. Xiang You whispered.
Conscience nodded, with a solemn expression: "Listening to this voice, it should be a gathering." β
Xiang You was startled, took a deep breath, and looked at Du Sheng with a flickering gaze.
The blow failed, and Yaoru put his fingers together and pointed at the out-of-control long sword like electricity. The long sword that flew out upside down instantly paused in the air, and as Yaoru pointed his fingers at Du Sheng, the long sword stabbed at him again.
The long sword came like lightning, and it came suddenly. Du Sheng raised his right hand, which was wrapped in blood, and swung it forward.
"When!" the sword flicked out again.
Yaoru snorted, and immediately concentrated, stabilizing the sword shape.
"It's useless, unless her sword is a treasure, it won't hurt him in the slightest," Conscience said helplessly.
Xiang You thought of the "Shangzhen Sword" in the view, but he had only heard of it, and he hadn't even seen it yet, so he immediately shook his head.
Yaoru withdrew the flying sword that had returned in vain, her eyes were tenacious, and her expression did not make any waves because of the frustration just now.
Du Sheng frowned slightly, staring at Yaoru, the arrogance before the battle had disappeared. Just now blocked the opponent's attack, and it was already seen that although the opponent was tempting, he was decisive and aggressive, and the slightest carelessness would be in danger of death.
Du Sheng raised his right fist and rushed forward, he made a move, and began to strike first. The iron fist seemed to be cast in molten iron, covered in a dazzling red light.
This punch was quickly violent. Compared to Huang Yi's punch before, it is much more powerful, and I'm afraid that Xuzhi will not dare to take this punch hard.
Everyone focused their eyes on Yaoru, the slender girl who was wearing a fat robe. I saw her clenching her hands into fists, stretching out her index finger and pointing her sword at the sky, and exclaimed: "The wind rises!"
"Whew-"
Yaoru's robe flew and the wind rose.
Xiang You looked at Yaoru, who seemed to be placed on the stage, and looked around, not feeling a trace of wind, it seemed that only there was wind around her.
Yaoru suddenly pointed at Du Sheng again: "Reverse!"
Du Sheng's swift figure was obviously stunned, much slower than before, looking at his upside-down robe and fluttering emanation, it seemed to be in a strong wind.
The offensive was blocked, but Du Sheng did not stop, and still rushed forward.
"Gather!"
With another coquettish shout, a hint of blush appeared on Yaoru's face.
As soon as the words fell, between the two of them, a lot of almost transparent handleless short swords suddenly appeared, following the direction of the wind and shooting towards Du Sheng.
"What a gorgeous Dao," Xiang You was envious.
"If only we had such a powerful Dao method in our view," Xing Yuzi pouted, quite dissatisfied.
On the stage, Du Sheng saw a dense sword suddenly appear in front of him, and immediately stopped. With a loud shout, he squatted down with his legs and crossed his arms in front of him. The red light flashed, and a red air shield quickly condensed in front of him.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"......
Many sharp swords slammed into the shield wall made of condensed blood and qi, and countless explosions sounded, but none of them could penetrate this barrier.
After a while, the attack stopped. Yaoru seemed to be a little distracted, her face flushed, and she was out of breath.
"Compared to Dao and martial arts, Dao is the most mental," Xiang You said with feeling.
Conscience nodded and said: "The blood qi is really powerful, if it can't be used, this qi is definitely not comparable to 'Yuan Qi' and 'True Qi'. God is fair, let them each have their strengths. β
"Is Senior Sister going to lose?" said Liangren.
"Not necessarily, there are many ways to break his qi and hurt him, and there are two kinds of 'strength' in treasure weapons and internal cultivation," conscience stared at the cyan figure, and then said, "There is also the fact that she has a more powerful Dao method." β
Without waiting for everyone to react, Du Sheng roared angrily and rushed forward, shouting: "Split the mountain." β
I saw Du Sheng jump into the air, turn over, stretch out his right leg, and slash at Yaoru with his heel.
Yaoru knew that she couldn't shake its edge, so she hurriedly dodged.
Du Sheng hit the air with a fierce blow, saw Yaoru dodge, and also clinged to it, playing a set of combination punches, but Yaoru dodged them one by one. Du Sheng saw that he was so vigorous in his offensive that he couldn't touch the other party, and he was in a hurry, and at the moment his fingers were bent and grabbed towards Yaoru, and the offensive became a lot more aggressive, and he almost touched Yaoru in a few moves.
Yaoru was also frightened.
"It's in the shape of a tiger," Xiang You said movingly. He now has a good understanding of martial arts, but he didn't expect that the ordinary five-shaped fist would become so extraordinary when Du Sheng, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old. In the rivers and lakes of the world, I am afraid that without twenty or thirty years of hard work, there is no way to compare. Xiang You was full of emotion, the difference between cultivating blood and not cultivating blood is really big.
In the ring, Du Sheng swept his legs, Yaoru's body was as light as a swallow, and he turned back more than ten zhang away before stopping.
After turning over, Yaoru squatted on the ground and didn't get up, her hands danced in front of her chest, her mouth was broken and her eyes were closed.
"Three secret blessings, what kind of Taoism?" Xiang Youxin exclaimed.