When the host shouted "The second challenge is over, Bixi Valley disciple Xia Yun wins", Li Chu walked out of the ring with some shame, Xia Yun did not leave the ring like at the end of the first game, but stood in the ring calmly, the meaning was obvious, it was to wait for the third opponent who asked the sword gate to come to the stage to fight.

After two battles, not only did he enhance his confidence, but at the same time, his comprehension of Bixi's sword technique went further, and after tasting the sweetness, Xia Yun began to look forward to continuing the competition.

The third disciple sent by the Sword Sect was called Wang Qiang, who was in the late stage of the Qi refining period. Wang Qiang is in his early twenties, five big and three thick, and his appearance is very rough. The magic weapon in his hand is a hammer-shaped medium-grade spiritual weapon.

When Xia Yun and Wang Qiang got into each other's hands, they immediately felt the tremendous pressure brought to them by the other party's hammer-shaped spirit weapon. The Cicada Wing Sword couldn't go head-to-head with the opponent's spirit weapon at all, and could only fight passively around the hammer-shaped spirit weapon. Xia Yun, who was passive, secretly thought to himself what the master had said: Everything in the world is nothing more than yin and yang, no matter what kind of exercises, they can be summarized into two kinds: masculine and feminine.

Seeing that Wang Qiang's hammer-shaped spirit weapon was powerful and heavy, and his moves were wide open and closed, he was obviously walking all the way, and his Bixi Sword Technique and Cicada Wing Sword were light and feminine, and naturally looked too soft. Master said: Only when the Bixi Sword Technique is cultivated to the point of softness and rigidity, light and round, can it be regarded as truly comprehending the true meaning of the Bixi Sword Technique. When Xia Yun was trying to control the Cicada Wing Sword and Wang Qiang's hammer-shaped spirit weapon, he kept thinking about Master's words in his heart.

Although Wang Qiang looks rough, his mind is very delicate. Regarding Li Chu's defeat in the last game, it was obvious that he first underestimated the enemy, and then saw that he could not break through the opponent's protection for a while, and gradually became impetuous, so that the opponent had a chance. Learning from Li Chu's lesson, Wang Qiang did not regard his opponent as a fourth-level opponent in the middle stage of Qi refining, but treated Xia Yun as an evenly matched opponent. Therefore, Wang Qiang's attack seems to be wide open, but he never rashly attacks. I thought, since you choose to fight, then it's better to accompany you to fight. If we talk about the depth of the true element of internal qi, no matter how we say that the middle stage of qi refining is not comparable to the great consummation of the late stage of qi refining.

Xia Yun wanted to comprehend how the Bixi Sword Technique could be soft and rigid in the competition, while Wang Qiang was a strategy that took step by step and was not afraid to compete with the opponent for internal strength. So the competition between the two passed an hour in a blink of an eye.

An hour later, Xia Yun in the competition was already sweating on his forehead, and the monks watching the battle in the audience already knew the outcome of the competition. Song Chun's third daughter, seeing Xia Yun like this, began to be secretly anxious in her heart.

Xia Yun in the ring did feel a little powerless after an hour of fighting. In my heart, I seem to have realized a little bit of the essence of Bixi's sword technique, but I haven't understood it yet. So, Xia Yun continued to grit his teeth and insist.

After another half an hour, Xia Yun gradually discovered that the opponent's hammer-shaped spirit weapon always had a hammer behind him, no matter whether he attacked or dodged, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart. Does it mean that the weakness of the hammer-shaped spirit weapon is in the hammer handle? In addition, there is softness and rigidity, does it mean that Bixi Sword Technique does not advocate blind defense, defense and offense, which is the true meaning of Sword Technique. In a moment's thought, Xia Yun commanded the Cicada Wing Sword to easily dodge the frontal attack of Wang Qiang's hammer-shaped spirit weapon, and suddenly went around to the back, aimed at the end of the hammer-shaped spirit weapon's hammer handle, and struck a concentrated blow. Wang Qiang, who was unsuspecting, saw that his medium-grade spiritual weapon Booming Hammer was hit by an opponent after a sword, he suddenly turned at a right angle, the hammer was down, the hammer head was up, and he flew towards the sky in the blink of an eye. In a hurry, Wang Qiang wanted to recall the Sky Hammer, but he didn't want Xia Yun's cicada wing sword to rub the hammer head of the Sky Hammer and instantly stab him in the chest.

Wang Qiang, who only had time to twist his body, suddenly felt a pinprick pain on the skin of his left chest. Xia Yun lost no time in stopping, the cicada wing sword that had already pierced Wang Qiang's placket and had just pierced the skin of Wang Qiang's left chest, quietly looked directly at Wang Qiang opposite.

"I throw in the towel."

Wang Qiang said angrily.

"Concession."

Xia Yun raised his hand and clenched his fists and said humbly. But in his heart, he was thinking that if the opponent hit and rushed as soon as he came up, let alone comprehend the Bixi Sword Technique, he would not be able to resist it for such a long time.

"The third challenge is over, and Xia Yunsheng, a disciple of Bixi Valley."

When Xia Yun's cicada wing sword skillfully struck Wang Qiang's sky-shattering hammer, the audience had already become silent. And when the cicada wing sword hit Wang Qiang's left chest, the disciples of the Sword Sect in the audience let out a worried exclamation. At this time, after the host announced the results of the competition, he only heard Song Chun shouting:

"Good!"

The rest of the monks, whether they were outsiders or disciples of the Sword Sect, fell silent again.

Xia Yun fell as soon as the host's voice announced the results fell, and he raised his feet and walked out of the ring decisively. Today's harvest is not small, I have to go back and digest it well. Besides, when I stopped just now, my internal strength was consumed too much, and I no longer had the strength to fight again. Also, Xia Yun faintly felt as if he was about to break through.

Walking out of the ring and coming to Song Chun's three daughters, Xia Yun whispered:

"Senior sister, I'm afraid I won't be able to cheer you on."

Seeing the puzzled eyes of the third girl, Xia Yun continued:

"As soon as I stopped, I felt like I was going to break through, and I needed to go back to my room immediately. Let the second senior sister and Ling'er cheer for the senior sister here. ”

"Really? Xiaoxia, you accompany Yun'er back to protect the Dharma. Ling'er stayed behind to watch the battle for me. ”

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Xia Yun and Wei Xiaoxia hurriedly left the scene of the competition and quickly returned to the temporary courtyard prepared for them by Wenjianmen. Xia Yun didn't care about saying anything, pushed open the door and walked in, then sat cross-legged on a futon, closed his eyes and meditated. Wei Xiaoxia stood quietly beside Xia Yun and protected the Dharma.

Ever since Xia Yun reached the fourth level of the middle stage of Qi refining, he had been busy refining the Cicada Wing Sword and practicing the Bixi Sword Technique, and his cultivation speed had slowed down. This is also the meaning of the Bixi fairy. Fairy Bixi said to Xia Yun:

"Yun'er, don't blindly pursue cultivation speed. The progress of cultivation should be built on a solid foundation. Just like building a house, only when the foundation is laid and solid, the house built will be solid. Another tree is like a tree, if you don't work hard to take root and only care about growing the trunk, when it encounters strong wind and rain, it is easy to be broken. The foundation is the foundation, and the so-called foundation is what it means. ”

Therefore, all along, Xia Yun was just stabilizing his existing cultivation. Unexpectedly, today's three battles actually made Xia Yun feel the opportunity to break through. It only took half an hour for Xia Yun to successfully break through to the fifth layer in the middle stage of Qi refining. Let Wei Xiaoxia, who is protecting the Dharma, say enviously:

"Sister Yun is really powerful, in just over a year, she has reached the middle stage of qi refining, and it has taken me more than three years, sister."

"Senior sister, don't praise me, if it weren't for today's competition, I wouldn't have broken through so quickly. No wonder Master wants us to go out to practice, only by experiencing more can our cultivation be more solid and faster. ”

The two chatted for a while, and Xia Yun said to Wei Xiaoxia:

"Senior sister, let's go and watch the senior sister's competition, I'm waiting for you here, so that I can stabilize the realm again."

After Wei Xiaoxia left, Xia Yun continued to meditate to stabilize his realm. It wasn't until the sun waned that Song Chun and the three returned to the small courtyard. From the smiling facial expressions of the three of them, Xia Yun knew the result of the competition.

"Sister Yun, it's a pity that you didn't see the majesty of Senior Sister, to put it mildly, it only took two hours to sweep the six foundation building period monks of the Sword Gate, it really gave us a long face in Bixi Valley."

"Don't listen to Ling'er's nonsense, what an understatement, senior sister, I also tried my best to win."

Having said that, Song Chun's tone was a hint of pride. As he spoke, he took out a hairpin-like, small and chic, very good-looking medium-grade spirit weapon from the storage bag, as well as three hundred medium-grade spirit stones, handed them to Xia Yun, and said:

"This is Yun'er's reward."

Xia Yun picked up the hairpin and looked at it, and inserted it into Lin Ling's hair. Asked casually:

"Where's your reward, Senior Sister?"

"No, see for yourself."

The reward for the senior sister is five hundred medium-grade spirit stones, as well as a high-grade spirit weapon flying sword.

Immediately, Song Chun took out three hundred pieces from his five hundred medium-grade spirit stones, and Xia Yun also took out one hundred, giving Wei Xiaoxia and Lin Ling two hundred pieces each. However, Lin Ling only accepted a hundred yuan, and returned another hundred yuan to Xia Yun, saying:

"Sister Yun has already given Ling'er a medium-grade spirit weapon hairpin, so I don't want my sister's spirit stone."