"You mean, the rules of martial arts have changed greatly this year, and the Imperial Capital Martial Arts Pavilion is no longer the same as before, and the owner of the pavilion has almost unlimited number of recommendation rights. So it's likely that the owner won't write you a letter of recommendation? ”

Xia Fan sorted out what Peng Ziqi said in his mind, and then asked.

"Yes...... Although there is still no limit to the number of recommended students this year, next year's recommended quota will be determined based on the results of the students recommended by each martial arts hall this year. Our martial arts hall was originally the last few, and over the years, there has never even been one who has been able to succeed in the title of the gold list, and the best result is only after losing the examination, he was selected by the royal family and became a royal samurai. If this continues to be the case this year, the number of places that the hall owner can recommend next year will inevitably be greatly reduced, so this time the hall owner only intends to recommend the strongest ten students to participate. ”

Peng Ziqi had a bitter face, and continued rather helplessly: "There are only six students above the fifth rank martial artist, including you, so the remaining four places will be produced among other students. During the day today, I conducted an ordinary screening, and as a result, I lost to Senior Brother Dewu in the first round of the competition...... Even Senior Brother Dewu is almost impossible to enter the competition for the last four places, and I am even more hopeless. ”

"How exactly do the new rules restrict the Imperial Capital Martial Arts? Why did the owner decide to recommend only the ten strongest students? As long as you can't get the title of the gold list, is there any difference in the number of ten or more? ”

Peng Ziqi felt a little sorry for himself, and he never understood this aspect, so Xia Fan asked with some incomprehension.

"There is no clear standard for the new rules, but there is a comprehensive evaluation, according to the average results and best results of the recommended students of all martial arts halls in the examination, and then rank each martial arts hall, and the recommended places of each martial arts hall next year will be determined according to this ranking."

Peng Ziqi shrugged his shoulders and continued: "So for our martial arts hall, in fact, the more people participate, the worse the average score will be, there is no doubt about it. If it weren't for the fairness and impartiality of this ranking, each martial arts hall would be required to recommend at least ten places to participate in the examination, I'm afraid that the hall owner wouldn't even have ten people to choose. ”

"That's right, that means that as long as you can enter the top ten of the martial arts hall, you will be able to participate in this exam, right?"

"I think it's the top four...... After all, the six of you who are in the realm of a fifth-grade martial artist or above do not need to participate in the selection, and the other students can only fight for the other four places. In the entire martial arts hall, there are forty-two fourth-grade martial artists like me, and my strength can only be ranked between thirty-five and thirty-eight in it, and there is no hope. ”

Peng Ziqi raised his head and looked at the roof with some blank eyes.

"It's not a difficult thing, I told you before, when there is no gap in the big realm, just a gap in the small realm, it can be made up for through skills and understanding of martial arts, and even let yourself have the upper hand. Before the gap in absolute power reaches a qualitative change, it is always possible to change this difference between strength and weakness through other means. “

Xia Fan thought about it, and suddenly said with a smile.

"You...... Do you have a way? ”

Originally, when he heard Xia Fan mention this topic for the first time, Peng Ziqi was still in a state of complete disbelief, but at this moment, when he heard such words again, he was like a drowning man grasping a life-saving straw.

Although he still has a great deal of skepticism, he has already begun to have the idea of being a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"Of course, tell me in detail about the battle between you and Senior Brother Dewu today, and I'll give you an idea."

Xia Fan looked quite interested and said.

Peng Ziqi nodded, and then spoke in detail.

The battle between the four rank martial artists was naturally lackluster for Xia Fan.

Moreover, this kind of martial artists from the martial arts hall are too routinely routine with each other, so that after listening to the entire battle process told by Peng Ziqi, there is no surprise for Xia Fan......

Even after Peng Ziqi finished talking about the first few moves, Xia Fan was able to deduce the whole process in his own mind......

When Peng Ziqi finished telling his battle, Xia Fan thought for a moment, and then said: "The final selection result should be decided in the days before the start of the exam, so during this time, some battles in the martial arts hall will be held every day to consider the corresponding combat power, right?" ”

"Yes."

Peng Ziqi nodded.

"Well, tomorrow you will continue to challenge Senior Brother Dewu, but in the process of fighting, remember that when using the catkins swordsmanship, the wind flutters behind this style, and don't pick up the warm breeze. The same relaxed tempo attack will not put too much pressure on the opponent, but will make the opponent get a certain cushion after this round of attack. ”

Listening to what Xia Fan said, Peng Ziqi was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Don't take the warm breeze?" That...... So what? That's what the owner taught. ”

"What others teach you is often someone else's own experience, and it doesn't necessarily really fit your own characteristics. Behind the wind blowing, you can try to take a sword chill. I think it's going to have a very good effect. ”

Xia Fan explained with a smile.

"Fluttering in the wind, followed by a sword and three feet cold...... This...... Can you still take it like this? No...... I won't be scolded by the owner......"

Peng Ziqi looked at Xia Fan with wide eyes and a blank look.

"The only purpose of the so-called moves and techniques is to maximize the power of the vitality in your body, so as to defeat your opponent in battle. Therefore, in the long-term accumulation, how to connect the various moves in some secret techniques has a fixed routine, because such a routine can maximize the vitality. There's nothing wrong with that, but the problem is that the rigidity of the transition and the use of routines will keep you in a state of complete detachment from the real pace of combat. ”

Xia Fan got up from his seat, and at the same time moved his fingers into a sword, and put on a sword parry posture fluttering in the wind.

Peng Ziqi listened carefully to Xia Fan's explanation, and at the same time stared at Xia Fan's movements very intently.

I don't know why, he always felt that Xia Fan put on this sword parry posture fluttering in the wind, although the posture was no different from others, but it gave people the feeling that it was much more unfathomable.

"Accustomed to the use of routines, in addition to allowing your own vitality to burst out to the maximum, it can also allow you to form a good fighting intuition, many times, the body reacts faster than the brain, which can play a good role in battle. But again, if you encounter an opponent who is more familiar with you, this faster reaction can become a weakness that the opponent can exploit, and it can almost be regarded as a double-edged sword when you can't control it perfectly. ”

Xia Fan said as he spoke, the sword moves fluttering in the wind had been used to show his finger sword, and when the momentum was about to run out, he should have regained his breath a little, and then followed by a series of sword moves, but Xia Fan didn't do it!

Seeing that the sword was about to end, Xia Fan was pointing forward, and the aura that should have been left in case of emergency burst out instantly, and the finger sword suddenly burst out with an extremely sharp edge!

Peng Ziqi, who was originally sitting on the chair and watching Xia Fan's movements intently, suddenly got up, and his face was already shocked!