Chapter 6: Sparring
Jiang Dali explained slowly: "There are also many poor people like us in the academy, and in order to earn gold coins, many people will be used as sparring partners to practice for other students, and they can only dodge or defend, not counterattack. But our current level is too poor, I'm afraid no one wants to spend money to hire us, and even if someone hires, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist effectively, and most of us will be injured. ”
Tang Lang remembered his previous experience, leaving more than ten scars on his body, and he almost died several times, so he practiced the Butterfly Knife Technique, and immediately made up his mind: "Vigorously, if you can't pass the final test and be expelled from the academy, you can still go home and follow your father to be a blacksmith, I don't know what I can do, even if I get injured, I have to be a sparring partner, as long as I am careful, it is nothing to be injured!"
Jiang Dali was also enthusiastic: "Okay! Tang Lang, you finally said something old man! You dare to be a sparring partner, what am I afraid of, let's go together, we can take care of it! Uh, I've been busy all morning, and I'm a little hungry, how about I go to eat first?"
The day's lectures passed quickly, and the lecturer of Yu Yangzhou taught a new martial art, called "chasing the wind leg", which is a dazzling leg method, for Tang Lang, it is more suitable for him than the opening of the mountain palm, after listening carefully, this martial art was once again recorded by the system and practiced skillfully.
After dinner, Jiang Dali couldn't wait to pull Tang Lang towards the back of the academy and enter a small building, and a noisy sound filled the entire hall.
"Six-grade martial arts apprentice sparring, two gold coins per hour!"
"Recruit Jiupin martial arts apprentices to practice spells, five gold coins at a time, and ten gold coins if you are injured!"
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The uniform color of the Canglei Academy is distinguished by the level of cultivation, the apprentice is dressed in a gray robe, the warrior or speller wears a white robe, and if you reach the samurai or spellcaster, it is a green robe. As far as the eye can see, most of the students in the hall are gray-robed students, less than twenty percent of the white-robed students, and the green-robed students can't be seen at all.
The two of them had only heard about the sparring before, but they had not come in person, and they were not dumbfounded after seeing it, the sparring partners here were all seniors of some middle and senior classes, and students like them who had not even graduated from the junior class were afraid that they would not have a chance at all.
"What should I do?" Jiang Dali had completely lost his mind.
Tang Lang squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "Don't worry, let's see the situation! We are not here to earn gold coins, it's a big deal that we are free sparring!"
Under the gaze of a group of middle and senior students, the two walked into the depths of the hall and saw a thin and short student with a wooden sign beside him, writing: "Five-grade martial arts apprentice, the price of sparring is negotiable!"
Seeing Tang Lang and them approaching, this person asked with a smile on his face: "Two juniors, are you going to prepare for the final test, right......?
"You two little guys, don't listen to Ding Monkey's nonsense, his level is the worst here, and it is a waste of gold for you to hire him as a sparring partner!"
Ding Monkey was so angry that his face turned red, and he retorted: "Ba Hei Xiong, don't ruin my reputation! You are just relying on your rough skin and thick meat, how can you catch up with me in terms of body method!"
Jiang Dali saw that the two began to quarrel, and hurriedly interrupted: "Two seniors, we are not here to find a sparring partner, but to be a sparring partner!"
"What?" said Ding Monkey and Ba Hei Bear in unison.
"If you're not mistaken, you two little guys haven't even graduated from the junior class, so you came here to be a sparring partner, and you can't go crazy thinking about gold coins!" Ba Hei Xiong opened his big fan-like hand and was about to push the two of them outward.
Ding Monkey thought that the business had come to the door, but he was also very disappointed when he heard it, and waved his hand and said: "Let's go, let's go, you guys leave quickly! Sparring is not a joke, especially when fighting against spell students, if you are not careful, you will be seriously injured, and if you don't make trouble, it will affect the foundation, and the gold coins are not so easy to earn! Besides, your level is so poor, how can anyone come to hire you!"
Tang Lang shook his head and said, "Thank you seniors for your concern! We are not here to earn gold coins, but to increase our actual combat experience!
The word "free" immediately caused an uproar in the hall, and the rest of the sparring partners who didn't care about the two before also cursed.
"Get out of here! this is not the place for you to fool around!"
"Free? How can this be justified, you are here to stir up the situation on purpose!"
Jiang Dali was a little timid, and asked in a low voice, "Tang Lang, what should we do?" ”
"It's okay! The academy prohibits private fights between students, and violators will be kicked out of the academy. You go find a plank, I'll wait here!" Tang Lang was unmoved and sat down next to Ding Monkey. Ding Monkey and Ba Hei Bear were afraid that they would be misunderstood and had something to do with the two, so they hurriedly hid far away, and there was actually a vacant space near the two.
Soon, Jiang Dali found a suitable wooden board from the outside, and crookedly wrote the words "free sparring" and put it at his feet, which attracted the hostile eyes of everyone around him. Jiang Dali was a little frightened by the staring, but Tang Lang turned a blind eye, and sat on the ground with his eyes closed with peace of mind.
After a while, a few people walked into the hall, all wearing gray robes, it was the students of the primary spell class, a group of sparring partners saw that customers were coming, and they all stepped forward to solicit business, and one of them walked out of several spell students, and said in a cold voice: "Give me a quiet! Choose who to be the sparring partner, we have our own opinions, don't mess around, make people upset." ”
The hall immediately became silent, and several spell practitioners paced contentedly, selecting sparring partners one by one, and when they walked in front of Tang Lang and the others, one of the spell practitioners let out an exclamation: "There is actually a free sparring partner here?"
Everyone's faces suddenly became extremely strange, and they all looked at Tang Lang and the two in the innermost, only to see the smallest spell student pointing to the wooden board in front of the two, and Tang Lang stood up unhurriedly, nodded and said, "Yes, we do provide free sparring services!"
The little spell student was about to answer, but the spell student who had just reprimanded everyone came up and stopped: "Senior Brother Zhao, don't be fooled! These two boys are both students of the junior class like you, and they have not yet graduated, so there is no benefit in finding them as sparring partners, it will only be a waste of time!"
"Senior Heshan, I'm ......" Senior Brother Zhao muttered for a long time, and finally whispered: "Senior, in fact, I don't have any spare gold coins to hire a sparring partner, and I will have a final test soon, anyway, they don't want money, otherwise I'll try it first!"
"You!" Senior He Shan didn't expect the other party to be so unconfident, and he really wanted to win over this talented junior brother, so he couldn't refute it in person, so he had to say to Tang Lang viciously: "What the hell are you two doing? Where is there a sparring partner who doesn't need money, if you dare to deceive Senior Brother Zhao, I will make it difficult for you to move an inch in the academy!"
Tang Lang has more experience in dealing with the world, where will he be frightened by He Shan, who is very inward-looking, and immediately talked eloquently: "This classmate can rest assured! Everyone is here to increase their practical skills for the final test, and the gains and losses outweigh the losses by looking for those high-level sparring partners, and the two of us are the most suitable candidates!"
He Shan's face softened a little when he heard this, and he still advised: "Senior Brother Zhao, then you can try these two boys, and if you are not satisfied with anything, you will stop immediately, and you don't have to have any worries." With me here, they don't dare to play any tricks!"
Senior Brother Zhao showed a little joy on his face, walked up to Tang Lang, and whispered: "This classmate, let me be a sparring partner!"
The three of them walked down the stairs to the second floor, all of which were separate rooms, which were used for martial arts performances, and the walls were also specially treated to resist spells or martial arts below the elementary level.
"You three little ones want to rent rooms, each room borrows one silver coin at a time, and you can use it for an hour. Who's going to pay?" said a middle-aged man sitting at the top of the stairs, seeing the three of them.
Tang Lang gently pushed Senior Brother Zhao forward: "This is the boss, we are hired sparring partners!"
Junior Zhao was a little introverted, and when Tang Lang called him "boss", his face immediately turned red, and he explained nervously: "I'm not a boss, I'm Zhao Feiyu from the third class of elementary spells, hello teacher!
The middle-aged man was amused and laughed: "I'm just a janitor, not a teacher." Pay the money and go find the room yourself, the door is open can be used, remember to lock the door from the inside after entering, otherwise I can't care if someone else breaks in!"
The three of them found a free room, buckled the door according to the middle-aged man's instructions, Tang Lang picked up a round shield, jumped into the ring first, and arched his hand and said: "Classmate Zhao, my name is Tang Lang, I will accompany you through a few moves first! I know the rules of sparring, I can't fight back, I can only dodge or defend, what other requirements do you have?"
Zhao Feiyu scratched his head and said: "I only fought with classmates and lecturers in class, I don't have much experience, you have to dodge quickly, in case you get injured, it's not good, I won't return to the Yuan spell, I can't help you heal!"
"It's okay, just let go of the attack, there won't be a problem!" Tang Lang raised the round shield in his hand to protect his chest, and put on a defensive posture, ready to meet the opponent's spell attack.
Zhao Feiyu nodded, his expression became solemn, his slender and white ten fingers waved in the air, and he shouted: "Ice Arrow Spell!"
A blue Yingying ice arrow was born out of thin air, with Zhao Feiyu's finger, a "boom" flew towards Tang Lang, the whole process Tang Lang could see clearly, there was no trace of fear at all, looking at the direction of the ice arrow, holding the round shield hard, the ice arrow hit the shield and turned into a piece of ice ballast, and the huge force made Tang Lang take a few steps back before standing firm.
"Wait a minute!" Tang Lang raised his hand.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Did I hurt you!" Zhao Feiyu thought that the other party was injured, and hurriedly apologized.