Chapter 144: Martial Arts Examination (4)
Shen Xi did not use the relatively sharp unsheathed sword, but used the Fengchun sword. Although the moves of the sword technique are different, each turn, each swing and slash needs to be controlled by a person, so the same sword technique can be performed by different people, and it can play a completely different effect.
Xu Ji'an's long wooden knife flew in mid-air and spun. His stocky body, much more nimble than expected, took a light leap and caught the long wooden knife, and as he turned to face it, a long green vine appeared on the tip of his wooden knife.
Although the examiner said that he could only use the Unsheathed Sword, the Fengchun Sword and the Wanhe Sword, he did not say that he could not use spells. Xu Ji'an is not a foul.
It is obvious that Xu Ji'an has the physique of the wood genus, and has a talent beyond ordinary people. He cast the spell very quickly, and he didn't recite the spell out loud to improve his spiritual cohesion, but he just twisted the trick in his left hand, his eyes were burning, and his expression was serious. Generally speaking, it takes an extremely long time for a person in the Qi refining period to cast a spell, but this short and fat boy is actually able to cast a spell in an instant.
Shen Xi couldn't dodge, so he could only block it with his sword. Who knew that the green vines were like a terrifying snake, entwining Shen Xi's sword. Damn, Shen Xi can only twist the trick to cast a spell.
Casting spells is very unfavorable for Shen Xi now, the injury on her shoulder has not yet healed, and as soon as her left arm is exerted, it will be extremely painful. But the spell must be twisted, holding a sword in the right hand, and only twisting the trick with the left hand. Fortunately in the midst of misfortune, Shen Xi's proficiency in casting spells was much higher than that of these children.
It's not that she bullies the small, but at extraordinary times, how can she take care of so much. Shen Xi used the most basic Fire Cloud Technique. She controlled the level of her spells so well that she only burned the vines. The sword was not burned.
The short and fat boy Xu Ji'an reacted quickly, and he was not surprised that Shen Xi broke his spell, but became more and more courageous. Another spell was cast, and vines grew in the gap between the bluestone slabs, entangled Shen Xi's two feet to death.
Shen Xi couldn't move, she couldn't burn her feet. She is the physique of the fire genus, the physique that is most easily eaten by her own elements. She is still in the foundation building period, and she is still an ordinary person's body, not a pure elemental body. will be burned to death by his own spells. She didn't want to burn herself to death for a game.
However, everyone is competitive. Even though Shen Xi was tricked by fate again and again, she never lost this competitive spirit. She didn't struggle, but saw the opportunity and slashed at Xu Ji'an.
However. Xu Ji'an did not accept her sword. He went around Shen Xi's back, wanting to attack Shen Xi from behind.
Shen Xi was slightly surprised, not because Xu Ji'an wanted to sneak attack her from behind, but because she felt that people should not be disrespectful. Before, when I first saw Zhou Wenxi, the scorpion child, I thought she must be a hypocritical person, but after the fight, I found that this person was fighting in a fair and honest manner.
And this Xu Ji'an seems to be honest. But the mind is very delicate, and in order to win, he will do whatever it takes. He has no shame as a warrior. There is only the pride of victory in his eyes, and winning or losing is what he values most.
Shen Xi has lived for more than 20 years, her world is actually very simple, if she is an enemy, she will kill her, as for her friends, she will face each other directly, and she will not always stick to each other. She doesn't depend on anyone, because no one can be trusted.
If your family will die, so will your friends. The death of a person you care about will bring great suffering. Shen Xi has always wanted to escape similar emotions, however, she is a human being, and she can't escape love and hatred no matter what.
The two opponents Shen Xi met today made her slowly realize that people are extremely complex animals and cannot be distinguished by simple good and bad.
Zhou Wenxi's swordsmanship is shady, her personality is changeable, and she even gives people a sense of hypocrisy, but she dares to look directly at failure, even if she loses, she is proud, because she accepts the gap in strength and knows that there are people outside the people, and there are mountains outside the mountains.
Xu Ji'an behaves politely, describes honestly, fights but does whatever it takes, even does such things as attacking from behind, and feels that this is understandable, as long as he wins, it is the truth.
Man is the most complex animal, good people do bad things, and bad people do good things. Man is not a piece of paper, there are only two sides. People are as complex and changeable as rolling mountains and meandering rivers.
Shen Xi has always wanted to find the answer, why do people have such strong selfish desires, for the sake of a Yi Ling recipe, can wipe out a clan. And why did she hate it so much, wanting to raze the entire Longquan Immortal Mountain to the ground.
She would sometimes quietly think about why people live, why they knew they were going to die, and why they worked so hard to cultivate, just to live a few more years.
What can you do with all these years of living more? It's just to continue cultivating, and since being alive is just cultivating, what's the point?
She had wanted to die countless times, but there was always a voice in her head telling her that she could die if she had not avenged her revenge.
In fact, it was just an excuse for her to live.
What do people live for? This question is a question that human beings have been thinking about since they had wisdom, and everyone will give a different answer, but in the end, this answer will be denied by themselves. Back and forth, back and forth, no one was able to give a satisfactory answer.
Shen Xi is just an ordinary person, and she can't answer this question either.
At this moment, Shen Xi, she just wants to win, and she doesn't have time to think about such a deep question and it is impossible to find the answer.
She just wanted to win, not why she wanted to win. Winning is human nature, and winning is human pursuit. Shen Xi obeyed his nature and went to win this battle.
She leaned back, twisted her left hand, and drew a large arc with her sword, an arc of flames, like a hungry beast, and pounced mercilessly towards Xu Ji'an.
Xu Ji'an cast a spell and weaved a rattan wall in front of him.
Fire Wood. Shen Xi's cultivation far surpassed Xu Ji'an, how could the wood in the Qi refining period block the fire of the foundation of the period.
Xu Ji'an lost, and he lost convincingly. He always thought that it was only a half-level gap, why would the thirty-six people in the foundation building period get special treatment, and even when they took the literary examination, they had to be different from others and sit on the high Qingchi platform.
He is from the remote county of Oriyama. He used to be the most enviable prodigy in Zhishan County, but when he arrived here, he did not get any courtesy, but was blinded and humiliated. He thought that his family background was not good, and others looked down on him. He thought that his dress was too rustic, and others mocked him.
But after fighting against the girl in front of him, Xu Ji'an really realized the gap, there was a world of difference between the Qi refining period and the foundation building period. Those thirty-six people received preferential treatment without any relationship with their origins, because they had the capital of pride and the capital of being respected and admired.
Xu Ji'an faced Shen Xi, looked at her deeply, and said, "Thank you for your advice!" Xu Ji'an of Zhishan County has been taught! (To be continued......)