Chapter 198: I can't figure it out
I couldn't help but be a little curious, so I followed the other party all the way, trying to find out.
A moment later, Mu Qi stopped at a place called Wangjiang Pavilion and waited for Yue Fengxue to come. He followed all the way, feeling that this figure was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Where did he see it, when he followed him to the vicinity of Wangjiang Pavilion, he saw that the other party was already standing there, as if waiting for him.
Yue Fengxue was puzzled in her heart, and asked loudly: "Your Excellency brought Yue here, I don't know what you have to do, is it a friend or an enemy?" ”
Mu Qi chuckled, slowly took off his mask, and said, "Brother Yue, don't you know me?" ”
"Is that you? I don't know what your Excellency is doing to let Yue come here? Who the hell are you? Yue Fengxue asked with some confusion.
"My surname is Luo, I asked you to come here just for one thing, I don't know if the words of the four princes of martial arts count?" Mu Qi asked lightly.
"Of course! We are martial arts people, keeping our promises is more important than our lives! Yue Fengxue replied.
"Good! Brother Yue is refreshing, it is so, after the competition starts tomorrow, I hope that the four princes will help Qingmu and let her enter the finals smoothly! Muzi said with a smile.
Yue Fengxue nodded slowly and said, "Good strategy!" It turns out that Brother Mu has planned all this from the beginning! Extraordinary! Yue admires! Don't worry, since my four sons have agreed, I will definitely fulfill my promise and will satisfy you! ”
"Thank you! If this can be done, we will be friends in life and death from now on, and if there is anything difficult in the future, just come to Luo! Muzi added.
Yue Fengxue continued: "Brother Mu is refreshing! I'm sure you're a friend! There will be a period later, so you just have to wait tomorrow! After he finished speaking, he didn't stay any longer, performed light skills, and left the Wangjiang Pavilion in a moment, and went straight back to the east courtyard wing.
After Yue Fengxue left, Mu Qi slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and now it seems that everything is under his control, and there is a trace of happiness in his heart, and he was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly, a sound came.
"Qi'er! So you're here! ”
Mu Qi was slightly startled, hurriedly turned around, bowed forward, and said, "Master, you haven't rested yet. ”
"Haha! Qi'er, do you accept apprentices for the teacher, or do you accept apprentices? Mr. Crane smiled slightly, and asked pretending to be puzzled.
"Master, I'm sorry! It's all Qi'er's advocacy, please don't blame Master! Muzi said, kneeling forward.
Mr. Crane was secretly lucky, supporting him with his hand, Mu Qi suddenly felt an internal force pulling his arm, and he was about to fall backwards, and suddenly, in a hurry, he instilled the internal force into his arms to resist this internal force.
Mr. Crane laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Qi'er, your martial arts have made great progress!" ”
"Master smiled, Qi'er is messing around this time, and I hope that Master, your old man will forgive me!" Muzi said apologetically.
"It doesn't matter! Anyway! It's just that the teacher thinks it's very strange, although this Qingmu girl is indeed very good in qualifications, the teacher also likes her very much. ”
"It's just a girl who can make Qi'er so attentive, I'm afraid it's not just for the teacher to accept her as an apprentice, it's so simple!" Mr. Tsuru asked with some confusion.
"Well, Master, you are really discerning, and Qing Mu's qualifications should be above Qi'er in Qi'er's opinion. If it takes time, it will be successful. As for why Qi'er cares so much about her? This matter has to start with you, Master. ”
Mu Qi replied lightly.
Mr. Tsuru was a little puzzled and asked, "You said you are a teacher?" Why is that? After speaking, he touched his beard again, and joked with a smile: "Qi'er, I see, you deliberately pushed it to be a teacher!" I think you may be tempted by this Qingmu girl! ”
Mu Qi nodded slowly and said, "Yes!" Disciple admitted! However, Master once said that Qi'er's fate is closely related to the woman in a dream, and Qing Mu is the woman in Qi'er's dream, that is, the woman who is destined! ”
Mr. Tsuru pondered for a moment and said, "I see! However, do you know that Qing Mu's stepmother Luo Xiulan is related to the poison that appeared in the rivers and lakes more than 20 years ago. ”
And this poisonous door has infiltrated into the harem, in the future in the capital, the two of you should be more careful, otherwise you will fall into each other's trap if you are not careful!
Mu Qi heard the master's reminder, nodded slightly, and said, "Hmm! Master, Qi Er had already guessed that Qing Mu's poisoning that day was related to this Luo Xiulan, but she didn't know what was so powerful about this poisonous sect, and even Master was so afraid! ”
Mr. Crane shook his head slightly and said, "Master is not afraid of them, but he is afraid that you will suffer!" The poison god is the poison god who was able to tie with the master more than 20 years ago. ”
Unexpectedly, he didn't die more than 20 years ago, when he was knocked off the cliff by his teacher, he must have practiced hard for more than 20 years, trying to seek revenge again!
"I see! I don't know how this Luo Xiulan knows the God of Poison, it's really incredible! Mu Qi said suspiciously.
"If Master's guess is correct, Luo Xiulan should be the descendant of the Taiyuan City Palace, if so, then the poison god should be the capable and righteous man who helped Bolian Kingdom expand its territory back then."
It was only later that he fell into the rivers and lakes because of many changes, which led to his behavior going to extremes and poisoning people, so it caused public anger in Wulin. Master had to go out of the mountain and clear it out! Mr. Crane said lightly.
"Hmmm! I know, but tomorrow's competition, Master plans to ......" Mu Qi raised his head and looked at Master pleadingly.
Mr. He smiled and said, "Qi'er, aren't you all confident?" Do you still need to intervene for the teacher? ”
"But, after all, you are the examiner, and it is inconvenient for Qi'er to appear in public!" Mu Qi looked at the master and said.
"Alright! I promise you as a teacher! Tomorrow, I will arrange all this, you can rest assured! Mr. Tsuru smiled.
Mu Qi stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Thank you, Master!" ”
"No need, let's go back and rest early! Tomorrow, as a teacher, I want to see what kind of talents have emerged from the young generation on the rivers and lakes in the past 20 years! Mr. Tsuru said again.
"Yes, Master, the apprentice is leaving!" Mu Qi replied, turned around and left the Wangjiang Pavilion after speaking, and went straight to his residence.
It is Mu, who is destined to be a sleepless Mu for Qing Mu, thinking about Mu Qi's various strange expressions today, how can he not think clearly.
Hong Luo looked at Qing Mu who had been sitting at the table, looking at the candle in a daze, a little confused, and asked, "County Lord, there is a competition tomorrow, and you still have to rest early." ”
Qing Mu shook his head and said, "Hong Luo, you go to sleep first, I can't sleep yet." ”
"How's that going to work! After all, tomorrow's assessment is the physical strength of the school, how can you do it if you don't sleep! Hong Luo was anxious, walked to Qing Mu's side, pulled her and walked to the bed. Qing Mu had no choice but to let her pull herself.
Lying quietly on the bed, his mind was still thinking about the meaning of Mu Qi's words, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, and unconsciously, a sleepiness crept into his heart, and he fell asleep after a while.
The next day, that is, August 15th, is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a rare event in a hundred years, today in this Shengyue Xuan, the first major sect in the rivers and lakes, its Xuan Lord Mr. Crane.
Known as the martial arts of Mount Tai Beidou, martial arts in the world, its swordsmanship is superb, can be described as unprecedented.
Although Qing Mu slept late yesterday, he still got up early, and after having breakfast with Hong Luo, he followed Qin Muyang from Huashan to Cuihan Pavilion early.
Shengyuexuan is indeed very good at choosing a place, where the green mountains and green waters are built on the mountain, and on top of this Wanxiu Peak, there is such a large piece of flat land, which Qingmu did not expect.
And not far away, there is also a very large lake, I can't imagine that such a Wanxiu Peak, it is so ghostly, eye-catching, she looked at the scene, and secretly surprised in her heart.
At this moment, all the martial arts people who participated in the competition had gathered near the Cui Han Pavilion, and everyone whispered something to each other, and some of them said: "I believe that I will be able to meet Mr. Crane of the Supreme Martial Arts today!" ”
The little girl who had met everyone a few times yesterday walked forward, walked slowly to the high platform in front of her, and said loudly: "Heroes, please be quiet! After speaking, he turned to the entourage next to him and said loudly: "Please Lord Xuan!" ”
A man in a green coat, with a trace of hair on his head, walked towards this side with a steady pace, Qing Mu saw it, and was shocked, isn't this the predecessor who stood on top of the pine and cypress tree that day and heard his own words!
At this moment, Qing Mu was speechless in shock.
All the heroes, seeing the handsome and calm Mr. Crane appear, all of them fell silent, he slowly walked up to the high platform in front of him, faced everyone, smiled slightly, and said, "Heroes, please sit down!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Xuan!" The heroes said in unison.
Mr. He's eyes swept over the various sects and factions in the audience, and saw that the Kongtong faction, Huashan faction, Yueyangmen, Tangmen, Tianshan faction, Hengshan faction, Shaolin Temple, etc. were all present.
I was secretly surprised in my heart, I just conveyed a small piece of news to the rivers and lakes, so many heroes couldn't imagine selling the face of this old man who had not shown up for 20 years.
Thinking of this, I was still a little happy in my heart, so I said loudly: "Heroes, today you are old and talented, and you are really a little reluctant to gather the world's martial arts for me." ”
However, today, it is a big day for my Holy Moon Xuan, and it is rare for martial arts to have this grand event, thank you to all the heroes and various sects for their support.
The old and decayed martial arts are mediocre, I originally wanted to grow old and no longer recruit disciples, but after all, martial arts cultivation is not my personal private property, for the long-term stability of the martial arts in the rivers and lakes, so He made an exception to accept apprentices today.
I hope that all the heroes can rely on their true skills to let the old man find the pearl in his heart.
"Good! Good! Mr. Crane, you are too modest, if you are mediocre in martial arts, then we will not be powerless! Feng Qingming said with a smile.
"Yes! Oh, yes! The crowd responded one after another. While everyone was bustling with each other, suddenly, a loud scream came.
"Cloud King Chitose has arrived!" Everyone was stunned, and they followed the prestige, only to see a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes, walking towards the high platform in the middle.
Qing Mu suddenly saw Mu Lianyuan appearing, and he was extremely angry for a moment, and said in his heart, why is this Mu Lianyuan so shameless?
I have to follow everywhere, and today I want him to see how he entered the first major sect of martial arts. When the time comes, if you learn martial arts well, you will definitely be torn to pieces!
Mr. Crane looked at the Cloud King who walked over from the audience indifferently.
Mu Lianyuan slowly walked up to the stage, bowed down, and said: "I have seen Mr. He, this king heard that Shengyue Xuan recruited disciples in the room, this king is not talented, I think that this king's talent and learning are completely lined with your disciples, I hope Mr. Crane you will accept this king as an apprentice!" ”
Mr. He sneered and said, "The old man's martial arts are low, I'm afraid that it will delay the future of King Yun, so the old man still can't accept you as an apprentice." Besides, now in front of the heroes of the world, the old man does not dare to show favoritism, please forgive King Yun! ”
The little girl who had been in charge of the overall situation in place of Mr. Crane yesterday stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness King Yun, please sit down!" However, there are strict rules for the recruitment of disciples in the Holy Moon Xuan this time, please forgive King Yun! ”
Mu Lianyuan was turned away for a moment, and he was a little angry in his heart, but he was still very kind on the surface, and said with a smile: "If this is the case, then the king will see what kind of master disciple Mr. He will choose today!" ”
King Yun's advisor Wang Lin stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, please take a seat!" ”
Mr. Crane said coldly: "This is my Shengyue Xuan's place, not the prince's capital, I hope you don't dominate the lord!" ”
"Of course! Of course! This king is just a bystander today! Mu Lianyuan said with a smile, and sat down on a chair next to him after speaking.
The little girl glanced at King Yun, then at the master, Mr. He, nodded slightly, turned to the group and said, "The hour has arrived, and the competition has officially begun!" ”
Heroes, you look at the lake opposite, now with the Cui Han Pavilion as the starting and ending point, among each group of people, whoever returns to the end first will be deemed to have given up, even if anyone wins, any accident along the way will be regarded as giving up!
The martial arts heroes looked in the direction pointed by the little girl, and the distance back and forth was about two miles, and the round trip was about four miles.
Everyone nodded their heads, indicating that they had understood, and said, "Okay, you can start!" ”
The little girl smiled faintly and said, "Good! Eight groups of people started at the same time, and the eight people next to me each carried a flag with the marks of one to eight groups written on it. ”
The winner who reaches the finish line first will receive the flag from the eight judges, indicating that they have won. However, people in different groups should not interfere with each other, otherwise they will be disqualified. Heroes, do you understand?
"Understood, let's get started!" Everyone replied.
"Good! Get in place, get ready, and begin! One of the attendants beside the little girl shouted loudly.
As soon as the words fell, all the test takers rushed forward one after another, Qing Mu did not dare to slack off, after hearing the start, he pulled his legs and rushed forward, Hong Luo shouted loudly behind him: "County Lord, come on!" Come on! ”
Qing Mu rushed forward like crazy, saying that it was a little strange, no one behind him followed, and no one in his own group in front of him surpassed, he was very surprised, and for a moment, he didn't have time to look behind to see what the situation was.
When she ran to the lake and ran back, she was extremely shocked when she saw it. It turned out that several people in this group fell to the ground and fell unconscious along the way.
She felt incredible, and thought to herself, could this be the method arranged by Mu Qi, so victorious, but she was a little embarrassed.
However, according to the rules, it is true that these people have already been defeated. Thinking of this, I could only shake my head helplessly, still trying to run forward quickly, and another moment passed.
He had already reached the end of the line and received the flag with the words "One Group" written on it from the hand of the attendant.
Wang Lin looked at the audience, was shocked, and said in surprise: "Lord, lord!" Look, isn't that Miss Qingmu?"
Mu Lianyuan heard Wang Lin's words, raised his eyes and looked carefully, and sure enough, it was Qing Mu who was standing in the first position in front of him, who just paid attention to the competition of everyone, and did not notice Qing Mu in the crowd.
However, his group was very strange, except for Qing Mu, the others fell to the ground on the way, and even Mu Lianyuan felt incredible.
After another cup of tea, the eight groups of people have already divided the winners and losers, the girl took the numbers in her hand, one by one, and said loudly: "The top eight of today's competition have all been produced, and they are the No. 1 Qingmu." ”
No. 12 Liu Qinglai, No. 17 Tang Haifeng, No. 19 Yue Fengxue, No. 27 Chen Dacheng, No. 32 Liu Jinlong, No. 39 Xuan Haolong, No. 47 Wang Zhen, please take a step forward for the eight contestants!
Qing Mu was still a little dazed, he hadn't woken up from the changes just now, and he didn't hear the little girl's words, Hong Luo looked at Qing Mu there in a daze, walked up to her, and said in a low voice: "County Lord, I've called you!" ”
Qing Mu was stunned, nodded, followed the others forward, and looked up at Mr. Crane on the stage. He smiled at Qing Mu and nodded slowly.
Qing Mu muttered in his heart, he had never met this Mr. Crane, how could he seem to have known him for a long time?
The little girl stepped forward again and said with a smile, "Congratulations to the eight winners!" According to yesterday's agreement, the one just now is an additional test! Now the official competition has just begun! ”
Now according to the group number, Qing Mu to Wangzhen, according to the flag just held, confirm the number, respectively one to eight. Now the first competition will be held in a first-come-first-served order, and after this round, four candidates will be eliminated.
In other words, only four players made it to the second round.
In the first competition, the topic of the competition is calligraphy, please write a word within a quarter of an hour and give it to Mr. Tsuru to see, if you can get the favor of his old man, then you can be shortlisted!
The eight people standing in the audience nodded one after another, indicating that they already knew the rules, so they started with Qing Mu being the first.
Qing Mu looked at the table and chairs prepared in advance, sat down indifferently, spread out the rice paper, and thought about what words to write in order to make Mr. Crane unforgettable? After pondering for a moment, he picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write.
The heroes are puzzled, Mr. Crane, as the Taishan Beidou of martial arts, recruits disciples into the room, does not take the school martial arts, but takes the handwriting test, which is incredible.
Qin Muyang said: "You don't know! Seeing words is like meeting, Mr. Tsuru's test is not to write poetry, but calligraphy! ”
Feng Qingming felt a little incredible, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Qin means that Mr. He is the one who tested everyone's calligraphy?" ”
Qin Muyang nodded and said, "Of course!" Calligraphy is not simple, calligraphy requires the heart, eyes, and hands to cooperate with each other, and through calligraphy you can see the person's cultivation, patience and personality differences! ”
Feng Qingming looked at Qin Muyang in surprise, and said in surprise: "Calligraphy, can you see so many things?" ”
Qin Muyang smiled and said: "For example, people who like to write regular scripts, they like to use exquisite pen and ink and rigorous knots, indicating that people who write regular scripts are generally more patient and meticulous!" ”
However, those who like wild grass can see from his smooth brushwork that he is a very chic and confident person!
"I can't believe that there are so many truths in calligraphy! Mr. Tsuru is really not ordinary! Mr. Tsuru is going to see the character of these people through calligraphy! Feng Qingming nodded in affirmation.
Qin Muyang nodded lightly and continued: "Because people can be disguised, but calligraphy can't be disguised!" Everyone nodded slowly, praising Mr. Crane for his cleverness.
While everyone was talking about the calligraphy of the school examination, Qing Mu had finished writing, confidently walked forward, handed the rice paper to the little girl, and sat opposite Mr. He.
Mr. Crane smiled slightly, carefully studied Qing Mu's calligraphy, was amazed, and showed a satisfied face, and after a while, he only heard: "Well, not bad!" Girl's book, the font is exquisite and detailed. ”
Between the strokes, it is strong and powerful, but it does not seem to come from the hand of a girl, but it seems that the girl has some resentment in her heart, so it affects some of the girl's breath.
This book is indeed a good work, but it seems that something is missing, so that the old man can not see it! However, in the old man's opinion, although there is a little flaw, the flaw is not hidden, and the old cultivator allows you to enter the second round!
Qing Mu was surprised again and again, remembering today's strange things for a long time and couldn't calm down, when he heard Mr. Crane say let himself enter the next round, for a moment, he was relieved, and his heart was very happy.
Slowly got up, bowed, and said, "Thank you Mr. Crane for your advice!" ”
Mr. Crane slowly waved his hand to signal her to retreat, Qing Mu turned around happily and walked straight to the high platform, and at a glance, he saw Mu Lianyuan, who was staring at him tightly, glared at him angrily and walked back, standing beside Hong Luo.
Hong Luo asked anxiously: "County Lord, County Lord!" How's that? ”
Qing Mu nodded slowly and said in a low voice: "It's passed!" ”
When Hong Luo heard Qing Mu's words, he instantly said happily: "Oops! County Lord, you are so powerful! has already passed two levels in a row, it seems that this old gentleman Crane is a disciple of the house......"