Chapter 8: The First Attempt of the Martial Arts Competition
Although it is a loose cultivation family, the Zhang family where Zhang Tianyi's lineage is located is not located in a particularly remote place because it is one of the outer families of the True Martial Sect. After descending the mountain, it is only about two hundred miles to the west from the martial arts market town near the Zhenwu Gate in the southeast region of the Xizhou Continent, even if it is less than a day for a junior outer gate martial artist.
This kind of martial arts competition town near the sect is generally dominated by people in the realm of martial arts outside the gate, and the people who come and go are often young people who do not have much wealth, or even disciples who have not left the school, so it is said that the market town is actually not much bigger than the ordinary village. There are only a few pharmacies, weapons shops, and even inns.
There are four decent enclosures with a radius of sixty or seventy steps in the competition town, and the "ring" is located in the east, west, north and south of the market town, but in general, only the south of the competition enclosure is nearby, and there are many disciples of the Zhenwu Sect and even disciples of the Sanxiu family who come out to compete or watch. A few other places are used as backup places during the more intensive martial arts activities. Even in the south of the enclosure, there are not always people competing in martial arts, more people are just practicing their skills in the field.
According to the rules here, in order to make the martial arts not too good, there is no hope of being on the list of sects and counties to actively participate in the practice of martial arts, which is also similar to a casino to a large extent. The winner of the tournament can win tips from the loser to the surrounding spectators before the tournament begins. Moreover, the competition town is generally only a symbolic draw from it, and it is a good place for penniless newcomers to earn a minimum of entanglement fees.
Seeing Zhang Fan, who came alone with a very light bag, only a very simple weapon in his hand, and was only sixteen or seventeen years old, came to the vicinity of the south martial arts competition paddock, a middle-aged martial artist near the entrance of the paddock said kindly on the surface: "Shaoxia is planning to come to the paddock to compete? Your Excellency's cultivation seems to be only four grades of the outer gate?"
Of course, Zhang Fan could see the kind of discrimination under the formal politeness, and with the experience of the rivers and lakes in his previous life, he also estimated that this person was afraid that he would lose the competition and gamble, but he couldn't afford to pay. Such young people are not uncommon, and this kind of junior jousting paddock is often not welcome. However, at this time, Zhang Fan didn't mind, and said lightly: "According to your identity, you should also be the cultivation of the six grades of martial arts, right?
The owner in charge of the southern martial arts enclosure smiled: "I am indeed not a master in the rivers and lakes, but if you can walk more than three moves in front of me, then you have the qualifications to go on stage." If you have more than ten moves, I will give you a hundred silver coins that are enough to walk the rivers and lakes for about a month, which is considered a free gift!"
Zhang Fan suddenly said in a certain voice at this moment: "Then, if I compete with you in the four grades of the outer gate, what should I do if I win?"
Hearing such words, hundreds of warriors near the competition enclosure in the south of the competition town couldn't help but be surprised, and they all laughed and discussed, but more of them still felt that they had actually encountered such a young man who was beyond his strength.
Only a few people said with a speculative attitude: "It may be possible for a master who conceals his cultivation to accompany a pig to eat a tiger."
"Hey, the kind of master who accompanies pigs and eats tigers should at least go to the Yangshan City ring in the north of the town to show his skills, how come you come to a place like ours, haven't you heard, that person is just a four-grade cultivator outside the door. Outer door martial artists, or middle and lower class outer door martial artists, have you heard that there are challenges that can cross the two grades"
"The way is also ... ”
Maybe he thinks that this is just a fledgling somewhat arrogant gentleman, the owner of the martial arts arena didn't care too much, but he had already made up his mind to teach this young man a lesson, Zhang Fan smiled when he heard this: "Then let's be light! Seeing that you don't have any decent weapons on you, I won't take advantage of you." You are empty-handed, or holding your small sword and shield, or a hidden weapon or something. I'm just going to use the palm technique. If you can overcome me, I will give you more than a thousand silver coins or a hundred gold coins, and I will not have much cash. In addition, how about all the rich people present also have a money field, and encourage this young man?"
"Pull it down! There is still suspense in your competition with this young man from the outer gate who is up and down the fourth grade, isn't this in vain for us to send money?"
That's it, people outside the court don't have much to bet on.
Zhang Fan didn't have much to worry about coming to the competition ground first, although he made up his mind not to use weapons for the time being, but in order to prevent accidents, he didn't remove the shield behind him and the short sword on his waist, just put his hands free and put them in front of his chest, and asked: "Okay, can you start?" For the time being, according to the grade and age, I am still a newcomer to the rivers and lakes, please ask Mr. to teach me to shoot first!"
Seeing that this sixteen or seventeen-year-old newcomer was so arrogant, the middle-aged owner was not polite: "Okay!
As he spoke, the owner of the field lowered his body, swayed, and approached with nimble footwork that was ready to jump at any moment. Zhang Fan's heart couldn't help but secretly praise: The warriors near the Zhenwu Gate are worthy of their own true inheritance in their previous lives, and their martial arts are not fancy at all, they are extremely practical and attach great importance to footwork. This field owner may be because of his extensive knowledge, although he doesn't think so, he is never careless when he is about to fight, and it seems that he is also a relatively excellent level among the martial artists in the six-rank category of the outer gate, and compared with the ordinary seven-rank masters of the outer gate, it is not too far behind.
Therefore, at this time, Zhang Fan did not dare to be careless, lifted a breath of internal qi and pointed his palms forward on tiptoes, and began to practice some martial arts in his previous life with the help of a famous owner.
The middle-aged field owner's footsteps suddenly accelerated and rushed over, but for some reason, he couldn't get close to Zhang Fan. There seemed to be a column of qi that precisely controlled the distance between the two, and although their speed and body skills were significantly faster than each other, they were unable to close the distance. The distance seemed to be in the hands of the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy at any time.
The field owner was also worthy of being a person with rich combat experience, and after ten face-to-face battles, he suddenly shook his right leg in the impact, lifted his left leg, and flew up to get rid of Zhang Fan's qi pillar approaching from above.
Zhang Fan did not hesitate, because he knew that with his cultivation of the four grades of the outer gate, even if he had the experience bonus brought by the spiritual power and many confrontations in his previous life, at most it was only about three grades, and in the face of this six-grade master of the outer gate who had the ability to challenge across the grades, he might not be able to win in a short time. But if it's in the air, it's a different story.
Zhang Fan also flew up almost at the same time, and the internal strength in his hand seemed to be like a real shape, which could be pushed and pulled, accurately controlling the opponent's body in the air with a certain strength, and soon crossed over to the head of the field owner, and with the help of the power of the opponent rushing forward, he slammed the middle-aged field owner's shoulder with his foot. Although there was some mercy at his feet, it also made the man fall to the ground almost instantly, and he barely stood up after three breaths.
"How about a hundred gold coins, bring them!" Zhang Fan was in a good mood. The value of a hundred gold coins is about equivalent to the value of a hundred quintals of grain, although it is said that there is no divine weapon at all, but it is enough for me to choose a basic needle-shaped weapon that is barely decent and has enough quantity. If you don't have it here, you can only go to Yangshan City.