Chapter 3: Competition
Just when Zhang Fan was stepping up his practice in the secret room shortly after waking up, Zhang Wenyuan seemed to feel a strange sense of unease. The third child's performance seems to be too confident, as if he has some hole cards? Some of Zhang Wenyuan's regrets are that many sects and even martial arts people on the rivers and lakes have built very secret practice secret rooms in order to prevent them from going mad. Except for Zhang Tian himself, it is difficult for outsiders to find out some truths. Even ordinary disciples of some scattered cultivation families tend to make arrangements like this.
Zhang Wenyuan's mother, who is also the head of his father Zhang Tian, did not have much unease. The Lin family, who is still in his forties, is also a master of the eight grades of the outer door, and Zhang Tianlai, who is the master of the Zhang family, is only slightly inferior, and among the women who can reach this level, he is also a rare master in the rivers and lakes, so he has learned a lot of rumors about the rivers and lakes:" Even if it is not once in those hundreds of years, the legendary master reincarnation adventure has befallen a person with low qualifications who has just entered the outer door at the age of sixteen, and it is already a rare surprise for a hundred years to improve two grades in a short period of time and four grades within a month, so rest assured! Liang is not a person who is good at disguising, and there is nothing to worry about. ”
Just after Zhang Wenyuan returned to his practice secret room, he quietly swept around with his gaze, and a spiritual power barrier that should not have appeared in the low-martial rivers and lakes was scattered around. Of course, there is also a magical object that should not appear in the West Continent: the Space Ring.
A ghost that seemed to be somewhat illusory was called out by Zhang Wenyuan: "What the Lin family said is not credible, that day, you should also observe the third child of the Zhang family up close, is there anything strange?"
"It's a bit strange. The improvement of that person's skill should not be obvious, it should be the appearance of the second or third grade of the outer door. However, the mental power is not necessarily much inferior to yours. It's not too far from this seat. The ghost in the ring space replied.
"How is this possible?" At this time, Zhang Wenyuan also felt quite surprised: "Once the dignified Yin Spirit Sect turns to the peak ghost cultivation, even if the reincarnation possession cultivation is a big loss, it is definitely not something that these martial artists who have not entered the inner door can compare... ”
"Maybe that person is also a ghost monk. Of course, his martial arts are too poor. If you pretend to miss the killer during the family test, you may be able to get rid of a problem. As if sensing that Zhang Wenyuan was already a little hesitant, the ghost smiled and said: "What, you have inherited Zhang Wenyuan's memory, don't you know how great the advantage of the so-called martial arts realm four or five grades here is?
"Yes, there is still a month or so, enough for me to familiarize myself with some of the martial arts skills here... Thinking of this, Zhang Wenyuan's confidence has improved a lot. According to his own estimation, the spiritual power of at least seven or eight orders is now, and a month is enough time to familiarize himself with the combat skills on the outer gate of the martial arts, especially when the Zhang family, which is not in the middle of the rivers and lakes, has no exercises worth mentioning at all.
Nearly a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the day when Zhang Fan will turn 16 years old and take the family test is very close. As a loose cultivator in the rivers and lakes, Zhang Tian's family is no better than some sects with a large foundation, and there is no tall and perfect martial arts platform or courtyard. The venue of the competition is located in a very open field outside the Zhangjia manor. Not only Zhang Tianlin and his wife, but also all the disciples, in order to prevent evasion of military service, the Great Xia court would also watch the family test on the day when the registered people reached the age of sixteen to prevent favoritism and evasion of military service.
Although it has been a month since Double Happiness came to the door, Zhang Tian was still excited at this time. After getting a preliminary understanding of the situation of Zhang Tian's family, the conscription official in charge of the investigation and inspection in the official palace also congratulated: "I heard that you have two awakened disciples last month, and one of them is only about seventeen years old and has already reached the height of the seven-rank realm of the outer gate, which is really gratifying! In the future, maybe your Zhang family will also be able to start a sect and establish a sect, and you will have a small reputation in the rivers and lakes!"
In the past month, Zhang Wenyuan has already possessed the skills of the Seven Grades of the Outer Gate at the age of seventeen, and the matter of awakening the martial artist has also spread in the vicinity of Zhangjiazhuang. The government also attached great importance to it and sent a well-known master of the outer gate nine products to investigate.
At this time, Zhang Tian also remembered something, and pleaded with the government masters who came to recruit and survey in excitement: "The third dog has also awakened and broken through recently, but his skills are no more than the appearance of the top and bottom of the three grades. For the sake of an awakened martial artist who has reached the age of sixteen, can he still be accommodating after joining the army, and how about not taking the blood Gu in the army?"
Hearing this, the government conscription inspector looked embarrassed: "I can't be the master of this matter." According to the rules, this immunity is only available when a four-rank martial artist who has reached the age of sixteen is in the army. If the rules are broken, I'm afraid that many people will be dissatisfied, and the above will be traced, but it's not easy to do. . . ”
seemed to see that Zhang Tian wanted to say something, so he said calmly: "Recently, the situation at the border pass has been very tight, and the imperial court is also strictly investigating favoritism and fraud in the army. So now a lot of things are no longer something that money can solve. Unless the first- and second-tier sects and even the direct family can still accommodate one or two through the relationship, others may not have this opportunity... ”
Hearing such words, Zhang Tian couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the Liang family. Lin also pretended to be concerned at this time and comforted Liang: "Sister doesn't need to worry too much. Maybe Fan Er will be able to kill the enemy in the army in the future, and win the opportunity to be exempted from the Blood Gu. Besides, even if there is no way out of the martial arts in the future, peace and security are blessings... ”
At this time, Zhang Fan calmly closed his eyes to the side, and with Zhang Fan's spiritual power up and down the seventh-order realm at this time, he also heard sporadic gossip. However, what made Zhang Fan a little speechless was that before the family relied on the school this time, the soy sauce that set off the atmosphere for the protagonist's counter-killing in the ordinary fantasy novels in later generations was basically not heard much.
After all: the difference between the three grades of the outer door and the seven grades of the outer door is quite a huge gap, and the results of the competition are not worth discussing at all. In the history of Xia Guo's martial arts for more than 10,000 years, there have also been some top masters with amazing talents who have a record of crossing the fourth or even fifth grades to compete with opponents. In the history of the growth of a peerless master two thousand years ago, there was a history of fighting with the master of the inner door nine grades with about the third grade of the inner door. Sixteen years ago, the peerless genius Wind and Thunder Hero Zhang Ruzhen created the martial arts myth of the peak cultivation of the nine grades of the inner door to compete with the masters of Qi refining and immortal cultivators.
However, there is no doubt that these geniuses who can leapfrog the challenge have one thing in common: that is, almost all of them are masters of the inner door with deep internal skills. Only the master of the inner door can create such a miracle when he obtains some peerless magic skills, or creates some peerless skills, or has the assistance of peerless magic weapons or magic medicines. There is not much accumulation at all, and the outer sect martial artists who cannot practice advanced and profound exercises are still middle and lower class disciples of the outer sect, and even those who can cross the two grades to compete are extremely rare.
"Please make a move first, third brother!" At this time, Zhang Wenyuan no longer seemed to be as strong as a month ago in front of the conscription inspector, but stood at the other end of sixty or seventy steps away, and transmitted the voice to the surroundings with internal force. In his hand, a twelve-pound long sword two inches wide and four feet long, as thick as a double-edged axe, was held in his right hand, and it did not shine, and it did not insert the sword into the scabbard.
It stands to reason that in ordinary martial arts, the competition test within the family, because there is often no too high inner door master town, and the outer door martial artist can not be retracted freely, so in order to avoid too high risk of death and injury, it is usually carried out with a scabbard or other protective weapon protective shell to conduct the competition test. Real sword competitions are often something that can only happen in the ring of some martial arts duels on the rivers and lakes. It's just that at this time, even Zhang Tian felt that the advantage of about four grades could completely allow Zhang Wenyuan, who had the advantage, to "point to the end" without planning to be a killer. And although Zhang Wenyuan, a child, is usually introverted, he should not do anything that kills each other.
Zhang Fan also said bluntly after walking to the other end of the demarcated martial arts arena: "Little brother, I don't carry a bow and arrow, and I am a cultivator of the three grades of the outer gate, how can I attack first at such a long distance?"
As he spoke, Zhang Fan put the one on his left arm that was not too big, and the shield he used when he was a child was horizontal in front. In his right hand, he held the hilt of a short sword weighing two feet long and held it in his hand and drove away.
"In this case, the inspector is also nearby, so my brother will try his best to test it! ready?!" As he spoke, Zhang Wenyuan began to slowly move forward. The pace is getting faster and faster, and soon it is like running. After a distance of thirty steps, he lowered his body and shook his body, performing the Zhang family's undetermined footwork, slowly and alertly approaching forward. It seems that he is not facing a weak opponent who is four grades lower than himself, but a great enemy. Seeing this, the conscription inspector of the outer gate nine products couldn't help but admire.
The amorphous footwork is also a simple and practical footwork created by Zhang Ruzhen more than ten years ago to abandon the tricks of the flower frame. Sudden left and right, sudden and slow, make full use of the ground friction and the angle between the center of gravity to carry out irregular maneuvers to the greatest extent, and cooperate with various blocking means on the battlefield is a primary mastery to deal with the threat of bows and crossbows and even projection martial arts.
This martial art is not of much value to Zhang Ruzhen, who has deep internal force, because Zhang Ruzhen was able to use his internal force to change his body freely and strangely very early, and the footwork used is called ghost footwork, and he does not need to care about the center of gravity and foot kung fu like a mortal martial artist. It's just that Zhang Ruzhen was invited by the Xia royal family to create a footwork suitable for the lower level of the outer gate.
is also the amorphous footwork of the seven-rank martial artist of the outer gate, Zhang Wenyuan's footwork at this time seems to be from experience to proficiency should not be possessed by a young man who has not experienced much actual combat and has not entered the rivers and lakes.
After slowly approaching to a distance of about twenty steps, Zhang Wenyuan's figure suddenly accelerated, and it seemed that he was no longer completely restricted by the friction of the center of gravity and the ground, and ran towards Zhang Wenyuan like a ghost, making Zhang Tiandu, who was not far away, feel an inexplicable murderous aura and sense of crisis. Almost at the same time, a sharp light used the speed of the body from back to front, and the four-foot blade with the thickness of an axe pointed directly at the center of gravity of the body near Zhang Fan's dantian, the speed of the body was as fast as a cheetah, and the speed of the sword was like a strong crossbow with the help of the speed of the body and the speed of the hand, and it seemed that he did not intend to keep his hand at all. At a distance of about ten steps, it was almost unavoidable for the middle and lower level martial artists of the outer gate.
"Wenyuan, what are you doing?"
"Fan'er!"
Seeing this, Zhang Tian and even Liang couldn't help but exclaim.