Chapter 28 Shock (I)
"What? You say you've learned those two skills? Yan Shi was shocked when he heard this, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was unlikely.
"Yes." Zhao Zheng replied firmly.
"Zhao Gongzi, you're not entertaining the old man, are you?"
"Hehe, the seniors are too careful, I am very serious about inviting you, and there is no deception."
Yan Shi saw that Zhao Zheng said solemnly, and his heart was even more confused, and he couldn't guess Zhao Zheng's intentions, but since Zhao Zheng said so, he could only do it. Anyway, it is impossible for Zhao Zheng to learn those two unique skills in such a short time, if Zhao Zheng can't perform, he can understand the matter as soon as possible and send Zhao Zheng away.
"Okay, Zhao Gongzi, please here, I'll go with you to gather those hall masters and let them be witnesses together." Yan Shi flicked his sleeves and pointed to the door.
Zhao Zheng was the first to step out of the house, Yan Shi followed, and the two walked side by side, going to the residence where the hall masters were and calling them out. After these people heard that Zhao Zheng had learned two unique skills, they were first a little surprised, and then some didn't believe it, and they all thought that this was impossible.
"It took me years of hard work to practice that sword swallowing skill, and you actually said that you learned it in one day, isn't this nonsense? Zhao Gongzi, I can advise you, don't be reckless. If you don't swallow it properly, you will be killed if you perform this unique skill. You don't want to put your life on the line to win a fight. The wizened hall master spoke more straightforwardly, and spoke his thoughts openly.
Zhao Zheng likes to deal with straightforward people, and when he heard this, he was not annoyed. He smiled lightly: "Thank you for the reminder." But don't worry. My life is my own, and I won't joke with this little life easily. As for whether I can perform the sword-swallowing stunt, everything will be known when I perform later. β
"You're talking lightly, I'd like to see how you swallow your sword." The thin hall master snorted, still full of disbelief, but he was not to blame.
The young hall master who was in charge of carving peony flowers yesterday also didn't believe that Zhao Zheng could learn to carve in just one day, but he was a man of few words. I didn't say it directly, and my thoughts were all written on my expression.
Regardless of whether these people believe it or not, Zhao Zheng insisted on bringing them to the martial arts training ground yesterday and letting them watch him perform together. In addition, he also brought a tall jade stone to keep for carving. The piece of jade he chose was twice as tall as the one carved by the young hall master yesterday, and carving such a large jade would definitely consume more internal force, but it would also be easier to carve. It's a mixed bag.
"Yesterday, three hall masters performed one after another, and the first performance was a long-distance sword throw. The second performance is a sword swallowing, and the third performance is a quick carving. I imitated the first trick yesterday, and today it's time to perform the last two. I also performed in the order of the three hall masters, first performing the sword swallowing, and then performing the quick carving. I would like to take a moment to delay you today, and I hope you will bear witness. After Zhao Zheng finished speaking, he hugged his fists at the people opposite, and then began to officially perform sword swallowing.
Several hall masters whispered a few words to each other, although Zhao Zheng had already started to perform, they still didn't believe that Zhao Zheng could swallow the blunt sword.
"I'm going to see how he swallows the sword."
"Hehe, don't believe it, maybe he will eat the sword in a few bites and scare you."
"Hmph, it's his ability to eat the sword."
"I guess he retreated in the face of difficulties, gave up this fight, and today he just wants to perfunctory us, and then directly admit defeat."
"Well, it's possible."
While the hall masters were talking, Zhao Zheng raised his right hand and quickly clicked a few times towards his chest, sealing the entire eight acupoints, six of which had a paralyzing and ossifying effect, and two of which had a pain-relieving effect.
As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was any, and the thin man saw that the acupuncture points that Zhao Zhengdian had ordered were basically the same as those he had when he swallowed the sword, and his brows furrowed suddenly, and he restrained his contempt.
"I'm about to swallow the sword, please light a stick of incense for me and keep an eye on the time." Zhao Zheng looked at the hall masters and commanded.
One of them answered, took out a stick of incense he had brought, lit it, and held it in his hand.
"Thank you." Zhao Zheng pulled out the blunt sword as he spoke, pinched the tip of the sword with both hands, raised it upside down, and then tilted his neck and opened his mouth, and lowered the oval-shaped tip of the sword. His hands moved slowly, and the blunt sword sank little by little, five centimeters, ten centimeters, fifteen centimeters, when the blunt sword dived to this depth, the hall masters on the opposite side were all stunned, just this depth, it was not something ordinary people could do.
Zhao Zheng continued to send the blunt sword down, twenty centimeters, twenty-five centimeters, and the expressions of the hall masters on the opposite side showed even more wonderful changes, not only shocked, but a ghostly expression. Among these people, Yan Shi and the thin hall master had the most exaggerated expressions, the former quickly brushing his beard, and the latter was speechless.
"Oh my God! Heβhe actually did it! β
"It turns out that he is not talking nonsense, but he has really learned this trick!"
"Don't rush to conclusions, maybe he is slapping his swollen face and becoming fat, and he swallowed the sword stiffly, and he doesn't know what kind of injury has become in his body."
When everyone was talking, Zhao Zheng had already sent most of the sword body down, and he had no intention of stopping. His chest was already stiff at this time, and he didn't feel much, as long as he moved slowly, he would be fine. Because of the blockade of these acupuncture points, it will make it difficult to breathe, his face is already red at this time, and his breathing has become very slow and slow, and he can only inhale a little air at a time to maintain the most basic physical needs.
In front of everyone's eyes, Zhao Zheng smoothly put the one-meter-long blunt sword into his throat, he kept this posture still, slowly released his hands to the sides, and stood in a "ten" posture.
Seeing this, the hall masters erupted into a commotion, almost unable to believe what was happening in front of them, if they practiced hard for many years and learned this unique skill, it would be nothing, but if they learned it in just one day, it would be too rebellious.
"It can't be! That's impossible! Either there's something weird in his sword, or he's practiced this trick before! The Thin Hall Master's eyes turned red and he jumped up and shouted. Of all, he was the most astonished.
The other hall masters chimed in, feeling that what the thin hall master said was reasonable.
In the midst of everyone's discussion, Zhao Zheng spent a whole stick of incense firmly, and the hall master in charge of guarding the time told him that he could take out the sword, but he did not do so, but waved his hand at the man, signaling that he could hold on a little longer. Since you want to win, you have to win beautifully, so that you can convince Qishimen.
At this time, the hall masters had turned from surprise to sluggishness, and everyone did not speak, silently observing the development of the situation.
After a while, Zhao Zheng felt that he had reached his limit, many acupoints on his body ached faintly, his head was also a little dizzy, and the blood in his body seemed to be boiling, and he had to hurt his body if he dragged it down. He didn't dare to hold it up any longer, so he raised his hand and pressed it on the blunt sword, drew it little by little, and then dropped the blunt sword at his feet.
Zhao Zheng took a few breaths, greedily inhaled the air, and then quickly connected a few times on his body, unlocked the acupoint, and held back his strength again, and used internal force to break away the remaining acupoint that could not be solved.
"I heard some of your conversations just now, and it seems that some people have questioned me for using my sword, and in order to prove the authenticity of the performance, I have decided to cut off the blunt sword on the spot as you did yesterday, so that everyone can see it." Zhao Zheng adjusted his breathing, pulled out a life sword, and used the tip of the sword to pick up the blunt sword on the ground, and the sword fell in his hand, and the golden light bloomed at the place where the sword fell, like a brilliant golden firework. Where the light passed, several blunt swords with neat incisions fell, and it was clear that the inside of the incisions were all dead.
After a whole year of cultivation, Zhao Zheng absorbed more Jin Yuan, and the nature of the internal force had changed, becoming a binary internal force of human yuan plus Jin Yuan, and now he released his sword qi, which had been greatly extended in length, and even approached the level of the Five Heavenly Martial Artists. In addition, when he practiced carving, it was a kind of cultivation in itself, which was one of the reasons why he became stronger in terms of sword qi.
"Huh?" Yan Shi noticed that Zhao Zheng's strength was stronger than before, and he sighed lightly. After the contact and exchange a few days ago, he knew that Zhao Zheng was just a fourfold heavenly martial artist, but now looking at the sword qi released by Zhao Zheng, he had obviously touched the threshold of the fifth-fold heaven!
Yan Shi faintly had an illusion, feeling that the Zhao Zheng in front of him was not the same person as the previous Zhao Zheng, but another more powerful person! But this kind of thinking is so unrealistic that even he finds it difficult to accept.
The wizened hall master glanced at the blunt sword that was broken into several pieces, and muttered, "Since there is no problem in the sword, it means that you have learned this skill before, right?" β
"Maybe." Zhao Zheng gave an ambiguous answer, and then asked rhetorically, "Do I pass this?" β
"Count, of course, you have lasted longer than me, and I admire it very much." The Thin Hall Master looked at Zhao Zheng with a much more respectful look in his eyes at this time.
"Good, I've passed another level, and it's time to perform the carving stunt. Like the hall master, I also carved peonies. After Zhao Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the jade billet more than one meter high that he had chosen, circled around the jade a few times, looked at the appearance of the jade, and calculated how to carve it in his heart. In his mind, the general appearance of a peony was presented, and the next thing he had to do was to turn the fantasy in his mind into reality.
Yan Shi looked at Zhao Zheng's serious appearance, beat a drum in his heart, faintly felt uneasy, and said secretly: "Is it possible, he can really carve out the peony?" He even performed the sword swallowing skill just now, and it may not even be difficult for him, if that's the case, it would be terrible. (To be continued.) )