Chapter 17: The Archmage
Fifty new students from the martial arts hall stood in a line on the foggy playground, each holding a wooden sword in their hands, and they were spread out into five rows and stood with their heads held high.
Song Ren was in the center of the team, and if he wanted the hall master to impress him, he first had to occupy the favorable terrain, and secondly, he had to show better martial arts talent than others. Only the protΓ©gΓ© of the hall master can approach him, and then find out what kind of magic can control the Ba Wangfu.
Hu Zheng stood at the front of the line with an ancestral sword in his hand, and Ah Ling and Hu Zheng's other four old disciples stood at the front and back of the queue as observers.
Hu Zheng glanced at the new disciples present, and said in a loud voice: "The Martial Arts Hall mainly teaches two martial arts, swordsmanship and boxing, and I heard that you all have a certain martial arts foundation, which is very good." But because each of you has a different martial arts foundation, you can't mix and practice together. Today, the head of the hall will first teach you a set of ancestral Tianji sword techniques, and then divide them into five groups according to each of your performance, the six of you who perform best will be taught by the master of the hall himself, and the other four groups will be coached by your brothers and sisters.
"The Celestial Pole Sword Technique, which is taught in this hall, requires that every sword move must be shouted loudly, so that even if a sword does not stab the enemy, the shouting can make the enemy fearful. You first watch the master of the hall do it, and then start practicing. β
"The first move, volley the stars!" The hall master roared and soared into the air, jumping at least two meters above the ground, the sword light flashed into the sky, and then fluttered to the ground.
"The second move, sweep the clouds in the sky!" The hall master jumped up again, turned around one hundred and eighty degrees in the air, and stabbed the sword in his hand for a while.
The flying swords and sword shadows dazzled everyone.
"The third move, the gods descend to earth!" The hall master jumped into the air again, and the sword in his hand flashed with a golden light and slashed down in the air.
"Fourth trick ......"
The hall master demonstrated his superb swordsmanship one move after another, each move was to shout first and then the person flew the sword dance, the action was done in one go, and after performing the nine swordsmanship, the hall master stood still, his face did not change color and the atmosphere did not breathe.
The old disciples standing on the periphery took the lead in applauding, and the audience cheered.
Next, the students followed the hall master's moves and styles to practice their swords, and Ah Ling and her four senior brothers carefully observed the new students' every move on the field. Song Ren practiced very hard and hard, and he had a certain foundation in swordsmanship, so his performance on the field quickly attracted the attention of the hall master.
After the first round of swordsmanship assessment, Hu Zheng met with the old disciples to discuss for a while, and soon the three men and three women with the best swordsmanship were selected, and Song Ren was among them.
Hu Zheng and Ah Ling brought the six winners to a room in the martial arts hall for a meeting. Hu Zheng first asked the six new disciples to report to their families and get to know each other.
The age of the six people is fifteen or sixteen years old, except for Song Ren, who claims to live in the countryside and graduated from the country school, the other two men and three women all claim to live in Harcheng, their names are: Zhao Li, Liu Jin, Sun Xiu, Chen Ying, He Min. And coincidentally, all five of them have completed the seven-year compulsory education required by Pakistan in the same school in Har. Because that school had a physical fitness class to teach some basic martial arts, it was not surprising that the five of them graduated from the same school.
Although other schools, especially those in the countryside, basically did not have any physical fitness classes, Song Ren learned a little martial arts from his elders at home since he was a child. Song Ren specially concealed his study in the King's Academy, worried that the senior of the King's Academy in front of him would be suspicious of his schemes, because the students of the King's Academy will be the elite of the official world of Pakistan in the future, and there is no reason to come to the Martial Arts Hall to join in the fun.
The people present were a little surprised when they heard that Song Ren was from the countryside, and the hall master asked without moving: "Song Ren, your family lives in the countryside, why did you learn about the enrollment of the Martial Arts Hall so quickly?" β
Song Ren responded unhurriedly: "Report to the hall master, I have relatives in Har City, and I happened to be in Hal City yesterday, because I have liked martial arts since I was a child, and I immediately came to sign up when I saw the notice of enrollment in the Martial Arts Hall." β
The Song Ren family does have relatives who live in Har City, and this kind of thing is normal in this small world, so Hu Zheng believes it.
After getting to know each other, Hu Zheng immediately introduced the topic into the topic. He looked at the six young men and smiled, "This hall master is here alone, not only to teach you swordsmanship personally, but also, this hall master is about to go to the outer world with you Senior Sister Ling to do a great job with you, and I also hope that the six of you can follow us to see the wonders of the outer world." I wonder if you have such ambitions and ambitions? There must be a lot of questions you can ask here, and the Church Master will not be reluctant to do so, and if anyone just wants to live in this small closed world, the Church Master will immediately let him leave the group. β
Song Ren and the other six teenagers all had surprised expressions, and the girl named Sun Xiu was obviously a straightforward character, and she was the first to ask: "Did the hall master say that he wanted to take us back to the old world?" If yes, I'd definitely like to go, I've always dreamed of seeing the blue skies of the old world. β
The hall master said with a serious expression: "We will definitely go to the old world, but before we capture the treasure of Lord Shun and get back the heavenly god of Hal Tianshen, we will follow the Outer Heaven Archmage to his purple world to do something big, and after the matter is completed, the archmage will take us to the old world to regain the land of our ancestors of the Ba people and rebuild the country of Ba. β
Song Ren was secretly surprised in his heart, could it be that the demon art of the Ba Wangfu came from the Outer Heaven Archmage in Hu Zheng's mouth? Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and asked, "Is the hall master saying that an archmage from the outer world has come to us?" β
Hu Zheng nodded yes, "That's right, the archmage came to us at the behalft of the Hal Heavenly God and found the hall master. As the old saying goes, immortals cannot be disguised, and the sky cannot be measured. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the hall master would not have thought that the archmage outside the heavens was the same as us, so different. You are not yet mature, and you will be a little scared when you see the Archmage and his apprentices for the first time. But the Archmage told the Archmage that in their world, his appearance was the most beautiful, and the Archmage had learned the language of our Ba people with the Hal Celestials, and now, the Archmage has let you see the demeanor of the Outer Archmage! β
After Hu Zheng finished speaking, he nodded to Ah Ling, Ah Ling stood up and walked to the inner room, and after a while, two catheads followed Ah Ling in.
Hu Zheng stood up to greet him, and although the six teenagers were full of shock, they all followed the hall master and stood up to look at the two uninvited guests.
The faces of the two cat-headed men are dark green, and the appearance of the elderly is even more terrifying, only to see that his bare cat head has two big ears, and the cat's mouth and chin have a long red beard, and the expression on his face does not know whether to cry or laugh, and the two round and shiny cat eyes scan the young man in the house is terrifying.
The other cat-headed man looked much younger, with thick gray hair on his head and a sparse short beard on his mouth and chin, and he looked a little nervous, with a lot of beads of sweat on his green-skinned face.
The old cat-headed man spoke: "Everyone, welcome to follow your hall master and Senior Sister Ah Ling to the world of this archmage!" The sky of that world is purple-red, there are many countries and castles there, and the mountains there are overgrown with exotic flowers and plants. By the will of the god of Hal, the Grand Master has come to your world to become brothers with the hall master, and if you are the disciples of the hall master, you are equal to the disciples of the master of the hall, and the master will teach you the divine skills and make you the invincible generals in the world, so that you will be able to lead the Ba people of this world under the leadership of the hall master to conquer the old world that you call the old world. β
Although the old catman's accent was unfamiliar, Song Ren completely understood every word he said. Although his face was ugly, his tone of voice was very relaxed, and his demeanor was very calm, and after listening to his decent words, most of the fear in the hearts of the teenagers suddenly disappeared.
After the guests met in a hurry, Ah Ling turned around and left with the two catheads.
Hu Tang looked at the six teenagers and smiled slightly, "This hall master has let you have a long experience today, people in different worlds look very different, if we go to the world of the archmage, the people there will also think that we look strange." β
After speaking, he sat down and beckoned his disciples to take their seats.
"You've just met the Outer Archmage, and now you're definitely wondering how the Hall Master met the Archmage and what kind of magic the Archmage has. Originally, this was a heavenly machine, and the heavenly machine should not be revealed, but from today onwards, you are all the most valued disciples of the hall master, so the hall master is willing to tell you about this magical experience. β
After a moment of silence, the hall master said in a deep voice: "None of you must know the inside story of this hall master being almost ruined by the Bawang family. Five years ago, the head of the hall sold all his family property and land and bought this property from Prince Shun to open the martial arts hall. However, less than three months after the opening of the martial arts hall of the main hall of the main hall, the Ba Wangfu reversed course and ordered the master of the hall to close the martial arts hall, and the master of the hall was forced to go to the countryside to work for others to make a living.
The head of the hall lives in Zhoujiazhuang on the north side of Xiba Peak, although he has to do farm work for others during the day, but every day at dawn, the head of the hall will climb Xiba Peak rain or shine to practice swords and martial arts.
One morning a few days ago, Brother Sun had just come out of the mountain, and when the master of the hall was about to go down the mountain after practicing at Xiba Peak, he suddenly walked out of the woods outside of him, and you may have guessed who this person is, yes, it is the Archmage! However, when the hall master first saw the archmage, he thought he had encountered a devil, because he had a scary cat face and a strange sword in his hand.
As soon as the hall master drew his sword, the archmage shouted, 'Samurai! Don't do it yet! I am an Archmage from outside the world! β
Because the Archmage spoke in a completely different accent from ours, the master of the hall did not understand for a while, so he pointed his sword at him and asked sharply, 'Are you a human or a ghost?' β
The archmage raised his hand and shouted, 'Samurai! I am the Outer Heaven Archmage! β
This time, the master of the hall heard what he said clearly, and at that time the master of the hall thought to himself: Could it really be that the gods have sent someone! But looking at the situation in front of him, the head of the hall still couldn't believe it.
'You claim to be the Outer Heaven Grand Master, why does Hu believe you? The Lord of the Church asked loudly.
Archmage: 'Hey! Hey! He laughed twice and said, 'Please take a look at the great mage's miraculous skills!' β
After the archmage finished speaking, he waved the strange sword in his hand, and the sunlight just shone on the archmage, and the hall master saw the head of the strange sword coming out of green smoke, and the archmage pointed to a tree next to him, and a cloud of smoke sprayed out from the top of the sword, only to see the branches shaking and the dead leaves drifting.
'Miraculous! The parish master shouted excitedly. Because although the master of the hall has a high level of martial arts and can attack the enemy with a sword and lightning like a sword, it is a real divine skill to be able to drive the sword in his hand to send out such a powerful qigong.
'Samurai, please don't be surprised, the appearance of this archmage is normal in our world. The archmage shouted.
The master of the hall has always not looked at people by their appearance, as long as he has miraculous skills, even if he is a ghost, the master of the hall is willing to make friends with him. You'll all think about the next thing, yes, the hall master and the archmage have become friends. The Archmage told the Master of the Church that he and his apprentice had come from a purple world beyond the heavens, and that they had been sent by the gods to our world in search of a brave warrior.
In fact, it had been ten days since the archmage descended from heaven to Xiba Peak before meeting the main hall master, and he hid in the forest every morning to carefully observe the main hall master climbing the mountain and practicing swords, and finally decided that the main hall master was the samurai that the gods were looking for.
The master of the hall then followed the archmage and his disciples to the cave where they had retreated.
When the master of the hall asked who the god of heaven the archmage was talking about, the archmage's answer surprised and delighted the master of the hall. The Archmage said, 'This god should all know that it was he who came to this world with your ancestors a long time ago, and that the god was imprisoned by the heavenly court because he interfered in the affairs of the world. The gods gave a dream to the great mage, and there was a strong and strong-willed samurai in this world, and the gods asked the great mage to come and find this samurai.
The archmage said that the gods had an order, and after finding the master of the hall, the main hall took the archmage to the palace of King Ba to find King Ba. Because the gods gave King Ba a treasure five hundred years ago, with this treasure can summon the Shenzhou to descend from the sky and lead us back to the old world. However, if today's court asks the gods to hand over this treasure in order to lift the confinement of the gods, the gods ask the master of the hall to take this treasure with him when he goes to the heavens.
The secret of the Ba Treasure was the top secret of the Ba King in the past, and the Ba King today told the secret of the Ba Treasure to the Archmage and the main hall master. But this Tongtian treasure was stolen by Prince Shun not long ago, and it is very likely that Prince Shun took the Tongtian baby to the old world.
The hall master was a little skeptical of the archmage's words at first, but soon he completely believed it, because the hall master had seen the archmage's magic with his own eyes: Transfiguration!'
"Transfiguration!" There was an exclamation in the room.
The hall master nodded to the six teenagers, "Yes! Transfiguration! The Archmage said that Transfiguration is actually the highest medical skill in the world. The archmage said that the origin of all things in the world is the same, they all come from dust and will eventually return to dust, as long as you know the secret of life transformation, you can transform the appearance of living things into each other, this is the transformation of the divine skill, and it is also the highest medical skill in the world. The archmage can heal all the diseases of the world, can transform a person into the form of an animal, and can also transform a person into an exact appearance like another person. Okay, that's it for the time being, and if you have any questions, I'll raise them now. β
Sun Xiu took the lead again and asked, "Hall Master, why did the Archmage take us to his world?" Would it be dangerous for us to follow the master there? β
Hu Zheng's expression became solemn: "The archmage took us there in the hope that we would help him defeat his enemies, although the archmage has enemies in their world, but there are few people in his world who can have the magic of the archmage." And there will be no danger for you to follow the parity master to that world! β
Although the hall master's words were sonorous and powerful, the new disciples all had puzzled expressions on their faces.
A smile appeared on Hu Zheng's black and red face and continued: "You don't believe it? Right? It is true that the archmage has the ability to fly to the sky, and the archmage said that it is easy to go to heaven and earth in their world, but when he comes to our world, he will be tired and sweaty after walking a few steps. This is what the main hall master has seen with his own eyes, and the main hall master can run to the top of Xiba Peak in one go, but the archmage and his apprentice will be panting when they climb a mountain road, because the strength of the human body is different in different worlds.
The archmage said that as long as the people of our world know a little martial arts, they will be amazing warriors in their world. Think about it, the hall master's martial arts and swordsmanship here are already so high, can he not be invincible in the world when he reaches that purple world? Therefore, as long as you study the swordsmanship of the hall master and learn a little bit of the archmage's magic skills, when you reach the purple world of the archmage, you follow the hall master, and no one can hurt you. β
"Oh......" The students seemed to understand and breathed a sigh of relief.
"But Uncle Cousin, even so, we can't live in that cat-headed world forever, can we? Our dream is to go back to the old world of our ancestors. β
This time the question was asked by a boy named Zhao Li, and it was clear that he was somewhat related to the hall master.
The hall master looked at Zhao Li and frowned, "Zhao Li, don't say anything about cat-headed people in front of the archmage in the future, otherwise the archmage will turn you into a cat who will never speak!"
Then his gaze swept over the disciple in front of him and said, "We are not only going to that purple world to learn the divine skills that can be the king and hegemon in the old world in the future, but we also want to be the king and hegemon in that purple world. Because the archmage revealed a shocking secret to the master of the hall, he said that such a large piece of gold and stone we have here can buy a city in his purple world! A crate of gems can buy a country! Master Hu gestured as he spoke.
The teenagers looked at each other in shock.
The hall master said solemnly to them, "What the Archmage said is definitely not a joke! Because you may have heard your ancestors say that in our old world of the Ba people, gold and precious stones were very valuable treasures. The archmage said that when we go to the outer heavens with him, each of us will try to bring as many gold and gems as possible, and then we will buy the best castle in the world with gold and gems, and then each of you will have a castle, and you will be the king of that castle!"