Back at the seminary, Ding Qin specially found the dean and proposed to go back to the old house of the Ding family to prepare for it. He decided this way, firstly, because he wanted to reduce the interference of others, and secondly, it was true that there was not much he could learn in this spiritual seminary.

The dean was a little impatient with Ding Qin's attitude, and said with a black face that Ding Qin would do whatever he wanted.

Ding Qin's attitude towards him no longer had any emotional reaction. Although deep down in his heart, he still hates this dean, and he hates it to the core, but he also knows the truth that he can't force others to be anxious.

After all, the dean's cultivation is above himself. If you accidentally provoke him, and then the next black hand pits yourself, I'm afraid that even if there is a bone soul, it may not be easy to get out.

In addition, his main goal now is to find his father. As for the grievances with the dean, there will be time to calculate it in the future.

Leaving from the dean, Ding Qin went to the martial arts hall and told Xiao Rou that he was about to participate in the martial arts meeting of the thirteen towns in the north. Xiao Rou was extremely excited, and it was enough to talk for a long time just to introduce the characteristics of the apprentices in the other twelve town spiritual monasteries.

Ding Qin Xiaorou is also quite grateful. After separating from Xiaorou, he left the spiritual monastery and returned directly to the Ding family's old mansion to start his own cultivation.

Since receiving the guidance of the Bone Soul three years ago, Ding Qin's cultivation speed has improved by leaps and bounds. And he still maintained his diligent style, practicing almost every night until the second half of the night.

During this time, the bone soul has not been idle. He continued to revise the water trick and the water blade, and it was not until half a month later that he gave Ding Qin a second draft.

In this draft, almost all of the loopholes have been plugged by the bone soul. Although the bone soul admitted that he had indeed forgotten some places, he had used the most optimized plan to improve the exercises.

Therefore, even if this is not the most primitive "Three Chapters of Water Resistance", it is also an evolved version of "Three Articles of Water Resistance"!

After a little try, Ding Qin realized the extraordinaryness of this exercise.

After the water trick is driven, within a radius of ten zhang around one's body, all the water vapor can be called by oneself, focusing on defense and taking into account offense.

The Water Separation Blade is a complete offensive technique based on the water trick and the combination of water vapor with weapons. After being driven by the water blade, the water vapor condenses in the direction of the weapon's attack, which can form an effect similar to that of the sword qi in the advanced exercises.

The first time Ding Qin used the water blade, he directly cut off a tree the size of a basin five meters away. This kind of power is definitely the best among the primary exercises.

For a while, Ding Qin couldn't help but have a lot of expectations for the final chapter "Spiritual Water".

After practicing wholeheartedly for more than 20 days, Ding Qin has mastered these two exercises perfectly, especially in their use. The bone soul was quite satisfied with Ding Qin's progress, and he also said that Ding Qin himself also had a lot of innovations in the use of water tricks.

There are only five days left before the martial arts. Ding Qin counted the time while eating breakfast, and was actually slightly excited in his heart.

"Brother Ding!" Xiao Rou's voice came from outside the courtyard, Ding Qin put down the dishes and chopsticks, went out and opened the door.

Outside the door, in addition to Xiaorou, there are also cadres from the spiritual seminary, including the dean.

After the dean saw Ding Qin, he had an unnatural smile on his face, "Ding Qin, I haven't seen you for more than a month, I don't know how you are preparing?"

Ding Qin's gaze swept over these people's faces in turn, and he said very casually, "Fortunately, everything is under my own control." ”

The dean nodded, "That's good." There are five days left before the martial arts meeting, and you will leave today. On behalf of the seminary, I am here to see you two off. The spiritual monastery will send two teachers to go with you, and two staff members will be in charge of your food and daily life. ”

Ding Qin let out a "hmm", "When will you leave?"

The dean said, "This is not in a hurry. In order to show his attention, the general specially sent a team of soldiers to defend the city, with two good carriages, to escort you back and forth. I agreed with him that the convoy would gather in front of the Ding family's old house. You can now go and pack your things. ”

Ding Qin took a deep breath, "Okay, I'll go now." ”

After a while, he returned to the door with a small cloth bag on his back. He had very few things to bring, just a few pieces of clothing.

After another moment, the convoy sent by the general also arrived. There were twelve people, including the coachman, all of whom were soldiers defending the city. Ding Qin and Xiaorou got into the car with the teacher and staff, and the group immediately went directly out of the city.

"This time, the Thirteen Towns in the North will be held in Tongbao City, which is basically the center of the Thirteen Towns, and it will take about four days to cross the desert during the period. Xiao Rou took the map to Ding Qin and pointed to the location of Tongbao City.

"In addition to the two of us, there were twenty-three players who participated, and one player from Biansai City gave up due to illness. Xiao Rou took out another list, "Among the male contestants, there are now two who have clearly cultivated beyond the first order of spiritual power. There are also two people, like you, who did not have a clear cultivation when they signed up. ”

She said and glanced at Ding Qin meaningfully, "It seems very challenging." ”

Ding Qin glanced at the list by himself, "What about the female players?"

Xiao Rou didn't seem to expect Ding Qin to ask such a question, she was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You still care about female players? ”

Ding Qin nodded slowly, "Then, you are also expected to win the championship." ”

Xiao Rou smiled a little embarrassedly, "Although I am now at the ninth level, there are seven people of the same level as me, and it is really difficult to win the first place." ”

Ding Qin patted her on the shoulder, "With your spirituality, you will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune." And I'm sure you must have your own hole cards. ”

Xiaorou seemed very happy to hear Ding Qin say this, and said with a smile, "I hope what you say can be realized." Well, let's talk about the procedure for military exercises. ”

"The whole exercise adopts the elimination system, and after all the players are gathered, they will be drawn into groups to determine the opponent in the first round. The winners of the first round will be grouped in the next round until they reach the finals. On the male side, a total of thirteen people participated, and in the first two rounds, there will be a bye. On the women's side, there will be a bye in the third round. If it's a bye, it's good luck. ”

Ding Qin calculated the number of people in each round in his heart, and sighed a little self-deprecatingly, "My luck may not have been good. ”

Little Judo, "I can't say that. What if you come and go?"

Ding Qin smiled bitterly and didn't say anything more.

The four-day journey, especially the crossing of the desert, was a painstaking task. By the evening of the fourth day, Tongbao City was finally in sight.

After another half an hour, a team of people finally entered Tongbao City smoothly. It may be due to the preparation of the martial arts meeting, although the lights have been on, but the city of Tongbao is very lively, far beyond the prosperity of the border towns.

Ding Qin and Xiao Rou also got out of the carriage, familiarizing themselves with the environment of Tongbao City as they walked. After passing through the center, you will reach the spiritual monastery in Tongbao City.

The scale here is slightly larger than that of Kaiyuan City, and now it is also very lively for people to come in and out. At the entrance of the seminary, there is a special greeting staff to take the participating apprentices and support personnel to the accommodation that has been arranged in the seminary. And the escort team sent by General Zhao Shi, because it was not within the scope of protection, could only find a place to settle in Tongbao City by itself.

After settling their luggage, Ding Qin and Xiaorou left the residence together, preparing to visit the martial arts arena. I didn't go far before I heard someone shouting behind me, "Ding Qin, is that you? I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Ding Qin was stunned, in this place, how can anyone still know him?

He turned around, only to see an unfamiliar face. "You ......"

The man's face was expressionless, "You don't know me, but I know you." Once, I squatted in front of your house for a year. I remember the faces of those people in your family. ”

Ding Qin still couldn't remember when he had seen this person, "Who are you?"

The man took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, his eyes clouded with a layer of memory, "You should remember that ten years ago, your father exterminated a wave of desert horse thieves and was rewarded by the empire, right?"

Ding Qin nodded, "I remember." ”

The man smiled a little miserably, "Then do you remember that some time after that, there was a little beggar in front of your house, and you often brought him food?"

Ding Qin nodded again, "I remember too." But then, the beggar didn't know where to go. ”

The man took another deep breath and said, "The leader of the horse thieves has a son, and your father relented and did not kill him. He was the beggar, that is, me. I went to your house to take revenge. But then I realized that I couldn't get revenge with my ability alone. So, I left Kaiyuan City, went to other cities, and entered a spiritual seminary. ”

Ding Qin was extremely surprised in his heart. At that time, the little beggar's face was always dirty, and after ten years, he was really like a person now.

The man added, "I wanted to go to my home for revenge after I had learned something." I later learned that your family had fallen three years ago, and your father and you had disappeared. I didn't expect to meet you here today. ”

Ding Qin didn't want to mention the original matter, and asked, "You are also here to participate in the martial arts exercise?"

The man nodded, "That's right. I'm here to participate. Are you too?"

Ding Qin admitted. The man smiled a little satisfied, "Well, I didn't expect that it would take no effort to step on the iron shoes and find nowhere to find them." God bless me to have a fight with you, so that I can get rid of the hatred of the year. ”

"When is the time for retribution? Your father paid the price for his wrongdoing, and even if my father didn't kill him, someone would kill him sooner or later. Ding Qin wanted to explain him well, but seeing that there was no room for explanation in this person's eyes, he just said simply.

"You can say that because you didn't see your father killed. I will never forget that kind of grief and despair, and the hatred that it brought about by it, for the rest of my life! By the way, my name is Sun Du, and you must remember it clearly. ”

Hearing this name, Ding Qin didn't react, but Xiao Rou's brows wrinkled involuntarily.