Chapter Twenty-Five: Half a Moon
A lot has happened in the past six months.
The most important thing for Xiao Zheng is that the lotus and the flower pillar disappeared overnight, and the next day when Xiao Zheng went to Yuhui Courtyard, the flower pillar was gone, and after waiting for a day, he was even told that the lotus did not come to work when he went to ask Granny Wang, and the two of them seemed to have disappeared from the world.
The second thing is that his master was injured by a group of mysterious people when he was guarding the sword of Qihu, fortunately, the sword in the lake was not snatched away in time, but none of the people in that group were caught, this matter was told by Senior Sister Liu when she was still slightly surprised, with the master's cultivation was actually injured Although it was a group of people, it was enough to see that this was a premeditated action.
The third thing is that there is a big man in Qinghe Guan, Xiao Zheng doesn't know who he is, he only knows that from Chu Qin's panicked face, it can be seen that it is that person who came, which is not a good thing for himself, and it seems that there is a spiritual power sweeping in his courtyard in those few nights, which makes him even more frightened.
"Today is the last day...... You have to use your spiritual power to condense two swords," Xiao Zheng opened his umbrella and walked out step by step.
"I don't know what the master will think of me if he hasn't come to class for half a month?" Xiao Zheng smiled, but fortunately, Chu Qin often came to see me and told me about the content of the current teaching, otherwise even if I went there, my eyes would be dark and I wouldn't know anything.
"Brother Xiao!" Yao Zhi's voice came, Xiao Zheng stopped and looked at the classmates he hadn't seen for more than half a month, "Brother Xiao, wait for me" Yao Zhi trotted all the way and walked side by side with Xiao Zheng. "Brother Xiao, where have you been for more than half a month? We miss you very much," Yao Zhi said in surprise.
Xiao Zheng said: "It's just that I haven't seen it for more than half a month, do you need to do this", Yao Zhi said: "Brother Xiao, you don't know, a lot of things have happened in the past half a month since you left", without waiting for Xiao Zheng to ask, he said again: "Brother Xiao, do you know that a platform has been built on the east side of the courtyard?"
The one on the east side, Xiao Zheng, listened to Chu Qin tell him, and with the increase of cultivation time, the strengths of each courtyard began to be revealed, for example, the wooden courtyard was good at fighting and most of the exercises taught were agile, and the golden courtyard was good at frontal attack, and most of the exercises taught were mainly attacking.
"That platform is used for discussion, this is a better way to say that it is actually to solve the conflict" Yao Zhi shook his head and said: "As long as the two sides are willing, they can legally face off on the stage, as long as they don't make trouble, the mentor will not care"
"Not bad" Xiao Zheng said: "This is a good place to solve the division...... "Yes, Brother Xiao" Yao Zhi was a little angry: "You know that our wooden courtyard is the worst to be bullied, and some people are unwilling to go to the stage and are forcibly willing to put you on stage"
These Xiao Zheng thought of it when he told himself from Chu Qin, in other words, this platform is the first test for newcomers, the victorious person can increase his confidence, and the beaten person will also know where the gap is, and he can work hard in the future.
It's just that now it has deviated from its original intention.
Xiao Zheng and Yao Zhi walked along the way, and a group of people pointed at them, often making a laugh or two. Xiao Zheng was just a little strange when he saw this, but Yao Zhi helplessly explained to Xiao Zheng: "These are all students from other academies, since the ring was opened, there are no such strict restrictions between the various academies, and they can enter freely, so there is that kind of joke that idlers come to see us."
"Why?" Xiao Zheng asked, "Strength is respected, not long ago, the Golden Courtyard and the Fire Courtyard actually joined forces to put pressure on us, and some of us are just ...... popular" Yao Zhi didn't continue, just sighed.
If you lose the duel, you lose people's hearts?
With these gazes, Xiao Zheng stepped into the academy of the wooden courtyard, and a slightly hunchbacked figure inside was already inside.
"Master" Xiao Zheng and Yao Zhi saluted Shen Feng.
"I thought you thought you couldn't complete my task so you dropped out of school early" Shen Feng said expressionlessly, Xiao Zheng said: "Then I should also exceed your task and then drop out, in that case, I guess you should beg me not to leave", "Oh?" Shen Feng was a little disdainful, Xiao Zheng said: "Otherwise, you won't be able to explain it above......
"Sharp teeth, it will depend on how you perform later, if you can't do it, just leave!" Shen Feng snorted.
In fact, Shen Feng had been in contact with Xiao Zheng a day earlier than Xiao Zheng had imagined, that is, when he had a conflict with Wu Hui, he watched in the dark, and in the end, Wu Hui's defeat and Xiao Zheng's decisiveness in attacking were both in his eyes.
This son must be extraordinary...... This was what he thought at the time, but just as he was about to put in some hard work to train him, he missed half a month of class......
"Xie Fuzi" Xiao Zheng saluted again, and regardless of the eyes of the surrounding classmates, he walked straight to his seat and sat down.
"Now we will start the lesson," the Master said, "Today is the most important day for you, because today will be the decision to return to your hometown to continue farming or to go to the majestic Qinghe and mountains to learn the Tao."
"Now, those who haven't condensed a sword in half a month are out of the ranks!" Shen Feng glanced at the group of students below, and everyone subconsciously lowered their heads when they saw this gaze.
"Zhao Qian, Li Li" Shen Feng suddenly called two names: "Can you?", the two people who were called both shrank and then stood up tremblingly, one of them said: "I...... I'm almost there...... Ask the master for a few more days......", Li Li said: "Our family has pinned all their hopes on me...... Please give us a little more time......"
Shen Feng said expressionlessly: "The rules are like this, it's no wonder that you are not diligent, now stand next to you", and then turned his eyes and said: "Can the three of you condense it?", and the three of them then stood next to the two people with dead faces.
In this way, every time Shen Feng called his name, that person stood next to him, and after a while, only two or three out of ten people were left who were seated. However, to Xiao Zheng's surprise, Yao Zhi actually sat down in his seat peacefully, although his legs were still trembling slightly, and he finally collapsed on the seat with a sigh of relief after seeing that the master finally stopped calling names.
"The rest of the people are very good, you have more or less completed my task, which is commendable, we will go to the Five Elements Square together later, and compete with the rest of the academies" Shen Feng said: "As for you, someone will come to take you down the mountain later, you must know that the path of cultivation is not as smooth as you imagined."
"Obviously, you've been eliminated!"