Silkworm in the cage Chapter 48 The sword bearer on the sword platform
Xue Wangwu was silent for a long time, and said: "I know that you have a relationship with Fujidong, and it is understandable to have this decision, but for the sake of Li Mengzhou, a person whose identity is still unclear, is it really worth getting Commander Jiang involved in the dispute again?"
Although Jiang Tingyu is in the capital, he is already a born person, and there is naturally a reason why he was born, and now it is very likely that because of Li Mengzhou, a young man, he chose to enter the WTO again, so it is a big thing for the whole world.
Xue Wuwei could already predict that at some point in the future, the peaceful cultivation world would be flooded with huge waves again.
Jiang Tingyu silently took a sip of wine, and said flatly: "There is nothing worth it or not, only willingness and unwillingness." ”
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In the middle of winter, the cold wind gusted and blew down on the square, with a hint of chill.
No matter how blazing the sun is, it is the most empty thing in this season.
The sword platform is located in the outer courtyard, it is not a simple platform paved with stone slabs, but is planted upside down in the lake, the pointed point stands firmly in the center of a small lake, the lake is raised with all kinds of fish, surrounded by bluestone slabs in a circle, and the square is open on all sides, which is not the same as the square of the entrance test at that time, and the area is smaller.
Eight chains hang under the sword platform through the stone face, this chain is made of dark iron, as long as the chain is not destroyed, the sword platform can be as immobile as a mountain, and stand firmly upside down in the lake.
The sword platform is about two or three zhang high from the lake, not very high, even if you stand on the square, you can see the sword platform clearly, and there are pavilions on all sides of the sword platform, the field of vision is wider, and you can see more clearly.
At this moment, not only are the pavilions on all sides full of people, but the square is also crowded, and the disciples of the inner courtyard have never paid attention to the sword platform, but for the disciples of the outer court, it is a very lively thing, so almost all the hundreds of disciples from the outer courtyard of the palace have arrived.
It stands to reason that the existence of the sword platform is only used for mutual learning between the same sects, or if there are some small grievances in private, and you don't want to be punished too much, you will solve it on the sword platform, which is not worth much attention, but today's sword platform competition is different from the past, after all, it is related to the disciple who entered the palace but couldn't see the sea of qi.
There was discussion in the capital, and the objections in the Sword Academy were naturally heavier, but many disciples didn't dare to say anything because of the dean and the fourth senior brother, but the new disciples didn't care so much.
Those senior brothers and sisters were also happy to watch the excitement, anyway, it was not them who were punished in the end, and at the same time, they were also very curious about whether Li Mengzhou had any real skills, if he was defeated on the sword platform, the disciples of the outer courtyard would have enough reasons to resist and drive Li Mengzhou down the mountain.
So this sword competition is not a simple competition, but the key to Li Mengzhou's stay.
Among the people watching the battle, not only He Zhengrong and Shen Jiyue, but also the disciples of Pujiayuan also came to join in the fun, Nan Sheng looked at Li Mengzhou who was sitting on the side wiping the dark blue sword, thinking that he had seen Li Mengzhou in and out of Gentle Township many times in the past half a month, and couldn't help but say with disdain: "Your popularity is really bad, except for Jiang Zihua, the people in the entire sword courtyard seem to hate you, as soon as they heard about this competition about driving you down the mountain, they all came to join in the fun." ”
Li Mengzhou glanced up at Nan Sheng and asked curiously, "Have I offended you in any way?"
He was really puzzled why every time he saw Nan Sheng, this little girl would sneer at him.
Nan Sheng said coldly: "Whether you offended me or not, you know it in your own heart." ”
Li Mengzhou really recalled it seriously, but he didn't seem to be able to find the answer, frowning and thinking, he suddenly realized a question that was easy to ignore, and looked carefully at Nan Sheng's extremely disgusted gaze, he suddenly said: "I know!"
Nan Sheng glanced at him and said, "What do you know?"
Li Mengzhou suddenly stood up and walked towards Nan Sheng, his head slightly lowered, almost against Nan Sheng's forehead, and said very seriously: "You like me." ”
"Huh?" Nan Sheng was a little flustered in the face of Li Mengzhou's sudden approach, and his little face was dyed a touch of crimson.
Of course, it's because of shame.
But Li Mengzhou obviously doesn't think so, blushing, in his cognition, only shyness will be like this.
He didn't feel how abrupt his movements were and Meng Lang, and he didn't know that people were easy to blush when they were angry, he was just very firm in his inner thoughts, and then combined with Nan Sheng's blush, he was even more sure of this.
He said with a serious face: "Although we have crossed paths, in fact, the intersection is not big, and I don't know when you fell in love with me, maybe it was the so-called love at first sight." But I don't know this, and I inevitably ignore it, so you can't love it, so you become angry, that's why you hate me so much, and when you find an opportunity, you mock me. Sure enough, only this explanation can make sense. ”
He groped his chin, nodded silently, looked at Nan Sheng apologetically, and said, "I'm really sorry, I don't think about the relationship between children now, and we don't know each other, so you fell in love with someone you shouldn't like." ”
Nan Sheng: "......"
He Zhengrong was at a distance from Shen Jiyue and Li Mengzhou, although he saw the actions of the two, he didn't hear what they said, but Lu Jiuge, who was standing next to Nan Sheng, heard every sentence clearly.
Then she was a little stunned and still had a hint of abruptness, clenched her little fists, nodded very cutely, and muttered, "I see." ”
Nan Sheng's face seemed to be able to drip blood at the moment, and when she saw her senior sister's performance, she was even more ashamed, and explained in a panic: "Senior sister, don't listen to his nonsense, there is no such thing!"
Lu Jiuge looked at his junior sister meaningfully, showed a very gentle smile, and said: "Senior sister, don't worry, you are already seventeen years old, and it is normal to have feelings for a certain boy, and senior sister will not laugh at you." ”
Nan Sheng is going crazy.
She glared at Li Mengzhou very angrily, blaming this hateful guy, what was going on in her head, how could this girl like you who visited the Qinglou every day!
Although Gentle Township is a green building, it is also an elegant place, and many powerful women in the capital or those talented women occasionally choose to gather in Gentle Township, so Nan Sheng has a great misunderstanding of Li Mengzhou, and also has a great misunderstanding of Gentle Township.
But sometimes a misunderstanding is difficult to explain under the superposition of many coincidences.
Besides, Nan Sheng won't mention this matter, and Li Mengzhou won't explain this matter, so this misunderstanding will be even more difficult to solve.
And Lu Jiuge's idea is even simpler, she has always felt that her junior sister's reason for dislike of Li Mengzhou is always insufficient, if it is as Li Mengzhou said, then there is no need to manage the reason for the insufficiency, after all, it is unreasonable to like this matter.
Regarding Nan Sheng's reaction, of course Lu Jiuge, who is as smart as Lu Jiuge, can give a perfect explanation, this is just a natural refutation of the little girl who is just starting to fall in love when her mind is exposed, which is normal.
So in the face of Nan Sheng's series of explanations, Lu Jiuge smiled and nodded, but his heart became more and more determined.
Li Mengzhou knew that he had obtained the truth, and it would be embarrassing to continue to stay here, so he walked towards the sword platform.
Looking at Li Mengzhou, who left without looking back, and then at Lu Jiuge, who was smiling next to him, Nan Sheng was depressed and wanted to vomit blood, she stared at Li Mengzhou's back viciously, and her hatred for him increased to the point of no return.
On the other side, Zhou Luo looked at Xin Ming and instructed: "Don't underestimate Li Mengzhou too much, it's best to do your best." ”
Xin Ming was very unimpressed, just nodded, and walked towards the sword platform.
The two people jumped onto the sword platform one after another, each holding the sword in his hand, and looked at each other from afar.
Lu Jiuge and the angry Nansheng were on a pavilion, and Ning Haoran and Jiang Zihua were already standing here.
"Senior Brother Ning, Senior Brother Jiang. ”
Ning Haoran smiled and bowed.
Lu ...... Senior Sister Lu, hello. Jiang Zihua lowered his head a little shyly.
Lu Jiuge nodded towards Jiang Zihua and said with a smile: "I heard that Senior Brother Jiang has been very close to Li Mengzhou recently, so I must be very worried about him." ”
Jiang Zihua was completely immersed in Lu Jiuge's beautiful smile, smirked dumbfounded, and did not answer.
Ning Haoran couldn't help but slap Jiang Zihua on the back of the head, Jiang Zihua screamed in pain, quickly reacted, coughed lightly, and pretended to be calm: "Li Mengzhou is a very annoying person, but he does have some ability, I don't need to worry about him, but I have to worry about that Xin Ming." ”
Lu Jiuge said with some surprise: "Could it be that Senior Brother Jiang thinks that Li Mengzhou will definitely win?"
Jiang Zihua said proudly: "After all, if you have been with this genius for a long time, you will always have something to do with genius." ”
Lu Jiuge smiled slightly, looked at the two sword bearers on the sword platform, and said, "I am also looking forward to Li Mengzhou's extraordinary performance. ”
The whole square was in a commotion, and the sound of discussion was endless.
Compared with Jiang Zi's determination and Lu Jiuge's expectations, these Sword Academy disciples are still the majority who are not optimistic about Li Mengzhou.
Some people also have the same expectations as Lu Jiuge, after all, if the facts that have been identified are broken, it will be a very interesting thing.
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It was cold but the sky was clear, and at this time, it was rare for a fine snow to fall.
Li Mengzhou raised his eyes slightly, feeling the coldness of the fine snow falling on his face for a moment, and exhaled softly.
Xin Ming looked at the young man holding a dark blue sword in front of him, looked at the sudden snow, and sneered: "It seems that Dao Tian is going to see you off." ”
Li Mengzhou's calm face didn't have any other expression, he just looked at the sword in his hand silently.
The sword platform, which was concerned by the entire outer court, was a very boring thing for him.
The reason why he still agreed to go to the sword platform was purely because he didn't want to waste time on this matter, in the current situation where he couldn't see the sea of qi, his time was not enough, he couldn't pay attention to step-by-step like other cultivators, he should spend more time on cultivation, on consulting books to find a way to solve the problem of the sea of qi, instead of competing with Xin Ming on what sword platform.
But if he didn't solve the matter at hand, Xin Ming would definitely be entangled with him, so he just thought about it for a moment and agreed.
This is not the first time that Li Mengzhou has ignored Xin Ming.
Xin Ming should have felt used to it, but he couldn't swallow the breath in his heart.
So he stopped talking, but handed out the long sword in his hand.
Xin Ming's sword stabbed straight out.
The long sword stabbed straight at all, and it was no fancy thing, but Xin Ming obviously didn't make such a move for the first time, but more like a skillful stab many times.
The fast-moving sword brings up a strong wind.
The fine snow falling in mid-air was rolled up.
At the moment when the fine snow falls.
Li Mengzhou raised the dark green sword in his hand seemingly casually and walked towards Xin Ming's sword.
The two swords intersected with a crisp hum.
The sound is beautiful.
The picture of fine snow rolling is also very beautiful.
The two figures shuttling in the fine snow are fully displayed, and the red sparks and white snow on the sword are reflected, giving people a very magnificent visual experience.
Ning Haoran, who was standing in the pavilion with his hands in his hands, had a slight light in his eyes.
He looked at Li Mengzhou's starting style, including the subsequent change of track, his eyes narrowed, and he said with a smile: "In such a short period of time, he has practiced the "Snow Melting Style" to a small level, and with the help of fine snow from the sky, the variability of this style has been enhanced. In terms of understanding, he does surpass many people. ”
Although "Snow Melting Style" is the sword style in "The Book of Leaving the Sword", it is a preliminary understanding, but it is not something that can be mastered casually and comprehended.
Even if "Snow Melting Style" is the simplest in "Leaving the Sword Sutra", after all, it is a perceptual supernatural power, and if it can be used well, it can greatly strengthen Li Mengzhou's chances of winning.
Jiang Zihua said with some jealousy: "It took me almost a month to comprehend "Melting Snow" back then, and this kid was able to perform it like this in just ten days, which really makes people don't know what to say." ”
Ning Haoran said: "Casting "Melting Snow" requires the help of heaven and earth aura, and the invisible sea of qi will always have some impact on the use of heaven and earth aura, if not, he should be able to comprehend it in a shorter time. ”
Looking at the young girl in the other pavilion, Ning Haoran continued: "Shen Jiyue and He Zhengrong also comprehended "Melting Snow" in about the same time, if it is placed on the same level, Li Mengzhou's understanding should still be above the two of them. ”
Ning Haoran's face was gentle, his bearing was calm, he glanced at Jiang Zihua, and continued: "If you don't work hard, you will soon be caught up by these juniors, don't spend too much time on inconsequential things, otherwise you will not only lose yourself, but also lose the teacher's face." ”
Jiang Zihua was very depressed and a little flustered.
Being taught by Ning Haoran like this in front of Lu Jiuge, he was very faceless.
Secretly glanced at Lu Jiuge, and found that Lu Jiuge didn't seem to pay attention to these, but was very serious looking at the competition on the sword platform.
Although the two people on the sword platform were both in the Amaterasu stage, strictly speaking, they were not cultivators in the true sense, so their battles were not very flashy, nor did they cause too exaggerated damage.
However, the sword qi slashed on the platform, which also caused a lot of scratches on the ground.
Li Mengzhou took a step back, standing impartially.
Just standing at the end of the sword marks.
The snow was fine, the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, whistling, and the towering sword platform seemed to be swept by a snow storm, gently waving his sleeves, and the wind and snow all dispersed.
Xin Ming gasped slightly, looked at Li Mengzhou with a cloudy face, and said in a slow voice: "Even if you comprehend "Melting Snow", what can you do, if you can't see the sea of qi, you can't see it, this is a fact that can't be changed no matter what.
I don't hate you very much, it's just that this is the Imperial Palace, and I am also one of the people who have been admitted to the Imperial Palace, and you can't see the sea of qi but can study with us, which is too unfair to those who should be able to enter the Imperial Palace, and it is also unfair to those of us who have entered the Imperial Palace. Because you're not qualified. ”
Li Mengzhou smiled and said: "Fairness needs to be fought for by yourself, isn't it also unfair for you to take the initiative to challenge me, a person who can't see the sea of qi?" But I didn't say anything, because I would give you the fairness you wanted." ”
Xin Ming narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "I don't like your attitude very much, the palace is a sacred place, and there shouldn't be a person like you who is indiscriminate." Since you can't see yourself clearly, I will help you see clearly, and when I defeat you, your embarrassing appearance will be presented in front of all the disciples of the outer court, and I hope that you will have the face to continue to stay in the palace at that time. ”
Li Mengzhou scratched his head and said, "Of course I will stay in the palace, as for whether I will be embarrassed, I can't feel it at the moment, you don't seem to have the ability to embarrass me." ”
Xin Ming's hand holding the sword tightened, and his face was ugly, but he didn't rush to make a move, but sneered and said, "I'll let you know if I'm capable or not." ”
Li Mengzhou said casually: "Hurry up, I have to go to the Library Pavilion later, and I have already delayed a lot of time." ”
"I also don't think there's any point in delaying time, but it will give people the illusion that you are on a par with me, which is absolutely unacceptable. ”
Wind and snow swept through the sword platform again.
The sun in the sky dimmed in the light of the blade.
In the wind and snow, the two raised their swords at the same time, and then rushed towards each other.
The dark blue sword stood on Li Mengzhou's chest, and as his wrist trembled, countless snowflakes fluttered, and the sword that slashed out in the trembling emitted a blazing temperature, causing the snowflakes that touched the sword body to melt one after another, turning into water droplets, and then slowly condensed in the cold wind, forming crystal clear water droplets, shooting forward.
Xin Ming swallowed nervously, his face faintly pale.
Although I knew that Li Mengzhou had comprehended "Snow Melting Style", I didn't expect him to be able to use it to such an extent.
Since the first big lesson in the palace, Xin Ming has certainly not made no progress, although he has not been able to enter the realm of travel, but he has studied "Snow Melting Style" for many days, and he always has some insights, but he has just entered the threshold, and he will definitely not be able to show it as easily and familiarly as Li Mengzhou.
Rao is like this, and he never believes that he will be defeated by Li Mengzhou.