Chapter 22: The Red-Haired Monkey
Snow sets on October 2, 117 year of the Nas era
At four o'clock in the morning, Drake quietly sneaked back to Yan's house with a blood stain.
At five o'clock in the morning, Wu Ling was awakened by urine, and when he opened his eyes, he was startled by the scattered night clothes on the ground, tiptoed out of bed, carefully flipped over the night clothes a few times, and found that there was no damage on the clothes and pants, and concluded that the dried blood stains on the night clothes were all from the enemy, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then turned over the lining pockets of the night clothes, Wu Ling touched a hard object from inside, and took it out to see, it was actually a bloodstained copper flame emblem, Wu Ling was very impressed by this emblem, the emblem was worn by the red-robed blonde man in Wanjiaγ
"Looks like Mr. Drake has taken care of the rabble. Wu Ling muttered to himself, put the emblem back in the pocket of his night coat, and quietly moved to Drake's bedside, finding that Drake was grinning in his sleep. After getting along for eight years, I haven't seen Drake laugh a few times a year, and now I am dreaming and laughing like a fool, it seems that Wan Lingyue should be completely safe before the end of the new test, Wu Ling can be regarded as a stone in his heart fell to the ground, urinated comfortably, climbed back into bed and fell asleep.
When the three of them got up and got ready, and entered the martial arts arena of the Imperial Army's Snow Falling City Branch again, the three of them found that the whole martial arts arena had changed. The area between the two-story building in the south of the exercise hall and the south side of the long pavilion is isolated as a preparation area, and a large number of folding chairs are placed in the preparation area, and the prospective students are already waiting inside. There were still several very slender long tables in the pavilion, where the main judges' seat was located, and the representatives of the three major war academies would still be seated. On the north side of the pavilion is the test score statistics area, which is used to count and publish the test results in a timely manner, and the main staff are the first-year cadets of the War College and some army soldiers.
The arena in the middle of the martial arts arena is no longer a lonely square platform, and eight small competitive stone platforms have been built around it, each stone platform is slightly smaller in size than the arena, and forms a three-vertical and three-horizontal arrangement pattern with the Mogang Arena.
Wu Ling, Harold and Yan Tianhan came directly to the preparation area according to the guidance signs in the martial arts arena, the preparation area was very simple, in the open space of the isolated area, there was a huge dark green canvas with a grid painted within the four boundary lines, a square grid, the length and width were all one meter five. In the center of the boundary line on the north side of the preparation area near the long pavilion, there are two signs, one large and one small, the big one is the result announcement board, and the small one is the bulletin board.
The three of them found an empty spot in the preparation area close to the long pavilion and sat down in three adjacent grids. At this time, there were not many people in the preparation area, and each of them was making preparations, and a few of them were reciting scriptures in front of the sky, praying for the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
According to the agreement with Lantian, Wu Ling will face Guo Chongyan, the top seed of Xueluo City, today, and there is no room for slackness, Wu Ling sat on the chair with his eyes closed, adjusted his breathing, and tried to stabilize his mentality.
Harold's self-esteem was inflated to the extreme, his confidence was bursting, he had already decided that today must be a day to become famous, playing with the ink steel sword in his hand, doing nothing, looking around at the candidates, trying to find some fun, and the hard work paid off, and soon Harold found a "red-haired monkey" in the northeast corner of the preparation area, and excitedly slapped Yan Tianhan's thigh several times in a row.
"Hey, hey, Yan Tianhan! Look over there, there's a 'red-haired monkey' in the northeast corner, and you have the heart to pose here, coming out of the acrobatic troupe, right? Looking at his stupid sitting posture, you can conclude that this product must be a big parallel import. Harold didn't say or laugh, holding his stomach and almost falling off his chair. Yan Tianhan was also very curious, raised his eyelids, and glanced at the "red-haired monkey", just this glance, which directly made Yan Tianhan laugh happily, "This is really blind to my eyes, Guo Chongyan, this turtle grandson, when I saw him half a month ago, he was still a 'green-haired turtle', and I really thought that changing his red-hot style would be the focus of the audience today." β
Guo Chongyan has big red wavy hair, wearing a fiery red light leather armor, leather boots and leather gloves are also fiery red color, the whole person from top to bottom, from head to toe, the only thing that is not red is the dark pie face, if it weren't for Yan Tianhan who recognized Guo Chongyan, but looking at this pie face, it was really hard to imagine that he was Guo Yansheng's son.
When Wu Ling heard the name "Guo Chongyan", he was very curious about what kind of strange shape his opponent had. The same shape didn't give Wu Ling too much shock, the only thing that made Wu Ling feel oppressive was the horse chopping knife that Guo Chongyan was carrying on his shoulder, the horse chopping knife was more than two meters in total, the length of the knife body was close to one and a half meters, and the handle was very thick and thick more than half a meter long.
Wu Ling swept the ink steel hand half sword in his hand, his brows furrowed, and he missed Wan Lingyue's Sun-Breaking Silver Ling Sword very much.
Wu Ling's demeanor was all seen by Yan Tianhan, Yan Tianhan felt strange, and asked: "Wu Ling, it doesn't seem right to look at you! Radical militants should not have such a solemn expression." β
Wu Ling nodded by default, stretched out his hand and pointed at Guo Chongyan's horse chopping knife, and said to Yan Tianhan: "Guo Chongyan's horse chopping knife, I haven't seen the material, and it is definitely not an ordinary metal." Now the blades are light and slender, the blade of the sword is very thick, and the style of the knife is also very old, I estimate that the knife is a little old. An ancient knife is so well maintained, if it is not a family heirloom knife, it is estimated that it is also an ancient knife obtained with a lot of money. My ink steel hand half sword is also at a disadvantage not to mention the loss, I should have known that this was the case, I should have borrowed a good sword from Lantian or Lanlinfeng first. β
After listening to Wu Ling's analysis, Yan Tianhan seemed very regretful, patted his head, and said angrily: "In my basement collection room, there are all good weapons, I was careless, I forgot that his father Guo Yansheng has always liked to play yin, it's really despicable! Don't worry, I want to find a way." β
"It's okay, it's okay, Wu Ling is amazing, he can hit his minions all over the ground with just his fists and feet. Harold didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, patted Yan Tianhan's shoulder, and said with a grin.
Wu Ling smiled bitterly and nodded.
Just when Wu Lingsan was staring at Guo Chongyan and discussing, Lan Tian had already walked up to the arena with the microphone, Lan Tian was not wearing the uniform of the War College today, and the white long skirt that almost reached the ground made the whole person look very light.
"Hello candidates in the preparation area, I am the guest host of today's combat power test, let me introduce myself, my name is Lantian, and I am currently the provost of the Dawning City Branch of the Imperial War Academy. The combat power test is about to begin, before starting, I want to reveal a good news to you, we have already counted the results of the Crossing Body Attribute Test, it is no exaggeration to say that you are the best Crossing Body Talent in the Snowfall City Test! The staff counted overnight, and now the report card of the Crossing Body Characteristics Test is being calibrated and produced, and it will be posted later. Please prepare carefully again, and the combat power test will start later. β
Lan Tian retreated from the arena to the small two-storey building to the south, and after a quarter of an hour, Sha Baiyu walked out of it, holding a sword in his left hand and two cloth scrolls, one large and one small, in his right hand. Today's Sha Baiyu doesn't have the aura he had on the first day of appearance, and he lost to the same person twice in public in a row, and he would be a little depressed if he changed anyone. Seeing Sha Baiyu walking over with a sword, Yan Tianhan was excited, rushed out of the preparation area in a few steps, and after a few simple conversations with Sha Baiyu, he returned to his seat with a proud face, which made Wu Ling and Harold confused, and they didn't know what trick Yan Tianhan was playing.
Sha Baiyu hung the list of the smaller number on the result announcement board in the preparation area, and as soon as the list was hung up, it was surrounded by a crowd of candidates, Harold joined in the fun, and he was the first to block in front of the score announcement board, forcing Sha Baiyu to reflexively jump into the long pavilion and wear it out of the long pavilion. Wu Ling looked at Guo Chongyan, Guo Chongyan didn't have the slightest intention of coming forward to check the results, thinking that his father Guo Yansheng had already told him the results.
The students who saw the list were almost half disappointed and satisfied, or sighed or smiled, asking each other about their results, and only a few students were excited and had already gotten away and screamed. And Harold is the most unusual one, he is the most excited among the people who sigh, and he is the only one who is excited, he withdrew from the crowd with anger, and shouted to Wu Ling and Yan Tianhan angrily: "The three of us are in the third, fourth, and fifth places, Wu Ling is the third 183, the senior brother is the fourth 180, and I am the fifth 174." That 'red-haired monkey'! turned out to be the first, 194, it's really ***, his father can't even recognize him if he doesn't fight today, and he can't be considered a winner!"
Harold's shout made the originally noisy preparation area suddenly quiet, and most of the people followed the sound to look at Wu Ling, Yan Tianhan and Harold, and those who had a good memory had already found out that Wu Ling was the sword-catching boy who staged the bare-handed sword catching skill in the stands in the opening game, and began to mumble in twos and threes.
"Look at his score, 183 thunder attributes! It's clearly three hearts! I just don't know what this second attribute is, and whether it can be opened. β
"It doesn't matter what it is, he's the kid who picked up the sword in the stands yesterday! I heard Shi Fang say that even if he picks it up himself, he may not be able to do it so well!"
"It turns out that his name is Wu Ling, and I have never heard of such a number one person before. β
"Haven't you heard it now, this person is a monster, I heard that Shi Fang's sword was the strongest sword since the opening of the crossing body, so he was thrown back lightly. β
"I guess Guo Chongyan's bastard is hanging this year, I'm really happy, how hard he blew before, and he was shameless and withdrawn from the Dawning City, and went to our snowfall city to participate in the test, it's obviously a parallel commodity with no real kung fu!"
"I really hope that Wu Ling will beat Guo Chongyan, take a look at his 'burning chicken feathers' shape today, let this kind of person take the first place, and when he arrives in the Dawn City, it will be a shame for us to fall into the city. β
"Yes, the ancestral horse chopping knife has been brought, it's really shameless, it's as shameless as his father, I'd rather come back next year than go to the Gezhi War Academy. β
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Although Guo Chongyan was still standing in place and posing in a cool pose, with the heated discussion of the crowd, his face was obviously full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and stared at the noisy crowd. Such a good effect was something that Harold did not expect but liked to hear, and it was quickly integrated into a heated discussion, vigorously advocating Wu Ling's strong strength while frantically belittling Guo Chongyan.
Wu Ling didn't like the noisy environment, and he didn't want to join this boring discussion, so he grabbed Yan Tianhan and asked for advice on the scoring mechanism of the combat power test.
The mood in the entire preparation area has been so good that there is no need to fan the flames anymore, Yan Tianhan has nothing to do, it happened that Wu Ling asked a question, and then answered: "The scoring mechanism of the combat strength test is like this, the selectors will give you a score according to the ability you show in the battle, such as speed, reaction, combat skills, etc., the total score is 100, and the actual score is taken from the average of the judges' scores, and the whole number record is taken after rounding." In addition, the winning team will be rewarded with an additional 50 points, and the losing team will have the same score, that is, the actual maximum score in the combat power test will be 150 points. Although your score in the Crossing Body Attribute Test is 11 points less than Guo Chongyan, as long as you win Guo Chongyan, you can still fight for the first place in Snow Falling City this year. β
"Why Fight?"
"I don't know what the second score is, now, and it's hard to say what the second combat power test score will be. Although I believe in your strength, this is an objective variable that must not be ignored. Yan Tianhan glanced at the two-story building in the south, winked at Wu Ling, and with a very mysterious smile, took out a piece of paper from his arms and waved it in front of Wu Ling, "Yan Tianhan, a well-known magician in Snowfall City, is about to perform the greatest magic trick of this era for you, look at it, this is an ordinary piece of paper, just some words are simply printed on it, soon, within a minute, I will turn this piece of paper into a big killing weapon." β
As soon as Yan Tianhan finished speaking, a student of the Imperial War Academy came to Yan Tianhan's side with a silver-white sword, said a few words, took the piece of paper that Yan Tianhan had just wielded, and handed the sword to Yan Tianhan. Yan Tianhan didn't stop, he directly turned his hand and put the sword in Wu Ling's hand, looking at Wu Ling's puzzled look, he reached out and pulled the sword out of the silver-white scabbard, raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "The best one in the hands of the students of the Imperial War Academy, although it is not the top-level Sun-Breaking Silver Ling Sword, but it is also a Mingjing Silver Ling Sword, there is no need to say thank you, the main purpose of me doing this is to save the face of our Snow Falling City." β
Wu Ling was very surprised, nodded again and again, took the sword out of the sheath, flipped it over and over for a while, knocked the slightly transparent sword body, inadvertently frowned slightly again, and asked, "Senior brother, did you buy the sword just now?"
Yan Tianhan was a little helpless about Wu Ling's reaction and couldn't see the reason, so he nodded.
Wu Ling confirmed that the sword had changed hands, tapped the blade of the sword again, and said with great certainty: "There are some small cracks in the inside of this sword, which should be a defect in the sword-making, I think this sword may not be able to survive my battle." However, it is better for a thin camel to be bigger than a horse than to take a half-sword in my hand and be cut into a dagger by Guo Chongyan like a sugar cane. All in all, thank you brother for this generous gift!"
After listening to Wu Ling's words, Yan Tianhan's heart began to drip blood, 100,000 yuan said no, no one, and anyone would have to feel distressed for a while, but in order to keep Xueluocheng's face from being tarnished, he couldn't bear the distress, and said awe-inspiringly: "If it's broken, it's broken, take down Guo Chongyan, and I'll give you the handle of the Sun-breaking Silver Ling Sword!"
Hearing Yan Tianhan say this, Wu Ling was very happy, and said that he would definitely take down Guo Chongyan, so that Yan Tianhan would lose another piece of meat after his blood came out.
Wu Ling and Yan Tianhan bought swords, and the teams of the Imperial War College, the Aobo War College and the Gezhi War College entered the long pavilion one after another, Lan Linfeng, Fang Lei and Guo Yansheng sat down in the long pavilion one after another, and inside and outside the long pavilion, there was a row of evaluators holding paper and pencils, all of whom were in place. As a guest host, Lan Tian stood in the shade of the long pavilion, Lan Tian looked back at the preparation area, smiled meaningfully at Wu Ling, and turned around and walked into the arena.
"Everyone, today has made everyone wait for a long time, the combat power test has officially begun, the first battle of today's combat power test is played by Guo Chongyan against Wu Ling! Guo Chongyan must be no stranger to everyone, a genius boy from the Dawn City, the results of the crossing body attribute test ranked first; you may not have an impression of the name Wu Ling, the young man who received the sword in the stands during the opening battle must still have an impression, right? That is Wu Ling, Wu Ling temporarily ranked third with the results of the crossing body attribute test. Will this unruly boy who was born out of thin air bring more surprises to everyone? Let's wait and see! Wu Ling, Guo Chongyan, let's play!"
"What about the lottery process?" Yan Tianhan couldn't help but be a little surprised, and then turned to a state of excitement and patted his thigh, "Where is this black-box operation, it is clear that he wants to kill Guo Chongyan!"
"It's up!" Wu Ling shouted loudly, exchanged fists with Yan Tianhan and Harold, and walked quickly to the arena with his sword.