Chapter 197: Effort
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In fact, in front of this academy competition, the most urgent among the various forces is Qin Qingyu's Yumen. Because in the Vermilion Bird Courtyard, Yumen not only has its old opponent Tangmen, but now there is a more tricky and strong opponent out of thin air, Lu Yifan's Fanmen.
Now that Fanmen is in the limelight, and the speed of its expansion is an unprecedented miracle in the entire Holy Soul Academy, Qin Qingyu, who was already in the driver's seat, had to become a little headache in front of the Fanmen who was born out of nowhere.
Although the foundation of Fanmen is not deep, and the background is far inferior to that of Yumen, but in the first battle of power in the academy competition, all forces within the four major factions compete for the first title in their factions, which depends on the three people who really fight, in other words, what can play a decisive role in the battle for power is not the foundation and foundation of a force, but the quantity and quality of the top masters in this force.
More importantly, after the battle for power, there was no moment of recuperation, followed by a contest between the four major factions. And the key factor that determines the honor or disgrace of a faction, and even the status of a faction in the Holy Soul Academy, is precisely the top three masters of the first force in their respective factions, and they cannot invite other masters in the faction to join forces.
In other words, even if Yumen can defeat Fanmen in the battle for power, then Qin Qingyu will inevitably pay an extremely painful price, maybe he will be seriously injured, and then he will definitely not have enough energy and ability to deal with the ensuing faction battle, even if he is barely injured on the field, it will inevitably be difficult to play at his peak level, and in the end he will still lose in the faction battle.
Even in order to save face and not let himself lose so badly, he barely survived two games. When it came to the third battle for the Holy Soul Ranking, which was the most important for everyone, even if he had the heart to compete, he definitely didn't have that ability.
Therefore, the academy competition is not actually a place that only emphasizes the courage of the horseman, but more importantly, it is good at planning the layout. If you want to achieve the greatest achievement, you must be good at layout in advance, your own strength is important, but there is no shortage of leaders in the various factions and forces of the academy, so it is absolutely impossible to open an absolute gap in strength and try to defeat ten thousand with one enemy. Therefore, being good at making trade-offs, not to lose big because of small has become a wise saying in every academy competition, and it has become the top priority for all parties to consider.
Few people can be big winners in three tournaments, and there will be more or less trade-offs, at least not in recent decades.
In fact, this is also human nature, after all, different people, at different stages, will have completely different goals. For example, in the initial stage of Han Cheng's establishment of Hanmen, it was his first goal to strive to become the first force of the Blue Dragon Academy, so Han Cheng will definitely put all the strongest lineup in Hanmen into the first game of the power battle, and then win this event at all costs, even if the second and third games are all lost, there is no regret.
And when Han Men truly established the hegemony of the Blue Dragon Academy, then Han Cheng's goal was no longer limited to Han Gate's status in the Blue Dragon Academy, but more wanted to elevate the Blue Dragon Academy to the status of the first faction in the entire Holy Soul Academy.
In the end, after taking all the responsibilities, completing his personal ideals has become Han Cheng's greatest wish today, for today's Han Cheng, he is not worried about Hanmen's performance in the internal power struggle of the Qinglong Academy, because even if he does not take action personally, there is no second force in the Qinglong Academy that has the ability to compete with his Hanmen. Then, Han Cheng's retreat and cultivation, his ultimate goal is the last event of this academy competition, the battle for the Holy Soul List, he wants to make himself in the last year of the Holy Soul Academy, he can really sit on the throne of the first place on the Holy Soul List, and truly become the strongest person in this class of the Holy Soul Academy.
However, not everyone in this world is Han Cheng, and not everyone is bent on realizing their personal value at the last moment. For example, this is not the case with Qin Qingyu, of course, he himself knows very well that he wants to compete for the first place on the Holy Soul List in this competition, which is almost impossible for him at present.
In the blink of an eye, half a moon passed quietly, and tomorrow was the day when the academy competition officially began, and tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for the entire Holy Soul Academy.
In the Feather Gate, there was a gloom, and everyone of the Feather Gate disciples who came and went did not smile, on the contrary, they were all full of sadness.
And this oppressive atmosphere has actually been haunting Yumen since a month ago, after the three heroes of Yumen lost to Xie Yun in Tangmen.
The candles in the main hall were dim, except for Qin Qingyu, who was sitting on the main seat, frowning and taking a sip of tea from time to time, none of the other core disciples of Yumen sitting on both sides dared to make the slightest move, all of them hung their heads slightly as if they were walking on thin ice, staring at their toes, they had been sitting here for a whole hour, and no one had moved.
Qin Qingyu's temper has always been strange, so his prestige among the Yumen disciples is quite high, these disciples are far more afraid of Qin Qingyu than respectful, so tonight Qin Qingyu only drinks tea and does not open his mouth, and no one in the Yumen has the courage to open his mouth.
"This tea ......" Just when Qin Qingyu, who was contemplative, was about to reach out and pick up the teacup next to him again, a cold feeling came from the wall of the cup, but his spirit suddenly woke up, and the whole person was dragged back from his contemplation, "It seems to be a little cold!"
"Come on, quickly change the door master with a pot of hot tea!" Seeing this, Zhou Wu, who was sitting at the front of the left side of the hall, hurriedly shouted to the Yumen disciples behind him, among the people here today, if you insist on finding someone who is qualified to be the first to open your mouth, I am afraid that it is only Qin Qingyu's good brother Zhou Wu.
"Zhou Wu, your injuries ......"
"It's been fine for a long time!" Without waiting for Qin Qingyu to finish asking, Zhou Wu waved his hand and replied with a smile, "In the battle that day, Xie Yun didn't make a dead move, so I was already fine!"
"Okay!" Qin Qingyu nodded lightly, and then he swept his gaze to Wu Xiaochuan and Zhou Wen who were sitting behind Zhou Wu, "Then you two ......"
"If you go back to the sect master, the two of us are willing to fight against the mortal sect again on top of the academy competition, and we will be ashamed of the day!" Wu Xiaochuan replied in a condensed voice.
"Oh!" Qin Qingyu's answer was still concise and a little terrifying, and his tone was cold and a little scary, "Tomorrow is the first battle for power, and the ones who are eligible to participate in the Vermilion Bird Courtyard are none other than Yumen, Tangmen and Fanmen, what I'm most worried about now is not how difficult Fanmen is to deal with, but more worried about how Fanmen will deal with us once they join forces with Tangmen?"
"Sect Master, according to the information I have received, Tang Ruoxi does not plan to let Tang Men participate in this academy competition!" Wu Xiaochuan opened his mouth and said, "And in the past month, I have neither seen Tang Sect actively preparing for the battle, nor have I seen Tang Ruoxi go to retreat and cultivate, so I think she should still be immersed in depression and unable to extricate herself!"
"Really?" Hearing Wu Xiaochuan's words, Qin Qingyu couldn't tell whether he was surprised or worried, "I really can't figure out what happened to this Tang Ruoxi, who turned out to be the person he is today." ”
"It shouldn't be true!" Zhou Wu nodded and agreed, "According to the brothers below, there are more and more dissatisfied people among the disciples of the Tang Sect, I think it won't be long before even if Tang Ruoxi doesn't say it himself, the disciples of the Tang Sect will be scattered, and when the time comes, the Tang Sect will be self-defeating, and it will not be easy for Tang Ruoxi to keep the current foundation." ”
Qin Qingyu nodded thoughtfully, and then he looked at Zhou Wu and said faintly, "Then guess which three people will be sent by the Fan Sect tomorrow?"
"Lu Yifan founded Fanmen, and then look at the development momentum of Fanmen now, and they don't know which faction they accept people from, their wolf ambitions can be seen, Lu Yifan is so eager to let Fanmen grow rapidly, it is enough to show that his intentions are not as simple as creating a new force, and even ......" Zhou Wu wanted to speak and stopped, and only after hesitating for a moment did he lower his voice a few points again," He even wants to surpass all the forces in the four major factions in one fell swoop, and achieve the achievements that many first-class forces want to do but dare not do for so many years, and want to achieve but can't!" As he spoke, Zhou Wu's eyes even flashed with a terrifying gleam.
"Do you mean that he wants Fanmen to become the strongest force in the Holy Soul Academy, and he Lu Yifan wants to be the head of the four major factions of the Holy Soul Academy?" Zhou Wen looked at Wu Xiaochuan in surprise.
"Nothing is impossible!" Wu Xiaochuan smiled disdainfully, "It's just that whether he has the ability or not is another matter!"
"Lu Yifan is still young, he still has a long time to come, with his fame now and the masters around him, even if he wants to achieve this kind of goal, it may not be impossible!" Qin Qingyu's eyes narrowed slightly, and then his gaze fell on Zhou Wu again, "You haven't answered my question yet, who do you think Fanmen will let fight tomorrow?"
"Lu Yifan, Xie Yun, Ji Yuan!" Zhou Wu said bluntly, "Aside from the Liu Sandao who never made a move, these three people should be the strongest lineup in the current Fan Sect, and once it is really the three of them who play, then my Yu Goalkeeper will not have a chance of winning." The name of the first force of Suzaku Temple is destined to fall on the head of the mortal gate. ”
"Bang!"
With a sudden loud bang, I saw Qin Qingyu slam his palm on the tea table on the side, and instantly shook the teacups and teapots on the table. Looking at Qin Qingyu's expression again, there was a hideous look in his eyes, and even the muscles on his face couldn't help twitching.
"No! This is my old vendetta for many years, and now that I have finally defeated the Tang Sect, I will never allow the Fan Sect to stand in my way again!" Qin Qingyu said viciously.
"But it's too hard......"
"Not necessarily!" Without waiting for Zhou Wu to finish speaking, Wu Xiaochuan, who was sitting on the side, suddenly looked straight, and then said with a solemn face, "Actually, we still have a chance to turn the tables!"
"What chance?" Wu Xiaochuan's words made Qin Qingyu's eyes change suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that there are any other masters in my Yumen that I don't know?"
"Although there is no one in the Feather Gate, there is still one hidden in the Vermilion Bird Courtyard!" Wu Xiaochuan said with a smile, looking like a scheming man.
"You're talking about...... Jiang Yi?" Zhou Wu suddenly realized, and the Jiang Yi he was talking about was the martial idiot who was now ranked ninth on the Holy Soul List.
"That's right, Jiang Yi is the same as the sect master, he cultivates to the same Nine Transformation Soul Master, if we pull him into the Feather Gate, then our chances of winning tomorrow will be much greater!" Wu Xiaochuan smiled lightly.
"You said you were a martial idiot, how could you join us so easily?" Zhou Wen asked puzzledly, "Over the years, we and the Tang Sect have invited Jiang Yi to join more than once, but he has never agreed!"
"That's right, Jiang Yi has always been obsessed with cultivation, and he participates in the Holy Soul List battle every year, just to be able to compete with real masters!" Wu Xiaochuan smiled mysteriously, "He has always had a dream, that is, to be able to fight with a top master like Su Xie, but unfortunately he has never been able to get this opportunity!"
"Hmph, don't say it's Su Xie, even if it's Han Cheng and Chu Ding, he hasn't been able to make a hand!" Zhou Wen sneered, "Although Jiang Yi is a martial idiot, the annual battle for the Holy Soul List will stop at the end of the ranking, and last year, we didn't even meet our sect master, so we were stopped in ninth place by Tang Ruoxi and Li Dui!"
"I understand what you mean!" Qin Qingyu suddenly came to his senses, "You mean to use masters like Lu Yifan and Xie Yun as bait to attract him to join us, because only in this way can he have a chance to fight with a real master!"
"What the door master said is good!" Wu Xiaochuan nodded and smiled, "That's exactly what I meant!"
"But with Lu Yifan's current strength, he has reached the realm of souls, even with Jiang Yi's help, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop the progress of Fanmen, right?" Zhou Wu reminded with a frown.
"I don't expect that Lu Yifan will not do his best in the first game, but with Jiang Yi's personality, he will definitely fight him with all his might!" Wu Xiaochuan explained, "Lu Yifan also wants to retain his strength to deal with the next two fierce battles, so he will definitely not let others suffer too much damage." And the two sides are the most taboo and timid, once one side does its best at all costs, and the other side always has some scruples, I don't think there is any need to say more about this result, right? Even if we can't defeat Fan Men in the end, we can also take this opportunity to rub Lu Yifan's sharp spirit!"
"And I will arrange for Jiang Yi to be the first to play!" Qin Qingyu sneered fiercely in his eyes, "Let him go and kill the strength of the Fan Sect, and then decide whether I will play or not according to the result of the game and the degree of Lu Yifan's injury! If I am not sure, then I will retain my strength and wait for the last game to hit the exhausted Lu Yifan hard, and the effect should be good!"
"The master of the sect is wise!" As soon as Qin Qingyu's voice fell, the Yumen disciples in the hall got up one after another and echoed loudly.
"Our time is running out, Jiang Yi is a weirdo, he has been hiding in the practice secret room and refusing to get out during this time, it seems that it is not so easy for us to find him!" Zhou Wu said.
"Don't worry, I have already found out Jiang Yi's whereabouts, he has already been out of the customs this afternoon, and he should rest in his residence now!" Wu Xiaochuan smiled confidently.
"It seems that you have already thought about everything!" Qin Qingyu glanced at Wu Xiaochuan meaningfully, and then said lightly, "Not bad!"
"It's all up to the door master to mention something, I'm just sharing the worries for the door owner!" Wu Xiaochuan hurriedly said modestly.
In fact, how could Qin Qingyu not know Wu Xiaochuan's thoughts? It's just that the future Yumen will be handed over to Wu Xiaochuan sooner or later, and Wu Xiaochuan wants to make more contributions so that he can establish his prestige in the future, which is actually a reasonable thing. So although Qin Qingyu knew it, he didn't say anything.
"That Jiang Yi's matter ......"
"Door master, leave Jiang Yi's affairs to Wu!"
Qin Qingyu was actually waiting for Wu Xiaochuan's words, and when he heard Wu Xiaochuan take the initiative to ask for help, he immediately laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! Xiaochuan, do this matter beautifully, don't lose my Yumen's face!" Saying that, Qin Qingyu also showed a meaningful smile at Wu Xiaochuan.
"Don't worry, the master of the sect, tomorrow's academy competition, Jiang Yi must be a person from my Yumen!"
After Wu Xiaochuan received the order, he was in a good mood, and even turned around to do something.
In fact, for Jiang Yi, Wu Xiaochuan had already secretly contacted Lu Yifan not long after he came back. If not, how would he dare to propose such a method?
And he has to keep it hidden, just to wait until the last moment before tonight's competition, Wu Xiaochuan knows that 'icing on the cake' and 'sending charcoal in the snow', two