Chapter 4: The Battle of the Prince
Where there are people, there is struggle, and the struggle among the royal family is particularly fierce, even if the current Tianlan Continent is not the world that they once was.
Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month, when the moon is full, there will be a competition, all the princes who have passed the weak crown ceremony are eligible to participate, and the results of this battle will determine the ranking of the princes in the coming year, as well as the resources that can be obtained.
Tianlan Continent respects martial arts, since ancient times, it has been poor and rich in martial arts, and it has rich resources, as long as it is not a dou who can't be supported, the strength will naturally not be bottom, and with strength, it will naturally have more power.
Therefore, in the hearts of all princes, the importance of competing for places in the battle is self-evident.
The reason why Li Yi wants to participate in this battle is naturally not just those materials or the so-called rankings, his purpose is another thing in the battle.
Anyone who has reached the age of sixteen and has initially stabilized the body bone meridians can start cultivating, and in two years, even if they are generally qualified, they can cultivate to the fourth or fifth level of the Quenching Body Realm, not to mention those princes who have rich resources and good talents.
As far as Li Yi knew, there were a very few princes among them who had even reached the late stage of the Quenching Body Realm, and could break through to the peak of the Quenching Body Realm or even enter the Qi Refining Realm at any time.
And Li Yi is only at the first level of the Quenching Body Realm now, no matter how powerful his talent is, I am afraid that in the next three months, he will not be able to break through the Quenching Body Realm, so Lu Xiaofeng found a rare ground-level martial art such as "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky" for Li Yi, in order to reduce the strength between Li Yi and other princes.
As we all know, the more powerful the martial arts, once the cultivation is successful, the stronger the power that can be exerted, and the martial arts of the lower grades of the ground, as long as Li Yi masters them, it is definitely not a problem to fight at the next level.
Now that the bright moon has just risen, it is still early at midnight, and with the cheats of "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky" in his hand, even Li Yi can't bear it, and directly takes out the cheats and looks slowly.
Although "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky" is only a move, but in this secret book, it is not the case, but contains the swordsmanship that Ye Gucheng has learned all his life and his understanding of the way of the sword, and finally it is the move of "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky".
In Li Yi's view, Ye Gucheng's understanding of kendo alone in his life is worth more than "flying immortals outside the sky".
Although it is said that the move of "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky" has been ranked among the lower grades of the prefecture, but with these kendo insights, just like Ye Gucheng, it is not a fool's dream to create another martial art of the lower grade of the prefecture level.
Someone else's is always someone else's, no matter how you learn, you can't surpass it, and it doesn't necessarily suit you.
A cheats book is only more than 100 pages, but for three whole hours, Li Yi only read three pages, because Li Yi is not only reading, but also using the content above to understand swordsmanship, which is an extremely slow stage.
Ye Gucheng's perception of more than 30 years is gathered in these more than 100 pages, and it is impossible to completely eat it in a short period of time.
After turning all the insights in these three pages into his own, Li Yi rubbed his somewhat swollen head, closed the cheats, and did not continue to read.
Then he put the cheats aside, took a sip of the teacup, and moistened his somewhat dry lips.
"How is it?" asked Lu Xiaofeng, who had not yet left.
Li Yi naturally knew what Lu Xiaofeng was asking, nodded and shook his head: "I don't have two months, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this kendo knowledge thoroughly." ”
Hearing Li Yi's words, Lu Xiaofeng's four eyebrows were raised, and he gasped, "Is it just two months? Your kid's understanding is really terrifying! It seems that it is really right to hand over this thing to you." ”
Li Yi smiled undeniably, two lives, the accumulated experience and understanding are very comparable, and Li Yi didn't think there was anything remarkable.
Slowly got up from the wheelchair, moving extremely naturally, and there was no sign of a problem in his legs, this scene made Lu Xiaofeng's eyes light up.
Picking up the cheats on the table, Li Yi walked up to Lu Xiaofeng's side and asked in a somewhat serious tone: "You have finished reading this cheats!"
"Look, don't you know?" Lu Xiaofeng was stunned when he heard this, a little unclear what Li Yi meant, he had read this secret book, and Li Yi already knew it yesterday, why would he ask like this now?
"But don't you think there's anything wrong?" asked Li Yi.
Lu Xiaofeng frowned, took the cheats handed over by Li Yi and flipped through them, "There's nothing wrong with it! It's still the same as before, the back is the sword move of "Flying Immortals Outside the Sky", and the front is Lao Ye's sense of swordsmanship in this life."
Halfway through speaking, Lu Xiaofeng's words also stopped, and his brows furrowed.
Li Yi took the cheats handed over by Lu Xiaofeng and said indifferently: "It seems that you have also found out." ”
Lu Xiaofeng nodded, "I haven't deliberately thought about these things before, but after you said this, I found out the problem." ”
The problem has been pointed out, Li Yi did not put the cheats aside, but put it in his arms, and put it close to his body, "Your Lu Xiaofeng's understanding of swordsmanship, although it is not as good as Ye Gucheng and Ximen Blowing Snow, is definitely not low, for you, I believe that as long as you have a sword move, it is definitely not a difficult thing to learn this move, and since Ye Gucheng has done this, it will naturally have another meaning." ”
Li Yi didn't say the following words, Lu Xiaofeng was also clear, and said in a heavy tone: "Lao Ye doesn't want the martial arts of this life to be lost like this, and wants to borrow my hand to help him find a successor, this is to explain the future!"
Li Yi smiled bitterly: "So, I'm lying down again, because of your kindness to learn this swordsmanship, if something really happens to Ye Gucheng, I'm afraid I will have an inexplicable master, Lu Xiaofeng, will you die if you pit me less once?"
Lu Xiaofeng's face turned rare red when he heard this, then coughed lightly twice, picked up the wine glass on the small table, and drank it lightly, but a trace of worry and doubt flashed in his eyes.
As if to confirm the conjecture of the two, a carrier pigeon fluttered into the living room and landed on Lu Xiaofeng's shoulder.
took the note tied to the pigeon's leg and glanced at it, Lu Xiaofeng's eyes couldn't help but glance at the cheats in his hand, sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "I have to go back to Daming Kingdom, things are really a bit big." ”
Li Yi didn't ask specifically, but he could roughly guess some, but the current Li Yi is not qualified to participate.
Raising his head, looking at Mingyue, who was about to rise to the middle, he turned around and returned to his bedroom, without the slightest hesitation, and directly sat down and used his mental method to refine his body.
As the exercises worked, Li Yi could feel a tingling sensation all over his body, which was the reaction produced during the tempering.
However, the progress is not fast, according to Li Yi's estimate, if you want to break through the first layer of quenching, I am afraid that you will not be able to do it in a week.
And the slower the cultivation goes, no matter how you calculate it, in three months, Li Yi can only enter the four realms of quenching at most, and if he wants to participate in the battle for the prince and win the first place, this strength is a little too low.
However, Li Yi was not distressed by the current progress of cultivation, and during the cultivation period, he was also waiting quietly.
Just as the bright moon outside the window rose to the middle, a cool feeling came from his body, followed by a pale cyan green light suddenly leaked out of Li Yi's body, and after a while, it converged and did not trigger.
At the same time as this azure blue light appeared, Li Yi suddenly felt that the original faint tingling sensation in his body increased several times in an instant, as if thousands of ants were constantly climbing around his body, and it was itchy and unbearable.
Under this kind of itching, because of enduring this kind of cultivation that was close to torture, Li Yi's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and sweat quickly overflowed from the back of his body and forehead, wetting his body, and after a while, a small pool of sweat stains appeared on the bed under him.
After a quarter of an hour, this feeling gradually dissipated, and as the itching in his body subsided, he exhaled a long breath, although it was only a quarter of an hour, Li Yi felt that he had endured it for several days and nights.
After stopping the operation of the exercises, resting for a while, he stood up and felt it for a moment, and a strong smile appeared on Li Yi's handsome face.
"Quenching the second floor"
From Li Yi's cultivation to the appearance and disappearance of the green mangs in his body, it was only a quarter of an hour, but it was in this quarter of an hour that Li Yi broke through from the first layer of the Body Refining Realm to the second layer of the Body Refining Realm.
You must know that unless it is some talented, the cultivation path will only be slower and slower the further you go, and I don't know how many people will be scared if Li Yi's speed of breaking through the first order in one day like Li Yi is now.
However, Li Yi knew that in fact, he really had to rely on his simple cultivation, according to the kind of progress at the beginning, I am afraid that it would be impossible to break through in five days, and the reason why he was able to have this effect was completely because of the green mangs in his body.
In three months, Li Yi wanted to directly fight with those princes who had been cultivating longer than himself, no matter how smart Li Yi was, it was impossible to do so, but during the day, the reason why he was so sure in front of Lu Xiaofeng was that the gambling was that in his body, the green mang that would appear every night.
This is the biggest source of Li Yi's confidence.
Having just broken through the second layer of the Body Refining Realm, Li Yi did not continue to sit on the ground and cultivate, in a vain attempt to hit the third layer as soon as possible.
You must know that if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, now that the realm has just broken through, whether it is the meridians or the body, you need a stage of adaptation, and thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground, this truth is a human being in two lives, and Li Yi cannot ignore it.
Therefore, after the realm was stabilized, he took out a luxurious long sword that was originally just placed in the room for decoration, and recalled the content of the cheats in his mind for a moment, the breeze blew into the room through the window, and the sword body that exuded a cold light also danced, seemingly slow, like a dance, whoever looks like Li Yi's movements at this time are more inclined to an ornamental sword dance.
However, at this moment, the movements in Li Yi's hands also changed suddenly, his footsteps changed several times in succession, and the cold light in his hand was like a hidden dragon in the abyss, and the dim light mixed in the room was ready to emit momentum, as fast as a frightening flood.
Holding a sword flower, holding the sword behind his hand, he took a breath lightly, feeling the feeling of Fang Cai, Li Yi had to secretly praise, "It is worthy of the arrogant Ye Gucheng, even if it is an ordinary foundation-building sword move, it is so exquisite." ”
But after a while, he sighed again, Ye Gucheng, as his name suggests, arrogant as a city, no matter what he does, he pursues beauty, even if he creates these ordinary sword moves, while the lethality is extraordinary, the ornamentation is also extremely strong, even Li Yi himself can feel the beauty of those sword moves when he is practicing.
This, perhaps made Li Yi a little helpless.
Li Yi has been handsome since he was a child, coupled with his previous physical problems, he basically spent most of his time in his palace, even if he didn't go to the royal school, which also led to insufficient exercise, and it looked a little lacking in masculine beauty from the outside.
Shaking his head, he threw this question of little practical significance out of his mind, put the sword in its sheath, hung it on the wall, and turned to rest.