Chapter 55: Exchange Competition
I smiled and shook my head, and said, "I suggest that you suppress Tiandu Academy, if Tiandu wins, your interests will be greater." ”
The man said disdainfully: "There is no hope at all in the sky, and there is still a fight with the Songweaving Academy at the bottom every time, and the other colleges, I don't think more than three people can clean up their group of raw melons and eggs." ”
I stopped arguing with him about this and asked, "Can you tell me when the game is going and where it starts?"
"You don't even know this, starting tomorrow, on the square of Xilun Academy, I estimate that many people will go to stand tonight, otherwise they may not be crowded in tomorrow, our Xilun City has not been so lively for a long time. ”
"Thank you. "Although I don't have any interest in betting, I am sure that Tiandu will win this game, and maybe, if Tiandu wins, Ziyan and her mood will be better, and I will have a chance.
"Brother, listen to me, press the wind, although the odds are not high, but you can make sure that you make money. ”
I shook my head and squeezed into the crowd, although there were a lot of people, but with my skill I easily squeezed in, I pressed the hat and asked the dealer, "Do you accept the real thing." The dealer said casually while collecting the gambling money around: "Only accept gems." I took out a bloodstone from my bosom and said in a deep voice, "I will press one million gold coins to win in Tiandu Academy." ”
The crowd fell silent and everyone looked at me. The dealer looked up in amazement and looked at the bloodstone in my hand, his eyes widened.
"What? Isn't it worth that?"
The dealer collected his thoughts, bowed his head and discussed with the assistant next to him, and said to me: "I am not good at gemstones, please come with me." As he spoke, he turned and walked towards the shop behind him, and the crowd of people automatically flashed a path for us, and everyone looked at me with idiot eyes. In their minds, it is impossible for me to win such an upset.
When I entered the shop with the dealer, he politely set me aside and said, "Please wait here for a while, I'll find someone to estimate your gem." ”
I nodded, this is my last bloodstone, if I am not sure, I will not use it to press, at the beginning Zi Yan said that these gems are conservatively estimated to be worth a million gold coins, it should be true.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the dealer brought two people in. A very old man with snow-white hair and beard, but despite this, his waist was straight and he looked very strong. The other was very young, probably about the same age as me, dressed in a white Confucian robe, handsome, with a straight nose and a square mouth, very handsome, and a decorative sword studded with precious stones hanging from his waist, and at first glance he was the son of a rich family.
The dealer stood aside and introduced: "This gentleman, this is our old man Sun Ze, the largest jeweler in Xilun City, and this is the gentleman who wants to use gems to press. ”
I stood up and nodded at the old man.
Sun Ze said: "Sir, can you let me take a look at your gem?" I handed over the bloodstone, Sun Ze and the young man who came with him had a strange brilliance in their eyes, I obviously felt that Sun Ze's hand was trembling, he took out a magnifying glass from his arms, and looked at the bloodstone carefully in the direction of the good light. The young man also leaned over to him, and there was confusion in his eyes.
After a long time, Sun Ze and the dealer glanced at each other, the dealer showed an inquiring look, Sun Ze shook his head, turned to me and said: "Sir, although you are a foreigner, I must not lie to you, as a jeweler, I have my own profession, I tell you frankly, your flawless piece of the best bloodstone is worth more than 5 million gold coins, if you only press one million gold coins is really a loss." Hearing his words, the dealer's eyes almost fell out, and he lost his voice: "What? This little red stone is worth 5 million gold coins." ”
Sun Ze glared at him with some disdain, and said, "This is just my conservative estimate, if it is put on the market for auction, it may be far more than this price." This is the best bloodstone, perennial wear it has the effect of prolonging life, refreshing the star brain, the elderly with will always maintain abundant energy and memory, it is definitely a rare treasure, and now there is no place to produce it. I call you a little brother, I advise you not to bet on him, sell me how, I will give you the number I just said. ”
Before I could answer, the young man who came with him said, "Old Sun, give me this gem." I gave out six million gold coins. "I was secretly shocked, who are these people, and they can buy a gem with a few million gold coins. Sun Ze turned his head to the young man and smiled bitterly: "Do you want to use money to stone me to death? Hey, if you ask for it, it is not very useful, if I want it, maybe I can live for another 10 years." ”
I sneered in my heart, what does it have to do with me whether you can live for 10 more years, I took back the bloodstone from Sun Ze's hand, and said indifferently: "I'm sorry, I don't sell this gem, I only use it for pressure." Banker, do you take it or not. Since it's worth 5 million gold coins, I'll press 5 million, or win the Tiandu Academy. ”
The dealer was sweating, although he knew that the possibility of Tiandu Academy winning was very small, but he had never taken such a big bet, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while. The young man frowned and looked me up and down with a hat, and said to the dealer: "Since this brother insists on this, then you can accept it." ”
When the dealer heard the young man say this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and respectfully took the bloodstone from my hand. I said coldly: "I don't know if you Xilun City can lose 80 million gold coins, I can tell you that I am one of the contestants of Tiandu Academy, this is not a violation of the gambling contract." ”
A cold glint flashed in the young man's eyes, and he said in surprise: "You are a player from Tiandu Academy, why haven't I seen you." However, this is not a violation, there are also people in Fengtong Academy who pressure their own academy, but the stakes are much smaller than yours, since you are so confident, then of course I am willing to fulfill you, do you think that you can win Fengtong in the sky? Since you are willing to give free compensation, I am also happy to accept it. ”
I took the stakes from the dealer and said in a deep voice: "Let you Xilun City Lord prepare 80 million gold coins, if you don't have cash, you can replace them with items." "After speaking, I turned around and left, in fact, I don't need much money, this time it's just fun, since the city lord of Xilun wants to use this opportunity to make money, then I will pay him for fun, the more money the better.
............
Early in the morning, I came to the gate of Xilun Academy with Mo Ming on my back, the scene in front of me startled me, the scale of Xilun Academy is not much better than the sky, what surprised me was the crowd of people in front of me, the gate was blocked, the crowd was desperately squeezing in, I am afraid that I can't even insert the needle inside, if it weren't for a large number of soldiers to maintain order, I'm afraid there would have been a mess. As soon as I walked to the door, a loud voice shouted: "Don't squeeze in, there is no empty space in the academy, please wait here, we will inform you of the competition as soon as possible." The voice of the person who spoke was vigorous and powerful, and when he heard it, he knew that he had a profound cultivation, and his words immediately made the crowd present in an uproar, most of them retreated regretfully, and some people who reported hope still squeezed inside.
I will be able to see Zi Yan and Zi Xue immediately, how could I retreat at this time, I wrapped my body with the mad god fighting qi, and the whole body emitted a faint yellow glow, and the people in front of me were forcibly separated by the energy I emitted, and the people next to me only felt that the body was squeezed hard, and then it returned to its original state, but I took this opportunity to enter the crowd, and in the case of the mad god fighting qi opening the way, I finally squeezed in.
As soon as I entered Xilun Academy, the first thing I saw was a huge high platform, which should be the test venue, I squeezed to a place about 10 meters away from the high platform and stopped, because of the protection of the fighting spirit, the people around me could not squeeze into my body. At this time, it was still early before the time of the game, but all the onlookers were in a state of excitement and all kinds of discussions. From their conversation, I know that today's first game is between Xilun Academy and Tiandu Academy, and the second game is Songweaving Academy vs. Fengtong Academy, this schedule is quite reasonable, I thought that Xilun Academy, as the landlord, would definitely find a way to compete with Songweaving Academy. Now it seems that this competition is quite fair.
A man in a yellow robe walked up to the stage and saluted the people around him: "Thank you very much for coming to watch the ceremony today, I am the director of the foreign affairs department of Xilun College, and I would like to ask the dean of Xilun College to give you a few words." As he spoke, he invited an old man from the VIP seat, and the old man looked like he was from a martial arts cultivation background, and walked onto the high platform. A person next to me whispered to a friend who came with me: "This is the dean of Xilun Academy, I heard that he has the strength of a mid-rank sword saint, he is very famous among the martial artists on the continent, and he is also the honorary vice president of the Dragon God Martial Arts Association." ”
This title of Sword Saint makes me very interested, I don't know what realm I can reach after transforming, I guess how I can reach the upper level of Light Knight, plus the magic ability of my superior Great Magician, hehe, this old guy may not be my opponent, after all, he doesn't have the help of the dragon.
"Hello everyone, first of all, on behalf of Xilun College, I welcome the other three colleges to our Xilun as guests, and also welcome everyone to come to watch the ceremony...... this competition, the four colleges are in the spirit of martial arts and friendship "This old man can really nag, his speech lasted for a long time," ...... Finally, I hope that during the competition, everyone will not make noise and give the contestants a quiet environment, thank you. "It's finally over, and I guess if he continues, I'm afraid he'll lose eggs (if anyone brings it.) )。
The director of the foreign affairs department walked up again and said loudly: "The exchange competition between the four major colleges starts now, and the first one will be between Tiandu College and Xilun College, and the contestants are invited to enter." ”
With his words, I suddenly became nervous, and walked out of two teams of people at the same time from the south passage of the high platform of the competition, with more than ten people in each team, the six players in front of them, and the magicians, substitute players and team teachers in charge of healing in the back. I didn't go to see Xilun Academy at all, I just stared at the entrance personnel of Tiandu Academy, and the one who walked in the front was Feng Wen, who was not seen for a long time, he was able to participate in this competition as a second-year student, and it seemed that the teachers of Tiandu were going to focus on cultivating him. Feng Wen's momentum was much more condensed than before, with a trace of vicissitudes on his face, I looked behind him, and suddenly my whole body was shocked, and behind him was the Zi Yan I thought about. Zi Yan wore a white magic robe today, and although the cloak covered her head, her unique divine aura made me recognize it at a glance. I looked at her closely, and she didn't change anything except for the more divine aura, half-bowed head, and I could only see her jaw. I felt my body tremble a little, and it had been less than a year since I finally saw her here again.
Later, I crossed several senior students, searching for Zixue's figure, and the first one I found was Teacher Zhuang, who was also one of the leading teachers this time, and was talking to the vice dean, with a little solemnity on her face, obviously not very optimistic about today's game. The two teachers walked by, and I finally saw Zixue, she was wearing a blue magic robe, the cloak did not cover her head, Zixue's little face was pale, much thinner than when I left the sky, seeing her like this, I felt a strong colic in my heart, I understood that it must be because of me that she would be like this, Zixue, I don't deserve you like this, I'm sorry for you. My eyes are already a little moist.
The admissions staff on both sides saluted the audience and the judges around them and returned to their rest seats, my eyes always stayed on Zi Xue and Zi Yan, Zi Xue seemed very silent, from the entrance to the present, she has not said a word to anyone. Zi Yan was a little better, and she was talking to the vice dean, because it was so noisy that I couldn't hear their conversation even with my ears.
After the director of Xilun's foreign affairs department announced the start of the competition, Fengwen was the first to represent Tiandu Academy, and Xilun produced a sickly teenager, the boy was thin, wearing ordinary civilian clothes, and holding a magic wand in his hand, if you only look at it on the surface, a gust of wind can blow him down. Four young magicians stood at the four corners of the stage.
After the two saluted each other, the first competition began.
I ignored the fierce clamor around me, and just looked fixedly at the Zi family sisters in the rest seat, I really wanted to rush over and hug them and tell them what I thought, but now is not the right time.
Suddenly, I felt a strong magic fluctuation in front of me, and I couldn't help but turn my head to see that the match between Feng Wen and the other party's sick boy had begun. The magic fluctuations were transmitted from the four old magicians in the four corners, and the arena was separated from the surrounding spectators by the powerful defensive enchantments they had sent.
Feng Wen did not let his guard down because of the weakness of his opponent's surface, and carefully applied wind magic to himself. He yelled, "Be careful. The sword swung diagonally, sending out a vacuum cut. A wave of pale cyan energy swooped down on the opponent like lightning. From this alone, I know that Feng Wen's skills have improved a lot, the vacuum cut is very well controlled, and the attack area is very large, forcing the opponent to fight hard with him, he wants to test the opponent's strength first, and then decide what means to attack.
The thin young man of Xiren blocked the wooden magic staff in his hand, chanting a spell in a low voice, and a layer of light blue magic enchantment appeared in front of him, this is the defensive magic of the water system, and the magic I used to defend against the attack of Lianlu is similar, but the level is higher, it is a third-level magic.
Vacuum Cut failed to break through the defense, and vanished in the ripples of the defensive barrier.
This thin young man's magic is good, and he silently blocked the temptation of the wind. Without waiting for Feng Wen to continue the attack, he chanted: "Gentle water, condensed into ice, transformed into arrows, sprinkled on the earth, - ice archery." "It's a water-based mutated magic.
Some white points of light gradually appeared in the field, and the points of light continued to gather, Feng Wen was not stupid, knowing that the other party's magic was not easy to resist, his body moved quickly, and he pounced on the other party like lightning, and the long sword in his hand brought up a green light and slashed straight down.
The thin young man's eyes lit up suddenly, and he no longer looked weak, and he shouted, and a layer of purple light burst out of his body, I knew that this was not magic, but a strange fighting spirit. The thin young man's body turned sharply, and the purple-red fighting spirit was positive and won to the wind.
With a "boom", Feng Wen was shocked back to the same place, in terms of the strength of the fighting spirit, there was not much difference between the two people, but at this time, the ice arrow technique issued by the thin boy had already taken shape, and hundreds of ice picks up to a foot long appeared in the air, under the control of the thin boy, they suddenly accelerated, and shot Feng Wen. Feng Wen hurriedly swung his long sword and conjured a cyan light curtain in front of him, resisting the other party's magic and struggling to support, his appearance was a little embarrassed.
Most of the audience thought that Feng Wen was lost, but I don't think so, with my understanding of Feng Wen, I know that his biggest advantage is the fusion of fighting spirit and magic and speed, and the main reason for coming up with the lower hand is that he doesn't know the opponent, and the thin boy seized the opportunity to show his good magic and fighting spirit, I believe that Feng Wen must still have a chance to turn defeat into victory.
The thin young man was trying his best to control the icicle and shoot the wind and ask, while chanting another spell in a low voice, judging from his magic power and use, this young man already has the cultivation of a lower magician, and can control magic below the fifth level, looking at his appearance, the main cultivation is water magic, so specialize in one that makes his magic use very amazing.
A smug smile appeared on the thin boy's face, and it seemed that his other magic had been completed. Feng Wen had already gained a firm foothold, the wind element on his body was spinning violently, and the ice pick was gradually unable to pose a threat to him.
The thin boy shouted, "Frozen Extreme Freeze Wave." He grabbed the magic wand with both hands and quickly drew a blue magic hexagram on his chest, and a blue pillar of light with a diameter of nearly one meter shot straight out, covering the wind and asking.
I was shocked in my heart, knowing that this was a fifth-level magic of the water system, which could quickly freeze all living things, and Feng Wen was still resisting the icicle, and it seemed that he had no time to avoid the opponent's lore, and the thin young man already had a triumphant smile on his face. The Frozen Polar Wave he sent out hit Fengwen successfully, and a beautiful ice sculpture appeared in the field.
At the moment when everyone thought that the thin young man was victorious, a green shadow suddenly flashed behind the ice sculpture, and flew in front of the thin young man like lightning.
As soon as the thin young man let go, the magic wand fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes widened, he couldn't believe that this was the truth, and muttered: "This, how is this possible, you are obviously sealed by me." ”
Feng Wen smiled slightly and said, "I admit that your magic is very strong, but what you sealed is just the afterimage I created with my fighting energy. I also won very riskily, and I did my best to absorb the magic you gave out with that remnant. I don't think there's any need to go any further. ”
The thin young man sighed and said, "I was too careless, and you won this time." With that, he turned around and walked out of the ring.
The surrounding audience did not snub him because Feng Wen was not a student of the local Xilun Academy, and burst into warm applause, and the vice president Chong Feng Wen gave him a thumbs up. Teacher Zhuang had a smug smile on his face.
Feng Wen's fighting spirit has improved a lot, and he can even urge the afterimage to block the fifth-level attack magic, although this is related to the opponent's calculation of distance, but it also shows that he has the strength to take risks. No wonder the vice president asked him to participate in the competition this time.
The director of the foreign affairs department of Xiren stepped up to the stage and asked the wind, "Can you continue to participate in the competition?" He did not show any expression because the students of his academy had lost the competition.
Feng Wen nodded to continue.
The second person on the Xilun Academy sect turned out to be a girl, wearing a cyan magic robe, obviously a wind magician, she looked very pretty, with a hint of a naughty smile on her face.
Feng Wen was a little distracted when he saw the other party's appearance, this guy wouldn't like his opponent in the game, right?
The female magician nodded in question, and said, "Hello, my name is Kailin, please take care of me." ”
Feng Wen's face flushed, and he also nodded: "Ah, you, hello, my name is Feng Wen." "Look at the way he looks, he has already lost a few points before he fights, and the power of beauty is great.
Kailin smiled sweetly and said, "Then I'll start." Wind of freedom, listen to my call, shatter space, tear apart. As she chanted, the air currents on the arena suddenly became violent, and countless tiny wind blades rushed towards the wind.
Feng Wen was stunned for a moment, and the clothes on his body had been silently cut by the wind blade, he was shocked, and hurriedly used his fighting energy, and a faint cyan light emitted on his body, which resisted the other party's wind blade.
Kailin chuckled and said, "You look so stupid, Hurricane Jackie Chan, dragon turns like a roll, activate it, Tornado Storm." ”
I was shocked in my heart, this female magician's magic application is simply too strong, the magic she used at the beginning, the purpose is only to urge the wind element in the air, and the spell behind is the real killing, the magic she uses is not as gentle as her smile, the tornado storm is a very powerful move in the fifth-level wind magic, it is a big magic as soon as it comes up, obviously she wants to solve the wind question in a short time. I think Feng Wen should understand this truth, if he has no way to deal with it, he will lose.
A small tornado appeared in front of the girl, she closed her hands and suddenly separated, the tornado suddenly pounced on Feng Wen, Feng Wen was only fully awake at this time, but time no longer allowed him to use powerful magic skills, not to mention that he also lost a lot of physical strength in the confrontation with the previous opponent. In the face of the oncoming tornado, Feng Wen's body spun rapidly, and he actually formed a penetrating posture with his body as the axis and rushed towards the tornado. His stance reminded me of our first encounter, and it was in this kind of penetrating attack that I was hit hard.
If Feng Wen used this trick in his best condition and without losing his mind, I think it would be enough to fight against the other party's magic, but his current state is ...... It seems that he is really lost.
Sure enough, as I expected, as soon as Feng Wen rushed into the tornado, he was suddenly driven by the violent wind element, and his body was a little out of control, and at the moment when he was about to be swept away, Feng Wen's hand in the tornado suddenly became green, and a blue light shot out from the tornado, heading straight for Kailin. Qingmang's speed can only be described as lightning, Kailin is frightened, she is a pure magician, she doesn't know any martial arts, she has nothing to do in the face of such a strong lightning attack.
At the moment when the audience thought that Kailin was going to kill the jade, Qingmang suddenly deviated, flew past the side of Kailin's face, and when he hit the defensive barrier of the competition venue, the enchantment was flooded with large ripples, and the faces of the four old magicians in charge of defense tightened at the same time.
And Feng Wen, who delivered the final blow, was also swept up by the tornado, slammed into the barrier on the other side, and then fell to the stage, making a disgraced face.
After a while, Feng Wen barely got up, with a wisp of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth, and said with a wry smile: "Miss Kailin, you won." ”
A strange light flashed in Kailin's eyes, and he said softly, "You're a good person." ”
Feng Wen blushed, looked at her deeply, and turned to get out of the ring.
The director of the foreign affairs department of Xilun walked up again and asked Kailin if he would continue to fight, Kailin bowed to the audience and said loudly: "Everyone saw it just now, his last blow can completely kill me, but he kept his hand, I am very grateful to Senior Fengwen, I think this game just now should be treated as a draw, so I decided not to participate in the following competition." ”
The audience in the audience applauded warmly, everyone not only cherished the fragrance of Feng Wen, but also for Kailin's elegant demeanor, I laughed secretly in my heart, Feng Wen, you kid, it seems that you are going to go to the peach blossom luck.
The next game is still exciting, the two academies each sent their own capable students, the two sides won and lost each other, the last one was very dramatic, it was simply a copy of Kailin and Fengwen, but Kailin was replaced by Ziyan. Zi Yan's opponent was the ace of Xilin Academy and the last student to appear. Zi Yan's peerless appearance shocked him definitely more than Kailin's to Feng Wen. He didn't show his strength at all, to be precise, he didn't resist at all, and he was blasted out by Zi Yan with light magic. I believe that after the two colleges go back, they will definitely strengthen the psychological education of their students, especially the resistance to beautiful women.
If you talk about strength alone, Xi Lun is indeed stronger than Tiandu, but they didn't expect that when they asked this dark horse, they killed the two masters by themselves, plus Zi Yan's beauty and strength, so they were eliminated in a violent manner.
The players from Tiandu all returned to their rest seats, and soon, the other two colleges also started exchange matches.
After the match between Matsuori and Fengdong began, I found that there was suddenly an extra person in the rest seat of Tiandu Academy, this person was the handsome young man I met when I was pressing, and looking at his appearance, he should be heading towards Ziyan. A sour feeling welled up in my heart, and I used my fighting spirit to drive through the crowd. It wasn't until I was twenty meters away from them that I stopped, and I listened intently to their conversation.
The handsome young man was talking to the vice dean, and he spoke politely.
"Congratulations, Tiandu Academy has qualified for the finals. ”
The vice president smiled and said, "It's just luck, you're welcome." ”
The handsome young man smiled and said, "Miss Ziyan's charm is really great, she won the final key game with almost no effort, Xiao Sheng really admires it." ”
Zi Yan said lightly: "You have won the award, my master has already said that we are just lucky, and the strength of Xilun Academy is only stronger than ours." ”
The young man did not flinch at all because of Zi Yan's indifferent attitude, and said: "Miss Zi Yan, I still felt very strange that there was a benevolent brother who pressed your Tiandu Academy to win yesterday, but after watching your excellent performance today, I think he is indeed a unique vision, and with Miss Zi Yan in the sky, it is not difficult to win against Fengdong." ”
Zi Yan frowned, and said slightly angrily: "Are you saying that I won by beauty?"
"Xiaosheng doesn't dare, if what I said is wrong, don't be angry, I just want to say that the kind of sacred aura emanating from Miss is something that we ordinary people dare not violate, and it has no other meaning. I don't know if after all the competitions are over, Miss will have the time to let me do my best to be a landlord, please have a meal. ”
Zi Yan glanced at him coldly and said, "Please eat, won't you invite my master to come." Don't waste your time, I've never had an interest in embroidered pillows. Hearing her say this, I was secretly happy in my heart, after leaving me, Zi Yan's unbeatable feeling returned, and she was still the one who admired force.
Listening to Zi Yan's words, the young man's face changed slightly, his body exuded a strong momentum, and said: "Miss Zi Yan, I am not an embroidered pillow, I will prove it to you if I have a chance, since Miss is unwilling to accept the appointment, Xiao Sheng will retire first, it seems that I really have to prepare for it, otherwise if you win tomorrow, we will lose a lot of money." "Judging from his momentum, his skills are not weak, it turns out that he has been hiding his strength, this person gives me an unfathomable feeling.
Zi Yanqi said: "Why do you pay if we win?"
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