Volume 2 - Growth Chapter 174 - Ring Competition (1)
"Phew! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Boom! Bang!"
On weekdays, it is extremely quiet, only when an eagle or a beast passes by, its roar will stir up a trace of waves in Lao Junfeng, but at this time the gongs and drums shook the sky. It spread all over the mountain, and on weekdays, the birds and beasts that were domineering in the forest also hid in the forest and disappeared.
The flags fluttering all over the mountain, as well as the sound of gongs and drums reaching the foot of the mountain, between the mountain and forest paths, every five steps stand a royal forest army holding a sword, which not only tells the liveliness of Laojun Peak, but also shows the solemnity of the martial arts alliance held on Laojun Peak.
Halfway up the mountain, the main peak is the birthplace of the sound of gongs and drums.
Looking at the big peak, the scene in front of you can be described as magnificent. On the Dafeng platform, there is not only the deafening sound of drums, but also the grandeur that makes ordinary people tremble!
Look at the hundred-zhang wide big peak platform, at this moment has been set up a large round ring, and there is a tall and wide wooden ring standing at the four corners of the ring. Counting carefully, there were three circles in the ring and three circles outside, about ninety-nine eighty-one. Among the 9981 rings, 80 rings have exactly the same round and width, and the most special one is the big ring wrapped in red cloth in the center of the whole Taiwan! The area of this ring, in time, is added to the four surrounding rings, and it is probably only one-third of its width. Look at the ring again, there is a wooden door erected high, the wooden door is about three zhang high, above the wooden door, a red rope hangs high, under the red rope hangs a square item wrapped in red cloth, the long plaque of the wooden door is covered by red cloth, there is a big red flower on both sides, there is a female red on the red cloth, the embroidered is the picture of the dragon and the tiger fighting, the graphics are vivid, the eyes of the tiger and the dragon, people shudder to look at it, and with the claws of the tiger and dragon, it is even more trembling.
Outside of these nine hundred and eighty-one round platforms, long logs connected to each other have been used to enclose the round platform again, and there is a gate built in the east, and two high platforms are built in front of the gate, and on each of them there are several archers holding longbows and carrying arrows and feathers. Under the high platform, there are several armed guards armed with swords, checking the contestants who come to participate in the ring.
In addition to the round platform used for the ninety-nine eighty-one competitions, at the foot of the mountain on the peak platform, there is a tall square high, on the high platform, dozens of cowhide red drums are placed. The cowhide red drum was two feet high and four people wide. In front of each drum, two drums stand. But these drummers were all open-chested and leaky, and each hand held a drumstick about three feet long, and kept beating on the cowhide red drum in front of him.
Do you think the drums are beating? On the contrary, the 100-digit man with a drumstick controls the strength of his hand and the frequency of his strike. If you listen carefully, this continuous and thick drum sound, with a strong sense of oppression, if you are more timid, I am afraid that I will be scared to see such a battle!
Do you say that this square platform is only used to place cowhide drums? In the corner of the square platform, there is a wooden high board that is more than two zhang high, and there are wooden long cards hanging on the high board, and the long cards have names written in the line book. Counting from top to bottom, there are a total of ten rows, each row of thirty wooden cards, and after integration, it is exactly three hundred! And the 300 names on the high board are the names of the winners who succeeded the day before yesterday. Among them, there are the names of Wu Kang, Li Changfeng and others!
The most interesting thing is the three sandalwood square chairs standing in the center of this square platform. Although it is a chair, it is wide enough for a man to lie sideways without being narrow; Recline without half discomfort! Look at the north side of the chair, as well as on the armrests on both sides, there are different portraits carved. On the chair in the middle, there are lifelike phoenix birds carved, counting them carefully, a total of eight; Looking at the wooden chair on the left, there are four nine-clawed golden dragons carved ingeniously, which makes people know the identity of the owner of the chair at a glance; Look at the chair on the right, there are six mysterious unicorns carved into the gods!
Is that all you have to say? That's it, that's fine, but how can the martial arts alliance reported by the imperial court be so chilling? Since it is done by the imperial court and facing the world, it is naturally very grand, and there are thousands of people, but it is difficult to show the prestige of the imperial court. Let's say that in the winding and undulating foothill path, at this moment, pedestrians are coming to the peak one after another. Why didn't you let the people go up the mountain a few days ago? It turned out that the imperial court was afraid that there would be not enough accommodation on the mountain, and the roster of the winners of the previous day had not yet been prepared, so it was afraid that there would be chaos, so it let the previous winners rest for three days, but in fact, it was just to take advantage of the three days to make the roster and prepare all the important things.
Now that everything is ready, it is natural that only the east wind is owed! Simply give an order and open the mountain gate, whether you are a high-ranking official or nobleman, or an ordinary person, or a hero, you can go up the mountain to see the spectacular scene of this martial arts alliance!
And Dao Wukang and others, after receiving the order of the people from the imperial court, took the special token, and after everything was ready, they climbed the peak together. Rao is a group of people who have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and when they saw the battle on the peak platform at this time, they couldn't help but exclaim a few times.
"With such a big battle, I'm a little panicked!"
Listening to the sound of drums constantly echoing throughout the mountains and forests, and the crowds of people on the mountain roads and trails as far as the eye could see, Wu Kang couldn't help but wipe the thin sweat on his forehead.
It was not too early for everyone to come, and seeing that there were already dozens of people in the arena who were already participating, everyone also stepped up their pace and came to the door of the Royal Forest Army. After showing the special token in front of the door, and being checked by the Royal Forest Army in front of the door one by one, everyone was able to enter.
When you come to the field, the first thing you do is to look for those old acquaintances and say hello to each other. Wu Kang was naturally no exception, looking around after everyone, his eyes constantly searching the crowd. Of course, Wu Kang is not looking for an acquaintance, but the girl who scared him the day before yesterday!
To be honest, for being able to participate in today's ring competition, Wu Kang is now seven points of joy and three points of sorrow in his heart!
What do you say he is afraid of? He was naturally afraid, if he saw the girl the day before yesterday, would the girl still be as crazy as the day before yesterday. If this is the case, then his own reputation will naturally be ruined at the hands of a girl! Wu Kang is naturally afraid!
As everyone knows, what are you afraid of! Just as Wu Kang's eyes were still cautiously probing in the crowd. Not far away, the eyes of the two of them have been cast to this side, falling on everyone!
"Humph! Big brother, you're here again! If it were for me today, I would have to make you suffer some hardships to avenge the revenge you got that day! ”
The girl looked not far away, looking east and west, and Wu Kang, who was cautious, rolled her eyes with a lot of aura, and secretly calculated in her heart.
Immediately, a smile appeared on his face, and he stretched out his hand and pulled the iceberg-like woman beside him and said, "Sister, look, the red-faced uncle is here!" ”
When the cold woman heard this, her eyes looked towards the place where the girl was pointing, and sure enough, she saw Guan Shouting and the others.
At this time, Guan Shouting, who was not far away, seemed to comprehend, and also looked this way, just opposite the woman's eyes. The woman couldn't help but hesitate, and then withdrew her gaze, and after Guan Shouting saw the woman, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she hurriedly waved her hand. After seeing that the woman did not react, she said that the woman did not see it, and after saying hello to Li Changfeng and the others, she turned around and grabbed Wu Kang and ran towards the two.
In fact, at the moment when Guan Shouting waved his hand, Wu Kang had already seen the two girls, and Wu Kang, who was about to hide behind everyone, was caught off guard by Guan Shouting at this time.
"Uncle Guan, what are you doing?! Let it go! ”
"I saw Miss Wei and her sister! Without the few pills she sent, how could my injuries recover so quickly? Let's go, come with me and thank you! ”
"Hey, Uncle Guan, you took the pill alone, and I didn't touch a single pill! Thank you for coming, why did you pull me? ”
"What are you talking about? You saved that little girl, you are the little girl's savior, and you are an old acquaintance, how can you not go and say hello to others? ”、
"Don't!!"
Wu Kang struggled as hard as he could, trying to break free from Guan Shouting's big hand. However, the strength in Guan Shouting's hand was extremely great, and before Wu Kang could struggle a few times, Guan Shouting pulled Wu Kang and rushed to the front of the two.
"Wei, Miss Wei! You, are your injuries better? ”
Stopping in front of the woman, Guan Shouting somehow looked at the woman in front of him and stammered a little when he spoke. Wu Kang's eyes fell uncontrollably on the girl on the side, but fortunately, after the girl looked at her, she just silently looked away without saying a word.
"Hmm!"
In the face of Guan Shouting's inquiry, the woman did not answer too much.
After Guan Shouting got the woman's response, he continued to speak: "That's good, that's good!" My injuries have also healed, not only that, but my internal strength has also increased a lot, thanks to the elixir given by Miss Wei, thank you so much! ”
When the woman heard the word "elixir", a trace of astonishment flashed on her cold face, and her eyes couldn't help but fall on the girl beside her, and the girl also looked at the woman, with a smile hidden in the corner of her eyes. Seeing this, the woman didn't say anything, but said to Guan Shouting: "There's nothing to thank, you saved me, this is as it should be." ”
When Guan Shouting heard this, the smile on his face became even worse, and he continued to chatter and chatter with the woman, while Wu Kang looked away, but his body was tense, ready to run away at any time. If nothing else, Wu Kang was afraid that the girl in front of him would suddenly go crazy!
Just as Guan Shouting and the woman were chatting "hotly", Wu Kang was bored on the surface and panicked in his heart, but he heard a golden gong sound, and the previous earth-shaking drum came to an abrupt end.
Everyone's eyes looked along the place where the gong came from, and saw that on the square platform, a eunuch was holding a yellow decree and shouting in a sharp voice: "The ring competition is about to begin, please go to the high platform to draw lots!" ”