Wang Houdao: "How can there be such a coincidence, it has only been seven days since I realized the 'latter two styles', and I am not sure if I can enter the top three, let alone meet him in the second round." Dao Feng solemnly folded his ten: "Nan no Jizo Bodhisattva!" Buddhism pays attention to fate, otherwise it will be enlightened for seven or seventy years, and it will not be able to realize anything. ”

Zhu Ziping said: "Wang Hou, don't use these two tricks lightly, we won't say it outside, as a killer weapon to the end, if you can meet Tongba, strive to defeat the enemy with one move, and break his illusion Dafa, otherwise he is really difficult to deal with, Dao Feng and I are very passive under his hands." ”

Wang Houdao: "I haven't seen Tongba, but judging from the collusion between the Black Sect and the Jiuhua Western Sect and the Eastern Sect, it should not be a moral teaching. "I told the story of that day, and then told the little prince and the prince I met in the Purple Qi Pavilion.

Zhu Ziping said: "Wang Hou, after you left Tianjin Wei, I met a prince, who is the chief of the Jianzhou Jurchen, and his martial arts are very powerful, and it seems that there are many masters in the martial arts conference." ”

These days, Li Jingxi and the other seven girls are much more relaxed than them because they don't have to participate in the martial arts conference, they only chat together, and there are laughs and slapsticks from time to time.

However, the happy times are always fast, and ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is September 15. Early in the morning, Li arranged the carriage and took the participants to Chengtianmen Square. The square was already crowded, and the five rings were all as high as zhangxu, and everyone went to the ring where they were.

The rings in the middle are Beijing and Nanjing, and Zhu Ziping and Dao Feng are in this ring; On the east side are Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan, and Wang Hou and Liu Zhaohui are in this ring. On the south side are Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Jiangxi, three political envoys, and the big idiot and monk are in this ring. On the west side are the three political envoys of Huguang, Zhejiang and Fujian. On the north side are the four political envoys of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou.

At the moment, a person stood out in the middle of the ring, dressed in a red silk Luo yarn official uniform, with a white face and no beard, Zhu Ziping recognized this person as Hou Xian, the young eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, who had seen it in Zhending Longxing Temple a month ago, he was accompanied by the Tongba Emperor with the abbot of Guangjing and the Ximen helmsman of the Tea Horse Gang Zhending, could it be that he was the director of the martial arts conference?

I saw Hou Xian unfold a yellow list holy decree, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: On the occasion of the completion of the Forbidden City, this martial arts conference will be held, and the heroes will be invited to celebrate together. Chin this! On September 15, the 18th year of Yongle, the treasure of the fortune was born. ”

Nearly a million people stood in the square, and Hou Xian's voice was still clear in his ears, which showed the depth of his internal strength. Wang Hou said with a smile: "This holy decree is also fun, in addition to the front and back for customization, the middle sentence is easy to understand, how bold and uninhibited the martial arts people are, and those who can't listen to it can also be seen that the Yongle Emperor has considered it carefully." ”

Hou Xian finished reading the holy decree, and said aloud: "Heroes, the regulations of the martial arts conference have been announced for more than a month, there must be no need to reiterate, the five rings have a coach, responsible for the arbitration of the martial arts process, please participate in the samurai to the corresponding ring, follow the instructions of the leader, and now the martial arts conference begins!" ”

The audience applauded thunderously, although most of them came to see the excitement, but many sects for this competition, made preparations for nearly half a year or even longer, and now the curtain has finally opened, all of them are gearing up and excited, and they have long stood in front of the corresponding or concerned stage. The field was crowded, but it was orderly.

In the morning, among Wang Hou's gang, only the big idiot Taoist appeared, he jumped on the stage, knocked the opponent down with one punch, won easily, and won a round of applause. In the afternoon, Dao Feng's second master, Bo Zongqi, came on the field and fought more than forty rounds with an elder of Qixia Temple, and finally won the victory. Liu Zhaohui met the head of the Qingzhou faction, Murong, and was defeated in a bitter battle.

At the end of the day's competition, the big idiot had no schedule the next day, but Zhou Qingzhu didn't let him drink more, the big idiot couldn't resist this little apprentice, and after drinking three bowls, he was still happy, and he bragged with Zong Yu. Wang Hou wanted to comfort Liu Zhaohui a few words, but he didn't expect him to see it, and he wasn't ready to play, but he was forced to sign up, which made everyone laugh.

On the second day of the game, Wang Hou and Zhu Ziping still didn't have their turn to play, but Wang Hou was not idle, and crowded to the front of each stage to watch the excitement. In the afternoon, Dao Feng appeared to face an elder of Suzhou Gate, he didn't want to show his edge too early, and he barely defeated the other party after more than 20 moves. Gang Leader Li appeared in the morning and defeated his opponent without ten moves; Not a monk is also a few tricks to defeat the opponent. Winning all three games, everyone was still happy although they knew that the previous game was uneven.

On the third day, Wang Hou went on the field to face the stone monk of the Laoshan League. Wang Hou knew this person, and on the second day of Rizhao, Liu Hanyan dragged everyone to go to Wanjia Breakfast House to eat seafood for breakfast, but he was occupied by the people of the Laoshan League. It's just that Master Shi didn't recognize Wang Hou, and the two fought for more than 20 rounds, Wang Hou defeated him, and hurriedly said: "Thanks to the master's humility, I am grateful." Master Stone glanced at him and jumped off the stage in a daze.

Zhu Ziping still didn't have his turn to play, after all, there were too many people who participated, until the fourth day, he didn't appear to face the Ximen helmsman of the Tea Horse Gang, both of them knew each other, a month ago the Ximen helmsman also went to the salt gang with Tumba, he didn't expect to meet the blue sky hero in the first round, scolded himself for being too lucky, and stepped forward hard, but Zhu Ziping gave him three moves and defeated him. On the same day, the Salt Gang Zhending Meng Helm Master also defeated his opponent.

The further you play, the more intense the game becomes, so the game is getting better and better day by day. Ten days later, the top three were decided in various places, and the red list of the top 45 was posted in several conspicuous positions in Chengtianmen Square.

East Side Ring: The three winners of Shandong are Wang Hou of the Sun Sect, Murong of the Qingzhou Sect, and the head of the Laoshan League. The three winners in Shanxi were the Hengshan Sect Dingjing Shitai, the Qinglian Sect Yunfeng Sect Leader, and the Yellow River Gang Hong Gang Leader. The three winners in Henan are the abbot of Jiuhua Xizong Guangjing, the abbot of Shaolin Paizi Ren, and the master of Yaomen of Yuwangmen.

South side ring: The three winners in Shaanxi are the head of Huashan faction, the head of Lishan faction, and the abbot of Famen Temple Dingguo. The three winners in Sichuan were the Yuguan Master of the Qingcheng Faction, the Xia Pavilion Master of the Qingyin Pavilion, and the Jingyi Master of the Emei Faction. The three people who won in Jiangxi were the monks of Donglin Temple, the great idiot of Bailu Temple, and the master of Yin Guan of Sanqing Temple.

West side ring: The three people who won Huguang were the head of the Wudang faction, the head of the Hengshan faction, and the master of the Huangzhai of Huangshi Village. The three winners in Zhejiang are the abbot of Putuo Mountain and Haimo, the head of Yandang Mountain Xu, and the master of Tianyi Pavilion. The three winners in Fujian are the abbot of Kaiyuan Temple, the owner of Dongshan Island, and the president of Wanshihui.

North side ring: The three winners of Guangdong are the lord of Baishui Fort, the abbot of Kuhai of Nanhua Temple, and the head of Danxia Paihua. Guangxi Lijiang faction Qin leader, Guilin Mengwei league leader, Seven Star faction Huang head. The three winners in Yunnan are the white head of the Snow Mountain faction, the leader of the Butterfly Gang Hu, and the head of the Lihuawu Tao. The three winners in Guizhou are the five tigers of Guiyang, Lin Dahu, the leader of the Tianhe Gang Sha, and the leader of the Qingyan Gang.

The middle ring: The three winners in Beijing are Zhu Ziping of the Purple Air Pavilion, Li Sihai of the Purple Air Pavilion, and Ouyang Wenjin of the Jintai Inn. The three winners in Nanjing are the monk of Qingyang Jiuhua Daofeng, the master of Suzhou Menle Gate, and the abbot of Qixia Temple.

A total of forty-five people entered the second round of the competition, and the forty-five people were drawn into three groups of fifteen each. The rings on the east and west sides have been dismantled, and the competition will be held in the rings on the north and south sides and in the middle, and the top three in each of the three rings will be taken for a total of nine people, and then the order will be determined by lot, and the final top three will be selected.

At this time, it was already September 25, and the second round of the competition would be held in two days, and Gang Leader Li was very happy, because there were a total of eight people on his side participating in the competition, and six of them were shortlisted for the top forty-five, and two of his own Purple Qi Pavilion entered! It seems that these people brought by Xi'er are really good at it, and they also add a lot of brilliance to their faces.

Four tables were set up that night, and everyone drank happily. During the banquet, Gang Leader Li said with a smile: "This time, six of us were able to enter the second small round, maybe someone will be able to enter the top three in the end, and I hope that he will take more care of the Salt Gang in the future." The big idiot shouted: "If the old way can enter, Brother Li, will I not need money to eat salt in the future?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Gang Leader Li said: "Don't talk about eating salt, even if you eat meat, you can also eat without money." The big idiot laughed, and pointed at the monk: "Although he is not as good as the old way in chess, but his martial arts are indeed better than mine, Brother Li, if the old monk can win, it is useless for you to let him eat meat without money." ”

Wang Hou said with a smile: "There is also Little Master Daofeng, if he enters the top three, I will pay for all the meat he eats." Dao Feng hurriedly said: "Nan no Jizo Bodhisattva! Good, good, good! Monk Bu looked at Dao Feng and suddenly asked, "Dao Feng, that day in Huacheng Temple, I said something to you, do you remember?" ”

Dao Feng shook his head blankly, and the monk continued: "That day, the nine-colored lotus flower happened, and there were only a few people left in the square of Huacheng Temple, you and Wang Xiaoshi, I said to you at the time, I would like to hang down the Buddha's hands and touch the hearts of the people, I hope you can promote the Dharma and save all sentient beings." ”

Dao Feng said: "Master, at that time, I was unwell and bloated uncomfortably, and I didn't hear what you said, but listening to what you just said, it is exactly the wish of the Bodhisattva of the King of Jizo who has made the great wish of 'Hell is not empty, and all living beings have fulfilled their promises to prove Bodhi', and it is also the direction of the monks of Jiuhua Sect. ”

The four tables were set up next to each other, and Zong Yu, Zong Gen and others nodded their heads one after another. Master Bu said: "Good! I have invited Wang Xiaoshi to go to Lushan to play, and I hope that Dao Feng will be able to accompany you when you are free. ”