Chapter 159: Ning Zihou
The wind is beautiful, the sky is clear, and the weather is rare. This is the day when the trial in Izumo Valley begins, and on the square of the inner gate of the Ning family, almost all the disciples of the inner gate of the family have gathered in the square.
Ning Chong was not interested in the excitement, and he didn't care if he was being watched and discussed, he was trying to find a corner where no one was there to recuperate, when he suddenly heard a surprise shout from behind him: "Senior Brother Ning Chong!"
Ning Chong was stunned for a moment, slowly turned his head, and saw a girl with slender legs and an ordinary appearance and a young man with a scar on his face and a long knife on his back smiling from not far away - it was Ning Queyue and Ning Mofeng who entered the inner gate with Ning Chong after the outer disciple Dabi.
Ning Chong looked at the two of them and greeted with a smile: "It turned out to be Senior Sister Ning Queyue and Brother Mo Feng." β
Ning Mofeng was still a smug surname, one step ahead of Ning Queyue, and approached Ning Chong's side first. With a grin, he was about to speak, but his face suddenly turned shocked, and he exclaimed, "Ning Chong, why is the inner yuan force aura on your body thicker?"
Standing closer, Ning Mofeng could naturally clearly feel the strength of the inner yuan force aura on Ning Chong's body, and immediately judged Ning Chong's current cultivation, and couldn't help but have a bitter face, bared his teeth and grinned: "Damn! You are so perverted! I originally thought that after this retreat, even if I can't catch up with you, at least I can narrow the gap, you pervert is good, not long ago, you defeated Nalan Weak Snow, and now your cultivation has soared to the ninth order of martial apprentices! Damn!"
Ning Mofeng was hit hard and was so anxious that he straightened his hair.
Ning Chong smiled and perceived it carefully, and found that the Yuan Force aura on Ning Mofeng's body was also quite thick, and he was already a cultivator in the late stage of the seventh order of a martial apprentice. Obviously, Ning Mofeng has studied and practiced hard in the past few months, and his cultivation has also improved extremely quickly, far surpassing ordinary inner disciples. It's just that this speed is indeed too shabby compared to himself.
Ning Chong smiled, didn't hit Ning Mofeng further, and said: "Brother Mo Feng, your cultivation improvement speed is also quite amazing, you are now a late stage of the seventh order of martial disciples, just this cultivation, in the inner gate, you can already rank in the forefront." β
The corners of Ning Mofeng's mouth twitched, although Ning Chong's words were praising him for his cultivation and improvement speed, but when he thought of Ning Chong's perverted improvement speed, Ning Mofeng was hit at the same time, and suddenly felt that Ning Chong's words were more effective.
Ning Mofeng blushed with anger, and hated himself for being a little uncompromising, he smashed his chest and snorted: "Hmph, let's see, I'll see if I'm going to surpass you one day sooner or later!"
Ning Chong smiled, still the same old saying: "I'll wait." β
At this time, Ning Queyue in the back had already walked up and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ning Chong, in the trials of Izumo Valley over the years, many friends or acquaintances will form a small team to take risks together, I don't know ......"
"Hehe, Ning Chong, this pervert teaming up with us, will only drag us down, Senior Sister Missing Moon, let's go!"
Ning Queyue didn't finish her words, but she was suddenly pulled over by Ning Mofeng and interrupted her words. Ning Mofeng said in his mouth, lowered his voice, and whispered in Ning Queyue's ear: "This pervert's strength is too strong, this Izumo Valley trial, if this pervert teams up with us, it will only drag down his results." β
Ning Queyue was stunned, nodded quietly, and signaled that she understood Ning Mofeng's words.
Ning Mofeng smiled, and said with a grin at Ning Chong: "Pervert, let's go first, I won't lose to you in the results of the Izumo Valley trial!"
Ning Chong nodded with a smile and said, "Then you will definitely be disappointed, because it is impossible for me to lose." β
After Ning Mofeng and Ning Queyue turned around and walked away, Ning Chong thought of Ning Queyue's words. He was not familiar with the content of the Izumo Valley Trials, and there were very few records in his book notes about the Izumo Valley Trials that had only begun in the last few hundred years.
Listening to Ning Qiyue's meaning, this trial in Cloud Valley can actually be completed by several people forming a team and gathering strength?
But even so, Ning Chong did not have the intention of teaming up with Ning Qiyue and Ning Mofeng, in general, although he and the two knew each other, their friendship was not too deep. With Ning Chong's surname, he would never trust a person completely so quickly.
Moreover, the strength of the two has indeed opened a big gap with Ning Chong, and Ning Chong will only be dragged down by teaming up with them. This is also the reason why he heard Ning Queyue's words, but he was deliberately confused and did not react deeply.
On the stone platform in front of the square, there were many elders and high-ranking figures of the family.
The seven elders who were in charge of leading the Izumo Valley trial team were the seven elders, plus several other elders and some senior deacons. The elders and deacons of these families are usually either cultivating or busy with family affairs, and it is difficult for them to get together. This time, there was a team of more than twenty people, which was enough to show the importance that the Ning family attached to the trial in Izumo Valley that was about to begin.
This is not surprising, the Izumo Valley Trial is a stage to test the strength and development potential of the younger generations of various families in Xuanyuan City, and the results of each trial can generally show the strength and status of a family. In addition, the final results of the disciples of each family who participated in the trial were also related to the distribution of some controversial resources between the various families about Xuanyuan City.
Not only to fight for face, but also to obtain practical benefits, the trial of Izumo Valley is naturally a major event for every family in Xuanyuan City every year.
The Ning family is no exception. Moreover, the Ning family has been defeated by the Xiang family led by Xiang Yu in the Izumo Valley trial for two consecutive years, and the face of the first family in Xuanyuan City can be said to be almost lost, if it loses to the Xiang family again this time, the Ning family of the first family in Xuanyuan City is afraid that it will completely become a laughing stock in the eyes of everyone.
For a family that has stood for thousands of years and has a very heavy face, this is a shame and unacceptable. Therefore, the Ning family attached even more importance to this year's Izumo Valley trial, and as early as after the end of last year's trial, they began to invest a lot of resources such as characters and material resources to prepare for this year's trial.
Before the hour came, the elders and deacons who had been brought to the table sat or stood on the stone platform in front of the inner gate square, talking to each other, and the biggest topic of discussion was still the possible results of this trial in Izumo Valley, and the potential of the children of the family, some of whom were extremely promising geniuses.
Ning Chong has always believed in speaking with strength, so although he is already a red and purple celebrity in Xuanyuan City, he is silently mixed among the inner disciples under the stone platform, not showing the mountain and not leaking. However, when Ning Chong noticed that several elders on the stone platform were talking to each other, from time to time, under the guidance of the Seventh Elders, they turned their eyes to him, and the Seven Elders even nodded and smiled kindly at him.
It can be seen that this should be the Seventh Elder praising himself vigorously, which has aroused the strong interest of the other elders. Ning Chong smiled at this, and at the same time, he felt more and more that the Seventh Elder was honest and straightforward, since he gave away the Purple Cloud Sword, the subsequent words also gave him a lot of help to a greater or lesser extent, and he was naturally grateful in his heart.
On the chairmanship, an elder looked at the rising head and said: "It is great that there can be more geniuses in the family, this time the seventh brother did not brag, this is called Ning Chong's descendant is quite exciting! However, the first person in the family is still Ning Zihou, what results will be obtained in this year's Izumo Valley trial, it depends on Ning Zihou's performance." Speaking of which, why hasn't Ning Zihou come yet?"
An elder replied: "I heard that Ning Zihou's retreat failed to impact the martial artist realm, but I am afraid that he will suffer a lot of blows, could it be because of the impact of this matter, so he is too late?"
"Although Ning Zihou failed to attack the martial artist realm, he is still the first person in the new generation of my Ning family without dispute. It's just that this is not a good thing, because Ning Zihou had already lost to Xiang Yu of the Xiang family in the duel last year, and this year he wants to compete with Xiang Yu, but I am afraid it will be extremely difficult...... My Ning family has lost to the Xiang family for two consecutive years, and although the family has invested a lot this year, the strength of the younger generation is too weak, and this time the Izumo Valley trial is not optimistic......"
"Actually, you don't need to be so pessimistic," the Seventh Elder pinched his chin and said with a smile, "In addition to one Ning Zihou in my Ning family, there are other talents, no wonder everyone has forgotten Ning Chong, who defeated Nalan Weak Snow?"
As soon as the Seven Elders' words came out, everyone remembered Ning Chong's strong performance when he defeated Nalan Weak Snow, and most of them nodded in agreement. But there was also a discordant voice: "Seventh Elder, although Ning Chong has defeated Nalan Weak Snow, he can't praise him like this, right?" Don't forget, he is only the inheritance of the Five Elements Root Bone Qualifications, and his potential is limited, so it's better not to have too much hope." Otherwise, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. β
The person who spoke had a grim face, pale skin, and a few bloodshot streaks in his eyes, it was under Ning Xingbi's arrangement that Ning Fangbai, who successfully entered the team leader.
Ning Xingbi does have the right and the means, and under his overt and covert arrangement, more than a dozen henchmen, including Ning Fangbai, have been successfully placed in the team leader. And this Ning Fangbai is the leader of more than a dozen henchmen.
Hearing Ning Fangbai's words, the Seventh Elder was furious, he had heard others talk about Ning Chong's Five Elements Root Bone qualification more than once in the family, and when he had long been disgusted with this kind of argument, he said loudly: "What about the Five Elements Root Bone Qualifications? I just don't believe in that so-called bullshit iron law! You take a good look, how old is Ning Chong, and how old is Ning Zihou now? Think about it, not to mention that Ning Chong has created miracles once and again, when Ning Zihou was Ning Chong's age, can his strength be as good as him!"
The extremely prestigious Seventh Elder angrily reprimanded, and Ning Fangbai and the others naturally didn't dare to refute it anymore, but most of them had a sneer of disdain on their faces.
Of course, now there are finally people who agree with the words of the Seventh Elder, because what the Seventh Elder said is not wrong at all, the younger generation of geniuses Ning Zihou, who was cultivated by the family, at the age of fourteen, did not have the strength of Ning Chong to defy the sky.
As a result, there was a faint voice of dispute in the crowd:
"Brother Qi is right, the example is dead, and people and martial arts are alive, and there should be no extreme conclusions in martial arts. After seeing Ning Chong, I also felt that the martial arts cultivation of the Five Elements Root Bone Qualification might not be able to achieve success in the future. β
"It's just that you think, do you think that for many years in the martial arts cultivation world, the assertion that it is difficult for a person with the Five Elements Root Bone Qualification to make great achievements in his life is casual and nonsense? That can be proved by many factual examples!"
"What you said is true, but have you ever seen a genius like Ning Chong with the Five Elements Root Bone Qualification? In those historical examples, where did you find him like this, with the Five Elements Root Bone Qualification, but in less than a year, he rose strongly and defeated the genius of the Single Element Root Bone Qualification?"
"Actually, the root bone qualification is only one aspect of the potential of martial arts, but I think everyone attaches too much importance to the root bone qualification, but forgets that this martial arts practice, in addition to the root bone qualification, this Wu surname is also the other most important factor to measure a martial arts talent! I think the family should indeed give Ning Chong a chance......"
...... Because of Ning Chong, everyone began to argue and quarrel, blushing and thickening each other's necks, which was quite similar to the high-level family meeting. The only difference was that this time the Seventh Elder was no longer fighting alone, and many elders who were impressed by Ning Chong's performance all turned around and began to support Ning Chong.
However, opposition remains extremely high. As a result, the two sides were divided into two distinct teams, and they did not give in to each other, and they were almost about to fight.
At this moment, a long whistle suddenly sounded outside the tall wall of the inner gate square, the sound was loud and long-lasting, full of stamina, endless, fully showing the strength of the comer.
In the midst of the whistling, a yellow figure crossed the wall like an arrow breaking through the air, stepped over the Ning family children in a row, and landed in front of the chairman's stone platform in one breath.
The figure settled, and Fang saw that it was a man in a yellow brocade robe. This man is dressed in yellow and handsome, holding a jade-inlaid gold fan in his right hand, and he is chic and confident in his gestures.
Seeing this person appear, in the crowd, Ning Chong's brows lowered slightly, and his eyes focused on that person. He had seen this person a few times, so he naturally knew this personβit was the representative of the new generation of the Ning family, one of the three super geniuses of Xuanyuan City, and the chief disciple of the inner gate, Ning Zihou!
"Wow! Senior Brother Ning Zihou is here!"
"It's really Senior Brother Ning Zihou!
"It's been a long time since I've seen Senior Brother Ning Zihou, and he seems to have improved his strength again!"
...... Ning Zihou's appearance suddenly seemed to be boiling oil, and it exploded in the crowd, and both men and women were excitedly discussing. Ning Zihou, the first genius of the younger generation of the Ning family, has a resounding reputation and popularity, which makes most of the men worship him, while many of the women have slightly red faces and admiration.
In this world, there are very few people who can be loved by both men and women, and there are very few people who can see flowers bloom, and from this point of view, Ning Zihou is extremely successful. But for Ning Chong, Ning Zihou has only one identity - opponent!
(To be continued)