Chapter Forty-Seven: Thousands of Trees and Plum Blossoms
If the plum hunting banquet is a grand event within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles from the Shangqing Palace, then the sword trial conference held in Wanxiang City is a grand event in the entire Huangzhou.
No one wants to miss it, even if they know that they don't have the ability to enter the top 100 and qualify for Cangshan Negative Snow, but the kind of event that is enough to make the whole world pay attention, even if they can't win, they must participate.
This is a great opportunity to make a name for yourself.
It is also a good opportunity to experience yourself.
Even two years before the opening of the sword trial conference, there will be monks who could have broken through the four realms but forcibly suppressed the realm and wanted to participate in this sword test, which is an opportunity that no one wants to miss.
The sword test is not just for the last Cangshan negative snow, in which to improve yourself, expand your network, practice resources, information exchange and so on are countless.
The ripple effects of a much-anticipated event are powerful and terrifying.
Now you want Li Xiu to give up this matter with a word?
Just because you are Li Xiu?
That's probably pretty much the point.
Many people think so, and some even have dissatisfaction and ridicule on their faces.
Who do you think you are?
"His Royal Highness's life must be worth more than the Sword Test Conference, I don't deny that. Chu Yang looked at Li Xiu and said softly: "It's just that it is useless for me to ask for His Highness's life, but the Sword Trial Conference is very useful to me, so why should I use what is useless to me to gamble on what is useful to me?"
"That's not what it says. ”
His voice was not calm, but it was not excited, it could only be regarded as a slight wave.
And this is also very reasonable, Tang people are reasonable and abide by the rules, so you must first explain the reason before you can do the next thing.
"You hit my man. ”
Li Xiu looked at him and said, "Even I haven't beaten him, so this is a big deal and I can't reconcile." ”
Chu Yang understood what he meant, nodded his head, and said the same thing.
"But it's between me and you, it's none of their business, even if I agree to the bet, what are they going to do?"
This is indeed a problem, Li Xiu thought for a while and then said: "There are only more than 200 people here, which is not much, so the choice is very simple, either agree to the gambling contract or fight with me." ”
The people around him fell silent, even those who had just sneered at him for his incompetence.
The mirror above Yunlu City suddenly fell silent, and hundreds of Yunlu City monks looked at this scene in unison, feeling that His Royal Highness the Prince was really rampant.
Wanting to fight against more than 200 Tianjiao on his own, he really thinks very highly of himself and is very arrogant.
But there was a dead silence at the plum hunting banquet, although everyone didn't know much about the Tang Dynasty, and they didn't know much about the many rumors of the Tang Kingdom, but they had heard the evaluation of Li Xiu on the Heavenly Strategy.
It can also be seen that although Chu Yang is full of fighting intent in his eyes, he is reluctant to make a move, that is, he is afraid of the man in green shirt in front of him.
At the beginning, within the sea of books, Li Xiuwanjian suspended in the air and broke the yellow light of the Dark Bridge, which was known as the invincible defense below the four realms, and was recorded and evaluated by Tiance, and his skills shocked the world as soon as he came out, and set off a lot of waves among the first-class forces.
For Chu Yang's words, people who know a lot about Datang even gave an evaluation of attacking Wushuang, which shows that the fear in his heart is not so easy to eliminate.
Those who were able to defeat the Demon Clan's Ye Lingyun, as well as the Holy Sect Luo Fuyuan and Luo Yiweng, even if they didn't know much about the Tang Kingdom, they also knew that this person was definitely not something they could defeat.
Instead of losing 100%, you should take a bet and maybe win.
This idea gradually spread among the crowd, and gradually everyone realized the result, which was a good choice in comparison.
"Since no one spoke, it was agreed. ”
Li Xiu looked around, his voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear clearly, and there was no objection.
Chun Qiuxue was silent for a while, took a few steps forward, stood opposite Li Xiu, and asked, "If Your Highness loses, then write a letter and ask me to go to the sea of books to have a look." ”
Li Xiu turned his head to look at her, this was a very beautiful woman, and she had a bookish air and a coldness on her body.
It is people who are as their name suggests, and the so-called spring and autumn snow is like this.
He didn't answer the well-known fact that the entrance to the sea of books had been closed, which seemed to be inferior.
He just nodded and said, "Okay." ”
The faces of all the people around returned to calm with these words, the sword test conference is precious, but after all, only the top 100 are taken, and I am afraid that only a dozen of the people present are qualified to enter the top 100 and get the opportunity to lose snow in Cangshan.
If the two are compared, there is no doubt that entering the sea of books will be 100% more cost-effective.
The reason why Liang Xiaodao was able to defeat Ji Zhihua as soon as he broke through the Three Realms was that in addition to the life soul obtained in the Ancestral God Palace and his own extremely high talent, it was also not small because of the six-color chance he obtained in the sea of books.
"I just don't know how His Highness plans to gamble?"
Chun Qiu Xue asked again.
The most important thing in the so-called gambling contract is fairness, especially fairness to both parties, so how to gamble has become the key.
Chun Qiu Xue asked what everyone wanted to ask, and everyone's eyes were on him.
There was an uproar among the millions of monks outside Yunlu City, which shook the whole city like a wave, and only a very small number of these people came from the great forces and had heard of the reputation of Li Xiu, the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
Most of them didn't know, but they thought the young man was good-looking.
That's it.
But with Chu Yang's silence, Chun Qiuxue's interjection, and the dead silence of more than 200 people around, it can be seen that this young man in green shirts is not only not small, but also has extraordinary strength.
Even stupid people can see that those people are afraid of Li Xiu.
Especially after hearing about this gambling contract, countless people were even more shocked by Li Xiu's provocation of Wanxiang City, and the people who dared to target Wanxiang City so blatantly in Huangzhou did not say no, but very few.
And usually don't make a fuss about such a huge thing as the sword test conference, because it's a face-tearing thing, and it's not good for both parties to be in a hurry.
Not to mention Li Xiu, the prince of the Tang Kingdom, but above the barren state, he is like a rootless duckweed-like character.
Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to get out of this Yunlu City?
You must know that Wanxiang City, as one of the five major forces in the Wasteland, is extremely powerful in itself, not to mention that there are countless sect families that follow it.
The problem of spring and autumn snow is simple and clear.
Li Xiu looked up at Hua Yuyao, who was standing on the top, and Hua Yuyao felt his gaze and looked at him.
The two of them stared at each other in mid-air.
Hua Yuyao understood what he meant, nodded lightly, and did not speak.
Chu Yang and Chun Qiuxue also understood what he meant, and their expressions changed slightly, but they had more admiration for His Royal Highness the Prince in their hearts.
The faces of the people around him were still puzzled and puzzled.
Li Xiu spoke: "This is the plum banquet, so of course we must use the way of the plum banquet to solve it, this is the fairest and most convincing to the public." ”
Many people around were stunned again, just now they thought that His Royal Highness the Prince might take the opportunity to propose something in his favor, but they never thought that it would be like this in the end.
Naturally, it is the fairest and most appropriate thing to use the method of the Plum Hunting Banquet on the Plum Hunting Banquet.
Chu Yang and Chun Qiu Xue glanced at each other, and then looked back at Hua Yuyao.
Hua Yuyao nodded lightly and said, "This is indeed the fairest way, I have no objection." ”
Chu Yang and Chun Qiuxue nodded one after another: "I have no objection." ”
The rest of the people looked at each other, knowing in their hearts that it was indeed impossible to find a more suitable method than this, so they all looked at each other and nodded, and said in unison: "I have no objection to waiting." ”
Hua Yuyao glanced at everyone around, and knew in her heart that it was not only Li Xiu's strength that could make everyone agree, but also the temptation of the sea of books in Tang Academy was no less than that of Cangshan Mountain.
After a short silence, she looked at Li Xiu again and said softly: "I hope Your Highness knows that this bet is for you to face everyone at our plum hunting banquet alone, and as long as one of us has more plum blossoms than you, then you will lose." ”
There's nothing wrong with that, and that's exactly what the stakes are.
But Li Xiu's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "What does the number of flowers mean?"
Hua Yuyao's eyes condensed slightly, and Chu Yang and Chunqiu Xue brushed their eyes over.
Many people around opened their mouths wide, revealing extremely shocked expressions, and even the uproar outside Yunlu City fell into calm neatly, staring blankly at the figure in the reflection in the sky.
I was speechless for a while.
Ji Zhihua, who was originally sitting cross-legged in the back, suddenly stood up from the spot, didn't even look at the wound on his chest that was still bleeding, and asked a little incredulously: "Don't you even know what the things to be compared at the Plum Hunting Banquet are?"
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was shocked.
They all looked at Li Xiu in disbelief.
Li Xiu didn't think there was anything surprising about this, so he nodded lightly, indicating that he didn't know.
Ji Zhihua fell silent.
More than 200 people fell silent.
Immediately, a touch of respect appeared on his face.
I don't even know what I want to compare at the banquet of looking for plums, but I dare to make a bet with my life, not to mention anything else, just this courage is enough to shock and respect.
"It's worthy of Li Xiu. ”
Chu Yang looked at the person in front of him, and finally there was a touch of admiration on his face, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Li Xiu didn't speak, and set his eyes on Hua Yuyao's body with inquiry.
Hua Yuyao took a deep breath, raised her hand and pointed to the plum tree in the courtyard, and explained: "The so-called plum hunting banquet is above the word plum hunting, there is no plum blossom on the plum tree, what the people who participate in the banquet have to do is to make it bloom." ”
"Each person has one chance to decide the winner or loser by counting the number and time to make it bloom. ”
Hua Yuyao said it very clearly, and this rule is indeed very simple.
"So how do you make a plum tree bloom?"
Liang Xiaodao put the scimitar back into its sheath, raised his chin and asked.
"It's very simple, this plum tree is the handiwork of the Taoist people, in the construction of the trunk in the heart of the infusion, in short, as long as the deeper the meaning, the more plum blossoms, the longer the time. ”
Liang Xiaodao nodded, not asking.
If you feel the idea, you will make the plum tree bloom, which is the so-called plum hunting, which sounds very interesting.
Just looking at the people around you in high spirits, you can know that this thing should not be as simple as it sounds.
Hua Yuyao saw his thoughts, and said lightly: "There are thousands of meanings of the trunk, and a little comprehension is enough to make the plum tree bloom, but if you want it to bloom more, you must comprehend more and deeper meanings, but the more you want to do this, the more vulnerable it is to backlash, and the deeper you feel, the more difficult it will be." ”
This is indeed an extremely difficult thing, no wonder those heavenly pride look like they are sure to win.
You must know that appreciating multiple meanings at the same time and comprehending a single meaning are two completely different things.
It is not accurate to describe the degree of difficulty as multiplied.
"That being the case, or not, then let me try it first, and see where the so-called plum hunting is strange and difficult. ”
Liang Xiaodao rolled up his sleeves, sniffed hard, and walked towards the bare plum tree.
Just after walking a few steps, he was stopped by Hua Yuyao.
"What do you mean?"
Liang Xiaodao looked at her and asked.
"Those who do not have an invitation will not be able to participate in the plum feast. ”
Hua Yuyao replied.
The plum hunting banquet and the plum hunting banquet are two different things.
He can come to the plum hunting banquet, but he can't participate in the plum hunting banquet.
"Don't make a fuss. ”
Liang Xiaodao laughed and took two steps to the side to bypass it.
But he found that Chunqiu Xue stopped in front of him, and couldn't help but turn dark, he could have tried the water for Li Xiu, and he had an experience, after all, he hadn't tried it, even if he knew that Li Xiu was talented, but it was not safe.
"Who's coming first?"
After stopping Liang Xiaodao, Hua Yuyao looked at the others in the arena and asked.
There were more than 200 people in the field, and only half of them were qualified to appreciate the plum tree.
"It's a hassle to come one by one, my time is precious and I don't want to delay. ”
Li Xiu said.
Hua Yuyao looked at him, her face was slightly cold, his time was precious, she had heard this more than once, it was hard to hear, and she didn't want to hear it.
"This is the rule of the Plum Hunting Feast, if you don't plan to follow it, then don't come to participate. ”
Her voice cooled.
Li Xiu didn't get angry, just shook his head and said softly: "You misunderstood, I mean let me come first." ”
When these words came out, everyone around was stunned, according to the convention, Li Xiu was only one person, so he naturally wanted to make the last attempt, and give him some time to wait and see and adjust in the early stage, so as not to spread the word that they would not win.
Now, he wants to be the first to try?
Then wait to see his appearance.
Thinking like this, many people hugged their arms and smiled for a long time.
Hua Yuyao looked at Li Xiu and found that the face was calm from beginning to end, just like when she was in front of the academy, she couldn't help but be in a trance for a moment, and then silently moved out of the way.
Chu Yang and Chun Qiu Xue followed sideways.
Li Xiu nodded at them, walked over to the plum tree, and raised a hand to put it on the trunk.
Feeling the disorder, I knew in my heart that it would be difficult to make a plum tree bloom.
Today, the sky is covered with dark clouds, and the earth is dark and dark.
Li Xiu stood in front of the plum tree, his hand was on the trunk, and a little starlight appeared in his palm.
There was a wind on all sides.
The little flower on his finger shook.
The plum branches of the plum tree in front of him swayed.
Then a flower bloomed, and then a thousand and hundreds.
Countless plum blossoms are in full bloom and are hung with plum trees, like a cluster of flowers.