Chapter 8: Competing with the Same Door (II)
After about Mo Cha's kung fu, Xia Jiaoyun said: "Hou Jin's nephew, Hui'er, you go and learn swordsmanship, just stop when you get to the point." ”
"Yes, Uncle Shi. ”
"Yes, master. ”
The two responded in unison.
After a while, both of them reached the center of the ring, looking at each other. Before the competition, the first thing to compare is momentum. If you show cowardice in momentum, you will lose first, and in the next competition, it is estimated that you will be suppressed by the other party.
Hou Jin looked at Hui'er and thought to himself: "I just saw the demeanor of this Hui'er sister outside the gate of Qingluan Palace, and now face to face again, Sister Hui'er is still as bright as Qingluan, compared to the sister who was called Qingqing just now, both in appearance and temperament. Sister Qingqing is the type that is not outstanding at first glance, and the more you look at it, the more you look at it, the more durable it becomes, and this Sister Hui'er is the type that makes people feel very amazing at first glance, as delicate as bathing in the spring breeze. ”
At this time, Hui'er saw Hou Jin staring at herself intently, but she didn't show her shame like ordinary girls, her expression was natural, and she looked at Hou Jin calmly, but she was already a little annoyed in her heart. After all, she is a big girl in her early twenties, and she often goes down the mountain with her master Xia Jiaoyun, and she has seen the world and all kinds of people. Xin said: "This guy dares to look at a girl so unscrupulously with a handsome face? How dare you stare at this girl. ”
So he feinted and said: "Senior Brother Fangcaihou's style is really amazing, Hui'er admires it." It's just that I don't know how the swordsmanship of my junior brother is, so please don't hesitate to give me advice. ”
This girl named Hui'er is a hot person. Just now, I stared at her so straightly, and if I changed to other girls, I would probably be shy, but this Hui'er was calm and not ashamed. Now he is so simply going to compete directly, if he cares about him left and right, it will make him annoyed and leave a bad impression. Then he responded: "Hou Jin has this intention. Please also ask Senior Sister Hui'er for more advice. Please!"
The sword came out of its sheath, making a buzzing sound, accompanied by a hint of cold light, which was particularly dazzling in the light of the morning sun. Hou Jin held the Kaiyang Sword tightly in his hand, the tip of the sword pointed downward, and looked at Hui'er. Hui'er also pulled out the sword at her waist and raised it flat, facing Hou Jin. The two sides are on the verge of breaking out.
Seeing that Hou Jin had been pointing the tip of his sword downwards without any movement, Hui'er took the lead. With a coquettish shout, an arrow step, he raised his sword and stabbed towards Hou Jin. The empty hand, the movements are constantly changing, sometimes clenching fists, sometimes forming palms, and finally when they are about to approach Hou Jin's body, they will palm their hands as sword fingers.
All of these were collected by Hou Jin. It's not that he doesn't want to do it first, Hou Jin also knows the truth of "starting first" to be strong, and the timing of martial arts competitions is often changing rapidly, and it is very important to seize the opportunity. Although Hou Jin practiced martial arts every day, he had never really fought with others, and he had no actual combat experience. So let Hui'er strike first, and then she can deal with it herself, and see a strategy for dismantling the move. Seeing that Hui'er's moves are constantly changing, virtual and real, real and virtual, I can't help but sigh: "It seems that this Hui'er has a lot of experience in fighting on the spot, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take advantage of it." ”
The Qingluan Hall disciples present were a little surprised at this time. Senior Sister Hui'er's sword has already stabbed in, what is this Hou Jin thinking? At this time, he was still motionless, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "Could it be that Hou Jin's skills are not as good as others, and he doesn't know how to receive Senior Sister Hui'er's sword moves, so he is stupid? Shouldn't it?
It wasn't until the tip of the sword was close to three inches in front of Hou Jin's chest that the disciples were suspicious, only to see Hou Jin's feet sinking, his toes off the ground, his heels slamming into force, and he was firmly on the ground, and his body was tilted back until it was at a forty-five degree angle to the ground. Hui'er's sword passed close to Hou Jin's chest, and when she saw that the blow missed, she kicked Hou Jin's waist in a random instant. Who knew that Hou Jin once again avoided Hui'er's blow with an incredible move. It turned out that after Hou Jin avoided Hui'er's sword, he saw Hui'er's kick again, and immediately dodged back, bowing his waist back, and Hui'er's attack was exactly about an inch away from Hou Jin's waist, missing. Immediately, Hou Jin's body leaned forward quickly, and his head hit Hui'er's little head.
"Good a nice dodge and counter-attack. This Hou Jin is really not simple, where is this like a person who has just learned martial arts, he is obviously a martial artist with rich experience on the spot and has experienced a hundred battles. Hui'er said in her heart.
Just when Hou Jin's head was about to hit Hui'er's little head, at the last moment, Hui'er suddenly squatted down, stretched out a leg, and swept through the thousand troops cleanly, attacking Hou Jin's lower plate. However, Hou Jin's reaction was also fast enough, only to see his left foot slightly raised, kicked at Hui'er's shoulder, stretched his right foot back, and directly used the "Flying Dragon Three Folds" body method, avoiding Hui'er's sweep, and at the same time counterattacking Hui'er again. Hui'er often goes down the mountain with Xia Jiaoyun, fights with people many times, has a lot of knowledge, and has a strong ability to adapt on the spot. Hui'er once again lifted her heels off the ground, landed on her toes, her knees were almost touching the ground, her body leaned back, almost level with the ground, and with a glide, Hou Jin's kick missed. At the same time, he raised the sword in his hand and stabbed Hou Jin in the back. With a beautiful return to the horse gun, the disciples of Qingluan Hall couldn't help but applaud. Hou Jin missed a blow, a crisp one-word horse, and his legs slashed to the ground. The back seems to have eyes, knowing that Hui'er will dodge the past and at the same time will stab with a sword, the moment the horse lands, the Kaiyang sword in his hand is not idle, a backhand sword, the tip of the sword just collided with the tip of Hui'er's sword, and immediately a spark sputtered out. The sword that Hui'er stabbed couldn't advance another point for a while, but Hou Jin's sword seemed to be like a thick wall, and it also failed to move forward. The two were at a stalemate like this, competing for internal strength. Although such a long description seems to have passed, it is actually a breathing effort. "Martial arts in the world, only fast is not broken. "Both of them are fast attacking against fast attacking, whether attacking or defending, they can counterattack while dodging, which shows that their cultivation has also reached a certain level.
The two competed for internal strength, and after a stalemate for a while, Hou Jin's forehead began to drip, and a bead of sweat the size of a bean began to be on his forehead, but Hui'er was still calm and relaxed, and her face was slightly ruddy. Looking at the swords on both sides again, they were no longer as stationary as Fang Cai, Hui'er's sword was slowly approaching Hou Jin at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Hou Jin's sword kept retreating.
All this was clearly seen by Li Chunzheng and Xia Jiaoyun, who were sitting under the sun, and both of them were silently thinking about their thoughts at this time.
"After all, Jin'er is new to martial arts, and his foundation is unstable. Fangcai's one attack and one defense, in one go, is really good. But after all, he has not been learning martial arts for a long time, and his internal strength is still lacking, so it is really unwise to choose to compete with Senior Sister Xia's closed disciples to compete for internal strength, using his own shortcomings and attacking the enemy's strengths. Jin'er is now out of order. If you continue to compete, you have to be injured. Li Chunzheng's heart was right, and he performed the ventriloquist technique: Xuanji Transmission Technique. In this exercise, the lips do not move, and the throat does not make any sound, but the caster can transmit what he wants to say to the other person's ears with this exercise, just like ultrasound, only the caster and the other party can hear it, and other people, even if they are around the caster and the other party, cannot hear it. This exercise is actually not too difficult, and ordinary martial artists can learn it, but it is extremely difficult to learn it well, and it needs to rely on deep internal strength support.
"Hui'er's swordsmanship and internal skills have improved again, which makes me very pleased. With your own strength, attack the enemy's short, not bad. Although this Hou Jin has a good understanding and a good body style, after all, the time for practicing martial arts is still short, and at this time, he chooses to compete with Hui'er for internal strength, where is the opponent of Hui'er with rich combat experience, it is really not advisable! Otherwise, after a while, this Hou Jin will be defeated. Although my martial arts are extremely inferior to Senior Brother Li, it is also a beautiful thing for my apprentice to be better than his apprentice, isn't it?" Xia Jiaoyun said with a smile on her face.
Hou Jin secretly complained in his heart, he didn't expect this Hui'er girl to be so powerful, her reaction was so quick, her swordsmanship was so strong, and even her internal strength was so strong, if she couldn't think of a corresponding strategy, I wouldn't be able to support it for long, and I would be defeated. At this very anxious moment, I remembered the master's voice in my ears: "Jin'er, don't compete with this woman for internal strength, even if you are now, the five Hou Jin are not her opponents." I asked you to come here for the teacher, I want you to learn swordsmanship, and I want you to make a breakthrough in your Qinglian Sword Song, but you forget? If you put the cart before the horse, I'm afraid you will be seriously injured. ”
Hou Jin woke up like a dream: "If it weren't for the master's mention, I would ...... How can I be so stupid? Compete with a person with rich combat experience and profound internal strength? Isn't this just what the other party wants?" Thinking of this, Hou Jin no longer hesitated, and suddenly withdrew his internal strength, and used ten thousand horses to gallop, and quickly retreated ten steps back.
Just when Hui'er's face was triumphant, victory was about to be achieved. But in an instant, he felt that the resistance of the tip of the sword disappeared, and he went straight to Hou Jin's back. Suddenly, he said in his heart: "In the competition of internal strength, remember to be distracted and suddenly withdraw internal strength, which will instead suffer backlash and internal injury, and in serious cases, it is even possible that martial arts will be wasted, become a wasted person, or even lose his life, which is tantamount to suicide? Hou Jin can't be so stupid?"
Hui'er thought that she was about to end the fight and win. In the end, as long as Hou Jin is not injured, as long as Hou Jin is not wasted under her sword, it is not considered to kill the same door, it is not considered to violate the rules of the door, but it can still win praise, maybe the master will look up to me even more.
At this time, I only heard a leisurely chant: "The long wind rises, the clouds fly, and the lonely world laughs crazy." People are crazy, they don't measure themselves, and the long wind is a song and a sword. ”
It turned out that Hou Jin was reminded by Li Chunzheng, and immediately woke up, relying on his swift body technique, avoiding Hui'er's sword, and then turned around sharply, using the first form of Qinglian Sword Song, and quickly attacked Hui'er.
Hui'er came back to her senses, looked at Hou Jin's attacking sword in disbelief, and said in her heart: "Impossible, this way, Hou Jin is not damaged at all, and he can still use such a powerful superior sword technique?" However, my Hui'er is not a vegetarian, although Hou Jin's swordsmanship is quite good, but after all, the practice time is not long, and I can't bear it!"
In the on-the-spot martial arts competition, the most taboo is to be distracted and think about it. But this Hui'er can make moves while thinking about others, which shows that she is quite confident. Indeed, if Hou Jin is counted as a beginner, then Hui'er is a senior person, whether it is swordsmanship, body skills, or internal strength, Hui'er is a lot higher than Hou Jin. The opening battle between Fang Caihuier and Hou Jin was just a test of Hou Jin's depth, but now that he has figured out the details of Hou Jin, he has begun to take it seriously.
Although Hou Jin used the first style of the Qinglian Sword Song, the moves were sharp and fast, but after all, the time was still shallow, and the heat was not enough, in Hui'er's opinion, it was like performing juggling, although it attracted attention and was full of ornamentation, but it did not pose any threat to himself. But after all, this Hou Jin is Master Li's apprentice, and the relationship between the master and Uncle Li is very close, and I belong to the same family as Hou Jin, so I can't let him lose too ugly. Just treat him as a little brother, play with him, and point to him. So, Hui'er was like a leisurely stroll, full of confidence, and only used three layers of skill to attack Hou Jin in a leisurely manner.
On the surface, the two of them have passed fifty moves, and they seem to be evenly matched. But in the eyes of martial arts masters, it is clear at a glance that this is a martial arts competition, it is clearly the care of my sister for my younger brother, and she is just instructing him in martial arts. Li Chunzheng and Xia Jiaoyun watched the fight, nodding from time to time and smiling. They also glanced at each other from time to time and smiled at each other.
"Senior sister has taught well, your disciple is good. Although your disciple's martial arts have a certain degree of popularity, he is even stronger than the second-rate masters of the Jianghu martial arts. But there is no bullying, let alone deception. On the contrary, he deliberately let Jin'er go, as if he was practicing swords with him. If she exerts all her strength, I'm afraid that Jin'er will lose if she doesn't have more than ten moves in her hands. Well, yes, my Tianshan faction seems to be stronger from generation to generation, a good thing!"
When Xia Jiaoyun heard this, she smiled softly, her face was radiant, beautiful and moving, if other men saw Xia Jiaoyun so beautiful, they would definitely be moved, but in Li Chunzheng's eyes, there was only the praise of the senior brother for the junior sister, and there was no other thought. Xia Jiaoyun was slightly disappointed in her heart: "Am I not beautiful enough? I can't compare to my senior brother's childhood sweetheart? Forget it, what do you want to do now? It's not a day or two to know my senior brother?" However, I can hear other people's praise for my proud disciple, which master is not happy in his heart? Hui'er is indeed smart, and her understanding is also good, and she has practiced some of the sect's swordsmanship and body skills to a certain level, which is comparable to a second-rate master. When she can be retracted freely, I will teach my unique mastery - Su Nu Sword and her, so that her cultivation will be taken to a higher level, and my Qingluan Hall will also have a successor, and she will definitely become a leader in the Tianshan Sect. So he responded: "Senior brother has a good reputation, Hui'er's qualifications are acceptable, and she is a material that can be made, if you can get the guidance of your senior brother, Hui'er's cultivation will definitely go to a higher level." However, Hou Jin is also very good, in a short period of time, he can have such an achievement, and it is by no means an ordinary person. Senior brother is the one who can teach!"
On the stage of watching the martial arts, Hou Jin and Hui'er had already passed almost a hundred moves at this time, and the fierce battle was in full swing and white-hot. The more Hou Jin fought, the more frightened he became: "I can't imagine that such a delicate girl is so powerful, the more she fights, the more courageous she becomes, and she looks so relaxed and natural." It seems that Senior Sister Hui'er's martial arts are much higher than mine, and she didn't go all out at all. "Where does Hou Jin know, this Hui'er not only didn't go all out, but didn't even give half of her strength, pointing out the power of three points, if Hou Jin knew, he would be ashamed, a big man, he couldn't even beat a weak woman. However, people who practice martial arts do not have the words of weak women. For example, Xia Jiaoyun among the Seven Sons of the Tianshan Mountains is a woman, and she is also one in a million beauty, but who dares to say that he is a weak woman? Even Li Chunzheng, who is as strong as a wine and sword fairy, can't easily defeat her. At the beginning, Tianshan sent 10,000 people to watch the two of them compete, and it was only after more than 1,500 moves that Xia Jiaoyun's internal strength was about to be exhausted, and Li Chunzheng won one and a half moves. Who dares to say that weak women are inferior to men? Otherwise, how can they be called heroines?
Since it is a competition, learning and exchanging martial arts, and it is not a battle of life and death, so Hou Jin began to perform the second form of the Qinglian Sword Song that he had not obtained for a long time: a lotus withering: the skillful use of force, whether it is a magic weapon or a true yuan force, borrowing the enemy's power to attack the enemy, and he is firmly invincible. While Hou Jin performed this trick and confronted Hui'er, he was thinking about how to use the appropriate power, which was a difficult problem.
Hui'er saw that Hou Jin suddenly changed his sword moves, no longer so sharp and fast, but rather rusty and incoherent, compared to his last set of sword moves, it was much inferior. Hui'er knew it as well, and said in her heart: "Senior Brother Hou Jin seems to treat me as a sparring partner, as if he wants to comprehend the sword moves that he hasn't comprehended for a long time in battle, right? ”
So, Hui'er next, in the confrontation with Hou Jin, increased her skills from time to time, using the enemy moves used in actual combat, and sometimes suddenly reduced her skills. As Hui'er constantly changes her moves and swordsmanship, and her skills are sometimes heavy and sometimes light, Hou Jin seems to have found the trick of the second type: how to use the right strength to control the enemy. If the enemy's strength is great, and his own strength is obviously inferior, and he cannot confront it head-on, then he needs to borrow skill, or borrow the enemy's strength, to attack the enemy, and even defeat the enemy, to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy, so that he can be invincible.
"I see, I see. It turns out that the right power is so profound, I see. "Hou Jin was like an initiation, it seemed to open suddenly, and suddenly he opened, and his heart blossomed with joy, and he was very happy, as sweet as eating honey. In fact, it's normal, whoever encounters a long-standing problem and suddenly solves it, who is not happy?
At this time, the second form of the Qinglian Sword Song used by Hou Jin became more and more coherent, no longer unfamiliar as before, but more and more fused, Hou Jin became more and more confident in his moves, and Fang Cai's worries and impatience were also swept away. Hou Jin's changes, Hui'er saw it at a glance, and said in her heart: "It seems that Senior Brother Hou is improving his martial arts, and he is still a little rusty, so he will not be there at this time." Those who can comprehend in battle and improve their martial arts are not yet possible in the martial arts. This junior brother Hou really talked about it, and in time, he will definitely surpass me. But they are all disciples of the Tianshan Sect, which is a good thing, and I am really happy for him. ”
Seeing Hou Jin's changes, in addition to Hui'er, there was Qingqing, as well as Li Chunzheng and Xia Jiaoyun sitting under the parasol, the two couldn't help but smile at each other and nodded slightly.
"Jin'er is a breakthrough, it's not stupid, and finally comprehended the second form of Qinglian Sword Song, it's not stupid, it's teachable. It's just that I have just realized that the foundation is not yet stable, and it needs to be consolidated for some time. The purpose has been achieved. It's also time for them to stop. Li Chunzheng said in his heart.
"This Hou Jin seems to be really a manufacturable material, much stronger than Zhi Hui'er's understanding. Hui'er is a natural asset, and this Hou Jin is even better. With time, the cultivation is unlimited, and maybe it will be even better than Senior Brother Li. It's really anticipation. The Tianshan faction must be even stronger and more brilliant. However, since it is a competition, this is the end of it. Xia Jiaoyun thought for a while.
So, he and Li Chunzheng proposed to let their respective apprentices take over, and Li Chunzheng also had this intention, and hit it off, so he stopped the fight between Hou Jin and the two. Hou Jin and Hui'er each came to their master to salute, and then to their uncle. Li Chunzheng and Xia Jiaoyun praised their respective apprentices, and praised each other's apprentices. Hou Jin's master and apprentice said goodbye to Xia Jiaoyun, then left Qingluan Hall and returned to Wenhua Palace......