Although Hou Jin passed the first round of qualifiers, he broke through the first layer of the Yin and Yang Five Elements Gong realm in the battle: gold. But after all, it has not been consolidated, and its foundation is unstable. Therefore, after leaving the main square, I want to return to the Wenhua Hall to comprehend and consolidate again. But at the gate of the Wenhua Palace, I met the master Li Chunzheng. I saw Li Chunzheng with his hands behind his back, stopping in front of the gate, looking ahead, as if he was waiting for someone.

After seeing Hou Jin's figure, a loving smile appeared on his face and beckoned to him. Hou Jin hurriedly took five steps and three steps, quickly came to the master, and bowed his head: "Hou Jin to meet the master." Shizun is tormenting Hou Jinye, how can he bother Shizun and other disciples?"

Li Chunzheng helped Hou Jin up with both hands and said with a smile: "It's okay." What Jin'er is doing today is very happy to be a teacher. Come, let's go inside and talk again. After speaking, Li Chunzheng took the lead in entering, Hou Jin followed, and the two came to Li Chunzheng's bedroom.

Li Chunzheng said: "Come in, come, sit down." ”

"Master, please be seated. Hou Jin watched the master sit down, and then sat opposite Li Chunzheng.

Li Chunzheng said: "Jin'er, you seem to have broken through the first layer of the Yin and Yang Five Elements Gong?"

"Yes, master. But it hasn't had time to consolidate. Hou Jin replied.

"Well, in this case, I will tell you about the essence of the second level. The second layer of the five elements of yin and yang: wood. The so-called wood is said to be straight, and the gold is made from the leather! The so-called wood is sour, and the leather is sour, and the leather is hard. And invisibly, Jin Mu is born to restrain each other. And in the middle of the heavenly stems, A is the wood of the pillars, the east. B is the tree of flowers and fruits, the east. Geng is the gold of the axe, the West. Xin is the gold of jewelry, the West. Wood, Oriental, Cyan, and Green Dragon. Wood: Oriental, A B, Cyan, Green Dragon. The first layer of gold, now that you have understood, you don't need to say too much as a teacher. As for the second layer of wood, being a teacher can only be put simply, talking too much will not be beneficial to you tomorrow, you just need to know something, enough for you to face the enemy tomorrow. It's getting late, so stand down. ”

"Yes, master, the apprentice is retired. Hou Jin saluted his master again, withdrew, and returned to his residence.

The sixth son had already prepared the meal, put it in Hou Jin's room, waited at the door of Hou Jin's room, stood on tiptoe, and raised his head to wish.

"What are you looking at? ”

Liuzi suddenly felt that someone was lining up his shoulders in the back, he was startled, turned around, and found that it was Hou Jin, kicked out, covered his chest with his hand, and said, "Big brother, it can be regarded as coming back, which scared Liuzi a lot." ”

Hou Jin laughed when he heard this. Since separating from Uncle Fu, he followed his master to the Tianshan faction, and apart from his master, only the sixth son was the closest to him. Seeing that the sixth son was waiting for him like this, his heart couldn't help but warm: "Who else can there be here?" In the huge Wenhua Palace, in addition to the master, isn't there only you and me?"

The sixth son said: "Brother Hou, the meal has already been prepared, if you are hungry, hurry up and eat." ”

"Good. Let's go, let's go together. Brother is happy today, accompany him for a drink. With that, he pulled the sleeves of Liuzi's coat, walked straight into the room, sat down, poured two glasses of wine, and the two drank one cup to each other, talking while eating. Hou Jin met Qingyu Hall in the first round of the competition today, and the two fought for 300 rounds, and told the six sons in detail. The sixth son was also shocked when he heard it, and when he heard that Hou Jin was almost in danger, one of the hearts of the six sons was also mentioned in the throat and eyes, and Hou Jin turned into good fortune again, and the martial arts were still greatly advanced, and the six sons couldn't help but be happy for Hou Jin, and after eating a meal, the two were also very happy, Hou Jin took out the "Historical Records" and let the six sons take it to read, and he began to sit cross-legged at the head of the bed, and began to exercise the exercises, consolidating the first layer of the five elements of yin and yang. At the same time, I remembered the second layer of the Yin and Yang Five Elements Gong that Master Fang Cai told him, and it was not difficult for Hou Jin to understand the literal meaning, but he pondered the deep meaning of wood for nearly an hour, but he was still not clear. Hou Jin couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Since the master told me the second-level mental method, why didn't he explain it? What is the purpose, why do you want to say too much, it is not good for tomorrow?"

After thinking about it for a long time, the mystery in Hou Jin's heart still couldn't be solved, so he simply lay down and fell asleep......

Early the next morning, Hou Jin got up early, hurriedly ate the breakfast brought by the six sons, dressed up briefly, and went straight to the main square. After coming to the destination, Hou Jin found that it was already dark, and it turned out that many disciples had already arrived and were already sitting in their respective phalanxes. There is only one phalanx that is empty, needless to say, it is naturally the "territory" of the Wenhua Palace. Hou Jin just wanted to step to his phalanx and sit down, looked up, and found that there was a little girl in the Qingluan Hall phalanx who seemed to be waving to him, with her hands still on her mouth, as if she was shouting to herself. So, Hou Jin walked straight to the square of Qingluan Palace, sat behind Hui'er's side, and then walked forward and sat down beside Hou Jin.

"Brother Hou Jin, why did you come so late?" asked Youyou.

Hou Jin smiled and responded, "Am I late? ”

Yoyo pursed his lips and smiled, revealing two shallow pear nests on his face, very playful and cute, and said, "It's not late, it's just that you're too late." It can't be that we thought about our beautiful sister Hui'er too late last night, so we woke up late, right?"

Hui'er turned around and glared at Youyou fiercely: "Dead girl, why did you pull it on me again?" ”

Youyou pretended to be afraid, hurriedly got up and shrank his head, hid behind Hou Jin, poked out his little head, and laughed: "What's the matter? Sister is in a hurry? Could it be that my sister was also thinking about Brother Hou Jin last night?"

Hui'er got up, pretending to be angry, and got up to beat Youyou. Youyou hurriedly shrank behind her back so that Hui'er couldn't see herself at all, and poked out her little head, stuck out her tongue, and made a grimace.

Hui'er gave up and shook her head: "Okay, Sister Youyou, don't make trouble, there are many people here, you and I are so frolicking, so that others don't have to watch jokes." ”

Yoyo seemed to know, so he sat down honestly and stopped playing......

But this scene is also seen by people with a heart. Duan Qingming looked at Hou Jin fiercely, and saw that the three of them were playing and playing, looking very intimate, and said hatefully: "Just let you be happier for a while, right?" I'm afraid you won't be able to cry later." ”

Seeing that the disciples of each hall were almost there, the seven sons of Tianshan ordered a few disciples to give the leading disciples of each hall to count their numbers. After a while, the disciples returned, and all of them arrived.

Liu Jingwen nodded, walked quickly to the center of the square, raised his hands and pressed down, and everyone in the square immediately fell silent. Liu Jingwen took a deep breath, mobilized his internal strength, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, the second round of elimination will be held today. According to the previous rules, the top three players from the previous year passed the second round and directly participated in the third round. The list of martial arts has been prepared, and the name is read and the competition begins. Do you understand?"

"Understood. ”

"Understood. ”

"Understood. ”

All the disciples, whether they passed the first round yesterday or those who were defeated, were all very excited at this time, and shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky and resounded through the nine heavens.

"Qingluan Palace, Shi Yaoyao ......"

"Here!"

"Mingyue Palace, Zheng Mingchun ......"

"Here!"

"You work in pairs and compete with each other. ”

"Qingyu Palace, Liu Yao ......"

"Here!"

"Dexin Palace, Hongjun ......"

"Here!"

"You work in pairs and compete with each other. ”

"Qingfeng Palace, Chen Kaitai ......"

"Here!"

"Wu'an Palace, Long Zhengjun ......"

"Here!"

"You work in pairs and try against each other. ”

......

Since half of the people lost in the first round, the number of people in the second round was much smaller. But those who can participate in the second round of the competition are not those with a poor foundation, and their martial arts have a certain degree of popularity. Therefore, the second round of the competition is obviously much more exciting than the first round, and it takes a long time. Hou Jin noticed that the first disciple of the Seven Great Halls faced the opponent, and basically solved the battle with one move, except for the top three disciples of the previous year who had a bye. Secretly thinking in his heart: "The first disciple of these seven halls is not the first disciple, which is extraordinary. The people who can advance to the second round are basically not too weak, but almost when they meet these seven people, they can't even catch a move, and they are "killed in seconds", which is really powerful, fortunately, I haven't read my name yet, although against them, they will not be solved by one move like those disciples, but they will definitely not be able to please the head. ”

Hou Jin was pondering, only to hear Liu Jingwen read: "Wenhua Palace, Hou Jin ......"

"To!" Hearing his name, Hou Jin hurriedly got up, shouted, and ran to the "battlefield" with an arrow step, Liu Jingwen looked at Hou Jin, nodded slightly, and said hello. Then he shouted: "Qingyu Palace, Huang Siming ......"

"Here!"

"Hmm, it's a disciple of Qingyu Hall again, it seems that I really have a fate with Qingyu Palace!" Hou Jin was slightly surprised, but when he saw Huang Siming approaching, Hou Jin looked at it fixedly: "Hey, this person seems to be a little familiar? Oh, yes, isn't this person with Duan Qingming? Yesterday a Liu An was already difficult enough, don't you want to, today it's this group again? It seems that this so-called list of immediate rankings seems to be a bit of a suspicion of fame and reputation, and it was specially arranged by artificially. "Now Hou Jin understands that he has dealt with Duan Qingming's group one after another, they must have done this on purpose, it can be seen that Duan Qingming's status in the heart of the head Tu Hongzi, and even the list of martial arts competitions can be arranged according to Duan Qingming's wishes. "Doesn't the master know what Duan Qingming is like? But it's still so important, this Qingming is too terrible, isn't it?

"Senior Brother Hou Jin, don't come to harm?" Huang Siming said with a smile.

Hou Jin couldn't see this Huang Siming's smiling face, so he was also false and wronged, and said politely: "Thanks to Senior Brother Huang, the younger brother is very well." ”

Huang Siming smiled gloomily, his slender eyes narrowed into a slit, and he looked at Hou Jin tightly, as if he wanted to see through Hou Jin inside and out. Suddenly, he laughed: "Haha, senior brother is comfortable when he arrives, but your senior brother Liu An is not comfortable!"

Hou Jin smiled and said, "There are no eyes in his fists and feet, and Senior Brother Liu An's skills are not as good as others, so he was defeated." Listening to Senior Brother Huang's tone, it seems that there is a sense of accountability for Hou Jin?"

Huang Siming pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist and said in a deep voice: "Liu An's waste? It was Hou Jin's junior brother, and yesterday's courage impressed his brother. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and today I am fortunate to be able to ask Senior Brother Hou Jin for some advice, and it is a great honor for my brother!"

Hou Jin said: "Eh, where did Senior Brother Huang say? If you want to give advice, then Senior Brother Huang, you will guide the younger brother one or two." ”

"That's very good, please!" Huang Siqiang responded, and symbolically arched his hand to Hou Jin, who also returned the salute. The two did not immediately move, stopping at each other and looking at each other. Often people who practice martial arts compete in martial arts, and they all compete for momentum and coercion, and if they can get ahead in momentum, they will be the first to win people.

However, after only one cup of tea, the two drew their swords at the same time, shouted loudly, and attacked each other. The movements are uniform, as if they have been rehearsed in advance. Neither of them made a ruthless move at first, they were both testing each other and touching the bottom of their opponents.

"This kid was not even as good as Liu An's martial arts, but yesterday when he was defeated, why did he seem to be a different person, his strength soared, and he beat Liu An's waste into a serious injury and fell unconscious, which is really very strange. Could it be that this kid has any hole cards that he can't do? Hide and tuck, and make trouble at a critical moment?" Huang Siming said in his heart.

Hou Jin tested Huang Siming while observing his moves. This Huang Siming and Liu An's martial arts routines are very different, Liu An's swordsmanship is ruthless, fast, and strong. But this Huang Siming's swordsmanship is sometimes fast and slow, and the internal strength is rigid and soft, which is unpredictable. Sometimes, his moves look flimpy and seem slow, but in fact this is a visual illusion. Because of the extremely fast speed, it leaves an afterimage, just like the mosquito you see flapping its wings in front of you, the mosquito has only one pair of wings, but it looks like it has two pairs of wings. If you think that his move is weak and powerless, then you will take it lightly, fall into his way, suffer a secret loss, and even be easily defeated by him.

"It seems that this Huang Siming is much stronger than Liu An yesterday, and it is more difficult, and today is inevitably a bitter fight. Hou Jin probed out Huang Siming's basic details and thought about the countermeasure: how to defeat the opponent.

The two of them turned their swords almost at the same time, no longer tempting, and began to use all their strength. The battle between the two sides has become white-hot, very anxious, and difficult to solve, and no one can help anyone for a while.

In the second round of competition, the other groups are basically nearing the end and the winners and losers are separated. As Hou Jin and Huang Siming were still fighting, the eyes of all the disciples turned to the two who were fighting on the field, and they couldn't help but discuss.

"Who do you think will win in the end?" one of the disciples asked.

"That's naturally Huang Siming, among the younger generation of disciples of Qingyu Palace, the martial arts strength ranks second, but it is not comparable to Liu An and the like. A disciple was full of confidence.

"Not necessarily, it's too early to tell. Have you forgotten that yesterday, this Hou Jin was already at a disadvantage, and he was about to lose, but he turned the tide in an instant and turned defeat into victory. Maybe it will be the same today. Look, right?"

The disciples argued endlessly, and no one could convince anyone......

Besides, Hou Jin and the two have been fighting for nearly 300 moves, and they seem to be starting to get a little tired. After all, the two of them are not top masters like Xia Jiaoyun and Li Chunzheng, and they can fight to 1,500 moves. Compared with the previous moves, the two of them are no longer energetic and free to perform. They all want to use the most practical moves to consume the opponent's energy, while they can preserve their strength. Wait for the opportunity to defeat the enemy with one blow and achieve victory.

"The Art of War" says: "Fiction is real, fiction is real, reality is reality, reality is fiction, it is said that "soldiers are not tired of deceit". Hou Jin struggled for a long time, but saw that he still couldn't take down Huang Siming, and he was close to exhaustion, so he needed to use a strategy to get it. At the moment, Hou Jin's own moves slowed down, and he seemed to be weak, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and he was full of rough air. Huang Siming also saw Hou Jin's situation, and was overjoyed, and said in his heart: "This kid finally can't support it." Hey. I couldn't help but smile smugly, as if victory was in sight.

But seeing Hou Jin's sharp dodge, he retreated backwards, and his body fell back slightly, forming an arc-shaped bend. Huang Siming laughed: "Stinky boy, you're finished, go die." After that, he raised his sword flat, rushed to Hou Jin, and waited until he approached Hou Jin's body, carried enough internal strength, and picked Hou Jin's face with a sword, and his empty hands were not idle, sometimes he made a fist, sometimes he became a palm, and the palm was cold, and it slowed down. In fact, this Huang Siming is like this, afraid that Hou Jin will be cheating, and he is also very vigilant, and his empty hands are ready to deal with mutations at any time.

"That's it!" Hou Jin smiled at Huang Siming, very weird, his eyes were full of anger, he squatted, avoiding a sword picked by Huang Siming, and at the same time his left leg was bent, his knee joint was at a right angle, and his right leg stretched forward, leveling with the ground.

Huang Siming's sword missed, and when he saw Hou Jin laughing so weirdly, it was not good to say secretly. Although he expected that Hou Jin was deceitful and pretended to be defeated, he never counted Hou Jin into this song, but unfortunately his moves had been used practically, and he couldn't immediately turn attack into defense, so he scolded secretly: "This kid is insidious and cunning." I had to shrink my legs and kick slightly, one foot from the ground, trying to avoid Hou Jin's sweep, and at the same time, with my free hand, I slapped Hou Jin's shoulder with a palm. Hou Jin had expected that Huang Siming would deal with it like this, and he was overjoyed in his heart. Jumped up quickly, lay down on the ground with his body off the ground, level with the ground, and quickly kicked Huang Siming with his legs. Huang Siming was shocked and dumbfounded, just at this moment, he was in the air, and he had nowhere to focus under his feet, so he could only watch Hou Jin kick himself one by one, and he could only let out a few muffled snorts, without the power to teach, and finally was thrown by Hou Jin, kicked in the temple, flew out upside down, and fell heavily to the ground, unconscious, and the sword in his hand also flew far away. In the distance, in the square array of the Qingyu Palace, four disciples got up and hurriedly stepped forward to carry Huang Siming down.

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

......

The applause rang out like thunder, and on the square, the disciples who were watching the battle applauded and applauded one after another.

"I said it! The disciple of the Tianshan Sect, who was optimistic about Hou Jin before, said proudly.

"I didn't expect that a weak scholar who had only been in my Tianshan Sect for half a year would be so powerful, and even Huang Siming, who ranked second in martial arts among the disciples of Qingyu Palace, was defeated by him. It's really incredible, admire!" The disciples of the Tianshan Sect who had previously supported Huang Siming all sincerely admired Hou Jin at this time, and the words of praise were overflowing.

In the rivers and lakes where force is respected, whoever is strong in martial arts will be admired by people.

However, there was a person who glanced at Hou Jin hatefully and scolded secretly: "Useless things are all waste." It seems that in the end, I have to teach this little white face a lesson with my own hands, so as to eliminate the hatred in my heart. ”

The Seven Sons of Tianshan were also smiling, and Hou Jin once again refreshed their understanding of them. Ma Qingyang, the hall master of Qingfeng Palace, praised: "Senior Brother Pure is really a good eye, a weak scholar, he can actually improve his martial arts in half a year." Huang Siming is not weak, when I divided Hou Jin into a group with him, I was still a little worried, and now it seems that my worries are superfluous. Senior Brother in charge, how can you let Duan Qingming Hu come? Listen to his words, and divide Hou Jin and Huang Siming into a group? After all, Hou Jin has not been studying art for a long time, in case there is a mistake, if such a qualification is lost here, wouldn't my Tianshan faction lose a lot?"

Tu Hongzi sighed and shook his head: "It's not because of Qingming's temperament, the real number is helpless! Qingming's parents died early, and his brother and his father are close friends, and before his father was killed, he entrusted his young son Qingming to me. Seeing that he was pitiful, and his brother had not taken it for life, and he had no children under his knees, he regarded Qingming as his own, so he spoiled him since he was a child, and only then did he develop a high-flying and domineering character, which was his brother's fault. It's just that although Qingming is a little less affectionate, he has not made too much of an outrageous time, and he has never insulted the Tianshan faction outside, so he turns a blind eye to what he does on weekdays and closes one eye to what he does. ”

Ma Qingyang said indignantly: "But, senior brother, you can't come from Duan Qingming's temperament! Even if you don't make any big mistakes now, but in the long run, Duan Qingming will be unrestrained, and I'm afraid that you will poke out a big basket in the future." Senior brother had to guard against it. ”

Tu Hongzi said with a smile: "Senior Brother Qingyang said things right, all because my brother neglected to discipline Qingming. However, it is not entirely up to him to be a brother, and Hou Jin and Huang Siming are divided into a group. Yesterday, Hou Jin's performance, junior brother, you also saw it, this nephew actually had an epiphany in the battle, cultivated for the sake of excellence, and won Liu An and Huang Siming in a row. Actually, isn't this an opportunity to train Hou Jin? If he has been sheltered under the wings of the seven of us, I am afraid that he will not be able to grow up! When I was grouped, I actually asked the pure junior disciple for his opinion, and he also agreed. ”

Ma Qingyang, Xia Jiaoyun and the other five people looked at Li Chunzheng with inquiring eyes. Li Chunzheng smiled: "What the senior brother in charge said is good, this is also my approval." Jin'er is too little actual combat, and if you just learn from others, you can't get exercise. A few days ago, Duan Qingming and others had a holiday with the recalcitrant gangsters and almost clashed. (Obviously, it was Duan Qingming and others who were looking for trouble with Hou Jin, and now Ma Qingyang blamed Tu Hongzi again, but Li Chunzheng said so, but he shirked for Tu Hongzi.) With Duan Qingming's temperament, he will inevitably take advantage of the martial arts conference to find trouble with Jin'er again, just right, because his brother wants to tap into Jin'er's potential, so he agreed. ”

The hall master of Wu'an Hall was speechless, looked at Li Chunzheng, and then at Tu Hongzi, and said: "Two senior brothers, you are really big-hearted, so you have confidence in Hou Jin......?"

Li Chunzheng stroked the goat's whiskers, smiled, and said, "No case, isn't this Jin'er intact? Okay, Senior Brother Jingwen, it's time for you to get out. ”

Liu Jingwen nodded, came to the center of the main square, and shouted in a deep voice: "At this point, the second round of knockouts is over." It's noon, let's go down to eat first, fix for a while, and in the afternoon, then the third round of the main competition. It's all gone!"

When the disciples heard this, they retreated one after another. For a moment, the square returned to a state of silence and was empty. In the sky, the warm spring sun is particularly warm, shining on the body, warm ......