XIX The Ring

——In previous years, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the stage was always surrounded by a sea of people. And this year, although there are still a lot of people, they are finally a little sparse. There was something that felt strange, and I asked someone, but it turned out that there was a fight in front of the Shengyang Jun's Mansion, and there were masters from various families to test their martial arts.

Although it is only a competition, it is better than a simple drama after all. There are many people who practice martial arts in the capital city, and they have always paid attention to martial arts. Usually, everyone practices at home, and even if there is a competition, it is between relatives and friends. In addition to showmanship, it is rarely said that it is practiced in front of the public-wouldn't that let others know their truth and truth.

But on the other hand, as a person who practices martial arts, vanity and pride are inevitable. After years of hard training, defeating the opponent and cheering in front of everyone is also a natural and natural thing for a martial artist. Usually exercise and learn from within your own home, win or lose but laugh, where can you compare to winning in front of many outsiders?

Between these two ambivalences, the attraction of ring warfare to a warrior is like a mouse looking at a rice bowl. You can still think about it yourself, but you can't miss it when you look at the excitement.

Not to mention that there are many ordinary people who love to watch the excitement - a large number of onlookers soon gathered at the gate of Shengyang Jun's Mansion, in addition to those heroes who have big shoulders and round waists and protruding chests and belly, more are idlers who drag their families out to see the excitement during the New Year's Festival. It doesn't matter if you understand it or not, as long as there is a lively fight in the stands, you will clap your hands loudly, and then it will attract the contemptuous eyes of the insiders next to you......

"A group of Bai Ding who don't understand anything still think this is a trick of the temple fair...... The dignified Shengyang Monarch's Mansion, let this kind of person come out, and he is not afraid of losing face?"

——Watching the two strong men on the stage punching and kicking, you come and go, the fight is fierce, and most of the people next to you applaud and cheer. Only a few young men in the corners were holding their arms, their faces full of disapproval, and a few mocking words came out of their mouths from time to time. While talking and laughing with each other:

"True kung fu is used to kill people, if you don't use your strength, what can you do to defeat the enemy......? It's a joke!"

"If it weren't for the fear that the face of the Ji Clan's palace would not look good, our brothers would go up, and they would be able to know what it means to have someone outside the world, and there is a ...... outside the sky."

Several people were blowing happily, when they suddenly heard an indifferent voice next to them:

"Don't you have a bad brain, and your eyes are not good? Take a closer look, are those two on the stage faking a fight?"

The few people who were innocently interjected were annoyed, but when they turned their heads, they saw that they were middle-aged men, his face was very dark, but his eyes were bright, and he couldn't see the depth of his strength. There is a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in the pickaxe capital, and these people also know how to measure, but they don't dare to stir up trouble for a while.

Just now I just bragged, but I really didn't watch the fight, at this time I looked at the lookout, only to see that the two people above had a whirring sound of punches and kicks, and the fists and feet were all secretly with internal force, although it could not be said to be a life-and-death fight, but it was definitely not a false trick to fool people.

Those people were stunned for a moment—didn't they say that they were going to stop and have fun? This is going to take a beat, even if it is not fatal, it is difficult to avoid injury, aren't these people afraid?

When he was puzzled, he saw that the two people on the stage had already divided the winner and loser, and a man in a soap shirt rushed forward, taking advantage of the opponent's inability to react, punched him in the chest, and smashed the opposite person off the ring with a bang.

The victor clenched his fists and laughed, and while winning cheers, he also took a plate of gold and silver satin from the hands of the servants of the palace next to him, as well as a few ingots of silver, which could not be said to make more money, but it was quite decent.

And the loser rolled on the ground, but stood up as if nothing happened, and was not hurt at all - looking at the momentum of the punch just now, it was not as easy as it could be taken.

These people were all surprised, and at this time, they saw a person who looked like a housekeeper come to the stage, first bowed his hand to the surroundings, and then said loudly:

"On the occasion of this New Year's Festival, the whole city celebrates, and our princes are impatient to listen to the babbling drama, so they set up a stage here, and the watchman will wrestle for the play. Heroes, if you are interested, you can also come up and play. Although it is a little colorful, it is also a festive and lively. The point is so far, there is no resonance of victory or defeat!"

After a pause, the butler said:

"All heroes don't have to worry about their fists and feet without eyes, everyone who comes to the stage has an immortal charm to protect their bodies, even if they can't hurt their knives and guns, everyone can do it with confidence. ”

After saying that, the strong men in the audience were a little skeptical - everyone knew that the immortal magic and Taoism were omnipotent, but it was a bit unbelievable to say that it was used in a small ring to benefit them mortals.

When he was hesitating, he saw the man just now looking at them, and sneered again:

"Didn't you just say it very loudly? Anyone can blow the cowhide, since it is a martial arts friend, those who have the ability will go up to practice, and if you win, you can also get a lottery, just here to talk big and use a bird!"

As he spoke, the man took the lead in jumping onto the stage, these young men were already young and vigorous, and at this time they listened to what the housekeeper said, and they were squeezed into a belly of evil fire, when even one of them took off his coat and jumped to the stage:

"Okay, let's make a comparison!"

When they got into the ring, they saw a high-crowned Taoist let them approach, holding a talisman pen and making a simple draw on the two of them, and then signaled that they could start. The two sides did not talk nonsense and immediately handed it over.

Since the middle-aged man dared to take the initiative to provoke, he really had some confidence - just between three moves and two styles, the young man showed defeat. His hand couldn't resist the opponent's heavy punch at all, and then he was kicked away by a whip leg.

The companions in the audience couldn't hold it back, and jumped on the stage to invite the battle, and the man was also very talkative, and only let them do whatever they wanted after making a mark on their clothes, but these people couldn't do it, and they were beaten one after another.

But it was just a matter of being knocked away - even though the middle-aged man didn't spare his hand at all, every move was full of strength, and the loser just fell out of the ring, rolled and got up, and really didn't feel any pain on his body.

The reason for this is that every time someone is hit hard, the mark drawn on his body will faintly glow, and a huge spell will be displayed on the ground of the ring to echo it, and the force of the person who was hit will be absorbed.

The loser left in a huff, but the man who won was not greedy, saying that these people were too poor in strength to be a serious opponent, so he didn't ask for the lottery from the palace servants, but he still stayed in the ring.

"It's rare to have a chance to be so happy and have no scruples to fight with people, but you have to appreciate the wonder of this immortal talisman!"