Chapter 110: Five Elements Escape Technique
On the last day of the competition, Sugawara Michizane combed a short bun, wearing a traditional kimono embroidered with peony flowers in Fuso, with a pair of clogs on his feet and a scimitar at his waist, he went straight to the center of the ring, bowed a few times to the four sides of the stage, and then straightened his waist and shouted loudly: "The contemptible person is the Fuso country sent Tang Zheng Sugawara Michizane, I have been determined to learn martial arts since I was a child, and help the world and save the people!" Now we have come to Chang'an thousands of miles away to meet friends in martial arts, hoping to meet more friends on the Chinese chivalrous road!
Pang Xun saw that no one in the audience dared to fight against the Dongying samurai, he walked to Xu Zhi's side and said in a low voice: "Don Ma, let your subordinates go down to meet that Sugawara Michizane for a while, if you don't win, you can also give the Pony a test of the depth of the Fusang envoy!"
Xu Zhi had seen Sugawara Michi's ghost swordsmanship and reminded, "Sect Master Pang, don't be careless!"
Pang Xun saw that Sugawara Michizan was just the appearance of a Dongying ronin, and he didn't take him seriously, so he jumped into the ring and shouted: "Down is Pang Xun, the sect leader of the Xuzhou Spear Gate, and now he is the imperial guard of the Yellow King. Contemptible people come from a reckless background, can only play some swords, guns and sticks, martial arts are low, and they can't get into the hall of elegance, please don't be surprised by the messenger!"
Sugawara Michizane replied: "General Pang is too modest, please make a move!", after speaking, he pulled out the scimitar on his waist, which was completely made of stainless steel and shone white in the sunlight.
Pang Xun didn't dare to slack off, took a spear from the weapon rack, held it in his hand, and put on a posture of welcoming guests, just waiting for Sugawara Michizane to make a move.
Sugawara Michizane quickly swung his knife forward, and the sword flashed like a white whirlwind towards Pang Xun. Pang Xun didn't expect Sugawara Michizane to have such a fast skill, and he was not to be outdone, brandishing a spear, the spear churned up and down left and right, enveloping the whole body, just like a pear blossom, and the people in the audience couldn't see the figures of the two, only heard the sound of swords and guns slamming.
The two fought on the stage for nearly 50 rounds, with no winner or loser. Pang Xun saw Sugawara Michi's amazing arm strength, and knew that if the two fought for another fifty rounds, he would inevitably lose. He had an idea, deliberately showed weakness, dragged his spear upside down, and retreated to a corner of the ring.
That Sugawara Michizane didn't know what to do, and still chased after him with a knife, Pang Xun stopped suddenly, turned around and stabbed Sugawara Michizane in the chest, and the people in the audience applauded.
How do you know that Sugawara Michizane jumped up more than three feet high, and tossed backwards for two weeks, a "dragonfly point of water" performed light skills to stand at the head of Pang Xun's gun, he didn't wait for Pang Xun to come back to his senses, stepped on the gun in broken steps, and slashed at Pang Xun's face door, Pang Xun knew that he was invincible, so he had to throw away the spear in his hand, and took dozens of steps back, who knew that behind him was the end of the ring, he accidentally fell off the ring, and shook his head at Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, He Mengjiao and others with a shy face.
The other four Dongying envoys in the ring were so excited to see Sugawara win that they hugged him and threw him high into the air to congratulate him.
He Mengjiao couldn't get used to seeing the Fusang people getting carried away, and whispered to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu, why don't you go to the stage to suppress the arrogance of those Dongying people, and you can also let them understand the breadth and profundity of Chinese martial arts, how can they win with five children?"
Xu Zhi glanced at Zhou Yuanzhi, and saw that she also nodded at him, he was just about to step into the ring, only to hear a familiar voice in the crowd shouting: "Jiang Gang Leader, Jiang Gang Leader, Ouyang Gang Leader, you three are all well-known figures in the Central Plains rivers and lakes, how can you let a few Fusang Ronin set up a competition and steal the limelight of our great country!"
Jiang Chengfeng replied: "General Yun, let's keep a low profile, this Chang'an is not our territory after all, and the old man is also old, and he has no thoughts of shaking the rivers and lakes for a long time!"
Yun Feiyang asked again: "Could it be that Young Master Jiang and Young Master Ouyang, you don't have the ambition to take advantage of this battle to become famous?"
Ou Yangguang replied: "With the prestige of Jiang Gang Leader's "No. 1 Sword in the World", where can he still tolerate contemptible people to show ugliness?"
After all, Jiang Chao is young and vigorous, he has superb swordsmanship, since he broke through the rivers and lakes, he has never been defeated, and now he has the Baihong Sword in his hand, what else can he be afraid of?
Jiang Chao made up his mind to make a name for himself through this battle, held the white rainbow sword in his hand, jumped into the ring, and bowed slightly to Sugawara Michizane, and the two exchanged names.
Sugawara Michizane really saw that Jiang Chao was just a young knight, and knew that his internal strength must be limited, so he decided to strike first, secretly using his wrist, holding a knife in both hands, and jumping up suddenly, it was a move "knife splitting Huashan", and he slashed straight down towards the top of Jiang Chao's head.
Jiang Chao saw that Sugawara Michizane's knife was very fast, like a gust of wind rushing towards him, he flashed sideways, Sugawara Michizane's knife slashed into the air, slashed on the railing of the ring, and actually smashed the railing to pieces. Jiang Chao backhanded a sword and stabbed Sugawara Michizane in the heart.
Sugawara Michizane hurriedly turned around and raised his knife to block, only to hear a "boom", and the scimitar in his hand was cut off by the white rainbow sword in Jiang Chao's hand. Sugawara Michigan was truly shocked, and hurriedly took a few steps back, relying on the three-inch-long broken knife to protect his body.
Jiang Chao saw that Sugawara Michizane had no weapons in his hands, and retreated to the corner of the ring, and laughed proudly: "A few Fusang ronin, with this ability, want to challenge the Chinese knights, it's too self-sufficient." Dear people of Chang'an, today I, Jiang Chao of the Jiang Temple, want to speak out for my fellow people in the rivers and lakes and promote the prestige of my China!", after speaking, he made a move "treading the snow to find plums", took off into the air, and made a killing move in the plum blossom sword "Dark Fragrance Dot", only to take Sugawara Daozhen.
Sugawara Michizane jumped to the other corner of the ring and dodged Jiang Chao's assassination, he suddenly threw away the broken knife in his hand, and there was an extra rope three zhang long in his hand. Sugawara Michizane threw one end of the rope into the sky hard, and the rope flew higher and higher, as if it was tied to the air, Sugawara Michizane grabbed the rope with both hands, and kept climbing upward, and after a while, it was more than three feet high from the ground.
Jiang Chao and the people in the audience were stunned, watching Sugawara Michizane pull the rope like a swing, and suddenly disappear in front of everyone. Just as everyone was looking around, a ninja wearing black clothes and black pants suddenly came out of the ring and appeared behind Jiang Chao silently, and a flowing cloud palm hit Jiang Chao's back in the heart, pushing him down the ring hard.
Jiang Chao hurriedly fought a carp and landed steadily, but he fell into the ghost ninjutsu of Dongying people, fell out of the ring and lost a game, which made his boastful Haikou fall short, and he was very embarrassed. Yun Feiyang saw that everyone under his command was very jealous of Dongying people's ability to go to heaven and earth, and no one dared to go to the stage to fight.
Yun Feiyang saw that Jiang Chao was depressed, and comforted him: "Jiang Gang Leader is heroic, and Dongying people just won by luck with shameless witchcraft, such a game cannot be counted, let alone used to comment on the victory or defeat." We made a detour to Chang'an this time just to see the excitement, and now we still left Chang'an earlier, and it's important to do business!", after speaking, under the contemptuous eyes of the people of Chang'an, he left the ring stupidly.
Sugawara Michizane rested on the stage for a while, and then asked, "Heroes in the audience, is there anyone who wants to compete with Zaixia?"
He Mengjiao saw that Sugawara Michizane in the ring had defeated two of China's top masters, and she couldn't help but be a little arrogant, she whispered to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu, according to the little sister, there is nothing terrible about Dongyingren's ghost ninjutsu, as long as he seals his up, down, left, right, front and back with a sword, he can't escape the net laid by the blade!"
Xu Zhi listened, nodded and said, "What Miss He said makes sense, I am about to come to the stage to learn the escape technique of the Dongying people! This is also Grandpa Wang's wish!"
Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was really angry and wanted to come to the stage to challenge the Dongying envoy, and her resentment towards him suddenly subsided a lot, and she said with concern: "Big brother, Dongying people are extremely cunning, don't be careless, you must deal with it carefully! If there is an accident, Xiaomei and Sister He will also come to the stage to help!"
When Xu Zhi heard this, he smiled gratefully at Zhou Yuanzhi and said, "Yuanzhi, don't worry, the eldest brother will have a way to deal with that Dongying person!", after speaking, a harrier turned over and jumped into the ring.
Sugawara Michizane really saw Xu Zhi and exclaimed: "Xu Zhi, why are you again? You not only know music and painting, but also martial arts?"
Xu Zhi nodded slightly and said: "There are many versatile wizards in the world, but they only know a little bit about it, and your envoy is also familiar with my Chinese culture, customs and martial arts, so why be surprised?"
Sugawara Michizane saw that Xu Zhi's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, and said with a smile: "No matter how you and I win or lose this competition, I am willing to make friends like Xu Shaoxia, and please give me advice!"
Xu Zhi replied: "Lord Sugawara is too polite, meeting friends with martial arts, this is the most direct way for me to make friends in China, and I am willing to compete with Lord Sugawara in the sword!", after speaking, he pulled out the Fengming sword, dragged the sword back with his right hand, stretched forward with his left hand, and put on a move of "welcoming guests with pine trees".
Sugawara Michizane really saw that Xu Zhi was very polite, and replied: "Xu Shaoxia doesn't have to be polite, please look at the knife!", after speaking, he dragged the scimitar backwards and forced him over quickly.
Xu Zhi saw Sugawara Michizane suddenly raise his knife and stabbed down, and hurriedly jumped up with his legs, and then continued to fall, making a move "sword pointing at the abyss", raising his sword and stabbing down.
Sugawara Michima saw Xu Zhi descending from the sky, and did not retreat, but jumped up and made a move to "soar into the sky", and the two of them spun and flew in the air, swords collided, making a thumping sound, and then each jumped back to the ground.
The two competed for nearly a hundred rounds without a win, Sugawara Michizane was older and had the advantage of internal strength, while Xu Zhi's sword moves were dexterous and changeable. Sugawara Michi saw that he couldn't win, he was impatient, and he was a little distracted a few times, and he was almost stabbed in the eyebrows and wrists by Xu Zhi, and the people in the audience saw that Xu Zhi was getting braver and braver, and a move "wind and waves" forced Sugawara Michizane to retreat again and again.
It turned out that Sugawara Michizani really saw that Xu Zhi's swordsmanship was superb, and his character was better than Jiang Chao's, and he didn't want to use the Five Elements Escape Technique to sneak attack him, but then he thought again: If you don't use ninjutsu, you will lose, and he is unwilling to lose to a young man who has not dried up like this.
Sugawara Michizani thought about it and decided to remind Xu Zhi first, and then use the escape technique to sneak attack him, so that it would be brighter. So he shouted suddenly: "Xu Shaoxia, be careful!"
Xu Zhi knew that Sugawara Daozhen was going to hide and hide, and waved the Fengming Sword to form a "heaven and earth net" in his up, down, left and right, front and back, and wanted to see how you could hide. Unexpectedly, Sugawara Michizane stepped on the ring violently, and a hole collapsed in the ring, and Sugawara Michizane disappeared underground.
Xu Zhi knew that Sugawara Michizane would rush out of the ground and attack him, he didn't dare to stand in the ring and be beaten passively, he "went straight to the sky", jumped on a high pillar of the ring, and carefully observed the movement on the ground.
Sure enough, there was some looseness on the wooden board of the ring, and a ghostly figure came out of the ground, like a tornado, circled around the ring, and then flew up the pillar, fought with Xu Zhi for a while, and then disappeared into a bush behind the ring with the wooden escape method.
Xu Zhi saw that the pillar he was leaning on was close to the bushes, and he was afraid that Sugawara Michizane would sneak up on him from behind, so he flew and jumped to another pillar a little farther away. When Xu Zhi was striding forward, he faintly felt a gust of wind passing behind him, he didn't dare to look back, turned around in the air, and swung his sword to the back. The gust of wind suddenly stopped, and Xu Zhi took the opportunity to jump on another pillar, only to look back and see Sugawara Michizane hugging a pillar not far from him. The two flew into the air from the two pillars, and after Xu Zhi made the move "Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens" three folds, he tried to stab Sugawara Michizane in the back with the Phoenix Ming Sword.
I didn't know that Sugawara really landed, and disappeared from the ring with the fire escape method. Xu Zhi saw the fireworks around the ring, and he was afraid of Sugawara Michi's plan, so he simply jumped on the high pillar again and looked down at the ring below. Sugawara Michi really saw that the fire escape method couldn't help Xu Zhi, so he had to set fire to several pillars in the ring. The two saw that the ring was about to collapse, and the competition was not competitive, so they had to shake hands and make peace.
Yuan Ren and Pi Rixiu saw that there was a mess in the ring, and Sugawara Michizane and Xu Zhi also stopped fighting, so they had to declare the competition between China and Japan a draw.
At this time, with the sound of horses' hooves, Huang Chao rode the golden chariot, surrounded by Zhu Wen, Shang Rang and others, and came to the ring, Pi Rixiu and Pang Xun hurriedly reported to him the results of the competition between China and Japan.
Huang Chao saw that the Chinese hero had won the Fusang envoy, and among the victors were his daughter and Xu Zhi, he forgot about the previous estrangement and unhappiness for a while, and shouted at Zhou Yuanzhi and others: "Zhi'er, you come to Chang'an, why don't you come to Taiji Palace to see your father!"
Seeing that Zhou Yuanzhi was Huang Chao's daughter, Fuji Yuanyuan couldn't help but praise: "Miss Zhou was originally the princess of the Yellow King, no wonder she is so dignified and beautiful, and versatile!
Zhou Yuanzhi replied: "The envoy is too polite, he is just a grass man now, how can he become a phoenix?"
The people of Chang'an also shook their heads to express their confusion when they heard Huang Chao and Zhou Yuanzhi's contradictory words.
Huang Chao said again: "Zhi'er, since you left Chang'an, my father has been thinking about you!", and walked over to Zhou Yuanzhi.
Zhou Yuanzhi retreated again and again: "King Huang, you were the one who drove Zhi'er and Brother Xu out of Chang'an, where is Zhi'er's mother now? This Chang'an is full of ruins and ruins, and rivers of blood are flowing! You are ruthless to your daughter, to your wife, and to the people! Yuan Zhi wants to break off your kindness and righteousness with you in front of the Fusang envoy and the people of the whole city today, and never see each other!"
Huang Chao saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was very resolute, and sighed: "Zhi'er, my father also has a hard time about these things, at the beginning, it was rumored everywhere in Chang'an City that Xu Zhi colluded with the people, tried in vain to poison the leader of the righteous army, and plotted to usurp the throne, and my father had to reluctantly drive you out of Chang'an in order to stabilize the military and public opinion." Your mother has been pretending to be sick since she entered Chang'an, but secretly she had a private meeting with Imperial Doctor Xie, and her father didn't want this matter to hurt the relationship between husband and wife for many years, so he had to let her become a nun as a last resort. As for the massacre of the people of Chang'an, it was also because the people poisoned our soldiers first, and the surrendering officers and soldiers came later, so capricious, if you don't kill a few leaders, how can you control the situation in Chang'an?"
Before Huang Chao's words could speak, a scholar under the ring retorted loudly: "King Huang, we Chang'an people are innocent. When you first entered Chang'an, tens of thousands of our people voluntarily carried incense pots to pay tribute and lined up to welcome you at Chunmingmen, you won't forget, right? You want every household in Chang'an to pay extra rations, and our people also act according to your will. These things have a cause before they have an effect, and you can't help but find out the cause and blindly blame us people!
Huang Chao said to the five Dongying envoys again: "It's getting late, please also ask the five noble envoys to stay in the Sifang Pavilion for a while!"
Sugawara Michizane excused himself and said: "Thank you Huang Wang for your kindness, the five of us came to Chang'an this time, and we knew that there were mountains outside this mountain, and there were people outside the people." We plan to rest in Chang'an City for one night, and leave Chang'an early tomorrow morning to return to China!
Zhou Yuanzhi was afraid that Huang Chao would coerce her to return to the palace, so she hurriedly pulled Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao into the chaotic crowd and was about to leave. At this time, I heard Sugawara Michizane smile and said: "Xu Shaoxia, I admire your martial arts very much, I didn't expect to meet a young hero like you in this splendid China with green mountains and clear waters!
Xu Zhi turned his head and replied: "It is also an honor for Xu to meet five noble envoys in Chang'an!"
Fujihara Harahiro suggested: "Lord Sugawara, we are not familiar with the place, why don't we follow Xu Zhi and them to find a place to rest in Chang'an City, and then drink and talk with Xu Shaoxia, and learn martial arts, how about it?", several other envoys heard this, and also applauded, and jointly followed Xu Zhi and the three of them out of the martial arts arena in the West City.