Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Second Round
Hu Yan hadn't told the senior brothers about the Qiankun Emperor Bell before, so they didn't know that Hu Yan was pregnant with an ancient spirit weapon. At this time, when the fourth senior brother heard nonsense say this, he was naturally shocked. Looking at the Qiankun Emperor Bell in Hu Yan's hand, which was emitting golden light and humming endlessly, his eyes were straight.
Hu Yan nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, this is the Qiankun Emperor Bell, the ancient spirit weapon that sealed the demon cave to suppress the snake demon." ”
The corners of the fourth senior brother's mouth twitched slightly, his face was full of convincing, and he gave Hu Yan a thumbs up and said, "Okay, you old fourteen, you can hide it deep enough." He has a spiritual weapon but keeps it secret, and he doesn't even tell his senior brothers. ”
Hu Yan grinned, flipped his right hand, and the Qiankun Emperor Bell made a buzzing sound, and disappeared into the void again, but Hu Yan said apologetically: "Fourth Senior Brother, I didn't mean to hide anything from you. As the saying goes, the husband is innocent and guilty, with my current strength, I can't blatantly show the Qiankun Emperor Bell in front of people, if it is coveted, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this spiritual weapon. And I don't want to use the Qiankun Emperor Clock too early during the martial arts competition, unless it is necessary to use it. ”
With the wisdom of the fourth senior brother, he naturally understood the meaning of Hu Yan's words, nodded and said, "That's right, the ancient spirit weapon is indeed easy to covet. Although it is powerful, it is also affected by the strength of its master. If the person who controls it is not strong enough, it is easy to be robbed by others and end up in a miserable situation of death. As for the martial arts competition, it is indeed not appropriate to use the Qiankun Emperor Bell as a means of victory. After all, the martial arts competition is also a way to test the results of cultivation, and it is not necessary to borrow a spiritual weapon like the Qiankun Emperor Bell. ”
Hu Yan was deeply convinced by the words of the fourth senior brother, nodded and said, "What the senior brother said is reasonable. So I don't plan to let it appear in the martial arts competition until the last resort. ”
The fourth senior brother raised his head and looked at the blue sky, and sighed: "This person can really anger people to death than people. You are so young, and you have only been practicing for a few months. However, all kinds of adventures continued, not only reaching the strength of the high-level qi training, but also refining the legendary magic weapon talisman such as the ancient spirit weapon. What do you think about us who have been practicing for years, or even more than ten years!"
Hearing the fourth senior brother say this, Hu Yan was a little embarrassed, and said with a sneer: "Fourth senior brother, don't say that, I'm just lucky." If it weren't for the master, maybe I would be just a stupid boy in a small village chopping wood and digging medicine. It's just that my experience in the past few months has been too much of a ups and downs for me to accept. ”
The fourth senior brother patted Hu Yan's shoulder and said, "Everything in the world has its meaning of existence, and since you are allowed to experience this, there must be a reason for it." This is your fate, and even if you don't meet a master, there may be someone else who will lead you to the path of cultivation. You don't have to be presumptuous, if you don't work hard enough, you won't have the strength you have now. But in the future, you have to work harder to cultivate and strive to become a great practitioner. This is not in vain for the master's cultivation, and he is ashamed of all the tribulations you have encountered before. ”
The words of the fourth senior brother made Hu Yan feel some feelings in his heart, and he nodded after a moment of silence and said, "Thank you for the help of the fourth senior brother." I understand, don't worry, I will redouble my efforts in my cultivation in the future, and I will not disappoint my master and all those who care about me. ”
The fourth senior brother smiled and patted Hu Yan's shoulder, stood up from the ground and said, "Let's go, go in and eat something." A whole day of martial arts must consume a lot. Even I'm a little hungry. ”
Hu Yan agreed, stood up, and entered the kitchen with the fourth senior brother.
In the kitchen, Senior Brother Sixth and Senior Brother Seventh were preparing everyone's dinner in an orderly manner. Seeing the two of them coming in, he smiled and opened the steaming basket and said, "Fourth senior brother, fourteenth brother, you are hungry! Come, I will steam white flour steamed buns for you, you eat first." As he spoke, he took out two big white steamed buns from the steamer and handed them over.
The fourth senior brother and Hu Yan were not polite, and one of them began to gnaw on one of them.
This feeling of happiness was something Hu Yan had never felt before, but in the deacon hall, he finally felt like home and family. This sincere and enthusiastic feeling warmed his heart. Let him indulge in it, and it is difficult to extricate himself. He likes the feeling of being at home and prefers the warmth of having family care......
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Three days is not a long time, but it is not a short time.
After three days of rest, everyone also got a chance to breathe, and both the true strength in their bodies and the injuries on their bodies were well recovered.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the second round of the martial arts competition.
After the first competition, half of them were directly eliminated. The remaining 34 qualified for the second round of fighting.
Among the thirty-four people, fifteen were disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall, nine were disciples of the Shuimu Hall, and six disciples of the Shifang Hall, but the Deacon Hall got four places.
Compared to the other three congregations, the Deacon's Hall had the least number of people who entered the second round, but it was the most complete, after all, they only had six people who signed up for the competition. At this stage, there are still four people left, which is a great improvement for the deacon hall. After all, in recent years, only eight senior brothers in the Deacon Hall have entered the top 30.
With the sound of gongs and drums, the lottery ceremony began.
As the disciples of each hall came to the stage to receive the new engraved wooden plaques, they each returned to the preparation area of their respective halls.
This time the rules of the previous round are still used, but there are only seventeen pairs of word cards, and the word number cards of the same number are drawn, and the comparison test is automatically matched.
Hu Yan received the number 5 this time, the eighth senior brother 12th, the ninth senior brother 15th, and he received ** without asking for it. Luck seems to have befallen the Deacon Hall once again, so that the four of them will not fight each other before they reach the top 20.
Looking at the ** card in Wuqiu's hand, Hu Yan couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, and teased: "Wuqiu's luck is good, and you actually drew the ** card, maybe this is a hint that you will definitely stand out!"
"Why don't you say that you are indomitable, poor and white, unique, and famous in one fell swoop?"
Hu Yan laughed and said, "It's about the same anyway!"
The eighth senior brother also nodded with a smile and said, "As long as you don't be the first to be eliminated!"
Wu Qiu glared at the Eighth Senior Brother, and said angrily: "I won't be the first to be eliminated, Eighth Senior Brother, you still take care of yourself." ”
While talking and laughing, the sound of gongs and drums sounded out of place.
So Hu Yan and Wuqiu stepped on the martial arts platform amid the cheers of all the senior brothers.
Wu Qiu is facing a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, while Hu Yan is facing a disciple of the Shuimu Hall.
While Hu Yan was looking at the opponent in front of him, the opponent was also looking at him.
"It turns out that my opponent this time is you, heh, it seems that my luck is not very good!" The Shuimutang disciple stared at Hu Yan and smiled bitterly.
"Senior brother thinks too highly of me! I'm just a newcomer to the Dao Sect. Hu Yan said with a smile. According to his observations, the opponent in front of him was at least a high-level Qi cultivation cultivator, and seeing that he was breathing calmly and his pace was steady, he was obviously very strong. After all, those who can enter the second round of this martial arts competition will not be weak.
"You are now recognized as a dark horse, and after defeating Gongsun Tianhao, who has the highest call to win the championship, in the last game, you were listed as the favorite to win the championship. Now that you're famous, don't you know?" the man looked at the nonsense suspiciously.
In the past three days, Hu Yan has not paid attention to these things, except for eating, drinking, and sleeping, meditating and practicing, or studying the exercises with the fourth senior brother and other senior brothers. Hearing the man say this, he couldn't help but be taken aback. Shook his head with a wry smile and said, "What's the matter." I'm very lucky to have this strength to get to this point. As for winning the championship or something, I don't dare to think about it. ”
The man shrugged his shoulders, hugged his fists and said, "I still hope that the junior brother will stop at the point, and his subordinates will be merciful!"
Hu Yan was stunned and bowed down and said, "Where the senior brother speaks, it's just a matter of learning from each other." I also hope that the senior brother will give advice. ”
While......
The gongs and drums at the beginning of the game suddenly sounded, but the two sides did not rush to shoot.
Because no one knows the real strength of the other party, no one dares to make a rash move.
After a long while, the Shuimu Hall disciple hesitated to raise his sword and attack Hu Yan.
The man's momentum was like a rainbow, his swordsmanship was sharp, and the wind was blowing under his feet, and he was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Hu Yan, and the long sword in his hand was as fast as lightning, whistling and stabbing at Hu Yan's chest.
Hu Yan's body shook, his feet touched the ground, and he flew backwards sharply, and at the same time, he drew his sword out, but saw a cold light flash, and the long sword in his hand struck the tip of the sword that stabbed to the chest, and then swept away, taking retreat as advance, and the blade of the sword went straight to the man's armpit.
The man missed a blow, and he didn't hesitate, the long sword in his hand was retracted in front of him, separated the sword body swept by Hu Yan, took two steps back, bypassed Hu Yan's back move, grabbed the front, and the long sword in his hand was slashed from top to bottom, and the real power on the sword body was surrounded, overflowing, and the strength was so great that ordinary people had no power to parry.
Seeing the magnificence of this move, Hu Yan didn't dare to underestimate it, so he hurriedly used the true power in his body, picked up his sword, and steadily blocked the opponent's blow, and then spun around, and came behind the opponent in just a moment, and the long sword stabbed out.
The man reacted very quickly, rolled forward, turned around and looked back at the moon, and after holding Hu Yan's long sword, his body flipped over, like a wind sweeping leaves, and stabbed Hu Yan's chest.
Hu Yan didn't expect this person to react so quickly, one move, and then another move. Don't dare to be careless, hurriedly collect your sword to meet the enemy!
While......
With a sonorous sound, the two swords struck each other, sparks splashed everywhere, and the real power stirred. The powerful force shook Hu Yan back a few steps.
"What a powerful swordsmanship!" Hu Yan's heart sank slightly, and he secretly admired. The swordsmanship of this Shuimutang disciple is extremely superb, and it is obviously not comparable to his own half-hanging. If you want to win, it's obviously not easy.