In the eighteenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, just after the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the outside of the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain was even more lively than yesterday.

At this time, outside the Shangqing Palace, almost all the martial arts people from the rivers and lakes gathered in the open area from the sacrificial platform to the gate of the Shangqing Palace, and the high platform and the surrounding places of several feet square were also vacated, which was also an open space for the two sides to compete.

At this time, standing on the high platform was the exposition of the teachings Ruofeng, who was holding a piece of paper and reading:

"Today is the day when we will win or lose with force between the various factions of the Jianghu Alliance, presumably everyone already knows the rules, right?"

Many anxious people from all walks of life in the audience shouted:

"Can you stop talking nonsense......!"

"Don't waste time...... Hurry up and get started!"

"It's like a...... Grind and grind!"

Cheng Ruofeng didn't pay attention to the voices of the audience, but continued to read:

"After everyone's unanimous discussion, the rules of our competition this time are the best-of-five system, and each side sends five players to the stage to fight the winner, and the consequences of winning and losing must not be said by me this time, right?"

The stage began to shout again:

"Stinky Daoist, can you hurry up?"

"Did you give birth on stage?"

"Get out of here!"

Although Cheng Ruofeng was not happy when he heard these words, he still had to smile on the surface:

"Everyone, don't be impatient, now we have invited our biggest notary today, Lord Xiong Huxiong, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, to come to the stage to speak. ”

After a while, an official over sixty years old with a big belly walked out of the Shangqing Palace and walked to the high platform with heavy steps.

At this time, the audience discussed again:

"Why does the competition have anything to do with the imperial court?"

"The officers and soldiers must all be oriented towards teaching, which is not fair at all!"

"Unfair...... It's not fair!"

"Then we might as well stop fighting!"

After Xiong Hun came to power, Xiong Hun of the Nanjing Military Department first said:

"Everyone, don't be impatient, I, Xiong Hu, can guarantee in the name of the imperial court that I will definitely not favor either side in this competition between the two of you!"

At this time, the audience was also quiet for a while.

I only heard Xiong Xun continue:

"Our imperial court was originally unwilling to interfere with these fights and killings in your martial arts, but you really made too much trouble this time, and it alarmed the current emperor, so the emperor specially sent me Xiong Xun to maintain the peace of this Dragon and Tiger Mountain!"

At this time, someone on the stage said:

"Didn't the 100,000 soldiers and horses of your imperial court come here to help explain the sect and kill all the people in our rivers and lakes and martial arts?"

Xiong Hun waved his hand:

"Of course not, I have already explained again, our imperial soldiers and horses came to maintain the peace of the Longhu Mountain side, this official would like to remind everyone, if either of you provokes a big battle, or does not respect the rules of the competition, our officers and soldiers will not sit idly by. ”

Then he continued:

"The rules of your competition, the official has a general understanding, but in order not to hurt everyone, I would like to add a suggestion, that is, if you can't defeat each other within a hundred moves, it will be judged as a draw, I don't know if everyone here has any opinions?"

Many people in the audience shouted:

"Yes, yes, we suggest that we support it. ”

Chen Shandao, who was standing not far away on the side of the teaching, also said:

"We don't have a problem with teaching. ”

Xiong Xun continued:

"So you don't have to worry so much, my purpose here is just to be a witness for you, if there is arbitrary favoritism, isn't it an insult to the reputation of our court?"

After speaking, he walked down from the altar and sat down on a small viewing platform that had just been built not far away.

Chen Ruofeng walked back to the middle of the altar and said loudly:

"I would like to announce that the first round of the competition has officially begun, and personnel from both sides are invited to appear. ”

The first person to come to the stage was Chen Shandao, and it was Master Shaolin Huizhen who was sent by the Jianghu Alliance.

Chen Shandao said to Master Huizhen, who was holding a Zen staff, with a whisk in his hand:

"Master Huizhen, it seems that we are really destined!"

Hui Zhen also nodded with a smile:

"Then don't say much, then ask Sect Master Chen to take action!"

In an instant, Master Huizhen's Zen staff and Chen Shandao's dust were intertwined, and a big battle began.

Master Huizhen used the Zen staff in his hand to perform the eighteen stunts of Shaolin, and Chen Shandao also used the dust to fuse the swordsmanship of various Taoist schools together to play the essence one by one.

After thirty moves, it was obvious that both sides had tried their best, but they were still evenly matched, and no one could defeat anyone.

The Jianghu Alliance and the disciples of the Interpretation Sect in the audience couldn't help but be a little anxious for the two of them, and they shouted one after another, cheering for the two of them, naturally hoping that their own people could win.

When it was about eighty moves, the two of them were still deadlocked, but it was obvious that the physical strength of the two people on the stage had decreased a lot.

At this time, a woman in a black scarf in the crowd suddenly shouted:

"Qiu Wanjun, I'm Shuangshuang, do you remember me?"

When Master Huizhen heard this voice on the stage, he was a little distracted in an instant, and Chen Shandao seized the opportunity at this time and directly knocked Master Huizhen down to the high platform with one palm.

Chen Shandao smiled and looked at Master Huizhen under the high stage:

"Master Huizhen, I have conceded!"

All the teachings began to chant at this time:

"Sect Leader Chen...... Sect Leader Chen...... Sect Leader Chen......!"

And the disciples of the alliance of various factions in the rivers and lakes all hung their heads and became angry, and no one helped Master Huizhen who fell to the ground in the middle of the sound, and finally it was Emei Ling Lu and Ling Xue who went to help Keiko back into the crowd.

At this time, Cheng Ruofeng came to the stage very excitedly and announced:

"Congratulations to Sect Master Chen for winning the first round!"

Immediately after that, there was another burst of chanting and jubilation.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ruofeng began to announce:

"Now the second round of the competition has officially begun, and there are players on both sides!"

Unexpectedly, at this time, the person who came to power on the side of the exposition was actually Ma Gonggong, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, that is, Prince Bai Shi of Fusang.

Naturally, there were many people from all factions in the audience who knew Boshi, so they shouted one after another:

"Isn't this person a Fuso dog, and what qualifications do you have to come here to participate in the competition?"

"This is obviously Nanjing's Ma Gonggong, how can it participate in this competition?"

"How can a Fuso gelding participate in this competition?"

"That's it...... It is...... It doesn't qualify...... Not qualified!"

At this time, not far away, Xiong Hun on another high platform stood up and said loudly:

"According to the regulations of the two sides, it is not said that other people are not allowed to fight on behalf of all parties, and the teaching is already one sect against dozens of your sects, so you don't complain here, if you think it's unfair, you can also ask other masters to help. ”

Zhu Jiangnan came out at this time to calm down the dissatisfaction of the alliance:

"Everyone, don't be impatient, don't worry, I believe that this Wudang Zhang Zhangjiao will not be easily defeated by the hands of the Ma Gonggong, we must believe in Zhang Zhangjiao. ”

Zhang Songxi walked to the stage at some point and stood opposite Ma Gonggong.

Ma Gonggong smiled at Zhang Songxi:

"The world says that Zhang Songxi, the new head of Wudang, is strong in martial arts, a talent, and when I see it today, it is really a heroic and heroic posture!"

Zhang Songxi pulled out his sword and said:

"Don't talk nonsense, Grandpa Ma, it's not the first time we've met, let's make a move!"

Ma Gonggong took out his hook ruler made of Wu Gou and smiled at Zhang Songxi:

"Okay, since you're a latecomer, then I'll let you strike first!"

Zhang Songxi first showed a set of Wudang Taiji swordsmanship, and attacked Ma Gonggong, Ma Gonggong did not dodge directly, and forced himself to use internal force to put himself in the hook ruler, and after a few moves, Zhang Songxi was shocked back a few steps.

Zhang Songxi immediately changed to a set of Duan's swordsmanship that he learned from his master Du Bucheng and attacked Ma Gonggong.

Although the swordsmanship is sharp, because Zhang Songxi's weapon is not as good as Bai Shi's hook ruler, he naturally begins to be at a disadvantage.

After thirty moves, the sword in Zhang Songxi's hand was directly interrupted by Wu Gou on the hook ruler in Ma Gonggong's hand.

At this time, Ma Gonggong asked Zhang Songxi with a smile:

"Zhang Zhangjiao, are you convinced?"

Zhang Songxi immediately said:

"Not convinced!"

Then he asked for a sword from the Kunlun faction in the audience, and continued to fight with Ma Gonggong.

When he reached about fifty moves, Bai Shi saw that Zhang Songxi was a little poor in donkey skills, so he used Wu Gou to break the long sword in Zhang Songxi's hand again, and asked again:

"It's time to throw in the towel, right?"

Zhang Songxi still said resolutely:

"Let me Zhang Songxi admit defeat, impossible!"

At this time, a woman's voice suddenly came from the audience:

"Zhang Zhangjiao, look here!"

Zhang Songxi turned around to look, and immediately a sword flew towards him, Zhang Songxi took the sword, and when he saw that it was his teacher's Tai'a sword, he immediately said:

"Thank you!"

Then he held the Tai'a sword in his hand and fought with Ma Gonggong again.

Because he learned that Zhang Songxi was holding a sword at this time, Ma Gonggong no longer dared to underestimate the enemy, but dealt with it with all his might.

The more he fought, Ma Gonggong suddenly found that this Zhang Songxi seemed to be more and more energetic, and he couldn't help but be lacking for a long time, thinking of this, Ma Gonggong directly began to use a trick, and directly sent the countless poisonous silver needles in the hook ruler towards Zhang Songxi.

Zhang Songxi naturally listened to his master Du not forget to talk about the power of this hook ruler secret weapon, and he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately lucked Wudang's internal strength, and poured it into the Tai'a sword to resist these countless poisonous silver needles.

After the two of them held each other for a while, the disciples of the Jianghu Alliance in the audience shouted one after another:

"A hundred tricks have arrived...... One hundred moves to ......!"

"It's a hundred moves...... Flat...... It's flat!"

Zhang Songxi's own martial arts were not as good as Bai Shi's, just now he also tried his best to borrow the Tai'a sword to block Bai Shi's hook ruler hidden weapon, as soon as he heard the audience shouting that it was a draw, he couldn't help but be a little distracted at this time, and suddenly he was hit by a few silver needles on his body and fell under the high platform.

The disciples of this exposition also shouted:

"Ma Gonggong wins...... Ma Gonggong wins...... Ma Gonggong won, we won!"

All of a sudden, both sides began to celebrate.

I only heard the notary Xiong Hun shouting loudly:

"Everyone, don't be impatient...... Everyone, don't be impatient...... Listen to me, the notary!"

Only then did the voices of the two parties slowly quiet down.

Xiong Xun continued:

"It is true that just now it has just passed a hundred moves, and neither side has decided the winner or loser, and Wudang Zhang Zhangjiao was also defeated when he was one hundred and one moves, so I announced a draw between the two sides in this round of competition. ”

At this time, the disciples of the exposition were dissatisfied:

"Lord Xiong, you have been eating what we are teaching these days, and you are living in our teachings, why are you helping those rabble on the rivers and lakes to speak? It's just that they are defeated!"

Xiong Xun hurriedly explained:

"I'm just a notary, I have already said at the beginning that I will not take sides, and I am teaching you to eat and live, this is all arranged by the national teacher, how can you kidnap this official like this, if you say so, I will not do this notary!"

After saying that, he walked off the stage angrily, and went down the mountain with the attendants around him.

And the disciples of the various factions of the Jianghu Alliance accused the exposition at this time:

"Didn't you say that it was a fair competition? Why do you still have to force the notary to speak for you now, let's not compare this competition, let's have a big battle as soon as possible!"