Text Season 2: Dangerous Outside the Gate_ "Phantom Spear (2)" Chapter 20: Hesitation
Last time, Jiang Feng's words aroused Xiao Duyu's heart to follow him to the Central Plains, and on the other hand, the fateful duel between Xu Yuan and Yan Kuo would also unfold.
Yan Kuo waved the big knife, the hem of his clothes floated back, and shouted: "Xu Yuan, quickly go back and fetch weapons for me, let's go outside the hall to have a showdown, don't disturb the rest of the others." Xu Yuan clenched his fists, glared at him fiercely, and immediately turned around and walked towards his wing. Yan Kuo stood up on tiptoe, used light skills, jumped to the eaves and walked out. Xu Yuan returned to his room, picked up the double copper hammer placed at the head of the bed, and walked out angrily.
In the wild suburbs of the three miles outside the Beijing Zhaoxian Pavilion, Yan Kuo's long clothes fluttered under the moon, and a peerless big knife was inserted vertically into the ground, and his face was extremely bad. Suddenly, he turned his head and squinted, and Xu Yuan, who was six feet tall, was already standing opposite him, turning the copper hammer extremely fast with both hands. Yan Kuo didn't say a word, he slashed horizontally, and an extremely strong knife qi attacked, and Xu Yuan blocked it with a double hammer chest. Yan Kuo pounced forward, a move "Feiyan Slash" straight down, Xu Yuan was not afraid, the copper hammer in his right hand collided diagonally, and a lot of sparks burst out at the junction of the big knife edge and the copper hammer, and the copper hammer in his left hand swirled, wanting to hit the opponent's waist, Yan Kuo reacted quickly, his left foot was independent, and his hands penetrated the power of the big knife, Xu Yuan's body suddenly lost its center of gravity, and the copper hammer was missed. Yan Kuo's body turned out of a circle, his right foot rushed forward, and the big knife slashed at Xu Yuan's head, Xu Yuan half-squatted down, and his body attacked the opponent with a double copper hammer like a mayfly, and neither of them hurt each other in this round. Yan Kuo's serious expression did not decrease, while Xu Yuan's angry face turned into a smile, and he smiled: "Haha, cold face, you are really powerful, tonight's battle is really enjoyable, since the last time I fought with Jiang Feng, I haven't been so cool for a long time." Yan Kuo didn't answer, and a move of "Returning the Wind and Sweeping the Leaves" kicked up a lot of dust, and the powerful sword qi struck again. Xu Yuan's expression was solemn, he didn't dare to be careless, he spun up, his arms were straightened, the copper hammer was erected, and he tried his best to stop it. Yan Kuo changed his move in an instant, and the big knife slashed in front of Xu Yuan in a blink of an eye, Xu Yuan blocked it with a hammer in one hand, and the two of them froze. Yan Kuo's body flew up, pressing all the strength of his whole body, and the strength of the two of them was originally half a catty, and Xu Yuan was even slightly better. But at this moment, Yan Kuo's upside-down pressure from the air was too violent, but fortunately, Xu Yuanma's solid step practice prevented him from being beaten down, but the forced left hand could no longer support it. Xu Yuan roared, withdrew with his left hand, and struck his opponent with a copper hammer in his right hand like a phantom. Yan Kuo's eyes were quick, he fell up, and kicked away with his toes. Yan Kuo withdrew the big knife and slashed diagonally from the upper right, Xu Yuan exclaimed: "This is the 'Leaping Dragon Slash'?" His big knife slashed at the ground, although Xu Yuan jumped away, he seemed to be more careful, and quickly bounced up with his hind toes, and hurriedly took a few steps back. Suddenly, a sword aura flashed from the ground just now, flying diagonally towards Xu Yuan's face. Xu Yuan hurriedly leaned back, but the piece of green silk in front of his forehead was still cut off by the knife qi that came from the attack. Xu Yuan propped himself on the ground with his hammers back, stood upright, and his freshly shaved hair slowly fell in front of his eyes.
Yan Kuo stood with a horizontal knife and said obliquely: "What's the matter? Do you want to fight for the second round?" Xu Yuan remembered the words of his master Xu Qianlong's warning before he entered the Zhaoxian Pavilion at this time, and gradually showed a look of satisfaction on his face, and said: "Cold face, I can fight with you for a few rounds tonight, I am already very satisfied, haha, after so many days, I can finally move my muscles and bones." Yan Kuo saw that he had no intention of fighting again, so he also put away the big knife and said coldly: "Now that the winner has not been decided, you will give up, this is not like you!" Xu Yuan twisted his neck and said: "My master said, everyone is a person from the Beijing Zhaoxian Pavilion, and it is okay to learn martial arts, but you can't be too eager to win. After Yan Kuo heard these words, he couldn't help but change his impression. Tonight, he was not impulsive, and he almost lost his identity as the deputy owner of the Zhaoxian Pavilion. He sighed: "I really didn't expect you to have such an enlightenment!" Xu Yuan carried the double copper hammer and said: "These are all to follow the master's wishes, if it is up to me, I have to fight with you until dawn." Yan Kuo shook his head, turned around and said, "Hmph, after all, it's a child, young and vigorous!" Xu Yuan seemed to be a little angry, and shouted loudly: "How many times have I said it, don't call me a child, I'm already sixteen." Yan Kuo didn't care what he said, and walked back on his own. Xu Yuan glared at the ground, and when he caught a glimpse of his broken hair, he picked it up, swallowed it, and said, "Master said that the body is skinny, and the parents who give it to him can't let him stay in this wilderness, otherwise it will be a big unfilial piety." Taking advantage of the moonlight, he rose, and the battle just now did not make him happy, so he swung his hammer again and practiced kung fu for a while.
Back in his room, Yan Kuo unbuttoned his shirt, turned on a basin of hot water, wiped his sweaty body, and pondered: Jiang Feng has been going to Guanwai with Guo Mofan for more than half a month, can he bring some masters with real skills from outside Guan? The situation in the capital is also becoming more and more severe, and I have to step up more recruitment. However, with the little face in the rivers and lakes before, some old friends should come to help the recruitment hall. Yan Kuo took a deep breath, what he cared about the most was the Death Gate of the Dead Snake in the capital, they would not surrender to the Zhaoxian Pavilion no matter what, and then there would be no room for two tigers in the same mountain, and this bloody battle with the Death Gate was inevitable. Yan Kuo gently patted the muscles on his body, and the feeling of strength in his whole body made him full of confidence.
"Brother Xu, what are you doing going out so late?" Xu Yuan had just walked through the corridor when he heard this "greeting", and in the dark, he stared carefully ahead, and it turned out that the person who spoke was Yue Xingchen from Qianmen. Xu Yuan looked at him and said, "Haha, didn't you sleep either?" Yue Xingchen leaned against the wooden fence and quipped: "Originally, I was asleep, but there were strange sounds on the roof, which really made people toss and turn, and it was difficult to sleep!" Xu Yuan walked to his side and said softly: "I have itchy hands tonight, so I went to find a cold face, that is, Yan Kuo, the deputy hall master, to compete, and I was afraid of waking you up, so I had to walk out from the roof." Yue Xingchen nodded, looked at the moonlight in the pool, and said, "I see, since this is the case, I can go back and sleep peacefully." Xu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a wicked smile: "Brother Yue, let's have a duel tonight, I haven't been ashamed of the defeat last time." Yue Xingchen looked back at Xu Yuan with sharp eyes, suddenly smiled, and said, "There will be opportunities in the future, it's better to go back to the room to rest in the middle of the night, and get up early tomorrow to practice." Xu Yuan also laughed and said, "Okay, I will practice martial arts with you tomorrow morning, and the master said that more competition with masters can make me more powerful." Yue Xingchen high-fived him and said, "A word is a certainty!" Both of them happily went back to their rooms, leaving them alone for the time being......
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