"Phantom Spear (3)" Chapter 18: Test Tan Yuan

Last time, I said: Liu Shichen has already received the news that Jiang Feng is not dead, and he missed the best opportunity last time, it seems that God secretly helped Jiang Feng, but Liu Shichen already has a plan in his heart.

That night, at the Beijing Zhaoxian Pavilion, Tan Yuan was pacing alone in his room with a feeling of anxiety. He thought to himself: I don't know where the white-haired demon boy is now, what he is going to do, why he refused to kill me at that time, I have been in the recruitment hall for a few days, why didn't they contribute to my father's affairs. While he was thinking about it, someone looked at the door. Tan Yuan's expression was solemn, and he opened the door, and the person who came was the deputy hall master, Yan Kuo. Tan Yuan seemed a little surprised, and asked, "Deputy Pavilion Master, why are you, is there anything wrong with coming to me so late?" Yan Kuo's serious expression made people a little daunted, and Tan Yuan had always been respectful of him. Yan Kuo said coldly, "Can I go in and talk?" Tan Yuan suddenly reacted, patted his head, and said, "Of course, the deputy hall master, please come in." Yan Kuo nodded slightly, walked in and sat down, and asked, "Brother Tan, the Jiang Pavilion Master of our Zhaoxian Pavilion has come back recently, I guess you have also heard of it, right?" Tan Yuan didn't know what he meant by asking this, and said cautiously: "I've heard a little, but I haven't seen the Jiang Pavilion Master himself." Yan Kuo frowned and said, "Last time, I told you that you are only temporarily living in our Zhaoxian Pavilion, and whether you can stay in the end depends on the meaning of the Jiang Pavilion Master." Now I have a few questions for you on behalf of our Jiang Pavilion Master, and you have to answer me more carefully than before. Tan Yuan was surprised: "What is the deputy hall master going to ask?" Yan Kuo saw that he was so nervous, so he said, "You sit down first." Tan Yuan sat down as he wanted, and Yan Kuo asked with a straight face: "Before, you told me that your senior brother white-haired demon boy killed your father Tan Boxiong's senior, and I also sent someone to inquire about this matter, including your true identity, I have found out clearly, and what you said is basically not false." However, did your senior brother defeat your father with real skills?" Tan Yuan said in his heart after hearing this: They have also thoroughly checked my origin, and they will not believe me. He was even more puzzled and said, "My father was indeed killed by my senior brother, and there were many senior brothers present at that time, and they all saw it in their eyes, and I was also present, all of them saw it with my own eyes." Yan Kuo lowered his voice slightly, and said: "Senior Tan's swordsmanship is superb, although he may not be as good as Mo Fengdao, the head of the Qingxu Sect back then, but in terms of swordsmanship ranking, he is definitely the second in martial arts, no matter how powerful your senior brother is, how can he kill your father." Tan Yuan listened to his analysis, and the doubts he had buried in his heart couldn't help but float. He tried to recall the duel between Gu Yuanting and his father that day, they were indeed opponents in chess and good enemies in terms of swordsmanship moves alone, and the demon boy senior brother was really a swordsmanship wizard, and he was able to fight with his father for a long time without falling behind. But watching the battle carefully, it can be seen that my father still has the upper hand at the beginning, but for some reason, after suddenly that move intersected, my father seemed to be a little difficult to attack and defend, which led to the gradual defeat later. But the sword that was decided in the end, it was obviously the father who stabbed the senior brother first, but why was he pierced the heart by the senior brother in the end. Thinking about this, Tan Yuan's eyes couldn't help but light up, something suddenly flashed in his mind, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that it is..."

Yan Kuo remained silent as he recalled, but noticed the change in his expression. Until he exclaimed, Yan Kuo also seemed to have an answer in his heart, and said slowly: "It seems that you also seem to have thought of the clues. He tapped his finger on the table and asked, "Brother Tan, have you thought of something?" Tan Yuan nodded and said, "Indeed, my father, it is likely that he will not be able to do it." Yan Kuo snorted coldly and said slightly angrily: "Your senior brother is really a beast, I think Senior Tan should have always liked your senior brother." will teach him all his life's hard swordsmanship, and he will not hurt the life of this 'good apprentice' at the moment of life and death, and even when he is about to lose his breath, he has issued a ban that your senior brothers cannot seek revenge from Gu Yuanting, do you think, am I guessing right?" Tan Yuan couldn't help but shake when he heard this, and sat on the chair weakly, unable to say anything for a while.

Yan Kuo walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You don't have to be too surprised, you don't have to be too sad, everyone dies." But if you really want to avenge your father, you still need to practice martial arts diligently to have a chance. Tan Yuan still didn't say a word, his eyes were very confused, as if the sky was going to fall. Yan Kuo saw that he was depressed, a little displeased, and said coldly: "Why are you so unproductive, your father Tan is one of the best fighting figures in the martial arts, it stands to reason that the tiger father has no dog, how can you just fall like this, come, get up." Yan Kuo's arm strength was very strong, and he lifted Tan Yuan up, pointed to his face, and said sharply: "Let me go out and fight with me, I really want to see the swordsmanship of Shandong Yujian Gate." Tan Yuan didn't seem to want to fight, his eyes were glazed, and he prevaricated: "Deputy Pavilion Master, I'm tired today, you let me rest." When Yan Kuo heard this, he sneered a few times, let go of him, turned around and said: "Coward, you are the son of Tan Boxiong in vain, I finally know why your senior brother didn't kill you in the first place, you are not worth his hands at all, hum." This is extremely serious, Yan Kuo just wants to use this method to make him awake, Tan Yuan's eyes flashed a gleam, he walked back to the bed and took out the sword, and said: "Deputy Pavilion Master, you can say whatever you want to me, but you can't have any disrespect to our Imperial Sword Gate and my father, since you want to see the swordsmanship of our Imperial Sword Gate, I will let me see it." Yan Kuo turned his back and said, "Hmph, this is decent, come with me to perform martial arts." ”

Yan Kuo took out his peerless broadsword from the martial arts training hall and came to the martial arts arena with Tan Yuan. Jiang Feng was sitting on the roof not far away at the moment, watching quietly. Yan Kuo looked at Tan Yuan coldly and said, "I know that my kung fu is not as good as your father, but I believe that it will not be too much different from your demon boy senior brother, you will treat me as your senior brother now, do your best." Tan Yuan didn't answer, he pulled out his sword, threw away the scabbard with his left hand, and was about to step forward, as if he remembered something, and said, "Deputy Pavilion Master, I have already taken out the sword, you can also use your big knife to make a starting move." Yan Kuo had a little contempt in his eyes, pushed the big knife aside, shook his head, made a posture of battle, and said, "No need, I will compete with you empty-handed today." Seeing that he was being looked down upon like this, Tan Yuan was even more angry and shouted, "The sword has no eyes, be careful." He stepped forward on tiptoe and drew a move, "Changhong Penetrating the Sun", which was a powerful killing move in the sword technique of the Imperial Sword Gate. Yan Kuo saw the power of this move, plus he didn't have a big knife in his hand, and he didn't dare to take it hard, but he just saw it with a keen eye, and when the sword was about to stab his chest, he quickly dodged sideways. Tan Yuan saw that a move missed, and immediately went straight up, and the "Feihong Phantom Sun" continued to kill, Yan Kuo knew that this was a powerful swordsmanship of continuous killing, so he leaned back and flew up diagonally with light skills, only to hear the sound of "brush", Tan Yuan changed another move "Jihong Changing Sun", stabbing at Yan Kuo's vest. Yan Kuo rolled down, and Tan Yuan stabbed into the air again. Yan Kuo took the initiative and seized the opportunity to directly hit Tan Yuan's right shoulder with a palm, he was caught off guard and flew out, and the sword also fell not far away. Yan Kuo stared at him, and Tan Yuan angrily slammed his hand on the ground, very annoyed in his heart. Yan Kuo said: "Okay, manly man, stand up to the sky, and don't be discouraged by this small failure. Your swordsmanship seems to have been passed down by your father, and your swordsmanship is powerful, but the disadvantage is that you have only learned a superficial point, you only focus on attack, but do not care about defense, and your killing moves can not be used flexibly, so it will be so easy to lose! Your father's swordsmanship that he has painstakingly studied for decades is absolutely excellent, and you still need to practice more. With Yan Kuo's character, he definitely doesn't like to say a word, but for Tan Yuan, I don't know whether it is out of respect for his father or out of sympathy for him, I can't help but want to make Tan Yuan a strong and true swordsman.

Tan Yuan naturally could hear the intention of Yan Kuo's words, and his anger calmed down a little, turning into a curse, and said: "With my strength, even if I practice for another twenty years, I am afraid that I will not be the opponent of my Demon Boy Senior Brother, it seems that there is no hope for revenge at all." Yan Kuo stood with his hands in his hands and said, "There is nothing difficult in the world, only people who are afraid of it, just now it was just a test for you by me and the Jiang Pavilion Master, so you don't have to take it to heart." Seeing that the time had come, Jiang Feng flew down from the roof and said, "Not bad, Brother Tan." ”...

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