Chapter Five: Three Wars and Three Victories (I)
Seeing that his words had played an expected role, Shi Ming gave a salute to Ximen Rin Yao, and said lightly: "I haven't seen you for many days, Lord Ximen's demeanor is still the same, Ben Hou is very pleased, today Jiangdong Haojie wants to hunt the river with the Youji Qiang Dragon Society, Ben Hou Meng The heroes will not give up, and he is the leader of the alliance, which is really shameless." It's just that the heroes are so loving, and Ben Hou can't refuse everyone's kindness, so he has to take the liberty to ask the heroes of Youji for advice, and if there is anything offended, please forgive Lord Ximen. ”
Ximen Rin took a step forward and said with a smile: "The master is the lord of Jiangnan, but it is expected by everyone, and the master of Youji is like a cloud, this seat is just the blue eyes of the former lord of Mengjun, and he has the weight of His Royal Highness the Prince, so he reluctantly became the commander of Yanshanwei, and he was not qualified to accept the challenge of the heroes of Jiangdong, but he met on a narrow road, but he must not be able to go down, since he is the head of Yanshanwei, there is no reason to avoid war, but I don't know how to fulfill the covenant of the ten formations, but I have to fight alone?"
Shi Ming had already prepared, and said calmly: "Although we are outnumbered, we will never be outnumbered, so we made a covenant of ten formations, as long as it is a fair duel, both sides agree, whether these ten formations are fighting alone or in formations, Ben Hou has no opinion." After all, although the young entourage around the commander is strong in martial arts and ruthless, they are all underage teenagers after all, and I Jiangdong are all heroes, even if I want to shed blood and take revenge, I can't help but give them a chance to win. It's just that everything can't be too much, so Ben Hou has a suggestion, if you fight in formation, neither side can send more than two people, so what does the commander think?"
Ximen Rin said with a smile: "Although this seat should refuse the kindness of Lord Hou, but these children around this seat have not yet become teachers, if this seat lets them fight alone, it will be too much to look down on the masters of Jiangdong, so this suggestion is accepted by this seat." However, Hou Ye said that it is a battle in formation, that is, both sides send two people to fight, although this is quite fair, but Hou Ye is also a martial arts master, you should know that some people don't like to join forces with others when they fight, in my opinion, it is better to change it to this, each time the two sides can decide to send one or two people, as long as both sides have no objection, then it is a fair duel, I don't know what Hou Ye thinks?"
A cold glint flashed in Shi Ming's eyes, although he smiled, but his eyes were cold and piercing, without any warmth, but his gaze towards Ximen Rin was more cautious, and he said for a long time: "Ben Hou agrees, there is no problem." This first battle is the duel between the Skull Guild Master Chu and your Zijing Gongzi, and now that the Chu Guild Master has been defeated, I don't know if Zijing Gongzi wants to continue the next battle, or will the Lord Commander replace him?"
One of these two people is the backstage of Fengtai Pavilion, and the other is the leader of Chunshui Hall, although this is only the second time they have met, but I don't know how many times they have fought openly and secretly, plus the battle of Tu Shui, Shi Ming almost died on the spot, and they have already hated each other, but at this moment, they are gentle and elegant when they speak, and they don't seem to have the slightest grudge, and they are all angry. But the people present were all people who had experienced the Blood Sea Sword Mountain, even a reckless person like Boss Chu, who also felt cold, just listened silently, and couldn't help it when he heard this, and secretly asked Wen Jinru: "Hey, Second Brother, didn't you say that you want a fair duel, why do you have to set up a rule of superiority over the crowd, in this way, if the alliance leader sends two people every time, wouldn't we win?"
Wen Jinru was originally a resourceful person, although he was just a water thief military division over the years, but this water thief is not easy to do, not only to rob the house, but also to be careful of other water thieves annexation, but also to beware of the official army to clean up, the danger is not much less than the melee of the princes, this hook and heart are every day, after all, Chu Boss has no scheming, and the internal power disputes are almost all handled by Wen Jinru, so he has faintly heard some clues, these two high-powered terrible figures, although they are now facing each other, but it seems that there is a faint consensus, so there will be no disputes at all, and they will agree to each other's conditions。
But Wen Jinru naturally wouldn't tell Boss Chu about it, firstly, he was worried that he would accidentally shout out, and secondly, he still didn't understand something in his heart, so he just said vaguely: "It's nothing, how can we Jiangdong heroes be outnumbered, in that way, even if we win, there is no glory, this is just to let those children over there can be two to one, lest others say that we bully the small with the big." ”
Boss Chu nodded in a daze, but said: "Then that thief bird, no, Zijing Gongzi, alas, it's really embarrassing, he is also a child, but his martial arts are very high, can anyone on our side really defeat him?"
Wen Jinru was stunned, he didn't expect Yang Ning to be a teenager at all, he couldn't help but look at him when he heard the words, only to see him standing on the floating platform with his hands in his hands, looking up at the sky in the distance, at this time, the chaotic clouds in the sky have already been blown away by gusts of autumn wind, revealing an extraordinarily clear sky, Wen Jinru saw the slightly childish face in the ordinary and delicate, and the pair of clear eyes that reflected the autumn sky, only felt a trembling heart, somehow, there was a trace of pity, but at this time, Yang Ning lowered his head slightly, looked back, his eyes stayed on him for a moment, and then slowly looked at everyone one by one。
Whether it is a water thief who looks like a rabble, or a white dao master with high conceited martial arts, when he sees Yang Ning's cold phoenix eyes, those eyes that are almost free of impurities, they all feel that the gaze that is like substance seems to see their internal organs clearly, only Ximen Rin behind Yang Ning can find that Yang Ning's gaze deliberately stayed on several people for a few more moments, and after discovering which people it is, even Ximen Rin, who has always been calm as ice, also has mixed feelings in his heart, but it is a pity that the more amazing Yang Ning's eyesight and talent, the heavier the killing intent in his heart, if he didn't deliberately stop his gaze on Shi Ming and others, I was afraid that Ling Chong, who was silent standing beside him, would notice his abnormality, let alone Yang Ning, who was far away, but was extremely sensitive to hostile killing.
Ximen Rin tried his best to calm his mind, and said with a smile: "Zijing, Master Shi has challenged you, but this matter has nothing to do with you, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter, you have already fought a battle, so let's come back and rest." When he said the last sentence, his tone was already extremely gentle, and his eyes were full of love for his juniors.
Although he heard Ximen Rin's words, Yang Ning's heart was unwavering, at this moment he only had the flame of challenge in his heart, and the emotions of others no longer had any effect on him, he retracted his gaze and looked around, a bright cold light flashed in his eyes, and then raised his hand to the man in Ge Yi who was standing beside Shi Ming, and said, "You, next time." There was no hint of inquiry in his tone, but rather a command.
Shi Ming's heart moved, the person he brought, the depth of martial arts he naturally knows, this Ge Yi man is the most skilled in martial arts, is this young man he is bound to kill in such a short time to see it, or is it a coincidence, he coughed lightly, gave Ge Yi a look, and then smiled: "Zijing Gongzi really has good eyesight, this is Mr. Ye Mo Ye, he has rarely walked around the rivers and lakes, he is an old friend of Ben Hou, this time he came to help, his martial arts Ben Hou has always been very, to be able to fight with Gongzi, presumably Mr. Ye must be very happy." ”
Ye Mo smiled faintly when he heard this, his originally ugly face was a little distorted because of this smile, and it became more and more ugly, but the sparkling waves in those eyes made people feel that he had a different style, and he no longer felt that the shortcomings of his appearance were very important. He didn't perform light work, but turned around and got off the boat, boarded the boat, and arrived on the platform in a few moments. After coming to the stage, he held his sword and saluted, and said lightly: "Ye is a person from the mountains and wilderness, and he can learn from the heirs of Emperor Wu, fortunately, I don't know how Prince Zijing wants to fight?"
Yang Ning glanced at him deeply, and bowed slightly, then raised his head and said coldly: "Your Excellency is the head of two families, you must not be willing to just fight, swordsmanship, light skills and spiritual skills are your strengths, in the next meaning, we compare the last three, if anyone can win two is to win this one, Your Excellency's martial arts are the most brilliant among these people, presumably it should not be too tired than the last three, of course, if you are unwilling, then it is a battle of life and death, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”
Ye Mo's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he said after a long time: "Prince Zijing is worthy of being the descendant of Emperor Wu, but it is the first time he has met, but His Excellency has seen through all the depth of his martial arts, regardless of whether your martial arts have reached the level of a grandmaster, this eyesight is not far behind, and it is really gratifying that your sect has a talent like Gongzi." Speaking of this, there was already incomparable regret in his eyes, and he sighed: "Childe's martial arts skills have made Ye feel ashamed, but Childe's peerless style is what Ye admires the most." Childe took the initiative to challenge, no matter who we are, as long as they are conceited and still have the strength to fight, they will definitely not avoid the war, Ye is not talented, dare not think that he is the best, but he is also conceited that there are few opponents, but Childe refuses to avoid the enemy, and chooses to be the opponent below, and knows that if he is in the same position, he will not do this, Childe is so generous, Ye is convinced. It's just that the son doesn't know what 'wood shows in the forest, and the wind will destroy it'?"
Hearing his abrupt words, almost all the people with a little insight in Jiangdong have already understood, it turns out that Yang Ning has already made an evaluation of his people's martial arts in just a moment, and then he chose the most brilliant person to challenge, at the moment, everyone is no longer surprised by Yang Ning's eyesight, but they want to know the ranking of Yang Ning's heart. After all, Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, it is difficult for these people to get along peacefully on weekdays, and it is naturally difficult to know who is superior and who is the enemy between each other, since Yang Ning is a descendant of the Martial Arts Sect, he is obviously a person with excellent martial arts skills and a wide range of knowledge, if he really has the ability to suppress the crowd, then the order of his challenge today may be Jiangdong's hero list. Therefore, most of the people were nervous and excited, worried that they would be challenged by this obviously ruthless teenager, and that they were not being looked at by him at all.
With such thoughts, most people ignored the regret revealed in Ye Mo's tone, but of course, Shi Ming and Ximen Rin would not miss it, almost at the same time, the two glanced at each other quickly, and both saw the cold light in each other's eyes, but they quickly covered up the complicated thoughts in their hearts, and each showed an indifferent look.
Ye Mo's words, Yang Ning in front of him understood, it was the last sentence, he seemed to understand it, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, whether it was the identity of His Royal Highness the Ninth or his identity as a disciple of the Martial Arts Sect, he had never learned what Taoguang was obscure, just frowned slightly, and said lightly: "How does Your Excellency decide? Please make a decision quickly." ”
Ye Mo also frowned secretly, he just said this deliberately, although he was a little sincere, but after all, he was malicious, wanting to make Yang Ning feel uneasy and frustrate his sharpness, like a master of his level, the competition is not an internal skill move, but a weapon pattern, but Yang Ning was unmoved, but he felt a sense of frustration in his heart, and sighed lightly in his heart, he said loudly: "Since Gongzi is so enthusiastic, I also hope to have a good competition with Gongzi in the next, and I will use swordsmanship, Light Gong and the art of the soul to ask the son for advice, since the Meng Gongzi is heavy, how dare Ye not know how to lift, the first we will compare the sword, in the next is unwilling to hide, the name of the sword is called Feijing, it is said that it is the order of Emperor Wei Wen to cast, although it may not be true, but it can indeed be called a light like a meteor, threatening a hundred days, qi into a purple glow, this sword cut gold and jade, is a rare sword. ”
After that, the electric light flashed in the air, Ye Mo had already drawn his sword out of the sheath, under the autumn sun, I saw that this sword was dazzling, the frost blade was like snow, Ye Mo smiled slightly, a sword stabbed lightly, only to see the sword light flowing, as bright as a star, the long sword roared, the sound was like a dragon's chant, it was really a peerless sword, but it was hidden in the simple and unpretentious scabbard, but it was a sword like a person, and Taoguang was obscure.
When everyone saw the divine power of Ye Mo's sword, they were all amazed and dizzy, but Ye Mo flipped his wrist at this time, and he had already put the sword into the sheath, ignoring everyone's lost gaze, and said with a smile: "Childe must not have a sword to take advantage of, if you feel that you have taken advantage of it, you can also change the ordinary sword below, I don't know what Childe wants?"
Everyone else thought that Ye Mo wanted a fair duel, but Yang Ning's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "I originally guessed that your sword must be a peerless sword, with your sword path and attainments, if you change to an ordinary sword, it will inevitably be greatly reduced, and if you compete with the sword below, you will naturally have to go all out, I don't know which one has a sword, so I will borrow it for the next time." ”
Hearing Yang Ning's words, almost all the people who used the sword subconsciously looked at the saber on their waists, Ling Chong was the first to untie the ancient sword at his waist, held the sword and said loudly: "Zijing Gongzi, this ancient sword is given by the king, although it can't be sharpened like clay, but it can be regarded as a divine weapon, I don't know if this sword can be used?"
Yang Ning didn't look back, and said indifferently: "The saber sword of Deputy Commander Ling is five feet long and weighs six catties, which is not in line with the sword path below. ”
Hearing this, Boss Chu raised the heavy sword in his hand and said loudly: "Is it too light? Lao Tzu's sword is made of stainless steel mixed with dark iron, four feet two inches long, weighing thirty catties. ”
Even if it is Yang Ning, Ximen Rin, Ye Mo, Shi Ming and other characters, they also feel sweaty when they hear this, most of the swords used by ordinary Jianghu people are about three feet long, weighing only one and a half catties, taking its weight and weight, smart and calm, unless it is a cavalry soldier who goes into battle to kill the enemy, in order to increase the power of killing the enemy, according to his own arm strength, increase the length and weight of the sword, for example, Ling Chong's saber, even if it is a heavy sword in the heavy sword, if it is not for Ling Chong's deep internal strength, it is difficult to imagine that it is difficult to wield the saber with one hand. But Boss Chu's heavy sword looks inconspicuous, but he didn't expect it to be so heavy, even the people who have fought with him sound dumbfounded.
Yang Ning couldn't help but glance at Boss Chu, and glanced at the heavy sword that had not been taught again, before he said coldly: "It's too heavy, it's not good." ”
Although he was unceremoniously, Boss Chu was not angry, he just put down the heavy sword stupidly, Wen Jinru frowned slightly, he had already found that today's things were a little strange, and he wanted to remind Boss Chu, but his eyes flashed, he saw Jing Feiyu of the Tianyu League standing on the high platform of the Tianyu League's warship with an expressionless face, listening to a water thief whispering something in his ear, thinking of Fang Cai's suspicion of Jing Feiyu, Wen Jinru's eyes flashed with a cold light, so he no longer reminded Boss Chu, so as not to be found by that person to find any flaws, just find an excuse to retreat to the cabin, recruited a few bold and delicate henchmen, quickly gave a few instructions, and prepared for the contingency。
At this time, after Lin Zhiheng asked Ximen Rin for instructions with his eyes, he stood up and said: "Childe, although Zhiheng's sword is not a divine weapon, it is also a sword of refined steel, and I am willing to borrow it from Childe." After saying that, he had untied the saber from his waist, and was about to get off the boat and send it over, but before he could move his steps, a hoarse and low voice came from his ears: "Since you want to have a fair duel, you can use an ordinary sword, and if you are willing to agree to the next condition, I am willing to lend you the saber for use." ”
Everyone heard the reputation, but saw that it was really the yellow-faced young man standing behind Yi Buping who spoke, not only did the water thieves feel strange, but even Shi Ming and the others who had just come also looked at him with blazing eyes, but most of the people's eyes still fell on Yi Buping, and they all suspected that he was secretly instigating.
The yellow-faced young man looked calm, his hands held up a long apricot yellow package, and then unveiled the yellow silk wrapped around the sword layer by layer in front of everyone's eyes, revealing a long sword with a simple style, the scabbard of this sword does not know what material it is, like gold not gold, like iron not iron, under the sun faintly visible on the scabbard of colorful lines, the hilt is made of submerged rhino horn, the sword is not out of the sheath, but it has already taken the lead. The yellow-faced young man held the hilt of the sword, showed a smug look on his face, slowly drew the sword out of the sheath, everyone only felt that a ball of brilliance bloomed like autumn hibiscus, and after the long sword was all unsheathed, the yellow-faced young man's wrist shook, the sword light flowed, and the brilliance was like water, the yellow-faced young man didn't seem to feel the blazing gaze around him, calmly put the sword back into the sheath, showed a satisfied smile, and smiled at Yang Ning: "This sword is very good, do you want it or not?"
Yang Ning looked at the yellow-faced young man with a strange gaze, and said after a long time, "Is this your sword?"
The yellow-faced young man didn't pay attention to Yi Buping's wry smile and said with a smile: " Naturally, yes, this is a famous sword Chunjun, it is the most favorite famous sword of King Goujian of Yue, it was originally a treasure in the treasury of the emperor of the previous dynasty, but unfortunately it fell into the hands of this young master, my swordsmanship is very poor, not worthy of this sword, Zijing Gongzi is a descendant of Emperor Wu, there should be such a famous sword, I am not only willing to lend you, if you like, I can also give you this sword, but, it's just that if you win this battle, is there a period to challenge our big brother Yi?"
Yang Ning was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "Yes, if I win Mr. Ye, the next one will challenge the Lord of the Yihui, do you want me to give up? That's not okay, although I like this sword very much, but no one can change my decision." ”
The yellow-faced young man smiled and said: "I know, how can a dignified descendant of Emperor Wu give up the opportunity to challenge for a long sword, but I know Brother Yi's temper, whether it is a wheel battle or not, he will never show mercy, and Your Excellency is also ruthless, if you win, you will not have the slightest mercy, but I see you pleasing to the eye, I don't want you to lose both." So I will exchange this sword for a promise to you, if you win this battle, the next battle will let my Uncle Yi shoot a few arrows from afar, if you don't leave the ring, you can still be unharmed, then this battle is your victory, I don't know if you can agree to my condition?"
Yang Ning glanced at Yi Buping lightly and said, "Is this what you mean, or is it what he means?"
Yi Buping said with a little apology: "Your Excellency doesn't have to care about this child's nonsense, he is a nephew of the next, he has always been arrogant, if your Excellency challenges the next, you are deeply honored, and you will naturally fight with your Excellency in an open and honest battle, how can you use this method to coerce, in the next decision, this sword is lent to your Excellency, and please don't blame this child for this." ”
Then Yi Buping turned his head to look at the yellow-faced young man, and said coldly: "Don't hurry up and send this sword to Zijing Gongzi, if you talk nonsense again, you don't stay in Jinfan Club, there is no smart person like you left by my side." ”
The yellow-faced young man agreed with a face full of grievances, but he never got off the boat to deliver the sword, and with a fierce force of his arm, he threw the sword scabbard to the floating platform, shouting: "Stingy ghost, take the sword." He was condescending, so although his strength was not great, but the long sword also flew several feet away before falling down, and the yellow-faced young man showed a naughty look on his face, as if he was very proud, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with sinking a peerless sword into the river?
The two sides of the confrontation on the river are all people who practice martial arts, there is no one who doesn't like the famous sword and sword, seeing this sword falling, they actually exclaimed in unison, Yang Ning's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he didn't see how he moved, his body had turned into a faint phantus, almost at the moment when the pure sword was about to fall into the water, he had already grabbed the scabbard with one hand, and then his body was strangely frozen on the water for a moment, and his backhand was palmed, and countless ripples appeared on the river immediately, but there was no water wave stirring, but this faint shock force, his figure had turned and flown upside down, and returned to the floating platform, at this time, most people still had the image of him leaping in their eyes, rubbing their eyes and looking again, but he had already seen Yang Ning holding the colorful sword and standing on the floating platform.
The yellow-faced young man screamed, stretched out his hand and pointed at Yang Ning and shouted, "Why are you snatching my sword?" As soon as the words came out, his face turned red, and he closed his mouth and said no more.
Yang Ning didn't look at him, he looked at Yi Buping, and said lightly: "I want this sword, when I win this battle, I will challenge you, you can follow his meaning, I want to see the depth of Yi Ri's nine arrows in the next book." ”
Yi Buping smiled slightly bitterly when he heard this, and said: "Since Childe said so, I will naturally obey it, but Childe has forgotten that Mr. Ye has not passed this time?"
Yang Ning seemed to just remember, turned his head to look at Ye Mo, and said lightly: "This sword competition, the next competition is light skill, and finally the soul technique, what does Mr. Ye think?"
Ye Mo's expression did not change, it seemed that Yang Ning had just made an appointment with Yi Buping directly, not to despise him in general, but to smile: "Two games are enough, in Xia Yuan, he is also conceited and outstanding, he can climb Ping to cross the water, and travel thousands of miles a day, but when I saw it today, I knew that this is too short-sighted, Your Excellency's light skills are far better than those below, and one light skill is admitting defeat in the next." ”
As soon as this sentence came out, no one questioned it, they all saw Yang Ning's light skills, and they only felt that no matter how good Ye Mo's light skills were, I am afraid they could not compare to Yang Ning, only the handsome young man standing beside Shi Ming frowned, and a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
Yang Ning's expression did not change when he heard this, it seemed that Ye Mo's decision was not surprising to him, he originally didn't think that Ye Mo's light skills could beat him, although he really wanted to see the "Butterfly Love Flower" light skills that he had been famous for a long time but had not seen in person, but since this person wanted to hide his clumsiness, he would not embarrass him. glanced at Ye Mo indifferently, his eyes were full of coldness, he didn't draw his sword, the long sword sheath pointed at Ye Mo, and said lightly: "You take out the sword." ”