Chapter Ninety-Three: Unexpected
After April, the group stage of the martial arts tournament has finally ended.
Tens of thousands of people, ten groups, the top eight in each group qualified, a total of 80 people for the final competition.
If nothing else, these eighty people will be valued by the imperial court, and in addition, about thirty of them will be selected from these eighty to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion.
Generally speaking, the qualifying situation is similar to what the imperial court expected, most of the young masters above the sixth grade have qualified, there are nearly fifty, and most of the rest are the peak of the fifth grade.
There are also contingencies.
Some six-grade masters met the seed characters in advance and were eliminated, such as Zhou Chengwang, who met Mu Tianfeng, a ruthless character from Yangzhou, in the last round of the group.
Although Zhou Chengwang has the strength of the sixth-grade mid-level, but against Mu Tianfeng, who is at the peak of the sixth-grade, he was completely suppressed, Mu Tianfeng's spear was superb, coupled with the amazing internal force, Zhou Chengwang only had passive defense, and he struggled to support eighty moves, and was swept off the ring by Mu Tianfeng with one shot.
There were many masters in Chang'an City who went to watch the battle, and after watching it, they all sighed that today's young people are amazing.
"Sword Venerable" Lin Ju also watched it, and also commented on Mu Tianfeng.
"In time, this son will be another commonplace!"
This comment is already a supreme glory for Mu Tianfeng, you must know that Sikong Sheng is a beginner master of the nine grades, nicknamed "Jiujiang Maniac", since his debut for 30 years, he has not been defeated in the Jiujiang area.
A few years ago, Lin Ju had a fight with Sikong Sheng, and the two fought to 200 moves and did not distinguish the winner, which shows Sikong Sheng's cleverness.
Mu Tianfeng is about twenty years old, and he can get such an evaluation, I have to say that his strength is indeed amazing.
In other aspects, Li Wufeng in the first group, Zhao Xun in the second group, Han Dade in the third group, Lu Xuanyi in the fourth group, Su Ming and Lu Xuanhong in the sixth group, Jiang Minglun and Zheng Wenlong in the seventh group, Guo Yunlei and Lu Xuandong in the eighth group, Lin Di in the ninth group, Liu Xuan and Tang Ruoyang in the tenth group, all qualified smoothly.
The most surprising thing is that the second prince, Lu Xuandong, turned out to be a sixth-grade mid-level master, which made many people dumbfounded.
In everyone's impression, the second prince's martial arts are only around five grades, but he didn't expect him to hide his strength and defeat a six-rank master neatly in the last round of the group.
Li Lingwu has watched that competition, and in his judgment, the strength of the second prince is about to enter the peak of the sixth grade, and he belongs to the kind with a very solid foundation.
This surprised many people and re-evaluated Lu Xuandong.
The situation of the fifth group is a bit more unique.
Among the eight people who qualify, there is no six-grade master, and the most brilliant one is the peak strength of the fifth-grade grade, and the funniest thing is Li Wuchang's wonder.
In the eyes of everyone, Li Wuchang, a gentleman, has no martial arts, and he was able to pass seven levels in a row, which has to be said to be a miracle.
For a time, Li Wuchang's limelight even overshadowed all the masters, and his group of fox friends and friends came to Li Wuchang to celebrate.
However, Li Wuchang did not have the time to deal with them.
The East Courtyard of the Li Mansion.
The family came together to celebrate Li Wufeng and Li Wuchang entering the top 80.
Of Li Lingwu's three sons, two of them entered the final competition, and they were the only ones in Chang'an City.
The Lin brothers, who had the highest voice before, Lin Di passed the test smoothly, while Lin Zheng, a six-rank beginner master, was not very lucky, and met Jiang Minglun in the last round of the group stage, and was knocked out of the ring by a kick, causing quite a stir.
There are also the brothers of the Liu family, who are also the eldest brother who passed the test, and the younger brother was eliminated, Liu Xuan was very smooth, Liu Jin was unlucky, he met Lu Xuanhong, and he was knocked out of the ring without the strength to parry.
The three brothers of the Li family suffered inconsistencies.
Li Wufeng was strong, he didn't encounter any strong opponents, and he crushed all the way.
Although Li Wuxing's strength was said to be a fifth-grade intermediate rank, he met a sixth-rank beginner opponent in the sixth round, and he tried his best to support thirty moves.
And Li Wuchang, this kid, has a very strange promotion process.
Two of the seven games were played, and both of them looked like they had been tricked or lucky, and the other five had opponents either abstain or run away, or were seriously injured and could not fight.
In any case, two of the Li family entered the top eighty, which is worth celebrating, Li Lingwu was very happy, and ordered the housekeeper to set up a sumptuous table in the east courtyard, and everyone sat down and drank together.
"I can't imagine that this kid of yours can really qualify, hehe, it's really unexpected. When the wine was half-drunk, Li Hu looked at Li Wuchang and teased.
Not only him, but everyone here didn't expect it.
"The punishment is more serious than going to Jizhou, for me it should be a punishment of nine deaths, I am afraid of death, so I tried my best to get by. Li Wuchang smiled coquettishly.
Li Wuxing was very disdainful and said, "It's just luck, you will look good in the next round." ”
He was quite unconvinced, he didn't qualify with his five-grade strength, but this Li Wuchang, a three-legged cat, with his shit luck, actually passed the test and made a big splash.
Li Wuchang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Second brother is right, I did take some shit luck, in order to save character, so I decided to abstain in the next round." ”
Li Lingwu frowned and said, "Abstain?"
It seems that he disagrees.
Li Wuchang hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Father, there won't be any more tasks, right? The first time was to throw me to Jizhou in less than three rounds, I finally passed, and the second time you let me qualify in the group, although I was lucky, but I finally passed the test, you can't embarrass me anymore." ”
Li Lingwu glanced at Li Wuchang, snorted coldly, and was silent.
To be honest, he really wanted to give Li Wuchang another task, but he had promised Li Wuchang that he would be fine if he came out, and now it is not good to go back on his word.
Li Qing coughed lightly and said, "Impermanence, although you don't want to continue fighting, don't say anything about abstention, the Li family still needs face." ”
Li Wuchang nodded and said, "Then I will step down after dealing with a few tricks, and the next ones will be ruthless characters, in case I am crippled, it is not a joke." ”
Li Qing smiled helplessly.
Li Lingwu couldn't force Li Wuchang, and changed the topic: "My father said before, if you can break out of the fifth group, I will promise you one thing, tell me, what are your wishes?"
Li Wuchang said: "Can you mention it later, I haven't thought about it yet." ”
Li Lingwu nodded, looked at Li Wufeng, and asked, "Wufeng, do you still have the confidence to go through two rounds?"
This martial arts conference will select thirty masters to enter the martial arts pavilion, and now there are only eighty people left, and after two rounds, they will be able to enter the top twenty.
The top twenty will definitely be able to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion.
The remaining ten places are selected by the imperial court from the remaining sixty players, not only looking at martial arts, but also looking at factors such as character and background, and there will be many forces to fight for.
Li Wufeng's face was solemn, and he said: "There are eighty people left, most of them are six-grade, and there are several of them at the peak of the six-grade, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mu Tianfeng should be the two with the highest martial arts skills in this martial arts conference, if I run into any of them, I am only thirty percent sure at most." ”
After a pause, he analyzed: "Needless to say, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has fought with him a few times, although in the end it ended in a dead end, but I can clearly feel that he did not use all his strength, and that Mu Tianfeng, to be honest, I have never seen anyone who can make a spear so superb." ”
There are not many masters of Da Yan who use guns, except for a Beihai King Lu Yuanke, he can't find anyone else, and Lu Yuanke only uses a gun on the battlefield, he uses a sword on other occasions, and when others talk about martial arts, most of them will say that Beihai King's swordsmanship is amazing, not that his spearmanship is amazing.
Li Hu and the others nodded in agreement.
In this martial arts conference, Lu Xuanyi and Mu Tianfeng are indeed the two most brilliant.
Although Lu Xuanyi did not face any strong opponents in the fourth group, he showed great ease every time he faced them.
And Mu Tianfeng was also crushed all the way, even Zhou Chengwang did not put any pressure on him.
You must know that Zhou Chengwang's martial arts have been passed down by General Zhou Sheng, and his foundation is very thick, but he has no power to fight back in front of Mu Tianfeng, which can be imagined.
These things have nothing to do with Li Wuchang, he made up his mind that no matter who he meets in the next round, after he comes to power, he will step down with a few tricks.
Although Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun also easily entered the top 80, it is still a little difficult to break into the top 20 in two rounds in a row, there are not many people, and the probability of encountering seeded players is very large.
If they can't get into the top twenty, then the matter of entering the Martial Arts Pavilion will be very suspenseful, after all, Zhao Jiang and the others have no background, and no one will speak for them, unless there are big people who are willing to recruit them, and they are willing to agree.
Let it be.
......
On the second day of the fifth month, the martial arts conference was in the ring.
"Chang'an City Li Wuchang vs. Chang'an City Lu Tong. ”
The referee announces the two sides of the match.
Li Wuchang continued to carry a golden wire ring knife to the ring, and at the same time felt confused.
Lu Tong?
Who is this guy from Chang'an City?
Why haven't you heard of it before?
But if you can survive to the top eighty, you shouldn't be a nobody!
The opponent had not yet shown up, Li Wuchang suppressed the doubts in his heart and swept the audience.
The nurse and Xiaoru were both in the audience, and the fat bear still sent someone to follow.
They are surrounded by Han Dazhi and Zhou Chengwang, who has been eliminated.
Guo Yunling and Lin Qin are not far away, Guo Yunling is okay to say, they have come to watch Li Wuchang's game recently, and Lin Qin, a little girl, didn't go to watch her brother's game, why did she come here?
I swept my eyes over again and saw a big man.
Lu Yuanzhi, King of Qi.
He's here too?
What the hell is going on?
Qi Wang was very low-key, and Li Wuchang couldn't figure out why he came to see this competition.
"Hoo ......"
The sound of breaking wind sounded, and a black shadow flew into the ring, and its movements were very chic and sharp, causing a round of applause.
Li Wuchang looked at it at a glance, the opponent was dressed in a black suit, his face was deliberately made up, his face was not very real, his figure was not tall, and he held a gorgeous long sword in his hand.
The eyes are dark and bright.
"I'm grass...... This ......" Li Wuchang looked confused.
Grandma is a bear, and the person in front of her is Lu Ting.
Although he couldn't see her true face, Li Wuchang knew it as soon as he saw her eyes.
No wonder even the low-key King Qi came, it turned out that he came to see his daughter's game.
Why did Lu Ting come to the martial arts conference under the pseudonym Lu Tong? You must know that it is against the imperial court for women to participate in the martial arts conference.
Grandma is a bear, and there are a lot of actors in the Lu family.
The second prince Lu Xuandong usually shows that he only has the strength of the fifth grade, but he is a sixth-grade intermediate master, and Lu Ting, a little girl, usually claims to be good at literature and not good at martial arts, but now it seems that she has at least a sixth-grade beginner, otherwise she would not be able to break into the top eighty.
Li Wuchang smiled bitterly, he had no idea that the opponent was actually a woman, and he was an acquaintance.
What's even more unexpected is that the woman in front of her is a master.