Chapter 59: Leaps and Bounds (Part II)
Time flies, and seven days have passed in a blink of an eye.
There are still seven days left before the official arrival of the day of the imperial martial arts. The prosperity of the Northern Wei Jing Division was also three points better than usual.
All the restaurants and inns are almost full, and even the guest rooms with half-closed doors in the green buildings are full of "masters" who come from all over the world to attend the event.
Among the Beijing divisions, the last few days have been the most lively time.
As the saying goes, "there is no first in literature, there is no second in martial arts", although the martial arts performance in front of the emperor has not officially begun, but the masters of various factions have already handed over their hands in order to build momentum and make a name for themselves.
And Jing Zhaoyin had already invited the Imperial City Soldiers and Horses, as well as the two armies of Yulin and Huben, and transferred more than 100 military masters who were at least the innate realm to the Imperial City, scattered in various key roads.
For those martial arts masters who compete normally, these military masters do not interfere, but are only responsible for temporarily clearing the streets and maintaining order when these people are fighting. As for those warriors who tried to fish in troubled waters, or killed them and could not control them, they would be taken down by these good soldiers in the army, locked with big iron chains with their thumbs, and thrown into the dungeon for reflection.
So these days, the people of Beijing are the most out of tea and after-dinner conversations.
There are also good people who rank these grandmasters and heroes who are ready to participate in the martial arts performance in front of the emperor into a three, six, nine, etc., and they seem to have rated a "world master list".
Among the major gambling houses and wine shops, this list is almost everyone's share. Everyone is happy to brag about the names on the list and show off their knowledge. Moreover, as the number of grandmasters and masters in the capital increases, and they continue to compete with each other, the terms on this list also change up and down, almost to the extent that they have to be updated every half day.
And every change in the list will also make the heroes who linger in the casino liquor store excited, and the conversation becomes more and more intense.
He Zhi is naturally also on the top of this "World Master List". His rank is not too low, but it is not high either. On the list of more than 400 people in total, it is ranked in more than 140 places.
Mainly seven days ago, after He Zhi won seven martial arts halls in a row, he retreated into the Qi Palace, and never made a move again. This made many people think that He Zhi was afraid that in the final battle with Mr. Chang, who replaced the Qingfeng Martial Arts Gym, he was afraid that he used some secret method to fight for his life.
He Zhi's own strength should slightly exceed Mr. Chang, but not much. Against Mr. Chang, he can win, but it is difficult to win quickly. Therefore, He Zhi finally used a certain secret method, and his strength increased greatly in an instant, so that he could defeat the enemy with one move.
Although He Zhi defeated Mr. Chang in one move, he was also quite profound, so he had to return to the Qi Palace's mansion to recuperate, so as not to be unable to go all out in the martial arts in front of the emperor.
Such a judgment is consistent with the strength He Zhi showed when he forcibly broke into the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion before, so once it was proposed, it was recognized by everyone and became a public opinion.
A Grandmaster who was only ranked in the first or forty places, and the Jingshi was barely a man of the hour seven days ago. But in today's Jingshi, the attention that can be attracted is much worse.
In order to compete for the top few rankings of the "Imperial Martial Arts", even the top ten grandmasters on the "World Master" list have been exchanging ideas with each other very frequently.
For example, the "Seven Extremes Prince" who has always befriended the Three Princes, the invincible flying general Lu Batian who swept away the southeast by the Seven Princes, and the left protector "Asking Heart Sword" of the "Sanyue Sect", the head of the Sword Sect in the world, and so on.
Although most of these people's fights with each other are between the banquets of wealthy families, ordinary people have no chance to see each other. But those children of wealthy families, petty officials and generals who are just qualified to participate in these banquets are easy to tell what they have seen and heard in the boasting to others.
There is no doubt that "the prince of the Seven Extremes played against the Sword of Conscience with bamboo chopsticks as a sword in the banquet held by the three princes, and the two sides did not win or lose"; Lu Batian broke the strong enemy with a glass of wine, and swept the ten masters on the master list with one enemy and ten enemies", which is the most attractive and talked about today.
As for the things He Zhi did when he first arrived in Beijing, he had already been submerged in the vast "martial arts events" at this time.
What about He Zhi himself? He was now changing his appearance, sitting in a tavern, listening to a few guests next to him commenting on the "World Master List" that they didn't know where they got it.
He Zhi is sitting here, naturally waiting for someone - waiting for his last opponent today.
According to Jiang Yuetian's arrangement, He Zhi practiced with him every morning to make up for the shortcomings, and in the afternoon he came out to find people to compete in martial arts to increase his actual combat experience. Then at night, he had to practice in the medicinal bath prepared by Ding Lu.
In the past seven days, He Zhi has really practiced day and night, although the time is not long, but his strength has really improved by leaps and bounds. Although it was only a short seven days of practice, He Zhi could already feel that his body seemed to be gradually consummating, and he was gradually touching the edge of true rebirth.
Of course, on the one hand, it is due to the blessing of Ding Lu's medicinal liquid, and on the other hand, it is also because He Zhi's original realm is not far from the consummation of the rebirth realm.
Of course, the change of the birth state has not yet taken place. He Zhi didn't dare to be in a hurry, for fear that he would go crazy again and repeat the mistakes of his predecessor.
Therefore, for He Zhi, the most obvious change in him lies in the improvement of actual combat experience.
Although He Zhi does not seem to have a good reputation and has not attracted as much attention as those top powerhouses, under the arrangement of Gongsun Wuji, He Zhi's actual combat opportunities and actual opponents have never been lacking.
At least four actual combat exercises a day quickly made up for the gap in He Zhi's actual combat experience.
To be honest, the environment on the eve of this royal competition is really unique to He Zhi. If you change the time and place, even if you kill He Zhi, it is impossible for him to find so many suitable opponents to fight.
Of course, He Zhi knew that he had deeply offended the Marquis of Zhenguo and the Third Prince, so he didn't dare to make trouble in Beijing directly with his true face at this time. After all, today's Jingshi is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. If the third prince and the marquis of Zhenguo really tore their faces to deal with He Zhi, He Zhi may not be able to deal with it.
Fortunately, Ding Lu's disguise technique is quite good, and the grandson of the sixth prince, Gongsun Wuji, has a good reputation among many martial artists who are not from a family. Many martial artists on the "World Master List" will sell this King of Qi a face.
Under the joint arrangement of the two, He Zhi successfully completed the training plan of 30 actual battles required by Jiang Yuetian. And the person He Zhi is waiting for at the moment is his last actual opponent today - Huo Wudao, a star picker ranked 47th on the world's master list.