Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Contest to End Rumors

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The teenagers hadn't even started practicing, so they called the duel between the two a "joust", and the news had already spread, but the contest didn't take place right away.

Xin Youtao was busy consolidating the victories he had already won, and in the next few days there were more and more new children arriving, and the gifts piled up in the middle of the courtyard were reduced, and the children around His Royal Highness the Prince were enough to form a small army.

During this period, Xiao Qiu thought about it and began to feel that the competition was meaningless and unnecessary, in the final analysis, he did not have a deep grudge against Xin Youtao, even if he won the competition, he would not get obvious benefits, let alone recover the lost partner.

For Xin Youtao, this competition is very necessary.

Simple facts often have more power, Xin Youtao successfully erased his cowardly experience in the forest, but the sound of "Halo San'er" when Xiao Qiu first met still became his lingering nightmare, although no one dared to say it in public, but in private, this nickname was widely circulated, after each new child received a gift from the courtyard, the second thing was to ask everywhere about the origin of "Halo San'er".

Since more than half of the teenagers in Yelin Town have already surrendered to the prince, most people don't believe in the rumors of "fainting three times", but Xin Youtao can't let go of this matter, and he still has to cut off the last rumor through a competition to prove that he is not the kind of coward who faints casually.

Thinking about this truth, Xiaoqiu went to the dining room as late as possible to reduce the chance of meeting Xin Youtao, Erliang Shen Xiuwei no longer had a "dizzy three children" under his construction, Fangfang rarely went to the study, occasionally took out a few books, and taught the only two remaining students to read in Xiaoqiu's room.

Shen Hao moved to live in another room, languishing every day, going alone, not socializing with anyone, and the bone forging fist that had been practiced quite smoothly was also blocked, and was often ridiculed by Zhang Lingsheng in public, "It's either a naturally derived Dao root, or there is a problem." This is a phrase on his lips every day.

Xin Youtao's two loyal followers often provoked Xiaoqiu and Erliang, but when they didn't get a response, they died down.

Xin Youtao seemed to have forgotten about the three dissidents in the hall for a few days, never made any more trouble, and did not mention the matter of martial arts, but the prince's thoughts were always different from ordinary people.

One day in early September, Daliang Shen Xiuming called his younger brother aside and whispered a few words to him, Erliang Shen Xiuwei left his brother with a cold face and found Xiaoqiu, "After breakfast tomorrow, Xin Youtao will compete with you in the front yard, Brother Xiaoqiu, we can't back down anymore, we have to teach him a lesson." โ€

Xiaoqiu has actually never let up, these days, he has practiced boxing harder than usual, although the Bone Forging Fist can only strengthen the body, not used to fight, but after being light and healthy, he is more confident in defeating Xin Youtao: he remembers very well that the physique of Prince Xijie is not peculiar, and it is not even as good as that of an ordinary small town boy.

Fang Fang was originally resolutely opposed to the competition, but Xin Youtao took the initiative to challenge, she naturally stood on Xiaoqiu's side, and found a lot of books to prove her original point, "Look, here's a paragraph, the Nine Great Dao Dynasty has reached an agreement with the Holy Fu Dynasty a long time ago, except for selecting disciples and killing demons, Taoist priests are not allowed to interfere in any disputes in the mortal world, and the Holy Fu Dynasty cannot interfere in the affairs of the Dao Dynasty." The twelve vassal states declared themselves vassals to Emperor Fu, and of course they had to abide by this agreement. Therefore, the Pangshan Dao system is independent, and the identity of the prince is actually not of much use here. โ€

"What works is the wrapping of those bags. Erliang Shen Xiuwei could hardly hide his contempt for the prince, "The princes and kings have money, and even the Pangshan Dao Tong can buy it." โ€

"Don't think of Daoist Zhang as a Taoist of Pangshan. "The more Fang Fang reads, the more respect he has for the Dao Tong," Strictly speaking, he is just a miscellaneous person, not even Neidan, and he can't represent the Pangshan Dao Tong. โ€

"Since this is the case, then don't be afraid, Brother Xiaoqiu, you must beat Xin Youtao hard tomorrow morning, so that he will never dare to lie in public again. Shen Xiuwei was highly motivated, and went out of the house to find his brother to send a message: Xiaoqiu agreed to the competition.

There were only two people left in the room, and Fang Fang whispered: "It's best not to cause trouble, we are here to practice Taoism, and we can't offend our fellow disciples." โ€

"I know that tomorrow I will give him a gentle beating and it will not make him too ashamed. โ€

Fang Fang laughed, "Don't be too careless, according to convention, the royal families of the vassal states rarely choose to cultivate, and since Xin Youtao worships Pang Mountain, he may have something extraordinary." And he can use paper talismans, I haven't checked whether Pang Shan allows the use of talismans, but you have to beware. โ€

"Don't worry, he doesn't have the right head, I will strike first and don't let him take out the paper talisman. โ€

The matter was decided, there were as many as fifty or sixty children in the hall, they had Dao roots, and some of them would become great Taoist priests in the future, but now they had not gotten rid of the preferences of ordinary children, and they were full of expectations for the excitement, and an agreed competition was enough to arouse everyone's feelings.

Early the next morning, Zhang Lingsheng supervised the children to practice boxing, and immediately left the hall, pretending not to know that something would happen today, but the village women who delivered the food could not procrastinate until there was no more work to do, and then walked out of the door in a huff.

Several children ran to cover the courtyard door, and the others formed a circle, leaving an open space in the middle, Xiaoqiu, Fangfang, Erliang and Shen Xiuwei had already prepared, but Xin Youtao did not show up for a long time.

"Didn't you say that there would be a martial arts competition after breakfast?" Shen Xiuwei asked loudly to the other side.

A young man replied, "Don't worry, Xin Daoyou has to practice the exercises for a while after breakfast, this is his habit." โ€

"Pretend. Shen Xiuwei said in a low voice, "Brother Xiaoqiu, don't be soft later, I've been suffocated these days, so I'm waiting for today." โ€

Xiaoqiu smiled, took off the straw hat and handed it to Shen Xiuwei, it had been quite a long time since he had been out of herding life, and even his skin had turned white, and he still couldn't throw it away.

Xin Youtao finally walked out of the room he lived alone, the crowd automatically gave way to the passage, he was wearing a well-fitting brocade robe today, with a jade belt around his waist, a pearlescent forehead on his head, the ruby in the middle was dazzling, and the soles of his feet were a pair of brand-new leather boots.

Xiaoqiu's clothes were similar to those of the farmers in Jinghu Village, with coarse cloth shorts, long trousers, and a pair of cloth shoes under his feet, which was Pang Shan's standard clothing for new disciples, but most of the other children wore the clothes given by the prince, and only a few remained the same.

Xin Youtao casually chatted with his cronies, walked into the venue with a smile on his face, pointed to the young man who was walking towards him and said: "This seeker is always spreading a ridiculous statement, which means that I am a coward like a mouse, originally I didn't care, but someone told me that our Pang Shan Dao system is the most disciplined, and letting a rumor survive is the greatest disrespect to this sect, so-" He sighed, as if this greatly violated his wishes, "I have to end this ridiculous rumor with facts." โ€

Xiaoqiu is almost about to admire the prince in front of him, he was born weak and white, like a girl, but her face is not red and her heart does not beat when she lies, and the more people around, the more calm her expression becomes.

Xiaoqiu has nothing to defend himself, he has never created or spread rumors, and he has a clear conscience about this, "Come on." He said that it was decided to fight.

Xin Youtao's thoughts are the same as Xiaoqiu's, he is a prince, but he can't be inseparable from a teenager in a border town.

Xiao Qiu shot first, he didn't learn the martial arts that can be used in actual combat, so it was a simple tiger pounce, after nearly two months of boxing practice, his physique has changed a lot, his movements are faster, and his strength is more sufficient, this pounce is difficult to dodge even for ordinary adults.

Xin Youtao didn't hide, he didn't even disdain to use the martial arts of ordinary people, since he stepped into the Dao Gate, of course he had to use spells.

He stretched out his right hand, still smiling on his face, his gaze did not look at Xiaoqiu, but winked at the audience on the side, and then a visible fireball flew out of his palm.

The fireball hung in the air, and with a slight movement of Xin Youtao's palm, it changed its position, enveloping a large area of space in front of his opponent.

The onlookers exclaimed in unison, and many even showed a look of fear, after coming to the Jinghu Village Pavilion, they had some understanding of Taoism, and they knew one thing very well, there was no way to cast spells without Neidan, and it was a very difficult thing to condense Neidan, and it was impossible to achieve it without the master's teaching and guidance.

Prince Xin Youtao did it, which means that he is far ahead of everyone.

Fang Fang and Er Liang were even more surprised, Xin Youtao once used paper talismans in front of them, his posture was clumsy, his accuracy was extremely poor, twelve moves, and he didn't fight the snake demon once, but this time he didn't take out the paper talisman, nor did he make any special moves, just stretched out his palm and made a fireball, and he could also control the direction of the fireball, which was not the same as at the beginning, more like a mature Taoist priest casting spells.

"Fangfang, didn't you say that you are not allowed to use spells casually within Pang Mountain?" Erliang Shen Xiuwei asked in surprise.

Fang Fang was speechless, she had indeed seen such a rule, so she was more surprised by the scene in front of her than everyone else.

Xiao Qiu on the field didn't have time to think too much, so he hurriedly stopped his body and dodged the fireball that was chasing after him, and suddenly changed from an attacker to a wolf bรจi's escapee.

Xin Youtao walked leisurely, followed behind Xiao Qiu, intercepted the fireballs everywhere, and said loudly: "Do you still want to claim that I can't beat an ordinary snake demon? Do you still want to spread the rumor that I fainted? Mu Xingqiu, kneel down and confess!"

Xiaoqiu dodged and retreated, but he couldn't shake off the fireball, stepped on a stone under his feet, and fell on his back all of a sudden, and the fire ball rushed to his face.

Xin Youtao is rising, and he is already a little controlling.

In an exclamation, Fang Fang and Erliang Shen Xiuwei rushed up to rescue Xiaoqiu, but they couldn't stop the fireball either.

Xiaoqiu subconsciously stretched out his right arm to block the approaching threat, and without even thinking about it, he read out the words "wrong or weak".

The fireball stopped, only four or five inches away from Xiaoqiu's palm, and it stopped, as if it had fallen into a tight net, unable to move no matter how hard it struggled.

Suddenly, the bystanders did not react, and neither did Xin Youtao, the owner of the fireball, continue to rush up, until he was close to the fireball, he did not see anything wrong, stopped in a hurry, his feet were unstable for a while, and he almost fell to the ground.

Xiao Qiu didn't expect the spell to really have an effect, only he could really feel a slight change in the air in front of him.

Fang Fang and Erliang Shen Xiuwei helped up Xiao Qiu, who was stunned, and the moment he stood up, the fireball exploded, sparks splashed everywhere, and the people around him were stained with some, in the eyes of onlookers, this was like a trick made by Prince Xin Youtao.

The scene suddenly became chaotic, with the timid and cautious children retreating and others joining the warband.

Shen Hao had been standing on the outermost side, but at this time, he became the front row, and when he saw seven or eight teenagers rushing towards Xiaoqiu, Fangfang and Erliang Shen Xiuwei, he couldn't help it anymore, and the depression and humiliation that had been in place for many days exploded instantly.

"Damn, I don't want an uncle, I'm dizzy, I'm here!"

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