Chapter 32: The Day of the Tournament
Although Wei Qing and Cao Lu are only two people, the brothers and sisters have discussed for a while and then stopped to discuss for a while, but they have also made considerable progress. At the beginning of Wei Qing, he couldn't adapt to this style of play, and was smothered by Cao Lu from behind several sticks, and when the sun was in the west, Cao Lu could no longer take advantage, and several times he was a little slow to recruit, and he was instructed by Wei Qing to use the Nine Heavens Sword Technique.
Cao Lu half-squatted on the ground, panting while holding a bamboo stick, and said: "Brother Qing'er, this method of beating around people is really tiring, then Wu Yunfei will not last, don't worry tomorrow, delay it for a while, and when that guy is tired, his hands and feet will definitely slow down, and most of them will not be able to escape your counterattack by then."
Wei Qing picked up Cao Lu and stroked his back, and said: "Brothers are of the same heart, their benefits are broken, I have a good junior brother like you to help, and I can't win him, then I'm too sorry for your hard work."
Cao Lu stood up straight and said: "It's good to know, if you lose, you have to compensate me for a big meal," he looked at the sun, and said: "Tomorrow will be a martial arts competition, tonight it is better to go back to Daxin and rest early, lest you lose your spirit tomorrow."
Wei Qing nodded yes, talked and laughed with Cao Lu and returned to Daxin to divide the rudder, Cao Lu was so tired today, he fell directly on the bed without washing after going back, and snored loudly after a while. Wei Qing has a lot of thoughts in his heart, he can't close his eyes when he lies on the bunk, although he learned the Nine Heavens Sword Technique from Zhou Peng, and he has also seen the power of Zhou Peng's sword technique against the enemy, but after all, he has never used this set of sword techniques to really compete with people officially, thinking that this martial arts competition is related to Li Rui's fate, Wu Yunfei's martial arts foundation is much stronger than him after all, Wei Qingsheng is afraid that he will lose the competition by negligence for a while, and when Li Rui will be humiliated in the future, he will inevitably die on his own, and he still can't help but feel quite worried in his heart.
Wei Qing covered his head with the quilt, but he still couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, he simply pushed away the quilt and turned over and sat up, gently picked up the Zhanlu sword and walked out of the house, and practiced three of the changes of Jun Tianzong that he had practiced from the beginning, until he was tired and sweating profusely at the end of the night, and then he sat cross-legged with his hands in a ring under a big tree at the door, calming down and dispelling fatigue.
The rooster crowed, the sun was rising, Cao Lu beat his sore shoulders and walked out of the door, he lazily raised his hand to cover the dazzling sun, and suddenly shouted with wide eyes: "Brother Qing, why are you here, you won't have been meditating and practicing all night last night."
Wei Qing, who was under the tree not far away, turned a deaf ear, still sitting cross-legged and not moving, Cao Lu slowly approached to take a look, only to see a fallen leaf on Wei Qing's shoulder, his whole body was covered with morning dew, and a yellow bird was stopping above his head and chirping happily, until Cao Lu approached and flapped its wings.
Cao Lu saw that Wei Qing's face was a little blue, and he couldn't help but be afraid, and slowly stretched out his hand to push his shoulder, but as soon as the palm of his hand was close to Wei Qing's skin, he noticed that there was a faint internal force protecting Wei Qing's whole body, and it was like a slippery mirror without any strength. Wei Qing slowly opened his eyes at this time, turned his head and saw Cao Lu lying beside him, and quickly helped him up and said, "Senior brother, it's early in the morning, why are you lying on the ground."
Cao Lu kicked Wei Qing angrily and said: "What are you doing pretending to be dead when you have nothing to do in the morning, I think you have gone crazy in practice, and you scared me to death", he patted his heart with palpitations, and said: "You ...... last night I've been sitting like this."
Wei Qing scratched his head and said: " Yes, last night I was depressed, I couldn't sleep, and I was afraid of disturbing your dreams, so I came out by myself and raised my qi according to the method taught by Brother Zhou, and then slowly put aside those sorrows, and then somehow, like a dream, I dreamed that I returned to the village entrance of my hometown, just sitting and looking at the starry sky, the starry sky was really vast, and gradually moved to my body, I started to vomit, and those stars echoed with me as if they were alive, and the light they emitted became tangible things, and I absorbed them into the dantian, and then...... And then it was gone."
Cao Lu stretched out his hand and touched Wei Qing's forehead and said: "It's okay, I don't have a fever, hurry up and change my clothes to eat, your clothes are all soaked with morning dew, if you don't change it, beware of catching a cold", Wei Qing smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly went back to the house to change clothes, Cao Lu followed behind, thinking in his heart: "This week's Peng Sect's practice method is really weird, it won't be some kind of evil method that attracts people's hearts......
After Wei Qing changed his clothes, he had breakfast with Cao Lu, and he planned to go to the city to go to the Cai Lou to go to Wu Yunfei's martial arts competition, before leaving, Cao Lu asked: "Brother Qing, you practiced your internal skills all night last night, and now your breath is still smooth, I obviously told you to go to bed early, but you have to practice all night, don't run out of strength to compete later."
Wei Qing smiled and said lightly: "It's okay, when I practiced the Three Care Methods with Master in the past, I always focused on not daring to relax every time, and I was so tired after every practice that I couldn't do it, but Brother Zhou's method was different, and he didn't care about it, and he adjusted the internal breath back, I guess this may not be the mental method of cultivating internal strength, but just a method to help others regulate breathing."
While the two were talking, they arrived at the door of the Tiecai Building, they came early, Wang Kai and Wu Yunfei and others had not yet arrived, Wei Qing and Cao Lu went straight upstairs to find Li Rui, the old bustards and maids in the Tiecai Building knew them, and no one stopped them, so they went in like this.
Wei Qing knocked lightly on Li Rui's door, and after a while, Li Rui opened the door and walked out, she couldn't help but smile when she saw Wei Qing and the others, but when her eyes turned around, she glanced at the Zhanlu sword on Wei Qing's waist, she immediately looked away from the sword, and said with a light sigh: "Two of you, please come and sit inside."
The two of them entered and sat down, Wei Qing didn't see Li Rui's gaze, took out the Zhanlu sword and put it across his knees, scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "This sword can't be sold, but it's ......."
"I know that Wei Gongzi has done his best, no matter what, I will remember your feelings in this life, if Wei Gongzi still wants to say sorry words, the concubine really doesn't know how to deal with herself", Li Rui suddenly interrupted Wei Qing's words, and said with a sad smile: "I have already broken off my thoughts, but I didn't expect to meet Wei Gongzi, you are willing to help me, and you are sincere, I ...... in my heart I'm really grateful, but it's a pity that God doesn't pity me, but that's okay, at least I know now, there is someone in this world besides my father who really cares about me and is willing to protect me, and that's enough."
Li Rui slowly took out a sachet from the cupboard and handed it to Wei Qing's hand, saying: "This is the sachet I have sewn by myself in the past few days, although the needlework is crude, but it can also add a bit of refreshment to the son's carrying, and I hope that the despicable things can be repaid in case of great kindness."
Wei Qing took a look, the sachet was sewn with pale yellow silk, embroidered with two white pear blossoms snuggling and intertwined, the center of the flower was embroidered with pear-yellow silk threads, and a pair of pink butterflies were fluttering on it, and their expressions were extremely vivid and flexible. Wei Qing picked it up close to his nose and sniffed, only to feel a burst of refreshing faint floral fragrance, smelling quite refreshing, as if the pear blossoms on the sachet were just real, blooming in spring, fragrant to welcome guests, he couldn't help but praise: "Miss Li embroidered so well, this flower and butterfly are like living things, I am the first time to see such a delicate sachet."
"It's good that Wei Gongzi doesn't dislike it, in fact, the appearance of this sachet is not a big deal, it's just ...... It's just that the spices in it are made from my family's ancestral secret recipe, which may be of one or two help to Wei Gongzi's future cultivation of internal strength", Li Rui suddenly changed the topic for some reason, and said, "Now that he is poor, in my opinion, Wei Gongzi no longer needs to be empty-minded, the sword has no eyes, so why bother to kill more, and don't compare the competition later."
Wei Qingzheng happily pinned the sachet to his waist, and couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words: "Why don't you compare? Then don't you want to be at the mercy of Wang Kai."
Cao Lu tugged at Wei Qing's sleeve and said to Li Rui: "Miss Li misunderstood, although we didn't sell the sword, but we had another adventure, you can watch Brother Qing pick up that Wu Yunfei with peace of mind later." Li Rui was slightly stunned, but she didn't ask any more questions, her face still had a calm and breezy expression, and she changed the topic to ask about the interesting things and customs of Wei Qing's hometown.
After chatting for a while, there were suddenly two coughs at the door, Wei Qing looked back, but Xiao Qinchuan had also arrived, only to see that there was still no blood on his face, but judging from his demeanor, it should be fine. Xiao Qinchuan came in and sat down next to Wei Qing, glanced at the Zhanlu sword he was lying across his lap, and after hesitating, he raised his head and said to Li Rui: "Miss Li, if it weren't for it...... If I hadn't lost, I wouldn'..... Nor will it ...... Alas, in fact, according to your talent and appearance, you should not have been wasted in this land of fireworks, I ...... I'm really not worth it for you, you shouldn't be such a fate", he thought for a moment, and then said, "Why don't I repair a book, you take it to my house in Xianyang, Shaanxi, and live in my house, if you arrive in Shaanxi, I am confident that my father will still be able to shelter you, but I probably want to wronged you to stay in my house, don't go out and walk around at will."
Li Rui looked at Wei Qing, then got up and saluted Xiao Qinchuan, and said: "This matter has nothing to do with Xiao Gongzi, it is already a love for you to help each other, everyone has their own lives, why do you need to blame yourself, Gongzi's kindness Rui'er understands, but I have no intention of leaving Beijing now, if he is destined to be a guest in your mansion."
Xiao Qinchuan didn't know that Wei Qing had been taught the Nine Heavens Sword Technique by Zhou Peng, and only guessed that Li Rui was not familiar with martial arts, and hoped that he could win today's competition, but he didn't understand that Wei Qing and Cao Lu were not Wu Yunfei's opponents, and he couldn't say to his face at the moment that Wei Qing and Cao Lu had no chance of winning, so he had to sigh secretly in his heart, thinking that after losing the competition, Li Rui would go to Shaanxi to take refuge according to his arrangement.
There was a sudden commotion downstairs, only to hear Wang Kai shouting: "Hurry up and clear the field, I'm still anxious to wait for a good show, Wu Yunfei, you have to give me a good fight today, if you lose, hum, you know the consequences."
Wei Qing shook the scabbard of the Zhanlu sword hard, stood up calmly, and said to everyone in the room: "Let's go, and let me use this Zhanlu sword to meet the number one master in the house for a while."