Chapter 998: The Choice Between the Past and the Present (Part II)

(Continued from the previous reminiscence)......

At night, in front of Xiao Tian's house......

lost to Su Jia during the bet, and according to the agreement, Xiao Tian waited to rub his shoulders and beat his legs tonight. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But unlike usual, Xiao Tian seemed to have a request for the other party tonight, and his expression was slightly drifting away, as if he had something on his mind......

"Well, the two of us have finally reunited, Ah Tian, you will serve me in every way, this feels so comfortable......" In front of Xiao Tian, Su Jia deliberately stretched her waist and said "mockingly".

However, Xiao Tian didn't seem to have the heart to joke tonight, and while rubbing Su Jia's shoulders, his eyes kept staring at the stake in front of the house.

"What's wrong with you, Ah Tian......" Seeing that Xiao Tian was a little wrong, Su Jia greeted with concern, remembering the last words before leaving during the day, Su Jia still remembered and asked, "Yes, I haven't asked you yet, why do you want me to come to you tonight, is there something to ask me?" Seeing Xiao Tian's eyes kept looking at the stake, Su Jia seemed to have guessed one or two.

"Sort of...... Xiao Tian sighed slightly, and said slowly, "To be honest, I was quite disappointed with today's daytime bet, and it seemed like a simple 'stake test', but I lost so completely...... How can I say that I am also the descendant of the Canglong Hero now, defeated the Ghost King Division, saved the Yixian Gate and the Beggar Gang, and I am no longer the useless 'bottom worm' I used to be, but today I am 'capsizing' in such an inconspicuous test, I am very disappointed in myself......"

Su Jia consciously guessed it, and said with a slow smile: "I have said a long time ago, this 'basic skill of wooden stake' is not simple at all, even me, and it took me eight years of practice to become proficient...... But these are two different things, failing to pass the test during the day doesn't mean that Ah Tian you have achieved nothing-like you said, you have become a 'Canglong Hero', saving Fang Zhangmen and Ge Gang Leader, at least these are facts, you are still very great in the eyes of others......" Su Jia was afraid that Xiao Tian would be too disappointed, so she couldn't help but comfort and encourage a few words.

But in Xiao Tian's heart, today's failure is a hurdle in his heart - he is not afraid and inferior, but wants to make up his mind to cross this hurdle......

"Whether it's a hero of Canglong, an ordinary person, or me, today's failure is a failure-" Xiao Tian cheered up a little, looked at the wooden stake in front of him, and said firmly, "From childhood to adulthood, have I encountered fewer failures? Failure is not a scandalous thing, no one is perfect, even if it is a god, there will be failure...... But at least I never flinched in the face of failure, no matter how big or small, I firmly believe that I will be able to cross it!"

"Ah Tian ......" Looking at Xiao Tian's confident expression, Su Jia felt very relieved, so she asked again, "Then you specially called me over tonight, should it be for ......?"

"Ah......" Xiao Tian nodded and said calmly, "I want to do it again, today's test during the day - this time I don't bet, I also see myself as an ordinary person, Jia'er, you teach me the basic skills, I must overcome this difficulty!"

Although he has become a dragon hero, he is still clearly aware of his own shortcomings, and Su Jia can't help but feel that Xiao Tianrui has matured a lot......

But Su Jia was not boring, and while she was happy to hear this, she couldn't help but joke: "Heh, the dignified 'Canglong Hero' actually begged me to teach basic skills, this is a new thing - if it spreads to the rivers and lakes, then my face will really be enough......"

"I'm not the real 'Canglong Hero'......" Xiao Tian didn't care, "Besides, Jia'er, you have always been above me, please don't you be a scandal......?"

"It's okay to teach you......" Su Jia seemed to take the opportunity to "ask", and said with a wicked smile, "But this girl is not a pro bono professor, if you don't give me some benefits, I won't be happy to ......"

"It's not good, but I have this ......" Xiao Tian stretched out his hand and threw a piece of citrus in front of Su Jia.

"Tangerine, just send me like this......" Su Jia caught it with her hand and asked angrily.

"You love citrus, you should be invited to eat this...... Xiao Tian also responded with a smile and joked, "I can't take out the rest, I'm so poor that I don't even have my belt......"

"Cut, it's so nice to say, 'please me', give me oranges is nothing more than imagining the same as when I was 'tested' during the day......" Su Jia waved his hand, then turned his head and said, "Okay, I'll teach you some skills tonight, although I can't be completely proficient, but at least I can master the tricks......"

Xiao Tian didn't say a word, and flew up the wooden stake, ready to accept Su Jia's test just like during the day.

Su Jia peeled off the orange and ate a petal, but she was not in a hurry to throw the orange peel in her hand. Xiao Tian was a little puzzled when he saw it, and couldn't help asking, "Jia'er, throw the orange peel over-"

Su Jia was unhurried, and said calmly: "Don't worry, now I want to teach you the fundamentals of the stake practice...... the key to the 'basic skills of the stake' is not in the staking of the hidden weapon, but under your own feet-"

"My own ...... Feet?" Xiao Tian didn't immediately understand, and responded repeatedly.

"Yes," Su Jia continued, "At first, when I practiced the stake, I made the same mistake as Ah Tian, and I always felt that the opponent's 'hidden weapon' was attacking, and I focused too much on the opponent, and the result was a long trial and failure...... But in fact, the most important thing in the stake formation is actually your own heels—"

"Is the focus on yourself...... Xiao Tianyu glanced down at his feet, and couldn't help but ask again, "Then I'm ...... What the hell should I do?"

Su Jia paused, and then said, "Don't be in a hurry to catch the hidden weapon first...... Ah Tian, you first take a step in the stake formation-"

"Pace...... What are you doing?" Xiao Tian still wondered.

"Stand firm on the stake first-" Su Jia's expression gradually became serious, "Next, I will attack you Ah Tian and make it difficult for you in every possible way, Ah Tian, you have to be in one state of mind and make sure that you don't fall off the stake!"

"Well......" It didn't sound difficult, but Su Jia's words were very serious, Xiao Tian was no longer as disdainful as during the day, but concentrated on it, "Get ready, let the horse come at any time!"

"Okay-" Su Jia saw it in her eyes, and wanted to attack first......

(In reality)......

Thinking of the memories of that day, Xiao Tian was a little more energetic and focused on Sima Hanyi again......

"Sect Master Sima, it's time to divide the victory...... Xiao Tian still looked very confident in the blood pain, and resolutely said, "No matter what means you use, I will definitely defeat you today!"

Sima Hanyi looked at Xiao Tian's arm with disdain, knowing that his injury was not light, and he couldn't support it for a few rounds, so he said disdainfully: "Hmph, you are still talking big when you are dying?" Canglong Hero, do you really not cry when you don't see the coffin...... In that case, the old man will fulfill you, and bury you here with his own hands, under the old man's organs—"

Xiao Tian's eyes were certain, no longer flinching, looking at the "Organ Stone Pillar" in front of him, just like Su Jia's "wooden stake" that night to test herself, Xiao Tian revealed a little confidence in his desperate situation.

"Up!-" Cheering himself up, Xiao Tian withdrew his sword edge slightly, and the "Lingyun Step" was used again. Flying and leaping like a swallow, Xiao Tian was determined this time and attacked first in the direction of Sima Hanyi.

"I actually took back the sword, did you want to confuse me, or did you give up on yourself......" Sima Hanyi looked at Xiao Tianwei's sword blade and rushed towards him on foot, and couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart, "Hmph, it doesn't matter, no matter what tricks you play, you can't break the ...... of my 'Organ Array'"

The perseverance in Xiao Tian's eyes remained the same, and his feet stepped on the undulating stone pillars, and his attention did not shift in the slightest.

And Sima Hanyi's side is still repeating the old tricks, swinging the mechanism inexplicably, and the soles of his feet suddenly "rumble" again,

Feeling the vibration under his feet, Xiao Tian knew that Sima Hanyi had done it again, and he also remembered the memories of that night's test, and the similar picture was the same......

(in recall)......

The test was about to come out, and Xiao Tian performed the "Lingyun Step" and tried his best to shuttle back and forth on the stake array.

Su Jia was in front of him, watching Xiao Tian's steps, seeing one of the points of the opportunity, and with a stone on his feet as in the day, he was heading towards the stake in the formation.

"Whoosh-" There was a piercing sound, like a hidden weapon, and the stone flew under the middle pile, only to hear the sound of "click", and the wooden stake under Xiao Tian's feet broke abruptly.

And this step of Xiao Tian's pace happened to be on this stake......

"Forehead ......" and "Lingyun Step" sprinted too fast, Xiao Tian stepped forward with one foot in the air, and almost fell down with others. But with the complete concentration of attention on his feet, Xiao Tian did not make any mistakes this time, although the "stepping on the air" was still the same, but the balance of his body was maintained.

"That's it, pay attention to your feet, make sure you don't lose your balance first-" Su Jia fixed her eyes on the key point, and said in a straight voice......

(In reality)......

Before Xiao Tian stepped seven inches away, Sima Hanyi calculated the timing and raised his hand to trigger the stone pillar mechanism......

"Bang-" The bottom of the stone pillar snapped, and as before, at the moment Xiao Tian stepped forward, the stone pillar fell suddenly, trying to drag Xiao Tian and the others to the bottom.

And this time, Xiao Tian was not fooled again...... However, it is better to remember the test of the day in Yixianmen, and to be on top of the stone pillar of the machine, like a wooden stake formation - just like Su Jia said that day, the real attention is not on the opponent, but on oneself......

"Hmph, it's a quick reaction this time......" Sima Hanyi saw that Xiao Tian was not fooled, and his body immediately changed, and along with the stone pillar under his feet, he disappeared in front of Xiao Tian's eyes in an instant.

Xiao Tian suddenly lost his target, and he didn't know where Sima Hanyi would sneak attack again. But Xiao Tian did not mess with his position, he was in the trap array, staring at the "rising and falling" around him, and his attention never shifted......

(in recall)......

"This means is not enough to be afraid of......" dodged Su Jia's first sneak attack, and Xiao Tian was secretly complacent.

However, he was about to raise his head to meet Su Jia's second round of attack, but Su Jia was no longer in front of him.

"Disappeared ?......" At the moment of his "negligence", Su Jia disappeared immediately - Xiao Tian knew very well that Su Jia was serious, deliberately avoiding his sight, trying to sneak attack again, and he did not dare to slack off at all, and his whole body was tense......

"Da da da...... " Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, there was a sound of fine stones behind him.

It was Su Jia's footsteps, and unconsciously "shifting shapes", Su Jia had already circled behind Xiao Tian. This time, Su Jia personally stepped out of the horse, surrounded the formation behind him, raised his foot to "rush to the second stage", and kicked Xiao Tian on the stake.

Xiao Tian tried to calm down in a panic, remembering Su Jia's words at the beginning - the focus was not on the opponent, but on himself......

"Bang-" With a broken sound, Su Jia's flying feet were like thunderbolts, and he kicked the wooden stake under Xiao Tian's feet directly, and made a decisive move without mercy.

Xiao Tian also cheered up, and when the stake broke, he didn't rush to counterattack, but flew back and retreated a few steps.

Su Jia saw it in her eyes and couldn't help but smile secretly: "The approach is very correct-the opponent is unprepared for a surprise attack, and I don't know if the opponent has a backhand, so it is a good ...... to retreat when you are in danger."

The training gradually entered the state, and Su Jia let go of her worries a little......

(In reality)......

Sima Hanyi disappeared, and Xiao Tian was not in a hurry to look for the opponent at the first time, but stood firm, and put his center of gravity at the stone pillar that was raised and lowered......

"Whew-" A cold wind blew behind him, and it seemed that movement was approaching......

Xiao Tian turned his head to look, and saw the cold light of Sima Hanyi's "organ arm" coming.

"Pick up!-" Seeing Xiao Tian turn around, Sima Hanyi raised his blade to face each other, and the "Shadow Kill" came out again, this time wanting to directly put Xiao Tian to death.

Xiao Tian looked at it in his eyes, his expression was calm, his feet were concentrated, and his body wanted to move.

Seeing that this posture seemed to be about to fight back, and it seemed that he was going to fight back in a desperate situation, Sima Hanyi smiled secretly in his heart: "It's useless, as long as you dare to make a move to fight back, the mechanism under your feet will be touched...... If the trap falls again, your body is out of balance, and if this move resists deviation, I will send you back to the west!"

It seems that Sima Hanyi and Xiao Tian are close at hand, and when they want to wait for Xiao Tian to "make a confident move" to counterattack, he touches the stone pillar mechanism at the bottom of his feet, making Xiao Tian lose his balance position, and then give a fatal blow.

Xiao Tian was ready to deal with it, but the result surprised Sima Hanyi for a while......

Xiao Tian didn't look at Sima Hanyi squarely, nor did he hesitate to counterattack...... Always concentrating on his feet and body, just before the stone pillar of the mechanism fell, Xiao Tian actually raised his body and stepped back......

"Knock-" At the same moment, there was a loud bang, and the stone pillar of the mechanism fell sharply in place-Xiao Tian did not choose to fight back, but retreated, and escaped life and death......

"He actually chose to retreat, with his Canglong Hero's skills, he had such a good opportunity just now......" Sima Hanyi saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but secretly exclaim, "Did you guess the trap I set in advance, or did you see the flaw...... Impossible, he didn't even look at me when he turned around just now......"

Sima Hanyi was puzzled, and at the same time, he faintly began to rise up in fear - for some reason, Xiao Tian in front of him at this moment seemed to have an invisible force, making himself, who had always taken the initiative in the 'Organ Array', feel inexplicably oppressed.

After Xiao Tian escaped the "crisis", he took a few steps back to regain his stability, and looked up at Sima Hanyi again......