Zhao Mansion Inner Courtyard.

Zhao Zhendi walked into a mansion, this mansion is in the west of the inner courtyard, there is an area of more than ten acres, the courtyard is deep, the two mighty stone lions in front of the door are guarded, and there are two guards standing at the door, and they salute when they see Zhao Zhendi.

Zhao Zhendi was in a bad mood, so he didn't speak, walked straight in, walked through several tortuous corridors, and came to the dining room, at this moment his family members were seated, and the two people sitting on the top were his father and mother, his father Zhao Tianfeng, and Zhao Tianxiong, the master of the Yanwu Hall, were the same generation, serving as an elder, with a prominent position, not strong, otherwise he would not be able to occupy such a large residence in the inner courtyard where every inch of land was valuable.

The Zhao family's greatest power is, of course, the patriarch, under the patriarch there are the hall masters of each hall, according to the division of various positions, there is the Yanwu Hall that transports talents for the family, the Shadow Hall that is responsible for assassination and inquiring about information, and the Blood Killing Hall composed of all the children of the family, etc., each hall can govern the affairs of the entire state, and under it is the head of each county, which governs a county.

And in order to allow the outstanding descendants to be trained, the master of the family will step down from his position after fifty years, enter the Council of Elders, and become an elder. Although it has no real power, it still has the right to deliberate, and when it encounters major problems, the family has the right to vote when the family holds a family meeting, so it is also a major force in the family.

The position of the head of the parents is vacant, this is the position of his eldest brother, and next to him sits a teenager, five years older than him, with a high nose and a broad forehead, it is his second brother Zhao Zhenlei, Zhao Zhendi is like his mother, and his second brother is like his father.

Next to him was his place, Zhao Zhendi saluted his parents and sat down. As soon as he sat down, he put one hand on his shoulder, it was too late for him to dodge, when this hand was on his shoulder, with a slight force, Zhao Zhendi's shoulder had a sharp pain, which was exactly where Zhao Dongli cut with the iron knife he tried.

Although Zhao Zhendi endured it and didn't scream, the pain involved the nerves in his face, and he couldn't help but twitch his face and frowned.

He turned his head and met the second brother's smiling expression, it seemed that the second brother already knew about today's events, and he was purely deliberately trying to make him lose face in front of his father.

"Huh?" Zhao Tianfeng looked at the movements of the two people: "Are you injured?" ”

Zhao Zhendi was about to speak, and the second brother Zhao Zhenlei said: "The younger brother was defeated in the ring today. Since the second brother had spoken, he nodded.

Zhao Tianfeng's eyes froze, he knew that his youngest son had always been the strongest in the Kone Realm, and it was no surprise that he would be able to enter the Enlightenment Realm next year, so he asked, "Is that Zhao Wuming's son?" Zhao Wuming is also an elder, his son is the same age as Zhao Zhendi, and he has been competing since he was a child.

Zhao Zhenlei smiled: "It seems to be just a branch person, a kid named Zhao Dongli, only fifteen years old." ”

Zhao Zhendi felt that his face was red, although his second brother was laughing at Zhao Dongli's identity, but it was even more of a shame for him to be defeated by Zhao Dongli's men. However, he knew that his second brother had such a stinky temper, which made people unhappy, so he was miserable.

Zhao Tianfeng is very strict with their three brothers, and the three of them live up to expectations, the eldest son Zhao Zhentian is already a first-class master, and he is already the leader of the younger generation of the Zhao family, and now he is the Taishou of any county. The second son is already a fourth-order enlightener, and there are few opponents in the martial arts hall. The youngest son, Zhao Zhendi, is also about to enter the realm of enlightenment, and he is the best among his peers, and now he is actually losing to the branch disciple who is three years younger than him, which will inevitably disappoint his father.

"Do you want me to help you vent, third brother!" Zhao Zhenlei said with a sincere face.

Zhao Zhendi felt a chill in his heart, if he let the second brother help him out, he would always be ridiculed by him in the future, he hurriedly looked at Zhao Tianfeng and said: "Father once taught us that it is a good thing to practice martial arts and have opponents and chase goals, which can motivate me to work hard, I vow to defeat Zhao Dongli in person, as a stepping stone for me to enter the realm of enlightenment." ”

Zhao Tianfeng nodded and said, "It's a good thing that you have this kind of heart, but there is one thing to change." ”

Zhao Zhendi asked respectfully, "Father, I don't know which point?"

Zhao Tianfeng said: "The goal may as well be a little higher, a branch junior, and it is not worth being proud to surpass." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Obey, father." ”

"Then let's eat!" Zhao Tianfeng said.

A few people bowed their heads to eat without saying a word.

Zhao Zhendi pondered while eating, and went back to the field early tomorrow morning. Today is just a momentary carelessness, many advanced moves are too late to perform, as long as you show 100% concentration, a fifteen-year-old little hairy child, of course, is not a problem.

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Zhao Dongli woke up from his sleep, the state of his cultivation last night was very good, he clenched his fists, his whole body was full of energy, he thought about it, he only moved out of the inner courtyard yesterday, and the Yanwu Hall stipulated that the members of the Enlightenment Realm could allocate a residence in the inner courtyard, and he didn't expect to move back to the inner courtyard today.

Not long after he woke up, Zhao Yan came over and called him to have breakfast together, and after eating, the two of them rested for a while, and then went to Yanwutang to report.

Before he arrived at the door, he saw Zhao Zhendi standing by the door, with an unkind expression, glancing at the members who came in, and when he saw him, his eyes lit up, so he walked over and said loudly: "Zhao Dongli, dare to fight today." ”

Zhao Dongli entered the Enlightenment Realm yesterday, full of confidence, he was able to defeat Zhao Zhendi yesterday, and today is not a problem, especially when he saw that there was already a teacher coming from the corner of his eye, he was about to show his strength in the Enlightenment Realm, so as to gain attention and move into the inner courtyard. Since there is a sandbag sent to the door, you are welcome, thinking of this, he grinned:

"Why not, if you were able to overcome you yesterday, you will be able to overcome you today. ”

At this time, there were many people at the door, all looking at the two with great interest.

I saw a teacher come out of the crowd and said, "You don't need to go to the ring, just try it in the main hall, so that others can learn from it." After speaking, he glanced at Zhao Dongli with a little doubt, he had a vague feeling, but he was not sure yet, and he would know when he competed.

Zhao Dongli saw that it was the strongest of the three teachings, named Zhao Ling.

Since they even agreed to the teaching, everyone rushed in and sat down in the main hall, while Zhao Dongli and Zhao Zhendi stood still, Zhao Ling took out a sword from a corner of the main hall and tried it out, and the two of them chose it separately.

Zhao Ling said: "The way to practice martial arts, the most taboo is to make a car behind closed doors, and you don't know how to deal with the enemy when you have empty moves. Therefore, the competition can improve the fighting skills of the warriors. ”

He paused and said, "But after all, the fight is only a battle in the ring, and it is not as good as the promotion of life and death." Whenever you enter the realm of enlightenment, the Yanwutang will have a special task for you, and then you will be assessed according to the completion of the task and receive the corresponding reward. That's a good opportunity to improve your actual combat. ”

"The primary task of the KONE Realm is to advance and enter the Enlightenment Realm, so that the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. ”

Zhao Dongli also nodded, what he said in this teaching was all from experience, no wonder he had not seen many enlightenment realms in the Yanwu Hall in the past two days, it turned out that the official members had to accept the task and would be sent out to carry out the mission, and some were even local powerhouses.

At this time, more and more people came into the martial arts hall, and the other two instructors also arrived.

Zhao Ling looked at the people below: "Since everything is clear, let's start." ”

Zhao Zhendi shook the sword in his hand and said sharply: "Boy, yesterday I was just careless, and today I will let you see my true strength." ”

After speaking, he pounced, swung the sword with his right hand, but did not swing it to the end, there was a smell of momentum, and he took Zhao Dongli directly.

Zhao Ling looked at it and nodded, this time Zhao Zhendi did not use the swordsmanship that he was not familiar with, but used a set of "Swimming Sword", which is also a set of ground-level swordsmanship, which is the swordsmanship obtained by Zhao Zhendi's father by chance. Moreover, this set of swordsmanship sword moves from easy to difficult, gradually improving, is very suitable for martial artists who have completed the Tongli realm to learn.

Zhao Zhendi's father, Zhao Tianfeng, of course, knows the Zhao family's "Wind and Rain Sword", but this set of prefecture-level exercises can only be practiced by official members of the Yanwutang, and if he does not become an official member, Zhao Zhendi is not allowed to practice, but if he becomes a member, then he can ask his father for advice, but he is much more clever than the ordinary masters of the Yanwutang.

Therefore, Zhao Tianfeng passed on the set of "Swimming Sword" he got outside to his son, which is the swordsmanship that Zhao Zhendi has practiced since he was a child.

Yesterday, Zhao Zhendi lost a defeat due to Zhao Dongli's negligence, and this time, he honestly used his best swordsmanship.

Zhao Dongli tried his current strength with pure heart, so he didn't use all his strength, and raised his sword to block the incoming sword, but unexpectedly, Zhao Zhendi's footsteps turned, and he turned around halfway, and another sword came out, pointing at Zhao Dongli's armpit where he was holding the knife.

This is the "Swimming Sword", when practicing this swordsmanship, the first thing to practice is footwork, start to practice on the flat ground, when you are proficient, you have to practice on the stake, when you can do the footsteps with you, the footwork is extremely flexible, and then you start to practice sword moves.

With this set of swordsmanship, the other party looks like a loach, slippery and unable to find his hand.

Zhao Dongli turned around and swept away with a knife, Zhao Zhendi retracted his sword again, moved his footsteps, turned behind Zhao Dongli, and stabbed him in the back with a sword.

The slightest chill from behind reminded Zhao Dongli that he simply rushed forward two steps, turned around sharply, and the knife turned around with him, slashing horizontally, if Zhao Zhendi still maintained the original form, he would be stabbed.

Zhao Zhendi changed color slightly, he didn't expect to find Dongli's reaction so quickly, so he cheered up and used the sword moves of "Swimming Sword" one by one.

I saw him move and shift, circling around Zhao Dongli, and the sword was slashing, stabbing, splitting, or slashing at various angles that made Zhao Dongli twist.

After Zhao Dongli survived the embarrassment of the first three moves, he stood firm in the middle, and his body continued to turn around with Zhao Zhendi's changes, and every time he could kill him with Zhao Zhendi's sword, he blocked the way with a knife.

And the two of them each made more than a dozen moves after a while, but surprisingly, there was no sound of blades colliding, because as long as Zhao Dongli sealed the angle, Zhao Zhendi would change his position and take out the sword.

After more than a dozen moves, Zhao Dongli saw that Zhao Zhendi couldn't use a new move, so he no longer stayed, and when Zhao Zhendi turned to his side, a knife was picked up from a small top, Zhao Zhendi was about to turn around, when Zhao Dongli's knife move was halfway, he suddenly paused, and accelerated to change the level.

This sudden change in rhythm and speed made Zhao Zhendi too late to turn around and dodge, so he could only swing his sword to block.

Qiang.

The swords intersected, Zhao Zhendi hurriedly surged vigorously, he couldn't help but take two steps back, and when he was about to start his swordsmanship again, Zhao Dongli's knife was already coming.

It turned out that Zhao Dongli did not retreat, and took this opportunity to start taking the initiative to attack.

His knife was like a violent wind, splitting his head and covering his face towards Zhao Zhendi, the speed was fast, Zhao Zhendi could only keep swinging his sword to block, every time he blocked, there was a strong surge, making Zhao Zhendi almost unable to hold the sword, his arm was sore, he gritted his teeth and insisted, but finally at the tenth knife, he could no longer hold the sword, and was slashed by a knife, and his tiger's mouth was cracked and bleeding.

Seeing that Zhao Zhendi no longer had weapons, Zhao Dongli withdrew his hand and arched his hand and said, "Accept." ”

Zhao Zhen's ground was like ashes, and he couldn't care about the blood dripping from the tiger's mouth on the ground.

Yanwutang was silent, and everyone saw that Zhao Zhendi had used all his strength, if he was on the field with himself in the Tongli Realm, he would definitely not be able to stop Zhao Zhendi's "Swimming Sword", because the footwork could not keep up, but Zhao Dongli could deal with it with ease.

Under the realm of the opening of this martial arts hall, the first master should give way to this little boy of the branch.