Chapter 9: Hand-to-hand

"Senior Brother Liu was born in Fancheng, who did he learn from?" Seeing that Wu Tong didn't answer, Chen Sheng shook his head with a wry smile, and turned to the silent Liu Chen and asked: "At a similar age, martial arts are not weaker than the young master of the Sword Sect, presumably Master Ling is quite disciplined!"

"Back to Senior Brother's words!" Liu Chen put down the dishes and chopsticks, sat up straight, and arched his hand: " If you say that the teacher, when I was ten years old, I began to follow the dart masters of the Fancheng Xiongwei Dart Bureau, and the swordsmanship is also derived from their guidance, how they practice every day, how I practice, I will practice, after being a little older, I also run darts with them, their martial arts are based on the inheritance of the Martial God Peak, combined with the precipitation of the martial arts, and after the continuous practice of fighting in the rivers and lakes, it is a school of its own, focusing on practicality, fast, accurate, ruthless, is the essence of the swordsmanship I have learned since childhood!"

"Good!" Chen Sheng high-fived and praised, and said with some happiness on his face: "In the past, the family teacher often said that in the stage of martial arts, actual combat is always better than the drill of the style, the so-called fast, accurate and ruthless, if there are no hundreds of actual combat battles, ordinary sect disciples, absolutely can not do this, Brother Chen'er can fight with Wu Tong to a draw, it can be said that the actual combat experience is far better than Wu Tong who lives in the snowy mountains, no wonder you can lead the troops on the horse, and you can fight righteousness when you get off the horse." The ranger is really not ordinary, the Holy Ancestor's words of 'practice makes perfect, diligence can make up for clumsiness' are vividly reflected in you!"

"Senior brother praises!" Liu Chen was a little embarrassed to be praised, but unexpectedly, Chen Sheng picked up the silver chopsticks in his hand on a whim, and said with a smile: "If not, how many tricks will you teach your brother?"

Chen Sheng's words also made Liu Chen's heart suddenly ignite a trace of fighting spirit, he was defeated by Jin Lichuan's hand, he lost too aggrieved, the power of the barbarian warrior is simply terrifying, for Jin Lichuan's martial arts moves, he didn't know much, today Chen Sheng suddenly wants to learn from himself, his heart lit up, if according to what everyone said, Chen Sheng's strength is far better than Jin Lichuan, since he wants to learn, he will definitely not use his internal qi, otherwise, Liu Chen, who can be at the peak of martial arts, can not go half a round in his hands, if he does not use his internal qi, then Chen Sheng's use must be the most quintessential martial arts move of Martial God Peak, so learn, no matter success or failure, the benefits to Liu Chen are very huge, so he can't refuse.

"So, the dust is ugly!" As soon as Liu Chen's voice fell, he picked up the chopsticks with his backhand and stabbed Chen Sheng's chest obliquely, and the stab brought a piercing wind, which made Chen Sheng's eyes even more joyful.

"Bang!" The tip of the chopsticks stopped less than half an inch away from Chen Sheng's chest, Chen Sheng flipped his wrist, and the silver chopsticks opened Liu Chen's attack, after blocking, Chen Sheng did not fight back, just waited for Liu Chen to change his tricks again, as he wished, as soon as the two chopsticks touched, Liu Chen took the silver chopsticks in his hand head-on, and raised his hand to pick Chen Sheng's chin.

Chen Sheng smiled, tilted his head slightly to avoid Liu Chen's attack, but when he leaned back, the silver chopsticks held in his right hand silently stabbed Liu Chen's waist and abdomen.

The two of them sat at the table, constantly coming and going, Wu Tong and the little monk on the side were full of light and excited, Chen Sheng's moves were stable, one move after another, and Liu Chen's moves were tricky, always able to surprise and attack Chen Sheng's weak defense.

Dozens of rounds later, Liu Chen gritted his teeth, in Chen Sheng's surprised gaze, he suddenly held the chopsticks with both hands, and slammed off the chopsticks in Chen Sheng's hand.

Chen Sheng was startled, between the lightning and flint, he sat up straight, opened his mouth, bit the silver chopsticks stabbed by Liu Chen, and the two were at a stalemate, suddenly, Liu Chen's face changed, his expression collapsed and he let go, and said with a wry smile: "Senior brother's martial arts skills are superb, dust worship!" It turned out that when everyone didn't pay attention, Chen Sheng's fingertips were gently placed on Liu Chen's neck, as long as he used a little force, Liu Chen's throat would spurt blood, and he would die.

"Hehe!" Chen Sheng spit out the silver chopsticks in his mouth, patted Liu Chen's shoulder with admiration and said: " Senior Brother Liu's swordsmanship is called an eye-opener for his brother, before Brother Wei always thought that for so many years, he had studied the martial arts of Wushen Peak thoroughly, but he didn't expect that these shallow sword moves fell into the hands of his junior brother, and they could evolve so many changes, those movements of the rangers fighting life and death are indeed far better than the many drills of our sects behind closed doors, practice brings true knowledge, and the Holy Ancestor will not deceive me!"

"Okay!" Wu Tong on the side also clapped his hands and praised, full of excitement: "I took a closer look just now, Liu Chen made the Sanchai swordsmanship of Wushen Peak, this is a move that beginners must learn, it is such a simple move, Liu Chen can also make it supernatural, if I change to a better swordsmanship, I am really not as good as Liu Chen!"

The little monk sang a Buddha horn, Liu Chen was recognized, he was also very happy, and he didn't care about breaking the precepts at the moment, and when he took a sip of grape wine, his little face suddenly became red, and he was speechless with excitement.

"I can use the Sanchai swordsmanship to force me to be too vain and my sword intent is in a hurry, Senior Brother Liu, you are the first person in a thousand years!" Chen Sheng once again filled everyone with fine wine, and said with a smile: "It's a pity, if I met you when I was in Fancheng, now, on top of your resume of entering the academy, how can the Jinzhou monk army be in front of you!"

Liu Chen was a little embarrassed, but he scratched his head and raised his wine glass, everything was silent.

When the moon and stars were scarce, the three of Liu Chen, who were full of wine and food, returned to the academy, Chen Sheng was about to graduate, and there was no schoolwork, so he stayed in the Qinglong painting boat most of the time, and made an appointment with him to meet next time, and the three of them went to the shore by boat.

"Senior Brother Chen is good, right?" With the help of the night breeze, a few people walked in the forest path, Wu Tong stretched his waist and asked with a smile, "Among the heirs of the Nine Holy Lands, the others are the best, just like a brother, back then, he didn't take me and Liu Yi to play together!"

"Senior Brother Chen's dragon and phoenix are really extraordinary!" Liu Chen replied in a low voice, and did not take Wu Tong's words, the little monk kept burping on the side, his face was a little depressed, today, he broke his vows, not only tasted the wine that was like a poison through the intestines, but also was mischievous by Wu Tong to stuff a mouthful of fresh Wang Ba soup, although he still remembered it in his heart, but that touch of self-blame did make him distressed.

"Wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha stays in his heart!" In the moonlight, Wu Tong wiped the little monk's head with a smile, and without waiting for the little monk to jump to his feet, he ran towards the small courtyard where he stayed, leaving the little monk behind him to complain.

Returning to his room, Liu Chen pushed the door and saw a little Lori yawning and looking at him with a smile on her face.

"Doudou!" When he saw the person who came, Liu Chen's heart was happy, and the joy of reuniting after a long time diluted the little drunkenness left, and rubbed the little Lori's head vigorously, and then asked with a smile: "When did you come!"

Little Lori wrinkled her nose, shrunk and shrunk close to Liu Chen's side and kept sniffing, the hot air that spewed out made Liu Chen's neck itch a little, and couldn't help but take a step back, he held Xiao Lori's shoulders with both hands, and smiled: "What do you smell, is it a puppy?"

"Hmph!" Little Lori put her hands on her hips, pouted and hummed: "The young master went out to drink, and he came back so late, and he arrived in the afternoon, I waited for you for a long time, and I can't wait, everyone has completed the procedures for auditing and enrolling, and the young master has not come back, I want to give a big announcement and treat you well!"

"Yo, Xiao Doudou is going to sue, it's too bad for you!" Liu Chen pretended to exaggerate, pretending to blow his beard and glare: "Then how can Xiao Doudou not sue?

"Apologize to others, promise never to secretly go out to drink next time!" Little Lori raised her head, looking indescribably cute.

"Okay, okay, I know it's wrong, I'll report to you wherever I go in the future!" Liu Chen coaxed little Lori to smile, and when Little Lori came forward to take off his coat, he hesitated and asked, "She, is your mother okay?"

"The Grand Duke is very good, and there is nothing big happening in Yuezhou Mansion, but the Grand Duke is very concerned about the young master, a few days ago, the landlord also arrived at the state capital and simply asked about the recent situation of some young masters!"

"Landlord?" Liu Chen frowned, turned his head and asked, "Listen to the landlord of the Xue Building?"

"That's right!" Little Lori looked admiring, and said with a smile: "Let's Yuezhou, except for the Holy Lord, who can be worthy of the landlord! Speaking of which, the young master has to call the landlord an aunt!"

Waiting for little Lori to hang Liu Chen's clothes on the hanger, Liu Chen smiled and waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, Doudou has worked hard today, go to bed early, I'll fetch water and rest by myself!"

"Hmph, count you as acquaintances!" Little Lori tilted her head, yawned with a smile in her eyes and walked towards the back room, leaving only Liu Chen alone, standing in the room with a wry smile.