CHAPTER XXVIII

After rì, the sun rose as usual, and the people of Dazhufeng came to the square, only to find that four of the original eight rings had been dismantled, and the rest were arranged in four directions: southeast, northwest, and north.

Tian Buyi and Su Ru walked in front, Zhang Xiaofan's injuries seemed to have healed overnight, walking among the crowd, he had never been so taken so seriously, he was quite flattered, looked back, and whispered to Du Bishu beside him: "Sixth Senior Brother, is Senior Brother seriously injured, how can it reach the point where he can't walk?"

Du Bishu shook his head and said, "Master showed it to Senior Brother in the morning, saying that in the competition yesterday, he and Senior Brother Chang Arrow of Nagato were too intense, and one main attack and one main defense, fighting back and forth to lose both sides, hurting the meridians, I am afraid that the damage to my cultivation will not be light." ”

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback and said: "Even Senior Brother fights him, but I am competing with Senior Brother Chang Jian today, isn't it, isn't it even more beaten by him?"

Du Bishu rolled his eyes and said: "If it is according to common sense, it is naturally so, but according to common sense, in the first two rì, when you competed, the senior brothers gambled that you lost the majority!"

Zhang Xiaofan was speechless and had to keep his mouth shut.

Under the largest ring in the north, there were a lot of people, needless to say that it was naturally Lu Xueqi who competed there today, Tian Buyi glanced at that place, and snorted, he naturally didn't have a good impression of the person who defeated his daughter, and immediately led his disciples to the west ring.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked, and he saw a group of people in front of him coming from the oblique, led by an old man with an old appearance, and the one who walked side by side with him beside him was Zeng Shushu, and behind the two of them, there were more than a hundred Fenghuifeng disciples following him, Zhang Xiaofan saw the group of people from Senior Brother Gao, but he didn't see Peng Chang.

As if noticing Zhang Xiaofan's searching gaze, when the two people passed by, Zeng Shushu suddenly said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Senior Brother Peng didn't come, he is recuperating in his residence!"

Zhang Xiaofan smiled reluctantly, but when he saw Zeng Shushu's face was grim, his eyes seemed to be cold.

The old man who took the lead was naturally the first Zeng Shuchang of Fenghui Peak. He glanced at Zhang Xiaofan, Zhang Xiaofan only felt that although the old man's gaze was not sharp, it was extremely profound, as if he had seen his deep heart at a glance.

He couldn't help but shrink a little, and at this moment, he only heard Tian Buyi say: "Senior Brother Zeng is good." ”

Uncle Zeng often replied: "Hello Senior Brother Tian, I heard that there is a genius named Zhang Xiaofan under your sect, and his Taoism is peculiar. ”

Zhang Xiaofan's face changed, and he lost his voice: "What, Senior Brother Peng is so badly injured?"

As soon as these words came out, the disciples of Fenghui Peak were in an uproar, only feeling that this person was really vicious, and he was surprised when he hurt people, showing that he had no intention or ridiculed Peng Chang.

Uncle Zeng's eyes flashed with anger, but he couldn't attack in the face of the younger generations, so he had to smile coldly and say to Tian Buyi: "Senior Brother Tian, the good apprentice you taught!"

Tian Buyi originally frowned, thinking that Zhang Xiaofan, a stinky boy, couldn't speak, but when he heard Uncle Zeng often say this, he seemed to be a little ridiculous, Tian Buyi was good at protecting his shortcomings, and immediately smiled at Uncle Zeng: "Where is it, Senior Brother Zeng has won the award." Xiao Fan, come over and see Uncle Zeng. ”

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, but Uncle Zeng's face changed, his sleeves waved, and he said coldly: "No need." With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Zeng Shushu glanced at Zhang Xiaofan and said lightly: "I didn't see that you were hiding deeply, so I begged Senior Brother Peng's subordinates to show mercy, but I didn't expect it to hurt him." ”

Zhang Xiaofan was anxious and said, "I didn't"

Halfway through his words, Zeng Shushu had already turned around and left, Feng Huifeng and everyone followed, and their eyes were cold, Zhang Xiaofan felt sad, but at this moment, he suddenly saw that in the crowd, Senior Brother Gao walked in front of him, but suddenly blinked.

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, but Senior Brother Gao had already walked away.

Tian Buyi glanced at everyone in Fenghuifeng, smiled coldly, waved his hand and led everyone to the west of the ring of today's competition. When they came to the nearest place, everyone found that there were 200 people gathered here, and their heads were staggering, looking at this way, except for Lu Xueqi's one, the most lively place in Yunhai Square was here.

Zhang Xiaofan gasped and whispered to the senior brother beside him: "There are so many people, that senior brother Chang Jian is very powerful, right?"

Everyone laughed, and He Dazhi said seriously: "Senior Brother Chang's Taoism is profound, it goes without saying, but I think most of these people still come to see you, junior brother!"

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback and said, "How, how could it be?"

He Dazhi snorted and said, "As of today, there are only eight people left in the Seven Veins Martial Arts, and the biggest dark horse among them is none other than you, who doesn't want to come and see how many mouths or hands you have?"

Zhang Xiaofan was dumbfounded.

Tian Buyi led everyone to the stage, and along the way, seeing that they were in the line of Dazhufeng, the crowd retreated one after another and made way for them. Tian Buyi looked around, and saw that there were a lot of Changmen disciples in the surrounding crowd, thinking that it was because there were Chang Arrows of Changmen in today's competition, so there were more Changmen disciples who came to watch, but he didn't look at a few Changmen elders, and Dao Xuanzhen, the head of Qingyunmen, was not here.

Tian Buyi frowned, and whispered to Su Ru beside him: "Why didn't the senior brother of the head of the sect come, are there any other disciples in the Changmen to compete?"

Su Ru shook his head and said, "No, for some reason this year, the qualifications of the Changmen disciples are not very good, and now only Chang Jian is left." ”

Tian Buyi groaned for a while, and walked to the middle of the stage, where five or six chairs were placed, but only a white-bearded old man sat there. Seeing Tian Buyi and the others coming, the old man also stood up.

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, and recognized that the white-bearded old man was the one sitting in the audience when he competed with Chu Yuhong the day before yesterday.

The white-bearded old man obviously remembered Zhang Xiaofan as well, his eyes drifted to Zhang Xiaofan, and then he said to Tian Buyi: "Senior Brother Tian, I didn't expect that there was a talent in your family this year." ”

Tian Buyi seemed to have a good relationship with this old man, he smiled, and said, "Senior Brother Fan has won the award, please sit down." ”

At this time, the bell behind the stage rang, and Tian Buyi turned around and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Old Seven, you come to the stage." ”

Hundreds of eyes in the field swept over and fell on Zhang Xiaofan's body. Zhang Xiaofan has never been stared at by so many people in his life, his face is hot, and he responded: "Yes." As he spoke, he turned his head and didn't dare to look behind him, and walked towards the stage.

didn't walk a few steps, but was stopped by Su Ru, Zhang Xiaofan was a little surprised, and said, "Master, what's wrong?"

Su Ru smiled slightly, but there was a caring look on her face, and said, "Does the injury on your body still hurt?"

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and said, "My master has treated me with his hands, and it's almost all right." ”

Su Ru also shook her head and said, "It's easy to hurt on the outside, but it's not so fast on the inside." Xiao Fan, the Chang Arrow that you are competing with today is not trivial, your senior brother's cultivation is also defeated under his hands, although I heard your senior brother say that even if he wins, it will not be good, but with your half-baked cultivation, I am afraid that it will still not work, don't be reckless later, if it doesn't work, admit defeat, don't risk getting hurt again, you know?"

Zhang Xiaofan's heart warmed, but he didn't nod, but just said: "Master will be angry"

Su Ru shook her head with a smile and said, "Silly boy, don't worry, it's too late for your master to feel sorry for you." ”

There was a loud bang in Zhang Xiaofan's head, and he immediately turned his head to look at Tian Buyi, but saw that Tian Buyi was talking and laughing with the white-bearded old man surnamed Fan, and he didn't look here.

Su Ru patted his head lightly and said, "Go ahead." ”

Zhang Xiaofan slowly stepped into the ring and stood on the stage alone, but Su Ru's words still echoed in his mind: "It's too late for your master to feel sorry for you!"

His mind was in a mess, from childhood to adulthood, from the beginning of Qingyun, Tian Buyi was in his mind, it was no different from a god, although Tian Buyi had been treating him badly, but it had always been the greatest wish of the young Zhang Xiaofan to get the master's approval.

And at this moment, when he suddenly heard Shi Niang say this, he couldn't believe it for a while.

He thought about it for a long time on stage, but there was a lot of discussion in the audience. After a long while, even Zhang Xiaofan finally sensed that something was wrong: his opponent had not come until now.

At this moment, a Nagato disciple ran quickly in the distance, his face was anxious, and he didn't care about the strange eyes of the people around him, rushed to the white-bearded old man, and said a few words in his ear.

The white-bearded old man's face changed drastically, as if he couldn't believe it, and asked, "Really?"

The disciple glanced hatefully at the stage, and finally nodded heavily. The white-bearded old man's face was as dead as ashes in an instant, and he sat down on top of his chair with a depressed face. Tian Buyi looked at it in his eyes, and said, "Senior Brother Fan, what's wrong?"

The white-bearded old man glanced at him weakly, let out a long sigh, cheered up, stood up again, and said loudly: "Chang Jian, a disciple of the Changmen, was too seriously injured in yesterday's rì competition to get up, so he gave up today's rì competition." ”

On and off the stage, there was silence.

After a while, there was an uproar in the crowd! Even though most of the disciples of Qingyunmen were cultivators, there were still many people who cursed out in a rude manner, and under the Dazhufeng lineage, the first reaction was not surprise, but one by one, they looked at each other with strange faces, and after a long time, they shook their heads with emotion and smiled bitterly.

When the people behind him changed countless expressions and voices, Tian Buyi and Su Ru slowly stood up, looking at the little apprentice who was still stunned on the stage, Su Ru smiled slightly, and whispered to Tian Buyi: "I said a long time ago, the luck of your little apprentice is really not ordinarily good!"

Tian Buyi was dumbfounded and smiled bitterly.

Zhang Xiaofan spent this time in the strange gaze of others, and almost every Qingyun disciple who walked by him had to look at him a few more times, as if he was a rare beast. At the same time, as soon as the results of the competition came out, Zhang Xiaofan was "lucky" to tie for the top four with Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and Zeng Shushu.

Qi Hao was originally the biggest favorite to win the championship, and Lu Xueqi was very popular in these few years, but Zeng Shushu and Zhang Xiaofan entered the top four beyond the expectations of most Qingyunmen elders. Prior to this, Zeng Shushu was known as the only son of Zeng Shuchang, although he was recognized as a young talent in the Fenghuifeng lineage, but he was not very famous in Qingyunmen. In contrast, Zhang Xiaofan stood among the four people, which was extremely eye-catching.

On the ring, the four of them stood side by side, and the head of Dao Xuan Zhenren and the first Cangsong Dao person of Longshou Peak stood in front. Dao Xuan Zhenren still had a smile on his face, and he couldn't see that he was not dissatisfied with the unexpected annihilation of the Nagato disciples in this big test.

Under the stage, nearly a thousand Qingyunmen people gathered together, and the first elders of each vein were sitting in the front row. Su Ru looked at the stage and whispered to Tian Buyi: "Xiaofan looks a little nervous!"

Tian Buyi snorted and did not speak. In front of everyone's eyes, how could he not see what his wife saw, the four people on the stage, Qi Hao was chic and calm, Lu Xueqi was as cold as ice, Zeng Shushu also stood with a smile, only Zhang Xiaofan stood in place, looking straight at the ground in front of him, and his hands seemed to be very embarrassed as if he didn't know where to put them.

Dao Xuan Zhenren on the stage glanced at the four people, a smile flashed across the corner of his mouth, and he turned to the audience and said: "Everyone, up to now, the Seven Veins Huiwu has decided the top four disciples, they are extremely talented, the Dao is wonderful, they are all my Qingyun Sect jīng Ying, shouldering the heavy responsibility of glorifying my Qingyun Sect" He was only halfway through his words, and suddenly there was a "poof" laugh from the audience, and after a while, a burst of laughter broke out in the crowd of Qingyun disciples.

Dao Xuan Zhenren frowned, subconsciously squinted at Zhang Xiaofan, the youngest of the four behind him, and shook his head slightly. At this time, the laughter in the audience continued, and the originally solemn scene became a little funny, and the Cangsong Daoren who was standing on the side lowered his face, stepped forward, his eyes were like knives, and swept towards the audience.

The laughter in the crowd suddenly subsided, and wherever Cangsong Dao people's eyes went, the laughter suddenly stopped, and after a while, the scene returned to calm. Cang Song has been in charge of Qingyunmen's punishment for many years, and he is so powerful among the disciples that he is even better than the head of Dao Xuan Zhenren.

When the scene calmed down completely, Cangsong Dao Cai stepped back and said to Dao Xuanzhen: "Senior brother in charge, please." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren smiled and said, "I don't have anything to say, Senior Brother Cangsong, come on." ”

Cangsong Daoren nodded, turned to the stage, and said loudly: "Ming rì competition, Qi Hao of Longshou Peak vs. Feng Hui Peak Zeng Shushu, Xiaozhu Peak Lu Xueqi vs. Dazhu Peak Zhang Xiaofan"

Cang Song continued to speak, the eyes of the audience were focused on him, Zhang Xiaofan was relieved at this time, and under the gaze of countless eyes from the audience just now, he was almost out of breath.

"Why are you sweating so much?" Suddenly, Zeng Shushu suddenly whispered beside him.

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, since he unexpectedly defeated Peng Chang yesterday, Zeng Shushu was cold to him in front of people, and he didn't expect him to take the initiative to talk to him. Although he has only known him for three years, Zhang Xiaofan has regarded him as one of his good friends.

At that moment, he secretly glanced at Zeng Shushu, but saw Zeng Shushu standing beside him seriously, not squinting, looking at the audience with a smile, as if he hadn't spoken at all just now.

"Stupid, don't turn your head. Zeng Shushu's expression on the book did not change at all, but his lips moved slightly, and he said, "It's not enough for you to make me scolded half to death by my father!"

Zhang Xiaofan was sorry in his heart, and quickly looked away, and at the same time said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I was at that time, alas, Senior Brother Peng, is he okay?"

"Although Senior Brother Peng is seriously injured, it is not a big problem, and he will be fine after a few years of cultivation, otherwise I will be willing to rest with you? ”

"No, alas, I didn't know what was going on at the time, most of it was Senior Brother Peng's humility to me, and I was hot-headed again."

"I asked Senior Brother Peng, although he was defeated, he praised you a lot, and said that he was casting spells with all his might at that time, and there was no room for it, so you don't have to take it to heart. ”

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback again, and then said: "Then what you said about being scolded by your father"

"Hmph, it's not that Senior Brother Gao's group of stupid people are talkative, and they said everything I said when I pleaded with Senior Brother Peng for you, although Senior Brother Peng spoke for me, but I was still scolded by my father, otherwise I wouldn't have made that appearance to you in front of people. ”

"Books, I'm really sorry. ”

"A little thing, not enough to worry about, anyway, I've been used to scolding him since I was a child. It's your kid's luck is really but I think you have to be careful, the next time you compete with the frost beauty of Xiaozhufeng, be careful and be cut by 'Tianya' with a sword!"

Zhang Xiaofan had a bitter face and said in a low voice: "I also know, it would be nice to compete with you" He stopped halfway through speaking, he and Zeng Shushu felt a chill at the same time, and couldn't help but look around, only to see Lu Xueqi standing on the side with a pair of cold eyes staring at the two of them for some time.

Zhang Xiaofan was silent when he boarded, Zeng Shushu also gasped, the two didn't dare to say any more, they both pretended to listen carefully, and listened to the lecture of Cangsong Daoren on the stage.

Finally, after Cangsong Daoren finished speaking, everyone dispersed, preparing for the competition meeting that was gradually entering the first place. Zhang Xiaofan and Zeng Shushu got off the stage, they still felt cold behind them, and they couldn't help but be speechless in their hearts, this Lu Xueqi didn't know if it was from the Arctic Ice, and it made people feel cold at a glance.

He was about to say goodbye to Zeng Shushu, turned his head to look at Zeng Shushu, but saw Zeng Shushu suddenly straighten his face, looking at him with contempt in his eyes, and then "snorted" with great disdain, and left proudly, not far away, surrounded by a group of Fenghui Peak disciples, his father was standing there looking at them.

Zhang Xiaofan smiled bitterly, turned around and walked back to the place where everyone in Dazhufeng was, Tian Buyi glanced at him and said, "Go back." As he spoke, he glanced at Tian Ling'er again, and said, "Ling'er, come with me, I have something to say to your mother." ”

Tian Ling'er responded, and smiled at Zhang Xiaofan before leaving.

Everyone turned back to their residences, and as soon as they arrived in the room, the people of Dazhufeng exploded, Wu Dayi and the others were busy telling the good news to Song Daren who was lying on the bed, and Lu Daxin hugged Zhang Xiaofan, laughing, only Du Bishu shook his head on the side, and said: "There is no heavenly reason, there is no heavenly reason!"