Today is April 18.

Today is the day of the third year of Wujiabao's entry, and the disciples under the age of 16 are in Dabi.

Today is the birthday of Wu Zheng, a distant member of the Wu family in Wujiabao, and a thirteen-year-old cowherd baby.

Today is also the memorial day of Wu Zheng's mother.

Before going out in the morning, Wu Zheng had already stewed a pot of pheasant meat caught yesterday, as well as a small half pot of millet porridge, enough for his elderly grandmother to eat twice.

When he came to the family's cowshed, he led the big green cow in front, and the rest of the more than 30 cows obediently followed.

Wu Zheng didn't hear the noise coming from the martial arts arena where the disciples of the clan practiced martial arts in the distance, and just lowered his head and led the big green ox out of the south gate of the fort, along the winding Nanxi, towards Nanling.

The reason why I chose to graze cattle here today is because this year's Dabi ring is the same as three years ago, not in the fort, but on a wide sandy beach between Nanling Lingtou and Nanxi according to the custom.

The ring was built with tree trunks and planks, and stood high on the banks of the South Stream. Since all the children of the Wu family who participated in the competition had not yet arrived, they were even more tall and abrupt.

Wu Zheng knew that no one would pay attention to him today, so he tied the big green ox to the upper reaches of Nanxi, a bend in a river more than a mile away from the ring, so that the other thirty or so cows would not run around.

Estimating the time, he quietly climbed up the South Ridge, and came to the top of the ridge next to the beach under several tall poplar trees, after selecting one of them, he used his hands and feet together, and soon got into the lush canopy of the poplar trees, found a comfortable branch, leaned on it comfortably, and waited for the competition on the beach below to begin.

Wu Zheng came a little early.

At this time, from a distance, the martial arts arena in the fort was still crowded, but now next to the ring on the beach, there were only a few service personnel in the clan, who were busy arranging tables and chairs on the three-foot-high platform on the side of the ring. After that, under the ring, two rows of chairs were placed.

Wu Zheng, who had watched the big competition of disciples in the clan once three years ago, of course knew that the platform on one side of the ring was reserved for the elders of the clan, that is, the seat of the referee. At the same time, it is also a seat reserved for people with heads and faces who come to watch the ceremony nearby. The two rows of seats under the ring are reserved for the elders of each branch of the clan to sit.

When the children of the Wu family came to the scene, it was almost the beginning of the hour. There were thousands of other people who participated in the competition and came to watch the battle, young and old, and suddenly the Nanxi side was lively.

Before the start of the competition, it was the patriarch Wu Youren who chattered about the rules of the competition, as well as the list of rewards for the top five.

Because it has nothing to do with him, Wu Zheng didn't bother to listen, but silently guessed in his heart who would win the first place this year.

Is it Wu Fan, or Wu Yi?

Wu Fan is fifteen years old and Wu Yi is fourteen years old, and they are widely favored by the clan and can win the championship.

There is also a Wu Meng who is the same age as Wu Zheng, although he is the youngest among the disciples who participated in the competition this year, but I heard that he seems to have the strength to compete for the championship.

After the game officially began, Wu Zheng also watched it seriously with wide eyes.

Usually, when the cattle are herd, when the weather is fine, Wu Zheng will also choose a place where you can see the martial arts arena, such as here, such as the big stone at the foot of the Rolling Stone Mountain in the west of the fort, and watch the scene of the disciples in the clan practicing martial arts from a distance. Although it is not very clear, you can generally see the general outline of the moves you are learning.

Although there were a few times, Wu Zheng had the idea of practicing martial arts, but as soon as he heard about the rules in the clan, he had no choice but to do it.

First, it must be a close branch of the Wu family, a disciple of the clan within the five suits.

Second, the tuition fee of the ten stone millet in the clan must be paid every year.

Wu Zheng couldn't satisfy these two.

Since Wu Fan, Wu Yi, and Wu Meng were all selected as seeded players, the competition between the three of them was only started in the second round. And the disciples who participated in the competition as soon as they came up, most of them had sparse martial arts, even Wu Zheng couldn't see it, if he didn't want to secretly write down their moves and styles, Wu Zheng wouldn't have watched their competition.

It wasn't until the beginning of the afternoon that Wu Meng, Wu Fan, and Wu Yi, who were seeded players, were able to play, and they all defeated their opponents with great ease. At this point, the top 10 have been decided, and the first day of competition is over.

The next day's competition started much earlier, and the 10 players decided yesterday fought each other until the winner was decided, and the five who won took turns to compete until the order of first place to fifth place was determined.

Surprisingly, it was the youngest Wu Meng who won the first place this year.

Wu Fan and Wu Yi won the second and third respectively.

The fourth place is 16-year-old Wu Mingzhi, and the fifth place is a girl, 14-year-old Wu Yijun.

Dabi's ring match lasted for four days, and Wu Zheng knew that the real show started on the third day. On this day, the disciples who have won the top three of this year can challenge any disciple in the clan, and even if someone wants to challenge the patriarch, absolutely no one will say anything.

Although since the end of the game on the second day, everyone began to speculate who Wu Meng and the three would challenge, guessing and guessing, they all felt that someone would definitely challenge the last champion, Wu Gang, who was nicknamed Xiaobawang, but no one thought that the three of them would choose to challenge Wu Gang at the same time.

Just after midnight, Wu Gang, who was already eighteen years old, stood in the ring with an indifferent smile on his face. Seeing that Wu Meng, Wu Fan, and Wu Yi were discussing who would come first, Wu Gang suddenly spoke:

"You three go up together. ”

As the saying goes, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, not to mention that Wu Meng, a young man who had just won the top three, could endure Wu Gang's contempt? Without further discussion, the three of them walked into the ring together.

This is also in line with the rules of the clan challenge, so no one has stepped in to stop them.

The next scene not only made Wu Meng and the three of them angry, but everyone watching the battle felt that Wu Gang was too much, and they planned to meet the challenge of the three with their bare hands.

This is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, Wu Meng, Wu Fan, and Wu Yi didn't say a word, they each danced their weapons in their hands and surrounded the little overlord Wu Gang at the core.

Wu Meng used an eyebrow-raising short stick, Wu Fan used a green sword, and Wu Yi's weapon was a pair of handguard hooks.

The little overlord is the little overlord, in the face of the three small attacks in front of him, there was no fear on his face, and between the movements of his body, the fierce offensive of the three of them did not even touch the corner of Wu Gang's clothes.

When I saw that the little overlord Wu Gang had no intention of attacking at all, but blindly took a defensive position, and his flexible figure kept shuttling between the Qimei short stick, the Qingyu sword, and the handguard hook, which had the taste of cat and mouse, and couldn't help but anger Wu Meng, Wu Fan and Wu Yi even more.

Including everyone watching the battle on and off the stage, even the patriarch Wu Youren frowned.

Obviously, Wu Gang's actions also caused dissatisfaction in Wu Youren's heart.

What is the biggest taboo for people who practice martial arts?

One is to underestimate the enemy, and the other is to be impetuous.

Even Wu Zheng, who was hiding in the canopy of poplar trees, understood the truth, but the four people on the stage, one of them relied on his cultivation to treat his peers in the world as nothing, not to mention Wu Meng, Wu Fan, and Wu Yi, who were smaller than himself, and the other three were precisely angered by Wu Gang's contempt, and they had long forgotten the earnest teachings of Wu Chun, the head of the martial arts sect in the clan, when they practiced martial arts on weekdays.

After the four of them fought for half an hour, the little overlord Wu Gang didn't seem to want to continue playing, in order to show his superior martial arts, he saw the opportunity, grabbed Wu Meng's move and raised the tip of the stick from the bottom to the top, and suddenly took the belt in his arms, his left foot was the axis, his body was half turned, and his right calf quickly bounced to Wu Meng's lower abdomen, who leaned forward.

A shout in the mouth:

"Let go!"

The intention is very obvious, as long as he snatches the eyebrow short stick in Wu Meng's hand and kicks him out of the battle circle, he can turn around and clean up the remaining Wu Fan and Wu Yi.

The abacus played very well, but he didn't expect that Wu Meng was already dizzy at this time, and he was hit the lower abdomen, and he didn't let go of the eyebrow short stick in his hand.

The instantaneous stalemate between the two, especially Wu Meng's unreasonable behavior, couldn't help but make the little overlord Wu Gang stunned. This is exactly what Wu Meng wants to achieve. Seeing this opportunity, can Wu Fan and Wu Yiyan miss it in vain?

The two of them, who had long hated Wu Gang in their hearts, beckoned Wu Gang with the Qingyu Sword and the handguard hook left and right.

Wu Fan's Qingyu sword went straight to Wu Gang's right rib, while Wu Yi's handguard hook was aimed at the knee of Wu Gang's left leg that he used to support his body.

Seeing that the tragedy was about to happen, the patriarch Wu Youren, who had been frowning and watching the battle, and Wu Chun, the head of the martial arts sect, shouted angrily at the same time:

"Stop!"

However, where can Wu Fan and Wu Yi in the field still listen to it?!

Wu Chun, who jumped into the ring in an instant, saw that it was too late to stop Wu Fan and Wu Yi, so he couldn't help but turn his gaze, not wanting to see the upcoming tragedy. The four people in this game, no matter which one of them are the favorite of Wu Chun, the head of the martial arts sect, and they are also the leaders of the younger generation of the Wu family in Wujiabao, and they are the hope of the family's future.

"Haha, what a rare cannibalistic show, good show, good show!"

Just when a yin and yang strange words came, suddenly, Wu Chun heard two crisp sounds in his ears one after another: Ding! Ding!

When he turned around, he didn't bother to look up at the gray-clothed man who suddenly appeared in the ring, and his eyes were instantly attracted by the Qingyu sword and handguard hook that were knocked to the ground in the hands of Wu Fan and Wu Yi.

Raised his feet and walked over, picked up the three weapons on the ground, and saw that there were clear white marks on them, and there were still white marks of fine stone powder, Wu Chun's eyes hurriedly looked around.

Not only Wu Chun, but all the people watching the battle were looking for who shot down the three weapons that were about to cut the right rib and left knee of the little overlord Wu Gang at this critical moment.

Even the gray-clothed man who suddenly appeared in the ring, and wanted to watch a good show just now, suddenly turned his head and looked at the few tall poplar trees at the head of Nanling Ridge behind the ring.