Ever since he asked Du Xueyi about Qiu Lichuan's news, Haibao thought about finding an opportunity to go to Lingshan Mountain to fulfill the request of the sleepy worm. Lingshan has more than 3,000 miles to go here, and it will take at least seven or eight days to go back and forth, and then counting the time that needs to be delayed on Lingshan, it will take more than ten days. On this day, Haibao came to the palace and wanted to say goodbye to King Yun for half a month's vacation. Originally, he didn't have a formal errand every day, which was to practice. Unexpectedly, when he entered the palace and didn't see King Yun, Steward Wei came to tell him: "Zhang Haibao, you came just in time, King Yun has been busy preparing to resist the monster disaster in Haizhou County these days, and I was about to send someone to find you." ”

Haibao said: "To what extent have the demon beasts in Haizhou County made trouble?"

Steward Wei said: "The emperor sent generalissimo Liu Shineng with 100,000 troops to resist, then Liu Shineng is a master who can only talk about troops on paper, seeing that a year has passed, most of the troops have been lost, and there is no effect." Those demon beasts are becoming more and more rampant, and they have invaded the hinterland of Haizhou County. The emperor ordered King Yun to mobilize troops to come to the rescue, no, King Yun was recruiting troops. ”

Hai Bao wondered: "Is this too late? It will take at least half a month for a large number of troops to pass, and besides, the temporarily recruited soldiers must be weak in combat effectiveness, and they need time to train." ”

Steward Wei said: "Because of this, King Yun decided to select an elite squad first, and the members of the Youth League were also selected. This is a great opportunity to exercise, you need to seize it!"

Haibao suddenly came to his senses, put aside the matter of asking for leave to go to Lingshan, and asked, "When?

Steward Wei said: "Starting tomorrow, in the racecourse in the eastern suburbs, Zhang Chengjian is responsible for the specific competition matters. There are three spots in the Youth League, and hopefully you will win. ”

Out of the palace, Haibao wanted to go to Master and ask about the details of the game. When I walked to the street, I saw a group of people gathered together, and I didn't want to join in the fun, but I heard a familiar voice: "Zhang Haibao-".

Haibao followed the prestige, only to see Sun Juyi waving his arms at him.

Haibao stepped forward and said, "Brother Sun, I haven't seen you for many days, what are you doing? I want to look for you, and I don't know where you are." ”

Sun Juyi patted Haibao's shoulder, a big brother's shelf, and said, "It's rare that you still remember big brother." Big brother, I just came back from a trip to the United States, no, I haven't had time to rest, so I'm busy again. ”

Haibao said angrily: "What kind of beauty?"

Sun Juyi said: "Don't you know? The second prince and Yuan Guofu's daughter are married, so naturally they want to send some marriage gifts, and such a big responsibility will fall on my brother!"

Haibao said: "I haven't heard the second prince talk about this. So who is Yuan Guofu?"

Sun Juyi said with a disdainful face: "You kid, you are really lonely and unheard, even Yuan Guofu doesn't know! That Yuan Guofu's ancestor is the founding hero of this dynasty, Yuan Guofu's wife is the sister of Princess Yun, and the bride is Yuan Guofu's daughter, whose maiden name is Yuan Luhua, is the cousin of the second prince!"

"Boss, a lot of people are coming!" said a person to Sun Juyi. Hypertherm looked up and saw several people posting signs on the wall, surrounded by a group of people pointing and drawing. If you look closely, it's a sign of recruitment.

Haibao said: "Brother Sun, is this recruiting recruit going to Haizhou County to resist the demon beasts?"

Sun Juyi said loudly: "Of course it is! The emperor has given an order for King Yun to send troops to support. Aren't I putting up notices here?"

Hai Bao had questions in the palace just now, but it was not good to ask Steward Wei, but when he saw Sun Juyi at this time, he asked, "Why didn't King Yun send some well-trained troops? Why do you want to recruit new soldiers temporarily?"

Sun Juyi pulled Haibao aside in a place where there were few people and said, "Silly brother, you can't talk nonsense. King Yun was named the king of one side and had his own army, so of course the emperor was afraid of him. In desperation, the emperor asked King Yun to send troops to help, which may not be a temptation for King Yun. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, King Yun just took this opportunity to expand his troops, and at the same time showed the emperor that King Yun's original reserve army was not much. ”

Haibao seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and when he wanted to ask carefully, Sun Juyi said loudly: "Come on, brother will also come to help." As he spoke, he pulled Hypertherm back into the crowd.

The two didn't see each other for many days, and Sun Juyi pulled Haibao and didn't let go. After finishing his work, Sun Juyi called a few of his subordinates and took Haibao to the restaurant to eat and drink, so it was not lively.

On the second day, Hypertherm arrived at the racecourse early, and there were already some people gathered in the racecourse. Four tall platforms were erected in the center of the racecourse, apparently for martial arts. A man dressed as a subordinate came over and led Hypertherm into a room. There was a table and a few chairs in the room, and Zhang Chengjian sat on one of them. Haibao shouted, "Master!" and hurriedly went over to say hello, Zhang Chengjian smiled and said, "Haibao, don't be nervous, just give full play to your strength." Go get the number. ”

Hai Bao walked to the table, and the old man sitting behind the table took a blank piece of paper from in front of him, wrote a "Twenty-one" on it, handed it to Hai Bao and said, "Take your number, and call the number in a while." Go out and get ready. Hypertherm agreed and stepped out.

There were already a dozen young people on one side of the horse factory. Some of them sat alone, some chatted together in three or two, and they all thought they were members of the Youth League. Haibao joined the Youth League for a few months, but he didn't even know one of the other members.

At this time, a young man wearing a cyan short coat and an iron ring pinned to his waist came over and said to Haibao: "Hello, my name is Mo Xi, are you also here to compete?"

Haibao looked at Mo Xi, and saw that he was above average, with a thin build, an angular face, full of masculinity, and enthusiasm written on his face.

Haibao said: "Yes. My name is Zhang Haibao. ”

Mo Xi stared closely at the sword on Haibao's waist: "Your sword is so exquisite!"

Haibao said: "It's called Nine Swords. The tone was full of love.

Mo Xi said: "It must be a good sword, when you come to the stage in a while, I must see it clearly." ”

Seeing that although he was curious, Haibao did not ask him to take out the nine swords for display, and immediately had a good impression of him. Look at the ring around his waist, the main ring is thin, it looks very delicate, and there are some small rings wrapped around it, like an enlarged children's bracelet. The whole ring looks very delicate, I don't know what material it is made of, and it glows golden in the sun.

Haibao said: "What is this ring for?"

Mo Xi said: "This is my weapon, his name is 'Ruthless Ring', don't underestimate it, it's amazing, you have to look at it carefully when I come to the stage in a while." As he spoke, he stroked the ring with his hand.

Hypertherm smiled, "Yes, definitely!"

The two exchanged looks at each other's numbers. Haibao is the 21st, and Moxi is the 7th. Then sit and wait for the game to start.

Mo Xi said: "The mark on your forehead is so special. ”

Hypertherm laughs, "My mom said it was a birthmark, and I wore it from birth. ”

Mo Xi was surprised: "You have parents, aren't you from the Youth League?"

Haibao said: "Do the youth league members have no parents?

This time it was Mo Xi's turn to be surprised, and said: "As far as I know, except for the second prince, no one in the Youth League has parents. King Yun is looking for some orphans who have no father or mother, and train everyone to practice martial arts. In this way, everyone will have the opportunity to get ahead, and they can serve the Cloud King wholeheartedly. Otherwise, where will orphans like us have the opportunity to learn?"

Haibao said: "This is the first time I've heard of this. ”

Mo Xi said: "I also heard what others said, it seems that it is just a rumor." ”

At this time, a big man came out with a gong, struck for a while, and shouted: "All the participants, listen! A total of 32 people have signed up for this competition." Nos. 1 to 8 are on platform No. 1, No. 9 to 16 are on platform No. 2, No. 1 to No. 16 are on platform No. 2, No. 1 to No. 1 is on platform 2, No. 1 to No. 2 is on platform 2, No. 1 to No. 1 is on platform 2, No. 3 to No. 4 is on platform 2, and so on, and the winner will then proceed to the next round of competition in order; and third, the game must absolutely obey the referee's command. Now, please return to your own stage. Hearing this, everyone quickly gathered in front of their own stage. Mo Xi and Haibao waved goodbye and ran to the front of the No. 1 stage.

Hypertherm came to the front of the fourth stage and stood with everyone.

The referee on the fourth stage is Zhang Chengjian. Zhang Chengjian nodded to everyone, counted the number of people, and then said, "The game begins." Next, Liao Tongxiao on the 17th and Liu Chongyun on the 18th are invited to the stage. ”

As soon as the words fell, only to hear a "whoosh", a young man turned his head in the air, landed on the stage steadily, looked around, and hugged his fists to everyone: "Liu Chongyun is under him." "The platform was four or five zhang high, made of wooden boards, and Liu Chongyun fell on it, but there was no sound at all. This trick is obviously deliberately showy, but the people in the audience don't buy it, because the audience is also a group of equally competitive teenagers, full of dissatisfaction, his trick only aroused everyone's aggressiveness, especially a fat man next to Haibao, who hummed disdainfully in his nose, and said to himself: "Sell a bird!" That Liu Chongyun was sturdy, with a big knife pinned to his waist, and stood proudly on the stage with a look.

I didn't see Liao Tongxiao on the 17th for a long time.

The crowd looked left and right. I saw that the fat man tightened his belt, tied up his horse, took a deep breath, and jumped up. Due to the excessive force, he jumped more than a foot higher than the taizi, and his body was fat, and when he landed on the stage, he made a loud noise.

That Liu Chongyun smiled, his face full of mockery. Everyone in the audience laughed.

The fat man got up and said with a smile: "I'm Liao Tongxiao, my light skills are a little worse, everyone laughs." ”

Liu Chongyun took out the big knife on his waist and said to Liao Tongxiao: "Don't talk nonsense, let's start quickly!"

Liao Tongxiao took out a nunchucks from his waist, shook it in his hand twice, and didn't speak, attacking Liu Chongyun.

Liu Chongyun turned on one side, dodged a blow, and then stabbed out obliquely at the opposite door with a big knife, Liao Tongxiao's body tilted backwards to dodge, and Liu Chongyun took the opportunity to sweep under his feet. His move was obviously determined that the other party was stupid, and he deliberately made a quick move, attacking up and down, but Liao Tongxiao dodged up and down, and then quickly turned to Liu Chongyun's back, and flew up and down around him with nunchucks. Liu Chongyun hurriedly turned around, and the nunchucks also changed positions with his return. After a few turns like this, the nunchucks kept flying up and down around Liu Chongyun, but Liu Chongyun couldn't catch the shadow of the other party, and the two were entangled like cats catching rats.

Liu Chongyun was in a hurry, and stabbed the big knife behind him with his backhand. How do you know that as soon as your feet are tight, the whole person is thrown to the ground, and the big knife flies out of his hand.

Liu Chongyun jumped up, picked up the big knife, and slashed at Liao Tongxiao angrily, but his wrist was firmly grasped by the other hand, and when he looked up, he was immediately deflated. Zhang Chengjian let go of his hand and said: "Winning or losing has been divided, don't fight again." Liao Tongxiao won this game!"

Liu Chongyun stepped down in a huff. That Liao Tongxiao also jumped off the stage, rolled on the ground, pretended to fall in pain, and screamed "oops", which made everyone laugh.

In the first game, the winner was easily separated, and everyone dared to underestimate the enemy, and no one dared to show off. Next came the nineteenth and twentyth. The next round was up to her, and Hypertherm told herself to be careful. The youth league is all the elites cultivated by Yunwang, and they have the shortest time to practice martial arts, and their actual combat experience is also insufficient, so don't make any mistakes and miss a good opportunity to exercise. is like the Liao Tongxiao just now, but he is deeply hidden and unfathomable, and he doesn't know what his strength is.

I only heard Zhang Chengjian shouting: "Below are Zhang Haibao on the 21st and Xiao Jianfei on the 22nd." When Hai Bao heard his name called, he stepped onto the stage with a sigh of relief. This height was a breeze for him.

As soon as he stood still on the stage, a young man came up, and it was Xiao Jianfei.

That Xiao Jianfei is taller than Haibao, with starry eyebrows and a sword pinned to his waist. stepped on the stage, did not draw his sword, and arched his hand to Haibao and said, "Accept!" and then slashed over with a palm.

Hypertherm's body is to the left side, and the right palm is split out at the same time. Xiao Jianfei slashed into the air with one palm, dodging Haibao's attack, followed by another palm. The two fought like this for more than a dozen rounds, Haibao only felt that Xiao Jianfei's palm was fierce, and one was careless, and his little finger swept his arm, only to feel that the swept place was faintly painful, and he was secretly surprised by the strength of the other party. Just as he was surprised, he saw Xiao Jianfei's palms slashing at the same time, Haibao was confident that he was strong, and he had the heart to test the opponent's skills, and then stretched out his palms and hit the opponent's palms together.

The palms met, the two took a few steps back at the same time, Xiao Jianfei stumbled a few times, covered his chest with his hands, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Hypertherm hurriedly stepped forward to help. Xiao Jianfei waved his hand and said, "I'm fine." Zhang Haibao, you are strong, and you lost in the next. After saying that, he jumped off the stage.

Next are the twenty-three and twenty-fourth. The first round was quickly completed, and the four winners were No. 18 Liao Tongxiao, No. 19 Jian Nanfei, No. 21 Zhang Haibao and No. 24 Liu Kun.

In the first round of the competition, Hypertherm had already taken a rough look at the general skills of these people. That Jian Nanfei and Liu Kun were originally inferior to Xiao Jianfei in strength, but Xiao Jianfei had no choice but to compete with himself in the first round and was eliminated. The next person who can compare with himself is only the seventeenth Liao Tongxiao. Liao Tongxiao is deeply hidden, I don't know what the strength is?

Sure enough, after the next round of competition, Liao Tongxiao won the competition between No. 18 Liao Tongxiao and No. 19 Jian Nanfei, and Zhang Haibao won the competition between Zhang Haibao on the 21st and Liu Kun on the 24th.

Now only the game between Liao Tongxiao and Zhang Haibao is left, and everyone is watching excitedly. The third stage has finished the competition, and the winner is waiting to compete with the champions of the other stages, while the losers are all watching in front of the other stages.

Liao Tongxiao clasped his hands together, making a sound of bone joints rubbing against each other, and then twisted his neck and kicked his legs. Haibao knew that he was creating momentum, trying to intimidate himself from the momentum, but he couldn't help but smile. This Liao Tongxiao is very good at disturbing the other party's mind and giving full play to his strengths!

The people in the audience saw that Liao Tongxiao was just doing the movements of moving his muscles and bones, while Haibao stood aside, silent, and shouted anxiously: "Let's start!

After building enough momentum, Liao Tongxiao waved his big knife and rushed over with a shout.

Hypertherm didn't draw his sword, just clenched his fist and waited. He knew that the other party's move was just a bluff, and there must be a change of trick later.

And everyone in the audience sweated for Haibao.

Just when the tip of the knife was only an inch away from Hypertherm's chest, Hypertherm leaned back, and sure enough, the tip of the knife retracted the forward trend, suddenly changed direction, and came downward with his movements.