The fire tree and silver flowers are closed, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened.

The dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one.

In Chengping County, the colorful flags were displayed and the gongs and drums were noisy, and the pedestrians on the street rushed towards Qinghe Garden like a torrent.

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is the most solemn and lively event of the year, which was originally advocated spontaneously by Hanyuan City, and has now become a traditional event like the New Year.

The martial arts will be held by the three neighboring counties in turn, this year it is the turn of Chengping County to host, the neighboring Hudong County and Takixian County will come to participate, and the crowd on the street seems to be two or three percent more than in previous years.

Under the leadership of Cui Yi, the students of the spiritual institute slowly disappeared into the crowd, and a girl in a jujube red dress was the most conspicuous among the white uniform uniforms, which was worn by Zhang Lao, saying that red was the color of the leader, and the omen of celebration was good.

Walking next to Guo'er in the team was Jing Fei, who was about eight feet tall and wearing a white hospital uniform, which was also eye-catching.

Ren Ran, who was walking in the front, squeezed through the crowd with his sturdy body, causing the surrounding crowd to complain, and when he saw that it was a student from the spiritual seminary, he suddenly became interested, and asked if the first-order group could win the first place this year.

Ren Ran raised his arm, shiny his strong muscles, tilted his head and said:

"That's a sure thing. ”

Guo'er rolled her eyes when she heard this, and scolded in a low voice:

"It's the stinkest thing this guy. ”

Several children around him covered their mouths and laughed when they heard this.

It is said that the owner of Qinghe Garden borrowed a cold water beast from the county town to strengthen the ice, and the owner of Qinghe Garden is Ge Tianhong's aunt Ge Feiyan.

There are nine five-foot-high ice platforms in the middle of the lake, and three of them are full to the east.

Sitting on the ice platform in the middle were the county commanders of the three counties, the walking of the Divine Protector Mansion and several other third-order cultivators, Ge Feiyan and Zhang Jingchang were also among them.

On the north side of the ice platform are the big wealthy merchants of the three counties and some second-order monks who do not participate in the martial arts, and Ge Tianhong's family of three is among them.

To the south of the ice platform are the spiritual monasteries of the three counties, which are semi-official institutions and are also the elite of the first-order contestants.

Cui Yi took a group of people to the ice platform, and the name of the county was embroidered on the students' clothes, so it was easy to distinguish, and the three groups of children stared at each other with their heads up as soon as they met, as if whose head was raised high, whose eyes were wide and could overwhelm the opponent.

Cui Yi sat down after greeting the other two masters, without the slightest intention of restraining the students, Jing Fei glanced at the three masters and even felt a little happy to see it.

A seemingly youngest boy from the Hudong County Spiritual Monastery pointed at Jing Fei and said:

"This is the elder of any of your families, why are you wearing hospital uniforms. ”

The battle of words was about to break out, Jing Fei looked around at the scene of the martial arts meeting and pretended not to hear, it was too bad to quarrel with a group of children, Jing Fei saw that Guo'er was about to speak, patted Guo'er on the shoulder and whispered:

"After all, the martial arts will rely on the strength of the fists, not the verbal kung fu, you see who screams the most, and when you meet him, you can reward him with two more punches. ”

After hearing this, Guo'er nodded and felt that what Jing Fei said was very reasonable, and began to keep accounts in her heart.

The time for the martial arts meeting has arrived, and Gao Jin, the county commander of Chengping County, stood up and walked to the middle of the ice platform to announce the official start of the Lantern Festival martial arts meeting, and the deep voice could be heard clearly by people even two miles away, Jing Fei finally understood where Zhang Jingchang had said that the county order was not simple, and there was no doubt that Gao Jin was at least a third-order monk.

The martial arts will be divided into two groups, namely the first-order monk group and the second-order monk group, the first stage of the competition is the elimination system, until the top 100 are selected, and the second-order monk group is to select the top 20, and the second stage is a ranking battle, and the distribution of rewards will decrease in order of ranking.

"Second-order group

first place, a third-order beast tongue;

second place, two bottles of third-order beast blood;

third place, a bottle of third-order beast blood, and a third-order beast claw;

First-order group

first place, a bottle of third-order beast blood;

second place, two leg bones of the third-order beast;

third place, a leg bone of a third-order beast;

”

When the top three prizes were announced, everyone present, whether they were onlookers or contestants, gasped, such a rich reward is seen for the first time in a century.

In the middle stand, the people from Donghu County and Taki County were also surprised, there was already news that there were many third-order demon beasts near Chengping County, and they had gained a lot, and now it is still a big deal to directly reward them with third-order demon beast materials.

The contestants are gearing up and eager, and the onlookers are excited and looking forward to a more intense performance.

Jing Fei knew about the top three rewards, and Guo'er's goal this time was to come out on top.

In the first two martial arts sessions, Guo'er wanted to participate and was dissuaded by Zhang Lao, the reason was that if he didn't ming, he had already made a splash, and if he wanted to participate, he had to enter the top three, and this year Guo'er was finally able to get his wish, and Jing Fei also believed that Guo'er had this strength.

The sound of 64 animal skin drums around the competition venue shook the sky, and the drums pryed the enthusiasm of the crowd, startled away the birds three miles away, shook the white clouds in the sky, the drums fell, and the martial arts meeting officially began.

Contestants register in advance, the opponent chooses to draw lots to decide, the martial arts will pay attention to a neighboring county competition, if caught in the same county can apply for a change.

Jing Fei did not sign up to participate, there was still more than half a year before the second assassination of the Sacrifice Palace, and the method of dealing with it had already been brewed.

"The geese have left traces, and the wind has left a sound. ”

He didn't want to leave too many traces and flaws for the Sacrifice Hall Killer.

There are nearly 1,000 first-order contestants, all of whom are children under the age of 15, and about 200 second-order contestants, with no age limit.

The four arenas of the first-order group and the two arenas of the second-order group are held at the same time, and the competition time is one stick of incense, and the rules are similar to the monthly martial arts of the spiritual seminary.

Jing Fei lost interest after watching for a while, most of the contestants often decided the winner within three rounds against the children of the spiritual seminary, while Guo'er entered without any opponent.

Jing Fei's attention is mainly focused on the second-order arena, on weekdays, there is Zhang Lao by the side to guide, and the last time he watched the memory of the evil cultivator, although his own strength is the first order, but his vision has already reached the level of the second order, even if the third-order battle Jing Fei is confident, he can see something.

At this time, the two figures in the second-order arena next to the stands of the spiritual temple were constantly clashing and colliding, one of the two had a black cloth belt on their arms and the other was a blue cloth belt, which meant that the two were from Hudong County and Taki.

Both of them are body refiners, among them, the warrior of Hudong County is holding a long knife, looking at the system is similar to the one used by Zhang Lao before, and the thirteen slashes against the enemy's move are also moves in the army, Jing Fei is sure, this person must be Wu Weiwei.

The warriors of Longxian County have two four-edged long wedges dancing tigers and tigers, both of them take a fierce and domineering route, the swords intersect and the sparks splash in all directions, and the ice platform under their feet has faint cracks and spread in the collision between the two again and again.

After the game, Guo'er returned to Jing Fei's side, also staring at the battle in front of him.

"Who do you think will win. Guo'er asked with a tilted head.

Jing Fei stared at the arena for a while and said:

"Donghu County's. ”

Without waiting for Guo'er to ask, a child from the Longxian Spiritual Seminary next to him glared at Jing Fei sarcastically with his nostrils facing the sky and said:

"Which eye do you have to see that our Longxian will lose, what qualifications do you have to comment on a guy who doesn't even dare to fight. ”

The sudden interruption of the accusation made Guo'er very unhappy, and pointed to the child who spoke:

"What's your name, wait until you get to the arena and let me see who gave you the courage to interrupt me. ”

Jing Fei didn't care about the child's ridicule, and Guo'er's domineering declaration made Jing Fei a little surprised, probably where did he hear the storytelling lines.

Sure enough, the boy who spoke saw Guo'er in a rage and shrank his head and stopped talking, but he had paid attention to Guo'er's previous game, and he didn't dare to mess with the guy who knocked the opponent down with one punch.

After a cup of tea, the game ended, no one fell to the ground and exited, and the third-order monk in the middle stand announced the result, and the sword-wielding warrior of Donghu County won, the reason was that the two fought for the main strength, and at the end of the game, the strength of the Donghu County warrior was longer.

Hearing the result, the children of the Donghu County Spiritual Seminary cheered, while those in Taki County looked a little depressed.

Guo'er also poured cold water at this time, stood on tiptoe and patted Jing Fei's shoulder, looked at the child who had mocked Jing Fei before, and said:

"Seeing it, it's not that people don't dare to end up, but it's a shame to bully a group of children. ”

Several children from the Chengping County Spiritual Seminary played one after another, and the result of the game was no suspense, and finally it was Shi Minrou's turn to play, Guo'er held her best friend's hand tightly and said that she must win beautifully.

Shi Minrou's opponent was a young man in white and a silver gun, twelve or thirteen years old, and Jing Fei only glanced at it to determine that Shi Minrou was not an opponent.

When the white-clothed young man came to the stage, his toes landed silently, which showed that his body was elegant and smart, and the spear in his hand was made of a rare sand iron essence, and the sand iron essence fell into the sand and sank, such a heavy spear in the hand The white-clothed young man's body was agile and unhindered, and his strength could be seen.

Shi Minrou's body is agile, and the dragon sword technique is fast and strange, and it is often easy to be restrained when encountering someone who is equally fast and has greater strength.

Sure enough, the game ended as soon as it began, and the young man in white only used three moves.

Shi Min was calm, and he was not in a hurry to attack at the beginning of the competition, so the young man in white shot first, and the young man in white stabbed out with a shot, bringing up an illusory gun shadow in the air.

The white-clothed young man swept and hung up in one go, Shi Minrou was a little flustered, and before Shi Minrou could stabilize his mind, the head of the gun slammed heavily on the sword, the long sword flew out of his hand, Shi Minrou stood on the spot, and the white-clothed young man turned around and went down the field with a gun and a fist.

Shi Minrou got off the field in a daze, even forgot to pick up the long sword, returned to the team and looked at the parents on the stage in the distance, hugged Guo'er and cried.

Quarrels between children are common, and when one party cries, the other party will be soft-hearted, a child in Hudong County who looks more stable looks at Guo'er and says:

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, you must know that Wei Zihong is practicing in the Xuanbing Pavilion, and this year when he went home to visit his parents, he happened to catch up with the Lantern Festival Martial Arts Meeting, but he came for the first place, and it is normal to lose. ”

Xuanbing Pavilion Jing Fei once understood, it is a long-standing refining sect in Hanyuan City, the four veins of the sect are taught knives, guns, swords, halberds, pay attention to a human soldier, it is said that Wu Weiwei's tyranny thirteen knives are passed on from the Xuanbing Pavilion.

Shi Minrou's family history obviously knew about Xuanbing Pavilion, and most of the grievances and shame in his heart were reduced.

Guo'er comforted softly:

"Don't worry, I'll help you teach this guy a lesson when you meet later. ”

As the sun sets, night falls, and the martial arts meeting remains.

At this time, the soft yellow light under the ice in the lake moved slowly, like fireflies in the night, but the light was brighter than that of fireflies.

The light under the ice is a fish called "swimming candle", and when fed a specially blended fish food, the scales on its body glow softly, and it looks like a candle flame swimming in the dark night.

The martial arts will continue until the end of the first watch, and the top 20 in the second-order group have been decided, and tomorrow will be the challenge, where the eliminated warriors will challenge the top 20, and the successful challenge will replace their rankings.

The first-order group had too many participants, and half of them were eliminated at the end of the day, and it is expected that the top 100 will surface the next day.

The battle between the second-order monks had taught Jing Fei a lot, and many moves and enemy skills needed to be reviewed in a dream.

Jing Fei also paid attention to the competition in the first-order group, in addition to the white-clothed silver-gun boy, another black-clothed narrow knife boy also attracted Jing Fei's attention, Jing Fei reminded Guo'er to keep a snack, and the two children were probably the candidates for the top spot.

At the end of the first day of the game, under the command of the county government, the crowd left in a group, and late at night, Jing Fei quietly sneaked into Guo'er's dream and said:

"There are a few second-order monks in the daytime whose moves seem to be of the same origin as the black-clothed and white-clothed young man, do you want to help you review it. ”

In the dream, Guo'er stood in the courtyard of Shi Minrou's house, shook the second giant bell with a fist, and said eagerly:

"Good. ”

Then Jing Fei was kicked against the wall by Zhang Lao, who suddenly attacked.