Chapter 42: A Different Alliance and Sword Society
"Third place: Gu Xichun. It is expected to be repaired: the top grade of the three realms. Place: Kageyama Sword Temple. ”
Zhang Yi looked at the name on the third page and said in shock: "How is this possible." ”
Xie Changsheng shrugged his shoulders and said: "We didn't believe it when we saw it for the first time, because the next one in fourth place was Dugu Bai, and we didn't believe that he could be ranked in front of Dugu Bai, and Dugu Bai who ranked fourth was the cultivation of the four realms." ”
"How is that possible?" asked Shen Yi incomprehensibly. Even if he is from Guanzhong, he knows that the Shadow Mountain Sword Academy is not particularly famous.
"The old scholar of Hongyang Academy could not even make a mistake in a long volume of commentary, and of course he would not make such a simple mistake. Xie Changsheng glanced at him and said: "Even during the sword trial, we didn't feel that he had any special momentum, but he had the heart to compete for ambition in the Minshan Sword Meeting, but he didn't have the momentum to give up on me." So it's only possible that after the Sword Sacrifice Trial, he got some special chance. ”
Listening to the discussion of these young people, looking at the name of this third page, Xue Wangxu couldn't help frowning slightly, and said, "The Shadow Mountain Sword Academy has a unique sword wall. ”
The eyes of Nangong Caishu and the others suddenly all focused on him.
Xue Wangxu continued: "That piece of sword wall is said to be a relic of the You Dynasty, no matter what the authenticity is, but that piece of thing is indeed higher than all the sword treasures of the Shadow Mountain Sword Academy, in the historical records of Changling, only one or two people of the Shadow Mountain Sword Academy successfully comprehended the sword scripture or the method of cultivation from that sword wall, but those one or two people have become a generation of grandmasters. ”
Zhang Yi was stunned and asked, "Cave Master, what do you mean that Gu Xichun realized on that sword wall?"
Xue Wangxu glanced at him and asked, "Then do you think there are other possibilities?"
Zhang Yi sneered: "True Yuan cultivation has not skyrocketed, it can't be that he has obtained some powerful elixir... There doesn't seem to be anything else possible. ”
"Sister... Ding Ning, why don't you care at all?" Xie Changsheng looked at Ding Ning in surprise at this time, he subconsciously wanted to call his brother-in-law, but after saying a word, he felt that it was wrong, and immediately changed his words. Because Ding Ning didn't have any special feelings at all, except for some surprises at the beginning, he had already turned to the back page.
Ding Ning didn't even raise his head, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter." ”
Xie Changsheng suddenly misunderstood what he meant, and said a little unpleasantly: "Although I may not necessarily meet him, I do want to see you meet him at the sword meeting and then defeat him." ”
Ding Ning saw that the fourth page was indeed Dugu Bai's name, so he turned to the fifth page and said at the same time: "If I meet him, I will defeat him." ”
Xie Changsheng, Shen Yi and the others were stunned for a moment.
"Okay, domineering. After being stunned for a few breaths, Xie Changsheng suddenly laughed, clapped his hands and said: "This is indeed your temperament, I like your unreasonable confidence." ”
"Fifth place: Chen Lichou. It is expected to be repaired as: the next product of the four realms. Place of practice: Hakuro Temple. ”
"Sixth place: Xu Lianhua. It is expected to be repaired as: the next product of the four realms. Place: Xuhou Mansion. ”
"Seventh place: Yi Xin. It is expected to be repaired as: the next product of the four realms. Place of practice: Heart Sect. ”
“......”
Ding Ning turned the pages one by one, his face was very calm, and he quickly turned to the last page. However, Shen Yi's face became paler and paler.
This talent book compiled by Hongyang Academy only lists the top 120.
It wasn't until the seventeenth place in this booklet that cultivation was expected to be under the four realms.
It's just that among the young talents who participated in the Minshan Sword Club, among the seventeen people in front, sixteen of them have already stepped into the four realms!
Shen Yi had always felt that his cultivation was already fast, but seeing such a booklet at this moment, he really felt that he was nothing to the entire Great Qin Dynasty.
Originally, he thought that Ding Ning was ranked as the seventy-second queen mother, but now it seems that as long as he can be ranked in this booklet, it is already a great thing in itself.
"How is it, do you feel pressure?" Looking at Ding Ning, who was still calm, Xue Wangxu smiled slightly and said, "Even compared to previous years, there seem to be more powerful characters this year. ”
"It makes no difference. Ding Ning closed the booklet, but turned his head to look at Xie Changsheng and asked, "Why haven't you heard of this kind of booklet in previous years?"
Xie Changsheng smiled slightly, and said: "No matter how old the pedant is, he has to eat, and the maintenance of an academy also costs a lot of silver taels. This slim booklet is worth a thousand dollars. ”
Ding Ning frowned slightly, and said: "There has been no major disaster in the past few years, and you can give more, why do you want to cut it instead?"
Xie Changsheng thought that he had done his homework when he came, but he hadn't thought about this question, and he was stunned for a moment.
Nangong Caishu and Xu Heshan glanced at each other, they didn't think about this problem at all, but they just heard Ding Ning mention that the two of them, who were both born in Jiangmen, had a problem with their intuition.
"It should be because of the Lushan Alliance. ”
After just a few breaths of silence, Nangong Caishu said: "The time for my Great Qin Dynasty to make an alliance with the three dynasties of Chu, Yan, and Qi has arrived, and there are still three months left for the Lushan Alliance to re-enter into the alliance... Even if my Great Qin is strong now, and the Holy Lord may have entered the Eight Realms, the three dynasties dare not renew the covenant, but in order to prevent variables, the preparations to fight must also be made. ”
"How dare they fight the three dynasties?" Although he felt that what Nangong Caishu said was indeed reasonable, Xie Changsheng still couldn't help but laugh: "The Great Chu Emperor is trapped in the gentle countryside all day long, and the Yan Emperor is notoriously cautious, as for the Great Qi, it is a little dangerous, and the ghostly army is difficult to deal with, but how does the national strength compare with my Great Qin Dynasty." If you really fight, you will drag them to death. ”
Ding Ning looked at the proud Xie Changsheng, shook his head, and said, "It's not a question of whether they want to fight or not. ”
Xie Changsheng was stunned for a moment.
Everyone present was not stupid, and they all heard the meaning of Ding Ning's words.
"Little..."Zhang Yi spoke, he habitually wanted to call the little junior brother, but suddenly reacted that now the little junior brother was Shen Yi, he was a little unaccustomed to changing his words: "Senior brother, do you think the saint will want to fight?"
"If you and the three of you are usually fighting for things together, and your cultivation is the same, but suddenly your cultivation is one level higher than the other three, will you take the opportunity to threaten the three of them and force them to take something out?" Ding Ning looked at Zhang Yi and asked.
Zhang Yi thought about it and said naturally: "This doesn't seem to be very good... No. ”
The rest of the people suddenly heard Zhang Yi's answer, and they were all speechless when they were choked with water.
"Therefore you are a woman. Ding Ning said: "You won't, but others will." ”
Nangong Caishu frowned, and muttered: "Indeed, if the Holy Lord really stepped into the Eight Realms, whether he would fight or not would already be a question of whether he wanted to fight or not, not whether the other three dynasties wanted to or not, as before. ”
"Your insights have always been very high, and it's a waste to be a pure practitioner. ”
Xue Wangxu, who had not spoken for a long time, spoke up at this time, looked at Ding Ning with some emotion, and said: "This Lushan Alliance will be very different from the past, and there will be great changes. This year's Minshan Sword Club, with the relationship of this booklet, will also be very different, and many people in this booklet now, when the Minshan Sword Club really starts, many people will not be on it. ”
Shen Yi understood Xue Wangxu's previous words, but he didn't understand the latter words, he was stunned, and said: "The Minshan Sword Club is only half a year away from now, and the people above it have all entered the Three Realms, it is impossible to change greatly in such a short period of time, how can many people not be on it at that time?"
"It's not as good as it's not as good. Xie Changsheng glanced at Shen Yi with disdain, and said: "If you are also on this booklet, and you see that you think that you are inferior to you in front of the list on weekdays, will you be unconvinced, and will you be tempted to challenge him? If you say enough ruthless words, you will lose badly at that time, and will the losing side still have the face to participate in this Minshan Sword Meeting?"
Shen Yi's eyes widened, he finally reacted completely, what young talent is not arrogant, unless it is really like some people who have an obvious gap from Dugu Bai and others, how can they be convinced? Thinking of the consequences that this booklet is destined to cause, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This talent book is equivalent to a challenge book, and many people should be tempted to challenge the ones in front... Therefore, this year's Minshan Sword Club is actually equivalent to the preliminaries. ”
After saying these few words in shock, he understood the sarcasm in Xie Changsheng's previous words, and he glanced at Xie Changsheng and Ding Ning again, and said humbly and seriously: "Of course I am not as good as Senior Brother Ding Ning." ”
Xie Changsheng snorted, but he was embarrassed to say anything about him, turned his head to look at Ding Ning and said seriously: "This is the biggest reason why Cai Shu called us to come together to pay New Year's greetings to the cave master and see you, because it is not good for you." Start early... The less time you have to practice. Even if it's in your hands whether or not to accept other people's challenges, it's always troublesome, it will consume tongue and time, and you may have a bad reputation. ”
Ding Ning shook his head and said calmly: "I won't have a bad reputation, because I won't refuse other people's challenges." ”
Xie Changsheng, Nangong Caishu and others were all stunned.
"I'm sorry, I'm going to use you as an example. Ding Ning said this to Shen Yi, and then said: "Cultivation does not have to rely on meditation, I don't refuse other people's challenges, but I can also be a philistine, and I can also win something from others." ”
Shen Yi thought of the Sanyang Grass that he had spent a lot of money to find after he lost, and instead of being angry, his eyes lit up.
Xue Wangxu laughed, "Very interesting idea, Ding Ning, you finally know how to respect teachers, and I know that I will stay bored if I usually have too few things." And the ones who are usually at the top of the queue are always embarrassed to challenge you, right?"
Ding Ning smiled slightly and said, "The more you win, the more beautiful you are." ”
"Do you think you're going to win?" Xie Changsheng frowned and said this, but then laughed again, "But I still like your unreasonable confidence." ”