Chapter 71 Warm and Snowy Night
This match is two versus two, Qingshi Teng Shouqian versus Tang Zui Ji Yujia.
The rules are as follows: Teng Shouqian and Ji Yujia are both second-level formation mages, and their Qi cultivation levels are not much different. They each set up a second-level formation. The only materials they can use are things in the hall and thirty pieces of Chinese magic. Pin Lingshi, after setting up the formation, the two broke each other's formation, and the competition was the formation method.
Qingshi and Tang Zui, the two fourth-level formation mages, could not interfere with Teng Shouqian and Ji Yujia. They each fought with wooden swords, but they were competing in martial arts until they reached the point.
Four people are divided into two teams to fight against each other. After a pair of opponents has a winner, the loser withdraws and the winner can help his teammates. For example, if Qingshi defeated Tang Zui and Tang Zui was eliminated, Qingshi could help Teng Shouqian break Ji Yujia's formation, and at the same time, he would have to defeat Ji Yujia, the last person on the opponent's side, to be considered the winner.
Everyone understood the rules of the competition and found it interesting. They all praised Shen Binghong for coming up with such a fun competition so quickly.
Following Shen Binghong's instructions, Teng Shouqian and Ji Yujia began to set up the formation, but Tang Zui and Qingshi could only watch but could not speak or give any advice. After a while, both of them set up the magic circle, and Shen Binghong asked the four people to stand facing each other.
Everyone still followed Shen Binghong and shouted: Three two one, start! Qingshi and Tang Zui attacked each other with swords, while Teng Shouqian and Ji Yujia each rushed to the opponent's formation and began to break it.
Qingshi is at the first level of the Qi Condensation Realm, and Tang Zui is at the second level of the Qi Condensation Realm. The two have never fought each other before. At this time, they are not in a hurry to attack and focus on stability.
Everyone thinks that the key to this competition lies in the outcome of Teng Shouqian and Ji Yujia. After all, both of them are high-level practitioners of Qi Condensation Realm. As long as the two of them can determine the outcome and eliminate their opponents, it can be said that they are guaranteed to win. .
On the contrary, if Qingshi and Tang Zui decide the outcome first, even if the winner helps his teammates break the opponent's formation, he still needs to defeat the opponent. In the eyes of ordinary people, when two high-level monks of the Condensation Realm are dueling, one of them will have to add one It seems that low-level teammates in the Qi Condensation Realm cannot play a decisive role.
Qingshi was dealing with Tang Zui's attack with his hands, but his eyes were looking at Teng Shouqian and Ji Yujia. After a while, Qingshi already knew that Tang Zui was no threat to him. Seeing that Teng Shouqian seemed to be breaking the formation faster, he couldn't help but feel more confident. Relieved.
Qingshi was about to use his strength to defeat Tang Zui, but when he heard Xiao Ji roar, he suddenly no longer broke the formation strictly as usual, but instead punched with all his strength at the weak point of the formation he found, which was the eye position of the formation. Qingshi He secretly screamed that something was wrong, and sure enough, the defensive formation set up by Teng Shouqian was broken through by Xiao Ji's brute force.
Teng Shouqian was eliminated and had no choice but to give up breaking the formation, shake his head and walk aside. Xiao Ji laughed proudly and walked towards the battle group of Qing Shi, Tang Zui and Qing Shi. He looked determined to win. Unexpectedly, he realized something was wrong after taking only two steps. He yelled and jumped towards Qing Shi. Pounce.
It turned out that Qingshi took advantage of Xiao Ji's pride and Tang Zui thought he was sure of victory, and attacked with all his strength three times in a row. Tang Zui resisted the first two swords, but Qingshi's third sword slashed him to the back of the shoulder.
Tang Zuizhong had no choice but to admit defeat. When he sheathed his sword and flew out of the battle circle, Xiao Ji had already thrown himself in front of Qingshi.
Qingshi's hand shook, and the wooden sword flew out to attack Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji turned his head to dodge and continued to bully him. Everyone knew his close combat skills, but everyone found that Qingshi didn't seem to know, because Not only did Qingshi not retreat quickly to distance himself, but he also rushed towards Xiao Ji and threw away the wooden sword in his hand.
He wants to have a close fight with Xiaoji? Melee with Xiao Ji, who is desperate for his life, and Xiao Ji, who is said to be so close that he can attack with his teeth?
Soon enough, the two of them were fighting each other in the blink of an eye. In just a few breaths, the two of them had exchanged dozens of moves. They all used the same martial arts and the same fighting method, including elbows, fists, palms, and knees. After a few moments of shoulder collision, the two exchanged elbows and took two or three steps back, finally separating.
The two of them stood facing each other without saying a word. Qingshi looked relaxed and smiling, but Xiao Ji had a confused look on his face, showing an expression of disbelief.
No one in the crowd, including Shen Feiyun, could see the outcome, but the look on their faces seemed to indicate that Qingshi had won.
After a while, Xiao Ji shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "I lost, please help me unlock the meridians."
Qingshi then smiled slightly and said: "Senior Brother Xiao Ji, I accept the concession. It was a trick on my part." He walked over and stretched out his hand to pat Xiao Ji's chest.
Inexplicably, everyone asked the two to clarify the situation of the battle. Qingshi smiled and said: "I have to solve this magic circle to be considered a winner, right?" As he said this, he walked over and studied Ji Yujiabu's magic circle.
Everyone looked at Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji could only smile bitterly and said: "This guy is a monster. An alchemist actually practices Xuanjin Shou like me." Wei Wei paused and then said, "In terms of Qi cultivation, he is not as high as me. He is not as good as me in terms of Xuanjin Shou training, and he is about the same as me in terms of body and footwork. Just now we exchanged thirty-three moves, I hit three of his moves, and he hit one of mine."
"That's not right!" Duan Xiaoyu said strangely, "Then you should have won?"
"My three moves could only hurt him at most, but they couldn't reduce his combat power, let alone defeat him, so they can only be regarded as ineffective attacks." Xiao Ji said, "The move he hit me broke. My defense, the true energy invaded and sealed one of my meridians."
Only then did everyone understand how Qingshi won, but they didn't understand how he did it. Why was Xiao Ji's attack ineffective against him, but his attack could make Xiao Ji lose his fighting power?
In fact, even Xiaoji himself cannot understand this problem. It is said that the most likely possibility of this situation is that Qingshi's Zhenqi cultivation is much higher than Xiaoji, but in fact, Xiaoji's Zhenqi cultivation is higher than Qingshi.
Xiao Ji was already at the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm half a year ago, while Qingshi is now at the first level. Although the total amount and quality of Qi does not entirely depend on the level, judging from the aura exuded by the two during the duel, Qingshi's The Qi cultivation level is indeed much lower than that of Xiao Ji. With such a difference in rank, is it possible that the total amount or quality of Qingshi's Qi far exceeds that of Xiao Ji?
impossible! Xiao Ji thought. Others can't understand, but Xiao Ji knows clearly that Qingshi's total amount of Qi is even worse than his own. Even though the Qi Condensation Stage 1 is almost as good as his ninth stage perfection, it's still a little behind after all.
As for the quality or purity of the true energy, it is difficult to judge, but Xuanjin Hands is a metallic martial skill, and Qingshi must have used metallic true energy to activate Xuanjin Hands.
In terms of the purity of metallic Qi alone, at least at the stage of Qi Condensation Realm, Xiao Ji’s Metallic Zhen Qi has been cultivated to the limit. Theoretically speaking, the metallic Qi of any Qi Condensing Realm monk at this stage is Qi cannot be purer than Xiao Ji's.
Therefore, when this happens, it is definitely not because the total amount of Qi of Qingshi or the purity of Qi is higher than that of Xiao Ji.
In the end, Xiao Ji believed that there was only one possibility, that is, while Qingshi used Xuanjin Hands, he also used a mysterious martial arts that was more powerful than Xuanjin Hands in breaking defenses, and most of this kind of martial arts could restrain metallic fire. Attribute martial arts.
Xiao Ji once again recalled the nature of the true energy that the bluestone had invaded his body just now, and found that it was not purely metallic, and the fire attribute was also very obvious. Therefore, Xiao Ji recognized his judgment.
In fact, Xiao Ji guessed part of the reason but missed the key point. Qingshi did not use any other mysterious martial arts except Xuanjin Hands, and he did not have such martial arts. The key reason is that the five elements of Qingshi are all infuriating.
It's very simple. Qingshi's Black Gold Hand seems to be activated by metallic Qi, but in fact it uses the Five Elements Qi.
In terms of metallic Qi alone, Qingshi is at most on par with Xiao Ji, but no matter how strong Xiao Ji's metallic Qi is, it can't be compared with the Five Elements Qi.
Therefore, the two of them used the same martial arts. Xiaoji's attack on Qingshi was an invalid attack, but Qingshi's attack was able to break through the defense with one hit.
Of course, Qingshi understands Xiaoji's fighting style very well, but Xiaoji has no idea that Qingshi can also fight in close combat like himself. This is one of the reasons why Qingshi defeated Xiaoji by surprise. Otherwise, although Qingshi could win, he wouldn't be able to do so. So fast and easy. This is also the reason why Qingshi said that he had taken a trick.
Others were either puzzled or made similar guesses as Xiao Ji. Only Shen Binghong and Shen Feiyun looked at each other and thought of the possibility that they had been doubting. But Qingshi's victory still only shows that there is a possibility, not a certainty.
Qingshi circled around the magic circle set up by Xiao Ji. It was a psychedelic formation, and naturally it was nothing to Qingshi. After Qingshi saw it clearly, he stretched out his hand and pushed or clicked a few times in several places. It was broken in half a moment.
Qingshi and Teng Shouqian naturally won this competition.
Tang Zui drew a wooden stick, glanced at it and shouted: Who is so wicked!
Everyone was naturally more excited when they saw Tang Zui's demeanor and rushed to see what punishment method they had drawn. Qingshi also came over to take a look, only to see the wooden sign saying: pour a bucket of ice water from the head, with a note at the end: No Quasi-kinesis techniques to resist. He couldn't help but gloat and laugh with Duan Wutian and others.
Tang Zui and Xiao Ji were standing against the wall outside the hall wearing only their underwear. Ten feet away, Teng Shouqian carried a large wooden bucket filled with ice and snow water in each hand. As Teng Shouqian raised his arms, he exhaled. He shouted: "Get up!" The two wooden barrels accurately flew to the heads of Tang and Ji, and then tipped down.
Teng Shouqian was worthy of being the academy's top concealed weapon master. He controlled two such large buckets of ice water without any fuss, without wasting even a drop of water, and poured it all onto the heads of the two of them.
Ice-cold water was poured down on their heads with ice cubes sandwiched between them. Tang Ji and the two of them were immediately drowned, but Teng Shouqian was still not satisfied. The empty bucket fell down and landed on their heads.
Amid the roars of laughter from the crowd, Xiao Ji's angrily curses could be heard coming from the bucket: "You bitch, you bitch, just wait for me!"
No one seemed to sympathize, and everyone laughed harder.
After laughing and joking, they returned to the warm hall. Tang Zui and Xiao Ji, who were shivering from the cold, were finally able to use their skills to keep out the cold. With their cultivation levels, they would no longer feel cold once they used their skills. They did not change their clothes, Xuan Gong After operation, water vapor will evaporate all over the body, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the whole body will be dry and comfortable.
So far, among all the personnel, only three beauties and Xiao Jiayun have not participated in the competition. So Shen Binghong designed two more competitions. One was a sword-stinging competition against fruits. The rule was that the referee would throw dozens of apples into the air, and the two contestants would each stab them with a wooden sword to see whose wooden sword was the best. There are many apples bunched before they fall to the ground.
The first is to compare lightness skills to see who can run faster. The rule is to randomly place ten oranges and ten apples in each of the twenty rooms in the designated area of the castle. During the competition, the two people each choose a kind of fruit to see who can be the first. Bring the ten fruits scattered in each room back to the hall.
These two competitions are not all about martial arts cultivation. There is also an element of luck, especially the latter one.
Yin Yuhuang, Shen Binghong, Duan Xiaoyu and Shen Jiayun drew lots for a duel. The result was that Duan Xiaoyu and Shen Jiayun competed in light kung fu, while Yin Yuhuang and Shen Binghong competed in swordsmanship.
Shen Jiayun lost to Duan Xiaoyu without much suspense. He was punished to eat ten large oranges within one-third of the time for burning incense. This idea was originally Shen Jiayun's own. Ten oranges were nothing and would not bloat the stomach, but these oranges But it was sour, Shen Jiayun bared his teeth after eating and hissed and sucked in the cold air. Duan Xiaoyu laughed and scolded him for being the one who deserved to lose his teeth, but in the end he helped him eat two.
Shen Binghong and Yin Yuhuang competed in swordsmanship. Although there was a certain amount of luck involved in the uneven distribution of apples in mid-air after being thrown, everyone knew that Shen Binghong had almost no chance of defeating Yin Yuhuang.
However, this girl had many tricks up her sleeve. At the beginning of the competition, Shen Binghong did not puncture the apple, but pounced on Yin Yuhuang and hit her wooden sword wildly. Yin Yuhuang was caught off guard and was thrown into a panic by her. Unable to stab the apple, she came to her senses and hurriedly got rid of Shen Binghong. She bent down and stabbed at an angle. She finally pierced one, but was cut in half by Shen Binghong's sword and fell down.
In desperation, Yin Yuhuang swung her sword and broke Shen Binghong's wooden sword into two pieces, but there was no time. She watched the apples fall to the ground without piercing them.
Seeing Shen Binghong fluttering away, Yin Yuhuang thought to herself that you are causing such trouble and you haven't even worn an apple yet. Let's see how you win. Unexpectedly, Shen Binghong grabbed an apple with his left hand and retracted it into his sleeve at the beginning, but now he took it out with a smile and inserted it into his broken sword.
Yin Yuhuang could only laugh and scold this ghost and scoundrel. She was much older than Shen Binghong, so naturally she didn't care about her and readily admitted defeat.
When it was her turn to draw lots, Yin Yuhuang drew the idea that Duan Wutian had come up with. She blushed but refused to comply. Everyone covered their mouths and laughed wildly, but they couldn't force it, so they had to let her draw again.
Unexpectedly, what I drew this time was: running naked around the castle.
Streaking!
All the boys covered their mouths and laughed wildly, staring at Yin Yuhuang's curvy figure with evil intentions and thinking about it.
Yin Yuhuang cursed angrily and asked those who came up with these two bad ideas to stand up. Naturally, including Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian, they shook their heads firmly and no one admitted it.
Of course, Yin Yuhuang couldn't run away naked, so he had to draw lots again. This time, he was chosen to expose his love history in public. Everyone was very interested in hearing the secret of Miss Yin, but Yin Yuhuang still disagreed.
Xiao Ji said with a playful smile: "Which handsome guy did the beautiful sister have an affair with? Tell us about it!" But his eyes glanced at Chen Tianye who looked as if nothing had happened.
"Having an affair with your grandma!" Yin Yuhuang said.
Tang Zui persuaded: "We are all brothers and sisters, let's talk about it! I promise not to tell anyone."
"Get out!" Yin Yuhuang said.
Duan Wutian said sternly: "I smoked it myself. The so-called willingness to gamble and admit defeat..."
Yin Yuhuang's eyes widened and she shouted, "Auntie, I won't do it today, what can you do to me?"
Finally, Chen Tianye persuaded everyone and suggested that Yin Yuhuang sing a song, which Yin Yuhuang reluctantly accepted.
Outside the hall, the north wind is blowing strong and snowflakes are flying, while inside the hall is warm and joyful like spring.
The charcoal fire in the furnace made Yin Yuhuang's face red, and she softly hummed a ballad that everyone was familiar with. Qingshi had also heard it and thought it was a rare classic ballad in this world.
The ballad tells about a shepherding girl who lost her beloved lamb and was very sad. The hunter's brother helped her find the lamb and she sang happily again. Both brothers liked her. She was very happy, but she didn't know that she should Who is good with and has the trouble of happiness.
Yin Yuhuang's voice was beautiful, but her voice was a bit stagnant at first. Shen Feiyun played the lyre to accompany her to encourage her. Yin Yuhuang found the confidence to boldly use her singing voice to become graceful and melodious. Duan Xiaoyu and Shen Binghong also joined in gently.
For a time, the originally noisy and lively atmosphere became extremely warm, the cold wind outside the door seemed to become gentle, and the falling snowflakes seemed to be dancing happily to the singing.
