"Shouldn't you smile when you find a match?"
Chu Xiu took a sip of tea and asked Youyou.
"Opponent?" The wine Taoist looked at his confident and calm disciple and wanted to say: You are not worthy yet.
He didn't say.
Once said, this fool's fighting spirit will definitely become higher and higher.
If you lose then, the blow you will receive will definitely be doubled.
"When you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent. It's time to smile." The old man surnamed Qin said leisurely.
Chu Xiu thought for a while, raised his eyes and glanced at Master Jiu Taoist, Mo Baicao, and the old man named Qin, raised his eyebrows and said, "Looking at you, you all have little confidence in me."
No one spoke.
The old man surnamed Qin and Mo Baicao both took a sip of tea with a smile.
The wine connoisseur pours wine.
All three of them knew the truth and knew how powerful that person was.
Xia Qingshan and Jiang Rou looked at each other and didn't say anything.
"Tsk, your emotions are not in place yet." Chu Xiu tsked lightly, and said jokingly, "You should keep mocking me and saying that I want to win against him is just a fool's errand.
Said that he and I are so different, we are no longer on the same level...
Only in this way can the emotions be in place.
At that time, I could shout angrily, 'Thirty years to the east of Hedong, thirty years to the west of Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty'..."
"..."
Everyone paused, and a strange look flashed in the eyes of the wine Taoist, the old man named Qin, and Mo Baicao.
Xia Qingshan and Jiang Rou quietly looked at the expressions of the wine Taoist, the old man named Qin, and Mo Baicao, and they became more and more curious.
How strong is that young man named Chen Changsheng that can make these three people so sure that Chu Xiu cannot win?
"My good disciple." The wine Taoist said with a smile, "Let's keep the second place first, and we'll see if we can compete for the first place."
Mo Baicao smiled and said: "The medicinal bath specially prepared for you has been prepared. Let's take a bath first."
"Take a good bath and I'll help you exercise your muscles and bones." The old man surnamed Qin also said with a smile.
"Sorry to bother you two." Chu Xiu thanked him without refusing.
moment.
The backyard of the inn.
A bathtub was steaming, and the red liquid in the bathtub was boiling, with slightly frightening bubbles constantly rising.
Chu Xiu came to the bathtub, looked around, and saw that all the female relatives in the inn had taken the initiative to avoid it. He felt a little relieved. He immediately took off his clothes, took off his heavy arm guards, and jumped lightly. Fall into the tub.
"Ordinary people's skin and flesh will be eroded directly if they soak in this bath, but for you, it's no problem." Mo Baicao stood beside the tub and said with a smile, "You have to thank Family Master Xia for the scent of this blood-quenching gold body fluid. The key medicinal materials are all provided by the Xia family head."
"In the future, whenever the King of Medicine needs medicinal materials, he can just inform the junior directly." Xia Qingshan on the side said with a smile. The Xia family runs a medicinal material business, and their knowledge in medicinal materials is far better than wine storage.
Being able to make good friends with Medicine King Mo Baicao is definitely a good thing with no harm to the Xia family.
Mo Baicao smiled and said nothing.
Chu Xiu, who was sitting cross-legged in the bathtub, felt the heat and viscosity of the liquid and slowly closed his eyes.
"Don't do exercises yet." Mo Baicao reminded, "Quench the skin first, then the flesh and blood, and finally the bones."
"Okay." Chu Xiu responded.
"It's the first time I've seen someone able to withstand this kind of medicinal liquid before he has even started martial arts foundation building." The old man surnamed Qin said, brushing his beard.
The wine Taoist said softly: "His situation is very special. The cold poison in his body made him miserable, but it also indirectly stimulated his potential. If others eat a thousand-year-old snow ginseng, they can increase their skill for at least five years. When it comes to him, The medicinal effect of snow ginseng will disappear out of thin air when exposed to cold poison."
"It won't disappear." The old man surnamed Qin said.
"It has indeed not disappeared, Pindao is hard to describe." The wine Taoist said in deep thought, "Pindao thought of an inappropriate metaphor.
Two blacksmiths with the same blacksmithing skills use the same iron ore. One blacksmith can make a sharp long sword in three days, and can make more than a hundred long swords in a year.
As for another blacksmith, he also forges iron every day, but he only forges one piece of iron. He has been making the same piece of iron for five consecutive years. "
"The sword made by the blacksmith has been tempered for thousands of times." The old man surnamed Qin brushed his beard and chuckled, "When the sword is sharpened, the sword's light will shine in the nineteen states."
Mo Baicao said leisurely: "It takes five years to make a piece of iron, and ordinary iron will be completely rotten long ago."
"Obviously, he is no ordinary iron." The old man surnamed Qin said with a smile.
Mo Baicao smiled and said: "I think it is more like an exquisite wood carving. From a distance, it is no different from other wood carvings. When you look closer, you will find that the texture of this wood carving has been meticulously detailed..."
"Meticulous and meticulous..." The old man surnamed Qin mused, staring at Chu Xiu, and said slowly, "When he truly establishes the foundation of martial arts, I am afraid he will soar into the sky."
The wine connoisseur smiled and said, "You might as well stop moving forward."
The old man surnamed Qin smiled.
"I don't understand." Xia Qingshan's expression was as usual, and he and the other three looked at Chu Xiu soaking in the tub, feeling a little depressed.
Compared with Ji Taoist, Mo Baicao, and the old man surnamed Qin, he is far behind in terms of strength and vision.
In the tub.
Chu Xiu could clearly feel that his skin was being eroded by the liquid, like a burning fire burning his body, and like thousands of ants eating his skin.
This level of pain was just average to him.
Since practicing, he has understood a truth.
The more painful you are during cultivation, the greater the benefits you will gain after the pain is over.
Limits are broken in extreme pain.
The clock is ticking.
After feeling that the medicinal liquid had no effect on his skin, Chu Xiu took out a breath of turbid air, calmed his mind, and began to use the half of the mental method taught to him by the sweeping monk Yiming, absorbing the medicinal effect of the medicinal liquid, and then quenching it. Refining blood, flesh and sinews.
During this time.
In Chang'an City, rumors about Chu Xiu's deeds became more and more intense.
He possesses a legendary quality... He and five other people walked across the entire corridor at the Tianjiao Banquet, and finally climbed onto the Fengming Terrace to drink and talk;
Replaced Wang Quan Yixiao and became the new number one on the Fuyao list;
Use the sole of your shoe to slap Ji Wang Li Yuanhua hard on the face;
Chongguan became angry as a brother, and in Prince Ji's Mansion, he violently killed Li Yuanhua, a member of the Daqian royal family.
This time, he won the first place in the final Literary Examination of Zhuque Academy, and many of his poems were spread throughout the streets.
Most people in Chang'an City are looking forward to the arrival of the final martial arts test and Chu Xiu's performance in the martial arts test.
All the gambling houses in Chang'an City opened gambling games, which triggered a wave of gambling craze.
Most of the odds for Chu Xiu to win the final martial arts test were one to one; a few even had odds that were directly lower than one.
The bosses of gambling houses seemed to be very optimistic about Chu Xiu.
Zhongzhou, Taiyi Mountain.
In a wine shop near the foot of the mountain.
"Weird." A veiled woman wearing a black and white Tai Chi robe sat at the wine table and whispered to herself.
Opposite her was Xu Nuo, the eunuch who came from Chang'an City.
In the wine shop, there were still three or five people from all walks of life, taking a rest and drinking. What they were talking about was the upcoming martial arts test, the final examination of Suzaku Academy.
Chu Xiu's name frequently appeared in their discussions.
"What's weird?" Xu Nuo asked respectfully.
The woman in front of her is a strange woman from the Taoist Tian Sect, Fairy Xuanji.
"The odds are weird." The veiled woman said softly.
"Odds?" Xu Nuo was startled and glanced at the other gangsters in the wine shop. These gangsters had just mentioned that various gambling houses in Chang'an City had offered odds on the final martial arts test of Suzaku Academy.
Many gambling houses have one-to-one odds on Chu Xiu winning the first place in the martial arts exam.
"Chu Xiu came first in the literary examination. When he killed His Highness Prince Ji, he showed strength that was far beyond that of his peers. He is a popular candidate to take the first place in the martial arts examination." Xu Nuo muttered, "The odds of him winning are compared. One, it should be quite reasonable.”
"That's not right." The veiled woman shook her head, "No gambling house is qualified to manipulate the outcome of the martial arts test at Suzaku Academy.
Nowadays, he is the most popular winner in the entire Chang'an City. The more people buy him to win, the gambling houses will continue to lower his odds. "
"This..." Xu Nuo was speechless for a moment. He didn't know much about the gambling house.
However, he knew that it would be difficult for Chu Xiu to get the first place in the martial arts examination.
Those who can open gambling houses in Chang'an City usually have some powerful people behind them.
Some forces, with their hands and eyes reaching the sky, are naturally able to know things that are difficult for ordinary people to know.
The veiled woman looked at Xu Nuo and asked in a low voice: "Among the thirty-six candidates, there should be some who are hiding very deep, right?"
Xu Nuo took a sip of wine and nodded quietly.
"That's right." A slight smile appeared on the stunning face of the veiled woman.
Xu Nuo praised: "Fairy Xuanji has a keen eye for fire. She can detect some situations of the candidates through the odds of gambling houses that she hears. This meticulous observation is really admirable."
The veiled woman half-lifted her gauze, took a sip of wine, and curved the corner of her mouth.
Can you see fire with insight?
Then you think too highly of me.
I have been around major gambling houses for many years. If I don’t even understand their odds, how can I be worthy of Master’s expulsion?
The veiled woman is not Fairy Xuanji as Xu Nuo said, but Fairy Xuanji’s elder sister, Su Yuheng, known as Fairy Yuheng.
Three years ago, in order to repay the huge gambling debt she owed, Fairy Yuheng took a desperate risk and stole the secret treasure of Tianzong. Unfortunately, she was discovered by her younger sister, Fairy Xuanji. The headmaster of Tianzong punished Fairy Yuheng in confinement in the back mountain for three years.
What a coincidence was that when Xu Nuo came to Taiyi Mountain, Fairy Yuheng had just been released for seven days and was thinking of slipping down to Taiyi Mountain to gamble when she happened to meet Xu Nuo who was planning to go up the mountain.
Although Fairy Xuanji is famous, few people have seen her true appearance.
Su Yuheng pretended to be without any pressure.
Fairy Xuanji is her junior sister. She can basically do everything Fairy Xuanji can do, but she is not as sophisticated as Fairy Xuanji in some areas.
"Being a national master should be quite wealthy, right?" Su Yuheng's eyes were shining, both elegant and charming.
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