This is not Zhao Hongming exaggerating or deliberately joking.
As far as he knew, Chen Xuerong was still stuck at the seventh level of Tongqiao, and there was no sign of a breakthrough yet.
And after these days of hard work and hard work, his cultivation has taken another step forward, and he is now at the fourth level of understanding.
It is only three small realms lower than Chen Xuerong's seventh-level cultivation level.
However, due to the problems of national destiny, it is difficult for the royal family to achieve success in cultivation.
In Chen Xuerong's eyes, after practicing for so long, she is probably no different than the little thief on the street who knows the Three-legged Cat Kung Fu, so it can be seen from her starting posture and breathing that she only used 10% of her strength.
Under the preconditions of the ebb and flow of one thing and another, if Zhao Hongming really wants to use his sword with all his strength, Chen Xuerong may not be able to catch it.
When martial arts masters compete with each other, the victory or defeat is often within a few breaths.
If she didn't do it right and someone caught her by surprise, she might be cut in half like the assassin.
But now, under the deliberate promotion of Emperor Jian'an, Chen Xuerong had more frequent contacts with him, and the exchanges became more in-depth.
In the past, they only discussed some theoretical details of martial arts, but now they have begun to teach him step by step.
There is no way to avoid the discussion.
Zhao Hongming took a deep breath and pondered a plan in his mind, whether to pretend to be deaf and dumb and fool him, or to make a surprise move and impress her.
He was in a dilemma.
Because no matter which one he chooses, there are disadvantages.
The former, Chen Xuerong, is a talented martial arts girl and has very solid martial arts theories. It is really not that easy to fool her.
A lie must be covered up with more lies.
The latter is not in line with his current low-key and steady style.
To put it into perspective, he and Chen Xuerong only got along a few times, and they were far from trusting each other.
Moreover, her father was still the Minister of Industry, and he had no idea what his position was in the court.
It is really a risky act to rashly reveal your identity, but you have to shoot when the arrow is on the string.
Take one step at a time and then talk about it.
Zhao Hongming took a step forward with his sword and slashed at Chen Xuerong, using the first move of slashing between heaven and earth.
This move is just a simple chopping, relying only on the power of the waist and horse, pressing the whole body's strength on the blade to achieve the effect of killing with one strike.
"What a standard move!"
Chen Xuerong's eyes lit up and he realized that Zhao Hongming's move was extremely clean and neat, as if he had completely mastered the essence of the sword slash between heaven and earth without any unnecessary movements.
Seeing this, her expression became serious. She moved her right foot in a circle, and her body seemed to be weak and boneless to avoid the knife.
Then he withdrew the wooden knife in his hand, turned his body slightly to one side, and slashed at Zhao Hongming's arm with the knife in his back.
This is a killing move in the martial arts she learned, called Drawing the Sword.
By retracting the knife, you change the posture of holding the knife, and then quickly draw out the knife.
Among them, retracting the knife is to disrupt the opponent's attention and disrupt the opponent's thinking of moves.
If you draw the sword quickly, it will be a real killing move, and it is also a pure martial skill like the Heaven and Earth Slash.
However, in actual combat, as long as you can quickly switch to the posture of holding the knife in your back, you don't have to move to close the knife to complete it.
Taking into account Zhao Hongming's cultivation level.
Chen Xuerong adjusted her breathing, using mostly pure physical strength, and the true energy in her body was as stable as a rock.
Zhao Hongming's eyes narrowed.
The talented martial arts girl's moves are different. Just one change of moves immediately destroyed his moves.
But he didn't have no room for maneuver.
With the addition of Tiandao Huoqin's martial arts panel, he has already mastered the martial art of slashing heaven and earth with great proficiency.
Even many moves have been mastered.
The chopped wooden knife was pulled back, blocking Chen Xuerong's long knife.
"Your Highness, you are so clever in this move." Chen Xuerong said with admiration.
As soon as she finished speaking, her steps seemed to turn into a flying swallow, and she circled behind Zhao Hongming, intending to attack Zhao Hongming's blind spot.
Zhao Hongming's first murder was a sneak attack from behind, and he did a full review afterwards.
He is extremely familiar with this unexpected trick.
Seeing the direction Chen Xuerong's footsteps were crossing, he immediately reacted and became more vigilant.
Just as he expected, Chen Xuerong slashed at his back.
Due to his advance prediction, Zhao Hongming's knife fell on her back before her, and blocked Chen Xuerong's killing move.
Two consecutive moves were easily resolved, and Chen Xuerong suddenly had the urge to use his true energy.
However, she knew this was a sparring match, so she suppressed the urge and concentrated on fighting.
Both of them considered each other, and unanimously did not use their true energy, only using physical strength to fight.
This made Zhao Hongming, who was sparring with someone for the first time, all his previous worries disappear. He completely let go of his psychological burden and began to let go and boldly compete with Chen Xuerong in martial arts.
The two fought fiercely in the courtyard.
The sound of the collision of wooden swords was endless, and there were even many sawdust flying out.
As the two of them continued to fight, Chen Xuerong became more and more surprised by Zhao Hongming's performance.
Without any cultivation, she couldn't completely suppress Zhao Hongming with just martial arts.
There were even some tricks that she couldn't figure out. She was very experienced in the tricks and didn't look like someone who had only practiced for more than a month.
You must know that it took her one or two years of practice to master it to this extent.
Chen Xuerong was amazed in her heart.
The fifth prince's talent in martial arts was so terrifying.
Both of them were taciturn people in battle. Apart from the constant sounds of fighting in the small courtyard, the only sound left was the whistling sound of swung swords.
"Your Highness, check on Wan Youqing and Wanda people to ask for an audience."
While the two were fighting fiercely, a young eunuch rashly reported.
Zhao Hongming was distracted.
boom!
Chen Xuerong's wooden knife fell on Zhao Hongming's right arm.
As the fight between the two became intense, the scarred wood immediately broke under Chen Xuerong's power and turned into fragments.
Zhao Hongming groaned and staggered back several steps before regaining his balance.
He gasped and looked down, seeing a bloody wound on his right arm.
Chen Xuerong exclaimed: "Your Highness!"
She threw away the broken wooden knife in her hand, walked quickly to Zhao Hongming, pinched his arm twice to stop the bleeding above the wound.
The little eunuch who saw this scene was completely dumbfounded. He vaguely felt that he had caused a big disaster.
Zhao Hongming raised his eyebrows and said, "Slave dog, do you want to murder me by yelling like this?"
The little eunuch quickly knelt on the ground and shouted to heaven and earth: "This slave deserves death for his crime. This slave deserves death for his crime."
Chen Xuerong, who was on the side, also hurriedly apologized: "My servant did not do it lightly or harshly. Your Highness, please forgive me."
"This matter has nothing to do with Miss Chen. This dog slave is too rude." Zhao Hongming said coldly: "Where is Wang Bao? Where is Wang Bao?!"
Wang Bao, who heard the summons, immediately ran over: "Your Highness!"
"Take him out and give him twenty sticks, so that he can remember it for a long time." Zhao Hongming stared at him and said, "I hope you have done a lot of hard work in taking care of you for so many years, but you are not strict with me, so I will give you ten sticks."
Seeing that Zhao Hongming had no intention of pursuing his responsibilities any further, the personal eunuch hurriedly expressed gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the punishment."
