The author made a small mistake in the last chapter.
The A field of the Little Chiba Sword Hall is an exclusive dojo for the members of the Chiba family, while the C field is a dojo exclusively for those male apprentices who are not strong enough and all female apprentices.
Thanks to the book friend [Colorful Carrots] for catching insects, the author has made changes. (leopard death.jpg)
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"Brother Chong, when did your apprentices here...become so bellicose?"
At this time, Chiba Tamonshiro, who was standing next to Chiba Jutaro and Sanako, suddenly interrupted.
He frowned slightly and cast suspicious eyes on Chiba Jutaro.
Qingdeng is no longer the unknown "idiot Deng" he once was.
Today's Seito is a member of the "Three Chapters" of Hokubansho who has achieved extraordinary feats and great achievements with his strong strength; he is a powerful swordsman known as the "Benevolent King"!
A high-minded person who wants to improve himself by competing with masters. An ambitious person who wants to gain fame for himself by defeating famous celebrities. He is full of disdain for lower-level samurai, so he simply dislikes Aonto. People...all over Edo, there are too many people who are eager to challenge the now famous Qingto.
Therefore, when the first few people to go into battle...that is, Wada, Taniguchi and others invited Aoto to fight, Chiba Tamonshiro did not find it very strange, he only thought it was reasonable.
It wasn't until he saw that after Wada and Taniguchi, there were still so many people coming up one after another to challenge Aoto, Chiba Tamonshiro couldn't help but start to mutter.
In Shiro Chiba's impression, the Little Chiba Swordsmanship Hall was not a swordsmanship school with strong martial arts.
Chiba Sadayoshi has a gentle personality, perhaps influenced by the gentle personality of the owner. On the whole, the "aggression" of the Little Chiba Sword Hall is not strong.
Although there are militants, they are not numerous.
Because of this, Chiba Tamonshiro felt so confused about the scenes that were happening in front of him.
When did the apprentices of the Little Chiba Sword Hall become so bellicose?
One after another...as if they were agreed in advance.
Chiba Jutaro raised his right eyebrow when he heard Chiba Tamonshiro's question.
Then he showed an intriguing smile.
"Well..."
"Brother Duomen, until just now, I have been wondering, like you, why so many people suddenly want to challenge Mr. Tachibana."
"But now, I have discovered some clues."
Having said this, Chiba Jutaro paused for a moment, then turned his face and eyes to one side and looked at Sanako with strange eyes.
"Sanako, I think you should have noticed it, right?"
"This group of challengers from Mr. Tachibana... most of them are people who have boldly expressed their love to you and pursued you openly."
"...I discovered it as early as when Taniguchi came on stage." Sanako said coldly.
Sanako vaguely recognized the faces and names of those who had boldly and openly expressed love to her and pursued her.
Wada, who was the first to enter the battle, and Taniguchi, who was the second, were both people who had... no, it should be said that they had never given up their pursuit of her until now, so Sanako had a deep impression on them both.
Therefore, as Sanako said herself just now - she had already realized something as early as when she saw Taniguchi coming up to challenge Aoden.
"..." Chiba Domonshiro stopped talking.
Chiba Tamonshiro is not a dull-minded fool who is inexperienced in the world.
Just listening to these two conversations between Chiba Jutaro and Sanako, he already understood why so many people suddenly challenged Aonto.
Chiba Tamonshiro still knew how charming his talented and beautiful little cousin was.
And Chiba Tamonshiro had also heard that Qingto and his little cousin had a good relationship recently.
"...So it's because of this."
Chiba Tamonshiro let out a sigh of relief.
"That is to say - Sanako, Tachibana-kun's 'tachikiri' happened because of you..."
Likiri: A special martial arts confrontation mode. Everyone takes turns fighting against the challenger until the challenger collapses from exhaustion.
Being served by the "Sanako Pursuit Army" in a wheel battle, Aoto can basically be regarded as accepting the cruel "Tachikiri" challenge.
"..." Sanako did not respond to Chiba Tamonshiro's emotion.
She remained silent, with only some subtle changes in her expression - the light in her beautiful eyes swayed slightly.
"It's so boring..."
Chiba Tamonshiro curled his lips.
"It's actually just to get jealous that I take turns challenging Mr. Tachibana like this."
"Brother Chong, what are you going to do in this situation?"
"What should I do?" Chiba Jutaro asked.
"Tachibana-kun has defeated eight people in a row." Chiba Tamonshiro said solemnly, "If Tachibana-kun continues to win like this... the little Chiba Sword Hall will be in disgrace."
"Why don't we try to stop this boring fight caused by jealousy?"
With the same person as the opponent, against so many disciples, none of them won, and all of them lost - this kind of thing is very disgraceful in any sword hall.
The Little Chiba Sword Hall is also one of the important facades of their Chiba family.
Even if we don't talk about the utilitarian gains and losses, just from the perspective of family affection such as "I don't want to see the sword hall run by my relatives being shamed", Chiba Tamonshiro doesn't want to see the little Chiba sword hall. Facial damage.
"Are you shameless..."
Hearing this, Chiba Jutaro put his hands on his chest with a thoughtful expression.
After a moment, he turned his head and grinned at Chiba Tamonshiro.
"Brother Duomen, what you said makes sense...but I don't think this is a bad thing."
"Just let Mr. Tachibana continue fighting like this."
"Huh?" Chiba Domonshiro widened his eyes in confusion.
"First of all, Brother Duomen, now it's not 'Tachibana-kun is challenging the apprentices of our Little Chiba Sword Hall', but 'our apprentices of the Little Chiba Sword Hall are challenging Mr. Tachibana'."
Chiba Jutaro said slowly.
"Qingdeng is not the one who kicked the ball, he is the one being challenged. He has been passively accepting challenges from others from the beginning to the end."
"If the battle is stopped because Mr. Tachibana is too strong and the apprentices were beaten too badly, it will make our little Chiba Sword Hall look too petty."
"For me... now is a good opportunity to give some of the apprentices in our sword hall a good lesson."
Chiba Jutaro let out a sigh of relief.
"Father and I discovered a long time ago...some of the apprentices in our hall are too arrogant and have high self-esteem."
"Because I am an apprentice at the Little Chiba Sword Hall, I am arrogant and think that I am the best among all my peers."
"Although confidence is a good thing... but if you are too confident in martial arts, you may lose your life."
"My father and I both tried to correct the blindness of some apprentices, but the results were not very satisfactory."
"So... let's take this opportunity and let Jun Tachibana help wake up some people."
"After being defeated so miserably by Mr. Ju's sword, some people should be able to wake up more or less."
"I hope as many people as possible can understand these two principles."
"Since you have the guts to challenge others, you must have the guts to bear all serious consequences, including disastrous defeat."
"There are as many masters in the world as crucian carp crossing the river. The world outside the Little Chiba Sword Hall is huge and there are many masters."
"But..." Chiba Tamonshiro said hesitantly.
But just as he had time to say "but", he was interrupted in advance by Chiba Jutaro, who had already guessed what he wanted to say:
"Brother Duomen, don't cling to the so-called 'fame'."
Chiba Jutaro said quietly.
"You seem to have forgotten what the sword hall is for."
"The sword hall is a place to teach swordsmanship and educate others."
"I don't deny the importance of 'fame' to a sword hall, but I think it should not be listed as the primary goal of a sword hall."
"If you neglect the cultivation of apprentices for something as illusory as 'fame', then you are putting the cart before the horse."
"I believe that if my father were here now, he would definitely agree with my idea and support my approach of 'let Mr. Tachibana continue to fight'."
"Father, he has no reason to disapprove and support me."
Chiba Jutaro, who looked helpless, sighed with emotion.
"Father, he is really fond of Mr. Tachibana now..."
"Ever since Tachibana-kun rescued Sanako, my father's attitude towards Tachibana-kun has changed."
"Father, his current enthusiasm for Mr. Tachibana... makes me, a son, feel a little jealous."
After saying that, Chiba Jutaro subconsciously glanced at Sanako beside him.
"In short - Brother Domen. Let's just let nature take its course and continue to watch this battle of 'Tachibana Lord vs. Our Heroes'."
Chiba Tamonshiro pursed his lips, looked at Chiba Jutaro, and then looked at Aomori on the field.
His expression was complicated.
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While Chiba Jutaro and the others were talking, Aomori had already sent the ninth challenger off the field.
The ninth challenger is named Kotaro Hosotani, who is good at Kodachi swordsmanship.
Of all the challengers Nai Qingdeng encountered today, he was the only one who used weapons other than knives.
"drink!"
Hosotani's right elbow flicked open like a broken bowstring, causing the wakizashi on his right hand to draw an arc in the air and strike at Aonto's shoulder.
Aomori squatted down, held the sword in one hand with his right hand, swung the sword diagonally, and accurately hit Hosotani's wakizashi sword, neutralizing Hosotani's sharp slash.
It is not difficult to see from the various detailed movements of Hosaya that Hosaya has considerable combat experience.
The attack was defused and he did not show any negative emotions as a result.
He yelled "Drink!" and rushed over with a knife, thrusting his wakizashi into Qingdeng's arms.
Qingden took a deep breath, suddenly lowered his body weight, flipped his wrist, and held the knife behind his back. He used the handle of the knife to deflect the wakizashi that was coming towards his arms from bottom to top, and then followed this upward momentum. , pointed the sword blade at Hosoya's body, and raised it upward.
The dull feeling of hitting something solid... The knife Qingto raised upwards hit the protective gear on Sotani's chest, knocking Sotani back three steps in a row before he could stabilize his body.
Although this Hosoya is also a loyal admirer of Sanako, he is quite open-minded.
Before Chiba Jutaro came forward to announce his defeat, he took the lead and lowered his head towards Aoto in despair.
"I lost..."
[Successfully copied talent: "Swordsmanship Swordsman"]
[Talent introduction: The increase in swordsmanship talent is 4 times the average level of ordinary people]
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["Sword Talent" ability promotion]
[Introduction to the talent of "Sword Talent": The increase in swordsmanship talent is 80 times the average level of ordinary people]
The moment Hosotani consciously admitted defeat, bursts of cheers erupted from the spectators standing on the four sides and corners of the dojo watching the battle - the majority of these cheers were female voices.
Although from the perspective of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, it seems a bit inappropriate to applaud Qingneng who has defeated nine of their disciples in a row... But it is too fascinating to be unable to stand up to the power Qingneng displayed at this moment. .
Standing majestically on the dojo, no matter who challenges him, he will not reject them.
Fight 9 people in a row, win 9 games in a row!
This place is not some unknown third-rate swordsmanship hall.
This is the famous Little Chiba Sword Hall in Edo!
So far, everyone who has challenged Aonto is a "top student" of the Little Chiba Sword Hall who is eligible to enter and exit the second field freely.
Among them, Hisaya and Hosotani, who had just been defeated by Aonto, were still among the top masters in their small Chiba Sword Hall.
These powerful figures were all defeated by Qingdeng's sword. No one was Qingdeng's opponent...
The male apprentices looked at Qingdeng on the field with either envy or jealousy.
Compared with the male apprentices, the looks that the female apprentices cast towards Qingden were much more innocent.
The female apprentices who hurried from Field C to Field B because they heard there was a lot of fun to be had looked at Qingdeng with longing and admiration.
A few of them had even cast glances at Qingden with shame and some intriguing emotion.
By the way - all the female apprentices in the Little Chiba Sword Hall, without exception, are young and unmarried girls who are full of youthful spirit.
Only those young ladies who are not yet married have the time and leisure to come to the sword hall to learn martial arts.
Why do the female apprentices all show a fascination with Qingdeng... The reason is not difficult to explain.
Compared with most samurai of this era, Qingto's hard conditions are not very good!
He is from the royal family, he is still very young, he is still single and not yet married, he is tall and handsome, and he has a bright future in the officialdom due to his many outstanding achievements. He has extraordinary talent in swordsmanship and powerful swordsmanship. If not If something unexpected happens, given time, he will definitely become a famous swordsman...
Compared with those poor warriors who either have no swordsmanship or no one with no family background, Qingdeng, a jade from Kunshan who needs good looks, talents, and a promising future, is completely like a dimensionality reduction attack. exist.
Who wouldn’t want their future husband to be a strong and upright man?
Qingdeng's feat of winning 9 out of 9 games directly aroused the admiration of him among the female apprentices.
Therefore, whenever Qingdeng defeated the opponent in front of him, these female apprentices were the most excited and screamed the loudest, causing people around them to frequently cast strange glances at them.
The cheers and screams of the female apprentices dedicated to Qingdeng made some male apprentices uncontrollably cast glances at Qingdeng that contained even more intense jealousy.
No matter what era he is in, this kind of man who can reap the cheers and screams of young girls will inevitably encounter hostility from other members of the same sex.
At this time, Qingdeng was completely unaware of the enthusiasm of the female apprentices for him, and they brought him some potential "enemies".
With his "Ju Shen" fully turned on, he had no time to pay attention to these episodes and changes in the "auditorium".
After defeating Hosoya, Qingden took a deep breath and slowly adjusted his breathing rhythm.
The new talent "Strong Essence" that the genius copied from Inoue a few days ago is now put to use.
"Qiangjing", which recovers physical strength and energy quickly, greatly enhances Qingdeng's "sustainability".
The strong recovery speed of physical strength, coupled with the fact that every battle so far has not been an arduous battle, makes Qingden still have considerable physical strength.
——Copied to the "Swordsmanship Junior" again... It is indeed the small Chiba Kenkan that has a pivotal position in the Edo swordsmanship world.
——The quality of apprentices is really not something that can be guaranteed.
——There is still a long way to go before the Trial Guard Hall...
Qingden has defeated nine disciples of the Little Chiba Sword Hall in a row.
A total of 5 of the 9 people have special talents.
"Golden Throat", "Strong Stomach", 3 "Sword Masters".
Just looking at the number of copies of talents, it is enough to see how big a gap there is in terms of "quality of students" between the Trial Guard Hall and the big sword halls like the Little Chiba Sword Hall.
Since entering the Trial Guard Hall, Qingto has used every opportunity to learn from every apprentice in the Trial Guard Hall in order to try to copy some useful talents.
As a result, they copied over and over again... There were only five people in the entire trial defense hall, Shusuke, Kondo, Hijikata, Okita, and Inoue, who had special talents.
Not to mention the "body-strengthening talents" whose bodies are different from ordinary people in some way, none of the others are even "sword masters".
On the other hand, in the Little Chiba Sword Hall, I had only competed with 9 people, and I had already copied 3 "swordsmanship masters".
The quality of the students is so high...it is completely beyond the reach of the current imperial examination hall.
However... from another perspective, the gap in the quality of students between the Little Chiba Sword Hall and the Trial Guard Hall is not so big that it makes one feel desperate.
After all, not every apprentice in the Little Chiba Sword Hall is a genius with outstanding talents.
Among the 9 people, only 3 had extraordinary swordsmanship abilities. This ratio made Qingdeng even more convinced of the truth: there are really only a handful of geniuses who shine and possess extraordinary abilities.
Even in a large sword hall like the Little Chiba Sword Hall, not all geniuses are everywhere, and many of the apprentices there are just ordinary mortals.
It is only the difference in effort and learning methods that creates varying levels of skill among mortals.
As far as the results are concerned, Qingdeng has returned with a full load at this time - he has integrated three "Sword Masters" in a row, and his "Sword Talent" has been upgraded to "The sword skill has increased by 80 times the average level of ordinary people." .
In addition, he also gained two new talents: Golden Voice and Strong Stomach.
The former was like useless to Qingdeng, who had no ambition to be a singer and was not used to shouting in battle.
But the latter is much more useful.
Strong digestion and nutrient absorption capabilities allow Qingdeng's body to absorb more nutrients, making the body healthier and stronger, and greatly reducing the probability of gastrointestinal diseases.
In this era when medical care is still very underdeveloped, getting sick is a terrible thing.
A large number of minor diseases that can be cured in modern times for tens or hundreds of dollars are in this era incurable diseases that cannot be cured by any medicine.
Qingden took several deep breaths to suppress his excitement due to the rich harvest.
At this time, Qingdeng happened to have adjusted his breathing rhythm.
He turned his face sideways and cast a calm look toward the "auditorium" without sadness or joy.
This look, of course, means "Does anyone else want to play?"
Wherever Qingto glanced, the members of the "Zanako Pursuit Army" were looking at their noses and hearts with guilty expressions, burying their heads low like ostriches.
Suddenly, Qingdeng saw a few familiar faces.
A strong man, a short man, a tall man... these people were all the people Qingdeng accidentally bumped into when he was going to the toilet just now.
It was from the mouths of these people that Qingdeng learned about this group of people's plan to make trouble for him and embarrass him.
Except for that ugly guy with thin hair, that is, Wada, the few strong men who had been clamoring very arrogantly about how they wanted to do Qingden, have not yet competed with Qingteng.
Qingdeng focused his eyes on these people and deliberately let his eyes stay on these people for a longer time.
The people who felt Qingdeng's gaze broke out in cold sweat on their faces, their chins pressed tightly against their collarbones, and they didn't even dare to look at Qingdeng.
"Hey, come on."
The strong man urged the short man sitting next to him in a low voice.
"Why don't you come?"
But he was immediately refuted angrily.
Nine people were attacked in a row, many of whom were very powerful, but all of them were defeated... The morale of the "Zanako Pursuit Army" could be said to have suffered a devastating blow.
All of his admiration for Sanako and his determination to teach Tachibana Aoden a lesson... were completely forgotten.
Those who have not yet played are either not confident in their own skills, or are afraid that after they play, they will be beaten like a punching bag by Qing Deng, causing disgrace.
A total of 28 people were gathered, but in the end only 9 people plucked up the courage to bravely step forward to challenge Qingdeng, and the rest were all dumbfounded...
Those who had challenged Aoto, such as Wada, Taniguchi, Hisaya and others, now looked at their comrades who had become cowardly comrades with sad and angry expressions like "sad for their misfortune and hated for not fighting". , but no matter how they glared or how sad and angry their expressions were, these people remained unmoved. They were ostriches to the end...
However, at this moment...an accident occurred.
"Hahahaha! It's really awesome! The name of 'Benevolent King' is really not a waste of time!"
"My hands are itchy just looking at it!"
"Nioh! If you don't dislike me, can you challenge me?"
An exceptionally tall man, with a height of over 180cm, shouted so loudly as he slowly stood up.
As soon as the strong man stood up, one after another exclamations suddenly sounded from the "auditorium".
"It's Yamen!"
"Amen also wants to challenge Nioh? Haha, that's interesting."
"Unexpectedly, even Yamen also appeared..."
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Looking at the strong man who suddenly stood up to challenge him, Qingdeng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
After visiting the Little Chiba Sword Hall so many times, Qingto had already memorized the faces and names of some famous people in the Little Chiba Sword Hall without even realizing it.
This strong man is currently one of the most famous and powerful apprentices in the Little Chiba Sword Hall—Jotaro Amon.
Two years ago, I successfully received the Beichen Itto-ryu Futsuniden from the hands of Chiba Nobuyoshi. However, I felt that my strength was still lacking, so I chose to continue to hone my sword skills in the sword hall.
In a word - he is a master whose strength has already reached the level of a master.
Looking at Yamen who was looking at him with piercing eyes, Qingden's expression became strange uncontrollably.
He suddenly realized that his fierce performance in consecutive battles seemed to have aroused the interest of some people who were not "Zanako's pursuers army"...
However... this is exactly what Qingto wants!
Qingdeng is happy to see more masters coming to compete with him.
It is rare to have such an opportunity to legitimately tap into the talents of the masters of the Chiba Sword Hall!
What's more, with Qingdeng's current position, it would be difficult for him to refuse Yamen's invitation to fight.
If he refuses Yamen's invitation to fight now, some people will inevitably think that Qingden is afraid of Yamen and afraid that he will lose, so he avoids fighting.
Although he couldn't explain why... Qingdeng just didn't want to do anything that would damage his reputation and face at this time.
"Please enlighten me!" Qingden said loudly with a tone as passionate as Yamen's.
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The appearance of Yamen, a veteran who has been famous for a long time, pushed the atmosphere of the dojo to a new climax.
Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Qingdeng and Yamen, who had finished squatting salutes to each other, both held their bamboo swords in front of them in a mid-section posture.
This new one-on-one challenge...or rather, this battle that was no longer simply against the "Sanako Pursuers Army" kicked off with a loud sound of stamping on the ground!
"Drink!"
Yamen stepped hard on his back foot and rushed towards Qingdeng like an arrow from a string.
Qingdeng calmly held the bamboo sword horizontally in front of him——
Snapped!
The two bamboo swords collided fiercely in mid-air.
Beichen Yidao style is a swordsmanship that pays great attention to technique.
The characteristics of Beichen Itto-ryu's "focus on skills" and the power that Beichen Itto-ryu has should be fully demonstrated under the Yamen sword that everyone has in hand!
"Drink!"
Yamen used delicate skills to release the power of Qingdeng's bamboo sword laterally. After breaking through Qingdeng's frontal defense, he slashed Qingdeng's face again, but Qingdeng took the sword back in time. He reached in front of him and blocked Yamen's attack again.
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped! Snapped……
I saw the two bamboo swords separated and collided repeatedly in mid-air.
Every attack of Yamen is full of superb skills that only an expert can see clearly.
The originally noisy dojo has now become much quieter, and the noisy female apprentices have also quieted down.
Everyone held their breath and watched the fierce battle on the field seriously.
no the same……
Everyone was keenly aware that the battle between Qingdeng and Yamen was on a different level than any of the previous battles!
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"...Brother Chong, do you think Mr. Tachibana can keep winning like this?"
Looking at Amon who was fighting fiercely with Aonto on the field, Chiba Tamon Shiro asked Chiba Jutaro without hesitation.
"If he loses in the end... then your idea of wanting Mr. Tachibana to help defeat some self-proclaimed apprentices in the hall may be in vain."
"Well..." A meaningful smile slowly appeared on Chiba Jutaro's face, "Brother Domon, since I dare to boldly let Tachibana-kun continue to fight, I naturally have a strong impression on Tachibana-kun's strength. Have confidence."
"The speed of Orange Jun's strength improvement is really amazing."
"With Ju-kun's current strength..."
As Chiba Jutaro spoke, he had a strange expression on his face that didn't know whether to laugh or sigh.
"Currently, in the entire Chiba Sword Hall, the only one who can definitely defeat Tachibana-kun... is probably my father."
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Another failure today...I cried (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)
What's going on these days... Why are there so many unexpected things... Either there are guests coming to the door, or there are guests coming to the door... It really is unrealistic to expect an explosion during the holidays... (Leopard Death.jpg) If I could successfully update 1W today, then today’s chapter would have had a complete plot, but now it’s a bit unsatisfactory... (Leopard Death.jpg)
Although I still failed to get more results today, I still shamelessly asked for a monthly pass. Today and tomorrow are the last days for double monthly passes! If you still don’t vote, you’ll have to wait until New Year’s Day to get double monthly votes!
Asking for a monthly ticket! (Leopard head crying.jpg)
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