Chapter 74: Scabbard Expresses Love
The three of them chatted and ate food, and the time passed quickly after noon.
Looking at the sun, it's almost time. Since this restaurant is built on the side of the Elder's Square and is very close to the competition arena, there are also many guests who come here to eat. They have reserved private rooms by the windows on the second and third floors to watch the afternoon competition.
At this time, the three of them saw that the area around the ring not far away was crowded with people again, and Zhao Yunming was also standing on one side of the ring.
The three of them left their seats and walked to the shopkeeper to pay the bill.
"This young master, the total is fifty-three coins. You can pay me five coins." When paying the bill, the middle-aged shopkeeper with a mustache said with a smile.
Yi Xifeng paid and pointed to the table where he had just sat.
"The jar of wine hasn't been touched yet. There's no need to withdraw it. Let's warm it up." Yi Xifeng said.
The shopkeeper was a little surprised, "Sir, do you want to take it away? Or continue to drink in the lobby of the shop? If you take it away, you may have to wait a while."
Yi Xifeng laughed, waved his hand to the shopkeeper and said, "No hurry, I'll be right back!"
After that, Yi Xifeng walked towards the ring in the center of the square without looking back.
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At this time, there were already people standing below the ring, all talking about the several duels in the morning competition, as well as various speculations about the three competitions in the afternoon.
"I'm talking about his second sister-in-law. I still think that kid named Zhao Long is really handsome!" A young woman in her twenties wearing brocade said with a look of infatuation.
"Hmph! Ungrown bean sprouts, small enoki mushrooms... What's the use of being handsome? I think Zhang Yanshi is better. Look at those arms and thighs, how strong they are! He looks like a strong, real man!" A woman in her thirties next to her said with a smile.
Yi Xifeng, who was passing by, couldn't help but curled his lips and muttered, "Handsome? Strong? Haha, it seems that the second sister-in-law is really a woman!"
Yi Xifeng stepped onto the ring. At this time, from the other side of the ring, the woman in green shirt who appeared in the restaurant before also stepped onto the ring.
The person who came was none other than Yi Xifeng's opponent in this competition - Zhong Lingxi.
As the strongest fighting woman among the strong men in Yinren Village, and also the goddess of many strong men, Zhong Lingxi's popularity was still very high in this martial arts competition.
She is only sixteen years old this year and only entered the adult industry last year. She is also considered a rookie in the adult industry. After all, the main purpose of the martial arts competition is to select outstanding young men for promotion and promotion to become guards. The group that pays the most attention to the martial arts competition is the strong men in the village. Of course they support the goddess in their hearts.
In addition to the twelve martial arts masters in this martial arts competition, Yinren Village will also select fifteen martial artists to advance based on their performance in each arena. Therefore, every time a martial arts competition is performed, including the twelve martial arts masters, a total of twenty-seven warriors are selected to advance to the armored bodyguards. These twenty-seven newly promoted guards are what people often call the twenty-seven rookies.
When Zhao Yunming saw both sides standing in their respective positions, he said aloud: "Okay, then I announce that the fourth round of the main qualifying competition of the martial arts competition will begin!"
Zhong Lingxi holds a blue moon-colored dagger and wears a green shirt to outline her graceful figure. Without saying too much nonsense, the arrogant girl didn't even say another word to Yi Xifeng before she charged forward with her sword drawn.
A flash of cyan light followed the shadow of the sword and headed straight towards Yi Xifeng's door. Four light cyan sword shadows burst out from the blue moon-colored dagger, slashing at Yi Xifeng from four directions like a rotating scimitar.
Looking at the four sword shadows slashing at him, Yi Xifeng did not dare to raise his hand. He raised his hand and grabbed the Bai Ling tied to the scabbard of Guizang's sword, then threw the scabbard from behind to in front of him. Yi Xifeng reached out to fish it out and grabbed the sword hilt in his hand. The whole movement was done in one go, indescribably graceful.
Zhong Lingxi smiled disdainfully and stepped faster. The last one arrived first, before the shadow of the sword, a sword hit the scabbard that Yi Xifeng threw towards the girl.
Yi Xifeng's eyes lit up, and he drew the sword horizontally. The girl's prepared sword hit the side of the scabbard.
"Canglang!" There was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and the girl's sword slashed the Guizang sword away from its scabbard. Yi Xifeng also took advantage of the situation and pulled out the Night Sword Hanxing. To Zhong Lingxi's surprise, the white cloth wrapped around the scabbard did not break at all after withstanding this blow.
Yi Xifeng retreated and slashed with a spinning body, smashing the four sword shadows that followed at the same time. The other hand gently pulled Bai Ling, and Yuan Fei's Guizang sword scabbard flew back into his hand.
"Your scabbard is good." Zhong Lingxi praised him for the first time when he saw that the opponent had blocked the blow and did not immediately pursue him.
"Why do you want it? Do you want me to give it to you after the competition?" Yi Xifeng bared his teeth and teased with a smile.
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But when Zhong Lingxi and the audience heard this sentence clearly, their expressions became very strange.
There was a moment of dead silence in the audience, and in an instant, comments erupted from the crowd like boiling water.
"What? This kid wants to give a scabbard to Miss Zhong! What does this kid want to do? Show love? How old is he?" yelled a stout man, who was obviously a die-hard supporter of Miss Zhong.
"Oh my god! If one day, a man openly expresses his love to me on such an occasion, I will definitely agree to him!" A girl not far away said with envy.
"Let me tell you, beauties love lines. Look at the white cloth on the scabbard. The lines are so simple and clear! It's just to please girls!" A bald middle-aged man shouted...
Zhong Lingxi's expression on the stage was not that good-looking. She just complimented the other party casually that the scabbard was beautiful, and the young man wanted to give it to him. If he hadn't really been in love with him for a long time, then this kid would be a slut who talks all day long!
Thinking of this, Zhong Lingxi's face turned from red to white. The girl flicked her sword and stabbed Yi Xifeng without even giving Yi Xifeng a chance to explain.
Yi Xifeng also noticed that something was wrong, first the shouts from the audience, and then the continuous changes in Zhong Lingxi's face across from him.
Since Yi Xifeng opened the fourteen meridians throughout his body, his senses have become significantly more sensitive. In recent years, Yi Xifeng has been drinking Suxin wine, and this improvement has gradually increased. So he vaguely understood what the audience said just now, thinking that he had overturned...
Since Yi Xifeng is only nine years old, he doesn't know much about many customs. In fact, boys and girls of the same age group know very little about it.
Only when you graduate from studying arts, that is, when you are twelve years old, will the village arrange special art teachers to teach everyone the great defenses between men and women, and how to express your love when you meet the person you like in the future, so that it is not considered a breach of etiquette. .
Men and women gift each other swords and scabbards, which is the most common way for warriors.
What's more, customs stipulate that when a man sees the girl he likes, he gives her a sword scabbard as an expression of love. If the woman accepts, she will put the scabbard away. When the man and woman get married, the woman will take out the scabbard, and the man will put the sword back into the scabbard and hang it on the bedside. This is also an important custom at weddings.
Twelve-year-old boys have already become more or less aware of men and women, and have developed a liking for and curiosity about the opposite sex. They are naturally more interested in such things. The reason why we delay teaching these knowledge to boys and girls until the whole training is over is mainly to prevent them from being exposed to these things prematurely, which will distract them from the energy spent on learning skills.
Unfortunately, of the seven young men participating in this martial arts competition, only Zhao Long and Wang Bodang knew this aspect of etiquette, while the others did not know anything about it. And these two people were the ones who came to their senses relatively late. They devoted all their attention to martial arts training and did not think about it in this regard. This led to Yi Xifeng's "tragedy".
"Wait a minute! Miss Zhong!" Yi Xifeng immediately blocked the sword in front of his chest and used the Night Sword Hanxing to block the opponent's sword. He explained aloud: "I was joking just now, I didn't really want to give you the scabbard!"
Zhong Lingxi's face turned even more ugly, and he shouted softly: "Young disciple, let's take a look at the sword!" After saying that, he used all his energy to activate his body.
