Chapter 164 Nine Champions
After confirming the champion of the second arena, Changsheng began to look at the number and results of the second arena competition in detail. From the beginning to now, there have been six games in the second arena, and the first three games were all performed by Zhuque Villa. Situ Honglie, this person is undoubtedly the owner of Zhuque Villa, that is, Situ Yanggang's father.
After winning three games in a row, the champion was determined, and then this person left the ring. Yang Yan from Zhuque Villa took the fight. Yang Yan stepped down after winning two games in a row, and was replaced by Qiu Qianli from Baihu Villa to defend the ring. Qiu Qianli I also won the last game and am currently playing the second game.
After reading the book, I can see that something is wrong with the secret path to longevity. Situ Honglie from Zhuque Villa was the first to appear. He was aggressive and came with bad intentions. It was by no means as simple as competing for the champion. It was very likely that he came to avenge Situ Yanggang. Although at this time, he only had White Tiger Villa will guard the battlefield, but Xuanwu Villa and Qinglong Villa cannot be ruled out.
Since the second arena was located in the northeast, Changsheng turned his head and looked to the left. Sure enough, dozens of martial arts warriors gathered outside the arena in the northeast. Just by looking at their clothes, he knew that these people were from the four major villas including Zhuque Villa. Because the colors of their clothes are red, white, black and cyan, they are very conspicuous and easy to distinguish.
The imperial court did not prepare seats for everyone participating in the competition, but it did not prohibit them from bringing their own. Therefore, many of the people watching and waiting for the competition were sitting. At this time, the four village owners, including Situ Honglie, Just sit on the big chair with a wide backrest.
Changsheng had never seen Situ Honglie before, but the red robe was enough to identify him. Situ Honglie was in his sixties, tall, with brown hair and a yellow beard, and he was calm and intimidating.
When Changsheng looked at this person, Situ Honglie was also looking at him. Although Situ Honglie did not do anything radical, Changsheng felt a strong murderous intention the moment their eyes met. His previous guess was correct. A large part of the people's fight this time was directed at him.
Situ Honglie was sitting in the third seat, and the person sitting at the top was a middle-aged man wearing a blue silk robe. In fact, this man should be similar in age to Situ Honglie, but this man has good looks and looks quite young.
Sitting in the second place is a woman in white. This person should be around forty years old. Not all women in white are beautiful. This person's face is quite fierce, with a leopard head and eyes, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with arms folded around her. , leaning back on the wooden chair, looking at the scene coldly.
The person sitting under Situ Honglie was an old woman in black clothes. She must be about seventy years old, short and thin. She was leaning on a cane and taking a nap with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes closed to rest.
The crutch used by this person is not an ordinary crutch, but is made of multiple black rattans. It is dark and shiny, with a cold light in it.
Although there were not many people in the Four Villas, everyone outside the venue kept a respectful distance from them, keeping at least two feet away from them.
After looking at everyone, Changsheng withdrew his gaze. The four major villas, including Zhuque Villa, were undoubtedly advancing and retreating together. Except for the people from the four major villas, their camp only had a few people from other sects. This showed that the four major villas regarded themselves as Very high, disdainful of forming cliques and calling in helpers.
The appearance of the four major mountain villas made Changsheng feel very heavy. Arrogant people must have their arrogant reasons. The four major villas may not encounter Longhu Mountain in the early stage, but in the later stage, these people will definitely be the strong enemies of Longhu Mountain.
After seeing the second arena, Changsheng walked to the northwest corner again. The champion of this arena was Long Haotian of the Beggar Clan. He also confirmed the champion after winning three games in a row. The person on the stage at that time was Ouyang Chuanfeng, the right protector of the Beggar Clan.
Since the arena they occupy is located in the northwest, everyone from the Beggar Clan gathers in the northwest of the square. Among all the camps outside the venue, the camp belonging to the Beggar Clan has the largest number of people. It is not that there are many people from the Beggar Clan, but that the sects that vassal them are the most numerous. In order to avoid the fate of being dismissed, many small sects have turned to the Beggar Gang.
At this time, Long Haotian was sitting on a large carved chair with his legs crossed, a look of arrogance on his face.
Zuo Dharma Protector Gongsun Chengwei was also on the sidelines. He was talking to several leaders from other sects. It seemed that the other party wanted to request to join the Beggar Clan. Gongsun Chengwei was not interested and seemed not to be tempted.
Since Changsheng was wearing official uniform at this time, Long Haotian and others did not recognize him. Changsheng did not linger too much. After reading the record of this event, he walked to the fourth arena in the south.
There were only two proctors in this arena. After asking, I found out that there were originally three people. One of them felt unwell and left early. The so-called unwell was just a nice way of saying it. To put it bluntly, he was carried away because he was frightened.
The leader of this arena is the Salt Gang from Jiangnan. As the name suggests, the Salt Gang is a gang that traffics in private salt. Don’t underestimate salt. People can eat meat but cannot eat salt. If calculated based on the number of gang members, salt The Gang is the second largest gang after the Beggars Gang, but they are much richer than the Beggars Gang.
Most of the activities of the Salt Gang are in the south of the Yangtze River, while the activities of the Beggar Gang are mostly in the north of the Yangtze River. However, this does not mean that the two sides have no intersection. The Salt Gang and the Beggar Gang are hostile, and the reason for their hostility is nothing more than grabbing territory and competing for profits.
Like the Beggar Gang, the Salt Gang is not a very particular sect and often does bad things. However, at a critical moment, the Jiangnan Green Forest Sect still chooses to rely on them and advance and retreat with the Salt Gang.
In fact, many sects who took refuge in the Salt Gang did not like the Salt Gang, but there was no way. The court only set up nine arenas. Those small sects that were unable to occupy a unique position could only choose sides, while the major sects in the same area became Their first choice, after all, there are not many sects like the Four Villas that are in the same spirit even though they are separated in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
After seeing the situation in the fourth arena, Changsheng walked to the arena in the middle of the square, waved to the three invigilators who stood up to greet them, and then picked up the notebook on the table.
The first thing that caught my eye was the words Longhu Mountain. Looking at the details, Zhang Mo took the lead and won the championship with three wins. Then he replaced others to help defend the ring.
He had noticed that Longhushan's camp was due east of the square. This time he turned to look east again, and happened to meet Zhang Mo's eyes. Zhang Mo looked solemn and waved to him, motioning for him to come over.
Changsheng understood and nodded slightly.
Because he was late and didn't understand the situation in various arenas, Changsheng did not go to Zhang Mo immediately, but walked to the east arena and continued to read the book.
The arena due east was occupied by the Shaolin Temple, which was what he expected, but what he didn't expect was that the person guarding the arena at this time was Shi Xuantong, who was ranked second in the martial arts competition with him.
Shi Xuantong had just won at this time. When he saw Changsheng coming, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He had not fought with Changsheng before, but he had resigned without fighting. However, this did not mean that he was afraid of Changsheng. The reason why he was scared this time It was because Chang Sheng was the imperial censor at this time, and he was not sure whether he would be criticized by Chang Sheng as an official of the imperial court and going out to fight on behalf of his master.
Seeing that Changsheng just nodded slightly to him without any words of criticism, Shi Xuantong felt relieved, took a deep breath, and continued to defend the ring.
Naturally, Changsheng would not criticize Shi Xuantong, because if the situation was unfavorable to Longhushan, he might also come on stage to help defend the ring.
The champions of the two arenas in the southeast and due south directions are Wushuang City and Liangyi Mountain respectively. As the saying goes, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice give birth to burrows. The inheritance of skills and the continuation of blood are very similar. Wushuang City Yao Wenzhong from Liangyi Mountain was the top scorer in the martial arts examination before, and Chong Wanqing from Liangyi Mountain was the first-level Jinshi in the martial arts examination.
He knew little about Wushuang City Changsheng, but he knew that Liangyi Mountain was the court of Yuqing. Liangyi Mountain occupied an exclusive arena, which showed that Yuqingzong had not joined forces with Qingzong.
One branch of the Three Qing Dynasties is divided into three parts, the Three Mountains are Qing, the Five Mountains are Taiqing, and the Nine Provinces are Yuqing. Now the Taoists of Shangqing and Yuqing are fighting each other. The palace sects under the Taiqing Sect are not united. Some people choose to fight with Liangyi Mountain. The Yuqings share honor and disgrace, while some people choose to advance and retreat with the Shangqing of Longhu Mountain.
The leader of the last arena is Daji Temple, and the first person to enter the arena is named Ninggu Rinpoche.
Seeing that this person's name was so strange, Changsheng turned his head and looked outside the venue. Only when he found the tantric monk standing outside did he realize that Daji Temple was a tantric temple. He had seen the old monk surrounded by nearly a hundred people before. The old monk riding an elephant that he saw on the road the day he treated Guyan's injury.
After reading the records of the nine arenas, Chang Sheng had a general understanding of the situation on the field.
Currently, the champions of the nine arenas are Prajna Temple, Beggar Gang, Zhuque Villa, Yan Gang, Longhu Mountain, Liangyi Mountain, Shaolin Temple, Wushuang City, and Daji Temple.
If divided according to the identities of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Zhuque Villa, Beggar Gang, Salt Gang, and Wushuang City should belong to Confucianism, occupying four seats.
Shaolin Temple, Prajna Temple and Daji Temple of Buddhism occupy three places.
Daomen's Longhu Mountain and Liangyi Mountain occupy two seats.
But such a division can only represent their respective identities, but not the positions of the nine sects, because each of the nine sects has their own ideas, and no one knows what will happen next after seizing the title of the Nine Punishments. Who will they cooperate with when they are the three major champions?
After reading the book, Changsheng walked towards the east side of the square. On the way, he passed by the Liangyi Mountain camp. A group of Yuqing Taoists looked at him strangely. At first, Changsheng didn't understand why, but after thinking about it, he understood the reason. They were competing for the head armor before. During the martial arts competition, Huang Daji of the Beggar Clan once deliberately shouted out that he was practicing Hunyuan Divine Skill, and Hunyuan Divine Skill was a long-lost qi training method of the Yuqing Sect. The Yuqing Sect must have gotten the news, so he used this method. Look at him.
Changsheng could only choose to ignore the strange looks in Yuqing's eyes, but his mood became increasingly heavy. The reason why Liangyi Mountain did not join forces with Longhu Mountain was probably because of the Hunyuan Divine Art.
Zhang Mo asked him to come here in order to introduce him to the elders of his own camp. Changsheng wore official uniforms, so it was inconvenient to perform the head-offering ceremony. Instead, he performed the layman's hand-over ceremony. In order to show respect for his seniors, Changsheng bowed when he handed over his hands. The waist is deep.
Until this time, there were still many small sects that had not found a camp, and they asked people to find friends to introduce the nine champions to them. When Changsheng was greeting everyone, Zhang Shan was called away by a Taiqing Taoist priest, and he met with several leaders of the small sects. say.
After greeting everyone, Changsheng asked Zhang Mo in a low voice, "Uncle, are you sure?"
"It's not difficult to fight separately." Zhang Mo looked solemn.
Changsheng heard the hidden meaning of Zhang Mo's words and was a little frustrated, "I am the one who caused the trouble at Zhuque Villa. The Yuqing Sect may also hate me."
"The young master of Zhuque Villa is entirely to blame. If you don't kill him, he will kill you," Zhang Mo said. "As for the Yuqing Sect, they already think highly of themselves and have little contact with us. It has nothing to do with you. "
"The Hunyuan Divine Technique is originally the Qi training method of the Yuqing Sect," Changsheng said in a low voice, "I have no intention of hiding anything. To prevent them from misunderstanding and enmity, I want to teach them the Qi training method of the Hunyuan Divine Technique. "
Zhang Mo hadn't answered yet. Zhang Shan, who had had a brief conversation with a few people, came back. Hearing this, he frowned and waved his hands, "If you don't give it, why should you give it to them? They lost their own way of practicing qi, so what does it have to do with you?"
Seeing that Changsheng still wanted to speak, Zhang Shan raised his eyebrows and glared, "I won't give it if I say no. If they are of the same mind as us and you want to reciprocate, I won't stop you. But now if you teach them the Qi training method, they I thought we were afraid of them."
Seeing Zhang Shan's firm attitude, Changsheng stopped insisting, "Everything is decided by my uncle."
Zhang Shan seemed to be quite prejudiced against the Yuqing Sect. When Chang Sheng looked worried again, he looked serious and reassured, "Don't worry, Longhu Mountain has magic that reaches the sky, and no one is afraid..."
