Chapter 214

In the General's Mansion.

Cao Wei and Jiang Linxian sat at the very top of the main hall, with the five major Garrison Commanders lined up on the left and right.

Li Rui sat beside Ning Zhongtian.

Opposite them sat a handsome young man in white.

Ning Zhongtian stretched his neck and lowered his voice: "Is this kid that grandson?"

Li Rui nodded:

"I heard that the Duke of Wei's grandson, Qi Ze, has a handsome face; it should be this person."

No wonder people say big families have deep foundations.

Qi Ze is only twenty-something, yet he has already passed the Longmen, much younger than Li Rui, who is seventy-six.

Of course, if you compare the length of martial arts practice, it's different.

These big family disciples eat elixirs like candy from childhood, have to soak in medicinal baths before they've even taken off their split-crotch pants, and practice child-body techniques at three.

Some look only ten, but have seven or eight years of foundation; mud-legged people simply can't compare in the initial stage.

Cao Wei saw that everyone had arrived and smiled slightly: "Since everyone is here, let's talk about the first thing: Liao Wu's appointment document has already come down; in the future, everyone must cooperate fully and make more contributions to the Anning Guard."

Feng Yu and the others looked at Liao Wu.

All cast friendly glances.

As for Ning Zhongtian and the others, they curled their lips, pretending not to hear.

Liao Wu stood up slowly and cupped his hands toward everyone.

Becoming a Garrison Commander, he was truly riding high:

"Everyone, please take care of me in the future."

Then he sat back down.

The corners of Cao Wei's mouth rose slightly; he was happy first because he had added a capable subordinate, and second because he was happy about what was to come.

"Another matter, this is Qi Ze. According to the arrangements of the Ministry of Personnel, the position of Trade Captain is of great significance this time, and those with ability should occupy it. After selection, it will finally be chosen from Qi Ze, Ning Zhongtian, and Li Rui."

After speaking.

The expressions of everyone in the main hall were different.

Especially Liao Wu and the other two, who were truly gloating.

Originally, today should have been the announcement of the appointments for Liao Wu and Li Rui, but the Trade Captain position was taken a fancy to by the Duke of Wei, which caused complications.

Li Rui's Captain position was hanging, but his Garrison Commander position had already fallen into his bag.

If this happened to himself, he would surely be angry to death.

Cao Wei paused:

"The Trade Captain is a military official; our dynasty was founded on martial arts, so naturally, whoever is strong should hold this Captain position. Qi Ze, Li Rui, you two go first."

He didn't give any chance for drawing lots.

He arranged it directly.

Regarding this, Li Rui and Qi Ze had no objections.

The Trade Captain was originally to be chosen from the two of them; Ning Zhongtian was just an insurance policy pushed out by Jiang Linxian.

If he doesn't have to go up, he shouldn't.

Cao Wei felt the same way.

As long as Li Rui is not made Trade Captain, the goal of disgusting Jiang Linxian has been achieved; as for who wins in the end, he doesn't care.

Qi Ze stood up slowly.

Looking at the little old man in front of him: "Officer Li, please."

Li Rui also stood up: "Please."

Qi Ze looked at the main hall: "Officer Cao, this place is too small, and it would be unseemly to damage things; why not fight outside?"

"Granted."

Cao Wei nodded.

Immediately.

They walked to the martial arts field outside the General's Mansion.

There were still many soldiers training here, and the sound of shouting was endless.

Everyone soon saw Cao Wei, Jiang Linxian, and their group, and all gathered around to join in the fun.

Everyone was talking at once.

Cao Wei just took a faint look and didn't stop them.

The Anning Guard has always valued the strong and respected martial arts; this competition between the two is just right to encourage the soldiers of the Anning Guard to train well.

Qi Ze and Li Rui walked to the center of the martial arts field and stood opposite each other; to outsiders, it looked like swords were drawn and bows were bent.

Qi Ze no longer had the intention of being polite and didn't plan to exchange pleasantries, preparing to pounce forward.

Li Rui still cupped his hands and said: "Please."

Qi Ze snorted lightly, his folding fan shook with a swish, and like a magic trick, it became a long sword; at the same time, a phantom appeared behind him, and a huge white crane slowly spread its wings.

Bai He Spreads Wings Chart!

Seeing this scene, a solemn expression appeared in Ning Zhongtian's eyes.

The Bai He Spreads Wings Chart is a top-tier Qi-circulating chart.

The grade is extremely high.

At least it is much stronger than his Qi form.

"Has some ability."

Ning Zhongtian's heart tightened, and he broke into a cold sweat for Li Rui and himself.

Looking at it, Qi Ze's crane form is extremely extraordinary.

"Not bad, not bad, Qi Ze being Trade Captain is actually quite suitable, don't you think, Officer Jiang?"

Cao Wei smiled at Jiang Linxian.

These words were clearly meant to anger Jiang Linxian.

Jiang Linxian stood indifferently, his expression not changing at all.

Li Rui was still chuckling.

But he shook his head in his heart:

"Young people."

Just after meeting, he did two meaningless things.

First, changing a weapon from a folding fan.

He watches his disciple Liu Tiezhu blacksmith every day and knows a lot about weapons; being able to change a sword from a folding fan is because the sword itself is made hollow, which is how this effect is achieved.

They aren't immortals or Buddhas, so of course, they can't have the ability to store the world in a mustard seed.

But such a design isn't for showing off, but for catching the opponent off guard in battle.

Second, exposing his Qi form too early.

If it were Li Rui, he would definitely release it at the critical moment of the battle.

That's why he said he was too young.

Qi Ze frowned slightly.

Laughing?

For some reason, he always felt that Li Rui's smile was mocking him.

"Looking for death!"

His heart was inexplicably irritable, so he gave a low shout and pressed forward with his sword.

A crane cry.

The long sword was like a silver snake spitting its tongue, stabbing straight at Li Rui's chest. Li Rui's long blade left its sheath.

His figure was agile, he dodged Qi Ze's sword with a flexible side step, and at the same time, he slashed with his blade.

But heard.

Clang!

A sound of metal clashing.

The long blade landed on the true Qi an inch away from Qi Ze and couldn't get any closer!

Hiss!

The five major Garrison Commanders couldn't sit still and all gasped in unison.

"Bai He Embraces Wings, impervious to blades and spears!"

Especially Ning Zhongtian, whose face instantly became ugly.

The reason why the Bai He Spreads Wings Chart is of such a high grade is precisely because when practiced to a deep level, one can comprehend the two moves of Bai He Embraces Wings and Bai He Spreads Wings.

Bai He Embraces Wings uses true Qi to guard the body, and its hardness is comparable to divine iron.

It can be called impervious to blades and spears.

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He didn't expect Qi Ze to have such attainments in Qi gathering at such a young age.

"No wonder he is valued by the Duke of Wei."

A flash of surprise also crossed Cao Wei's eyes; just relying on this move is enough for Qi Ze to walk sideways among martial artists of the first layer of the Longmen, and even condensed-essence martial artists might not necessarily be his match.

Qi Ze stood up and loosened his shoulders: "Why, scared?"

Although he had just used Bai He Embraces Wings to easily block the little old man's blade, this also meant that in the previous exchange, he had lost to Li Rui in terms of moves.

He, a genius of the Duke of Wei's mansion, actually lost to a little old man from Qinghe who had no reputation?

This made him very unhappy.

So he decided to defeat Li Rui within ten moves to wash away the shame.

"Very good, you have successfully angered me."

Qi Ze was no longer as scholarly as before.

Li Rui still had a faint smile: "Please."

The two fought again.

This time, Li Rui was no longer just defending.

His blade technique changed from the previous focus on defense, his moves were open and close, and he directly used the blade like a hammer.

Smashing toward Qi Ze's long sword like a gale.

Once.

Twice.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred moves passed, and Qi Ze's hand holding the sword began to tremble slightly.

Looking at the long sword again, there was actually a clear bend in the middle.

That's right, it was smashed out by Li Rui.

"How could he have such great strength?"

Just now, Li Rui's moves looked unreasonable, but every move cut straight to his vital points, leaving him unable to fight back.

Li Rui naturally wouldn't tell Qi Ze.

He had calculated all this long ago.

Because of the design, Qi Ze's weapon was hollow in the middle, which led to insufficient strength, so he attacked the weakness, changing from slashing to smashing, leaving Qi Ze without even a chance to strike.

Is it the sword's problem?

Actually, it's the person's problem.

If Li Rui used this sword, he wouldn't have shown it from the beginning.

A sword that relies on being strange and tricky, when used in a straightforward manner, is destined to be buried.

Qi Ze glanced at the strange expressions of the people around him, a ferocious look flashed on his face; he was truly enraged:

"I originally intended to save this move for the end, but fine, I'll let you see it first."

As soon as the words fell.

The crane cry of the white crane phantom became even louder, its wings trembling, and between the flapping wings, it was a full two zhang high.

"White, Crane, Spreads, Wings!"

He said it word by word.

The breathing of the people around stagnated.

Ning Zhongtian's eyelids jumped wildly.

He originally thought that Qi Ze being able to practice Bai He Embraces Wings was already a natural talent, but he didn't expect him to have comprehended the killing move Bai He Spreads Wings.

His eyes had become solemn to the extreme.

Even he might not be able to take this move.

Upon hearing those four words, Jiang Linxian's face finally had a change.

In an instant.

The white crane behind Qi Ze actually detached from his body, turning into a stream of light and shooting toward Li Rui, and the gale it stirred up made the soldiers watching the fun unable to open their eyes.

This move was truly strong.

But almost at the moment the white crane flapped its wings.

Boom!

A thunderclap suddenly sounded.

Everyone looked up abruptly.

It was clearly a clear sky!

When they looked at the center of the martial arts field again, a giant divine dragon, a full one zhang high and ten zhang long, appeared abruptly before everyone's eyes.

Dragon.

In ancient mythology, it has several heavy strokes.

The Yu Kingdom also respects the dragon.

But dragons have only ever existed on murals and carvings.

When a divine dragon appeared alive before their eyes, anyone would want to prostrate themselves.

"Is this... a dragon?"

Some soldiers' heartbeats skipped a beat.

The divine dragon destroyed the white crane almost instantly; that was suppression from the grade.

There are few dragon-form martial artists, but in the face of the Yu Kingdom's billions of people, they can still be seen.

They often give a feeling of slow progress, big but not strong.

But Li Rui's dragon form is both big and strong!

When someone else's Qi form grade is higher than yours and stronger than yours, failure is already destined.

Qi Ze widened his eyes, full of disbelief:

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

But the divine dragon wouldn't give him a chance.

Instantly.

He was submerged by the divine dragon, and then he saw a person being thrown away like a sandbag, tossed three or four zhang high.

At this time.

Cao Wei flashed and caught Qi Ze.

He looked at Li Rui with a complex expression and spat out three words:

"Li Rui, wins!"

(End of chapter)