Chapter 36: Giving the Newcomers a Lesson (Asking for Follow-up Reading)

Diewu Practice Field.

The practice field used by old students of Jing Shui Wuguan.

Lin Chen and the ten people followed silently behind Kong Yinglei to this place.

On the practice field, there were nearly twenty female students.

Seeing Lin Chen and the ten people behind Kong Yinglei, these female students all showed schadenfreude.

"Here, Vice Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu brought the newcomers."

"The old tradition every year, just don't know how miserably this batch of newcomers will be abused."

"If you are interested, you can go up in a while. Opportunities to abuse these junior sisters are rare. If you miss this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance."

"Compared to abusing junior sisters, I prefer abusing that junior brother."

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The senior sisters on the practice field took the initiative to clear the central area, and many people had eager expressions on their faces.

The old tradition of Jing Shui Wuguan: every batch of new students who have opened apertures will be brought by the instructor to the old students' side to let the new students and old students compete.

The purpose is very simple: to frustrate the arrogance of the new students.

The Martial Way can have sharp spirit, can have pride, but absolutely cannot have arrogance.

Kong Yinglei looked at these eager old students, and she was also clear in her heart. Most of these old students on the scene were those who entered the Martial Hall last year and didn't open their apertures, not belonging to the top batch.

The top batch, after a year of practice, the slowest have opened nine apertures, which is not suitable for frustrating the arrogance of the new students.

Only competitions of the same stage can have an effect, otherwise these newcomers will not be convinced in their hearts.

These old students have a medium-to-high family background in the Martial Hall, but compared to those top students, they are still a big gap. They have been suppressed by those few students for a year in the Martial Hall, and they have a breath of air in their hearts.

This breath cannot be found in those few of the same batch, so it can only be placed on the junior sisters of the next batch.

"Martial Way, stage is very important, but the actual combat of martial practitioners cannot be determined by stage alone, otherwise the disciples of major martial halls don't need to compete. Each family reports the stage of the students, and ranks them according to the height of the stage."

Kong Yinglei looked at Lin Chen and others and spoke slowly: "Bringing you here is to tell you that even martial practitioners of the same stage have differences in strength, and even by relying on the proficiency of martial arts techniques, it is not impossible to defeat a high-aperture one with a low-aperture one!"

"These are your senior sisters. You can report your current stage, and the senior sisters of the same stage will fight against you."

Hearing Kong Yinglei's words, except for Jiang Qing whose expression remained unchanged, Fu Jingya and others all had bright eyes and were also eager to try. They believed that even if they faced old students, they still had a chance of winning.

"Who of you comes first?"

"Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu, I come first!"

Fu Jingya was the first to stand out, looking at those senior sisters: "Fu Jingya, opened four apertures, asking for advice from all senior sisters."

"Did you hear? The junior sister took the initiative to speak. Who of us goes up?"

"Then let me come."

A senior sister walked out, looking at Fu Jingya, smiling: "Since junior sister wants advice, let me try."

"Fang Mei!"

"Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang, please give me some advice!"

Fu Jingya bowed, and Fang Mei returned the salute.

After the salute, Fu Jingya moved first. Although she was confident, she wouldn't really wait for this Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang to move. After all, the Water Cloud Palm of the other party had been practiced for a year longer than hers.

Fu Jingya struck with her palm. Her Water Cloud Palm had been practiced for three months and was about to step into the Proficient stage. When she struck, her posture was light, her steps were agile, and her moves changed extremely fast.

By contrast, Fang Mei's palm strikes were not fast, but every palm strike could just break Fu Jingya's attack, forcing Fu Jingya to withdraw her palm and defend.

"In terms of technique proficiency, the gap is still too big. Jiang Jiang Shijie Fu is going to lose."

Although only a few moves had passed, Lin Chen already had a judgment in his heart. Fu Jingya's moves were agile and flexible, but they were all in Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang's calculations.

To put it bluntly, Jiang Jiang Shijie Fu had already been led by the nose by Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang. How long it would take to lose depended on when this Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang wanted to end the battle.

Ten moves!

At the tenth move, Fang Mei's moves changed, and several palms were continuous like water waves. Fu Jingya's face turned ugly instantly, and she could only parry frequently, but after three moves, she still lost!

"Xiao Xiao Shimei Fu, you are welcome."

Fang Mei withdrew her palm that was pressed on Fu Jingya's chest and smiled.

"Thank you, senior sister, for showing mercy."

Fu Jingya knew very well that this Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang had shown mercy to her, otherwise she wouldn't have lasted until now.

In the first ten moves, Jiang Jiang Shijie Fang didn't attack at all, only relying on defense, which made her helpless and unable to find any flaws. After really attacking, she was even more unable to parry.

Both opened four apertures, Fu Jingya now understood the gap in martial arts techniques that Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu said.

The Gu Qingqing and others on the scene also didn't have the ease just now, and their expressions became solemn. Jiang Jiang Shijie Fu was considered one of the top three among them, and she lost so quickly.

"Second one!"

Kong Yinglei was expressionless and continued to speak.

This time, the new students fell into silence.

"I come to ask for advice from senior sister."

A crisp voice came out. No one expected Jiang Qing to stand out at this time.

"Jiang Qing, opened five apertures!"

With Jiang Qing reporting her family background, those senior sisters looked at each other. The one who opened five apertures on the first day of entering the Martial Hall was the genius junior sister who was discussed by the whole Martial Hall yesterday.

The Martial Way stage on the first day of her enrollment was higher than theirs.

There was a short silence on the practice field, and it took a while before a senior sister stood out.

"Opened five apertures, Yuan Yao."

"Jiang Jiang Shijie Yuan, please give me some advice!"

Jiang Qing had no arrogance on her face, hanging a sweet smile.

"Jiang Xiao Shimei, please!"

Facing this genius junior sister who broke the record of Jing Shui Wuguan in twenty years, Yuan Yao didn't dare to be careless at all, staring with full attention.

"Senior sister, offended!"

Jiang Qing's words fell, her footsteps moved, and her figure flashed to Yuan Yao's front, striking with a palm, actually carrying a wisp of subtle water wave sound.

Yuan Yao's face was solemn, and she also struck with a palm.

Bang!

The palms collided, but Yuan Yao staggered back half a step.

This scene made others on the scene surprised, especially those old students, who couldn't believe it.

You know, Jiang Jiang Shijie Yuan had practiced the Water Cloud Palm to the Proficient stage three months ago, and she was actually at a disadvantage. Is this Jiang Xiao Shimei's proficiency in the Water Cloud Palm so high?

"Jiang Xiao Shimei has opened five apertures, and she practiced the Water Cloud Palm at least four months in advance. It is not strange for these geniuses to practice the Water Cloud Palm to this point. Don't we have a few senior sisters in this batch who can do it?"

Another female senior sister comforted the people around her, and other senior sisters thought about it and felt better.

That's right, practicing the Water Cloud Palm to proficiency in four months, every batch has people who can do it. Didn't those few senior sisters who ranked at the front in their batch also do it?

Kong Yinglei took in the expressions of the students on the field. She didn't intend to tell these old students the truth, because the truth was too cruel.

Jiang Qing came into contact with the Water Cloud Palm at the end of the year, and it has been less than a month until now. It was personally taught by Jiang Jiang Shijie when she went to the prefecture.

Jiang Qing came into contact with the Water Cloud Palm at the end of the year, and it hasn't even been a month yet; it was personally taught to her by the Jiang Jiang Shijie when she went to the prefectural city.

In less than a month, she has cultivated the Water Cloud Palm to the proficient stage; this talent...

Kong Yinglei understood why Jiang Qing came to the Still Jing Jing Shui Wuguan; it was specifically for the Water Cloud Palm, and Jiang Qing's compatibility with the Water Cloud Palm is likely extremely high.

On the field, although the battle was not yet over, everyone knew the result, just like with Fu Jingya.

In terms of executing the Water Cloud Palm, this Jiang Jiang Shijie Yuan Yao could not gain an advantage, and relying purely on her cultivation stage, Jiang Qing was even more firmly in the upper hand.

Five acupoints opened versus five acupoints opened—there is still a gap.

Under the repeated attacks of Jiang Qing's Water Cloud Palm, Yuan Yao retreated step by step; her defeat was certain!

"Jiang Jiang Shijie Yuan, I concede the win!"

Jiang Qing struck Yuan Yao's arm with a palm and immediately withdrew it; a look of unwillingness flashed across Yuan Yao's face, but the next moment she felt relieved.

In student sparring, naturally, one would not use lethal force; having been struck by Jiang Xiao Shimei, she had already lost.

"Jiang Xiao Shimei has heaven-sent talent; our martial hall having a student like Jiang Xiao Shimei is the martial hall's good fortune." After Yuan Yao praised her, she retreated back into the crowd of old students.

With Jiang Qing's victory, the remaining Gu Qingqing, Li Xue, and others regained their confidence.

But the reality that followed dealt them a cruel blow.

They were all defeated, and it was a crushing defeat at that.

Perhaps because Jiang Qing defeated Yuan Yao, the senior sisters from the previous batch felt they couldn't save face; in the subsequent sparring, these senior sisters no longer held back, and all of them were defeated within ten moves.

The most miserable one only lasted three moves.

Lin Chen watched that Jiang Jiang Shijie Xiao, who had also only opened two acupoints, get defeated in three moves; her pretty face was now deathly pale, and she looked as if she had lost her soul.

Flowers in a greenhouse are a bit too fragile.

Lin Chen shook his head imperceptibly; this Jiang Jiang Shijie Xiao should have cultivated her vital energy earlier than him, but from the sparring just now, it could be seen that she was still somewhat unfamiliar with the Water Cloud Palm, not even having reached the point of full entry.

Clearly, because she had cultivated vital energy, she had become somewhat complacent and hadn't put her heart into martial arts practice during the time before and after the new year.

Seeing that the effect she wanted had been achieved, Kong Yinglei prepared to say what she had drafted in her mind, but catching a glimpse of Lin Chen's subtle small movement, her thoughts changed, and she said: "Your Lin Lin Shidi Lin Chen has only just opened two acupoints; which of you senior sisters is willing to provide some guidance?"

Originally, Kong Yinglei hadn't planned to let Lin Chen participate in the sparring; after all, Lin Chen was a student of the Breeze Martial Hall and was not cultivating the Water Cloud Palm, but now she had changed her mind.

Lin Chen was stunned; he also hadn't expected the Vice Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu to name him, as he had been enjoying these few sparring matches with the mindset of a bystander.

Although he was not cultivating the Water Cloud Palm, there are commonalities between palm techniques, and watching these senior sisters spar was also helpful for his own cultivation of the Breeze Palm.

But since Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu had named him, Lin Chen did not refuse; he walked out of the crowd and cupped his fists toward the senior sisters present: "Lin Lin Shidi Lin Chen, I ask for your guidance, Senior Sisters."

Swish!

The female senior sisters at the scene also became excited upon hearing this; defeating junior sisters was certainly an achievement, but how could it compare to sparring with a junior brother? Plus, one could get a few pats in.

However, two acupoints was a bit too low; most of those who came this time were at three to four acupoints, and those who had been in the martial hall for a year and were still at two acupoints had basically given up on the path of martial arts, and many didn't even come to the martial hall anymore.

After a long while, among the previous batch of students, one senior sister finally walked out.

"Lin Lin Shidi, I am Jiang Jiang Shijie Zhai Xiaolu; I have already stepped into the two-acupoint stage for two months, so don't say I'm bullying you." Zhai Xiaolu smiled very sweetly, revealing two dimples.

"If Jiang Jiang Shijie Zhai is willing to guide me, I am too grateful to ask for more."

"Then please, Lin Lin Shidi Lin."

Lin Chen and the other party exchanged bows, and without dawdling, he made the first move.

As soon as he struck his first palm, Kong Yinglei's eyes narrowed, and there was a look of surprise in them.

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