Chapter 114

"First round, Cheng Xinzhan first place, Xue Lixing second place."

The voice of the Master of Huanzhu Tower sounded again.

So the whole city cheered, and the fireworks were gorgeous.

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Sea Market Restaurant.

Xiao Eleventh Lady's smile was bright. She asked without looking back,

"Qingyu, the City Lord requested that all merchants supply wine and drinks for free tonight. What wine is our family serving?"

Qingyu replied: "Naturally, it is the lowest Bi Guang wine. Every family is like this, all are wines that are one gold per jar on weekdays."

"What about the next level up?"

"The next level up is the Liu Xia wine, which is 120 taels per pot."

"Next level up."

"The White Sheep wine, which is 160 taels per pot."

"Next level up."

"The Rui Cai Ruicai Mingqiong, which is 250 taels per pot."

Xiao Eleventh Lady nodded with a smile,

"This name sounds good. Pass it down: the restaurants belonging to the Bohai Sea Market will supply Rui Cai Ruicai Mingqiong for free tonight to celebrate for Daoist Cheng."

"Yes."

Qingyu smiled and gave the order.

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The restaurant where the few from the Golden Image Sect were staying.

Jiang Nanjing shouted, "Benefactor won first place! Uncle, Father! Benefactor won first place!"

Jiang Yanxing was also very happy. After thinking about it, he asked Jiang Yuexing, "Is this restaurant an industry of our Mingguang Hall or an industry of the sect?"

Jiang Yuexing didn't pay much attention to cultivation, but he was clear about the family's accounts, "Brother, this is not a restaurant, it's a brothel. Naturally, it's an industry of our hall."

Jiang Yanxing glared at him and didn't speak again. He was still thinking about letting the restaurant waive the bill for all guests tonight, and spreading the word that the Mingguang Hall of the Golden Image Sect was celebrating for Daoist Cheng of Mount Sanqing. But forget about the brothel; don't let good intentions become a bad reputation when the time comes.

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The eaves where the few from the Emei Sect were staying.

The Bearded Immortal had a look of appreciation in his eyes.

Yan Renying was somewhat admiring and yearning.

Li Yingqiong's expression was solemn.

Zhuge Jingrui was still recalling the thunder momentum of false and true just now, and never dared to underestimate body swords again.

Zhou Qingyun looked at the man in the Moon-Reflecting Mirror, her heart in chaos.

Yu Yingnan's gaze turned between Li Yingqiong and Zhou Qingyun, full of inquiry.

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Suddenly, people found that there was no one in the Moon-Reflecting Mirror. Looking again, it turned out that the two appeared at the top of Huanzhu Tower, beside the sword immortal.

"Young people have many ideas, and the last move was not bad."

Li Shanshou looked at the two young people and said with a smile.

Cheng Xinzhan and Xue Lixing didn't expect to meet the sword immortal and bowed,

"Cheng Xinzhan of Mount Sanqing/Xue Lixing of Mount Laoshan, have met Master Li, have met City Lord Qian."

The two immortals nodded with a smile.

However, at this time, Qian Boya no longer mentioned the matter of recruiting guest ministers. Mount Sanqing was a great sect of the present age, and Mount Laoshan was also a first-class sect. The high disciples of these two families naturally didn't need to come to him. He took out two green plaques and handed them to the two. They were patterns of a peacock spreading its tail, exquisite and ingenious,

"This is the VIP plaque of my Kong Que City. In the city, everything is 60% off, and in my Qian family's own industry, you can withdraw one hundred taels of gold at a time."

The two thanked him.

The sword immortal said,

"Lixing, your sword is agile but lacks strength."

Xue Lixing cupped his hands to listen to the instruction.

"You should practice heavy swords. This is a heavy sword I used when I was young, named "Red Ant". This sword will change in weight according to the owner's realm and cultivation. When one day you use it as you use the sword in your hand now, I think your strength will be enough."

Huanzhu Tower Master took out a crimson sword, which looked no different from an ordinary sword.

Xue Lixing thanked him and went to take it with both hands, but almost stumbled.

Huanzhu Tower Master smiled and looked at Cheng Xinzhan again. He said,

"Xinzhan, I didn't see any obvious shortcomings in you. If I have to say one, it's that you are too relaxed."

Relaxed?

Cheng Xinzhan pondered these two words secretly.

"You have a taste of picking up and using it when you face the enemy. This is naturally a good word. However, picking up and using it makes you only use eight points of strength when you have ten points, because you know this is enough. But this is because the opponents you meet are often of the same realm. I am worried that you will form a habit over time. If one day you meet a stronger person, or meet someone who is good at hiding clumsiness, and they suddenly exert force when fighting with you, you will be difficult to parry. Of course, maybe I'm just overthinking."

Cheng Xinzhan cupped his hands and thanked him, "Predecessor's golden words."

The sword immortal nodded with a smile and took out an iron pot and handed it to him,

""Autumn Water" is a good sword, but it is sharp but lacks flexibility. I see that your sword moves are all hard swords. You can practice soft swords in the future to learn by analogy. This is Flowing Frost Flying Mercury, which you can use to feed the precious sword and improve the flexibility of the precious sword."

Cheng Xinzhan thanked him.

The sword immortal finally encouraged, "Sword Dao leads to God, there is no distinction between high and low, and body sword is not a minor stream. You should practice well and make a name for yourself in the world. In addition, don't just focus on body swords. If you still have energy in your cultivation, you should also learn magic swords and flying swords. The Great Dao is a thoroughfare, and your vision should be broad. Next, I will open the magic sword field. You should also watch carefully, go!"

The two bowed and thanked him, and then rode the clouds and left.

"Where does Fellow Daoist Xue live? Did you come with your fellow disciples?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked.

Xue Lixing nodded, "I live in Changqing Restaurant in Wanxia Square, and came with my senior brothers. What about Fellow Daoist Cheng?"

"I am on the side of the Northwest Sea Market. Then after the sword fight ends tonight, I will go to find Fellow Daoist Xue to discuss swords tomorrow."

Xue Lixing said okay, so the two parted ways.

"Second round of the sword-fighting meeting, those who practice magic sword techniques can land on the platform." The voice of the sword immortal sounded again, so Cheng Xinzhan stopped his cloud carriage and turned back.

This time, there was no obstruction on the Jade Yao Platform, and he flew directly to the platform. At the same time, he noticed that thousands of rays of spiritual light lit up from the city and tower, flying toward the Jade Yao Platform with him, much more than the first round.

At this time, the Jade Yao Platform changed again, suddenly lengthening, forming a shape like a long embankment.

Everyone landed on it one after another, standing in a row.

A few people near Cheng Xinzhan suddenly said,

"Eh, aren't you that Cheng Xinzhan, the first place in the last round, also coming to participate in the magic sword competition?"

This sound of his attracted the attention of many people, and they all looked over.

Cheng Xinzhan was somewhat embarrassed, cupped his hands to both sides, and only said,

"Just joining in the fun, joining in the fun!"

The commotion on the platform also attracted the attention of the Master of Huanzhu Tower, and he smiled,

"So it's a dual-cultivating sword guest. It was me who misjudged."

His mind moved, and the familiar face appeared in the Moon-Reflecting Mirror again. He wanted to see where the potential of this young man was.

People in the city and tower saw the young Daoist again and were naturally surprised, discussing it.

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On the Jade Yao Platform, among the thousands of people, there was one person whose face was flushed red, as if he had just been fished out of hot water. He stared fixedly at the face in the Moon-Reflecting Mirror.

The person next to him asked with concern, "Fellow Daoist, are you feeling unwell?"

Liang Zhenjing glared at him and didn't answer.

The Master of Huanzhu Tower waved his sleeves and sprinkled a ray of light. The light grew as it met the wind, flew to the opposite side of the Jade Yao Platform, about twenty miles away from the Jade Yao Platform, and turned into a cloud ridge as big as a mountain, as long as the Jade Yao Platform.

"This is the Yangming Yangming Yangming Yun Tang Gang, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs, belonging to Yang. Half a tael of Yangming Yangming Yangming Yun Tang Gang can turn into such a cloud like a long ridge. This is the reward for the first place in the second round."

The breathing of the sword guests on the Jade Yao Platform became rapid.

This is spiritual gang, even rarer than true evil!

Those standing on the Jade Yao Platform at this moment were all cultivators of the first and second levels, exactly when they were craving spiritual gang.

Sure enough, they were immortals, and what they took out were not vulgar things, everyone thought.

"Everyone, draw your swords and slash the clouds. Those who can separate the cloud ridge with sword Qi can stay on the platform. Let's start now!"

As soon as the Master of Huanzhu Tower finished speaking, countless sword lights lit up, and thousands of sword Qi sprayed out, forming a colorful sword Qi wave, surging from the Jade Yao Platform and hitting the cloud ridge.

Cheng Xinzhan was a step slower this time, because his sword hadn't been taken out yet!

He usually hid the magic sword "Gao Zhen" in his flesh, ordered the Fire Mansion Inner Landscape God Yuan Dan Daoist, Thunder Mansion Inner Landscape God Dang Mo True Lord, Divine Thunder General, Water Thunder General, and Gold Mansion Inner Landscape God Qilin Gold Corpse to engrave talisman patterns on the sword body, and tempered it day and night with five-element magic power and thunder Qi. So he was also used to hiding it in the bamboo body acupoints when he went out this time.

With a thought, he summoned "Gao Zhen".

At this moment, looking at "Gao Zhen" again, it was a world of difference from the appearance when he first saw it in the sword library of Toujian Mountain.

The rough sword embryo was forged and tempered by magic power into a precious sword with a correct style. Those who know swords could recognize at a glance that this was the style of a Han sword.

The Han sword is correct, the sword body is straight, the edges and corners are distinct, and it is also known as the ceremonial sword. And the magic sword is a tool for summoning spirits and sending gods, so naturally, it cannot lack ceremonial degree. This is also the reason why Cheng Xinzhan forged the sword embryo into a Han sword style.

This Han sword of his was ground on eight sides, thick and narrow, narrow and long, showing more majesty.

In terms of color, this sword retained the appearance of the sword embryo at the beginning. It was generally purple, but it had black character patterns unique to purple book copper, like tiny tadpole texts on ancient tripods. At the sword edge and tip, it was bright silver, like frost-dyed, which was the color of moon soul silver.

However, at this moment, the sword body was not only covered with black character patterns unique to purple book copper, but also densely engraved with various talisman patterns, including five-element talismans, wind and thunder talismans, cloud clerical dragon chapters, and thunder seal wind grass. Each was as big as a mosquito or fly, seemingly scattered messily like dots of ink.

But if someone with extremely high attainments in the talisman Dao looked carefully, they could find that there were connections and intersections between the various talismans. It seemed that putting several unrelated talismans together made a new talisman. After looking for a long time, there was a feeling of dizziness.

He drew so many talismans on yellow paper, one to comprehend the meaning of the law, and the other to draft for engraving "Gao Zhen".

He used the bamboo body to eat Qi and refine methods, and eight or nine out of ten of the Qi eaten by the flesh were poured into "Gao Zhen".

And "Gao Zhen", as his thunder-path tool, was forged by nearly a hundred heavenly thunders, with thunder patterns hidden under the talisman patterns, and its sharpness restrained.

At this moment, "Gao Zhen" was taken out by him, held in his hand, feeling the master's mind, "Gao Zhen" flashed with spiritual light and made a sword sound.

He slashed from bottom to top, using the thunder Qi magic power most compatible with the precious sword. The thunder seal talisman patterns on the sword body flashed alternately, and an electric arc shot out from the sword body, catching up and surpassing that row of sword Qi waves, and fell on the cloud ridge.

Most people noticed that extremely fast arc sword Qi, but saw that the cloud ridge had no reaction. Instead, the hundreds of sword Qi that followed closely separated the cloud ridge, cutting the cloud ridge into hundreds of fragments.

Some sword Qi didn't reach the cloud ridge and dissipated after traveling less than twenty miles; some sword Qi fell lightly on the cloud ridge, only blowing away a wisp of cloud mist; some sword Qi passed through the cloud ridge, but only broke a small opening.

People near Cheng Xinzhan looked at him, and someone said,

"Magic swords are not as simple as the fellow Daoist's body swords."

Someone took over the conversation and smiled, "However, it's not bad for young people to try more. But after trying, if you are not this material, you can go back and continue practicing body swords."

A burst of sparse laughter sounded on the Jade Yao Platform.

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Kong Que City, Wanxia Square, Changqing Restaurant.

Xue Lixing had just sat down not long ago when he saw this scene. The Moon-Reflecting Mirror also transmitted those mocking sounds to everyone's ears.

At the same table with him, someone said to Xue Lixing,

"That Cheng Xinzhan, body sword is indeed powerful, and he can win you by a chip, Lixing. However, different professions are like mountains. He shouldn't have gone to the magic sword field to fight with swords. Now he can't even pass the entrance assessment, which is just asking for ridicule."

But Xue Lixing stared at the Moon-Reflecting Mirror and shook his head. He said: "Senior brother, you misjudged. Many people misjudged."

He saw clearly that many people's sword Qi was difficult to maintain its initial form after traveling twenty miles, gradually dispersing and expanding. Looking from afar, the sword Qi was becoming more and more massive and had momentum, but in reality, it was because the magic power was not condensed enough. Those massive sword Qi said they cut open the cloud ridge, but it was better to say they hit the cloud ridge. Didn't you see that those sword Qi dissipated after hitting the cloud ridge?

And that magnificent cloud ridge, what did it look like after being hit by these messy sword Qi? It was broken into chaotic flocs.

Only a very few sword Qi, like the arc sword Qi of Fellow Daoist Cheng, was a thin arc of light when it was released, and it was still a thin arc of light after traveling twenty miles, but it was much longer.

The arc of light cut into the cloud ridge like a sharp knife passing through congealed fat, passing through without any resistance, and the surface of the congealed fat could not see any traces. As for how much further that arc of light continued after passing through the cloud ridge, he couldn't see clearly in the bright moonlight.

At this time, the sword guests who failed to break the cloud ridge disappeared on the Jade Yao Platform one by one. Some people looked at Cheng Xinzhan, wanting to see a trace of different emotions from his calm face.

However, he stood with his sword, his expression always so indifferent, without any changes.

Until all those who failed to slash the cloud ridge disappeared from the platform, he still stood with his sword, standing there.

Some were surprised, some were puzzled, some were indignant, but no one dared to question or ask the Master of Huanzhu Tower who presided over this sword-fighting meeting.

The Master of Huanzhu Tower didn't need to explain to those clumsy people standing on the Jade Yao Platform. But at this time, people in the city and tower were watching the sword-fighting meeting, and he needed to let these spectators understand.

Thus, the image on the Moon-Reflecting Mirror changed, reflecting the sword Qi that still maintained the arc form after breaking the cloud ridge. The sword Qi was still just a thin thread, traveling far alone.

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