"Good accuracy." The middle-aged man in blue shirt stared at the half of the sword inserted into the red bullseye and nodded.
"Do I pass this?" Zhao Zheng asked.
"Of course. The technique you used is very special. It's probably more difficult than throwing it directly. It's really impressive." The middle-aged man in green shirt glanced at the remaining sword hilt in Zhao Zheng's hand as he spoke.
"Brother, you are too complimentary." Zhao Zheng responded lightly, walked slowly towards the opposite target, pulled out half of the sword blade, and replaced it on the hilt.
Others looked at the one-life sword with the mechanism in Zhao Zheng's hand, and they all showed curious expressions.
Zhao Zheng walked back to the crowd and asked: "What is the next test?"
"I will take action next." A hoarse voice sounded, and a skinny man stepped forward. Like the middle-aged man in blue shirt, he was also a hall leader.
"What's your special skill?"
"Sword swallowing."
"Sword swallowing? Did I hear you correctly?"
"You heard it right, what I want to perform is sword swallowing."
"Swallow the sword?"
"Yes. Swallow the sword whole into your stomach, all the way to the hilt, and then pull it out after burning a stick of incense." The skinny man said and pulled out the sword from his waist. If you look closely, you can see that the heel of his sword is
It is different from ordinary swords. The tip of the sword is oval and the edge is blunt. It is more like a thin long iron plate than a sword.
Zhao Zheng had seen sword-swallowing magic on TV before. The sword used in the magic process was a magic prop. There was a mechanism hidden in the sword body. After being swallowed into the stomach, it would automatically shorten and would not hurt the throat and internal organs. Maybe this
The so-called sword swallowing by the hall master is also a kind of magic. There is a secret hidden in the blunt sword and it can be freely retracted. If this is the case, then this level will not be difficult, and it may be easier than the previous level.
"It seems that I have to sacrifice my life to accompany you today. Please take action." Zhao Zheng focused his eyes on the blunt sword in the hand of the skinny man, looking for any flaws in the mechanism.
The skinny man began to perform. He first clicked on a few acupuncture points and sealed some of them. Then he turned the sword upside down, raised his head and opened his mouth. The half-arc sword tip sank downwards, sinking deeply into his mouth.
His mouth was wide open. Even though he was extremely thin, his mouth was much bigger than that of an ordinary person. It was like a snake's mouth, able to expand to an incredible extent.
Zhao Zheng squinted his eyes slightly, carefully observing every movement of the skinny man, looking for flaws. If the skinny man made any small movements, it must be touching the mechanism on the blunt sword.
The blunt sword dived down to about an inch. The skinny man still hasn't made any small movements. He just keeps sending the sword downward. His movements are very slow, like a woman threading a needle, carefully adjusting the angle. His abdomen
He didn't move, and seemed to have stopped breathing.
Zhao Zheng frowned and felt something was wrong. There seemed to be no mechanism on the sword. This seemed to be a genuine performance. If that was the case, it would be a scam.
In front of everyone's attention, the skinny man completely inserted the blunt sword into his stomach. If there was no mechanism in the sword in his hand, the one-meter-long sword would have been inserted into his stomach through his throat. The skinny man held it
After confirming that the hilt of the sword was correct, he released his hand and stretched his hands to both sides while continuing to tilt his head upward.
The person next to him took out the fire sticks and incense that he had prepared long ago, lit the palm-long incense, and held it with his hands. The firelight was as big as a firefly, and the burnt incense ashes fell from time to time.
The skinny man swallowed a whole sword, showing a distressed expression. The blood vessels in the corners of his eyes bulged like red whiskers. It really didn't look like he was cheating.
Zhao Zheng walked around the skinny man several times to observe him in all directions, but could not see any clues.
Time passed little by little, and the burning incense kept shortening. The skinny man's performance became more and more difficult, his body was trembling slightly, and his expression was almost distorted.
The incense finally burned to the end, and the person holding the incense dropped the remaining incense on the dry and cold ground the moment the fire burned his skin.
The skinny man breathed a sigh of relief and immediately pressed his hands on the hilt of the sword. He used his hands alternately to pull out the blunt sword little by little. The whole process was as careful as when inserting the blunt sword just now. After the sword was completely pulled out of his throat,
, he was like a stranded fish returning to a long-lost pond, breathing heavily and greedily absorbing the cold winter air.
After he regained his breath, he tapped several points on his body, unblocking multiple acupuncture points and soothing his stiff body.
"It's your turn. Here is a clean sword prepared for you. Your own sword is too sharp and cannot be swallowed." After the skinny man finished speaking, someone next to him brought up a brand new blunt sword.
Zhao Zheng glanced at the brand new blunt sword, ignored it, narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I don't need this sword to perform, I want to use your sword to perform."
"Oh? From what you're saying, do you suspect that there is some deceit in my sword?" The skinny man grinned.
"Yes." Zhao Zheng admitted frankly.
"Haha, you are too worried. My sword-swallowing skills have been cultivated for many years. There is no fraud at all. This sword is just an ordinary blunt sword. If you don't believe it, you can check it at will."
The man pulled out the blunt sword without hesitation and handed it to Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng took the sword and saw that there was a lot of saliva left on the sword, which directly proved that the sword had really entered the skinny man's body. Now was not the time to be clean, so he took out his handkerchief and wiped the sword.
Then perform a closer inspection.
As a result, there are no mechanisms in either the hilt or the sword body. It is just an ordinary blunt sword.
Zhao Zheng frowned. If he actually swallowed the blunt sword, he wouldn't be able to do it.
"Have you finished the examination?" the skinny man asked proudly.
"The inspection is over." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly.
"Is there any mechanism?"
"Not found yet."
"Then I'll let you see it more clearly." The skinny man took the blunt sword and handed it to Yan Shi, "Master, Mr. Zhao is not confident about this sword, so I would like to ask the master to give it to you."
Cut the hilt of the sword open so that Mr. Zhao can see clearly."
"This sword of yours is specially used to practice sword swallowing. Wouldn't it be bad if it was destroyed?" Yan Shi hesitated.
"It doesn't matter, we'll just cast it again when the time comes." The skinny man said nonchalantly.
"Okay then." Yan Shi took the blunt sword, raised his hand and threw it into the air. The sword flipped several times and fell downward. He pulled out his sword and swung it towards the sky several times, overflowing with sword energy.
It emitted a destructive light and cut the fallen blunt sword into several pieces.
The broken blunt sword fell to the ground piece by piece. The cuts were neat and smooth. You could clearly see that the hilt and body of the sword were both rigid and there were no mechanisms inside.
Zhao Zheng looked at the broken sword and completely gave up his suspicion. He cupped his hands towards the skinny man and said, "I suspected you of tampering just now. I'm really sorry. I admire you from the bottom of my heart for how hard you can practice such a unique skill."
The skinny man was very proud when he heard this and laughed several times.
"Mr. Zhao, how are you? Can you imitate this unique skill of swallowing a sword? If you can't imitate it, you will lose this literary fight." Yan Shi asked from the side.
"Senior, please don't rush to a conclusion. We had an agreement before. If you encounter a unique skill that I can't imitate, you will give me three days to prepare." Zhao Zheng did not dare to make excuses. He had considered the possibility of this happening at first.
situation, so this request was made.
"Okay, I'll give you three days."
"You guys should also show off the last unique skill. The third unique skill must be more difficult than swallowing a sword. I want to learn this unique skill together in three days."
"Haha, the reason why unique skills are called unique skills is because outsiders cannot imitate them. If a unique skill can be imitated in three or two days, it is not called a unique skill." Yan Shi showed a confident smile and looked at the other person.
A young hall master, the latter understood what the master meant and walked forward directly.
This man is the one responsible for the finale, and the unique skills he performs are the most difficult to imitate. He is the youngest among the hall leaders, only in his early thirties. He has a bulging thing stuffed in his arms, and he doesn’t know what it is.
What.
"Mr. Zhao, what do you think of the flower I carved with my sword?" Yan Shi suddenly asked with a smile.
"It's simply amazing." When Zhao Zheng heard Yan Shi ask this question, he immediately felt bad.
"My carving skills are not amazing, but his carving skills are amazing." Yan Shi pursed his lips at the young hall master.
Zhao Zheng's heart skipped a beat. Listening to Yan Shi's words, this young hall leader also knew the skill of carving directly with a sword, and he was even more advanced than Yan Shi! He had made a rule before, prohibiting Yan Shi from taking action.
Unexpectedly, I still couldn't avoid this difficulty.
The young hall leader walked to the wall of the martial arts training ground, moved a chair over, placed it in the middle of the ground, reached into his arms, and took out the bulging thing. It turned out to be a light green jade blank. Look.
It looks like he really wants to perform a unique carving skill.
Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly. Even if he was beaten to death, he would not be able to perform this unique skill. Let alone asking him to carve in a short time, even if he was given a carving knife to carve slowly, he would not be able to carve anything.
The young hall leader didn't say much. He cupped his hands towards Zhao Zheng and then started to take action. He unsheathed his sword and stabbed the jade blank without any hesitation, as if he was confident. After a sharp sound, the jade blank was
A gap was stabbed in the upper body, and green crystal debris flew to both sides.
"Whoosh! Ding! Dang! Chi!"
The young hall master followed the sword, and the sword in his hand collided with the hard jade stone, making various sounds, which sounded sometimes slow and sometimes urgent. Every time the sword was struck, it would leave a mark on the jade stone. Through this reduction,
way, changing the appearance of the jade.
When Yan Shi carved the black flower, the original stone was only a palm-sized piece, and the carving was completed quickly. However, the jade blank carved by this person was a full circle larger than that, nearly two inches in height, and the carving was more time-consuming.
He was not as strong as Yan Shi and had insufficient internal energy, so he consumed most of his internal energy during the process of carving. He took a small pill to replenish his internal energy to sustain the internal energy that was about to be exhausted, and then continued carving.
The jade blank gradually changed its appearance, and the green debris continued to peel off, revealing a blooming peony with complete roots, stems and leaves, and a total of three flower heads of different sizes. The peony is attached to the background of the rockery and is consolidated by the solid rockery.
Thin petals and leaves.
What Yan Shi carved was just a flower, but what he carved was a complete peony! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
