With only ten days left before the Young Heroes Association, Huang Xiaoshi and Wei Ming left Luoyang City and headed towards Huashan.
Huashan is not far from Luoyang. It is located between Luoyang and Chang'an and closer to Chang'an. It is only 600 miles away.
Following Huang Xiaoshi, Wei Ming naturally no longer has to walk.
Originally, Huang Xiaoshi wanted to rent a horse, but he traveled all the way to Chang'an, but it turned out that he couldn't ride a horse.
Of course, if you really need to hurry, Weiming just needs to spread his legs and run, which is faster than a horse.
Weiming doesn't know how to ride a horse, and he doesn't want to learn to ride one. He thinks that he probably won't be able to buy or raise a horse in his life, so Weiming doesn't force it. He rents a big car and walks leisurely like this.
Along the way, two grown men sat facing each other in the car and had nothing to do.
In the past, the two of them would have taken the time to practice without hesitation, but now the situation is a little different.
Huang Xiaoshi and Weiming have both encountered bottlenecks.
Huang Xiaoshi has now reached level 44. He has reached the limit of the level that the [Shadowless Glazed Kung Fu] can improve. Huang Xiaoshi has tried it, but no matter how he runs the technique, he can't level up anymore. It's over.
Speaking of which, Huang Xiaoshi still has some regrets.
Logically speaking, this kind of high-level internal strength should be able to train a person to around level 45, but since he is a martial arts practitioner, his bones are usually better than ordinary people, so Fang Yunhua can easily reach level 46.
Unfortunately for Huang Xiaoshi, his figure is still a little below the average.
Weiming's problem is that his level is stuck. Weiming has been stuck at level 39 at 100% for several months.
Regarding this matter, Weiming also asked his master, but Wuxiazi didn't have a good idea either.
The hurdle is something that every high-level warrior must go through. The time it takes to get there may be long or short. Of course, there are people who have never been able to cross it in their entire lives.
Generally speaking, if you want to break through to the level of a first-class master, the test is your personal understanding, but it is said that the higher the understanding, the easier it is for people to get stuck.
Weiming asked Wu Xiazi again how he broke through this level.
Wu Xiazi smoothed his long beard and said to Wei Ming, he suddenly realized it while pouring tea.
What Wuxianzi realized was that "the best is as good as water."
"The best good is like water" comes from Chapter 8 of the Tao Te Ching, which says: "The best good is like water. Water is good for all things and does not compete with it.
However, the "superior goodness is like water" that Wuxiazi realized is not indisputable, but invisible.
When water is in a pot, the water is in the shape of a pot; when water is in a cup, the water is in the shape of a cup.
Whether it's in the shape of a pot or a cup, water is just water. It doesn't change into anything just because it looks like something. It's always water.
In just that moment, Wu Xiazi stepped into the realm of a first-rate master.
When Weiming said this, Huang Xiaoshi also fell into hard thinking.
By the way, Huang Xiaoshi recalled that he was actually stuck in a level, but he didn't realize the problem at that time.
Weiming asked Huang Xiaoshi at this time, and Huang Xiaoshi naturally did not hide anything. He told Weiming that he had been stuck on the threshold for a long time (several days was indeed long enough). In the end, it was the bloody battle in Hangzhou that night. Huang Xiaoshi took advantage of it.
It took the blood rushing in my heart to break through.
"Wow, so powerful?" Wei Ming's eyes were filled with stars. He asked Huang Xiaoshi, "What was it like after breaking the level? Did you become stronger for a moment?"
After Huang Xiaoshi hesitated for a moment, he replied: "Well, it feels like it's nothing special, it's just that I felt very happy at that moment.
As for whether I have become stronger, yes. After breaking the level, I really became very strong, probably strong enough that I can easily defeat myself before breaking the level."
After Weiming heard Huang Xiaoshi's words, he was happy at first, and then felt sad.
It was not easy to defeat the second senior brother and get the ticket to the Young Heroes Association, but the biggest enemy was in the car.
When he was in Hangzhou, Wei Ming knew that Huang Xiaoshi's strength far exceeded his own, and the ability he showed during sparring with him was not half as good as in the last two battles.
Huang Xiaoshi didn't want to hurt himself, so he saved some energy.
Gu Yuexuan often said, "Forgive others when you are given the chance to spare them." He admired his father, Hero Gu Yunfei very much. I heard from Gu Yuexuan that when Hero Gu takes action, if he is not a treacherous and evil person, he will only be willing to use 70% more force.
Wei Ming was amazed in his heart when he thought that Brother Xiao Shi was actually so strong that he could only exert 50% of his usual strength.
Wei Ming already knows that Huang Xiaoshi's most powerful boxing technique is not [Chicken Claw Kung Fu], but [Killing Intention Fist].
However, Huang Xiaoshi, who was already so strong, said after breaking through the ranks, he could easily defeat himself before breaking through the ranks.
So, how strong is Huang Xiaoshi now?
There are still ten days left before the Young Heroes Association, so Wei Ming is inevitably a little anxious.
If he wants to defeat Huang Xiaoshi, the only way now is to break the level before the Young Heroes Association. Only by entering the next level can Wei Ming have the possibility of fighting Huang Xiaoshi.
Of course, when he was young, although he had a competitive spirit, he had no intention of harming others. It may also be that Wei Ming was unique. If it had been anyone else, he would have already started to think of some conspiracy to deal with Huang Xiaoshi.
Since neither of them had any intention of practicing, they just spent time chatting along the way.
Huang Xiaoshi told Weiming about his experiences on the westward journey, and Weiming told Huang Xiaoshi about the battle between himself and his second senior brother Jingji.
"Actually, I was the second senior brother who was defeated by fighting with my heart."
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That day in the jungle.
This forest battle, whether it is thorny or unclear, both sides have their own strengths, and the outcome is difficult to determine.
Although Wei Ming's cultivation level is slightly higher than that of Thorns, it is not high enough to cross levels. This slight advantage cannot be the deciding factor in victory or defeat.
Otherwise, there is no need to compare, Wu Xiazi can just assign Wei Ming directly.
When Lin fights, there are only two rules, one is not to kill your opponent intentionally, and the other is not to borrow the power of others.
The risk of Lin Zhan is still very high. After all, if the two of them have to let go, there will definitely be uncontrollable factors. But Wu Xiazi feels that this is an experience that a warrior must endure.
If a warrior wants to grow to a higher level, he must go through a life-and-death battle, a fierce battle in which he will use all means and exert all his strength to squeeze out all his potential and push himself to the limit.
Being able to replace the battle of life and death with the victory or defeat of the Young Heroes Association is an extremely rare opportunity for Thorns and Weiming.
In Lin Zhan, Wei Ming's strength lies in fierce fighting. In other words, if Thorns confronts Wei Ming Gang head on, he can't beat Wei Ming.
This is a big data conclusion reached by the two after playing against each other countless times.
However, this does not mean that Wei Mingqiang will definitely win. Thorns' Qinggong is better, and he has the initiative in the entire battle.
Whether attacking or retreating, Thorns can come and go when he wants. He can attack Weiming from any direction and angle at any time.
Wei Ming must keep one hundred and twenty hearts at all times. In this old forest, Wei Ming, the old hunter, became the prey for the first time.
Jingjia knows that Weiming is good at wine. This is Weiming's advantage, but it is also his disadvantage because the wine will be finished.
Therefore, Thorny Thorns deliberately attacked Wei Ming from the beginning, fought with him for a while, then withdrew, and then came to harass him again after a while.
According to Jingjing's estimate, Weiming would have finished drinking the wine on the first night.
On the second day, Weiming's combat effectiveness will be reduced because there is no alcohol to drink.
In a few days, when Wei Ming's alcohol addiction breaks out, his strength will be reduced by several percent.
However, what Jingjing didn't expect was that he harassed Weiming the next day and Weiming kept drinking. On the third day, Weiming still kept drinking.
Jingji just didn't understand. It's not clear that the wine gourd is actually the Tieguai Li from the Eight Immortals?
On the fourth day, Jingjing and Weiming fought again for a while. While fighting, Weiming took out the wine gourd and drank a sip of wine for himself. Jingjing finally came to his senses.
Wei Ming is cheating!
Wei Ming must have known that the last battle was between Lin and Lin, so he buried the wine in the forest in advance. After he left, Wei Ming took out the wine jar and tipped the wine into the gourd.
Wanting to understand these thorns, a surge of anger rushed to the top of my head.
Relying on the anger in his heart, Thorns opened up a storm of swords and slashed at Weiming. Weiming drank while hiding, and what was even more disgusting was that with every sip of wine he drank, his strength became stronger.
Damn it, damn it, damn it!
The thorns will not retreat this time!
After the two of them had gone through hundreds of moves, Jingjiang's internal energy could no longer be connected. At this time, he was hit on the leg by Wei Ming with a stick. Jingjiang's feet went weak. Although he did not fall down, his body became crooked.
In just that moment, Weiming dropped the stick in his hand and touched it, locking the thorns in place.
"I don't accept it!" After being entangled by Wei Ming, Thorns struggled and yelled angrily.
Seeing that Jingjia refused to admit defeat, Weiming exerted more and more force on his hand. However, this time Jiajia was very hard, and Weiming had stretched his arm to the limit, and it would have broken if he exerted even a little more force.
However, the thorns are still shouting "I don't accept it".
After the two were in a stalemate for a while, Weiming let go of the thorn.
After all, Jiajie is his second senior brother, so he can't just break Jiajie's arm in two just to win against him.
After Weiming let go of the thorns, he said to him: "You are a shameless person!"
Thorns jumped on his feet and cursed: "You are the scoundrel! You cheated!"
"Who cheated?" Weiming shouted back at the thorns.
"伱, you, you! It's you!!" Jingjia pointed at the wine gourd on Wei Ming's waist and shouted loudly: "Your gourd still has wine today, it's not cheating!"
As soon as he heard Jingjiang roaring like this, Weiming suddenly burst out laughing. He took off the gourd from his waist and threw it to Jingjiang.
Thorns stretched out his hand to grab the wine gourd. He pulled off the lid and took a sip, then his expression changed.
It turned out to be cold water.
Weiming laughed and said: "I knew you wanted to plot my wine, so I poured water into the gourd whenever I had time. The gourd must always be full."
Jingjie didn't want to believe it, so he asked Weiming, "Since you didn't drink, how could you be drunk?"
As soon as Jingjing finished speaking, he suddenly felt as if he had drank a jar of old wine. His cheeks were red, his eyes were blurry, his shoulders were slumped and his feet were weak, and he burst out with a wine burp.
"This..." Thorns reacted, "Is this you pretending?"
After hearing Jingjing's words, Weiming suddenly came to his senses again. He laughed and said, "The Jiu Xian once said to me, 'When one is intoxicated, one's heart will not be intoxicated.'
Thorns threw the wine gourd to Weiming and said to him: "Let's go back to the valley. After eating raw food for a few days, I want to eat."
Thorns readily gave up. He lost twice in this battle and was convinced of his defeat.
…
After hearing Weiming's words, Huang Xiaoshi couldn't help but exclaimed: "Awesome!"
By the way, Huang Xiaoshi suddenly remembered that Weiming's locking technique was very powerful. He had never been hit by a locking technique before, so he didn't know if he could break free.
Probably, it can't be done.
Although Gu Yuexuan and Weiming had taught him some escape techniques, those superficial techniques might be useful to others, but if they were used in Weiming's hands, wouldn't it mean that the apprentice wanted to beat the master?
Huang Xiaoshi naturally wanted to win the championship in the Young Heroes Association, otherwise he wouldn't have gone all the way to Huashan.
So, Huang Xiaoshi is now facing the same problem: Is he sure that he can defeat his biggest enemy? It is unclear?
Yes, although Huang Xiaoshi knows that Wei Ming has not advanced yet, it does not mean that Wei Ming is necessarily weaker than him.
Huang Xiaoshi was at a disadvantage because he used his bare hands to attack.
Weiming's drunken fist and drunken stick happen to be somewhat restrained in attacking with bare hands. Could it be that as soon as Weiming touched him, Huang Xiaoshi could only slap the ground and admit defeat?
Huang Xiaoshi vaguely recalled that when he was being hugged and killed by [Crazy], he accidentally activated the skill [Lushan Shengjiba].
Huang Xiaoshi has such a vivid memory of this battle that he can still remember every detail and can even recreate the 3D scene in his mind without closing his eyes.
Because this was Huang Xiaoshi's first life-and-death battle, he was really forced to use all means.
It was during this battle that Huang Xiaoshi finally activated [Killing Intention Fluctuation]. It can be said that this battle made Huang Xiaoshi realize a new level of fighting.
Therefore, Huang Xiaoshi agrees with Wu Xiazi's view that warriors do have to go through a life and death battle.
That's how people are, until the last moment, certain switches just can't be turned on.
However, Huang Xiaoshi recalled now that he had been hugged to death by [Crazy] at that time, and his hands could not break free at all, but he just released his skills.
Could it be that the skill [Lushan Ascension to Chicken Dominance] can be activated at any time?
Oh, it’s too late to see things, it’s too late to see things.
I should have found a chance to try it earlier rather than just thinking about it now.
Huang Xiaoshi glanced at Wei Ming. Could he now properly say to Wei Ming, his biggest opponent, "Hey, lock me up and let me test my skills?"
How is that possible.
Huang Xiaoshi couldn't say this at all, it was so shameless.
After a while, the cart stopped and the handlebars wanted to pee, so the three of them went together.
Walking into the woods, Huang Xiaoshi took Weiming and walked a long way alone. When he reached a place where no one was seen, Huang Xiaoshi said eagerly to Weiming: "Quick, hold me tight, hold me tight."