Chapter 144 How about I recruit him to be a concubine?
"What is the origin of this young man named Zhong Wen?" Li Jiuye looked at Zhong Wen in the distance who was flirting with Shangguan Junyi and chatting and laughing with Li Yiru. The more he looked at it, the more he liked him.
"I heard that he comes from a sect called 'Piaohua Palace'." Master Jiu said with a smile, "I also asked someone to find out that all the women in Piaohua Palace are women, and the little guy would rather be a cook.
If you stay in the door, you will probably be a romantic person."
"Good looks are good. Talented people are not afraid of wanting something, but afraid of asking for nothing." Li Jiuye laughed and said, "Not bad, it's really good."
"Is it possible that your majesty has developed a love for talents?" Master Jiu asked, stroking the dregs of beard on his face.
"His nickname is the 'Magic Doctor and Demon Chef'. He must be quite accomplished in cooking." Li Jiuye looked in the direction of Li Yiru and said with a smile, "Don't you three girls like delicious food? Aren't these two people a perfect match? Mr. Jiu, you
How about I call him to be my consort?"
"It would be great if we could recruit such a talented person with great potential." Master Jiu turned to Zhong Wen, "I just don't know if the third princess is willing."
At this time, Zhong Wen didn't know what he said in the distance, which made Li Yiru laugh out loud, leaning forward and back.
"Don't forget that this girl is very popular and can chat with anyone." Li Jiuye looked at Li Yiru with a hint of endearment in his eyes, "Actually, except for the girl from the Shangguan family, she doesn't have any real friends.
I have never seen her be so intimate with a man, so there is probably something going on."
In a short time, the sun has climbed higher, and the surrounding temperature has gradually increased, giving it a scorching summer feel.
"The two competitions just now have really opened Liu's eyes. There are so many talented people, so why not worry about prospering and sweeping the world." Liu Dongqiang appeared on the ring with a smile again, "Although I still want to watch a few more games, but I can't.
The time has come, and it’s time for the real master to appear. If there are any other young heroes who want to come forward and show their faces, they might as well wait until after the competition between Prince Wu and Young Master Xiao. I, Lao Liu, promise that there will be no restrictions at Yuxiao Villa today, and the arena can be used at will.
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Before Liu Dongqiang finished speaking, Xiao Wenjian stood up, tiptoed to the ground, and landed lightly in the center of the ring. His cold eyes looked at the pale Prince Wu on the seat opposite.
Prince Wu stood up tremblingly while holding on to the armrests of his seat. Behind him, the beauty in red, Suzaku, gently untied his cloak and handed a four-foot long sword to him.
Li Qing took the sword and slowly walked towards the ring. Every step he took seemed very laborious.
"What's going on, Your Highness King Wu?" General Xue frowned and said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "This battle was decided last month. How can we not take good care of our bodies during this month?"
Li Jiuye looked at his son's pitiful posture, and suddenly glanced at Xiao Qing, who was talking to Nangong Tianxing in the distance.
As if he felt something in his heart, Xiao Qing also looked back almost at the same time. Emperor Daqian and the head of the Xiao family, two figures at the pinnacle of imperial power, looked at each other at this moment.
Countless information seemed to flash through their eyes, but nothing seemed to exist.
After a while, Xiao Qing smiled slightly at Li Jiuye, turned his head again, and started talking to Nangong Tianxing again.
"The Xiao family, what a Xiao family." Li Jiuye murmured to himself in a barely audible voice, but it still reached the ears of Master Jiu and others.
Li Qing finally stood on the ring, facing Xiao Wenjian from a distance, and he found that the eldest son of the Xiao family actually showed an extremely unhappy look in his eyes.
"Is that what you mean?" he said slowly.
"No." Xiao Wenjian shook his head, "Otherwise, why would I have worked so hard to find the sword?"
"I guess so." Li Qing suddenly smiled, "Although your second brother is full of clever tricks, he doesn't understand one truth. No matter how many tricks are used, strength will speak for itself in the end."
At this moment, he suddenly wiped off the powder on his face, straightened his back, his eyes shone brightly, and his body exuded a powerful and noble heavenly aura.
"Are you not poisoned?" Xiao Wenjian actually showed joy on his face, "Okay, very good, this is the Li Qing I want to defeat!"
"How is that possible!" Xiao Wuqing stood up abruptly and stared at Li Qing, who was standing tall and powerful in the ring, dumbfounded. "How could you recover so quickly after being poisoned by the heartbroken grass?"
Xiao Qing frowned and glanced at him, then turned his gaze to Emperor Daqian in the distance, only to find that Li Jiuye also had a look of confusion on his face.
"You fell into a trap." He said slowly, "Maybe Li Qing was not poisoned at all."
Xiao Qingqing's expression was messy, and he kept mumbling to himself, but he didn't seem to hear Xiao Qing's words.
Xiao Qing sighed secretly in his heart and turned his eyes to his eldest son on the ring.
Now I only rely on you!
Xiao Wenjian and Li Qingtong faced each other from a distance, raising their swords at the same time and pointing at each other.
A long time passed, and the two of them still stood motionless.
The breeze blew and brought a leaf to Li Qing. At this moment, Xiao Wenjian took action.
Without even seeing how his feet moved, he appeared in front of Li Qing. The sword in his hand emitted a dazzling light like the sun, and pierced Li Qing's face.
Li Qing turned slightly to avoid the sword, and the long black sword in his hand was shining, stabbing Xiao Wenjian flatly in the chest.
As if they had made an agreement in advance, the two Heavenly Wheel masters ranked first and second on the list of heroes did not use their spiritual power to transform. Instead, they stabbed each other with their swords. From a distance, It was as ordinary as two rookies fighting.
"Are these the young heroes ranked first and second?" Shangguan Mingyue looked at it for a moment and felt bored. She couldn't help covering her lips with her hands and yawned, "The fight was so boring, not as good as the previous two games."
"Yue'er, you don't know something. Although the spiritual power transformation looks gorgeous and spectacular, the spiritual power is actually outside the body of the cultivator, and its power is far inferior to that directly attached to the body surface and weapons." Shangguan Junyi explained, "So in the face of this, For truly powerful opponents, like them, you can use your own strength to the fullest. Don't look at the ordinary scene and the danger inside, but it is far better than using spiritual power to transform into the air and attack the opponent from a distance."
Shangguan Mingyue seemed to understand, but was not very interested in this profound style of play.
"As expected of the two prides of the empire, these two are young and only have the cultivation level of Tianlun, but they have already vaguely comprehended the principles of swordsmanship." The wine master took a sip of wine and looked at the tea on the table. He didn't look at it, "It's a pity, it's a pity. If the Xiao family can abide by the way of being a courtier, there is no need to worry about not being able to suppress the Dragon Empire with the twin walls of the empire in the future."
"I'm afraid that in Xiao Qing's heart, the surname of this big country should be Xiao." Li Jiuye sneered, "But this kid Lao San has learned how to deceive now. The way he looked just now, he almost deceived me. Yes, look at the expressions of Xiao Qing and his son, it’s so satisfying.”
"In my opinion, the Xiao family did indeed plot against His Highness King Wu, but His Highness not only took precautions, but also took advantage of the scheme and caught the Xiao family off guard." The author did not hide his admiration for Li Qing at all, "The former Although Prince Wu has both civil and military skills, he is too upright in his actions and is inevitably taken advantage of by villains. Now His Highness has learned such small tricks and has no flaws since then. Your Majesty is really lucky to have such a son."
"Jiu Lao, since my third brother escaped the plot and went out to fight openly, why should I deliberately pretend to be injured? Such a pretentious gesture will bring disgrace to our royal family." Prince Li Yan heard Master Jiu praise Li Qing like this. Feeling unhappy, I couldn't help but retort.
"Your Highness, the Xiao family has been planning this battle for a long time and is determined to win. It is not just to win a ranking. They will definitely invite many centrists to come and watch the battle to win people's hearts. There will also be a series of arrangements in the future." Lord Jiu looked at it. He glanced at Li Yan, sighed secretly, and explained patiently, "But all this is based on one premise, that is, Xiao Wenjian must win this battle. His Highness King Wu pretended to fall into the trap and did not let Xiao Qing know until the decisive battle. If the plan fails, the other party will not only have no time to respond, but will also be hit twice as hard psychologically."
"It seems to me that Xiao Wenjian is not dejected, but is full of fighting spirit." Li Yan knew that Venerable Jiu was right, but he had to bite the bullet and retort.
"Yes, both Xiao Qing and his second son are good at planning, but Xiao Wenjian is an arrogant seeker of truth. Seeing that his face is not surprised but happy, he seems to be very much looking forward to meeting the prince. A fair fight." Master Jiu commented objectively, "I'm afraid that he was not involved in many of the Xiao family's conspiracies."
"Jiu Lao, who do you think can win between the two of them?" Li Yan was very conflicted in his heart. He didn't want the Li family to be suppressed by the Xiao family, but he also didn't want to see the already brilliant third brother continue to shine.
"Four years ago, Xiao Wenjian's understanding of the art of swordsmanship was even lower than that of His Highness King Wu. I don't know what adventures he has had these days." Master Jiu stared closely at the two people who were locked in a stalemate on the ring, "Now the two of them are in a stalemate. The understanding of swordsmanship is actually about the same. If the difference in spiritual skills is taken into account, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is slightly better than His Highness by half a point. Even I cannot predict who will win in the end."
On the ring, Li Qing and Xiao Wenjian started to use their swordsmanship. Every time Xiao Wenjian thrust out a sword, Li Qing would always use extremely clever responses to force him to change his moves midway, and Li Qing's The moves were often unable to be completed by Xiao Wenjian's fierce counterattacks. Time gradually passed. These two top geniuses had each changed hundreds of moves, but the two long swords never came into contact even once.
Xiao Qing looked at the two people on the stage, his eyes gradually relaxed: "Ring Wu, it seems that God is helping my Xiao family, your eldest brother is probably going to win."
Xiao Qingqing, who was still a little confused, was stunned when he heard this: "Father, why do you see this?"
"Manpower is sometimes scarce. Even these two monsters will eventually be exhausted and slow to react." Xiao Qing seemed to have foreseen the outcome of this battle, "That moment is when the weapons collide."
Xiao Wuqing's eyes lit up: "What father means is..."
"Li Qing's 'Yu Shang Sword' will definitely be destroyed by Jian'er's 'Yang Shen Sword'." Xiao Qing said slowly.
"I heard that the 'Yu Shang Sword' is one of the ten famous swords of Daqian. Is this 'Yang Shen Sword' really so great?" Nangong Tianxing couldn't help but ask from the side.
"My 'Tianque Sword' was destroyed by this sword." A rare look of regret appeared on Xiao Qing's face.
Nangong Tianxing's eyes widened with an incredulous expression. They were both among the top ten famous swords of Daqian, and the "Tianque Sword" ranked higher than the "Yu Sword".
Just as Xiao Qing expected, as time went by, Li Qing and Xiao Wenjian's movements gradually slowed down, and their reactions were no longer as agile as before.
Although they were still in their prime, such a long period of concentration still brought a huge burden to the two of them.
"Ding!"
After failing to change their moves in time, the swords in their hands finally touched each other, making a crisp sound of gold and iron hitting each other.