Chapter 148: Hesitation will lead to defeat, decisiveness will be given for nothing
Liu Zheji now wanted to cover Jiang Nichang's little mouth, but he was afraid that this would cause a bigger misunderstanding, so he suppressed his impulse.
"Yes, I like her, very much, but she is my aunt after all. Unless she really rejects me, I will not consider other people."
Liu Zheji looked at Jiang Nichang who was crying silently and sighed, and then said: "You are very young, so you probably don't know the difference between liking and liking. My aunt has watched me grow up since she was a child, and I have feelings for her.
Emotions have long surpassed ordinary people's likes, do you understand?"
"Then what if your aunt rejects you?" Jiang Nichang choked.
"I..." Liu Zheji also fell silent, but he said firmly: "If you reject me, I will continue to chase her until she likes someone else. This is my last loyalty to this relationship. No.
Seek to be worthy of others, only seek to be worthy of yourself."
"Don't seek to be worthy of others, just seek to be worthy of yourself." Jiang Nichang murmured these words, her eyes gradually becoming firmer.
"Then I will chase you until you and your aunt are together." After saying that, Jiang Nichang ran away quickly.
Liu Zheji watched Jiang Nichang go away, and the fragrance of the beautiful woman seemed to still be reverberating around him. He was in his youth, and Jiang Nichang had top-notch looks and temperament. It would be wrong to say that he would not be unmoved by Jiang Nichang.
It's possible, but when he's tempted, he knows his own heart, his own feelings, and who he should choose.
After Jiang Nichang left, Liu Zheji sat alone in the yard for a long time. The blood dripping on the ground under his feet gathered into a big pool. He didn't notice until his body gradually became cold.
"I am Cao!" Liu Zheji hurriedly took out a bandage from the storage ring and bandaged the wound. He breathed a sigh of relief after the bleeding stopped.
"Sure enough, women can kill me." Liu Zheji recalled the scene just now and was filled with fear. If he died due to excessive blood loss, it would be a joke. Liu Zheji suddenly thought that this could not be a curse.
Something like that, right? If I agreed to Jiang Nichang, I would really die.
Thinking of this, Liu Zheji cut off his reverie about Jiang Nichang and became determined again.
"Auntie! Wait for me! Three months later! Look at me as a young talent from eight states. Anyone who plots evil against you will be strangled to death by me!"
One month later.
In the evening, the disciples of Zhongxu Academy had almost gone to bed and fell asleep. Except for some diligent disciples who were still practicing, and the disciples who were patrolling the mountain, the mountain was silent. At this moment, a thick red light pillar suddenly rose above Jianfeng.
, the light beam came and went quickly, so it didn’t alarm too many people.
In Liu Zheji's yard, Liu Zheji stood in the yard and kept breathing heavily. Just now, he successfully broke through the ninth collapse of Tai'a Body Training Technique and reached the state of perfection.
"My dear."
After Liu Zheji broke through the ninth level, the eight meridians that were originally closed were now a bright red, and blood like mercury was rushing through his thick meridians. When he calmed down, Liu Zheji could almost hear the blood flowing in his meridians.
the sound of.
"Now it's at least comparable to the average innate, right?" Liu Zheji murmured to himself.
After calming down a little, Liu Zheji tried to use the blood of the eight meridians to flush the sealed sea of qi.
"Ning!" Liu Zheji shouted, and the blood in his body suddenly stopped.
"Gather!" Liu Zheji fell with a sound. The blood in the eight meridians was like a surging wave, rushing towards the sea of qi. The waves turned into blood kept beating the layer of gray cutin that sealed the sea of qi. Every beat
Once, the cuticles will become thinner.
The skin of Liu Zheji's body turned a strange red, and all the pores were exuding bloody steam. As Liu Zheji gave his last shout, the bloody steam suddenly burst out and shot straight into the sky.
"Open!!" The power that Liu Zheji had accumulated for three months finally burst out at this moment, and cracks gradually appeared in the cuticle that sealed the sea of qi. Slowly, these cracks became bigger and bigger, and finally with Liu Zheji's final
With a desperate burst, the sealed sea of qi was successfully opened.
"call."
Blood and sweat dripped down from Liu Zheji's body, revealing a tired face, but his eyes were extremely bright.
The opened eyes were gradually dyed blue, and the zhenqi written by Liu Zheji in the sea of qi completely emerged at this time. The blue zhenqi mixed with the qi and blood in the eight meridians, and then turned into a light stream.
Cyan infuriating energy.
Feeling the changes coming from his body, Liu Zheji was very excited. He tried to wave out a stream of true energy. After the true energy left the body, it turned into a small blue ball. The ball rotated around him, and Liu Zheji could clearly sense it.
It contains explosive energy.
To be on the safe side, Liu Zheji didn't try to hit anything with the ball. Anyway, there were still two months left before the competition, so Liu Zheji was not in a hurry. He was really tired today, so Liu Zheji simply lay down on the ground.
Fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Liu Zheji jumped up energetically from the ground. The first thing he did when he got up was to inspect the situation in his eight meridians.
At this time, the places in Liu Zheji's eight meridians that were originally occupied by red had turned into light cyan. After a night of recovery, Liu Zheji felt full of true energy and might explode at any time.
"It's time to practice Xiaoyaofeng's martial arts."
Xiaoyaofeng left many martial arts skills to Liu Zheji, among which was the Piaomiao Step that Liu Zheji had been coveting for a long time. The Piaomiao Step is the famous martial skill of the Piaomiao Sect. Once the movement technique is released, it can transform into thousands of people and come and go without a trace.
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Recalling the idea of Piao Miao Bu, Liu Zheji began to take Piao Miao Step in the yard.
Liu Zheji's Piao Miao Step was an intermediate Xuan-level skill, and Wu Tianxing's was an Earth-level exercise. Liu Zheji also gave him the complete version of Piao Miao Step, but with his understanding, he still wanted to understand Piao Miao Step.
It takes a long time.
Liu Zheji, who possesses the vision of the world and the Book of Enlightenment, can practice various martial arts. This Piaomiao Step is the intermediate level of Xuan level. According to Liu Zheji's own estimation, there are two months left to practice to the second level of Piao Miao Step.
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"The body is as light as a swallow."
Liu Zheji stepped on the ground for several steps, and a burst of blue light gradually appeared on his feet. This was the result of the concentration of Liu Zheji's true energy.
With a flash of green light, Liu Zheji's whole body was like a breeze, and hit the wall of the courtyard with a "bang" sound, causing a large human-shaped hole in the courtyard.
"Ah!!" Liu Zheji howled in horror, his body moving at high speed made the scenery next to him blurry.
In a state of embarrassment, Liu Zheji quickly dispersed the energy clinging to his legs, and then he was thrown into the woods as if the emergency brake had not been applied properly.
"Who?!" Two frightened screams sounded from the side, and the willow halberd hanging on the tree greeted the two disciples who were obviously lovers.
"Hello."
The two disciples were frightened and ran away immediately. Liu Zheji's half-raised hand shook in the air in embarrassment.
On the way back to the yard, Liu Zheji kept thinking about it. The method of using Piao Miao Step was very simple. It could even be said that it was a bit of a novice. The ordinary body movements and secret techniques had a certain
This is an entry-level stage, and you need to understand the secrets before you can use it. However, this Misty Step is different from all martial arts. You only need to move the true energy through the meridians of the legs according to the established trajectory. The increase in the amount of true energy will also allow the warrior to
The speed is accelerated.
This exposed a problem. Liu Zheji could use the Misty Step, but he couldn't control his legs very well. Still in Liu Zheji's small yard, a green figure kept flickering in and out of the yard.
As the shadow flashed, screams of surprise echoed in the yard.
After a long period of training, Liu Zheji finally mastered some tips on the first level of Piao Miao Step, that is, don’t be afraid! Don’t worry and be bold! If Piao Miao Step is like a carriage on Liu Zheji, then Liu Zheji is the driver.
, he only needs to control the speed and direction of the horse. This sounds simple, but it is very difficult to do. It takes a long time for a novice to drive a carriage, let alone a Xuan-level martial arts? So Liu Zheji's
The successful practice over the past month has finally "resulted".
When his face, which had turned into an afterimage, showed a knowing smile in mid-air, without paying attention, a courtyard wall in front of him was approaching him.
"Bang." Liu Zheji hit a hole in the wall again, and the person flew to an unknown place.
One month later, the academy competition was officially held at Hongfeng, the main peak of Zhongxu Mountain.
All innate and above warriors will participate in this competition, which is undoubtedly the most important event in China.
The competition was officially held at Hongfeng's martial arts arena. The competition format was a knockout round, and the top 16 were determined in the end. The top 16 used a round-robin system, and the top ten disciples were finally competed.
The top ten disciples of Zhongxu Academy are legendary figures. Take Huang Yuanhua, the last of the top ten disciples, for example. He practices the Xuan-level technique Cangtian Thick Earth Technique. His own cultivation level has reached the soul-destroying stage. He possesses the earth-level martial art "Earth Crust".
"Change" has made countless opponents frightened.
As for the first few disciples, they have not moved for many years. The tenth place was also vacant after the first disciple Zhang Heng broke through the realm. Therefore, it is said that there is a competition for the top ten disciples, but in fact it is also a competition for the top ten.
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After knowing this rule, Liu Zheji couldn't help but become curious about these ten disciples. How could they occupy the position for so long? Isn't there a genius who came from behind?
With doubts, Liu Zheji set foot on the peak of the flood the day before the competition.
In the previous exam, there were three places to participate in the sect competition. Not to mention Liu Zheji, besides him, there were two other disciples in white who participated. One was the disciple who had used Binglan, the vision of heaven and earth, and the other one was Liu Zheji.
To Zheji's surprise, it turned out to be Liu Yunqi who asked him to kick him. The disciples of Jiantang participating in the competition would go up the mountain to arrange accommodation, and Liu Zheji could not help but bump into these people.
"Junior brother, you are here." Jiang Nichang saw Liu Zheji at a glance. At this time, Liu Zheji's temperament became a little unrecognizable to her.
Liu Zheji was wearing Jiantang's white clothes. The weather was turning cold at this time, and it was still snowing lightly when he went up the mountain. Liu Zheji was wearing Jiantang's white clothes underneath, and a snow-white cloak on top. He was dressed very neatly, and he was wearing a white cloak.
There seemed to be a moist sea air next to him, and there was always mist lingering around him as he walked, making it seem as if he was accompanied by strange phenomena from heaven and earth.
Jiang Nichang immediately knew that Liu Zheji might have returned to Xiantian.
"Yeah." Liu Zheji nodded, responded lightly, and walked forward.
"Who is this person?" A disciple in Tsing Yi who was taking the exam curiously asked Liu Yunqi, who was also in white.
Liu Yunqi looked at the white mist surrounding Liu Zheji and felt envious in his heart. When the Qingyi disciple asked him, he said with some admiration: "This is the strongest among our freshmen."
"How strong is it?" The disciples in Tsing Yi looked at Liu Zheji's exaggerated outfit and were a little puzzled. Why was this person still dressed in white despite being born with it?
Another young man in white clothes next to him looked at the disciple in green clothes and said, "Much better than you."
"Compared to me?" The disciple in green was about to argue with them, but after thinking about it, wouldn't arguing with the disciple in white mean that he was degrading himself? So he just shook his head and walked away.
"Senior Brother Lan, you're here." Liu Yunqi couldn't help but get excited when he saw the young man in front of him. He walked over and said hello shyly.
"Tell me, how many places can Senior Brother Liu get in the competition?" Lan Xin did not respond to Liu Yunqi, but asked him with a frown.
"Where is your ranking?" Liu Yunqi was stunned and replied: "Senior brother, although he is very strong, but there is still a gap between him and those Tsing Yi senior brothers, right? If he can win a small game, he is already very powerful."
Lan Xin smiled disdainfully after hearing Liu Yunqi's answer. He had personally experienced the horror of Liu Zheji. At that time, Liu Zheji had not yet reached the innate world. Now Liu Zheji's appearance is obviously that he has just broken through the innate world. The vision of heaven and earth is here.
He looked like he couldn't control his whole body. Lan Xin was born in the Lan family of Lizhou, and there were many innate warriors in his family. This showed that he still had some strength.
"Come on, senior brother, and let them see how terrifying the person who defeated me is!"
The competition was held one day later. All Jian Tang disciples lived alone in a connecting courtyard under the arrangement of Hong Feng disciples. Liu Zheji Xi Jing occupied the second floor of a small building by himself, while Lan Xin and Liu Yunqi lived in
next to him.
In the evening, Lan Xin and Liu Yunqi were so excited that they couldn't sleep when they thought about participating in the competition tomorrow. At Liu Yunqi's suggestion, they prepared to go find Liu Zheji.
"You said, senior brother won't kick us out, right?" Liu Yunqi said uncertainly.
"Let's take a look and talk about it." Lan Xin didn't know for sure. He was quite curious about Liu Zheji, so he could only bite the bullet and walked into Liu Zheji's small second floor.
The door on the first floor was not locked, so the two hesitated before knocking on the door and entering.
"Senior Brother Liu?" Liu Yunqi shouted from downstairs.
Liu Zheji was discussing Huangji Eight Star Fist with Bai Wuchang at this time. Suddenly he heard someone calling. He hurriedly asked Bai Wuchang to return to his palace, secretly wondering, who would come to find him so late?
When he went downstairs and saw the sneaky two people looking around on the first floor, they couldn't help but roll their eyes.
"Why are you two looking for me?" Liu Zheji asked impatiently.
A sudden voice came from upstairs, which startled Liu Yunqi. Lan Xin was also startled, but he was still calm. He cupped his hands and said: "Brother, there will be a big competition tomorrow. The two of us are really unintentional."
Sleep, so I came to see my senior brother to discuss the Dabi."
Originally, Liu Zheji wanted to quarrel with these two boys and let them go to bed peacefully, but then he thought about it, these two people might know some contents of the competition. He has not been out these days, and he has not deliberately inquired about it.
There was some powerful person in Xu Academy, but it was useless to sharpen his weapon in battle, so he simply jumped off the second floor.
"What do you want to discuss?" Liu Zheji sat on a chair in the hall, casually took out a handful of melon seeds from his storage ring and cracked them.
Lan Xin and Liu Yunqi looked at each other and said to themselves, "I didn't expect senior brother to be so approachable."
Lan Xin lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying: "Senior brother, do you know who is participating in this academy competition?"
Liu Zheji nodded, "As far as I know, all the innate disciples from the academy will participate, right?"
Lan Xin and Liu Yunqi both shook their heads, and Liu Zheji couldn't help but be startled, "Didn't everyone participate?"
Lan Xin saw that Liu Yunqi had something to say, so she nodded and told him to speak first.
"That's not the case, senior brother." Liu Yunqi coughed dryly, "There are a lot of innate warriors in the academy, plus those who go out to perform tasks, I don't know how many people there are. It's impossible for all of them to participate."
"Who are the people participating?" Liu Zheji couldn't help but asked in confusion.
Lan Xin said at this time: "Basically, young disciples will participate. Those who have been in the academy for a long time will not put down their face and compete with us juniors. Of course, there are also some who have a playful attitude and will show their skills.
, so senior brother doesn’t have to worry about meeting strong opponents.”
"Oh." Liu Zheji nodded, so that's what happened, but he was still frightened by the strength of the academy. He didn't know much about Zhongxu Academy, and he only had the idea that Zhongxu Academy was the largest force in Lizhou.
Above, I didn't expect the academy to be so powerful. According to Lan Xin, there are as many innate warriors in the academy as dogs.
"Senior brother, do you know the top ten disciples?" Lan Xin asked when he saw Liu Zheji was silent and deliberately raised a topic.
"Top ten disciples?" Liu Zheji had heard of the names of these top ten disciples, and heard that the first disciple had already reached the transformation state.
"The top ten disciples are so terrifying. The forces behind each disciple are very terrifying. They practice the top skills and possess countless peerless martial arts. Each of the top ten disciples is the chosen one. Zhongxu Academy
His top ten disciples are famous throughout the eight states."
"What does that have to do with me?" Liu Zheji chuckled. No matter how terrifying these ten disciples were, they wouldn't have any influence on him, right?
"No...if senior brother stays in the academy, he will be exposed to this level sooner or later. How many places do you think you will get in this competition?"
"How many?" Liu Zheji had never thought about this question, but he felt that he had to be in the top ten, right?
"top ten?"
"hiss……"
Liu Yunqi and Lan Xin looked at Liu Zheji strangely, "Senior brother... these top ten disciples have already occupied the top ten." Liu Yunqi reminded from the side.
"? How do you know they can definitely enter the top ten? If they meet in the elimination, one of them will be eliminated. Wouldn't that give up a lot of positions?" Liu Zheji looked at the two of them like fools, but unexpectedly Lan Xin took over.
Coming down would make him feel like a fool.
"Senior brother, that's not the case. What I mean is that the top ten disciples don't have to compete at all. They are in the top ten themselves, and we disciples can only compete for the eleven to sixteen places." Lan Xinxin said with a smile.
"Who stipulated it?" Liu Zheji immediately got angry. Isn't this obviously playing with the rules? Just decide on the top ten without any competition? Then what's the point of setting the top 16?
"This is an unwritten rule. Anyone who competes with the top ten disciples will admit that they are unlucky. They can only choose to admit defeat. This has been the case for the past few years. Even among the top ten disciples, no one will go to the competition venue.
Judge them victorious."
Liu Zheji understood this time. This competition was just a cover. The people below were working hard, and the top ten positions had long been occupied by others.
"Is there no one to challenge them?" Liu Zheji asked.
"It has happened, but it ended badly." Lan Xin shook his head and said. "There are powerful figures behind the top ten disciples. They are either elders in the academy, or big forces that are inextricably related to the academy. Every year, the top ten disciples
Most of the rewards went into their pockets.”
After a pause, Lan Xin decided to explain to Liu Zheji in detail, "Each of these ten disciples will have their own fiefdom. This fiefdom may be in Zhongxu Mountain, or it may be a certain city or a Cave Heaven Paradise, that is,
It is said that with the quota of the top ten disciples, the chance of impacting the realm will be much greater than that of ordinary people. The resources of the academy are so limited. If they are not concentrated on some people, the top ten disciples will be changed every year. Frequent exchanges will lead to
Some highly talented disciples have lost the opportunity to attack the realm of transformation."
"It turns out that there is something like this behind the scenes." Liu Zheji fell into thinking. On the surface, this matter is quite simple. Big forces and big families occupy the top ten disciples in order to let his family have a son.
Name the realm in order to seek greater benefits. If you think about it more deeply, it is impossible for the academy not to know about this, but still let it go. It is very likely that the minds above are not aligned. If a disciple represents a force, then
Behind these ten disciples, there are definitely one or a few senior officials of the academy who are supporting them. They will be their helpers when the disciples reach the realm of transformation.
It seemed like a simple competition, but it involved so many things. When Liu Zheji thought about it carefully, he became more and more disgusted with the academy. But then, Liu Zheji smiled. He was originally in this.
Xu Academy is not sincere, the academy is just a springboard. If Gu Meng'er is really accepted as a disciple by Gongsun Li, then his current status is too far away from her. Let alone chasing her, he may not even be qualified to meet her.
There would be none, so Liu Zheji had a certain idea next.
"Okay, that's it for today. I know it well. I'm very grateful to the two junior brothers." Liu Zheji bowed his hands to the two of them. I have to say that these two people helped him a lot this time.
Yes, if given the chance, Liu Zheji would find a way to compensate the two of them.
"Senior brother, you are serious. I still remember what senior brother taught me in the quiz. Yunqi will definitely remember it in his heart. It is my honor to be able to help senior brother."
Liu Yunqi and Lan Xin both nodded. Although they could not keep up with Liu Zheji's height, at least in an era, people always had a thought in their hearts. If they could not stand shoulder to shoulder with "Legend", then they should at least stand beside "Legend".
It's too far. Although Liu Zheji's current performance is not very strong, Lan Xin knows that this person is definitely not as simple as he appears. He has a hunch that Liu Zheji will become the biggest in this sect competition.
A dark horse.
After the two left, Liu Zheji sat on a chair in the hall and cracked melon seeds all night. When Jiang Nichang came to see him the next morning, the skins of melon seeds on the ground were piled up like a hill.
Jiang Nichang was stunned for a moment, but she still walked over. "Junior brother, the sect competition is starting today. Come and set off with us."
Liu Zheji spit out the last piece of melon seed skin out of his mouth. Seeing Jiang Nichang frowning deeply at the melon seed skin on the ground, he suddenly asked: "Senior sister, are you one of the top ten disciples?"
Jiang Nichang shook her head and said: "I am not strong enough to be one of the top ten disciples."
"Is there anyone under your father's family?" Liu Zheji asked again.
"My father? He...is not qualified enough. Why do you suddenly ask this?" Jiang Nichang looked at Liu Zheji in surprise. In her impression, Liu Zheji was not someone who would notice such details.
Liu Zheji smiled but did not answer, "Let's go, senior sister." Liu Zheji thought about it all night, and a complete plan had already taken shape in his mind. If he guessed correctly, not only did Jiang Hanyun not support any of the ten
The eldest disciple, even Zhou Changqing above him may be looking for someone to choose. From Zhang Hongyuan, Liu Zheji saw some clues as to why Zhou Changqing was anxiously looking for his subordinates, and even a person like him was admitted to the academy.
And he was also assigned to the sword hall. If his guess is correct, Jiang Hanyun and Zhou Changqing of the sword hall are from the same line. The next secret needs to be learned step by step. Liu Zheji is not in a hurry. The sect competition will take a long time. During this period