The next day, the Anhan County Tangming Pavilion martial arts competition on the fourth day of March officially kicked off.
Although Li Bai and Sima Heng chatted all night, they were still in high spirits, especially Sima Heng. He had just fully mastered the Phoenix Shield and was anxious to find someone to compete with, so the two hurriedly had breakfast and walked directly.
Arrive at Tangming Pavilion.
At this time, there were already crowds of people outside the Tangming Pavilion, including those who came to compete and those who came to watch the fun. It was very lively and noisy.
Tangming Pavilion has strengthened the guard in front of the door, and no one is allowed to enter without a participation order.
Li and Bai walked into Tangming Pavilion after showing their participation orders.
Anhan Tangming Pavilion is a large house with a three-lane structure. The front lane is a large corridor. On the two walls of the corridor are the regulations of Tangming Pavilion, the list of stewards, the details of the bronze order and the ranking list of Tangming Pavilion. The middle lane is divided into two halls, left and right.
On the left is the reception hall, with tea tables, chairs and stools, which are antique; on the right is the banquet living room, with more than ten large round sandalwood tables, elegant and generous. The back lane is the steward's residence, with the master's room and other rooms.
Between the front lane and the middle lane is a large martial arts training ground, which is also the examination room for Wu Xiucai.
At this time, a large arena with a length of three feet and a width of three feet has been erected in the center of the training ground. On the east, west and south sides of the large arena, sixteen small arenas with a length of five feet and a width of five feet each have been erected. A plaque is erected in front of each platform.
, the plaque contains the ring number, ring rules and a randomly compiled list of contestants.
On the north side of the big arena, there are three rows of dozens of rosewood chairs, with several people waiting on them.
Sitting in the middle of the first row is an old man with white hair, wearing a long silk gown and a woven phoenix bird belt around his waist. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a wide nose and a long face, and a gray beard on his chin. Although he looks like he is in his sixties,
But he exuded a kind of mighty power.
This person is the current cabinet advocate Zhongyuan of Anhan Tangming Pavilion.
Sitting on the left hand side of Zhang Zhongyuan is Ma Zhi, the deputy master of the pavilion. Next to Ma Zhi are several Tangming Pavilion captains wearing tight-fitting narrow-sleeved military uniforms.
The man sitting on the right side of Zhang Zhongyuan is about forty years old. He is wearing a light blue official uniform and an official hat. He has thin eyebrows and eyes, a grinning nose, and a large mole on his mouth. He has a sophisticated appearance.
This person is Song Xiaoxian, the magistrate of Anhan County.
Next to Song Xiaoxian were several guards wearing brocade uniforms.
Behind this row of people, there are two rows of martial arts scholars sitting neatly. Everyone is in high spirits and has a solemn expression. They are responsible for judging today's martial arts competition.
At this time, the martial arts warriors who came to participate in the martial arts competition were already standing around the ring with their own names.
As soon as Li Bai and Sima Heng entered the door, they were told the ring number. Because they applied for the second category, one against five requires a larger area, so their competition will be held in the big ring. Li Bai came to the stage in number five, and Sima Heng
Number four in line takes the stage.
A total of more than 1,600 people signed up for this martial arts competition, and only five people signed up for the second category. In fact, this is normal. One against five is originally prepared for those masters with superior strength and one in ten thousand. These masters are all
They don't bother to compete one-on-one with others. What they want is to become famous in one battle and attract everyone's attention.
When the time came, Zhang Zhongyuan jumped up onto the stage, gave everyone a fist pump, and without saying much, announced that the martial arts competition had officially begun.
Suddenly, all the previously empty arenas became lively. After the contestants signed their life and death certificates, they jumped onto the arena one after another and began to fight.
Li Bai was not nervous at all. He raised his hands and looked at the first master to enter the arena. This man's name was Wang Zheng. He was tall and strong, and he looked like a domineering person with fists and feet.
The five people he fought against were both tall and short, each with their own characteristics. One was a master of internal boxing, one was a master of two-point stick, two were good at legs, and one was good at swordsmanship.
At this time, a martial arts scholar leaped onto the stage and explained the rules to the six people again: any moves and weapons can be used in the competition. The side with more people can win by beating the opponent until he surrenders. The side with fewer people only needs to hold an incense stick.
You can win if you don't get defeated. In the competition, everyone is determined to live and die.
After explaining the rules, Wu Xiucai lit the time-recording incense and jumped off the ring. The six people on the stage clasped their fists and saluted each other, and then the competition officially began.
I saw Wang Zheng take the lead and hit the person directly in front with a fierce tiger fist. The man himself was also a master of internal martial arts, so he thought, who is more afraid of the other? So he also punched, "Bang!"
With a loud sound, the two fists collided. The internal boxing master felt a sharp pain in his hand, and five finger bones were violently blown apart. The bones were shattered and blood spattered, and he was immediately defeated.
Five versus one instantly turned into four versus one. The remaining four were shocked. They woke up from a dream. They knew that Wang Zheng dared to fight one against five and should not be underestimated. They immediately used their special skills and attacked Wang Zheng together.
Pounce.
Wang Zheng laughed and immediately punched out his fists, fighting in a melee with the four of them.
Li Bai saw clearly from the sidelines that Wang Zheng's martial arts was much better than these four, so he should be the winner.
Sure enough, in less than a hundred rounds, all four of them were defeated. Wang Zheng successfully won and became the first martial arts scholar produced in today's martial arts competition.
Hu Hong and Deng Shunzhi, the second and third masters who came to the big arena next, won smoothly, which made the two pavilion masters and the magistrate nod frequently in admiration.
It seems that those who dare to apply for Category II are indeed superior in strength.
It was Sima Heng's turn to enter the ring next. He was a regular participant in the Tangming Pavilion Martial Arts Competition and had lost five of the five matches, so some good people secretly nicknamed him Sima Wu. This time Sima Heng dared to apply for the second category of competition.
Everyone is wondering whether they should call him Sima Liu from now on.
Sima Heng didn't even care about the mocking looks of these people and jumped up to the stage.
Seeing Sima Heng jumping onto the ring, the county magistrate Song Xiaoxian narrowed his eyes and said to the cabinet advocate Zhongyuan: "Isn't that Sima Heng, a descendant of the Sima family? What, he came to sign up again this time? And he signed up for second place.
kind?"
Zhang Zhongyuan smiled and said: "Yes, it's Sima Heng. He has participated in the competition five times. I didn't expect that he would dare to apply again this time, and he is in the second category. It seems that this person is really a reckless man!"
Song Xiaoxian nodded: "I think Sima Heng will be chopped into meat paste in less than ten rounds this time. It's a pity for the Sima family's fortune."
Just as he was talking, a fight started in the arena.
Sima Heng's five opponents this time were all swordsmen.
The first to take action were two sword masters. They used sharp swords in their hands to attack from the left and right, stabbing at Sima Heng's left and right ribs. Sima Heng shrank back to avoid the two swords, made fists with both hands, and quickly took a step forward.
Hit the two of them.
Sima Heng's Phoenix Clash focused on head-to-head contact, so his moves were all wide open and wide, going straight and forward. The two people seemed to have seen through it, so they didn't hide away. They turned their wrists and aimed at Sima Heng with both swords.
Heng's fist chopped off.
Sima Heng didn't even hide. He channeled all his internal energy into his fists and headed straight for the sword. He wanted to test the power of the Phoenix Shield.
The two people were secretly happy. With his fighting style, no matter how many hands he had, it would not be enough to cut him. I don’t know where such a fool got the courage to fight one against five!
Just when everyone thought that Sima Heng had to cut off his hand, they heard two "bang bang" sounds, and the two swordsmen felt as if the swords in their hands had hit the rock and were bounced away.
Sima Heng raised his fists high, and a circle of arrogance like bird wings flickered like a shadow on his fists.
What's going on? Everyone was surprised.
Sima Heng was very excited now. It seemed that he had really completed the Phoenix Shield!
At this time, the other three swordsmen saw this, and regardless of their shock, they all raised their swords and stabbed Sima Heng in the body.
Sima Heng did not dodge this time. The phoenix shield moved all over his body, and the flames from his fists immediately wrapped around his body. He only heard three "bang, bang, bang" sounds, and three sharp swords pierced the flames, but they could not penetrate even half of it.
Now everyone was extremely shocked!
"Phoenix Shield! This is Phoenix Shield!" Zhang Zhongyuan suddenly shouted!
When Song Xiaoxian heard this, he quickly asked: "Phoenix Shield! Sima Xiangru's Phoenix Shield?"
"Yes, that wing arrogance is the phoenix wing arrogance. I heard it described by my ancestors, but I never thought I would be lucky enough to see it today! It seems that the Sima family is about to become prosperous!" Zhang Zhongyuan's eyes shone with incomparable envy.
Song Xiaoxian was even more jealous, with a hint of sinister look in his eyes, "I didn't expect that Sima Heng would be so lucky, and he actually became a phoenix shield! As for the prosperous Sima family, I don't think so. A common man is not guilty, but a jade is guilty. This is blessing.
It’s hard to say whether it’s a disaster or not.”
When Zhang Zhongyuan heard this, he couldn't help but be startled, thought for a while, and then said pointedly: "Well, it makes sense, it makes sense..."
While they were talking here, they were also fighting fiercely on the other side of the ring.
Sima Heng was protected by a phoenix shield. The five swordsmen used all their moves, but they were still unable to hurt him at all. However, Sima Heng's own wide open and close moves could not hit these five swordsmen. They just fought in the ring.