In the martial arts hall of the imperial palace, Bai Zhan was honing his sword skills.
Since recovering from his injury, he has spent nearly half of his time here every day, and will not stop until he runs out of energy.
In the beginning, there would be alchemists who would come to spar with him, but after several attacks and injuring the opponent, fewer and fewer people came here.
Weak, simply too weak!
Bai Zhan had no expression on his face and swung his training wooden sword at the wooden stakes at the four corners of the hall—
These wooden stakes were at least twenty steps away from him, but under the subtle influence of Kun Shu, the sword still landed on the top of the four wooden stakes in sequence, and it was almost as if it hit them at the same time!
Snap, snap, snap, snap!
The heads of the four wooden stakes cracked!
The level of those people was almost the same as wooden stakes. Bai Zhan withdrew his sword indifferently, thinking to himself that he just used a little more force and beat them until they were howling like ghosts. This is just a wooden sword, which can only break one or two bones at most. If it were replaced by a sword of gold and iron, wouldn't those people be unable to take a single move
How can such a weak alchemist contend with the enemy
But he himself wasn't much better.
Bai Zhan clenched his fists and let sweat drip down his eyebrows - as soon as he closed his eyes, he would recall the scene he encountered that day in his mind: the sky was covered by clouds, and purple lightning fell all over the sky, like a thunderous rainstorm. .
In the face of such techniques, the swordsmanship that he was proud of became a laughing stock.
His sword can penetrate space wherever he wants, but in the Nine Heavens Thunder with no blind spots, it is meaningless whether he attacks or defends. As long as that shock technique is successfully used, his defeat is doomed.
In the past month or so, Bai Zhan had rehearsed the battle with Xia Fan countless times in his heart.
There is only one conclusion. Unless it is a sneak attack and a successful blow, you will definitely die.
That spell was simply not something he could crack.
But can he reach Xia Fan in the upcoming war and give him a fatal blow
The answer is undoubtedly no.
Bai Zhan knew very well that he was not good at concealing his aura. Even if he was dealing with Qingjian Yan Qing, the latter could still detect something strange before he made a move. The perception of changes in qi is the basic skill of an alchemist, and there is no reason why Xia Fan cannot do this at his level.
What's more, there are helpers like Luo Qingqing behind him.
In the final analysis, I am too weak!
Ning Qianshi was just a cover to protect the Tianshu envoy, and Weihuang and Yu Linglong were too deviant. He thought that he was the only one under Yuyi Gan in the entire Daqi territory, but unexpectedly there was an extra Xia Fan.
And Luo Qingqing—he had a hunch that this new star of the Luo family should not be underestimated in the future.
This is definitely something that is hard to accept for the layman Yunshang!
Thinking of this, he swung the wooden sword again - this time, his blade was filled with killing intent.
The wooden stakes at the four corners instantly turned into powder!
"Good sword." Someone suddenly praised.
Bai Zhan frowned and turned around, only to see Fei Nian walking into the gate of the Martial Arts Hall.
"Aren't you supposed to be on the front lines collecting intelligence?"
"There was an accident, so I had no choice but to go back to Shangyuan first." Fei Nian replied, "Senior Bai, are you practicing your sword?"
"There's no need for small talk. If there's nothing important, you'd better not stay here." Bai Zhan said coldly. He is not very interested in the new generation of disciples of the Fei family. As a younger generation, this person may be quite talented, but compared with Xia Fan and Luo Qingqing of the same age, he is undoubtedly dwarfed. He agreed that the core members needed to attract new blood, but he was not interested in wasting time on these new blood. If he wanted to attract his attention, he would have to raise his level to the guarding level.
Fei Nian not only did not leave, but instead approached the center of the hall, "I have been observing the senior's sword skills just now. They are unpredictable and extremely powerful, but... they are not without their shortcomings."
"What did you say?" Bai Zhan was stunned for a moment, then his expression suddenly darkened.
He had never been so criticized by a junior.
What's more, Feinian is not practicing swordsmanship, but magic. How could he possibly know the secret behind this
"Senior may think that I know nothing about sword skills. It would be arrogant to say so, but skills have certain similarities." Fei Nian's expression looked very candid.
"What do you think are the shortcomings?"
"Senior's sword is too slow."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Zhan struck him with an unstoppable blow!
Fei Nian retreated sharply and threw a medicine bag into the air.
Bai Zhan's eyes suddenly shrank, his sword force changed sharply, and he replaced the straight thrust with an upward thrust! After the wooden sword turned a strange right angle, it cut the medicine package into two. The things inside were scattered out. They were not copper wire pendants, just many copper plates.
So brave! In anger, he used his remaining momentum to strike out with a second sword, which landed mercilessly on Fei Nian's shoulder.
The latter's shoulder broke in response, and the wooden sword itself also had cracks!
Seeing Fei Nian kneeling down on one knee after being slashed by the sword, Bai Zhancai said coldly, "If you were slow, you should be able to dodge."
Feinian covered his shoulders and gasped for a while, "Slow is a relative term. If the caster just now was Xia Fan, could the senior still wield these two swords?"
This question almost goes straight to Bai Zhan’s heart!
"What do you mean?" he said, almost biting his tongue.
"Senior, haven't you noticed that ordinary swordsmanship only requires wielding the weapon in your hand, but each of your strikes is essentially Kunshu, with the additional steps of conception and execution, so every move will be so slow. Not at all. However, because its route is unpredictable, it can often attack it unprepared, so being a little slower does not have a big impact. But when the opponent is also a magician with a green sword or above, and happens to have the ability to attack in a wide range, this speed difference is enough to determine the victory. Defeated."
"Not to mention Xia Fan, even Lord Mohuang has the means to die together with Senior Bai - if Senior cannot succeed in one move before his opponent uses the alchemy, it cannot be said to be fast enough."
Although Fei Nian spoke slowly, Bai Zhan could not refute any of his words.
He stared at the disciples of the Fei family coldly, and after a long while he said, "That's nice to say. My swordsmanship itself is based on Kunshu. Is it possible that I have to give up this skill and pursue the most ordinary thing?" A quick sword?"
"Of course not. Without the magic, the sword itself is nothing."
"So you're just saying this to laugh at me?"
"How could that happen?" Fei Nian shook his head, "The biggest limitation for seniors is that they are only proficient in one hexagram of Kunshu. If you can break through this limitation, the situation will naturally become completely different."
"Hmph," Bai Zhan sneered, "You should know how difficult it is to practice magic across the mind."
"Indeed, but the listeners are not limited by this. No one knows how to classify those immortal arts, and they do not seem to conflict with the Eight Diagrams of Mind. And as far as I know, there is an immortal arts that is very consistent with the swordsmanship of my predecessors. ..." Fei Nian stood up, approached Bai Zhan, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Master Yunshang's pupils suddenly shrank!
"Where did you know this?"
"When collecting intelligence, I always hear some inside information. Don't worry, I haven't disclosed it to anyone else." Fei Nian smiled softly, "Besides, although this is just my personal opinion, for the Seven Star Privy Council , it might not be a good thing to see it come to fruition, what do you think, senior?"