As soon as Yan Liqiang heard Liang Yiji's words and the looks those people gave him, he knew that Liang Yiji must have told these people about his relationship with the Black Wind Bandits. At this time, Yan Liqiang certainly would not pretend to be anything, but was very humble and quickly waved his hands.
"Brother Liang, you are too kind. I just had a little luck. I was able to get from Ganzhou to Dijing thanks to Brother Liang's care!"
"Hahaha, we have known Yijie for so many years, and we rarely see Yijie praising others. Yijie said, "Brother Liqiang, you are a great archer. You can defeat a hundred people alone on the battlefield. You are also a genius in bow training. Let's have a competition someday!" The person who spoke was standing next to Liang Yijie. He was also in his twenties. He was a few inches taller than Liang Yijie and was the tallest of the seven people. He had a dark face and bright eyes.
When this person mentioned that he wanted to compete with Yan Liqiang in archery, Yan Liqiang's eyes swept over this person's hands and shoulders. This person's hands were slender, and there was a layer of hardened calluses on the sides of the knuckles of the thumb and index finger of his right hand. Coupled with this person's broad and well-proportioned shoulders and arms, Yan Liqiang guessed at a glance that this person must have practiced archery frequently, and his archery skills were probably not weak.
“Hahaha, Li Qiang, let me introduce you. The man who wants to challenge you to a competition in archery is called Zhang Yunduan. He is just like that. Whenever he sees someone with good archery skills, he wants to compete with them…” Liang Yiji said, and introduced to Yan Liqiang the other people who came with him, namely Yuan Beihong, Zhang Rui, Yin Yajie, Miao Yisen, and two women, one named Feng Ting and the other named Hua Ruxue.
Each of these people has his own characteristics. Yuan Beihong has eyebrows as black as ink, a strong physique, and a pair of tiger eyes. At first glance, he gives people a sense of righteousness. Among all the people, Yuan Beihong's weapon is very distinctive, a pair of iron maces carried on his back; Zhang Rui is the thinnest of the few people, with a smile on his lips and a smart and erratic look in his eyes. There is a light and thin sword hanging on his waist, and it is not known whether it is for decoration or a real weapon; Yin Yajie has sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and he is imposing and steady like a rock. Among the few people, this person is the only one with a beard, and he looks much older; Miao Yisen is dressed as a scholar, in a blue shirt, holding a fan in his hand, and looks very elegant. When Liang Yiji introduced him, Yan Liqiang felt that this person's eyes looked him up and down several times in the blink of an eye.
The two women, Feng Ting had a standard oval face and was also a beauty. She wore a green dress and looked quite heroic. She had a pair of crescent-shaped scimitars on her waist. Hua Ruxue wore a white dress. Her eyes and eyebrows were as delicate as a painting. Her figure, appearance, and temperament were all top-notch. She was a stunning beauty. After seeing Liang Yiji and the others arrive, most of the onlookers near the life and death stage focused their attention on Hua Ruxue, obviously stunned by her beauty.
"That woman in the white dress must be the Fairy Sword Flower Like Snow..."
"Yes, I saw her last time in Chuiyue Tower. She was indeed like a fairy..."
Yan Liqiang could hear a lot of whispers in his ears. Hua Ruxue's popularity, when she came here, actually overshadowed Liang Yiji's.
Eight or nine people also came from Xu Lang's side. Among them, two or three of them looked familiar to Yan Liqiang. He had seen them in the classroom that day, including the man who had tried to drag Yan Liqiang into the water in the classroom that day. That man was called Gao Yufeng. Like Xu Lang, he was an attendant and guard of Minister Qu.
Xu Lang and the others were also very powerful. When they saw Liang Yiji from a distance, Xu Lang raised his head without any fear. He even made a gesture of cutting his neck with his hand, and the people next to Xu Lang laughed.
The many onlookers near the life and death stage automatically made way for the people on both sides to come to the inner circle of the life and death stage after seeing the people on both sides arriving.
"Brother Liang, be careful. Xu Lang dares to challenge you, so he must be prepared!" Yan Liqiang said solemnly to Liang Yiji.
"In a battle of life and death, one must give it all. I have long wanted to settle the score with that guy. Today on the stage of life and death, as long as I live up to this life and this sword, it will be fine!" Liang Yiji smiled heroically, then patted Yan Liqiang on the shoulder, nodded to the people next to him, and then jumped up, his whole body made a beautiful turn in the air, took a step in the air, crossed a distance of three meters in the air, and then stood steadily on the edge of the stage of life and death.
Just by showing off this light skill, the voices of the people surrounding the life and death stage suddenly became smaller, and then slowly became completely quiet.
Xu Lang did not delay and also jumped up from below. He stepped onto the life and death stage and grinned at Liang Yiji. The centipede-like scar on his face suddenly became vivid. "Liang Yiji, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"
"Why bother talking nonsense? If you want to die, I will grant your wish today!"
"Are you two clear about the rules of the life and death stage?" There were two people wearing criminal uniforms standing on the stage, looking at Liang Yiji and Xu Lang and asked.
Liang Yiji and Xu Lang both nodded.
"In case none of you are clear, let me repeat it again. Today on the stage of life and death, it is a life-and-death battle voluntarily agreed upon by both of you. Except for the two of you, no one else in the audience can interfere. Anyone who interferes will be charged with murder. People on the stage can use weapons, hidden weapons, and wear armor, but weapons and hidden weapons cannot be poisoned. The duel will not stop unless one of you dies or both parties agree to end the duel at the same time. If you agree, put your fingerprints on this life-and-death agreement! After I ring the gong, you can start." The detective spoke loudly in a loud voice. After he finished speaking, the detective standing next to him took out a document from his body, first came to Liang Yijie, asked Liang Yijie to put a fingerprint, and then came to Xu Lang and asked Xu Lang to put one as well.
Seeing that both men had pressed their handprints, the two constables quickly came down from the stage. The constable who spoke did not delay after coming down, and went directly to a large gong under the stage, picked up a gong hammer, held it high so that everyone around could see it, and after pausing for a few seconds, he struck it down all at once.
"Bang..."
As soon as the gong sounded, Yan Liqiang saw Liang Yiji rushing towards Xu Lang. Xu Lang also roared and rushed towards Liang Yiji. A bright sword light and a blood-red knife shadow appeared on the stage of life and death at the same time, and then a series of intensive sounds of weapons fighting and colliding rang out on the stage.
(End of this chapter)