The next day, when the sun rose as usual, everyone from Dazhufeng came to the square, only to find that four of the original eight arenas had been dismantled, and the rest were arranged in four directions: east, west, north, and west.
Tian Buyi and Suru walked in front, Zhang Xiaofan's injuries seemed to heal overnight, walking among the crowd, he was flattered that he had never been so valued before, looked back, and whispered to him Du Bishu who was standing next to him said: "Senior Brother Six, is Senior Brother seriously injured? How come it's so hard that you can't walk?"
Du Bishu shook his head, and said: "Master showed it to senior brother in the morning, and said that in yesterday's competition, he and senior brother Chang Jian from Nagato were too fierce, and one was mainly attacking and the other was mainly defending, fighting back and forth. Both sides will be hurt, and the meridian will be hurt, I'm afraid it will be badly damaged in practice."
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, said: "Even senior brother can't beat him, I competed with senior brother Chang Jian today, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be even more beaten by him?"
Du Bishu rolled his eyes, and said: "If it's common sense, it's natural, but if it's common sense, when you competed in the past two days, the senior brothers bet on you to lose the majority!"
Zhang Xiaofan was speechless, so he had to keep his mouth shut.
Under the biggest arena in the north, there were huge crowds of people. Needless to say, Lu Xueqi was competing there today. Tian Buyi glanced there and snorted. Naturally, he didn't like the person who defeated his daughter, so he immediately led his disciples Go west to the arena.
After walking a few steps, Zhang Xiaofan's body shook, and he saw a group of people coming from the side slope in front of him, the leader was an old man who looked old, and beside him walking side by side was Zeng Shushu, and between the two of them Behind, there are more than a hundred disciples of Fenghui Peak following behind, Zhang Xiaofan saw the group of Senior Brother Gao, but he did not see Peng Chang.
As if he noticed Zhang Xiaofan's searching eyes, when the two people passed each other, Zeng Shushu suddenly said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Brother Peng didn't come, he is recuperating at his residence!"
Zhang Xiaofan forced a smile, but saw that Zeng Shushu's face was stern, and his eyes seemed to be icy cold.
The old man who took the lead was naturally the first Zeng Shuchang of Fenghui Peak. He glanced at Zhang Xiaofan, Zhang Xiaofan only felt that although the old man's eyes were not sharp, they were extremely deep, as if he could see the depths of his heart in a single glance.
He couldn't help shrinking, at this moment, Tian Buyi said: "Senior Brother Zeng is good!"
Zeng Shuchang replied: "Senior Brother Tian, I heard that there is a genius named Zhang Xiaofan from your sect. He has strange skills. Yesterday he had a competition with my incompetent disciple Peng Chang, and he was seriously injured to the point of death."
Zhang Xiaofan's expression changed, he lost his voice and said: "What, Senior Brother Peng was injured so badly?"
As soon as these words came out, the disciples of Fenghui Peak's sect were in an uproar, they only felt that this person was really vicious, they pretended to be surprised when they hurt someone, to show their innocence or to mock Peng Chang.
Anger flashed in Zeng Shuchang's eyes, but he couldn't show it to the younger generation, so he could only smile coldly, and said to Tian Buyi: "Brother Tian, you have taught me a good apprentice!"
Tian Buyi frowned at first, thinking that Zhang Xiaofan was too ignorant to speak, but hearing what Zeng Shuchang said, it seemed to be a bit mocking, Tian Buyi had a strong temper to protect his weaknesses, and immediately said to Zeng Shuchang with a smile: "Where is that?" , Senior Brother Zeng has congratulated you. Xiao Fan, come and meet Senior Master Zeng."
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, but Zeng Shuchang's expression changed, he waved his sleeve robe, said coldly: "No need." After saying that, he walked away.
Zeng Shushu took a look at Zhang Xiaofan, said calmly: "I didn't see that you were hiding something, fortunately I begged Senior Brother Peng to show mercy, but I didn't expect to hurt him instead."
Zhang Xiaofan felt anxious, said: "I didn't..."
He was halfway through the sentence, but Zeng Shushu turned around and left, everyone in Fenghui Peak followed, their eyes were all cold, Zhang Xiaofan felt sad, at this moment, he saw Senior Brother Gao walking by in the crowd before, but suddenly blinked.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a while, Senior Brother Gao had already left.
Tian Buyi glanced at everyone at Fenghui Peak, smiled coldly, and with a wave of his hand, led them to the west ring where today's competition is held. When they got closer, they realized that there were 200 people around here, and their heads were shaking. It looked like this was the busiest place in Yunhai Square except Lu Xueqi's.
Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath, quietly said to the senior brother beside him: "There are so many people, that senior brother Chang Jian is very powerful, right?"
Everyone laughed, and He Dazhi said seriously: "It goes without saying that Senior Brother Chang is profound, but I think most of these people still come to see you, Junior Brother!"
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, he said in amazement: "Why, how could it be?"
He Dazhi let out a hey, and said: "As of today, there are only eight people left in Qimai Huiwu, and you are the biggest dark horse among them. Who wants to see how many mouths or hands you have grown?"
Zhang Xiaofan was dumbfounded.
Tian Buyi led the crowd to the audience, on the way, seeing that they belonged to the Dazhu Peak lineage, the crowd backed away one after another, making way for them.
Tian Buyi looked around and saw that there were a lot of Nagato disciples in the surrounding crowd, presumably because Nagato's Changjian was in the competition today, so more Nagato disciples came to watch, but he didn't see many Daoxuan, the elder of the Nagato, the head of the Qingyun Sect, Daoxuan Zhenren, is also not here.
Tian Buyi frowned, and whispered to Suru beside him: "Why didn't the sect master brother come, are there any other disciples in the Nagato for competition?"
Suru shook her head, said: "No, this year, for some reason, the aptitude of the head disciples is not very good, now only Chang Jian is left."
Tian Buyi pondered for a while, walked to the middle of the stage, there were five or six chairs, but there was only an old man with a white beard sitting there. Seeing Tian Buyi and others coming, the old man also stood up.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, and recognized this old man with white beard as the one who sat under the stage during the competition with Chu Yuhong the day before yesterday.
The old man with white beard obviously also remembered Zhang Xiaofan, his eyes wandered to Zhang Xiaofan, and then he said to Tian Buyi: "Senior Brother Tian, I didn't expect you to have a talent this year."
Tian Buyi seemed to have a good relationship with the old man, he chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Fan, please sit down."
At this time, the sound of bells and tripods rang behind the stage, Tian Buyi turned to Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Old Qi, you go on stage!"
Hundreds of eyes in the arena immediately swept over and fell on Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan had never been stared at by so many people in his life, his face became hot, and he replied: "Yes." Then he turned his head and didn't dare to look behind him, and walked to the stage.
Didn't walk a few steps, but was pulled by Suru, Zhang Xiaofan was a little surprised, said: "Master, what's wrong?"
Suru smiled slightly, but there was a look of concern on her face, and said, "Does your injury still hurt?"
Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and said, "Master has cured me with his own hands, and I'm almost healed."
But Suru also shook her head, and said: "It's easy to get hurt externally, but it's not so fast inside. Xiao Fan, Chang Jian, who competed with you today, is no small matter. Your senior brother's level of cultivation was also defeated by him. Eldest brother said that even if he wins, it won’t be easy, but with your half-baked practice, I’m afraid you still won’t be able to do it, don’t try to be brave, if you can’t do it, just admit defeat, don’t risk getting hurt again, understand?”
Zhang Xiaofan's heart warmed up, but he didn't nod, he just said nana: "Master...will be angry..."
Suru smiled and shook her head, said: "Silly boy, don't worry! It's too late for your master to love you!"
There was a loud noise in Zhang Xiaofan's head, he immediately turned his head to look at Tian Buyi, but seeing that Tian Buyi was chatting and laughing happily with that old man with white beard named Fan, he didn't even look here.
Suru patted his head lightly, and said, "Go!"
Zhang Xiaofan slowly walked up to the ring, and stood alone on the stage, but the words of Suru still echoed in his mind: "Your master loves you so much, it's too late!"
His mind was in chaos, from childhood to adulthood, from the beginning of Qingyun, Tian Buyi was no different from a god in his mind, although Tian Buyi has always treated him badly, but he has always been a boy who can get the master's approval Zhang Xiaofan's greatest wish.
But at this moment, when he suddenly heard his wife say this, he couldn't believe it for a moment.
He thought for a while on the stage, but there was a lot of discussion in the audience. After a while, finally even Zhang Xiaofan felt something was wrong: his opponent hadn't come yet.
Under the stage, the Nagato disciples were particularly anxious, most of them turned their heads and looked around, at this moment, a Nagato disciple ran quickly from a distance, with an anxious expression, ignoring the strange eyes of the people around him, rushing to the white bearded man Next to the old man, he said a few words hurriedly in his ear.
The white-bearded old man's expression changed drastically, as if he couldn't believe it, he asked, "Really?"
The disciple glanced at the stage bitterly, and finally nodded his head heavily. The white-bearded old man suddenly turned ashen and depressed, and sat down on the chair. Seeing this, Tian Buyi was very surprised, and said, "Senior Brother Fan, what happened?"
The old man with white beard gave him a weak look, heaved a long sigh, cheered himself up, stood up again, and said in a clear voice: "Chang Jian, the head disciple, was too injured in yesterday's competition, so he couldn't get up, so he gave up today's competition. "
There was silence on and off the stage.
After a while, there was an uproar in the crowd! Even though most of the disciples of the Qingyun Sect are cultivators, there were still quite a few people who cursed violently. The first reaction of the members of the Dazhufeng sect was not surprise. Instead, they looked at each other with strange expressions. He shook his head with emotion and smiled wryly.
When the expressions of the people behind them were changing and the voices were buzzing, Tian Buyi and Suru stood up slowly, looking at the little apprentice who was still stunned on the stage, Suru smiled slightly, and said to Tian Buyi in a low voice: "I have Just to say, the luck of your little apprentice is really extraordinary!"
Tian Buyi was dumbfounded by it, and smiled wryly.
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This day, Zhang Xiaofan spent all his time under the strange eyes of others, almost every disciple of Qingyun who walked by his side would look at him a few more times, as if he was a rare and exotic beast.
At the same time, at the end of the day, the results of the competition came out, Zhang Xiaofan was "fortunate" to be tied for the top four with Qi Hao, Lu Xueqi, and Zeng Shushu.
Qi Hao was originally the biggest favorite to win the first prize, Lu Xueqi's popularity has been at its peak these days, but Zeng Shushu and Zhang Xiaofan's entry into the top four was beyond the expectations of most Qingyun sect elders.
Prior to this, Zeng Shushu was famous as the only son of Zeng Shuchang. Although he was recognized as a young talent in Fenghuifeng's lineage, he was not very famous in Qingyunmen.
In contrast, standing among the four of them, Zhang Xiaofan seemed extremely obtrusive.
On the arena, four people stood side by side, the master Daoxuan and Taoist Cangsong, the head of Longshou Peak, stood in front. Reverend Daoxuan still had a smile on his face, and it was impossible to see that he was not dissatisfied with the unexpected defeat of all disciples of the Nagato in this big test.
Under the stage, nearly a thousand members of the Qingyun Sect gathered together, and those sitting in the front row were all the chief elders of each lineage. Suru looked at the stage, and whispered to Tian Buyi, "Xiao Fan looks a little nervous!"
Tian Buyi snorted, but didn't speak. Under the eyes of everyone, how can he not see what his wife sees? There are four people on the stage, Qi Hao is unrestrained and unrestrained, Lu Xueqi is as cold as ice, Zeng Shushu is also standing with a smile on his face, only Zhang Xiaofan stands where he is, looking directly at the ground in front of him, his hands seem to be I don't know where to put it, which is very embarrassing.
Reverend Daoxuan on the stage glanced at these four people, a smile flickered across his mouth, he turned around and said to the audience: "Everyone, as of today, the Qimai Martial Arts has decided the first four disciples. Extraordinary, with exquisite Taoism, they are all elites in my Qingyun sect, shouldering the important task of making my Qingyun sect flourish in the future..."
He was only in the middle of speaking, when suddenly there was a "puchi" laughter from somewhere in the audience, and a moment later, the crowd of Qingyun disciples erupted in laughter.
Reverend Daoxuan frowned, subconsciously squinted at Zhang Xiaofan who was the youngest among the four behind him, and shook his head slightly. At this time, there was constant laughter in the audience, and the originally solemn scene became a bit funny. Taoist Cangsong who was standing by the side frowned, took a step forward, and swept his gaze towards the audience like a knife.
The laughter in the crowd suddenly died down, wherever Taoist Cangsong looked, the laughter stopped, and after a while, the scene returned to calm. Cang Song has been in charge of the Qingyun Sect for many years, and he is the most powerful among the disciples, even surpassing the head of the sect, Master Daoxuan.
After the scene completely calmed down, Taoist Cangsong stepped back and said to Daoxuan: "Senior brother, please."
Reverend Daoxuan smiled and said: "I have nothing to say, Junior Brother Cangsong, come on!"
Taoist Cangsong nodded, turned to the audience, and said in a loud voice: "Tomorrow's contest will be between Qihao of Longshou Peak and Zeng Shushu of Fenghui Peak, Lu Xueqi of Small Bamboo Peak and Zhang Xiaofan of Big Bamboo Peak..."
Cang Song was still talking, the eyes of the audience were all focused on him, Zhang Xiaofan was relieved only at this moment, he was almost out of breath under the countless gazes from the audience just now.
"Why are you sweating so much?" Suddenly, Zeng Shushu whispered beside him.
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, since he unexpectedly defeated Peng Chang yesterday, Zeng Shushu has always treated him coldly in front of others, he never thought that he would take the initiative to talk to him. Although they have only known each other for only three days, Zhang Xiaofan already regards him as one of his good friends.
At that moment, he secretly took a look at Zeng Shushu, but he saw Zeng Shushu standing beside him solemnly, without squinting, looking at the audience with a smile on his face, as if he hadn't spoken at all just now.
"Idiot, don't turn your head around." Zeng Shu's expression did not change at all, but his lips moved slightly, and said, "It's not enough that you caused me to be scolded to death by my father!"
Zhang Xiaofan apologized in his heart, quickly looked away, and at the same time said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I was, at that time... Oh, senior brother Peng, is he alright?"
"Senior Brother Peng is seriously injured, but it's not a serious problem. He will recover after a few days of cultivation, otherwise, how could I let you go? But I never thought that you are really hiding your secrets."
"No, alas, I didn't know what was going on at the time. It was probably because Senior Brother Peng gave in to me, and I was so hotheaded that I..."
"I asked Senior Brother Peng. Although he was defeated, he praised you a lot. He said that he cast spells with all his strength at that time, and there was no room for him, so you don't have to take it to heart."
Zhang Xiaofan was surprised again, and then said: "Then what you said about being scolded by your father..."
"Hmph, it's not that Senior Brother Gao and those idiots are talking too much, and they said all the words I pleaded with Senior Brother Peng for you. Although Senior Brother Peng spoke for me, he was still scolded by the old man, otherwise I wouldn't be here. I've done that to you in front of people."
"... Shushu, I'm really sorry."
"It's a little thing, it's nothing to worry about. Anyway, I'm used to being scolded by him since I was a child. It's your luck... But I think you have to be careful yourself. In the next match with the frosty beauty of Xiaozhufeng, be careful that you will be killed by a sword." Tianya was beheaded!"
With a bitter face, Zhang Xiaofan said in a low voice: "I also know, it would be great if I could compete with you..." He stopped in the middle of speaking, he and Zeng Shushu both felt chills at the same time, couldn't help but look around, Lu Xueqi, who was standing aside, stared at the two of them with cold eyes at some point.
Zhang Xiaofan fell silent immediately, Zeng Shushu also gasped, the two dared not speak any more, they both pretended to be listening carefully, listening to Taoist Cangsong's lecture on the stage.
After Taoist Cangsong finally finished speaking, everyone dispersed, preparing for tomorrow's climaxing competition. Zhang Xiaofan and Zeng Shushu got off the stage, still feeling cold behind their backs, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this Lu Xueqi didn't know if she came from the Extreme North Ice, just looking at it made one feel chilly.
He was about to say goodbye to Zeng Shushu, turned his head to look at Zeng Shushu, but saw Zeng Shushu suddenly put on a straight face, looked at him with contempt in his eyes, then let out a disdainful "hum", raised his head, and left proudly Not far away, surrounded by a group of Fenghui Peak disciples, his father was standing there looking at them.
Zhang Xiaofan gave a wry smile, turned around and walked back to the place where everyone in Dazhu Peak was, Tian Buyi glanced at him and said: "Go back!" Then he glanced at Tian Linger again and said: "Linger, come with me, I and Your mother has something to tell you."
Tian Linger responded, and smiled at Zhang Xiaofan before leaving.
Everyone turned back to the residence, and when they got to the room, everyone in Dazhufeng exploded immediately, Wu Dayi and others were busy telling Song Daren the good news lying on the bed, while Lu Daxin hugged Zhang Xiaofan, laughing nonstop , only Du Bishu shook his head and said, "No reason, no reason..."