I formed the strongest swordsman group.

Chapter 93 Save the Beauty from Edo's Most Beautiful Hero? 【7600】

"Huh?" Qingdeng cast a surprised look at Kiryu, "Shall I come to compete with Yongcang-kun?"

"When I encountered this kind of guest officers who were looking for swordsmanship-related jobs before and wanted to test their actual swordsmanship level, I always asked a samurai who lived next door to my shop to help me with quite good swordsmanship."

"But since you are here now, I can save the effort of finding someone."

"How? May I ask you?"

Qingdeng looked at Tongsheng, and then at Yongcang: "Then... I will make a fool of myself."

Competing with others... Qingdeng never refuses anyone who comes to this kind of thing.

Especially for such a young man who possesses talents that cannot be passed on, then Qingdeng is more willing to compete with them, maybe he can copy some talent from them.

Seeing that Qingdeng nodded in agreement, Tongyu thanked Qingdeng and said "Thank you very much", and then stood up from behind the counter unhurriedly.

"Then, please come with me. There is just a suitable place for people to learn swordsmanship at the back of our store. Young master, can you go to the warehouse to get 2 bamboo swords?"

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There is a small backyard behind Qianshiwu.

Although the backyard is not big, it is more than enough to accommodate two adults to compete in swordsmanship here.

Qingdeng and Yongcang held the bamboo sword that Kinoshita Mai had just brought, and stood opposite each other at the east and west ends of the small yard. Kiryu, Kinoshita Mai, Okita, and Saito stood at the edge of the yard to watch the battle.

Yongcang vigorously swung the bamboo sword in his hand a few times, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with his sword, he turned to Boss Kiryu and asked:

"Boss Kiryu, don't you have protective gear?"

"Sorry." Boss Kiryu smiled apologetically, "Our shop does not provide its own protective gear."

"I don't have any protective gear... It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Yongcang grinned and smiled, "Anyway, I use a bamboo sword, so I can't kill people."

After finishing speaking, Yongcang swung the bamboo sword in his palm towards the air at his side vigorously, and after a gust of wind, he spread his feet and set up a mid-section posture towards Qingdeng: "Are you ready?"

Qingdeng, who had just checked the bamboo sword, nodded and put the bamboo sword in front of his body: "Teach at any time."

Relying on his "skill of swordsmanship", Qingdeng, whose swordsmanship has advanced by leaps and bounds, has now developed a little vision.

As soon as Yongcang raised his bamboo sword and put his posture in place, Qingdeng immediately saw that this man was indeed not someone to be taken lightly.

Standing posture, center of gravity, angle of raising the sword...all are impeccable.

Qingdeng can see that Yongcang's strength is not bad, let alone Okita and Saito who are standing on the edge of the yard watching the battle with Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai.

"Oh..." Okita made a sound of praise that only he could hear clearly, "It seems that this person really has the ability not to be passed on..."

Qingdeng and Yongcang, both in the mid-section, faced each other tensely, staring at each other.

The confrontation between the two lasted only 2 seconds before it was broken by a series of hurried footsteps.

Yongcang took the lead in stepping forward and approached Qingdeng!

Yongcang is tall, with long hands and long legs, so his attack range is naturally extremely wide. He only needs to take a step forward, and he can approach the position where his bamboo sword can hit Qingdeng.

I saw Yongcang swung the bamboo sword horizontally from left to right, and slashed across Qingdeng's chest.

Qingdeng's pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly retreated.

The tip of the Yongcang bamboo sword brushed against Qingdeng's chest, and Qingdeng felt a burning sensation in his chest.

After narrowly escaping Yongcang's slash, Qing Deng quickly stood his feet, and then swung his saber to launch a counterattack.

Qingdeng's bamboo sword drew an arc-shaped line towards Yongcang's right shoulder.

Yongcang glanced at Qingdeng's sword in return, lowered his center of gravity slightly, and the bamboo sword on his right hand also drew an arc, crossed the air, and hit Qingdeng's bamboo sword, dispelling it. Qing Deng's slash.

"Drink!" Yongcang roared like a beast, and quickly retracted the bamboo sword that parried Qingdeng's slash, then switched to the upper stance, and pointed at Qingdeng's right arm holding the sword." Split Huashan with force."

With just one glance, Qingdeng immediately judged that - Yongcang's blow, he couldn't take it.

Therefore, Qingdeng had no choice but to jump back, jumping out from Yongcang's attack range, and widening the distance from Yongcang.

After jumping back, and then steadily falling back to the ground, Qingdeng adjusted his stance and said quickly in his heart:

——Worthy of being the holder of the Shinto Wunian Flow, every attack is full of the Shinto Wunian Style...

Shinto Wunianliu is a swordsmanship that takes the "hard and fierce" route.

Crush the enemy with a violent attack like a torrential rain—this is the swordsmanship style of the Shinto Wu Nian Liu swordsmen.

Just as Qingdeng pulled back the distance from Yongcang, Yongcang immediately rushed towards Qingdeng like a gust of wind.

This Nagakura Shinpachi is very strong. In terms of strength, Qingdeng felt that this Nagakura Shinpachi was much stronger than the Suehiro Moritoyo he had dealt with before - but Qingdeng was not surprised or panicked by this .

At the beginning of the sparring, after seeing Nagakura Shinpachi's posture of not being able to pick out any mistakes or flaws, Qingdeng already expected that this young man would not be someone easy to deal with.

Qingdeng, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, let out a foul breath.

The beating speed of the heart and the flow rate of the blood began to soar.

Feeling these changes in his body, Qingdeng knew: his "lonely courage" had begun to take effect!

Qingdeng raised his bamboo sword and faced Yongcang who was rushing towards him again!

The Shinto Wunian flow follows the "hard and fierce" route...that's really a coincidence.

Qingdeng's natural Lixin style is also a genre that takes the "hard and fierce" route.

Woo-!
Qingdeng thrust his sword straight at Yongcang, and made a whining sound of air shaking.

Yongcang hurriedly turned his body to the side, seeing Qingdeng's sword passing close to his body, Yongcang's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

He clearly felt—Qingdeng's strength...suddenly became much stronger than before.

Yongcang, whose eyes were fixed slightly, clenched the bamboo sword in his hand...

Both of them use the "hard and fierce" style of swordsmanship, and they exchange offense and defense at high speed in this small courtyard.

Even with the blessing of "Gudan"...Qingdeng's strength is still far inferior to Yongcang.

The difference in strength between the two... is probably "[-]-[-]".Qingdeng two, Yongcang eight.Yongcang completely suppressed Qingdeng.

Thanks to Qingdeng's "Eagle Eyes", thanks to this pair of eyes with amazing dynamic vision, Qingdeng was able to see through Yongcang's attack keenly, and then dodged in time.

Without "Eagle Eye", Qingdeng might have been knocked down by Yongcang long ago.

Qingdeng knows that if he starts a "head-to-head fight" with Yongcang, he will definitely not be Yongcang's opponent.

So, relying on his "Eagle Eye", he fought Yongcang with a tactic that is most suitable for him who is currently at a disadvantage: "Guerrilla Tactics".

Constantly dodge Yongcang's attacks, and then wait for the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Yongcang, and give Yongcang a knife.

Even though he is completely at a disadvantage now, even if he is fighting a guerrilla, the chance of defeating Yongcang is very slim. Qingdeng did not show any negative emotions, and calmly fought against Yongcang, calmly looking for opportunities to turn the tide of the battle.

Yongcang's mentality is also very good.

Qingdeng has never confronted him head-on, and used "guerrilla tactics" to deal with him. If it were the others, I'm afraid they would feel anxious and hurry up to bring down Qingdeng, a "cowardly" opponent. .

But Yongcang's face did not reveal the slightest hint of impatience.

I saw him with a straight face, fighting Qingdeng steadily and steadily.

Kiryu, who had been standing expressionlessly on the edge of the yard watching the battle, looked at Qing, who was clearly at a disadvantage, and did not show the slightest bit of dejection or dejection. Deng, a faint smile slowly floated on his face.

"...Okay, let's call here first!"

Hearing Kiryu's shout, Qingdeng and Yongcang both stopped the bamboo swords in their hands.

Qingdeng and Yongcang's sparring... from beginning to end only lasted less than 3 minutes.

Although the fight lasted less than 3 minutes, because it was a fierce confrontation with a strong enemy like Yongcang, Qingdeng was already sweating lightly. , Breathing also became a little messy.

Just looking at the state of the two after the battle, we can also see the difference in strength between Qingdeng and Yongcang - Yongcang basically didn't sweat much, and his breathing was still steady and not messy.

Qingdeng doesn't have the time to adjust his breathing and wipe off the sweat on his body.

Because after he and Yongcang put down the bamboo swords in their hands, the cold system voice suddenly burst out in Qingdeng's mind:

【Ding!Scan to talent]

[Successfully copied talent: "Steel Bone"]

[Talent Introduction: Extra Tough Bones]

As soon as the system sound fell, warm currents suddenly gushed out from everywhere in Qingdeng's body, enveloping Qingdeng's whole body, and after a while, this warm current slowly receded.

—Bones become tough?
Qingdeng subconsciously looked down at his left hand, and then firmly grasped his left fist a few times—even though he knew that he couldn't see the changes in his bones just by looking at it with his naked eyes, he still couldn't help staring at it. Looking at the bones and joints that were slightly white due to clenched fists.

——Ha... This person has a very powerful talent...

Qingdeng grinned.

The bones become extraordinarily tough... This is a talent for both offense and defense in battle.

Because the bones are tough, when you swing your fist and other body parts to hit someone, the power will be greatly improved.

Because your bones are tough, your bones will not be easily injured when others are around you.

Out of the corner of Qingdeng's eye, he caught a glimpse of Tongsheng walking slowly towards him and Yongcang.

Seeing Kiryu walking towards them, Qingdeng hastily put away the faint joy of having acquired a new high-quality talent.

"It seems that you are really good at swordsmanship, Yongcang-kun." Kiryu Asanoyakura smiled faintly, "At your age, it is very rare to have such a level of swordsmanship."

The tall and burly Yongcang showed a reaction that didn't match his tall image at this moment—after hearing Kiryu's ordinary compliment, Yongcang showed a shy, simple and honest smile. Both eyes narrowed into a slit, and the corners of the mouth almost reached the ears.

"Hey...thank you for the compliment." Yongcura happily talked to Kiryu modestly, then turned his head to look at Qingdeng who was still standing beside him.

"Brother, your strength is very good." Yongcang put the bamboo sword in his hand on his shoulder, and grinned boldly at Qingdeng, "Just now, I was almost hit by your sword several times .”

"What's your name?"

"Ah, and - which school of swordsmanship did you learn from? The swordsmanship you use is somewhat similar to my Shinto Wunian style, both of which focus on attack."

"Natural mind flow, Ju Qingdeng." Qingdeng reported his name.

"Ju Qingdeng?" Yongcang stared hard at both eyes, and then quickly swept his eyes to look at Qingdeng, "You are the madman who brought the No. Is it orange green?"

Yongcang recognized his name, Qingdeng was not surprised.

During this period of time, his name and deeds have long spread throughout the streets and alleys of Edo.

If Yongcang had never heard of his name, Qingdeng would find it strange.

However... a small part of what Yongcang said just now made Qingdeng frown uncontrollably.

"You just said how many thugs of the 'Big Barbarians' faction I defeated?"

"More than 300." Yongcang blinked his eyes in confusion, "Huh? Am I wrong?"

...When did I defeat so many enemies...?
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Qingdeng asked Yongcang briefly where he heard the rumor that the number had become inexplicably exaggerated.

Yongcang said that he heard about it from several guests at the next table while drinking in a certain izakaya a few days ago.

Because those few guests said the same thing, they said with certainty that the enemy group defeated by Qingdeng was as high as [-] people, so Yongcang believed it.

After listening to Yongcang's explanation, the corners of Qingdeng's mouth twitched uncontrollably...

He couldn't help but recall that after he broke the murder case of Granny Ping, the public opinion inexplicably became more and more exaggerated, and he was passed on as "Zhuge Kongming's reincarnation"...

Qingdeng speculates: It is probably because when people passed on his deeds by word of mouth, someone made a mistake in the middle of the memory or deliberately added details, which made his deeds exaggerated...

——This time, I should not be passed on as "Guan Yunchang, Lu Fengxian reincarnated", right...?
Qingdeng, who didn't like the feeling of being overly praised, couldn't help shrinking his neck.

Holding the mentality of "stop the spread of rumors as much as possible", Qingdeng patiently refuted the rumors for Yongcang, saying that the enemies he encountered that night were not so many.

After listening to Qingdeng's rebuttal, Yongcang grinned: "Actually, it's almost the same! What's the difference between defeating more than 200 people and defeating more than 300 people?"

After all, Yongcang raised his hand and patted Qingdeng's shoulder familiarly:

"Oh, I really didn't expect that I would meet that Ju Qingdeng here!"

"When I heard about your deeds, my heart was very happy! Haha! I have long been displeased with those 'radical extermination factions' who are like lunatics!"

Facing Yongcang's straightforward and unequivocal compliment, Qingdeng smiled politely and modestly.

For no reason, Qingdeng thinks that Nagakura Shinpachi, Kondo Isamu, and Chiba Shigetaro should get along very well. They are the kind of people who are very forthright, straightforward, and not coy.

At this time, Yongcang suddenly recalled - there was still a boss Kiryu standing beside him.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Yongcang grabbed his messy hair and smiled apologetically at Boss Kiryu, "I seem to be busy talking to Tachibana..."

"It's okay." Kiryu smiled freely, "Yongcang-kun, with your level of swordsmanship, you can take on quite a few jobs."

"I happen to have a really good job right now."

"The Kimura Sword Gym in Nitocho is currently recruiting sparring partners with a sufficiently high level of swordsmanship."

"Yongcang-kun, are you interested in trying this job?"

"Oh? Swordsmanship sparring?" Yongcang's eyes lit up, "Hahaha, it sounds good."

"It seems that you are interested in this job." Kiryu turned around with his hands behind his back, "Then—please come with me, let's move back to the front desk for now, and I will introduce you to this job in detail slowly. "

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Kiryu led Yongcura back to the front desk.

Under Kiryu's arrangement, the three guests, Qingdeng, Okita, and Saito, followed Mai Kinoshita into a spacious room on the second floor of Senshiya that was specially used for entertaining guests, and waited for Tongyu to finish entertaining Yongcang.

While quietly waiting for Kiryu to finish handling these business matters, Qingdeng chatted with Kinoshita Mai who stayed with them in the living room for a while.

Kinoshita Mai and Qingdeng briefly introduced the Qianshiya.

This thousand things house is not only the place where she and Kiryu work, but also the home of her and Kiryu.

Senshiya has two floors in total, the first floor is the place for business, and the second floor is the residence of Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai.

After spending about 20 minutes chatting casually with Mai Kinoshita and Okita, Kiryu finally saw Kiryu open the door and enter the living room.

"Boss Kiryu." Seeing that Tongyu came back, Qingdeng quickly straightened his sitting posture, "Did that Yongcang Shinpachi leave?"

Tongsheng nodded and sat opposite to Qingdeng: "Yes. I recommended him a lot of jobs that are suitable for him, and he has left happily."

"That's it... as long as he finds the job he likes." Qing Deng smiled.

Although he had a brief contact with this Yongcang Shinpachi for a while, based on what this person said and did before his eyes, Qing Deng felt that this Yongcang Shinpachi was quite interesting.

I feel like the kind of person who has a very simple mind and doesn't have too many twists and turns in his mind.

Kiryu, who sat down in front of Qingdeng, first thanked Qingdeng for his willingness to help test Yongcang's strength just now, then exchanged a few words with Qingdeng briefly, and finally got to the main topic: inquiry Qingdeng and the others came here suddenly, why?

Qingdeng and Okita explained their reason for coming in detail.

"You guys are going to hold the 'Red and White Battle' at the 'Plum Blossom Festival' with Little Chiba Sword Gym?" Kiryu's brows and eyes showed a bit of surprise.

"Yeah!" Okita nodded vigorously, "The time is tentatively scheduled to be at eight o'clock (2 pm) on the day of the 'Plum Blossom Festival', and the venue has not yet been decided, but I guess it will be at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine It will be held in the open space in the northeast corner."

"Mr. Kiryu, if you are free that day, you must come and watch it!"

"'Plum Blossom Festival'..." Kiryu lowered his eyes and looked at the tatami in front of his knees, with a thoughtful look on his face.

After a while, Kiryu slowly raised his gaze, and glanced at Qingdeng with an imperceptible small movement...

"...Okay." Kiryu smiled, "If I have time that day, I will definitely go and have a look."

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At this moment-

With his left hand on his waist and his right hand carrying his saber on his shoulder, Nagakura Shinpachi swaggered along the path under his feet towards the distant horizon.

When he came to a corner, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Qianshiwu, which had almost disappeared from his field of vision.

"That Juqingdeng... is much younger than I imagined...he should be a few years younger than me..."

Nagakura was talking to himself in a volume so low that only he himself could hear clearly.

"At such a young age, he has already achieved great things...but I am still accomplishing nothing..."

A bitter smile slowly climbed onto Yongcang's cheeks.

He stared straight at Qianshiwu with envious eyes.

After a long while, he slowly retracted his gaze, turned his body, and turned to a path on the right where he could no longer see Qianshiwu.

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In the next few days, Qingdeng's life returned to calm.

Held a competition in the "Plum Blossom Festival" with Little Chiba Sword Hall... This event has an important "political mission" - to promote the natural flow of mind.

Therefore, in order to complete this task, the only ones who can participate in this event are some disciples in the test guard hall who are of acceptable level.

Qingdeng was very lucky - he was successfully selected.

Part of the reason why he was selected is that Qingdeng's current strength has improved by leaps and bounds under the blessing of "The Talent of the Sword", and he is already capable of participating in this competition.

But the main reason...is because there are too few apprentices in the test hall...

According to statistics, there are less than 30 "living people" who often come to the test hall to show their faces.

Eliminate those who don't want to participate in the competition, those who are not free on the day of the "Plum Blossom Festival", and those who are too weak... The total number of people who can participate is about 15...

Qingdeng was still looking forward to the upcoming match against Little Chiba Sword Gym.

Qingdeng found this "red and white battle" very interesting.

Together with the partners around him, try to smash the porcelain bowl on the head of the opponent's general... Qingdeng has always been interested in this kind of "strategic chess" game that requires a battle of wits and courage.

Second, participating in this competition will give Qingdeng the opportunity to copy the talents of the apprentices in Xiaoqianye Sword Academy.

There are so many elites in the Little Chiba Sword Gym, so there must be a very high chance of people with special talents appearing in it.

These two types of reasons superimposed together made Qingdeng look forward to this game very much.

In order to meet this match in the best condition, Qingdeng has been practicing swordsmanship intensively every day during this period.

If there is anything worth mentioning during the time waiting for the game, it should be that the French legation sent someone to thank Qingdeng for "saving the businessman of their country".

The French embassy is located in Yokohama just next door to Edo. After learning about the deeds of Qingdeng who saved their country’s businessmen, after discussion and research, they sent a person who worked in their embassy with a not too low rank. The Japanese came to Edo with a thank you gift, and thanked Qingdeng.

There are 2 items of thank-you gifts from the French Legation: a letter of thanks written in French, and 80 taels of money!
The 80 taels of gold can be said to have solved the urgent need of Qing Deng who is now penniless.

After receiving the money, Qingdeng immediately took out part of the money and handed it over to Kondo as food and rent for him, Saito, and Kubei before and after.

Kondo also said at the beginning that these were just small money, and he was unwilling to accept them.After Qingdeng played both soft and hard ways, Kondo finally accepted the money.

After Qingdeng had money and was able to pay for meals and rent, Qingdeng noticed that Abi's attitude towards him, Saito, and Kubei became much warmer.

Although he still had a cold face, when talking to Qingdeng and the others, his tone changed significantly.

time flies--

Soon, February 2th, the day when the "Plum Blossom Festival" was held, finally arrived.

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February 2, around 25 o'clock in the morning——

Edo, Yushima Tenmangu Shrine——

"Wow! It's so beautiful!" Okita looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him with bright eyes.

The game will start at 2:[-] pm.The venue is an open space in the northeast corner of Yushima Tenmangu Shrine.

But because of the need to prepare the venue in advance, Qingdeng and the rest of the apprentices went to Yushima Tenmangu together with Zhou Zhu, Kondo and his son at 9 o'clock in the morning.

As soon as he entered Yushima Tenmangu, Qingdeng, like Okita standing beside him, was startled by the beautiful scenery in front of him and was a little dazed.

The plum trees planted in Yushima Tenmangu Shrine are all white plum trees.

Now is the time when the plum blossoms are at their most beautiful and colorful.

After following Kondo and others into Yushima Tenmangu, Qingdeng saw patches of gorgeous white plum trees.

A large area of ​​white plum blossoms are in full bloom on the treetops, and occasionally the breeze blows by, and the sky is full of flowers and rains.

Pieces of white and pale pink petals fell with the wind, some followed the guidance of the breeze, and swayed towards the distance, some fell in the snow under the tree, and some fell on the plum tree standing under the tree. tourists.

Today is a beautiful day with a cloudless sky.

The warm sunlight flows down one by one from the gaps in the branches. Under the shroud of sunlight, the white plums on the treetops are covered with a holy atmosphere.

The clouds are steaming and the rosy clouds are blooming, which is too beautiful to behold.

This was the first time Qingdeng saw such a large and magnificent white plum tree in full bloom, and for a moment, he couldn't help but stare blankly.

"Let's go." Kondo smiled at Qingdeng and the others, "Hurry up and finish preparing the venue for the competition, and you will have more time to enjoy plum blossoms."

It is said to prepare the playing field, but in fact there is nothing to do.

Cleaning the ground, preparing porcelain bowls for competitions... These simple rough and tiring tasks have already been done by the maidens in Yushima Tenmangu Shrine.

What Qingdeng and the others had to do was to talk to the priests of Yushima Tenmangu and confirm today's itinerary and arrangements.

After waiting for about half an hour in the past, when there was nothing to prepare for the venue, he smiled and said to Qingdeng and others: There are still nearly two hours before the start of the game. During the period of waiting before the start of the game , you go to play first, my father and I stay to deal with the last bit of venue preparation.

Okita has been waiting for Kondo's words.

Okita, whose mind has long been taken away by the pieces of white plums, immediately jumped up excitedly after hearing Kondo's words.

Kondo still wants to stay with Zhou Zhu to deal with the "little tail" prepared for the venue, and he can't bring Kondo as a company. It would be too boring to play alone, so Okita sent an invitation to Qingdeng, inviting Qingdeng to come with him Stroll around this shrine that is so beautiful that you just want to stare at it.

Amazed by the beautiful scenery of "white plums in full bloom" in Yushima Tenmangu Shrine, Qingdeng had long wanted to go for a stroll, so after hearing Okita's invitation, Qingdeng agreed without hesitation.

So——Qingdeng, Okita, and Qingdeng's "spirit behind": Saito, the three of them bathed together in the swirling petals and the sunlight pouring down from the branches, wandering aimlessly while constantly Scanning left and right, admiring the beautiful scenery around.

"It smells so good." Okita sniffed his nose vigorously.

Qingdeng is now walking in a certain plum blossom forest with Okita.

Surrounded by gorgeous white plum trees, the air is filled with fresh white plum fragrance.

Qingdeng, who quite liked this fragrance, also began to sniff the air a few times.

Facing the beautiful scenery around them, Qingdeng and Chongtian couldn't help but feel slightly intoxicated.

But at this moment——

"You little Chiba Sword Hall, why don't you take up your responsibilities?!"

Not far away... There were shouts of anger.

Surprised by this angry shout, Qingdeng and the others hurriedly followed the sound and turned their heads to look.

As soon as he turned his gaze, Qingdeng saw a...a familiar figure.

It's Sanako Chiba.

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