I hang up and lie flat in the world of martial arts

Chapter 188 The first battle, Xuanzhen versus Tang Tianque

"Mr. Huo..." Feng Jiuqing pointed down, with a vague smile on his face, "You and I have known each other for many years, why do you need to say such frivolous words in front of old friends."

Seeing that Luo Lie was still standing with his hands behind his back without replying, Feng Jiuqing took out another chess piece from the chess urn and dropped it on the chessboard. Then he stared at the chessboard for a long time, then he smiled and said:
"Hahaha……"

"In a chess game that seems certain to lose, it only takes two pieces in a row to turn the tables."

"Mr. Huo's first son was born 30 years ago. I wonder when the second son is going to be born?"

"It's been 30 years..."

Luo Lie finally spoke, his voice filled with inexorable weariness.

"If that child was still alive back then, he would be indispensable in today's event."

……

"The first battle will be between Master Xuanzhen of Jingang Temple and Shanhehui Tang Tianque!"

Sikong Xiang's voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present clearly.

"The sound is transmitted into the secret!" Qining on the side said in surprise.

Although Qi Yuyao's eyes were also full of surprise, he still said: "The participants in this martial arts conference are all top masters in the martial arts competition. For them, transmitting sounds into secrets is just a trivial means!"

Qi Xuan just chuckled upon hearing this.

No matter how you say it, transmitting sounds into secrets is definitely more than just a trivial means.

Being able to use sound transmission to enter the secrets not only means that his internal strength has reached an advanced level, but his control of his own true energy has also reached a quite terrifying level.

Qi Xuan's eyes were focused on Sikong Xiang on the central stone pillar.

He remembered that he had once had a small contest with Sikong Xiang, and was still deeply impressed by his unique eye skills.

"'Golden Edge Divine Light', it seems that you also had reservations in the last fight!"

At this moment, the two people from the first duel finally appeared!
The first thing to appear was Xuanzhen of Kongang Temple. As a melodious "Amitabha" resounded through the sky, a gray figure had already landed on a certain stone pillar above the magma.

"Amitabha, since Donor Tang is already here, why don't you show up!" As soon as Xuanzhen landed, he clasped his hands together and called out the Buddha's name, and then said in a deep voice.

Rumbling--

Only a roar was heard out of thin air, and a figure fell from the sky like lightning.

Before he landed, Qi Xuan recognized that the person coming was Tang Tianque.

Qi Xuan's eyes became more solemn.

Just the energy emanating from his body can cause strange phenomena in the world, and Tang Tianque's martial arts seems to have improved a lot.

Qi Xuan was not the only one to notice Tang Tianque's improvement. Xuanzhen, who was facing him, stared at Tang Tianque for a long time, then shook his head and sighed: "It seems that Tang Donor is determined to win this battle."

Tang Tianque smiled proudly: "Young monk of the Xuan generation, who are you, the old monk Duye?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanzhen immediately replied respectfully: "Chan Master Duye is the junior monk's uncle."

Tang Tianque stood with his hands behind his back and said quietly: "When I first entered the Central Plains martial arts world, I fought against the old monk Duye once."

Xuanzhen shook his head again and smiled bitterly: "Donor Tang's heart-eating palm with ten thousand poisons is one of the best in the world. Uncle Master, he suffered from the heart-eating palm with ten thousand poisons and has been bedridden since eight years ago."

"Hahaha..." Tang Tianque laughed loudly, "Little monk, don't you want to avenge your uncle?"

"Amitabha -" Xuanzhen lowered his head and called out the Buddha's name, "When will retribution be repaid? What's more, Donor Tang personally broke the Arhat's golden body and didn't use any subterfuge. It's just that the old man's skills are not as good as others."

"Hmph, the monks from the Jingang Temple are quite upright and cute." Tang Tianque snorted coldly.

"Stop talking nonsense and just do it!" Tang Tianque's eyes flashed, "Let me destroy your temple's indestructible Vajra with my own hands again!"

……

After the two exchanged thirty moves, Tang Tianque hit Xuan Zhen on the shoulder.

"puff--"

Xuanzhen spurted out a mouthful of blood mist, and his whole body fell from the air like floating hair.

A figure rushed out and rescued Xuanzhen.

It was Sikong Xiang.

He supported Xuanzhen and injected a burst of true energy into his body.

After a moment, Xuanzhen slowly opened his eyes and said feebly: "Thank you Lord Sikong, it was the young monk who lost."

"Master Xuanzhen is recovering from his injuries." Seeing that Xuanzhen had regained consciousness, Sikong Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then used his inner strength to send a message to everyone present:
"In the first game, Shanhehui and Tang Tianque will win!"

In Qi Xuan's view, the outcome of this game has already been determined.

Among the 16 people participating in the martial arts conference this time, only one person could truly threaten Tang Tianque.

That is Gu Tianci from the Zhenwu Sword Sect!
Looking at Xuanzhen sitting alone on the edge of the cliff meditating and adjusting his breath, Qi Xuan suddenly thought of something.

He turned to his second brother Qining and said: "Second brother, take your second sister with you to invite Master Xuanzhen to rest with us."

Qi Ning had a look of confusion on his face after hearing this.

Qi Xuan said seriously: "This is an opportunity to make good friends with Kongang Temple. Don't let it go."

When he said this, Qi Ning's eyes suddenly flashed with emotion.

"But...Master Xuanzhen..." Qi Ning was worried that Master Xuanzhen would not accept their kindness.

Qi Xuan shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry about anything else. Just take the second sister and the others there. I think Master Xuanzhen will definitely give you this face."

Qi Ning hesitated for a moment and finally decided to listen to Qi Xuan's opinion.

He woke up Qi Yuyao, who was still immersed in the competition, and took Qi Yu with him, and walked towards Master Xuanzhen together.

Now only Qi Xuan and the young princess Li Ruoxiang are left in the pavilion.

Qi Xuan glanced at Li Ruoxiang who was sitting upright behind him, and couldn't help but wonder why his grandfather Qi Jiang gave one of the invitations to Li Ruoxiang.

Qi Xuan left four invitations to his grandfather Qi Jiang.

He expected that his grandfather would not be involved in Jianghu affairs, so there was a high probability that these four invitations would still fall into the hands of Qi Yuyao and the others.

Qi Yuyao, Qi Yu, and Qi Ning have already taken three of them.

The remaining piece of paper Qi Xuan originally thought would be given to his second brother Qi Ning's fiancée Yao Xin, but he never expected that it would end up in the hands of the young princess Li Ruoxiang.

This is an excellent opportunity to strengthen ties with fellow practitioners. Considering my grandfather’s success, this opportunity should not be left to an outsider.

Just when Qi Xuan was confused, Qi Ning had already led Xuanzhen back with joy.

"Amitabha—" Xuanzhen quickly called out the Buddha's name after seeing Qi Xuan, and then saluted, "Mr. Qi, thank you very much!"

Qi Xuan smiled and said: "Master Xuanzhen is here to take good care of himself. Don't worry about other things. Our Qi family will take care of it for you."

"Yes, yes, yes." Qi Ning nodded repeatedly, "Master, if you need anything, just ask. I will prepare it now."

Xuanzhen forced a smile and said, "In that case, just ask the donor to prepare a bowl of water for the young monk."

At this time, Xuanzhen's face was pale and his lips were chapped. It was obvious that he had not fully recovered from his injuries.

Since the other party didn't take the initiative to ask him to heal his wounds, Qi Xuan naturally wouldn't take the initiative to mention it. Seeing Xuanzhen sitting down cross-legged again and starting to heal his wounds, he got up and walked in the direction of Qi Yan and the others.

...When Tao Yufei and Li first met, they both felt a little uneasy.

What both of them were thinking at that time was: "My child has a weird personality. I'm afraid that if he marries her, he will suffer in the future!"

Therefore, the conversation was inevitably a little more flattering, and for a while it was quite harmonious.

So when Qi Xuan came over, Tao Yufei looked at him with great satisfaction!

"Mom, what are you talking about, are you so happy?" Qi Xuan asked with some confusion.

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at Qi Xuan and said angrily: "What else can there be? It's not all the bad things you did when you were a child."

What could have happened to Qi Xuan when he was a child? Apart from being snoozy, he was quite well-behaved at other times, right?
However, in the eyes of picky parents, one glaring shortcoming is enough to cover up all the advantages.

Qi Xuan sometimes couldn't help but wonder, he was just snoozing, what was he doing to others?

Tao Yufei took the opportunity to invite Qi Xuan's family to the temporary residence on the first floor, but Li declined with Qi Xuan's eyes.

On the way back, Li complained to Qi Xuan for this.

"Mom, Lingyue is one of the participants in the martial arts conference. She is preparing for seclusion at the moment. She will definitely not show up." Qi Xuan pointed out his mother's thoughts, didn't she just want to see her daughter-in-law.

But it is strange to say that Zhao Lingyue came to Qi Mansion as if it was a common occurrence, but she deliberately avoided Qi Xuan's parents, so she always climbed over the wall to come and leave.

It stands to reason that with Zhao Lingyue's character, she would never avoid the Li couple due to etiquette reasons.

Shy...that's even more impossible!

"I didn't expect that Lingyue's child's martial arts skills at such a young age could compete with these martial arts seniors." His father Qi Yan sighed.

The son from home is already amazing enough.

I never thought that my daughter-in-law is also a great person.

Suddenly, Qi Yan thought of something, turned to Qi Xuan and asked, "Xuan'er, I wonder who is better in martial arts between you and the Zhao girl?"

"Yes, since you are both martial arts practitioners, have you ever sparred in private on weekdays?" Her husband's question also aroused Li's curiosity.

As an old mother, she wanted to know who was more powerful between her son and her daughter-in-law.

Qi Xuan smiled helplessly after hearing this: "I said you two still have time to care about this?"

Li said solemnly: "How can it be Xianxin? Lingyue will be a member of our family from now on. What if..."

Looking at his mother's slightly worried face, Qi Xuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mom, she won't be able to bully me yet."

……

With the end of the first battle, information about the subsequent matches also spread.

Xue Zhi faced off against Lu Yun.

Gu Tianci versus Ouyang Ting.

Zhao Lingyue played against Shen Zhou.

Nie Yuanzhen plays against Qin Yan.

Ji Shentong vs. Wu Sang.

Wei Yuanshen played against Yingxue.

Cao Xiaoyu plays against Pu Shan.

……

In Qi Xuan's view, the outcome of two of the remaining seven duels has already been determined.

That is Zhao Lingyue and Shen Zhou, as well as Gu Tianci and Ouyang Ting.

Shen Zhou was born in the Shen family, and what he learned was the swordsmanship passed down by the Shen family. Although he was also one of the top martial arts in the world, Qi Xuan could only say that the probability of defeating Zhao Lingyue, who was master of Qianhu Sword Intention, was basically zero.

As for Gu Tianci and Ouyang Ting, they should be the least surprised.

According to rumors, the Ouyang family has already released the news that Ouyang Ting will directly admit defeat.

And the rest of the matchups…

Xue Zhi and Lu Yun, one was the deputy gang leader of the Changxing Gang, and the other was from the Baima Gang, one of the three major gangs.

It was a fateful showdown.

Xue Zhi's swordsmanship is something Qi Xuan knows a little bit about. It can be said that he is between the top masters and the ultimate masters. Even if he can win a game and enter the top eight, it is his limitation.

As for "Baili Qingfeng" Lu Yun, Qi Xuan knew very little about him. He only knew that he was once a talented swordsman who was famous throughout Jiangnan, otherwise he would not have such a reputation as "Baili Qingfeng".

However, something happened to him that made him feel depressed. Soon after he became famous, he disappeared from the world, but this time he returned for unknown reasons.

Qi Xuan guessed it was because of the Shanhe Club.

The Shanhe Club has been expanding its power since it replaced the Dajiang Gang. The Changxing Gang, which used to be one of the three major gangs, has been retreating steadily. Now only a small part of the territory, including the chief helm, is left. Even the deputy gang leader Xue Zhi has switched to Tang Tianque. Under his command.

The White Horse Gang must have also felt the crisis, so they had to let Lu Yun come out again in order to fight for a chance of survival.

But...can it really happen?
……

The rules of the martial arts tournament are very simple. After drawing lots, you can freely decide when to fight.

From sunrise to sunset, you can fight throughout the day.

In addition to the participants, everyone present was also a prominent figure in the world.

Therefore, there is no one who deliberately delays time and does not go out to fight.

After the first battle between Xuanzhen and Tang Tianque, the candidates for the next battle were quickly decided.

"Mr. Wusang, please give me some advice!" The person who took the initiative to shout was a man who looked like a scribe in a white shirt. He looked like a frail scholar.

Ji Shentong was born in an academy!

Qi Xuan's knowledge of the academy was limited to the deceased Shangguan Xun and Du Qianshan who had taught him.

"Dad, do you know this Mr. Ji?" Qi Xuan asked his father Qi Yan sitting next to him.

His father Qi Yan also studied in the academy for several years, but he was not exposed to martial arts.

Qi Yan shook his head and said: "When I was studying in the academy, I had never heard of this gentleman's name."

In other words, Ji Shentong's time in the academy was not long.

The news circulating in the world is that this person is the swordsman of the academy.

Qi Xuan's eyes focused on this person again, and he was curious in his heart whether he had learned the power of Haoran Tiangang!
If Haoran Tiangang is around and he is lucky, he might become a dark horse in this martial arts competition.

Usang appears!
Today, Wu Sang is still dressed in southern Xinjiang clothing, with a statue-like golden toad squatting on his shoulder.

Goo, goo, goo——

Just after Wusang jumped onto the stone pillar, the golden toad on his shoulder suddenly let out a low howl, and a stream of true energy spread out.

"The Golden Toad Envoy of the Five Immortals Sect." Ji Shentong smiled calmly, already seeing Wu Sang's origins.

"This is not the place where you scholars should come." Wu Sang looked at the other party and then said in a stiff tone.

(End of this chapter)