Chapter 43 Picking up the plaque
“Take off the plaque from I Wen Jian Zhai, who of you dares?”
Everyone present has a way out, but He Guo has no way out.
For this sword hall, he bought all the spiritual stones that were awarded for winning the sword competition. He even mortgaged his ancestral home in the city that never sleeps in exchange for spiritual stones, because he no longer had any. Having no father or mother, he regards this sword hall as his new home.
So he stepped forward without hesitation, trying to stop those behind Chen Tengjiao from taking off the sword hall's plaque.
It's just that he has lost his flying sword now and has many hidden wounds on his body. Just as he was about to stop him, a young man slashed his arm like a knife and hit He Guo with his knee in the lower abdomen, beating the young man directly. Got rickety.
"Brother Chen Shi, can you please be a little bit younger?"
Xie Yan came to Chen Tengjiao to salute with a face full of embarrassment, but when he stood up, his arms swung like poisonous snakes. Attack the young man in front of him.
He Guo didn't know, but he, Xie Yan, knew very well that Chen Tengjiao was twenty-nine years old this year and ranked first in the last sword competition.
He followed these people, and he was confident that he could deal with them.
But Chen Tengjiao is more than ten years older than him, and he is in a small realm. This is the gap caused by time, and he is really not sure to compete with him.
Time is the most fair thing.
The resulting gap is the most difficult to bridge.
Xie Yan also pointed like a sword and struck out with all his strength. The sword moves changed and enveloped several vital points on Chen Tengjiao's body. The wind ripped through the air, and there was even a faint sound of wind and thunder.
This sword attack is really exciting.
But when the two sides' eyes met, Xie Yan's heart immediately sank.
Because what he saw was a pair of eyes that were indifferent and even a little appreciative.
Xie Yan did not draw his sword, and Chen Tengjiao also did not draw his sword. He also pointed like a sword, either drawing it, carrying it, lifting it, blocking it, striking it, stabbing it, hitting it, or breaking it. Use every move to restrain, and use every move to crack.
The two sides struck each other with four arms, and Xie Yan's arms dropped limply. Chen Tengjiao, whose chest was broken by the sword, blocked all his magic power with several fingers.
"The young people in the Evernight City are really inferior to each other. Two people like this can actually win first and second in the sword competition. Xie Yan is okay, what kind of waste is this? If it were us Back then"
"Not as good as them."
These words came suddenly, and before the young men carrying swords could react, they felt a heavy slap on their cheeks.
Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah.
The loud slaps were almost continuous.
The person who struck was not careful and had no intention of holding back. Almost all the young men carrying swords on their backs spun and fell to the ground. One cheek quickly became red and swollen, and their teeth fell out.
Chen Tengjiao, who originally had a calm face and a temperament that was in control of the overall situation, suddenly changed his expression at this moment.
Because he is at the ninth level of qi training and has practiced swordsmanship for more than 20 years. At this moment, he was unable to capture the trajectory of the human body technique.
His movements are like ghosts and phantoms. Not only is he extremely fast, but every change of movement is extremely precise and falls in the blind spot of ordinary people's sight. The figure floats left and right as if walking in a curve, but it teleports in an instant. Come to yourself.
Until this moment, the slow words came out:
“It’s just ten more years of practicing Taoism, ten more years of sword practice, and the accumulation gained from consuming resources under the training of elders. , what’s there to be proud of?”
Because one hand was holding He Guo's collar, Lu Cheng only used the other hand to draw the sword.
He used his two fingers as a sword and stabbed it at the center of Chen Tengjiao's eyebrows.
Chen Tengjiao waved his arms wildly and tried to parry with all his strength. It was not that he didn’t want to use the sword behind him, but he had no chance. However, the swordsmanship that he had practiced hard for more than 20 years and was impervious to wind and rain in the past could not block the sword today. Chen Tengjiao had to retreat within a few seconds of the flickering punctum of the blurry figure.
After parrying the defense, the sword force was broken, and then he was hit on the chest acupuncture points several times. With a bang, Chen Tengjiao sat on the ground, just like Xie Yan just now.
"Huh...huh..."
When Chen Tengjiao managed to calm down and turned his eyes, he saw a young Taoist in shabby Taoist robes standing between He Guo and Xie Yan, as if he had never made a move.
"You, you are Lin Lie, the great swordsman of this sword hall!?"
Standing up with the support of his subordinates behind him, Chen Tengjiao gritted his teeth and waved his hand violently Open left and right.
"That's right."
"The city that never sleeps has its own rules. You can't just rely on your level of cultivation to do whatever you want. You are not allowed to open a sword hall without permission from the main swordsmanship hall. .”
While saying this, Chen Tengjiao was surprised and confused.
He was originally the first-class person in the city that never sleeps, the best among his peers. This time he came to weigh Lin Lie. He knew that this Lin Lie was not a burning wood. The people from the Shanlin family, at least, were not mainline monks, because the two Lin family mainline monks were guests in the main hall at this time.
Then, there is nothing to be afraid of. Before coming, Chen Tengjiao even thought about defeating Lin Lie and directly taking away his newly gained reputation.
In this city that never sleeps, fame is profit, wealth, and cultivation resources, which are also extremely useful to oneself.
But Chen Tengjiao really didn't expect that the gap in swordsmanship between the two sides would be so great.
I am not an inexperienced person, but I have also met and interacted with monks from Burning Wood Mountain and Gushen Sect. Although they are strong, they are not invincible. Where did the young Taoist in front of me come from?
The swordsmanship is so fierce that it is almost incredible!
"Now that he is not as skilled as others, let's suppress him with the rules first. When we get to the swordsmanship hall, why don't we just let me control him?" Chen Tengjiao thought in his heart. He has been domineering since he was a child and has a temperament that will be retaliated by the emperor. It's just his background. Prominent, there are very few things that don't go according to his will in this city that never sleeps, so it's not easy to show off.
“When in the country, do as the Romans do, and of course you must abide by the local rules when you arrive at the precious land.” Lu Cheng said.
"Then take off the plaque today and follow me to the Swordsmanship Headquarters. As long as the procedures are completed, I won't embarrass you." Chen Tengjiao's eyes lit up when he heard this, but malice suddenly filled his heart.
"Please bring out this relevant legal document in the city that never sleeps. If it is really there, I don't mind going to the swordsmanship headquarters."
"..."
The swordsmanship headquarters is the city that never sleeps. These sword hall alliances have been established in the city. There is already a city patrol department in the city that never sleeps, so how can another violent organization be established?
So where can Chen Tengjiao find the paperwork for this kind of industry rule that has become a common practice?
Seeing this, the young Taoist's originally gentle expression gradually turned cold.
"It turns out that it's not the law of the city that never sleeps, but the tyrants of the squire who bully the market and become evil in the countryside. So forgive me for asking Wenjianzhai not to accompany me. What's more, Xie Yan, drive them out."
Lucheng has already taken action just now. The magic power of these people has been sealed with the pulse-breaking sword energy. How can Chen Tengjiao and the others stop it at this moment, Xie Yan?
Xie Yan was still a little apprehensive, but he really kicked and beat him to get back those who had just suffered a loss with both money and profits, and then drove these people out of the sword hall. There were people on the street. Many passers-by saw this scene.
"Master Lin, that Chen Tengjiao is the instructor of the Swordsmanship Hall, his adoptive father Chen Tianxiong is the elder of the Swordsmanship Hall, and his master is Fengyujian Yanyu."
After handling the matter, Xie Yan came to Lu Cheng and said this, indicating the seriousness of the situation.
"So what?"
Lu Cheng chuckled when he heard this. He wanted to attract the attention of the Lin family. More importantly, if Chen Tengjiao was allowed to beat someone, take off the plaque, and walk out in a big way, he would be very unhappy.
The worst that happened was that this swordsmanship hall would not open. After killing Chen Tengjiao and wandering around the world, I would not be inferior to the Lin Lie I played, swallowing my breath and suffering such birdish behavior.
Of course, things are far from reaching this point at this time.
Lu Cheng is even a few years younger than Chen Tengjiao. Even if the adoptive father and master behind Chen Tengjiao protect his shortcomings, he will not bully the younger ones just because of such a trivial matter. The face is still needed.
What's more, appropriate setbacks are helpful for monks to sharpen their Taoism. The elders will take action for the younger ones to smooth everything over. Such a family or sect is destined to decline and have no successors.
Because the younger generations have been nurtured as parasites by their families and sects, how can they have the desire to be diligent and to cultivate as hard as they can?
Even taking a step back, although the rules in the Nightless City are loose, there is still a bottom line, otherwise there would not be a monk with a Ningsha level in the City Patrol Department. His role is to maintain the basic order and Rules ensure the population and prosperity of the city that never sleeps. "Master Lin?"
While Lu Cheng was talking to He Guo and Xie Yan, a young man with a slightly pale face and wearing a blue silk robe sneaked into his eyes. Come in.
"Yu Liang?" Xie Yan knew this person, Yu Liang from the Yu family. The Yu family and the Xie family are generally the immortal cultivating families in the city, but these two families are more focused on business. Although there are foundation-building cultivators in both families , but they are all guest ministers, and they are supported by a lot of money on weekdays. Whether they are willing to do their best for you when something happens is a matter of two people.
“Yu Liang, I’m here.”
Lu Cheng didn’t seem surprised by the young man’s arrival and nodded to let the young man in blue robe come over.
"Master Lin, these are the 8,500 spirit stones you placed with me. It's a pity that one of the stalls is dead, otherwise it would have been at least over 10,000."
Yu Liang This was the first time in his life that he had received so many spiritual stones. He threw himself on his knees in front of the young Taoist, and his hands were trembling when he raised the Qiankun Bag.
His character is still not tempered enough, and his heart is full of ecstasy. Things like this should be explained to Lu Cheng in private.
Now that this was happening, He Guo and Xie Yan beside Lu Cheng soon understood what was going on, but they were just pretending not to understand for their respected master.
But Tai Liang is a young man after all, but he is understandable.
"Why don't you take these nearly 10,000 spiritual stones? You may not be able to escape if you hide in the family."
Lu Cheng did not take them immediately. Qiankun Bag asked with a smile.
"Master Lin, Yu Liang has been more interested in the art of merchants since he was a child. The reason why I didn't buy this spiritual stone today is because I feel that what I can get from Master Lin is far more than ten thousand and one hundred thousand spiritual stones." It's much more important." With that said, Yu Liang bowed down again.
"Please teach Master Lin."
"This son can teach me the swordsmanship. His qualifications are actually better than the two of you."
Caring about everything, merchants and merchants, the things in the world are most afraid of being liked and studied. If you can integrate and understand the swordsmanship, it will be an extremely impressive achievement. His presence will bring greater pressure to He Guo and Xie Yan.
He reached out and took the Qiankun bag. At the moment of contact that He Guo, Xie Yan, and Yu Liang could not detect, a golden light retracted from the Qiankun bag and returned to Lu Cheng.
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The city that never sleeps, the main swordsmanship hall.
Chen Tengjiao returned home defeated. Although he had no face, he still told his father about the matter.
At this moment, Chen Tianxiong, who has white hair, white beard and gray robe, is playing chess with a guest. After hearing about this, Chen Tianxiong smiled lightly and said:
"Why, Tengjiao, you are You want me to take action?”
"Tengjiao doesn't dare."
"Since you told me, it means that you have this thought in your heart. Tengjiao, how old do you think I am this year?"
Hearing this .
Chen Tengjiao's face paled slightly, but he had to answer, so he had to speak awkwardly:
"Father, you are two hundred and four years old."
"Yes, at my age, my vitality is declining day by day. Every time I take action, my life span is shortened. Tengjiao, I have raised you for thirty years, don't you hope that I can live a few more years?"
These are heart-breaking words. After hearing this, Chen Tengjiao immediately knelt down and cried:
"Tengjiao has no such intention. I will resign now. I will definitely take care of this matter and not let my father worry about it.”
The theoretical lifespan of the foundation-building monk is two hundred and forty years old, but in fact, unless he has taken life-extending spiritual substances and elixirs, he has been cultivating for many years. , fighting skills, erysipelas and other factors, it is much more difficult for a foundation-building monk to live to a theoretical lifespan than for a Qi-training monk to live to a theoretical lifespan.
Therefore, 204-year-old monks in the Foundation Establishment Realm are indeed very old, and their vitality is constantly declining, making it difficult to break through the realm again, and their temperaments will become increasingly weird and perverse.
However, Chen Tianxiong's anger at this moment was not due to any problem with his own character. Although he uttered hurtful words, his step-by-step chess moves were still steady, which made the guests sitting opposite him feel quite stressed.
"It makes Miss Qingyue laugh. My useless dog can't teach him after decades of teaching, and he hasn't made any progress at all. I don't know if he can support the Chen and Cao family after I die. "
At that time, Chen Tianxiong and himself A friend of his explored the Shiwan Mountain together, looking for immortality, collecting spiritual herbs, and refining elixirs. However, monks went against the will of heaven and sought the truth. As is often the case when encountering danger, Chen Tianxiong unexpectedly encountered a tide of beasts in the mountains. Chen Tianxiong escaped, but he That friend was caught in the beast tide.
After returning to the Evernight City, he explained the matter to the Cao family and adopted his friend's son as his adopted son, raising him for many years until today.
"It doesn't matter. The eldest elder is so good at chess and Jin Jian can still sit in the main hall for many years. As for the younger ones, as long as they are trained slowly, they will eventually become sensible."
The female cultivator opposite was wearing a green robe, with a cold and dignified look, a beautiful face, and skin as smooth as gel.
At this time, her slender fingers were holding a folding fan and tapping it gently. There was a hint of worry between her brows, as if there were always endless things to calculate in her heart.
Lin Qingyue, the new leader of the Lin family in Burning Wood Mountain in the Nightless City, is bound to have a lot of affairs. The Lin family has eight generations of monks who have "cultivated the Tao, worshiped heaven, and prospered the industry." Women are not included in the genealogy.
As a woman, Lin Qingyue can surpass many men in the main line and directly take charge of everything in the Evernight City, which shows her excellence.
This type of female cultivator usually does not get married, but only recruits children. In the future, she may even become the elder of the Lin family, holding great power and making decisions about the life and death of millions of people.
At this moment, the door of the room that Chen Tengjiao had exited was pushed open again, and a female cultivator in a moon-white robe ran in and said loudly:
"Sister, sister, something good happened in the city. Interestingly, their once-a-decade sword competition was interrupted by a very The disciples of the sword hall took over the leader."
"Qingxue, don't be rude."
Lin Qingxuefeng also ran in and kept talking until she got close. She seemed to have noticed Chen Tianxiong at this moment. The little girl pursed her lips apologetically and gave him a bow.
Although Lin Qingyue was scolding her sister, the look between her brows was full of doting.
"I'm sorry, Great Elder. I'm afraid we can't finish the game today. Why don't we close the game for now and continue another day?"
"Hahahaha, I'm looking forward to my next game with Miss Qingyue. Talk. "
In the city that never sleeps, a gorgeous carriage is moving forward outside the swordsmanship hall.
"Qingxue, you clearly knew that I was playing chess with the great elder, why did you rush in and say that?" Lin Qingyue gently stroked her sister's hair lying on her knees. asked.
“That old immortal is annoying. My sister is busy with everything and is very tired on weekdays. She is also asked to play chess by him from time to time, which is a waste of energy. I want my sister to accompany me, even if there is nothing. It doesn’t matter if you do it, you can also take a good rest.”
"Silly sister, if I don't do anything, then our sisters' value to the family will only be used for marriage. It doesn't matter what happens to my sister. You have not been scheming since you were a child. If you don't remarry well, your future will be miserable. "
Lin Qingyue would not confide these inner thoughts to Lin Qingxue. At this moment, she just smiled and caressed her sister's cheeks and hair.
She wants to control her and her sister's destiny, but she doesn't want Qingxue to share this pressure.
"Sister, it is said that the master who is the leader of the civilians in this sword competition is called Lin Lie. Is he also from our Lin family? If so, sister can help you deal with many things by subduing this person. , that way my sister won’t have to work so hard.”
Lin Qingxue turned around and looked at her sister.
"The Lin family has been spreading its bloodline in Southern Xinjiang for many years, and it is a foreign surname, so it is not impossible. However, most of the people who hear rumors like this have no ability, otherwise they would not have any reputation in the cultivation world of Southern Xinjiang. "
Talents among the common people are often not talents in front of forces like Burning Wood Mountain and Sleepless City. Just like outstanding disciples in Burning Wood Mountain and Sleepless City, they usually cannot show up in front of the twelve top sects. Excellent as well.
Xie Yan's possibility of building a tunnel foundation was highly valued by the entire Xie family. Even in the entire city that never sleeps, he was known as a young genius.
But in Huoyun Cave, under the seat of the ancestor of the Red God Son, if you cannot cultivate to the realm of earth sword, you can only go down the mountain to enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, and you will no longer have the opportunity to stay in the mountain to listen to lectures and practice Taoism.
On the other side, Chen Tengjiao, the teacher of the main swordsmanship hall, has been inviting all the swordsmanship hall owners in the Evernight City with red eyes. His master Yan Yu is looking for opportunities outside and has not returned for many years. His father Chen Tianxiong is unwilling to take action, but this case The matter has already fallen on him. If the Wenjian Zhai continues to operate safely like this, what authority does the Evernight City Swordsmanship General Hall still have?
What kind of face does Chen Tengjiao have?
(End of this chapter)