Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

Chu Wuji was able to catch his breath. After catching his breath a little, he was about to speak when Si Que took the lead:

"Brother Chu, I hope you don't mean to ask if you can rush back to the competition and leave us here to hold on."

Chu Wuji forced out an apologetic smile and shook his head.

"That's not the case. I've left the armored formation of the officers and soldiers, and this drum skin is chasing me. I want to ask, do we have any means of fighting back?"

Si Que was very suspicious that if the monster didn't chase Chu Wuzhi, he would want to leave first.

"Now is not the right time. Once the armored formation is broken, it will be easy for the enemy to disperse and break through. Let's see if we can wear down the demon drum first. We can then strike back when it tires."

"alright."

Chu Wuji did not reveal too much emotion, but he felt a little regretful in his heart.

He was still thinking that the arrival of this team of officers and soldiers would allow them to forcefully eliminate the evil drum, but now it seems that it is not going to be easy.

Most of the time, they probably rely on human wave tactics to deal with it. Anyway, with consecrated weapons, one person with one sword can always kill the monster. The only thing is that we don’t know how much casualties will be suffered.

In the distance, Ning Xianzhi arrived. She watched the battle outside Yunhe Town, confirmed the condition of the monster, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, this evil beast has not yet fully recovered and cannot gather its demonic spirit, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

"This child is quite fierce..."

Ning Xianzhi had heard Chu Wuzhi say that he was going fishing, so she wanted to follow him secretly to see what the kid would do while fishing, and how he could even get bear paws.

When he found no one on the mountain, he suddenly smelled the scent of a monster causing trouble and hurried over.

"The younger generations of the sect either came down the mountain hastily or were too cautious to come here yet. Are they planning to bring all the elders from the various peaks here?"

After Ning Xianzhi met the younger generations of the sect at the Yun family, she didn't pay much attention to the situation in Yunhe Town. The monster had been seriously injured by her and its trump card had been broken by her.

A few of the sect's younger generations asked their senior brothers to take the blame, and this trouble could be properly resolved soon. It's amazing that it's been delayed until now...

"Borrowing the power of this great demon's body, it's a good opportunity to see what Bai Sujin is capable of."

Ning Xianzhi mobilized the demonic veins in his body, driving it to cast an instinctive spell.

I saw a long, thin white light flash by and landed near the armored formation. The white light immediately turned into a ten-meter-long white snake. The snake curled up and strangled the drum skin in it, gradually tightening.

The iron armor formation was only touched by the white snake transformed by the demonic power, and the officers and soldiers inside could not hold on and fell down one after another.

They didn't react to what was happening. They were clearly holding on very steadily, but suddenly the formation was broken by a huge force.

Only when they saw that the huge white snake was heading for the drum skin did the officers and soldiers calm down. They almost thought they were being called to the gates of hell.

"Who is this person?"

"Luckily, this white snake isn't hostile to us. If it had strangled us as well, we'd be finished, with no chance of survival!"

The two extremely hard drum skins were rampant for a long time, but under the strangulation of the white snake, they could not hold out for a few breaths before they were shattered into a pile of human skin fragments.

Ning Xianzhi stood in the dark, surprised:

"Meritorious deeds and incense, this snake demon has received offerings and worship? Could it be a kind creature?"

In Yunhe Town, the demon drum was severely damaged and only a drum stand was left. The demon knew that it could not compete with the master hiding in the dark, so it flew up to escape.

Ning Xianzhi couldn't let the tiger go back to the mountains. It was embarrassing enough that he was injured before, how could he let the same mistake happen again?

Just as he was about to take action, a few spots of light flashed across the sky. They were the one hundred or so disciples of the Shenxiao Sect. Everyone was holding the thunder seal and electrocuted the remaining body of the demon drum into pieces, smashing the entire dock to pieces.

Only deal critical damage!

Ning Xianzhi wanted to reprimand these sect disciples for their poor performance and for showing up only after finishing the work, but when she looked at the large group of Shenxiao Sect disciples in the sky, she held her forehead with her slender hand, feeling too embarrassed to look.

"A monster that I severely injured, even ten disciples would be a burden, and yet you've summoned over a hundred people?!"

This body was not Ning Xianzhi's own after all. After she cast the spell, she could not perfectly hide her demon aura, so she quickly left the place.

When the more than one hundred disciples of the Shenxiao Sect flew down, the officers and soldiers were stunned. Many of them had never seen such a scene in their entire lives.

The disciples of the Shenxiao Sect were also quite puzzled. The enemy was not that strong, so why did the junior brother call them all here at once?

But since they were already there, they divided the work among themselves. Some helped to restore the consciousness of the people, some cleaned up the dock, and a few went to the team of officers and soldiers, explained their identities and purpose, and apologized for being late.

The officers and soldiers had not expected these immortals to be so peaceful and humble. They felt flattered and waved their hands, saying, "No, no, no, the immortals have mobilized so many people to come and slay demons and monsters for us. We are deeply grateful!"

Si Que thought of the old doctors and asked, "Brother Chu, how are the doctors now?"

"I got the cargo ship to the main channel. They went along the canal and temporarily left this dangerous canal town."

Si Que was confused. She didn't ask Chu Wuji how he got the boat out of the port. She just asked one question:

"Is there a boatman at the helm?"

"No, it was the current that pushed them away."

"Without someone at the helm, wouldn't that ship be headed straight for the East China Sea, never to return?!"

"..."

Chu Wuji only realized this after being reminded. It seemed to be true. At that time, he was so busy keeping the old men away from Yunhe Town that he forgot about it.

Si Que was still calm, she had an idea:

"It's only dawn now, only half the night. The cargo ship shouldn't have gone far yet. We can still intercept it!"

She explained the matter to the disciples of the Shenxiao Sect and asked them to fly over to help stop the boat.

The disciples of the Shenxiao Sect felt it was quite awkward to stay here as there were too many people coming. Now they could take advantage of this commission to rescue the ship and leave, so they happily agreed.

Si Que watched the immortal disciples leave, and the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground: "This time there should be nothing left out. This trip is really extremely dangerous!"

She glanced at Chu Wuji and saw that he was staring blankly at the spot where the white snake had disappeared. She wondered if he hadn't come back to his senses, so she joked:

"You can ride away now. You may be late for the tournament, but you should still have time to watch a few fights."

When the sun was at noon, the first round of the competition was about to begin. Chu Wuji would not be able to make it back in time, and would definitely be considered as having forfeited.

However, it would be better to go back early to accompany his godmother. Staying here would be a waste of time, and he would not be able to handle the aftermath.

The significance of this trip to him was to save those old doctors. Now that he had achieved his goal perfectly, the rest had nothing to do with him.

"Thank you. I'll go ahead and borrow your horse for a ride!"

Chu Wuji gave Si Que a look of gratitude, then he threw the armor off a military horse, relieved the burden, and rode away without any hesitation.

Si Que was dumbfounded and murmured: "I was just joking, why did you take it seriously..."

*

After Ning Xianzhi left, a heroic and beautiful girl in green stood in the shadow of the tree, frowning as she watched the white figure leave.

Just as she was about to take action to rescue the young man wearing her snake skin, she stopped when she saw the appearance of the white snake spell.

"That is...what kind of ghost did you come from? How dare you take over my sister's body!"

Chapter 27: Rule Breakers

Lihuo Capital is extremely bustling.

According to past custom, the Three Swords Competition was held once a year, which was equivalent to holding a major competition every year.

Normally, this year's competition has ended. Chu Wuji picked the peaches that others had reserved. Anyone who wants to compete for the championship will have to wait until next year.

However, due to some special taboos, the two sword competitions in the next two years were compressed into this year.

The taboo among them is naturally the zodiac year, birthday and death anniversary of the previous emperor.

Next year's sword-fighting competition will coincide with the birthday of the zodiac year, and the sword-testing competition the year after will coincide with the anniversary of the death that occurs every twelve years.

There are too many taboos and suspicions to avoid, and all kinds of things become troublesome, but there is no way. What should we do if we are accused of "disrespecting the late emperor"?

It can only be squeezed into the same year.

The two martial arts sects that originally hosted the competition were very cunning. They did not adjust their schedules and held it simultaneously on the same days.

This is an invisible contest, which is equivalent to comparing whose competition is more valuable, more popular, and more popular.

Early in the morning, the two major martial arts sects set up soup kitchens in various places in the capital, distributing meat porridge and steamed buns for free to win the favor of the people.

If you don’t know, you might think it’s a campaign for election votes!

"Porridge distribution! Preserved egg and lean meat porridge, white flour steamed buns. Fellow villagers, please support the Lihuoshan sword fight! You can also get a pot of wine in a beautiful bottle when you go to the competition!"

"It's time to distribute food, oil, and salt! The sword test at the Recruiting Platform is first come, first served. Those who have money can go and show their support. Those who don't have money can quickly give birth to a child and show their support!"

Several policemen from the yamen finally found an opportunity to slack off while getting paid.

In terms of work arrangements, they must maintain order and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time, but most of the time they just slack off and watch the show, and they can also run back and forth between the two sides to eat and drink for free.

morning,

Uncle Kong and several constables gathered together and discussed going to help Chu Wuji and cheer him on.

This kid's personality is such that he likes to offend people. He even offended the people above him during the sword fighting competition. The atmosphere at the scene will not be very friendly to him.

Maybe they are all cheering for Chu Wuji's opponents, and at worst they even arrange people to discredit Chu Wuji.

The Sixth Constable of Yan University stroked his mustache and said:

“Although Wu Ji can definitely beat the shit out of his opponents, there’s no one cheering for him. It’s really embarrassing. We have to take care of him!

Let's see where he's fighting and go over there quickly."

The competition is quite fast. A group of people may not fight for more than 30 rounds. If you are a little late, you may miss it.

As soon as one group finishes, the next group of opponents has to take over immediately, without much preparation time, pause time, or halftime break.

The entire competition only lasts for one day, from morning to dusk, with preliminary rounds, elimination rounds, and then the finals.

No dragging of feet at all.

It seems hasty, but it is related to the limitations of productivity at the time.

The reason is simple. For those who can come to support the event, their hearts bleed if they take a day off without any wages. Farmers in the suburbs have to take care of their fields for one day less and come to the city just to join in the fun.

Is it possible to ask these people to take several days off from work just to watch a martial arts competition?

Even if the audience wanted to do so, their real lives did not allow it, so the competitions were scheduled to end in one day.

If it’s not finished in one day, no one will show up the next day.

It would be so embarrassing if no one watched the most important final!

The young captain directly carried the notice board of the martial arts academy over, which had the detailed schedule of the competition.

The young captain took a look at the arrangements for the sword fighting competition and the sword fighting competition and said in surprise:

"Wow, Brother Chu has signed up for both teams. Do you plan to become the 'Three Sword Champions' within a year? This must be exhausting!"

Uncle Kong did not doubt that he had the ability, but he looked worried:

"This is likely to be a complete waste of time. A full day of fighting is already exhausting, and he's signing up for both sides?"

This is one of the reasons why people like Shang Liangzheng can use the title of leader to do business.

The Young Masters can easily fight a few games and then rest until the finals, while the Cannon Fodder Group fights all the way and has no time to catch their breath before the finals begin.

Yan Daliu gave his apprentice a task:

"Go, bring over some of the government's fine horses so Wuji can take turns riding them. Let's hurry up and save as much time as possible for rest."

......

The scene of the sword fighting competition,

After several groups of cannon fodder finished competing, the people in the audience cheered excitedly and watched with great enjoyment and satisfaction.

The powerful clash of fists and kicks attracted the most cheers from the men.

The heavy burden of life on my chest seemed to be released a little, and I temporarily forgot the bitterness of the daily necessities of life.

The duel between the young masters in the recommended group has a stronger sense of showmanship. They dress up carefully before going on stage and try to be as elegant as possible. When they are dueling, they will tacitly leave time to show off their handsome postures, and then start fighting again after the opponent has finished his moves.

This style of competition is most popular among women who do not practice martial arts.

Especially during the pose-posing segment, the girls cheered even louder.

"What a beautiful leg technique, the trembling is so graceful and natural!"

"Look at how my Prince Wang leans back. It looks like he's falling, but he's actually dodging a kick from the opponent. It also makes the opponent underestimate him. It's a confusing tactic!"