Chapter 307 Zhong Nanyue wins the championship!
Zhong Nanyue did not respond, but just glanced angrily at the winner on the stage and turned away.
Qin Shen received her unwilling look but did not give any response.
It is not easy for a woman to get second place in the martial arts test.
He doesn't laugh at his opponents just because he wins.
However, he already had a prediction about tomorrow's competition in his mind.
"I declare that the close combat competition is over, and the winner is Qin Shen."
Song Yunchu made the final judgment.
Qin Shen bowed to all the examiners and then turned and walked off the stage.
He believes that he will still win tomorrow.
"Hey, run slower. Seriously, second place is already pretty good. Your opponent is so strong and so tall. It's not shameful to lose to him."
Seeing Zhong Nanyan's fast pace, Chu Yuni thought she was still angry, so she tried her best to persuade her with kind words, "You have to keep calm. There will be a competition tomorrow. Maybe you can surpass him..."
When Chu Yuni said this, she felt that it was not appropriate.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. If he praises her too much in his words now, if he fails tomorrow, won't she be furious again?
So he quickly added, "Of course, even if you can't win, there will be a reward. The second and third place are also candidates for the imperial court and have great prospects."
"Future? Do you think I want to be an official so much?"
Zhong Nanyue finally stopped and glanced at him. "Have you forgotten my identity? I am the owner of Medicine King Valley. I have never lacked food or clothing. Brother Song also recognized me as his adopted sister. Just the title of Ning Wang's adopted sister alone makes outsiders dare not look down on me. This official position in the court is really not that important to me. I just don't like to lose."
"If the opponent is much stronger than me, I will naturally not try to turn the situation around, but I don't think I have no chance of winning against him."
When Zhong Nanyue said this, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
For her, close combat was not worth her spending too much energy on. It was a fist-to-flesh fight, without the use of weapons and without sneak attacks. In the face of absolutely powerful strength, any struggle would be in vain.
So - what if we let the other party win more easily?
We are going to lose this battle anyway, so it would be better to save some energy for tomorrow's competition.
She had not told anyone about this idea in advance. Even now, facing Chu Yuni, she was unwilling to tell him too much.
Chu Yuni was such a fool that she thought she was so angry because she lost the competition, but she didn't know that her reaction was just for others to see.
At this moment, Qin Shen probably also thinks that she is a very impatient person?
Calm people, most of the time, will not take impatient people seriously.
"You definitely have a chance of winning. Your swordsmanship is fine. Try not to get too close to him during the duel tomorrow. As long as you don't let him lift you up again..."
"Don't even think about it." Zhong Nanyue said coldly, "It will never happen again for someone to be picked up and thrown away like today, and you are not allowed to mention it again in the future."
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it. Let's find a place to sit down and eat something. What do you want to eat?"
"Martial arts competitions consume a lot of energy, so we need to eat meat. Let me think about roast goose, roast pigeon, braised beef, sweet and sour fish..."
…
After one night.
The Selection Conference has entered its final competition, a weapons competition, where warriors can use their best weapons to compete.
While Zhong Nanyue was waiting off the field, she took a special look at the weapon Qin Shen had chosen, and it was indeed a sword.
Hu Erniang also entered the final round of the weapons competition, and her weapon of choice was a long whip.
"With my ability, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it into the top three. I just hope that the opponent I draw is not you."
Hu Erniang stroked the whip in her hand, "What's the point of fighting with our own people? If we want to fight, we should fight outsiders. But...if I really whip you, I won't be your opponent. Let's make a quick decision. I'll go down early so that you can save your energy."
"Don't think so. If you really pick me, you have to do your best."
Zhong Nanyan looked at Hu Erniang, and was unusually serious. "With so many people watching the game, how can you not show some real skills? Although you and I are both from Prince Ning's Mansion, there is no reason to use our own people as stepping stones."
Hu Erniang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, since you said so, I will definitely do my best."
If you think about it carefully, what Nan Yan said makes sense. Losing too quickly is always embarrassing.
A competition like this naturally becomes more interesting the longer it lasts, as it at least lets others know that both sides are not bad.
So Hu Erniang went to draw lots with full of fighting spirit.
And the moment she saw her opponent, her pupils widened immediately——
Qin Shen?!
She turned her head and glanced at Zhong Nanyue, her face full of helplessness.
Zhong Nanyue looked at the sign in her hand, speechless for a moment.
On the other side, sitting in the examiner's seat, Song Yunchu also saw the arrangements for the first round of games.
Hu Erniang drew first place in the first round and was destined to miss the semi-finals.
Then...it will depend on Nanyan from now on.
With the sound of a gong, Hu Erniang and Qin Shen went on stage together, one holding a whip and the other holding a sword.
Qin Shen said expressionlessly: "Miss, please go first."
Hu Er Niang didn't bother to be polite with him. She moved her foot and swung the long whip in her hand towards him!
Her attack was fierce, but Qin Shen was not at all panicked and avoided her blows one after another.
After twenty or thirty rounds, Hu Erniang seized the opportunity and wrapped the whip around Qin Shen's sword, trying to disarm him.
However, Qin Shen did not let go of the weapon. He still held the hilt firmly. He raised his long arm and poured his internal force into the sword. Hu Erniang only felt her hand holding the whip go numb and she almost couldn't hold the whip.
And Qin Shen did not give her another chance. He took advantage of her numb hands and grabbed the whip!
The weapon slipped out of her hand, and Hu Erniang was shocked and subconsciously tried to step forward to take it back.
Qin Shen quickly took two steps back and came to the edge of the stage. When Hu Erniang got close to him, he quickly grabbed her shoulders and pushed her down to the stage!
In the direction he pushed, Chu Yuni was still there.
Chu Yuni quickly reached out to catch her, preventing Hu Erniang from falling to the ground.
Zhong Nanyan: “…”
The man surnamed Qin was very observant and realized that these people were a group of people. While defeating them, he also left them a little face.
If he didn't want to save face, he could just kick them to the ground. Anyway, as long as he won by fair means, it would not be excessive to suppress the opponent in any way.
Song Yunchu looked at the upright figure at the edge of the ring and narrowed his eyes.
This person... is indeed very capable.
Not only can he win fairly, but he can also guide his opponents to where he wants them to go.
He deliberately chose the direction where Chu Yuni and Zhong Nanyue were to throw Hu Erniang down, so as to reduce the damage caused after the opponent's defeat. When others saw it, they would say that he was graceful.
The same thing happened when we threw Zhong Nanyue yesterday.
"This guy has really strong hands."
After Hu Erniang stood still, she turned around and reminded Zhong Nanyan, "Be careful, hold the weapon firmly, don't let it fall into his hands."
Zhong Nanyan nodded, "Don't worry."
Half an hour later, Zhong Nanyue also went on stage. She played against the fifth place in the re-examination and won easily.
In the next game, Qin Shen faced off against another burly man and still won without any pressure.
Time passed slowly, until three quarters after 3 p.m., when everyone faced the final competition.
It is a battle for the top spot between Zhong Nanyue and Qin Shen.
"Girl, please go first."
As soon as Qin Shen finished speaking, Zhong Nanyue's figure had already disappeared.
Qin Shen drew his sword to block, and Zhong Nanyue went around behind him and attacked again. He responded to her attack calmly, thinking that she wanted to use the same moves as yesterday to consume his energy.
This girl... doesn't even know how to use some new moves.
But he still had to be patient and play with her for a while, trying his best to save her some face. After all, she was from Prince Ning's mansion. If he let her lose too badly, it might make Prince Ning unhappy.
He understood that it was not easy to get into the officialdom. Having strength alone was not enough. If he did not have any foresight and offended people he should not have offended, even if he embarked on a career in officialdom, he would not be able to stay long.
Prince Ning, who was sitting in the examiner's seat, should have seen clearly that while he won, he did not let the two girls fall face to the ground. He showed mercy.
He and Zhong Nanyue have fought for more than thirty rounds, and that's about it.
He drew the sword in his hand and decided not to waste any more time.
But what he didn't expect was that just as he was about to knock down Zhong Nanyue's weapon, the opponent suddenly moved his feet, and moved back several feet at an odd speed, instantly widening the distance between him and her.
He was stunned for a moment.
She can actually speed up?
And...how did she use that move just now? He didn't even see it clearly.
Just as he was distracted, Zhong Nanyue turned her wrist and the tip of the sword came straight to his shoulder, unstoppable.
He was not unarmed now, and although Qin Shen was very strong, he was also frightened by Zhong Nanyue's sword force that was as fast as a bamboo breaking. Without time to think, he could only choose to dodge and barely avoided the attack.
The sudden change on the stage made everyone around stare wide-eyed.
Qin Shen, who has always been calm and composed, also had a solemn look on his face.
Zhong Nanyue did not give him a chance to breathe. When the first attack failed, she attacked again. Qin Shen had come to his senses and did not dare to underestimate the enemy anymore. However, he resisted for several rounds in a row and could not find any chance to attack.
"This Miss Zhong is really surprising."
At the examiner's seat, General Zhao looked at Zhong Nanyue's movements, and after being surprised, he began to admire her.
I thought she was an impulsive and straightforward girl, but I didn't expect her to be so cunning when fighting.
Song Yunchu smiled and took over the conversation, "My adopted sister may look a little reckless, but she is very smart."
Examiners are not allowed to contact candidates privately. She has not had the opportunity to guide Zhong Nanyue in the past few days, so naturally she cannot give any strategies.
She was curious about how Zhong Nanyue would fight Qin Shen, and the tactics Zhong Nanyue adopted were truly surprising.
She reserved all her strength for the last match, making Qin Shen completely unfamiliar with her moves and unable to guard against them.
Qin Shen was indeed a little confused at this moment.
He had competed with Zhong Nanyue three times before, and he won all the matches in boxing and kicking. Thinking back to the swordplay match in the re-examination, although Zhong Nanyue's performance was very good, it was not as fast as today.
The long sword was in her hand, like a spirit snake. At this moment he realized that her previous swordsmanship was deliberately showing weakness.
"That's a good strategy girl."
He kind of admired her ability to hide her shortcomings.
The battle became more and more intense, and it was difficult to tell who was the winner between the two on the stage.
The sharp swords collided, and the sound of breaking through the air was particularly clear, and everyone couldn't take their eyes off.
Zhong Nanyue's advantage lies in her agility. Qin Shen tried to take away her weapon several times but failed. There were times when he was about to get close to her, but she used the same strange light skill as before and slipped away from him.
As his physical strength was depleted, Qin Shen began to feel a little anxious, but the situation on the battle soon took a turn for the better.
He finally knocked the sword out of Zhong Nanyue's hand!
"Oh no!" Hu Siniang and Chu Yuni in the audience both changed their expressions.
The weapon fell, which is not good.
In the examiner's seat, Song Yunchu narrowed his eyes sharply.
Nan Yan's action of dropping the sword just now was somewhat deliberate.
Qin Shen finally managed to knock down Zhong Nanyue's weapon and was overjoyed. He saw Zhong Nanyue's face showing panic, and then she raised her hand and hit him.
He was not at all flustered and took the palm strike.
The internal forces of both sides collided, and Qin Shen originally thought that he had a sure win, but the next moment, his face suddenly changed.
His internal strength should not have been inferior to Zhong Nanyue's, but the strange thing was that when he struck out with this palm, part of the power seemed... to have been inexplicably removed.
He looked at Zhong Nanyue in astonishment, but the other party gave him a triumphant smile.
Then, he saw a figure flash before his eyes, so fast that he couldn't even catch the corner of his clothes. By the time he realized that the other person was behind him, he had no time to resist and was kicked to the edge of the ring by the other person!
His sword slipped out of his hand and fell on the ring.
Zhong Nanyue kicked his sword off the stage with a clanging sound.
Below the stage, Hu Erniang and Chu Yuni were completely confused.
What happened just now?
Why was it that when Qin Shen and Nan Yan's palms collided, not only was Nan Yan safe, but her movements became even faster?
Behind the examiner's seat, Song Yunchu's eyes were bright and he was so excited that he almost crushed the teacup in his hand!
Others can't understand it, but she can.
She and Zhong Nanyue have been teacher and student for many days, so how could she not know Zhong Nanyue's training progress?
The move that Zhong Nanyue just used was a higher level of mental skill than the third move of Piao Miao Zhen Jue, 'Driving the Crane and Riding the Wind': changing shape and shadow.
She had not been able to break through the fourth level before. In layman's terms, she was at a bottleneck.
If you want to break through the bottleneck, you can either practice hard or gain insights through actual combat.
She had just deliberately abandoned her weapon, presumably because she realized that the true energy in her body was about to break through the obstacles, so she took the risk to force Qin Shen to strike out, and with the help of Qin Shen's strength, she broke the bottleneck.
This move was very risky. If successful, her cultivation would improve. If it failed, she would not be able to bear the injury and her meridians would be damaged. Not only would she lose the game, but she would also have to rest for two to three years.
Sure enough, the brave are not afraid of taking risks, and opportunities always come to the fearless.
Qin Shen climbed up from the edge of the ring and looked at Zhong Nanyue in disbelief, "You..."
Zhong Nanyue had already picked up the fallen weapon and rushed forward. Without waiting for Qin Shen to stand firm, she flew up and kicked him towards Chu Yuni's position!
"then!"
Qin Shen had not embarrassed her and Er Niang before, so she returned the favor.
When Chu Yuni heard her shout, she came back to her senses instantly and caught Qin Shen who was flying towards her.
Tsk, this big guy is so heavy, I almost couldn’t catch it.
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