Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 57 Martial Arts Competition to Recruit a Marriage
Tiedan galloped on his horse for an unknown amount of time. When he thought no one was chasing him, he jumped off his horse and cut off the other ear of the horse with a sword, letting it continue to scream and run. He then dodged into the streets and hid himself, slowly taking a breath of Qi.

so close.

Martial artists at the Nascent Soul stage are quite powerful.

Although martial artists rely on their youth to cultivate their skills, once they can no longer replenish their external elixirs, they will quickly become depleted of essence and energy, become old and weak, and their abilities will decline drastically.

But the old man surnamed Wei could still burst out with such fighting power. With the sharpness of Qingshuang, he could only cut the skin and not cut the bones. He was indeed a rare master. If the opponent was ten years younger, he would have been beaten to pieces with one punch, right?

Fortunately, the old man is still an old man after all, and he is not as agile as before, and his toes are not as hard as iron and steel. Otherwise, he would have rushed over and smashed the horse to pieces. There would have been no way to escape and he could only wait to die.

Lifting up his robe to wipe off the blood and sweat on his face, Tiedan walked quickly with his sword on his back, and hurried to the inner river of the city. He jumped into the river and rode the water out of the city. He would hide outside the city for a while and see what the situation was. He would try his luck in the city after the market opened in a few days.

He was unlucky. He met the damn prince everywhere and was chased by a bunch of hawks and dogs. But he couldn't just go back to the mountain. After all, he hadn't exchanged the sect's expenses, and he hadn't received the reward for the immortal thief... Oh, and he hadn't killed the person he promised to kill.

The owner of the Qizhentang was also a strange person. He asked Tiedan to kill someone to get a deduction of 20 strings of cash, but he couldn't tell the man's name or where he lived.

He only said that there would be a gathering in a few days, and there would be an auction in the city, and the target might show up at that time. So he gave Tiedan an invitation and asked him to attend the meeting. As long as the shopkeeper found the enemy, he would notify Tiedan to take action, so he must wait until that time.

Of course, there are not so many real people in the world. The cultivation level of this enemy is not high. According to the shopkeeper's estimation, he is at most at the Jindan stage. Seeing that Tiedan can pick up so many Jindan stage treasures, it should not be a problem.

What's more, now that I have the Qingshuang sword in my hand, I can even cut through the bones of a Yuanying stage cultivator, so it may not be impossible to kill him.

Anyway, it's worth going to the auction to see it all. At worst, I can just pay him back twenty strings of cash...

So he swam along the river to the outside of the city. When he thought that there was no breath or whereabouts, Tiedan went ashore and found an inn outside the city. He took some furs and yams, exchanged some money and clothes with the innkeeper, and asked for a bunk bed to stay temporarily.

Fortunately, the defense of Jindu City was indeed not strict. Although the government was shocked and clamored that the immortal thief had assassinated the prince and must be investigated strictly, in the past two days, caravans and people from all over the country gathered here one after another. With so many people coming and going, there was no time to check them one by one. So the yamen runners just came to sit in the inn, asked the shopkeeper for some wine, meat and money, and then turned a blind eye to the investigation and went back to do their job. They didn't even know that the assassin was sitting next to them drinking.

Seeing that the officials from top to bottom were so lazy and idle, it was obvious that the Kun Kingdom was rotten to the core, and Tiedan was no longer in a hurry.

So for the past two days he wore a straw hat and a straw raincoat to cover his body, and wrapped Qingshuang in a yellow fur coat to hide the edge of his sword. He drank the inn's own brewed lychee green wine, which had lychees in the wine yeast and made it sweet. He also ordered some roast chicken and pancakes, and while eating and drinking, he listened to rumors in the tavern.

As for people in the underworld, they just brag about what they hear from others, and the accuracy of their information is very low. The only information they can refer to is about where mountain floods have blocked roads, where rice prices have risen, and where bandits are causing chaos.

As for things like the appearance of magical treasures, the emergence of divine weapons, and the awakening of demons, how could a mortal get to know about them? As a result, Tiedan listened for two days and found out that most of them were gossips from the dirty laundry, such as which family's lord was having an affair, or which sect's sister-in-law eloped with the sect leader.

A: "Have you heard that the hostess of Cangjian Villa is going to hold a martial arts competition to find a husband?"

B "Cangjian Villa!"

C "Looking for a spouse!"

Egg "Jousting?"

The inn immediately became quiet. Even the shopkeeper and the waiter brought stools over to listen. The passerby A, who was the focus of attention, also became interested. He chattered, spitted, tossed and turned, and gossiped.

Tiedan summarized it.

Yes, it’s the Shen family, they are going to hold a martial arts competition to find a bride.

……

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Gone……

Okay, okay, then be more specific.

It is said that there was a direct disciple of Jiuyin Mountain, Shen Huai, with the courtesy name Junyou. He was originally the sixteenth generation leader of Beichen Sword Sect, the master of Tianshu Sword, and the direct disciple of Tiangang Daojun. He was born with a clear heart for swords, a Taoist seed given by heaven, a son of luck, the current senior brother of Xuanmen, the candidate for the next generation of leader, the proud son of heaven who was highly expected by the mountain, and the hope of Xuanmen. Then, no one knew whether he became arrogant or was calculated by others. In short, Shen Huai suffered from the love tribulation when he was young, which damaged his Yuanyang and lost his Taoist body. Therefore, he could not get the true teachings of the sword immortal and could not keep up with the progress of the same period. It was not a good thing to always eat in the mountains, so he went down the mountain into the world, gave up his sword and went home, and reincarnated after the tribulation of the mortal world.

This Cangjian Villa is the bloodline left by Shen Huai in the world. Although he cannot obtain the path of a sword immortal, he is at least a legitimate disciple of the Sword Sect. He soon made a name for himself in the martial arts world and was invincible. In addition, with the support of the Sword Sect and his relationship with the Xuanmen, he soon became the new generation of martial arts leader after Qin Baichuan.

Many people in the martial arts world also hoped to get the recommendation of Cangjian Villa and join the Xuanmen for practice, so they made friends with Shen Huai and respected him as the leader. This Cangjian Villa also became the representative of Xuanmen in the martial arts world for a time, assisted Xuanmen, commanded the forces of both the black and white worlds, and even made friends with local princes and warlords, and confronted the Sanyuan Immortal Palace. It was a thorn in the eyes of the court and a thorn in the flesh, and was famous all over the world.

Although Shen Huai failed to attain immortality and had already died as a soldier and reincarnated, the strength of Cangjian Villa was no longer as strong as before, and the position of leader of the martial arts world was handed over to other representatives of the Xuanmen.

However, the reputation that Shen Huai had created for Cangjian Villa in the past was still there, and his family had four sons and eight daughters, all of whom were born with talent and beauty, amazing talents, and were all quite sociable. They had a large group of relatives and fellow Taoists, and their connections were spread all over the world. It could be said that they were a newly emerged martial arts family with deep roots.

If you can gain the favor of such a powerful family, establish a relationship with them, and form a good marriage, it will be like avoiding decades of detours and not having to work so hard!
Passerby B: "But I heard that Cangjian Villa is too powerful and influential. Recently, it was involved in the dispute over the succession to the throne of the Three Realms. It has been repeatedly suppressed and many of its properties have been confiscated."

Passerby A, "It is true. It is said that the deposed prince colluded with these gangsters and demons to force the emperor to revolt, so he was deposed and imprisoned. His confidants were confiscated and their families were exterminated. Many people were beheaded. The Shen family was also the first to be hunted down by the government and fled to various places.

So this time, it is said that the former widow of Ling Wuhou, Shen Jia Sanniang, Shen Xiaorong, fled to Jindu City, and recently suddenly wanted to hold a martial arts competition to recruit a husband. "

Passerby C: "Shen Sanniang? She sounds so familiar...ah, is she the one in the novel..."

A and B, "Yes, yes."

Tiedan: "What novel?"

A, B, and C, "Go away, why are you joining in the fun, you little brat who has barely grown any hair on his face?"

Tiedan: “…”

Well, that was just a trivial matter. After A finished talking, he left and then B started talking. After B finished talking, C started talking. Once they started talking, there was no end to it. Tiedan’s ears were covered with calluses from listening to them.

However, the Shen family is really famous in the world. Obviously, the ancestor of the Shen family has been dead for a long time, but unexpectedly, whenever the name of Shen Sanniang is mentioned, it seems as if every passerby has heard of it. They all understand and yearn for it. They say that although they know they will not be selected, they just want to join in the fun and see it.

This made Tiedan curious.

Who is this Shen Sanniang? What kind of martial arts does she practice? How can she be so famous that everyone knows her? I'm afraid even Chen Huzi doesn't have such a reputation? But Jianjia is obviously very weak? Is she a weak person?

Tiedan also planned to go and take a look. After all, the other party was planning to set up a fight during the market day when there were many people around. It was a good opportunity for him to sneak into the city.

So he disguised himself and waited for the day of the fight. Tiedan mixed in with the crowd and entered the city, looking up at the arena which was arranged like a plum blossom pile.

So high.

The plum blossom stake is generally used to train footwork. The wooden stake is three to five inches in diameter and most of it is buried in the ground. Practice starts with the top of the stake being three feet and three inches above the ground. As the skill improves, the wooden stake is raised higher, and practice continues until one can move quickly to the left and right, dodge and move as if walking on flat ground. The arrangement of the stakes is adjusted according to the different principles, formations, and tactics of each school of light Kung Fu. From the simplest plum blossom petals, many variations have evolved, such as the Five Elements Stake, Nine Palaces Stake, Big Dipper Stake, etc.

As for this marriage-seeking arena, at first glance, the outer circle is made up of thirty-six plum blossom stakes, all of which are more than ten feet high. The inner circle has seven three-foot-high wooden stakes rising from the ground, which are clearly the Big Dipper stakes.

This height is impossible for a martial artist without any internal skills to jump up. I didn't expect that Shen Sanniang, a widow, would set such a high threshold for choosing a man...

As a result, before the real master came out, a Jindan cultivator flew up to the arena with the wind.
"Yafan's worshiper, Master Lei Biao! Please take a look at Sanniang's beauty..."

Before he could stand firm, another Tyrant Body Warrior jumped up impatiently.
"Genzhou Gaoyi! Please teach me!"

"please!"

The two of them were straightforward. Without even waiting for the dealer's instructions, they just glared at the two horny rams and started fighting head-on without saying a word!
Well, fighting for money, fighting for women, men are such simple creatures...

(End of this chapter)