Lingzhang

Chapter 77: Undercurrents Surge to Light

On the road of martial arts, the loss of spirit and discouragement at the mental level is like a thunderous blow to all practitioners who are determined to pursue this path.

They consider this a truly "serious injury" far more serious than a broken bone.

After all, the injuries on the body would at most cause only short-term pain, which could be healed with the help of various medicines and precious drugs.

But the mental level is filled with fear and discouragement, regret for one's own martial arts, for martial arts itself, for things that have been decided, and disillusionment with the future.

This kind of turmoil and tearing of the mind means that "the heart of Tao is covered with dust."

It was some kind of thorny chain that destroyed the embryonic form of martial arts will that might have existed, and bound and locked it up.

The avoidance and fear of today's mental pain will make the thorns on the chain sharper.

The longer the match lasts, the deeper the sting becomes, and the more severe the damage to the embryonic form of one's own martial arts will becomes.

Finally, after he completely went astray, the possibility of the birth of martial arts will was cut off.

This is a "serious injury" that truly cuts off the path of martial arts practice!
Moreover, this is just the artistic conception of the fist, the pictographic sound of a group of dragons tumbling in the vast ocean.

What if one day, this martial art really transformed and sublimated into a dragon form in Yue Hanzhang's hands?
In a martial arts competition, the children of various noble families were raising the stakes, and Yue Hanzhang was also controlling the points by interpreting the changes in martial arts.

Finally, at this moment, through the tragic end of the young warrior, the children of the aristocratic families saw a result that they could not bear.

Yue Hanzhang's visible force penetrated the proliferating muscle fibers and broke the warrior's bones.

However, Yue Hanzhang's invisible force penetrated the various arrangements made by the children of the aristocratic families and broke their psychological defenses.

He no longer cared about the arrangements made by Master Zhu Qi before coming here.

It is a noisy and joyful thing for everyone to "join in the fun" within their capabilities.

Even if things go wrong, it is always worth it if I can make Master Zhu Qi happy even if I get beaten up.

But what if you have to sacrifice your own future for this and cannot see the success of the original goal.

Mr. Zhu Qi's face is not enough to make this group of people willing to make such a great sacrifice.

Almost at the moment when the sounds of the young warriors falling to the ground echoed in the venue, in the spectator seats, except for a few martial arts fanatics and martial arts maniacs who were more excited to see the game, many children of noble families whose scores were originally close to Yue Hanzhang, took out the mysterious black jade and contacted each other.

"What? You're not allowed to change? Why can't I change it? The Xu family can go on stage one after another, and the martial artists can fight one after another, but I can't change to another arena?"

"Concerned about the impact? To maintain fairness? Damn it, why did we hold this martial arts competition in the first place? Now it's almost all over the Internet, and now you know about the impact?"

"Am I afraid of pain? I'm afraid that my martial arts training will be ruined! I'll pay double the cost of the medicine, can you let Xu Shicheng and Zhu Laoqi take the beating?"

"..."

But just a moment later, they put down the mysterious black jade in their hands again.

Except for some people who showed a smile of relief on their faces.

Many people seemed to have already heard about the arrangements of their games in advance, and as some of the authority of the former aristocratic families became invalid, their faces gradually became grim.

They originally thought that such a martial arts competition was a "grand event" for them to hunt down geniuses from the common people under the arrangement of Master Zhu Qi.

They think they are chess players, superior chess players.

But he never expected that he was just a pawn in this game.

A variable has emerged, driving them all into the game, and the invisible hand makes it difficult for anyone to escape.

Thinking in this way, even Yue Hanzhang seemed like a chess piece far more important than them in this game.

They seemed to be destined to shatter at the slightest touch, like gravel that would be crushed into powder. Their only purpose was to sharpen Yue Hanzhang's blade even more.

out of control.

Originally, it was supposed to be a game where the children of their aristocratic families acted arrogantly and hunted down geniuses.

Now everything is out of control.

In a corner of the spectator seats, Huang Zhishu looked at her brothers and sisters whose faces gradually turned pale, and even she couldn't help but think about it.

"Blocking the privileges of the children of the noble families, they could change the matches as much as they wanted before, but now they can't even touch them. This doesn't seem like Zhu Tingmo and Xu Shicheng's style.

But you might as well let the people in the company set the pace, and you can also contact your friends in the other three companies and work together to put pressure on them.

The situation was set up by Zhu Tingmo. Breaking some bones or losing some face is not a big deal. He can't really face the ruin of his road with the Jiaoxing martial arts, right?

Naturally, they have to solve the problems they caused. No matter how powerful the Zhu family is, or how unreasonable Xu Shicheng is, the disciples of the four families have joined forces to force the palace. They must and can only give an explanation!
Of course, if there are any twists and turns behind this, even Zhu Tingmo can’t figure it out…”

At this point, Huang Zhishu shook her head, and at first seemed to disagree with her own idea.

After all, the Tengxia Zhu family is the true supreme overlord of Jichuan County, and no disturbance can get around them.

But then, Huang Zhishu's thoughts seemed to inevitably think of the final result of this "if".

So in just a few breaths, the expression on Huang Zhishu's face became serious little by little.

"Little sister, if Xu Shiwang, Jian Chongwen, Lu Qinghua, and your third and seventh brothers are matched against Yue Hanzhang, especially the children of the other three families, don't hesitate, go to the housekeeper Cui Shu, and let him personally arrange for all the chariots of our Huang family to stop on the outskirts of the city.

I want you to go find him in person, and let Uncle Cui handle the matter in person, do you understand?"

Hearing this, the girl who was sitting next to Huang Zhishu, originally with a pale face and looking like she was in a panic, now nodded repeatedly.

She seemed to understand the implication of Huang Zhishu's words.

"Sister Zhishu, are we going to give up the martial arts competition?"

Huang Zhishu smiled in surprise when she heard this.

"Silly girl, it's already this late, why are you still thinking about the competition? Is the reputation of winning or losing more important? Or is your long-term martial arts career more important?
The undercurrent in this game is turbulent. Even before a little disturbance comes to the surface, there is a risk of interrupting the path of cultivation. What if everything comes to the surface? Will such a disturbance cost lives or something else?
In this world, there are two very easy ways to break the impasse. Either you use force to defeat skill, and ignore all the evil and secret plots, and kill whatever you encounter. You will be successful in everything and treat storms as a smooth road.

Either you stay away from it and withdraw as soon as possible, or if you are hunting like a wild beast, if you miss the first strike, you can run away for thousands of miles. If you can't beat it, can't you escape?

You will realize this truth one day. Compared with important matters like life and death, and the path of the Tao, temporary honor and disgrace are nothing!"

Compared to the younger sister beside her who seemed to understand but not really, perhaps even Huang Zhishu herself did not realize that when she said this, there was a kind of extreme madness hidden under her persistent expression.

Obviously, not everyone can understand the truth that life and death and the path are far more important than temporary honor and disgrace.

Even if they understood, it was not something these young men from aristocratic families could easily accept.

When we are young, maybe just a few words from our mouths can make people dizzy and excited. At that age, we are often full of pride and regard our face as more important than anything else.

Not everyone can admit defeat on the spot as smoothly and gracefully as Xu Shijin.

Moreover, after Xu Shijin voluntarily admitted defeat, the almost "socially dead" public opinion on the Internet also made those who originally had such thoughts completely give up.

Almost all of them walked onto the stage with gritted teeth and stood opposite Yue Hanzhang.

At this moment, Yue Hanzhang, who was standing on the stage, was unaware of the twists and turns behind the scenes of the children of the aristocratic families.

He could only see the children of noble families adding more and more points, and the powerful warriors and talented young men taking turns to appear on the stage.

He could only realize that the situation set against him was constantly creating waves that were about to drown him.

Therefore, Yue Hanzhang decisively chose the first method of breaking the impasse mentioned by Huang Zhishu.

One force can bring down ten.

We must beat them hard! We must beat them until they are terrified! We must beat them until these three grandsons who have been increasing their losses can no longer bear the losses!

With such emotions in mind, he was clearly on the stage under the attention of everyone, and clearly in the venue where the voices of the crowd were getting louder and louder.

Yue Hanzhang fell into a state of pure ecstasy.

He no longer had a concrete concept of his enemy, nor any concept of the specific outline that his opponent should have as a person.

In his mind, only the martial arts of the dragon-shaped scorpion finger existed. Only in the illusion of martial arts, with the roar of the music, the characteristics of the six secret martial arts in the center of the galaxy used the unified starry fireworks to promote the sublimation of martial arts miracles.

With such concepts running through and supporting it, the martial arts performed by Yue Hanzhang have a more specific fighting spirit and a more specific image of angry dragons surrounding and overlapping.

The state of being regarded as an enemy by the whole heaven and earth under the shock of Yue Hanzhang's fist made every player in the game feel very uncomfortable. In the midst of such fist force and the siege of dragon-shaped imagery, some kind of doubt in their own martial arts, regret for past choices and disillusionment with the future also took root deeply in their bodies and minds along with the outbreak of pain.

On the bloodless arena, there are extremely bloody battles one after another.

And at some point, the originally noisy venue, with waves of noise that were getting louder and louder, fell silent in front of Yue Hanzhang's performance of the dragon-shaped martial arts, which was changing and improving with each passing moment, and in front of the more specific snake and dragon images.

The silence was deafening.

And it was at that moment when the last opponent of the last round of the day fell to the ground in a state of unconsciousness, unable to get up again.

In the illusion of Yue Hanzhang's martial arts, all the advanced techniques and genius characteristics of the six secret martial arts were completely melted into one in the Nine Palaces Furnace.

In the sublimated starry fireworks, when the third stream of qi and blood in Yue Hanzhang's body suddenly stretched.

A certain hunger burst forth between body and mind.

The belly is empty, the furnace is empty.

As if driven by instinct, in an instant, Yue Hanzhang's eyes were as fast as lightning, and he accurately found Huang Zhishu's figure in the crowd.

In a flash, their eyes met each other, and when Huang Zhishu met Yue Hanzhang's eyes that were full of the shape of snakes and dragons, she felt like she was shivering for an instant.

Then, as if goose bumps appeared all over his body, at this moment, the rhythm of his form and spirit actually resonated with the shape of the snake and dragon.

At this moment, it seemed a little embarrassing, but also a little indescribable joy.

At least, Huang Zhishu realized that the seeds for her black snake image's transformation into a snake dragon had already been planted.
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At the same time, in the warehouse, Xu Shijin stood at the door, facing the stretcher being carried over from afar, his face showing the sadness as if his parents had died.

"Isn't this Brother Shi Wang? How did that crazy Yue beat him like this? Quick, send him inside."

"Yes, it's the nutrition chamber at the head of the second row, specially prepared for Brother Shi Wang. As I remember, Brother Shi Wang has liked the color blue since he was a child."

"I remember it all..."

(End of this chapter)