From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 178 Testing
The sun is shining brightly at noon.

There was a slight breeze in the garden, and from time to time there were sparse cicadas and birds chirping.

Xiao Taotao and Dugu Sheng stood under the green jujube tree, and they did not avoid others when they talked.

When they heard that Xiao Taotao wanted to ask for advice, Ke Qiuxian and Xiang Qingshan did not say anything to persuade him, but just stepped back.

Meng Yuan was an honest man, so he and Zhang Guinian quickly retreated.

Dugu Kang was originally standing far away, and now he took a few steps back and simply closed his eyes, as if he didn't care at all about what was happening here.

In an instant, everyone retreated a hundred steps away, waiting for the showdown between the two great masters.

Meng Yuan and Zhang Guinian looked at each other. Both of them were shrewd and felt that they would never fight to the death. They probably just wanted to spar with each other.

Of course, if you really get carried away, then just get out of the way. A seventh-rank warrior may look impressive, but after all, he is of the lower rank, and is not good enough in front of a fifth-rank warrior.

After waiting for a while, the cicadas stopped chirping and the dozen or so people on both sides were silent, and there was a sense of tranquility in the garden.

After waiting for a while, Meng Yuan felt a faint sense of shock in his heart. This was a warrior's intuition about danger.

The source came from the two people under the jujube tree a hundred steps away.

Carefully feeling the changes in his body, Meng Yuan felt that his flesh and blood were tense, his breathing was blocked, and even his dantian felt restricted.

That’s not all. Meng Yuan felt that the entire garden seemed to have fallen into the surging river, and also seemed to be in the darkness.

The jade liquid in the two dantians fluctuated slightly, and the places where they were carved and reflected seemed to be slowly suppressed, and all the secrets in the body were dormant.

Meng Yuan frowned and looked around, only to see Ke Qiuxian holding a whisk and closing his eyes, standing with his hands behind his back facing the green mountain, while Zhang Guinian beside him was gritting his teeth.

The other four thousand households were calm and stood in front of the hundred households.

On the other side, Mr. Wang retreated again and again, and Liu Pandeng looked unhappy, as if he could not breathe. However, Dugu Kang was a great monk after all, and he had already put his hand on Liu Pandeng's shoulder.

It was clear that Xiao Taotao and Dugu Sheng had not taken any action yet, nor had they triggered any secret secrets, and there was no sign of anything unusual, but they had already made everyone on the field tremble.

Meng Yuan thought to himself that he could still do it at this moment, but the skills he had learned would be compromised.

This was the first time Meng Yuan felt the power of a fifth-grade warrior up close.

"Sir?" Meng Yuan, despite feeling unwell, came to Xiang Qingshan and asked curiously, "Is this the pressure from the high-ranking officials to the low-ranking officials?"

"Yes, and no." Xiang Qingshan stroked his beard, his eyes still looking at the jujube tree, and said: "What is coercion? In fact, it is to suppress the lower people through the change of qi. It's like the divine power is like a prison, which uses the qi to form a line to lock the opponent's body and mind."

He nodded his chin towards the jujube tree and said, "But Divine Might as Prison is, after all, a Heavenly Secret Method, which is achieved by opening a secret treasure. A warrior at the seventh level is one transformation, and a warrior at the fifth level is another transformation. After the Heavenly Man Transformation, it is the fourth level. Therefore, warriors at the fifth level are all seeking their own transformation method, which is equivalent to opening a secret treasure, their own secret treasure."

Xiang Qingshan stroked his beard with admiration, "I know that Prince Xin has long been trapped at the threshold of the transformation of heaven and man, but I never thought that Commander Xiao has also touched the threshold of the transformation of heaven and man. The strangeness you feel now is the method of the transformation of heaven and man that the two of them are pursuing."

"..." Meng Yuan didn't understand.

"You entered school too late and made rapid progress. It's because you lacked constant guidance from an expert, so it's possible that you don't understand." Xiang Qingshan chuckled and said, "Since you are the princess' man, you are not bad in talent. She will definitely be willing to teach you."

At this point, Xiang Qingshan was still looking at the two people under the jujube tree, but he asked curiously, "The princess is good at poetry and lyrics, and is familiar with the teachings of hundreds of schools of thought. She is proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and martial arts. Don't you usually go to the princess when you have something to do? Or do you not know what to say when you see the princess?"

Meng Yuan often visited the Third Miss and indeed gained her trust. After all, he had seen her appearance after bathing.

Just seeing the person, Meng Yuan only remembered something else in his mind.

"I'll go back and ask." Meng Yuan answered honestly.

Xiang Qingshan nodded slightly and said, "You have quite a talent. If you work hard on it, you may be better than those two in the future." As he spoke, he pointed to the jujube tree.

Meng Yuan looked over and saw Xiao Taotao and Dugu Sheng still facing each other, and the two of them were moving slowly.

Suddenly a green leaf fell from between the two of them, floating in the air, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west.

The green leaves suddenly broke into powder, but there was no breeze to sweep them away, and they all fell to the ground.

For a moment, Meng Yuan only vaguely felt as if a river had stopped flowing, and it was not cut off by a knife, but slowly condensed.

It was clearly noon, but the sky in the garden was getting darker.

Meng Yuan had never fought against a master, but he had experienced life and death several times. At this moment, he knew that Xiao Taotao had lost his momentum and was clearly no match for Dugu Sheng.

But Meng Yuan couldn't tell who was better between the two. Moreover, the two sides were just sparring and testing each other, and they didn't really fight.

As expected, Xiao Taotao smiled and bowed, saying, "Prince Xin has already achieved the wonder of being reborn from heaven, and I am far inferior to him."

Dugu Sheng said nothing, seeming to look down on Xiao Taotao.

"Let's go." Xiao Taotao turned around and walked away.

A group of people immediately followed without asking any questions. Dugu Kang hurriedly followed to see them off.

"Since you're here now," Dugu Kang tried to persuade her, "Have a meal before you leave."

He looked sickly and spoke like an ordinary citizen, without any of the noble appearance of a prince.

"No need to see me off, Prince." Xiang Qingshan waved his hand without any etiquette, unlike a Confucian disciple. However, Ke Qiuxian bowed politely.

Seeing that the guests did not want to stay, Dugu Kang went back happily.

After everyone left the palace, Xiao Taotao stopped again and looked back at Prince Xin's palace.

Xiang Qingshan saw this and asked, "Commander Xiao, we just had a discussion. How does Prince Xin feel?"

"He is indeed at the fifth level." Xiao Taotao's face was no longer smiling, but rather more serious. "And he clearly has the method of becoming a celestial being. I'm sure he will be able to break through the last level of the third level of celestial ascension this year."

"What did it use to transform into life?" Ke Qiuxian suddenly asked, "Is it related to Qing Guangzi?"

"I can't tell the details." Xiao Taotao smiled bitterly. "He has already taken a big step forward. He only needs one step to reach the fourth level."

Xiang Qingshan remained silent. It was obvious that he didn't care much about Dugu Sheng's affairs and let Xiao Taotao make the decision.

Ke Qiuxian pondered for a moment, glanced at Meng Yuan, and then asked in a low voice: "Is it possible that it is the method of the Hidden Dragon in the Abyss?"

This refers to hidden realm and strength.

"Who knows?" Xiao Taotao was silent for a while before he smiled and said, "However, to enter the fourth rank from the fifth rank, one must undergo the transformation of heaven and man, and strange phenomena will definitely occur."

He stepped forward and said, "Just go back and check it out."

Meng Yuan followed behind and listened to what the three people in charge said. He felt that these three people did not really care about the matter of Prince Xin and Qing Guangzi.

In other words, they are not very serious about the job of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

(End of this chapter)