The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 205: Let me give you some sweet treats before your execution
"I will be the judge of this martial arts competition!"

Xu Xingchen's words immediately made the entire square quiet.

Usually, in martial arts competitions, a person of high moral character and extraordinary martial arts skills will be chosen to be the judge; more often, it is to intervene in time to stop the two parties from hurting each other when the fight is at its peak and cannot be stopped.

Today's so-called martial arts conference was held rather hastily, and as it was a competition between the righteous martial artists and the evil cult members, it was of great significance.

It is not easy to decide who can take on the responsibility of judging.

Be it the Dharma Kings of the Ming Cult or the leaders of the six major sects, neither can satisfy both forces at the same time.

Now, the leader of the Ming Cult, the central figure who should have been sitting on the high platform and watching the martial arts conference with cold eyes, actually said that he wanted to take on the responsibility of judging, which immediately stunned both the enemy and us.

This was like a game between court officials, and the emperor insisted on jumping out to act as a referee, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

However, everyone reacted quickly.

The Ming Cult followers were naturally cheering and full of joy.
The six major sects and eighteen gangs all had serious expressions and frowned.
As for the martial arts of this young and extraordinary leader of the demon cult, one could get a glimpse of it just from what Master Miejue had said before.

With his martial arts skills, he is indeed qualified to be the judge of this martial arts conference; but his identity is not ordinary, and all the upright fellow martial artists looked unhappy.

Shaolin Abbot Kong Wen was the first to speak and express his opinion: "Master Xu, with your status, it is inappropriate for you to be the judge, right?!"

At this time, Xu Xingchen had already stood up, and took one step, two steps, three steps, and arrived at the center of the square several feet away.

The speed seemed slow, but it was actually incredibly fast, causing everyone in the opposing camp to jump in surprise.

The warriors who first jumped out from the camp of the Eighteen Gangs quickly retreated in fear, looking like they were ready to turn around and run away at any time.

The warrior who jumped out from the Ming Cult camp immediately bowed to Xu Xingchen and then stepped back a distance.

Xu Xingchen stood still, turned to the abbot of Shaolin Temple not far away, and said loudly: "Master Kongwen, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and me to choose a suitable candidate. How about this, you six major sects also send one person to serve as a judge together with this leader?"

"This..." Master Kong Wen was at a loss for words and turned to look at the other leaders: "Everyone, what do you think?"

Be it Xian Yutong of the Huashan School, He Taichong of the Kunlun School, or the Five Elders of the Kongtong School, they all shook their heads and indicated that they would not go up.

Wudang Sect representative Song Yuanqiao said after careful consideration: "Our martial arts skills are not as good as that of the Ming Cult leader. Even if we go up, we will just be a decoration."

"Shaolin Temple is the leader of the righteous martial arts world, and Master Kongwen is a highly respected master in the righteous martial arts world. Now, I am afraid that only Master Kongwen is qualified to be the judge."

Facing Song Yuanqiao's flattery, Master Kongwen was not happy at all. Instead, he frowned and said, "Master Song, your Wudang Sect is as famous as my Shaolin Temple. Master Zhang Sanfeng is even more famous all over the world and is recognized as the best martial artist in the world."

"Now, the leader of the Ming Cult is actually holding a martial arts conference to decide who is the real best martial artist in the world."

"This behavior clearly shows that he is dissatisfied with Master Zhang for suppressing him. It is a challenge to Master Zhang."

"In my opinion, it would be better for your Wudang sect to send someone to be the judge."

Seeing Kong Wen and Song Yuanqiao arguing, Miejue could not help but snort coldly and said, "You don't have to give way. I will be the judge."

As soon as she finished speaking, she strode out, dragging her sleeves lightly. At the same time, the second sentence reached everyone's ears.

"My Emei Sect may not lose to Shaolin and Wudang!"

Looking at Master Miejue's receding back, Kong Wen and Song Yuanqiao looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed.

They both understood the meaning behind Master Miejue's words, which was nothing more than her attempt to weaken the momentum of their two major sects.

But apart from the head of the Emei Sect, Master Miejue, there are not many disciples who can be called masters. There is only one outstanding disciple, Ji Xiaofu, who is expected to inherit the mantle of the Emei Sect in the future.
However, that disciple did not follow this time. Only a disciple named Ding Minjun followed by his side.

As I said before, the Emei Sect is weak and its current status in the martial arts world is already the limit of its efforts. To go further is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Nun Miejue came to the center of the square, looked at Xu Xingchen who had a calm face, and said calmly: "I will be the judge. I wonder if Master Xu is satisfied?"

Xu Xingchen smiled and said calmly: "Master Miejue, it's great that you are here!"

Nun Miejue snorted coldly and said no more.

This martial arts conference was held in a hurry and there were not too many formalities.

Say start, start.
Soon, disciples from the six major sects and eighteen gangs fought with the elites of the Ming Cult. The Ming Cult was a huge force, with a mixed bag of disciples, good and bad, and had always acted in an extreme way. Over the past hundred years, it had had countless grudges with the various sects in the Central Plains martial arts world.

Today's battle to encircle and suppress Guangmingding was temporarily suppressed by Xu Xingchen using various methods, but it was only a stopgap measure.

There was no way to carry out a large-scale fight, but the ongoing fight was a way to vent.
Therefore, when the two sides fight each other, they can still restrain themselves at first, but as the fight goes on, it is easy for them to become red-eyed and turn it into a life-and-death fight.

This is when judgment comes into play.

Every time, before Nun Miejue could make a move, Xu Xingchen had already appeared beside the two fighting people and deflected the swords that were aimed at each other's vital points.

After both parties calmed down, Xu Xingchen would give them some advice, pointing out the loopholes in their martial arts and ways to improve them.

During this period, Xu Xingchen tasted the sweetness of teaching others martial arts knowledge.
To put it in the words of a certain book in the first life, this is called the Feynman learning method, which uses a "teaching to promote learning" approach, using the most concise language to teach the knowledge you have learned to another person.

Use this method to continuously sort out what you have learned and deepen your memory and understanding of the knowledge points.
At the same time, by communicating with different people, you can absorb the flashes of various thoughts and angles from others to enrich your knowledge and deepen your wisdom.

This is a learning method that pools ideas.

After Xu Xingchen tasted the sweetness of this, he suddenly understood why the ancient Chinese people liked to travel everywhere, give lectures everywhere, and discuss scriptures and laws with others after they had achieved success in their studies.
That is actually a process of constantly improving your knowledge!

so.
In order to further improve my martial arts knowledge.
In order to give these people a little more chance of survival in the upcoming war.
In order to resolve some of the grievances between the Ming Cult and the various martial arts sects in the Central Plains.
He felt that he should give them some advice.

With his martial arts knowledge, martial arts reserves, and thorough understanding of martial arts.

In just a few simple sentences, the strengths and weaknesses of the two people and the areas that need improvement were pointed out concisely.

The two of them felt as if they had been enlightened.

With their hearts full of excitement, the members of the Ming Cult knelt down and bowed to the ground, shouting, "Thank you, Master, for your gift!"

The expert from the Eighteen Gangs was infected by the behavior of the Ming Cult members and knelt on the ground with a plop. He was about to kowtow and express his gratitude when he suddenly realized that his action was inappropriate.

He quickly got up from the ground, bowed to Xu Xingchen, and then returned to his camp with embarrassment on his face but full of joy.

Facing the contemptuous looks from his own camp, the man thought to himself, "You idiots, you know nothing. With a few words of advice from the leader of the Ming Cult, I will have avoided many years of detours in my martial arts training."

The next fight continues
At the end of each session, Xu Xingchen would give them some advice based on the characteristics of their martial arts, and then they would prostrate themselves on the ground and bow to him in gratitude.

The people watching the fight were not involved in the incident and did not have any empathy. They just felt that those people were being too exaggerated and it was really baffling.

When people encounter something that is difficult to understand and cannot figure out the situation, they will make arbitrary guesses and then come to many strange and bizarre conclusions.

"No way, the leader of the demon cult just said a few words and that person got so excited, it's totally unreasonable."

"That is to say, I know that man's master, and he often teaches him martial arts. I have never seen him so excited, so why is he like this now?"

"What do you think? Could it be that the leader of the evil cult used some kind of confusing magic to confuse the minds of those people?"

"Oh, this is bad. This is really possible. If this continues, by the time this martial arts competition is over, won't all the participants have become puppets of the evil cult leader?"

Just as the crowd was making more and more noise because of their presumptuous speculations, their elders and leaders could no longer stand it and started to scold them.

"You idiots, don't speculate. The leader of the Ming Cult didn't use any magic to confuse people. The reason why those people are so grateful is that they have gained a huge benefit!"

"It's no wonder they have wild thoughts. Their martial arts skills are too low, and they simply cannot understand the meaning of the words that the leader of the Ming Cult says every time."

"As the saying goes, a false teaching of ten thousand books is worth a single sentence! Although the words that the leader of the Ming Cult gave them were few, each word was profound and priceless. They are so excited and grateful, and it is only natural."

Those with low martial arts skills could not understand the words that Xu Xingchen said to those who were competing, but the president, gang leader and other people with high martial arts skills had ripples in their eyes when they heard it, and they felt surprised and excited.

"How is this possible? My previous understanding of that sentence was wrong."

"I see, that's why. I've been stuck here for more than a decade and have been unable to break through. It turns out that I'm missing this crucial point."

"I understand, haha, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)