"Since Tachibana-kun rescued Sanako, my father's attitude towards Tachibana-kun has changed."

"Father, his current enthusiasm for Mr. Tachibana... makes me, a son, feel a little jealous."

After saying that, Chiba Jutaro subconsciously glanced at Sanako beside him.

"In short - Brother Domen. Let's just let nature take its course and continue to watch this battle of 'Tachibana-kun versus the heroes of our hall'."

Chiba Tamonshiro pursed his lips, looked at Chiba Jutaro, and then looked at Aoto on the field.

The expression is complicated.

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While Chiba Jutaro and the others were talking, Aoto had already sent the ninth challenger off the field.

The ninth challenger is named Kotaro Hosotani, who is good at Kodachi swordsmanship.

Of all the challengers Nai Qingden encountered today, he was the only one who used weapons other than knives.

"drink!"

Hosotani's right elbow flicked open like a broken bowstring, causing the wakizashi on his right hand to draw an arc in the air and strike towards Aomori's shoulder.

Aomori squatted down, held the sword in one hand with his right hand, swung the sword diagonally, and hit Hosotani's wakizashi sword accurately, neutralizing Sotani's sharp slash.

It is not difficult to see from the various detailed actions of Hosoya that Hosoya has quite a wealth of combat experience.

The attack was defused and he did not show any negative emotions.

I saw him shouting "Drink!" and rushing over with a knife in his hand, thrusting his sword into Qingdeng's arms.

Qingden took a deep breath, suddenly lowered his body weight, flipped his wrist, and held the knife behind his back. He used the handle of the knife to deflect the wakizashi that was coming towards his arms from bottom to top, and then followed this upward momentum.

, pointed the sword blade at Hosoya's body, and raised it upwards.

The dull feeling of hitting something solid... The knife Qingto raised upward hit the protective gear on Sotani's chest, knocking Sotani back three steps in a row before he could stabilize his body.

Although this Hosoya is also a loyal admirer of Sanako, he is quite open-minded.

Before Chiba Jutaro came forward to announce his defeat, he took the lead and lowered his head towards Aoshito in despair.

"I lost..."

[Successfully copied talent: "Swordsmanship Sword Master"]

[Talent introduction: The increase in swordsmanship talent is 4 times the average level of ordinary people]

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["Sword Talent" ability promotion]

[Introduction to the talent of "Sword Talent": The increase in swordsmanship talent is 80 times the average level of ordinary people]

The moment Hosotani consciously admitted defeat, bursts of cheers erupted from the spectators standing at the four corners of the dojo watching the battle - the majority of these cheers were female voices.

Although from the perspective of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, it seems a bit inappropriate to applaud Qingneng who has defeated 9 of their disciples in a row... But I can't stand the power Qingneng displayed at this moment. It is really fascinating.

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Standing majestically on the dojo, no matter who the challenge is, he will not refuse anyone who comes.

Fight 9 people in a row and win 9 games in a row!

This place is not some unknown third-rate swordsmanship hall.

This is the famous Little Chiba Sword Hall in Edo!

So far, everyone who has challenged Aonto is a "top student" of the Little Chiba Sword Hall who is eligible to freely enter and leave the second field.

Among them, Hisaya and Hosotani and others, who had just been defeated by Aonto, could still rank among the top masters in their small Chiba Sword Hall.

These powerful figures were all defeated by Qingdeng's sword. No one was Qingdeng's opponent...

The male apprentices looked at Qingden on the field with either envy or jealousy.

Compared with the male apprentices, the looks that the female apprentices cast towards Qingden were much more innocent.

The female apprentices who hurried from Field C to Field B because they heard that there was a lot of fun to join in, basically looked at Qingdeng with longing and admiration.

A few of them had even cast glances at Qingden with shame and some intriguing emotion.

By the way - all the female apprentices in the Little Chiba Sword Hall, without exception, are young and unmarried girls who are full of youthful spirit.

Only those young ladies who are not yet married have the time and leisure to come to the sword hall to learn martial arts.

Why do the female apprentices all show a fascination with Qingdeng... The reason is not difficult to explain.

Compared with most samurai of this era, Qingto's hard conditions are simply not that good!

He is from the royal family, he is still very young, he is still single and not yet married, he is tall and handsome, and he has a bright future in the officialdom due to his many outstanding achievements. He has extraordinary talent in swordsmanship and powerful swordsmanship. If not

If something unexpected happens, given time, he will definitely become a famous swordsman...

Compared with those poor warriors who either have no swordsmanship or no one with no family background, Qingdeng, a jade from Kunshan who needs good looks, talents, and a promising future, is completely like a dimensionality reduction attack.

exist.

Who wouldn’t want their future husband to be a strong and upright man?

Qingdeng's feat of winning nine out of nine games at this time directly aroused the admiration of the female apprentices for him.

Therefore, whenever Qingdeng defeated the opponent in front of him, these female apprentices were the most excited and shouted the loudest, causing people around them to frequently cast strange glances at them.

The cheers and screams of the female apprentices dedicated to Qingdeng made some male apprentices uncontrollably cast glances at Qingdeng that contained even more intense jealousy.

No matter what era he is in, men who can reap the cheers and screams of young girls will inevitably encounter hostility from other members of the same sex.

At this time, Qingdeng was completely unaware of the enthusiasm of the female apprentices for him, and they brought him some potential "enemies".

With his "Ju Shen" turned on at full speed, he had no time to pay attention to these episodes and changes in the "auditorium".

After defeating Hosoya, Qingden took a deep breath and slowly adjusted his breathing rhythm.

The new talent "Strong Essence" copied from Inoue a few days ago has come in handy now.

"Qiangjing", which recovers physical strength and energy quickly, greatly enhances Qingdeng's "sustainability".

The strong recovery speed of physical strength, coupled with the fact that every battle so far has not been an arduous battle, makes Qingden still have quite sufficient physical strength.

——Copied to "Sword Master" again... It is indeed the Kochiba Kenkan that has a pivotal position in the Edo swordsmanship world.

——The quality of apprentices is really not something that can be guaranteed.

——There is still a long way to go before the Trial Guard Hall...

Qingden has defeated nine disciples of the Little Chiba Sword Hall in a row.

A total of 5 of the 9 people have special talents.

"Golden Throat", "Strong Stomach", 3 "Sword Masters".

Just looking at the number of copies of talents, it is enough to see how big a gap there is in terms of "quality of students" between the Trial Guard Hall and large sword halls like the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

Since entering the Trial Guard Hall, Qingto has used every opportunity to learn from every apprentice in the Trial Guard Hall in order to try to copy some useful talents.

As a result, they copied over and over again... There were only five people in the entire imperial examination hall, Shusuke, Kondo, Hijikata, Okita, and Inoue, who had special talents.

Not to mention the "body-strengthening talents" whose bodies are different from ordinary people in some way, none of the others are even "sword masters".

Looking back at the Little Chiba Sword Hall, I have only competed with 9 people, and I have already copied 3 "swordsmanship masters".

The quality of the students is so high...it is completely beyond the reach of the current medical examination hall.

However... from another perspective, the gap in the quality of students between the Little Chiba Sword Hall and the Imperial Guard Hall is not so huge that one feels hopeless.

After all, not every apprentice at Chiba Sword Hall is a genius with outstanding talents.

Among the 9 people, only 3 had extraordinary swordsmanship abilities - this ratio made Qingden even more convinced of the truth: there are really only a handful of geniuses who shine brightly and possess extraordinary abilities.

Even in a large swordsmanship hall like the Little Chiba Swordsmanship Hall, not all geniuses are everywhere, many of the apprentices there are just ordinary mortals.

It is only the difference in effort level and learning methods that results in varying levels of performance among mortals.

As far as the results are concerned, Qingdeng has returned with a full load at this time - he has continuously integrated three "sword masters", and his "sword talent" has been upgraded to "sword skills increased by 80 times the average level of ordinary people."

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In addition, he also gained 2 new talents: Golden Voice and Strong Stomach.

The former was like useless to Qingdeng, who had no ambition to be a singer and was not used to shouting in battle.

But the latter is much more useful.

Strong digestion and nutrient absorption capabilities allow Qingdeng's body to absorb more nutrients, making the body healthier and stronger, and greatly reducing the probability of gastrointestinal diseases.

In this era when medical care is still very underdeveloped, getting sick is a terrible thing.

A large number of minor illnesses that can be cured in modern times by spending tens or hundreds of dollars are now incurable diseases that cannot be cured by any medicine.

Qingden took several deep breaths to suppress his excitement due to the rich harvest.

At this time, Qingdeng happened to have adjusted his breathing rhythm.
To be continued...