There is a saying that goes well: People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong.

Since Qingteng was no longer the unknown "idiot", Qingteng has inevitably encountered something that almost every famous martial artist will encounter nowadays: being harassed by challengers who come to his door.

Traveling around the world and increasing one's strength and reputation by challenging masters from all over the world - this kind of custom was most popular during the Warring States Period three hundred years ago.

But with the establishment of the Edo Shogunate, Japan ushered in a long-lost and rare world of peace.

Although the Tokugawa family's governance philosophy of "Don't let the people below live too badly, but don't let them live too well" has made the lives of most samurai very embarrassing, they are not so poor that they can't even eat a bowl of water.

He couldn't even drink porridge, but he was not so desperate that he had to tie his head to his waistband and fight for fame and fortune by fighting life and death.

In addition, social atmosphere has changed.

With the emergence of capitalism and various other reasons, more and more people, whether samurai or civilians, do not respect the so-called noble moral character and samurai spirit.

Everyone turns to the pursuit of money and enjoyment.

Compared with the generally poor samurai, the well-dressed businessmen are increasingly favored by the public.

A long time ago, many people criticized "the money worship trend that corroded the spirit and fighting spirit of the samurai." There were also people who tried to reverse this unhealthy trend, but they all failed.

All in all, under the influence of these various reasons, the trend of "traveling around and fighting everywhere" has disappeared.

However - times have changed.

Land annexation, the gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen, the number of samurai increases, and it becomes increasingly difficult for the Edo shogunate and various vassal states to support such a large number of samurai... These social problems continue to intensify as the years go by.

In the end - seven years ago, the "Black Ship Incident" in which American warships visited Edo Bay became the straw that broke the camel's back.

The "small peasant economy" on which the samurai class relied for survival was severely impacted.

The number of rogues is increasing day by day.

In order to earn a living, more and more warriors who were somewhat confident in their own abilities chose to seek wealth and wealth through risks.

If I can defeat someone who is currently famous and make my fame explode in one breath...then in the future, whether I want to rely on my martial arts to get an official position in the shogunate or the vassal government of some vassal country, or I want to start a business

A martial arts gym that teaches people the truth and solves their doubts can get twice the result with half the effort!

As a result, in recent years, the "ancient style of the Warring States Period" has revived.

More and more people have the dream of "defeating a famous warrior and gaining fame and fortune overnight."

Whenever a martial artist from somewhere makes a name for himself by relying on his martial arts and becomes famous, there will immediately be a large number of people who are either overestimating their abilities, or who are really capable, like cats smelling something fishy, ​​or seeing someone with some talent.

The flying insects that reached the light source swarmed towards the warrior.

Logically speaking, there should not be many people who dare to touch Qingdeng, a "god of murder" like Qingdeng who has never suffered a defeat in the confrontation with the anti-barbarian group and killed countless powerful enemies.

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However, there are always some people who have a "what if?" mentality.

What if?

What if I can defeat "Nioh"?

If I can defeat "Nioh"... then I will become famous!

Of course, there are also some people who truly believe that they can defeat Qingdeng.

Compared with Ju Qingden, I just lack a little luck and an opportunity to rise to the top!

In terms of skill and martial arts strength, I am definitely no worse than Tachibana Aoden!

If Tachibana Aoden and I were to switch identities, my record would definitely be more brilliant than Tachibana Aotomo!

Of course, there is also a small group of martial arts idiots. The reason why they decided to come to challenge Qingto is not for fame or profit, but just to see the skills of the "Nioh", broaden their horizons, and improve their own martial arts level.

Since September, people with all kinds of different ideas and desires have been coming to the trial gym, hoping to compete with Qing Deng.

Many people don't even meet these challengers, let alone accept the challenge, because they cherish their feathers or simply don't want to let these guys who want to step on other people's heads get the upper hand.

But obviously - Qingdeng is not such a person.

Why would you avoid such a great opportunity to copy your talent?

Although there is a risk of losing in the competition with challengers and the title of "Nioh" will be dusted, but compared with obtaining real talents and skills, the illusory fame is not so important.

Therefore, Qingdeng would not reject any challenger who came to his door.

In the past two months, a total of six people came to challenge Qingdeng because they heard about the name and deeds of the "Nioh".

The swordsmanship level of these six challengers... to put it mildly, is a bit uneven.

Five of them were vulnerable, and Qingdeng knocked them down with one strike of his sword. Qingdeng copied the new talent "Ying Cry" from a young man among these five who looked and behaved like an effeminate one.

Qingdeng was both happy and sad about the new talent he had acquired.

Previously, Qingdeng's voice was a very ordinary baritone.

Although it's not unpleasant to listen to, it still lacks the characteristics to catch people's ears.

But after having this "orioles cry", Qingdeng's voice suddenly became much clearer.

When getting along with others, a nice voice is often a good plus.

For Ainoto, who is currently aiming to "marry Sanako and Mai Kinoshita" in the future, he is of course happy to see his charm value get a new improvement.

However... joy is accompanied by sorrow.

Qingdeng can no longer remember how many people asked him: "Eh? Has your voice become better?"

In response to this, Qingteng would always try to fool him by saying, "Huh? Did you hear it correctly?" or "No, I've always had this sound."

Fortunately, although Qingdeng's current voice is much better than before, the difference is not too huge, so Qingdeng's deception is quite effective.

Among the six challengers, only one of them was a strong man, which caused Qingdeng to suffer a lot.

He is a tall, muscular man who has grown up from unknown sources. He has learned from others, and he wields the sword very fast and fiercely. He takes the path of defeating ten masters with one force.

Qingden barely defeated him with the buffs such as "Gu Gu" and "Gathering God" fully activated.

After the battle, Qingden copied the "Bear's Waist" from this macho man's body, which enhanced the explosive power of his waist.

In this way, "Bear's Waist" became Qingdeng's fourth talent to be fused and enhanced.

In addition to "Bear's Waist", Qingdeng's other two talents have recently been fused: "Eagle Eye" and "Physical Body". Their origins are relatively simple.

Qingdeng's high reputation and the various contributions he made after becoming a disciple of the Shiwei Guan have made the reputation of the Shiwei Guan even higher and its development flourishing.

As the reputation of the sword hall continues to increase, some good talents have finally begun to appear in the hall.

These new apprentices are all excellent candidates for copying their talents.

Therefore, every newcomer in the Trial Guard Hall has a similar experience - on the day he officially joined the Trial Guard Hall, Qingdeng was pulled over to compete with him in various ways and discuss...

Qingden copied "Eagle Eye" and "Physical Body" from two juniors who had joined the Trial Guard Hall for less than a month, so that these two talents were integrated.

The innate ability of "Physical Fitness" is to "accelerate wound recovery", so its improvement effect cannot be intuitively felt.

The "Bear's Waist" and "Eagle Eye" are different.

After adding a "+1" suffix to both entries, Qingdeng clearly felt that his dynamic vision and waist strength had been significantly improved!

When an insect flew past his eyes, Qingden could see more clearly how its wings vibrated.

When the sword held high above the head is slashed down with the force of the waist, the power of the slash directly increases to a large level.

Just "+1", the natural ability has been greatly improved...

Qingdeng boldly guessed——

When "Eagle Eye" is upgraded to "+5" or "+6", you may be able to see the trajectory of the bullet clearly.

When the "Bear's Waist" is upgraded to "+5" or "+6", he might be able to easily split a person in half with a normal slash using his waist strength.

There are only the top "+8" and "+9"... Qingdeng can't imagine how powerful it will be once the talent is upgraded to this level.

After more than two months of talent collection and hard training... Qingdeng himself was somewhat unsure of how far his current combat power had improved.

Let's get back to the topic - after Aoto introduced himself briefly without being humble or overbearing, the captain of the second division, Tadatsuki Kanazawa, who was loved by the people for his approachable personality, took the lead to step forward and showed a warm smile.

"Hahaha! Orange-kun, I have admired your name for a long time! Hehe, Xiaoqin is right! You do have a handsome face!"

"Xiaoqin?"

Kanazawa...Qin...

After this surname is combined with this name, the talent of "photographic memory" is quietly activated.

"Ah... you are Miss Kanazawa Qin's brother?"

"Hey, that's right!"

Kanazawa Chusuke grinned, put his hands on his hips and laughed.

"What a surprise! Mr. Ju, you actually remember my sister! According to what my sister said, you and her seem to be just acquaintances who had a discussion with each other! We are not very familiar with each other!"

Qingdeng smiled slightly: "It is difficult to forget an outstanding woman like your sister."

Kanazawa Qin——Besides Sanako, the only Hime warrior who practices swordsmanship in the Chiba Sword Hall.

At the beginning of August this year, when Aoto had to challenge the heroes of the Kochiba Kenkan due to the people who admired Sanako, he had a fight with Kanazawa Qin.
To be continued...