Chapter 37: Sword Contest for Opening the Village (Part 2)
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Just as the small dispute in the tavern was almost persuaded by Wen Yuzhai, the door was suddenly pushed open again.
Accompanied by a cold wind, a swordsman in blue clothes and holding a long sword broke in outside the door.
This man is not tall, has a medium figure, has high eyebrows, narrow eyes, and a big ear. Overall... it's not very good-looking, but his arrogance on his face is extraordinary, as if everyone owes him money.
Those who can walk around with this expression are no ordinary people.
So who is he?
The endorsement of the book here is that this person is a very experienced disciple in Wujian Villa, named Wu Hongmao.
More than ten years ago, Wu Hongmao, who was 25 years old, made a name for himself in the world like many young swordsmen, relied on a fairly decent swordsmanship and the passion of young people.
But soon, he also encountered a problem that most martial arts practitioners would encounter. Although he was still young, he had already practiced the martial arts he was good at to the limit he could reach.
What is the "upper limit he can reach"?
Very simple. In theory, there is no upper limit in martial arts itself, and only those who practice martial arts are limited.
Let’s talk about Lin Yuancheng. Even if he practiced all the known moves and realms in the "Seven-Star Sword Technique" taught by Fan Zhengting, he could still continue to explore new realms, so his upper limit is different from Fan Zhengting’s.
Why can some people practice the twenty-eight dragon-subduing palms, and finally they can simplify it into the more refined eighteen palms, while others only practice the eighteen palms barely and cannot exert their maximum power?
Martial arts are the same martial arts, but the upper limits of people are different.
However, 99% of the people in this world belong to the latter.
When they practice a certain martial arts to their own "upper limit", they will continue to focus on this martial arts to comprehend, and their efficiency will become very low. The result is that they may not be able to break through to a higher level even after comprehending for another twenty or thirty years.
At this time, letting them practice kung fu that is similar to their existing martial arts level will not greatly improve their martial arts realm. At most, it is to enrich his combat methods in his current realm.
In other words, at this stage, if you want to improve your martial arts cultivation, you must learn "more" skills than the martial arts you are practicing now.
Someone may be asking when he sees this, what should I do if I can’t learn that skill?
Is that more than anything else? If you can’t learn it, you will be stuck in your current realm and will never be able to get there for the rest of your life. If everyone can practice it, wouldn’t there be all the top experts in the world?
Besides, when practicing martial arts, you don’t have to practice "first-class", "super-class", or even "top-class".
If you just want to gain a foothold in the world, then having second-rate skills is enough; if you can't do martial arts, you can make up for it with your "connections", make more friends as your backer, and do more good things to change your reputation... These are also ways to walk around the world, and sometimes even better than practicing martial arts.
If a person is in the world, whether he can have a good ending is often not determined by his martial arts skills.
Some third-rate characters ended up with their wives and children, and they lived the rest of their lives safely and safely after retiring from the world; while many top-notch and top-notch masters died extremely miserably in the end.
After all, the ultimate fate of people in the world can only determine 30% of martial arts at most, and 40% depends on your personality, wisdom, knowledge, social, acting and other abilities. Another 30% depends on luck. After all, your ten years of hard work may not be as good as others falling on the cliff to find the old man.
Like most of us, Wu Hongmao does not have that kind of luck, nor does he have the talent of Lin Yuancheng. If a mortal like him is unwilling to be a second-rate person, he has to find a "way".
And Wujian Villa is the way he found.
I don’t know whether it was luck or misfortune, but Xiao Zhun thought Wu Hongmao’s swordsmanship was “desirable”, so he left him behind.
According to the rule of Wujian Villa's "to ask for a sword and give up the sword first" , Wu Hongmao offered his sword skills, which gave Xiao Zhun's guidance. However, after staying in the villa for a while, Wu Hongmao discovered some of the "unwritten rules" here. If you want Xiao Zhun to teach you more, you can't just be an ordinary disciple, you have to be his minions.
Wu Hongmao was not in conflict with this, because he was not a gentleman at first. Although he did not leave any bad reputation when he was walking in the world, he did a lot of things he said and did.
In this way, in a blink of an eye, Wu Hongmao had been working under Xiao Zhun for more than ten years.
Wu Hongmao undoubtedly knew about Xiao Xian... that is, Xiao Wuji had a quarrel with his father, but... he didn't dare to spread the word.
At this moment, Wu Hongmao walked into the tavern with great strides. At first glance, he saw Wen Yuzhai and Xiao Wuji standing by the counter. So he immediately looked at them and said with a slight smile: "Oh? Why are you here?"
Before Wen Yuzhai could answer the conversation, Xiao Wuji sneered and replied in a very unfriendly tone: "I'll come when I want to come, do you care?"
When the other party choked, a little anger appeared on Wu Hongmao's face, but he seemed to think of something immediately, so he suppressed his anger and said sarcastically: "Ha... you are right, I can't control it; in this world, there are all kinds of people, and some people... He doesn't want to put things that belong to him, but when others want to get them, he runs out and grabs them. This is called having a temper... Ha, we ordinary people like us can't play with them."
Others can't understand what he said, but Wen Yuzhai and Xiao Wuji understand.
That Xiao Wuji is also the one who is unforgivable. Can he be ridiculed by him like this? Do you think you are Sun Yixie?
"Hehe..." The next second, Xiao Wuji laughed strangely, and looked at Wen Yuzhai with a tone of intention and said, "Hey? Brother Wen, you said that the world is really strange every year. This dog has been raised for a long time and can speak, and is still eloquent."
Wen Yuzhai is a gentleman, so he doesn't accept this openly curse.
"You..." Wu Hongmao was angry when he heard this, but it was not easy to get angry.
After all, the person in front of him is Xiao Zhun's son. Even though Xiao Xuan had unilaterally announced that he had severed his relationship with Xiao Zhun five years ago, Xiao Zhun never said that he would not recognize him as a young master and a traitor. If he really fought to the death, who would the master turn to the end... Wu Hongmao could still calculate this account.
"Okay... let's take a look..." Wu Hongmao's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said so twice, then stopped talking to Xiao Wuji and the others. He immediately looked away, swept into the house, and suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Dugu Yong! When are you planning to hide? I have received the message, you are here! If you are a man, stand up quickly!"
As soon as he roared, Wen Yuzhai and Xiao Wuji also reacted: Wu Hongmao would appear here at this moment, but it had nothing to do with them. Meeting them was just a coincidence. The person the other party was looking for was Dugu Yong, the young master of the Jinling Sword Palace, the "Defeated Dragon Sword" of Dugu Yong.
What's wrong with Wu Hongmao looking for Dugu Yong?
It’s not a big deal, seeking revenge.
Where does hatred come from?
To summarize it simply: More than ten years ago, when Wu Hongmao was still walking in the world, he met Dugu Yong by chance. The two were about the same age and were both swordsmen. Wu Hongmao wanted to find this little brother to have a discussion.
Dugu Yong was a very personality. Faced with the request made by this stranger, he frankly replied with six words: "Forget it, you are not worthy."
There were many other people from the world around him. Wu Hongmao was just as young as a young man. Can he tolerate this?
So, on that day, Wu Hongmao forced to "discuss" with the other party for a while with an impulse.
Before starting, Wu Hongmao felt that I have studied hard since I was a child, without interruption. My swordsmanship is not bad. Dugu Yong is still two or three years younger than me. Even if he is a little talented and his martial arts are a little better than mine, I won’t have no chance, right?
After the fight, he found that he was thinking too much...
When he was insulted by language just now, there were many people around him talking for Wu Hongmao. Everyone thought Dugu Yong was too arrogant. If Wu Hongmao had used the assassination to say a few words and gave up, he would not be embarrassed. Others might even think that he, a young man, was tolerant and generous.
But as soon as he started, Wu Hongmao successfully experienced the so-called "not much harm, but very insulting."
Dugu Yong didn't draw his sword that day, so he used a pair of silver chopsticks to fuck Wu Hongmao over. After the beating, he said that Wu Hongmao ruined his mood for eating and left without even leaving a word for someone else's step down.
Wu Hongmao could only stand up silently in the silent squint of the people around him, pick up his sword, and then leave in shame...
This shame that day was to some extent a catalyst for his determination to worship Wujian Villa.
Times have changed. Although more than ten years have passed, Wu Hongmao will definitely not forget this "hate". Now he heard that Dugu Yong had also arrived near Wujian Villa, that is, "running to his land", so he naturally wants to find the place.
Wu Hongmao gave Xiao Zhun the tyrant who had been a dog in Wujian Villa for more than ten years. Isn’t it just to become the character who was "pretentious" in front of everyone one day?
At this moment, Dugu Yong could not pretend that he hadn't heard it. So, after a breath, Dugu Yong slowly stood up from that corner and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
It was not until Dugu Yong replied that the whole room of tourists turned to look at him afterwards. It was only then that they suddenly realized that there was a big man sitting in the room.
"Ha... don't you even recognize me?" Wu Hongmao thought to himself that the two had a grudge more than ten years ago. At that time, he was also a young man with no worries. His appearance was a bit different from now, so he reminded him, "Master, I am Wu Hongmao, who competed with you at Yusheng Inn, and then competed with you in martial arts and competitions!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was no change in expression on Dugu Yong's face, but the others in the room were in a panic.
Because Wu Hongmao has left many achievements in the world when he helped Xiao Zhun over the years, and none of the masters who died under him have a rank or a rank. Based on the strength of those people, Wu Hongmao is at least a first-class swordsman.
However, Dugu Yong's response to him was just a very cold sentence: "If you don't know me, is there any trouble to ask me?"
"No! I know! I know!?" There is nothing more anger than these three words.
His mood at this moment is like a star-chasing star for more than ten years and giving all his crazy fans for his idol. After hearing the news that his idol announced his relationship, he rushed to the other party to question what the other party meant, but was finally asked, "Who are you?"
Xiao Wuji directly called Wu Hongmao a dog, and he could tolerate even his words, but he couldn't stand Dugu Yong's words "I don't know him".
Wu Hongmao didn't say anything else, he drew his sword and killed him in one step.
The congestion in the store could not stop his attack at all. He passed through the narrow space between the tables and chairs with an extremely fast and exquisite body technique, and used a sword-shaped "Golden Sable to Change Wine" with a huge opening and closing, which contained thousands of clever and varied sword-shaped "Golden Sable to Wine" to attack Dugu Yong's heart.
A second later, Wu Hongmao's heart silenced and fell down.
If he has grown up over the past ten years? That's for sure, because this time... he forced Dugu Yong to draw his sword.
Of course, only he knows whether he can rest in peace if he can do so.
"Ah! Ah, someone died!" After a brief silence, the waiter was the first to shout out and ran out of the house.
The shopkeeper beat his chest and stamped his feet behind the counter: "Oh... why am I so unlucky... Another one died."
Obviously, there are quite a few people who have died in the village these days, and for these ordinary people, they cannot distinguish the difference between a normal swordsman and a disciple of Wujian Villa.
But... the shopkeepers knew what Wu Hongmao's death meant, so they didn't even eat food at this moment. They put the money on the table one by one, and began to retreat outside the store without saying a word...
Although they were all looking very arrogant and boasting loudly in the store, they really had something they couldn't afford to mess with, these people were dodging very quickly.
Only Wen Yuzhai and the others were still standing there, unmoved.
In this way, about a minute later, when the tourists in the store were almost gone, the three-character king was the first to walk forward, picked up the empty table, sat there, and said with a smile: "It's really good~"
"Hehe..." Xiao Wuji looked at it and laughed. He then stepped forward in two steps and sat next to the Three-character King, "It's really good. Now there is a seat. We can sit down and have a few drinks."
Chapter completed!