Chapter 196
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Regarding Yan Bing’s choice.
Not only Xu Taiping and the others, but even the disciples of the various peaks watching the battle in the Cloud Tower weren’t very surprised.
“Always picking the soft persimmons to squeeze. Isn’t the First Peak afraid of being laughed at for winning without martial virtue？”
”What do you know？ The competition is held once every six years. Naturally, one has to choose the most certain opponent. As long as one can win in the end, who cares how one wins.”
”This time, the Seventh Peak will stop in the second round again.”
“How could the Seventh Peak be the opponent of the First Peak? This match has no highlights.
”The Seventh Peak is really unlucky. If it didn’t target the First Peak so much on weekdays, maybe it could still get a second place.”
Apart from a few people who thought the First Peak’s victory was a bit unsporting, most were gloating.
Especially the disciples of those peaks that had already lost. Seeing that the disciples of the Seventh Peak, who were usually ridiculed by themselves, had advanced to the second round, they felt very uncomfortable in their hearts and naturally wished for the Seventh Peak to lose.
And the worse the loss, the better.
Although there was a fair distance, the eyesight and hearing of the cultivators were very good. So these taunts and sarcasms eventually entered the ears of the disciples of the Western Name of the Seventh Peak.
”These people, they just can’t see others doing well, right？”
Zhao Linglong muttered unhappily.
”Don’t get angry with them. The only thing you should think about now is how to win this competition.”
Jiang Zhi gently patted Zhao Linglong’s shoulder and said to Zhao Linglong in a soft voice.
”Yes, Senior Sister, you’re right.”
Zhao Linglong took Jiang Zhi’s hand.
”Taiping, how are you recovering？”
Qingxiao asked Xu Taiping at this time.
“Already almost recovered.”
Xu Taiping didn’t plan to hide his current situation from Qingxiao.
“Your physique as a warrior has come in handy this time.”
Qingxiao nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.
He attributed the reason why Xu Taiping could recover so quickly entirely to Xu Taiping’s physique.
However, in a sense, Senior Brother Qingxiao was also right.
Xu Taiping thought to himself.
……
“In the second round, the first match, the First Peak is against the Seventh Peak. Since the First Peak was the champion of the last session, the First Peak will send a disciple to play first.”
After confirming the opponents, Elder Black Dragon announced loudly to everyone again.
Upon hearing this, everyone’s gaze fell on the First Peak.
Everyone wanted to see who they would send to play first.
Just then, a slender young person carrying a sword leaped onto the stage in one step.
“I am Ye Xuan, a disciple of the First Peak. Greetings to Elder Black Dragon.”
The young person bowed and saluted Elder Black Dragon with his hands clasped.
Regarding this, everyone only felt that it was within expectations.
“Presumably the Seventh Peak will still send that Xu Taiping to play？”
“Although Xu Taiping won against that Ye Xuan once in the Seventh Peak’s election, this match is about sword control, and Ye Xuan’s sword can now bear at least two hundred catties. Xu Taiping struggled so much with one hundred and thirty catties last time. He will definitely lose this match.”
Because of the feud between Xu Taiping and Ye Xuan, many people began to discuss at this time.
Especially some disciples who missed that sword-questioning at the beginning all wanted to see the battle between Xu Taiping and this Ye Xuan again.
“Ye Xuan of the First Peak, what weight of ship-pressing iron do you want to choose？”
At this time, only the Black Dragon Elder asked again.
“The disciple wants to…”
Ye Xuan hesitated for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Xu Taiping and said：
“The disciple wants to choose two hundred and sixty-two catties of ship-pressing iron！”
As soon as these words came out, there was another uproar on the Cloud Tower of Western Zhou.
Although this Ye Xuan is talented, he has only been in the sect for three years and has only learned swordsmanship for one year. Two hundred and sixty-two catties of ship-pressing iron is no small amount.
More importantly, his two hundred and sixty-two catties is exactly double the weight of Xu Taiping’s last match.
This is clearly provoking Xu Taiping.
The disciples who originally watched the excitement and were not afraid of big things began to cheer loudly one after another.
“Zheng！”
Just at this time, Ye Xuan’s flying sword came out of its sheath. After the long sword drew an arc beside his body, it flew very steadily to the front of the Black Dragon Elder.
It can be seen that after the last defeat, the arrogant air on Ye Xuan’s body has converged a lot.
The Black Dragon Elder didn’t say a word, and directly hung a hundred-jin ship-pressing iron on Ye Xuan’s flying sword.
“Weng…”
The sound of the flying sword’s tremor followed rang out.
The expression on Ye Xuan’s face changed from relaxed to strained.
But that was all.
Seeing how easily he did it, the crowd was not only surprised but also couldn’t help but look at Xu Taiping off the stage, their eyes filled with sympathy.
However, at this moment, Xu Taiping was more interested in whether he could lift the weight of two hundred and sixty-two catties than in Ye Xuan’s selection.
“Probably… It’s just okay, isn’t it?
He muttered to himself in his heart.
This wasn’t arrogance. It was the confidence given to him by the Yan Emperor’s Furnace Technique.
Just after recovering from the pain of the Soul Weeping, he clearly felt that his Induction to the sword had become much clearer. He also secretly tried using his own ship-pressing iron to control the sword, and as a result, he found that the attack of the Soul Weeping Syndrome was not as intense.
“Zheng！” Just as he was thinking this, Ye Xuan’s flying sword had already flown out with the two hundred and sixty-two catties of ship-pressing iron hanging on it.
Although Ye Xuan’s face was also as pale as paper, his flying sword was extremely stable. In just a moment, it flew to the cliff wall more than a hundred zhang high.
Then, the “chi la” sound of the long sword scraping across the cliff wall could be heard continuously.
Ye Xuan’s effortless performance made the disciples click their tongues in amazement.
“Is this what a genius is like？”
The expressions of despair emerged in the eyes of quite a number of disciples.
Ye Xuan’s performance today dealt a heavy blow to many disciples who believed that diligence could make up for clumsiness.
It made them have to recognize the reality once again – in the path of cultivation, talent is far more important than hard work.
