Chapter 72

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　　”Brother Hu, this little brat, his thighs are not even as thick as my arms. Isn’t he here to court death？”
　　”Could it be that he was brought by some adult.”
　　”Kid, this is not a place for you. Hurry up and find your mother.”
A group of men around the bearded all the strong men started to tease Xu Taiping.
Although some of these men were not tall, each of them had a burly figure and muscles. and it was obvious that they took the path of martial cultivation and body tempering.
　　In contrast, although Xu Taiping was not short, his figure was much thinner. Coupled with his slightly delicate face, he looked even more tender.
　　”Fellow senior brothers, make way.”
　　Xu Taiping ignored the taunts of the crowd and just motioned for them not to block the way.
　　”Little brat, you’re really here to participate in the competition.”
The Brother Hu is surrounded by the crowd touched his bald head and then looked at the bamboo stick in Xu Taiping’s hand with great curiosity.
　　”Yes.”
Xu Taiping nodded, then walked around him and quickly walked towards the sign.
　　”Interesting, interesting. I really want to see who this little brat will fight against in the next round.”
That Brother Hu followed Xu Taiping’s footsteps with a smile and walked towards the sign.
　　“I’ll come and take a look too. Let’s see which guy is so lucky to meet this little brat.”
The others followed suit at this time.
　　“The opponent of Bing 27 seems to be…”
　　Before Xu Taiping could look for it himself, these people took the initiative to help him look.
　　“It’s the mysterious-numbered arena, Yi 23！”
　　Someone finally found the lottery number of Xu Taiping’s opponent on the notice.
　　“Yi 23？ Isn’t Yi 23 Brother Hu？”
At this time, there was another outcry in the crowd.
　　Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping also looked curiously at the bald bearded man.
　　“Damn it, it’s really me！”
　　That Brother Hu looked at the lottery ticket in his hand and found that it was indeed Yi 23. Immediately, he stroked his bald head and laughed loudly.
　　Xu Taiping didn’t have much reaction to this.
　　He came to the notice board just to confirm where the next match would be held and the lottery number of the opponent. As for who the opponent was specifically, he didn’t care much. After all, he had been preparing for this match for three years.
　　“Little brat, are you scared？”
Seeing that Xu Taiping didn’t say a word, the crowd started to jeer again.
　　“Little brat, with your thin arms and legs, I’m afraid you won’t be able to withstand even one kick from me. I advise you to admit defeat in advance. It’s not shameful.”
　　That Brother Hu also looked at Xu Taiping with a smile at this time.
　　It could be seen that after finding out that his opponent in the first round was Xu Taiping, he became much more relaxed.
　　“See you on the arena.”
　　Xu Taiping said seriously to that Brother Hu.
　　That Brother Hu was first stunned, then laughed “haha” again, and then pointed at Xu Taiping who had already started walking towards the arena and said, “Did you all hear that？ The little brat said to see me on the arena！”
　　“Let’s go, let’s go. We happen to be on the Mysterious Character Arena too. Let’s go and take a look together.”
　　“Brother Hu, don’t show mercy. Otherwise, we brothers won’t have a good show to watch.”
　　When the crowd heard this, they all burst into laughter.
　　Most of this group of people were martial artists by birth. Although their nature wasn’t bad, they had long developed the habit of bullying the weak and fearing the strong at the foot of this mountain. How could they easily let go of an object that they could make fun of？
So, a group of people began to cluster around that Brother Hu and walked towards the Mysterious Character Arena in groups.
　　……
　　Beside the Mysterious Character Arena.
　　“Xu Taiping of Green Bamboo Residence, Sun Hu of Red Rock Village, you two wait. The next match will be yours.”
　　After the examiner of Western Wind Pavilion took the lottery tickets in the hands of Xu Taiping and Sun Hu, he immediately ticked them off in the booklet with a pen and then asked the two to wait aside.
　　Since there were so many people participating in the competition and they were all monks with little reputation, there weren’t many people watching around each ring. Most of them were monks who were going to participate in the competition later.
　　“Kid, fists and feet have no eyes later. If you don’t admit defeat now and get injured, don’t rely on me.”
　　Brother Hu said with a smile to Xu Taiping at this time.
　　Xu Taiping ignored him and looked at the ring seriously.
　　At this time, on the ring, there was an old man with all white hair and beard and a middle-aged man holding a long saber.
“It’s actually Old Qin and the owner Zhao.”
　　“These two are both contenders for the qualification to go to the Dragon Gate. They actually met in the first round. What a pity.”
　　Brother Sun Hu and several brothers beside him originally wanted to tease Xu Taiping, but after seeing the two people on the ring, their attention was attracted one by one.
　　“clang！”
Just then, after some probing, Zhao finally held the handle of the knife with both hands and slashed at Old Qin with great momentum.
Facing the owner Zhao’s fierce slash, Old Qin just tapped the ground with his toes unhurriedly and then his body stepped back very lightly.
　　“bang！”
Zhao’s long knife first slashed on the granite ground, and for a while, sparks splashed everywhere.
　　“swish！”
Failing with one strike, the boss Zhao didn’t get discouraged. Instead, he just turned the blade and slashed diagonally at the old man Qin again.
　　This strike was converted very smoothly, and the speed of the strike was even faster than just now. It was probably impossible for the old man Qin to avoid it so easily again.
　　“Pop！”
But what everyone didn’t expect was that just when the old man Qin was about to be cut in half by this strike, his body suddenly floated up like a feather, and his toes just stepped on the long knife of the master Zhao.
However, the moment his toes stepped on the blade, his body seemed to suddenly increase by a thousand catties, and directly stepped on the long saber of the landlord Zhao with a “bang”.
With the long saber in his hand being stepped on, the owner Zhao didn’t give up. Instead, he abandoned the knife and used his fist. With the sound of a tiger’s roar, he punched the old man’s face very fiercely.
To the surprise of Xu Taiping, in the face of this fierce punch, the old man not only didn’t dodge, instead bullied himself forward-. First, he used his forearm to prop up the wrist of the Zhao who punched and then used his palm to entangle the forearm of the boss, taking advantage of the force of his punch. he pulled back. When the manor owner Zhao was pulled off balance, the old man’s body suddenly tensed up. and he turned sideways and hit the chest of the owner Zhao heavily with his shoulder.
　　“Bang！”
　　With a loud bang, the body of Village Chief Zhao was like a cannonball, being pushed flying by Old Qin and directly falling off the ring.
　　“Good！”
　　Seeing this scene, including Sun Hu, a group of men couldn’t help but shout in unison.
　　“It seems that Old Qin will definitely be able to enter the Dragon Gate Association this time.”
　　“As long as he doesn’t encounter those in the Wangyou Realm or those who are good at magic, perhaps even the Seven Summit Meeting is possible！”
　　“The first two times were all outer sect disciples. How could there be so many people in the Wangyou Realm and those who understand magic.”
　　For a while, the crowd was talking about it one after another.
　　“What a strange martial skill. It seems light and fluttering, but when exerting force, it can be as heavy as a thousand jun, and can push people out so far all at once.”
　　At this time, Xu Taiping also muttered to himself in surprise.
　　“Little brat, this is called Huajin. Old Qin has practiced this Huajin for at least fifty years. Now it can be regarded as being perfect. Whoever encounters him is unlucky！”
　　Sun Hu smiled and said.
　　“It’s just a little bit of fur.”
　　A spirit, Lingyue Fairy, who was sleeping in the gourd, suddenly said lazily.
　　“Sister Lingyue, you also know Huajin？”
　　Xu Taiping asked curiously through divine sense transmission with Lingyue Fairy.
This is a skill of moving a thousand pounds with four ounces in martial arts, just a skill of unloading and exerting force. However, this old man has only practiced a little bit of fur. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be so troublesome to deal with such a knife user.”
　　The Fairy Lingyue said, yawning.
　　“If you encounter him, just remember what your sister said. The only rule in the world of martial arts is that speed prevails.”
　　She then added meaningfully to Xu Taiping.
　　“Speed prevails…”
　　Xu Taiping thought about it secretly.
　　“Xu Taiping from Green Bamboo Residence, Sun Hu from Red Rock Village, come to the stage and compete quickly！”
　　Just then, the examiner beside the ring shouted out the names of Xu Taiping and Sun Hu.