Embrace the blade

No one saw clearly what happened, and when there was no time left, Qi Zhaoxi unexpectedly appeared in the middle of the ring from his seat on the high platform, and disappeared with a distance of more than ten feet, and his feet were clean, as if he had been standing there since the beginning.

Qi Zhaoxi let go of his hand, the long sword fell, and Wei Ke sat on the ground as soon as his legs softened, looking up at the person who suddenly appeared in amazement: "You..."

"Let's compete and learn, why are you so murderous?" Qi Zhaoxi smiled, seeing that Jiang Li was still able to stand still, she also withdrew her hand.

Wei Min was the first to recover, stepped off the stage and walked over, just in time to catch up with Qi Zhaoxi who turned to Jiang Li unhurriedly, and asked, "Have you had enough trouble?" Her footsteps suddenly stopped.

Jiang Li also looked at Qi Zhaoxi in surprise.

"Earlier, I asked you if you want to come with me, but you refused, but it turned out to be a good thing, and you sneaked here by yourself. It's fine to compete on stage, but you still look like this, someone who intends to lose your master?" Qi Zhaoxi finished the lesson in a serious manner. , Then he turned to Wei Min and said, "My apprentice didn't know the severity of the attack, and hurt the young master, I will make amends on his behalf."

Wei Ke's expression changed.Wei Min hurriedly glanced at the silent Jiang Li, and quickly laughed, "What's the matter, the dog has lost his composure, which almost hurt his peace. I also said that this young man is so outstanding, so he is Qi Daxia's disciple."

Qi Zhaoxi said: "What kind of high-ranking disciple will cause me trouble all day long. Back then, I swore a poisonous oath that I would only accept one disciple in my life. Whoever thinks about it, he alone is enough for me to worry about."

As soon as these words came out, Wei Min's smile finally froze on his face. Wei Ke looked at his father anxiously as if struck by lightning, but he didn't dare to speak rashly.

After a pause, Wei Min maintained his smile, and said, "Young people are high-spirited, and there is nothing better than that. How could it be troublesome?" He looked at Jiang Li, "In my opinion, the outcome of this match is hard to tell, and it's hard to tell. It’s not counting. It’s just that Jiang Shaoxia is seriously injured, so he still wants to continue the competition?”

Jiang Li shook his head.

"What about you? Does your injury get in the way?" Wei Min glanced at his son beside him.

Although the voice was gentle, but Wei Ke touched his eyes and couldn't help shivering. He hurriedly raised his sword and stood up, and replied: "It's just scratched the skin. The opportunity is rare, and my son is willing to stay on the stage." Discuss."

Wei Min nodded in satisfaction, extended his hand to Qi Zhaoxi, and stepped off the ring first.

Jiang Li and Zhaoyue in the audience looked at each other, took a deep breath, and just staggered two steps, Qi Zhaoxi reached out to support him, using his strength to support him.Jiang Li looked up at his profile, and grabbed his arm.

Accompanied by Jiang Li, Qi Zhaoxi walked down the ring slowly, with a plan in mind.Although he wasn't sleepy anymore, the thoughts running through his mind were all about leaving the scene, and it happened that this newly picked apprentice was wounded, so it was suitable for him to slip away in the name of wrapping up his wounds.But just as he turned his steps outward, he suddenly felt his sleeves being pulled lightly.

Jiang Li said weakly: "That sword..."

It's about the "sword" of the famous sword tournament.

If he didn't mention it, Qi Zhaoxi almost forgot.There are so many famous masters on the court who are willing to stand under the bright sun and condescend to watch any rookie competition, just for the moment when Wei Min handed the sword to Cheng Juxian after the competition.Even if Wei Min's words and gestures hinted clearly, but without personally confirming the rumored Sword of No Doubt with his own eyes, it would be difficult for anyone to truly push his heart back into his chest.

Qi Zhaoxi felt a little funny, looking at his shoulder covered in blood: "A broken sword, can it be more important than your right hand?"

Jiang Li didn't answer, but stared at him stubbornly, refusing to leave.

After a moment of stalemate, Qi Zhaoxi didn't bother to hold back anymore, so he grabbed Jiang Li's waist and jumped up to the high platform with his toes.

Xue Le has already summoned the servants to add a seat next to Qi Zhaoxi.Xue Le didn't ask too many questions, he took a rough look at Jiang Li's injuries, and sealed a few big acupoints to barely stop the bleeding. Seeing his concern, he looked more like his own disciple.

Jiang Li leaned back in the armchair, he was a little groggy due to the blood loss, his whole body was weak, as if the skin was not flesh and blood, but balls of light cotton stuffed, only his eyes could still fall on the ring.

In this moment, Wei Ke has already defeated two opponents.His martial arts are not bad, and after a fierce fight, he will not be enough to show up again.At last he was left alone on the stage, the servants beat the gong to the sky, and Cheng Juxian announced the victory.

Wei Ke was panting heavily, drenched in sweat, looking at his father in a daze, waiting for orders.But Wei Min didn't make a sound for a long time, so he could only stand there alone.

Originally, it was planned to take advantage of the enthusiastic atmosphere of the victory to have everyone witness Qi Zhaoxi as their teacher.However, just now Qi Zhaoxi clearly stated that only one apprentice will be accepted, and the apprentice is still sitting on the stage with serious injuries. No matter how eloquent Ren Wei Min is, it is difficult to propose.

The surrounding discussions were blown intermittently by the wind, and it wasn't about him, but Jiang Li who was wounded and struggling.

Wei Ke knew that he had won disgrace, but the feeling of being ignored and neglected was so unbearable. His injured arm was painful, and he couldn't help but resent, and he gritted his teeth resentfully.

Suddenly a deep voice broke the weird atmosphere, Wei Ke raised his head suddenly, and it was the Elder Qin of the Tianmen Sect who spoke to Wei Min, "Your nobleman is quite skilled in martial arts, and his momentum is even more astonishing. He is a rare talent. Wei Zhuang If the Lord doesn't dislike my Tianmen sect name Wei, I would like to accept him as a disciple and bring him back to the mountain to teach him well, what do you think?"

Tianmen sect can be considered a famous sect in Jianghu, but compared with Qi Zhaoxi who "broke through the heavenly gate with one sword", it was finally overwhelmed, and it was not Wei Min's favorite.But right now there is no choice, Wei Min immediately sent a joyful and sincere smile: "Very good, very good! It is my great honor for Elder Qin to say that. If the dog can enter the Tianmen sect, the future must be smooth, so I will Don't worry about him anymore." He looked towards the ring, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you come up to see Master soon?"

Wei Ke hurriedly climbed onto the high platform, glanced at his father stealthily, bowed to Elder Qin, kowtowed, and called him master.Others loudly congratulated Master Wei on his double happiness today. Amidst the excitement, someone held his arm and helped him up. Wei Ke looked at the young man who stretched out his hand, and subconsciously lowered his head: "You..."

Meng Sifan couldn't help laughing, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous. From now on, you and I are in the same sect, just call me senior brother."

It was the first time in his life that he was treated so kindly, he couldn't help but startled for a moment, looked up, and the other disciples in the seat also stood up, looking at him with smiles.

Seeing that the sun is approaching the sky, the temperature is gradually scorching hot, as if even the yellow sand on the martial arts field is about to be melted by the sun. Fortunately, the rookie competition finally came to a successful conclusion.Wei Min and Cheng Juxian stood up and stood facing each other on the ring.The servant took a small step forward with an old narrow long wooden box, and handed it over the top with both hands raised high.

Everyone in the ring was waiting eagerly. Although the famous masters cared more about their status and face, they were vaguely agitated and stared at them without blinking.

Jiang Li tried his best to stand up and sat up straight. The view on the high platform was indeed better than that among the crowd. Looking down, you can see everything at a glance.It's just that someone sitting next to him couldn't help himself, and leaned his head forward, wanting to see more clearly, and blocked his sight one after another.

Jiang Li heaved a sigh of relief, pressed the chair with his right hand, and was trying to avoid the cover by turning sideways with difficulty.Suddenly his right shoulder was pinched, and he shook with pain, turning his head to look at Qi Zhaoxi.

Qi Zhaoxi said kindly, "Does it hurt?"

Jiang Li couldn't figure out what he meant, so he nodded cautiously.

"It hurts you, why don't you be more honest?" Qi Zhaoxi said.

Jiang Li: "..."

He really didn't have the strength to retort, but fortunately, the person sitting next to him found an angle, and without any cover, he could clearly see Wei Min opening the wooden box and carefully holding out a long sword.

The long sword is more than three feet long, slender and graceful, the scabbard is pure black, engraved with unknown and simple patterns, faintly shining in the sun.Anyone can see that this extraordinary thing, the sword has not yet been unsheathed, and a sense of coldness has already penetrated.

How many people tried their best to suppress the ecstasy, their voices were lowered, but traces still leaked from the tone.

"Yes, it is definitely that sword!"

"Thirty years ago, this old man was fortunate enough to witness Jiang Lao's leader make a move, and he would not admit his mistake, it was him!"

"After so many years, this sword has finally reappeared..."

Cheng Juxian also took the long sword with both hands, and the two bowed deeply to each other, and it was over.Qi Zhaoxi looked away, and found that Jiang Li was leaning on the armchair, his eyes were tightly closed, and he couldn't hold it anymore and passed out at some point.

There was not even a trace of blood left on his face, his brows and eyelashes were like fine brushwork falling on the white declaration, and the large bloodstains on his shoulders were freehand red petals of plum blossoms, which seemed a little cold and unearthly.

Everyone in the martial arts arena dispersed contentedly, and Qi Zhaoxi picked up the unconscious fake apprentice back to his courtyard.Jiang Li was really in a coma, the doctor who treated and bandaged him came and went, the small stove for boiling medicine boiled three times, and the room was filled with the bitter smell of herbs, and he woke up faintly.

What caught his eye was the layers of cloud pattern embroidered with gold thread on the curtain, Jiang Li was at a loss for a moment, and immediately sat up.The dried blood on his clothes was mottled. He raised his hand and pressed it, but the pain was much relieved.

"I'm awake, and I'm going to sleep after a while." Qi Zhaoxi put a bowl of jet-black concoction on the low table beside the bed, steaming, "I don't have any clothes for you here, so I didn't change them for you. Doctor I've read it, it doesn't matter if you have a shoulder injury and recuperate well, it's mainly due to the lack of energy and blood, drink medicine to make up for it."

Jiang Li nodded: "I haven't thanked you yet." He paused, and then said, "Forgive me, senior, I am inconvenient to move right now, and I will definitely apologize to you someday and let you punish me."

"Punishment for what?"

Jiang Li said: "Stealing martial arts and swordsmanship."

Thinking of the shocking move on the ring, Qi Zhaoxi smiled nonchalantly: "That's nothing, you can learn it after reading it once, it's your skill. But you also saw it on the ring, I'm afraid I have to take some of it from you these days Cheap, I want you to call me Master, do you mind?"

"No, thank you more..." Jiang Li met his gaze and changed his words, "Thank you, Master, for saving the siege."

Qi Zhaoxi picked up a small crisp candy, and then put the whole plate of candy down next to the medicine bowl, and said, "Come on, I have a doubt, Master, and I need you to clarify it."

"Since you are injured and want to fight Wei Ke, you naturally want to win. Why did Wei Min ask you again, but you hesitated and gave up?"

"You misunderstood. When Cui Yan left the field, I knew that I had no chance to win." Jiang Li said, "Even if we beat Wei Ke, there are still a few people who will challenge him, and I can't last long."

"Then you still..." Qi Zhaoxi suddenly realized and couldn't help laughing, "You just want to beat him up?"

Jiang Li pursed his lips and remained silent.

Qi Zhaoxi nodded, and had to admit that this was a good idea.In fact, it was not just for beating Wei Ke, but more importantly, Cui Yan had just hurt him with despicable means, and he pointed at Wei Ke to play.

"Okay, then you can rest." Qi Zhaoxi went to the door, stopped suddenly before taking two steps, and turned back, "That's right."

Jiang Li looked up at him.

"Qi Zhaoxi." He pointed to himself, "What's your name?"

Jiang Li was a little puzzled, no matter how he thought he didn't know his name, but Qi Zhaoxi added: "I asked you in the corridor last time, but you left without answering."

Hearing that Jiang Li was not in a hurry to answer, the door of the room was ajar at this moment, a window of sunlight streamed in obliquely, Qi Zhaoxi was bathed in the light, his side face was clearly defined, and there was a faint smile hidden in his eyes.He looked at it for a long while, and it seemed that his research was fruitless, before he said, "Jiang Li."

Be wary enough.

Qi Zhaoxi turned and went out, casually said: "Don't forget the medicine."

Under the promenade outside the door, Xue Le was looking at the courtyard. The afternoon sun was not so strong, and through the dense branches and leaves of phoenix trees, beams of golden gauze-like light were cast.Not far away, the door of the room creaked shut, Xue Le smiled a bit narrowly, and asked back: "Is it crazy to accept apprentices?"

Qi Zhaoxi stood side by side with him in the porch, and also laughed: "You think this is an idler in the room?"

"how?"

"My move 'Snake Entangling' is too close. Even if the move is learned correctly, ordinary people will not feel pain or itching to hit it. If you want to exert its power, you rely on internal strength." Qi Zhaoxi said, "A person with deep internal strength Human, how can it be possible that you can only stab, chop and cut these crude moves?"

Xue Le said in disbelief: "You mean he is deliberately hiding the front? But if that's the case, why should he go on stage to compete? Besides, the injury affects his right hand, which may make it difficult to hold the sword in the future. Even so, he won't show it?"

"I guess it's for that sword. Think about it, if the winner today is not Wei Ke, but someone else, and there is no place for him on the high platform, it is impossible to drive people back to the bottom of the ring. Then when Wei Min and Cheng Juxian exchanged swords, With the winner at his side, isn't he able to see clearly than anyone else?" Qi Zhaoxi looked back, looking over the window into the room, "but he can't really make moves, so as not to be recognized."

"...His surname is Jiang." Xue Le followed him to look over, "Could it be that you guessed that he was from Guiyun Villa, and that's why you rescued him?"

In the house, Jiang Li picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp without blinking.Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help frowning when he thought of the smell of medicine that made people's bones ache, but saw Jiang Li looking at the small plate of crispy candies, but he seemed a little hesitant.

He laughed, and then replied: "That's not true, since he didn't make any moves, I have no way of determining his identity." After a slight pause, Qi Zhaoxi thought, "I can't tell what I was thinking at that time. Maybe it's because he thinks it's a pity that his right hand is so useless at such a young age."