Chapter 42: Different Alliances and Swordsmen
"The third place: Gu Xichun...expected cultivation level: the top level of the three realms. The place of cultivation: Yingshan Sword Academy."
Zhang Yi looked at the name on the third page and said in shock: "How is this possible?"
Xie Changsheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "We didn't believe it when we first saw it, because Dugu Bai was ranked fourth next time. We didn't believe that he could be ranked first in front of Dugu Bai, and Dugu Bai, who was ranked fourth, was all of the middle-level cultivation level of the fourth level."
"How is that possible?" Chen Yi asked incomprehensible. Even from Guanzhong, he knew that Yingshan Sword Academy was not particularly famous.
"The old scholars in Hongyang Academy cannot even miss a word for a long volume of scriptures, and of course they will not make such a simple mistake." Xie Changsheng glanced at him and said, "Even during the sword sacrifice trial, we did not think that he had any special momentum. We just had the desire to compete for the Minshan Sword Association, but there was no such momentum that no one else could do. So it was only possible that he had some special encounters after the sword sacrifice trial."
Listening to the discussions of these young people and looking at the name of this third page, Xue Wangxu couldn't help but frown slightly and said, "There is a unique sword wall in Yingshan Sword Academy."
Nangong Caishu and others' eyes immediately gathered on him.
Xue Wangxu continued: "That sword wall is said to be a relic of the You Dynasty. No matter how authentic it is, that thing is indeed higher than all the sword hidden in Yingshan Sword Academy. In the historical records of Changling, only one or two people in Yingshan Sword Academy successfully comprehended the sword scriptures or practice methods from that sword wall, but those one or two people have become a master of the generation."
Zhang Yi was stunned and asked, "Master of the cave, what did you mean by Gu Xichun comprehended on that sword wall?"
Xue Wangxu gave him a blank look and asked back, "Then do you think there are other possibilities?"
Zhang Yi said embarrassedly: "The true essence cultivation has not skyrocketed yet. It is impossible for me to obtain some powerful spiritual pills... There seems to be no other possibility."
"Sister... Ding Ning, why don't you care at all?" Xie Changsheng looked at Ding Ning in surprise at this time. He subconsciously wanted to call him brother-in-law. After saying a word, he felt something was wrong and immediately changed his words. Because Ding Ning had no special emotions except for some surprise at the beginning, he had turned to the page behind.
Ding Ning didn't even raise his head and said calmly: "It doesn't matter."
Xie Changsheng immediately misunderstood his meaning and said unhappily: "Although it may not be possible to meet, I really want to see you meet him at the sword meeting and then defeat him."
When Ding Ning saw that the fourth page was indeed Dugu Bai's name, he turned to the fifth page and said, "If I meet him, I will defeat him."
Xie Changsheng, Shen Yi and others were stunned.
"Okay, domineering." After a few breaths, Xie Changsheng immediately laughed and clapped his hands, "This is indeed your temperament. I just like your unreasonable confidence."
"The fifth place: Chen Lichou. The expected cultivation level is: the lowest level of the four realms. The place of practice: Bailu Villa."
"The sixth place: Xu Lianhua. The expected cultivation level is: the lowest level of the four realms. The place of practice: Xu Hou Mansion."
"The seventh position: Yi Xin. The expected cultivation level is: the lowest level of the four realms. The practice level: the Heart Sect."
“…”
Ding Ning turned page by page, his face was very calm, and he quickly turned to the last page. However, Chen Yi's face became paler and paler.
This book of talent edited by Hongyang Academy only ranked in the top 120.
It was not until the seventeenth place in this book that my cultivation level was expected to be below the four realms.
However, among the young talents who participated in the Minshan Sword Club, sixteen of the seventeen people had already entered the fourth realm!
Chen Yi has always felt that his cultivation level was already fast, but when he saw such a booklet, he truly felt that he was nothing to the entire Qin Dynasty.
Originally, he thought Ding Ning was ranked 72nd Queen Mother, but now it seems that as long as he can be included in this booklet, it is already a great thing.
"How is it, are you feeling stressed?" Looking at Ding Ning, who was still calm, Xue Wangxu smiled slightly and said, "Even compared to previous years, there seem to be more powerful people this year."
"There is no difference." Ding Ning closed the booklet, but turned to look at Xie Changsheng and asked, "Why haven't you heard of such a booklet in previous years?"
Xie Changsheng smiled slightly and said, "No matter how old a scholar is, he still needs to have a meal. A college will cost a lot of silver. I heard that the silver that the treasury allocated to many places below has been cut a lot this year, so everyone has to think about doing some money-making business to supplement it. This thin booklet is worth a thousand gold."
Ding Ning frowned slightly and said, "There has not been a major disaster in the past few years. I can give more, so why do I need to reduce it?"
Xie Changsheng believed that he had done his homework when he came, but he had never thought about this question and was stunned.
Nangong Caishu and Xu Heshan looked at each other, but they did not consider this issue at all. They just heard from Ding Ning that the two of them, who were both from generals, had problems intuition.
"It should be because of the Lushan Alliance."
After pondering for a few breaths, Nangong Caishu said: "The time for the three dynasties of the Great Qin Dynasty to enter into the alliance with Chu, Yan and Qi has come to the next three months. The Lushan Alliance to re-conclude a reunion... Even if I am strong now, the emperor may have entered the eighth realm. Those three dynasties dare not not re-conclude a alliance. However, in order to prevent variables, the preparations for the fight must be done well."
"How dare they fight those three dynasties?" Although I felt that Nangong Caishu's words were indeed reasonable, Xie Changsheng couldn't help but laugh: "The Emperor of the Great Chu was trapped in a gentle village all day long. Emperor Yan was famous for being cautious. As for the Great Qi, it was a bit dangerous. The army with a ghostly aura was difficult to deal with, but how the national strength was compared with our Great Qin Dynasty. If you really fight, you would drag them to death."
Ding Ning looked at the proud Xie Changsheng, shook his head and said, "This is not a question of whether they want to fight or not."
Xie Changsheng was stunned.
Everyone present is not stupid, and they all heard the meaning of Ding Ning's words.
"Little..." Zhang Yi spoke. He habitually wanted to call the junior brother, but suddenly realized that the junior brother was already Chen Yi, so he changed his words a little unaccustomedly: "Junior brother, do you think the emperor wants to fight?"
"If you and the three of you are fighting for things together, your cultivation will be the same, but suddenly your cultivation is one level higher than the other three. Would you take the opportunity to threaten them and force them to get something out?" Ding Ning looked at Zhang Yi and asked.
Zhang Yi thought about it and said naturally: "This doesn't seem to be very good...I won't."
The other people suddenly heard Zhang Yi's answer, and they were speechless as if they were choked when they drank water.
"So you are kind to your woman." Ding Ning said: "You don't know, but others can do it."
Nangong Caishu frowned and pondered: "Indeed, if the emperor really entered the eighth realm, whether he wanted to fight or not was a question he wanted to do or not, not a question he wanted to do or not like before, as before, or not the other three dynasties would like to think about."
"You have always been very clever, and it is really a waste to be a pure practitioner."
Xue Wangxu, who had not made a sound for a long time, spoke at this time, looking at Ding Ning with some emotion, and said, "This Lushan Alliance will be very different from the past, and there will be great changes. This year's Minshan Sword Association will have a lot of relationships with this booklet. Now many people in this booklet will not be there when the Minshan Sword Association really begins."
Chen Yi understood Xue Wangxu's previous words, but did not understand the following words. He was stunned and said, "The Minshan Sword Club is only half a year away. People above have entered the third realm. It is impossible for a major change in such a short period of time. How could many people not be on the top at that time?"
"It's better to be better." Xie Changsheng looked at Chen Yi with contempt and said, "If you are also on this book, and you see that people who you think are not as good as you are in the front line on weekdays, will you be dissatisfied and will you be unable to resist challenging him? If you say enough harsh words, you will lose badly by then. Will the defeated party still have the face to participate in this Minshan Sword Meeting?"
Chen Yi opened his eyes wide, and he finally completely reacted. Which young talented man is not arrogant? Unless he is really like some people who have a clear gap from Dugu Bai and others, how could he be convinced? Thinking of the consequences that this booklet is destined to cause, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "This booklet is equivalent to a challenge book, and many people should be unable to resist challenging the ones in the front... So this year's Minshan Sword Meeting is actually equivalent to the preliminaries."
After saying these few words in surprise, he understood the mockery in Xie Changsheng's previous words and looked at Xie Changsheng and Ding Ning again, and said humbly and seriously: "Of course I am not as good as Senior Brother Ding Ning."
Xie Changsheng snorted, feeling embarrassed to talk about him again, turned to look at Ding Ning and said seriously: "This is the biggest reason why Caishu called us to come and greet the cave master and see you, because it is not good for you. Start early... The less time you have to practice. Even if you accept other people's challenges, it is always troublesome, it will consume words and time, and may have a bad reputation."
Ding Ning shook his head and said calmly: "There will not be a bad reputation, because I will not refuse other people's challenges."
Xie Changsheng, Nangong Caishu and others were all stunned.
"Sorry, I want to use you as an example." Ding Ning said this to Chen Yi, and then said: "Cultivation does not necessarily depend on meditation. I don't refuse other people's challenges, but I can also be a philanthropic or win something from others."
Chen Yi thought of the Sanyang grass that he had found after losing at a great price. Not only did he not get angry, his eyes lit up instead.
Xue Wangxu laughed, "It's a very interesting idea. Ding Ning, you finally know how to respect your teacher. I know that I'll be bored when I'm usually too little. And those who are at the forefront are always embarrassed to challenge you, right?"
Ding Ning smiled slightly and said, "The more you win, the more glorious you are."
Chapter completed!