Chapter 335: Lin Jue from Yishan Comes to Learn "How do we discuss the rules?" asked the prince. "Let Your Majesty and Prince Consort decide." The Dazu envoy said calmly. It's funny to say that throughout the banquet, the only person who mentioned the emperor and the prince at the same time but not the imperial concubine was this foreign envoy. The prince went to ask the emperor for instructions. After a moment, he said: "You are a guest from Dazu. Dajiang is a great country and we will not bully our guests. Let the guests speak first and then we can discuss." "I wonder if we should discuss magic or martial prowess first?" "Today is not a day for a battle of courage, so let's fight with magic first." "Although the competition is about the ability to subdue demons and pacify the world, since it is a literary competition, we should not fight too much. We should set questions and solve them, and use laws to break laws. Why don't we use the hall as the stage, and each side will send one person, each person will only use one spell, and fight each other, attack and defend each other, to see who can restrain the other, who can resist the other, the winner will stay, and the loser must leave the stage, how do you think?" “What about the people who remain on the stage?”
"Of course, they will stay on the stage. The losing party will continue to invite people to the stage, and they will still use only one skill. However, the latecomers have the advantage. For the sake of fairness, if the winner on the stage is defeated by the second person, he can change his skill. If he wins, he can still stay on the stage, and if he loses, he will leave the stage." The Dazu envoy said, "This way, we can exchange methods of exorcising demons and helping the world, and it won't cause bloodshed and disturb the interest and joy of His Majesty's birthday today. What do you think?" "Humph……" The prince sneered. All the officials looked on coldly. The prince turned around and discussed with the emperor. He seemed to think it was fair, so he nodded and agreed. The magician brought by the Dazu envoy was just outside the palace and was quickly called in. The prince also sent people to invite the strange people from the Juxian Palace, and he frequently cast his glances towards Master Fan, Lin Jue and Taoist Yushan. Master Fan turned to look at Lin Jue, the meaning in his eyes was very clear - Maybe the "good idea" is already here. Lin Jue looked straight ahead with a thoughtful look in his eyes. This kind of fighting style is not uncommon. Many Taoist temples that are friendly with each other use a similar method to exchange magic spells among disciples. According to the third senior brother, a stage was also set up during the Qiyun Mountain Grand Ceremony that he had not attended before, where Taoists from all sides and strange people from the martial arts world could compete and exchange magic, and this method was also used. The magic in the world is extremely mysterious, but it also counteracts each other. If two people use the same magic, in fact, in addition to fighting with magic, they also have to fight with their hearts and minds, which can really be regarded as a literary battle. If you win and stay on the stage, the next challenger can break the spell specifically. Although the person who stays on the stage can still use one more trick, it also tests the diversity of his skills. However, Lin Jue knew that in this era, because of the stability of the Central Plains, the stability of the human court led to the confiscation of weapons and the decline of warriors, the stability of the Nine Heavens God System led to the decline of Taoists and the decline of the Spiritual Law School. Although there is no shortage of strange people in the Juxian Mansion, and there are also many masters who have mastered the same skill to the extreme, most of them only know one skill. It is inevitable to suffer losses in this kind of competition. While he was thinking about it, the Dazu envoy had already invited someone to the stage. The person who came on stage was a big man in gray. The strange men and women in Juxian Mansion looked at each other in bewilderment in front of the prince. Finally, a big man bowed to the prince and went on stage.
The Dazu envoy knew that what he was fighting for today was not only a temporary victory or defeat, but also the national dignity and the rise and fall of these small countries in their eyes. So he was very generous and explained first: "This wizard is called Mulanto. He has great power in the mountains. He has killed many mountain monsters for Dazu and kept the area peaceful. He has a spell that can turn himself into hard stone, which is stronger than gold and iron. Even the sharpest chisel cannot leave the slightest mark on it. If there is a genius in Dajiang who can crack it, then you are better than him." The big man stood in the middle of the hall, looking around without saying a word. "The mountain god's protective magic?" Mr. Pan lowered his head and asked Lin Jue. "Something like that." Lin Jue looked ahead and answered. The fossilization method must be practiced to a very high level in order to achieve the effect that the envoy boasted about, "even the sharpest chisel cannot leave the slightest mark on it." However, the fossilization method itself is also a profound five elements magic. If it is practiced to this level, it will not be a problem to transform into a huge rock as big as this hall, let alone a small mountain. Either this envoy is bragging or his magic is different. Spells outside the realm are more petty. At this time, another person replied: "My name is An Boxi. I am good at the Five Elements Fire Magic and I am good at exorcising demons. I just came back from the northwest after fighting the Demon King. I can't stand you barbarians who are rebelling against Tiangang, so I came to break your stone! I will teach you a lesson!" The man couldn't understand what he was saying. At this time, the emperor, imperial concubine and prince were standing closer in the hall, and all the civil and military officials and envoys from various countries stretched their necks to look over. Some people shouted something like "Don't block Master Lin", while Lin Jue looked at Master Yun Chan, whom he respected very much. "please!" In the middle of the hall, the two men showed their skills without saying a word. The big man in gray closed his eyes and suddenly turned into a piece of solid stone as tall as a person. It was impossible to tell what kind of stone it was. The color was neither green, black nor yellow. The surface was smooth and could be used as a mirror. The people in the hall were surprised. An Boxi, who had just returned from the northwest, looked at him for a few times, and also made hand gestures to concentrate, touched his forehead, and seemed to push all his magical powers to the extreme, and suddenly opened his mouth and uttered: "call!" A red flame rushed out like a dragon, continuously hitting the stone. The civil servants, military officers and envoys who had just taken a few steps closer because they wanted to see more clearly were suddenly startled and stepped back. They felt the heat wave coming towards them. Even at such a distance, it was like boiling water being poured on their faces, making their faces hurt and their whole bodies burning. This person's fire skills are very accomplished. However, the flames lasted for a long time and the stone remained motionless. No redness, no breakage. There wasn't even a cry of pain. Gradually, An Boxi's face became redder and then turned from red to white. It could be seen that he was trying his best to squeeze out every breath and every fire. But the fire gradually became smaller. "Cough cough!" The flames died down and An Boxi coughed. After coughing, he opened his mouth to inhale and exhaled another ball of fire.
But apart from the fact that the surface of the stone was slightly moist and water droplets were oozing out of it, the stone remained motionless, as if it could not be burned by flames. An Boxi didn't want to give up, but he had no other choice. “Good skills!” The Dazu envoy praised sincerely. This time it is Dazu who sets the question and Dajiang who solves it. If he fails to solve it, he will naturally lose. Only then did the stone turn back into a real person. It was still the big man in gray, but his skin had turned red and he was sweating profusely, and some parts of his body were even covered with blisters. And it was obvious that he was not in no pain at all, he just clenched his teeth and said nothing. "It's a pity. If he had persisted a little longer, he might not have been able to bear it." Pan Gong shook his head regretfully. "But who could have known that in advance?" Lin Jue suddenly fell silent. Master Fan Tianshi next to him was also looking forward. Although it was a battle of words and it was indeed restrained, just from the first match, An Boxi, who refused to give up even after taking his last breath, and the big man who was burned all over and had blisters but did not make a sound, seemed to be telling everyone present that no matter how much today's competition was whitewashed with words like "communication", it was still a competition, and no matter how restrained it was, it was still a fight between two countries. It is also a confrontation between the Central Plains and foreign lands. Just like this Mr. An. Those in Juxian Mansion who were greedy for fame and fortune or had no ability stayed in the capital. Those who went to the northwest were all capable and willing to take risks for the world. Lord An definitely did not come to power for fame, fortune and rewards. As he said, he just couldn't stand these barbarians. But Master Fan was much calmer. "Fellow Daoist Lin." "Ah." "It is said that Swallow Egg Incense can prolong life. I don't think Your Majesty will give it up easily." "Do you have any idea, fellow Taoist?" "If you, Fellow Daoist Lin, are interested in taking it today, please give me a look. I am confident that I can convince His Majesty on your behalf." "Let's take a look." The two continued to look forward. According to the rules, if the big man in gray wins, he can stay on the stage, but Lord An must leave. However, faced with this piece of hard stone which was said to be "not even the sharpest chisel could leave the slightest mark on it", and which could not even be burned by the fire of Lord An who dared to go to the northwest to deal with the demon king, the many strange people in the Juxian Mansion just looked at each other, or simply shook their heads, or were unsure. Suddenly a voice rang out in the hall: "I come!" When everyone looked, they found that it was the one who had performed the magic trick and divided the glasses and distributed the wine to everyone. "The envoy claims that he has no intention of looking down on us, but he still uses this as an excuse to attack us. So today I will come up to have a discussion with the magician sent by the envoy, so that the envoy can know that magic that can shock people's eyes and ears and entertain them is not necessarily limited to this, and it is not necessarily incapable of exorcising demons. I will explain this question."
The Taoist priest walked out from the table at the bottom. The two sides were facing each other, and the big man in gray still turned into hard stone, while the Taoist priest just walked over, as if he was distributing wine just now, and put his hands together to make sword fingers, and passed them across the top of the hard stone at a distance of an inch. Just a few minutes ago, he did this, running his finger over the wine glass, and when he picked up the wine, the glass had broken into two halves, with the cuts even, and the wine was also divided into two halves without spilling. But at this moment, he heard a cry of pain: "what!" The big man in gray suddenly changed back into human form and covered his chest. Everyone also clearly saw that there was a flat hole in his clothes, and blood was gushing out from underneath the clothes like a fountain. In an instant, half of the gray clothes were dyed red. The big man in gray covered his chest and quickly retreated. "Master Liu has great skills!" The civil and military officials were surprised, but also generous in boasting. However, their joy had not lasted long as the Dazu envoy immediately invited out another old man. The old man bowed to Taoist Liu, but said nothing more about whether he could give questions or not. He just spread out his arms, and with a sharp cry, he suddenly turned into a giant eagle and flew into the sky. The wind he created made it almost impossible for the people in the hall to open their eyes. The giant eagle swooped down towards the Taoist priest. Even though the Taoist priest had the ability to cut gold and jade, how could he defeat such a giant eagle? There was more blood in the hall. Fortunately, I managed to save my life. Another strange man from Juxian Mansion came on stage. This strange man was also wearing a coarse robe. After he came up, facing the giant eagle, he waved his sleeves, and arrows shot out into the sky. "Dodo dodo!" In the blink of an eye, a row of arrows pierced the beams of the hall, and tiles fell down one after another. The giant eagle was hit by several arrows, but was not afraid. Instead, it landed on the beam, turned back into human form, changed its abilities, and chanted a spell towards the bottom. As soon as the spell was uttered, the strange man waved his sleeves, and the arrows he shot out were no longer arrows, but turned into a pile of rats as soon as they flew out. After landing, they crawled around on the ground, scaring the palace maids into turning pale. The strange man waved his sleeves several times and they all turned into mice. Although he had other skills, he had to suppress it. The emperor and the prince both looked ugly. Three people from Dajiang were on board, but only two people from Dazu were on board. Dajiang has lost three games, but Dazu has only lost one game. And this happened in the imperial palace in the capital of Dajiang, in front of so many foreign envoys, it was simply humiliating. Lin Jue saw that the prince's attendants looked anxious, so he went to ask the strange people in Juxian Mansion one by one. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but he could guess a little. Finally, a man named Lei, who had gone to Jinping County with Lin Jue, measured the height of the beam, gritted his teeth and walked up.
Halfway through the walk, he lay down. "Roar!" With a roar, a tiger suddenly appeared in the hall and jumped directly to the door. Although the people in the hall were prepared, they still panicked instinctively. "Don't be afraid! It's the Thunder God from the Juxian Mansion!" Someone shouted like this, reassuring everyone. The tiger looked up at the figure on the beam, took a run-up, and jumped with all its might, jumping much higher than an ordinary tiger. The palace's beams were so high, but they were still touched by its claws. It grabbed the beam with one claw and grabbed the human figure on the beam with the other claw. How can a man resist the power of a tiger? The old man was immediately photographed. Halfway down, it turns into a giant eagle. Tigers roar and eagles cry! There was a sudden fight between tigers and eagles in the hall. I don't know how many tables were overturned, how many cups and bowls were broken, and how many feathers fell. The tiger, covered in blood, held down the giant eagle. The old man turned into a human figure and was defeated. Then the Dazu envoy sent another person, but this person did not come to the main hall. Instead, he only came with a head. That head had big ears, which served as wings. He could fly nimbly and spit out flames from his mouth. It was said that he could fly dozens of miles away. If Lei Gong had not been injured, he could have fought for a while, but he was injured and had just finished a fight, so his physical strength was depleted, so he had no way to deal with it. "Wan is coming!" Wan Xinrong, who was also from Juxian Mansion and had been to Jinping County together, could not bear to see Lei Gong fail, so he bowed to the prince and walked into the hall. He pointed at the top of the mountain and Fei's head fell to the ground. Unexpectedly, the Dazu side immediately restrained themselves. Before long, there were more than a dozen fights, with both sides winning and losing. But Dajiang lost more, and Dazu lost less. In a trance, Da Jiang seemed to have really declined, and it seemed to give people a feeling that the magic of the Central Plains was not as good as that of foreign countries. At this time, there was almost no one available in the Juxian Mansion. The prince had no choice but to invite Taoist priest Yushan. Two middle-aged Taoists came from Yushan. After watching for a long time, they were invited by the prince, so they did not hesitate and walked forward directly. This Taoist priest from Yushan actually knows several magical spells, which are quite powerful. He even defeated three magicians from Dazu.
After the three people, another tall and fat middle-aged man came out. This person staggered into the hall and chanted a few incomprehensible spells. He stood there and seemed to become a little blurry, and slowly floated into the air. "The Taoist priest said that no one can stop the sword in your hand! Then I will try to stop it!" "it is good!" Taoist Yushan held a long sword with lightning and fire on it. He flew out and chopped off his neck with the long sword. A swipe! But he never expected that the sword passed through his neck, but it was as if it passed through air, without any scar. Taoist Yushan frowned and stopped, thinking for a long time, then stretched out his finger and pointed out a line of fire. He never expected that the fire line that hit the man actually passed through his body without hurting him at all. Instead, it made a hole in the roof of the palace and broke a few tiles. Taoist Yushan’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper. I don’t know what kind of magic this is. With more time and more attempts, he was able to figure out a solution, but unfortunately the rules were like that, so he had to reluctantly retreat. "Does Dajiang have any other extraordinary people?" The Dazu envoy sat still and said with a smile, "I wonder if Your Majesty is satisfied with this performance? If so, we have won again. I wonder if Your Majesty can give us the swallow egg incense?" The emperor sat on the dragon throne with a gloomy face. The historian lowered his head and wrote rapidly. But among the strange people in Juxian Mansion, either they have already fought in the arena or they don’t have the confidence to fight again. For a moment, everyone looked at each other, and no one was willing to take up the challenge. The prince had no choice but to turn his attention to Master Fan, Lin Jue and Pan Gong. Pan Gong is the god of water and will not fight on the shore. Not to mention Master Fan. "Just let me go and bite them all to death!" The fox stood on Lin Jue's shoulder and watched the show. Although it was a fox, it could distinguish between the Central Plains and foreign lands, so it spoke. "..." Lin Jue ignored it and lowered his head, looking at the obviously darker shadow under the man's feet. Suddenly, he turned his head and met Master Fan's eyes. Master Fan immediately understood, stood up and quietly walked towards the hall. However, everyone's eyes were here at the moment, and no matter how quietly he walked, he would still attract the attention of most people in the hall. Not long after, Master Fan came back. "Your Majesty agrees." Master Fan said to Lin Jue. "Ah." Lin Jue put away the fox and then stood up.
"I am a Taoist from Yishan, my last name is Lin Jue, I am affiliated with Juxian Mansion, and I am here to learn from you." The Taoist took out his lantern staff and walked into the hall carrying it. (End of this chapter)