Guan Fei Bai could never have imagined that his senior would suggest a direct confrontation, what good was this strategy that he himself could come up with?
Gou Han Shi ignored him, looked at Liang Ban Hu and said: "Don't worry about whether he's using a real move or a feint, for the sake of us, there's no need to counter every move, just exchange moves with him."
Guan Fei Bai was proficient in the way of the sword, he was clear that the so-called exchange move for move, in the end, would be an exchange of injury for injury, he thought to himself, junior brother Liang is clearly stronger than Tang Thirty-Six, why is there a need to use this method of mutual destruction?
Gou Han Shi looked at Liang Ban Hu with his head lowered in silence, he knew that his junior brothers were somewhat confused, he calmly explained: "Tang Tang is inferior to you, so Chen Chang Sheng has to help him win by surprise, but you're stronger than Tang Tang, so you can't walk the path of surprise, you should use the simplest, or even stupidest, method to obtain a normal victory."
He stood up, accepted the handkerchief that Qi Jian handed over and wiped his face clean, he looked towards the woodlands, where Tang Thirty-Six's eyebrows were about to fly off, and said: "Why do we have to fight head-on? Because when this guy gets angry, he's really going overboard, exchanging moves for moves will definitely result in injury, but this should be the method with the least cost to defeat him. "
Liang Ban Hu thought for a moment, then said: "Senior, I understand."
The door to the tower slowly opened, the young scholar from Scholartree Manor, Zhong Hui, had easily defeated his opponent and walked out. What made him a little unhappy was that the gazes of the examinees outside the tower still didn't turn towards him, they were still looking at those two places, perhaps even more fervent than before, this was because Liang Ban Hu and Tang Thirty-Six had already stood up.
Without much ceremony, Liang Ban Hu and Tang Thirty-Six paid their respects to the Li Palace clergyman, then, one after the other, entered the tower.
Looking at the tightly shut wooden door, the examinees' expressions were extremely focused, the entire area was silent.
Over ten matches had been held in the second round of the Grand Examination, aside from the match between the wolf-tribe youth, Zhe Xiu, and Su Mo Yu, this was the match between the strongest two. This match was even more closely watched than the one between Zhe Xiu and Su Mo Yu, because everyone understood that aside from Liang Ban Hu and Tang Thirty-Six, there were two other participants.
The two of them wouldn't appear on the stage, but their effects wouldn't be any weaker than if they were to appear on the stage themselves, just like on the last night of the Ivy Festival.
There were some people in the world who could directly change the outcome of a battle through their knowledge and ability to think. These people were the strategists on the frontlines against the demon race. In the vast majority of schools and sects, they were the highly respected professors or elders. Only in the Li Mountain Sword Sect and the Tradition Academy, the people who played this role were two students.
For today's Grand Examination, the teachers of the various sects were unable to participate in the examination grounds. Many people were extremely envious of the examinees from Li Shan Sword Sect and Orthodox Academy. It was precisely because they had Gou Han Shi and Chen Chang Sheng to guide them on the spot. These two had the ability to solve many problems on the spot and change many things.
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Time slowly passed, the Tower of Purging Dust remained quiet.
Chen Chang Sheng's expression didn't change, but his hands clenched tighter and tighter. He felt worse and worse, because it was too quiet.
Suddenly, a fiery red colour appeared in the dark blue sky, this colour came from the reflection of the swords within the Tower of Purging Dust, it looked extremely warm, but behind the warmth was hidden a blazing danger.
Red clouds filled the sky, it was too beautiful to behold.
Three Forms of Wen Shui, Gathering Evening Clouds!
Outside of the tower, cries of surprise resounded, Tang Thirty Six's sword momentum had actually broken through the Education Palace's restriction, appearing in the air above the tower, entering everyone's eyes!
Gou Han Shi raised his head to look at the sunset, remaining silent. He discovered that Tang Thirty Six's improvement in the past few days at Orthodox Academy, was actually greater than what everyone had imagined.
Chen Chang Sheng's expression became grave, because according to the plan, today shouldn't have a sky of red clouds.
Or perhaps, Tang Thirty Six had gone all out, but what did this mean? Liang Ban Hu, who was currently still silent, had actually forced him to go all out ahead of time, this meant that Liang Ban Hu still had strength to spare, and for some unknown reason, he had actually prevented Tang Thirty Six from linking the previous ten or so sword stances into sword momentum!
Outside of the tower, cries of surprise and praise once again resounded.
The sky of red clouds suddenly became incomparably bright, the small stream was illuminated, it seemed as if countless red maples had sprouted from the banks of the stream.
Hanging Sunset! Immediately after, A Stream of Maple!
Tang Thirty Six's sword manifestation had actually spread to such a far distance, being able to affect the environment outside of the tower, as a youth that had yet to achieve Ethereal Opening, this was already enough for him to be proud of.
Yet, Chen Chang Sheng's expression became increasingly grave.
Because up until this point, he still hadn't seen Liang Ban Hu's sword, no one present had seen it.
Suddenly, the sunset faded, the red maples faded, an extremely faint, extremely gentle, extremely peaceful sword manifestation swept across the sky above the tower.
The sword manifestation was like water, like clear water, countless expanses of clear lake water, washing the sky.
Whether it was the sunset, the setting sun or the red maples, they were all washed clean, reminding everyone that those colours previously weren't real, they had been painted by someone using a sword as a brush. Since they were painted, they used paint, as long as it was paint, it could be washed away by water, as long as there was enough water and it was clear enough.
Half a lake of clear water, it could wash one's feet, it could even wash one's hair, it could even wash the sky clean, revealing its original azure colour.
Outside of the tower, countless examinees raised their heads to look at the sky, they didn't cry out, they remained silent.
Whether it was the sunset or the sky washing lake water, they were all reflections of the sword manifestations of the two youths within the tower, within the miniature world.
They really were strong.
Chen Chang Sheng remained silent for a while, then regained his composure, he looked towards Gou Han Shi who was far away by the stream and nodded his head in greeting.
Gou Han Shi nodded his head in return.
The great doors of the tower opened, Liang Ban Hu walked out, one step behind him, Tang Thirty Six also walked out.
This was probably the difference of one step.
Both of them had injuries on their bodies, sword marks were clearly visible on their clothes.
The examiner gave the two a praising glance and said: "Li Shan Sword Sect, Liang Ban Hu wins."
Liang Ban Hu and Tang Thirty Six bowed to each other, then walked down the stone steps, towards the woodlands and the stream, respectively.
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Tang Thirty Six was very tired, perhaps due to this reason, he didn't want to speak.
He walked back to the woodlands, sat on the ground, leaned against a Poplar tree and closed his eyes.
When Chen Chang Sheng was feeding him medicine, he only opened his mouth, still refusing to open his eyes.
Xuan Yuan Po walked to his side, crouched down and looked at him, his face that was covered with light green stubble and was very young was filled with worry, he said: "Say something."
Tang Thirty Six closed his eyes, refusing to pay attention to him.
Xuan Yuan Po was a little anxious, he looked towards Chen Chang Sheng and asked: "Is he alright?"
Chen Chang Sheng said: "It's possible that Liang Ban Hu's injuries are a little heavy, he needs to rest, let's not disturb him."
Many things in this world are like this, especially for males in their youth stage, when many people want to show concern for you, you will resist this concern and ignore them, but when those who care for you are about to leave, you will begin to feel lonely and uneasy.
Tang Thirty Six opened his eyes, looked at Chen Chang Sheng and said angrily: "What do you mean by my injuries are a little heavy? How did I injure myself? "
Luo Luo pointed at the cuts on his uniform that were caused by the sword, then pointed at the shallow line of blood on his face.
"This is called heavy? Didn't you see that guy Liang Ban Hu, his leg was almost cut off by me! "
Tang Thirty Six said angrily: "I'm just a little tired! I just want to lean against the tree and lie down for a while! Can you guys stop bothering me!? "
After saying that, he once again closed his eyes.
Chen Chang Sheng knew that this guy had always been proud and arrogant, losing in the second round of the Grand Examination, he must be feeling terrible.
But he couldn't see this guy immersed in this kind of emotion, he always thought that this was a waste of life, there was no meaning in it.
All negative emotions should be instantly defeated or abandoned.
"Do you lack money?" He looked at Tang Thirty Six and asked.
Tang Thirty Six closed his eyes and sneered: "Have you ever seen someone richer than me?"
Chen Chang Sheng asked again: "Your academic exam results should be okay, right? Combined, can you enter the top three? "
Tang Thirty Six opened his eyes, looked at him and asked: "Entering the top three shouldn't be a problem, but why are you asking this?"
Chen Chang Sheng looked at him and said seriously: "If you can enter the top three, you can read the Heavenly Book, and you don't lack money, the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green and the sisters of the Holy Maiden all like you, what else do you want?"
Tang Thirty Six felt that this question seemed to have a hidden meaning, he thought about it for a long time, then asked with uncertainty: "First upon the First Banner?"
Chen Chang Sheng said impatiently: "That's mine."
Tang Thirty Six laughed and scolded: "You're really shameless."
At this moment, he was sure that Chen Chang Sheng wasn't preparing to give him a lesson on life, but was only trying to comfort him, and it was indeed effective, at least he didn't want to close his eyes and pretend to be asleep.
"Tell me." Luo Luo said from the side.
Tang Thirty Six was silent for a long time, then said: "I never would have thought that Liang Ban Hu would fight so stupidly."
Luo Luo and Xuan Yuan Po didn't understand, but Chen Chang Sheng did.
Liang Ban Hu's ability was originally above Tang Thirty Six, Tang Thirty Six and Chen Chang Sheng could only try to win by surprise, using a method that the opponent would never have thought of, to give the Grand Examination a surprise.
But they didn't think that Liang Ban Hu would use the simplest method to deal with it. Didn't think of it? No, he didn't think of anything.
"I've never seen such an ugly and stupid way of fighting."
Tang Thirty Six was silent for a while, then continued: "He didn't even think of breaking through the sword moves that you thought of for me, he just kept on attacking, stupid, without any beauty … but I have to admit, it was very useful. The first ten moves were used, but they couldn't be connected, they were intermittent, making me very uncomfortable. In the end, I didn't even have the chance to use the three weird moves you thought of, I could only use the Three Forms of Wen Shui to try my luck."
"He held on, so I lost."
If Chen Chang Sheng could think of it, then everyone participating in the Grand Examination could think of it, Liang Ban Hu's battle strategy must have contained a lot of Gou Han Shi's wisdom.
If at the Ivy League gathering, Chen Chang Sheng and Gou Han Shi could be said to be equal, then today, in the battle between Tang Thirty Six and Liang Ban Hu, Chen Chang Sheng lost completely.
He said to Tang Thirty Six: "I'm sorry."
Tang Thirty Six was silent for a while, then said: "This has nothing to do with you, you don't need to apologize. If I was stronger than Liang Ban Hu, then Gou Han Shi should have been the one to worry about, you could have easily broken through him, but in the end, it was because of my lack of ability. Speaking of which, I'm the one who should be apologizing, I'm the one who should be apologizing."
Xuan Yuan Po honestly said from the side: "I don't understand what you're saying."
"Then say something you can understand."
Tang Thirty Six smiled, then looked at Chen Chang Sheng and calmly said: "I've lost two matches, I can't lose again."
While they were conversing, the duels were still ongoing, another two matches had ended.
Soon, it would be Chen Chang Sheng's turn to compete.
Chen Chang Sheng thought for a while, then said: "I can win this match."
After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the tower.
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