"Sooner or later, I'll tear that mouth of yours apart!"
Yan Cheng threatened, but she couldn't stop this fellow from spouting nonsense. She liked to hang out with this Junior Martial Brother because he was one of the very few people who didn't have any ulterior motives. He often said strange things. Although he was impudent at times, he truly treated her as an equal and not a dispensable cultivation vessel.
In the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, there was gender discrimination. Although no one said it out loud, it was everywhere in their actions. This was an orthodoxy where men flourished while women flourished. After all, there were too few Swordsman cultivators who enjoyed bloodshed and had made significant achievements in their lives.
"Senior Martial Sister, what's your surname in the mortal world? It doesn't make sense that you can call me by my real name while I can only call you by your Dharma name. As friends, this isn't fair! "
Yan Cheng was startled. Very few people in the Fifth Ring knew her real name. It wasn't because she had a powerful background, but because she wanted to protect herself. She didn't want her name to spread everywhere. This Junior Martial Brother was one of the very few people she was willing to tell her name to.
"I can tell you, but you can't spread it around! My real name is Fang, so I'm called Fang Yi. After I came to the Fifth Ring, I begged the elders to give me the Dharma name Yan Cheng. It's actually the same … "
Lou Xiaoyi was very dissatisfied. "So Senior Martial Sister went through the back door! The sect is unfair! Why do you get to choose your own name?
If I'm the same, I should be called Yan Lou. Oh, no, Yan Yi. It's better than what I am now! "
The two chatted and laughed. Soon, they arrived at a huge arena under Thousand Virtues Peak. Because Swordsman's flying swords had a range of more than a hundred zhang, the arena was designed to be three hundred zhang long and a hundred zhang wide. Several arenas were connected side by side. Looking down from the sky, it was a spectacular sight!
Swordsman duels within the sect were extremely dangerous, especially for Foundation Establishment Swordsman. Most of them had yet to achieve perfect control over their flying swords. It was impossible for it to be like what was written in the legends, where the winner's flying sword would stop at the opponent's neck. Either it was still far away, or it had already pierced through!
Therefore, they needed a target. In the Inner Sword Sect, they were rich and overbearing. They used sword puppets as their targets. Both sides' attacks would be directed at the sword targets without harming the cultivators at all. However, in the Outer Sword Sect, there were too many cultivators. If they all used sword targets, the daily consumption would be too heavy. Therefore, they usually used fixed wooden targets.
It couldn't completely replace a real battle, but at the very least, he could do his best without holding back!
On the day of the duel in Xuanyuan, Martial Uncle Jin Dan would specially open up a small space in the arena. That was another matter. Usually, no one would play with them. There were too many people, and they couldn't afford to get hurt!
There were many arenas under Thousand Virtues Peak, and this was only one of them. It was a place for the intermediate Swordsman to duel. The beginner Swordsman referred to those who had just joined the sect not long ago. The intermediate Swordsman referred to those who had joined the sect for more than ten years. The advanced Swordsman were all famous and powerful cultivators. They all had their own circles, and each minded their own business.
Everyone needed to have an accurate estimate of their own strength. It was rude to blindly challenge the strong, and it would be a waste of their time. Unless you truly had the strength to do so.
This arena was made up of five arenas, forming an area that was five thousand feet wide and three thousand feet long. The entire area was further divided into five arenas that were a hundred feet wide and three thousand feet long. These arenas could accommodate five pairs of Swordsman at the same time.
It couldn't be helped. Those who could enter Xuanyuan were all battle-hungry. Therefore, even though there weren't many people in the lecture hall, the arenas were often overcrowded.
There was a small viewing platform at the side of the huge arena. From there, one could observe the situation of the five arenas. At the same time, one could pair up and find a suitable opponent.
In a battle, the most taboo thing to do was to fight against a fixed opponent. One would always have to face an unfamiliar opponent with a completely different fighting style in order to improve oneself. Thus, free pairing was the main theme here. It was very rare for two people to fight against each other endlessly.
However, Yan Xuan was very famous among the Outer Swordsmen. She was known as the Ice Fairy, and the colder she was, the more people would flock to her. Other than Lou Xiaoyi, who didn't think so, Senior Yan was also very kind.
Therefore, there were many who were willing to spar with her. As soon as she stepped onto the stage, she had already booked more than ten arenas. She was a hot commodity.
Seeing that Senior Yan was about to leave the arena, there were even people who loved her, like him.
Lou Xiaoyi hurriedly rejected, "Sorry, I'm just a bag carrier. If we really want to spar, with my qualifications, I can only go to the west side …"
The west side was where the new disciples sparred. He said that because he had just entered the sect, he couldn't spar with everyone here.
This was a very reasonable reason, and no one forced him. They were all cultured people. At least, they had to pretend to be cultured. Xuanyuan's tradition despised those who bullied the weak. Everyone was proud to challenge the strong. This was also the reason why Lou Xiaoyi didn't want to come here. If someone really recognized him, he would be more popular than Senior Yan!
Previously, the 99-9 ranking was a threshold. If one defeated him, it meant that one could also enter the ranking. This was the best ruler.
But fortunately, no one recognized him. Among the tens of thousands of people, Ling Ruofeng's small circle was pitifully small. Moreover, they were more active in low-level arenas, so they couldn't mix in here.
This gave Lou Xiaoyi enough leisure time to watch other people's sword sparring. As he watched, he let the three sword spirits knock on the sword aura in the Wave Fighting Slope. This was also his normal resting time. He rested, but the sword spirits didn't.
Swordsman had their own ideas about flying swords. From Lou Xiaoyi's point of view, he realized that there were still a few Swordsman who were quite strong, and there were many things that he could learn from them.
Among them, Senior Yan's swordsmanship was straightforward. This had to do with the cultivator's personality. The type of cultivator would have the type of flying sword. Senior Yan would not be able to plot and set up traps. Therefore, to judge a Swordsman's personality, one just had to look at their flying sword!
Being straightforward did not mean that one did not know how to be flexible. This was also an important aspect of the Sword Vein's orthodoxy, as long as one's cultivation could keep up.
In the Cultivation Realm, the battles between Dharma cultivators were the most tiring, and the most attention was paid to the details. The battles between Dharma cultivators and Swordsman were very fast. If the Swordsman had the upper hand, he could quickly turn his advantage into victory. If the Swordsman was at a disadvantage, he might consider escaping. He would never continue to fight knowing that he couldn't win!
The fastest battle was between a Swordsman and a Swordsman. If both parties were hot-tempered and only attacked without defending, victory would usually be decided in an instant. It was a competition of whose flying sword was faster and who could break the opponent's wooden target first.
Under such circumstances, Smoky Cricket's battle speed was imaginable. The Swordsman went up one by one. They were all proud of fighting the Ice Mountain Fairy. Regardless of whether they won or lost, it was still a topic of conversation.
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