Very reasonable cultivation

A man with a long beard similar to Guan Gong's, big sword-like eyebrows, his eyes seemed to be closed and could not be seen clearly, but his face was rosy and fair.

He looks like he is of Master Tian Zhen's generation, but his long beard makes him look older. His age cannot be used as a guide for cultivators.

He stood in mid-air, stroking his long beard with a caress, and spoke loudly, "The rules are simple. Come up to this stage and have a one-on-one exchange of Dao techniques. If you are powerless or admit defeat, you will be eliminated. Otherwise, you will win. But be careful not to use force. Violators will be put in solitary confinement, and in serious cases, their cultivation will be abolished and they will be expelled from the mountain gate."

Hey! Isn't the truth in Taoist communication revealed through words? Why is there such a thing as a dead hand? Could it be? Tian Zhen had some guesses, but he was a little confused.

"Okay, I won't say more. My surname is Li, and I'm one of the elders of the Qiling Sect. I'm responsible for the safety and refereeing of the Zixu Discussion Platform." Elder Li said as he took out a scroll from his sleeve and opened it.

"First round, first match. Peng Xue, Yu Fei, those whose names are called will come on stage." Elder Li looked at the words on the scroll and read aloud.

Soon, a man and a woman jumped from the stairs to the huge platform as light as a feather.

Tian Zhen was a little unhappy. There was a staircase next to him, but that kid insisted on going over his head. It turned out that little kids really didn't know manners, and the cultivators were the same.

But he didn't take it to heart, and didn't have time to argue with some kids. Instead, he was curious about how the situation would develop next and how the discussion would proceed.

The two men were seen standing on either side of a huge circular platform that was the size of a football field and resembled a chess piece. They bowed to Elder Li one after another. Elder Li nodded, raised his hand and flipped it. A huge light blue glowing hemispherical transparent cover enveloped the entire platform. A closer look revealed that the cover appeared along a bright red line, just circling the huge platform.

Inside the cover, the two men bowed to each other, then took out their respective weapons and magic treasures and started fighting.

Is this a discussion of Dao? It's clearly a duel of martial arts!

But I'm not good at fighting, what should I do? How about I just give it a try and then admit defeat, so the master won't scold me, right?

Tian Zhen was a little conflicted, watching the tense scene of people going back and forth inside the light shield. However, due to the obstruction of the light shield, he could see it, but he couldn't clearly feel the changes. It was like when an ordinary person puts on glasses and the high-definition 4K becomes 2K. In contrast, he always felt that something was missing, which was even more obvious to him.

The man and woman in the competition both used swords. The styles of the swords were the same, but the patterns and colors of the swords were slightly different.

The fight between the two was not a clash of sparks between swords, but an exchange of the changes of the five elements and a rhythm. Even though they were two or three feet apart, there were flashes of swords and the feeling of pulling force. Outside the barrier, Tian Zhen could not see a lot of things clearly, but there were some interesting things that Tian Zhen learned.

For example, their swordsmanship, both of them swinging the sword, using earth as the movement, using the sword's center of gravity to balance, adjusting the five elements at various angles to achieve natural and magical changes. To Tian Zhen, it was like playing yo-yo with a master, the natural feeling of the rotation, making people feel it was very powerful without knowing it.

There were also changes in the peak resonant energy produced by the collision of the illusory sword energy, which made Tian Zhen feel that this was not as simple as throwing stones at each other. The girl's swordsmanship had a sense of water-like infection. Just by knocking on the seat, one could feel the thickness and stickiness, and it could be felt through the light curtain.

This girl is also a master of Tai Chi!

The other boy is at the other extreme. He is more inclined to the three elements of gold, fire and earth, and his performance is the explosive power of kinetic energy between cold and hot.

Moreover, Tian Zhen felt that this little guy was gathering strength. The cycle of changes in gold and wood caused large and small air masses to gather around him, the changes in water and fire kept them in stable connection, and the earth was like a bowstring filled with force, waiting for the right moment to pull the trigger.

Finally, it seemed that the time had come, and the boy who had accumulated enough strength exploded. He slashed with his sword, and the surging air waves caused the air to distort. The whistling sound was like a tiger that had been dormant for a long time. The momentum exploded in an instant, without any sword or shadow, as if facing the momentum of a landslide and tsunami. Even the stones on the ground on the platform were lifted up.

But the girl didn't even look at it and just closed her eyes. She held the sword in her right hand horizontally in front of her, moved her right foot backward, and her whole body was emitting a green light.

The air wave came rushing in, but when it entered the range of the green light, it was like a drop in the ocean, and it slowed down visibly to the naked eye. Because the air wave rolled up white mist, a large amount of water vapor rushed towards it, forming layers of crescent-shaped smoke-like air waves within the range of the green light.

The originally translucent mist was reflected to emit a turquoise light, turning into a visible luminous mist-like air blade.

It happened so quickly. Just when the girl was about to be enveloped by the light blue air blade and her figure could no longer be seen, the girl moved.

In that small space, everything seemed to move with the girl's movements, like paint being stirred and spread in water.

She used her right foot to gain momentum, turned sideways, and her right hand holding the sword followed the center of gravity of the sword to retract the sword's momentum. The entire sword was pointing diagonally to the lower left corner. Her body squatted slightly, with the center of gravity to the left, parallel to the center of gravity of the sword.

At this moment, the girl's body was wrapped in green gaseous light bands, and her whole body was glowing, like a real fairy.

Just as Tian Zhen was marveling at this artistic skill, the girl's sword momentum suddenly changed, from the initial lingering and subtle movement to the oppressive feeling brought by an unclimbable peak.

It was just a simple straight thrust, with the back arched and the waist lowered, which brought an unparalleled sense of tension. The whole process, from leveraging the left foot to changing the center of gravity of the body, the center of gravity of the sword was like a playing card being rotated, full of a magical sense of nature.

Although it was a simple straight stab, the effect it brought was extraordinary. The attack brought by the young man was instantly blown away. An almost solid, huge sword tip that was glowing green to the point of tearing through the surging air wave like a meteor, and stopped at the young man's throat in an instant.

You said that you couldn't just stop attacking during a fight. Tian Zhen finally understood. Immortal cultivators don't fight with sheer force. Strength beyond the ability to control balance only increases the opponent's accumulated force. It's like throwing a sword at an opponent, and they catch it, and then they have the sword. So, this place is alive.

It seems the winner has been decided.

The crowd in the stands became lively, discussing the highlights of the competition. Tian Zhen also discussed with Da Zhuang, but Da Zhuang only used professional terms from books, which was not Da Zhuang at all. Tian Zhen was talking about the five elements transformation between movement and stillness. There were no professional terms, just small details from daily life.

The hemispherical light shield disappeared, and the two young men and women on the stage bowed to each other and left the venue. After Elder Li read out two new names, the two young men entered the stage and the shield rose again.

It seems that these two have no technical content and often make mistakes. There are many times when they can take advantage of the imbalance of each other's strength to crush each other, but both sides missed a lot of opportunities and couldn't even control the basic balance of strength. Both sides were injured. Wow, this is a fight between noobs.

I originally thought that the last game was a wonderful start, but I didn’t expect that Tian Zhen would fail this time. What a disappointment.

Tian Zhen was so bored that he wanted to go back, and he didn't know where to put his hands, so he picked up the gun "toy" and played with it.

After several rounds of changes, he was a little interested at first, but later on it was just a fight between noobs, or a one-sided crushing. As a spectator on the stage, Tian Zhen wanted to go on stage and show them what artistic balance was.

The time came in the afternoon.

"First round, ninth match, Tian Zhen, Shi Hongjiao, come on stage to discuss the Dao." Sitting cross-legged on a smaller stone, Elder Li recited loudly, and the scroll floating in front of him swayed up and down.

Tian Zhen was stunned. Now it was my turn. I couldn't help but feel nervous. I am not good at attacking. I still remember the first time I fought with that evil thing. I was defeated in one or two moves. If the master hadn't come, I guess he and Dazhuang would have died that time.

Even after he jumped over the stairs and onto the platform, he was still wondering whether he should get down or not. Otherwise, if the other party didn't know how to control the situation and hurt him, it would be very painful.

It seems that it's time to test my acting skills.