Chapter 228: A Competition, Jindaoyuan Library

Golden Sword Academy, martial arts training ground.

Hearing that the senior brother was going to compete with a young master who came to visit, almost all the disciples of the entire Golden Sword Academy came.

People stood in the distance very consciously, whispering.

"Is that guy the one who will compete with Senior Brother Wang later? He looks so young." Someone exclaimed.

"He looks good, but he is probably just an embroidered pillow, good-looking but useless." Someone despised.

But some people showed great importance to this battle.

Yu Dao stood upstairs, staring at the martial arts training ground in the distance, and then chuckled: "Old Yan, do you think Tiancheng can beat this Zhao Ya?"

Yan Ruize almost didn't hesitate, "Then do you still need to ask? Tiancheng's swordsmanship is not inferior to you and me. It is estimated that there are few elders in the Golden Sword Academy except the dean who can be his opponent. Although Zhao Ya has some strength, he will never be Tiancheng's opponent."

"I don't think this Zhao Ya will be defeated so easily." Yu Dao said.

Both of them were elders of the Golden Sword Academy. After hearing that someone came to Wang Tiancheng to learn sword moves, they all dropped what they were doing and rushed to watch the fun.

"Why?" Yan Ruize said in surprise.

He knew that Yu Dao would never make a point without a purpose.

"Tiancheng once mentioned this Zhao Ya to me. In his words, this boy's talent in swordsmanship and martial arts is rare in the world. He can advance to the half-step fifth realm by himself in a remote place like Yunxiao County. It can be seen that his potential is strong." Yu Dao said in a deep voice.

"So what? No matter how powerful he is, he is only half a step to the fifth realm. Tiancheng has already advanced to the fifth realm two years ago. The gap cannot be measured in miles, so I still think that this Zhao Ya has no chance of winning. He will be defeated in at most 20 or 30 moves." Yan Ruize said confidently.

"If you don't believe me, we can make a bet. The loser..."

"Shh, don't talk, it's started!" Yu Dao said suddenly.

Yan Ruize also hurriedly raised his eyes to look.

At the same time, Zhao Ya and Wang Tiancheng stood opposite each other in the martial arts training field.

Wang Tiancheng held a long sword in his hand, across his chest, and said softly: "This sword is called Quying, and it is a famous sword that has been passed down in the Golden Sword Academy for decades. I was given this sword after I entered the fourth realm, and it has been with me for seven or eight years."

"The Meteorite Sword has no origin or reputation. It's just that I've used it for a long time and it's more convenient to use." Zhao Ya said.

Wang Tiancheng smiled, "It's just a good phrase, you should know that the pursuit of swordsmanship is to be smooth and pleasing to the heart."

Speaking of this, Wang Tiancheng's face suddenly became serious, "My Golden Sword Academy has three major swordsmanship, twenty-one sword moves, and countless other swordsmanship that have not been sorted out. I practice the Broken Sky Sword among them."

"This Broken Sky Sword specifically picks the gaps in the opponent's moves and cuts them off with clever force, hence the name, so Junior Brother Zhao should be careful later."

"I practice the Kuangfeng Sword Skill, which is not famous, just one word, fast!"

Introducing one's own weapons and skills before the competition is a respect for the opponent. This etiquette has a long history, but now few people follow it.

However, Zhao Ya always feels that this etiquette is purely derived from the competition in the arena. Who would be stupid enough to introduce themselves in a real battle?

If they had that skill, they would have killed the opponent long ago.

But since Wang Tiancheng did this, Zhao Ya had to follow patiently.

At this time, Wang Tiancheng finally nodded, and then pointed the tip of his knife at Zhao Ya on the opposite side, "Brother Zhao, make your move!"

"Sorry for the offense!"

Zhao Ya had been unable to hold back for a long time, so he did not refuse after hearing what Wang Tiancheng said. He dodged and rushed up. The man was in the air, and the knife had already chopped down.

Now Zhao Ya's knife skills have reached the point where he can control them at will.

This knife condensed all of Zhao Ya's understanding of the Kuangfeng knife skills. As soon as the knife was used, Wang Tiancheng's eyes lit up.

"Good knife skills!"

Back in Yunxiao County, Wang Tiancheng had seen Zhao Ya perform the Kuangfeng knife skills, but at that time Zhao Ya's understanding of knife skills was still relatively immature, far from being as mature as it is now.

While praising, Wang Tiancheng's reaction was also very fast.

He swung the quenching shadow knife in his hand diagonally, and met the meteorite knife chopped down by Zhao Ya with a perfect timing.

Dang.

With a crisp sound of metal clashing, Zhao Ya felt that the meteorite knife in his hand suddenly shook and almost flew out of his hand.

As expected, he is the chief of the Golden Sword Academy.

This air-breaking sword is truly worthy of its reputation.

Wang Tiancheng's seemingly simple sword strike just now actually has a lot of knowledge.

His strike happened to hit the weakest part of Zhao Ya's sword, so it caused this effect.

This is easy to say, but it is actually very difficult.

Especially since it happened in a fleeting time, it can be seen that Wang Tiancheng's attainments in swordsmanship have reached an extremely terrifying level.

However, although Zhao Ya was shocked, he did not panic. He swung the sword in his hand and then attacked Wang Tiancheng again like a breeze.

These sword moves seemed gentle and weak, but Wang Tiancheng did not dare to neglect them at all.

Because only by being in it can you deeply understand how terrible these seemingly gentle sword lights are.

Dangdangdang!

In the continuous sound of striking like iron, Zhao Ya and Wang Tiancheng attacked each other for more than a dozen moves.

Suddenly.

The two separated and stopped.

Wang Tiancheng still pointed the Shadow-Quenching Knife at Zhao Ya, and smiled as he said, "Junior Brother Zhao, if your Wind-Quenching Knife Skills only extend to this, then you have lost."

This was not Wang Tiancheng bragging.

Wang Tiancheng's swords struck the weakest part of Zhao Ya's defense against the dozens of swords just now, and he easily broke through his sword moves.

Zhao Ya smiled when he heard this, "What a Sky-Breaking Sword, there is indeed something extraordinary about it, but it was just a test, please be careful next time, Senior Brother Wang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a ball of sword light suddenly exploded from Zhao Ya's hand, and then attacked Wang Tiancheng on the opposite side like a violent storm.

The disciples watching on the martial arts field were limited by their own strength and could not see the power of this move.

But Yu Dao and Yan Ruize, who were watching the battle upstairs in the distance, changed their expressions.

"What a powerful swordsmanship!" Yan Ruize exclaimed.

"I know that the violent wind sword technique is just a sword technique used by some Jianghu escorts to protect themselves. It is not a profound martial arts. I didn't expect that this young man would practice it to such an extent. It seems that what Tiancheng said is not an exaggeration!" Yu Dao was also filled with emotion.

Just now, he thought that Zhao Ya was about to lose, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Because the dozen or so moves Zhao Ya used before were indeed good, but they were not outstanding.

If we stop there, we will definitely fail.

But he didn't expect that Zhao Ya would give himself a surprise right after.

Facing the sword light coming from all directions, Wang Tiancheng looked solemn and did not dare to slack off at all.

The shadow-tempered sword in his hand also transformed into shadows, and faced Zhao Ya's sword moves.

This time there was no longer the sound of gold and iron clashing, replaced by the sharp friction sound of blades cutting against each other.

Most people's eyes can no longer keep up with the changes in sword moves.

In their eyes, the swords in the hands of Zhao Ya and Wang Tiancheng seemed to no longer exist. Only the occasional sparks proved that the two were still competing with each other.

Suddenly.

Stop the attack and stop the sword.

Zhao Ya and Wang Tiancheng stood opposite each other, with the knives in their hands pointing forward, and the tips of the knives were facing each other, as if they were cast together.

The two looked at each other, smiled suddenly, and then sheathed their knives together.

"Good sword skills!" Zhao Ya admired sincerely.

"I should be the one to say this. After all, you have reached this point by relying on an ordinary sword technique. In comparison, my talent is far inferior to yours." Wang Tiancheng sighed to himself.

He knew very well that if Zhao Ya hadn't been slightly inferior in sword moves just now, he would have been defeated.

Even so, he was only tied with Zhao Ya.

How could this not make him sigh?

When they heard what he said, the surrounding disciples of the Golden Sword Academy were in an uproar.

"Oh my god, am I right? Senior Brother Wang lost?"

"No, it should have been a draw."

"Hey, is this Zhao Ya so powerful? What is his background?"

Amidst the discussion, a burst of laughter was suddenly heard from a distance, and then Yu Dao and Yan Ruize were seen flying in hand in hand.

After landing in the field, these Golden Sword Academy disciples hurriedly saluted.

"I've met the two elders!"

But they didn't even look at these people, and came straight to Zhao Ya and Wang Tiancheng.

Wang Tiancheng cupped his fists and saluted.

"Uncle Yu, Uncle Yan!"

Wang Tiancheng studied under the current head of the Golden Sword Academy, so he called the two elders Dao and Yan Ruize his uncle.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Ya knew that the two middle-aged men, one fat and one thin, should be the elders of the Golden Sword Academy, so he also cupped his fists and saluted.

The two nodded, and then Yu Dao smiled and said: "We all saw the battle upstairs. I have to say that you young people now are much better than us back then. This battle was really exciting."

"Yes, Tiancheng, your sword skills have improved a lot. At the same time, this little brother Zhao is also a genius, which is simply breathtaking." Yan Ruize also sighed repeatedly.

"You two are so complimentary!" Zhao Ya said.

"Hahaha, we are all martial arts practitioners. If you are good, you are good, and if you are not good, you are bad. What is there to be so modest about? Come on, let's talk in the room!" Yu Dao said with a smile.

This time they came to the reception room in the Golden Sword Courtyard that was specially used to entertain first-class distinguished guests such as elders.

Not to mention refreshments, there is even dried meat to replenish qi and blood.

Zhao Ya was not polite. He picked one up and put it in his mouth. He felt that it was no worse than black dragon meat jerky.

This piece of dried meat alone is worth at least a hundred taels of gold, which shows how deep the foundation of the Golden Blade Academy is.

After a long talk, Yu Dao asked: "Brother Zhao, just now Tiancheng told me that you came here because your sword skills have reached a bottleneck, so you want to see the sword skills of our Golden Sword Academy and learn from each other's strengths. Use this to break through?”

Zhao Ya nodded, "That's what I meant!"

But soon Zhao Ya added: "But don't get me wrong, I just want to learn from each other and hone myself in the way of making friends with martial arts. I definitely don't covet your sword skills."

In the world of martial arts, it is taboo to covet other martial arts schools.

Zhao Ya naturally understands this truth.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhao Ya's words, Yu Dao and Yan Ruize looked at each other and immediately started laughing.

"Brother Zhao, you're welcome. Our Golden Blade Academy is not that stingy."

"If Brother Zhao is willing, you can come to the library of our Golden Sword Academy. There are various sword skills in our collection, which should be helpful to you."

Zhao Ya was stunned when he heard this.

He never imagined that the two elders of the Golden Sword Academy would say this.

This favor is really too great.

It can be said that for ordinary sects, unless they are the core disciples of the sect, they will never be allowed to enter such an important place as the library.

And as an outsider, I was actually allowed to enter and watch. What a great honor it was.

"Thank you so much!" Zhao Ya thanked him sincerely.

Yu Dao waved his hand, "Don't be too busy thanking us, we have conditions."

"Of course, as long as I can do it, it doesn't matter!"

Of course, Zhao Ya would not think that someone would let him see the sect's collection of books for no reason, so he was not surprised when he heard that Yu Dao said there were conditions.

"Actually, this condition is not difficult, and it couldn't be easier for you. As long as you are willing to write down your understanding of the Guangfeng Sword Technique and leave it in our Golden Sword Academy, then the library of our Golden Sword Academy will be Always open to you!"