Not long after, the group of people left the Sword Academy together.
"Who are these people..." Xi Heng didn't understand what was going on.
"They are all people who have lost the heart of a warrior and are only fighting for power and profit." Hong Miao said.
"Oh……"
“But since these people have set their sights on us, we can’t just let it go.” The eldest sister changed the subject.
"What are you going to do? Go to the door?" Xi Heng was a little interested.
"Don't think about fighting and killing for everything." Hong Miao shook her head: "I just ask the government to pay more attention to the behavior of these people."
"Come to think of it, is it true as these people say that our Sword Academy has some connection with the government?"
"The elder does know the Lord of Jinshi City, but I don't know the details." Hong Miao waved her hand again: "It's over, go back and rest."
Xi Heng agreed and turned to look at the pool of dark red blood on the stone slab in the sword field.
He started walking towards his home, and on the way, Senior Sister Hong Miao's voice came from behind him.
"Also, thank you for what you did today."
Xi Heng turned around and saw her senior sister clasping her fist towards her.
It was the first time she had seen such a gentle and even soft smile on the senior sister. After a few seconds, she replied:
"You are the senior sister and I am the junior sister. This is as it should be."
"That's right." Hong Miao chuckled a few times, shook her head and put down the etiquette in her hand.
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Chapter 22: Things in the Outside World
After fighting with swordsmen from other martial arts schools in the city, Xi Heng returned to his daily training.
Rise in the morning and set in the evening, day after day.
After that sword duel, Xi Heng gradually realized that the Red Line Sword Technique was more advanced than many other sword techniques.
At least compared to the Green Pine Sword Technique, the Red Line Sword has more advantages in a one-on-one duel.
The reason why I won last time was not only because I seized the opportunity, but also because the Red Line Sword was much stronger than the opponent's swordsmanship.
That's why she was able to kill an enemy whose martial arts level was not weaker than hers within just a dozen moves.
Since then, Xi Heng has determined that even if the Red Line Sword Technique is not among the best martial arts, it is at least of a decent type.
Therefore, her enthusiasm for sword practice increased a little.
I practice swordplay, meditate, and circulate my qi and blood every day, and the days pass like this.
There was nothing going on in the courtyard. No other martial arts school had come here to cause trouble in the past two or three months.
However, although it was dull, there were some changes - the number of female apprentices coming to the Red Line Sword Academy to practice martial arts was twice as many as before, and the quiet sword academy became a little more lively.
The news that Xi Heng defeated the disciples of Qingsong Sword Hall spread, and many new female disciples in the Sword Academy admired her.
The calls of "Senior Sister" often surround me like the crisp chirping of a yellow oriole in the morning, which really makes me happy.
Xi Heng is not some cold and beautiful senior sister, so this feeling of being admired is quite new to her.
These new junior sisters often come to her for advice and questions. Because of her previous experience in teaching Yan Hongji how to get into the spirit, she is quite adept at teaching these new junior sisters.
During the past few months, Xi Heng seemed to have really integrated into the environment and atmosphere of the Sword Academy. He often drank tea and chatted with other senior sisters, or had some fun with many new junior sisters. He felt leisurely and comfortable every day, as if he was living in a paradise.
Senior sister Hong Miao would often come over to give some advice or chat. Ever since that time when they challenged each other to a challenge, their relationship had become slightly better.
So good that one day when they were drinking tea together, Xi Heng was able to naturally ask a question that touched his heart:
"What is your biggest wish in this world, Senior Sister?"
She had not been able to understand the elder sister's temperament for a long time and was quite curious about it.
"Me?" Hong Miao chuckled, took a sip of tea, looked around the unprecedentedly grand sword academy, and said naturally: "I don't have any wishes."
"No wishes?"
"Ever since the elder saved my life several years ago, my wish in this life is to accompany the elder for the rest of his life." Hong Miao said casually:
"The elder opened this sword academy. If she eventually passes away, I will take over this academy. In the future, I may just be one of the masters of the martial arts halls in Jinshi City."
"I think that Senior Sister Hong Miao is more like a world-famous female knight." Xi Heng said.
"You overestimate me, it's not that easy to be a female knight." Hong Miao shook her head again: "Compared to wandering around the world and becoming famous, I prefer to cultivate my character here where I feel I belong."
"Is that so..." Xi Heng seemed to be thinking about something.
This topic was briefly skipped over, and the rest of the conversation was mostly about trivial matters and the news in Jinshi City outside the Sword Academy.
Just like that, the disturbance of outside martial arts schools being challenged became more and more intense. Not only did their Red Line Sword Academy suffer bloodshed, but many other small martial arts schools were also challenged, and life-threatening conflicts occurred one after another.
However, they basically failed to defeat the enemies like the Red Line Sword Academy did.
Most small martial arts schools had no power to resist and were defeated in competitions with great ease. They were often knocked down in just three or two moves.
In a life-and-death conflict, only a few losers die immediately, while most of them abandon their dignity, kneel down and beg for mercy in order to barely survive.
Since their defeat, the business of these martial arts schools has immediately plummeted and has never recovered.
News of who won and who lost kept coming out in the successive fighting incidents, and the martial arts world even compiled a ranking of the martial arts schools in Jinshi City. In fact, the Po Yu Knife School was at the top, and the other two major fist and palm skills ranked second and third. The Qingsong Sword, which was originally as famous as them, has fallen after the tenth place.
This list was posted on notice boards in major squares and in front of martial arts gyms. Anyone who wanted to learn martial arts would first take a look at the list, inquire about more information, and then decide which school to go to. Naturally, they no longer paid attention to the losers in the competition and rushed to those large martial arts gyms one after another.
The trend became more and more serious, and there were even rumors that some disciples betrayed the martial arts school and joined other schools.
Several major martial arts schools have made a big fuss about this and welcomed disciples from other small schools to join them, and even offered subsidies.
Gradually, the number of warriors in the large martial arts halls increased, while the defeated small martial arts halls became increasingly desolate.
This incident has affected the entire Jinshi City, but it has not had much impact on the Hongxian Sword Academy.
After all, it is true that the Red Line Sword Academy defeated the Qingsong Sword Academy, one of the original four major martial arts schools. Even if it closed its doors and stopped accepting challenges, this record alone is enough to attract attention.
Moreover, Hongxian Sword is the only sword academy in Jinshi City that accepts female disciples, and only accepts females. It has a monopoly in this regard and will not affect the interests of other martial arts schools.
Therefore, the Hongxian Sword Academy, which was initially caught up in the martial arts turmoil, was able to settle down afterwards and was one of the few beneficiaries besides the three major martial arts halls in Jinshi City.
Although the benefit is very small.
……
The turmoil surrounding the martial arts competition gradually subsided after two or three months.
The final result was just as the top leaders of the big martial arts halls that caused the turmoil had expected. They defeated the small martial arts halls one by one and excluded the larger Qingsong Sword Hall. Now, only the three major martial arts halls have the final say in Jinshi City.
The other small martial arts schools are already deserted and deserted, so don't worry about them.
Although many damaged small martial arts gyms also drove in and made noises, few people would listen to them.
After another two or three days, when Xi Heng was having dinner with several senior sisters in the Red Line Sword Academy, he heard them talking about the news from the outside world:
The owner of Qingsong Sword Hall, who had been in seclusion practicing sword skills, has come out. He became furious when he learned that the reputation and prestige of Qingsong Sword Hall had become increasingly bad recently, and announced that he would go to the three major martial arts halls to seek an explanation.
"Come to think of it, it was our Red Line Sword Academy that was the first to defeat them. Will this person also hold us accountable?" someone worried.
"Don't worry." Senior Sister Hong Miao brought a tea bowl and sat down next to Xi Heng: "The culprit is the three major martial arts schools nowadays, and we are just affected by them."
"If he insists on pursuing the matter, I will kill him if he dares to come." Hong Miao said, "Just like when Xi Heng killed his disciples."
"Senior sister is so domineering." Xi Heng responded casually.
For some reason, Senior Sister Hong Miao was always extremely confident when facing any enemy. She would draw her sword as soon as she was told to, as if she had never thought about what would happen if she lost.
Could it be that the senior sister is really super strong? When she faced so many strong people on the day of being kicked out, she was confident that she could defeat them?
Or maybe this person is really not afraid of death at all?
Xi Heng really couldn't guess.
"In addition," said another sister who was telling the news, "when the head of the Qingsong Sword Hall announced it, many heads of other small martial arts halls also echoed each other and wanted to join together."
"There may be some trouble in Jinshi City in the next few days, so everyone should keep a low profile when going out."
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Chapter 23: Martial Arts Tournament
Although he had to be careful and keep a low profile outside the hospital, Xi Heng rarely left the hospital.
Normally, at most, she would be invited by her wealthy junior sister to watch a play or have a banquet at a restaurant. For Xi Heng, who traveled from the modern era, these things had no appeal and would not disturb her concentration on practicing martial arts.
Xi Heng always regarded martial arts training as his top priority, and it was natural for him not to leave the courtyard for an entire month.
Therefore, in the next few days, the many disturbances in the outside world naturally did not affect her at all.
Three days later, news came that the turmoil in the martial arts hall outside had ended.
Among the three major martial arts halls, the Po Yu Knife Hall was suddenly attacked by the owner of the Qing Song Sword Hall and dozens of masters from smaller martial arts halls.
The owner of the Broken Jade Sword Hall led many disciples to try to stop them, and threatened to have a one-on-one duel with the owner of the Green Pine Sword Hall to end the matter.
The master of Qingsong Sword Hall naturally agreed, and exchanged dozens of moves with the opponent in front of everyone, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.
The winner was finally decided until the owner of the Broken Jade Sword Hall shook his sword violently, and the sword ring swung out like a hidden weapon, punching several holes in the body of the owner of the Green Pine Sword Hall.
This insidious move which was despised by the warriors immediately caused the other masters who followed to curse. However, the owner of the Broken Jade Knife Hall said: This is also one of their sword techniques. Sword techniques are essentially killing skills. Any move that can kill people is a good move. There is no distinction between light and dark, right and wrong.
This explanation only intensified the conflict, causing the scene to become even more chaotic, with several masters rushing forward as if to attack in unison.
The master of the Broken Jade Knife Hall walked down from the stage and led hundreds of his disciples who had entered the realm of strength to attack and kill him.
Unexpectedly, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted to stop, and then he flew into the air, killed the owner of the Broken Jade Knife Hall with one sword, and then, under the stunned gaze of the crowd, he pulled down his hat and walked away.
In just a few seconds, dozens of men in black robes suddenly appeared and chased after the swordsman in the bamboo hat. In just a moment, they disappeared.
The chaos in the martial arts hall was thus temporarily calmed down, and public opinion in the martial arts world turned to the swordsman in the bamboo hat who came from nowhere, trying to understand his identity and swordsmanship, and some people offered a large reward for any gossip.
Afterwards, the other two major martial arts schools each made some compensation to the affected small martial arts school, and the whole fight seemed to have come to an end.
……
In the afternoon, at Hongxian Sword Academy, there was a tea party under the mulberry tree in the courtyard.
Xi Heng was listening to the chatting of the senior sisters in the tea room.
They were talking about the news coming from the outside world:
"Legend has it that this man is an unrivaled master in the martial arts world, his name is... Langtaojian." someone said.
Another senior sister who often goes out to collect and purchase supplies and is well-informed said, "It's Jing Tao Jian. He has been in seclusion for more than 20 years. I don't know why he showed up recently."
Hong Miao said softly, "No one knows why this expert came to Jinshi City, and no one knows why he was chased... Now there are so many warriors in Jinshi City, and why they came, all are unclear."
"We at the Red Line Sword Academy can only do our best to stay out of this situation." She said, "Notify everyone in the academy to gather after tea, and ask everyone to behave themselves these days."
The other sisters nodded in agreement.
The teahouse was not yet closed when someone came jogging over from a distance. She seemed to be one of the junior sisters who was guarding the gate today.
"Senior Sister, someone just delivered this invitation." The other party came to Senior Sister Hong Miao and handed her something.
Xi Heng took a peek while sipping his tea and saw seven bold characters written from top to bottom on the red stripe on the surface of the envelope:
The first martial arts competition in Jinshi.
Hong Miao frowned slightly, opened the envelope, and took out a piece of white paper with black words on it.
She read the invitation as quickly as possible, and then explained to the people around her:
"Several masters in the city have teamed up with some large and small martial arts schools to hold a martial arts competition to truly determine which martial arts schools are stronger and weaker, and to put an end to the issue of kicking out the schools. This is an invitation letter from Qingshan Sword School, asking us to send someone from Hongxian Sword to participate."
"This is the center of the chaos, you can't go there." The senior sister who was in charge of purchasing said directly.
"Indeed." Hong Miao nodded slightly, and then said: "However, this invitation letter is not so much an invitation to the Hongxian Sword Academy, but judging by the words on it, it seems more like an invitation to someone from our Sword Academy."
"Who?" Xi Heng tilted his head.
"He once defeated the second disciple of Qingshan Sword Hall, causing Qingsong Sword Hall to lose power, and eventually even the owner of the hall was killed in a duel." Hong Miao handed over the invitation letter:
