Chapter 61: Thunder and Wind
Chapter 61: Thunder and Wind
Lin Wanyi's brows slightly frowned.
Of course she didn't like Bai Langxing's smile. She just felt that this person was really weird and incomprehensible.
Who are you acting like this for?
She didn't even look at Bai Langxing anymore and looked at her next opponent.
They are all young geniuses, and two of them are even ranked in the top ten on the list of the Sky Patrol, ranking higher than her.
However, the principle remains the same.
If the outcome of everything in the world could be determined directly by realm or ranking, then why would there be constant disputes?
There is certainly nothing wrong with the list given by the Sky Patrol. The ranking is based on each person's own realm, their specific achievements in the past year, and their mood swings, such as whether they have encountered setbacks in love recently...
With so many comprehensive factors, and after careful calculations by the strong men in the Sky Patrol Department, and finally personal correction by Pei Jinge, the world's top strong man who has already achieved enlightenment and is not far from the Yuhua realm, everyone has to admit the authority of this list.
Lin Wanyi naturally admitted it.
Since she has admitted it before, why is she still acting so calm and composed at this moment, revealing her strong self-confidence that is self-evident?
"I'll go first."
A dull and suppressed voice sounded.
There was no uproar among the crowd, but the emotions in their eyes when they looked at Lin Wanyi became more complicated, because this person happened to be the strongest among the more than ten challengers, and ranked ninth on the Xuntiansi list.
He was a genius from the south of Daqin named Lu Shengping. He was about three years older than Lin Wanyi and was quite tall.
Unlike Gu Zhuo, he has achieved many victories in the past three years and has long been known to the world.
For practical reasons, after receiving the hint from Prince Bai Langxing a few days ago, he struggled with himself painfully for a whole night, and finally chose to agree helplessly.
Because he believed that with his realm only one step away from Dong Zhen and his rare failure in the past, he could definitely gain the trust of His Highness, and then relying on this trust, if not to rise to the top, at least he could make many changes in his life.
But... Lu Shengping never expected that when he stood up in the crowd tonight and challenged Lin Wanyi, there were more than ten people who did the same thing as him.
At that moment, if the light in the room had not been dim, and his face had not been so dark that his expression was not obvious, and everyone's eyes were on Lin Wanyi, that face filled with embarrassment, humiliation and intense anger would have been clearly seen by everyone.
This is why Lu Shengping was the first to stand up - he wanted to end this farce as soon as possible and prove to Bai Langxing that he didn't need so many people to deal with Lin Wanyi tonight, he alone was enough.
Lin Wanyi said nothing and nodded calmly.
The two walked to the field.
The deacons of the Sky Patrol who were responsible for maintaining order in secret kept their eyes focused, ready to take action at any time to avoid accidents.
Gu Zhuo's eyes were as calm as water, but there were ripples in his heart.
Many voices kept ringing in his heart.
Those voices came from the wind in the Divine Capital, the grass underfoot, and the water in the lake. They were all asking Gu Zhuo if he wanted help to ensure that Lin Wanyi could win this battle.
For some reason, the night, the bright moon and the earth, who had known him longer and had a deeper friendship with him, did not say a word at this time and remained silent.
"no need."
Gu Zhuo said to them in his heart.
The moment the words fell, the battle between Lin Wanyi and Lu Shengping officially began.
Without any probing, and to everyone's surprise, both sides chose the fastest way to end the battle.
One punch against one palm.
Lu Shengping stared at Lin Wanyi expressionlessly and punched her directly.
As the fist passed, the light that fell between the fingers became hazy and confused, as if caught in an invisible vortex.
A sharp tearing sound like a hurricane suddenly rang out.
The power of this punch can be seen with the naked eye.
What was even more terrifying was that Lu Shengping's speed was matched by this. In an instant, he had eliminated the distance between himself and Lin Wanyi and came in front of her.
This was undoubtedly a full-strength punch.
At the same time, Lin Wanyi just managed to take action.
Bai Langxing had a blank expression on his face, and he felt unhappy as he watched this scene.
Song Jinglun didn't know what to do.
The young monk wondered if it was time for him to stand up.
The Taoist goddess had the simplest idea. Her eyes fell directly on Gu Zhuo with great interest.
Lin Qianshui has already stood up, her eyes full of worry.
Gu Zhuo did nothing.
When everyone was subconsciously worried about Lin Wanyi, not wanting to see such a beautiful girl suffer a tragic defeat on the spot, they sighed with sympathy and even avoided watching the embarrassing scene that followed...
Lin Wanyi finally moved.
When the force of her punch was about to end and could not be stopped, she pressed her body downward and forward, somehow getting rid of Lu Shengping's energy lock, and she actually brushed past the fist that contained wind and thunder.
Lu Shengping's face suddenly changed, and he immediately ignored the injuries caused by the temporary reversal of the flow of true energy, and turned his fist into a hammer, smashing it down on the girl's back.
As long as he can land this blow, he can still win the battle.
Lin Wanyi sensed this very clearly, but ignored it because she was sure that the hammer would not fall in time because she had already made her move.
hiss.
A very slight sound fell into the ears of everyone at the table, and it sounded like something like cloth being torn.
However, people had no time to pay attention to the voice. They followed Lin Wanyi's figure with extremely nervous eyes. They saw that the hammer transformed from Lu Shengping's fist fell down a breath slower for some reason.
Just this difference of a breath allowed Lin Wanyi to pass through unscathed.
The next moment, Lu Shengping's face suddenly turned pale, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth due to the forced reversal of the flow of true energy. His body half-knelt on the ground due to the powerful inertia brought by the falling hammer.
boom!
The powerful true energy that had not yet been dissipated was all poured into the ground, forming cracks. Everyone even felt a slight vibration, which was enough to show the horror of this hand hammer.
Many people were watching this scene, thinking that the outcome was still uncertain...suddenly, a flash of blood appeared in their eyes.
Below the arm where Lu Shengping was punching, a tear suddenly appeared in his clothes on the side of his chest, and then a long and narrow wound appeared on his body, which had been tempered thousands of times, from the front to the back.
Blood kept oozing out of the wound, soaking his clothes in a blink of an eye, making his arm, which was gradually falling down weakly, look even more miserable.
It was not until this time that most people realized it belatedly.
It wasn't that Lu Shengping's hammer was inexplicably slow, but that Lin Wanyi condensed her true energy into five fingers as a blade and slashed across at the moment when they passed each other, making it impossible for him to move faster.
The Immortal Monk seemed to be in awe and said, "If it were me facing this punch, I would probably use my palm to transform the lake to block it. In the end, I would certainly win, but it would definitely not be as clean and neat as Miss Lin."
As the little monk's voice just happened to sound, everyone's eyes began to shift to Lin Wanyi and look at her right hand.
In the dim lights, the night wind never stops.
The girl casually shook her hands, the blood drifted away with the wind, and her five fingers were as clean as before.
At this moment, Lu Shengping's hoarse voice mixed with pain rang out.
"I lost."
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Lu Shengping was born in Houde Taoist Temple. The academy's teaching policy for students is just like its name. Students who come out of the academy are famous for their physical body and true energy strength far exceeding that of their peers.
As one of the most outstanding students in Houde Taoist Academy in the past ten years, he excels in this aspect, and even relies on his outstanding talent to make up for his disadvantage in speed to a certain extent.
If not for this, the Sky Patrol would not have placed him in ninth place, just after Song Jinglun.
And the six people in front have already stepped into the hole, which is really perverted.
If Lin Wanyi was still the same person as before, even if she could win this battle, it would be a miserable victory.
But the last time she fought was in Wangjing, in early spring, against a classmate of Gu Zhuo from Changzhou Academy. Since that day, she has never fought again, not even once.
No matter how powerful the Sky Patrol is, or how all-pervasive its intelligence network is, they will ultimately make inferences based on facts that have already happened, and will not make guesses out of thin air, especially on the Summer Festival list.
Lin Wanyi has always been diligent in her practice.
During the days when she left Wangjing and headed for the capital, even though she was infinitely curious about the customs and people she had never seen before, she still insisted on practicing every day and never slacked off for a moment.
At that time, she had already confirmed that Gu Zhuo was stronger than herself, so she asked him for advice on cultivation. The latter had always been generous to his friends and naturally did not hide anything.
During this journey of about a month, although she failed to advance further in realm and directly step into the realm of truth, she made great progress in other aspects, especially in the flow and perception of the aura of heaven and earth, and how to apply it to the most important battles.
The moment Lu Shengping challenged her, Lin Wanyi knew she would win.
The only thing that surprised her was that the victory was easier than she thought.
The night wind gradually died down.
Lu Shengping had been carried away and was receiving the necessary treatment - the long and narrow wound looked horrifying, but it was not particularly serious, at least it would not affect his participation in the summer festival in the near future.
There was silence in the room.
Lin Qianshui sat down again and looked at her sister with complicated eyes.
The goddess Jingtian felt a little regretful.
She was not interested in Lin Wanyi because the latter could not be her opponent. She only regretted not being able to witness Gu Zhuo take action with her own eyes.
The young monk had not thought about these things at all. He was feeling proud of himself and very satisfied with his just-right support.
Bai Langxing raised the corners of his mouth and chuckled.
Then he raised his hands and belatedly applauded Lin Wanyi.
The applause echoed by the lake, leaving many people in the audience stunned, wondering what you mean, Your Highness the Third Prince?
The dozen or so young geniuses who had not yet returned to the desk but had already challenged Lin Wanyi were even more embarrassed. They felt that they could neither advance nor retreat, and their chests were filled with extreme depression and discomfort.
Bai Langxing ignored these people and just looked at Lin Wanyi's back quietly, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with him.
Of course there is a relationship.
It's just that he doesn't care.
He didn’t even take Gu Zhuo seriously, let alone these ordinary geniuses?
Today he came to this extremely boring banquet just to take a serious look at Lin Wanyi, the daughter of that woman.
Now that I have seen everything I should have seen, there is naturally nothing to be nostalgic about.
Just when many people were about to applaud along with Bai Langxing, the prince stood up without warning, causing Song Jinglun, who was standing nearby, to become extremely alert, fearing that he might suddenly get the urge to fight Lin Wanyi.
With Song Jinglun's background, he naturally knew Lin Wanyi's true identity, so he really didn't want to see an infighting among the royal family members on the banks of Baima Lake tonight.
He glanced at Gu Zhuo calmly and found that he did not make any move. After hesitating for a moment, he finally stood up and tried to smooth things over so that the banquet would not be too messy.
However, the next moment, Song Jinglun was stunned.
Under the gaze of everyone, Bai Langxing walked with his hands behind his back, without even looking at Lin Wanyi, and walked straight out of the venue.
A carriage was waiting for him there.
The people sitting at the banquet looked at Bai Langxing's back as he walked away. Not to mention the many girls who already had a good impression of him, even many young boys thought that his charm was truly extraordinary and were very envious of him.
How do you describe a famous person?
Someone couldn't help but sigh and said: "He came here with excitement and left with excitement, what a romantic life."
After these words fell, everyone present felt more and more that Bai Langxing was indeed a nobleman and not an ordinary person.
Just at this moment, a voice with a faint smile sounded.
"Gu Zhuo, I suddenly thought of two words. How about you guess them?"
"…Is it childish?"
"Not just childish."
"She is just a child who hasn't grown up yet. It's normal for her to be childish. You don't need to care so much about it."
The two voices, as if they were talking to no one else, were blown into everyone's ears by the night wind, and were extremely clear.
Bai Langxing suddenly stopped.
There was silence.
Silence fell.
Bai Langxing turned around and looked at Gu Zhuo who was sitting by the water, and said with a smile: "If I heard correctly, you said that I am a child who has not grown up yet. Is it normal for me to be childish?"
What he hated most in his life was being called a child. It was because that woman had shown him pity with that look that made him decide to leave the capital and go to the wasteland shrouded in snow and wind all year round.
He never imagined that he would receive such an evaluation after five years of hardships, and the evaluation was even described as childish!
Gu Zhuo simply hummed.
Bai Langxing narrowed his eyes, his smile became more and more sharp, and asked in a cold voice: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know."
Gu Zhuo said: "But you probably don't know what you are doing."
When he said this, his tone was no different from usual, but it gave off a condescending feeling.
This made Bai Langxing particularly uncomfortable.
Lin Wanyi said, "You can remove the "probably" because he was so obviously proud just now, and it's obvious that he doesn't know."
Gu Zhuo thought about it and felt that this sentence made sense. He nodded and said, "You are right."
Bai Langxing finally couldn't laugh anymore.
He looked into Gu Zhuo's eyes and said expressionlessly, "If you can't give a reason, your future path will become extremely difficult. This is also not a possibility, but a certainty."
“This sentence is actually a little better.”
Gu Zhuo said patiently, "Like the trick just now, where someone made a move in front of you, and then kept telling yourself in your heart that you just wanted to take a look at someone else, and pretended to be nonchalant and didn't personally take action. You are neither her mother nor your own father, and the importance is far from enough to affect the whole body, so you'd better not ask the adults in your family to do this kind of trick."
He finally said: "Because besides being boring, it just makes you look extremely childish."
After saying this, Gu Zhuo stood up and was about to leave by boat with Lin Wanyi.
Bai Langxing looked at the two men's backs, his voice as cold and hard as stone, filled with murderous intent that chilled the heart.
"Do you think you have the right to say that to me?"
"Do you really think you are my opponent?"
"You think I won't kill you?"
He asked three questions in a row, until the place became as silent as a grave.
Many people present did not dare to look at Bai Langxing. They could all imagine his extremely ugly face. If he was not extremely angry, how could he blurt out such words?
Gu Zhuo gave answers to these three questions without even turning his head and thinking.
"Ah."
"Yes."
"You can't beat me."
At this point, Lin Wanyi looked back and smiled gently, reminding: "Your Highness, please don't humiliate yourself. Of course, you can stick to your own ideas. This is not childish, just a little stupid."
Bai Langxing looked at the two people's backs, and after a moment's silence, he took a step forward.
It was clearly approaching summer, but as he took a step forward, everyone in the field suddenly felt as if they were in the middle of winter.
This chapter is two in one
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