Chapter 38 The First Opponent!

  The mid-year exams have started.

  Eighty wooden alleys, sixty-one of which are unfolding an extremely fierce battle.

  In one of the eighty wooden human passages.

  Gu Chao drew his sword out of its scabbard, and with a long, crimson blade, he made three consecutive slashes.

  Three knives cut off the wooden man's neck.

  Bang!

  The puppet's neck was immediately cut off, and it lost its mobility.

  Easily solved another wooden man.

  The last time the outer door disciples were recruited, Gu Chao had not yet discovered what kind of moves these wooden men were. Now that Gu Chao has discovered it, the moves of the wooden men are basically from the 72 roads of knife method in Mount Tai, but these wooden men do not carry knives and use their wooden hands as knives to perform these moves. Because these moves are very familiar to Gu Chao, breaking them is relatively simple.

  So Gu Chao easily broke through Muren's defense and hit him instantly, while Muren found it difficult to hit Gu Chao.

  This time through the wooden man alley, Gu Chao rushed relatively easily.

  However, this time through the wooden man's alley, the difficulty was not the wooden man itself, but other people.

  This year-end exam is a competition between people.

  At this time, this wooden alley has also been rushed through, and the front is where the eighty wooden alleys turn into forty alleys.

  And at this intersection, which opponent will you meet?

  Gu Chao put his hand on the hilt of the knife, and whoever he met would go up.

  He finally arrived at the intersection, where a white-clad youth, Murong Ying, stood with his hands behind his back. Gu Chao was taken aback for a moment. The eighty wooden puppet lanes converged into forty, and the first enemy he encountered at the first intersection turned out to be Murong Ying, the number one of Xue Shan Manor. If one were to believe what others said, this would be considered extremely unlucky, as the probability of running into Murong Ying was too low, and Murong Ying was too strong.

  Gu Chao's hand was pressed on the knife handle, his grip very tight.

  Murong Ying's hand was also pressed on the hilt of the knife.

  The two people's gazes confronted each other in mid-air.

  If you meet at the intersection, there are two options: one is to fight, and the other is to join hands.

  It now seems absolutely impossible for them to join hands, as Murong Ying is someone who wouldn't even live in the same dormitory with others.

  Murong Ying instantly drew out his knife. His long knife was no longer an ordinary copper-colored long knife, but like ice and snow, with a cold and proud aura.

  Gu Chao also drew out his knife, a standard red copper long knife without any special features.

  At the same time as he drew his sword, Murong Ying's feet moved swiftly and rapidly towards Gu Chao. Gu Chao was not to be outdone, and Murong Ying counterattacked, charging forward. The two clashed in mid-air, their auras fiercely colliding at the same time. In the extremely small space, the two long swords continuously collided, transforming into various sword techniques.

  Murong Ying's swordsmanship was unpredictable and mysterious.

  Gu Chao's swordsmanship was unpredictable and ghostly, without fixed moves or techniques.

  In terms of knife skills alone, this is absolutely a showdown between the two strongest knife-wielding masters in Xin Xue Mountain Villa.

  Three moves!

  In three moves, countless changes!

  Bang! Gu Chao was blown away, after all, his overall strength was not as good as Murong Ying's, and he fell into a disadvantage in just three moves.

  Murong Ying sheathed his sword: "Not bad, your strength is not bad. With Fang Yin, Zhang Tao, and Lin Yuan, it's unclear who's stronger or weaker. I'll give you an opportunity. First, have a showdown with Fang Yin, Zhang Tao, and Lin Yuan to see who's the strongest among you, then come back and duel me."

  Gu Chao's long sword pierced the ground: "I will, I will surpass Fang Yin, Zhang Tao, Lin Yuan and others, but the last one to surpass is you." Gu Chao suddenly issued a challenge declaration.

  "I'll be waiting." Murong Ying's expression remained as cold as ever: "The other sixty disciples of Snowy Mountain Manor are too boring, I hope you can make things a bit more interesting for me." After saying that, he walked away directly, heading deeper into the Wooden Dummy Alley. He didn't think Gu Chao had any chance of beating him; no one in Snowy Mountain Manor had any chance of beating him - this was Murong Ying's confidence.

  Gu Chao also took a deep breath, this time facing Murong Ying who had never been defeated, but was already at a disadvantage after just three moves. Murong Ying was indeed very strong! However, he was determined to surpass Murong Ying, and that was Gu Chao's unyielding conviction - an absolute refusal to be second-best, and the determination to be the best.

  Then he himself set off, Gu Chao put the red copper long knife back into its scabbard.

  After exchanging three moves with Murong Ying, Gu Chao's divine light became more restrained, and at the same time, his deeply hidden battle intent also became more vigorous.

  A wooden man rushed up, Gu Chao instantly drew out his scabbard and instantly slashed three knives, this wooden man instantly fell down.

  After defeating this wooden man, Gu Chao's battle intent did not dissipate in the slightest.

  Now Gu Chao's will to fight is like a reservoir storing water, and the reservoir is about to be full.

  ……

  Outside the Wooden Man Corridor, Nan Gongyuan was sipping tea.

  There was another person drinking tea with Nan Gongyuan, an old man in gray clothes. The old man had a ruddy complexion and a white beard. This old man also had a surname and a name, his surname was Bai Xiao, and his name was Sheng.

  That's right, Bai Xiaosheng.

  In this world, there are all sorts of people and all sorts of interests.

  Like Gu Chao's interest in knife methods, some people are interested in light work. The predecessor Ximuzi, who created the Wooden Man Lane, is interested in puppetry.

  And this person with the surname Bai Xiao, he was interested in intelligence, interested in all kinds of intelligence. At that time when Gu Chao first entered the Tai Shan Sect as an outer door disciple, he received a list of the top ten masters among the outer door disciples, which was actually compiled by him. It was also the top ten beauties list, which was also compiled by him.

  He is indeed a very unusual person, and of course, Nan Gong Yuan also knows that although this Bai Xiaosheng's interest is not in martial arts, his actual martial arts strength is really strong, unfathomable.

  Bai Xiaosheng has a natural talent for martial arts, but he is not interested in it.

  Bai Xiaosheng came here this time, and the reason is very simple: Mu Rongying.

  As an intelligence officer, he liked to grasp all kinds of talented information. Murong Ying was called a little genius, so he came here and wanted to see what kind of performance this little genius would show in the year-end exam.

  Tea is Mengshan tea.

  Mengshan Mountain Top Tea, this is a fairly famous tea.

  Water is from the second spring of Taiji, Hushan.

  Tea from Mount Meng and water from Tiger Hill.

  Nangong Yuanzhang slowly sipped his tea, while Bai Xiaosheng had a pen and paper with him, he was getting impatient.

  A man in black appeared suddenly: "The results of the eighty advancing to forty have come out, this time sixty-one people, eleven people were eliminated, and fifty people remained. Lin Yuan, Zhang Tao, and Fang Yin, these three seed players, Fang Yin encountered an opponent and joined forces with him, while Lin Yuan and Zhang Tao both defeated their opponents." Fang Yin was good at uniting people, but Lin Yuan and Zhang Tao were not good at this point, and each had his own style.

  But these are not what Bai Xiaosheng wants. What he wants is information about the young genius Murong Ying, and he doesn't need to record any ordinary people.

  The man in black finally said to Murong Ying: "Murong Ying met Gu Chao at the intersection."

  "Nan Gong Yuan, the elder, said: 'Is that Gu Chao, who relied on his intelligence and cleverness to pass the outer disciple examination, but later performed mediocrely and ranked fifty-ninth?' He also had an impression of Gu Chao because he had read the report from the Wooden Man Alley at the time, and he was also amazed by it, unfortunately, his later performance was too ordinary."

  "That's right, it was him." The man in black said: "The two exchanged three moves, Mu Rongying had the upper hand and Gu Chao was at a disadvantage. Mu Rongying sheathed his sword without fighting and left directly."

  "Hasn't Murong Ying lost in just three moves? It seems that I underestimated this Gu Chao earlier." said Nan Gong Yuan, the elder, slowly. The first battle didn't reveal anything because it was only three moves.

  But, the year-end exam has just begun. Let's see what more surprising performances Mu Rongying will have later on, and how much potential Gu Chao still has. Although Gu Chao can't catch up with Mu Rongying, nor can he be as strong as Zhang Tao, Fang Yin, and Lin Yuan, he should at least show some improvement.

  So, whether it's Nan Gong Yuan Zhen or Bai Xiao Sheng Zhen, neither of them is in a hurry.

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