Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 11: Princess of Qin (Part 2)
Qincheng.
The avenue is crowded with people and cars.
As the capital of Qin, one of the nine great states, Qincheng has always been bustling.
However, with the revival of the White Walkers thirty years ago, Qincheng is still as prosperous as before, but it is ultimately less lively.
Many people are aware of this and want to change, but are ultimately powerless to do so.
Because the source of everything is the White Walker.
How can we change if the White Walkers are not eliminated?
However, in the Qincheng city, which had been as calm as dead water in recent days, it seemed as if someone had thrown a stone into it, causing a different kind of waves.
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It seems to be nonsense to say that Qin was a martial country - a truly powerful country must be martial.
But even so, there are very few countries where the martial spirit is almost universal like that of the Qin State.
The most distinctive feature is the ubiquitous martial arts arenas within the Qin State, and most of them were established by the Qin government.
In the Qin State, in addition to its inherent attribute of being used to compete for bravery and ruthlessness, martial arts competitions are actually more like a "national quintessence" and a form of entertainment.
Throw a few punches whenever you can.
Without further ado, everything is on the ring.
These are slangs that are widely circulated in the Qin State.
It is this kind of nationwide martial spirit that has made Qin's national strength extremely outstanding and stood among the superior countries.
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Qincheng.
The crowded crowd and noisy shouting merged into one.
It was an arena built by the Qin government and was extremely common in the Qin territory. It was densely packed with countless people.
For the people of Qin, fighting in the ring was very common.
Although there is always a shortage of people coming to watch the fun, a fight in the ring that gathers so many people is rare no matter what, let alone now, thirty years after the resurrection of the White Walkers.
The reason for this is that at some point in time, six large characters were engraved on the stone tablet next to the arena - The World's No. 1 Swordsman.
Anyone who sees this stone tablet for the first time will lament that the person who engraved the words is too arrogant.
However, those who are currently surrounding the ring may not think so.
They looked at the young swordsman on the ring with strange eyes.
He has a handsome appearance and looks very much like the romantic swordsman in biographical novels.
In fact, it does.
Because this young swordsman, who had occupied an arena since he arrived in Qincheng three days ago, openly renamed the stone tablet engraved with the arena number to "The World's No. 1 Swordsman".
Such a rampant behavior immediately caused displeasure in some people.
As a result, the young swordsman quickly dispelled those doubts with the ordinary iron sword in his hand.
Seventeen consecutive wins.
If the opponents in the first few games were a bit tricky, the people who came on stage later on became stronger and stronger.
What’s even more terrifying is that this young swordsman did not use his own swordsmanship to defeat his enemy, but his opponent’s swordsmanship.
He first passively defended and allowed his opponent to perform sword moves. After a few moves, like a kendo genius, he directly used the sword moves that his opponent had just performed and defeated his opponent.
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
In just a few breaths, he was able to use his opponent's sword moves for his own benefit and defeat him. What level of swordsmanship attainment does it take to be able to do this?
The gold content is what really makes people feel suffocated.
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Lu Qingshan held the sword in both hands, stood lazily on the stage, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Even in the world of cultivation, for a sword cultivator with top-level talent and attainments in swordsmanship, fighting against the swordsmen in the Daoyuan Realm who are equivalent to secular martial arts masters is completely a dimensionality reduction attack.
So no matter how he wins, it will not be too much for Lu Qingshan.
It’s not that he deliberately wanted to control the Qin swordsman, but this was indeed the only way Lu Qingshan could think of to find Qin Yitian in the huge Qin City as quickly as possible.
——As long as he becomes famous enough for the whole city to know, Qin Yitian will also know about it.
The more Lu Qingshan understood the Daoyuan Realm, the stranger this world seemed to him.
First of all, the fact that the language of Daoyuan Realm is the same as that of Cangqiongtian is already very unreasonable.
Then, the Taoist scriptures of the ancient sect Shanhai Pavilion turned out to be the Taoist methods recognized by the Daoyuan Realm.
And just in time, when he came into this world, he experienced another time when time was flowing backwards.
At this point in time, perhaps Shanhai Pavilion is still there?
Or is it that Shanhai Pavilion has not yet been born?
Lu Qingshan was lost in thought.
At this moment, a thunderous roar suddenly broke out from the audience.
When Lu Qingshan looked up, he saw a sturdy man with dark skin and a sword in his arms already stepped onto the stage.
"Ape Lord Sword! Ape Lord Sword! Ape Lord Sword!"
Lu Qingshan looked at the man on the stage called Ape Sword Marquis with a smile.
His hair and beard were extremely long, and he really looked like a hairy ape.
As if sensing Lu Qingshan's gaze, Ape Sword Marquis turned his head and stared at Lu Qingshan.
Their eyes met for a moment.
"My name is Yuan Er. My fellow martial artists gave me the nickname 'Yuan Gong Jian Hou'. I wonder what your name is?" Yuan Er introduced himself solemnly.
This man, called Ape Sword Marquis, was abandoned in the wild by his biological parents when he was still a baby. He was picked up by a female ape whose baby had died, and was raised as a baby monkey.
The monkey group the mother ape belonged to was led by a white ape who could use a bamboo stick. When Yuan Er was a child, he often used the bamboo stick to fight with the ape as a game, and thus he learned superb swordsmanship.
Later, Yuan Er was met by the King of Qin. Seeing his extraordinary swordsmanship, he made him a marquis and asked him to train Qin's swordsmen.
In Qincheng at that time, Yuangong Jianhou's swordsmanship was definitely among the top five, if not the best.
No wonder the people of Qincheng are so excited.
This is a truly heavyweight sword fight.
"My name is Lu Qingshan, and my fellow martial artists generally call me 'Crossing River Dragon'." Lu Qingshan smiled and responded.
You are an ape and I am a dragon, and I have more than one to suppress you.
If it were at a different time or place, the onlookers would definitely boo when they heard Lu Qingshan call him like that, after all, the name was too arrogant.
But the outcome was still unknown, and Lu Qingshan had already proven himself in the previous 17 sword fights, so no one said anything for the time being.
"A dragon crossing the river?" Yuan Er took a deep breath and stared at Lu Qingshan.
His experience of living among apes as a child gave him a wild animal-like instinct for danger.
He sensed a sense of danger from Lu Qingshan, just like... the tiger that dominated their forest.
So he was very cautious.
Suddenly, Yuan Er rushed over and swung his sword fiercely and quickly, heading straight for Lu Qingshan's face.
This is a common opening tactic. Once you gain the upper hand, you will launch a series of attacks like a storm.
In fact, Lu Qingshan has never tried to take the initiative in the past few days.
Compared with previous opponents, Yuan Er’s ghostly speed did surprise Lu Qingshan.
But that's all.
In his eyes, Yuan Er's sword skills, which he learned from monkeys, were full of flaws.
In Yuan Er's vision, when his sword was less than a foot away from Lu Qingshan's handsome face, Lu Qingshan suddenly disappeared in front of him.
Before he could come to his senses, his knee seemed to be hit by a hammer, and he fell to the ground, with beads of cold sweat the size of beans dripping down his face.
Behind him was Lu Qingshan with a calm expression .
The Qin people in the audience were in an uproar.
What's going on?
The famous Ape Sword Master was defeated as soon as they met?
Yuan Er stood up with a heavy face, stretched his right leg that was kicked by Lu Qingshan, and rushed towards Lu Qingshan again.
For a moment, the arena was filled with sword shadows and whistling winds.
Lu Qingshan just dodged as before and did not draw his sword.
Ten breaths later, Yuan Er was once again fooled by Lu Qingshan. He was too exhausted to follow up with the next move.
"It's my turn."
Seeing this, Lu Qingshan smiled, rushed forward, and slashed Yuan Er in the face with his sword.
It is exactly the same style as the first sword used by Yuan Er at the beginning!
Although the approach is the same, the results are very different.
"when!"
The Qin people in the audience, who had been excited, stopped shouting.
They clearly saw that Yuan Gong Jian Hou raised his sword to block in a hurry, but he was no match for Lu Qingshan's strength, and the sword in his hand flew out of his hand and fell to the ground.
The tip of the iron sword in Lu Qingshan's hand stopped three inches in front of Yuan Gong Jianhou's face.
The sharp sword wind caused a tiny scar to appear on the dark face of Ape Sword Marquis, and tiny beads of blood flowed out of it.
Lu Qingshan put down his sword lightly.
"The monkey still can't beat the dragon." He said expressionlessly, speaking of something that was only natural.
He raised his hand, "Isn't it said that the Qin Kingdom values martial arts? Who wants to fight with me?"
"If you don't have this title of the world's number one swordsman, I won't be polite."
The Qin people in the audience looked at each other in bewilderment, and some "swordsmen" who were secretly watching from a distance were also in deep thought.
Lu Qingshan knocked down Yuan Gong Jian Hou, who was considered a top swordsman even in the entire Qincheng, in just two encounters. No one had the confidence to defeat this swordsman of unknown origin, and no one wanted to step up at this time and bring bad luck.
For a moment, the downtown area of Qincheng, which should have been bustling, fell into an eerie silence.
The bustle makes the place more peaceful.
Until the sudden sound of hurried horse hooves broke the silence.
A small team of elite light cavalry rushed out from the end of the downtown street, causing the bluestone floor to begin to vibrate slightly.
Along with the shaking of the floor, the uneasy hearts of the swordsmen who were watching in secret also began to shake.
The Qin people who were watching hurriedly made way, but at the same time they were confused and didn't know what was going on.
The Qin people had already figured out the identities of the light cavalry from the armor they wore, which was engraved with dragons and phoenixes.
The Dragon and Phoenix Guards are the personal soldiers of their lady princess.
But why would the princess's personal soldiers appear here?
Is it because of the young swordsman on the stage?
This shouldn't be the case... In their Qin State, martial arts are prevalent, and fighting competitions in arenas are commonplace. Not only does the government not prohibit them, it even takes the initiative to build arenas to promote fighting competitions.
Even if people from other countries came to Qin to compete, as long as they did not violate Qin laws, Qin would never care...
Could it be that the young swordsman in front of him had done something that angered God and man?
Just when the people of Qin were filled with doubt and uncertainty, this team of light cavalry came galloping over, with a murderous aura that rose to the sky.
This light cavalry came from the Qin princess's own Dragon and Phoenix Guard. They came roaring and stopped in front of the arena.
Between movement and stillness, the outstanding qualities of this light cavalry were fully demonstrated.
The next moment, the leader of the cavalry, the cavalry captain, stepped out and asked in a resounding voice, "Crossing the River Dragon and Lu Qingshan?"
Lu Qingshan narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that the cavalry under the ring did not have murderous aura, so he did not care and said lightly: "That's right."
"Her Royal Highness the Princess invites you." The cavalry captain's voice was as loud as a bell.
