After Xu Yan came to the center of the square, he glanced around and found that even though it was raining in spring today, there were still two or three thousand people gathered densely around the square, and except for some senior elders who had a row of temporary canopies temporarily built in the north of the square, most of the disciples were the same as him at the moment, just wearing bamboo hats and doing some simple ways to shelter from the rain.

Seeing that almost the entire sect had gathered here, Xu Yan suddenly realized that this so-called selection competition, which had never had a precedent, seemed to represent Zhao Bailian's determination to revive the sect, otherwise it would not have been necessary to be as powerful as the preparation for the Baishan Spring Hunt, which had been less than a month.

After waiting for a long time in the field, it was Xu Yan who came to meet him, this outer disciple of the Chunzi Sect called Ma Ming, his face couldn't help but be stunned, although he didn't know any information about this little junior brother, but he also knew that the other party had only been in the sect for three years, and his cultivation was only two floors.

Ma Ming knew that the identity of the other party was the sect master's personal disciple, so he was a little secretly bitter in his heart, he looked at Xu Yan, and after a moment of silence, he said with a wry smile: "Little junior brother, I didn't expect you to also draw the first game of the first round. ”

Compared with Ma Ming, Xu Yan had long known that the opponent would be him, so he was not surprised, and even yesterday, he spent some time checking the other party's information.

Ma Ming, an outer disciple of the Chunzi Sect, joined the sect at the age of thirteen, is twenty-two years old this year, and has been in the third floor for more than a year, his strength is quite good, and he has a solid foundation, if it weren't for offending Zhou Xian before, he would have become an inner disciple steadily.

Xu Yan knew where the wry smile on the other party's face came from, so he nodded to him with a smile and replied: "Senior Brother Ma doesn't have to keep me because I am a personal disciple of the sect master, since the master can personally name you to compete, it means that Senior Brother Ma has been paid attention to by the master and his old man, and you should go all out." ”

When Ma Ming heard this, he heard the sincerity in Xu Yan's words, and couldn't help but feel a lot better about the latter, it seems that the little junior brother in front of him is not at all as others say, he is a guy with an arrogant personality and no one in his eyes.

Ma Ming saluted Xu Yan with a fist and said, "Since this is the case, then please be careful, junior brother, I will not have any reservations." ”

Immediately, Ma Ming drew his sword from his back.

Looking at this posture, he just waited for the indifferent lineman elder to give an order.

......

Compared to the momentum in the center of the square at the moment, the participating disciples who were divided into four areas according to their respective factions were undoubtedly pointing fingers at Xu Yan and Ma Ming at this time.

For example, in the camp of the Chunzi faction, someone whispered: "I didn't expect this little junior brother to be the first to play, and he also drew Ma Ming from my Chunzi faction, but unfortunately Ma Ming doesn't know what to do, and he can be said to be like fire and water with us, otherwise he can make some efforts to kill him as soon as possible, so as to save him from being an eyesore." ”

"Ma Ming's strength is quite good, if he can let go of his hands and feet, regardless of the identity of the little junior brother, it is not too difficult to defeat the latter, but with his temperament, he will dare to fight with us, after all, the little junior brother is the sect master's personal disciple, I guess he doesn't dare to use all his strength at all. ”

......

Among the thirty people selected by Zhao Bailian in this time, twenty of them are inner disciples, but almost all of these disciples are headed by Zhou Xian, and the remaining ten outer disciples are opposed to Zhou Xian and others, so that in the small area of the Chunzi faction, there are two different camps invisibly.

However, although these nine outer disciples disdained to be in the company of Zhou Xian and the others, in terms of the outcome of the battle between Xu Yan and Ma Ming, they obviously had the same views as Zhou Xian's side, after all, as a three-story sword cultivator, they would not feel at all that the little junior disciple who had only stepped into the second floor for a few months would have any luck and chance to win.

......

In a canopy in the middle of the square, Zhao Bailian sat on the main seat, and sitting in the same canopy with him was undoubtedly the Supreme Elder of the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter factions, looking at the two people who were ready in the square, their views were no different from those disciples present.

Among them, Wang Chu was originally due to his straightforward personality, and even sighed, and said bluntly: "I didn't expect the sect master's personal disciple to draw the first one, it seems that his luck is not very good." ”

When Zhao Bailian heard this, her face was still unshocked, she just turned her head and said to Wang Chu with a smile: "Elder Wang, Xu Yan is fighting on behalf of your Dongzi faction, why, you are so optimistic about him?"

Wang Chu smiled awkwardly and replied: "It's not that I, Wang Chu, am not optimistic about him, it's really Xu Xian's nephew's cultivation ......"

Zhao Bailian waved her hand and interrupted him with a smile: "It's one thing to have a high or low level of one's own cultivation, but it's another thing to be able to show the advantages of one's cultivation when you really fight, so you might as well take a look first."

When Wang Chu heard this, he did not continue to answer.

And at this moment, the linesman elder who was also in the rain curtain, only about ten zhang away from Xu Yan and Ma Ming, finally spoke: "Since you are ready, let's start, but you had better keep in mind the rules of the battle, there are only two rules, first, no matter what the situation, you must not hurt the opponent's life, and second, as long as the opponent in the battle is forced out of the battle circle under his feet, or force the opponent to run out of strength, and he is unable to fight again, even if he wins." ”

The linesman elder always had a grim face, with a cold expression as if everyone owed him money, but it was obvious that he had not only told Xu Yan and the others these two rules, but also to all the participating disciples present.

Seeing Xu Yan and Ma Ming nodding one after another, the Linesman Elder stopped being verbose, and then walked lightly and withdrew from the battle circle that he had personally carved out with his sword qi in advance.

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The spring rain is endless, like a silver needle falling obliquely in the sky, and when it hits the bamboo hats on the top of their heads, it makes a crisp click.

Ma Ming held the sword in his right hand, ignoring the rain blocking his vision, and the moment the Linesman Elder's feet withdrew from the circle, he was already running wildly with the sword.

Being on the battlefield and wanting to get the first opportunity is the biggest truth.

Seeing the other party rushing towards him with a sword, Xu Yan did not panic in the slightest, his mind moved slightly, and the sway behind his back flew into his hand out of thin air, and then he was the same as Ma Ming, and rushed directly towards the other party.

So, just as the figures of the two were staggered, a sword light suddenly lit up in the rain curtain.

Then there was a bang!

Ma Ming slashed out the long sword in his hand, but he was directly blocked by Xu Yan easily, his face was stunned, but the right hand holding the sword did not stagnate at all, and drew an arc in the air.

The blade of the sword was extremely sharp, as if it had cut through the entire rain curtain. Xu Yan saw that the other party's sword was directly slashing at the door in front of him, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately counted his steps continuously, and his figure instantly flew back, and in a blink of an eye, he opened a distance of three zhang from it, making Ma Ming's sword swing miss again.

Ma Ming saw that his two swords were fruitless, and he no longer dared to despise the other party in his heart, and his right hand holding the sword threw out the Dao Dao Sword Flower, shaking countless raindrops at the same time, his body rushed forward quickly, trying to close the distance between himself and Xu Yan again.

However, after Xu Yan passively took his two swords in a row, he already had a general understanding of his strength in his heart, and immediately decided not to continue to entangle with him, and the posture of holding the hilt of the sword with one hand also became a two-handed sword.

Xu Yan looked at Ma Ming's figure constantly rushing forward, his face was expressionless, and on his body, only the sword intent rose sharply, and it was not until the other party was only about a zhang away from him that he slashed out the sword that he was dragging behind him.

Xu Yan's sword, in the eyes of everyone, did not have the slightest fancy, like a man in the market hammering a stone, and after his sword was completely cleaved, he didn't wait for Ma Ming to completely get close to him.

Ma Ming, who was already extremely close to Xu Yan, saw Xu Yan's inexplicable sword, and he was a little unclear, but there was a trace of uneasiness in his heart, and the fact was just like his intuition at this moment, before he stabbed the long sword in his hand at Xu Yan, a strong sword aura appeared out of thin air in front of him.

This sword qi was more than a zhang long, and it smashed down on his head like a giant axe that opened the sky.

Seeing this, Ma Ming's face was suddenly shocked, and he immediately stopped his body and turned to attack and defend, and the long sword in his hand, which was intended to stab the opponent's chest, was instantly horizontal above his head.

But without the slightest hindrance, this huge sword qi finally fell on his long sword.

Boom!

Feeling the huge power of the sword qi, Ma Ming smiled bitterly, and then his body was irrepressibly blasted out for more than ten zhang, and he fell heavily to the ground.

After a long time, Ma Ming slowly got up from the ground, and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood in his mouth, he hobbled forward to pick up the long sword that had already come out of his hand, and then turned to Xu Yan and said helplessly: "I didn't expect the strength of the little junior brother to be so strong, I admit defeat." ”

Xu Yan also replied with a fist in return, and said with a smile: "I agreed." ”