Journey to the West: The Rise of Martial Arts

Chapter 12 Climbing the Tower and Worshiping the Sword
With the increase in strength, all kinds of thoughts in Ren Qinglian's mind began to suddenly become clear.

Is the old white fox really hiding evil intentions as he expected? Who are those enemies who are stalking in the dark and murdering the two pavilion masters of Baijiange?Before heading west, he always had to figure it out.

Although warriors don't pay much attention to the theory of cause and effect like cultivators, but in a sense, he owes Young Master Ren to his time travel and rebirth.Before leaving Chang'an, it can be regarded as some kindness to seek some justice for the Ren family and his son.

What's more, warriors fight in the sky and the field, fight hard, face challenges, and never take the initiative to shrink back!
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The main rudder of Baijiange in Chang'an City is actually a very gorgeous big villa with many houses, and it is decorated with uneven trees and rocks, which is unique.

While Ren Qinglian lingered in the bustling city of Chang'an under the night, she had already arrived at the main helm of Baijiange, and went straight to a large courtyard with a towering Wutoumen deep in the forest.

In the courtyard, the ridges of the roof are piled up, and the front hall and the back bedroom are all big Xieshan-style houses with four overhanging eaves, which is quite imposing.

However, Ren Qinglian's gaze fell on the stone pagoda in the middle of the yard, on which was engraved with a golden word "Sword" painted with silver hooks. After the swordsmanship, let's do it to our heart's content.

Ren Qinglian has long been familiar with the word "sword" on this pagoda, but tonight, it was the first time he felt the aura contained in the word "sword". Swallow eight wastes!

This kind of momentum is the so-called sword intent.

Warriors do not practice spells, but they can condense their unique spiritual will into martial arts, so as to achieve the effect similar to "spells".

And this sword intent is just an extremely superficial kind of fate.

Although Ren Qinglian had vaguely touched the true meaning of sword intent before, she was still a little short of time to achieve Ren Taixu's level.

However, this discovery made him cautious the moment he stepped into the compound.

Back then, Ren Taixu was already a first-class master, and he was also a first-rate master who had comprehended the use of sword intent. That's it, he could still be plotted to death. It is conceivable how powerful the enemy he will face must be Xiuwei.

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In the lobby on the right side of the stone pagoda, some disciples had already notified Pavilion Master Bai of the news of Ren Qinglian's return.

Hall Master Bai, who had always been a little distracted, straightened up from the chair all of a sudden: "Did he come alone?"

"He's the only one! Hall Master, don't worry, Master Qingyu is also on his way." The disciple said with a smile. He is obviously a close friend of Pavilion Master Bai, but he doesn't know who the "Real Master Qingyu" is. .

Hall Master Bai's brows that were knit together suddenly loosened, and snorted, "I don't know what kind of shit luck that trash has, but he can still win in the martial arts competition... That's all, I heard that he will be killed on the spot." Swallowing that Huangji Pill is simply a disgrace and has never seen the world!"

You can scold him, but Hall Master Bai has never seen Huang Jidan himself, and anyone can hear the envy and jealousy in his words.

The disciple was even more jealous, and thought: The blame is only that the people participating in the competition are all rich and poor. If he had known this before, and replaced him to participate in the competition, then the Huangji Pill may already be in his pocket at this time things!Thinking of this, his hatred for Ren Qinglian actually increased a bit.

Hall Master Bai scolded himself for a while, and felt that the boss was bored, so he waved his hand and said, "Go and inform the others, the play must be completed, so let this kid be proud for a while!"

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When Ren Qinglian entered the hall, the room was already full, and the hall masters and elders who stayed in the capital were all seated.

Seeing Ren Qinglian coming in, the messy hall was suddenly quiet.

"Sure enough, that Huangji Pill has been refined!" Everyone looked at Ren Qinglian's aura and thought to themselves.Young Master Ren's swallowing of the Huangji Pill on the spot has long been passed on by those warriors, how could they not know.

Seeing the reactions of these people, Ren Qinglian can probably guess that they must be happy and worried at the moment, but it is not known which ones are really happy.Turning his eyes, he landed on the old fox Bai, and said with a playful smile: "I don't know what the important thing is that Hall Master Bai is in a hurry to call this young master back to the pavilion!"

Hall Master Bai made a haha, and sang loudly: "Master Xuanzang will go west with Master Xuanzang early in the morning, and I really caught this old man by surprise!"

Many people laughed, Ren Qinglian's victory in the martial arts competition really shocked their eyes.

Hall Master Bai continued: "Earlier, the Eldest Young Master stepped forward and agreed to be our Hall Master, but he did not formally climb the tower to worship the sword. His name is not justified! The reason for calling the Young Master back is because he wanted to send you back before you leave. This ceremony is completed, and it saves me from being gossiped by outsiders!"

"Please young master ascend the tower and worship the sword—" the disciple following Hall Master Bai then shouted, as a good promise, he mustered all his energy to shout out, causing the whole hall to buzz rattle.

The elders and hall masters all came to their senses, and shouted one by one: "Please ascend the tower and worship the sword——" But they didn't think about it too much, after all, it was the main force of the White Hall who pushed Ren Qinglian to the throne of the pavilion master at the beginning , now seeing that this young master has the strength of a first-class master, it is understandable to want to be worthy of the name.

Ren Qinglian's heart was bright, the old white fox probably didn't intend to go through this cutscene before, and now he suddenly mentioned this time again, most likely he wanted to embarrass himself with the rules of climbing the tower and worshiping the sword.

Baijian Pavilion is famous for its swordsmanship. This tower worship sword is the main purpose of the Xinren Hall to pay homage to the swords left by the elders of the previous hall masters after their death. Those swords are placed in the stone tower in the middle of the courtyard.

Moreover, during the process of ascending the tower to worship the sword, any elder, hall master, or disciple of the sword worship pavilion can challenge the new hall master to a martial arts competition to show justice.

"Okay!" Ren Qinglian suddenly remembered that the long sword that Ren Taixu left in the stone pagoda seemed to be an ancient relic obtained together with the fragments of his mind. It's also good to take it and use it.

Hall Master Bai was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Ren Qinglian to agree so happily, but he thought that this kid had swallowed a Huangji Pill this afternoon, his self-confidence was bursting at the moment, and it was possible that he could be defiant, so he didn't think about it.

Soon, everyone followed Ren Qinglian out of the lobby one after another, and came to the stone pagoda.

Outside, there were [-] well-dressed disciples of Baijiange holding torches and standing around the stone pagoda. When they saw Ren Qinglian walking up the stone pagoda, these disciples all knelt down in unison and shouted loudly: "Please!" The young master ascends the tower and worships the sword!"

These one hundred and eight disciples all have not weak martial arts skills, shouting at the same time is no less than thunder on the ground.

Ren Qinglian looked calm, walked up the steps step by step, and came to the stone pagoda gate.

Facing the door are the swords left by Ren Taixu and Ren Qingyun, and there are dozens of swords of different shapes around them, all left by the elders and hall masters who worshiped Jiange and sacrificed in these years.

Under the reflection of the flames, the entire interior of the stone pagoda was filled with dazzling snow.

Ren Qinglian bowed one by one according to the rules in the pavilion, but her eyes fell on the darkest long sword among them. This is the long sword left by Ren Taixu. Just looking at the appearance, it is also the most ordinary sword sword.

However, it is self-defeating, this sword is probably not as simple as it appears on the surface.

Thinking of this, Ren Qinglian stretched out her hand.

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded from outside the tower.

Ren Qinglian had long expected that the old fox Bai would cause trouble for herself in the process of ascending the pagoda and worshiping the sword, so she casually held Ren Taixu's long sword in her hand and turned to look.

(End of this chapter)