162: C162 Swordsman Xia Mao

C162 Swordsman Xia Mao

After another day of rest, the fourth round of the assessment officially began.

Currently, there were only sixteen people gathered on the stage, and these sixteen people, were the ones who had the highest battle strength among the Duobao Sect disciples.

Today's match to enter the top eight was extremely important, because after this competition, the top eight disciples in Duobao Sect would be born. And afterwards, there would even be eight disciples who would lose, competing for the top eight positions.

At this moment, Great Sect Master came onto the stage, and said slowly to the sixteen disciples below: "Firstly, this sect leader congratulates all of you here. Since you are still standing on the stage, this means that your strength is enough to surpass the entire Duobao Sect's top disciples."

Next, I will announce the rules of the competition. First, we will also allow our sect heads to draw lots to select the top eight disciples to compete with each other, and then, we will decide the top eight disciples to fight against each other. After that, we will decide the order of the top nine to sixteen.

In fact, the nine to sixteen disciples that wanted to determine their ranking had to go through several battles. The disciples that were eliminated at this stage still had to participate in battles, and it was extremely arduous.

However, if they were injured in the previous battle, it would be extremely disadvantageous for their following matches.

"# 94 versus # 6." Nie Zhen's number was selected by Fourth Sect Master, and the person fighting with him was someone who was ranked sixth among the core disciples of Duobao Sect.

In other words, he was the number one Duobao Sect disciple after the top five strongest Duobao Sect disciples. His name was Xia Mao, and he was the second senior brother of Great Sect Master's bloodline. His status was only second to First Senior Brother and Qin Wuyan.

As for the Second Sect Master, Duan Rong, he heaved a sigh of relief when Nie Zhen's list of opponents was released. Although Xia Mao was strong, his cultivation was only at the second level of the Sky Realm.

In this way, Nie Zhen would definitely be able to kill his way into the top eight. In his first year in the sect, he had slaughtered his way from the senior disciples all the way to the core disciples, and all of a sudden, he even made it into the top eight.

Thinking about this, Duan Rong was extremely excited, but in the next moment, his heart turned into ashes …

Because his second disciple, Yin Nian, had drawn Qin Wuyan.

Duan Rong's good mood from before was completely gone now. When Yin Nian met Qin Wuyan, it could only be as he had said before, that Xiao Bian had won.

Yin Nian was originally ranked seventh, so his results were pretty good. Unfortunately, he met Qin Wuyan. It seemed like he could only win the 9th place this year.

As for the other two disciples, Soong Dong'er's opponent was weak, but Jian Yong's opponent was Third Sect Master's second disciple, so he should not be as strong as her and would probably be defeated. However, Jian Yong's strength might not be able to reach the top ten, so it was not too bad.

Since there were only eight groups of disciples participating this time, the first round would be over and there would no longer be any participants participating in the second round.

Nie Zhen and the other person came to the two sides of the stage at the same time and stood opposite of each other.

Xia Mao was a young man wearing a green tight suit. He had an ordinary appearance and a tall and straight body, but the most eye-catching thing was the celestial sword on his back.

Core disciples all had Storage Ring s, so most of them kept all their Spirit Treasures into their Storage Ring s. It was rare to see someone carrying a weapon on their back.

There was only one type of person who could carry an immortal sword on their back, and that was a true swordsman.

The techniques and techniques these people practiced were all related to swords. They were all very dedicated people, and the weapons they would use in their lifetime would only be swords. Even if they had higher level spiritual tools in front of them, they would only choose swords.

On the stage, Xia Mao looked at Nie Zhen and snorted coldly, "Nie Zhen, right? I've seen the scene where you defeated Shen Tiannan. It's just so-so. In front of my Sword Truth, your moves are not even worth mentioning! "

Nie Zhen smiled faintly at him, but did not respond. He understood too much about these kind of harsh words and did not have the time to fight back.

Nie Zhen's disregard made Xia Mao even more certain that Nie Li was a weakling. Therefore, he continued, "Do you think that geniuses are so easy to be? Even I, First Senior Brother, Qin Wuyan, was unable to surpass the top ten in this first year with his talent. Do you really think that your talent is above his? "

Nie Zhen looked at Xia Mao and said indifferently, "I don't know who is stronger between me and his talent, but I don't care. He is him, and I am me. Don't tell me that you have been comparing your cultivation path with others?"

"You …" Xia Mao was about to counterattack, but he saw Nie Zhen's sharp eyes and swallowed the words he was about to say.

"To be honest, do you really think that your talent is below Qin Wuyan's?" Nie Zhen's words directly pierced Xia Mao's heart.

"I... My talent is naturally... " Xia Mao didn't want to admit that his talent was inferior to Qin Wuyan's. Although this was true, his pride couldn't be admitted by himself.

"Naturally what?!" The path of cultivation was supposed to go against the heavens. The high and low talent was only a small aspect. The path of heaven's reward for hard work was the way of kings! Since you are obsessed with the way of the sword, you should cultivate your sword properly. If you think too much about it, just because of your talent, you will accept your fate. If you were to fight me today, you will lose for sure! "

Once upon a time, how could he be convinced that he was not as good as Qin Wuyan? However, as time passed, Qin Wuyan's cultivation status became higher and higher, and he became First Senior Brother. He also tacitly agreed to the difference in cultivation level, and peacefully became the number two in ten thousand years.2

But in the deepest part of Xia Mao's heart, had he not thought of using his own hard work to one day surpass Qin Wuyan? Not because of First Senior Brother's name, but because of his original ambition as a cultivator.

Not to mention bringing up these matters with others, even if he himself only dared to speak of it in the dead of night, he would still have some fantasies, but no one would be able to say it out loud to him.

And Nie Zhen's words were like a blow to the head, directly hitting the deepest spot in Xia Mao's heart.

The surrounding Duobao Sect disciples did not dare to speak anymore. It had been more than ten years since Qin Wuyan became the first Duobao Sect disciple, and his position was practically unshakable. In their eyes, Nie Zhen's words were simply outrageous!

However, Nie Zhen's imposing manner caused them to be unable to refute his words. In fact, they even had a sense of recognition deep within their hearts. Even Xia Mao, the person involved, had been silenced by Nie Zhen's words.

That's right, although talent was very important, if one accepted their fate because of it, then that was just too heartless!

Everyone present, whether it was the core disciples, senior disciples, or even ordinary disciples, had once had the dream of becoming a genius. However, due to reality constantly striking at them, they had all given up.

Now that he heard Nie Zhen's words, his blood started to boil.

"Huff …" Xia Mao shut his eyes tightly and let out a long breath. Only now did he recover from Nie Zhen's deafening speech. At this moment, his eyes were extremely clear.

When Great Sect Master saw this scene from his vantage point, his eyes immediately lit up. How could the change in expression before and after Xia Mao escape the eyes of these Expert of the Three Holy Stage? From Xia Mao's clear eyes, Great Sect Master knew that his realm was already vastly different.

"Second brother, thank you so much for your disciple." Great Sect Master looked at the Second Sect Master and smiled.

"Second brother's disciple's realm is something that my Duobao Sect disciples do not have. From his tone, he basically does not have any attitude towards eldest disciple Qin Wuyan. This positive spirit is quite valuable." Fourth Sect Master smiled at them.

"Everyone knows how to speak pretty words, but the difference in strength is just right in front of my eyes. Sometimes, you can't just rely on hard work to change the difference in strength …" Fifth Sect Master let out a long sigh. What he said made sense. Sometimes, the gap in talent is too big, so no matter how hard you work, it's useless.

However, if you think about it from a different perspective, since your talent is already low, and you still refuse to work hard, wouldn't you be crippled for the rest of your life? The less talent one had as a capital, the more one should rely on an unyielding spirit to work hard. This was the right path.

Even if you cannot surpass others in the future, at the very least, when you think back to that day, you would not regret it.

Just as Great Sect Master was astonished by Nie Zhen's words, Xia Mao cupped his fists and solemnly said to Nie Zhen, "Junior Brother Nie, today's words are as enlightened as ever. I'm deeply impressed. If one day I reach mastery in the way of the sword, I will definitely remember your kindness today!"

Nie Zhen smiled faintly: "It seems that you have understood something?"

No wonder the progress of the way of the sword has been so slow in recent years. Junior Brother Nie, you were born in Subordinate Country, yet you were able to obtain today's cultivation and strength, looks like it's not just about your talent, I'm afraid it's very much related to your realm. My master once taught us what it was, but I didn't comprehend it at that time, and today, I seem to have finally touched upon this threshold. "

Until now, Xia Mao more or less understood what kind of concept the realm his master spoke of was.

"However, Junior Brother Nie, one thing you said is wrong." Wu Tie changed the topic and spoke to Nie Zhen.

"What did I say wrong?" Nie Zhen asked in confusion.

"Shua!" Xia Mao took out the celestial sword from his back and said to Nie Zhen, "You said that I will lose to you today. I don't think so!"

"Hahaha!" "Alright!" He unsheathed the Immortal Sword from its scabbard and pointed at Xia Mao: "This is the Immortal Sword that my Master gave me. Today, I will spar with you in the way of the sword, Senior Xia, and it will be just nice for me to train my sword arts!"

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