Chapter 157: Enlightenment of Mental State

  The position of the host, he never thought would be contested!

  He just wants to be a carefree young master.

  But he didn't expect to be driven out in the end, in such a humiliating way. He couldn't forget the ridicule he saw when he left home, and he couldn't forget that the usually respectful family slaves suddenly spoke ill of him.

  But at that time, he was just a warrior who didn't like to cultivate.

  He thought that by not cultivating himself, he could let his brother worry about him, but when he was awakened by reality, what burst out was a terrifying determination.

  Cultivate the sword path!

  From that humble warrior back then, he has now become a powerful master who dominates one side, even in Jianjia, he is the top-ranked.

  And today, he will use his own way to prove his innocence to these people.

  "As it turns out, I never forgot."

  What if we didn't flee in disarray at the beginning, but chose to fight back instead? Perhaps there would have been a different outcome. Indeed, what we regret is always what we dare not do, rather than what we have already done.

  Huo Jian slowly closed his eyes, "Since I can't forget, I won't hide anymore. This time, whether in victory or defeat, I will fight with dignity!"

  "The right to choose has always been in one's own hands."

  Huo Jian suddenly opened his arms wide, and the surrounding air automatically became still!

  The leaves that were drifting down from the big tree suddenly stopped, eerily suspended in mid-air, as if they had encountered some terrifying aura.

  Huo Jianzheng fell into silence.

  Not far away, Xia Lin watched this scene. A faint smile appeared on Huo Jian's face. He finally let go.

  "Master, what's wrong with Brother Huo?" Ye Jianxiao suddenly appeared from somewhere, asking with his head bowed, apparently the terrifying aura just now had awakened everyone.

  "Breakthrough in mind, still realizing." Xia Lin said with a smile.

  "Mental state." Ye Jian exclaimed, for a master of swordsmanship, mental state is almost everything!

  The stronger your heart is, the stronger your power will be!

  "The leaves have all stopped moving, and even Huo Qianbei has grasped some kind of terrifying martial skill." Ye Jian exclaimed.

  Xia Lin glanced at him and sneered, "If you're envious, then hurry up and break through too. What's the big deal about being stuck in the Condensed Sea Initial Stage? Bullying people of the same realm is interesting?"

  Yes. Loathing of the Red Fruit.

  Ye Jian, with his talent, should have broken through long ago, but for some reason, he's been stuck at the Condensed Sea Initial Stage. With his explosive swordsmanship, taking out a few Condensed Sea Initial Stages is just one move. This is clearly a case of using a high-level account to slaughter low-level accounts in the newbie zone.

  Xia Lin was very disgusted with this point.

  "No rush." Ye Jian scratched his head, "Breaking through too quickly is easy to attract attention, especially with Jian Jia and Jian Ming still around, and that crazy old lady of his. What if he notices me? I won't be able to take it lying down."

  "Hmph." Xia Lin smiled and didn't say anything.

  What he actually meant was: If that crazy woman were really as you said, she would have set her sights on you long ago. Would you still be able to pick and choose?

  "Alright, let's go. Huo Jian has made great progress. This Sword Conference has gained another thread of hope." Xia Lin smiled and said, then waved his hand to signal Ye Jian to retreat together.

  "But Senior Huo..." Ye Jian said with some concern.

  At this time, Huo Jian was standing alone under the big tree, his eyes closed tightly, completely in a state of trance, if someone came to attack at this moment, he would definitely not know how he died.

  Xia Lin smiled brightly and pointed at the sky.

  "What?" Ye Jian was perplexed and followed Xia Lin's gaze, looking up to see a raven slowly flying over the small courtyard.

  "What does 'Shifu' mean?" Ye Jian asked in confusion, wanting to ask something, only to find that Xia Lin had already turned and left.

  However, at this moment, a silent sword hum sounded, seemingly silent, but Ye Jian still noticed the tremor of the air.

  "Whoosh!"

  A terrifying and dangerous aura flashed across Huo Jian's body, disappearing without a trace.

  In the sky, a few feathers fell down and floated in front of Ye Jian's body. As for the crow, it had already been shattered by this aura, without even leaving behind a corpse.

  Ye Jian swallowed hard and hastily retreated a few steps, as if the Ho Jian in front of him had turned into something extremely terrifying. He quickly turned around and followed closely behind Xia Lin.

  "What's wrong? Don't worry anymore?" Xia Lin looked at him with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression.

  "Don't... don't worry about it."

  Ye Jian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still worried about nothing. In this state, if he dared to go over, not even a hundred would be enough to chop him up, basically just sending him to his death. Being killed by the enemy was one thing, but if he fell into the hands of Huo Qian's senior, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to plead for mercy.

  The two of them went their separate ways, and another night slipped away quietly.

  And Huo Jian stood in the courtyard all night...

  The next day, the entire Jianye City was bustling with unprecedented excitement. Countless people flowed towards the Jian family's residence, which was crowded to the point of bursting. Whether it was in front of the Jian family's gate or inside, even on the three streets nearby, there were dense crowds of people everywhere.

  In the center of Jianjia, on a magnificent martial arts platform that was over 100 meters in length and width, two people were engaged in a back-and-forth test of swordsmanship.

  This is the first round of the Famous Swordsmen Conference. All participants will first compete with a junior disciple from Jianjia to determine if they have the qualifications to enter the conference.

  It's very easy, as long as you can withstand this disciple's few attacks.

  And this disciple seems to be only in the initial stage of Condensing Sea.

  "It's just a small matter, I'll go first, haha." A middle-aged man with a full beard walked up, exchanged a brief greeting with Jianjia disciples, and raised the sword in his hand to attack.

  The strength of this middle-aged man is indeed at the Condensing Sea Middle Period.

  In the mid-term confrontation with Ninghai, it was a natural suppression of boundaries, but inexplicably, seeing middle-aged people go up, many people's faces showed a playful expression.

  "Clang!"

  A sword cry sounded, a sharp sword suddenly slashed by, and the middle-aged man who was laughing loudly was suddenly shocked. Before he could react, he saw a sword light flashing in front of his eyes. Then, some hair on his head fell off and floated to the ground.

  The middle-aged man swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looking at the young disciple in front of him who was still calm and composed.

  "You lost."

  Jian Jia's disciple calmly said to him, then slightly bowed and asked him to leave.

  "I... I'll go down now." The middle-aged man hastily left, and the builder next to him looked at him with a helpless shake of his head, striking his name off the register.

  Middle-aged man challenges, fails.

  Some of the restless early disciples of Jinghai Congregation around them. One by one, they all quieted down.

  What's going on?

  Is this an entry-level match?

  A mid-term disciple of the Condensed Sea was directly defeated just like that?

  How can these people bear it, Jianjia's disciples are really so powerful?

  For a moment, everyone was in a panic.

  "I'm coming."

  A pleasant voice came from afar, and everyone looked over, only to be surprised to find that it was a young man who looked somewhat immature. He seemed to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.

  Is this person also here for the competition?

  Everyone looked at him with suspicion, but they also saw his strength, Cong Hai's early days.

  Everyone sighed, and the previous Condensed Sea Middle Period all failed. What are you doing going up with just a Condensed Sea Early Period?

  "Name."

  "Yè Jiàn."

  "Very well, go ahead." The writer said to him, Ye Jian smiled and walked up to the martial arts platform, "Begin."

  Whoosh!

  "He actually let Jian's family make the first move?"

  "Tsk tsk, this poor kid seems to have missed the performance just now."

  Yes.

  The disciple of the Jianjia sect opposite him looked at his reaction. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed, but he still maintained his own demeanor. Not a single thread of emotion was revealed, very obedient, one sword out!

  A fleeting shadow passes by, without a wisp of smoke or fire.

  "Right!"

  A loud sword hum, everyone was shocked to find that a sword had actually blocked in front of Ye Jian.

  After you!

  Ye Jian actually countered instantly after Jian Jia's disciple made his move.

  "Hiss!"

  The long sword moved up with the momentum, and Ye Jian's swordsmanship was very skilled, following the hilt of Jianjia disciple's sword, flashing to the opponent's neck, and at this time, Jianjia disciple just barely reacted.

  "You lost." Ye Jian smiled and said, still so careless and unfeeling.

  "Alright." Jian Jia's disciple bowed respectfully and then invited Ye Jian to come down.

  The leaf sword floated down, and the writer satisfactorily wrote two words after the name of Ye Jian: Passed.

  "Is it just like that?"

  Everyone was somewhat bewildered, as if they hadn't seen anything at all.

  In that instant, a flash of sword light was seen, and Ye Jian's sword had already been placed on the opponent's neck, this was too fake.

  However, several people with higher strength were shocked after secretly analyzing it.

  Counterattack and suppress by taking advantage of the situation.

  This is the absolute suppression of Kendo!

  With the same boundary, the swordsmanship of Jian Jiazi's disciples was actually suppressed. How terrifying must this young man be?

  Just as everyone was in a state of confusion, a middle-aged man walked onto the stage, and it turned out to be Huo Jian.

  It was strange that at this time, Huo Jian looked as if he had become much younger. His original face in his thirties now looked like it was only twenty-eight or nine years old, and he seemed to have gained a few more carefree airs.

  "Name."

  Huo Jian.

  The writer's steady hands suddenly trembled, as if he had thought of something, looked up at Ho Jian with an incredulous expression in his eyes, and then forced himself to calm down.

  "Let's get started."

  Jianjia disciple calmed himself down, preparing to make up for his earlier loss. His task wasn't to win the fight, just to hold on for a few moves and he could advance to the next round, so his strength wouldn't be weak either. Although his boundary position was different, his swordsmanship level was indeed the highest among his peers.

  This is also the purpose of Jianjia. Let you see, how strong the disciples of Jianjia are. In the same realm, almost all of you will be killed in seconds, so if you want to improve your strength, come to our Jianjia! As long as you come to our Jianjia, you can also become so powerful.

  Let's not mention Jianjia's original intention, at this time, Jianjia's disciples looked calmly at the person in front of them.

  Huo Jian walked quietly onto the stage, drew his sword, sheathed it, and then walked off the stage.

  The disciples of Jianjia were shocked, what does it mean?

  Is he kidding me?

  Not to mention that his sword speed is slow to death, and the distance is so far away, just playing a sword flower will go down, is it coming to show off?

  "Huo Jian, pass, next one."

  The writer said in a low voice and wrote two words "passed" on the roster.