Chapter 28: The Strongest of the Strict!

  Platform for debate.

  Two masters sat upright with dignity.

  Yan Jing Shifu was as serious and solemn as ever, while Zhou Zhi Shifu's face looked a bit unsightly.

  The entire platform and square were silent, with a pin drop heard, everyone concentrated their minds, focusing on this magnificent debate conference.

  For this debate of ten thousand people, there was already a prediction on the Xin Gui platform beforehand. According to the prediction, Zhou Zhi's winning rate far exceeded Yan Jian.

  Strict and old-fashioned, has been mixed with low-level disciples for a long time, although claiming to have reached the post-heavenly period, but is unknown. Zhou Zhi, on the other hand, is a true first-class strongman in the post-heavenly period, representing the young generation of masters in the Lingfu Hall.

  It often represents the college in participating in various trials and martial arts exchanges in the South China Sea Immortal World, with a great reputation and high popularity.

  Especially a few years ago, in the Five-Yearly South China Fantasy Holy Land, Zhou Zhi made a big splash and obtained many heavenly treasures. During this period, he was said to have encountered the siege of pre-heavenly spirits from multiple sects such as Cang Bao Zong, Qian Xin Zong, and Xian Yao Zong.

  However, he eventually broke through and became the biggest winner among the last batch of students who went to Xianyuan Shengdi. In the Southern Ocean Immortal Realm, his name was renowned far and wide.

  And his cultivation of "Thousand Illusions Thousand Searches" battle talisman also made him famous in one battle.

  Zhou Zhi's reputation is well-known outside, his combat power is extremely strong. Yan Jing's reputation is not obvious, but he is good at spreading the practical way of Xuan Dao, and he is enthusiastic about studying basic talismans and researching practical talismans from other schools.

  What kind of suspense will these two have?

  However, the scene turned out to be beyond everyone's expectation.

  Yan Jing Shizun unexpectedly took the upper hand, and in the debate stage, Yan Jing Shizun's every sentence was sharp as a knife. Not only did he dissect and answer one by one the questions about the Way of Symbols raised by Zhou Zhi, but he also turned the tables and launched a series of powerful attacks, synthesizing various interpretations of the symbols into all sorts of difficult-to-solve riddles, causing Zhou Zhi to suffer loss after loss.

  At this time, on the huge crystal wall, there was a phantom rune, and the phantom rune was the lowest-grade Cauldron Phantom Rune.

  The characters displayed were just dozens of simple combinations, and Zhou was asked to analyze them on the spot as a proposition.

  Zhou Zhi thought for nearly half an hour, but was at a loss for what to do.

  The strange thing about this symbol is that simple strokes can achieve relatively complex functions and can be recognized by the spiritual power.

  Once this token recognizes its master's spiritual power, it can only be used by that one person, which is quite extraordinary.

  Moreover, this symbol's structure is such that it cannot be probed with spiritual energy or divine consciousness. Once probed, it will automatically self-destruct...

  This strange and simple talisman, which looked ordinary at first glance, had actually stumped Zhou Zhi, a pre-heavenly born spirit.

  "Hey!" Zhu Yu suddenly felt a poke, and a small head appeared in front of him. It was Tian Xiaodan, that little girl: "Can you crack this symbol?"

  The carp glanced at her and shook its head.

  Tian Xiaodan said in a low voice: "You scoundrel, don't think I don't know, you're that damned 'Red Fish Young Master'!"

  The vermilion fish was taken aback for a moment and said: "You knew all this? Then why didn't you take me to the execution ground that day? Instead, you even lent me money?"

  Tian Xiaodan's face suddenly turned bright red, and she glared at Zhu Yu with a fierce stare: "What are you being so arrogant about? I took pity on you back then and helped you out. If it weren't for me helping you, would you be where you are today?"

  The vermilion fish is speechless.

  Suddenly, Tian Xiaodan's attitude changed, and she giggled: "Zhu Yu, tell me, how did you get this symbol? I...I...heh heh, I want to learn it too!"

  The vermillion fish smiled and suddenly darted forward, poking its mouth out.

  Tian Xiaodan looked ahead and saw that not far away, sitting upright with an air of dignity, was none other than her respected teacher, Gao Rou.

  Tian Xiaodan hastily stopped making noise, and Zhu Yu said in a low voice: "You were scared stiff! Only a bastard would eavesdrop, right?"

  Tian Xiaodan opened her mouth, just about to speak, when Gao Rou suddenly turned around, her face stern: "You two, if you say another word, get down from the high platform."

  The pig hastily closed its mouth, Tian Xiaodan made a ghost face and went back in an orderly manner.

  Gao Rou's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and she glared fiercely at Zhu Yu. Zhu Yu made a face at her, pouting his mouth, silently saying three words: "Bastard!"

  Gao Rou's face flashed with a hint of embarrassment before she quickly turned her head away.

  She was secretly shocked in her heart. Innate practitioners had their divine consciousness spread out, silent and soundless, something that ordinary acquired practitioners could not detect.

  But how did this rascal know he was eavesdropping on them?

  Gao Rou suddenly thought of that day in the small woods, Zhu Yu ran all the way, but suddenly stopped his footsteps outside the small woods, he obviously felt his presence.

  How is this possible?

  "This kid is strange!" Gao Rou thought to herself, and her heart couldn't help but add a few more points of vigilance towards Zhu Yu.

  ……

  "The time has come, the debate is over!" Elder Ousenmei of the Punishment Seat shouted loudly from the high platform.

  "Hah!" The crowd suddenly relaxed, and the red-robed and black-robed disciples' camps below began to make a ruckus again.

  This time in the debate, Yan Jing's master was absolutely dominant and didn't even give Zhou Zhi's master a chance to fight back, it was really unexpected.

  "Teacher is really strong, I didn't expect our school's teacher to be so powerful, if I had known this earlier, I should have worked harder..."

  "Yes, it's really beyond expectation. The strict master is indeed deep and hidden, and even Master Zhou can't be his opponent."

  "Cut, just now it was only a verbal debate, what's the use of just talking? Later it will be a martial arts debate, that is a real test of true swordsmanship, can Master Zhou match Master Zhang's strength?"

  "Yes, yes, Zhou Zhi's master has been to the Xian Huan Holy Land, with super fighting power. Can a single old bone like Yan Jing's master be his opponent?"

  “……”

  Many discussions unfolded in the camp of the disciples, and just at this time, Master Osho Meida suddenly spoke up:

  "The debate is fierce and the arguments are strong! The proposition's logic is flawed, and the opposition's reasoning is sound. The verdict is in: the opposition wins! Let the martial debate begin!"

  "Wow!"

  The pot exploded quickly on the scene.

  The elite disciples on the high platform and several masters also stood up.

  How is it possible?

  Strict teacher still lost?

  Zhu Yu was most displeased, he stood up and would have liked to go forward and reason things out.

  What a joke, Ou Shengmei is a Daoist master, that Zhou guy was questioned until his face turned red and he couldn't break a simple Cauldron Spirit Symbol in half an hour, how could he possibly win?

  "Silence!" Osaint Mei shouted loudly, her voice like thunder.

  The boisterous scene was instantly suppressed.

  The elite disciples and masters on the high platform also took their seats one after another. Only Zhu Yu felt uncomfortable in his heart and didn't sit down.

  Ou Sangmei gazed at Gao Tai from afar and said loudly: "Yan Jin, I have passed judgment on you. Can you accept it?"

  His expression remained unchanged, still stern and serious. He bowed deeply to Ou Shan and said, "If Master says I lost, then I lost!"

  Zhu Yu furrowed her brow and thought to herself: What is Master talking about? Why should someone with the surname Ou have the final say?

  "Alright, let's get started with martial debate!"

  Ou Shengmei waved her hand.

  The majestic crystal wall surface suddenly changed.

  In the crystal wall, there were two more figures, one was Yan Jing and the other was Zhou Zhi.

  With a solemn and polite bow, he said: "Master Zhou, please don't hesitate to enlighten me!"

  Zhou's face turned ugly, he snorted and said: "Lip service doesn't count for anything, if you can win me with real knives and guns, I'll acknowledge you!"

  When he finished speaking, he stopped talking nonsense, waved his big hand and pinched out countless seals.

  In an instant, the entire crystal wall transformed into a sea of flames, with countless symbol lights flashing amidst the raging inferno. The fierce blaze swept towards Yan Jing like a whirlwind dispersing residual clouds.

  "Advanced Glyphs"

  Zhu Yu's heart skipped a beat as he watched the innate spiritualist's symbol combat method for the first time. The shock of the scene far exceeded his imagination.

  Advanced Illusion Rune, can turn illusions into reality.

  Today's duel is just a trial, if two people really fight, the entire Bell Tower Square may be submerged in this sea of fire.

  Looking again at Yan Jing, he stood still and unmoving.

  His expression was calm and unchanged, as if it had been so for all eternity.

  A raging inferno swept in, and he seemed entirely unaware of it.

  His fingers lightly pinched the seal, and the symbols swirled around him.

  His body slowly floated up, like a withered leaf.

  Flames dozens of feet high arrived in an instant, but were firmly trampled underfoot.

  His expression slightly changed, his hand lightly raised, the symbol light flashed, transformed into five black long whips, suddenly smashed down, the fierce flames under his feet instantly split into five paths.

  Then he raised his hand again.

  It's five black threads again, fierce flames turn five into ten.

  His hands moved faster and faster.

  Innumerable black locusts crash down, crisscrossing each other.

  The fireworks that just filled the sky were actually isolated into countless pieces, and at first glance, it looked like there were countless stoves in a crystal wall.

  The flames of the firework just now suddenly greatly reduced in power.

  "Twenty-four soldier talismans of thousand seal talismans!"

  The vermilion fish was not unfamiliar, and he had studied the Twenty-Four Soldier Symbols, but he hadn't expected that the Thousand-Thread Symbol would have such a use.

  Twenty-four soldier talismans are divided into "knife, gun, sword, spear..." and so on. Its fundamental is to transform the talisman into twenty-four kinds of weapons, which is the basis of the killing talisman.

  However, at this time, Jian Chen was using the foundation symbol of slaughter, tightly binding Zhou Cheng's powerful killing intent.

  Zhou coldly snorted: "A mere 24 Spirit Seals can withstand my 'Thousand Searches, Thousand Illusions'?"

  He let out a loud shout, and the fierce flames quickly dissipated. From the depths of the trapped furnace, countless golden lights swirled up, and as they faded away, numerous fire snakes shot towards Yan Jian like a thousand arrows.

  Even when looking at the crystal wall, the vermilion fish couldn't help but retreat a step back.

  The sky is filled with fiery serpent swords and rain, which can be described as covering the sky and blocking out the sun. The momentum is frightening to people. If this were to hit a person, their flesh would not become a sieve?

  The killing talisman that Zhou Zhi practiced was called "Thousand Search Thousand Illusions", which was unpredictable and claimed to have thousands of millions of changes.

  A fierce fire is trapped, but it transforms into an arrow, its power even more intense.

  The strict hand seals didn't stop, twenty-four military symbols: "Thousand Knife Symbol, Thousand Spear Symbol, Thousand Sword Symbol, Thousand Halberd Symbol..."

  The twenty-four types of martial arts symbols appeared one by one in his finger gestures.

  That feeling is like a piano master playing a galloping horse song, with the fingers flowing with the feeling of thousands of horses and soldiers.

  That stunning scene is simply breathtaking, such a spectacle surpasses any epic battle movie on earth in the past life, bringing people a sense of being there in person, with blood boiling and thrilling feelings that cannot be expressed in words.

  Twenty-four soldiers' tokens activated, annihilating the Fire Snake Arrow Formation.

  But the war has just begun.

  The arrow array was blocked, and the fire snake quickly gathered. In an instant, a hundred-foot giant python swooped through the void.

  The mighty python's power is overwhelming, sweeping away everything. The countless gleams of swords and shadows in the air are all dispelled under the python's powerful body.

  The carp's heart had risen to its throat.

  But in the next moment, Yan Jing still held the military seal and recited the incantation.

  "The Twenty-Four Soldiers' Talismans had actually laid out a huge net between heaven and earth, a strange and mysterious talismanic array, which was condensed in the midst of heaven and earth."

  A giant python enters the net, rushing left and right, as if in a state of no man's land.

  But this web seems to have a great elasticity, like cotton candy.

  A huge mantis shrimp whipped up a storm of wind, slamming its powerful claws onto the net. However, the net yielded to the force, sticking to the shrimp's body and neutralizing all its strength.