Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

  If school hadn't already started, Qiuqiu would probably still be unable to escape their nagging.

  The Water Margin Sword Sect is a sword sect, so those who go on stage are naturally competing with swords. This is natural, it's not possible to have a singing competition and end up with a cross-talk show. On this stage, outsiders watch the excitement, while insiders watch the skills.

  Although Qiuqiu has been practicing beginner swordsmanship until now, she has seen the sword manual and sword incantations left by her master. Usually, when Master points out to Jingxin Shizi, she also listens on the side. The sword moves used by the older brothers and sisters in the competition, some of which Qiuqiu knows, and some of which she has not seen before. However, even if she hasn't seen them, they are all the same school's swordsmanship, with little difference in heart method and route number.

  She had originally prepared melon seeds, apple juice, dried meat and candied fruit, thinking that watching this would be like watching a movie. But when the fight started, she realized that this was completely different from watching a movie! Both eyes felt insufficient, one move could be used in such a way, another move needed to be coordinated with footwork and body movement...

  Jing Fei hadn't even started learning sword fighting, she was just there to watch the excitement. At first, she was interested in the first few matches, but after watching a few more, she gradually became bored and restless. She couldn't see anything impressive about the sword fights, and the people competing weren't her type either. If it were Jing Yuan or Jing Yue, those elegant and handsome masters, she would have been excited to cheer them on with a fan's enthusiasm. But as the matches continued, one batch after another consisted of unremarkable-looking middle-aged masters, and she began to lose interest.

  The sisters and brothers were so absorbed in watching that she didn't dare disturb them. Fortunately, there was still Qiuqiu to talk to.

  Qiu Qiu was able to multitask, responding to Jing Fei's "uh-huhs" and "ahs" while not missing a beat in observing the sword techniques. Moreover, Jing Fei had an advantage - she was familiar with everyone's face, and if Qiu Qiu didn't know someone's background, asking her would guarantee that she could dig up information from their ancestors' generation to their current life, truly a master of gossip. Qiu Qiu thought that the sect leader and his brother were wasting Jing Fei's talent, as she was definitely qualified to be a live commentator.

  "This is Wei Lao's disciple, but he also has the surname Wei. Some people say that he and Wei Lao are of the same clan, because of this, Wei Lao looks at him differently among his many disciples." Jing Fei whispered: "This person's character isn't very good, in the past he even flirted with Sheng Lan Shijie, and Wei Lao is also very biased towards him. Later it was only when Master intervened that he restrained himself a bit. In the future if you see this person, be sure to keep your distance."

  The door was opened by a big man and many others, inevitably some were better than others. Qiuqiu said he learned from it.

  It can also be seen from the swordsmanship that this Wei Shixiong is a man of good character. His swordsmanship is indeed quite aggressive and doesn't give in to reason, even when sparring with fellow disciples it's just a matter of touching swords, but he actually uses his full strength, fortunately his opponent isn't weak either - from what Qiuqiu saw, the other person's sword skills should be above this Wei Shixiong, in the end they ended up evenly matched, probably because the other side intentionally let him save face - or maybe it's like Jingfei said, considering he has an unreasonable and overprotective elder.

  Giving others face is also giving yourself room to maneuver. Autumn thought that this senior brother not only had a steady sword technique, but was also very smooth in his interactions with people. In comparison, Wei senior brother still looked unhappy even after putting away his sword, and when he paid respects to the sect leader and elders sitting at the front of the hall, he still had an arrogant and impolite expression on his face.

  If someone like this gets beaten up at night, it wouldn't be surprising, and it would be very difficult to investigate suspects afterwards, because his face is written all over with the words "I deserve a beating, I really deserve a beating, come beat me".

  Jing Yu glanced over and saw the two little sisters huddled together whispering, of course, he couldn't be fooled, but he was also delighted to see it. Jing Fei was a bit arrogant, but the new little sister was very down-to-earth, never arguing or quarreling with her, and the two seemed to get along quite harmoniously.

  Quietly, Lan followed his gaze and also saw the two little sisters. She said softly: "Sister Jingqiu has talent, but she started too early. Aunt Yuxia is anxious, such a young child, her temperament is not yet determined..."

  "Such a good seedling is hard to come by, if you don't take action early, someone else will snatch it away."

  Jing Lan smiled, but her smile was somewhat forced.

  Jing Fei spoke for a while and felt thirsty. Qiu Qiu took out a small bottle of juice from her bag and handed it to her.

  "This bottle is quite lovely." Jingfei didn't rush to drink, instead examining the bottle. The body of the bottle was semi-transparent and had a glaze-like quality, with an intricate floral pattern etched onto it that she had never seen before.

  "What is this?"

  "It's watermelon juice."

  "No, I'm talking about the flower on the bottle."

  Qiu Qiu lowered her head and took a glance: "This is tulip, a foreign flower."

  "It's just that he looks strange."

  Qiu Qiu said, other flowers are not strange, but those flowers are difficult to carve. Tulips are the easiest to carve, just draw a large oval at the top and add two strokes, then add a stem below, that's it, nothing is more convenient than this.

  She didn't want to carve flowers originally, but without carving flowers, the bottle would be a bit slippery to hold. These patterns are just for increasing friction and not entirely for aesthetics.

  The watermelon juice was cool and sweet, Jingfei finished this bottle and asked for another one, also got some honey cake from Qiūqiū. The two of them ate and drank for half a day, Jingfei suddenly became spirited: "Shì Yuǎn Shī Xiōng is going up!"

  The disciples and followers of Lianhua Peak naturally wanted to support their own senior brother, and Qiuqiu also counted as half her own person, so she followed along with interest.

  Jing Yuan, this senior brother is quite competent, the junior brothers and sisters under him all admire and are close to him. This time when Senior Brother went up, even those who were distracted snapped back to attention, and those who were eating snacks closed their mouths.

  Jing Fei just said: "Shixiong will definitely win, his swordsmanship is the best among all of us disciples on Lianhua Peak."

  Qiu Qiu agrees with this point, and even Jing Yuan's opponent would not deny it.

  Moreover, his distant and quiet swordsmanship was almost the same as his person, not showing any sharpness at all. On the contrary, his opponent seemed to be in a great hurry, unable to calm down.

  Qiu Qiu recalled a phrase that his master, Yu Xia Zhen Ren, once said: "蓄盈待竭" (accumulate and wait for exhaustion). It roughly means that the more calm and composed Shifu is, the more his opponent will become flustered and lose their footing. Even if they originally had a three-point advantage, as soon as they think to themselves "it's over", they will immediately lose and won't even have a one-in-ten chance of winning.

  The result is undoubtedly won with a certain standard.

  Seeing Master Brother win, Jingfei couldn't help but jump up and down, leaning in close to Qiū Qiū's ear and whispering: "Master Brother is awesome, right?"

  "It's really amazing." Qiuqiu said sincerely.

  Jing Fei couldn't help but speak, looking around to make sure no one was paying attention, and said in a low voice: "Both Jing Lan Shifu and Jing Han Shifu like Da Shixiong, guess which one Da Shixiong will like?"

  This autumn, Autumn also saw it. Her gaze first fell on Jinglan's body. Jinglan was the eldest sister, but Autumn felt that she was not generous enough, and her vision and heart were lacking, and she had no spiritual resonance with Jingyuan at all. As for Sheng Jinghuan... She looked quite gentle, standing there quietly without taking the lead or showing off, but Autumn felt that she lacked something too, and it wasn't likely either.

  Jing Fei didn't really want to get any answers from her, Jing Yuan stepped down from the stage, and a group of fellow disciples rushed up to congratulate him. Jing Yuan just smiled slightly, not paying much attention to winning or losing.

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  Lately, I don't know what's wrong, but every time I drink yogurt, my stomach doesn't feel comfortable.