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Chapter 141: Shushan Competition (Part 1)

Lin Shen and Li Xiaoyao and his party stayed in Shushan for five days. During these five days, Lin Shen's skills had almost recovered.

One day during the day, Lin Shen was meditating in the house. After finishing his meditation, he muttered, "Not bad. After drinking the bitter medicine soup for the past five days, my strength has recovered by 90%. I will be fully recovered after one more day of rest."

At this time, Lin Shen heard a lot of noise outside, so he walked out.

Seeing many Shushan disciples flying in and out on swords, Lin Shen hurriedly stopped one of them and asked what happened.

The Shushan disciple said that today was the day of the Shushan martial arts competition, and that registered disciples could sign up voluntarily to participate. After saying that, he flew away in a hurry on his sword.

Lin Shen heard someone behind him calling him, "Brother Anos, what are you doing?"

Lin Shen looked back and saw that it was Anu coming over. Lin Shen said, "Anu, I just heard that it was very lively outside, so I came out to ask around. They said that today is the day of the Shushan Competition."

Anu said, "Okay, there will be something exciting to watch."

At this time, Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru also came over. Zhao Linger said, "Brother Anos, what's wrong?"

Lin Shen said, "Today is the day of the Shushan Martial Arts Competition, so I was thinking about going over to take a look."

Lin Yueru said, "No wonder so many Shushan disciples were flying over my head when I was practicing sword just now. Then call Brother Li and Miss Jiang, and let's go take a look together."

Zhao Linger said, "The question is, do you know where it is?"

Lin Shen pointed to the sky and said, "Just look at where the Shushan disciples are flying."

So Lin Yueru called Li Xiaoyao and Jiang Wan'er, and the six of them followed the flying Shushan disciples to find the place for the competition.

I saw that it was a five-foot square stone platform with a step on each side.

Lin Shen and his companions spotted Cao Gu in the crowd, so they walked over and greeted him. Cao Gu asked, "Why are you here?"

Anu said, "Brother Anos said that today is the day of the Shushan Competition, so we came over to join in the fun."

Cao Gu asked, "Master Anos, are you okay?"

Lin Shen said, "After recuperating for so many days, my strength has almost recovered. If I don't get out and move around, my muscles and bones will rust.

I have to say, Taoist Caogu's medical skills are quite good. After five days of taking the medicine, he recovered quite quickly."

Cao Gu said, "Swordsmanship is not my forte, so I focus on medical skills."

Lin Shen said, "Curing illnesses and saving lives is also good."

At this moment, I thought: Cao Gu is worthy of being the number one wet nurse among the Seven Saints of Shushan.

While waiting, Zhao Linger found a few familiar faces. She gently poked Lin Shen, pointed to a person not far away, and said, "Brother Anos, look, that...isn't he Taiwudao?"

Lin Shen looked in the direction Zhao Linger pointed and found that it was indeed Taiwu. He muttered softly, "Shouldn't Taiwu still be facing the wall? Why did he come out?"

Tai Wu also noticed a few people at this time, so he squeezed through the crowd and saluted, saying, "I am Tai Wu, and I am honored to meet you fellow Taoists."

Lin Shen bowed and said, "Greetings, Taoist Taiwu."

Taiwu saw Zhao Linger, Lin Yueru and the others and asked, "Why are you here?"

Lin Shen told Tai Wu everything from how he broke into the Demon Locking Tower to his recuperation in Mount Shu. Tai Wu was surprised at first and said, "So it was you guys who did it."

Lin Shen said, "In order to get the sword, there is no other way. Originally, we wanted to take the sword and use the Leaping Spell to escape from the Demon Locking Tower, but who knew that the Prison King wanted to drag us to be buried with him, so he blew himself up.

Fortunately, the six of us made it out safely. But, Taoist Taiwu, why are you here?

Tai Wu said, "Because the Demon Locking Tower collapsed, there are many follow-up matters that need to be handled. We are short of manpower, so my punishment was temporarily recorded. Today is the day of the sect competition, so I came here."

Lin Shen grumbled inwardly: "Is this still the way to go?" But then again, with the Demon Locking Tower collapsing, many monsters have escaped, and they'll definitely need some manpower to capture them. I hope the Heavenly Ghost Emperor doesn't get caught again.

Cao Gu asked, "Brother Taiwu, will you join us later?"

Taiwu said, "I have already signed up."

Lin Shen patted Tai Wu's shoulder and said, "Perform well."

Tai Wu was a little surprised and said, "Don't you hate me for taking Miss Zhao away?"

Lin Shen gave a bitter smile and said, "Ling'er doesn't care about it. Why should I bother about it? Besides, you are just doing your duty."

After a while, Dugu Jiansheng and Jiujianxian came over. After coughing twice, he said, "Today...is the day of our annual Shushan competition.

The original intention of setting up this competition is to hope that fellow practitioners can learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses and improve their respective skills through the competition.

Therefore, I hope that everyone can be careful and restrained in the upcoming competitions and stop at the right time.

There is no need to say anything else, let’s start now!”

After saying this, Dugu Jiansheng stepped aside.

A Shushan disciple came up from each of the east and west sides. The disciple on the east side bowed and said, "Mingde, please give me some advice!"

The disciple on the west side also responded with a greeting, "Mingxin, please give me some advice!"

Mingde rushed towards Mingxin with a sword, and Mingxin also rushed towards Mingde with a sword.

The two fought back and forth on the stage for ten rounds. Mingde blocked Mingxin's sword and lifted it up, and Mingxin's sword slipped out of his hand.

Mingde took two steps back and said, "I'm sorry."

Mingxin picked up the sword and said, "I lost."

After the two of them went down, several groups of disciples went up in pairs. After a few groups competed, Cao Gu said, "Brother Taiwu, it's your turn."

Taiwu nodded and said, "I'll go."

Taiwu walked onto the arena, and a female disciple walked up to the other side. She bowed to Taiwu and said, "Mingying, please give me some advice!"

Taiwu also returned the greeting and said, "Taiwu, please give me some advice!"

Mingying drew his sword and stabbed Taiwu, who quickly dodged to the side.

Taiwu also drew out his sword at this time and chanted a spell, and the sword flew towards Mingying.

Mingying instinctively leaned back, and the sword flew past her face.

Mingying stood up and prepared to rush towards Taiwu, but Taiwu activated his spiritual power and the sword flew back.

Mingying noticed it and dodged to the side, so the sword missed.

Taiwu caught the sword and stabbed Mingying, but Mingying blocked Taiwu's stab with the sword.

However, due to the difference in strength between the two, Mingying was still shocked and instinctively took a step back.

Tai Wu said, "Junior Sister Mingying, you are no match for me. Go down. I don't want to hurt you."

Mingying sighed and said, "After all, I am no match for my senior brother. I admit defeat."

After that, the two of them withdrew their moves. Mingying also wisely went down.

Dugu Jiansheng said, "Taiwu, your strength has improved during this period."

Taiwu glanced in the direction of Lin Shen, and Dugu Jiansheng also noticed that Lin Shen and others came to watch the battle, but Lin Shen raised a finger and shook it gently, meaning that the leader should not make it public.

Tai Wu looked at Dugu Sword Saint again, bowed and said, "Disciple knows that my strength is not up to par, so I dare not relax or slack off."

Dugu Jiansheng said, "Okay, okay, let's go down and have a rest."

At this time, the discussion below began, "Senior Brother Taiwu is really too modest. His strength is definitely top-notch among his peers. And yet he still says that his strength is not good enough."

"Keep your voice down. I heard he was beaten up by a mysterious man while on a mission a while ago, so this happened. Every day he either sits facing the wall and thinking or practicing martial arts."

"Ah, who is that person who has the strength to beat up Senior Brother Taiwu?"

"He must be a senior from another sect."

"No, I don't know his name. But he's a person who suddenly appeared in the martial arts world recently. He came and went without a trace."

"Oh, now I remember. There was such a person. He showed up during the competition between the Lin and Shen families. He beat up the head of the Shen family, Shen Qingfeng, and his son, Shen Qi."

"I heard about it too. It's said that Master Shen Qi was beaten to a bloody pulp. He looked horrible, and he hasn't even gotten out of bed yet."

"Is he so scary? Then we must not provoke him."

"I guess our two tricks are not enough to fill his teeth."

Lin Shen was standing nearby and heard all the disciples' discussions.

Lin Shen suddenly felt speechless and complained in his heart: Am I so scary in the eyes of these people?

At this moment, a voice came from behind the crowd, "Today's big competition, no one called me, making me late!"

(Chapter 141 End)