I formed the strongest swordsman group

After Sojiro fell into a bottleneck period and his state declined, in order to get rid of bad luck and seek good luck, Asi once accompanied Sojiro to a temple quite close to his home to worship Buddha and pray for blessings.

Under the strong recommendation of a monk in the temple, I bought this wooden statue of King Ni, which is said to have been consecrated.

"As long as you place this statue of King Nio at the entrance of your house, then no evil spirits and evil spirits will be able to enter your house again! In this way, your family's fortune will gradually improve!"——This is The monk who recommended this statue of King Ni to Sojiro and the others said the exact words at that time.

Anyway, this statue of Nioh is not very expensive, so Sojiro and his wife bought the statue of Nioh back home with the mentality of "I would rather believe it than not". Then, according to the instructions of the monk, Put this statue of King Ni on the entrance of the house.

After straightening the statue of King Ni who was knocked down by their overly lively cat, Asi returned to the living room.

Looking at her husband who was still rubbing his hair in distress, Asi thought for a while, clapped his hands together, and said with a smile: "Soujiro, how about... let's go for a walk together tomorrow?"

"Walk?" Sojiro put down his hands that were rubbing his hair.

Asi nodded: "Let's go for a walk outside, take a look at the scenery, breathe in the fresh air, maybe you can catch a new inspiration!"

"Are you going for a walk..." Soujiro rubbed the center of his brows vigorously, "...It's okay, I haven't gone for a walk outside for a long time...but where are we going for a walk? Where in Edo have we never visited? ? Which scenery we haven't seen?"

"Hmm... Ah, I remembered." Asi clapped his hands again, "Tomorrow, there seems to be a swordsmanship competition in Asakusa! Why don't we go and watch the competition?"

"Swordsmanship competition?" Sojiro scratched his temple hair, "Oh, it seems that there is such a thing... But I'm not interested in swordsmanship."

"Just go and have a look." Asi approached Sojiro with a smile, and hugged Sojiro from behind, "Look at how those swordsmen compete with each other, maybe you can win What inspiration."

"..." Sojiro raised his hand and gently stroked Ashuan's arms on his chest. After a long silence, he smiled helplessly, "...All right, then I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

...

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the next day—

In the first year of procrastination (1860), April 16——

Edo, Asakusa——

Asakusa is a busy street centered on Sensoji Temple. It is one of the busiest and busiest entertainment districts in Edo. It has even evolved into a unique "Asakusa entertainment culture", with theaters and acrobatic troupes next to each other, extremely prosperous.

The much-anticipated Marquis of Aizu Swordsmanship Competition will finally officially start in Asakusa today... This makes Asakusa, which is already quite lively on weekdays, even more lively now.

Early this morning, Zhou Zhu personally led the disciples headed by Qingdeng who will participate in the competition or who want to watch it, as well as Kondo, Okita, and Hijikata, the three core members who are almost indistinguishable from me from the test hall. Asakusa.

"Wow..." As soon as he entered Asakusa, Okita widened his eyes and looked at the flow of people in front of him in surprise, "There are so many people..."

"It's even more lively than I imagined..." Qingdeng, who was walking beside Okita, couldn't help expressing his astonishment.

People, people, people... Looking around, as far as the eye can see, there are mountains and seas of people. Qingdeng can't help but recall the Spring Festival travel in his previous life.

The dense flow of people is either pushing each other on the street, or gathering at a certain vendor to choose goods, or gathering in front of a street performer's booth to watch a performance.

As a long-lost swordsmanship competition of such a grand scale, it attracts not only the attention of swordsmen, but also the daimyos who are currently living in Edo because of the "attendance" and ordinary townspeople. This competition is regarded as a rare grand event.

Anyone with a little brain can imagine that this swordsmanship competition is bound to attract a large number of spectators!

For those businessmen, this is a good opportunity to make a lot of money.

In order not to miss this rare business opportunity, before dawn this morning, a large number of merchants and street performers have rushed to Asakusa to grab a good position and set up vendors, trying to compete fiercely in this two-day competition. Earn a fortune.

"Father, stand back." Kondo took the initiative to take up the heavy responsibility of playing forward and "chopping through the waves" for everyone.

He asked Zhou Zhu, who was walking at the front, to stand back a little, walked to the front of the queue, and shouted to Qing Deng and the others behind him, "Follow me closely! Don't get lost!"

After all, Kondo plunged into the dense flow of people in front of him and felt that there were not many gaps left.

Kondo, who is tall and strong, is like a sharp awl. All the traffic in front of him is like nothing. Everywhere he passes is squeezed out by him. Although it is not spacious, it is enough for Qingdeng and others. Barely traveled the road.

Every time Kondo squeezed a little gap forward, Qingdeng and the others hurriedly followed to fill the gap.

A group of people headed inch by inch towards the venue of the competition: East Asakusa.

On the way, from time to time, Qingdeng could feel some people around him cast strange gazes at him, and could hear such whispers and discussions from time to time——

"Look, it's Juqingdeng."

"Ju Qingdeng? Oh, oh! Is that the 'Little Tengu from Beifan'?"

"'Little Tengu from Beifansuo'? What did it come from?"

"Don't you know? This is Ju Qingdeng's nickname! His sword is as strong as a tengu. It is said that as long as he shows his true skills, 10 swordsmen will not be able to get close!"

"Isn't Ju Qingdeng's nickname 'Xinying of the Sword'? A 'Xinying' who can rival the 'Three Heroes of the Three Daochang'."

"Fart, I don't think that so-called 'Three Heroes' can compete with Ju Qingdeng at all. I don't know how many madmen from the 'Big Barbarians' who died under Ju Qingdeng's sword. I'm afraid those people like Xin Wife Kuan can't even compare with the real sword." Not even a few swings."

"Ju Qingdeng seems to be participating in today's competition. Hey, there is no suspense in this competition, right? The strength and sword fighting experience of other contestants should not be comparable to Ju Qingdeng, right?"

...

Okita, who was walking beside Qingdeng, also heard these discussions.

He stood on tiptoe with a smile, and whispered to Qing Deng:

"Mr. Ju, you really have become a celebrity now."

Listening to Okita's ridicule, Qingdeng couldn't help showing a dumbfounding expression.

After successfully rescuing Sheng Haizhou and others in the "Battle of the Tibetan Script Research Institute" and defeating the conspiracy of the Kobari Group to destroy the Tibetan Script Research Institute, the reputation of Qingdeng, who has made great achievements many times, has been further improved in Edo.

Most of the Edo townspeople already know that there is an extra powerful swordsman in the "Three Times" of Beibansuo.

At present, Qingdeng's reputation in Edo cannot be said to be a household name, but it is well-known far and wide.

Now that he has become a celebrity, and can be admired and respected by so many people, Qingdeng still feels somewhat elated in his heart.

After all, who would hate being admired and respected by others?

However, the series of chain reactions triggered by the increase in fame made Qingdeng feel mixed emotions while being happy.

For example... As Qingdeng's fame rose, the people of Edo also began to spontaneously and enthusiastically give Qingdeng various nicknames.

Giving people a nickname - this should also be regarded as a traditional ability of the Japanese nation.

Throughout the ages, the Japanese nation has always liked to give various nicknames to those big figures, one dragon and one tiger, each nickname is more prestigious than the other.

In the Warring States Period 300 years ago, those well-known daimyos and generals basically had one or more prestigious nicknames.

"The Dragon of Echigo" Uesugi Kenshin, "The Tiger of Kai" Takeda Shingen, "The Lion of Sagami" Hojo Ujiyasu, "Sanyin Kirin" Yamanaka Shikasuke, "Japan's First Soldier" Sanada Yukimura...

Qingdeng, who is now famous, inevitably began to experience the inevitable process of "being nicknamed by people".

If the nicknames given to him by the common people are quite imposing, then that's fine, but the nicknames given to him by the common people... Qingdeng thinks it's quite subtle.

As far as Qingdeng knows, his current nicknames are as follows: Little Tengu from Beifan, Xinying of the Sword, No.

To put it bluntly——Qingdeng didn't really like the nicknames given to him by the common people.

However, he couldn't care what others called him, so Qingdeng could only show a helpless expression when he heard others call him by nicknames such as "Little Tengu from Beifansuo".

"Mr. Ju." At this moment, Qingdeng suddenly heard Zhou Zhu, who was walking in front of him, calling him.

Qingdeng raised his gaze to look at Zhou Zhu, and happened to meet Zhou Zhu's gaze.

"You must not be complacent and careless." Zhou Zhu and Qingdeng met each other, and continued word by word with a serious expression and tone, "In terms of actual combat experience, I have already experienced countless After a bloody battle, you are indeed much higher than most of the contestants."

"But it doesn't mean that you will really be invincible in this competition."

"If you get arrogant because you think you're sure of winning, you're more likely to fail miserably."

Zhou Zhu suddenly said this to Qingdeng with a serious face... probably because he was worried that some people's remarks that "Ju Qingdeng has definitely won this competition" would affect Qingdeng's state of mind.

"Yeah." Qing Deng said with a serious face, "From the beginning to the end, I never imagined that I would be invincible in this competition."

"Yeah." Zhou Zhu nodded, "You're right to think so."

...

...

The Aizu clan is indeed one of the most comprehensively powerful male clans at present, and it is a big deal when it makes a move.

The venue for this competition is located in the east of Asakusa, where there are relatively few people, that is, Higashi Asakusa. A vast open space about 8 basketball courts in size has been drawn out as the venue for the competition.

When you come to East Asakusa, you will feel a sudden enlightenment.

As far as the eye can see, a large number of vassals of the Aizu domain are walking around in East Asakusa, managing the flow of people in East Asakusa to prevent the surrounding area from being too crowded.

The ground of the arena is covered with non-slip white fine gravel, surrounded by a large number of embroidered family crests of the Shogunate and Aizu Domain: the flag of clover

Clover is the family crest of the Tokugawa family. Like the Aizu clan, which has a blood relationship with the Edo shogunate, the family crest they use is also shamrock, but their clover is not the same as that of the Edo shogunate. Clover will have slightly different textures.

A large number of sunflower flags fluttered in the wind, and the scene was magnificent.

The east, west, and south sides of the arena were all transformed into simple martial arts seats.

Among them, the martial arts viewing seats on the south side are exclusively for the contestants and related people of the participating sword gyms. Qingdeng and Zhou Zhu sat here.

The viewing seats on the east and west sides are open to civilians who come to join in the fun and watch the competition.

As for the north side... In layman's terms, it is the "VIP Seat".

The seats on the north side were surrounded by white curtains, only the direction facing the stadium was not erected. Countless solemn warriors guarded the "VIP seats" from all directions, preventing any unrelated people from approaching.

This competition attracted many daimyos who stayed in Edo because of the "attendance and confession".

Attending the Imperial Palace—this national policy that requires most daimyos to live in Edo for at least half a year every year, makes Edo live in nearly half of the country's daimyos at any time.

Some daimyos come to watch the game purely to relieve boredom.

There are also some big names who come here to socialize.

There are also some daimyo whose goals are purer and more utilitarian—they are here for Marquis Aizu, and they want to take advantage of this rare opportunity to meet Marquis Aizu to curry favor with the shogun who is currently trusted by the shogun Tokugawa Iemo Political celebrities.

The Marquis of Aizu, who hosted the competition, and the other daimyos who came to watch the competition for various reasons will sit in the "VIP Seat" on the north side.

It's just that the "VIP Seat" is still empty, and the Marquis of Aizu and other famous names should wait a little longer before coming here.

In order to show that "all sword halls and all contestants are equal", the seats on the martial arts viewing seats on the south side are not fixed, and there is no rigid rule on which sword hall must sit where, because the group of people from the trial guard hall came earlier , so I grabbed a fairly good position.

"Hohohoho, the owner of the Qinggakukan: Kitaro Kawaguchi is here too. Huh? Shimura isn't dead yet..."

With his bare chin, Zhou Zhu Mosuo looked at the martial arts seats around him with great interest. The names of the people he muttered were more or less familiar to Qing Deng—all of them had a certain reputation in Edo Swordsmen.

This competition, with its grand scale and exciting competition content, has a strong appeal to both ordinary civilians and swordsmen.

Almost all the sword gyms in Edo sent their strongest rookies to participate in this competition.

In other words - the person who can win the first victory in this swordsmanship competition will be able to wear the honorary crown of "the strongest among the young generation in the Edo swordsmanship world"!

How can one miss this kind of grand event that will directly determine who is the "strongest of the younger generation" now?

Many swordsmen with high reputations in the Edo fencing world have come - they all want to use their own eyes to confirm for themselves who will win the title of "Strongest".

Qingdeng didn't know as many swordsmen as Zhou Zhu did. He didn't have a deep understanding of the Edo fencing world. Several names are more familiar.

From the official start of the game... there is still nearly half an hour left.

Qingdeng, who had nothing else to do, simply closed his eyes and began to rest his mind.

But just when Qing Deng closed his eyes——

Whoa whoa whoa...

From the west side of the arena, bursts of noise suddenly came.

The sudden noise kept approaching, and finally condensed into a clear cry.

"It's the military training hall! The people from the military training hall are here!"

"Ah! Look, it's Saito Yakuro! It's Saito Yakuro!"

"Tsk tsk...Look, Saito Yakuro's body is as strong as a cow...how did he cultivate such a strong figure..."

...

Qing Deng, who was attracted by the bursts of shouts, opened his eyes and looked towards the west of the arena.

On the west side of the arena, a sword gym team entered the auditorium in an orderly manner.

Every swordsman in this sword gym team basically has a very strong figure, exuding a vigorous aura.

Walking at the forefront of this sword gym team and leading this sword gym team is an old man who is about 60 years old and whose hair is mostly gray.

Just looking at the old man's face, one would feel that the old man is just an ordinary old man.

But if you look down and look at the parts below his neck, you can feel the extraordinaryness of this old man.

The old man's figure was extremely strong, and his strong muscles supported his clothes high. It was hard to imagine that this was a figure that an old man over sixty years old could maintain.

Looking at this extremely strong old man, Zhou Zhu smacked his lips a few times: "Hohohoho...'Saito of Power' is here too..."

——Saito of Power...

Qingdeng raised his eyes and stared at the old man for a long time.

——That person is the famous Saito Yakuro...

——This figure...is worthy of being a swordsman who can be called "Saito of Power".

——Since that old man is the current owner of the training hall, "Saito of Power", the people walking behind him should be the swordsmen of the training hall.

The military training hall, one of the three major fields in Edo, came... Countless eyes with various emotions accompanied by admiration, rushed towards Saito Yakuro and the swordsmen of the training hall behind him.

Saito Yakuro and the swordsmen in the military training hall behind him seemed to have long been accustomed to the gaze and amazement of others, and they walked to a vacant seat not far from Qingdeng and the others with a calm face and sat down. .

"As expected of the 'Three Great Fields of Edo'..." Okita was stunned, "The ostentation and fame are completely on two levels with us..."

Although the reputation of their trial guard hall has greatly increased due to their victory over the Little Chiba Sword Hall in the "Plum Blossom Festival" Red and White Battle two months ago, their current status in Edo is still not much High, still belongs to the level of "small transparency".

In order to completely improve the status of the test hall, everyone in the test hall still has a long way to go.

"That's great..." Looking at the swordsmen in the training hall who have already taken their seats, Kondo's eyes are full of envious envy, "When will we be able to have such ostentation and admiration in the training hall?" What about fame..."

"Cut." Hijikata, who was sitting next to Kondo, sneered a few times, then stretched out his hand and hugged Kondo's shoulder, "Asheng, your goal is too low, right? You have the same level of ostentation and fame as the military training hall, Are you satisfied?"

"Didn't you ever think of surpassing the training hall... no, surpassing all the sword halls in Edo and the whole country?"

Kondo smiled bitterly: "A Sui, the ambition is too lofty, sometimes it's not a good thing."

When a group of people in the test hall were chattering, suddenly there was another loud noise from the west of the arena.

"Ah, the swordsmen from the Scholars Academy are here too!"

"Look! It's the owner of the Scholars Hall: Momoi Haruno!"

"After 'Saito of Power', is 'Momoi of Position' coming?"

"Hahaha, this competition is really worth it. I actually saw two of the 'Three Great Swordsmen of Edo' in a row!"

...

To the west of the arena, a new sword gym team appeared.

Compared with the swordsmen in the training hall just now, the overall temperament of this new swordsman team is very different.

If the temperament of the swordsmen in the military training hall is "sharp", then the temperament of the swordsmen in this new sword gym team is "elegant".

Every move of almost every swordsman in the team carried an air of elegance.

Especially their team leader—a middle-aged man who was nearly 40 years old. His temperament was outstanding, making him stand out from the crowd at the front of the queue.

This middle-aged man's face is not very upright and handsome, but he has a demeanor like a gentleman.

There was a gentle smile on his face, his posture was loose, and his gestures and gestures were both majestic and majestic.

As graceful as a frightened bird, graceful as a swimming dragon... These beautiful words seem to be specially designed for this person.

After this handsome uncle appeared, many women in the martial arts seats immediately opened their eyes with countless little stars, and cast admiring glances at this handsome uncle.

"Hoho..."

Zhou Zhu let out a low exclamation.

"'Saito of Power' and 'Momoi of Position' are here... Hey, this swordsmanship competition is really a gathering of heroes..."

The appearance of Momoi Haruzang and the swordsmen of the Scholars Academy undoubtedly pushed the atmosphere in the martial arts viewing seats to a new climax.

Two of the "Three Great Swordsmen of Edo" came in a row... Such a grand event is rare!

As these great swordsmen with first-class fame and strength appeared on the stage one after another, all the spectators in the martial arts seats were all aroused.

Exclamations, sighs, one after another.

Okita, who was sitting on the left side of Qingdeng, was shocked by the scene of this big man appearing one after another. He showed a surprised expression, blinked vigorously in the direction where Momoi Haruzou was, and then said it half-jokingly. whispered softly:

"It's been a lot of experience today, and I actually saw 'Saito of Power' and 'Momoi of Position' in succession."

And just when everyone thought that the successive appearances of "Saito of Power" and "Momoi of Bit" were the biggest surprise of this competition... a new mutation appeared.

The first person to change was a vassal of the Aizu clan who was maintaining order outside the arena.

He hurried to one of his colleagues and said something to his colleague, his colleague's expression changed immediately.

Immediately afterwards, spectators in twos and threes poured into the martial arts viewing seats anxiously and excitedly, announcing something to the people around them.

Just pass it on to ten, ten to a hundred.

At the martial arts seats, the crowd immediately stirred up.

Saito Yakuro, who was originally calm, raised his brows and grinned at the corners of his mouth, showing a surprised expression.

The face of the second son, Konnosuke Saito, who was known as "Onigashi" who was sitting behind him, turned white in an instant.

Haruno Momoi, who had been smiling softly since he appeared on the field, froze into a ball of smiles on his face.

The rest of the swordsmen who were somewhat famous in Edo in the martial arts watching seats either showed resentment, or closed their lips with complicated expressions, or showed undisguised admiration.

Shusuke, Kondo, Okita and the others widened their eyes and mouths in surprise.

Qingdeng's brows were filled with curiosity mixed with bewilderment.

All these changes stem from the rapid spread of a sentence——

"'Technical Chiba' Chiba Eijiro is here!"

Amidst the din, on the east side of the arena, two sword gym teams walked into everyone's field of vision at a leisurely pace.

These two teams are exactly the Xuanwu Gym and the Little Chiba Sword Gym that have a brotherly relationship.

The people who lead the two teams are the famous "Number One School in the Martial Arts World" - Chiba Family.

Chiba Sadakichi was undoubtedly at the forefront.

In addition to Chiba Singkichi, Qingdeng also met the familiar Chiba Shigetaro and Miss Sanako, as well as Chiba Tamon Shiro who had had some unpleasant troubles with him at the "Plum Blossom Festival".

Apart from these familiar people, the other two Qingdeng had never met.

These two people are quite young, they are walking on the left and right sides of Chiba Singkichi, they have very similar appearance, they should be brothers.

The man walking on Chiba Singkichi's right had no expression on his face.

The person walking on Chiba Dingji's left had a faint smile hanging from the corner of his mouth.

I can't say why... After seeing this young man with a smile on his face, a thought automatically floated in Qingdeng's mind: this person is Chiba Eijiro who is known as "Chiba of Skills"!

——Chiba Eijiro...I heard that this person is not an official of the Mito clan now? Did you just return to Edo recently...

When Qingdeng was wondering why the famous Chiba Eijiro suddenly appeared in Edo, the loud noises brought Qingdeng's consciousness back to reality.

After the Xuanwu Gym and the Little Chiba Sword Gym led by the Chiba family appeared... No, to be precise, after seeing the appearance of Chiba Eijiro, there was a voice that seemed to open the sky, Sighs erupted from the martial arts seats.

The sound of the noise is far better than the scene when the military training hall and the scholar hall entered the hall just now!

Qingdeng was a little surprised by the current battle.

Kondo noticed the astonishment on Qingdeng's face, and smiled: "Tachibana-kun, you have just been exposed to the field of 'swordsmanship' for a short time, so you probably don't quite understand Chiba Eijiro's strength and his swordsmanship in Edo What kind of prestige does the world have."

"To put it simply... If you don't count those masters who have lived in seclusion, Chiba Eijiro is recognized as the 'No. 1 Edo swordsmanship' and 'Edo's strongest'."

"Although Saito Yakuro and Momoi Haruzou are as famous as Chiba Eijiro in name."

"But in actual prestige, neither of these two can compare with Chiba Eijiro."

After finishing speaking, Kondo turned his gaze back to Chiba Eijiro, envy appeared in his pupils again.

Hijikata's attitude was the same as usual - he curled his lips and looked at the Chiba family calmly, as if he didn't think that Chiba Eijiro and others were such a big deal.

The reason why the appearance of the Chiba family can trigger this series of fierce reactions in the martial arts seats is also due to Sanako.

Sanako didn't wear the kendo uniform and high ponytail that she usually wears when practicing swords today.

Today, she is wearing a white and blue women's kimono, with a pair of clean white cloth socks on her jade feet and a pair of flat-bottomed clogs with blue buttons. Three thousand blue silks are tied into a delicate Shimada bun.

This attire lacks the heroic spirit of a female warrior, but more of the elegance of Yamato Nadeko and the luxury of a famous young lady.

Folding her hands in front of her body, holding her perfect swan neck upright, Sanako followed Chiba Sadakichi at a leisurely pace, the sight and sighs she attracted were not comparable to that of Chiba Eijiro He is less.

Countless people opened their eyes wide and stared at Sanazi's overpowering appearance, and from time to time they could hear the sound of swallowing their saliva.

After entering the arena with Chiba Sakakichi and others, Chiba Shigetaro stretched his neck and looked around.

After a while, his eyes locked on the group of people in the test guard hall.

After finding a group of people in the test guard hall, Chiba Shigetaro turned his head and whispered something to Chiba Singkichi and Chiba Eijiro beside him.

After Qianye Dingji and the others nodded lightly, they led the team of Xuanwu Hall and Xiao Qianye Sword Hall to turn around and walk straight towards Qingdeng and the others.

Chiba Dingkichi: "Hahaha, Zhou Zhu."

"Hohohoho, Dingji." Zhou Zhu stood up to greet him.

Qingdeng, Okita and the others stood up together with Zhou Zhu, and greeted the group of Xuanwu Hall and Xiaoqianye Sword Hall, which had always had a special relationship with them.

After Zhou Zhu exchanged warm greetings with Chiba Singkichi for a while, Zhou Zhu turned his head and looked at Chiba Eijiro standing beside Chiba Singkichi: "Hey, Eijiro, I didn't expect to see you here and now , I was taken aback, when did you return to Edo?"

Chiba Eijiro bowed slightly, then politely and softly greeted: "Mr. Kondo, greetings from Jiushu..."

...

In this kind of scene, as an ordinary disciple in the test guard hall, he couldn't say anything, he could only obediently and quietly wait behind Zhou Zhu.

There happened to be a lot of empty seats beside their seats in the test hall. After Zhou Zhu led the crowd to greet Chiba Dingji and his party, he directly invited Chiba Dingji to sit with them, and Chiba Dingji Guitar also readily agreed without any hesitation.

Just when Qingdeng was about to sit back to his seat, he suddenly heard Chiba Shigetaro's loud voice:

"Hi! Mr. Ju! Hahaha, long time no see!"

Hearing Chiba Shigetaro's greeting, Qingdeng couldn't help showing a helpless smile: "Mr. Shigetaro, we haven't seen each other for a long time, right? We just met more than half a month ago."

Qingdeng looked at Chiba Shigetaro, and saw Chiba Shigetaro leading Sanako striding towards him.

"Mr. Orange, Gui'an." Zuo Nazi, who folded his hands in front of him, bowed to Qing Deng with a very elegant gesture.

It is true that Qingdeng hasn't seen each other for a long time.

"Miss Zuo Nazi, long time no see." Qing Deng bowed and saluted Zuo Nazi.

"Tachibana-kun." Chiba Shigetaro raised his hand and patted Qingdeng's shoulder affectionately, "How is it? It's the first time to participate in such a large-scale competition, do you feel nervous?"

"Nervousness... more or less there is still some." Qingdeng replied half-jokingly.

"Hahaha! You are much calmer than I imagined!"

Chiba Shigetaro was about to say something to Qingdeng.

But at this moment, a new commotion emerged in the martial arts viewing seats again.

"Sit down quickly! Sit down quickly!" The Aizu feudal vassals in charge of maintaining order shouted quickly, "The feudal lords are here!"

Hearing these shouts, the originally noisy martial arts seats on the east, west, and south sides quickly quieted down.

Everyone quickly shut their mouths tightly, and then sat back to their respective positions.

Chiba Shigetaro, who could only hastily ended the conversation with Qingdeng, rolled his eyes, and then hurriedly sat down beside Qingdeng.

"Come on, Sanako, there is a seat here, you sit here!" Chiba Shigetaro pointed to his side.

The vacant seat that Chiba Shigetaro was pointing at... was directly to the left of him, and directly to the right of Qingdeng...

Neither Qingdeng nor Sanako noticed Chiba Shigetaro's deliberate thought...

Without thinking too much, Zuo Nazi moved his lotus steps lightly and sat on Qingdeng's right side.

Okita sits on the left, and Sanako sits on the right—these are Qingdeng's current neighbors.

After a few more minutes, those big names who needed to sit at the "VIP seats" finally arrived.

All the people in the martial arts seats immediately bowed down and saluted.

Crashing... From the direction of the "VIP Platform", there were bursts of soft footsteps.

After receiving the permission to be exempt from courtesy and flat body, Qingdeng immediately raised his eyes and looked at the "VIP Platform" which was just opposite them.

I saw that the "VIP Table", which was empty just now, is almost full of people, and as far as the eye can see, they are all famous people who own a country.

The family crests on their clothes clearly declared which feudal kingdom they were the masters of.

Lord of Utsunomiya Domain, Lord of Maebashi Domain, Lord of Shinobi Domain, Lord of Matsushiro Domain...

A young man, probably in his early 20s at most, sat in the center of these big names with a blank expression on his face.

Although this young man is young, there is a mature breath between his brows.

Where he sits upright, it gives people a sense of "center", as if everything around him is centered on him.

Even if you don't look at the family crest on his clothes, just looking at his posture sitting at the top, it's not difficult to deduce that this person should be the world-famous lord of the Aizu Domain: Matsudaira Yoho!

There was no prologue, and there was no messy opening speech. After the daimyos headed by Matsudaira Rongbao arrived, an old samurai who acted as the master of ceremonies stepped forward and carried them into the arena covered with white sand. The crowd remained silent, and then began to read the rules of the competition.

After completing these routine procedures, the master of ceremonies began to draw lots on the spot to select the two contestants for today's first competition.

And the first lottery drawn by the master of ceremonies... the name written on the lottery was Qingdeng!

"Natural Xinxin Flow, try the health hall, orange green board!"

After hearing the master of ceremonies sing his name, Qing Deng frowned subconsciously, and then showed a strange expression.

He never expected that he would play in the first competition of this competition!

Qingdeng heaved a sigh of relief.

Then he grabbed the bamboo sword placed by his side vigorously!

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Thanks to the book friend [You are handsome, I am handsome] for the Silver League!

This is the first silver alliance that the author has obtained in his life... I am really tearful, I don't know what to say, I am sincere and frightened...

When I saw this reward, the first thought that popped up in the author's mind was: "Do I deserve it?"

The author is really touched... There are so many book friends who are willing to support me... I really feel like crying QAQ.

One lord will release one 1W+ chapter, then one Silver Alliance will explode 10 1W+ chapters, that is to say, the author's current debt is 16 chapters of 1W+ chapter.

In order to live up to everyone's support! I will definitely work hard to release updates with quality and quantity!

Today's 1W chapter is not considered a burst update, it is regarded as compensation for yesterday's leave, and the owed update is still 16 1W+ chapters.

The 1st Character Popularity Voting has already started in the book group~ This event will end at 0:00 am on August 3rd. Those who want to participate in this event can join the book group as soon as possible~~

Miss Sanako is currently competing fiercely with Mai Kinoshita for the number one spot.

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Tell everyone a novel!

"Rebirth: Ten Years Against the Current" written by my good friend Miji Ji!

With two heroines, Taobao started selling goods, accumulated funds through mobile games, and invested in Mi Huyou. After 12 years, the commercial urban culture has gradually risen.

Those who are interested can go and have a look~