C56 Helmsman's position

Qin Lin took out a bronze judge pen from the cloth bag on his back. The brush was shining with a golden light, about two feet and eight inches long, shining under the light of the flames, giving off a heavy and sturdy feeling. Whether it was the bandits or the nobles, all of them praised him highly. Like how, in the past, when Meng Xiujun was a young man, his brush technique of 72 Lives and Death Points had risen to prominence in the fructus, and when he was a close relative, he was kind and benevolent, occupying the position of one of the seven big bags of fructus. The people of man of the jianghu had compared him to Qin Qiong in the beginning of Tang Dynasty, gaining the reputation of being a "little uncle".

Tonight, the two fought in public. The surroundings of Solitary Mountain's Crane Pond became silent, as he focused on Qin Lin and Xiao Ting who were in the middle. He was afraid that he would miss the most dangerous and exciting battle.

He was originally a disciple of the Southern Jing Chu's "Corpse Sect". His entire face was pale, as though he was sick and weak, and even when a gust of wind brushed past him, he seemed to want to roll him over, as if he was a normal ghost that was still alive.

Li Yinfeng stood in the crowd and watched the two people in the pavilion intently, and secretly prayed for Qin Lin to be able to defeat his opponent and become the Helmsman. The other disciples were also quietly watching the battle between the masters. One was a famous expert whose martial arts skills were unknown, and the other was a hero whom everyone could see. It was really hard to predict who would win in advance, and even they themselves did not have the confidence to win.

The power in his hands was extraordinary, the majority of the judges all took the route of poking points and opening with force. Not to mention that the opponent in front of him was of the same sect, and outside of the pavilion there were three elders watching him, although they did not side with each other, they did not allow the other party to do anything overboard, which went against the principles of the martial arts world, and with the intention to fight till the end, they definitely did not want to kill the other party.

In an instant, he transformed into a thousand golden rays of light that shot towards Xiao Ting who was standing motionlessly. All of them were shocked, no matter how heavy the paper was, it was as easy as a straw lamp in Qin Lin's hand, even with his deep cultivation, seeing that the Third Clan Elder nodded his head, they all could not help but shout out in praise.

In the first move, Qin Lin displayed the essence of his body. It was not because he could not hold it in, he anxiously wanted to defeat Xiao Ting in one go, but because his opponent's martial arts were rare and he had rarely displayed it in the fructus, although ten years ago, he became famous just like that, and after entering the fructus, he hid his identity and had never seen make a move before, so Qin Lin could only suppress him and seize the upper hand. Even if he could not immediately subdue him, Xiao Ting would not dare to underestimate him.

In a blink of an eye, one had turned into two, two had turned into four, four had turned into eight, and it was all over in an instant. Almost at the same time, they made their move, and with one breath, everyone did not know how many of the identical "beautiful calligraphy" Qin Lin had created, as they all thought to themselves, if they were to take this attack, they could only look away and avoid the attack. Not to mention dissolving this technique, even standing in front of them, watching them would make their heads spin from the ingenuity of the technique.

Since he could not show off and win, he could at least retreat a few feet, and skillfully dodge to a place that was difficult for Qin Lin to reach, but the Crane Pit was only a few feet away, and if he retreated further, he would fall into the crowd, and in the pavilion fighting, it would be considered as his loss after leaving the pavilion, which was something that he did not point out beforehand.

Xiao Ting still stood unmoving, his pair of gloomy eyes half opened, as though he was about to fall asleep. The spectators did not know whether he was shocked by Qin Lin's first move, or whether he was in the mood to deal with him. The entire Solitary Mountain was extremely quiet, even the hundred over disciples who were hesitating to help had difficulty breathing, they looked at the two people in the pavilion without moving, feeling confused, fearful, afraid, stunned, worried and anxious, all different expressions on their faces.

Just as Qin Lin was closing in by five feet, the judge pen was only a finger's distance away from his chest area. The heroes of the fructus below could not help but cry out in shock, as even they, who were cowardly, could not bear to watch the tragic scene unfold. It was only a fair battle, Qin Lin went all out with the first move, but it was appropriate to grab onto it.

When the judge pen in his hand almost touched Xiao Ting's body, he suddenly withdrew it in midair, as if he had been frozen. In the end, he did not harden his heart and hit Xiao Ting.

Xiao Ting scoffed with disdain, "Are you going to show mercy?"

Qin Lin's mind shook for a moment, then jumped up and used a Young Sparrow Hawk to flip, causing the force in his hands to deviate by two inches. This distance allowed everyone to see that Xiao Ting was not injured in the slightest, and he did not even manage to touch the corner of his clothes. He replied seriously: "I won't be using the next move. You have to be careful."

Xiao Ting laughed out loud, laughing without saying a word. He was not at all shocked by the purity of Qin Lin's techniques, nor was he grateful to Qin Lin for being lenient on him, his figure flashed, and a ball of grey shadow shot towards the head and neck on Qin Lin's right side like a wisp of smoke. It gave off a wailing sound, giving people the feeling that it was night time for one to come out and capture a lone ghost, other than the three great clan elders who had always been paying attention to the competition and the youth, no one else would be able to see clearly what had done, even if was slightly worried. There was nothing he could do. Who would have thought that this "sickness Wuchang" was really secretive, his kung fu skills were all unpredictable.

Qin Lin did not panic, since the opponents were strong, each of them had demonstrated their unique skills yet were calm and collected, instead, they stirred up the desire to win, the opponent's strength was not to be underestimated, his movements were unpredictable, and seeing that the mourning staff that had been wrapped around the Spirit Summoning Glyph Paper was attacking him head on, Qin Lin unhurriedly unleashed another technique, "Waving Will". The speed of his attack was not inferior to Xiao Ting's in the slightest, and when clashing with the mourning rod later, it produced the sound of metal colliding, causing sparks to fly out in the middle of the night, and one of the two pieces of white paper fell to Xiao Ting's face, Xiao Ting was still shocked. The three elders standing at the side could not help but nod their heads in satisfaction. The disciples below started cheering, and the sound of clapping could be heard from time to time.

The atmosphere was high, Xiao Ting guessed that Qin Lin was mediocre, with his strange movement skills, he would be able to immediately subdue with his bizarre movements. Originally, he would have been overjoyed, he thought that victory was within his grasp, but instead, he was completely wrong, the other party did not even use his true strength, and immediately fell into an awkward situation where Qin Lin was holding onto him. He could not help but become more intelligent, using the Damascus Steel Medallion Sword on his right hand to parry the blow, using both of his hands.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Lin took half a step back and retracted the judge pen in his hand. Even if Xiao Ting used the weapon in his hand as the first opponent, with the long arm and the short sword in addition to the rare martial arts he used, his steps still did not have the slightest advantage over Qin Lin, he could not help but feel angry and quick, as he took action quickly, taking out the quintessence of the "Fifty-four Movement Soul Seizing Spirit Flags". Qin Lin was calm, because of the strangeness of the technique, he did not have the slightest ability to deal with the opponent.

No matter who saw this scene, they couldn't help but be dumbstruck. No one knew that this was an evenly matched battle, giving the crowd a fresh feeling and even more so, this kind of panic-stricken competition was extremely difficult to recover from.

The air was filled with a burnt smell, the disciples who had little experience did not know where this smell came from, but the disciples knew very well that it was definitely because Qin Lin and Xiao Ting were fighting to their limits, and the two forces clashed fiercely against each other, causing the Glyph Paper on Xiao Ting's left hand to be struck down.

The figures flickered, sometimes high and sometimes low, sometimes left and sometimes right. People with relatively shallow abilities were simply unable to clearly see their position and figures under the illumination of the flames, not to mention the moves they used.

Qin Lin had almost used up all of his unique skills, but his opponent still did not have a shred of energy. Under the effects of the "Ghost Record", "Falling the Silver Bottle", and other exquisite moves, Xiao Ting also dissolved them with his "Evil Spirit Exorcism", and became even more unsightly like a bare stick. He could not help but vent his resentment towards Qin Lin's humiliation on him, and after fiercely taking revenge on Qin Lin, he escaped like a thunderbolt, and under the anger of Ling Kong, he actually threw out his staff endlessly.

No one would have thought that Xiao Ting, who was usually a martial arts cultivator, would become completely like an enraged beast in one breath. How could he be so rude in a martial arts competition, he seemed more like some famous expert from some sect, a rogue thug.

Qin Lin chased relentlessly, and anxiously dodged an extremely tattered staff, his heart could not help but feel a chill, as he was able to force Xiao Ting to throw away his weapon and act arrogantly without caring about his reputation, which was also considered unexpected, and if the competition continued, he would definitely be able to force his opponent to lose, and that was not only a competition of strength, but also a test of mental endurance, no wonder he was able to see through the person's character, which was definitely not concealed, and did not think that Xiao Ting was a ruthless person, his character was not comparable to Qin Lin's, everyone could see it.

Seeing Xiao Ting's actions, the rest of the fructus were all open and upright. Even if they could not win in a fight, they would never go against morality, plotting and wounding others. Since they had already lost a portion of their heart to Xiao Ting, Xiao Ting could not get back his temper, and felt jealous of him to such an extent.

In an instant, centipedes, scorpions, spiders, toads, five-legged snakes, tiger blades, Golden-Ringed Snakes, and many other poisonous objects all flew towards Qin Lin and the crowd. The pavilion was immediately filled with all kinds of poisonous snakes, like a rain of flowers, all kinds of small insects scattered all over the place.

The three elders didn't shout out to stop him, proving that everything that had just happened was still within reason.

When Li Yinfeng saw those colorful, flying insects and the like, she was almost annoyed and disgusted and almost made a fool of herself in front of the crowd. At his age, he couldn't help but be afraid when she saw these poisonous bugs and venomous snakes, if not for the fact that she learned about inner force protection from Lv Erkou, he would really be humiliated.

The judge's pen in Qin Lin's hand danced continuously in the air, countless of small snakes were all moving around him, their movements were extremely fast, and were no longer stagnant, showing their bravery, wanting to take the lead by defeating Xiao Ting in front of everyone, and taking the position of Jiangnan Division.

Xiao Ting sneered, at the moment Qin Lin was distracted, he took out a strange-shaped weapon from behind his waist, but his technique could not be seen, the oddly-shaped weapon flew out, straight towards the "Shan Zhong" acupoint on Qin Lin's chest, the sound of it breaking through the air was extremely sharp, even if the opponent was on guard, he would not be able to respond to the weirdly shaped weapon.

In a moment of extreme anxiousness, he used his toes to pick up a fist-sized toad from the ground and shot it straight towards the flying weapon. He did not seek to shoot it down, in the hope that he could reduce the speed and loss of aim, and that way, he would be able to free himself from the trap in front of him. Someone in the crowd shouted, "Big Brother Qin, be careful!" There was no need to look closely, this voice was naturally sent by the Li Yinfeng who had just met him. Unexpectedly, this young man valued friendship and friendship, and was wholeheartedly concerned about her own safety.

But at the moment, there was no clear victor, and his opponent was ruthless. He naturally did not dare to distract himself, and the toad that was kicked away received Qin Lin's force and flew in the air, "Caw!" He cried out in pain, and in the blink of an eye, the weird weapon and the toad crashed into each other, immediately turning into a mess of flesh and blood, which splattered outwards. The broken skin and blood stains of the toad covered the entire area, falling on everyone's body, faces, and clothes, and when someone touched the blood and flesh that was splattering everywhere, they immediately cried out in pain.

"Damn it! Xiao Ting, Qin Lin, in order to fight for the position of Helmsman, are you two not afraid of your brother's life? "

"Bastard!" Despicable! " There was even such filthy and filthy words as "motherf * cking bear", "fuck your ancestors of eighteen generations", etc. They did not care whether Xiao Ting's actions were fair or not, as long as the lives of others were involved, they would not be able to endure it anymore. Fortunately, the fructus was dealing with poisonous insects, poisonous snakes and the like all the time. They always had antidotes for detoxification, and many of them were cured under the care of their brothers, but the pain from their injuries was still unbearable.