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As soon as everyone heard this, everyone returned to their respective positions, and the competition continued, and the sound of wooden swords striking each other reappeared on the field.

As for the fourth group, if Mo Qingyuan was captured, Fu Peibai would naturally win this match. According to the rules, she needs to face the next opponent immediately. It was the right arm that was run over by Mo Qingyuan, and it was difficult to even raise her hand, but she couldn't admit defeat, let alone give up, for the sake of her family, for revenge, she must persevere, she must persevere!

She ruthlessly pinched the tender flesh of her thigh, and her mind cleared up a lot in an instant. She switched to holding the sword in her left hand, and put her right hand behind her, waiting for the opponent to attack.

In the end, she still lost in this competition, and the defeat was very ugly. There were countless red marks all over her body. At the beginning, she could dodge a little bit, but in the end, her body movements were all due to lack of physical strength and injuries. Slowing down, being stabbed again and again, there was no way to hide, when the last time came, the competition was over, her feet softened, and she knelt on the ground with one knee, and hurriedly propped up the wooden sword so as not to get down in embarrassment.

She hung her head, her thin shoulders trembling from the violent panting.

Lost, lost a complete defeat, did she not seize this opportunity?

There were no more boos and ridicules off the court, and everyone looked at her more or less pitifully and sympathetically.

"Fu Peibai, leave," came a voice from the main desk urging her to leave.

She stood up with the sword in her hand, her foot was sprained at some point, so she could only limped off the field, and after returning to her package, everyone gave her a large space, and someone asked: "Are you okay?" ?”

"Are you ok?"

"Do you want to drink water?"

Fu Peibai sat on the ground, shaking her head all the time. Her mind was blank at the moment. She didn't know whether it was a surge of blood or something. She felt a fishy-sweet taste in her mouth. She licked her teeth twice with the tip of her tongue. like blood.

The crowd gradually dispersed, she closed her eyes and rested for a while, suddenly thought of something, took the package and rummaged for a while, and finally found the piece of jade that she had wrapped in a clean cloth.

Holding the jade pendant, she slowly got up, limped, and walked towards the main stage.

Seeing her coming, the woman in black stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?"

Fu Peibai held a wooden sword in his left hand, and handed over the jade pendant with his right hand trembling slightly. Although he was facing the woman in black, he rushed to the woman in white and said, "Your jade pendant."

"Also, thank you."

The woman in white looked over lightly through the white gauze, but didn't speak.

Fu Peibai clenched her fists, a feeling of shame rose up, the woman gave her a chance, but she didn't seize it, she looked away in embarrassment, turned around and staggered away.

After her figure disappeared, the woman in black handed the jade pendant to the woman in white, and the woman in white stroked the aloes and warm jade she had been away from for a month, without saying a word for a long time.

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As the sun went down, the Celestial Sect's entry competition also came to an end. There were 370 eight applicants, and 220 people participated in the first round of competition. Finally, they successfully passed three rounds of competition, and only 47 people successfully entered the sect.

The children of the defeated families came down the mountain one after another, and saw the donkey cart parked by the side of the road, and the farm boy beside the donkey cart was sitting on the wheel with his head bowed, as if he had fallen asleep, and no one came again. After talking to him, they dispersed in twos and threes.

The empty dam at the foot of Jinyun Mountain became quiet, and occasionally there was a donkey braying, probably the donkey had been standing here for a day, and began to raise its hooves a little anxiously, this movement woke Fu Peibai up, she had indeed fallen asleep leaning on the donkey cart just now up.

After coming down the mountain, she exhausted all her energy and slid down on the donkey cart. Her heart was filled with mixed feelings, confusion, despair, unwillingness, and resentment. These emotions were all mixed together, making her physically and mentally exhausted. Sitting like this, he fell into a deep sleep.

She will wake up, open her eyes, and find that she is the only one at the bottom of the mountain. The majestic mountain in front of her is like a dormant beast in the dark night. There are occasional birdsong, wolves howling, and the sound of the night wind. .

She stood up, she couldn't hold back the pain all over her body, and hissed softly. After a while, she got into the donkey cart, looking around in a daze, and she didn't know where to go. The old man said that there are many sects in the world, and it would be a choice to devote himself to other places, but she looked up at the majestic stone archway in the distance, and she couldn't suppress the unwillingness in her heart.

However, things have come to this point, so what if you don't accept your fate?She pulled the reins and was about to drive the donkey cart away when someone shouted: "Young master, stop!"

She looked back and saw that it was the woman in black. She vaguely remembered that the other person seemed to be called "Afu".

She stopped what she was doing and stared at him with confusion.

The woman in black stepped forward, with a friendly smile on her face, "Our peak master asked me to ask you, there is still a lack of a boy who carries water and firewood on Chaoquan peak, would you like to come?"

Fu Peibai froze for a moment, as if he was afraid that the other party would go back on his word, he eagerly replied: "I am willing, I am willing!"

The woman in black gave a chuckle, frowned, and waved, "Then follow me."

"I... this car."

"I will arrange someone to deal with it, you follow me," the woman in black said and walked towards the climbing stone steps.

Fu Peibai looked at the long stone steps, feeling a little apprehensive. She thought she had no strength to climb up the second time, but before she could react, the woman in black held her by the back collar and ran up. Soon, she felt as if her feet were flying into the air, and the scene in front of her quickly reversed, but in a short while, they climbed a mountain peak, and the mountain wind was blowing, making her shiver.

The woman in black led her away for a while, and a suspension bridge appeared in front of her, connecting to a shorter mountain peak on the other side.

The wooden suspension bridge didn't look very stable. The bridge body shook slightly with the mountain wind, making creaking noises. The woman in black had already stepped onto the bridge first. Looking back, Fu Peibai was still standing there, and urged: " Follow up."

Fu Peibai swallowed unconsciously, looking down from the top, the bottom of the suspension bridge was deep, and there must be no bones left when he fell down.She plucked up her courage, stood on the bridge, supported the handle of the suspension bridge, and moved step by step with difficulty.

She breathed a sigh of relief after her feet were completely on the solid stone road, and looked back at the swaying cable bridge and asked, "Is this the only way to this side?"

The woman in black said without turning her head: "Well, there are six peaks in the Tianji Sect. The one you participated in the competition today is the main peak, called Cang Qiong, and the other five peaks are the peaks under the jurisdiction of the suzerain. Qingliao, the second is that Yongxiang Peak is located in the northwest, the third is that Yunkun Peak faces the southwest, Wu Jufeng governs the northeast, and finally our Chaoquan Peak is located in the southeast."

"Five peaks stand around Cangqiong Peak, separated from each other and connected by a suspension bridge, so you have to get used to walking this bridge."

Fu Peibai didn't remember a string of names at all, but she heard them clearly, and the place she is now is called Chaoquanfeng, which is where she will stay in the future.

The woman in black led her to shuttle through the forest, and after walking through a bluestone path, a small but very elegant courtyard appeared in front of her.

The courtyard was very quiet, the woman in black walked lightly, and said in a low voice: "Be quiet, the peak master is sleeping lightly, this meeting has already rested, don't disturb her."

Fu Peibai nodded, and followed behind the woman in black. The two of them just passed the clean courtyard in the bamboo forest, and soon arrived at the back mountain. Many houses were scattered and brightly lit. People in twos and threes were still there at this time. Each is busy.

"This is the back mountain of Chaoquan Peak. It is mainly responsible for some miscellaneous affairs in the peak," the woman in black introduced.

Fu Peibai nodded, and followed the woman towards the house. When she got closer, she saw what these people were busy with. Some were washing clothes, some were washing dishes, some were choosing vegetables, and some were holding children. There were men, women and children in the babblers, there were as many as four and no.

The woman took her to a house and knocked on the door, "Is Brother Meng there?"

The sound of heavy footsteps soon came from the room, followed by a creak, the door was pulled open, and a tall and thick man leaned against the door frame and grinned, "It's so late, what is Miss Afu doing here? "

After Aphra passed by, Fu Peibai began to introduce: "This is the boy who is new to the peak today, you take it with you first, let him get acquainted with it first, and then arrange for him something he can do."

The big man raised his eyebrows, and looked at the tall and thin young man in front of him. After looking at him for a long time, he was quite dissatisfied and said, "It's difficult for this small arm and calf to carry water. What can I do?"

"Oh, don't talk about these useless things. Anyway, I will leave it to you. You are a man of many years old. Don't bully people and children, do you hear me?" After finishing speaking, Afu said to Fu Peibai : "From now on, you should follow him carefully. He is the chief steward of this backyard. Just call him Uncle Meng."

"By the way, there is also his injury. You will ask Ah Ruo to show her later, and I will leave first." After finishing speaking, Afu left, leaving Fu Peibai and the big man looking at each other.

The big man stroked the stubble on his chin, clicked his tongue, and walked to another room, "Follow me."

Fu Peibai turned around and followed them. The two arrived at the house directly opposite. The big man knocked on the door. After a while, the owner of the room opened the door. It was a young girl with delicate and elegant eyebrows. She was a typical Jiangnan water town person. Facing the big man's rude behavior, he smiled and asked, "It's so late, is Brother Meng okay?"

The big man pointed to Fu Peibai who was beside him, and said, "The new kid, he's full of injuries, let him have a look."

The woman looked at Fu Peibai, turned sideways and said, "Come in."

Just as Fu Peibai was about to go in, he was grabbed by a big man, and said viciously: "Hey, you boy, the girl is polite to you, you are really embarrassed, this is the boudoir of the girl's house, you brat understand Don't know the rules."

Fu Peibai stood still, her face was a little dazed, yes, she is pretending to be a man now, she really needs to pay attention to the difference between men and women.

So she took two steps back and apologized, "Sorry."

The woman smiled softly, "It's all right, doctors don't stick to these things, come in."

"No, no, you take this kid to my house," the big man insisted.

"That's good." After finishing speaking, the woman returned to the house and took a medicine box, followed the big man to the opposite room.

While walking, she glanced sideways at the new stranger, and took the initiative to talk to him: "I don't know your name yet, what's your name?"

Fu Peibai walked with his head buried, and replied in a muffled voice, "Fu Peibai."

"My name is Yun Ruoling. I should be a few years older than you. I'm a medical girl here. You can call me Ah Ruo just like everyone else."

Fu Peibai nodded without saying a word. In just a few words, the three of them came to the big man's room. The room smelled faintly of alcohol.

Yun Ruoling joked: "Brother Meng, are you secretly drinking again? Are you not afraid of being punished by the Peak Master?"

The man chuckled, and quickly closed the door, "Good girl, don't tell me, just pretend you don't know anything."

Yun Ruoling smiled, and said to Fu Peibai: "Don't learn from him in the future. Go to Quanfeng to prohibit alcohol, and you will be punished if you are found out."

"Sit down, let me take a look at your arm first."

Fu Peibai sat down obediently, and when she heard that the other party asked her to move her arms, she tried to raise her arms. There was no problem, but when she wanted to exert force on her hands, she felt a tingling pain in her wrists, and she couldn't exert force.

Yun Ruoling wanted to reach out to take her pulse, but Fu Peibai suddenly withdrew his arm, his eyes were obviously wary, Yun Ruoling was stunned, and said softly: "I just want to take your pulse for you, don't be nervous."

Fu Peibai thought of the old man Wen's words at the time, and told her not to let others take the pulse at random. The pulse of men and women is different, and you can detect it by touching it, so she must be vigilant, and said: "No need."

The big man clicked his tongue, thinking that Fu Peibai was embarrassed, so he said: "Why are you so condescending, just now you wanted to sneak into a girl's boudoir, what are you doing now, looking like a big girl?"

Fu Peibai still shook his head, very persistent, "No need."

Yun Ruoling didn't like to force others to make things difficult for him, so he could only say: "Then what's uncomfortable inside you?"

Fu Peibai shook her head again. At this moment, besides the pain in her body, she only felt mentally and mentally exhausted.

"Have you ever had an old injury on this arm?"

"Ah."

"I saw that your wrist was weak and trembling slightly. It is very likely that the tendons are damaged. If you don't treat it in time, your arm may not be able to hold heavy objects in the future."

Fu Peibai's face changed, this is the right arm, and she still needs to hold the sword, so she immediately asked nervously, "Yes, can it be cured?"

Yun Ruoling looked at the young man's dark eyes, and nodded lightly, "It can be cured. Apply acupuncture once every three days for more than a month. It should be cured, but it's best to take care of it for the next six months. , don't get hurt again."

"Then in the past six months, can't you practice swords with your right hand?"

"It's best not to, it's irreversible to damage the tendons if the intensity is too high."

Fu Peibai's shoulders slumped, and he looked a little sluggish.

"You kid, what kind of sword are you practicing? I will help you when your arm gets better," the big man said harshly.

"Okay, as for the wounds on your face, they are all small scrapes, just clean them carefully. Do you have other injuries on your body?"

Yes, yes, Fu Peibai was kicked several times by Mo Qingyuan, and there were wounds from those wooden sword strikes, but the wounds were all in secret places, so she couldn't tell, so she shook her head.

"Well then, I'll go back first, and I'll do acupuncture for you tomorrow, Brother Meng, you can find him a room to live in tonight", Yun Ruoling said, picked up the wooden box and left.

The big man stroked his stubble, "There is no room available, you can sleep with me in the same room, I sleep on the kang, you sleep on the floor, is there any objection?"

Naturally, Fu Peibai had no objection, how could he not bow his head under the roof, he was lucky to be able to join the Tianji sect, he could not learn martial arts as an orthodox disciple, it would be fine to steal a master's skill.

The big man said with disgust: "Go, there is a well behind the house, get a bucket of water and wash yourself."

Fu Peibai also knew that he was covered in dust, unkempt, and smelled of sweat, so he obediently went to the well to fetch water to wash.

The well water is very cold, and there is a slight tingling sensation when it touches the wound on her face. After washing, she sat by the well and looked at the first quarter moon hanging high in the night sky. Tomorrow should be a good day with clear sky and clear air. The sky is dotted with stars, which is a scene that she hardly sees in the northwest. As she moves her eyes down, the small courtyard flickering with sporadic lights under the hazy night in the distance appears in her sight.

She stood up, stretched her neck and looked in that direction. Because the terrain was a little higher, she could clearly see the courtyard in the center of the bamboo forest. It was the one she passed by when she came, that is, the one facing the master of Quanfeng. residence.

The figure of the woman in white flashed in her mind, like a fairy, which made people look away, but with a charming faint fragrance.

She touched her bosom subconsciously, but found nothing, and then remembered that she had returned the jade pendant to others.

She withdrew her gaze and returned to the big man's room. The big man had already fallen asleep at that time, snoring faintly. On the floor, the floor had already been laid, and there were two thick quilts. She took off her coat and shoes and lay down on it. , there is a soft and warm touch under her body, just like the cotton wool played by her mother herself. She looked at the void and slowly closed her eyes.