In this vast Kunxuan continent, everything is respected by strength. It can be as small as a village of more than a hundred households, or as large as the Ye Lin Empire where they are located.
The form of coming-of-age ceremony also varies greatly among different families. The fundamental purpose is to select outstanding children and train them. Once the performance of the coming-of-age ceremony is too mediocre, then in the future you will only be able to do some superficial work in the village. Although
You will not be impoverished, but you will inevitably be inferior to others in terms of life and status.
Zuo Feng stood far away in a corner, looking at the crowds of people. Those complicated adult rites gave him a headache the most, so he deliberately arrived a long time late.
The ceremony was not over yet. Seeing a group of teenagers in the center of the venue being manipulated like marionettes, Zuo Feng couldn't help but secretly feel grateful for his decision.
There was a high platform built on the side of the field, and Teng Xiaoyun's familiar figure appeared on the high platform. His eyes swept past him, and the three empty seats looked very eye-catching. They should be reserved for the village chiefs of several neighboring villages.
"These village chiefs will not be absent without reason. I'm afraid they have something to do with the bandits in Jinyan Mountain." Zuo Feng made his own judgment on this. For some reason, the dark shadow that attacked him a year ago suddenly appeared in his mind.
Lingering.
The competition in the square had already started after the ceremony. Zuo Feng took a casual look and turned his attention elsewhere. A year ago, he liked this kind of stage so much, but now he is no longer the sharp-edged and ignorant person he was before.
juvenile.
Zuo Feng glanced at a corner of the square and frowned involuntarily, because he saw Fujikata's group of people looking at him with unkind expressions on their faces.
"That boy is really here."
"If you dare to ignore Brother Fujikata's warning, he is simply looking for death."
Fujikata was standing in the queue at the edge of the square, staring at Zuo Feng with slightly narrowed eyes. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but his words were unusually calm.
"Now that you're here, don't think about leaving intact."
After Fujikata finished speaking, he looked at the young man in the field. The young man in the field had just easily defeated a challenger. If he is willing, he can continue to accept the challenge. And he also has a privilege, which is to challenge any young man who participates in the coming-of-age ceremony.
Issue a challenge.
When the young man saw Teng Fang looking at him, he immediately understood. He nodded with a smile, slowly raised his hand and pointed at Zuo Feng, who was standing behind the crowd, and said loudly.
"Zuo Feng, I challenge you. If you dare not accept the challenge, get out of the adult ceremony."
"Zuo Cheng, you shameless guy. You know that Zuo Feng has no cultivation level, but you actually challenged him. If you want to find someone to challenge me, I will accompany you."
Zuo Hou stood on the sidelines and yelled anxiously and angrily, with some urgency in his voice. Normally, they could only make some sarcastic remarks to Zuo Feng, but if Zuo Feng accepted the challenge on impulse, then even the village chief
It can't be stopped either.
Zuo Feng came to Zuo Hou at some point, reached out and patted his shoulder twice, and then strode towards the field under Zuo Hou's shocked eyes. After walking a few steps, he slightly raised his arm and
He waved twice in the air.
Looking at his familiar movements and confident back, Zuo Hou felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart. Because that confident back was almost exactly the same as a year ago, but a little more so.
Mature and steady.
"Feng'er, you..."
Teng Xiaoyun stood up suddenly from the stands, and wanted to stop him with words, but the moment his eyes met with Zuo Feng's in the void, he couldn't say the next words anyway, because at this moment Zuo Feng's eyes were full of determination and confidence.
The young man named Zuo Cheng who initiated the challenge looked at Zuo Feng who was striding into the arena with a smirk on his face, and said disdainfully.
"I didn't expect that after being a coward for a year, the 'God of War' would actually give me a chance to show my face today. If I remember correctly, you seem to have never been defeated in this competition."
"Want to defeat me? I hope you don't show your face. In the end, you show your butt instead."
Zuo Feng's words immediately caused all the women on the sidelines to cover their mouths and snicker. The young man named Zuo Cheng was so angry that his face turned red. In anger, he yelled: "Look who is showing his butt."
Following the roar, he stamped his right foot heavily on the ground and rushed forward quickly. He looked at the madly charging young man with an indifferent expression. The noisy sounds around him seemed to gradually move away from him, and his heart became as calm as water.
It has been a year. This year, I have experienced countless ridicules and ridicules. This year, many friends around me have alienated myself. This year, I have lost my cultivation but polished my state of mind.
The boy's swift figure seemed to be abnormally slow to Zuo Feng, and the opponent's kick that was full of spiritual power gradually enlarged in his eyes. The surrounding area became quiet for an instant, and some girls even closed their eyes involuntarily.
Zuo Hou subconsciously clenched his fists, unable to dodge at such a close distance. He only hoped that Zuo Feng could survive this leg, and then he would ignore the rules and rush forward to save Zuo Feng.
But Teng Xiaoyun's eyes widened because he saw Zuo Feng's body shaking. Although the shaking was very weak, with his cultivation level, he could already tell that there was spiritual energy flowing in Zuo Feng's body.
Just when Zuo Cheng's kick was only half a foot away from Zuo Feng, Zuo Feng's body finally moved. What was shocking was that Zuo Feng did not retreat or take defense, but took a step forward.
This was almost like sending oneself to be kicked, but Zuo Feng's body was shaking and the kick was strangely staggered. Zuo Feng's clenched right fist was swung out from under his ribs, and it was still a little slow at first.
, but it soon turned into a phantom and hit the opponent's front door.
Zuo Cheng still had a confident smile on his face when he kicked out, but the next moment this smile was replaced by shock and sluggishness. The close contact between his face and his fists caused his face to be extremely exaggeratedly distorted and deformed.
Some teeth of flesh and blood flew out of the mouth.
His body spun and flew backwards until his body hit the field and splashed a cloud of dust. The people watching around him still looked dumbfounded with their mouths open.
Everyone has a thought in their mind, 'That cultivation genius is back again.'
The shock in Zuo Feng's heart was no less than that of the others, because when he had just exerted his energy, the electric aura filled his fists almost instantly. When he raised his energy and punched, this series of movements was almost unexpected, even more powerful than the punches.
He expected it to be one point faster.
"This, what's going on."
It was as if Teng Xiaoyun couldn't hear the questions from the people around him. He was filled with joy that his most promising disciple had recovered his cultivation.
"Zuo Feng, this good-for-nothing, has recovered his cultivation."
"How is it possible to defeat Zuo Cheng with one move? He is about to break through to the fourth level of physical strength."
Teng Fang's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly, and Teng Fang was nervous about Zuo Feng's recovery. After seeing clearly that the other party's cultivation level was only at the third level of the physical strength stage, Teng Fang gradually regained his composure.
"What are you calling for? So what if you recover? It's only the second level of the physical enhancement stage. What's all the fuss about."
He scolded the person next to him harshly, and then turned to look at the calm young man in the field. The young man's habit of lightly dusting off the dust reminded him of the disastrous defeat a year ago, and he felt fierce in his heart.
road.
'It will be better if you recover your cultivation. Only by defeating you in this way can I truly avenge my previous shame.'
"I challenge you."
Fujikata's voice was not high-pitched, but it also made everyone recover from the shock, and all eyes turned to him. Fujikata walked towards the field with a confident face, but continued to speak.
"If you don't get out now, it's no wonder I'm blind."
Zuo Feng looked at Teng Feng coldly. He understood that the other party said this because he was afraid that he would avoid the fight. If it were him a year ago, he would probably be furious and take action now, but now Zuo Feng only showed a sneer.
"Oh, since you are interested, I will naturally accompany you. And I really want to see your 'eyeless' fists and kicks."
Zuo Feng deliberately emphasized the word "eyeless", which immediately caused a burst of laughter from the surrounding people. The veins on Fujikata's forehead were slightly raised, showing that he was really angry. He said fiercely: "Okay, okay, okay."
When he said the second word "good", Fujikata's body began to tilt forward slightly. When the third word "good" fell, his body had already burst out, and its speed and power were extremely astonishing.
In just two breaths, Fujikata had already rushed forward, and the dust behind him slowly started to rise. A punch filled with spiritual power came towards Zuofeng with overwhelming force.
Zuo Feng took a step to the side without any hesitation, turning his body slightly to avoid the punch, but the subsequent punch followed closely. This style of attack was done almost regardless of the loss of spiritual energy, because it was so fast.
After the move, there was no time for the spiritual energy to recover.
The punch came so fast that Zuo Feng couldn't dodge and had to raise his arm to punch it hard.
"Bang"
With a muffled sound, Zuo Feng staggered back five or six steps before dispelling the spiritual power of the punch. There was a level difference between the two, so it was not easy to follow up. Teng Fang saw that the opponent could not even parry.
It was so difficult that he seized the opportunity to attack like crazy.
"mean"
Zuo Hou couldn't help but cursed angrily in the crowd. Except for a few teenagers who glared at him, most of them nodded secretly, obviously agreeing with Zuo Hou's view. To compete with an opponent who was one level lower than himself, he relied entirely on his cultivation.
It's really shameful to use a head-to-head approach to the gap.
Different from the embarrassment seen by others, Zuo Feng felt secretly happy in his heart. Because after blocking the opponent's full punch, the huge spiritual energy rushed into his body, and was strangely quickly swallowed up by his own spiritual energy containing thunder and lightning.
Don't say that you have never heard of this kind of thing, or even dare to think about it, because it almost violates the eternal iron law on Kunxuan Continent. People's physiques are not exactly the same, so practice and refine
The final spiritual energy is also different. If you forcefully swallow and absorb other people's spiritual energy, you will either explode and die, or you will end up going crazy and exhausting your meridians.
It was hard for Zuo Feng to believe just now that he could have dissipated the power of this punch by taking three steps back. But because of shock and disbelief, he had to take two more steps back and concentrate on feeling this strange change in his body.
Before he could be surprised, Teng Fang's kick filled with spiritual power was already in front of him. Zuo Feng simply raised his hand to catch it without evading it this time. He wanted to confirm whether the weird scene just now was accidental.
"Bang"
After another muffled sound, Zuo Feng fell back six steps, and at the same time his body trembled slightly as if he had been seriously injured. But this was just the illusion of others. In fact, he was too excited and could not control the trembling of his body.