Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan had already guessed that Wei Zhongxian and Li Zongyu would try to flatter the emperor, so he and Li Qinghan had already discussed countermeasures...
"Your Majesty, I recently got a new sword called Heartbreaker. Since the Vulcan Empress praises this small piece of wood so much, I would like to ask Your Majesty's permission to chop this wood with Heartbreaker." Li Zongyu stepped forward and respectfully said.
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"This..." Zhu Youxiao hesitated.
Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, please don't hesitate any longer. Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan are in love with you. If General Li can split that fire wood, it will prove that they are deceiving the emperor! I will ask the emperor to punish them at that time."
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"Well then... okay" Zhu Youxiao said.
Ma Xiaoquan crossed his arms and stood next to Li Qinghan, while Li Qinghan made a gesture of invitation.
Li Zongyu snorted coldly, pulled out the "heart-breaking" knife from his waist with a clang, placed the Vulcan Tree on the ground, aimed it at the center, and chopped it down with all his strength.
"When" the heart-breaking knife struck the Vulcan tree, there was a collision sound unique to metal, and at that moment, several sparks shot out.
Li Zongyu was also shocked. As a sword wielder, he deeply felt the hardness of the Vulcan Wood.
If the first blow fails, then try again.
Li Zongyu mustered up his strength and slashed dozens of times in succession, only to hear the sound of "dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang." However, after he stopped, the piece of fire wood was still intact.
A precious sword couldn't even chop a piece of wood. Li Zongyu was a little suspicious of the sword in his hand.
"Bring me weapons!" Li Zongyu shouted.
Several soldiers offered long swords and spears, and Li Zongyu took one of them and hacked at the Vulcan tree one by one.
Unfortunately, except for the "dang-dang-dang" sound, the Vulcan tree is still intact.
Ma Xiaoquan was also very shocked. He had already discussed this section with Li Qinghan, but the piece of fire wood was beyond his expectation.
Li Zongyu tried all the weapons in his hands one by one, but he couldn't find any damage to the Vulcan Tree. In desperation, he had to stop panting.
Zhu Youxiao was very happy and quickly ordered someone to bring the fire tree up.
"Well, this is a good thing. It is very light in the hand, but it is harder than steel. Okay, very good!"
Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is a small gift from the Goddess of Fire to you. I hope your Majesty will accept it!"
"Give it to me?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being overjoyed and nodded quickly, "Okay, great, great, I will find a way to play with this piece of wood, but this Vulcan wood is invulnerable, and it looks like it should be invulnerable to water and fire.
Come on! Goddess of Fire, I accept your fire wood, but if I want to carve patterns on this wood, what should I do?"
Li Qinghan nodded slightly, hummed slightly, stepped forward, stretched out his right hand, and said: "If the emperor wants to engrave patterns, he must use this flame." After Li Qinghan said this, her
A ball of light blue flame appeared on his right hand.
"This...how do I use this? Can I use it?" Zhu Youxiao was a little nervous.
Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and the incarnation of a true dragon. Legend has it that dragons can spit fire, so the Emperor can naturally use it. But Your Majesty, if you really want to engrave patterns, Qinghan
I have to be there and watch over you. This flame is no joke after all. If it burns your clothes or something, it will be difficult to handle."
Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and quickly stretched out his hand: "Quickly, give me the fire, give it to me"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded to Li Qinghan. Li Qinghan stepped forward and gently took Zhu Youxiao's hand, and the light blue flame also followed Zhu Youxiao's hand in full view of everyone.
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Zhu Youxiao didn't feel anything strange. He waved his hand and said, "I want to use flames now..."
"Your Majesty, wait!" Ma Xiaoquan quickly stopped him, "Your Majesty, you have just received the flame, and it will take some time to brew, so the flame cannot be used for the time being."
"Do you want to brew? Oh, okay, that's fine, hehe." Zhu Youxiao happily put the fire tree into his arms and nodded with satisfaction, "Ma Aiqing, I'm very satisfied with the entertainment program you prepared. I said
Well, what reward do you want?"
Before Ma Xiaoquan spoke, Wei Zhongxian became anxious. He was afraid that Ma Xiaoquan would ask for his rights back, so he hurriedly said: "Ma Xiaoquan, the emperor said it was a reward. Don't talk nonsense."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said: "Don't worry, Eunuch Wei, I don't want another emperor, and Wei Chen doesn't want anyone else. I just want to ask Wei Chen to join the Qinghan Vulcan Cult."
Although Ma Xiaoquan lives with Li Qinghan, Ma Xiaoquan has not publicly joined the sect yet.
Zhu Youxiao frowned and said, "You don't believe in Buddhism anymore?"
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged. He originally wanted to say that he had never believed in Buddhism, but if he said so, he would definitely be criticized by the emperor. After all, Zhu Youxiao still had to worship Buddha no matter what.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Replying to the emperor, I just think that the Vulcan Cult is closer to my thoughts."
"Oh, ok, I will grant your request. Well, if anything happens in the future, I can contact you directly!"
Ma Xiaoquan knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you Lord for your kindness!"
Wei Zhongxian and Li Zongyu looked at each other. They both knew very well what Ma Xiaoquan was going to do, but no one could talk nonsense about religion, and no one dared to stop it.
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After the two parties ended their fun, the competition officially began.
The content of the competition is divided into two parts, one is a martial arts competition, and the other is to pick up an object from a specified location in Beijing within a specified time and then send it back.
The competition is divided into three rounds, one against one, one against two, and one against three.
Ma Xiaoquan sent Miao Xiaomiao to the pair. Miao Xiaomiao's opponent was a strong man over eight feet tall.
Miao Xiaomiao's petite body stood in front of the strong man. The contrast was very obvious. The soldiers watching underground all laughed when they saw it.
Zhu Youxiao frowned and said, "That's not fair, that soldier is so tall..."
Wei Zhongxian said proudly: "Your Majesty, there is nothing fair or unfair in this. If it is a war, who would think so much?"
"Oh, yes!" Zhu Youxiao nodded.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, walked to Miao Xiaomiao, and whispered: "Xiao Miao, do you still remember what I told you?"
Miao Xiaomiao nodded: "Remember, captain, but I'm still afraid."