Chapter 50: Chasing and sparring
When Chen Shijie led in the young man who had a pair of iron rulers around his waist, a brown hat on his head, and cloud-stepping boots on his feet, Zhao Xing recognized him immediately.

"Brother Zhao? Is that you?" Shen Zhui was also a little surprised when he saw Zhao Xing.

"It seems you know each other?" Chen Shijie asked with a smile.

"Of course, Captain Shen is the most outstanding and youngest captain in the Wubanfang." Zhao Xing cupped his hands.

"I dare not. There are so many experts in the martial arts department. I just completed a few more missions by chance." Shen Zhui was very humble in front of Chen Shijie. "I know Brother Zhao because he is in charge of the land tax area 'Anping Town', which is also the security area I am in charge of."

The officials in charge of agriculture were responsible for encouraging farming and checking land taxes, while the catchers in the Wubanfang were responsible for maintaining public security in the towns and villages.

When Zhao Xing went to the countryside, he had dealt with Shen Zhui several times and had a very good impression of him.

"Since you two know each other, there's no need for me to introduce you." Chen Shijie said with a smile, "Shen Zhui, Zhao Xing, you two can chat on your own."

Chen Shijie gave the two young men some space. Shen Zhui looked at Zhao Xing and spoke first, "I didn't expect that the person I want to protect is you, Brother Zhao. It's really fate."

"Protect?" Zhao Xing was stunned. "Brother Shen was ordered to protect me? Could it be that the Xuantian Sect is causing trouble again?"

Shen Zhui adjusted the iron ruler at his waist and explained, "Due to the relationship with Xuantian Sect, the officials of various counties in Nanyang County were arrested, which brought a bad influence. They ran away without a trace, but many strong men took the opportunity to cause trouble and committed many murders. There was really no peace."

"Plus, Donghu Mountain is about to open, and the entire Gucheng area is relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside, and the level of defense has been raised a lot."

After hearing what Shen Zhui said, Zhao Xing finally understood that Chen Shijie not only found a sparring partner for him, but also found a bodyguard for him from the martial arts school.

Old Chen is a very easy-going person and he will really help when there is something wrong.

"Then I'll trouble Brother Shen for this period of time."

"It's my job, no need to be polite."

Although there is an extra bodyguard, Shen Zhui does not have round-the-clock personal protection.

When Zhao Xing went to the Sinongjian to report to the emperor or study, he didn't have to go, unless he went out of the city, then he would accompany Zhao Xing.

In addition, at Zhao Xing's request, they discussed for one hour each in the morning and afternoon.

The location was set at Chen Mansion, which was large enough and allowed the casting of magic.

The first competition between the two was similar to a game of cat and mouse.

That is, one person escaped and one person was caught, and the scope was within Chen's mansion.

Shen Zhui stood there, waiting for Zhao Xing to cast the spell first.

He is a warrior, and the training ground is so small. If he is allowed to make the first move, Zhao Xing will have no chance of winning.

So the rule is that he can only chase and kill after the tenth breath after Zhao Xing casts the spell.

"The wind rises!"

Zhao Xing cast a spell, and a strong wind blew the sand, but it did not attack, but disrupted the vision.

Woohoo~
Shen Zhui narrowed his eyes and pressed down his brown hat.

Although he could not see Zhao Xing's position with his eyes, a warrior's perception of the human body's vital energy allowed him to still sense Zhao Xing's position.

But the next moment, a strange look flashed across Shen Zhui's face.

“It disappeared?!”

On the parade ground, Shen Zhui stood there, looking at the dark clouds above his head in surprise.

"The moving clouds concealed his energy fluctuations? But when did these clouds appear? I didn't even notice it."

"Two methods in one breath? When the wind started, the moving clouds were also completed?"

At the very beginning, Shen Zhui felt that Zhao Xing, the Minister of Agriculture, was obviously different from other people he had met.

However, he was still wrong. Zhao Xing did not use two techniques in one breath, but three techniques in one breath.

In an instant, he was able to move the clouds, raise the wind, and make the rain fall.

"Drip, drip~"

Raindrops fell on Shen Zhui's brown hat, and before the ten-breath countdown was over, it turned into a downpour!

"Hua La La~" Shen Zhui's vision was completely blurred, and visibility was reduced to within five meters.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

The iron ruler trembled, locked onto a direction, and suddenly two white lights lit up and quickly disappeared into the rain.

The light split the rain curtain twenty or thirty meters away, and the field of vision suddenly became briefly clear. Shen Zhui's eyes flashed with a sharp light and locked onto a blurry figure.

After the ten-breath countdown, he began the "chase".

Zhao Xing hid behind a willow tree on the east side of the parade ground and began his second spell - the Straw Man Spell.

"I just broke a walking straw man, which should have attracted his attention. But if we want to escape from the pursuit, one straw man is not enough."

Zhao Xing gently broke off the willow branch and listened carefully to Shen Zhui's movements.

"Brother Zhao, the game is over." Shen Zhui flew down from a rockery and instantly surpassed the blurry figure.

"Really?" The blurry figure spoke Zhao Xing's voice, "Brother Shen, why don't you take a closer look?"

"Straw man?" Shen Zhui was stunned.

"Brother Shen, it's still very early."

The straw man disintegrated on his own because he encountered Shen Zhui. The straw man's mission was over. There was no way the straw man could defeat Shen Zhui, unless there were twenty or thirty powerful Vajra. But now this was the [God-Speed ​​Straw Man], and the material was just ordinary willow branches.

"I was actually deceived by the straw man? His method of making a straw man is so exquisite that it can even make sounds?" Shen Zhui's eyes began to change.

You know, he is at the seventh level of Ju Yuan, while Zhao Xing, according to Chen Shijie, is only at the third level of Ju Yuan!
As the strongest talent in the martial arts class, how could I be fooled by Sinongjian's third-level Juyuan spell?
Shen Zhui pulled out both rulers.

He's going to get serious.

"Tattoo~"

The stepping boots in the rain are very rhythmic.

But Zhao Xing also found something wrong. After the first straw man disintegrated, Shen Zhui's movements became difficult to capture.

Two breaths later, Shen Zhui's footsteps disappeared.

In other words, it did not disappear, but was completely integrated into the rhythm of the raindrops.

Zhao Xing controlled the moving clouds and used his vital energy to perform micro-manipulations to change the rhythm of the rain.

But every time, Shen Zhui was able to adjust his body movements within two breaths and quickly blend into the environment.

In this way, Zhao Xing could not identify his specific location while moving quickly.

For Zhao Xing, Shen Zhui also disappeared.

"His body movements have reached the level of perfection. Old Chen has picked a good sparring partner for me." There was some excitement in Zhao Xing's eyes.

This is exactly the intensity of confrontation he wants. In this kind of confrontation, the efficiency of his energy purification will also increase.

"Return the straw man, get up!"

Soon, a second straw man appeared under the willow tree. Its height and size were almost the same as Zhao Xing.

"go with!"

Zhao Xing ordered the straw man to hide somewhere else in Chen's mansion to confuse Shen Zhui's sight.

After another ten breaths, the third straw man took shape.

But when the third one started to move, it stepped on two dead branches.

"Crack~" The dead branch broke with a crisp sound.

Although it was quickly covered up by the sound of rain, it was still so harsh in Zhao Xing's ears.

At the same time, Shen Zhui, who was in the rain, also grasped the abnormality, no longer concealed his figure, and chased after him fiercely.

"Not good." Zhao Xing's face changed slightly. He immediately gave up making the straw man and ran in another direction.

(End of this chapter)