You Lisheng's arm True Qi surged, tossing the second holly leaf.

The leaf flew for a while and slowly moved in a horizontal arc, increasingly far from Zhou Leng.

In the process of leaf tossing, it is possible to change the leaf's direction, but it needs to travel a certain distance in a straight line.

Zhou Leng didn't make a move immediately, waiting for You Lisheng's tossed leaf to start slowing down, falling obliquely before he projected his second leaf.

The leaf flew straight, and under everyone's gaze, precisely hit You Lisheng's tossed leaf.

"1 to 0!" Rao Mingxian shouted.

You Lisheng took another deep breath, contemplating for a moment, and tossed the third leaf.

This time, it flew straight and fast, certainly able to fly to...

The leaf had just been tossed and before it weakened, Zhou Leng suddenly made his move.

Whoosh!

Snap!

A faint but clear sound was heard.

Zhou Leng's shot leaf was like a sharp blade, slicing through You Lisheng's tossed leaf, its momentum undiminished, flying far away.

The split tossed leaf spun in the air and fell to the ground.

"2 to 0." Rao Mingxian announced.

The students of Martial Arts Academy in Xihai were all silent.

At this time, many passersby stopped from afar to watch this clever duel of Picking Leaves and Flying Flowers.

You Lisheng closed his eyes, slowly adjusting his breath and Qi Manipulation.

Zhou Leng, unlike You Lisheng earlier, did not keep announcing the pressure of the next leaf, remaining silent.

Several students from Martial Arts Academy in Xihai gave Zhou Leng a puzzled look.

This Zhou Leng, why is he completely different from the rumors?

Zhou Leng's leaf tossing and projection both proved that whether it's the total amount of True Qi or True Qi Manipulation, he was far above You Lisheng.

This proves that even if choosing actual combat, he has a great chance of winning.

Zhou Leng instead chose a skillful duel, not a direct combat to harm others.

During the skillful duel, he did not rush, did not apply pressure, quite friendly.

After a moment, You Lisheng opened his eyes and said, "The fourth leaf."

This time, his eyes were clear, he didn't use any tricks, only exerting full strength, threw it out steadily.

Whoosh...

This leaf's momentum far surpassed any of his previous tossed leaves.

All parties watching secretly praised, this leaf best demonstrates his power.

Zhou Leng also nodded slightly, this time, he neither quickly shot nor aimed at the end, but raised his hand to shoot when the tossed leaf's speed was the most stable and predictable in the middle.

Whoosh!

Zhou Leng's shot leaf grazed the edge of You Lisheng's tossed leaf, causing it to fly out obliquely and fall weakly.

According to the rules, any touch is considered a hit.

"3 to 0." Rao Mingxian announced again.

Leaf tossing was already completed, You Lisheng was bound to lose, but his expression rather eased.

He smiled and said, "Student Zhou Leng, indeed impressive. Regardless of victory or defeat, I must insist on completing this. This last toss is my full effort."

After speaking, he stomped half a step, and his right hand went all out throwing it.

In this move, everyone felt he was not tossing a leaf, but punching forward.

The leaf abruptly flew out, Zhou Leng raised his arm, ready to shoot, but suddenly paused.

Because You Lisheng's tossed leaf suddenly slowed down.

When Zhou Leng was about to shoot again, the leaf suddenly accelerated.

In just ten meters of distance, the leaf actually repeatedly accelerated and decelerated five times.

Everyone nodded; this move was indeed impressive.

Zhou Leng carefully observed, there was no such technique in his own repertoire. Given the chance, he must practice this unknown fist technique.

Rao Mingxian said, "It seems like East Wind Fist, created by Saint Zhao, generally at least Innate is needed to practice it. Only Grandmaster and Martial Saint can unleash its maximum power. He probably learned a few moves."

Zhou Leng held the leaf still, waiting for You Lisheng's tossed leaf to lose its force assistance, falling obliquely, then stepped forward and swung his long arm like a whip, like throwing a baseball, forcefully tossing it.

This time, exerted full force.

Screech...

This leaf emitted a piercing whistle, flew out with unimaginable speed, cutting through a green shadow far away.

With a snap, it knocked down You Lisheng's tossed leaf.

You Lisheng cupped his fists towards Zhou Leng with a smile of admiration, "Student Zhou Leng's True Qi level is indeed extraordinary. In this first round, I concede."

"Thank you for going easy," Zhou Leng said, "the second round is your choice."

You Lisheng glanced around, staring at the pine trees.

"Since it's Picking Leaves and Flying Flowers, just picking leaves without flying flowers is slightly regrettable."

"However, it's already winter now, and flowers are not visible. Why not replace flying flowers with pine cones and have a 'Flying Flower Continuation' to decide the winner, how about it?"

Everyone's eyes brightened simultaneously, Flying Flower Continuation is extremely difficult, not easy for anyone under the Vitality Stage.

But replacing it with pine cones makes it much simpler; both even at the Body Refining Stage can do it.

"As you wish," Zhou Leng replied.

You Lisheng said, "Let's go, we'll go to the lawn to pick some pine cones."

"Let's go!"

Everyone seemed like on a spring outing, crossed the roadside bush, walked to the pine trees to pick pine cones.

The pine trees here are not big, all baby fist-sized small pine cones, small and light.

Everyone picked a small pile of pine cones, divided into two, placed by the roadside.

You Lisheng said, "The rules of Flying Flower Continuation are simple. We hold pine cones, toss them upward, then throw out a second pine cone."

"Make sure the second pine cone hits the first pine cone, ensuring the first pine cone doesn't fall to the ground."

"Next, use the third pine cone to hit the second, then ensure the second hits the first, not falling. Then the fourth, the fifth...and so forth."

"During this process, pine cone hits must strictly follow the ordinality, cannot hit randomly."

"Changing hit sequence or falling counts as failure."

Zhou Leng asked, "The hits should be straight up and down; what if they're crooked?"

"As long as the hit sequence is maintained and doesn't fall, it's fine if crooked. But only those at the Vitality Stage can straighten the crooked pine cones, we can't."

"I haven't played before, should we start directly or practice for a while?" Zhou Leng asked.

"Let's start directly. I've never played it before since it's mainly for those in the Vitality Stage."

"Okay." Zhou Leng grasped a pine cone in each hand.

Rao Mingxian walked to Zhou Leng's left and said, "I'll pass you the pine cones."

"Ready... start." You Lisheng finished speaking and tossed a pine cone upward.

Zhou Leng also threw one up.

As the first pine cone fell, Zhou Leng and You Lisheng simultaneously threw the second one.

The second pine cone accurately hit the first one.

After a violent collision, the first pine cone shot upward at high speed, creating a distance from the second one.

Both of them hit accurately, with the pine cones moving straight up and down.

When the second pine cone fell, they both threw the third one.

The third pine cone hit the second, and the second hit the first.

Dozens of people nearby looked up, watching under the blue sky and white clouds as two strings of pine cones aligned in a line, flying up and down.

Four, five, six... increasingly more.

Slowly, the crowd noticed that the strings of pine cones from the two appeared differently.

You Lisheng's string, though in a straight line vertically, had varying intervals between different pine cones, appearing rather chaotic.

Some pine cones flew higher, while others bounced between two cones, unevenly spaced.

Zhou Leng's pine cones were like this initially, but starting from the sixth one, an extremely peculiar scene unfolded.

The string of six pine cones seemed pierced by an invisible bamboo skewer, tightly connected together.

Zhou Leng's seventh pine cone flew up, hit the sixth, then surprisingly didn't bounce back but slowly fell.

The sixth pine cone hit the fifth, transmitting force upward, separating only briefly before recombining.

The six pine cones flew high into the sky, then descended rapidly, faster than free fall due to the influence of True Qi and power.

Then, they caught up with the seventh and stacked together.

After seven pine cones fell together, Zhou Leng threw up the eighth one.

Zhou Leng stood still, his feet unmoving, while the pine cones above resembled a candied hawthorn stick.

You Lisheng's pine cones, on the other hand, were like abacus beads, colliding randomly.

After You Lisheng threw the eighth pine cone, the cones collided in sequence, transmitting power.

When it reached the fifth pine cone, the power deviated slightly.

Probably just by a millimeter.

Crack!

The fifth pine cone hit the fourth, one going slanted up, the other down.

Unable to maintain a straight line anymore.

Crack!

The fourth pine cone flew across the third.

Two pine cones flew off horizontally.

Between the sixth and the second pine cones, there was nothing.

As the other three flew wildly, the sixth and second clashed.

"Ah..." You Lisheng let out a long sigh.

Students from the Martial Arts Academy, watching intently, also sighed softly.

You Lisheng gazed at Zhou Leng, observing those tightly stacked eight pine cones, with a resolute look.

He knew this tight-fitting method was the most effective, but the problem was it required highly advanced True Qi manipulation, which he just couldn't achieve.

The crowd silently watched as Zhou Leng's pine cones stacked one after another.

As easily as an adult stacking building blocks.

9, 10, 11, 12...

By the time it reached 20, even those who had seen Vitality Stage competitions couldn't help but exclaim.

Even among those in the Vitality Stage, there weren't many who could stack this much.

There were many with more strength than Zhou Leng in the Vitality Stage.

But few reached this realm of True Qi manipulation.

Zhou Leng tossed the twenty-second cone, and as it collided, the force from the 21 cones above transmitted layer by layer upwards.

But because the surface of the pine cones was uneven, after 21 transmissions, a deviation finally occurred.

The third pine cone slightly tilted, causing the top three to start shifting.

They would soon fall.

Such a degree of deviation couldn't be corrected, even in the Body Refining Stage, let alone Vitality Stage.

The crowd collectively sighed in relief, feeling a sense of release.

Zhou Leng's eyes moved, his right hand pulsating with True Qi, he threw the twenty-third pine cone.

What was once a hard, candy-like string of pine cones suddenly started to sway, forming a regular curve.

Like a slightly twisted upright serpent.

With subtle twists, the three tilted cones above returned to their original position.

Twenty-three pine cones re-aligned into a straight line, once again forming a candied hawthorn stick.

After a brief silence, applause and cheers erupted from all around.

"Impressive..."

Zhou Leng continued stacking pine cones until there were thirty-three, at which point the power couldn't be transmitted completely.

The thirty-fourth wasn't thrown.

The thirty-three pine cones above fell, Zhou Leng waved his hand and scattered them back onto the grass.

"You won the second round as well, I humbly concede defeat!"

You Lisheng bowed with clasped fists, his tone sincere.

"Thank you." Zhou Leng also clasped his fists and turned to leave.

"Zhou Leng, did you just come out from the Copper Man Array?" You Lisheng asked.

Zhou Leng nodded.

"If I may ask, how many levels did you pass today?"

"Six levels."

Having said that, Zhou Leng turned and left.

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