Chapter 25: Martial Arts Tournament
He rode away from the dust and galloped into Qingyun City.
The martial arts competition of the martial arts hall will be held in a month. According to the rules, students who participate in the martial arts competition must start to register one month in advance.
A month ago, a conversation with Elder Zhuang Nantian made Luo Xiu understand that if he wanted to stand out and gain the attention and cultivation of the martial arts hall, he must show his strength and talent.
The annual martial arts competition is undoubtedly the time for the students of the martial arts hall to show their strength and talent.
Not long after, Luo Xiu came to the martial arts hall and went to the registration place.
When he arrived, many martial arts hall students had gathered here, but most of them were just watching. Most of those who signed up for the martial arts competition were students from the intermediate and advanced classes.
"There will be rankings for the martial arts competition every year. I heard that as long as you can get the top three, the rewards are extremely generous." A young man in martial arts uniform said.
"Brother Zhao is now at the seventh level of body refining. I wonder if he also plans to participate in the martial arts competition?" Someone asked with a smile.
"Of course I have to participate. Although there is little hope of getting the top three, the most important thing is to show my talent and strength on the competition stage, and I can also get the attention of the high-level martial arts hall!" The young man said proudly.
Luo Xiu looked in the direction of the voice and saw the young man in martial arts uniform. It was Zhao Liang, the intermediate class student who had gambled with him in the black stone tablet area.
When they gambled, Zhao Liang was at the sixth level of physical training, and now he has reached the seventh level of physical training.
"There are many masters in the intermediate and advanced classes. I heard that as long as you can enter the top ten, you can get rewards of vitality stones and elixirs!"
"Enter the top five, you can even be accepted as a disciple by the elders of the martial arts hall!"
"Hehe, if you get the top three, I heard that you can also get personal guidance from the master of the martial arts hall, and you have the qualification to choose a fourth-grade martial arts!"
Many people were discussing with each other. Various generous rewards made many martial arts hall students excited.
Each of the martial arts hall elders is a congenital martial artist, and they are powerful in Qingyun City. If you can become an elder's disciple, it is a symbol of status.
The master of the martial arts hall is a legendary existence for many martial arts hall students. He is the best master in Qingyun City and is said to have surpassed the innate!
Especially the reward of the fourth-grade martial arts is even more shocking and exciting.
However, everyone also knows that it is very difficult to enter the top three in the martial arts competition, because the martial arts competition is held once a year. Those who participated in the martial arts competition in previous years and won good rankings, with the help of the rewards, have made rapid progress in their cultivation and strength, far widening the gap with others.
However, if the cultivation level breaks through to the Qi Hai realm, or if the age is over 18 years old, they cannot participate in the martial arts competition, otherwise there is no comparison at all.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Qingyun City, and there are countless students in the martial arts hall. There are hundreds of people who have reached the seventh level of body refining.
Next to the registration point, there is a stone tablet with the names of the martial arts hall students from low to high.
This stone tablet is the ranking list of the Qingyun City Martial Hall.
There are only 50 places on the ranking list, and the minimum requirement is the eighth level of body refining. Many people gathered next to the ranking stone tablet.
Luo Xiu also looked at it intently and saw the person ranked first on the list, named Xu Qiusheng!
Hearing the people around him talking, Xu Qiusheng is eighteen years old this year. He is the disciple of the elder who guards the Sutra Library. His cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth level of body refining. His internal strength, martial arts, and body movements are all third-grade martial arts.
Then from the second to the tenth place, they are all eighteen years old, and their cultivation is also the ninth level of body refining.
In the Martial Hall, eighteen years old is a threshold. If you are over eighteen years old, you are no longer a student of the Martial Hall, and the Martial Hall will not continue to train you. A very small number of people with good talents who have broken through to the Qi Sea Realm can become outer disciples of Xiaoyao Sect, which is also the lowest threshold for outer disciples.
As for Luo Xiu, almost no one knows that his cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth level of body refining, so his name is not on this list.
"There is still one month."
Time is like flowing water. In the dense forest, Luo Xiu's figure flashed, and a set of Benlei Sword Technique was performed by him. It can be said that he is perfect, flowing like clouds and water, and the sword light breaks through the air. It is almost difficult to capture the trace with the naked eye.
"Boom!"
With the help of his internal energy, he chopped down a tree with his sword, raising dust all over the sky.
During this period, he went to Lu Mengyao to absorb the power of fire several times, and his internal energy was extremely pure and rich, and he could break through to the Qi Sea Realm at any time.
However, Luo Xiu suppressed his cultivation and did not break through, because once he broke through, he would not be able to continue to participate in the martial arts competition.
The top three in the competition can enter the collection of millions of # ^^ novels and select the fourth-grade martial arts, and Luo Xiu did not want to miss it.
After the experience of the past few months, Luo Xiu is also very different from before, especially his temperament is different, his eyebrows are sharp, and he is full of vigor. The whole person is like a sharp sword about to be unsheathed.
"Clang!"
Returning the sword to its sheath, Luo Xiu wiped the sweat from his forehead, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and said to himself: "Except for the last time when Chen Hu and his men came, I have not encountered any attacks during this period."
When he was training in Yaqi Mountain, he usually deliberately avoided those warriors who were hunting in the mountains. With the special ability of life perception, it was naturally not difficult for him to do this.
...
Qingyun City, Zhang Family Mansion.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the tightly closed door of the mansion was torn apart in an instant, and figures entered one after another, with clanging sounds incessantly. Everyone drew their swords and rushed into the mansion.
The Zhang family is also a famous family in Qingyun City, and naturally trained a group of guards. At this moment, each of them was as if facing a great enemy.
There were a total of twenty people who broke into the Zhang family. Each of them was wearing green armor, and there was an invisible fierce aura surging from their bodies, full of oppression.
"Green Armor Guard?" Nearly a hundred Zhang family guards, their faces changed drastically in an instant.
The strongest of these Zhang family guards was only the ninth level of body refining. Although their number was five times that of the other side, many of them began to tremble.
Because the Green Armor Guard was a guard affiliated with the Martial Hall, each of them was a warrior who had entered the Qi Sea Realm!
Most of the members of the Green Armor Guard were students who graduated from the Martial Hall. These people failed to become outer disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, so they joined the Green Armor Guard.
"Zhang family leader Zhang Shaoxiong is suspected of murdering students of the Martial Hall. We, the Qingjia Guards, are here on orders. Get out of here if you don't want to die!"
A sturdy man with thick eyebrows and big eyes is the captain of the Qingjia Guards. He shouted coldly, and his voice was as loud as thunder. Before he took action, the guards of the Zhang family on the opposite side were frightened and retreated.
Separated into groups, Zhang Shaoxiong walked out with a gloomy face, "Captain Han, what do you mean by bringing people into my Zhang family mansion?"
The Qingjia Guard Captain surnamed Han had a blank expression and shouted coldly, "I am here on the orders of Elder Zhuang. You are suspected of murdering students of the Martial Hall. You should explain to the elders."
While speaking, Captain Han waved his hand, "Catch Zhang Shaoxiong. The elders have ordered that if there is resistance, kill without mercy!"
Zhang Shaoxiong's face changed drastically. He knew very well that if the crime of murdering students of the Martial Hall was established, he would be sentenced to death, and the entire Zhang family would be implicated, and might even be removed from Qingyun City!
However, he soon calmed down. The Zhang family could not stand firm in Qingyun City without any background. He believed that as long as the ancestor came out, the Zhang family would be safe.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shaoxiong did not resist and let the Qingjia Guard take him away. Otherwise, this group of Qingjia Guards who obeyed the orders of the high-level officials of the Martial Hall would really kill him without mercy.
After the head of the family was taken away by the Qingjia Guard, the Zhang family was in chaos. Zhang Shaoxiong's younger brother Zhang Shaohai overcame all objections and took the position of the head of the family.
"The Zhang family cannot be without a head for a day. Before my eldest brother comes back, I will take over the position of the head of the family!" Sitting on the throne of the head of the family, Zhang Shaohai's mouth curled up with a sneer. He has waited for this day for too long!
"If the ancestor comes out of seclusion to protect my eldest brother, the position of the head of this family will not be mine after all. Only when he dies, the position of the head of this family will truly become mine!" He called his confidant and ordered: "Take a few people to Panshi Town and capture Na Luoxiu's family." ... Finally, the most anticipated annual martial arts competition in Qingyun City Martial Hall is about to begin. On the martial arts field, almost all the students of the entire martial arts hall gathered near the martial arts arena. Not far from the martial arts arena, a loft was built with seats on it. It was the seat for the high-level officials of the martial arts hall to watch the martial arts competition. As time went by, more and more people came. In the viewing seats on the loft, in addition to the elder who guarded the hidden 100,000 # ^^ novel, four elders including Elder Zhuang also arrived. "The master of the hall is here!" As the crowd exclaimed, everyone looked up and saw a figure in purple clothes stepping into the air and flying directly into the loft and sitting on the main seat in the middle. "Flying in the air, flying through the air, this is a legendary method!"
"I heard that the master of the martial arts hall has long surpassed the innate, and is the real first master of Qingyun City!"
Luo Xiu was also in the crowd below, and the method displayed by the master of the martial arts hall also shocked him.
Flying in the air, flying through the air, when can I also have such strength?
"Silence!"
Suddenly, Elder Zhuang Nantian on the attic stood up and said loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived!"
"According to the rules of the martial arts competition, a one-on-one elimination match will be held by drawing lots. Those who draw the same number will go on stage to compete. There are no restrictions during the competition until one of them admits defeat or falls from the competition stage."
"In the competition, the sword has no eyes, but you cannot kill people, otherwise you will be disqualified from the competition, expelled from the martial arts hall, thrown into prison, and detained for ten years!"
As Elder Zhuang announced the rules of the competition, a wooden box was lifted onto the competition stage, and all the students participating in the competition came forward to draw lots.
Luo Xiu reached into the wooden box and took out a paper ball. After unfolding it, it said ninety-eight.
There were ten arenas in total. Those who drew numbers one to ten would go on stage first.
The winners would advance to the second round.
There were more than three hundred people who signed up for the competition, which meant that more than one hundred people would be eliminated in the first round!
And no one knew who their opponent was.
"Now, the competition begins!"
As the elder announced, figures leaped up and landed on the arena.