"That's right. ”

Xiao Jue's voice sounded, Mo said that it was the people of Ningzhou who were full of expectations for him, and even his opponent He Butong was also stunned.

He blinked, stared at the other in disbelief, and then asked for a moment, "What?"

"You win, I throw in the towel. Xiao Jue said calmly, then turned around and jumped out of the ring.

It was only at this time that the surrounding people came back to their senses as if they had just woken up from a dream, and for a while there were exclamations, and even some curses. In the past, Xiao Mu fought with his life, but in exchange for Xiao Jue, who was also a child of Ningzhou, he gave up the ranking on the Hanxing list so easily. Such a contrast will inevitably attract some criticism.

And the civil official in charge of this ring only reacted at this time, and he dutifully said loudly: "Xiao Jue admits defeat, and He Butong replaces Xiao Jue, ranking 273rd on the Hanxing List." ”

As soon as these words fell, on the Hanxing Tablet not far away, Xiao Jue's name was erased by a white light, and then He Butong's name appeared in the position where he had been - admitting defeat is different from defeat, once he surrenders without a fight, it is equivalent to giving up his own ranking, allowing others to replace his position, and he is removed from the Hanxing list, so that there will be no matter how the latter is forced to move down because of the defeat of the predecessor.

......

"What does this mean?" The people around the ring were talking about Xiao Jue's move, and in the reluctant box, Xiao Baihe also frowned. He was full of hope that Xiao Jue would be able to show some hints of the clever tricks that Wei Lai had said yesterday, but he didn't want to get such a result in exchange.

"Isn't it a move to abandon the car to protect the commander?" Xu Trap on the side said in a deep voice, "Let the Ningzhou disciples who are not sure of victory admit defeat first, so that the latter will not be rushed down the top three hundred and twenty-five, so as to ensure that more Ningzhou children can participate in the mountains and rivers map?"

He said this, but Xu Chengzhen's stuffy head wrinkled even deeper, obviously even he himself was not very confident in what he said.

"It shouldn't be. Ning Luyuan also participated in the topic of the two at that time, and the commander of the Qingxiao Army, who was the most calm, said the loophole in what Xu Trap said: "Xiao Jue should be a very talented person in the Xiao family's side lineage, with his temperament, he may not lose to a guy who cultivates for the same three realms, besides, even if he loses, if he fights well, he may be able to get the favor of some sects, the future is unlimited, it is really unreasonable to admit defeat so easily." ”

Xu was suddenly dumbfounded, he wanted to make a round for his son-in-law, but he didn't know how to talk about it for a long time, and finally he could only say sullenly: "Then why do you say this?"

Ning Luyuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Brother Xu said that he was laughing, how can I guess the young man's thoughts." ”

"Be virtuous with the old man, until the end, you will never know what he wants to do. Xiao Baihe also replied in distress.

The three of them looked at each other at that time, and their expressions were bitter.

......

In addition to attracting the dissatisfaction of many people in Ningzhou, Xiao Jue's admission of defeat was gone, and the Hanxing Conference continued, and soon the second challenged Ningzhou disciple appeared.

The opponent is a foreign disciple who cultivates to the same three realms, and the people of Ningzhou, who are full of expectations that this one will bring a difference, are still the children of Ningzhou who admit defeat cleanly. In the next half a day, those foreign disciples whose cultivation was a little weaker and only thought that they could get a place in the Mountains and Rivers Diagram began to attack the Ningzhou disciples at the bottom of the ranking. They were all hesitant before this, after all, their cultivation was not much higher than most of these Ningzhou disciples, and before the challenge, they had to defeat a challenger with the same strength as them, so they didn't have much advantage in attack and defense, so it was natural for them to have concerns. But the extremely aggressive people in front of them brought them confidence, these guys who were once in the top 100 on the Ningzhou Hanxing List did not have the blood of those Xiao Mu yesterday, but they were more cowardly than one another.

What makes the people of Ningzhou desperate is that in the face of foreign challenges, half of the children of Ningzhou chose to admit defeat directly, and the remaining children of Ningzhou who chose to resist, although there were a small number of people who could survive the first round of onslaught, but the foreign children saw that their strength was not enough after the narrow victory, and then the second round of challenges was launched, and after all, they still could not escape the fate of defeat. And the only one who was spared was the grandson of the state shepherd, Wei Lai.

Most of the foreign disciples who had seen Wei Lai cut off Tuoba Chengshan's hands on the first day were apprehensive about Wei Lai's ruthlessness, not to mention that he could defeat a Four Realms cultivator so easily, his cultivation was not weak, but the ranking fell to more than three hundred because of the fierce battle ahead, and he was almost about to fall out of three hundred and twenty-five. The monk who cultivated as strong wanted to get a good rank, so naturally he would not have any appetite for Wei Lai at the end, and the monk who was weak in cultivation and only wanted to seek an opportunity to go to the mountain and river map did not dare to provoke Wei Lai, the evil star. Unconsciously, on the second day, Wei Lai stayed out of the matter again.

In this way, time passed in a flash, and the civil official who was in charge of the personnel transfer of the entire Hanxing Conference suddenly said loudly: "Today's registration for the Hanxing Conference is closed, please start the competition without the second challenger appearing in the ring from all parties." ”

Night has come, and today's Hanxing Conference has come to an end.

Because today's Ningzhou children can be called a humiliating performance and can barely raise their heads, the people of Ningzhou have a commotion at the moment when the voice sounds, and the children of Ningzhou in other positions today either admit defeat or fail miserably, and the entire Ningzhou is still ranked in the top 325 of the Hanxing list, only Wei Lai, who is at the bottom, and Ah Cheng and Xiao Mu, who are at the top of the list. And immediately after Xiao Mu, Ah Cheng also ushered in a challenger to the Tianque realm, but because there was no second challenger at the same time, the battle between the top and the top of the list has been delayed until this moment, and with the end of the registration, the challenger will directly challenge the champion in the form of a bye, which will be a big battle.

Especially the people of Ningzhou, who have seen Xiao Mu's brave performance yesterday, are full of expectations for Xiao Mu, hoping that he can defeat the challenger today as he did yesterday and save the last trace of real face for Ningzhou.

......

Almost at the same time, Ah Cheng and Xiao Mu jumped into the first and second rings respectively, and their opponents were already waiting for them there.

Ah Cheng is still wearing a neat orange robe, with a neatly combed ponytail hanging down to his waist, and in the night breeze, the ends of his hair rise and fall.

She stared at her opponent, it was a man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, cultivated to the Fifth Realm, his strength was extremely strong, he had already touched the edge of the Sixth Realm, according to Yuan Zhichun, this man named Peng Zhen should be one of the strongest disciples sent by the Tianque Realm this time.

Peng Zhen looked at her with a smile, not showing the slightest murderous intent.

Ah Cheng frowned, and the black and white blades hidden under his shirt trembled slightly, as if they might break out at any time.

"Girl?" Peng Zhen obviously noticed Ah Cheng's abnormality, his brows furrowed, and he called Ah Cheng's name with a little displeasure.

Ah Cheng's face changed, her hands froze in the air with some hesitation, and she remembered what Yuan Zhichun had said to her yesterday.

......

"Tomorrow, the Tianque Realm will send disciples to compete for the second place in the ranking, you can just admit defeat when you are in the realm, and you must not be an enemy with it. In the prince's palace, Yuan Zhichun said lightly.

Ah Cheng remembered the scene when Xiao Mu fought to the death in the ring, and she asked in a calm voice, "Why?"

"Peng Zhen sent by the Tianque Realm is a master of the Five Realms, you are not his opponent, why don't you preserve your strength......"

"I want to try. Ah Cheng rarely interrupted Yuan Zhichun's words.

"What is there to try, Xiao Mu's move today has already made the Tianque Realm dissatisfied, Orange, don't make any more trouble for me. Don't worry, the rules that I have already set with the Tianque Realm will leave you a place at the top, so that you will also have the opportunity to go to the Mountains and Rivers. Yuan Zhichun said impatiently.

"But ......" Ah Cheng was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Yuan Chongchun again.

"It's nothing, you have to remember, Orange, everything has to focus on the big picture!"

......

"The big picture matters. Ah Cheng silently recited this sentence in her heart, but she couldn't help but think of her thoughts flying again, thinking of her father, thinking of Ningzhou, her frozen hands slowly stretched out towards her double blades again......

The confusion in her eyes dissipated most of that time, and her hands had already touched the pair of twin knives, and the fierce momentum overflowed from her body.

For the first time in her life, she decided to do what she wanted......

"I throw in the towel. But at this stall, there was a familiar voice not far away, and the people around were exclaimed in amazement at the moment when the voice sounded, and Ah Cheng looked sideways in surprise.

It was a ring near her, and the man who said these three words was the man who fought for his life in the ring yesterday and gave a little light to Ningzhou in despair.

But today, when everyone was expecting him to continue yesterday's miracle, he said those three words so easily.

Then the man turned around in a dashing manner, jumped off the ring, and walked away without any nostalgia in the call and incomprehension of everyone.

Ah Cheng's hand that had already clenched his double knives loosened at that time, and the anger that was raised by the man's courage yesterday was mostly discharged at that moment.

Maybe he also realized that today's Ningzhou is not something that he Xiao Mu can change alone, under the general trend, people are like grasshoppers and glowworms after all, they will either be crushed into pieces, or they can only bow their heads and admit defeat......

She sighed, the hand holding the knife completely drooped, and the qi around her completely dissipated in that instant.

She lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "I admit defeat." ”

......

"Li Xu went to the Datianfu of the Jin Kingdom, Tong Shang went to the Guixu Mountain of Dachu, Wang Hu and Wang Leopard brothers went to the Tiger God Sect of the Qi Kingdom, and the ...... of Gu Laiqiu went to and fro."

It's late at night.

In the box of Mingyu Building, Xue Xinghu reported to Wei Lai the whereabouts of some of the children in Jinniu Town that had been finalized today. Whether it was the Daotianfu or Guixu Mountain that he mentioned, although they were far inferior to the famous Ten Great Divine Sects, they were also the second-tier top-tier sects in the northern realm. And with the cultivation of the minds they have shown today, they will definitely be vigorously cultivated by those sects, and if they work harder, the future is limitless.

"Hard work Uncle Xue. Seeing that Xue Xinghu's mouth was dry after saying this, Wei Lai handed out a glass of sake at the right time, and said heartily in his mouth.

Xue Xinghu nodded again and again, took the wine and took a sip, and then looked at Wei Lai with a hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something.

"When Uncle Xue was in Wupan City, he sacrificed his life to save me so that I could escape from that prison. In Wei Lai's heart, Uncle Xue has always been his own person, and if he wants to say anything, he will not hesitate. Of course, Wei Lai saw the hesitation that was almost written on Xue Xinghu's face, he smiled slightly, and said so in his mouth.

Hearing this, Xue Xinghu finally mustered up his courage, looked at Wei Laiyan and said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that today I was also at the scene of the Hanxing Conference, and I saw the Ningzhou disciples admitting defeat and defeating the fiasco, which was really a bit painful." ”

"I heard that there are rumors in the market, saying that this time the mountain and river map of Nalaoshzi is something that gathers Ningzhou's luck to open, and after this time, Ningzhou's luck will become weaker and weaker, compared to our Wupan City back then. Now that the children have a good place to go, Xue is worthy of their dead father, but you are ...... What do you want to do next? I can't stay in Ningzhou, do you have a plan, if you can Xue wants to follow Gongzi, although my cultivation is not eye-catching, but accompanying Gongzi, even if you serve tea and water, you can do your best......"

Xue Xinghu said this, and the expression on his face became a little heavier. He didn't care how Wei Lai reacted, he calmly opened the box, drank another glass of sake, and continued: "When Wei Zhixian was here, I was just a small servant, but he taught me a lot of things, but just like Gongzi scolded in the past, whether it was Xue or the people of Wupan City, they were all fools, and they couldn't tell who was the benefactor who saved us and who was the villain who enslaved us. Later, the magistrate and his wife left, and Xue was only secretly sad, but at that time, all parties said that Wei Zhixian had offended the dragon king by himself, and he was innocent of death, and I had relatives in my heart, but I didn't dare to say a word for the magistrate and his wife. ”

"Later, I came to Lu Zhi County. He is also a good person, and of course a good official. He was going to kill the snake, and I thought it was strange. If the snake is good, then why do the two good officials have to fight desperately against him, but strange is strange, I am timid in my heart, how dare I go to the gods, so I watched Lu Zhixian die in front of me. ”

"Fortunately, Gongzi woke me up later, otherwise I, Xue, might still be thinking about the blessing of the Dragon King until I died......"

Speaking of this, Xue Xinghu's face showed a wry smile, he looked at Wei Lai, and muttered for a while, before he said: "So, I want to follow Gongzi and do anything, but I don't want to live so muddy......"

In the face of Xue Xinghu's earnest request, Wei Lai was silent for a while before he spoke again: "The matter of Wupan City is a conspiracy between Ao Xiu and the Jin family, and after that act, there are many pairs of eyes in the court staring at the Jin family and Ao Xiu, he just has great ability, and he will never make a move on Jinniu Town again, Uncle Xue can ...... it."

"Wei Zhixian once said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, although Xue is just a martial artist, but he also wants to do something for Ningzhou, I believe in the son's personality, so please don't refuse Xue again. Xue Xinghu seemed to have made up his mind, staring at Wei Lai's firm words.

This time it was Wei Lai's turn to be stunned, he stared at the man's firm face, pondered for a while, and then finally nodded and said, "I have one thing here, Uncle Xue can help me do it, if Uncle Xue is willing, he may give it a try." ”

......

"Didn't I hear that Ah Lai is going to give those disciples of the Tianque Realm a good look today? What's going on today? Even Xiao Mu directly admits defeat, is this to show weakness and peace to the Tianque Realm?"

Of course, Sun Daren's eating appearance was not flattering, but everyone at the dinner table was obviously not in the mood to care about Sun Daren's reincarnated way of eating. Most of them were depressed and worried about what happened at today's Hanxing Conference, so that almost no one on the table was in the mood to move chopsticks except for Sun Daren.

The boy was so bad that he was worried about what he would do. Of course, this has to be except for Cao Tongyun on the side, he was drinking a little wine while eating the meal slowly, and he also caught a glimpse of the Qian family sisters and brothers on the side who didn't seem to have an appetite. The old man stretched out his chopsticks and sandwiched a big chicken leg between them, put it in their bowls, and said in his mouth, "You two little ones are just the time to grow their bodies, so you can eat more." ”

After the start of the Hanxing Conference, Qian Qian's sister and brother also had a few duels, the cultivation of the sister and brother is not bad, plus Cao Tongyun's intentional training these days, compared to other children in Taurus Town, the two sisters and brothers' fighting skills are much stronger, and their natural performance is also the best, many famous and surnamed sects came to ask the sisters and brothers if they are interested in joining, Cao Tongyun saw this, of course, he was angry, and yesterday he pulled Wei Lai to ask the two of them to ask for the past, at this moment the two sisters and brothers can also be regarded as the preparatory disciples of Tiangang Mountain, as long as they walk with Cao Tongyun again, worship the mountain gate, they are the legitimate disciples of Tiangang Mountain。

Cao Tongyun has always been protective of his shortcomings, and Qian Qian's sister and brother are extremely sensible and well-behaved, although their understanding is insufficient, but since they got the inexplicable "Tiangang Zhengjing", they have been studying carefully for most of the day. This momentum made Cao Tongyun like it very much, and now he has become his own person, and Cao Tongyun is naturally extremely caring.

However, the fragrant two chicken thighs were put into the bowl, and the Qian Qian sisters and brothers were still frowning, although they had to start moving chopsticks because of Cao Tongyun's face, but they could see that their hearts were quite gloomy.

Cao Tongyun naturally couldn't see this scene, so he said again: "You guys, you're stupid." ”

"Look at Xu Yue, this little girl, is she in a hurry?" Cao Tongyun stretched out his hand and pointed to Xu Yue, who was sitting not far away, the girl was eating her meal slowly, and the expression on her face was calm, which was indeed very different from the gloom clouds of everyone. "If Alai's kid really gets into trouble, this little girl is probably more anxious than anyone else, she's not in a hurry, you guys are in a hurry?"

Cao Tongyun's words woke everyone up, and Sun Daren and the others also looked at Xu Yue at that time, but saw that the girl was indeed unhurried, and there was no anxiety from everyone at all. Sun Daren's face was the thickest, so he leaned over immediately, licked his face and asked: "Brother and sister, we are all our own family, there is no need to hide anything, tell us what you know, save us from worrying here, right?"

Hearing this, Xu Yue glanced up at Sun Daren, and then shook his head calmly: "I don't know more than you." ”

"Aren't you kidding? You don't know anything, and you can still eat here calmly?" Sun Daren stared at Xu Yue with a distrustful expression.

Although the rest of the people did not speak, they obviously had the same suspicion in their eyes as Sun Daren when they looked at Xu Yue.

Xu Yue was calm, she looked at everyone, and said softly: "I just believe him." ”

"I believe it too, but ......" Sun Daren was obviously not satisfied with such an answer, and he was about to say something more, when the door was suddenly pushed open.

The housekeeper of the Wei Mansion pushed the door in, walked quickly to Xu Yue's side, and whispered beside the girl, "Miss Ah Cheng is asking to see you outside the door." ”