The next day, it was still early and the sun was rising.

After Luo Changning and the others finished washing, they gathered in the lobby on the first floor for breakfast.

Steamed buns, beef, meat buns, noodles, are all some satisfying foods, even Ma Xue'e is no exception.

After practicing the Dog Stick Method for a few nights, Luo Changning opened his ears. At present, it is the degree of the twelve canons, the two pulses of Ren Du, and the four orifices of the eyes and ears.

It is similar to Ling Yancheng of the Holy Hand Martial Arts Gym, but Luo Changning's internal strength is more refined and profound, and he may be able to win the first place without Ma Qingyun's shot.

The martial arts halls from various counties of Qiuhe Prefecture also ate in the lobby, and people kept coming to say hello to Xiang Ao, and the meal was solved in a lively manner.

After the meal, the mighty group walked towards the competition venue.

Xiang Ao and Li Kaigui, the owner of the Double Fist Martial Arts Gym in Fushan County, walked side by side at the front of the crowd.

There are five counties under the jurisdiction of Qiuhe Province, namely Heishui County, Fushan County, Qingyang County, Qingyin County and Beishan County.

Among the five counties, only Qingyang County and Fushan County have bandits occupying the mountains, but Fushan County is richer than Qingyang County and covers a wider area.

Li Kaigui was a businessman in his early years, and later got a little opportunity to learn a few hands of kung fu and opened a martial arts gym, and since then he has mixed both the bowl of rice of merchants and the bowl of rice of martial artists. Being shrewd and with a bit of businessman's superstition, he named the martial arts hall Shuangquan, which is the meaning of "Fulu Shuangquan".

"I haven't seen him for a few years, and the owner of the museum hasn't changed at all, and he is still so upright. Unlike Li, his belly has grown bigger and he is getting fatter and fatter. Li Kaigui said with a smile.

"It's a blessing to be able to eat, and the owner of Pavilion Li has done a big business, so he is naturally more blessed than Xiang." Xiang Ao is a lay disciple after all, although he also eats meat and drinks alcohol, he is much more restrained than ordinary people. Therefore, people still maintain a good figure in middle age, steady as a mountain, upright and heroic, exuding the charm of a mature man.

Li Kaigui rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "Does the hall owner know that Gao Ba has been even more unscrupulous in the past year, and even plans to occupy the Heishui Wharf?" ”

"Well, I've heard about it, too." Xiang Ao groaned.

Gao Ba relied on himself to be an innate martial artist, and he was already arrogant. Recently, he has even started the idea of the Blackwater Wharf, wanting to monopolize it in order to monopolize the trade with the barbarian tribes and further strengthen the Gao family.

However, no matter how powerful he is, he doesn't have the strength to fight against the entire Annan Province now. Not to mention Annan Province, he can't even handle Qiuhe Mansion. So planning can only be planning, but it's right to be on guard after all.

"Hmph, there are no tigers on the ground, wild dogs dominate! It's just a matter of suppressing us on weekdays, monopolizing the Blackwater Wharf, he dares to think about it! "What Li Kaigui is doing is the business of reselling the resources and medicinal materials produced in the wild and dense forests, and he is naturally dissatisfied with Gao Ba.

"Although Xiang someone is not in business, he also knows what Gao Ba has done over the years, so this martial arts ranking tournament is very important. loses, and the power of the hegemon grows even stronger; If you win, you can at least slow down the growth rate. ”

"Hey, that's so, but the top prize in the competition didn't fall to the Holy Hand Martial Arts Hall. Compared with each other, it only increased their arrogance and prestige. ”

Li Kaigui shook his head, this group of them was just sent to Gao Ba to be ridiculed, and the result was already doomed, no accident!

The martial arts ranking tournament is organized by the government, and the competition venue is in the martial arts arena of the government office. The ring is reinforced, and it is not afraid of not being able to withstand the internal force damage during the competition.

Sitting under the ring were the young disciples from various martial arts halls who came to compete, and basically all of them came.

Ma Xue'e sat in her seat and looked around, Xiang Uncle and another fat middle-aged man sat side by side on the high ground, and she had to tilt her neck to see.

"Hey, why isn't there anyone sitting in such a big area over there?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yinglong followed Ma Xue'e's line of sight and saw that there was no one in the vacant area, only a lonely mahogany chair.

Snorted coldly: "Who else, isn't it the scum of the Holy Hand Martial Arts Gym, one by one self-righteous, pretending not to be good!" ”

Xiang Yinglong was only ten years old four years ago, and he did not represent the Luoyang Martial Arts Hall, but as a young master, he naturally came to this mansion to watch the game more than once. Every time, the disciples of Gao Ba and the Holy Hand Martial Arts Hall were the last to come, and they arrived later than the prefect.

"Well, it turned out to be a tall and thin monkey and his lackey, no wonder ......" Ma Xue'e suddenly realized.

Mo Feng, who was not far away, looked at her and wondered, "Who is the tall and thin monkey?" ”

"It's that disgusting Gao Haitian, ugly like a monkey, ugly and ugly!"

Ma Qingyun looked at her sister's disgusted expression, narrowed her eyes, and thought thoughtfully: Xue'e has always been pure and kind, and she will not judge people by her appearance, it must be that person who has done something disgusting to her......

"Hahaha, Senior Sister Ma is right, isn't it just a thin monkey, ugly and bad!" Chen Xiangru echoed that although he had never seen Gao Haitian, he had heard of the evil things that the man had done.

"Senior brother, remember to be cautious when you go out, don't make trouble for the master!" Liang Zhenyun admonished softly.

wiped his nose and said reluctantly, "Got it, senior brother." ”

Luo Changning thought in his heart that he had offended that dog mother eight hundred years earlier, and it was nothing to say a few more words to scold him.

After a while, the prefect of Qiuhe Prefecture appeared in the martial arts arena.

Everyone stood up, arched their hands, and said, "Meet the prefect!" ”

In the Yaohua Continent, a warrior does not have to bow down to an official, but only needs to bow his hand, even if the official is a general of Zhenguo. There is only one person who needs to kneel.

The prefect Li An yawned and sat in his place, looking like he hadn't woken up.

In fact, he only had a night of carnival with his two new concubines last night, overindulged, and it was already rare to be able to come to the ring.

"Did you come to the owner?" Ang Lee yawned widely, his eyes full of splashes.

"Not yet, sir."

"Hmm." After saying that, he closed his eyes and went away.

The thirteen paths of the Yaohua Continent, everyone knows where to be an official, even if it is Ningyuan Dao, which is close to the Western Wilderness, just don't go to Annan Dao. If you don't have oil and water, you can't make meritorious contributions, and if you don't have political achievements, you can only waste there for the rest of your life.

Li An planned to mix in Qiuhe Mansion for the rest of his life, and he was able to get this position because of his family's relationship. In this way, the most unproductive will become the most capable.

At least there is Yu Luna, not more and not less, and the prefects of other provinces are at the same level, but they don't have as much oil and water to fish. The days are quite moist, hugging left and right, eating and drinking spicy.

Just when everyone was waiting impatiently, the talents of the Holy Hand Martial Arts Hall were late.

There were forty or fifty disciples who came to participate in and watch the competition, and all of a sudden, the martial arts arena, which was originally quite empty, became a little crowded, and even the air was not so comfortable.

The Holy Hand Martial Arts Hall is only a few streets away from the government, which is very convenient, and there is no need for carriage and horse fares.

Xiang Ao walked to his seat, on Ang Lee's left-hand side.

"It's been a long time since I see Master Li."

"Ahh......h Ah, here comes the owner! Li An woke up from his sleep, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and smiled at Xiang Ao.

Damn, I almost took the Yellow Dragon directly!

Xiang Ao nodded, under the thick eyebrows was a pair of snake eyes, and then the huge nose showed the owner's desire. Hope.

"Ahem, be quiet, since everyone is here, then this official announces the official start of this martial arts ranking competition!"

Before the competition, each martial arts hall has already handed in the list of participating disciples, and there is a special person to verify the birth date of the disciples, so as to avoid overage people from mixing in.

Although Luo Changning and Ma Qingyun are not disciples of the Luoyang Martial Arts Pavilion, they can also represent the Martial Arts Pavilion, after all, the relationship is also a kind of strength.

There are only two requirements for the competition: one is to be under 15 years old, and the other is not to hurt people until the point is reached.

This means that martial artists can take pills to increase their strength in the short term, and everything only depends on the results of the competition, and the judge will not care what means are used.

The tournament is played on an elimination system, where the opponent is decided by draw, and the winner advances to the next round.

Ten martial arts halls, each martial arts hall sent six disciples, a total of sixty disciples.

On the first day, there were two competitions, the first one eliminated thirty disciples, and the second one eliminated fifteen disciples.

The fifteen disciples who advanced to the next day competed in groups of three, and two-thirds were eliminated.

On the last day, the top five disciples competed and were ranked.

"Come on, everyone, make it to the top five!" Before the draw, Ma Xue'e said so.

"It's not the top five, it's the first." This sentence was said by Luo Changning.

Sixty disciples went to the ring in order to draw wooden sticks, and the wooden sticks had numbers on them. The disciple of number one competes with the disciple of number sixty, the disciple of number two competes with the disciple of number fifty-nine, and so on.

The number on the wooden lottery drawn by Mo Feng is four, and he is the first of the six to play.

Next is Xiang Yinglong, Chen Xiangru, Mao Ruolin, Luo Changning, Ma Qingyun.

"Senior brothers, junior brothers, and Sister Xue'e, I'm going up!" Mo Feng was radiant and full of confidence.

"Uh-huh, go ahead and beat that big guy to the ground." Ma Xue'e cheered him on.

"That's for sure!"

Mo Feng winked at her, smiled and put the two flying knives in his hand into his arms, and went to the ring to compete. The flying knife was a relic left to him by his mother, he had never seen blood, and the competition required that the point should be stopped, so he could not hurt people's lives, so he could not use the flying knife.

Mo Feng was facing the disciple of the Double Fist Martial Arts Gym, Chen Chao.

Chen Chao was born tall and strong, full of meat. Mo Feng on the other side compared to him, like a child who has not yet grown up.

"Senior Brother Mo Feng, I have conceded." Chen Chao hugged his fists.

"Senior Brother Chen Chao is polite, Senior Brother, I won't show mercy to my subordinates!" Mo Feng said with a grin.

One makes a fist, the other uses a palm.

One is strong and vigorous, and the other is flexible and lightweight.

Chen Chao used a fist, and Mo Feng used a palm.

After dozens of rounds, Chen Chao fell behind. In the end, Mo Feng slapped him from behind to the edge of the ring, spit out a mouthful of blood, and the victory was divided.

Judge: "In this game, Mo Feng, a disciple of the Luoyang Martial Arts Hall, wins." ”

"I conceded." Mo Feng finished with a smile and flew away. Got out of the ring.