Chapter 17: The Zhao Family
The competition for the round of 16 is over.
Cui Jing accompanied Fang Hao to the city again, and it was time to draw lots again.
Because there were only sixteen people left, there were only eight games, and it could be done in one day.
It's not just about drawing lots, it's about completing all the quarter-finals.
And after the completion of this day's competition, the next morning will be followed by the semi-finals, and it will be decided to enter the four places to participate in the national rookie competition.
In the afternoon of the second day, there will be semi-finals and finals to determine the first place.
It's a tight schedule.
After that, there is only a few days of rest, and he will participate in the national martial arts competition of Yi Guo under the leadership of the city lord.
In the past, Fang Hao was just a little transparent, even if he knocked down Qian Song with one move, it didn't attract much attention.
But the last time he entered the top 16 competition, he actually took down Qian Hao, who was qualified to win the first place, with one move, which was really shocking and made everyone in the audience remember this name.
This time, he arrived, and he immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.
Fang Hao didn't feel anything, Cui Jing, who came with him, was a little nervous - he had never been noticed like this before, and now those rookies all looked at him, although they knew that they were looking at Fang Hao, but he was also in their sight, so he couldn't help but be nervous.
This time, he found that the goddess Sun Ying in his mind did not appear here, and knew that Sun Ying must have been eliminated by others in the top 16 competition, and he felt a little lost in his heart.
When they came, the draw had not yet begun, and those who had made it to the round of 16 all gathered together and waited for the draw to begin.
Cui Jing took a look at it and found that those who entered the top 16 were basically the children of the three major families.
The only exception is Fang Hao.
Basically, every rookie tournament is like this in the end.
The three major families have too deep a background, they have rich resources, as well as advanced exercises and many children, they can cultivate a lot of talents.
Every year, the top few rookie tournaments are basically taken by them, and there are few exceptions.
Even if the three major families have not had a single innate master in the past hundred years, this kind of background has also allowed them to stand tall in Jinge City.
It is very difficult for martial artists outside the three major families to gain a way to rise through the rookie tournament.
They don't need to use any dirty means, they can do this with their own strength.
This is the real horror of the three major families.
ββThe city's best human resources are in the three of them, the strong are always strong, and the weak are always weak.
Qian Hao, the top seed player of the Qian family, has been terminated by Fang Hao, but this time there are still four people who have entered the top 16, and their strength is not shallow.
Entering the top four and participating in the National Rookie Competition is still their goal.
When they saw Fang Hao coming, they all glared at him angrily.
They have a lot of confidence in getting a place in the top four, but now that the big brother in the lead has been punched by this guy, this task is very difficult, and they are under a lot of pressure.
If you want them to have no problem with Fang Hao, that's basically impossible.
But no one dared to provoke Fang Hao.
The elders of the Qian family have warned them not to provoke, he is a person who may enter the national rookie competition, and before he comes back from the competition, don't mess with him.
In case someone enters the gate faction through that competition and wants to retaliate, the Qian family will be very dangerous.
A big family with a long heritage may have all kinds of dirty and insidious, but the person in charge will not be so impulsive.
If they could slap to death, Fang Hao would not hesitate to slap them to death, but after a trial, they couldn't slap this teenager who suddenly shined within the rules, so they could only give up.
When all of the boy's aura was gone, they wouldn't mind using any shady means to kill the boy, but not now.
With the family's warning, the young men of the Qian family who were still in the game could only stare dryly, and did not dare to say anything provocative.
Fang Hao saw that they were glaring at him one by one, without any pressure at all, and walked over to greet them, and asked with a smile: "When I was competing in martial arts the day before yesterday, I didn't control my strength and knocked your family's Qian Hao out of the ring, I don't know how his health is?"
"He's fine, you don't have to care. The children of the Qian family said coldly.
"It's okay. β
Fang Hao smiled and didn't say anything more.
After a while, the draw ceremony began.
This time, Fang Hao drew a B5 lottery, which was the first one in the afternoon.
And his opponent is a disciple of the Zhao family, named Zhao Lei, who is a martial artist of the Acquired Quadruple Realm, and does not belong to the seed player of the Zhao family.
Fang Hao took a look at the results and left with Cui Jing: "It's my turn to compete in the afternoon, we don't have to stay here this morning, let's find a place to eat." β
He didn't have any money on him, but Cui Jing came out this time and brought a lot of money, a few gold coins, and dozens of silver coins, so it was no problem to eat a good meal.
They didn't go far, they found a restaurant near the martial arts arena, found a place and sat down.
It was still early at this time, and there were not many people eating.
Even if you come here to eat, you come for breakfast.
They had eaten a little dry food in the morning in order to come earlier, and now they are eating a little more.
The contest will not take place until the afternoon, and you will definitely not be able to go hungry all the time.
Now they consume a lot of practice and eat a lot of food, but when they don't practice, their food consumption is not much different from that of ordinary people, at most they eat a little more.
After ordering a few dishes, while waiting for the dishes, Cui Jing seized the time to ask Fang Hao some questions about cultivation.
The two of them were chatting, and a middle-aged man walked up to them and asked, "Which of you is Fang Hao?"
Fang Hao looked sideways, and he could see at a glance from his clothes that this was a member of the Zhao family, one of the three major families in Jinge City.
Moreover, he could also see that this person's martial arts realm was the acquired eightfold realm.
With a pang in his heart, he stood up and said, "I'm Fang Hao, is there anything wrong?"
It is impossible for the Zhao family to find themselves for no reason, there must be something.
"My name is Zhao Mingshan, and I am from the Zhao family. β
The middle-aged man introduced himself and said:
"I hope that in that game this afternoon, you can lose to Ray. β