Chapter 34: The first round
Early in the morning, the martial arts arena on the south side of Stone Town was almost crowded with people watching the excitement.
After all, this annual grand occasion is the top priority of Stone Town, and everyone's enthusiasm to participate is very high.
Mu Ying came relatively late, looking at the back of her head that could be seen everywhere, she felt that she was about to commit a dense phobia.
"This way!"
Fortunately, Mu Yun came early to occupy a seat, and when he saw Mu Ying's figure, he hurriedly beckoned.
"I'm coming!"
Mu Ying's eyes were much more natural when she saw Mu Yun, and she guessed that she must have figured it out this night, so she ran over without any baggage.
After getting closer, I found that the children of the Mu family were all sitting around, and the rest of the families were also seated according to the arranged positions, and although the whole venue was full of people, it was orderly.
"Why are you so late? The whole clan is waiting for you alone! ”
Mu Jia scolded in a strange way, and now when she saw Mu Ying's face, she was so angry that she trembled.
Among the many children of the Mu family, there are many admirers of Mu Jia, and they immediately echoed the words.
"That's it, Mu Ying, do you still have a sense of collectivity?"
"It's just a waste, but it's just that Sister Muyun is covered, and she really uses herself as a dish? Ridiculous......"
Mu Ying didn't pay attention to this group of scum at all, turned her head and chatted with Mu Yun, "Sister Muyun, has Dabi started?" ”
"Not yet, the big competition starts on time every year, and now it's still a quarter of an hour away."
Mu Yun answered the question while glancing at Mu Jia and the others.
"Oh...... It turns out that there is still a quarter of an hour, if some people don't know how to count, don't come out and be embarrassed, so that others will mistakenly think that our Mu family is stupid......"
Mu Ying deliberately dragged out the end and invisibly slapped Mu Jia and the others in the face.
"You ......" Mu Jia's face was flushed with anger, and she couldn't wait to go up and tear Mu Ying's mouth immediately.
But at the thought of her next plan, she held back her temper.
Mu Ying, wait for the head to bloom later!
Mu Ying saw that Mu Jia was honest so quickly, how could she not guess that she still had a trick?
However, all the intrigues and tricks will be vulnerable in the face of absolute strength!
Mu Ying didn't take Mu Jia, the jumping clown, in her eyes at all, and took out a fruit basket from the Sumeru ring and said, "Sister Mu Yun, come and eat some spirit fruit, I just washed it!" ”
Looking at the red and watery fruit, Mu Yun's eyes really lit up.
"I said why did you come so late, it turned out that you went to pick fruits, I was really a little thirsty, so you're welcome!"
Mu Yun and Mu Ying clicked and nibbled on the tender spirit fruit under everyone's envious gaze.
"Everyone, please be quiet! The 380th Big Contest in Stone Town is about to start! ”
It didn't take long for the organizer of this big competition, the head of the Ji family, to take the stage to speak.
In order to implement the principle of fairness and justice to the end and prevent favoritism and fraud, Dabi will be presided over by the three major families of Mu, Xia and Ji every year, and this year it is the turn of the Ji family.
"First of all, please allow me to introduce to you the special guests of this big competition, the Pavilion Master of the Stone City Branch of the Lingtian Pavilion, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, Shangguan Lin, and the Seventh Prince's Princess, Mu Xue Ning Mu Girl......"
Next, the head of the Ji family began a lengthy and tedious introduction, followed by the speeches of various representatives.
Mu Ying hated this unnecessary ritual the most, and she was sleepy when she heard it, and before she knew it, more than half an hour had passed.
"Now, it's up to me to announce the rules of this big competition!"
finally got to the point, and Mu Ying finally cheered up and looked at the head of the Ji family who was talking.
"Hey, this old man actually has double leprosy eyes and rosacea? It's too ugly, right? ”
Mu Ying didn't pay much attention just now, and at such a glance, the face of the head of the Ji family is really spicy!
By the way, glancing at Ji Han, who was personable in the Ji family's phalanx opposite, Mu Ying couldn't help but smile obscenely.
"Hey, hey, hey...... Ji Han and his father don't look alike, shouldn't they be biological? ”
"Poof......" When several Mu family disciples who were closer to Mu Ying heard this, they immediately couldn't help laughing.
"You stinky boy, don't talk nonsense about unfounded things! Listen to the speech of the head of the Ji family! Mu Yun also held back a smile and persuaded him seriously.
"Oh......" Mu Ying nodded decently, her eyes wandering over the facial features of Ji Han and the head of the Ji family, and she had already made up a bloody drama in her brain......
"In our martial arts tournament in Stone Town, according to the usual practice, only young people under the age of 25 are allowed to participate, just to urge young people to be diligent in their cultivation."
"The big competition is divided into three rounds, the first round is a total of 64 people participated, Mu, Xia, Ji three families, each family sent the top 16 leaders to participate, and the remaining 16 places were selected from the rest of the families."
"The first round is a two-by-two competition, all the players draw lots in front of the stage, the bamboo sticks are divided into red and blue, each color is written with 1-32 numbers, draw different colors but the same number, for the opponent of this round, the winner advances to the next round!"
This rule has not changed over the years, except for Mu Ying, who heard it for the first time, everyone looked aware.
"But something went wrong this year!"
A turning point for the head of the Ji family immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Because a contestant from the Mo family suddenly entered the table two quarters of an hour before the start of the competition, but he didn't know when he would be able to break through to the promotion, in order not to delay the big competition, the Mo family master made a decision to abstain for the player."
"Therefore, the actual number of participants in the first round of this big competition has become 63 people, and after discussion by the referee, it has been decided that a lucky lottery will be set up, and the winner will have a bye in the first round and directly enter the second round!"
"Now please come to the front and have a lottery ceremony!"
As soon as these words came out, the competition field immediately became lively.
"There is still a lucky lottery, and I don't know who can win the lucky lottery?"
"But it's unfair to the other contestants, isn't it? Saving the stamina of one round has a great impact on the second round, so why not let other players temporarily replace you? ”
"You don't understand that, do you? Suddenly there is an extra place, everyone wants it, and if you give it to this one, you will offend that one, so it is better to set up a lucky lot. ”
"I see, but I still think this decision was too hasty."
"Okay, what are you complaining about? Even if you don't have a lucky lottery, it won't be your turn to take the stage, hahaha......"
There was a lot of commotion, but most of them accepted this novel decision, after all, it made the game more interesting and suspenseful.
Mu Ying took in a lot of information in her ears, and always felt that this 'lucky lot' was not so simple.
However, one after another, there were already contestants on stage to draw lots, and Mu Ying also played her clothes in a chic manner, and wanted to go on stage with Mu Yun.
"Humph! The vacant spot should have been mine! ”
At this time, there was a very inappropriate complaint among the children of the Mu family.
Mu Ying paused slightly, turned her head to look in the direction where the voice came from, and saw the young man with an angry face staring at her with a pair of big eyes.
"What do you see?" When the young man saw Mu Ying looking over, he immediately exploded.
"It's not all because of you? There are a total of 16 places in our Mu family, and if you have to occupy one, you will squeeze me down! ”
"Originally, I had been preparing for this big competition for a long time, but because of you waste, it was all in vain!"
"You said you can't cultivate, why go up and join in the fun? Isn't it a shame for our Mu family? ”
This young man is actually Mu Qing, the second elder of the Mu family, that is, Mu Yun's father's right-hand man, the peak of sixteen-year-old spirit disciples.
This cultivation is indeed average, ranking at the tail of the crane among the 16 people in the Mu family, if you insist on eliminating one, it is understandable to choose him.
He himself knew this, and with the relationship between the Second Elder and Mu Yun, he originally didn't have many complaints about Mu Ying.
But just now, as soon as he heard that someone had withdrawn from the game, he couldn't take advantage of this opportunity, and his heart was unbalanced for a while, and he complained a lot.
"Mu Qing......" Mu Yun frowned slightly, in her selfish heart, she also felt that this matter was ashamed of Mu Qing, but the wood was already in the boat, she could only persuade a few words.
"This little brother, it's not right for you to think so!"
But before Mu Yun finished speaking, Mu Ying took the first step to speak, and jumped to Mu Qing's side with a smile.
"You...... What do you mean? ”
Mu Qing thought that Mu Ying would not dare to face him, a bitter master, how could he have thought that he would dare to come to his side? Instead, he stammered nervously.
"Ouch, what a cute little boy!"
Mu Ying showed a big bad wolf-like smile in her heart, but her face was still the handsome young man who was like a spring breeze and couldn't be annoyed.
"You are only the peak cultivation of the spirit disciple now, to put it mildly, even if you participate in the big competition, it is estimated that it will be a round of tours, if you are unlucky, you will be beaten by a strong player and your parents will not recognize you."
"Is there any point in you going up to the race? Gaining experience? No, no, no, this can only add a great shame to your life! ”
"If you think about it, when others mention your resume in the future, they will sigh, it turns out that this person used to participate in the big competition, and he lost so badly in the first round! If you don't have the strength, don't go, you don't have any self-knowledge......"
"Do you feel uncomfortable hearing this? If you want me to see, you might as well be obscure, and next year you will cultivate to improve and then participate in the big competition, and then you will be a blockbuster, wouldn't it be happy? ”
After listening to Mu Ying's words, Mu Qing was really slightly moved.
But after thinking about it, I felt that something was wrong, "But you are clearly worse than me, why do you still want to go on stage?" ”
"Why? Of course, it's for the sake of our Mu family! "Mu Ying is serious nonsense.
"When everyone sees that the Mu family actually sent me such a waste to the stage, they will inevitably feel that my Mu family has no one, and they will be contemptuous, and it is easy to be inattentive when competing."
"The more the opponent is like this, the easier it is to expose the flaws, and when the time comes, our brothers and sisters of the Mu family will be invincible......"
Mu Ying's tongue was full of lotus flowers, and she flickered, and all the children of the Mu family led by Mu Qing were fooled.
"Mu Ying, you are so great, you can sacrifice your ego for the sake of your family, you must pay attention to safety when you go on stage later!"
"That's right, that's right, just now I spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, you are simply the pride of our Mu family!"
The originally tense atmosphere was instantly united.
Mu Ying silently made a victory gesture for herself in her heart, and at the same time glanced defiantly at the patriarch Mu Peng, who had been paying close attention to the movements not far away.
When she doesn't know? deliberately let her replace Mu Qing's place, trying to make the second elder fight in one vein, it was clearly designed by this 'good patriarch'!
But when you meet her Mu Ying, all the charms and spirits have to stand aside!
Mu Peng's face was really very ugly as if he had swallowed a fly, but this is just an appetizer, and if you dry a waste, you will be able to speak well, and it will not help in the ring!