Time always slips by inadvertently.

A month flies in the blink of an eye.

The New Year is approaching, every household is lit up, and the lively atmosphere renders the entire Qinghe Town.

Today is the liveliest day of the year in Qinghe Town, because the annual hunting competition is about to begin.

This is related to the next year, the ownership of the spirit stone vein. Whether it is the Ye family or the other two families, they all attach great importance to the hunting competition.

In previous years, the Ye family was dominant, and Ye Yu's innate Great Perfection cultivation was invincible, sweeping everything, and none of the three major families had a combined general.

The Ye family has won the first place for four consecutive years, monopolizing six spirit stone veins. The earnings over the course of a year are also staggering.

But this year is different, it is said that this year the three major families have disciples who have broken through to the innate Great Perfection realm, and it is even rumored that the Tianjiao Nalan Tian of the Nalan family and the Shangguan Yun of the Shangguan family have all stepped into the first glimpse realm and become immortal cultivators.

And so far, the Ye family doesn't seem to have heard of anyone stepping into the ranks of immortal cultivators. Therefore, in this year's hunting competition, the Ye family is the least favored family.

Although in previous years, the Ye family was able to dominate with Ye Yu alone, but that has become a thing of the past. Everyone else is constantly improving, only Ye Yu is standing still, and now he is surpassed by Nalan Tian and Shangguan Yun.

Ye Yu no longer has the deterrent power he used to have, he is now just a paper tiger.

The location of the hunting competition is still the same as in previous years, in the central square of Qinghe Town.

At this moment, the square was surrounded by a crowd of people, dense and endless, and despite the cold weather, it still couldn't freeze the fire in their hearts.

The highest point in the square.

The three masters sat on stone chairs. In the center is Ye Wentian, and on his left and right sides are sitting the other two family leaders, Nalan Zhengde and Shangguan Mo.

Ye Wentian was dressed in green clothes, wearing a three-foot green peak around his waist, he sat on the stone chair with majestic eyes, and his square face looked fair. Although he was the lowest cultivation among the three masters, no one dared to despise him.

Because they had witnessed it with their own eyes, Ye Wentian relied on his early innate cultivation to kill a master of the Innate Great Perfection with a single sword. It seems that the full effort has not been exhausted.

Shangguan Mo on the right hand side is Ye Wentian's father-in-law, who is also Ye Yu's grandfather, full of white hair, old and old, the wrinkles on his face are like folds, and the expression that looks at Ye Wentian from time to time seems to be smiling.

And the middle-aged man on the left, Nalan Zhengde, has dark skin and no expression on his face. Only occasionally there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.

'Buzz'

The sound of the trumpet sounded, far and deep.

With a long roar, this year's hunting competition officially kicked off.

There was a surge of people below, cheering. The children of the major families are gearing up, and they can't help but be excited, the hunting competition is not only related to the interests of their own families, but also a stage for young children to make a name for themselves.

Ye Yu stood on the edge, silently watching everything. Ye Ke beside him was elated, chattering in his ear like a lark.

"I announce that this year's hunting tournament is officially open! As always, the first place will account for six veins, the second place will account for four, and the third place will account for two. ”

Without superfluous red tape, Ip Man-tian went straight to the point, and the sound was like a bell, spreading all around the square.

"Slow!" Nalan Zhengde stood up and looked at the dense crowd, "Brother Ye, I think the rules need to be changed this year. ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Mo's eyes became a slit and thoughtful.

The tens of thousands of people below also fell silent. Change the rules? Why haven't you heard any news before. Everyone showed doubts, and many people looked expectant.

Ye Wentian frowned, he was going to wait for the matter of the spirit stone vein to settle accounts with the other party after the hunting competition, but he didn't expect Nalan Zhengde to jump out now and say that he wanted to change the rules of this hunting competition, it seems that the Nalan family must have premeditated, "How does Brother Zhengde want to change?"

Nalan Zhengde looked at the crowd and said loudly: "Fellow Daoists, in recent years, the bandits in the barren mountains have become more and more arrogant, and my Nalan family really can't stand it. ”

"Good!

"The head of the Nalan family is Gao Yi. ”

"We agree that the Nalan family is worthy of being one of the three major families, and they think about the people everywhere. ”

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Nalan Zhengde's words immediately caused a burst of cheers, the bandits in the barren mountains are always a hidden danger, if they are not killed, the surrounding villages will not be able to sleep and eat, and life will not be comfortable.

Looking at the reaction of the crowd below, Nalan Zhengde was very satisfied, turned his head to Ye Wentian and said, "What does Brother Ye think of my proposal?"

Ye Wentian is not stupid, Nalan Zhengde's proposal can be said to be the desire of the people, if he refutes it, he will not be able to get along with everyone in Qinghe Town.

"Then I don't know what Brother Zhengde wants to do?"

"It's very simple, each of our three major families will send ten elite disciples into the barren mountains to suppress bandits, and the family with the most bandits will be awarded the mining rights of twelve spirit stone veins this year. Nalan Zhengde said confidently.

'Silk...'

Ye Wentian and Shangguan Mo gasped almost at the same time, twelve spirit stone veins, this Nalan Zhengde has a lot of appetite, and he actually wants to swallow all the veins in one go, it seems that he is very sure that he can win the first place.

Ye Wentian was silent.

Shangguan Mo didn't say anything.

Neither of them is sure, this is a big gamble, once they can't get the first place, their spirit stone income this year will be all gone.

"What? Could it be that the Ye family and the Shangguan family don't agree with what I said? Or that the two of you don't want to exterminate the bandits, could it be that you are colluding with the bandits in the barren mountain?"

The surrounding crowd was also agitated, this is a good thing for the Heavenly Dao, there is no reason for the Ye family and the Shangguan family to refuse, is it really as the Nalan family master said, these two families have colluded with the barren mountain bandits?

"Yes! ”

Ye Wentian said in a deep voice, for this sake now, he has no way to refuse, otherwise it will really be confirmed that the Ye family is suspected of collusion with the bandits in the barren mountain.

If that's the case, I'm afraid that Qinghe Town will no longer have a foothold for the Ye family.

"I don't have a problem with that. Shangguan Mo spoke at the same time, but there was still some reluctance in his tone.

According to the previous rules, if the Ye family won the first place, he could still use his daughter Shangguan Hong to blackmail Ye Wentian and let the two veins come out.

But now that the rules have changed, his Shangguan family can only fight for it with his own strength, and as for his daughter Shangguan Hong, there is no need to continue to be under house arrest.

But fortunately, his grandson Shangguan Yun has broken through to the first glimpse realm, and it is still unknown who will win and who will lose in this hunting competition!