Chapter 028: Count the Evidence
Soon, the first two rounds of the Shen family's annual family competition came to an end, and the top five candidates were all produced.
Including Shen Li, there are also Shen Hao, Shen Dong, Shen Qing and Shen Xiao.
Shen Hao doesn't need to say more, he is the grandson of Shen Yu, the great elder of the Shen family, and the son of Shen Yihai, the great housekeeper of the Shen family.
Moreover, he was born with three divine patterns condensed in the dantian in his body, and he was the only one among all the second-generation disciples of the Shen family. Of course, except for Shen Ying, because Shen Ying is not recognized as the Shen family at all, she is just an abandoned baby picked up by Shen Lie.
Therefore, even if she was born with the four divine patterns condensed in her body, she was not allowed to participate in the Shen family's family competition.
And except for Shen Ying, even in the entire three major families of Thundercloud Town and dozens or hundreds of other families, large and small, there were only no more than 5 people who were born with more than three divine patterns.
Ordinary people are born with only one divine pattern, and being able to condense two divine patterns is already considered a little genius.
Three divine patterns, then it is a real genius!
You must know that the number of divine patterns directly determines the degree of a martial artist's sensitivity to the aura of heaven and earth, that is to say, the more divine patterns, the greater the probability and scope of sensing aura, and the more aura can be absorbed.
If a martial artist who is born with two divine patterns and a martial artist who is born with three divine patterns cultivate for a day and a night at the same time, the aura that the latter can absorb will be one and a half times that of the former!
It's just one day, and over the years, it's even worse!
Three months ago, Shen Hao was already at the peak of the sixth layer of the Quenching Body Realm, and he could break through to the seventh layer of the Quenching Body Realm at any time, but now that three months have passed, with the assistance of the Quenching Yuan Dan, it is normal for Shen Hao to be promoted to the ninth or even tenth layer of the Quenching Body Realm.
Shen Dong and Shen Qing are the grandsons of another elder of the Shen family, they are the brothers of the same mother, and they have also received a lot of resources since they were children, both of them were born with two divine patterns, and now they are both 17 years old.
The two of them also mock and bully Shen Li on weekdays, and they are the same as Shen Hao. The strength of the two of them is a little worse than Shen Hao, but it is estimated that they should have a realm of about nine layers of the Quenching Body Realm.
As for Shen Xiao, she is only 14 years old, the only girl among the five, her parents are just a side branch of the Shen family, she is the same age as Shen Ying, and the relationship between the two is also the best.
On weekdays, Shen Xiao often goes to play with Shen Ying, and the relationship with Shen Li is also very good, every time he is the same as Shen Ying, Shen Li's brother Shen Li's brother screams, and Shen Li also treats Shen Xiao as his own sister.
Shen Xiao was also born with two divine patterns, and it stands to reason that with her natural ability, coupled with the fact that she is only 14 years old, it is impossible to enter the top five.
However, Shen Li had investigated before, and Shen Xiao's two divine patterns were actually the same as the first-order Mysterious Beast Iron Spine Mangniu's innate divine pattern "Furious", which was actually a natural complete divine pattern.
Her divine pattern is similar to a supernatural ability such as "agility", so although Shen Xiao is only 14 years old, although she is only at the realm of the sixth layer of the Quenching Body Realm, she can also deal with the martial artists of the seventh or even eighth layer of the Quenching Body Realm, and she can use up the opponent's Xuan Qi alive, and then win with one blow.
It was precisely by relying on the power of the "agile" divine pattern that Shen Xiao was able to defeat several cousins who had cultivated higher than her, and became one of the top five people in this year's Shen Family Competition.
However, according to normal circumstances, she can only stop here at most, after all, those who can enter the top five, except for herself, are at least the strength of the ninth layer or so of the Quenching Body Realm.
And Shen Li seriously injured Shen Yue at the seventh layer of the Quenching Body Realm with one punch, and in everyone's opinion, his strength must be around the ninth layer of the Quenching Body Realm.
After an hour's rest, the competition for the top three officially began.
By drawing lots to determine the order of appearance, Shen Li directly drew the No. 1 lot, the first to appear, to take turns to challenge the remaining four people.
The rest of the players will also have to challenge each other to determine the final top three according to the number of wins and losses, which can also be more fair than drawing lots separately to determine the order of battle.
"Who comes first?" Shen Li walked to the center of the ring, glanced at a few people in the ring, and said lightly.
Shen Hao glanced at Shen Li coldly, didn't speak, just hooked his finger behind him.
"I'll come first!" After Shen Dong saw Shen Hao's movements, he immediately shouted and took the lead in walking to the ring.
Although Shen Li had seriously injured Shen Yue at the seventh layer of the Quenching Body Realm with one punch before, this could not scare Shen Dong, you must know that Shen Dong was now also at the strength of the ninth layer of the Quenching Body Realm, and he could completely seriously injure Shen Yue with one punch.
"Little waste! Don't think that you have eaten some natural treasures, if you have great power for the time being, you can empty your eyes, I will tell you today, in front of me, you will always be just a waste that cannot be cultivated!" Shen Dong sneered and whispered.
Since childhood, Shen Dong and Shen Qing have always been the first to look at Shen Hao, and they have bullied Shen Li a lot. Several pranks threw Shen Li into the river, almost drowning Shen Li.
Shen Li struggled out of the river and silently went home to change his clothes, but he never said it to his father.
No matter how much he was insulted, he gritted his teeth and endured it, not wanting his father to know, because he was afraid of seeing his father's disappointed face, and he didn't want his father to get angry with others because of him as a waste son.
In the previous life, Shen Li was powerless in the face of the insults of Shen Dong and others, so he could only endure it silently, but in this life, he was reborn, how could Shen Li continue to be humiliated?
Originally, I was thinking, how to say that you are also my cousin, should I do it lightly later, since you have said so, then I am not welcome. Shen Li snorted coldly.
"Bluff! Lie down for me!" Shen Dong snorted coldly, then shook his body and swung his fist directly at Shen Li.
The fight between the martial artists of the Quenching Body Realm actually relies more on the strength of the body, and in terms of speed, the difference is not too big, even if the ninth layer of the Quenching Body Realm is compared with the sixth layer of the Quenching Body Realm, there are not too many advantages.
Of course, Shen Xiao's "Agile" Divine Pattern was an exception.
"Boom!" The divine pattern in Shen Li's dantian instantly lit up, and then, his fist smashed out, and a vague phantom of an iron-spine bull flashed behind him.
Divine Tattoo "Berserk", on!
"How is that possible? You...... You actually have a god tattoo too?" Shen Dong's face was suddenly full of shock.
"Boom!" the fists of the two slammed into each other.
"Click!" a chilling sound of fractures sounded again.
"Ah......" Shen Dong flew out of the ring with his whole body, and only stopped after drawing five or six meters away, he spit out a mouthful of blood, anxious and angry, and passed out directly without taking a breath.
"What? he actually has a god tattoo?" Including Shen Hao, many people's faces were full of disbelief.
On the contrary, some of the elders of the Shen family, all of them were expressionless, obviously knowing about it for a long time.
"What's going on?" Shen Yihai frowned, his eyes looked at his father who was sitting next to the head of the family, Shen Lie, that is, Shen Yu, the great elder of the Shen family.
It turned out that Shen Yu was also frowning, looking incredulous, obviously, Shen Yu had just learned the truth.
I have to say that Shen Lie and Shen Li's secrecy work is still good, and everything that happens in the Wanbao Pavilion is only known in a small area.
Seeing that his brother Shen Dong was directly disabled, Shen Qing's eyes suddenly widened with anger, and he rushed directly to the ring to avenge his brother, but he soon reacted, his strength was actually on par with Shen Dong, if he came to power, I am afraid that the end would be the same as that of his brother Shen Dong.
"I ...... Admit defeat!" Shen Qing gritted his teeth, didn't dare to make a move, and walked off the stage directly.
"Rubbish!" Shen Hao glared at Shen Qing, his face full of dissatisfaction.
"I'm coming!" Shen Hao snorted coldly and walked towards the ring.
For the first place in this year's family competition, Shen Hao is determined to win, no matter what, he must fight with Shen Li.
"Little waste, I'll let you taste the taste of being trampled under your feet again!" Shen Hao snorted coldly.
"Really, do you think that I drank your poisoned tea, that's why I'm so confident?" Shen Li sneered.
"What? you...... You are talking nonsense!" Shen Hao's face suddenly changed, he never thought that Shen Li actually knew about him poisoning the tea.
"What?" Shen Li's voice was not loud, but it was definitely not small, and many people present heard it.
"Do you think that my father will help me detoxify at all costs, and when the time comes, his body will consume a lot of true yuan, and your father will be able to take the opportunity to defeat my father?" Shen Li said again.
"You...... You...... Bloody mouth!" Shen Hao's face turned even paler, he couldn't figure out how Shen Li knew about his plan.
"I don't know if the letter in your house that conspired with the Jin family was burned?" Shen Li squinted and snorted coldly.
"What?" Shen Li's words caused an uproar among the people present again.