The East Courtyard Martial Arts Arena covers an area of nearly 10,000 zhang, and there are hundreds of large and small martial arts arenas all over it. The martial arts arena is spiral-shaped, a total of seven circles, the outermost four circles of the martial arts platform are about three zhang in circumference, the middle two circles are ten zhang, and there are only three in the core area, these three martial arts platforms are not less than thirty zhang, it is built with dry bones and desert specialties of the desert steel sand stone, it is extremely hard, and it is tightly sealed with a heavy black cloth on weekdays, and it will only be opened when the clan is elected.

At ordinary times, the East Courtyard Martial Arts Arena is the most lively area in the entire Zhangjia. Because the top 300 rankings of the children of the outer and inner disciples will be born here. There were as many as four or five thousand young disciples gathered in the family, but less than one-tenth of them were able to enjoy a certain amount of rich cultivation resources. You must know that most of the disciples of the outer sect are illusionists with average talent, and each top one in the ranking means that one more spirit grass or a small bottle of energy power beads refined by low-level holy fruits will be distributed every month compared to others. Although things are not very precious, everyone is like this, and over time, it is very likely to open up the strength gap between them and the opponents behind them. As a result, the competition for these rankings is extremely fierce, if not tragic. In between, there are countless examples of bloodshed and even heavy injuries that lead to zhì and eventually become wasted. In the same way, the competition among the children of the inner door is even more excessive.

It's a realistic to brutal rule of survival. Even if you are a sheep, unless you put down your dignity and are willing to be bullied with your family, in such an environment, you will always become a crazy wolf, fighting for honor and status, fighting for your family and the future, stepping on the shoulders of one opponent after another, and constantly climbing upward. The next generation influences the next generation. There may be ups and downs. It may also be because a certain generation gave birth to a junior with outstanding talent and then soared to prominence, having a place in the family, and has been admired since then and enjoys glory and wealth.

This is the rule derived from the family in order to maintain the inheritance, cruel no one will talk to you about human nature! Just like a tiger, to the prey under its claws, how can it empathize with the feelings of pity for the other party? And one day, this prey is strong enough. will have that qualification!

Becoming a child or family of a big family may seem infinite in the eyes of ordinary people, enjoying the glory of thousands or even more than 10,000 years, no matter where you go, you will appear superior. But in a family, there is always a distinction between high and low, and those who are hovering at the bottom have no chance of status and glory in life, and they just enjoy a life that is much better than that of ordinary families. As a result, countless children of the outer sect leave the family every year. Or in the midst of a struggle, ruthlessly banished. Meantime. There are also many newcomers who yearn for the holy place in their hearts.

If the moth fights the fire, what is in the eyes is a cluster of gorgeous dazzling in the night, but while pursuing brilliance, how can you ever understand that it is you who burns?

The scale of the Zhangjiawu arena is extremely majestic, but in order to accommodate more spectators, above the pedestals spread around, each volley is set up in the air to set up a table that is also inclined shape, these seats are not many, each stage can only accommodate 100 people up and down, it is obvious that the people who can sit on these VIP seats with the best sight angle are not the high-level executives of the Zhang family, or the distinguished guests who were invited or attracted this time.

As the sun dragged its brilliant figure in the sky gradually emerged from the clouds, the soft sunlight dispelled the hoarfrost that spread everywhere on the ground in the early morning. At this time, the martial arts arena was already overcrowded, and under the eyes, there were black heads everywhere, and countless voices gathered together, soaring into the sky. In the past three days, with the end of the competition of the children of the outer door, today will usher in the first round of the competition of the children of the inner door. Of course, there is also the first round of challenges for the family Phantom Martial Arts Pavilion with the highest gold content in the entire clan and attracting all the eyeballs.

At this time, sitting on the seat that was specially blocked and isolated at the front of the martial arts arena, Zhang Hao turned his head slightly, lifted the curtain behind him, and glanced at the hustle and bustle in the square, he shook his head slightly. Really knowing the cruel competition between the children of the family, coupled with the fact that he had heard about the clan election situation mentioned by Menghai and others in the past few days, he didn't feel any excitement at all at this time.

"Brother Hao, are you still worried about this battle?" Feeling the fiery atmosphere around her, but in a blink of an eye, she caught a glimpse of Zhang Hao's frowning appearance, Meng Yurou stretched out her palm and grabbed the former's big hand and asked.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhang Hao's palm rotated, and a palm-sized, delicately shaped, and constantly rippling out spiritual fluctuations of a small mirror floated in front of him, and said: "This soul mirror is a high-grade divine weapon used by a senior master of soul cultivation in the Zhang family thousands of years ago, but because it has been abandoned for too long, the instrument spirit has dissipated and fallen back to the middle-grade class. ”

Looking at the quietly suspended soul mirror in front of him, a little confidence appeared on Zhang Hao's face. This spiritual power divine weapon was amazed even when the old man saw it, and because it had survived for too long, the materials used to make the body had long been extinct on Zhengyuan Dalu, so it was even more precious. Even after thousands of years, the power of the Primal Condensation Instrument Spirit is much stronger than the dragon spirit staff in the hands of the old man Zan who can be described as top-notch in the middle grade.

"Why is that?" Meng Yurou asked softly.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhang Hao put away the soul mirror and said, "After learning about the situation of the clan election in the past few days, I have some emotion. In fact, there are many children in the outer sect whose talents are quite okay, if they choose to practice outside, even if they lack some comfortable conditions, the status and treatment they can get are far stronger than in the family, sometimes I really don't understand, is it just to try to make a name for themselves?"

"People go to high places, water flows to low places!"

Meng Yurou smiled softly and said, "Although it may be a little chic to live outside, but to become an illusion master, you always have to cultivate, and you always have to deal with people, right? Just like the matter of Sister Qiufen two days ago, if we didn't have the background of the Zhang family, I was afraid that we would not only be insulted by the grandchildren of the Zheng Dynasty at that time, but it would be difficult for us to get out in the end. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hao nodded with some approval. "That makes sense. ”

Although I have been here for nearly four years. But in the meantime. Zhang Hao really doesn't really integrate into this world, at least in terms of values, he has always been out of place. After all, since coming to the Tianshui Empire, even if there have been thrills along the way, it has to be considered smooth sailing. Even after returning to the Zhang family, with the care of the head of the Zhang family and the respected second ancestor, he enjoyed the cultivation treatment comparable to the core children of the family without much effort, and the taste of fighting and grabbing. He really didn't have a deep understanding.

Just like the battle in front of him, in the eyes of outsiders, everyone thinks that at the beginning of Brother Hao's return, he wants to gain a firm foothold in the Zhang family, and even surpass Zhang Yu and become the first person in the Zhang family. There are even a lot of rumors that you are arrogant, but in fact, you are taking advantage of this disparity in the first battle to become famous and establish your own reputation in Zhengyuan Dalu!"

A word fell. Meng Yurou smiled mischievously and said, "Actually." These views are incorrect, and the reason is that they do not understand the situation of the Zhang family and speculate on their own. Therefore, Brother Hao just said that those children of the outer sect are not very similar to the situation in front of them? They fight or grabs at the cost of their lives, maybe there is a reason behind it, but we see the surface, and we don't know the inside. ”

"Sometimes people may carry a lot of unknown burdens, whether they pursue it themselves, or force it on their bodies, but they must maintain a fearless heart, regardless of success or failure, just move forward bravely!"

These words entered his ears, which made Zhang Hao look at Meng Yurou with a little surprise in his eyes. On weekdays, this docile and gentle girl doesn't talk much, and when she follows Bing Yao's side, she mostly agrees with the majority. He didn't expect that the other party would have such a unique perspective of empathy when looking at the problem.

"Just move forward bravely! That's right!" Facing the future, Zhang Hao always has an inexplicably heavy invisible pressure in his heart, as if he feels a little retreating because of the strength of the opponent, and it seems that because of the hazy shape, there is always a helplessness at the mercy of others, but at this time, hearing Meng Yurou's words, he nodded secretly, and his mood was also a little cheerful, people really can't control the future, but at least they can firmly grasp the present.

"My little girl has grown up!"

pretended to sigh, and then Zhang Hao stretched out his hands without warning and poked at Meng Yurou's armpits, causing the latter to dodge everywhere, and a burst of laughter like silver bells followed.

"Ahem"

Lifted the curtain of the isolation seat, looked at the picture of the fight in front of him, and looked at Bing Yao next to him, a huge drop of cold sweat instantly slipped off the fat man's forehead, and immediately he walked over, and said dissatisfiedly: "I and Sister Bing Yao are outside to listen to Zhang Zefan's news, you are good, holding the beauty to play here! I don't take the fruits of the fat brother's hard work seriously!"

Looking at the fat man sitting beside him on his back, putting on a posture that would not let go of his mouth, Zhang Hao smiled bitterly, and then stretched out his palm to gently stroke the back of the other party's head, and said: "Fat brother, it's really hard to run around for your brother, did you hear any news?"

"Roll the calf, do you really think we're Xiao Wu's little rabbit cub?"

slapped Zhang Hao's palm away, the fat man snorted twice, and then his face turned straight, and he said in a solemn tone: "The news came from the mouth of an attendant in the Seventh Elder's family, this time Zhang Zefan was given a medium-grade spiritual power divine weapon thread soul bowl that defended against divine soul attacks and was of very good quality in order to prepare for this battle. And"

Zhang Yu secretly handed over the twelve sundial disks to him, looking at that appearance, this kid should be planning your attention by surprise in the battle. ”

"Twelve Spiral Sun Discs?" Zhang Hao is no stranger to this divine weapon, and the body of the weapon is engraved with two large arrays of wind and thunder, which can be described as the first of the four top-grade divine weapons of the Zhang family. And Zhang Zefan happens to be the spirit of the wind system, if this divine weapon helps, his strength will definitely be a big leap forward.

"Brother Hao, although Zhang Zefan's spiritual cultivation is only about twenty strands, he has the help of the threaded soul bowl, coupled with the strength of his phantom body and phantom beast, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through his defense. On one side, Bing Yao secretly estimated and said.

Nodding slightly, Zhang Hao's heart inexplicably flashed with some expectation, before this, he didn't think about the possibility of Zhang Peng's grandson taking out the twelve sun-spinning disks, after all, this battle is related to the competition for the position of the head of the family, and they can't help Zhang Zefan win without doing their best. However, in the face of stronger opponents, it also stimulated his greatest fighting spirit, since he learned Wu Peng's Great Soul Claw, this fierce soul technique that has been sealed by the Zhang family for countless years has never emitted a dazzling light.

And this battle is also a battle that Zhang Hao is bound to draw a perfect end to in the Azure Capital, no matter what, he can't be defeat......ed!