The wind and the sun are beautiful, and the sky is cloudless.

The once bustling streets are now deserted, with the occasional two or three figures strolling around. Because today is the most important day of the year in Yishui City, the martial arts conference. The people of Yishui City all went to the martial arts arena.

On the martial arts field, there were a sea of people. In the center of the arena, huge stones are used to build high rings. Around the martial arts arena is the viewing platform. The viewing platform was divided into many areas, each of which housed the various cultivation forces in Yishui City. Sitting at the front are the three big families of the Xiao family, the Qin family, and the Yan family. Next to them were people from the Lu Firm, which came to watch the game every year, but they never participated.

Every year, the martial arts competition is held by the three big families of the Xiao family, the Qin family, and the Yan family in turn, and this year's right to hold it happens to be the turn of the Qin family.

As soon as noon arrived, from the front of the Qin family's area, a middle-aged cultivator walked out, it was Qin Zhen, the current patriarch of the Qin family. He came to the high platform in the center of the martial arts arena, glanced around, and said with a full sense of anger: "This year's martial arts competition in Yishui City is presided over by my Qin family. Presumably, everyone here is well aware of the rules of the Martial Arts Conference, and I will not emphasize these rules anymore. But before the tournament begins, I have a small proposal. Saying this, Qin Zhen stopped, his eyes patrolling the entire venue.

At this moment, the scattered cultivators in the audience shouted loudly: "Patriarch Qin, if you have any proposals, just say it, hurry up and start, I can't wait, my wife told me to go home for dinner." ”

"yes......"

"Yes, Patriarch Qin, if you have any proposals, just say it quickly, we will all listen to you. Everyone in the audience agreed. Qin Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "The previous entry fee was ten lower grade yuan stones per person, and I felt bored. It's not as good as this, the martial arts competition is only once a year, let's play bigger, how about fifty lower grade yuan stones per person?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people who had just echoed him gasped. Fifty lower-grade Yuan Stones is nothing for those big families, but for their small families and scattered cultivators, it is a lot of money. They knew in their hearts that Qin Zhen deliberately raised the price, and it was his Qin family who benefited in the end. Because among the younger generation of Yishui City, his son Qin Yang is recognized as the first. Qin Yang won the championship, it is a matter of nine out of ten, and in the end, these yuan stones will be used as a reward to the top three in this martial arts competition. Qin Yang, who is the favorite to win the championship, will definitely get the lion's head, and in the end, most of these yuan stones will fall into the Qin family's pocket.

Many people began to hesitate, because they knew that as long as Qin Yang was there, they would not be able to win the championship and enter the top three. The entry fee of fifty yuan stones is equivalent to "meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return". In the past, when there were ten lower grade Yuan Stones, they could still accept it, even if they couldn't enter the top three, they could compete with cultivators of the same age, and the right was to pay tuition. But now the 'tuition' has become fifty lower-grade yuan stones, which makes many people resign from making a living.

"My Yan family agrees!"

At this moment, Yan Zhou, the head of the Yan family, stood up and loudly agreed. Those who made a living and retired, seeing that Yan Zhou had agreed, they were afraid that they would offend the Qin family and the Yan family because of their withdrawal, so they all gritted their teeth and nodded in agreement.

Qin Zhen turned his head to Xiao Lie, who had not expressed his position, and his tone was provocative: "Brother Xiao, what do you mean?" Xiao Lie ignored his provocation, half-squinted his eyes, and replied lightly: "I don't care. ”

After Qin Zhen announced the start of the martial arts competition, he walked out of the ring. There were a total of fifty cultivators who participated in the competition, and they all went to sign up and pay the fee, and then went to a black box next to them to draw their entry numbers. There were fifty jade plaques in the black box, each with a number between one and twenty-five written on it. Among the fifty jade plaques, there are two jade plaques of the same number each. The contestants who draw the same number will compete in the ring as opponents in this round. Those who win advance to the next round, and those who lose are eliminated directly.

Xiao Yao looked at the jade plate in his hand, it was number eight. This means that he will face off against the contestants who also drew eight in the eighth match.

......

"Liu Yun, what number are you?"

"I'm number eight, Lin Sheng, what about you?"

"I'm number seven. You said I wouldn't have met Qin Yang in the first round, right? I met him in the first round last year, but I didn't even catch him in the first round, he was too strong!" In a corner of the viewing platform, two contestants from small families exchanged ears.

Liu Yun: "It shouldn't be so unlucky, if you meet Qin Yang, you will definitely be beaten down in a few rounds, and fifty lower-grade yuan stones will fly like this." ”

Lin Sheng: "Hey, I hope you don't meet Qin Yang, let the fifty lower grade yuan stones fly for a while." ”

......

The first few battles were all Qi Gathering Realm cultivation. Xiao Yao glanced at it a few times, then lost interest and closed his eyes to recuperate.

"Let's start the eighth game of the first round of the competition, and the players who have drawn the eighth are invited to compete on the stage. At this moment, Xiao Yao, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, opened his eyes. He walked to the edge of the ring and handed the jade medal in his hand to the referee. The referee took the jade medal, carefully checked that it was correct, and then let him enter the ring.

When he came to the ring, Xiao Yao looked at his opponent with a little surprise in his eyes. This person he knew, he was from a small family in Yishui City, named Liu Yun. At last year's martial arts competition, he met him in the first round. At that time, the two of them were cultivating equally, and they were both in the eightfold Qi Gathering Realm, and after a few rounds, Liu Yun knocked Xiao Yao out of the ring.

Liu Yun, who was worried about meeting Qin Yang on stage, saw that the person who came was Xiao Yao, and the big stone in his heart fell. He said confidently: "Xiao Lengzi, it turned out to be you." I advise you, I'm now in the womb realm, so you might as well admit defeat, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin. ”

The reason why he is so confident is not because of how strong his cultivation is, but because his opponent is Xiao Yao. Everyone in Yishui City knows that Xiao Yao is a lump of mud that can't support the wall, last year Liu Yun's and him were the same Qi Gathering Realm Eightfold, and a year later, Liu Yun's cultivation has soared, and he has reached the First Weight of the Casting Realm. He estimated that according to Xiao Yao's cultivation talent, at most he would be able to gather qi in the ninth realm. Even if the Xiao family uses the Xuandan pile, it will already be up to the sky if it can reach the Casting Realm. Even if he was on par with his own cultivation, Liu Yun was completely sure. Xuandan's cultivation piled up, how can it be compared with his own real cultivation.

......

"How many rounds do you think Xiao Lengzi can survive under Liu Yun?"

"Ten rounds!"

"Heh, you think so highly of him, I bet he won't last three rounds. ”

"But after all, he is the young master of the Xiao family, the Xiao family has a large number of Xuandan, Xuanshu, and his father Xiao Lie's personal guidance, Xiao Lie is the number one master in Yishui City, it is impossible to not even catch Liu Yun's three moves, right?"

"Even if there is Xiao Lie's personal guidance, is it useful? With Xiao Lengzi's anxious IQ, no matter how powerful the master is, it is useless. It's like if you asked the top snow family of Fengyue Tower to sing and play the piano in front of a cow, do you think the cow will applaud?"

"Brother Tai said the same, maybe only three rounds. ”

......

"Oh, is it? Is that now I should beg you to do it later?" Xiao Yao looked at Liu Yun with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Before the words fell, his figure had already shot towards Liu Yun.

"That's, as long as you beg me to do it now, I promise I won't kill you."

Liu Yun held his head proudly high, and his palms patted his chest. Suddenly, the whirring sound in his ears made him stop bragging. Looking at it, Xiao Yao was already coming towards him quickly. He was furious in his heart: Hmph, he dared to attack me. I see that you have a good attitude, and I wanted to be a little more gentle with you later. Now it seems, don't blame my men for being ruthless. There was contempt at the corner of his mouth: "It's useless to sneak attack me, the gap is always the gap!"

Xiao Yao sneak attacked, although he took the lead. But Liu Yun was not in a hurry, and at the moment when Xiao Yao's palm slapped towards him, he retreated to the side, avoiding Xiao Yao's sneak attack. After stabilizing your body, you can fight back.

But he was surprised to find that Xiao Yao's palm suddenly turned a corner and came close to his chest. Seeing this, Liu Yun was puzzled: when did this Xiao Lengzi's elm head open his mind and use the occult arts so flexibly. He had to dodge in a hurry, but the palm of his hand was like an eye, and no matter how he dodged, he couldn't shake it off.

"Bump!"

Liu Yun was like a kite with a broken string, and went straight to the stage.

Slap it away!

"This ......"

The audience looked at this scene in amazement. Especially the audience who was still discussing how many rounds Xiao Yao could hold under Liu Yun just now, they all had a long mouth at this time, and their faces were incredible.

On the viewing platform of the Qin family, Qin Yang's face was a little unpleasant: "Hmph! It's just a fluke! I hope you don't run into me in the next round, otherwise I'll let you know what real strength is." ”

Xiao Yao walked to the edge of the ring and said lightly to Liu Yun who was lying on the ground: "I promise that I won't kill you." ”

"You sneak attack, you despicable, you shameless! I don't accept it, let's do it again. Liu Yun pointed at Xiao Yao, looking unwilling. Xiao Yao shook his head at him and returned to the center of the ring.

Xiao Yao came to the referee's side, and the referee recovered from the shock just now. He grabbed Xiao Yao's arm and raised it upward: "In the eighth game of the first round, Xiao Yao wins!"