There are a total of three martial arts academies in Lindu, Zilin Academy, Windy City Academy, and Xingluo Academy, all of which are quite famous martial arts academies in the entire dynasty, in addition, there are also private martial arts halls like Liu's Sword Village, and there are countless of them.

The prevalence of martial arts in Lindu can be seen from this.

The martial arts championship is a grand event held every three years in Lindu, and it has always been rain or shine.

The people who participate in the championship competition are generally selected by the Martial Arts Academy and the Martial Arts Hall among the leaders of the young generation, but ordinary young martial artists can also sign up alone to compete with the young talents of the Martial Arts Academy in the Martial Arts Championship Competition, one is to show the strength of each martial arts hall and martial arts academy, and the other is to show the importance that Qi attaches to martial arts talents.

It is also for this reason that in every martial arts championship, many princes and nobles will come to watch the ceremony, including some princes and princes.

This year's championship competition was personally ordered by the king of Qi to let the prince come to supervise.

The address of the championship is the campus of Zilin College.

Early this morning, the gate of Zilin Academy was wide open, and all ordinary people, even if they were not martial artists, could go in and watch. When the championship officially began, the school was already crowded.

The major gambling houses in Lindu have also listed some lists of contestants and opened gambling markets.

Although the death of the kendo master Liu Changming made many people of Qi country sad, it was still not less attractive when this grand event arrived. In particular, many people know that Liu Changming's only son, Liu Mu, served in the army, and was not as infatuated as the ancestors of the Liu family in martial arts, and it is very likely that the Liu family Jianzhuang will withdraw from the stage of Qi history in the near future. Then this championship is the last time that Liu's Sword Village participates, which also makes this event more special. After all, Liu's Sword Village still has a decisive weight in the hearts of the people of Qi State.

Today's Lindu, sweeping away the haze of yesterday, even the streets outside the inn where Ye Chong and them live are much more lively.

The inn was also talking loudly about the martial arts championship competition, and all the drinkers were dancing with their eyebrows, foaming at the mouth, shouting how much they had put on whom.

Ye Chong and the others also noticed this scene, and compared it in their hearts, there is indeed a big gap between the Wei Kingdom and the Qi State, and it can be seen from the enthusiasm of the people here for martial arts.

However, they were not in a hurry to leave, and they didn't care at all about what happened to the martial arts championship and who could beat the crowd.

They just want to find Liu San'er, and today the prince will attend the championship competition, Liu San'er, as the prince's cronies, it is possible to follow, even if they don't go, they can also inquire about Liu San'er through the prince.

Of course, they didn't have any identity and connections in the Qi country, and even if they rushed early, they wouldn't be able to deal with the crown prince and those princes and nobles on the rostrum.

So they didn't rush it, but waited until the championship officially started before they left.

If Liu San'er is not at the scene, then they can only wait until the competition is about to end and the prince walks down the rostrum and prepares to leave, and then take countermeasures, since Liu San'er is the prince's cronies and serves as the prince's concubine, presumably even if he collides with the prince, after explaining clearly, there will not be much trouble.

This is mainly based on their trust in Liu San'er, knowing that with their third uncle's ability, they must have a pivotal position in front of the prince.

Ye Chong, Lu Shan, Jian Ying, Qu Yao and Li Hui all came to the campus of Zilin Academy together when the sun was on the third pole.

As the largest martial arts academy in Lindu, the campus of Zilin Academy is the size of three football fields, and the personnel of the major martial arts academies and martial arts halls are already crowded, not to mention the dense crowds of spectators.

As soon as Ye Chong and the others entered the school field, they couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, and they searched for a long time before they found the location of the rostrum in the center of several rings.

In order to show respect for martial arts, the rostrum of the championship competition was directly built in one of the rings, if it were not for the Yulin Army around it, it would not be very conspicuous in the huge school field.

Then Ye Chong and the others did not pay attention to the competitions in other rings, but tried to get as close to the rostrum as possible, looking for their familiar figures.

I didn't see Liu San'er, and I didn't find Lu Yuanba.

A group of people couldn't help but be slightly disappointed.

However, they saw a middle-aged man on the rostrum, surrounded by a group of dignitaries and nobles like a moon, the man was wearing a purple gold crown, a purple embroidered python robe, a face like a crown of jade, eyes like stars, eyebrows and temples flying, and a noble temperament like standing out from the crowd.

"That should be the crown prince of the Qi Kingdom. Ye Chong pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "The king of Qi is old, and the prince of Qi is expecting the eldest son, and now he is close to middle age, it should be right." ”

"Well, it's just that there are so many Yulin troops around him, and we don't seem to have much way to get close to him. Sword Shadow nodded.

Their original intention was to rush up directly to report Liu San'er's name when Prince Qi left, at this time, it seems that this move is a little difficult, when Prince Qi leaves, he must also be protected by this group of Yulin Army, they are not good to fight with Yulin Army, rush over. Wouldn't that be considered an assassin?

"As I say, let's just shout and get their attention. Old God Li Hui said on the ground.

He obviously didn't know that in the world outside the sword mound, people's identities and statuses were very different, and rude collisions were tantamount to insults and provocations in the eyes of nobles, especially those with the status of the prince of a country.

Even if they have confidence in Liu San'er, they don't want to affect their third uncle's status in front of the prince because of themselves.

Ye Chong ignored this guy's words, looked around, spread his hands and said, "Let's act when the opportunity arises." ”

At the moment, it seems that there is only an opportunity to act, and when it comes to the actual operation, many things will be found to be much more difficult than expected, which is also the normal state of life.

However, Ye Chong followed up and added, "Anyway, today, we must inquire about the whereabouts of the third uncle." ”

"Yes, and my master. Li Hui hurriedly said, as long as Liu San'er is found, then there will naturally be clues to his master's whereabouts.

"Well, let's take a look around first, what opportunities are there, it's really not good, let's go to the ring and get a leader, so that we can always see that prince." Qu Yao raised his eyebrows and said.

"I think this is a good attention, let's also have a good experience, what level are the martial artists of this Qi country!" Lu Shan said with a smile.

"Don't make a fuss. Ye Chong shook his head, "We are not from Qi State, and we have never thought about developing in Lindu, if we really make a disturbance in this ring, if we don't say it well, it will expose the identity of our sword mound, and it will not be good to attract unnecessary troubles at that time." ”

"What if there's really no other way?" Sword Shadow turned to look at him with a smile.

Ye Chong raised his eyes, hooked the corners of his mouth helplessly, and said: "If it really comes to that point, then it can only be beaten, and this is considered a ...... Keep the strategy for it. ”

The others laughed knowingly, especially Lu Shan and Li Hui, who are not afraid of big things, and they wish they could show themselves on stage.

So the group stood there and looked at the ring around them.

Li Hui and Lu Shan, are they still arguing, saying that when they want to come to power, they don't want to rob themselves or something.

The rules of the martial arts championship competition are very simple, go to the stage, and then one-on-one, the winner advances, meets the next opponent who also advances, loses once, and is completely eliminated.

By the end of the evening, the huge championship had reached its final stage. The remaining ten contenders all came to the ring closest to the rostrum.

Ye Chong's body suddenly shook, his mouth grew unconsciously, and his eyes glowed with blazing light.

Two familiar shadows came into his eyes.

Qin Wuyue and Shen Qing'er!

The two of them were wearing the women's uniforms of Liu's Sword Village, with slender figures and delicate faces, which were particularly conspicuous among a group of young warriors. I haven't seen them for nearly three years, and at this time, Ye Chong saw them more mature and charming than before.

And Ye Chong was staring at Qin Wuyue, who was standing on the stage generously and generously, he had always been calm, and his heart was beating like a drum at this moment.

At this time, there are also many people who set their eyes on the two charming women whose robes can't cover their curvy figures.

"These two women are patriots, it seems that they came to Qi Country for joint special training a few years ago, and were later accepted as closed-door disciples by Liu Changming, and they have been practicing in Liu's Sword Village, and they rarely appear on this occasion, I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful embryo!"

"Yes, it seems that one is called what is the moon, and the other is called Qing'er, tsk, I knew that there were such two beauties in Liu's Sword Village, I should have tried my best to throw myself into the door of Liu Changming's predecessors, and I could also get the moon first near the water!"

"It's up to you, dream, when Senior Liu was alive, the threshold for accepting apprentices was very high, you are a guy who can't even walk three levels in the ring, can Senior Liu see it?"

"Oh, are you laughing at me? What's the matter? Why don't we practice alone?"

“......”

In the noise that made people laugh and cry, Ye Chong then remembered that when he went to the Sword Shrine, Senior Sister Qin was also about to follow some disciples of the Divine General Academy to the Qi Kingdom to participate in the joint special training, and Shen Qing'er should have come at that time, but he didn't expect that they would be appreciated by Liu Changming, the sword master of the Qi Kingdom, and accepted as a closed disciple, and stayed here for nearly three years.

Senior Sister Qin, who originally thought that she would only be able to see her again when she arrived at Chaoge, suddenly appeared in front of her, and Ye Chong couldn't wait to jump up directly and give her a big hug.

However, he still suppressed this impulse in his heart, looking at Qin Wuyue's graceful demeanor on the stage, his eyes showed a proud look of appreciation.