In the north of Chu County, there is a triennial bustle.

Compared with the preliminaries outside the city, the semi-finals are more grand and formal.

The venue for the semi-finals of the young phoenix is located in the backfield of the Yamen of Chu County, and it is the most magnificent and majestic building in Chu County.

After Wang Xiao and the other thirty-two participating disciples gathered in front of the yamen of the official residence, they were led by an elder of the Yunmeng Sect to bypass both sides of the yamen of the official residence and head towards the arena of the rematch of the young phoenix.

After passing the residence, you can see an 18-meter-wide bluestone stone path spread all the way, lined with eight-meter-high, whitewashed walls.

Each of these cyan stones is nearly three meters long and wide, which is by no means pavable by ordinary people, and is obviously caused by the action of a master of cultivation.

This wide stone road is about 600 meters long, walking in it, Wang Xiao has a feeling of depression, or rather, such a wide stone ground, wide road, and high wall make Wang Xiao feel a sense of insignificance.

At the end of the stone path, there is a majestic torii that looks like a city gate. This memorial arch is 20 meters high, about 18 meters wide, the middle gate is 8 meters wide, and the side doors on both sides are more than 3 meters wide. This gate feels like it should be a giant's gate, not a mortal's door.

The doorposts of the two plates of the middle gate are carved with exquisite reliefs, and on the left is the carved painting of the eagle, pheasant, and male badger, which means "Ying (eagle) posture (pheasant) Huan (badger) hair". The doorpost on the right is the pattern of a carp leaping over the dragon gate, which means that this is the dragon gate where the participating disciples get ahead. On the top door of the archway, there are three big characters of "young phoenix song", the font dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and even faintly has a spiritual force attached to it, which makes people feel that there is a feeling of blood boiling at a glance. On the top of the three words, there is an image of a divine bird looking up to the sky and singing, which is an allusion to the ancient King of Chuzhuang, "if you don't sing, you will be amazing".

The reason why the young phoenix is held once every three years is precisely to commemorate the story of the Spring and Autumn overlord King Chuzhuang, "who has not been singing for three years, and is a blockbuster".

Wang Xiao's thirty-two disciples can enter from the middle gate, while other audiences and even other distinguished heads of various factions can only enter through the side door.

This is also a recognition and attitude towards these disciples who can enter the semi-finals. This arrangement made all the disciples who participated in the competition couldn't help but feel a surge of enthusiasm, and they only felt that if they didn't work hard, they would be sorry for such a ceremony at all.

Beyond the torii, there is a large arena that can be compared to some large football fields in modern times. What shocked Wang Xiao the most was that the entire football field, oh no, the arena, was made of granite. And beyond that, there is a mountain.

The city of Chu County is originally standing on the mountain, and this is the innermost location in the north of the city, and further inside is the "Little Chu Mountain" attached to Chu County. Chu Mountain is not a mountain, but a huge mountain range, including Fangcun Mountain, which is part of the Chu Mountain Range. Chu County is surrounded by the Chu Mountain Range. And this arena is where Chu County City is closest to the Chushan Mountain Range.

In the center of this arena is a circular ring, with a diameter of 81 zhang, all made of cangling stones. The north side of the competition hall is the judges' platform, and on both sides of the judges' platform are the rest rooms for the participating students. On the other three sides, there are auditoriums.

At this time, most of the audience had already sat in the audience seats on the periphery of the venue, and then Wang Xiao and other disciples entered the arena in turn, standing side by side on the field, and then the heads of the various sects, the elders entered the nearest stands, and finally under the attention of everyone, Liu Qinglong, the head of the Yunmeng faction, and three representatives from the three major sects, entered the stage of the judges.

Among the elders sent by these three major sects to select disciples, one of them was an acquaintance of Wang Xiao.

Qinglian Sect, Poetry Sect, Crazy Poetry Hall Young Hall Master Li Xinyun.

The other two are Kong Youxian of the Holy Words Sect and Meng Pingsheng of the Sacrificial Sect, both of whom are in their thirties and have reached the middle of the ground level in cultivation. The middle rank of the ground rank is the strongest rank in Chu County at present, and only Liu Qinglong, the head of the Yunmeng Sect, has reached this rank. And Li Xinyun is still only at the top of the human rank, but I don't know why the Qinglian Sect sent her.

Li Xinyun walked to the judges' table, glanced at Wang Xiao intentionally or unintentionally, and nodded slightly.

Wang Xiao stood straight with his hands behind his back like everyone else, just glanced back, but did not dare to make any movement on this occasion.

Li Xinyun came this time, but did not settle in the Lotus Root Hall first, but waited directly in the arena of Xiao Fengming, which was also to avoid suspicion. However, Wang Xiao still saw a trace of kindness and care in Li Xinyun's eyes.

Wang Xiao sighed in his heart, this uncle is really good to himself, but unfortunately he has too many secrets, and he really doesn't want to go to any Crazy Poetry Hall.

In such a big event, there are naturally some special characters, such as the county guard of Chu County.

The county guard of Chu County is an ordinary person, but on such an occasion, he still appeared, and said some clichés in front of everyone, which is nothing more than the long history of Xiao Fengming and the encouragement of the participating disciples, these things are the same in ancient and modern times, and there is not much difference, so I will not repeat it. Although this person is an ordinary person, he doesn't know what magic weapon he has used, and he actually hears what he says, which is no less than a microphone.

After a few cutscenes, the game officially begins.

An elder of the Yunmeng Sect appeared, took out a lottery box, and asked the thirty-two semi-final disciples to draw lots separately.

The thirty-two chapters of the sign are purely a matter of luck.

This time, the participants in the semi-finals are:

Yunmeng sent Chu Hongfei, Chu Yihui, Qu Shengyu.

Dedication to Mencius Yao, Meng Shiwen, Zhang Sheng.

Tianli Sect Yang Wude, Sha Yongxing, Tao Lukai.

Guishengzong Yang Si, Ram Jie, Su Xiaoyue.

The lacquer stone horse that rewarded the good and punished the evil faction was eliminated by Wang Xiao, and only the lacquer carving gang and Liu Junjie entered the semi-finals.

Buyuzong participated in Xie Yi and was eliminated, and only Huang Ziwen and Qin Ba were eliminated.

Liangentang Liu Zhenwu, Zhou Zhenggang, Wang Xiao.

There are also eleven people such as Lingfeng Gate Yun Jianping, Zhang Huamen Liu Qiwen, Anmen Lin Yufan, and Jiang Youping, so I won't bother to mention them one by one.

Thirty-two people drew lots in turn, and then showed their signature numbers.

Wang Xiao drew the number twenty-five, which was a little lucky. Because this number is relatively low, you can observe other people first, and you can also increase some of your own experience. Suddenly found that Liu Zhenwu and Zhou Zhenggang's faces changed, Wang Xiao looked over, but saw that the numbers of the two were one and two respectively.

At this time, Wang Xiao's face also changed.

How could it be such a coincidence!!

That is to say, in the first round of the young phoenix, the two high-level masters of the Lotus Root Hall will definitely be eliminated!

The three brothers looked at each other, and then Zhou Zhenggang suddenly laughed: "Senior brother, old five, why do you have such an expression? Anyway, we have all entered the semi-finals, and our faces have passed." Even if I stop in the first round, with Senior Brother's current strength, it is possible to win the top spot of Xiao Fengming this time, so what is there to worry about?"

Liu Zhenwu said depressedly: "But, Zhenggang, with your ability, it is not impossible to enter the top four, but now ......"

Zhou Zhenggang glanced at Wang Xiao and said with a smile: "Senior brother, if it was before, I might still be a little annoyed, but ...... After knowing what happened to the fifth junior brother...... Hehe, Fifth Brother, you don't care about your future, you'd rather hide your clumsiness than stay in the Lotus Root Hall, and put the master first, how can I lose to you?"

Wang Xiao looked at Zhou Zhenggang's calm eyes, not knowing what to say.

While the three brothers were speaking, the referee had already begun to announce majestically:

"The first and second participating disciples entered, and the other disciples went to the lounge outside the venue to wait. ”

Zhou Zhenggang smiled calmly and walked into the middle arena. Liu Zhenwu paused for a moment before he followed.

As soon as the two took the stage, there was a sudden uproar.

Although Zhou Zhenggang has always been low-key and does not know much, the Confucian shirts with the symbol of Liangentang worn by the two of them were seen by everyone.

I didn't expect that in the first game, I saw the same door cannibalism, and everyone, including the referee, had a very weird feeling.

The referee paused, still reading the names of both sides of the match according to the list:

"The first game, by Liu Zhenwu of Liangentang, against Liangentang...... Zhou Zhenggang ...... Well...... The start of the game ......"

Zhou Zhenggang and Liu Zhenwu naturally did not move.

After the referee confirmed the names of both sides, the uproar outside the stadium was even louder.

Zhou Zhenggang suddenly smiled slightly, and then let out a low shout, and the whole person was full of momentum.

The fluctuations of the true element at the top of the human rank spread, and the powerful coercion made the lay audience who were closer almost tremble when they knelt on the ground.

The audience who knew the goods suddenly exclaimed, but they didn't expect that in the first game, there would be a master at the top of the human rank.

In the past, there were often only one or two people in the upper ranks. As long as it reaches the top of the human rank, it is often equivalent to a strong contender for the championship, at least the top three.

At this time, Wang Xiao had already retreated to the player's rest place on the sidelines.

However, as a participant, the viewing position in this rest area is second only to the referee's seat.

Wang Xiao looked at Zhou Zhenggang's back with the aura of the upper echelon, and couldn't tell what it was.

This is the first time that Zhou Zhenggang has shown the power of the upper rank of the human rank in the young phoenix, and in the previous preliminary round, Zhou Zhenggang only used the power of the middle of the human rank, and successfully became the first in the group. Originally, Zhou Zhenggang was ready to continue to hide his strength, and then suddenly surprised his opponent in the game......

It's a pity......

In the exclamation of everyone, Zhou Zhenggang looked around, and then bowed his hand to the referee: "Senior, disciple abstained." ”

"What !?"

Exclaimed.

The referee also looked at Zhou Zhenggang with some confusion: "You, what are you talking about? This is the arena, don't joke at will! You have reached the top of the human rank, and you actually abstained?"

Zhou Zhenggang smiled indifferently and said loudly: "The disciple is not joking, although the disciple is at the top of the human rank, the disciple knows that his cultivation is far inferior to my senior brother. Since it is not as good, why bother to say more, it is natural to abstain. ”

The referee frowned and said: "This is Xiao Fengming, once every three years, even if you feel that you are not as good as your senior brother, you can still do your best to seek the appreciation of the master, why do you abstain from voting?"

Zhou Zhenggang said with a smile: "The juniors have made up their minds, thank you for the reminder." Juniors abstained. After speaking, he made a square gesture around, then nodded at Liu Zhenwu, then turned his head and walked towards the field.

This walk, walk cleanly.

In the hustle and bustle of everyone, this high-ranking master who only released his momentum once walked off the field indifferently.

Liu Zhenwu looked at Zhou Zhenggang's back, and his eyes showed a strong fighting spirit. Zhenggang, don't worry! I will definitely fight hard, along with your share! I will definitely get the first place in this time!"