() Landing on the supervision platform was a middle-aged man with thin eyebrows, fleshless face, and a dull complexion, giving people a skinny appearance.

"I am Ximen Luo, the lord of Xilan City, these are Ximen Tian, the lord of Ximei City, Ximen Yun, the lord of Xizhu City, and Ximen Liang, the lord of Xiju City, and the competition in the senior group is supervised by the four of us. The rules of the game are fighting, and there is no time limit, until one side falls out of the ring, or admits defeat, or loses the ability to fight, and the rest time of the battle is half an hour. All participants must stop at the point, and must not maliciously hurt others, and those who violate the prohibition must be permanently expelled from the Simon family! Spectators must abide by the order, and must not make loud noises or shout and cheer, so as not to affect the performance of the participants in the field. If anyone gets carried away, whoever it is, they will be expelled from the ring!"

As the owner of the Zhenyue Treasure Sword, Ximen fell to a very high reputation within the Ximen family, and the audience immediately fell silent.

Ximen Luo was very satisfied with this situation and took a seat.

As soon as the hour arrived, the Simon Family Magic Treasure Conference officially began. On the bottom floor of the east seat there are several entrances to the ring, and at each entrance is a person who is responsible for handing out the plates to the fighters. The eight rings are arranged and named according to the direction of the gossip, and there are also people in the audience who are responsible for recording the number of wins and losses.

It's very strange that none of the white-clothed disciples of the Simon family on the table moved, and a few people from the subordinate families in variegated clothes came out and jumped into the ring respectively, and then a few people walked down from the east seat and went to the stage to catch and fight, and these people who appeared later were also from affiliated families.

Xiao Tianhe was puzzled, and asked Nangong Xue softly: "Could it be that the children of the Ximen family are all masters?

"No, the children of any family are also good and bad, but the people of the affiliated families always have to give the Simon family some face, so they go to the ring from the beginning. The first is to show their strength, so that the children of the Simon family know when choosing opponents, and the second is to spend some physical strength and mystical power first, which is equivalent to making some cheap and cheap with the children of the Simon family. It's a well-established rule. ”

Xiao Tianhe didn't understand again: "Isn't it possible to take pills to restore physical strength and Xuan power after every battle?

"Hey, Brother Xiao, after each battle, someone will challenge to start the next battle, those people will not take the pill immediately, and then decide what pill to take and how much pill to take when they see who the opponent of the next battle is, this is something that can be controlled by themselves. If it is against Siemens, I am afraid that I will have to give three points in terms of moves, and even more so, I will win forty-five consecutive victories first, and then deliberately lose to Siemens disciples and send them to advance!" Nangong Ting explained.

"Whose victory didn't fall from the sky, why bother!" Xiao Tianhe shook his head and sighed, "At most, don't be too heavy, and you'll already be benevolent." ”

"The person who can win forty-five consecutive victories must be a master, so there are also people who don't care how they are promoted, after all, they will have to rely on the Simon family to survive in the future, which is more important, and their personal thoughts are different. Nangong Xuedao, "Brother Xiao, if it were you, would you let it?"

"No, it won't. Anyway, I don't have any family, just myself, winning is winning, losing is losing, I win glory if I win, and I can't lose it. I think that the audience is a friend, and you can be polite as you want, and the audience is an opponent, and it is disrespectful to the other party to deliberately lose. Xiao Tianhe has his own set of principles in his heart.

"That'...... What if your opponent is me?" Nangong Xue asked sideways, with a hint of a smile in her eyes, and looked straight at Xiao Tianhe, who was a little surprised.

"Well...... this" Xiao Tianhe hurriedly avoided Nangong Xue's gaze and scratched his head, "If you have to answer, I think I'll let it." ”

Nangong Ting covered his mouth and laughed.

Nangong Xue also smiled narrowly: "Okay, Brother Xiao, I won't embarrass you." If it were you, I wouldn't have beaten it!"

Xiao Tianhe laughed dryly: "That's the best." ”

"Oh, Brother Xiao, sister's question is to know if you will change your principles for her! How can she challenge you? Not to mention that favors are placed here, in terms of strength alone, she is far from being your opponent!" Nangong Ting said.

Xiao Tianhe didn't know what to say, so he had to be silent.

"But I've always had a question, Brother Xiao, have you really only cultivated for less than thirty-five years?" Nangong Xue put away her smile, her expression was a little solemn, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that when ordinary people have cultivated for thirty-two years, most of them are still in the middle stage of the Void Netherworld, and those who can reach the late stage of the Void Netherworld are already considered to be excellent, but Brother Xiao, you are already ......"

Xiao Tianhe replied: "I don't know why I cultivated so quickly, maybe it's luck." "In fact, he had already calculated that thirty-two years of cultivation to the late stage of the Void Underworld was just ordinary in the Taiqing Sect.

Xiao Tianhe has always been very interested in the origin of the term "thirty-five years", so he asked: "Why do you keep mentioning 'thirty-five years'? You mentioned it when you first invited me to join the Nangong family, and later you mentioned it when you recommended me to participate in the Demon Treasure Conference, even the rules of the Demon Treasure Conference are limited to 'thirty-five years', who set this limit?"

"The rules of the Demon Treasure Conference and the Fengyun Conference were all set by the first generation of Demon Lords, and the four major families have been abiding by this rule for so many years. It is precisely because whether you can participate in the Demon Treasure Conference and the Fengyun Conference is an important criterion for selecting talents, so I mentioned this number of years when I invited you and later recommended you. Nangong Xue explained.

It's the first demon lord again!

Xiao Tianhe became more and more curious about the mysterious demon lord in his heart, although the "Record of the Demon Lords of the Past Dynasties" was about the first generation

The life of the Demon Lord was not mentioned at all, but his arrangement of the Heavenly Flame Continent and his influence on the Demon Cultivator were deeply rooted in this day. Judging from the pattern of the four major families and the rules of the Demon Treasure Conference, that Demon Lord must be a rigorous and wise person, and the division of the outer core once again casts a veil of mystery over him.

The battle in the ring was in full swing, with shouts of "babbling" and the sound of "clanging" weapons resonating endlessly. Although there was silence in the audience, it could be seen from the eyes of the people that they were very excited to watch such a fierce ring match.

The contestants on the east table had different attitudes, some were restless and kept getting up to watch the battle situation in the field, some closed their eyes and recuperated and seized the time to stabilize their minds before going on the field, some frowned, they must have been thinking about their plans in their hearts, and some were leisurely, as if everything was already in their minds.

In this huge arena, I am afraid that only Xiao Tianhe's state of mind is like a waveless ancient well, stopping the water in a pool. According to his observations, he was completely sure that he could win against anyone in the current ring, so after knowing the specific rules, he no longer cared about the situation in the field. There were many things to consider in his heart: the secret of the Red Mengshi, how to explore Xipinghai again, the mystery of the first demon lord, the scene of the core, the future plans of the Nangong family, and so on.

For some reason, Xiao Tianhe felt a little uneasy, since he came to this ring, he always felt as if someone was secretly staring at him in the dark. But every time he raised his eyes to search, the man had already withdrawn his gaze, and nothing unusual was anything around him.

Since he was a child, Xiao Tianhe's senses have been much sharper than ordinary people, and this time he firmly believes that his feelings must be right. Who is the voyeur? Good or bad? He pretends to watch the game, keeping an eye out for suspicious people. It's a pity that until the end of the game in the evening, that gaze never appeared again.

The first day of the Demon Treasure Conference is over, and only one of the eight rings is in the late stage of the void. As for the masters of the Cave Void Realm, they haven't seen a single appearance yet.

Day 2, Day 3...... For several days, Xiao Tianhe was not interested in the competition in the ring. What he really wanted to see was the Cave Void Master's moves, so as to add some experience to himself when he first entered the Cave Void realm.

At the beginning, Nangong Xu asked the three of them to watch the game and return home a month later, but until ten days after the start of the Demon Treasure Conference, there was still no hole master on the stage. Xiao Tianhe couldn't help but be a little depressed, could it be that the masters of the cave void were planning to advance in the way of "challenge victory"?

The suspicious figure who quietly peeked at Xiao Tianhe didn't seem to have reappeared in the past few days. Maybe he was too worried? Now Xiao Tianhe is not sure whether the feeling of that day is accurate.

The eleventh day of the Simon Family Magic Treasure Conference.

Xiao Tianhe was bored watching a pair of people from the Void Underworld Realm fighting in the ring, one of them was dressed in gray, and the other was dressed in the white clothes of the Ximen family. When exchanging names before the war, Xiao Tianhe heard that the son of the Ximen family was in the late stage of the void underworld, and the person from the affiliated family was in the middle stage of the empty underworld. In fact, the strength of the battle can not be judged only by the level of the realm, the same is the realm of the void and the underworld, the middle and late stages are actually not much different, the son of the affiliated family is very vigorous, and the knife technique is also very skilled, at first glance, he is a person with a solid foundation and hard work, he defeated a person in the late stage of the void in the last battle, which attracted the attention of Xiao Tianhe.

The two of them flew up and down on the stage, with bursts of knife light and knife shadows, and the fight was inseparable. However, Xiao Tianhe glanced at it and knew that the person from the Ximen family was at a disadvantage. Once the speed of the opponent's move is a little faster, the hands of the Ximen family are a little loose, and the pace is slightly unstable. But every time at this time, the person from the affiliated family deliberately slowed down, and the two returned to the same situation.

"Hey, while trying to let the other party go, I'm still reluctant in my heart, so entangled, if I continue to fight, I will definitely lose. Xiao Tianhe shook his head, quite dissatisfied in his heart, "As the saying goes: 'All beings are equal', why should you be proud or inferior because of your unchosen background? Everyone's cultivation realm is obtained by their own efforts, why should they let the children of the four major families meet it?" Xiao Tianhe suddenly lost interest and turned his gaze to other rings.

Just as Xiao Tianhe's gaze swept towards the ring, suddenly a spirit, he really felt that someone was staring at him from a distance!

He immediately cast his gaze to the second layer of the east seat, on a white-clothed figure.

The man couldn't dodge it, and was caught by Xiao Tianhe's gaze.

Xiao Tianhe's eyesight was extraordinary, and after seeing the person's appearance clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief, this person was none other than Ximen Rui, who helped him escape from the Ximen family.

"It turns out that she has also come to participate in the Magic Treasure Conference. Xiao Tianhe said in his heart. He suddenly recalled that when he was caught by Ximen Jue, he had heard their master say that the two of them were going to participate in the Demon Treasure Conference. However, what Xiao Tianhe didn't expect was that Ximen Rui was already in the senior group.

Xiao Tianhe smiled at Ximenrui and waved his hand, but Ximenrui looked away as if he hadn't seen it, and looked at the ring with an expressionless face.

"What's wrong with her?" Xiao Tianhe wondered.

"Brother Xiao, let's go visit Ximenrui together after today's game, I haven't seen her for a long time. Nangong Xue proposed.

"Hmm......" Xiao Tianhe responded, and at the same time thought to himself: "If Ximen Rui is in the senior group, that fierce Ximen Jue must also be here." ”

He looked around Ximenrui and didn't see Ximenjue. There is only one possibility: Ximen Jue is fighting in the middle of the field. He scanned the eight rings again, and finally, found Ximen Jue in the out-of-position ring farthest from him

figure.

Ximen Jue has short hair and wears the clothes of the Ximen family, so if you don't look carefully, you really think it's a man. "Even the personality is similar to that of a man. Xiao Tianhe didn't have much of a good impression of the short-tempered Ximen Jue, "and it depends on her strength." ”

Ximen Jue has been fighting with his opponent for a long time, and the two are on an equal footing. According to Xiao Tianhe's observations, Ximen Jue should be at the level of the late stage of the void and the underworld. "The cultivation period of the advanced group is thirty-one to thirty-five years, even if the cultivation time is close to thirty-five years, it is a good qualification to reach the late stage of the void and the underworld. Xiao Tianhe thought to himself.

"Ximen Jue's qualifications are quite high, and she has been guided by a famous teacher, and she has been promoted to the late stage of the Void Immortal Stage after cultivating for less than thirty-five years, and I admire her very much in this regard. Nangong Xue looked at the ring, as if talking to herself, "It's just that she is a little narrow-minded and quite difficult to get along with." ”

"Looks like she has a lot of grudges against you. "Xiao Tian Dao.

"There was a misunderstanding between us. Anyway, that was the last time the Nangong Family Demon Treasure Conference was held......" Nangong Xue said gracefully, immersed in her memories, "Ten years ago, when Ximen Jue was still in his infancy, he once came to Nangong Mansion. In Nanting City, she met a personable, gentle and kind man, which can be described as falling in love and love at first sight. Merely...... The man admired me. When Simon Jue later confessed to him, he decisively rejected Simon Jue's kindness and said my name......"

"Just because of this little thing, how can it be like this? Ximen Jue's mind is inevitably too narrow-minded!" Xiao Tianhe felt a little incredible.

"Alas...... These are certainly not ministries. Nangong Xue sighed, "Actually, that man is a son of a subsidiary family of the Nangong family, and I only know him, not familiar." I didn't want him to pursue me during the Nangong Family's Demon Treasure Conference, but I was at a loss for what to do with the fierceness of his momentum, so I was distracted and failed to advance to the second round. My father blamed me, and I explained what had happened, but my father was furious and blamed the man for my failure, and finally reported it to the Council of Elders, where he was executed for maliciously disrupting the assembly. ”

"Execution?" Xiao Tianhe gasped, "This punishment is too heavy, isn't it......?"

"Disrupting the Demon Treasure Assembly is a serious crime, and those who violate the ban end in death. It's just that the man's actions are not enough to be charged with 'malicious disturbance'. There is nothing wrong with his bold confession and pursuit of happiness, but the fault is that it should not be that sensitive period. I've always regretted this, I just didn't tell my father in the first place, maybe he paid too much attention to my achievements at the Mobao Conference. Nangong Xue's tone was very helpless.

Nangong Ting, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, answered: "That has to do with the status of our family, and even our Nanlu branch in the family, how can my father not pay attention to it? That guy who pursues you actually confesses to you in the ring regardless of time and occasion, he is really bold! Elder Nangong Wang, who was supervising at the time, had already said that he would be severely punished after the game, and even if his father did not report it, he would not live long. ”

Nangong Xue was slightly angry and reprimanded: "Brother Ting, pay attention to your proportions, how can you be so disrespectful to the deceased?"

Nangong Ting pursed his lips: "I'm just angry in my heart." This shouldn't be blamed on you, Ximen Jue actually counted all the accounts on your head indiscriminately, and he is still haunted by it to this day. That woman's anger is endless, and her heart and eyes are smaller than a pin's nose!"

Nangong Xue suddenly "fluttered" for a while: "I forgot, you seem to have a good relationship with Ximen Jue's little cousin, right?

"I hate you big-headed ghost! After all, it's not because of that Ximen Jue? I obstruct it in every way, it's inexplicable!" Speaking of this past, Nangong Ting shook his head angrily.

Xiao Tianhe asked with interest, "Ximen Jue's little cousin?"

"Hmm. Ximen Jue has a little cousin named Ximen Jin, who has a very good relationship with Brother Ting. Ever since that incident, Ximen Jue has always thought that it was me who had failed to achieve good results in the Demon Treasure Conference, so she was angry and reported to the Council of Elders that her beloved had been executed. As a result, the pond fish were affected, and Ximen Jue kept blocking Ximen Jin and preventing her from seeing Brother Ting. ”

"I see. Xiao Tianhe nodded, "But what surprised me is not this, can it be that the children of the four major families can also marry?"

"Yes. The children of the four major families can double cultivate with the other three families or their affiliated families. However, there is a strict requirement that a woman must join her husband's family from the time of marriage, and that she must never return to her own family, regardless of whether she will be united or separated in the future. The family removed the woman from the family as soon as she got married. Nangong Xue replied.

What a strange rule! Xiao Tianhe began to appreciate that the children of the four major families could also fall in love freely, and he felt a little regretful when he heard the latter words. The people of the four major families really have an unregrettable sense of subordination, and the rule is to put it another way: "Either give up love or give up family affection." "If there is still 'no return for eternity,' shouldn't the daughter who marries out not be allowed to return to her parents' home? The concept of the big family's exclusion of dissidents is also too deep-rooted. Xiao Tianhe sighed.

"It's okay to go back to visit relatives, but it doesn't belong to the family anymore. No matter how high a woman's status in the family was before she got married, even if she was the patriarch, once she had double cultivation with the other three major families, she could no longer participate in the affairs of her own clan. Nangong Ting said, "Actually, an ordinary Siemens disciple like Ximen Jin will marry if he marries, there is no pity." ”

"I decided. Nangong Xue suddenly said with a serious expression, "When you go to Ximen Rui tonight, you must settle the ten-year grudge with Ximen Jue." ”