When Su Huai arrived home, he learned that his parents had been waiting for him, and after telling his parents about entering the palace, he went back to sleep early. In the early morning of the second day, Su Huai was just about to go out but saw the shepherd boy trotting all the way, panting and saying, "Prince Su Qi has come, just wait in the front hall."

When Su Huai arrived, in addition to Su Qi, even Su Ziyang was there, and this old man, who had always lived in a simple place, also followed, Su Ziyang saw Su Huai is face full of smiles, such as today there has been no war for many years, the strength of each family depends on the strength of the younger generations in his family, and the triennial martial arts competition is the best touchstone.

Su Ziyang probably didn't go out for too long, he didn't take the carriage, and led Su Huai and the others all the way away, the martial arts arena was not very far from the palace, and this place, which had never allowed outsiders to enter, was now crowded with people. Only those who participated in the martial arts competition could enter the infield, and even the old lady of the Su family could only stop and watch outside.

When Su Huaisuqi entered the infield, there were already more than thirty people inside, and after glancing at the people who came, he walked towards where Chu Huaiyu was. Although Su Huai's skills have improved greatly, it is inevitable that he will be a little nervous when he sees such a large formation for the first time, while Su Qi looks elated, looking around, and he is familiar with everyone. Chu Huaiyu was chatting with a thin man, and Su Huai's voice came from behind, "Brother Chu came so early."

When he got closer, Su Huai noticed the emaciated man opposite Chu Huaiyu, his emaciated face was studded with a pair of pitch-black eyes, and there was a pride in his eyes. Seeing Su Huai coming over, Chu Huaiyu turned his body aside a little and introduced to Su Huai, "This is Shangguan Hong" When Su Huai first arrived, he saw that the other party's eyes were a little unkind, it turned out that he was Shangguan Hong.

Chu Huaiyu turned to look at Shangguan Hong before he could open his mouth, and heard Shangguan Hong say, "Su Huai, I heard the master mention it" His voice was a little stiff, and his eyes stared at the Kaiyun Sword on Su Huai's waist without blinking, without the slightest intention of putting Su Huai in his eyes.

"Hehe, if Brother Shangguan sees Yunkai's predecessors again, please thank you for the gift of the sword that day," Su Huai looked directly at Shangguan Hong and said.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd, and then they quieted down and all looked towards the high platform, only to see Chu Yan walking towards the high platform in military uniform, which symbolized the beginning of the martial arts competition.

Chu Yan arched his hand towards the surrounding stands and said, "Thank you for coming to participate in the martial arts competition" and looked at the people in the martial arts arena, "You are all young heroes of Dayan, Your Majesty cherishes talents, the martial arts competition is only about winning or losing, life and death, the rules are the same as in previous years, the opponent is selected by lot, but this year there is one more person, so whoever draws a blank lot can directly enter the second round, and the draw will begin."

Two men dressed as soldiers carried a red box to the martial arts arena, from which the participants of the competition drew the playing field and the number of games. The lottery drawn by Su Huai reads "Five Two", which means that Su Huai's competition is the second competition in the No. 5 venue, and the top six in this martial arts competition will be sent to Xuantian Sect to participate in the competition, so there are only six rings in the field.

Su Huai walked towards the No. 5 ring, there were already two martial artists on the stage, one was holding a big knife, and the other was holding a spear, but he was obviously invincible with a spear, and the two would be shocked back a few steps every time they hit hard, and the knife bearer was pressing step by step, and it was only a matter of time before he was defeated.

When Su Huai was watching the battle, Su Qi and Chu Huaiyu came to Su Huai's side, "Are you both finished?" asked Su Huai.

Chu Huaiyu replied with a "hmm".

"In the late stage of the yellow level, that guy is weaker than me," Su Qi said proudly.

The three of them also kept an eye on the movement in the ring while talking, the knife bearer jumped up and slashed down, slashed the spear, and a bright big knife stopped at half an inch of the opponent's neck, the victory and defeat have been decided, and the next is the second competition in the fifth ring.

Jumping into the ring at the same time as Su Huai was a young man named Lu Tao, who was born five big and three thick, and made two hammers in his hands, and the moment he landed on the ground, he knew that the two hammers in his hands were not light.

After the two gave each other hands in the ring, Lu Tao took the lead, only to see him holding a hammer and smashing towards Su Huai's door, Su Huai withdrew to avoid a blow, the hammer did not hit Su Huai, its strong wind blew a puff of dust on the ground, Chu Huaiyu praised in the audience, "Such a divine power, if you go to the battlefield, you must be a fierce general."

After Su Huai avoided a hammer, he slapped Lu Tao with a sword finger, only to see Lu Tao close the two hammers, and the sound of "dang" made the ears of the onlookers buzz, and Tianluo's sword fingers were also blocked by the two hammers. Lu Tao's two hammers are the size of a basin, and the attack is two giant hammers, which are infinitely powerful, and the code is like two shields, not leaking, and his kung fu is on both arms, although the kung fu on his legs is not flexible enough, but with two giant hammers, it is enough to block all attacks.

Su Huai's attack was blocked by two giant hammers, and Su Huai's speed was not something that Lu Tao could catch up with, Lu Tao was conceded by Su Huai every time he attacked, and then dissolved the force on the hammer from the side, Su Huai's body had been tempered by the thunder, and his own internal force was higher than that of Lu Tao, although the force on the hammer was great, but it was also within the range of his previous experience, but Su Huai fought less with others, this Lu Tao's move was menacing, intentionally tempting, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was as if Su Huai had been chased and beaten by Lu Tao.

On the stands, a long-bearded old man sarcastically said to Su Ziyang, "Ling Sun's leg kung fu is not bad, why don't you see him using Tianluo to wrap his sword fingers."

Su Ziyang glanced at the long-bearded old man and said angrily: "Old ghost Situ, if you have an opinion, don't hesitate to make a bet with me, just bet on the bottle of thousand days drunk that you treasure."

"If you lose, what will you pay me," Situ Haoran said.

"It's up to you," Su Ziyang said proudly.

"Okay," Situ Haoran stroked his palm and said, "Then I'll bet on Su Huai to win."

Su Ziyang glared at Situ Haoran, "cunning old ghost".

In the ring, Lu Tao used his full strength for almost every blow, but the speed couldn't keep up, and the power he had always been proud of was also unloaded by the other party. Lu Tao was unwilling to spend more, and Su Huai was naturally unwilling, even if he had figured out the depth of the other party, that was the time to decide the winner.

Lu Tao jumped high and shrouded Su Huai's whole person under him, raised the double hammer and smashed it down on Su Huai's shoulders, Su Huai retreated sideways and passed a hammer, watching Lu Tao's right hand hammer fall, Su Huai did not dodge, mobilized internal force in the palm of his hand and slapped it against the hammer, everyone in the audience held their breath when they watched the meat palm touch the hammer, for fear that a bloody palm would fly out in the next moment, "bang" A loud sound is better than the sound of two hammers colliding, Lu Tao's hammer was stopped in the air by Su Huai's palm, Su Huai didn't care about his right hand that was numb, took a step forward and quickly climbed the hammer with his left hand, holding the hammer with both hands to rotate, and at the same time his body turned around and retreated to the right rear of Lu Tao, Lu Tao only felt a strong force from the hammer, and his arm bent backwards with the hammer, and finally let Su Huai take the hammer away under the pain.

Su Huai shook the hammer in one hand and said, "Your Excellency has so much strength, this weapon is not suitable for me", and said with the hammer still behind him.

Lu Tao, who lost a hammer, his strength has been greatly reduced, Su Huai raised his hand to Lu Tao and struck a Tianluo sword finger, Su Huai's Tianluo sword finger has been controlled as he wants, the three sword qi did not fly out of each other, but scattered into three sword qi to shoot towards Lu Tao in different directions, Lu Tao dodged one of them, wielded the hammer in his hand to block the other two, and at this time Su Huai had already deceived Lu Tao's body, Lu Tao's left hand clenched his fist towards Su Huai, Su Huai greeted each other with his right elbow, the two touched, Lu Tao's right hand was bounced away, although Su Huai did not retreat, but the ground under his feet was imprinted with two deep footprints。 Su Huai quickly bounced up as fast as a shock, punched Lu Tao in the chest, and at the same time kicked up with his left foot and right foot, and kicked on Lu Tao's chin, these two strong blows knocked Lu Tao upside down and flew out, lying on the ground with his back facing the sky. At this time, Lu Tao only felt dizzy and sat up with a hammer, but saw Su Huai standing in front of him with another hammer.

"Offended," Su Huai said, and then handed the hammer in his hand to Lu Tao.

Lu Tao took the hammer and walked to the stage with a fist towards Su Huai. "Su Huaisheng," the referee shouted as he stepped into the ring.

When Su Huai walked down the ring, he found that Shangguan Hong was also in the ring, Su Qi came over with a smile and said, "Cousin is very skilled, if you meet me in the next competition, it will be good if you meet me, they are all your own family, and you will win easily."

"You can see it," Su Huai said with a smile.

"That's no way, look at the few below the Xuanji," Su Qi said helplessly.

Su Huai smiled dumbly and did not reply.

"Let's go, Brother Su, Lin Xiao's game is about to start, that guy is known as the first person of the younger generation." Chu Huaiyu said that he walked towards the No. 1 ring.

Su Huai also followed and walked towards the No. 1 ring but looked at Su Qi with some doubts, Su Qi is usually good at playing and making friends, and he is also very well-informed about all aspects of the news, these days Su Huai has formed the habit of asking Su Qi as long as he doesn't understand.

Su Qi said, "Lin Xiao is the first person in Chaoyang City's younger generation to enter the late stage of the Xuan Rank, so he was awarded the title of the first person of the younger generation, and this martial arts competition is also one of the most optimistic candidates for the championship, of course, there is also the eldest princess Shangguan Xue and the two in front" As he spoke, Su Qi pointed to Shangguan Hong and Chu Huaiyu in front of him.

As soon as Su Qi finished speaking, he stepped forward suddenly, turned around and said face to face with Su Huai, "By the way, there are still you now."

"I," Su Huai said in astonishment.

"Yes, it's you" Su Qi looked at Su Huai with some smugness.

"Where did you hear all this?" Su Huai asked with some uncertainty.

"Don't worry, the news coming out of my mouth must be accurate, even if someone in the market buys you, you will win the championship," Su Qi said, patting his chest.

"Then take me to see it another day, I'll buy myself a bet," Su Huai said.

While talking, the group had already come to the No. 1 ring, only to see Lin Xiao holding a sword in one hand and looking at the sword-wielding young man opposite, the corner of Lin Xiao's mouth hooked a smile and raised the sword to the void, and a long sword qi flew towards the opponent, the sword qi was so fast that the angle was so tricky that the opponent could not dodge.

The sword-wielding young man's face was solemn, as if he had long known Lin Xiao's prestige, and raised his sword to greet him, "dang" The sword-wielding young man only felt that the tiger's mouth was cracking, and the whole person was shocked to retreat, followed by two "brushes" twice, when the sword-wielding young man's retreat had not stopped, two sword qi flew in, and the sword-wielding young man couldn't stand the power of the two sword qi, and was knocked off the stage.

The audience watched this overwhelming scene, and after a brief lull, it was replaced by a burst of cheers like Lei Ning.

"As the first person of the younger generation, he does have some skills," Su Huai said.

"Is your skill refined again, it will be more interesting to think about it" Chu Huaiyu poked the halberd in his hand and said with some excitement, staring at Lin Xiao who was walking over.

"It turns out that everyone is here" Lin Xiao strode towards Su Huai and his party and said, in Lin Xiao's heart, it may be Chu Huaiyu and Shangguan Hong who can really compete with him in this martial arts competition. Lin Xiao looked at Su Huai, who was standing behind the group, and said, "This is Brother Su Huai, there are rumors about you in Chaoyang City these days."

"Maybe it will become the biggest dark horse in this competition," Shangguan Hong said.

Su Huai smiled and said calmly, "You can't talk about dark horses, you just rely on your strength."

After listening to Su Huai's words, the others looked at each other and looked at Su Huai again, a person who can say such a thing really needs to have some strength.

The four of them are all the best of the younger generation, and although they are opponents at this time, they also have a sense of sympathy.

After the martial arts competition, Su Huai followed Su Qi towards the Golden Moon Gambling House, which is located in the middle of Yulong Street, which is the largest gambling house in the entire street, or the largest gambling house in Chaoyang City. Yulong Street is located on the edge of Chaoyang City, where dragons and snakes are mixed with three religions and nine streams, and most of the things that cannot be put on the bright side in Chaoyang City are traded in Yulong Street. This place is regarded as the default three-regardless zone of the imperial court, if any strange thing can not be bought in the city, you can come to Yulong Street to try your luck, of course, all parties have their own rules, although Yulong Street is chaotic, it also has its own rules, and people are not allowed to come nonsense.

Jinyue Gambling House is located in Yulong Street, which is a sea of all rivers, such as the scene of the martial arts competition, can be used to bet on the bright side, and it is also the only one in Chaoyang City.

Su Qi is greedy for fun, Yulong Street has also been to many times, and he can also say a thing or two about the shops on both sides of the street, Su Huai listened to Su Qi's constant introduction in his ear, and at the same time looked at the past pedestrians and shops on both sides, Yulong Street and Chaoyang City are different from the prosperity, and there is more of a river and lake atmosphere here.

With the hustle and bustle, Su Huai and the two walked into the Golden Moon Gambling House, which has three floors, and the second and third floors are private rooms, and ordinary people can't go. And the first floor is not restricted, entering the door is a guest, bringing money is the master, the place to bet on the martial arts competition is not far from the left of the door, even in this noisy hall is particularly obvious. At this time, there were more than a dozen people in front of the counter, pointing at the signs on the counter.

I only heard a lean man pointing to a sign with Lin Xiao written on it and saying, "I am optimistic about Lin Xiao in this martial arts competition, and he is the champion this time."

"That's not necessarily, the young masters of Chaoyang City only know how to immerse themselves in cultivation, how can they compare with Chu Huaiyu who has been honed on the battlefield," a black-faced man retorted.

Su Huai listened to the noise in the crowd and fixed his eyes on the sign hanging on the counter. The most eye-catching is the four signs hanging in the center, namely Lin Xiao, Chu Huaiyu, Shangguan Hong, Shangguan Xue, except for Shangguan Xue's odds of one to three, the other three are all one to two.

Looking along the sign on the wall, Su Huai actually saw his own brand, and he paid twenty for one, "This is too outrageous," Su Huai said in a low voice.

Su Qi was obviously also looking at the sign on the wall, and after hearing Su Huai's words, he said with an expression on his face that you were not satisfied, "Except for the middle four, your odds are the lowest, how about it, I said before that many people are optimistic that you can win the championship."

Hearing Su Qi say this, Su Huai looked at the sign on the wall again, as Su Qi said, the odds of one to twenty are already very reliable, and in the future, there are some ones to fifty, eighty to one, and even two hundred to one. Anyone who is a little famous in Chaoyang City can see it on the listing. Su Huai also saw the name of an acquaintance on it, Lin Yuwan paid one hundred and fifty, "I don't know if this little girl knows about it, will this store be demolished" Su Huai thought in his heart.

When Su Huai and the others were looking at it, a person who looked like a shopkeeper walked up to him and said, "The two sons are here to bet."

"Hmm," Suki nodded.

Seeing Su Qi nodding, the shopkeeper pointed to the sign on the wall with a smile and said, "Two, please look, these are the middle four, which is the highest voice now, presumably their names are not unfamiliar, so the odds are slightly lower", and then the shopkeeper pointed to Su Huai's sign and said, "Two, please see, the odds of this Su Huai are now one to twenty, and if he wins another game tomorrow, the odds will fall, if the two sons bet, take advantage of today's more bets."

Su Huai asked with a smile, "No matter how high the odds are, you have to win," he said, pointing to Lin Yuwan's tag and saying, "No, wouldn't it be better to have one hundred and five over there."

After listening to Su Huai's words, the shopkeeper said with an expression on his face that if you don't buy it, I will be anxious for you, "The two sons don't know, this Su Huai is different from others", said and leaned in front of Su Huai, pretending to be mysterious, "According to reliable sources, this Su Huai is the secret disciple of the emperor's uncle Shangguan Yunkai, and he is more powerful than Shangguan Hong."

After hearing this, Su Qi looked at Su Huai with a strange smile on his face, there was only a gift of swords between Su Huai and Shangguan Yunkai, and there was no master-apprentice friendship, these Su Qi knew, but under word of mouth, he said that Su Huai was Shangguan Yunkai's apprentice.

Su Huai shrugged helplessly, although these rumors were not a bad thing.

Seeing the expressions of Su Huai and the others, he thought that these two would not buy Su Huaisheng, and when he was secretly sighing that the fat sheep in his hand was about to fly away, he heard Su Huai say "Just buy Su Huaisheng, I'll buy fifty taels."

"Then I'll buy two hundred taels," Su Qi said after him.

The shopkeeper who wanted to leave only felt his eyes light up when he heard the voices of the two, and said excitedly, "Okay - the two sons come with me", and opened the road in front of him as he spoke, leading Su Huai and the two to the counter.

Su Qi looked at the two hundred and fifty taels of receipts in his hand and said to Su Huai, "Cousin, we bought two hundred and fifty taels, you can't lose."

Su Huai put one hand on Su Suqi's shoulder, and scolded with a smile, "When have I ever let you down."

Su Qi nodded and said "yes". But he suddenly remembered that Su Huai was treated as a waste by others in the past, and there was nothing that would be handed over to Su Huai to do, since he didn't do anything, how could there be disappointment.

Su Qi was about to refute but heard a slightly angry roar from the direction of the counter not far away, "Why don't you have the name of Brother Luo Gao, what kind of gambling game are you opening", I saw a thin man shouting loudly at the counter, and there were seven or eight men around him, who also looked indignant.

Just when this group of people were arguing and shouting, I saw a man in black and gold clothes separate the crowd, walked up to the thin man and said, "This friend, here is the shopkeeper, the rules of this store, anyone who can be on the list is the best among the younger generation, if your big brother wins again tomorrow, then there will definitely be his name on this list" He raised his hand and pointed to the counter sign.

The tall and thin man saw that the shopkeeper looked like a person with extraordinary gestures, and his group first arrived, since he had already got the explanation, then find a step to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow, my eldest brother will definitely win" After that, he walked towards the outside of the casino with a group of people behind him, and before he took a few steps, he seemed to remember something, and turned around and shouted to the crowd in the casino, "My eldest brother's name is Luo Gao, he must be the champion."

After the tall and thin man walked out of the gambling house, the shopkeeper-like man clasped his fists with his hands around him, indicating that what had just happened had been revealed, and everyone was happy. Jinyue Gambling House is located in Yulong Street, usually there are those who come to the door to find trouble with a momentary anger, but Jinyue Gambling House is also a harmonious and wealthy business, if it is like today's thin and tall man who is so ignorant and fearless, it will be a matter of good intentions to persuade him to retreat, if the seeker does not follow and breaks the rules here, then the means of Jinyue Gambling House will let you know why it can stand on Yulong Street for many years.

Su Qi watched the group of thin and tall men walk out of the gambling house, pouted and said, "Such a big breath, and I'm not afraid of the wind flashing my tongue."

Su Huai laughed and said, "Why, you are a jack-of-all-trades in Chaoyang City, and you don't know that person named Luo Gao."

Su Qi rolled his eyes and said, "I'll know if I see it tomorrow", and after speaking, the two walked towards the outside of the gambling house.

Yulong Street is chaotic, all parties are uneven, it is said that most of this kind of place is three religions and nine streams, but there is no lack of literati and ink writers on the street today, I think there are too many strange things here, come to see and see, maybe you can take out a few treasures, most of the things in Yulong Street are not clearly marked, mainly some strange things even the store itself does not know what it is, and the price of its sale depends on their own preferences, so here you may buy a baby at a low price, and you may also buy a bunch of garbage at a high price.

Su Huai and the others wandered on the street for a while after leaving the gambling house before walking home, and Su Huai and Su Qi entered the first round smoothly, which made Su Ziyang smile from ear to ear, after all, the Su family will be handed over to the young man sooner or later, how can a good successor not make Su Ziyang happy.