Chapter 67: The War Begins
Yan Zhen felt much better after sarcastically mocking the Lin family with her sharp tongue.
At this time, Yan Zhen found that the buzzing sound on the scene suddenly stopped, and many people's eyes looked east.
It seems that someone important has arrived from the east, and Yan Zhen also swept past, finding a middle-aged cultivator walking over there. This cultivator had a big ear, but the most special thing about him was that he had black whiskers that were almost reaching his chest. The whiskers had obviously been trimmed and were quite neat and beautiful.
Yan immediately flashed through the information of this person in his mind, and this person should be the deputy city master of Xiāo Zhī's Immortal City, known as Měi Xū Gōng's Lù Yuán Wēng. This person's magical power should be around the 8th level of the Foundation Establishment realm. Generally, the highest cultivation in an immortal city is only at the 9th level of the Foundation Establishment realm.
Mei Xu Gong Lu Yuan Weng's information is not much, only heard that this person is very generous and has many friends.
Only then did Mei Xu Gong Lu Yuan Weng walk to a high platform and said loudly, "Everyone, not long ago, the Zhu family with indicators moved to another immortal city to live, so we have an empty indicator here. That's why we're holding this indicator competition, which will be held on the Stone Dragon Boat."
"This indicator competition, a total of fifteen people from the foundation stage have signed up. The way to compete for indicators is also extremely simple, in the form of arena battles, fifteen people first advance to eight, eight advance to four, four advance to two, and two advance to one. In the end, whoever remains can seize the indicator. As for the pairing method, it's by drawing lots, whoever gets drawn as an opponent will be the opponent, completely random." Mei Xu Gong Lu Yuan Weng said again: "Now, please invite the fifteen foundation stage contestants to come on stage, and I'll announce the order of appearance."
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Yan Zhen quietly observed from the side, and the first person to go on stage was Lin Da Tong. Today, Lin Da Tong was in high spirits, wearing a magnificent robe, his steps were bold and powerful, like a fierce tiger, he made it clear that he would fight for the top spot with all his might.
Only after Lin Datong took the stage did he coldly shout: "This time, I want to do two things. First is to seize first place and grab the indicator. The second thing is to teach someone a lesson." The people around him were discussing it in hushed tones, not knowing who Lin Datong wanted to teach a lesson to, but Yan Zhen was very clear in her heart that Lin Datong probably wanted to teach herself a lesson.
Yan Zhen continued to look on, the second person called up by Mei Xu Gong Lu Yuanweng was Song He. Yan Zhen sized him up, this Song He had a cold and stern face, with some long whiskers, somewhat thin, but he had a lot of spirit and momentum, looking like another formidable figure. After Song He went on stage, his eyes directly locked onto Lin Daitong's provocation: "Lin Daitong, this time the one who will take first place will be me."
Yan Zhen watched with boredom as Lin Da Tong and Song He competed for first place, which was clearly his own. Yan Zhen continued to look on, the third person was called Zhao Peng, a name that sounded elegant but belonged to an extremely obese man, whose weight was at least 267 pounds, Yan Zhen took a fright just from looking at his weight.
Yan Zhen swept past the fifth person and arrived at the sixth, who was none other than Lin Dali. Lin Dali was also a figure with some prestige and reputation. After walking onto the stage, he said, "I'm also aiming for first place, and this time I've come to do something - teach someone a lesson." Upon hearing Lin Dali's words, the audience below began to buzz with discussion, wondering who it was that Lin Dali wanted to teach a lesson to. Yan Zhen listened and couldn't help but laugh silently, thinking that Second Uncle Lin Dali also wanted to teach him a lesson, but unfortunately, he wouldn't have the chance.
Yan Zhen continued to listen, one by one, names that Yan Zhen had never heard of were reported. When it was the fourteenth person's turn, a familiar name finally appeared - Duan Tiande. Duan Tiande walked out with great satisfaction and went straight to the stage.
Everyone, I'm Duan Tiande, which means "cut off all virtues", haha, no mistake, my goal is to be a bad guy. Lin Datong and Lin Darui are both going to teach someone a lesson, but I don't want to run into anyone." The crowd was in an uproar, wondering who Duan Tiande didn't want to run into, could it be Lin Datong or Song He, the two great masters? But Yan Zhen knew that Duan Tiande was afraid of being beaten by himself and least wanted to run into him.
Finally, the 15th person's name was announced, and this 15th person was naturally Yan Zhen. When Yan Zhen was about to go on stage, her father and mother both cheered her on, while her younger sister Yan Xuejun coldly snorted: "Hmph, I'm not cheering you on because I want to, but because I don't want you to lose face for the Yan family, so I'll reluctantly cheer you on." What a proud and arrogant little sister, it's precisely this kind of little sister that I like.
When Yan Zhen took the stage, he found that many people were discussing, and the topic of discussion was basically similar. They all said that this person is so young, and at such a young age, they have already reached the foundation-building realm? That's too impressive. At this time, Yan Zhen heard that several people from Fei Lang Street were boasting about their own reputation, saying that they had defeated Duan Tian De on Fei Lang Street. Yan Zhen estimated that his reputation would soon be spread far and wide, truly making a name for himself overnight.
Yan Zhen finally made it to the stage, alongside fourteen other top-notch cultivators. Yan Zhen only saw Lin Da Tong and Lin Da Li glance at him with disdain, while Duan Tian De didn't look his way, but not out of disdain, rather fear. The other eleven cultivators, including Song He, looked at him with great curiosity, clearly wondering how he was so young.
Yan Zhen smiled slightly and bowed her hands in greeting to these people.
Among them, Zhang Peng finally spoke up: "May I ask how old are you, brother?"
"Sixteen." Yan Zhen replied.
"Awesome, a hero emerges in his youth! But I won't hold back." Zhang Peng immediately praised, and others also took a deep breath.
Yan Zhen also smiled: "I won't hold back either."
Yan Zhen chatted with these people for a few sentences, and then didn't chat anymore. After all, everyone was going to be opponents, and the atmosphere on stage was also somewhat oppressive. Yan Zhen looked at the river surface not far away, on top of that stone dragon boat.
Yan Zhen was carefully looking at the Stone Dragon Boat, as previously mentioned, this battle was not on a regular arena, but on the Stone Dragon Boat.
Observing the terrain in battle and making rational use of it is a common sense for cultivators. Complaining about the terrain when nothing's wrong is a stupid move.
Yan Zhen estimated that the stone dragon boat itself would not move, so it was possible to ignore the movement of the dragon boat. The stone dragon boat was narrow and long, with a width of only about 2.5 meters and a length of about 12 meters. This width needed to be taken into account, as it was not conducive to the deployment of footwork. Moreover, on the surface of the stone dragon boat, there were some stone chairs, as well as the dragon's head and other stone objects, all of which had to be considered during combat to avoid affecting the battle. Additionally, attention needed to be paid to the water, as this battle could not be fought by leaving the dragon boat and entering the water, as those who entered the water would lose. However, it was possible to use a sword to strike the water, borrowing the power of the water to achieve a series of goals.
Swallows really have brains that work very well.
(Um, the first update is here,)
