Lucky Peak, night.
“So, Senior Brother, you’re saying…”
“That’s right. All of us are now participating in the Martial Arts Competition, and we’ve been directly pre-selected into the top fifty. I estimate the hatred we’ll incur won’t be small.”
“My brother had no choice. Li Zongzhu acted first and reported later—Ah!”
Mo Mo was speaking on Xia Jiuyuan’s behalf when he chopped her with his hand.
“Call him Martial Uncle. Martial Uncle is very good to us. Respect him.”
“Okay.”
Mo Mo agreed, but Mo Mo might not change.
Xia Jiuyuan also felt helpless about this and returned to the topic.
“Do you have anything you want to say?”
“We’ll follow Senior Brother Xia’s arrangements!”
Li Le responded excitedly, then scratched his head, “But I haven’t really fought humans much, so I don’t know if I can…”
Duan Shahe patted Li Le’s shoulder and comforted him:
“Relax, Junior Brother Li. I’ve seen your usual combat. Tier 2 demonic beasts are like chickens in your hands, and you can handle Tier 3 demonic beasts perfectly fine.
However, humans are still different from demonic beasts… I can give you special training…”
“Thank you, Senior Apprentice Brother Duan.”
Duan Shahe smiled, already accustomed to his junior brother’s seriousness. Then he spoke about himself,
“As for me, it depends on luck. If my luck is bad, I can’t beat anyone. If my luck is good…”
Duan Shahe paused, changing the subject, “By the way, Senior Brother, do you have any ranking requirements?”
“No, do whatever you want. The ranking doesn’t matter.”
After all, the system didn’t say he needed to achieve a good ranking, and he wouldn’t put pressure on his brothers who were like family to him.
“Okay.”
“What about you, He He?”
Xia Jiuyuan looked at Jun Liuhe, who was sitting beside him, silently.
“Whatever.”
“Whatever?”
“First.”
“Oh, first, I thought… Hmm? First?!”
Instantly, the three men’s jaws dropped. Was Jun Liuhe that confident?!
“Do you think I can’t do it?”
Looking at Jun Liuhe’s emerald eyes, Xia Jiuyuan explained:
“No, I just didn’t expect you to aim for first. Actually, I was a little worried you might just say you wouldn’t go.”
Jun Liuhe shook her head and said, “Since I’m doing it, I’ll do it well. As for you thinking I wouldn’t go… Is that the me in your mind?”
Hearing this, Xia Jiuyuan felt a little sweaty. “Tsk… Thinking about it carefully, He He has never refused my formal requests,”
He continued to explain:
“He He is too special. She’s always doing her own thing, which makes me feel like you’re independent of me… independent of our Lucky Peak.”
In their Lucky Peak family conversations, if Xia Jiuyuan hadn’t actively asked Jun Liuhe, she likely wouldn’t have said a single word.
Jun Liuhe looked up at the moon.
“Not at all.”
Xia Jiuyuan also looked at the moon, secretly adding points to his second ‘harem’ member.
“That’s truly great.”
The atmosphere was a bit subtle. Li Le was eating furiously without looking up. Duan Shahe looked expectantly at Mo Mo, who seemed completely lifeless.
She was about to speak!
“Doesn’t my brother care about me?”
Mo Mo was…
Xia Jiuyuan was completely unfazed and responded smoothly:
“How could that be? Mo Mo, you don’t need to worry. I’ve already thought of a method for you. One plan can at least guarantee you win one round—”
Before he finished speaking, Xia Jiuyuan froze.
The spiritual energy here became chaotic, then rapidly gathered, wildly surging into Mo Mo’s body.
She softly chanted:
“Since it has come to this, I shall break through first.”
In just a few seconds, her aura climbed steadily.
Looking at that small figure in the moonlight spiritual energy storm, Xia Jiuyuan questioned life.
His head buzzing, he asked,
“What tier?”
“Tier 3.”
Xia Jiuyuan was too astonished to speak. Breaking through three tiers in a row?!
For him, who was restricted by the system, this was like an insurmountable chasm.
Such a big commotion also caught Jun Liuhe’s attention. She observed for a few moments and commented,
“Anxious.”
?
Jun Liuhe also knew the gentlemanly arts of the internet?
Mo Mo looked at her upon hearing this. After confirming that Jun Liuhe didn’t mean it in that way, she responded in surprise,
“It does seem a bit anxious… Jun JieJie is amazing.”
“Moon Blood Grass, Purple Yang Flower, Blood Hiding Worm once a month. Do not break through again soon.”
“…Thank you.”
“What does that mean? What happened to Mo Mo?”
Xia Jiuyuan asked Jun Liuhe, and she replied,
“Her body lacks sufficient energy. Advancing so quickly will leave flaws in her physical body.”
As Jun Liuhe spoke, Mo Mo had already stood up, ready to slip away, but Xia Jiuyuan grabbed her arm.
Mo Mo obediently sat down, intending to get away with it by being cute.
“Is the problem serious?”
“No need to worry, it’s not that serious. The Heavenly Dao is boundless. Even if one completely disregards the physical body, there is still a path to take. However, under normal circumstances, it’s best not to be so extreme.”
Mo Mo also nodded in agreement at this point.
“That’s right, I thought about it, and the physical body still can’t be ignored. After all, in the future, I’ll be with my brother—Ouch!”
Xia Jiuyuan put down the hand that had just knocked Mo Mo’s head.
She really was too outspoken. Although everyone present was on their side, it was still too…
“You should know there might be problems, right? Knowing the mistake and still making it, a grave, grave sin!”
“The feeling came, strike while the iron is hot, then wane, then exhaust. Brother, you wouldn’t not know this principle, would you?”
“Then that means you weren’t prepared—”
Mo Mo covered her ears, shaking her head expressionlessly,
“Brother, don’t lecture me anymore. Let’s talk about something else… Hmm… I’ve got it. Brother, aren’t you going to think about what you’ll do in the Martial Arts Competition yourself?”
Only after Mo Mo interrupted him did Xia Jiuyuan realize, oh right, he was the only rookie left now.
Thinking about his Tier 2 cultivation, which was locked, it was so infuriating!
“Brother has his own brilliant plan! It’s getting late. That’s all for tonight. Everyone, remember the Martial Arts Competition in two days. Get some rest early.”
…………
Two days later, Main Peak,
“Welcome, everyone, to the thrilling Martial Arts Competition—Finals!
These finals will be different from usual. We’ve changed the elimination system to a ring competition!
The fifty contestants who entered the finals and the five seeded contestants who were specially admitted, a total of fifty-five people, will participate in the ring competition.
We will set up fifty-four rings on Main Peak. All contestants will be assigned their initial ring ranking according to their points from the previous round.
The finals will last for seven days. From 9 AM to 6 PM daily will be the challenge time.
Each person can only challenge a ring twice a day. Each person can be challenged a maximum of three times a day. Each person’s challenge span cannot exceed ten ranks.
On the last day, there is no limit to the number of challenges or being challenged!
Under normal circumstances, if a ring master is challenged and does not respond within ten minutes, they will forfeit. After forfeiting, they will swap ranks with the challenger.
In addition, each ring is equipped with a Shadow Stone. Anyone can watch a genius battle up close for just one Tier 3 spirit stone!
Furthermore, this competition is sponsored by Tingyu Tower…”
“Le, with fifty-five contestants and only fifty-four rings, Martial Uncle is definitely trying to annoy me!”
“Senior Brother, you can’t say that. After all, no one would want to challenge the last-place person.”
Xia Jiuyuan rolled his eyes at Duan Shahe, looking at the rings in front of him and saying,
“51, 52, 53, 54, you guys pick. That most special ring-less spot is for me.”
The five members of Lucky Peak did not participate in the previous round, so they had no points and were tied for last place. Thus, they could choose from 51 to 54 freely.
Mo Mo casually walked onto Ring No. 52. She looked at the crowded stands around her and excitedly took out her paintbrush and canvas.
So many spectators, such a scene was well worth painting.
“However, if it’s this kind of competition format, then I’ll go back first and come back in the last few days.”
Duan Shahe greeted them and left without any hesitation.
After all, with this competition format, one could completely rush for points in the last two or three days.
Li Le, on the other hand, was quite excited. He jumped onto Ring No. 54, seemingly observing opponents suitable for a challenge.
“What about you?” Xia Jiuyuan asked Jun Liuhe beside him,
“I—”
At this moment, a discordant voice interrupted their conversation,
“Are you the so-called specially admitted seeded contestants?”
A young man with a sword walked towards Xia Jiuyuan and Jun Liuhe, who were still below the ring.
“One is playing around in such a setting, one has no cultivation whatsoever, one chose to leave, one as the acting peak master has no ring,
And then this…Fairy? Is it right for Lucky Peak to keep slaves within Asked the Sect’s inner sect?
Acting Peak Master Xia, if you have talent in formations, alchemy, and spiritless methods, then focus on those. Don’t come and tarnish our ring.”
Who are you?
Xia Jiuyuan frowned upon hearing this. This person was stepping on Jun Liuhe’s landmine. He wouldn’t be going back in one piece today.
The Fairy race was a mystery. On this continent, they seemed not to be recognized by the Heavenly Dao.
They had long lifespans, were only female, and could not bear offspring with other races. They could not cultivate and were, in theory, a race destined for extinction.
Moreover, because Fairy s were all very beautiful, they were scattered in extremely small numbers across the world, which led to them being sold at extremely high prices as slaves.
As expected, Jun Liuhe fixated on this person, but she didn’t say anything.
She was waiting.
“Who the hell are you? Spying on us, then spouting nonsense as soon as you arrive. Which peak is so ill-mannered?”
Xia Jiuyuan truly couldn’t understand the motive behind these people provoking him, but looking at the opponent’s equipment, he could probably guess it was still those people from Sword Peak.
“At least I’m more well-mannered than you.”
“Is that so?”
Xia Jiuyuan narrowed his eyes. He pulled out the Acting Peak Master’s token from his pocket.
“Kneel!”
The scene fell silent. Those secretly observing couldn’t help but smile wryly.
The person in front of him had an ugly expression. In the end, he didn’t kneel but merely performed a standard bow.
“A bit of manners, but not much.”
Xia Jiuyuan retracted the token. He originally didn’t want to use his authority to suppress others, but the person in front of him was simply inhuman.
“You should be from Sword Peak, right? Regarding Li Er’s matter, I was curious, who in your Sword Peak wants to cause me trouble? Why don’t you speak clearly?”
“No one, or rather, everyone in our Sword Peak. With sword bones, it’s fine if we don’t see such things normally, but now seeing this absurdity with our own eyes, if we ignore it, our thoughts will not be clear!
Asked the Sect should speak with strength. If you continue like this, you will eventually suffer a backlash.”
“Heh, better than you suffering a backlash right now.”
Sword bones? A ridiculous excuse.
Originally, the Li Er incident was speculated to be at Martial Uncle’s instigation, a means to attract attention and allow Lucky Peak to emerge, but now it seems that’s not the case. Sword Peak hasn’t quieted down yet.
It seems he needs to find someone from Ling Peak’s alchemy hall to investigate this matter. Coincidentally, he has the Blue Raspberry Spirit Recovery Pill recipe that Mo Mo gave him for a task.
A hint of ferocity flashed in Xia Jiuyuan’s eyes.
And since Martial Uncle didn’t instigate this matter, then everyone involved should pay the price!
Seeing Xia Jiuyuan stop speaking, Li Le, who was also on the ring and had heard this person’s words, angrily shouted at the provocateur,
“Who are you? So disrespectful, is this the quality of Sword Peak’s geniuses? I challenge you!”
“My name is Zheng Yuan, and I don’t change it. Disrespectful? How am I disrespectful? The truth hurts.
As for you…”
He glanced at the ring number Li Le was on and continued, “You are not qualified to challenge me. I am ranked 41.”
With that, he turned as if to leave.
“He He.”
Hearing this call, Jun Liuhe knew it was her turn to act. She said coldly,
“No. 51, challenge No. 41.”