C24 (1/2)
The capital of the Pine Flower Country, Pine City, was bustling with activity this day. Many of the teahouses and restaurants were already filled with guests. People talked about the same topic — — Martial Arts Competition. Today was the official opening day of the Five-Year Southern Youth Fighting Competition.
Three days ago, the rooms in Songcheng had already been filled to the brim. Those who came late could only stay in the city for the night.
The martial arts competition was located at the west gate of Songcheng City, so it was very easy to find because it was too big and too obvious. The moment he stepped out of the west gate, Li Xun was immediately frightened by the huge arena. He thought to himself: Although the appearance of this venue is quite ordinary, but its size is at least two to three times bigger than the stadium of the 'Bird's Nest'.
Following the stream of people, Li Xun and the others arrived at the main entrance of the auction house and a familiar voice sounded. ”Li Xun, Li Xun, over here.”
Li Xun looked towards the source of the voice. It turned out to be one of the Wind Elder Xu Ziling from yesterday. He was standing by a side door, waving at them.
But being surrounded by the crowd, Li Xun and the others finally managed to squeeze out. Elder Xu, why are there so many people? ”
”Hehe, you don't know anything about the world when you're on the mountain. Look at the doubts on everyone else's faces.”
Li Xun looked at the other five and laughed at him. It seemed that they all knew about it. Even the veiled Qin Qing was covering her mouth with her hands, because it was not easy to see Li Xun's embarrassed expression.
”Follow me, behind me is the special tunnel for the contestants.”
Li Xun and the others followed Elder Xu into the passageway and met an old man in golden clothes. Elder Xu showed the gold-guarding old man a token. The old man gave a rough look and returned it to Xu Ziling, then looked at Li Xun and the rest. This look scared him.
”Little Ling Zi, is this your year's participating disciple?” The golden-robed old man asked in shock. He had discovered that he was unable to detect the energy within Li Xun and Qin Qing's bodies.
”Don't look at me, even I don't know how they cultivate.” Xu Ziling had a very innocent look on his face.
”Hehe, forget it. Quickly go in and drink with me at night. Your aunt hasn't seen you in years. A few days ago, she was still muttering about whether you would come to Songcheng or not.” The old man waved his hand and told the few of them to continue walking in.
”Cousin, even if you didn't tell me, I would still have gone tonight. ”Because the tournament hasn't started yet, I didn't go there to avoid the suspicion.”
Only now did Li Xun and the others know that their relationship was that of an uncle. Xu Ziling was very happy. After he finished speaking, he led Li Xun and the others into the venue.
After entering the venue, Li Xun looked around and found that what was constructed here was really similar to the football stadium on Earth. However, the center of the infield wasn't a grass patch, but eight arenas of the same size, each three meters tall, ten meters wide and ten meters long.
Arriving at the resting area of the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect, Li Xun met with the various elders. At the same time, he felt many gazes sizing up the six of them. Li Xun followed his senses and looked over. He noticed that some of them seemed to have ill intentions.
”Oh, Li Xun, don't bother with those mediocre people. Sit down and quietly wait for the start of the competition.”
Upon hearing Elder Gu's words, Li Xun noticed that everyone else had a very natural expression on their faces, so he stopped worrying. It seemed that this was normal.
”Elder Gu, why are there so many arenas?” Li Xun asked.
”The rules of this Martial Competition Competition are different. Although the team competition and the individual competition are two aspects, the changes of the rules also make every Martial Competition full of suspense. However, with so many arenas placed here, I could guess the system of team competition. I should be able to guess that the top eight would be the arena masters for a few days, then the eight main arena masters would catch up, and the victors would advance. This competition was quite beneficial for us. We were able to avoid those enemies from the very beginning. However, it's hard to say who will win the individual competition. You'll have to wait until the end of the team competition before you'll know. ”