Chapter 36 - Provoke by the Zhao Family
Ten days quietly passed by …
The day of the Luoyang Town Competition arrived.
This morning, Wang Hao and the other four followed Wang Liancheng, the few elders, and Wang Jingshan to the Zhou household.
The annual venue for the Luoyang Town Tournament was always held between the three great clans. This year, it just so happened to be the Zhou Family's turn.
The Zhou Mansion was located to the south of the Luoyang Town. It took up a lot of land and could be said to be the largest mansion in the Luoyang Town.
Two stone lions were placed in front of the gate. They were mighty and domineering, intimidating all evils.
At this time, the place was filled with people, a large number of them were rushing into the Zhou Mansion, these people were all warriors of the Luoyang Town, and were invited to watch by the Zhou Mansion.
The annual Luoyang Town Tournament could not be held without an audience, but it could not be too many. Not everyone could step into the Zhou Mansion.
"Look, the Wang Clan is here!"
The arrival of the Wang Clan immediately caused a commotion among the crowd at the entrance.
"Look, that's Wang Qiang. He's the most popular candidate for the top three this time around."
"Hmm, it's said that he's about to break through to the Body Refinement Sixth Layer realm. His strength should be the first among the five members of the Wang Family."
"Eh, why is there one that looks very young, who is this person?"
"Damn, isn't that Wang Hao? The number one genius of the Wang Clan! "
"What?! He is Wang Hao? Isn't he just eleven years old? "Why is he here? Could it be that his strength is already comparable to Wang Qiang's?!"
"Who knows? Perhaps the Wang Clan only sent him to see the world. After all, no matter how talented he is, he still needs to experience it."
The topic of discussion had initially been with Wang Qiang, but in the end, it had all been snatched up by Wang Hao.
Ten days ago, Wang Hao's performance at the annual Clan Assembly had been sealed off by the Wang Family, so outsiders would not know how powerful Wang Hao was.
As for Wang Qiang, he was the number one genius among the sixteen years old in the Wang Clan. He had been famous for several years already.
At this moment, another group of people walked over from afar.
It was the people from the Zhao Family of the Luoyang Town.
"Haha!" Wang Liancheng, is there no one left in your Wang Family? Even the little child was sent out. "
Patriarch Zhao Tianba of the Zhao Family walked over and laughed at him without showing any mercy.
The relationship between the three great families of Luoyang Town naturally wouldn't be harmonious. The strengths of three families were similar, but among them, the Zhao Family had the highest profile and was the most domineering.
Just by looking at the name Zhao Tianba, it could be seen.
If not for Zhou Qian persuading him to back then and fearing the laws of the empire, Zhao Tianba would have sent people to assassinate Wang Hao.
In Zhao Tianba's heart, a genius like him, who was not born in the Zhao Family, would naturally die a thousand deaths.
"Zhao Tianba, you truly relied on your own ability in the martial competition, not on your words!"
Wang Liancheng was not angry, but glanced at him sideways, and laughed at him in reply.
"Hey!" Then let's wait and see! I can't wait! "
Zhao Tianba laughed sinisterly, scaring all the warriors away, maintaining a distance.
Beside Zhao Tianba, there was a black-robed youth. This youth's face was somewhat similar to his.
He was indeed Zhao Tianba's second son, Zhao Liang. He just happened to be less than sixteen years old.
Zhao Liang's gaze fell on Wang Hao, and with a raise of his feet, he ignored the crowd as he directly walked in front of Wang Hao.
"Hmm?"
Wang Hao frowned, he raised his head and looked over.
"Brat, I heard that you are the number one genius of our Luoyang Town."
Zhao Liang said condescendingly with a smile.
"From the looks of it, you don't seem to be convinced!" Wang Hao's mouth rose, and returned the greeting with a confident smile.
"Hehe, that's right, this young master is unconvinced. You'd better pray that you don't come across me, otherwise, I will make you the number one trash!" Zhao Liang laughed sinisterly.
"How dare you!"
Seeing that Zhao Liang was actually threatening Wang Hao in front of him, Wang Liancheng became furious and shouted angrily.
However, at this time, Wang Hao's eyes narrowed, and he gave a cold laugh, "Zhao Liang, right? Remember your own words, I will make you the number one trash, and guarantee that no one from your Zhao Family will be able to make it into the top three."
Hearing this, Zhao Liang could not hold back his laughter. The corners of his mouth curled up in ridicule, but he did not show any sharp words. Instead, he turned around and looked at Wang Qiang, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
"Wang Qiang, you are the only member of the Wang family who is qualified to fight against me. I hope that you will not disappoint me!"
Zhao Liang's face was filled with arrogance, and his words were filled with confidence.
"Humph!" You talk big, Zhao Liang. We've fought for so many years, today the victor will completely be decided! "
Wang Qiang sneered as his fighting spirit surged. "I hope you won't be eliminated so early like last year."
"Hmph, the same!"
The two of them were about the same age, and both of them were outstanding individuals in their clan. They could be said to be invincible existences of the same age. As soon as they were twelve years old, the two of them started fighting.
Last year, both of them participated in the Large Competition. However, at that time, both of them did not have an advantage in terms of age and were not the strongest experts in the clan.
With that said, Zhao Liang turned and entered the Zhou Mansion.
Zhao Tianba looked at Wang Liancheng provokingly, waved his hand, and led the Zhao Family members in.
"Wang Qiang, against Zhao Liang, how confident are you?"
Wang Qiang was the genius of his faction.
"I've fought with him no less than ten times. It's almost impossible to determine the victor. If I don't fight with all my might, it would be very difficult to determine the victor!"
Wang Qiang said in a deep voice, then looked at Wang Hao and laughed: "However, Great Clan Elder, do not worry. With Wang Hao here, Zhao Liang will not be able to turn the tide.
Everyone from the Wang family could not help but nod their heads. This time, the strongest people in the Large Competition had cultivation based on Body refining fifth level and Qi Disciple level 8, while Wang Qiang and Zhao Liang were all hot contenders for the championship. Wang Qiang was obviously not Wang Hao's match, so it would not be difficult for Wang Hao to win.
There was no suspense for the first place, the biggest hope was that Wang Hao's words would come true or not. The Zhao Family might have no chance to place in the top three, so they lost their qualifications to compete in the city.
The Wang Clan members smiled inwardly, then strode into the Zhou Mansion.
The Zhou Mansion's Martial Arts Practice Field was quite spacious, enough to accommodate a thousand people. However, the number of participants and elders in this competition was only a few hundred. There were only a few hundred invited martial artists.
At this time, in the center of the training field, there was a three Zhang long and wide square battle stage.
Around the dueling platform were other viewing platforms as well, each with more than a hundred seats.
As the time of the Large Competition approached, more and more people took their seats. The east, south, and north grandstands were already packed with people — the Zhou, Zhao, and Wang families respectively.
On the west side, the spectator stands were the Four Small Families and some of the other clans that had the qualifications to participate in the Large Competition.
As for the warriors that were invited to watch, other than a few who had some prestige in the Luoyang Town, the rest of them did not have the qualifications to sit, they could only stand and watch.
"Say, do you think this year will be another three great families splitting the slots?"
"Does that even need to be said? If you look back on the results of the past ten years, other than one exception, the other nine times have been evenly distributed among the three great families. "
"That's true. Almost every year, the three great clans fight over who knows which one of them will be the champion."
"According to this year's popularity, it should be from the Wang Clan's Wang Qiang, Zhao Clan's Zhao Liang, Zhou Clan's Zhou Qing. Among the three of them!"
"Isn't there still the number one genius, Wang Hao?"
"Tsk, how old is he? He might have some hope after two or three years, but this year, he's definitely here to scrape up some knowledge on the world."
"…"
When a group of people stood together, it was inevitable that they would discuss with each other and express their opinions. For a time, the sounds of discussion rang out incessantly.
The time for the Large Competition had come.
In the eastern stands, the peaceful looking Zhou Family Patriarch Zhou Qian slowly stood up.