C293 Genius battle

It was on the fifth day after had jointly annihilated Ning Clan and Ning Clan that, in other words, half a month after his return.

The City Lord Palace suddenly released a public announcement, that the once a year competition of geniuses in the Hun Tian City would begin in a day.

In the end, the top three would receive the rewards from the City Lord Palace. This was also a competition that the City Lord Palace had set up to encourage the young generation.

And last year, because Ye Xingchen left, he did not succeed.

Originally, the City Lord Palace wanted to postpone the competition, but after discussing it with the Alchemist Association and Heavenly Profound Chamber of Commerce, they decided to proceed as scheduled.

After the announcement of the City Lord Palace, at the same time, the City Lord Palace received the leaders of the five forces, Lin Tianhu, Ye Yuanshan and the rest.

He informed them that a temporary ceasefire would be established once the genius battle was over.

The five of them also reached an agreement, they wouldn't make a move during the genius battle.

At the very least, he would be able to relax for many days, and he would not have to worry about someone from the The Three Forces knocking on his door.

And on the streets of Hun Tian City, everyone was talking about the arrival of the tournament of geniuses. It was because if one wanted to be famous, the tournament of geniuses was a good shortcut.

Many clans, whether they were large or small, would rub their fists and wipe their palms, preparing to send out their most outstanding disciples to participate in the tournament.

There were no restrictions to participating in the genius competition. As long as one dared to sign up, they could participate. After rounds of selection, the top ten would be decided.

Ning Clan, Conference Room.

Ning Shaoyun sat on the chair with a thoughtful expression, Ning Fengxue sat quietly to the side, and the other elders sat on their chairs.

After a long while, a smile appeared on Ning Shaoyun's face. He looked at Ning Fengxue, and said while chuckling: "Snow Wind, you have heard about the genius competition this time, right?"

Ning Fengxue nodded, and said: "I understand, father."

Ning Fengxue had always remembered last year's tournament, because in last year's tournament, he lost to his nemesis, Lin Hua, in the finals, allowing Lin Hua to get first place. Although he got second, he was still far from first place.

Everyone was talking about the first place's Lin Hua, but no one talked about the second place's Ning Fengxue.

Seeing Ning Fengxue's expression change, Ning Shaoyun nodded his head, "Snow Wind, this is our Ning Family's chance. If you display your astonishing talent in the competition and get the City Lord Palace to acknowledge you, and have a relationship with the City Lord Palace, they might appear to protect our Ning Clan at that time."

Hearing Ning Shaoyun's words, all the elders turned to look at Ning Fengxue, as they thought this was an opportunity.

"But Ye Xingchen..." Ning Fengxue's face was a little ugly, as he said softly.

He still had not walked out from the shadow of Ye Xingchen's defeat. The moment he thought of Ye Xingchen defeating him in one move, he became extremely agitated.

Ning Shaoyun gently shook his head, and then mysteriously said: "I will pass down a treasure to your family. With him, you don't have to worry about Ye Xingchen at all.

A family heirloom treasure? After Ning Fengxue heard it, his eyes shot out a ray of golden light, and anxiously asked: "Father, can you really let me use it?"

Of course, Ning Fengxue knew what the Ning Family's heirloom treasure was. If he had his family's heirloom, he was very confident that he would be able to defeat Ye Xingchen.

Ning Shaoyun nodded heavily.

When Ning Fengxue saw this, his face finally revealed a slight smile, and said: "Father, don't worry. This time, I will definitely trample Ye Xingchen beneath my feet."

At the same time, all of the families were nervously preparing, as they all wanted their most outstanding disciple to obtain a good ranking in the tournament.

And within the Ye Family Manor, inside Ye Xingchen's courtyard.

Lin Qian and Ye Xingchen were sitting on a stone bench in the center of the courtyard, reminiscing about old times.

After a year of not seeing him, Lin Qian had not changed, but Ye Xingchen had become unfathomably deep.

Lin Qian gently sipped on the tea on the stone table as a smile appeared on his face. Looking at Ye Xingchen, he said in a low voice: "Elder Brother Ye, it's been a year but you've already reached the Grandmaster Stage.

"Brother Lin, you don't need to blame yourself. In the journey of cultivation, you must always maintain a calm mind. Once there is any change in your mood, you will stop cultivating." Ye Xingchen said while laughing.

Forget it, just let nature take its course. That's right, Elder Brother Ye, you will definitely participate in tomorrow's tournament, right? " Lin Qian shook his head helplessly and asked.

Ye Xingchen had also heard of this genius competition, he nodded and said: "I will participate."

Actually, Ye Xingchen did not want to participate in battles of this level, but Ye Yuanshan had talked to Ye Xingchen before.

Everything was for the clan, in the end, Ye Xingchen decided to participate.

"En, you will definitely get first place. There is no suspense at all." Lin Qian nodded heavily, and said loudly.

"Haha." Ye Xingchen did not speak, he only nodded and smiled.

"After this tournament ends, I reckon the rankings on the Genius Stone will change again, right?" Lin Qian muttered to himself.

As everyone waited anxiously, the second day finally arrived.

Early in the morning, many families had brought the disciples of the younger generation over to the Hun Tian City.

This was the battlefield where the tournament of geniuses would be held. In the center of the Central Square, there was an extremely large Arms Drill Platform, and at the very front, there was a stage, surrounded by spectators.

All the participants who wanted to participate in the tournament yesterday had already signed up, and the list of names had already been drawn up today.

When Ye Xingchen followed Ye Yuanshan and reached the plaza, it was already filled with a sea of people. There were some unfamiliar faces everywhere, and of course, some familiar faces could be seen.

Ye Yuanshan said to Ye Hu and the others before walking directly to the platform. The patriarchs of the large families would all sit on the stage, only the patriarchs of the small families were not qualified to sit.

Ye Hu then led everyone to an area that belonged to the Ye Family. There was an area next to the Ye Family.

Lin Qian and Lin Hua greeted Ye Xingchen.

When Ye Xingchen sat down, he suddenly felt someone's gaze on him. He turned his head to look, and shockingly discovered that in the area opposite of him, Ning Fengxue was looking at him with a cold smile.

Ye Xingchen did not care about Ning Fengxue's provocative gaze, and turned to continue conversing with his sister Ye Yu.

"Hmph, Ye Xingchen, I will definitely trample you beneath my feet." Ning Fengxue said coldly.

At the same time, Lin Qian also sat down beside Ye Xingchen, and introduced him to some of the more powerful practitioners.

"Elder Brother Ye, do you see it under Central Square? There is a huge stone tablet there." Lin Qian pointed to Ye Xingchen.

Ye Xingchen followed Lin Qian's finger and indeed, he saw a huge stone tablet standing horizontally under the Arms Drill Platform.

"That's the Genius Stone, the names of the the top twenty geniuses in Hun Tian City are written on it. Look carefully, there are words written on it." Lin Qian continued.

Hearing that, Ye Xingchen looked over, and sure enough, there were many words written on the Genius Stone.

Ye Xingchen looked towards the direction of the Genius Stone, only to astonishingly discover that the one ranked first was Lin Hua.

To be able to be ranked above the Genius Stone, even the twentieth place person had frightening potential, and many people were proud of that fact.

"This is last year's ranking. I estimate that after this year's tournament, the one in first place will be you, Elder Brother Ye." Lin Qian said while laughing.

Ye Xingchen continued to look down. The one who was ranked second was Ning Fengxue, both of them were Early Grandmaster Stage warriors, and the one who was ranked third was Gu Changfeng, who was ranked third,, who was ranked fourth, and Chu Zhongtian, who was ranked fifth …

Ye Xingchen looked carefully. Amongst the Genius Stone, most of the the top twenty had the strength of Small Three Levels of Grandmaster Stage, and only Lin Hua had the head of the group, reaching the Grandmaster Stage.

There were a number of people that Ye Xingchen had heard of, but there were some that Ye Xingchen did not know about. However, all of these were not important, because from Ye Xingchen's perspective, this so called genius competition was not even worth mentioning.

"If it wasn't to help the family intimidate the other powers, I wouldn't even waste time participating in this kind of competition." Ye Xingchen muttered to himself.

And just at this time, the people from the City Lord Palace came. The City Lord took the lead, with Chu Zhongtian following closely behind.

When the people from the City Lord Palace arrived, everyone stood up to welcome them.

The City Lord waved his hand lightly, and then walked to the main platform, sitting in the most central position.

"City Lord Chu, you're finally here, hahaha." Lin Tianhu and the rest smiled as they greeted City Lord Chu.

"City Lord Chu." Ning Shaoyun also greeted City Lord Chu, but he glared fiercely at Lin Tianhu and the others.

"Haha, everyone is here, today is my Hun Tian City's annual tournament, put your personal grudges aside and work hard together to bring this tournament to a perfect end." In fact, everyone knew that he was saying it for Ning Shaoyun and the others to hear.

Lin Tianhu and the rest laughed, but did not say anything.

"Elder Brother Ye, do you think a dark horse will appear this time?" Below, Lin Qian asked Ye Xingchen in a low voice.

"Probably not." Ye Xingchen said without hesitation.

"There should be." Ye Yu said daintily at the side as her arms wrapped around Ye Xingchen's arm.

"Big brother, there are probably a lot of people participating this time, but you are definitely the strongest one, there is no suspense at all if you win first place, and Brother Lin Hua should be able to get second place. Hmph, let that annoying Ning Fengxue get third place." Ye Yu's nose twitched as he spoke in a tender voice.

"Little sister, big brother will definitely not let you down."