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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. "

Li Xun nodded. The competition format for the team competition was quite simple.

"Oh right, we received the latest news this morning. This time, the number of participants has increased, and the average strength of the participants has also increased." Elder Gu smiled bitterly.

"That's nothing. Originally, the more lively the martial arts competition is, the better." Li Xun's tone was very confident, he didn't care about Elder Gu's information at all.

The elders in the hall were not worried about Li Xun's confidence as he had already shown his strength. Currently, only Elder Gu was capable of suppressing Li Xun. Furthermore, since Li Xun was chosen by the Sect Leader, his position would definitely be higher than theirs. Moreover, they all guessed that with Li Xun's talent, he would definitely be the best candidate to be the next Sect Leader.

"One more thing, I only found out this morning. This year, in addition to our south, it is said that there are also some more powerful sword sects from the east and west." In the past, there have been some who have come to join in on the fun. "

"They have the right to participate?" Li Xun was puzzled.

Elder Gu nodded innocently, "According to the Jin family, the Sword Soul Continent is divided into two. The ones to the south are all in the south."

"Although the reason is a bit forceful, it's still reasonable. However, why would they want to get involved?"

"Of course it's for the fame and reward. I think it's more likely to be for a reward. "

"Why do you say that the rewards are very attractive?"

"That's right, the rewards for each competition are gradually increasing. Last year's first place prize for the team competition was that all members could enter the Jin Clan's first class armor storehouse to choose a piece of armor. The prize would also be a hundred thousand purple coins." From two to four, the rewards would be halved bit by bit. Looking at the scale of this year's competition, I'm afraid the rewards will even increase. "

"What is the quality of the protective gear? 100,000 purple coins is a lot?" Li Xun now had the one hundred thousand purple gold ticket that Ouyang Qingfeng had given him. Although he knew that 1 purple coin = 100 gold coins = 1000 silver coins = 10000 copper coins, he didn't think that Ouyang Qingfeng would give him that much either.

Jin family's defensive gear is very famous throughout the continent, but an A grade is only considered first-rate. A set is worth a thousand purple coins. A set is worth at least a hundred thousand purple coins." As for how much a hundred thousand purple coins is worth, our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect only spends twenty thousand purple coins a year. The annual tribute that the Tianshan royal family gives us is thirty thousand purple coins. However, our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect is one of the top three in terms of scale in the south. One could imagine how attractive a hundred thousand purple coins is to those small sword sects. If not for the fact that our Sky Mountain Sword Sect has been protecting Heavenly Mountain Nation for a thousand years, do you think any nation would allow their country to have a force strong enough to threaten their safety?

Indeed, this was easy to understand. Many of the sword sects did not have a good environment to live in. Those who did not have enough strength could only be suppressed by their own countries.

Li Xun still did not have a clear understanding of the value of a hundred thousand purple coins. Then why is there such a big difference between the A grade and the A grade of the armor? "

"It is said that the A Class superior cultivators are able to withstand the attacks of the golden sword qi. Our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect doesn't have many sets either. The Jin family will only take one out for auction every three to five years, and they will fetch a sky-high price of more than a hundred thousand purple coins each time."

"Our Sky Mountain Sword Sect has one?"

Elder Gu smiled and nodded. Anyone could tell that Li Xun was going to attack the protective gear. The other elders also silently smiled. If Li Xun was truly the candidate to be the next Sect Leader, it was very possible that he would obtain a set of Grade A defensive armor.

In fact, Li Xun only wanted one set for Qin Qing. He thought to himself that if Ouyang Qingfeng could give him 100,000 purple coins and ask him for a top-grade armor, it wouldn't be a big deal.

The number of Sword Faction members taking their seats increased as Elder Gu patiently introduced each Sword Faction's unique characteristics to Li Xun's group of six. One of them was the Jade Immortal Sword Sect from the east, and the other was the Cold Water Sword Sect from the west. Both of these sword sects had the strength of a level six and above, so they were not the type to underestimate a dragon. Li Xun thought about it carefully. If he hadn't come, and if Qin Qing's group of five had broken through in time due to Baili Feng's guidance, it would have been truly difficult for the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect to obtain first place.

However, this person's spirit was only a foundation. What he truly wanted to see was his ability to fight, especially with regards to his understanding and usage of sword moves.