XIAO SHUXIANG'S

54 - Young Cultivator Tournament (1) [Revised]

Ever since the chaos caused by Xiao Shuxiang, many sects disappeared from the Eastern Continent. In the Rising Sun Empire alone, there were now only 41 sects left from the 108 sects present.

The forty-one sects in the Rising Sun Empire consisted of 15 Black Stream sects, 17 White Flow sects, 8 Neutral Flow sects, and 1 Free Flow sect.

As it was known, the Young Cultivator Tournament was only for White and Neutral Flow cultivators, it was also restricted.

A maximum of a sect sent three of its disciples as representatives to take part in the match. And the rule is, only children aged 6 to 14 years are allowed to participate outside of their level of practice.

There was a reason why the Black Stream sect was not allowed to enter this Tournament. First, very rarely do they follow the established rules, they often make a fuss.

Second, the Black Stream sects were experts at making poison, and poison was also their weapon. Third, they do not like to compete without having to kill opponents.

The fourth and most basic one was not the participation of Black Stream cultivators in the Tournament that is-the relationship of the Black Stream and White Stream still did not get along at all.

Perhaps throughout history, it was only when Xiao Shuxiang messed up that they made an alliance. And after that, they returned hostile.

The capture and expansion of territory became one of the reasons the Black Stream and White Stream were hostile. For the Neutral Flow itself.as long as these two streams did not bother them, then the Neutral Flow would only be silent and not mind if the White Stream and Black Stream fought even once.

One of the Black Stream sects that very often made a fuss in the Rising Sun Empire was the Demon Wolf Sect.

This Demon Wolf Sect cultivator was extremely hostile towards the Cultivator of the Lotus Flower Sect, as cultivators of the sect had always been their barrier to expanding territory.

Not only that, no matter where the Demon Wolf Sect Cultivators went on missions, they had always met the Lotus Flower Sect Cultivator. You could say, these two sects are destined to always cross paths.

There was no calm and friendly atmosphere when the cultivators of these two sects met. If you do not meet, then one of the two will definitely look for because first.

As of this moment, among the many people sitting in the audience-there were about twenty cultivators of the Demon Wolf Sect in disguise.

They hid weapons and levels of practice, as well as changed their uniforms to the clothes of ordinary people.

This time, the Demon Wolf Sect cultivator was on a mission to disrupt the Young Cultivator Tournament, as well as kidnap the granddaughter of the Grand Elder of the Lotus Flower Sect.

The Lotus Flower Sect itself had a barrier seal, which was extremely difficult for others to break through. And since this time it was the Lotus Flower Sect that was chosen as the Host of the Young Cultivator Tournament, then the barrier seal was opened. A rare opportunity not to be missed!

Moreover, for the first time only ten sects had entered this Tournament and not a single Grand Elder or Great Patriarch Sect was present other than Huan Fei, Patriarch Lan and Yuen Liang themselves.

Previously, the five cultivators of the Demon Wolf Sect had searched and gathered information related to the absence of the Grand Elder of the Great Sect. They found that this time the Young Cultivator Tournament and the Great Auction of the Peacock Stork Association were held at the same time.

Many sects would rather follow the auction than go see the Tournament. Moreover, the auction this time included the Most Greatest Auction the Association had ever held before.

Actually Huan Fei also wanted to join the auction if not his sect who became the Host of the Tournament.

Huan Fei was upset that all the Grand Elders from the Big, Medium and Small sects he had invited specifically did not come. Only the ten sects brought their representatives, that too.these participants were accompanied by senior disciples alone, unaccompanied by the Patriarch.

The moment Huan Fei was told about this by Fan Feng, his face was completely red. He then told Fan Feng to send the Patriarch and his trusted disciple to follow the Auction, Huan Fei did not want all the auction items taken all by the other Great Sect.

Yuen Liang was seen fanning his face, he was so hot because he himself also wanted to follow the Auction. His age who was much younger than the other Patriarchs in the Demon Phoenix Sect made him have to be in this place.

The beauty of the Lotus Flower Sect was unable to treat Yuen Liang's annoyance at the Grand Elder and Patriarch in his Sect. Not only Yuen Liang, but all the representatives of these ten sects present seemed very unwilling to miss the biggest auction.

They shouted and cursed inwardly because they felt they had been taken advantage of by their Grand Elders and Patriarchs.

Perhaps the most sincere ones to accept Huan Fei's invitation were only Patriarch Lan and Yang Shu.

Patriarch Lan voluntarily became the representative of her sect to fulfill Huan Fei's invitation, as the other Patriarch of the Heaven Sword Sect no one would want to miss the opportunity to attend the auction.

The two people who were the referees of the Tournament started to climb onto the stage of the fighting arena. They were Huan Shan and Feing Chu.

Huan Shan was 60 years old, he had a well-built body and a firm face. His Practical level was currently at the 15th level of Forging Qi, or so-called Silver Stage Late stage Foundation Master.

While Feing Chu was 40 years old, she was asked to be the female referee accompanying Huan Shan. His current level of practice was at the 14th level of Forging Qi, or so-called the Silver level Mid stage Foundation Master.

Feing Chu first greeted the audience, he then began to say the rules in this Young Cultivator Tournament.

"The rules are simple, you fight until the opponent comes out of the arena, surrenders, or is unconscious. It is strictly forbidden to kill an opponent, make him permanently disabled, or use poison. Not following these rules you will be disqualified and will receive the applicable penalty..."

Feing Chu again said, "... The participants should not grudge each other when defeated by their opponent, let alone bring such grudges out of the Lotus Flower Sect. The decision of the referee is absolute. If anyone objected to this, please raise your hand and present it now!"

None of the participants nor the guardians brought them a sound. Feing Chu later said that those who did not make a sound or raise their hands were considered to agree with this rule. He then allowed Huan Shan to start the match.

"The first Cultivator to compete on behalf of his sect is Rong Rui, Rain Island Sect against Jing Mi, Butterfly Sect. For the named participant, please climb up to the Battle Arena."

Jing Mi was so very surprised when her first self was called. Not only Jing Mi, but also Qi Xuan and Xiao Lu.

"-I...?! B-barousan I Heard I-That... My name...?!" Jing Mi was so distrustful of what she had just heard.

His hands began to cool and slightly tremble, his heart racing. Being the first participant and competing while being seen by many people made him depressed.

"Representative of the Butterfly Sect?! Get Up To The Arena!" Huan Shan exclaimed and said that Jing Mi should immediately go up to the arena as her opponent was already waiting.

His hands were also cold, he was trying his best to control his heartbeat. He was also actually nervous if he had to fight while being seen by many people, especially by people who were completely unknown to him.

"Jing Mi from the Butterfly Sect!? Is There Not?!" Huan Shan exclaimed back.

Jing Mi gently rubbed her chest, she then took a slow breath then exhaled slowly. He was trying to deal with this, "Alright, this is just an ordinary fight. Think of it like I'm fighting Brother Zong Ming, assume no one is watching!"

"...Haaa... I'm Ready!" Jing Mi raised her hand and exclaimed that she was coming soon, the sight of the children from the other sects directly led to her. And that made him nervous again.

the plaque!

"Akhs! Brother Lu?!"

Xiao Lu directly slapped Jing Mi's back hard to feel the pain on her back.

"You suck, don't be nervous just because it's seen by a lot of people. Stop being weak and get up there!" Xiao Lu pinched Jing Mi's cheek.

"Brother Jing, use this sword." Qi Xuan handed the sword that Xiao Shuxiang had given him, he could see that the sword carried by his brother's opponent was not a worn-out old sword.

Jing Mi and Xiao Lu actually wanted to ask about the sword Qi Xuan was holding in hand, but their intentions came to a halt when Huan Shan called Jing Mi to immediately go well into the fighting arena.

Immediately, Jing Mi walked over quickly while carrying the sword Qi Xuan gave her. Xiao Lu's slap on his back made Jing Mi feel calm and not nervous anymore.

"You've been this a long time...!"

"Sorry"

Huan Shan shook his head as this long-awaited child was just an ordinary boy and looked like a chick that had just hatched.

Jing Mi saw her opponent was a female, around 12 years old. Blue clothes with small black and white stripes, the eyes of this girl look annoyed. Jing Mi could sense that the girl in front of her was starting to target her as an enemy.

Xiao Shuxiang who was sitting beside Yang Shu saw Jing Mi just entering the fighting arena shook her head slowly. "I don't think he's going up..."

"Alright, because both participants are already there. Then we'll start the fight! You two remember the rules, you can't kill each other or make your opponent handicapped, understand?!"

Rong Rui and Jing Mi nodded in response. The two began to pull the sword together and put up their respective horses.

Huan Shan slowly raised his right hand, he told the two that when his right hand was lowered then both participants could already fight.

Jing Mi took a breath, and then nodded. He held tightly to his sword, "This... Heavy!" he shook his head slowly and began to envelop his sword with Qi.

In fact the spectators felt that the fight of Jing Mi and Rong Rui would not be interesting at all because they knew that the Rain Island Sect was only a small sect, though, while the name of the Butterfly Sect had never been heard before.

They thought the Butterfly Sect was just a new sect in a remote area, all the disciples in the sect definitely had no ability at all.

However as they saw the sword in Jing Mi's hand begin to be enveloped in blue-colored Qi, the spectators including the existing cultivators looked dumbfounded. Some were of the view that the weapon in Jing Mi's hand was a medium-level heirloom, some were saying that Jing Mi's practice level had already reached Forging Qi Level 5.

Because generally, only cultivators who were at Forging Qi Level 5 and above could envelop their weapons with Qi.

However for cultivators who had observant eyes, they could see that Jing Mi's practice was only at Forging Qi level 3 and the sword in her hand was just an ordinary weapon.

Cultivators from the Demon Wolf Sect were also stunned, they had only first seen that a child still in the 3rd level Forging Qi could envelop his weapon with Qi, let alone that weapon was an ordinary weapon.

"Wouldn't ordinary weapons be destroyed when Qi flows...?"

Many people were wondering about this matter including Huan Shan and Feing Chu. Not only them, even Patriarch Lan, Huan Fei and Yuen Liang were also the same.

"I was only able to flow Qi into an ordinary weapon when I was at the 8th level of the Forging Qi. My weapon will turn to dust after three swings." said Yuen Liang.

"Senior, you have a talented student," Huan Fei smiled faintly.

Feing Chu looked carefully at Jing Mi, he could tell that the uniform worn by this 13-year-old boy was just ordinary clothes, not an heirloom.

"An interesting kid, we'll see how great you are..."

Huan Shan started to lower his hand, and along with that... Rong Rui immediately jumped up and attacked Jing Mi first.

The traaang!

Jing Mi and Rong Rui's swords clashed, the pressure Rong Rui exerted making Jing Mi's body difficult to move.

"My hands... Numbness!"

Jing Mi tried to push Rong Rui as her sword and the daughter's sword rubbed against each other.

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