Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
When he saw Qin Wushuang and Qin Taichong walking together to the front, a slight and unnoticeable sneer flashed across Qin Shaohong’s eyes.
Why? Why did Senior Brother Taichong show such great regard to this kid when it was only his first time meeting him? Qin Shaohong felt extremely dissatisfied and confused!
“This Qin Wushuang has fished for compliments and even Senior Brother Taichong was fooled by him. Today, I will expose his true appearance and beat his true character!”
Qin Shaohong was full of nasty complaints.
When Qin Lan and the other foreign disciples saw that their most admired Senior Brother Taichong was this fond of Qin Wushuang, they were also extremely astonished.
Even Qin Zhining who was always self-composed also felt the actions of Head Senior Brother was too much.
Just as everyone was engaged with active thoughts, Qin Yunran and Qin Chongyang arrived together. Immediately, the place and all its chatter cleared up: all discussion had disappeared.
Qin Yunran still appeared radiant with happiness. Qin Chongyang seemed to be eternally courteous and gave off the sense that he could always maintain his cool under any circumstance.
Qin Yunran sat at the position of Chief with a strong presence and let out a roaring laugh. “Third, old rules, you should speak.”
Qin Chongyang was used to Qin Yunran’s style. He did not evade and said with a clear voice, “Everyone, for this gathering, I want to say a few things. The first one is the Ten Thousand Year Immortal Pilgrimage Event hosted by the totem clan, the Karakorum Immortal Clan of the Illusion Heavenly Lake. They have invited all the important sects of the different Forbidden Spiritual Zones to participate. Each of the Heavenly Emperor Eight Gates have six spots. We have all agreed that one senior will lead five junior people. Therefore, for all of you, five will be selected and will be taken by the Second Chief to the Illusion Heavenly Lake. This is an opportunity that will only occur every ten thousand years. The Karakorum Immortal Clan is the totem clan of the Illusion Heavenly Lake. They are extremely extraordinary. All sects value this opportunity very much.”
Of course, these core disciples knew the meaning of a totem clan, so each of them had complex feelings when they heard this matter was related with the Karakorum Immortal Clan.
Without a doubt, everyone shared the same longing for the totem clan. However, the five spots were to be selected from two or three hundred core disciples. The probability of this selection did not appear optimistic.
Especially for those core disciples who did not possess superior strength, they shared even more complex feelings. Despite knowing the slim chance of being selected, they could not refrain themselves from suppressing their excitement before this opportunity.
Everyone wanted to give it a go as the totem clan was definitely an example of great achievement. Everyone only knew about the Xuan Yuan Clan, who were the totem clan of the Xuan Yuan Mound, but no one had ever seen the totem clan.
With such a chance as this before them, how could they not be moved?
Qin Chongyang said again, “From your expressions, it’s clear that five spots are incredibly rare. Therefore, the selection will be tough. I have discussed with the Second Chief for one night and have determined a selection process. First of all, Qin Taichong has superior strength and will be pardoned from the selection. He will enter directly. I am sure no one objects, right?”
Qin Taichong laughed. Apparently, he had expected this already and did not feel surprised.
None of these core disciples would issue an objection by giving Qin Taichong this privilege. After all, Qin Taichong’s strength was far too superior and he was not on the same level as everyone else.
For your information, Head Senior Brother Qin Taichong had already broke through the barrier of the Void Martial Force and successfully entered the Exquisite Mysterious Boundary. Possessing such strength was enough to let him stand as equal with the twelve Honored Warriors.
Compared to these core disciples, he had far surpassed.
The Exquisite Mysterious Boundary was different than the Void Martial Stage. One could only merge with the space at the Void Martial Stage. The Exquisite Mysterious Boundary could in fact, allow one to shatter space and step onto the path of the Supreme Dao.
To put it precisely, Exquisite Mysterious Boundary could not be counted as an independent stage, but a transition to the Supreme Dao. Therefore, the Exquisite Mysterious Boundary only had two stages: first, would be the Profound Mysterious followed by the Common Mysterious stage.
Of course, countless martial artists have been able to break through the Void Martial Stage and enter the Exquisite Mysterious Boundary. However, the majority had died during the Exquisite Mysterious Boundary transition and were incapable of entering the Supreme Dao.
Despite this fact, Qin Taichong who was at the Profound Mysterious and could already look down at all core disciples.
Therefore, even for someone as proud and arrogant as Qin Shaohong, it would be tough for him to speak anything when Qin Taichong acquired this privilege. Could he be unconvinced? He would be digging his own grave.
For now, everyone cared more about the following selection process.
Qin Chongyang said with a smile, “The rule of the Tian Xuan Land is that the elite warriors hold the respect. This is the natural law of the martial arts world. Therefore, for this selection, we are still going to attend to the powerful core disciple.”
As soon as he spoke these words, Qin Shaohong and the others were secretly overjoyed. Besides Qin Taichong, who was high and aloof, the powerful ones would be those at the Perfect Void Martial Stage.
“Qin Zhining, Qin Shaohong, Qin Hao, Qin Hongyan, Qin Xi, these five core disciples hold outstanding strength for being at the Perfect Void Martial Stage. Therefore, they are the seeded candidates. For the other disciples, if there are people who wish to challenge them, you can sign up with Elder Guan Qi. You can challenge any seeded warrior. If the challenger defeats the seeded warrior, you will take his place automatically and become the new seeded warrior. Only until there are no more challenges, the last remaining five seeded warriors will participate to compete for those four spots. By that time, we will announce another set of selection rules.”
Instantly, Qin Chongyang’s words had poured over the heads of the majority of core disciples like a bucket of cold water. One must say that you would be finding your own suffering to challenge those five.
To the majority of the core disciples, it would be impossible for them to win against those five. Of course, they had no reason to be unconvinced.
Wasn’t it all because they do not have better skills than those people?
Of course, a small portion of core disciples felt they were qualified to challenge due to their strength. They went to Elder Guan Qi to sign up without hesitation.
In a moment, about ten core disciples signed up to join. Qin Taichong turned around and asked, “Wushuang, you are not going to sign up?”
Qin Wushuang said with a smile, “No rush.”
Elder Guan Qi said with a clear voice, “Those wanting to sign up, don’t waste your time. When time’s up, you will not be allowed to sign up.”
Those who truly wanted to sign up already did. For those hesitant ones, as they saw the temperament of the chosen five, their last bit of hope to win by a fluke transformed into ashes instantly.
Although the five revealed a calm expression, their temperament seemed to be as if they were engulfing people as a whole. Now, whoever went up to challenge them would be viewed as impolite with a genuine mind.
When Qin Wushuang thought that it was about time, he stood up and walked before Elder Guan Qi. He said with a smile, “Wushuang, I already added your name.”
Qin Wushuang said with a bitter smile, “Elder Guan Qi, you are too…”
“Ha ha, now everyone looks forward to your opening fight with Shaohong.”
Qin Wushuang touched his nose. Initially, the Chief already arranged to have his name signed up. His name was directly arranged at the position to challenge Qin Shaohong, there was no need for him to worry about it.
Soon, the list of people who had signed up was organized. Including Qin Wushuang, there were just ten challengers.
Qin Chongyang looked at the list and said with a smile, “Great, I was worried that the challenge would not be fair. Now, there are just ten spots. To ensure fairness, each person will get two challengers. If you have any special requests, you can issue it individually. If there are not, let’s arrange it by lottery. How about it?”
Usually, unless in the case of serious personal grudges, no one would take the initiative to challenge a specific person.
However, considering the preciousness of the spots of this occasion, these challengers would afford to offend people.
“I want to challenge Senior Brother Qin Xi.”
“I want to challenge Senior Brother Qin Hao.”
Soon, three or four people proposed the target they wanted to challenge. Theoretically, those five were all at the Perfect Void Martial Stage. It would not have made too much of a difference to challenge any of them.
However, although they were all at the Perfect Void Martial Stage, it seemed these people had an idea of who was more popular and who held a weaker position.
“I will challenge, Qin Shaohong!”
An offbeat voice sounded quietly from the crowd.
Challenge Qin Shaohong? Everyone thought they must have heard this wrong. Following the sound, they saw Qin Wushuang raise his hand, yet his expression did not seem to be joking.
Those who were going to challenge Qin Hao and Qin Qi did so because these two were publicly known to not have as much popularity as Qin Shaohong and Qin Zhining.
For your information, besides Head Senior Brother Qin Taichong, Qin Shaohong and Qin Zhining were publicly known as the top two and three. It’s just that no one had ranked their positions officially.
Because of Qin Shaohong’s domineering and overbearing manner, no one was willing to take the initiative to challenge him. Therefore, everyone had finally realized the light that the previous rumor was true as they saw Qin Wushuang step out.
Qin Chongyang revealed a light smile. “Wushuang, I am already aware of the battle between you and Shaohong. In this case, your battle will be the opening fight, how about it?”
“Under your order, of course I will obey,” Qin Wushuang replied with an indifferent tone and did not look at Qin Shaohong at all. He only viewed that guy as air.
Qin Shaohong did not fall behind with his response, “I have no objections.”
After he had finished, he shot a glare at Qin Shaohong. At this moment, there was nothing for him to hold back. Additionally, acting reserved was never his style.
He would aim to gain the upper hand by a show of strength. He would unleash his powerful strength and subdue the enemy without fighting.
Qin Wushuang turned a blind eye at Qin Shaohong’s pretentious acts. He walked to his seat leisurely and said to Qin Taichong with a carefree tone, “Senior Brother Taichong, let’s drink after.”
Qin Taichong laughed. “Sure.”
Upon seeing Qin Wushuang ignore him, Qin Shaohong felt as if his lungs were going to explode with anger. However, now was not the time to lose his temper. He could only hate him inwardly. “Kid, I will let you be arrogant now. Return to the martial arts stage, I will make sure you cannot even cry!”
Besides a few special requests, the remaining challengers could not not care about their face and decided to go with the lottery. Soon, each of their opponents were arranged.
The Qin Clan was extremely efficient at doing business. After the rules were set, the next thing to do would be to begin the challenge!
The core disciples instantly showed keen interest. If one was wondering whether or not they were disappointed in the beginning, upon thinking of how the opening fight was the highlight of the whole tournament, everyone’s depressed mood was swept away.
Since they could see Senior Brother Qin Shaohong compete his martial arts skills with Qin Wushuang’s, who achieved fame among his contemporaries, their trip to the Upright Morality Hall today would not be in vain!
