Lonely Immortal

At dawn, Dengtian City was already crowded with people. People kept coming in and out of the four small city gates. Inside Dengtian City, the arenas had already been built. These stone arenas were more than ten feet high and covered an area of ​​one hundred square meters, which was considered enough space. Anyway, whoever was defeated in the arena would definitely be considered defeated.

In addition, the stands had already been prepared around the arena. The stands were made of wood and stacked up. At this moment, many casual cultivators had already sat in them. At the top of the stands, there was a large stand specially prepared. This stand was naturally the private room where the four major families and the Jindan Sect deacons were located. However, because they were all built temporarily, the private rooms were quite simple, with only some tea and water supplied.

At this time, the stewards of the four major families and the Jindan Sect had not come yet. Some independent cultivators from Feixian City had come early to grab their seats, and the patrol team was responsible for public security at the scene. Anyone who made trouble would be arrested and put into jail. The most important thing was the notice of the ring competition. There was a big sign with the rules of the ring competition posted on it. At this moment, many people were watching there, and the patrol team was also guarding nearby to prevent someone from destroying and tearing the notice.

Zhang Zhiwen also saw the notice from a distance. Since he was going to participate in the ring competition, he must go to see what the rules of the ring competition were. So, Zhang Zhiwen followed the crowd and walked over. Soon, he came to the bottom of the notice. The notice was posted quite high and the words were very large. It was not that he could not see it if he stood far away. It was naturally able to clearly let people understand the rules of this ring competition.

After watching, Zhang Zhiwen was quite surprised, because he didn't expect the ring match to be like this, while other casual cultivators seemed to be used to it. Although they were talking quietly, there was nothing unusual in general. It seemed that the situation in previous years should be similar.

The rules of this ring match are actually very simple. As long as the cultivators have reached the middle stage of Qi Refining, they can go to the ring to challenge. Before going up, they can report their names, or even not report their names. It doesn't matter. Anyway, they will compete with others. If they win, they will stay in the ring match. If they lose, they will definitely roll down.

But the ring match does not mean that you win after winning one game, but you need to accept challenges from other cultivators in the ring match. Anyway, the more games you win, the more you can show your strength. However, because there are many cultivators participating in the ring match, a total of nine rings were built, and all nine rings can be used for competition at the same time. The deacons of the four major families and the Jindan Sect are responsible for supervising the competition, and the casual cultivators in the audience can also be responsible for supervising the competition. Naturally, there is no way to cheat, and it all depends on strength.

Zhang Zhiwen also heard some words from other casual cultivators at this time, such as how many games someone won last year. He realized that to win the ring competition, you have to win at least nine rounds, and each round is ten opponents, which means you have to defeat ninety opponents! Last year, it was Lin Mingfei of the Lin family who defeated ninety-three opponents and won the first place. Since the ring competition was held, the highest record is Chen Haowei of the Chen family. This person actually defeated one hundred and seventeen opponents. Of course, this person also successfully built his foundation and became a disciple of the ten major sects.

That's not so easy. Winning one game is nothing, but winning ten games is a bit difficult, and the first place actually has to win at least ninety games, because in previous years, no cultivator said that he could win the first place without winning ninety games.

Zhang Zhiwen had no idea at all. He felt that this was indeed very difficult. However, he also heard a lot of news while standing here, such as speculation about who would win the championship this year. Naturally, it was mainly the children of the four major families. Among them, Lin Mingyue was naturally mentioned. However, Lin Mingyue did not seem to be very optimistic and was only ranked around third. The most popular candidate for the championship was Zhao Tielin of the Zhao family. This boy had the sixth-level cultivation of Qi Refining and a thunder spirit root. This was a single spirit root, which showed how powerful this person's thunder spells were. In addition, the second most popular candidate was Li Zhongli of the Li family. This boy was the youngest, only thirteen years old, but his cultivation had entered the sixth level of Qi Refining early. He practiced the unpredictable wind spells. He also had a wind spirit root. In addition, his secondary spirit root was a fire spirit root. The combination of wind and fire made the spells powerful.

In addition, there are quite a few children from the four major families, probably at least several hundred people, some of whom have participated in previous years and have rich experience. In short, from the news he heard from the casual cultivators, Zhang Zhiwen had a rough idea in his mind. This arena competition can be regarded as a fight between dragons and tigers. Because there are many cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining in the four major families and Feixian City, the competition is naturally fierce. There are even some guests from the four major families. Therefore, the number of participants has long exceeded 10,000. It is normal for each arena to eliminate at least 1,000 games. And because there are enough people, the pressure to win the championship is even greater. In the end, you may miss the first place by just one or two games. This forces all contestants to go all out and hold on until the end when they really can't hold on any longer.

But during the competition, all kinds of situations are very complicated, because no one knows who the next challenger will be. If you encounter a weak challenger, it will definitely be worth it, but if you encounter the children of the four major families at the beginning, it will be very difficult, and if you encounter them in succession, you will definitely be finished. The four major families must have agreed that they will let their children participate in the nine arenas one by one, and they will definitely not randomly look for their own people to compete. There is plenty of time for competition, and there is no need to waste time at this time.

In this way, ordinary casual cultivators will be miserable. Once they win some games, they will definitely be targeted by the four major families, and then the four major families will definitely send their children to deal with them. How can they win the championship?

Therefore, it seems to be a fair competition on the surface, but it is not so in fact. After all, the four major families are a whole. They are the strongest. It is no wonder that their people won the competition in the end. As for the deacons of the Jindan Sect, they just came to watch the excitement. The Jindan Sect is more concerned about who will be allocated the two small Xuanguan Pills in the end. There will inevitably be various disagreements and contradictions within the four major families. As long as this goal is achieved, the Jindan Sect will be very satisfied.

Although Zhang Zhiwen only read a notice, he has seen the true nature of this competition in his heart. But even if he knows it, what does it matter? He is powerless to change anything. He just feels that it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to win the first place.

At this time, the deacons of the four major families and the Jindan Sect finally arrived. Needless to say, the four major families had several clan leaders and elders with their children participating in the competition. Zhang Zhiwen didn't care much about these people. He just took a look and saw Lin Mingyue. Lin Mingyue followed Lin He. It was hard to tell what her mood was. Anyway, she had no expression. After not seeing her for a while, Lin Mingyue looked a little haggard. Zhang Zhiwen naturally understood why. Although they were not far apart, Zhang Zhiwen had no way to meet Lin Mingyue. He could only stand here and watch.

In addition, the deacon of the Jindan Sect also showed up. He was about forty years old, wearing a Bagua Laojun robe, a Taoist hat, a whisk on his elbow, and a long sword on his back. He looked like a secular charlatan, but his every move was imposing. The clan leaders of the four major families surrounded him one by one, and they were all courteous, but this person responded indifferently, without even looking at these clan leaders.

Zhang Zhiwen only glanced at him, and felt that this man gave him a strong sense of oppression from such a distance, as if the sharp sword behind him could be unsheathed at any time to take Zhang Zhiwen's life. The deacon of the Jindan Sect seemed to have sensed it and actually looked at Zhang Zhiwen. Zhang Zhiwen's heart jumped and he quickly restrained his breath. When the Taoist saw Zhang Zhiwen, a faint gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and then he frowned as if he was puzzled, and then turned his head and had no other reaction.

Zhang Zhiwen was relieved. Just now, the jade fetus in his body suddenly vibrated. He thought that the Xuanyin jade fetus had been absorbed by him, but it was not the case. When he was swept by the Taoist's momentum just now, the Xuanyin jade fetus actually reappeared and protected his mind. Otherwise, just by looking at it just now, Zhang Zhiwen felt that his Taoism might be unstable or even broken. This Taoist was so vicious that he secretly killed him, an ordinary cultivator, for no reason.

However, no one else noticed anything, and the Jindan Sect deacon seemed to have done nothing. He came to the center of the grandstand and sat in the first seat. The rest of the people naturally took their seats, and the children of the four major families naturally had to stand.

At this time, the ring match was about to start, and the stands were already full of people. Zhang Zhiwen didn't join in the fun. Anyway, he was going to compete on the stage, so he might as well stand under the ring. There was no one to host the ring match, as if there was no need for a host at all, but the children of the four major families had already gone on stage. Obviously, the four major families planned to give everyone a warning first, and after the children of the four major families came to the ring, the ring match naturally began.

Zhang Zhiwen stood below, he took a look, he didn't know anyone on the nine rings, and Lin Mingyue didn't show up. It can be seen that the four major families did not intend to let the most elite children appear in the first round, which was also to prevent someone from suddenly showing up, so that they could send the most elite children to suppress them.

At this time, the young man from the four major families on the stage next to Zhang Zhiwen, dressed in brocade and holding a spirit leopard, was a young man from the Lin Mansion. He glanced around and said, "I am Lin Mingchong from the Lin Mansion. Is there any hero who wants to come up and compete with me?"