Chapter 66: Fearless

  The fourth day of the martial arts conference.

  On this day, all warriors who came to participate in the martial arts competition were fiercely competing for the last three places.

  Each of the top three places in each grade will have corresponding martial skills, secret treasures and cultivation materials as rewards. As long as you can break into the top three, you won't leave empty-handed.

  The five major families are often generous with rewards, having long prepared various mysterious martial arts and secret treasures, as well as elixirs and cultivation materials that can enhance one's vital energy.

  On the fourth day at dawn, these rich prizes were placed on a circular platform in the center of the martial arts arena, with special personnel guarding them.

  Those warriors saw all kinds of prizes being taken out and in the subsequent struggle, they went all out.

  By noon, two warriors at the Innate Realm were killed on the spot in the martial arena, and a strong warrior at the Human King Realm was directly beaten into a cripple.

  At a martial arts gathering, as long as one side admits defeat in time, the other side is not allowed to continue fighting.

  As long as you don't harbor greedy thoughts, and are willing to admit defeat when the situation turns bad, you definitely won't lose your life.

  Those heavily injured and killed warriors were all because they thought they could still fight, under the disadvantage of wanting to turn the tide, which ended in a miserable end.

  On top of Shi family's stone building.

  Shi Jian's mouth was slightly curved with a faint smile, looking down at the martial arts arena from high above. From time to time, he would glance at the Mo family's stone tower, and every time he saw Mo Dou's gloomy face, it was as if he had lost his son.

  For three days, several important figures of the Mohist school have mysteriously disappeared one after another.

  At this critical moment of the martial arts conference, Mo Duo was furious, knowing clearly who was secretly attacking him, yet he couldn't openly confront them.

  Mo Family's elite can only secretly search for Mu Xun and his party in Tianyun City, but unfortunately, they couldn't even find Mu Xun's shadow. Mu Xun didn't send anyone to negotiate with him either, so he didn't have the chance to negotiate.

  "Tomorrow is the martial arts conference of the Five Great Families, you've observed so many battles in these four days, what have you gained?" Shi Jian asked casually, glancing at Shi Yan beside him.

  "What gains?" Shi Yan's expression was indifferent, and he nodded, saying: "There will definitely be gains, but it's just observing from the sidelines, so the gains won't be too many. I still prefer to take the lead myself on the battlefield, fighting with real swords and guns for life and death. Only the insights gained between life and death are the most precious wealth."

  Shi Jian was taken aback, staring at him in a daze for half a moment before asking incredulously: "You little scamp has entered the Innate Realm in such a short time, your combat experience should be severely lacking, right? Why do I feel like you've already been through a hundred battles? The understanding gained from life and death is indeed precious, but if you get yourself killed, then all that understanding will be for nothing."

  The stone rock smiled and didn't explain.

  "Huh?"

  Shi Jian suddenly let out a soft cry, his expression somewhat strange, and gazed far away at the Shi family's stone building.

  Two hundred meters away, on the stone building of Mo's family.

  Someone whispered a sentence in Mo Duo's ear, and his face immediately turned extremely ugly. He actually walked down from the stone building of the Mo family and headed straight for the Shi family.

  Bei Ming's stone tower, Bei Ming Shang also received the news not long after, hesitated for a moment, and then descended from the stone tower, walking towards the direction of Shi family's stone tower.

  In the martial arts arena, many warriors were still engaged in fierce battles, while the surrounding spectators watched as Bei Mingxiao and Mo Duan walked towards the Shi family's stone tower. They all looked puzzled, unsure of what the two were doing at this hour.

  Before long, Mo Duo, who looked extremely ugly, arrived at Shi's stone building first.

  As soon as he stepped onto the stone building, Mo Duo directly asked loudly: "Shi Jian! Where is Mu Xun after all?"

  Shi Jian's face sank, and he let out a cold hum: "How would I know where Mu Xun is? Mo Tuo, you've asked the wrong person?"

  "Stop pretending to be a hero!"

  Mo Duan's expression was venomous, "Mu Xun is an outsider, if it weren't for the Shi family secretly providing convenience, how could my Mo family not find him? Mu Xun must be hiding in one of your Shi family's estates, you'd better hand over his hiding place to me!"

  "Mo Tuo, this is a matter of the Shi family, it's not for you to interfere!" Shi Jian hummed, without being polite at all.

  "My son, Chao Ge, suddenly disappeared last night and has not returned until today. It must be Mu Xun's doing! If it were anyone else, I might let it go, but Mu Xun dares to lay a hand on Chao Ge? I will make him pay!" Mo Dou roared in anger.

  As soon as this was said, the people on Shi's stone building all had strange expressions, and they finally knew why Mo Duo was so furious.

  Mo Chao was the most formidable figure of the second generation of Mohism, not only was his cultivation extraordinary, but also his brain was extremely agile. Many sinister plots and schemes concocted by the Mohist school came from this person's hands.

  Shi Jia, many people have also suffered losses at his hands.

  Mo Chao was arguably the most capable person of the second generation of Mohism. Now, such a key figure has also disappeared, and Mo Tuo can no longer sit still, and finally came to make things difficult.

  Mu Xun is indeed ruthless! Shi Yan's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Mu Xun would definitely not let this go easily.

  "I don't know where Mu Xun is, you can think for yourself and find him, I don't welcome you here." Shi Jian said coldly, secretly pleased but not loosening his mouth.

  "Master of Beiming!" Shi Tie softly called out.

  At this moment, Bei Ming Shang slowly walked up to the Shi family's stone building, furrowed his brow and came to Shi Jian and Mo Tuo's side, glanced at the two of them and said calmly: "The Martial Arts Assembly is a joint event held by our five major families. Before it ends, I hope everyone remains calm and doesn't cause trouble during the assembly, lest we become a laughing stock for the business alliance."

  "My Morning Song is gone!" Mo Tuo shouted in a low voice.

  Bei Ming was taken aback, and after a moment's pause, he said to Shi Jian: "Master Shi, Mu Xun is an outsider after all. Although we should treat him well as our guest, there should be a limit to it. The way he took away Mo Chao Ge was indeed a bit too much. Master Shi, you should restrain yourself in this matter and not go overboard."

  Shi Yan's mouth was curled up with a cold smile, his eyes icy as he stared at Bei Ming Xiang. He knew this was because the Mo family and Bei Ming Xiang had secretly made an agreement, sharing the common goal of exploring the secrets of "Tian Men", which was why they were helping the Mo family in their words.

  Northern Ming was injured and came out to mediate, but in reality he was secretly supporting Mozi.

  "It's still the same, I just don't know where Mu Xun is!" Shi Jian was indeed tough enough, with a calm face, still denying everything.

  Bei Ming hurt his brow and quietly furrowed it, nodded, and didn't say much more. He said lightly: "In short, I hope you two can get along during the Martial Arts Conference, don't lose face for our Merchant Alliance. You two, take care of yourselves!"

  "Shi Jian, tonight, if you don't send someone to inform me of Mu Xun's whereabouts, tomorrow at the martial arts gathering, don't blame me for being impolite! Hmph!" As he finished speaking, Mo Tuo's sinister eyes swept across Shi Tianke, Shi Tianyan and other three generations of outstanding members of the Shi family, as if warning them to beware for the lives of their descendants.

  "Mo Tuo, are you threatening me?" Shi Jian's face changed, and he sneered: "At tomorrow's martial arts competition, if you dare to cause trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

  "Think whatever you want! Tonight I couldn't find Mu Xun, tomorrow just wait and see." Mo Duo took a deep breath and stopped talking, turning around to head downstairs.

  "Master Shi, you should consider the overall situation." Bei Ming Shuang said faintly, shaking his head, and followed Mo Duo downstairs.

  "Bang!"

  Shi Jian's fist slammed onto the stone pedestal of the Stone Tower, and the hard bluestone pedestal was directly blasted out of a huge fist hole by Shi Jian. Even the tens of meters high Stone Tower shook violently.

  Everyone in the Shi family, old and young, on all the stone buildings felt his anger clearly.

  "Too deceitful!" Shi Jian growled, unsure if he was referring to Mo Tuo or the Northern Ming wound.

  Because of this little episode, Shi Jian had a gloomy face all day long. At the end of the martial arts competition that day, when Shi Jian presented awards to the winning warriors, his expression was equally unpleasant.

  That night.

  Han Feng bowed his head in the secret room and said to Shi Jian, "Master, Mo Tuo and Bei Ming are putting pressure on us together. What should we do?"

  "Don't mind them." Shi Jian continued with an unperturbed face.

  "Master, it's okay if Mo Duo is defeated, but Bei Ming is injured..." Han Feng wanted to speak but stopped.

  "Chi Xiao is in the city, Bei Ming Xiong dares to come and make trouble. I'll put on a thick face and ask Chi Xiao to show up, I don't believe Bei Ming Xiong would be willing to take action against our Shi family for the sake of this trivial matter of the Mo family." Shi Jian hummed.

  "I understand."

  ……