Chapter Thirteen - The Match Begins

  "Hello Mayor!"

  Everyone around the martial arts arena bowed their heads in unison and paid homage with a very respectful expression.

  After all, the people on stage are close to innate martial artists.

  The town mayor suddenly raised his hand, and a gentle power spread out, the oppressive atmosphere instantly dissipated. The aura was like an abyss, majestic to the extreme, with piercing eyes like flames, no one dared to look him in the eye.

  He glanced over the four major family disciples and nodded slightly.

  And the disciples below also let out a sigh of relief in an instant, feeling that the oppressive atmosphere on their bodies had dissipated instantly.

  "The four-house year-end grand competition is about to begin. I hope all of you disciples will take this martial contest seriously, go all out, and bring out your strongest state, to expand the prestige of our Qian Xing Town. Don't be timid or hesitant, don't lose your footing, and don't disappoint the elders and masters of your respective families."

  Mo Yuan said in a loud and clear voice that everyone could hear, apparently also using his true yuan.

  Next, another elder of the Wang family read out some rules and rewards for the big comparison, and the four families' year-end big comparison officially began.

  The seeds selected by each family, under the gaze of many disciples' envy and jealousy, slowly walked out from the crowd, came to the bottom of the first arena, drew their own numbers, used for the martial arts competition grouping.

  And Lin Yuan was also among these nearly one hundred people competing in the martial arts competition.

  Lin Yuan had once used his True Essence to probe the cultivation of Lin Family Village's disciples, and the strongest one was only at the Fifth Heaven Realm, seemingly having just broken through, and it was clear that their cultivation was still unstable.

  Moreover, Lin Yuan happened to know him, and it was Lin Yong, who had bullied Lin Yuan not long ago. Unexpectedly, he had already broken through to the Late Heaven Fifth Layer realm.

  It was just Lin Yong playing around, but he didn't think that standing next to him, the Lin Yuan who had bullied him before, had already become a martial artist of the acquired eighth realm, and was far beyond his reach.

  Lin Yuan was just surprised why Lin Yong would do this and didn't come looking for trouble again.

  As soon as Lin Yuan had this idea, he thought of Lin Yong's father's conspiracy and shook his head. He was probably the reason why he hadn't come to bully him for a while.

  As for some other family disciples, Lin Yuan had no contact with them either. Probably, they wouldn't be much stronger than the Lin Family Village anyway, since all four families were roughly equal in strength.

  ……

  "Huh?"

  The center of the martial arts arena

  "What? Did Mayor Mo discover something wrong?" The master of the Wang family, who had been silent all along, said with a smile.

  Mo Yuan slightly shook his head and said, "Just now, I suddenly had a very strange feeling. The people below seemed to have burst out with an astonishing momentum, at least reaching the Late Heavenly Eight Realm. However, when I carefully sensed it, I didn't discover anything. Could it be that I had an illusion?"

  "Is there such a thing?" Lin Jiazhong Lin Feng exclaimed in surprise.

  "Perhaps Mo Zhenlong was mistaken." Another family head said, "These four young masters are all led by the patriarchs of their respective families. The highest realm should be the Sixth Order of Post-Heaven, that kid from the Wang family, what's strange about that?"

  Mo Yuan waved his hand, indicating that it was unnecessary to dwell on this issue.

  ……

  Lin Yuan received number seventy-one. This means that Lin Yuan will be the seventh in the arena, and unexpectedly it's the first match, which can't help but make Lin Yuan feel helpless.

  He handed over his representative emblem to another junior fellow apprentice and temporarily returned to the Lin family's apprentice sequence, waiting for the final outcome of the battle.

  Just now, when passing by the stage, I suddenly felt a very strong aura passing over my body, almost making Lin Yuan resist on the spot. However, Lin Yuan quickly reacted and did not collide with this aura. It seems that his own momentum earlier had triggered Mo Zhenchang's awareness on the stage.

  Fortunately, Lin Yuan felt that aura leave his body in an instant.

  Lin Yuan's heart was preoccupied with thoughts.

  I didn't expect that Mo Zhen's strength was so formidable. According to Lin Yuan's understanding, this was at least a half-step Innate, a strong being with a spiritual consciousness.

  Although Lin Yuan is not a congenital strongman, he also knows from books that the congenital boundary strongmen will produce spiritual consciousness in their bodies, which is not available to the acquired martial artists. This is also one of the differences between the acquired and the congenital.

  Soon, one after another, the warriors who had drawn their numbers returned.

  Wang Yun, Zhang Tian, Dugu Jian and others, these are the elders of Linjiazhuang who have been warned to be careful about their opponents. These few people are also the most powerful ones in each family. Of course, Lin Yuan has also seen their portraits in his own family.

  Lin Yuan looked up and saw several people standing quietly in the crowd, eyes closed.

  By his side, the strongest disciple of the Lin family, Lin Yong, was already showing an impatient look, eager for the martial arts competition to arrive as soon as possible.

  Lin Yuan sneered inwardly, and in the brief moment just now, Lin Yuan had also investigated clearly the strength of the younger generation of sons from the three families opposite him. Except for Zhang Tian of the Zhang family who reached the peak of the Late Heaven Fifth Realm, the strongest among the other two families were at the Late Heaven Sixth Realm.

  Lin Yuan was able to easily investigate because, on the one hand, the cultivation of those few people opposite him was not as high as Lin Yuan's. On the other hand, it was also because they had just broken through and their realm had not yet stabilized.

  …………

  Half a stick of incense later, another melodious and sonorous bell sound rang out in the martial arts arena.

  The exciting four-house competition has officially begun.

  Soon, on the announcement stone monument in the center of the martial arts arena, the list of matches for each round was posted. Singles and doubles competed against each other, with the final match determining the top ten strongest people, followed by further competition to determine the top four, and finally the championship match.

  Looking at the list above, Lin Yuan did not expect that he would actually be fighting against a warrior from the Wang family.

  "Hehe, didn't expect to meet the Wang family so soon." Lin Yuan thought to himself.

  The strongest Wang Yun of the Wang family faced off against a disciple from the Dugu family.

  The disciples of several other families also got their own opponents.

  Lin Yuan's opponent, Lin Yuan didn't mind.

  At this time, the disciples of the four families no longer need to continue lining up and waiting. They have gained the right to free activities and can freely choose the venue to watch the battle and support their favorite martial artists.

  ……

  Number Seven Boxing Ring.

  Lin Yuan stepped up the stairs of the arena, one step at a time. His opponent was already impatiently waiting in the middle of the arena. "Haha, I'm so lucky! I actually got to face the weakest opponent from the Lin family, and it's just a waste that can barely cultivate!" The yellow-robed Wang family disciple burst out laughing when he saw Lin Yuan.

  "Come on, come on! Don't waste time! I've still got to prepare for the second round after beating you! The championship belongs to our Wang family!"

  Lin Yuan didn't even notice the person in front of him, he just couldn't believe that something he could cultivate had spread to others in different families so quickly.

  As for how they knew him, Lin Yuan didn't bother to investigate, after all, in Linjiazhuang, who didn't know that he was a waste.

  Formerly a genius and also known as the hope of the Lin family, but due to unknown reasons, Lin Yuan's meridians were damaged and his dantian was crippled. Unable to cultivate.