Chapter 236 Win without fighting?
Among the nine major Taoist temples in Xianxian Garden, Cangwu Taoist Temple receives the least attention.
Therefore, only a few people saw the people who left there today, all of whom looked distraught. Even fewer people saw the two people who came out of here, after hesitating for a long time, walked towards Taiping Garden with complicated expressions on their faces.
The affairs of the Tiandao Association have always been in the charge of the Sixianjian, and they live in Taiping Garden, so many competition affairs are also handled here.
Soon, as the two young men left, news began to leak out.
After the end of each day, there would always be some exchanges at the Tiandao Society about who won, who lost, who displayed unexpected means, and who did not live up to their reputation. Such scenes were not uncommon in the Sages Garden.
In fact, when some immortal sects and aristocratic families collect information about their opponents everywhere, one part of the information also comes from this.
However, the most talked-about news today seems particularly different and surprising.
After hearing this news on their way back from the dojo, many people looked puzzled and couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly.
"Lou Wanpeng withdrew from the competition? Why?"
"I just heard this news, but I don't know the specific reason."
"There is such a thing...where did you hear it from?"
"I just learned this from someone who lives in the same garden as the Lou family on the road."
The opponent that Lou Wanpeng defeated in his first battle was a young man from the Zeng family in Lingzhou, named Zeng Hui. Precisely because of the previous battle, the Zeng family was still very concerned about Lou Wanpeng.
People say that there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts, and a winner is a winner. So despite the defeat, the Zeng family was actually convinced of Lou Wanpeng's victory.
This cannot be cheated. In a real fight between swords, being a little stronger is actually still stronger.
But what they never expected was that just one day later, they heard the news that Lou Wanpeng had withdrawn from the competition.
The head of the Zeng family shook his head at this time, and after careful analysis, he felt that it was impossible.
The holy land of sages is the dream place of every cultivator. It is even worth suppressing one's realm for a year to pursue. Even if one knows that the chance of winning is not high, no one will give up easily.
It is not surprising that rumors spread in places where there are many people.
In fact, many people's first thought when they heard the news was the same as his, thinking it made no sense.
However, in the early morning of the next day, when the sky was filled with morning glow, everyone saw an official from the Sixianjian coming to the south side of the island in the middle of the lake.
There was a tall bulletin board with a blank notice on it and a few names already written in the top boxes.
This is the rule of Tiandaohui. Whenever a group match is over and a winner is born, they will add a few names to the notice list.
This list is actually quite detailed. It not only includes the groups and the winners of each group, but also the order of battles between the groups and the names of the opponents.
At this time, the official of the Sixianjian held a cinnabar pen in his hand, wrote the word "Ji You" on the notice list in front of him, and filled in several spaces behind it.
After completing the form, the official from the Immortal Supervisor put away his pen and then floated away. Following him, countless immortal cultivators in the courtyard swarmed over and kept looking at it.
The battle order behind some names is not full, but there is a blank space in the middle, which means that it is a bye game, with no opponent and win without fighting.
But the battle list behind the newly written name is particularly different.
There is also a blank space behind this name, but the difference is that the middle space is not blank, which means that he did not have a bye, but he had no opponent in the last match of the group stage.
"Win without a fight because the opponent withdrew?"
"The news came last night. It was said that it was a descendant of the Lou family in Liangzhou. I thought it was fake at first, but I didn't expect it to be confirmed today."
"Could it be that the Lou family sent a disciple to make up the numbers? How could they be so willful in such an important event? You have to know that there are countless people in this world who can't even find a chance because of their cultivation or background."
"I don't know why either. I just know that he went to watch the match between his group members before he withdrew from the competition, and gave up after he came back."
There was a lot of discussion in front of the bulletin board, with many people expressing their own opinions.
At this moment, someone looked at the newly written name again: "Is this... the rural private cultivator from the Heavenly Academy?"
"Brother Liu has been in seclusion for many years, seeking the supreme path with an enlightened mind, and yet he knows about Ji You?"
"After I came out of retreat, I heard some things about him. I know that he has become quite famous in the past two years. Although some of the things have not been verified, they sound scary. But since Lou Wanpeng has already come to the Tiandao Association, why did he withdraw from the competition? After all, it is a competition between people of the same realm, so he should give it a try. That is the holy land of the ancient sages."
"I don't think that Lou Wanpeng's approach is wrong. This year's fight was much more violent than previous ones, and there were several casualties. Even if he could beat Ji You, I don't think he would get far."
"This... is actually true."
"Hey, look at that fat guy over there."
"What's so good about fat people?"
"That fat guy's breasts are really big. I wonder what kind of weird martial arts he practiced."
All the people participating in the Tiandao Society lived in the same garden, so some news would naturally spread quickly. Especially since the island in the middle of the lake was the only way to the nine major arenas and there were many people, so naturally people would be able to see it at a glance.
At this time, Princess Changle Zhao Yunyue was also standing in front of the bulletin board, staring at the battle situation of Ji You's group for a long time, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.
She didn't have time to watch Ji You's first two matches, but she had already decided to watch the last match of the group stage.
It was only after I arrived at the Cangwu Dojo today that I heard about this incident, and I feel a little confused.
Not far from her, Qiu Hanyue was also looking at the notice with a confused look on her face.
In fact, she didn't pay much attention to the duel, and cared even less about Ji You.
In her opinion, she had only met this man who was admitted to Tianshu Academy as an exception. After agreeing with Ji You, her father had gone to find He Xiangzi once. After getting the promise of "letting the matter go", she finally breathed a sigh of relief, as she thought she would never have the chance to hear this name again.
But for some reason, she had heard this name from many people since this morning.
Not only were the elders in the family talking about it, but even her close friend Huang Rou had mentioned it several times, so she came to take a look.
Although she didn't know much about the people on the list, she knew that the place where the sages attained enlightenment was the dream place of all cultivators. It was said that one year of practice there could be equivalent to ten years of practice. She didn't understand why Lou Wanpeng was unwilling to even give it a try.
Also gathered in front of the bulletin board were He Lingxiu and others from Tianshu Academy.
Yesterday evening, they returned from the dojo and heard the news from Gu Zetao, saying that Ji You's last opponent had withdrawn before the game.
Like the head of the Zeng family, they also did not quite believe it. After all, for contestants like them, the temptation of the holy land of sages was self-evident.
But it was not until they saw the list that they were sure of this, but this was followed by even greater doubts.
Because they knew that in addition to Lou Wanpeng who suddenly withdrew from the competition, junior sister Yu Shiliu also went to watch the game, and her condition was not right after she came back.
Originally they didn't pay much attention to it, especially He Lingxiu. She thought someone had cut Ji You's clothes and revealed something bad, so Sister Yu was temporarily dazed because of fear.
But later, when they heard that Lou Wanpeng had withdrawn from the competition, they vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Because Lou Wanpeng couldn't just withdraw from the competition just because he saw something bad. That wouldn't make sense...
The Lou family was also puzzled.
There are eight fairy gardens in the Garden of Sages. Except for the Dan Sect, the other six of the seven fairy sects occupy three gardens in pairs.
The residents of the remaining five gardens are from noble families in Kyushu.
At this time, in the pavilion where the Lou family lived on the east-west side of Lianxing Garden, the head of the Lou family was sitting on a throne with a gloomy face. On the ground were broken pieces of teacups. In front of him sat the silent Lou Wanpeng, and several elders of the Lou family who were looking at each other in silence.
Lou Wanpeng withdrew from the competition without informing them, everything was decided privately.
The head of the Lou family knew the news even earlier than others.
Like those people who were puzzled, the head of the Lou family felt that since there was a chance to get close to the holy land of the sages, even if he was not sure of winning, how could he not even try.
After hearing this, Lou Wanpeng said nothing and just remained silent.
He is not afraid of losing, nor is he afraid of getting hurt.
The self-healing speed of practitioners is quite good. No matter how serious the injury is, as long as they are kept alive, they can still be saved.
He, Lou Wanpeng, has never been a timid and cowardly person, because a cowardly heart of Taoism could never support him in cultivating to the higher realm of Tongxuan.
But what cultivators talk about is having a clear mind and being free of distracting thoughts, so there are some things they cannot think about again, because they know that will plant demons in their minds.
Ji You only learned the news this morning.
Because he entered a state of meditation after returning last night, and trained his body until the second half of the night, and then fell into a deep sleep. When Wen Siyuan came knocking on the door in the morning, he had already washed up and was ready for the last battle of the day, only to find out that his opponent had withdrawn.
Ji You was indeed a little surprised by this news.
He actually didn't know Lou Wanpeng. After all, rural private practitioners didn't have that many connections.
Therefore, when he was fighting with Xiang Hui, even if he had seen Lou Wanpeng, he would not have known that he was his next opponent, nor did he know that Lou Wanpeng had ever looked at his sword.
But this is a good thing, because at least it saves some effort.
After all, Ji You didn't really like this kind of battle that didn't lead to developing customers, so the less battles the better.
Moreover, after the duels over the past few days, Ji You discovered that the sword he was using now was actually unable to withstand his own strength. After two rounds, his iron sword had been deformed. He didn't know how much silver it would cost to fight to the end.
Ji You saw Wen Siyuan off and then stretched.
Now that there is one less battle to fight, he has time to go out for a walk.
He walked out of the yard in the dim morning light and went to the county town of Zhongxing County. He visited the residence of Teacher Cao and his friends, had breakfast, and then went to Taiping Garden to visit Kuang Cheng.
As soon as she entered the yard, Ji You couldn't help but question him why he didn't go to watch her duel, and said that she would only forgive him because she was busy making Wei Rui pregnant during this period.
As a result, Kuang Cheng has been busy with the first round of group matches these days. He has to pass on messages every day and handle mundane affairs in the garden.
According to Ji You's words, Kuang Cheng was definitely being pua. How could he be the Chief of the Reception Office? He was simply the Chief of the Oxen and Horses Office.
However, the good thing is that the people from the Sixian Bureau and the Great Xia Dynasty all live in the same garden, and Wei Rui would come quietly to accompany him every day, making him feel both pain and happiness.
Although Kuang Cheng did not go to watch the game, he knew that Ji You's last opponent withdrew from the competition.
After all, this matter was handled by the Sixianjian, and he was present at the time.
At the beginning, Kuang Cheng was also a little surprised, because he had looked through the previous files of the Tiandao Society and had never seen anyone withdraw from the competition midway.
However, after knowing that Lou Wanpeng was going to compete with Ji You, Kuang Cheng was not surprised at all. He felt that this was natural and gave Lou Wanpeng an admiring look as if he were a smart man.
Scholar Kuang doesn’t know how to cultivate immortality, but in his heart, Brother Ji is the best in the world.
After chatting for a while, Ji You returned from Taiping Garden. When he passed the island in the middle of the lake, many eyes were staring at him, with scrutiny, suspicion and curiosity.
His and Lou Wanpeng's names were everywhere in the whispers.
Some people say that this is the private practice in the countryside.
Some people said that he was really lucky to meet the contestant who withdrew from the competition.
Some of them came from Shengjing. When they saw Ji You walking along the white marble road in fluttering white clothes, their eyes flickered.
What they paid attention to was not why Lou Wanpeng withdrew from the competition, but that Ji You seemed to be a congenitally famous holy body.
Whether in Tianshu Academy or Shengjing City, he always becomes the focus of everyone's attention. Unexpectedly, after arriving in the Garden of Sages, he would have this trend again.
Ji You returned to Rusheng Garden from Taiping Garden, walked to his own house, and after opening the door, he saw a red skirt scattered on the tea table.
As the sound of the door opened, the owner of the skirt couldn't help but raise her eyes. There was no sense of uninvitedness at all. She stared at him with her beautiful eyes and saw him walking towards her step by step.
The young master of Lingjian Mountain has rarely looked for him recently, probably to let him concentrate on participating in the competition.
However, this self-discipline only lasted two days before she reappeared.
Ji You actually suspected that Yan Shuyi had secretly gone to watch his game, because he saw Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu from the window last night and found that their eyes were more tearful than each other.
So if Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu both went to see it, he didn't believe that Yan Shuyi could bear it alone at home.
Ji You sat down and asked, "Master Jian has not appeared in the past two days. What has he been busy with?"
Yan Shuyi said with a cold and arrogant look on his face that he was practicing Taoism, wandering around, and meeting guests.
Ji You asked her again if she had gone to watch the game, and she immediately said no.
Then the two of them stared at each other. After a while, Yan Shuyi gently opened his mouth and ate the pumpkin seeds that the stranger had peeled and handed to him.
"What did the Master do?"
"Master Jian said that my son-in-law didn't use the sword art of Lingjian Mountain in the duel. I don't know if he looks down on me or what. Go over and teach him a lesson. If he looks down on me, just cripple him."
"I don't believe it."
"Me too……"
Zhuo Wanqiu echoed this, thinking that the master should have gone to find his son-in-law. After all, the fighting power displayed by the young master was beyond their expectations.
After all, the master of the appraisal has a sympathetic personality. The stronger the young master is, the more naturally the master will sympathize with him.
After all, no matter why a woman falls in love with a man in the first place, she always hopes that he is stronger, even stronger than herself.
As the group battles in the nine major arenas continued to begin and end, the names on the notice list began to increase.
Zhu Yao, Wei Bo, Zhuang Zixin, Yan Hao...
Countless familiar names have appeared on the list and entered the next round.
Every one of them is a genius with outstanding combat power and has never been defeated. Each of them has an extraordinary origin and a deep background.
This result is not unexpected.
In fact, the results of the battles with Tiandaohui in previous years were almost the same as they are now.
Some people say that the Way of Heaven has only truly begun at this point.
After all, among those people who had previously been admitted, there were some from aristocratic families who had obtained the quota, but they did not have enough foundation, so they had to force their way in.
But after this large-scale screening, everyone who comes on stage later is no ordinary person.
Direct descendant of an immortal sect, descendant of a powerful being, the only son of an aristocratic family... practicing privately in the countryside.
The eight people from Tianshuyuan did not lose a single one and all qualified for the second round. The only one who encountered some danger was Yu Shiliu.
She was still in poor form and was dragged into the last game by her opponent, but she still won the victory.
In fact, this is not surprising, because the Wendao Sect, Shanhai Pavilion, Lingjian Mountain, the Chen Family, and the Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion have all never been defeated. This is the foundation of the Immortal Sect.
As evening approached, the people who had gone to participate in the battle returned to Rusheng Garden one after another. He Lingxiu was the first one. When she entered the garden, she seemed to catch a glimpse of another figure flashing by in the small building opposite, but she was not sure if she was seeing things.
Before they could rest for too long, the people from the Sixianjian brought them the list of opponents for the second round.
Different from the first round, the cultivators who received the list could clearly feel that the opponents in this round were much stronger.
Wang Gaocen and Yu Shiliu both met disciples from Shanhai Pavilion and Wendao Sect respectively. Only Gu Zetao met a disciple from an aristocratic family. Although he seemed to be luckier, the thousand-year-old family represented by that surname still made him dare not underestimate it.
Everyone looked at the opponents on their list, and after thinking for a long time, their eyes began to move down, and at the same time moved to Ji You's name.
In the second round of Tiandaohui, Ji You's opponents were no longer children from aristocratic families.
This person came from Chen Shixian and his name was Chen Ruiyang.
(End of this chapter)
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