Chapter 349

"Leader Zhu, good means!"

Lu Yang seemed to have finally come to his senses. He squeezed this sentence out from between his teeth, clearly realizing that he had been designed by Zhu Tong, carrying deep regret and anger.

"Leader Lu's words, I don't understand. Only your five people from Dongling are missing. Please, Leader Lu, don't delay Dean Zhu's time!"

Zhu Tong was feeling refreshed at this moment, along with his side's Zhu Da, Zhu Mai, and a group of Cold-Resistant level from Zhu Ridge. Looking at the group of people from Dongling, they were almost writing the word "pride" on their faces.

Lu Yang's expression struggled for a moment. Finally, he looked up at Zhu Yang, who had already taken his seat above, cupped his hands, and asked in a deep voice: "Sorry to trouble Dean Zhu for coming all the way from Beishuo just to witness this competition. Since it concerns Dean Huang taking an apprentice, I dare to ask, is Dean Zhu's move a personal act, or does it represent the meaning of the Inspectorate?"

Zhu Yang looked at least ninety years old, and his whole body was filled with a sense of twilight. But even so, no one dared to underestimate his strength, especially the silver "Inspector" characters embroidered on the left chest of his white clothes, which made everyone present lower their eyes a bit.

The "Inspector" characters on He Wuyang's chest were black.

Having been in Beining Mountain for four years, Lu Yang also generally knew Beishuo's operating mechanism.

The Inspectorate is the organization that governs all outposts within Beishuo Town's jurisdiction. It is divided into three levels: Dean, Dean, and Inspector. There are at least a hundred black-labeled inspectors like He Wuyang; and there are only seven silver-labeled deans like Zhu Yang; as for the deans further up, there are only three, one main and two deputies. Dean Huang Tianxing, who is taking an apprentice this time, is one of the deputy deans.

The Beishuo Inspectorate roughly divided the entire territory into seven blocks, with seven deans in charge of one block each. The area belonging to Beining Mountain is under the jurisdiction of another dean named Gu Tianxiong, not the Zhu Yang in front of him. That is why he asked whether Zhu Yang came this time as a personal act or represented the meaning of the Inspectorate.

While Lu Yang was asking, his eyes inadvertently swept toward He Wuyang below Zhu Yang, revealing a trace of questioning.

Gu Tianxiong is He Wuyang's superior and also the object Lu Yang desperately tries to please. For the past three years, he has suppressed the Zhu Ridge families to the extreme. The reason he was not punished by Beishuo was because of Gu Tianxiong's protection.

The questioning in his eyes was asking He Wuyang why it wasn't Gu Tianxiong who came, but Zhu Yang.

It sounds long, but the thoughts in Lu Yang's mind were actually just for a moment.

Hearing Lu Yang's question, Zhu Yang immediately showed a trace of impatience in his eyes, clearly not intending to answer properly. Just as he was about to speak, He Wuyang, who was behind him, spoke first.

"Five days ago, Dean Gu had already been transferred to the Bai Mu jurisdiction. Now the entire Jingxi jurisdiction is under the management of Dean Zhu."

Beishuo's seven major jurisdictions are Zhongyang, Dongchuan, Bai Mu, Kuling, Heguy, Linya, and Jingxi. The eight families of Beining Mountain belong to the Jingxi jurisdiction.

Gu Tianxiong was transferred away, and the entire Jingxi jurisdiction is now under Zhu Yang's management.

Hearing He Wuyang's words, Lu Yang did not show much surprise on his face, but suddenly smiled and continued to look at Zhu Yang, clearly still waiting for his answer.

Zhu Yang clearly did not expect that Lu Yang would be so uninteresting. He Wuyang had already explained it to him, and he was still waiting for his answer. Thinking of this, the impatience on his face became even stronger. He waved his hand and said angrily: "The old man is here to inspect Jingxi on behalf of Beishuo. Every word and action naturally represents the Inspectorate. Lu Yang, don't waste time, start quickly."

"Good!"

As soon as Lu Yang said the word "good," his expression suddenly changed.

"Dean Zhu comes from Beishuo. I think he must be a man of his word and will not disgrace Beishuo's reputation. With these words from you, I am relieved."

"Since that's the case, let the five talents of Dongling come up!"

Zhu Tong had already seen the change in Lu Yang's expression, but he still thought in his heart that Lu Yang was bluffing and being stubborn. So he couldn't wait to let the five people from Dongling go on stage, preparing to draw lots.

But he didn't expect that Lu Yang's next response made him freeze instantly.

"No need to draw lots. Let the three ring masters of the first round be from Dongling!"

It was already night. Around the ring, there were not only the leaders and participants of the eight families, but many people in the Zhu Ridge outpost had also run over to watch.

Lu Yang's words made the originally lively venue instantly silent.

Hong Fan, Zijing, and a group of other leaders all looked at Lu Yang as if they were looking at a fool.

Since it is an attack and defense of the ring, a wheel war is unavoidable. The person who goes on stage to be the ring master first will inevitably be at a disadvantage unless they can win many rounds in a row.

And Lu Yang actually said that the three ring masters of the first round should all be from Dongling.

Is this person already crazy?

This question popped up in everyone's mind. Next, someone crazier than Lu Yang appeared. Three of the five people wearing black robes brought by Lu Yang tonight walked out directly and went up to the three rings respectively.

"Luo Cheng of Dongling, please give me your advice!"

"Xiao Yan of Dongling, welcome everyone to attack the ring!"

The five people Lu Yang brought tonight had always been covered in black robes and had never shown their faces from beginning to end. So, hearing them speak on the ring at this moment, everyone heard their voices for the first time.

Luo Cheng, who was holding a long spear on the first ring, had a very cold voice, clearly a teenager who didn't smile much on weekdays; Xiao Yan on the second ring had a long saber hanging from his waist. Although his voice was flat, the thick confidence contained in his words could be heard by anyone immediately.

"Zhao Liu Yuan Shan of Dongling, please give me your advice!"

As a soft female voice sounded on the third ring, everyone's expressions were instantly stunned.

Dongling actually sent a woman?

"Hahahahaha, Dongling is really out of people, even such a young little girl has been sent to compete, hahahaha..."

Zhu Da finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. He had long been unaccustomed to Lu Yang's bluffing posture, so his voice was full of mockery at this moment.

The people watching around were all from the Zhu Ridge outpost. Naturally, they followed suit and laughed. The two leaders, Nie Ying and Bai Bo, were also full of smiles on their faces. Yang Quan and Wan Tianhe, on the other hand, had even more regret on their faces.

Even Zijing and Hong Fan couldn't help but shake their heads, looking speechless.

It's not that they look down on women. Hong Fan's eldest daughter, Hong Yuru, has very good talent. The problem is that the harsh and cruel environment of the Ice Abyss determines that the main force of most outposts must be men, and female geniuses don't emerge that easily.

"This lord laughs so happily. I think there must be talents in your family. Why don't you call him up and let this girl see how much ability the men of Zhu Ridge have?"

Zhu Da, who was laughing loudly, froze, turned to look at Zhao Liu Yuan Shan on the third ring, and a look of anger appeared on his face.

The crowd below instantly quieted down.

A little girl has self-esteem, which is of course understandable. But publicly retorting to a Cold-Resistant level in front of so many people, and it was Zhu Da, who had a high status in the Zhu Ridge outpost, was a bit inappropriate.

The crowd watching Zhu Ridge also saw Zhu Da's anger.

A few young people in their twenties rolled their eyes, immediately hissed at the third ring, and started making lewd jokes with evil smiles:

"How much ability the men of Zhu Ridge have, we'll only know at night!"

"Little girl, take off the black hood first, so we can see what you look like. If you're too ugly, we really won't have any ability."

"Hehehe, that's right, the voice is nice, but what about the looks..."

Whoosh...

No one expected that Zhao Hu, who was originally sitting behind Lu Yang, would suddenly spring up before the last person finished his lewd joke. He drew his horizontal saber and accurately found the three people who had just spoken in the crowd.

Swish... Swish... Swish...

In the blink of an eye, before the others could react, Zhao Hu had already used his saber to cut off one arm of each of the three.

"Ah!"

Three pillars of blood spurted out. The three people who let out miserable howls instantly scared the surrounding people to scatter and flee, screaming endlessly.

At this time, Zhu Tong, Zhu Da, and the others above finally reacted.

"Zhao Hu, you dare to hurt people!"

"Zhao Hu, you have such a big dog's courage."

"In front of Dean Zhu, you dare to be so arrogant, presumptuous!"

Zhu Yang also stood up, staring at Zhao Hu, his expression extremely unkind.

"Today, my Dongling was invited by you to compete here. If you dare to speak recklessly to my niece again, next time it won't just be a broken hand."

Zhao Hu didn't seem to see that Zhu Yang had already stood up. He put his horizontal saber back into the scabbard, said these words to the crowd watching in a lighthearted manner, and then retreated behind Lu Yang.

"Zhao Hu's niece?"

"That girl... the little girl calls herself Zhao Liu Yuan Shan, and she does have the same surname as Zhao Hu."

"So it's a niece. No wonder. Making lewd jokes in front of an elder, aren't you looking for death?"

"Full of filthy language, it should be severely punished."

The crowd below heard this and finally reacted.

Zijing and Hong Fan helped out, making Zhu Tong, Zhu Da, and Zhu Yang, who wanted to attack, freeze slightly.

"Hmph, don't waste time, start quickly!"

Zhu Yang lowered his head and thought for a moment, snorted coldly, sat back in his seat, and signaled Zhu Tong to start the competition quickly.

Zhu Tong seemed to have figured something out. With a vicious look, he turned to signal to the five young people behind Zhu Da.

After receiving the signal, the five looked at each other. Then, a sturdy teenager holding a big saber nodded and rushed directly onto the third ring.

"Liu Yan of Zhu Ridge, fists and feet have no eyes. Since Miss Zhao is on stage..."

"No interest in listening to your nonsense, start directly!"

Zhao Liu Yuan Shan was in a terrible mood at this moment. She interrupted Liu Yan directly, drew her long sword, and rushed up.

Liu Yan, who was interrupted, showed a look of anger on his face. He held his long saber horizontally, clearly intending to block first.

However, the moment Zhao Liu Yuan Shan's sword tip touched the blade, his expression changed instantly.

Swish...

Liu Yan's body retreated a full five or six meters. In a panic, he turned his body, wanting to slash out with the blade to force Zhao Liu Yuan Shan back. But his body turned, and before the big saber could be retracted, it was picked away by Zhao Liu Yuan Shan with her long sword.

Bang...

Zhao Liu Yuan Shan was already holding a breath of evil in her heart. After picking away the big saber in Liu Yan's hand, she raised her foot and exerted force, kicking him fiercely in the waist.

With this kick, Liu Yan's body instantly flew backward for more than ten meters. Not only was he kicked off the ring, but he also spat out a large mouthful of blood with a puff, and couldn't stand up from the ground for a long time.

Just one move, and he was defeated in one move?

Thump...

The three brothers Zhu Tong, Zhu Da, and Zhu Mai on the viewing platform, as well as a group of Cold-Resistant level from Zhu Ridge, all stood up instantly, looking at Zhao Liu Yuan Shan on the third ring, full of shock and horror.

"Basic strength, 27,000 jin?"

"How is it possible, where did this little girl pop out from?"

"This could catch up with many young people in Beishuo City, right?"

"Second Uncle, catch!"

Zhao Liu Yuan Shan no longer concealed it at this moment. She walked to the edge of the ring, took off the black robe on her body, threw it to her second uncle Zhao Hu, then gave Liu Yan on the ground a look of contempt, and turned to look at Zhu Da above, saying crisply: "It seems that the men of your Zhu Ridge are not that great either?"

"So beautiful."

"The skin is too white, right?"

Not to mention anything else, after Zhao Liu Yuan Shan took off the black robe, the beautiful face instantly caused exclamations from many young people.

Although she was wearing only an ordinary cyan cotton coat, she was young, and one could tell at a glance that she rarely went out to cut wood or hunt. That fair skin was indeed a dimensionality reduction strike compared to the women in Beining Mountain.

"Zhao's niece?"

"Such strong strength, 27,000 jin of basic strength, almost the same as Zhu Baixu. Zhao actually has such an excellent niece?"

Unlike Zhu Tong and the others, Hong Fan and Zijing looked at Zhao Liu Yuan Shan on the stage with joy.

"The attack battle cannot stop once it starts. If no one goes on stage for 30 breaths, the ring master will automatically accumulate one point. Leader Zhu, don't delay time!"

At this moment, the situation turned sharply, and the aggressive one instantly changed from Zhu Tong to Lu Yang. He even took the initiative to remind Zhu Tong of the rules of the competition.

Zhu Tong's face was flushed at this moment. He set these rules, so how could he not know? Lu Yang's initiative to remind him was clearly to humiliate him, and he naturally understood.

His mind was in chaos. He turned to look at the two people on the first and second rings who had not yet taken off their black robes, thought about it quickly in his mind, and directly gave a look to the five young people behind Zhu Da below.

The two were also full of horror in their eyes at this moment, but after receiving Zhu Tong's look, they still quickly signaled their five people to start attacking the ring.

"Zhang Kongwu of Bai Yuan, challenge ring 1."

"Wang Fan of Longhe, challenge ring 2."

"Bai Wuji of Bai Yuan, challenge ring 3."

Soon, three young people went on stage.

"Bai Wuji, is that the youngest son of Leader Bai?"

"The foundation is also 27,000 jin. It is intended to let Zhao Liu Yuan Shan leave the ring first."

"The other two have weak strength, they are going to test rings 1 and 2."

From the discussion, it can be seen that the highlight of this round is the third ring. Bai Bo directly sent his own seed, his youngest son Bai Wuji, clearly intending to be the vanguard for Zhu Ridge.

Zhang Kongwu and Wang Fan's basic strength is only 22,000 jin. They are the weakest among the five players sent by each family, clearly used for testing.

Swish...

Not to mention the thoughts of the crowd, Bai Wuji on the third ring clearly learned Liu Yan's lesson. He didn't talk nonsense when he went on stage, drew his saber directly, and went up, not giving Zhao Liu Yuan Shan a chance to react.

Whoosh...

However, facing his sudden attack, Zhao Liu Yuan Shan did not show any panic. Her long sword, combined with her elegant posture, repeatedly made Bai Wuji unable to exert his full strength, and she even found many opportunities to stab him.

From the solemn expression at the beginning, Bai Wuji had become panicked and even terrified after several blood holes gradually appeared on his body.

Zhao Liu Yuan Shan took a step back. Her eyes narrowed, and the originally light long sword in her hand suddenly changed direction, actually stabbing out three sword lights in an instant.

The key is that the three sword lights were aimed at three completely different positions: Bai Wuji's left waist, chest, and forehead.

Clang...

In a panic, Bai Wuji could only raise his saber to protect his forehead.

Swish... Swish...

Two sword lights pierced straight through his left waist and chest. Zhao Liu Yuan Shan's long sword was placed directly on his neck. Then, before he could speak, she kicked him in the chest.

Bang!

Just like Liu Yan of Zhu Ridge just now, Bai Wuji was kicked off the stage directly.

Bai Bo rushed up and caught his son. After applying medicine powder to his son's chest and left waist, he glared at Zhao Liu Yuan Shan on the ring, but didn't dare to say a word, and finally had to bite his teeth and carry his son back.

"Lingmiao Sword Technique, it was only put into the Martial Arts Pavilion by the Lady last year. It is rumored that if you practice it to the pinnacle, you can stab thirteen swords from different angles in an instant. I have currently practiced it to the introductory level and can only stab three swords, but combined with the Xiaocheng-level Long Fist Tai Zhan style, these three swords can each gain a 10% increase in strength. Compared with my cousins, it is naturally not worth mentioning, but here..."

Zhao Liu Yuan Shan ignored Bai Bo's gaze, swept across the participants below, and finally kept her eyes on the four people left in Zhu Ridge, without concealing the contempt and disdain on her face.

Bang... Bang...

The shock brought by Zhao Liu Yuan Shan hadn't ended yet, and Zhang Kongwu and Wang Fan on the other two rings had already been kicked down.

"More powerful than that little girl?"

"Luo Cheng on ring 1 has a basic strength of 29,000 jin!"

"Xiao Yan on ring 2 seems to be reaching the limit of 30,000 jin."

"Luo Cheng's strength seems even more terrifying. He didn't even use a long spear, and beat Zhang Qingkong off the ring with his fists and feet."

"These three people are not bad even compared to their peers in Beishuo City!"

"Where did Dongling pop out so many geniuses?"

Zhu Tong's whole face was flushed with anger at this moment. Not only him, but Zhu Da, Zhu Mai, and others beside him also had extremely difficult expressions.

Compared with Lu Yang's posture of sitting firmly on the fishing platform below, they were not just difficult, their faces even carried some panic.

"Liu Xin of Bai Yuan, challenge ring 3."

"Nie Shen of Longhe, challenge ring 2."

"Li Shaoqing of Yanggu, challenge ring 1."

Once the competition starts, it cannot stop. If no one goes on stage for 30 breaths, the ring master will automatically accumulate 1 point. So even if Zhu Tong had realized many things at this moment, no matter how panicked he was, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

Li Shaoqing of Yanggu?

Hearing that Yanggu sent someone first, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, turned to look at Yanggu leader Yang Quan, and a cold look appeared in his eyes instantly.