Chapter 78

The student grouping was completed.

A total of nine groups, with eight members in each group.

The martial arts arena of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo was large enough, and the students of the eight major martial halls occupied the surrounding area, leaving the middle for the competition.

At this moment.

A tall building not ten zhang away from the martial arts arena, the tallest building of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo: Wuchang Pavilion.

It was also the tallest building in the entire Poyang County.

On the sixth floor of Wuchang Pavilion, Jiang Qing and seven other martial hall students were on this floor at this moment, but they did not talk to each other, their gazes all falling on the martial arts arena.

All eight were the strongest students of this batch from their respective martial halls, and each had their own pride, so naturally, they wouldn't take the initiative to communicate or strike up a conversation with others.

And two floors above, two men were sitting, wearing light cyan official uniforms with nine auspicious cloud patterns embroidered on them.

Ninth-rank official uniform.

Only two people in the entire Poyang County were qualified to wear them: the Director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo and the County Magistrate of Poyang County.

"Su Qin really put his heart into this competition." He He Ruyun sipped some fragrant tea and said.

Su Su Lingchuan smiled slightly: "The Martial Way in Poyang County has been weak in recent years. As the Director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo, I can only try my best to improve the fighting spirit of the martial hall students."

"Only Su Qin could do this. If it were someone else, even if they had this heart, they wouldn't be able to do it."

Poyang County Magistrate He He Ruyun said this with deep feeling. If Su Su Lingchuan weren't the personal disciple of the Martial Administration Department's Minister, the Rao Prefecture Martial Administration Department might not necessarily have given the reward of more than ten Acupoint-Opening Pills.

It wasn't that the Martial Administration Department couldn't produce these Acupoint-Opening Pills, but the Acupoint-Opening Pills were just the beginning. The three-month competition was for Acupoint-Opening Pills, and the subsequent sixth month, ninth month, and the grand competition at the end of the year would only have higher rewards.

Synthesized in this way, this reward was very generous. If it were the previous two directors of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo, the Martial Administration Department would definitely not have supported it with such strength.

"Lin Lin Shixiong He, it's not just Poyang County; other counties are the same. The Martial Administration Department does not favor one over the other."

Su Su Lingchuan knew what this Lin Lin Shixiong He was thinking and explained.

"Other counties are also like this?"

He He Ruyun was thoughtful. As the County Magistrate, he knew the situation in other counties, but it was mostly about the government office and people's livelihood. He didn't care much about martial hall affairs, only paying a little attention during the county and prefectural examinations.

"What is the reason?"

Su Su Lingchuan shook his head and said nothing.

Seeing Su Su Lingchuan shake his head and remain silent, He He Ruyun rubbed his teacup with his fingers, having a guess in his heart. After a long while, he said: "Su Qin, for this competition, would it be appropriate for my county government to add a reward afterward?"

"Lin Lin Shixiong He supports the Martial Way of Poyang; how could I refuse? It is naturally appropriate. I thank you on behalf of the martial hall students, Lin Lin Shixiong." Su Su Lingchuan agreed.

"Junior brother is too polite. As the Poyang County Magistrate, the martial hall students are also the people of my Poyang."

He He Ruyun laughed. Some things didn't need to be said explicitly. His junior brother had already given the answer to his probing, and that was enough.

Thinking carefully, it was indeed time for that person to take this step.

Martial arts arena.

The battle of Group Jia was currently underway.

Students within the group went up to draw lots, fighting in pairs, with the loser eliminated and the winner continuing.

Lin Chen watched as Xiao Xiao Shimei Li was defeated in the second round by a student with six acupoints from Qixing Martial Hall, and he also showed regret.

Xiao Xiao Shimei Li was still a bit lacking in actual combat.

In this group, the final winner should be Zhang Qing of Tiexue Martial Hall. Although he had six acupoints opened, his Iron Collapse Fist was proficient, comparable to a student with seven acupoints, which allowed him to defeat his opponents in a few moves for two consecutive matches.

The ferocity of the Iron Collapse Fist was evident.

"Lin Lin Shidi, if you were to face this Zhang Qing, would you have a chance of winning?" Fu Fu Jingya asked curiously.

"It's hard to say."

Lin Chen shook his head: "This person's realm is not below mine, and I haven't fought with disciples of Tiexue Martial Hall."

"Iron Collapse Fist is fierce and unparalleled, but its flaw is that it hasn't reached the minor success stage, making it easy to lack follow-up strength. When encountering disciples of Tiexue Martial Hall, avoid their edge and counterattack when their momentum subsides."

Kong Kong Yinglei, who was on the side, heard the conversation between Lin Chen and Fu Fu Jingya and gave a soft hint.

This battle in Group A had no suspense, and there wasn't much discussion at the scene. After the list of Grade-A students was released, the victory of Zhang Qing of Tiexue Martial Hall was already within everyone's expectations.

"Zhang Qing wins. The Grade-A competition is over. Grade-B contestants, go on stage to draw lots."

As the referee of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo's voice fell, the atmosphere at the scene became heated. Group Yi would definitely be the most exciting group.

There were a total of twelve students with seven acupoints opened among the eight major martial halls. Among them, the seven-acupoint students from Zhenyue Martial Hall and Tiexue Martial Hall became seed selections and didn't need to participate in the first round of battles.

Mantis Martial Hall had no students with eight acupoints, only two students with seven acupoints, one of whom also obtained the status of seed student. That is to say, there were only nine students with seven acupoints left at the scene.

Group Yi suddenly had three students with seven acupoints, destined to be a fierce battle.

"Jiang Jiang Shijie Gu, come on!"

Lin Chen cheered for Gu Gu Qingqing, but seeing Gu Gu Qingqing's puzzled look, he realized that there was no word "come on" in this world.

"This junior brother wishes senior sister a successful start."

"I'll take your auspicious words, junior brother."

Gu Gu Qingqing smiled slightly. Since seeing the list of opponents in the group, she indeed had pressure in her heart, but now she had adjusted.

The drawing of lots for Group B soon had results. Seeing the results, Lin Chen and the others on the Jingshui Martial Hall side all had smiles on their faces.

Jiang Jiang Shijie Gu's luck was quite good. The first opponent she drew was a student with five acupoints opened from Qixing Martial Hall, but this was not the reason why Lin Chen and the others were happy for Jiang Jiang Shijie Gu.

The reason Lin Chen and the others were happy was that the seven-acupoint student from Clear Qing Qing Feng Wuguan and the seven-acupoint student from Mantis Martial Hall were drawn together in the first round.

Even Kong Kong Yinglei showed a smile on her face. On the contrary, on the Clear Qing Qing Feng Wuguan side, Qihe's face turned black, but Lin Chen noticed that on the Mantis Martial Hall side, the vice hall master's expression didn't change much.

"Does that student from Mantis Martial Hall have something special?"

In this kind of battle within the group, losing meant elimination. No student would hold back, and it would definitely be a battle of giving one's all. One was well-prepared, and the other had experienced a great battle. With the rise and fall of each, the gap between the two was not small.

In the first match of Group Yi, Gu Gu Qingqing easily defeated her opponent, her expression unchanged. Defeating a five-acupoint opponent with her seven-acupoint realm was not worth being happy about.

In the second match of Group B, a five-acupoint student from Tiexue Martial Hall fought against a six-acupoint student from Kuangfeng Martial Hall.

This battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the Tiexue Martial Hall students watching from the sidelines started spraying.

"If you're cowardly, don't come up to compete."

"So the Gale Leg of Gale Martial Hall is used for running away; I've truly seen it today!"

The Iron Blood Martial Hall students sprayed, and the Gale Martial Hall students naturally wouldn't take it lying down, each of them counterattacking.

"What kind of Iron Collapse Fist is fierce and unparalleled; it can't even hit anyone, it's useless!"

"What a joke, who stipulated that one must stand still during a competition? If that's the case, everyone don't compete; just punch each other one by one, and whoever falls first loses."

"Junior brother is right, maybe they really think so. But if you say that, I think Mountain-Suppressing Martial Hall will win in the end, after all, they are the best at taking beatings among the eight major martial halls."

The reason for the spraying between the students of the two major martial halls was that the Gale Martial Hall student chose to dodge in the martial arts arena, exerting the advantage of his legs and simply not confronting the Iron Blood Martial Hall student head-on.

The Iron Blood Martial Hall students cursed the Gale Martial Hall students as cowards, and the Gale Martial Hall students countered that this was called having brains!

On Wuchang Pavilion.

Fei Hong of Iron Blood Martial Hall snorted and looked at Zhang Qing not far away: "The disciples of Gale Martial Hall, is that all the ability they have?"

"Whether the ability is great or not, we will know when the result comes out."

Zhang Qing retorted unceremoniously. The student of Iron Blood Martial Hall off the field hadn't even reached proficiency in Iron Collapse Fist, and after several full-force punches failed to hit Junior Brother Chen, he had already started to lack follow-up strength.

"I hope your legs can run that fast when the time comes."

Fei Hong naturally also saw that his junior brother was lacking in Qi and blood, and if this continued, he was destined to lose, so he expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Whether I can run that fast or not, don't bother worrying about it."

Just as Fei Hong and Zhang Qing were arguing, the battle on the martial arts arena finally had a result.

The Iron Blood Martial Hall student's face was a bit pale, his punches were weak, and the Gale Martial Hall disciple saw this, his eyes brightening. No longer dodging, he jumped up, and the Gale Leg made a sound of breaking the wind in the air, sweeping over with unparalleled swiftness.

"He's fallen for it!"

Lin Chen, who was watching the battle off the stage, whispered.

His words made Kong Kong Yinglei's gaze fall over, and Fu Fu Jingya on the side asked curiously: "What does junior brother mean by this?"

But there was no need for Lin Chen to answer, because the field had already given the answer.

Just as the Gale Martial Hall disciple's leg was about to sweep onto the Iron Blood Martial Hall student, the Iron Blood Martial Hall student changed his previous decadence, his momentum soared, and a punch also carried the sound of breaking the air, smashing toward the opponent's leg.

Crack!

Everyone heard the sound of bone fracture on the Gale Martial Hall disciple's leg. This Iron Blood Martial Hall student was now using full force, showing no mercy.

"Lin Lin Shidi, how did you see it?"

Seeing the Gale Martial Hall disciple falling to the ground in pain, Fu Jingya's beautiful eyes carried a look of surprise. Just now, even she thought that the Iron Blood Martial Hall student was lacking in follow-up strength.

"If Iron Blood Martial Hall's student was really lacking in energy and blood, his footsteps should be a bit light, but when his body moved, his steps were steady, so I judged he was pretending, deliberately showing weakness to lure the opponent to attack."

"Hmm, Lin Chen observed very carefully. Martial arts battles cannot tolerate even a little carelessness; the more cautious one is, the less wrong one will be."

Kong Kong Yinglei was very satisfied with Lin Chen's answer and took the opportunity to exhort the other students.

After this battle ended, the Iron Blood Martial Hall students started another round of mockery, while the Gale Martial Hall students had angry faces, but unfortunately, losing was losing, and they had no excuse to argue.

The third match of Group B was quite plain, and the Mountain-Suppressing Martial Hall disciple won easily.

The fourth match of Group Yi, the main event, arrived: Chi Chi Hanfei with seven acupoints opened from Clear Qing Qing Feng Wuguan fought against Meng Yuan of Mantis Martial Hall.

Both had seven acupoints opened, but in the eyes of everyone at the scene, undoubtedly Chi Chi Hanfei had a higher chance of winning. After all, Mantis Fist was notoriously the weakest in power, and Mantis Martial Hall was also the existence at the bottom of the eight major martial halls.

In this new batch of students, only three martial halls did not have students with eight acupoints opened: Iron Blood Martial Hall, Mountain-Suppressing Martial Hall, and Mantis Martial Hall.

However, it was within everyone's expectations that Iron Blood Martial Hall and Mountain-Suppressing Martial Hall didn't have students with eight acupoints; the realm improvement of these two families was originally slower than other martial halls.

"Which one does Lin Lin Shidi think will win this match?"

Fu Fu Jingya asked again. Lin Chen's mouth twitched; Jiang Jiang Shijie Fu really liked to ask.

"Meng Yuan, I suppose."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen gave the answer.

"Lin Lin Shidi thinks Meng Yuan will win? Shouldn't Chi Chi Hanfei have a greater chance of winning?"

Fu Jingya was puzzled, but thinking that Junior Brother Lin had transferred from Clear Wind Martial Hall to their Still Water Martial Hall.

She immediately realized that Lin Lin Shidi should have no good feelings toward Clear Qing Qing Feng Wuguan, which was why he hoped Meng Yuan would win.

Seeing Jiang Jiang Shijie Fu's "I understand" expression, Lin Chen was a bit helpless. What was Jiang Jiang Shijie Fu imagining again?

(End of chapter)