Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Four: The Reason for the Gathering
Xiao Ruxue pointed to the wooden signs in some people's hands and pulled Xu Qing's hand in confusion: "Xu Qing, Xu Qing! Look at why we don't have those wooden signs?"
Xu Qing squeezed Xiao Ruxue's little hand and said: "Don't worry, I have asked the shadow guards who came in to investigate, and the results will be available soon."
Long Bing'er's face was cold. She glanced at the hands held by Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue, then quickly looked away and turned to the other side. After taking two steps, Long Bing'er noticed several pairs of hands on the left.
He cast a malicious look, then turned his head and scanned the surroundings with his gaze.
Those coveting eyes immediately looked away, not daring to look at Long Bing'er's sharp edge.
The ferocious and aggressive aura exuded by these people in the world is completely different from Long Bing'er's aura of fighting on the battlefield.
It only took one glance to determine the coveting hearts of those young people.
Xu Qing let go of Xiao Ruxue's hand, looked at the people around him, and couldn't help but frown.
He had seen the pieces of paper with the characteristics of each martial arts sect written on them.
Because martial arts practitioners practice different martial arts and use different weapons, the changes reflected in various parts of the human body are also different.
For example, you can roughly tell the opponent's preferred weapon by looking at the flexion of your palms and the degree of calluses on your fingers.
Even people with excellent martial arts skills will always be alert to changes in their surroundings, even walking with a vigilance that allows them to counterattack at any time.
But these people are very strange. Judging from their loose behavior, they don't look like they come from a big sect. Instead, they look like loose cultivators.
Nowadays, all the major martial arts sects in the Central Plains martial arts have gathered in Liuzhou City, but there is not a single person from the major martial arts sects here.
How can this not be surprising?
The Ming family will discuss the martial arts conference with these people?
Moreover, there was no sign of any discussions about the martial arts conference here. Instead, tea, cakes, and other food and drink were placed throughout the Ming family's courtyard, showing a warm and hospitable appearance.
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Beside a moon gate
A shirtless big man knocked a fully clothed but relatively thin man to the ground and took away the wooden sign in his hand that read 三十六.
At this time, Wei Xiong, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walked up, looked at the naked man, frowned and said, "You are beating others at will here?"
The naked man snorted disdainfully: "You have to rely on your ability to get this brand. Even if a person without ability goes to the martial arts conference, it is just a stepping stone."
When Wei Xiong heard this, he nodded and murmured: "That's it."
The naked man looked at Wei Xiong who was surrounding him and said, "Get out of my way, you are blocking my way."
Wei Xiong raised his head and looked at the number plate in the naked man's hand, showing a cruel smile: "Lend me the number plate."
The naked man looked at Wei Xiong and his eyes instantly turned ferocious: "Is there anyone really not afraid of death?!"
a moment later
The naked man who had looked so proud and disdainful just now had fallen to the ground, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Wei Xiong held the sign in his hand and glanced at Wei Xiong lying on the ground: "If you hand it over earlier, nothing will happen."
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In a small pavilion
Long Bing'er, Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue were sitting here. Long Bing'er glanced at Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue next to Xu Qing, and seemed to feel that she was not suitable here. She stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look."
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Xu Qing looked at Long Bing'er who stood up and said, "There are too many people, you will get lost."
Long Bing'er, who had just stood up, sat back down after hearing this.
Not only is Long Bing'er easy to get lost, she also can't remember the four directions: east, west, east, west, and west. Even now when Xu Qing asked her whether the road ahead was east or west, she couldn't figure it out for a long time.
It's good that there are fewer people here. Now there are hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the Ming family compound. There are people everywhere, and Long Bing'er is the easiest to get lost.
This is not a battlefield. There are battle flags leading the army on the battlefield, but there is nothing here...
Zhao Guo is also true. Who do you think is not good to send here? You have to send a silly girl like Long Bing'er who gets lost easily when there are too many people.
Are you still fighting for the leadership of the martial arts alliance?
At this moment, Wei Xiong came over, cupped his fists and said, "Commander."
Xu Qing looked at him and asked, "Have you found out the reason?"
Wei Xiong put a wooden sign on the table and said: "The Ming family only distributed two hundred such signs, but there were thousands of people in the Ming family compound, and none of them were from the Jianghu sect. The Ming family issued them
These brands are the license plates for participating in the real martial arts conference in a few days. They handed out these brands to let the casual cultivators compete with each other. Those who win the license plates will naturally be able to participate in the martial arts conference, while those who are eliminated will naturally have to take part in the martial arts conference.
Where are you going back and forth?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "I see, it's not much different from what I guessed. Wei Xiong obeys the order!"
Wei Xiong cupped his fists and said, "My subordinate is here!"
Xu Qing said: "I ordered the lurking shadow guards to collect all the number plates and do not leave them to others."
Wei Xiong said: "Follow your orders."
After Wei Xiong retreated, Xiao Ruxue looked at Xu Qing and said, "Xu Qing, what does the Ming family mean?"
Long Bing'er on the side also turned around and looked at Xu Qing, waiting for his explanation.
Xu Qing said with a smile: "There are not even a thousand but eight hundred martial arts practitioners coming to this martial arts conference. If they all go to the ring to compete, it will take years of monkeys and horses and moons?"
Xiao Ruxue said thoughtfully: "So, they gathered the casual cultivators here just to kick out some of them?"
Long Bing'er frowned and said, "In this case, wouldn't it be unfair to some casual cultivators who don't know the rules?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "There is no need to be fair. This martial arts conference is afraid that the major martial arts sects in the Central Plains have reached some agreement, so they have to nominate the leader of the martial arts alliance. I am afraid that all the major martial arts sects have already decided on the candidates to participate in the martial arts conference.
The attitudes of some small sects and casual cultivators are not important at all. Anyway, even if there is a leader, they will choose among the big sects. It has nothing to do with these small sects, and it is impossible to give the leader to people from small sects. Even if it is given to them, they will not
He has no ability to command the martial arts."
Xiao Ruxue wondered: "Then why do they come all the way to Liuzhou? The inns here are so expensive."
Long Bing'er said: "Come over. If someone wins the title of leader of the martial arts alliance, the people in the martial arts community will naturally know which family is the most powerful, and they will naturally rush to join him."
"So that's it." Xiao Ruxue nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Which faction is in charge?"
Xu Qing said: "The Ming family, a family that dominates the martial arts world, also has the Poisonous Scorpion Sect, the Eagle Claw Sect, the Iron Armor Sect, and the Black Tiger Gang..."
Xiao Ruxue folded her hands and counted: "There is no Taoism or Buddhism?"
Xu Qing said: "Taoism only competes with heaven, and Buddhism is empty of all four majors. I guess I don't like this martial arts competition."
Taoist Master Chunyang is very powerful, and the wise king all admires him, but his senior brother is still thinking about making elixirs to become an immortal, so how can he have the mind to care about the martial arts conference?
When a group of martial arts practitioners suddenly entered a cultivator...