Gu An's first place in the preliminaries had a certain impact on all the forces in Zhennancheng.
The same is true in the city lord's mansion, but the style of painting is slightly different.
After another quarrel, Cui Heng left Cui Ming and the other three behind and 'invited' the elders out.
Cui Heng breathed out a sigh of relief: "Don't worry about the rest, just get on the ring and decide how much strength you use based on your opponent.
Although Gu An won the first place in the preliminaries, I think Xu Fang's winning rate is still higher.
Ming'er ranked fourth in the preliminaries, so there's no problem in being in the top eight.
As for Li'er and Xing'er, you two may have to fight with Lu Jiming and Guan Yi.
When you can't win safely even if you try your best, just admit defeat. As for the next round, wait until the first round is over before considering it."
Cui Li and Cui Xing thought briefly and then nodded in agreement.
Cui Ming stood aside, frowning slightly, wondering what he was thinking about.
"Name, name?"
Hearing Cui Heng's shouting, Cui Ming reacted.
"...Ah? Dad, what's wrong?"
Cui Heng frowned, said what he just said again, and asked at the same time: "What's going on? On the way back, I felt that you looked absent-minded and what were you thinking about."
Cui Ming hesitated again and again and said: "Dad, do you think it is possible for Xu Fang to defeat a commander-level demon?"
"Commander-level? I have met the younger generation who went to the capital's martial arts palace before when they came to the capital to meet the saint.
There are some people who have the strength to control the air in the Gangqi realm, but there are only one or two people.
Xu Fang... seems to be Elder Xu's grandson. He is not in the group that can defeat the commander-level demon.
Why are you asking about this?"
Cui Ming lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then looked at Cui Li and Cui Xing: "Do you still remember the commander-level beast roar yesterday?"
Cui Li and Cui Xing looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
"At that time, Xiao Wu and I were close to the highest mountain. After hearing the roar of the beast, I led them to retreat down the mountain immediately.
But on the way, I heard the continuous roar of the beast again, and this time the roar of the beast was full of anger.
It was like fighting with someone else, but after less than a quarter of an hour, the roar disappeared..."
Cui Heng frowned and said, "You mean, someone killed that commander-level demon?"
Cui Ming nodded slowly: "Yes, I thought it was Xu Fang from Wu Mansion at first, but now it seems not.
So I thought about it later and decided on another person - Gu An."
"Gu An?" Cui Heng murmured: "Is there any evidence?"
Cui Ming shook his head: "There is no actual evidence, but last night I saw a red light in the sky in the direction of the highest peak. I thought it was some kind of treasure at first, but for the sake of safety, I didn't take anyone to search for it.
After Gu An came out today, I looked at the score board and guessed Gu An's strength before I remembered that the previous information introduced Gu An's fighting form, which was somewhat similar to the red light last night."
Immediately afterwards, Cui Ming described the characteristics of the red light to Cui Heng.
Cui Heng put his right hand on the table, frowned and thought for a long time, and then sighed: "According to what you said, it is really possible that it is him; in this case, it will be the commander of the Suppression of Evil Division again this time."
Then he bowed his hands again: "Forget it, no matter who directs them, we will continue as usual. The plan just mentioned remains unchanged. You will have a good rest tomorrow and prepare for the game tomorrow."
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Time flies by, the sun rises and sets, and the day of the finals arrives.
Inside the Evil Suppression Department.
Gu An sat cross-legged on the bed, adjusting his breathing.
"Boom!"
There was a knock on the door, followed by Yan Jincheng's shout: "Gu Xiaoqi, are you up? Today is the game day."
"Don't worry, I'm up."
After Gu An responded, he changed into clean clothes. When he was about to open the door, he turned around and picked up another set of clothes.
With a creak, the door opened.
Yan Jincheng saw the clothes in Gu An's hands and remembered Gu An's baggage when he went to the secret realm: "Gu Xiaoqi, are you going to exchange this for me?"
Gu An nodded and closed the door.
"That's right. It's time to go on stage. Please help Mr. Yan to get it."
Yan Jincheng paused and said with a smile: "No problem, this time, I'm just waiting for Gu Xiaoqi to teach the young man who went to the Martial Arts Palace in the capital a good lesson and let him know how powerful our Youzhou Evil Suppression Division is."
"You also know?" Gu An raised his eyebrows.
"With that score, it's hard to even think about it."
Naturally, Yan Jincheng knew that Gu An was asking about the fact that he knew Xu Fang's identity.
Gu An smiled: "Okay."
Gu An also knew that this so-called Xu Fang, who came to the capital, probably looked down upon the people here in Youzhou to some extent.
There is a sense of pride in my heart that I have descended from the emperor.
Today, Gu An is going to let this young man who goes to the capital see the power of the natives of Youzhou.
Arriving at the entrance of Qianhu House, You Hongming, Xie Zheng and others were already waiting here.
After looking Gu An up and down, You Hongming smiled and said, "Are you ready?"
Gu An nodded: "Ready."
"Okay! Let's go!"
Under the leadership of You Hongming, Gu An and others went straight to the main palace of Zhenna City and came to the school grounds located in the front mansion.
After all, Cui Heng is still the nominal lord of Zhenna City, so the venue is also arranged here.
Yesterday, Cui Heng had arranged for his servants to prepare audience seats on both sides of the school field, as well as the high platform where their senior leaders would sit.
At this time, the auditorium was already filled with disciples from all major forces who had come in advance to grab seats.
"Please wait for a moment, someone will come to arrange the show later."
After You Hongming arranged Gu An and others in the contestants area, he walked towards the high platform.
Gu An sat in his seat and looked at the surrounding environment.
Due to the different strengths of the users, the materials used in the left and right arenas are a level higher than those used in Baihusuo in Dongling County.
The whole body is dark, but it is somewhat similar to the city wall of Zhennan City.
In the middle of the arena is a huge wooden board on the left and right sides.
The lineup for today's game is written respectively.
"Xu Zhen, it seems that he has the second level of Gang Qi. He should be able to do it without opening the golden bell cover and iron cloth shirt."
Gu An looked at the battle table above and listed his first opponent, Xu Zhen, who was ranked sixteenth in the preliminaries.
At this moment, the same shouts as when Gu An and others came in came from the passage.
"The people from Wu Mansion are here."
"This time, Wu Mansion accounts for seven of the top sixteen, which is nearly half."
"That's right. Although there are four people at the back, they are still in the top sixteen."
"..."
Gu Anxun asked.
The leader was none other than Xu Fang. After entering, he first looked around at the situation in the field.