The manor's maid watched Zhou Xingyun and his party leave, and then quickly returned to the palace.
In the wing room on the second floor of the manor hall, there is a beautiful and elegant woman sitting. She is wearing an emerald cheongsam embroidered with golden phoenixes and a bouquet of jade beads and gold hairpins decorated with peacock feathers.
"Miss, this servant has already processed the ladder certificates for them according to your instructions."
"What do you think of them?"
"They are Mr. Sun's friends, so their martial arts skills must not be too bad."
"Do you really think they are all friends of Sun Tongtong?" the beautiful woman asked.
"I can't tell you clearly, but one thing is that their martial arts are superior to mine." The manor's maid also vaguely noticed that Sun Butong and his party had many superficial friends.
"There are not many young people in the world who can compete with Mr. Sun from the First Palace. If I hadn't made a mistake, the martial arts of that group of people would at least be able to break into the Dengxian Tower. Otherwise, how could Sun Bubutong be so passive..."
The beautiful woman picked up the sandalwood fan in front of the table and shook it gently. Sun Butong and others were applying for ladder certificates, and she secretly observed a few people.
Zhou Xingyun and his entourage appeared particularly 'dazzling' in the presence. They gave the impression that they were sympathetic to each other on the surface, but in their hearts they disliked others.
From this, it can be inferred that Sun Tongtong and Zhou Xingyun both disliked each other, and they only called themselves brothers because of their reputation.
This is a natural situation, everything is expected by the beautiful woman.
The Jianghu sect in the southern border cooperates with the Jianghu sect in Shangjing. The two sides were originally incompatible with each other. Now that they are forced to come together, it will not be sweet.
As a resident of the Southern Territory, the beautiful woman is naturally biased and wants to help a gang of Jianghu sects in the Southern Territory. But...
Everything must be based on 'my actual interests'. This is the code of conduct for a beautiful woman.
Why do we need to put quotation marks around ‘my actual interests’? This will be discussed in detail later.
"In the past few days, some people with ulterior motives have come to our martial arts arena. I hope that Mr. Sun's superficial friends will not waste my kindness towards them."
"Miss, their martial arts may be much stronger than you think."
Not long after the beautiful woman finished speaking, the old man's voice echoed in the room.
Hearing his voice but not seeing him, the maid in the manor was not surprised at all by this strange situation.
The servants who serve the beautiful woman all know that the old man lurking in the dark is the martial arts master worshiped by the richest man in the Central Plains. He is a master who is ranked on the 79th level of the ladder, second only to the Six Mortal Masters in strength.
At the same time, he is also the escort of the beautiful woman...
"Even the old man said this with certainty, so we can save some trouble, and maybe we can make a fortune from him." The beautiful woman stood up and walked slowly to the window, with a smile on her face, looking into the distance.
Standing in the Dengxian Tower, I gently flapped my sandalwood fan in my hand.
Viewed horizontally, it looks like a ridge and a peak on the side, with different heights near and far.
This poem is used to describe the scene in front of Zhou Xingyun, and it seems very appropriate. Looking at the entire Wanglou Arena, it is composed of mountains with nine twists and turns.
Each of the seven mountains is steeper than the last. Looking at its landscape from a distance, it looks like the body of a swimming dragon rising and falling one after another.
The seven mountains in the fighting arena are named after the Big Dipper. Not only do they happen to be seven mountains, but the position of the seven peaks is also very similar to the Big Dipper, which is in the shape of a spoon.
Wu Kefei, a disciple of Ziling Palace, told Zhou Xingyun and his party the outline of the Wanglou Martial Arts Arena as early as when they were in Gu Kuang City.
The Dengxian Tower in Wuwei City is also known as the Hundred-Story Tower.
Aiming for the Dengxian Tower and standing at the top of the martial arts world is the lifelong wish of every southern warrior!
The Dengxian Tower is not a hundred stories high. The so-called hundred floors refer to the stairs from the mountain to the top of the Dengxian Tower.
There are three hundred steps in the lower part of the mountain, one hundred steps in the middle part of the mountain, and one hundred steps in the upper part of the mountain. The four walls of the Dengxian Tower are like a library, with eighty circular steps, for a total of five hundred and eighty steps.
The 'mountains' Wu Kefei refers to are the seven mountains of Yaoguang, Kaiyang, Yuheng, Tianquan, Tianji, Tianxuan and Tianshu.
The martial artists who come to the Wanglou Martial Arena to participate in the ‘Ladder Competition’ must start their journey to immortality from the lower mountain, Yaoguang Mountain.
Zhou Xingyun was no exception. They had to start the challenge from the bottom and arrived at the gate of Yaoguang Mountain in a blink of an eye.
The scene in front of the gate of Yaoguang Mountain is just like the tourist attractions during the Golden Week holidays, with people everywhere.
There are spectators, vendors, gamblers, contestants, all kinds of people here.
"Did you know? Many foreign warriors have come here in recent days, and their martial arts are all very powerful..."
"Don't mention it, I lost half a bag of money just because of them!"
"I also lost miserably. Who would have thought that all the pillars of the martial arts arena would be defeated by them."
"Oh, they are so arrogant now. Once they get past Tianquan Mountain, someone will take care of them."
"No, no, no, listen to me. There are several foreign masters from other places who have maintained an undefeated record in the ladder competition and have already entered Tianji Mountain. If they continue their winning streak and pass Tianxuan Mountain, they can
Let’s go to Tianshu Peak to challenge the Dengxian Tower!”
"Oh, it seems that these barbarians are indeed quite capable."
"Now I want to see how far their arrogance can go."
Zhou Xingyun stood in front of the mountain gate of Yaoguang Mountain and heard several young ladies chatting nearby.
The young men and young ladies were dressed cleanly and elegantly, and they looked like they were not members of the martial arts community who had come to participate in the competition.
They were a group of tourists who came to watch the martial arts, a group of literati who reminded Zhou Xingyun of Xu Zhiqian.
There are so many similar writers, and everyone comes to watch the competition.
Each person only needs to pay five cents to play and watch games between Yaoguang and Kaiyang mountains.
Zhou Xingyun and others followed the trend and came to the registration office for the ladder competition and took out the ladder certificates they had just applied for.
The organizer staff learned that they were newcomers and it was their first time to sign up for a ladder match. After registering, they told Zhou Xingyun and others a ring number.
The organizer required Zhou Xingyun to arrive at the corresponding arena within a quarter of an hour to participate in the competition, otherwise he would be given a negative score.
Zhou Xingyun learned the ring number from the organizer's staff. Although he was still confused, time waited for no one. He could only follow the organizer's request and immediately go to the corresponding ring to check the situation.
To be honest, Zhou Xingyun, Wei Suyao and their group signed up for the ladder match just for fun and came to the martial arts arena to have fun.
Zhou Shaobo, Ma Chacheng, and Hong Yuntian were all young martial artists from the southern region who came to participate in the competition. They were very motivated and wanted to make a name for themselves in the Wanglou Martial Arts Arena.
Zhou Shaobo and others have long known that the Wanglou Martial Arts Arena is a good place to become famous.
They had not come to challenge the ladder rankings before because the time was not yet ripe.
Young warriors who go to Beijing want to make a name for themselves in the world, so they naturally join the Young Heroes Conference.
As long as you perform well in the Young Heroes Conference and become one of the top ten heroes in the world, you can become famous for a while.
The Southern Territory never holds a Young Heroes Conference, so if young warriors in the Southern Territory want to stand out in the world, they must rely on the publicity effect of the "Ladder List".
Young warriors in the southern region will sign up for the ladder competition only if they are fully prepared and feel that their martial arts are ready to be mastered.
If possible, Zhou Shaobo and several young guys from the southern border hope to wait for another two years to improve their martial arts and gain more practical experience before signing up for the ladder competition.
The reason is that warriors who sign up to participate in the ladder competition for the first time have a winning streak mechanism in the rookie competition.
This preferential treatment mechanism for newcomers not only allows first-time warriors to quickly jump up the ranks and enter the Immortal Tower, but their winning streak can also be spread throughout the world and become a hot topic in the arena.
Therefore, young southern warriors are very cautious when they come to participate in the competition for the first time. They must be fully prepared and strategically avoid strong enemies before they challenge the ladder rankings.
To put it simply, Zhou Shaobo, Ma Chacheng, Hong Yuntian and others are all newcomers and it is their first time to participate in the ladder competition. In this way, they can easily meet each other in the newcomer competition.
As long as you lose one game, your winning streak in the rookie competition will be ended.
No one wants to face off against experts they are familiar with in a rookie competition. They can avoid a similar situation by just spreading the time.
By the way, Sun BuTong is the holder of the highest winning streak record on the "Ladder Ranking", so he is very famous in the Wanglou Martial Arts Arena. Even the organizer personnel responsible for arranging the schedule can recognize Sun BuTong at a glance.
Zhou Xingyun got his ring number and was about to say something when the organizer staff shouted in surprise...
"Wait a minute! Are you Sun Tongtong from the First Palace? I'm so lucky! It's really Mr. Sun from the Immortal Tower who is here to visit!"
As soon as the organizer's staff shouted, things became a big deal. Sun Butong was a celebrity in the Wanglou Arena. To the spectators present, he was no different from a popular star.
For a moment, the entire audience was excited, and almost everyone rushed over to greet Sun BuTong enthusiastically.
No one seemed to have expected that the master of Climbing Immortal Tower would actually come to Yaoguang Mountain.
You know, tickets to watch the martial arts competition at Dengxianlou are hard to come by. Ordinary people really don't even have the chance to take a look at Sun Tongtong.
Now that Sun BuTong had thrown himself into a trap and came to Yaoguang Mountain, the people present naturally followed him and surrounded him in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, Zhou Xingyun and others all got the ring number. Even if Sun Butong was surrounded by others, it would not cause them any trouble.
Zhou Xingyun even secretly had fun. In this way, Sun Butong would not be able to leave and they could go and play with peace of mind.
Sun Tongtong really enjoyed being complimented. He smiled very happily and responded to everyone with fists clasped. While listening to everyone's compliments, he politely shouted, "I don't dare to take it, I don't take it."
However, when Sun BuTong complimented each other with his fans and searched for "her" on Baidu, he found that Xun Xuan and Xu Luo se ignored him and followed Zhou Xingyun on the mountain climbing.
Sun BuTong quickly pushed the crowd away, chasing Zhou Xingyun like a crowd on a bus. Unfortunately, there were too many people surrounding him, and Sun BuTong lost his target in the blink of an eye...