The night passed by in a blink of an eye. In the early morning, Mu Bei got up early, breathed in the morning glow, and felt refreshed for a moment.
After standing up and stretching his limbs, he calmed down and studied the elixir method, the way of cultivation, and some special techniques.
These are all overflowed from the Nine-Colored Strange Sword, and are actually the ultimate divine treasure, which are of great significance to his future practice.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.
The sun was scorching in the sky, and the sunlight filtered through the old peach branches and leaves, reflecting spots of light on the ground.
"elder brother!"
Accompanied by a clear and sweet voice, Mu Yiyi arrived.
Mu Bei smiled and looked at Mu Yiyi: "Xi Ke, why are you free today?"
"Brother, you are making fun of me!"
Mu Yiyi hummed.
She was wearing a long white dress, with black hair shawl, and slender legs. She was like a little white rabbit in spring, brimming with beauty and cuteness.
Mu Bei pinched her little nose.
"Brother, did you know? Li Pei and Li Ziyan are dead!"
Mu Yiyi said.
"Oh? Is this the case?"
Mu Bei pretended not to know.
Mu Yiyi nodded: "The Li family found them dead in the main hall this morning. They were all killed with one knife. The Li family's counselors are also dead!"
As she spoke, she hummed: "Although it's not good to speak ill of people after they're dead, they really deserve to die. They're not good people!"
Mu Bei smiled and pinched her little nose again.
"Oops, it's going to be squashed, it doesn't look good!"
Mu Yiyi said angrily.
"Even after pinching it, Yiyi is still the cutest."
Mu Bei smiled.
"real?"
"real."
Mubei Road.
Mu Yiyi was immediately very happy, as if she had eaten honey.
"By the way, brother, the seven-city competition is coming soon. In two days, our Puyun City will start the preliminary selection. Brother, will you participate?"
she asked.
Mu Bei nodded: "Participate."
There are seven cities under the jurisdiction of Beijun City, namely Yuanxuan City, Songchuan City, Dong'an City, Ganshui City, Nanjing City, Zhangfeng City and Puyun City where they are located. The seven cities hold a grand ceremony every seven years.
The venue for this competition happens to be Puyun City.
In each competition, ten young people under the age of twenty are selected from each city to participate in the fighting. The first place will receive a generous reward. Moreover, the city to which it belongs does not have to pay any taxes for the next seven years.
Based on this, Qicheng is extremely attentive to every competition.
The reason why the counties and cities set up such competitions was for a simple purpose: to encourage the seven cities to focus on the martial arts practice of the younger generation, so as to cultivate more useful people for the Qin State.
"Really? I thought you weren't interested in Dabi, brother."
Mu Yiyi said.
She knew that Mu Bei usually would not take the initiative to participate in such competitions, but she actually wanted to participate this time.
"This time it's different."
Mu Bei smiled.
At that time, the adoptive mother lost her fertility due to an injury. By chance, she and her adoptive father found him as a baby in the mountains and brought him back to the Mufu. This matter was controversial in the clan at the time. After all, the adoptive father was the clan leader at the time.
Adopting an outsider is inconsistent with the philosophy of the Mufu.
However, his adoptive father and adoptive mother did not abandon him. They tried their best to keep him by their side and loved him more than their own children.
When he was eight years old, when the clan members denied it again, his adoptive father said this: There is no way that Bei'er will come back first among the seven cities in the future, so that our Mufu will be glorious for the rest of his life.
He has always kept this sentence in mind and has been working hard on it over the years.
Therefore, he will definitely participate in this seven-city competition as a disciple of the Mufu. Moreover, he will definitely win the first place in the seven cities.
Not for the glory of the Mufu, but for the glory of my adoptive father and mother.
If it weren't for this kind of thing, based on his current ability and the attitude of those directly connected to the Mufu towards him, he would have left the Mufu long ago.
"That's really great. Let's participate together. After passing the preliminaries, brother, you will be first in the competition, and I will be second in the competition!"
Mu Yiyi waved her fist.
Mu Bei couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, you are ambitious!"
"It's necessary!"
Mu Yiyi chuckled.
The brother and sister chatted briefly. After half an hour, Mu Yiyi and Mu Bei said goodbye and left, saying they were going back to prepare for the preliminaries.
"Brother, get ready too. I'll call you in two days!"
After leaving such words, Mu Yiyi left the small courtyard.
Mu Bei smiled, and after a simple diet and rest, he began to boil the medicinal liquid and practice the "One Sword Peerless" technique.
In the evening, I still practice Sword 72.
Soon, two days passed.
On this day, Mu Yiyi came early in the morning, and the brother and sister walked out of the Mu Mansion together and walked towards the east square of the city.
The location for the preliminary round selection is right there.
At this time, there were already many people on the streets of Puyun City, far more than at this time on weekdays.
Because the preliminary selection is today, which is very important to Puyun City, many people rushed to the east of the city early in the morning to prepare for the game.
"Have you heard that the Alchemist Guild will launch a new elixir called Ling Gathering Pill. It is said that its quality and efficacy are far better than Xiao Yuan Dan and Pei Yuan Dan, but the price is the same!"
"Of course I heard about it. All the big and small families in the city have placed orders. It is said that the first batch of Spirit Gathering Pills has been ordered!"
There were people talking on the street.
Mu Bei nodded secretly. As expected of the Alchemist Guild, it moved really quickly and had already begun to promote the Spirit Gathering Pill.
"I heard that this is an elixir prepared by an expert, who cooperates with the Alchemist Guild to refine the elixir and sell it." Mu Yiyi looked at Mu Bei with a smile: "By the way, brother, this expert is not you, right?
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"You guessed it, it's me."
Mu Bei smiled.
"Disgusting! Brother, why are you always teasing others!"
Mu Yiyi said angrily.
She knew that Mu Bei had extraordinary attainments in alchemy, but it was said that even a fifth-grade alchemist could not develop the recipe for the Spirit Gathering Pill. Although Mu Bei had extraordinary attainments in alchemy, it was still far behind that of a fifth-grade alchemist.
How is it possible to get it?
Mu Bei smiled. The reason why he admitted it directly was because he knew that even if he said so, Mu Yiyi would not believe it.
After all, the Spirit Gathering Pill recipe is truly extraordinary.
"Although I don't know who that expert is, I think he should be as handsome as your brother."
he said.
"Impossible!" Mu Yiyi shook his head and said, "In terms of handsomeness, who in the world can compare with my brother?"
Mu Bei touched his chin: "Be low-key."
To be fair, his face is indeed very good. At least, among the people I have seen so far, there is really no one who can compare with him.
"Let's be honest, what are we afraid of!"
Mu Yiyi said with a smile.
Mu Bei pinched her nose lovingly and continued walking to the east of the city.
Not long after, the two arrived at the east square of the city.
The east square of the city was very spacious, with a circular arena fifteen feet in diameter in the middle. At this time, many people had gathered nearby.
As time passed, crowds of people arrived one after another. The heads of the four major families led their outstanding disciples. Puyun Academy, the only martial arts academy in the city, and some small families also came one after another.
At the referee's seat, the city lord Mo Qianyuan arrived and invited the heads of the four major clans and the dean of Puyun Academy to come to the referee's seat to witness together.
"Li Pei died, and Li Yan, the eldest elder of the Li family, succeeded him as the patriarch."
Mu Yiyi said to Mu Beidao.
Mu Bei nodded, not caring about it.
Time soon came to noon, and there were more people in the east square of the city.
It was also at this time that Mo Qianyuan spoke and announced the start of the preliminaries.
Suddenly, young people under 20 stepped onto the stage one after another.
Mu Bei and Mu Yiyi also stepped onto the stage.
After dozens of breaths, no one came on stage again, and there were more than a hundred people standing in the ring.
Among them, Mu Bei saw many familiar people, including Mu Wu, Mu Jin, Mu Ran Ran and Mu Yuan from Mu Mansion, as well as Mo Shaogong, Wang Huaixing and others.
Mo Shaogong and others also saw Mu Bei and were a little worried.
"When they see you now, it's really like a mouse seeing a cat."
Mu Yiyi whispered.
Mu Bei smiled and said nothing, but he noticed that Mu Wu and Mu Jin were staring at him and whispering to each other, their eyes looking very unkind.
At the same time, at the referee's table, Mo Qianyuan looked at Mu Bei on the ring and couldn't help but feel a little excited.
He had previously thought that an expert like Mu Bei, who was respected even by Princess Yueyao and the martial arts master Ning Lao, would not be interested in the Seven Cities Competition, but he did not expect that Mu Bei would come to participate in the preliminaries.
Selected!
With Mubei participating, why not get first place in this seven-city competition?!
"Why is City Lord Mo suddenly so happy?"
Beside, Mu Yuanshan asked curiously.
Mo Qianyuan laughed: "Of course it's a good thing!"
Without saying anything, Mo Qianyuan stood up, looked at the young people on the ring, and said loudly: "Everyone knows the rules. After a melee, the last ten people standing on the ring will be the winner of this preliminaries. Now.
,Game start!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the ring immediately became wary of each other, and then someone started to take action.
Those who dare to stand on this stage are not bad in strength. They are at least in the middle stage of meat refining. Their fists and legs are powerful and their momentum is surging.
Soon, someone attacked Mu Bei and Mu Yiyi.
Mu Bei turned sideways and knocked one person away.
"Yiyi, be careful."
He told Mu Yiyi.
"Um!"
Mu Yiyi has reached the Great Perfection of Meat Refining, which is difficult for ordinary people to do anything about.
At this moment, three figures approached Mubei.
It was Mu Wu, Mu Jin and Mu Yuan.
Mu Bei looked at a few people: "What do you mean?"
With hatred on his face and sinister eyes, Mu Wu called to Mu Jin and Mu Yuan: "Use all your strength and don't give him a chance to resist!"
The three of them attacked Mu Bei together with fierce and cruel moves.