Xuanxia

Chapter 281 Opening (Part )
The moment Jiang Baichuan fell from the sky, the sound of drums and music rang out around him.

The muscular man held a sledgehammer and hit the giant drum hard. The rumbling sound shook everyone's eardrums. Mixed with the cheers, the sound of mountains and seas rose into the sky and shattered the clouds.

"Everyone!"

Jiang Baichuan stood at the edge of the stage with a smile on his face. He bowed gently and said in a steady and gentle voice like thunder, drowning out all the drums and cheers: "Welcome!"

Just a word of welcome instantly ignited the atmosphere. A large string of firecrackers was lit from somewhere, and amid the loud crackling sound, all the people in the community were beaming with joy and cheering with their arms raised.

"Ha ha……"

Offstage, Qiu Chan narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled faintly, "He really thinks of himself as the leader of the martial arts world."

"Wulin League, Wulin League, leader Jiang has been determined to take over the entire martial arts world since the beginning." Fu Qingzhou beside her smiled and said, "He also has the ability. As long as he doesn't engage in conspiracy, it's normal to have some ambitions."

Qiu Chan glanced at him out of the corner of her eye: "No conspiracy? Do you believe it?"

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Do you have evidence?"

"No."

Qiu Chan said nonchalantly: "But I don't believe that a big shot who can set up the Wulin Alliance would be a sword fanatic who is completely obsessed with kendo."

Fu Qingzhou curled his lips: "Sister, don't think too badly of people."

"Don't think too highly of others." Qiu Chan said with a sigh, "When you are in the martial arts world, it's always a good idea to be more suspicious."

Fu Qingzhou certainly knew this truth, but under the current circumstances, he would definitely not speak ill of Jiang Baichuan in front of others.

As they were talking, several people floated over the stage. They were the judges they had seen in the reception room before.

Jiang Baichuan introduced these judgments to the thousands of people in the martial arts world below the stage, which brought waves of applause.

For example, Fu Qingzhou had never heard of Kong Ling, Shangguan Xuan, Song Jinyu, Jingming Zhenren, etc., each time their name was announced, it would attract countless people to exclaim. Obviously, their reputations were much greater than Fu Qingzhou had imagined.

Not to mention Zhao Hao. When the title of Prince of Xishuo came out, the audience all exclaimed in low voices. Even Qiu Chan was surprised and said to herself, "He is actually the Prince of Xishuo! Most of the sects in the martial arts world have received favors from their family..."

"It turns out that I have been traveling around the world for too short a time."

Fu Qingzhou murmured in a low voice: "I thought I knew enough people, but in fact I am still far from it."

After the judges were introduced, they all floated up and flew towards the small building behind the big stage.

The small building was slightly higher than the big stage and had something similar to a "rostrum". Several judges took their seats, leaving only Jiang Baichuan still there.

"Next..."

He smiled slightly: "Greetings!"

The drums started beating again, and one by one, disciples of the Wulin League came up the spiral stairs on both sides, carrying large boxes. In full view of everyone, they opened the boxes one by one.

"Wow—"

The crowd is excited again!

There was nothing else in the box but shiny silver ingots!

At noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the silver reflected the sunlight, making the surroundings sparkle with silver light.

"Oh my god, so much silver!" The crowd burst into exclamations: "How much money must there be here!"

"Didn't they say that the top 100 people would get 1,000 taels of silver? Then there must be 100,000 taels here!"

"One hundred thousand taels?! Oh my god, I've never seen so much money in my life!"

Jiang Baichuan on the stage smiled slightly but said nothing.

The disciples of the Wulin Alliance finished carrying the treasure chests, but it was not over yet, so they ran off the stage. After a while, ten disciples, each holding a large box, came back on stage.

Amid the excitement and anticipation of the crowd, they opened the boxes one by one.

When they saw this, everyone was stunned.

"what is that?"

"Iron bars?"

"What's that black thing?"

Facing the questions of countless people, Jiang Baichuan smiled and said, "Everyone, when traveling in the martial arts world, weapons are the most important. The top ten in this conference will be given magical weapons - but now, we don't know what weapons the top ten heroes use." "Therefore, our alliance has prepared ten kinds of top-notch forging materials. The top ten can choose the forging materials according to their ranking order and hand them over to Master Feng Ren, a disciple of our Wulin Alliance, to forge them into the weapons of their choice!"

At this moment, the eyes of hundreds of young heroes in the rest area all lit up!

This reward is better than I imagined!

Everyone has his own habits when using weapons.

Even when using common weapons like swords and knives, there are weights, lengths, etc. that one is familiar with, not to mention people who use unusual weapons. Everyone will worry about what to do if they get into the top ten, but there is no weapon they can use in the reward?

Now it’s customizable!

Not only are the forging materials top-notch, but the blacksmiths are also top-notch!
"But in this case..." Jiang Baichuan said with a smile: "The young talents who got the top ten will have to wait here for a few more days."

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter!"

Wu Changfeng's rough and bold laughter came from the audience: "I have wanted a close-fitting arm guard for a long time! What's the big deal about waiting for a few days!"

The heroes laughed in response. Fu Qingzhou stretched his neck to follow the sound and finally saw Wu Changfeng's profile in the crowd: "Good boy, so they are there."

"So you were looking for them." Qiu Chan stood on tiptoe and took a look: "Are you going over there?"

Fu Qingzhou waved his hand: "Forget it, squeezing here and there is exhausting, we'll have to see each other on stage sooner or later anyway."

"As for the secret book that the top three can choose from as mentioned in the Hidden Dragon Post..." Jiang Baichuan continued on the stage, "It is not convenient to display it here. The top three can come to our Wulin League's library and read any books within three days, and finally choose a secret book!"

The heroes in the audience breathed rapidly and cheered again.

"Three days."

Fu Qingzhou chuckled: "That makes sense. Three days is just the right amount of time to carefully select the secret book. Even if you can steal some knowledge during this time, you won't be able to learn much. It's better to spend time carefully looking for the secret book that suits you."

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed.

Another disciple of the Wulin League came onto the stage, and this time he was holding a gorgeous pill box in his hand.

The crowd suddenly fell silent.

Jiang Baichuan seemed to intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes lingered on Fu Qingzhou as he swept across the people below the stage.

Then, he smiled as usual, took the pill box, and gently opened it on the stage.

In the box was a thumb-sized green pill.

With such a large scene and such a small pill, many people couldn't even see what the pills in the box looked like, but that didn't stop people from spreading the news by word of mouth in a very short time.

"This, this is the Eternal Life Pill?!"

People's eyes lit up: "A pill that can bring the dead back to life!"

But Jiang Baichuan simply raised the pill box, showed it to the crowd briefly, and then closed it again.

He said slowly, "This is the divine elixir that Master Wu Lian, a disciple of the Wulin Alliance, spent 9981 days collecting countless natural treasures and exhausting all his energy to refine. The Xingyun Chamber of Commerce defines it as worth over a million gold coins. It is unique in the world!"

After a pause, he said loudly in front of the excited and fanatical eyes of countless people: "Only the hidden dragon can get it!"

Amidst the countless cheers, Qiu Chan stretched out her hand and poked Fu Qingzhou in the waist: "Is this the immortality pill you wanted?"

Fu Qingzhou pretended not to hear.

"Tsk, I don't know what bad idea you are up to."

Qiu Chan curled her lips and said, "More than two years ago, Qing Songzi was so angry that my master went back to the temple and smashed an entire building. I don't believe that he will be seriously ill."

Fu Qingzhou made a "hush" gesture to her: "Please stop asking questions, auntie. I really can't tell you this now."

"Tsk, I don't even bother asking."

Qiu Chan rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

On the stage, after Jiang Baichuan had displayed a circle of gifts and brought everyone's emotions to the highest point, he smiled calmly and said, "We are all in the martial arts world, so there is no need for too much red tape..."

He raised his head, looked at the sun, and said with a smile: "According to the calculations of Mr. Ze, a disciple of my Wulin League, this is an auspicious day and time. Let's kick off the Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Conference now!"

After saying that, he flew up, and like an immortal, he flew to the center of the judges' booth, raised his arms lightly, and said loudly: "Heroes, please come on stage!"

(End of this chapter)