Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 293: Beauty's Favor
The Royal Martial Academy of the Yan Kingdom.

Murong Song, Vice Prime Minister of Yan and Dean of the Royal Martial Arts Academy of Yan; Lu Qiguang of the Martial Arts Academy of Han; Hou Zhantian, Dean of the Lingxiao Martial Arts Academy...

At this moment, the leaders of the nine kingdoms all gathered in the main hall of the Martial Academy.

"Now that everyone is here, I will announce the rules."

Murong Song looked at the crowd and said slowly, "This time, a total of sixty martial arts academies have registered, so we will rank them according to the sixty academies."

There are a total of 64 martial arts academies in the Nine Kingdoms, but not every academy will participate in the ranking competition. Those that know they are at the bottom simply don't participate, since the resources for the bottom few are about the same anyway.

"After the first round of points competition, the matches will be held based on the points rankings."

No one present objected to the rules announced by Murong Song, as these were the rules for previous ranking tournaments.

In the first round of the points competition, rankings will be determined by points to prevent strong martial arts academies from facing each other prematurely.

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"The first round of the points competition is very important. In the first round, the martial arts academies with high points and higher rankings will face off against the martial arts academies with lower rankings. In the following rounds, the winners will also be assigned opponents based on their points."

In the courtyard of Canglan Martial Arts Academy, Vice Dean Chen was explaining the rules of the competition to Lin Chen and the others.

"Dean Chen, what is the scoring system for this first round?"

Li Yuan asked curiously. He had attended the previous martial arts academy ranking competition, but had not played a match, so he was quite familiar with the rules of the ranking competition.

The only change in each ranking tournament is the first round of points matches.

"Since they came from the Yan Kingdom, it is highly likely that it is related to the soul."

Vice Dean Chen offered his guess: the martial arts ranking tournament is held in rotation among the nine countries. As the host country, it must have an advantage, and this advantage lies in the first round.

The host country can set the content of the first round of points competition, and as long as it's not too outrageous, the other countries will accept it.

The Yan Kingdom has its own unique cultivation methods for the spiritual realm, giving Yan Kingdom martial artists an advantage over ordinary disciples of martial arts academies in this regard, but this advantage is lost when facing some genius disciples.

Upon hearing that it was related to the soul, Lin Chen subconsciously touched the jade pendant in his pocket, but what came to mind was a certain content from the booklet given to him by Murong Yan.

"The Mysterious Realm of a Thousand Illusions!"

There is a secret realm within the Royal Martial Academy of the Yan Kingdom.

The Thousand Illusions Secret Realm is used by the disciples of the Royal Martial Academy to cultivate their spiritual souls. There are several trials inside that are related to the spiritual souls.

Murong Yan described the "Thousand Illusions Secret Realm" in detail in the booklet; in her previous life's terms, it was a detailed guide to the "Thousand Illusions Secret Realm."

The beauty's kindness is immense.

Lin Chen sighed inwardly. If the news got out, even if Murong Yan was a princess, it would probably still cause dissatisfaction among the Yan Kingdom's warriors.

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"In this first round of the points competition, our country has decided to launch the Thousand Illusion Secret Realm Trial, which has set up three levels. The corresponding points will be awarded according to the performance of each participant."

Murong Song slowly began to explain the details of the first round of the points competition.

After a short while, Murong Song smiled and looked at everyone, saying, "Does anyone have a different opinion?"

“The Han Kingdom has no objections.” Lu Qiguang said calmly. He had already anticipated this before coming. The disciples of the Yan Kingdom Martial Academy had entered the Thousand Illusions Secret Realm in advance, which gave them an advantage over other martial academies. However, this advantage was nothing in the face of an absolute difference in strength.

"can."

Hou Zhantian agreed, as it was something he had expected.

"My state of Wu has no objection."

"Our Zhao state approves."

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No one objected. Murong Song smiled and said, "To welcome you all and the geniuses from all countries, His Majesty has prepared a banquet in the palace tonight. We hope you will all attend."

Upon hearing Murong Song's words, several elderly people at the scene revealed meaningful smiles.

They were well aware of the Yan royal family's intention in hosting a banquet for geniuses from various countries.

The royal women of Yan Kingdom cultivated a special spiritual technique that could help others cultivate. For this reason, the royal women of Yan Kingdom married into royal families of various countries or geniuses from those countries.

It seems that the Emperor of Yan wanted to take this opportunity to see the talents of various countries so as to choose a suitable son-in-law.

It goes without saying that many royal women from the Yan Kingdom will be present at this banquet, and all the other kingdoms are happy to see this happen.

If he were to be chosen by a member of the Yan royal family, he might be able to take her home with him after the competition.

Everything was settled, and Hou Zhantian was about to leave the main hall when he was stopped.

"Junior Brother Hou, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

It was Lu Qiguang who spoke, and he looked at Hou Zhantian with a smile. The other elders who were about to leave also stopped.

Everyone knows that Han and Liang are currently clashing. If these two countries face off in this ranking competition, it will likely be a fierce battle. They have also heard about what happened at the dock; the two countries have essentially broken off relations.

What could be the reason for Lu Qiguang calling out to Hou Zhantian at this moment?
"What brings you here, Senior Brother Lu?"

Hou Zhantian looked at Lu Qiguang. In terms of cultivation level, Lu Qiguang had entered the second rank several years earlier than him, and was also older than him, so it was normal for him to call him senior brother.

"The Martial Arts Academy takes it upon itself to cultivate martial artists from the nine kingdoms. As the Vice Master of the Martial Arts Academy, I do not wish to see the clash between Han and Liang Kingdoms happen."

"The key to this matter lies with Han Kingdom. Our Great Liang has suffered from the scourge of the Northern Frontier Demon Clan for many years. Countless people of Great Liang have lost their lives at the hands of the Demon Clan, and countless martial artists have sacrificed themselves to protect the territory and people of Great Liang. I believe Senior Brother Lu should also know this."

Hou Zhantian stared at Lu Qiguang, his meaning clear: the conflict between the two countries was started by the Han Kingdom, not by my Great Liang.

"Such national policies are not something that you and I can decide. I don't want to argue with Junior Brother Hou about this."

Upon hearing Lu Qiguang's words, Hou Zhantian's lips curled into a mocking smile, but he did not utter any sarcastic remarks. The two countries had not yet gone to war, and it was currently a ranking competition, so it was not the time to completely tear off the mask of civility.

"Now that your Great Liang has stationed troops in the Northern Frontier, to be honest, my Han Kingdom's military has also taken action. I do not want to see our two countries go to war. Why don't we decide this through this ranking competition? If any one of the four martial academies of Liang ranks higher than the four martial academies of my Han Kingdom, my Han Kingdom will withdraw its troops and let your Liang Kingdom wipe out the demon race in the Northern Frontier. If all four of your martial academies rank lower than our martial academies, then the Northern Frontier will cease hostilities."

As soon as Lu Qiguang said this, the other elders present stared intently at Hou Zhantian, wanting to know how he would make a decision.

According to the rankings of the previous two sessions, two of the four martial arts academies in Han Kingdom were ranked after the Great Liang Martial Arts Academy. However, they also knew that Lu Qiguang dared to say this because he came prepared.

"Junior Brother Hou, what do you think?"

Seeing Hou Zhantian remain silent, Lu Qiguang spoke again.

(End of this chapter)