With all these qualities, I will eventually become immortal.

Chapter 56 Holding Back
After Meng Chuan changed his clothes, Luo Guanyun came over.

Master's wife, Ren Ping, stepped forward and smoothed out the wrinkles on Meng Chuan's martial arts uniform before smiling with satisfaction.

"You're so handsome, Xiao Meng."

Meng Chuan smiled shyly in response.

Luo Guanyun has always spoken with an air of dominance:
"Just play normally, your coach believes in you, no one on the field can beat you."

Meng Chuan said confidently:

"necessary!"

Luo Guanyun stepped forward again and instructed:

"Your first opponent is a girl. She is also at the fourth level of Qi and Blood, and has mastered internal strength. You must not hold back just because she is a girl."

"Female martial artists are in no way inferior to us men. A slight mistake could lead to an unexpected defeat. With martial arts experts from the Martial Arts Association on the field to prevent accidents, we can just give it our all."

Meng Chuan nodded.

Luo Guanyun suddenly thought of something else:

"When you run into that guy named Chen Xuewu later, don't let him lose too badly. His master, Liu Sanduo, is considered my junior brother. Remember to call him 'Uncle-Master' when you meet him."

Meng Chuan said he understood, and suddenly thought of the man who had looked at him strangely last night.

"Chen Xuewu? I guess it's him."

The ring is still being tested, and the host is interacting with the audience and warming them up at the side of the ring.

Inside the waiting area of ​​the Infinite Martial Arts Academy, Meng Chuan sat cross-legged on the ground, adjusting his breathing to ensure he was in the best possible condition for the upcoming performance.

In the waiting area of ​​the Green Snake Martial Arts School, the students were opening champagne in advance.

"Sister Xiaoyue, you drew a good group in the first round, you're in luck!"

The owner of the museum, [Yu Zhu Qing Li Cui Zhen], is Li Xiao Yue's biological mother, and she is also all smiles at this moment.

"Yueyue, that guy surnamed Meng is only so-so. The only thing worth mentioning is that he's a third-rate Cannon Fist master. He can conserve his energy to deal with Chen Xuewu and Li Bing."

While others were already wishing themselves victory, Li Xiaoyue didn't feel confident of winning and kept reviewing the weaknesses of Xingyi Paoquan in her mind.

The news that Meng Chuan had broken through to the fourth level and also mastered the hidden force had not spread. The information held by other martial arts schools was the version that had not been updated before.

According to Master Luo:
"Information asymmetry is the key to victory in any competition!"

Liu Ru was giving Meng Chuan some warm-up moves, saying as she sparred:

"Xiao Meng, don't be nervous. Just be as energetic as you are when you practice martial arts. If you really feel nervous, just think of the audience as a bunch of ordinary people!"

"I understand, Sister Ru."

In the audience, Wang Yue had a huge Meng Chuanguang fan sign made, which was currently placed with his sister Meng Yiyi.

Meng Yiyi's idea of ​​forming a fan club coincided with Wang Yue's, so the two reached a cooperation agreement.

As Meng Chuan's first public competition, we're going to give them a good boost in morale and lay the foundation for gaining fans in the future.

Wang Yue prepared to leave the waiting area and go to the audience to find Meng Yiyi.

Before leaving, he shouted loudly to Meng Chuan:

"Brother Chuan'er, good luck later! Don't worry about what's going on off the field, just watch my performance!"

Meng Chuan was somewhat confused, and he had a bad feeling.

"What kind of performance are you expecting from the sidelines? What are you trying to show?"

With the ring setup completed, all the masters from the various schools on the judging panel had arrived.

The two seats in the very center were undoubtedly reserved for the competition director of the Martial Arts Association and Luo Guanyun, the master of the Infinite Martial Arts Hall of the Third Limit.

Luo Guanyun was dressed in a black suit, his muscles making the clothes bulge high, giving him a very stylish look.

Sitting next to him was his "little brother," Liu Sanduo. Although Liu Sanduo didn't look nearly as burly as Luo Guanyun, his spirit was still incredibly sharp, and the veins on his wrist, which was occasionally visible through his sleeve, were bulging. Although he didn't think Meng Chuan could beat Li Xiaoyue, he still had to say something.

"Brother Luo, I've already told Xue Wu to hold back and exchange a few more blows if he runs into Meng Chuan later."

Luo Guanyun was a little puzzled. "You're still holding back with me?"

"Sanduo, what are you dreaming about?"

The other curators were also exchanging ideas.
"Old Yuan, has your apprentice mastered the hidden strength yet?"

"Uh-huh."

Yuan Huan, the master of the Ape God Martial Arts Academy, was somewhat distracted, because on the one hand, he had to sit on the judges' panel to control the situation, and on the other hand...

At this moment, he is controlling Wang Xudong's body through the Seed of Fear!
The waiting area of ​​the Monkey God Martial Arts Hall at this time.

The Hu brothers always felt that their senior brother looked a little off.

Wang Xudong usually loves to lecture them about being pretentious, but today, for such a grand competition, the opposing team didn't even bother to lecture the martial arts school's students.

With the match about to begin, Wang Xudong was still silently resting with his eyes closed. Hu's second son quickly ran over to remind him:
"Senior brother, get up quickly, the competition is about to start."

"Ok."

Wang Xudong suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and strode towards the ring.

"Senior brother, come back quickly! We haven't been called to the stage yet!"

Wang Xudong suddenly stopped, a red glint flashing in his eyes before disappearing, and looked back.

"Oh well."

Hu Jiarui felt that his second senior brother was getting stranger and stranger; how come he couldn't even remember the number of his own matches?

"Even though Wang Xudong has stopped showing off, why do I find him even stranger?"

The competition is about to begin, and as is customary, the martial arts association representative sitting in the middle should give the opening speech.

After all, he was the big spender, and when he stood up, the applause in the audience was thunderous. The host had already stirred up the emotions of the audience in advance.

Once the applause subsided, the person in charge, who was also a martial artist at the first stage of his cultivation, spoke directly without any hesitation:

"Distinguished guests in the audience, and esteemed competitors, the 46th Yong'an Martial Arts School Ranking Tournament is officially open!"

Applause rang out again, and the host took over the conversation.

"In this competition, the first to appear are the young contestants from the underage group. Each of them represents the highest teaching level of their martial arts school. Let's welcome them onto the stage with the warmest applause!"

Sixteen contestants walked onto the stage amidst applause, standing in a row with great momentum.

Chen Xuewu, Li Xiaoyue, and Li Bing looked at each other; they were the favorites to win the competition.

Chen Xuewu looked at Li Xiaoyue, the only female contestant on the field, his expression solemn, and thought to himself:

“She has been learning martial arts from her martial arts mother since she was a child. At this moment, she has probably not only mastered the basics of internal strength, but the snake form is also the most cunning and difficult to defend against. We must be careful when we encounter it.”

In his mind, Meng Chuan had already been eliminated by the other side.

The other contestants were also quietly observing the three of them.

"My opponent in the first round was a weakling with only three Qi and Blood levels. I hope I can continue to have good luck in the second round and not run into any of them."

Wang Xudong's expression had returned to normal, clearly indicating that his master Yuan Huan was becoming increasingly adept at controlling him.

He was still greeting and interacting warmly with the audience.

Upon seeing this, Hu Jiarui realized that he had been overthinking things.

"This guy is still the same pretentious jerk!"

(End of this chapter)