Conquer the game world

Chapter 146 Branch Sect Martial Arts Competition
Although it was somewhat regrettable, Ye Feng's decision was correct. Sure enough, someone quickly arrived at the hall. However, Ye Feng had already left by then, and no one understood what was going on or what had happened.

Although not all members of the Yan family were wiped out this time, Ye Feng felt that it was enough. By killing all the powerful figures in the Yan family, the Yan family was essentially finished. This is a cruel world, and as for the rest, Ye Feng didn't need to do anything; he believed that many people would be happy to kick someone when they're down.

As for the other servants, Ye Feng was too lazy to lift a finger. They had little to do with the Yan family; they were just prisoners of war he had bought.

After leaving Lake Spirit City, Ye Feng thought of the Lin family, which wasn't too far away. Ye Feng had been away in the Southern Wilderness for several months and hadn't been able to contact Bei Lin Han during that time. Since confirming his feelings for Bei Lin Han in the secret realm, Ye Feng had felt even more attached to her.

However, Ye Feng gritted his teeth and flew towards the Yanluo Sect. Although he missed it, the Yanluo Sect's martial arts tournament was about to begin, and if he went to the Lin family, he might not be able to return to the Yanluo Sect before the tournament started.

Ye Feng knew this was an opportunity to enter the inner sect. In order to obtain the Rejuvenating Purple Pill to treat Bei Linhan's injuries, Ye Feng could not miss this martial arts competition.

Five days after the Yan family was wiped out in an instant, many guests came to the Yanluo Sect.

Sect Master Jiang Wuyai personally greeted them at the entrance. Most of them were old-fashioned elders who brought a few young disciples to Yanluo Sect.

These are all talented young people who have come to participate in the martial arts competition. This time, the competition for the Yanluo Sect in this area has been scheduled to take place in the branch alliance where Jiang Wuyai is located.

Yanluomen has thirty-six large and small branch alliances throughout Dongyang Kingdom. During each martial arts tournament, these thirty-six branch alliances are divided into four regions as required. Each of these four regions holds its own separate martial arts tournament to determine the winner. Although this tournament also determines the final winner, it is not the most important thing.

Most importantly, each division has twenty slots to go to the main sect's martial arts competition each time. When the main sect holds its martial arts competition, all the division alliances, and even some young talents born in the main sect, compete together. This is the most unprecedented golden age.

Of course, since the main sect has much better resources and other aspects than the branch sects, the top-ranked members in the main sect martial arts competitions are almost always from the main sect, while the disciples from the branch sects are mostly just there to broaden their horizons.

However, there have been outstanding young talents in the General Sect Martial Arts Tournament. Even if these young talents did not meet the requirements for entering the General Sect, they would be admitted to the General Sect by exception. Therefore, the General Sect Martial Arts Tournament is a great opportunity for talented young people to soar to new heights.

On this day, Jiang Wuyai's smile seemed somewhat forced, not for any other reason than that he had recently discovered that Ye Feng had disappeared.

Ye Feng had secretly left Yanluo Sect for his own safety, but he never expected that his location would be exposed later.

However, because Ye Feng secretly slipped away, no one in the Yanluo Sect knew where he had gone. The gatekeepers also reported that they had not seen Ye Feng. If it weren't for the upcoming martial arts competition and Jiang Wuyai wanting to check on Ye Feng's cultivation progress, they probably wouldn't have discovered that Ye Feng was missing.

After all, there are many disciples in Yanluo Sect who spend their days in arduous cultivation. It wouldn't be strange if they didn't show up for several months. Before, everyone just thought that Ye Feng was locking himself in his room to cultivate.

Jiang Wuyai was very frustrated at this moment. You see, he thought highly of Ye Feng. Otherwise, he would not have personally guided Ye Feng and promised Ye Feng a Soul Refining Pill as a reward if he won first place in the martial arts competition.

Of course, the first place in the martial arts competition here refers to the competition of the branch alliance. It is almost impossible to get first place in the main sect's martial arts competition. Historically, there has never been a case where the first place disciple of the main sect's martial arts competition was not a young talent born in the main sect.

Although Jiang Wuyai had no hope of winning first place in the main sect's martial arts competition, he still felt that Ye Feng had a good chance of winning first place in this regional competition. Moreover, if Ye Feng could win first place, he, as the sect leader, would also receive many benefits, which was what Jiang Wuyai valued most.

However, Ye Feng just vanished into thin air, leaving Jiang Wuyai feeling utterly helpless. There were some things in this reward that even he found tempting, and without Ye Feng, Jiang Wuyai didn't think Wu Lan had the strength to take first place.

With Jiang Wuyai's level of strength, his judgment is generally quite accurate. In fact, Jiang Wuyai believes that it would be quite good if Wu Lan could be ranked in the top five.

After failing to find Ye Feng, Jiang Wuyai was extremely frustrated. What's more, he encountered disciples from other branch alliances while receiving guests here, two of whom had already reached the Spirit God realm. Seeing the smug looks on the elders' faces, Jiang Wuyai naturally felt even more displeased.

"All eight branch alliances have arrived. Now we just have to wait for the martial arts competition in a couple of days. Alas, it seems I won't have that honor this time," Jiang Wuyai sighed. After greeting all the branch alliance disciples, Jiang Wuyai turned to leave when suddenly a gust of wind came from behind him.

"Ye Feng, where did you go? Did you encounter some danger?" Jiang Wuyai thought to himself, feeling frustrated. The martial arts competition was about to begin, and Ye Feng's disappearance at this time was indeed quite illogical.

"Who goes there! Huh? Ye Feng, you're back?" Jiang Wuyai, who was in a bad mood and about to lose his temper, was overjoyed when he saw who it was.

"Uh, Sect Master." Ye Feng was also speechless. After all, he had sneaked out and had been warned before. He didn't expect to run into the Sect Master as soon as he returned. Ye Feng was feeling guilty. If he was punished because of this and couldn't participate in the competition, it would be a huge loss.

"It's good that you're back. The competition is about to start, and if you had been two days later, you would have missed it. You'd better prepare well these next two days. Oh? You've broken through to the late stage of the Spirit Form realm?" Jiang Wuyai completely ignored Ye Feng's unauthorized departure. It was all Ye Feng's overthinking. Now that Ye Feng was back, Jiang Wuyai saw Ye Feng as if he had seen the reward he was about to receive. He no longer cared about such a trivial matter as Ye Feng's unauthorized departure.

"I had a sudden insight and thus broke through." Hearing that Jiang Wuyai didn't intend to punish him, Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Truly, heroes emerge from among the young! I'm afraid you could have entered the inner sect even without relying on this Grand Sect Martial Arts Tournament," Jiang Wuyai exclaimed.

"However, there are two opponents you need to be careful of in this competition: Wang Chengye and Tie Shu. Both of them possess the strength of the early stage of the Spirit God realm, making them your biggest rivals at the moment," Jiang Wuyai reminded him. "Take a good rest these next two days and get back to your best condition. I want you to strive for first place in the competition!"

"I understand," Ye Feng replied. He didn't take these two people seriously. After all, Ye Feng had once instantly killed Yan Kai, who was at the mid-stage of the Spirit God realm. These two were only at the early stage of the Spirit God realm, so Ye Feng didn't care about them.

"Okay, go ahead." Jiang Wuyai replied in a good mood. Ye Feng's return gave Jiang Wuyai more confidence. He knew that he had lost face in front of others before, and no one likes their disciple to be inferior to someone else's disciple.

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng dared not linger and quickly took his leave. If Jiang Wuyai asked him what he had been doing for the past six months, Ye Feng would inevitably have to give a vague answer. After all, it was best not to let anyone know about the destruction of the Yan family.

However, Jiang Wuyai had only thought of Ye Feng when the martial arts competition was about to begin. When he went to find Ye Feng, he discovered that Ye Feng was missing. Therefore, Jiang Wuyai did not know how long Ye Feng had been missing. He only assumed that Ye Feng had been gone for a few days and then returned.

The sect division martial arts competition began as scheduled two days later. A total of eighty people participated in this competition. Ten people from Ye Feng's Yanluo Sect participated, while seventy people from the other eight sects came.

However, don't be fooled by the large number of eighty people. This is the total number of people from the nine branch sects. In other words, you need to be ranked in the top ten within your branch sect to have a chance to participate in this martial arts competition.

It's important to know that the Yanluo Sect branch where Ye Feng is located has nearly three hundred disciples, which shows how difficult it is to enter the top ten. Therefore, any disciple qualified to participate in the branch sect martial arts competition is no weakling. And this is just the branch sect martial arts competition; the main sect martial arts competition will likely be even more difficult. Of course, these levels are beyond the imagination of ordinary disciples.

The nine branch sects participating this time will each have twenty spots. This martial arts competition is a single-elimination event, which means that as long as you can win two matches in a row, you will basically be guaranteed to enter the top twenty, or at least secure a qualification to participate in the main sect martial arts competition. Of course, there will also be a competition to determine the winner of the first place.

The competition took place in the largest competition square within the Yanluo Sect. Instead of using the illusionary competition method, it was a direct and realistic battle mode. This was partly to allow each person to maximize their strength, and partly to make it easier for other ordinary disciples to watch the competition.

As long as they are disciples of the Yanluo Sect, they are welcome to come and watch the battle and learn. Naturally, no disciple would want to miss such a grand martial arts event. The audience seats in the martial arts square were already filled with disciples who came to watch the battle early on.

Of course, since the competition was held in Ye Feng's branch sect, this was considered Ye Feng's home ground. After all, although other branch sects came to participate in the competition, they only brought about ten people to participate. As for the other ordinary disciples, they certainly wouldn't go to the trouble of bringing them along.

Therefore, most of the more than two hundred disciples who came here to watch the battle were Ye Feng's biggest fans, and many were looking forward to seeing how Ye Feng would perform.

Previously, only Jiang Wuyai and a few others knew about Ye Feng's disappearance. Jiang Wuyai did not allow anyone to spread the news, so these disciples had no idea about it.

The disciples participating in the competition arrived at the square one by one, led by their elders. Of course, these disciples only paid attention to the disciples of their own branch sects. As for the other disciples, how the hell would I know? I don't know them.

"I think Senior Brother Ye Feng will definitely get first place this time. As for Senior Sister Wu Lan, she is said to have broken through to the early stage of the Spirit God realm. She should also be able to achieve good results." A disciple discussed with the disciples around him.

"I don't think so. Ye Feng was powerful before, but he was still only at the Spirit Form stage. A Spirit Form stage martial artist would probably not have an advantage against Senior Sister Wu Lan. I think Senior Sister Wu Lan will definitely be number one," another disciple retorted.

"Hmph, we'll see. I think they'll inevitably end up fighting later on," the disciple replied defiantly.

The two made no mention of the disciples of other branch sects during their discussion, which showed their confidence in their own branch sects. At the same time, it was also because they did not know that other branch sects also had martial artists at the early stage of the Spirit God realm.

"Look, your senior brother Ye Feng is here. Also, there are Wu Lan, Yan Xiaobai, and senior sister Jiang Danxue." At this moment, Jiang Wuyai led the disciples who participated in the martial arts competition to the square. Among the disciples participating in the competition, apart from Ye Feng, the most popular were undoubtedly the three beautiful senior sisters, including Wu Lan.

Wu Lan has consistently ranked second. Although Ye Feng made a comeback and reached first place, Yan Feng, who was previously ranked first, was eliminated from the rankings after being crippled. Therefore, Wu Lan remains in second place.

As for Xiaobai and Jiang Danxue, their rankings have improved rapidly over the past six months. In fact, both of them are very talented. They were ranked outside the top ten before because they had not been disciples for long and therefore their strength was not as good as some of the older disciples.

As time went by, their talents gradually became apparent, and their strength steadily and rapidly improved. This time, Jiang Danxue's ranking rose to eighth place, while Yan Xiaobai was ranked tenth. Both of them qualified to participate in this martial arts competition.

Of course, in terms of strength, the two of them are still far behind Ye Feng and Wu Lan, but their outstanding appearance still garnered the support of many disciples.

"Go Ye Feng! Take first place! I believe in you!"

"Senior Sister Wulan, I love you."

"..."

The appearance of Ye Feng and his group immediately ignited the atmosphere among the disciples in the audience, with cheers ringing out continuously. Most of the male disciples were cheering for the beautiful senior sisters, while many female disciples were gazing at Ye Feng with obvious infatuation.

"Hmph, do these people think they've already won?" Wang Chengye, who had arrived early to wait for the match, snorted in dissatisfaction from another section of the stands.

It should be noted that Wang Chengye is a martial artist at the early stage of the Spirit God realm. In the branch sect where Wang Chengye belongs, he is also the strongest. Wherever he goes, he is the focus of everyone's discussion.

As a master, he possessed the pride of a master. Now that he had arrived here, no one paid attention to him. Although this was largely because no one knew his strength, it still made him very unhappy. In his eyes, Ye Feng, who received the most cheers, became a thorn in his side. In his view, Ye Feng had stolen the cheers that should have belonged to him.

"He's just a martial artist at the Spirit Form Realm, what's there to be so smug about? This kid better not run into me later. If I do, I'll beat him so badly he won't be able to get out of bed for half a year," Wang Chengye said fiercely.

After harboring resentment for a few moments, Wang Chengye finally stopped looking in Ye Feng's direction. In his opinion, a Spirit Form Warrior was nothing to fear. As for Wu Lan, although he was a Spirit God Warrior, he had long known that Wu Lan had only recently broken through and his realm was definitely unstable, so he did not take Wu Lan seriously.

Wang Chengye looked towards another section of the audience seats. Tie Shu, sitting in that section, was Wang Chengye's most valued opponent. The two were evenly matched, and Wang Chengye had long regarded Tie Shu as the biggest obstacle to his quest for first place.

In another audience section, Tie Shu, another expert who had traveled a long way to participate in the competition, also had a very unpleasant expression. Like Wang Chengye, he also had his own pride, and this feeling of being ignored made him very unhappy.

Suddenly, he felt a fighting spirit in Wang Chengye's eyes. Tie Shu also looked up at Wang Chengye. Their eyes met, and they both saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes. It seemed that in their eyes, only the other was qualified to be their opponent.

But is this really the case?
After waving to the disciples in the audience, Ye Feng and the others went to their respective audience rest area to rest. The martial arts competition was about to begin, and Ye Feng kept his eyes closed to rest.

Yan Xiaobai was initially very excited to be able to participate in the martial arts competition with Ye Feng. He had even planned to at least strike up a conversation with Ye Feng, but seeing Ye Feng's closed-eyed meditation, he reluctantly gave up on that idea.

In fact, Yan Xiaobai herself was not very diligent in cultivation; on the contrary, she was quite lazy. Actually, her talent was even better than Jiang Danxue's, but she spent too little time cultivating. Otherwise, surpassing Jiang Danxue would have been no problem.

Yan Xiaobai was able to enter the top ten this time because he was hoping to get close to Ye Feng and maybe even have a chance to talk to him. As a result, he was motivated and worked hard in his cultivation, which is why he barely made it into the top ten and obtained such a spot.

At this moment, Ye Feng didn't care much about the competition. After his trip to the Southern Wilderness, Ye Feng's horizons had broadened considerably. He had seen powerful creatures like the Thunder Dragon, as well as Tong Zifeng, whose strength was unknown, and the confused Xuanlong. So why would he care about such a competition?

When Ye Feng arrived at the square, he secretly observed that there were only three contestants at the early stage of the Spirit God realm, including Wu Lan. In Ye Feng's opinion, this kind of competition was simply child's play.

(End of this chapter)