I Can See Your Combat Power

Chapter 745: Chapter Thirty-Nine: The First Night of the Martial Arts Tournament

The Chongming bird was a mythical bird from ancient times. It was chicken-like in appearance with a call resembling a phoenix. The bird had a pair of pupils in each of its eyes, hence its name, the Chongming (double-sighted) bird.

It was of immense strength, capable of hunting fierce beasts, feeding on bears and tigers, and removing disasters brought about by powerful creatures and spirits.

The secondary peak on the west side of Bifang Mountain was named Chongming Peak and was where the Martial Saint Mountain prepared accommodations and a hospital for the challengers.

To show its commitment to the safety of the participants of this martial arts contest, Dao Child Bu Xiao from Martial Saint Mountain had invited over a hundred apothecaries and physicians from the Hundred Herbs Immortal Mansion to accompany and safeguard the entire contest process. Martial Saint Mountain took on all the expenses for all medications required by those severely injured by the contest holders.

This magnanimous approach was the reason why all states and departments were willing to let their most outstanding young clan members participate. After all, the arrogant children who were used to regarding others as beneath them needed to broaden their horizon in order to realize that they weren’t the only prodigies in the world.

Just after one day of exchanges and contests, nearly seventy challengers had gotten injured and returned to the Chongming Peak to recuperate, including little Tang Xing.

After noting down the information about the contest platform, Tang Luo did not remain on the main peak platform but returned to Chongming Peak to wait for the other team members from Longxi.

That night, the three who had fought hard all day returned to the Chongming Peak, so exhausted that they lacked the energy to greet anyone. Upon arriving, they collapsed onto the large bed in Tang Luo’s room.

“You guys should have rested well in your rooms before coming here.” Tang Luo watched as the three of them, covered in dust and grime, dirtied his newly cleaned bed. He suppressed his urge to throw all of them out of the window and complained.

Cui Haoran had not even taken off his shoes. He propped his back with a jade pillow and sighed, “Captain, you have no idea how tiring our day was. After all the fighting, we only won a single contest seal.”

“Yeah, that’s completely true.” Li Xuanba, the strongest among them, echoed while moaning about his sore body, “The disciples of Martial Saint Mountain are truly powerful. I fought at four contest platforms today, and only won one due to the limited space. The other contestant exhausted his spiritual power. If we were out in the open, I would have been worn out!”

The reason they sprawled out on the bed as soon as they entered the room was more due to their discouragement from seeing so many formidable peers than their exhaustion from the day’s battles.

Not just Cui Haoran and Li Xuanba, even the most arrogant Xiao Ziyu sat on the edge of the bed, silent.

It can be taken for granted that the disciples of the Martial Saint Mountain were powerful, especially when the ones standing on the contest platforms today were the top hundred disciples of Martial Saint Mountain.

Even though Cui Haoran and Li Xuanba were both universally recognized as exceptional prodigies, they still felt ordinary in this environment where there were countless people stronger than them.

Tang Luo poured tea for the trio and asked Xiao Ziyu, “How about you? How was your day? How many platforms did you compete on?”

“Nine.”

The proud Xiao Ziyu had thought that even when facing the outer gate disciples of Martial Saint Mountain, he would emerge victorious with ease. However, he had not expected to have to endure nine consecutive hard battles on the first day, which was like a wakeup call for him. He was a little deflated at the moment.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“Just as I thought.”

Tang Luo nodded and addressed Xiao Ziyu, “You enjoy challenging strong competitors, every battle is tough. Additionally, you have to infuse new spiritual power into the Monument Dragon Diagram after the existing power runs out. It’s already quite impressive that you were able to fight at nine contest platforms in a single day.”

“Really?” Recalling his boast from the morning about defeating all contest platforms, Xiao Ziyu gave a self-deprecating smile and then asked Tang Luo, “What about you? How many platforms did you participate in today?”

The other two suddenly perked up. Twisting their bodies, they gazed expectantly at Tang Luo.

Tang Luo shrugged, “I only competed at one platform.”

“Ah!?” Upon hearing his response, Cui Haoran and Li Xuanba’s faces fell. They seemed to be full of disappointment and there was also a hint of disdain.

“Hey, what is that attitude?” Tang Luo crossed his arms and complained, “I am your team leader. I spent the whole day gathering information about all the contest holders for you guys. Is this how you thank me?”

“Thank you, captain. You had a hard day.”

Cui Haoran and Li Xuanba praised in unison, their voices full of insincerity. Noticing Tang Luo’s displeased expression, they quickly added more words of appreciation.

“Actually, captain, we also collected information today, but it didn’t help at all. It would have been better if you had focused on scoring points.”

“Exactly.” Li Xuanba chimed in, “We found out that the contest holders on the Bifang Mountain platforms are the top hundred disciples of the Martial Saint Mountain’s outer gate, but knowing this didn’t help at all. As outsiders, we know nothing about the Martial Saint Mountain, and the contest holders do not disclose who they are, so we can’t tell who’s who. Even if someone tells us the names of the disciples at the bottom of the ranking, we still have no way of finding them.”

“Indeed, it was said that those top families are stingy. They definitely have a list of the disciples ranked at the bottom and are waiting until the third day to harvest their points.” Cui Haoran grumbled, “They might even gravely injure these contest holders, leaving no points for others.”

“It seems you guys were really busy today.” Tang Luo looked at the two who were complaining and grinned.

“Absolutely!” The straightforward Li Xuanba added, “I heard some of the heirs from great families have side branches practicing in the outer gates of Martial Saint Mountain. So, several heirs of noble families did not even stay on the main peak platform today but went to visit the Martial Institute in Bifang Mountain first!”

“They are not visiting, they are just collecting information.” Cui Haoran scowled and grumbled, “They are all from the same family. It would be so simple to print a copy of the rankings for their own family. Why must we take turns competing on each contest platform while they can directly have a list of the names of the last few ranked people? They call this the Longzhou Youth Martial Arts Competition and yet it’s unfair!”

“Yes, it is too unfair!” Li Xuanba echoed, nodding his head vigorously in agreement.

“Alright, enough!” Tang Luo looked at the two who suddenly had a common enemy and joked while laughing, “Are you really seeking fairness? It’s more like you’re just jealous of others’ convenience. Let me ask you, if one of your family members was practicing in Martial Saint Mountain today and you were participating in this competition, wouldn’t you visit the martial institute?”

“This… This is not the same…” Cui Haoran blushed when his thoughts were detected but stubbornly retorted.

“What’s the difference? If you had a relative in Martial Saint Mountain, you would have done the same thing as these heirs of noble families,” Tang Luo said calmly. “Children of large families like us should know that fairness is nonexistent. The fact that Martial Saint Mountain is able to keep the competition fair and impartial is already quite commendable.”

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