Chapter 577: Tournament
’How to answer this question?’ Yu Nianzhen was a little at a loss.
When he didn’t know what to say, a loud voice echoed in the surroundings.
"All participants, please come to the stage." The voice said.
Hearing this, Qian Chen and the others turned to look at the stage in the middle of the arena.
"It’s about to begin." Someone excitedly said.
"Are you confident?" Jiang Yue asked while looking at the three kids.
"I will do my best." Xue Hua said.
Among the three, she was the weakest and was the least likely to make the top one hundred.
"I will also do my best." A voice said and everyone turned to see that Tang Xiao had already opened his eyes.
Soon after, the three left the stands and went to the stage.
"Tournaments bring me back." Jiang Yue sighed and a trace of nostalgia coloured his face.
"Have you been to many tournaments?" Gu Dong asked.
"You can say that." Jiang Yue chuckled.
The first time he was in a tournament was in the Thousand Herbs Garden.
At that time, they fought for map pieces and somehow, he and Yu Nianzhen ended up in the top ten in the secret realm.
The next time was during the Ice Palace martial contest.
Although Jiang Yue did not personally fight, Yu Nianzhen did.
In that contest, Yu Nianzhen domineered with the strength of one.
Unfortunately, the story did not have a good ending and Bing Lan eventually died.
Finally, and the most memorable was the one hundred years challenge in the Reincarnation World.
Thinking of the Reincarnation World, a trace of worry flashed in Jiang Yue’s eyes.
"I hope everyone is fine." He subconsciously muttered.
"They should be fine." Yu Nianzhen said.
However, he was also a little worried.
Although he believed in his master, sworn brothers, and other heroes of the Cangxing world, it was natural to worry.
After all, the Cangxing world was among the weakest worlds in the Reincarnation World.
"We would know if something happened to Master and our brothers. Don’t worry too much."
"You are right." Jiang Yue nodded and forcibly suppressed his unease.
Beside them, Gu Dong silently listened.
He was extremely curious about the two and wanted to learn as much as he could.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t deduce the situation from what he overheard.
All he knew was that the couple’s master and brothers seemed to be in a dangerous place.
"Divine master Gu, how are they going to compete?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
Hearing the question, Gu Dong looked at the stage where more than two thousand participants had already gathered.
"There are too many participants and we need to weed them out. The first round is a melee." Gu Dong said and quickly continued.
"The first round will have ten matches and each match will have two hundred contestants. The contestants will fight until ten people are left in the ring."
"Two hundred to ten. That means only one hundred martial artists will proceed to the next round."
"The second round will also be a melee. After the melee, forty-nine martial artists will remain."
"Will there be a ranking match?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"The third, fourth, and fifth rounds." Gu Dong informed and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
As the three were talking, the participants had already been divided into ten groups of two hundred.
Looking at the groupings, Yu Nianzhen burst into laughter.
"I didn’t expect Xiao Hua to be so lucky." He said.
"Among the three, she was the least likely to make it to the next round. Now, she is all but guaranteed." Gu Dong said.
Although Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were not too familiar with martial arts stages, they could instinctively feel who was strong and who was weak.
At a glance, Xue Hua was sorted into the weakest group.
Excluding her, there were two people who looked a little strong but the rest were weak.
The first round took two days.
After two days, one hundred martial artists advanced to the second round.
Among these one hundred were Tang Xiao, Qian Chen, Xue Hua, and Qing Rui.
Unfortunately, Gu Dong’s grandchildren were not lucky and were eliminated in the first round.
However, this was expected so they were not too sad.
Because there were only one hundred participants remaining, the second round was held on the afternoon of the third day.
"Nineteen grandmasters, sixty-three masters, eleven innate masters, and seven acquired masters." Gu Dong categorised as he looked at the participants.
"It won’t be difficult for the Tang boy and the Qian boy to enter the second round but Xiao Hua..." Gu Dong sighed.
"Her luck is not bad. She may still make it." Jiang Yue said.
Unfortunately, his words did not come true.
Rather, Qing Rui was the lucky one.
Maybe because he was only an acquired stage master, the others did not take him seriously.
As a result, the strong fought against each other and forgot the weaklings like Qing Rui.
By the time everyone realised it, there were forty-nine people on the stage and Qing Rui was among them.
"This little boy is a weasel." Gu Dong said and shook his head in disbelief.
"Luck is also a skill." Jiang Yue said.
In cultivation, there were three major requirements – luck, talent, and hard work.
Without luck, even talented and hardworking cultivators would find it difficult to move forward.
Because of this, luck was at times considered more important than talent and hard work.
"Master Jiang is right. Luck is a necessity for practitioners." Gu Dong agreed and then continued.
"Qing Rui is the only acquired stage master who entered the third round. No matter how lucky he is, he can’t advance to the fourth round."
However, Gu Dong underestimated Qing Rui’s luck.
As it turned out, Qing Rui’s opponent was seriously injured in the second round.
Because of this, he forfeited his match and Qing Rui smoothly proceeded to the fourth round.
Seeing this, Gu Dong and other spectators were speechless.
Even Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen didn’t expect such an outcome.
Fortunately, Qing Rui’s luck didn’t hold and he was miserably defeated in the fourth round.
If he continued to smoothly proceed, no one would be able to accept it.
