Mr. Yangui

Chapter 84 The beginning of the conference
The banquet lasted for a while and then broke up.

After Lu Xuanming gave Li Wuchang a hard look, he left first, and Zhang Yanbo also left in a hurry, probably discussing some conspiracy with Lu Xuanming to deal with Li Wuchang.

Lu Xuandong and Li Wuchang talked a little more, roughly speaking, today was a misunderstanding, so Li Wuchang didn't have to take it to heart, and then left with a group of young masters.

Li Wuchang, Zhao Xun, and Jiang Minglun remained.

Li Wuchang looked at Jiang Minglun, and said: "Minglun, if you want to give Lu Xuanming a hard time, I will be the first to do it, and you don't have to think about the impact."

Zhao Xun said harshly: "I'm the second one, Ming Lun. If you have any thoughts, you must speak up. We are all brothers, and we definitely support you. Lu Xuanming really went too far today."

Jiang Minglun was silent.

Zhao Xun said again: "Ming Lun, you saw that Leng Shao almost made a move just now, don't you think Leng Shao and I are brothers? What can you say?"

Jiang Minglun was very moved when he saw the loyalty of the two, but he knew the seriousness, waved his hand, and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little angry, I just heard a dog barking, let's think about the Martial Arts Conference now, or don't Provoke Lu Xuanming, so as not to cause trouble."

After a pause, he added: "If I have any ideas, I must ask you to come forward."

Only then did Li Wuchang nod his head, and said: "Alright, there are still three days left in the Martial Dao Conference, I don't care, you all have to prepare well, so don't be distracted, and then find an opportunity to black him out in the future."

After Lu Xuanming and Zhang Yanbo went back, they were very angry.

Li Wuchang dared to be so unsympathetic in front of so many people, and spoke so presumptuously, it is simply unimaginable, this is no longer the way Lengtouqing can describe him.

"You can't just let it go, Third Highness, Li Wuchang made it clear that he doesn't take you seriously!" Zhang Yanbo looked at Lu Xuanming, trying to further provoke his anger.

Lu Xuanming snorted coldly: "I don't know what the second brother likes about him, but he is so polite to him."

Rolling his eyes, he continued: "Don't touch him now, there are still three days until the Martial Arts Conference, let Li Wuchang be as treacherous as a ghost, and it is an indisputable fact that he doesn't know martial arts, then we will just watch the jokes."

Zhang Yanbo said fiercely: "I have inquired about it. If he fails to pass three rounds, he will be thrown to Jizhou by his father. With my Zhang family's strength in the army, killing him is simply a piece of cake. Let's take a step back. , even if I don't make a move, the Khitan will take care of him."

Lu Xuanming smiled, secretly thinking that this is the best.

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Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun didn't get distracted during these three days, and they all hid in Xuanpingfang to practice hard, reviewing the old and learning the new, and getting ready for the martial arts conference.

They had signed up a long time ago, and it was said that there were no less than ten thousand people who signed up this time, all young people under the age of 25, and talents from the land of Kyushu.

This time there are many more people than in previous martial arts conferences.

Some people went to Jizhou for the war. In recent years, Jizhou is seriously short of people. Many people want to take this opportunity to find a job and go to Jizhou to see if they can work hard and get a good background.

The top few hundred have the opportunity to be selected for military positions.

There are also some people who are going to the Martial Arts Pavilion. This year's Martial Arts Pavilion has a lot more places than in previous years, reaching [-] people. That is to say, if you enter the top [-], you will have a chance to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion.

What a great opportunity.

Han Dazhi sneaked over again, and brought a lot of forbidden medicine to Li Wuchang, which is the kind of qi-dispersing pill. He also said that after the lottery was drawn, the list of their opponents would be brought out.

Because his father Han Guang presided over the martial arts conference, Han Dazhi still has a way.

If Li Wuchang didn't want to expose his martial arts and wanted to pass three rounds, of course he would have to resort to tricks. It would be good to know his opponent in advance, and take advantage of the opportunity to lure him to see if he can make him abstain.

If the opponent doesn't agree, Li Wuchang really wants to give the opponent some qi dispersing pills.

For the Martial Arts Pavilion, although Li Wuchang is also very yearning, but he has self-knowledge, even if he does not hide his martial arts, he has no chance, and there are only thirty places.

There are many young masters in Chang'an City, and there are also many from other places. In the land of Yanjiuzhou, there are countless big families and big gangs, so it is no problem to train a few elite children each.

However, I haven't heard of anyone with the strength of the seventh rank, but there are several peak sixth ranks, which should be the highest rank in this competition.

In fact, there are not many Qipins under the age of 25 in the entire Central Plains.

A few days ago, Li Wuchang heard his elder brother Li Wufeng say that he was about to break through, but there was no movement for a long time. Guo Yunlei had already reached the peak of the sixth rank, and the breakthrough was nowhere in sight.

Most of the contestants are people below the fifth rank, they are all noble children, or young people who just want to see it, accounting for more than [-]% of the number.

Most of the rest are around the fifth rank, who have passed the initial bottleneck of martial arts practitioners, accounting for about [-]% of the number.

The number of people above the sixth rank is extremely small, probably less than 50 people. With the scale of tens of thousands of people participating this time, it is really frightening that there is no one in a hundred.

Li Wuchang just listened to these rumors, and didn't really care about them. He was busy advertising these days.

He contacted the organizing department and offered to provide a large amount of money sponsorship, requesting that a banner with the names of Dongli Restaurant and Lu Ji be hung next to the venue during the competition.

Li Wuchang is eloquent and extremely generous, and with the signature of the Li Mansion, it will be smooth sailing.

Lu Ji made all kinds of banners, and Fat Bear will lead people to hang them in various competition venues.

Three days are fleeting.

The quadrennial martial arts tournament is finally about to begin.

The venue of the competition is the huge square in the imperial city. There are many arenas set up in the square, and there are referee seats and audience seats for people to sit and watch.

Security is the responsibility of the Praetorian Guard.

The first day of the competition is a lottery, and the players draw in person.

Tens of thousands of people are divided into groups, with more than 1000 people in each group. The game does not count the means, and the winner is determined by one set. If you lose once, you will be eliminated. The last eight people in each group will be selected for the final competition.

In the end, 30 people were selected to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion, or practice moves, or choose weapons, or challenge the masters in the Martial Arts Pavilion, and get other rewards, such as sutra protection pills, or materials for making weapons.

There are more than [-] people in each group, and there are ten rounds of competition. Only by defeating seven opponents in a row can they enter the top eight. It is very difficult.

Li Wuchang was assigned to the fifth group, and when he came to the lottery venue, he met many acquaintances, all of whom were playboys from Chang'an City, Han Dazhi and Zhang Yanbo were also there.

"Brother Wuchang, you are also in the fifth group, now I won't be lonely."

"Brother Wuchang, we old brothers are all in the fifth group, what a fate."

"Younger brother was surprised just now. Why is Brother Wuchang not here when all the old buddies are here? Now it's all right, all of them are here, and no one will be left behind."

When all friends saw Li Wuchang, they greeted him enthusiastically, and Li Wuchang responded one by one.

"Master Leng, something is wrong, why are we all in one group?" Han Dazhi pulled Li Wuchang aside and asked a question.

"Is something wrong?" Li Wuchang asked back.

Han Dazhi pulled Li Wuchang to a corner, and said softly: "Look, none of these dandies in Chang'an City will fall, and they all come to the fifth group. Also, the others are not good birds, they are all big families from other places. My dandy, do you think the court did it on purpose?"

Li Wuchang wondered: "They are all dudes? Impossible."

Han Dazhi replied: "Anyway, there are hundreds of people, at least half of them, alas, this is troublesome."

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "We should be happy. I don't know if it's a good time for these people to be divided into one group. The martial arts are half a barrel of water. It's easy for us to pass the test."

Han Dazhi made a sharp cut, and said, "Just because of my three-legged cat? Just because of your three-legged cat?... You are wrong, you are not even considered a three-legged cat. Don't blame my brother for speaking straight, even if these people are martial arts They are all half-baked, and they are more than enough to deal with you."

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "Besides, most of these people have backgrounds. Even if we can know who our opponent is in advance, the scheme of coercion and profiteering may not be effective against them."

Li Wuchang also lowered his voice, and said, "Isn't there still the Qi-dispersing pill?"

Han Dazhi gritted his teeth and said, "That's the only way to go. After the lottery is drawn, I'll find a chance to go to my father to get the names of our opponents, see if I can find a chance to ask them out, and give them a note."

Draw lots next.

Li Wuchang drew No. 580. According to the rules, the opponent is No. 84, but now I don’t know who the opponent is, because after the draw, the referee will record it. The contestants only know their own numbers. Li Wuchang’s match is scheduled at Tomorrow afternoon.

Han Dazhi drew number 350, which is considered a relatively high number, and the match will be tomorrow morning.

After the draw, the two met, and Li Wuchang told Han Dazhi the number, and Han Dazhi said that after the draw was over, he would find an excuse to go to his father's yamen, and while his father was eating, he secretly went to find his opponent's list.

Li Wuchang was very happy, after smoking, he went to find Jiang Minglun and Zhao Xun.

Zhao Xun was assigned to the second group, and Jiang Minglun was assigned to the seventh group.

Zhou Chengwang and Zheng Wenlong also came in a team, just in time to meet Li Wuchang and his group.

Zheng Wenlong said with a smile: "I'm also in the seventh group. It looks like I'm going to compete with the Minglun brothers. If I meet the younger brother, I hope the Minglun brothers will be merciful and make it look better for me to lose."

Jiang Minglun's skill has been at the middle level of the sixth rank for a while, and Zheng Wenlong has just stepped into the middle level of the sixth rank, so if the two meet, Zheng Wenlong should be slightly inferior.

Jiang Minglun said he didn't dare to do it.

Zhou Chengwang sighed, and said, "Damn it, I was actually assigned to the first group. According to the convention, the first group is usually the death group. There are so many masters."

Li Wuchang cut out, and said: "You also have the strength of the sixth-rank middle-level, even if you enter the death group, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Zhou Chengwang smiled wryly, and said, "Well, Li Wuchang, you don't feel backache when you stand and talk. If I meet a sixth-rank peak expert like your elder brother in the first round, I won't die?"

Li Wuchang laughed loudly and said, "Then I wish that Brother Zhou will meet one of the five sons of Chang'an in the first round, or it will be Su Ming from the Su family, or the silly elder brother Han Dade, the son of the King of Shu, or that strange talent from Yangzhou." Mu Tianfeng."

Mu Tianfeng from Yangzhou is a ruthless character, at the level of the fifth son of Chang'an, with a high reputation.

Hearing Li Wuchang's gloating words, everyone laughed.

Only Zhou Chengwang still had a bitter face.

(End of this chapter)