Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 177 Why doesn’t Chen play by the rules?

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While Lu Qingxuan and Shangguan Yulong were plotting in Wangyue Tower, the competition on the ring had already entered the next round.

The pace of the game was very fast. Soon, the result of this game came out, and then the thirteenth game, the fourteenth game...

The games went on quickly until the top nine were decided, and then the opening game was declared over.

Naturally, spinach eaters have both joy and sorrow.

The spinach patrons who lost the bet were so angry that they tore up the betting papers and threw the debris into the sky in grief and annoyance. There were also spinach patrons who were jubilant and gathered in front of the spinach stall, happily exchanging spirit stones.

On the high platform in the distance, Zheng Lingyun lowered her eyes and watched from afar as Chen Shiyan and the jade slaves kept paying out the spiritual stones. Her brows slightly furrowed, "Master Jingyun, Shiyan has run the spinach stall too formally this time. She didn't deliberately guide public opinion at all. Isn't this too risky? Don't let it end up with a big loss."

"It won't be a loss." Chen Jingyun shook his head helplessly, "Qianqian once said that the more formal the spinach stall is, the more money it will make. The previous tricks of deliberately guiding public opinion are only stopgap measures. If we really want to grow bigger and stronger, we have to formalize and build credibility."

"Qianqian and Shiyun, mother and daughter, have worked together to develop something called an algorithm, which can calculate the odds relatively accurately and adjust the odds in real time according to the situation, ensuring that no matter what the process is, whether you win or lose, the bookmaker can always make a profit of about 20% in the end."

Chen Jingyun's explanation was halting, and it was obvious that he did not really understand the so-called "algorithm" created by his wife and daughter, just like he could not understand the complex and mysterious structure of the inscriptions and runes in the Jade Slave Puppet Technology.

There is no way, there is a natural gap in pure IQ.

Zheng Lingyun looked sideways and thought for a long time. Well, it seemed that she really couldn't understand it. She couldn't help but look at Chen Jingyun with deep sympathy.

At this time.

The first round of the competition has ended, and the nine winners gathered on the stage.

Zhao Anxuan came forward again and officially read out the list of the top nine.

They are Jiang Xiaoyu, Chen Xiuxu, Chen Jinghang, Chen Shiwen, and Chen Xintao from the Chen family, Zhao Yingzhuo and Zhao Yunwei from the Zhao family, and Zheng Xintong and Zheng Haonan from the Zheng family.

Every time a name was called, the person would take a step forward and salute to the four directions with a look of slight pride on his face.

Only Jiang Xiaoyu and Chen Xintao were calmer. The former was still a little lazy, as if she hadn't put in much effort. The reason was that she had only played one game so far and had a bye in the previous two games.

Unlike the others, all of them played three games.

Chen Xintao was confident. In his opinion, he was the direct disciple of Si Jianli of Qinglian Sword Pavilion, so wouldn't it be easy to win through the internal competition of the family?
However, I believe that it won't be long before he fully understands that the difficulty of the competition within the family is hellish.

This is just like the table tennis competition in Chen Xuanmo's previous life. Winning the national championship is much more difficult than winning the world championship.

"Grandma Lingyun."

At this time, a pretty girl of about fifteen or sixteen rushed up to the platform. As soon as she came up, she pulled Zheng Lingyun's sleeve and cried aggrievedly: "Wuwuwu~ That Chen Xiuxu is so hateful. He relied on his age to beat me up. Wuwu~~"

"Xinxin?"

Seeing her, Zheng Lingyun's brows softened immediately and she touched her head lovingly.

This girl's name is Zheng Xinxin. She is only sixteen years old and is the youngest of the Zheng family with four spiritual roots.

Because of her outstanding qualifications, she has always been favored in the clan and has a very close relationship with Zheng Lingyun.

Unfortunately, her age is rather awkward. She should attend the Fifth Youth Conference, but because she is too young and her cultivation is only at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage, she cannot bring into play the advantages of the four spiritual roots.

She can take part in the sixth session ten years later, but by then she will be over the age limit at 26.

Zheng Lingyun also felt helpless and regretful about this.

If Xin'er had been born a year later, she would have been able to participate in the Sixth Youth Conference. With her four spiritual roots and her age, she might have been able to win a championship for the Zheng family.

But it just happened to be a year away.

Zheng Lingyun was also helpless.

Although there are many members in the Zheng family, the number of people with four spiritual roots is far less frequent than that of the Chen family. On average, it is very normal to have one person with four spiritual roots every few decades.

In fact, this is also the normal level of most foundation-building families. It cannot be said that the Zheng family is lame, but only that the Chen family's bloodline is too amazing.

Sometimes, Zheng Lingyun couldn't help but think that if all else failed, she would give birth to a child as soon as possible to add some advantages to the Zheng bloodline.

However, whether she got married or married into a family, she felt uncomfortable.

In a trance, Zheng Lingyun's eyes fell on Chen Jingyun, but then she looked away instantly as if she had been electrocuted, and the back of her ears felt slightly hot.

However, an uncontrollable ripple arose in her heart, and she subconsciously pondered the feasibility.

At this time, the time was approaching noon.

Chen Jingyun stood up and announced the end of the opening ceremony, and the once-in-a-decade fair in Sheshan Market officially began.

At the same time, starting from the afternoon, this Youth Conference will also enter the points competition stage.

Since the top nine teams need to play a round with all their opponents, there are many matches and the entire points competition will last for several days. Naturally, it is impossible for Chen Jingyun and his team to watch the entire process.

After the draw determined the match number and match time, Chen Jingyun left the stage. The spectators below the stage also gradually dispersed.

In this way, several days passed in a flash.

In the past few days, the transaction volume in Sheshan Market has continued to rise. The whole market is crowded with people and bustling with activity. The finals of the top nine of the Youth Conference are divided into multiple arenas and are in full swing.

Some of the battles were fatal, while others were extremely stalemate and lasted for more than half an hour.

As the number of battles increased, the points of the nine people gradually widened, and a clear echelon appeared between them.

Although the Zheng and Zhao clan members who made it to the top nine are all twenty-four or twenty-five years old, they have also received ten years of resources and dedicated training from their families.

But they continued to lose as the Chen clan members gradually revealed their cards. All the special secret skills and the five elements' artistic conception required a lot of time to accumulate and practice, things that were rarely seen in young people, were displayed one by one.

The fighting among the members of Chen's clan brought out all their hidden cards.

The fight between Chen Shiwen and Chen Xiuxu was particularly intense. Both sides played all their cards until the end, when no one expected that Chen Shiwen actually used a set of flying needles to pierce her own body, bursting out powerful strength in a short period of time, barely defeating Chen Xiuxu and earning an extra 3 points.

Even Jiang Xiaoyu seemed to be struggling, whether in the battle with Chen Shiwen, Chen Xiuxu, Chen Jinghang or Chen Xintao, the games were evenly matched at the beginning, and it seemed like a 50-50 win.

After a long stalemate, she barely defeated her opponent and earned 3 points for a tragic victory. After the battle, they felt a sense of mutual respect for each other.

Naturally, this scene made Chen Jingyun's eyebrows twitch.

Jiang Xiaoyu really knows how to survive. He wants to win the championship to prove himself to Chen, and at the same time, he wants to get closer to young people of the same age.

On this day, the results of the points race finally came out.

Once again under the watchful eyes of the public, the Youth Conference finally decided the ranking of the top nine.

According to the points ranking order, the first place is naturally Jiang Xiaoyu, who is evenly matched with everyone.

The second place was unexpectedly Chen Shiwen. With her outstanding fighting awareness and resilience, she defeated Chen Xiuxu and Chen Jinghang by a narrow margin.

Such a result naturally surprised Huangfu Jiayu.

"Brother Tantai, don't you think I have good taste? Our Shiwen made it into the top three, and she's still second!"

Then, he went to Chen Shiyun with a happy face to exchange the reward.

According to the bet, the first three winners would get a payout of three to one, so he naturally received a compensation of three hundred spirit stones. Afterwards, he acted arrogantly, saying, "My Shiwen is invincible" and "I have a sharp eye."

"Ah, this isn't..." Tan Tai Yingsong said in bewilderment, "You spent a total of 400 spirit stones on the four bets on Chen Shiwen's top nine. Now you've only made back 300. Isn't that still a loss of 100?"

Besides, what does this have to do with your vision? You bought all four stalls, even a fool can win one, right?
"It's not a loss. I bet on my Shiwen to win every round, and I earned more than three hundred spirit stones. In total, I won more than two hundred spirit stones!" After counting the accounts and finding that he had won money, Huangfu Jiayu straightened his chest even more.

He looked so smug that even the spinach stall owner Chen Shiyun wanted to beat him up.

As someone who relies on algorithms to calculate odds, she never expected that there would be a fool like Huangfu Jiayu who would take over all of Chen Shiwen's stalls from the very beginning.

According to her original calculations, Sister Shiwen had the highest chance of finishing in the seventh, eighth, or ninth place. Who would have thought that she would get second place?
Later, they discovered that Chen Shiwen's fighting power was a little bit beyond the standard, so they hurried to adjust the odds, and then they adjusted her odds again and again.

But Huangfu Jiayu bought it before the odds were adjusted, and there was nothing he could do! This blind and foolish fool really caught him.

Chen Shiyun stared at him angrily.

You little rascal, don’t give your sister another chance next time, otherwise I will definitely take away every last spirit stone in your storage bag.

Continue back to the stage.

According to the points ranking, Chen Xiuxu and Chen Jinghang tied for third place!

On the contrary, Chen Xintao, who was a disciple of Qinglian Sword Pavilion, only ranked fifth.

This result was beyond many people's expectations. Many spinach guys even cried out that they had been cheated and rushed to the spinach stalls to demand a refund.

No wonder they had a fight with Chen Shiyan.

Who could have thought that Si Jianli's direct disciple would be defeated by the family's five spiritual roots?

If you say that his age is a disadvantage, at the age of 22 he has already reached the fourth and a half level of Qi Refining. As for the artistic conception, he has also comprehended a hint of Green Lotus Sword Intention with the help of the Purple Jade Plate.

But, he was defeated just like that!
He was defeated so badly that even he himself felt puzzled and his face looked a little ugly the whole time.

Chen Jingyun in the stands had some speculations and analyzed, "Xin Tao became Si Jianli's disciple at a very young age, so he was inevitably a little arrogant. Moreover, he met Jiang Xiaoyu at the beginning and was defeated after a difficult battle. I'm afraid that affected his mentality."

"Shiwen, Xiuxu, and Jinghang are all five spiritual root children of the family. They know that their conditions are not good. If they don't fight for some results, they will be mediocre in the future. They are better than Xintao in the ferocity of their fighting style, as well as their mentality and tenacity in battle."

There was one thing Chen Jingyun didn't say.

Everyone has successfully comprehended the Five Elements with the support of the Purple Jade Plate. When their cultivation levels are not much different, why do you, Chen Xintao, have such great arrogance?

You know, although fighting in the ring only determines victory or defeat, not life or death, the fighting process is also full of dangers and changes rapidly. Sometimes a wrong judgment may lead to losing the game.

Xin Tao's mentality is unstable. If he loses a game here and a game there, his overall points ranking will drop.

It is good for Xin Tao to suffer a big loss while he is still young. It will allow him to calm down and learn from his mistakes so that he can grow better.

Thoughts are racing.

Chen Jingyun stood up and prepared to go on stage himself to present generous rewards to the top nine outstanding young people.

But at this moment.

A young and arrogant voice suddenly came from a distance.

"They are just a bunch of frogs in a well. They occupy a small piece of land and then close the door and wear yellow robes. They are not afraid of being laughed at by the world."

The sound came from far away and got closer and closer, and because it was moving so fast, it sounded like layers of accents.

Along with the sound, a white figure stepped on a water-colored flying sword and flew over from a distance. In the blink of an eye, it was above the arena.

He was a handsome young man, dressed in white with fluttering sleeves. His demeanor was like the bright moon in the clouds and the green pines on the cliff, with an air of transcendence and transcendence.

However, at this moment, he was looking down at the top nine outstanding young men from the three tribes, with a disdainful sneer on his face, as if he was looking at a group of country chickens and dogs.

It was not until his eyes fell on Chen Xintao that he became a little more serious, but he sneered again: "Chen Xintao, I thought you were a big shot, but you are just like this? You are the direct disciple of Senior Si Jianli of the Qinglian Sword Pavilion, but you can't even beat a group of country folk. You are really a waste!"

"Ah? Who... are you?"

Chen Xintao had lost the game and was already in a bad mood. Upon hearing this, his eyes widened and he looked up at the young man in confusion.

This guy is standing on a flying sword, wearing fluttering white clothes, and is even more pretentious than him... Where did he come from? I lost the game, and I still have to endure the scolding of a random passerby like you, right?
"Humph!"

The man in white sneered and introduced himself: "Lu Xinghan, from the Yunyang Sect [Shuiyue Sword Tower], a disciple of the tower master!"

"No, who you are has nothing to do with me." Chen Xintao was even angrier. "What does it have to do with you if I lose the game? If you have the guts, come on!"

"Okay, I'll do it then!"

The white-clothed swordsman Lu Xinghan sneered, put his hands behind his back and looked down at the nine young men, and said in a loud and arrogant voice: "Don't waste time, all of you come together."

This is undoubtedly a provocative act.

In the eyes of Lu Xinghan, the swordsman in white, these were all young and energetic heroes. Once he boasted that he would fight nine people alone, these people would definitely be provoked and extremely angry.

At that time, naturally someone will jump out and yell, "Who do you think you are? How dare you pick on us?" "Don't interfere, I will deal with him alone." and so on.

According to Lu Xinghan's private inference, the first person to jump out is most likely Chen Xintao.

After all, he is the direct disciple of Qinglian Sword Pavilion, and he must uphold the reputation of his master at this moment.

As long as Lu Xinghan can defeat him easily and then use his invincible momentum to take down Jiang Xiaoyu, the show effect that Aunt Qingxuan wants can be achieved to the fullest.

Then, all attention will be on him.

And at the same time.

Chen Jingyun, who was on the high platform, couldn't help but frown when he saw this scene.

He knew Lu Xinghan.

This man became a disciple of the Shuiyue Tower Master at a very young age. He is the youngest disciple of the Shuiyue Tower Master and is in great favor.

His coming to provoke this time was most likely a prelude to Lu's starting to cause trouble.

He was just about to send a message to Chen Xintao to calm down and not be fooled, but Chen Xintao was already provoked and flew into a rage, and he opened his mouth and shouted angrily: "Okay, okay, do you really think I'm young... umm~~ umm? Sister Wen, um, let go... umm~? "

Chen Shiwen quickly covered his mouth.

While Chen Xintao was struggling desperately and had no time to pay attention to other things, she looked at Lu Xinghan with admiration and said loudly: "White-robed Sword Immortal, you are an amazing master from your bearing. We accept your challenge!"

As she spoke, she slapped her storage bag, and nine poisonous needles that were flashing dark purple light and surrounded by the aura of wood and fire flew out, whistling towards Lu Xinghan.

"Xiu Xu, Uncle Thirteen, let's stand together and beat him up!"

Just kidding, when she followed her fifth uncle to meet Shangguan Yulong before, she clearly heard that the Lu family in Yixianfang City was forging jade slaves and wanted to cause trouble for the Chen family.

This Lu Xinghan didn't come earlier or later, but chose to jump out to cause trouble at this critical moment. Isn't it obvious that he is trying to cause trouble?

In short, we can't follow the other party's rhythm, we have to create our own rhythm.

Under this guiding ideology, Chen Shiwen acted without hesitation and used her ultimate move right from the start.

Apart from her, the first person to react was Jiang Xiaoyu.

Just as Chen Shiwen made her move, she let out a sinister laugh, and with a slight lift of her jade hand, a huge column of water shot up into the sky and rushed towards Lu Xinghan.

Chen Xiuxu and Chen Jinghang were a little slow, but still followed suit obediently.

After all, Chen Shiwen had defeated them once each and had already won their respect.

The results in the ring have also proved that in terms of judgment, acumen, and reaction speed, they are indeed slightly inferior to Chen Shiwen.

At times like this, just follow our lead and unite to face the outside world.

For a moment, all kinds of spells and magical weapons were flying.

Damn it!

The white-clothed swordsman Lu Xinghan's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.

Why don't these people play by the rules?

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(End of this chapter)