Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

Martial arts tournament to win a bride!

And it's the Zheng family's only daughter, famed throughout the Five Families City, seeking a marital partner.

The next day, the inner city of the Five Families City was more bustling than during the New Year.

The central plaza was packed with the Five Families' clansmen, confidants, and ordinary people, leaving no space to spare.

They wanted to see which lucky fellow would win the beauty!

Tang Wen and Commander Qian's group were seated in the Many Treasures Pavilion.

They carried secret medicines, waiting for the bride-seeking tournament to end and the martial arts trading conference to begin.

Then they would exchange the secret medicines with the Five Families for waterwheel blueprints and trade for grain.

Tang Wen didn't have much hope for trading grain.

Along the way, he had seen the fields here, and they were terribly dry.

"Brother Tang Wen, are you really not going to participate?" Commander Li asked again, coming up from downstairs.

Tang Wen shook his head speechlessly.

He had been persuaded by these two for half the night yesterday.

They genuinely felt this was a good opportunity.

If they weren't too old, they would definitely participate!

Commander Li continued to persuade, "I see that the Black Mountain Camp's brute has also joined. Brother Tang might as well participate first. If you win, then you can talk about Commander Zhou's matter. What if the Zheng family is willing to accept a concubine?"

Tang Wen was speechless. The Zheng family's only daughter as a concubine?

Keep dreaming!

Anything is possible in dreams.

"Brother, I appreciate your kindness, but I'm focused on martial arts and don't like to rely on powerful families."

Doesn't like to rely on powerful families?

Still young!

Wait, isn't your Commander Zhou Bing Zhou General's niece?

And a descendant of the Queen!

Haven't you already climbed up?

Commander Qian, hearing this, also advised, "It's not relying on a powerful family, it's two families forming a marriage alliance. If you can win Miss Zheng, our camp and the Five Families City will be one family!"

Before Tang Wen could retort, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Tang, I have been a First-Class Martial Master for many years. In my early years, when I was still young, I had the opportunity to awaken my fire ability."

"But I didn't dare to try. Awakening is extremely dangerous. A slight mistake can lead to death and the destruction of all cultivation. And this Zheng family probably has—Marrow Protecting Fluid!"

Marrow Protecting Fluid?

Tang Wen couldn't help but feel a slight stirring in his heart upon hearing this term.

First-Class Martial Masters cultivate their strength throughout their bodies.

The next step is to cultivate the marrow.

That is, to temper the spine and skull.

This step is the beginning of awakening.

Before the age of thirty, if one can completely refine the spinal dragon, one can completely complete the awakening.

But many martial masters are afraid to take this step because it is a one-in-ten chance of survival.

The Commander Qian in front of him could be considered talented.

At the age of thirty, he felt the fire ability. With one punch, he could cause slight changes in the surrounding temperature.

But seeing his predecessors burned to death before awakening, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Did he really have the fate to become a Transcendent?

At that time, he had children, wives, and concubines. After thinking about it, he didn't dare to insist on the 'marrow refining' breakthrough.

Zhao General was also in the same period as Qian Commander.

Zhao General was more talented, and he could produce small flames before the age of thirty.

He completed the first step of awakening, and his ability initially manifested.

He retained the opportunity to become a Transcendent after the age of thirty.

But he only broke through recently.

In addition to the pressure of life and death brought to him by the Tyrant Bear, the main reason was years of hard work.

Constant dripping wears away the stone, bit by bit, he refined the strength through the spinal dragon!

It can be seen that even a talented person like Zhao General did not dare to take this step rashly.

Recalling the past, Commander Qian's eyes were filled with unwillingness: "If I had a bottle of Marrow Protecting Fluid back then, I could have gone all out. Even if I failed, it wouldn't have damaged my martial arts foundation! And I wouldn't have died and lost all my cultivation."

"The opportunity is rare!" Commander Li chimed in.

Tang Wen shook his head: "It's just a possibility. Even if the Zheng family has Marrow Protecting Fluid, the Zheng family hasn't declined. Would they give it to an outsider like me?"

The two commanders didn't try to persuade him further.

Although they felt it was an opportunity, they couldn't let Tang Wen completely join the Zheng family.

"Dang!"

A gong sounded downstairs.

"It's starting soon!"

"Look, that's Miss Zheng!"

"What a beautiful woman."

Tang Wen and the other two stopped talking and sat in the elegant room by the window.

They turned their heads to look.

In the middle of the martial arts platform stood a girl in black, with skin as white as snow, and a long braid hanging down her back.

Between her brows was a heroic spirit, and every smile was radiant.

"How is it, Brother Tang, are you tempted?"

Tang Wen smiled: Tempted?

Of course, I'm tempted.

Beauty is like jade, who wouldn't like it? If I were a Transcendent, of course, I would go down and sweep away all the monsters and gods and let Miss Zheng be a concubine.

Would the Zheng family be unwilling to accept a Transcendent who is not yet eighteen years old?

But I'm just a Second-Class Martial Master, so I'd better not cause this trouble.

In the end, it's still not enough strength!

This small Five Families City has five Transcendents.

Practice, I will practice desperately when I go back. The ice cellar is already full, so I don't have to worry about food.

When I go back, I will fully temper my martial arts.

He speculated that if he practiced the Mountain-Opening Cannon Fist to the proficient level, he should be able to break through to a First-Class Martial Master.

After the experience panel is upgraded, his martial arts have no threshold and are a smooth road.

What he lacks is time.

Therefore, Tang Wen could calmly refuse the temptation of the "Marrow Protecting Fluid."

Otherwise, even if he wasn't allowed to participate in the bride-seeking tournament, he would still participate.

It's just a matter of seeing Master Zheng, throwing himself down and worshiping, and calling him adoptive father.

In the face of "Marrow Protecting Fluid," how much is face worth?

Sensing the gazes of a group of people.

Miss Zheng, Zheng Nanzhu, glanced upstairs.

Seeing Tang Wen, who was wearing a black scarf, she felt a little strange: This person has such beautiful eyes, why is he covering his face? Is he so ugly that he's ashamed to be seen?

Without much thought, the thought flashed through her mind.

The Zheng family head, an old man with silver hair.

Stepped forward and said some polite words.

He explained the rules of the bride-seeking tournament: Any martial artist under the age of twenty-eight can participate. Two people will fight each other, the winner will prepare for the next round, and the loser will be eliminated.

Tang Wen guessed: "It seems that the Zheng family also wants to take this opportunity to recruit some talents!"

Qian Sanduo nodded: "The drought will inevitably bring chaos. There's no point in reasoning with people who have nothing to eat. The Five Families City also feels the crisis, and it's going to recruit a group of people."

As if to confirm the two people's guesses, some young and vigorous First-Class Martial Masters and Peak Martial Masters stood up one after another.

The look in their eyes as they looked at the ring was somewhat fiery.

Commander Li sighed: "There are never few people who want to reach the sky in one step."

Martial artists under the age of twenty-eight are considered to have some talent and can serve as captains and other positions in the Flame Camp.

They belong to the backbone force that connects the upper and lower levels of a force.

Moreover, they are still young and have the possibility of becoming martial masters.

Qian Sanduo patted Tang Wen's shoulder: "People like Brother Tang are rare."

After the two finished their sighs, they pointed to the four people standing at the front below, and Commander Qian said: "These four are the most likely to win the beauty."

"What are their backgrounds?" Tang Wen looked over, not recognizing any of them.

Qian Sanduo introduced them one by one from left to right: "That one, dressed as a scholar holding an iron fan, is the seventh leader of the Six Mountains and Eighteen Villages in the east, Mr. Iron Fan, twenty-seven years old. First-Class Martial Master.

That big black guy is Black Mountain Ghost, Black Peak, and he seems to be a First-Class Martial Master, twenty-eight years old."

"The remaining two young ones are direct descendants of the Five Families City, one is the Lin family's young master—Lin Wanqing."

Lin Wanqing also looks handsome, but his eyes are looking around, and his appearance is frivolous.

"The last one is Wang Jinlong of the Wang family. Don't look at his small stature. The Wang family is good at hard work, and their strength should not be underestimated."

Martial masters are sensitive to eye contact. The four people who were introduced looked upstairs together.

Black Mountain Camp, Black Peak, saw Commander Qian, Tang Wen, and others, and immediately sneered loudly: "I was wondering who was hiding their heads and showing their faces up there. It turns out it's people from the Flame Camp. Miss Zheng is as beautiful as an angel, but you don't send anyone to participate. Hiding up there, what kind of conspiracy are you up to! Take off your masks and get down here to apologize!"

The Black Mountain Camp and the Flame Camp are at odds.

Everyone knows that.

With this shout, everyone turned their attention to the third floor.

Looking at Tang Wen, who was wearing a hat and covering his face.

"This person is really covering his face?"

"People from the Flame Camp?"

"I haven't seen this kind of dress before!"

Discussions arose.

But things were indeed a bit passive. All forces actively participated. Even if they didn't have martial masters of the right age, they sent martial artists to join in the fun.

Only Tang Wen and the others sat on the sidelines, looking down from above, as if watching cockfights and monkey shows.

"Black Mountain Ghost, you're really courting death!" Qian Sanduo narrowed his eyes, his voice cold.