The voice came suddenly. Although there were a lot of voices here, the surrounding area was completely silent because of this voice. Even some people who were looking for empty seats on the stairs stopped in their tracks.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people coming to the square, not very far away from Hu Chen Wuding and the others.
There were about fourteen or fifteen people in the group, and the leader was a young man wearing a black robe and with a gloomy face. His cultivation was already in the initial stage of foundation building, and he was staring at Hu Chen Wuding with a bad look.
When Hu Chen Wuding saw this person, there was no fluctuation on his face. When the eyes of the people around him were fixed on him, he just spoke calmly.
"So it's you, big brother. Haha, but do you really think that the family selection is based entirely on cultivation? Why not just gather a few foundation-building disciples and have a competition here?"
The person who came was the eldest son of the family head, Hu Chen Wanli!
He listened to Hu Chen Wuding's words and sneered.
"Oh? Then how far do you think you can go with your skills? My third brother!"
After saying that, the surging foundation-building pressure from his body suddenly fanned out and directly suppressed Hu Chen Wuding.
Feeling the frightening pressure, Hu Chen Qiukong, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but change his expression. This pressure also enveloped him. It seemed that the eldest master was dissatisfied with him for helping Hu Chen Wuding to do things, and he couldn't help but said hurriedly.
"My Lord, this is..."
Before he could finish his words, he felt a figure flash before his eyes, and then all the overwhelming pressure disappeared in an instant.
Looking closely, it was the hunchbacked old man who had never spoken. At this moment, the hunchbacked old man just stood there, like a towering mountain, giving people a feeling of being insurmountable.
The appearance of the hunchbacked old man made the pressure that Hu Chen Wanli had just exerted reverse itself like the receding tide.
His experience in facing enemies was still incomplete, and he was horrified by such a sudden change. The other person was just standing there and did not make any attack, but his pressure was out of control.
Fortunately, this pressure was generated by himself and was within his tolerance range. He quickly mobilized his magical power, and after a series of "crackling" sounds on his robe, he finally offset the attack he had launched.
But even so, his breathing became a little unstable and his chest rose and fell violently.
Although he was angry, he knew that he was no match for this man. At this moment, one of the dozen people who came with him hurriedly stepped forward.
"Master, the competition is about to begin. The old man will be here soon. It would be bad if he saw us."
It was Yu Jiangshi who, while speaking, glanced at the hunchbacked old man with some fear, thinking to himself.
"It seems that I was injured by this person when I was detecting with my spiritual sense yesterday. Although there are three foundation-building cultivators among the people brought by the young master today, the highest cultivation level is only in the middle stage of foundation-building. I estimate that even if they are added together, they may not be a match for this person."
Hu Chen Wanli knew it, but the moment he saw Hu Chen Wuding just now, he wanted to teach him a lesson for no reason.
He didn't expect that Hu Chen Wuding is completely different now than he was more than ten years ago. This bastard is no longer the timid person he used to be in the family. He narrowed his eyes.
"Haha, I forgot. My third brother is no longer the same as he was when he was little. When he sees his eldest brother, he either hides or kneels down!"
After he said this, he smiled grimly and walked towards the stairs on the other side.
Hu Chen Wuding's face remained calm, but no one noticed that his hands in his sleeves were clenched into fists.
When he was a child, even his mother didn't dare to mess with the other families, and he was bullied even more. On several occasions, he was forced to kneel on the ground by Hu Chen Wanli and Hu Chen Jianghai. These humiliations left deep scars in his young heart.
"This time, you two will lose all your qualifications and dignity!"
Hu Chen Wuding was in his heart, thinking silently.
What he said to Hu Chen Wanli before was correct. The selection of the son of family inheritance was mainly based on the Ghost Den Poison Scroll, and it mainly depended on each person's potential. Moreover, the competition system did not rely on the level of cultivation to win directly after a hard fight.
Above the sixth level of the Ghostly Poison Scroll, it is almost the same as the normal cultivation method.
The sixth level of the Ghostly Poison Scroll is equivalent to the Golden Core, the seventh level is equivalent to the Nascent Soul, and the levels below the sixth level are mainly about practicing various basic techniques and laying a solid foundation. The realm also does not conform to the normal division of Qi Condensation and Foundation Building.
There are two main ways to practice the Ghost Poison Scroll:
The first is to practice the Ghost Den Poison Scroll as the main method, step by step. After completing the fifth level of the foundation, one can basically reach the foundation-building realm among cultivators.
However, there are also those who can build a foundation when they reach the fourth level. It mainly depends on whether the practitioner is willing to accumulate knowledge over time or to achieve it all at once.
However, this kind of practice is too difficult. The Ghost Poison Scroll itself is extremely complex, which makes it very slow for cultivators to practice, and the difficulty of building a foundation is also several times that of ordinary cultivators.
Another way of cultivation is to focus on other immortal cultivation techniques, and strictly practice step by step according to the levels of Qi Condensation, Foundation Building, and Golden Elixir.
At the same time, he would practice the Ghost Den Poison Scroll as an auxiliary technique, thus avoiding the extremely complicated practice methods based on the Ghost Den Poison Scroll, and only practice the various poison techniques therein.
After the golden elixir is condensed, he will focus on the sixth level of the Ghost Poison Scroll and continue to practice. This method of practice is about 40% faster than the pure practice of the Ghost Poison Scroll.
It's just that the Ghost Den Poison Scroll cultivated by the latter is far less powerful than the former in terms of poison cultivation. Even at the Golden Core Realm, when the Ghost Den Poison Scroll has been changed to the main practice, many immortal arts and refining techniques cannot be performed due to basic problems.
Currently, all of the Hu Chen family have adopted the latter method of cultivation, which has enabled rapid progress in the early stages. Even the current head of the family, Hu Chen Wandong, only started to focus on the Ghostly Poison Scroll again after he condensed his golden elixir.
Hu Chen Wuding adopted the first, very extreme, method of practicing the Pure Ghostly Poison Scroll. So even though he was very talented, his overall cultivation was still not strong. He was a person who had accumulated a lot of experience over time.
"Young Master, this person's foundation is unstable. At most, it is the second-level military foundation. It should be that someone used drugs to forcibly improve it. I think it is basically hopeless for him to condense a golden elixir in the future."
Just as Hu Chen was thinking about something, Zhuo Lingfeng's voice sounded in his mind.
After Hu Chen Wuding heard this, he nodded slightly and also transmitted his voice. "Uncle Sang, if this is the case, it means that his foundation building was forcibly improved in order to compete for the son of inheritance.
What's more, even he himself may not know that he is just a chess piece. If he really seizes the position of the son of inheritance, his value will be used up.
A person who is destined to be unable to form a pill will be immediately abandoned and become worthless after the power of the Hu Chen family is transferred. "
Hu Chen Wuding thought about it for a moment, and combined with the information he had obtained that day, he made his own judgment.
Next, they sat in the first row and waited slowly.
Not long after, Hu Chen Huiqing also brought four people to the square. She was wearing an emerald green dress, her skin was as white as cream, and her curvy and exaggerated figure made her even more alluring.
She saw Hu Chen Wuding at a glance, walking towards them among the lotus leaves swaying in the wind.
When Hu Weihuiqing came over, her eyes first fell on Zhuo Lingfeng and Li Yan. When she went there yesterday, she did not see the two people who came with her brother. She smiled and nodded to them.
There were four people behind Hu Chen Huiqing, three men and one woman, two of whom were in the early to middle stages of foundation building, which demonstrated the strength of the second branch of the family.
After they came to Hu Chen Wuding, they sat down here.
Then the brother and sister started whispering with Hu Chen Qiukong. The four people who came with them looked at Hu Chen Wuding with curiosity, and then looked at Li Yan and Zhuo Lingfeng.
Their gazes basically lingered on Li Yan for a moment before passing straight on. Even the two cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Condensation did the same, their gazes were directly fixed on Zhuo Lingfeng.
Immediately, the two foundation-building cultivators showed shock in their eyes. Zhuo Lingfeng did not deliberately restrain his aura today, but released his cultivation in the Fake Dan realm without any concealment.
He did this to prevent those who had ideas about Hu Chen Wuding from causing trouble easily.
As more and more people came, Hu Chen, Wu Ding and the other three rarely looked up and just kept talking in low voices.
Only when a fat young man came to the square with a group of people did he and Hu Chenhui look over.
The fat young man actually smiled at them in a naive manner, and finally walked towards Hu Chen Wanli on the other side. Then the two of them talked in a low voice, but their eyes would occasionally look towards Hu Chen Wuding and the others.
"You have to be careful of Hu Chen Jiang Hai. I feel more and more that he is very hypocritical."
In front, Hu Chen Huiqing gave instructions to Hu Chen Wuding.
"Haha, didn't he like to follow Hu Chen Wanli and flatter him when he was little? Some things were his ideas. Our fourth brother has always been like this. How could I forget it?"
Hu Chen Wuding looked at Hu Chen Jiang Hai with burning eyes, and while talking to his second sister, he smiled at Hu Chen Jiang Hai in the distance, and then he stretched out his hand and waved gently at the other party.
"That bastard seems quite confident!"
On the other side, Hu Chen Wanli looked at Hu Chen Wuding who was waving gently at Hu Chen Jianghai on the other side, and then said to Hu Chen Jianghai unhappily.
"Hehehe... Big Brother, this kid hasn't learned anything else, but he has learned to be hypocritical over the years. But in front of Big Brother's absolute strength, how can he turn the world upside down? He is only at the ninth level of Qi Condensation."
Hu Chen Jianghai withdrew his gaze, still with a smile on his face.
"Do you think he would choose a pure cultivation method? That's why he is so confident."
Hu Chen Wanli looked suspicious.
“It shouldn’t be. It is said that apart from the path taken by our ancestor, no one in the family has dared to choose that method of cultivation in the past thousand years.
It's not just a matter of slow cultivation, but there are almost no people who can build a foundation. You know, he doesn't have time to wait, the battle for inheritance can start at any time.
Besides, what kind of cultivation resources can this kid have outside? He has used all means to reach the ninth level of Qi Condensation through ordinary cultivation methods.
Hu Chen Jianghai thought about it, but he couldn't be sure. This was the conclusion he came to after thinking about it yesterday.
"Well, my fourth brother has the same idea as mine. This time, I will make sure that bastard gives up on this idea. If there is a chance during the competition, I will not let him leave the family alive again."
A hint of ferocity suddenly appeared on Hu Chen Wanli's face.
"Brother, I am here to cheer you on. It doesn't matter whether you participate or not, but you still have to go through this process. The ancestors are watching over you.
Don't worry, if that boy falls into my hands, how can I let him go? I will definitely let my third wife kill him."
About half an incense stick of time later, thousands of people were already sitting in the stands on both sides of the square.
And at a certain moment, several dazzling rays of light flashed a few times in the distant sky.
The next moment, there was a burst of light that broke through the air and fell on the square. When the light faded, eight figures were revealed inside.
As these figures appeared, the square suddenly fell silent. After looking around, the eight people walked directly up the red-carpeted steps in the square.
The four people walking in the front were a young man, two middle-aged men and an old man.
Following behind was the head of the family Hu Chen Wandong and three stunningly beautiful women, each with their own unique looks.
They were Hu Chen Wandong's three wives. They exuded a mature charm that men yearned for. Their skin was white and rosy, as if water would drip out if pinched. They were plump and slender, and had the temptation of mature women.