When Xiao Chen woke up, the sun had already reached his head and it was noon.
"It's still too much. I estimate that I need to rest for three days to fully recover. The energy and blood consumption is too great." Xiao Chen stood up, rubbed his temples, and walked towards the gate of Xiao Mansion.
When the two guards in front of the gate saw Xiao Chen's appearance, they immediately ran towards him and said happily: "Second Young Master, you are finally back. The master of the house has been looking for you all morning. Please go to the hall quickly."
Xiao Chen was shocked. He had been looking for him all morning. There must be something important. After thanking him, he quickly walked towards the hall.
At this time, the people in the hall had dispersed, leaving only Xiao Qiang and Xiao Xiong. Xiao Chen rushed over and said immediately: "Sorry, I'm late."
Xiao Xiong glanced at Xiao Chen, with some confusion in his eyes: "Why do you look so bad? What did you do last night? I heard they said you were in Yulan's room and came out very late."
Xiao Qiang next to him also looked at him in surprise, obviously asking him to give an answer. His current look is too similar to the look on his face after he did something, and coupled with Xiao Chen's previous reputation, it is inevitable that people will not associate it with him.
Xiao Chen felt ashamed and hurriedly explained: "Elder, please don't misunderstand me. I went out after chatting with Yulan last night. The reason why I looked so bad was because something went wrong during my practice."
"Forget it, don't talk about it. I called you here today mainly because I want to discuss the ten-year agreement to fight." Seeing that Xiao Chen wanted to explain, Xiao Xiong interrupted him and said.
Seeing the Great Elder's expression, Xiao Chen wanted to tell him what happened yesterday in detail, but now that Xiao Xiong had spoken, he did not dare to continue talking.
Xiao Xiong continued: "You should be aware of the rules of the ten-year contract. Now the candidates cannot be changed. Xiao Jian and Xiao Yulan cannot play, and I can only rely on you. If there is pressure, I will not Force you."
"I'm not just saying something superficial. A Seven-horned Mountain Range is lost and can be regained in the future. I hope you think clearly before answering. You are my biological son after all." Xiao Xiong's words were sincere and not hypocritical at all.
Xiao Chen thought for a while and then said: "I will not give up, I will fight for it no matter what."
He has made his own decision in his heart. Regardless of the outcome of the ten-year agreement, he will leave the Xiao family. If he leaves the Xiao family without doing anything, he will feel uneasy for the rest of his life.
Xiao Xiong looked deeply at Xiao Chen and said slowly: "Come with me, Great Elder, come too. It's time to use the Xiao family's accumulation over the past few hundred years."
Xiao Qiang's heart trembled, knowing where Xiao Xiong was going, and the expression on his face became solemn.
Xiao Chen followed the two of them and walked far away. Behind many obstacles, there was a secret exit.
Xiao Chen had even been to some places many times without realizing that there was a cave behind. Finally, the two people in front stopped in front of a basement door.
Xiao Qiang and Xiao Xiong each took out a key and put them together to open the basement door. Xiao Chen followed and walked in.
The basement is actually a treasure collection room. The Xiao family has collected various collections from Qijiao Mountain for hundreds of years. They are all here, including soul weapons, secret treasures, armor, elixirs, and martial arts.
Xiao Chen was secretly surprised. He never expected that there would be such a large treasure room underground in the Xiao family. Those soul soldiers were all Xuan-level, the highest ones were Xuan-level advanced, and many of their martial arts skills were also Xuan-level. There are also many fourth- and fifth-grade elixirs.
But Xiao Chen has in his hands the Moon Shadow Sword that can become a heavenly weapon, a wood carving that can rival high-level secret treasures, and the martial arts inheritance of the Thunder Emperor. For the rest of the Xiao family, every thing here would make people ecstatic, but Xiao Chen didn't have much interest.
Xiao Xiong picked up a piece of armor and said, "You should be short of other martial arts and soul weapons. This Xuan-level armor is made of soft leather from the abdomen of the Demon Beast. It can save you when necessary." One life.”
Xiao Chen took the armor and looked at it. This armor was very thin, only a little thicker than ordinary clothing. It did not affect movement at all when worn on the body.
It's a good thing, Xiao Chen said with some joy in his heart. This kind of defensive armor is difficult to buy on the market, and it is also something Xiao Chen needs very much.
"Okay, I guess you don't like the other things either." Xiao Xiong looked at Xiao Chen, paused and said, "I'll just pick a few and think of them as your compensation."
Xiao Chen couldn't refuse, so he took a few things, put the armor directly on his body, and left.
Six days passed in the blink of an eye, and the ten-year-promised martial arts conference finally officially began.
Xiao Chen has been studying the Thunder Blade Technique for the past six days. Most of his current martial arts skills were learned using the Bianzi Jue of the Origin of Fighting Saints, and it is difficult to understand the essence of it.
Only this Thunder Sword Technique has a complete manuscript. Of course, you must try to learn it all within the last possible time, especially the last move, the Three Thunder Slashes, which is as powerful as an earth-level martial skill.
As soon as it dawned, Xiao Chen got up quickly. Everyone in the Xiao family had already gathered at the door. When Xiao Xiong saw Xiao Chen coming, he immediately led everyone towards the Warrior Square.
The annual martial arts meeting in Mo River City had started three days ago, but everyone knew that the real highlight of this martial arts meeting was the battle between the three major families in Mo River City on the tenth anniversary.
The square was crowded with people, and people from the three major families walked in one after another among the crowd. On the high platform of the square, there was an attic specially built for the three major families, which could overlook the entire Warrior Square.
"People from the Xiao family are here. Didn't they say that two of their contestants were injured and couldn't compete? Why do they dare to come?"
"Look at how dark their faces are. The news that the two of them were injured seems to be true, but are you sure you want to try your luck?"
"What do you know? If Xiao Chen is not injured, there is still hope for the Xiao family."
"Xiao Chen, no matter how powerful he is, he can't help but fight. I think the Xiao family will lose."
Various comments among the crowd reached the ears of everyone in the Xiao family, making their already ugly faces become even more ugly.
"Brother Xiao, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are finally out of seclusion!" Just as everyone was about to board the attic, the heads of the Zhang and Tang families came over.
Xiao Xiong smiled lightly and said, "Yes, long time no see. Tang Tian, I expected the Zhang family and the Leng family to join forces. I really didn't expect you to jump out too."
Tang Tian sneered and said: "Seven Horns Mountain can't always be occupied by a foreign family."
The head of the Zhang family said: "Xiao Xiong, we are not here to talk with you. We want to discuss something with you. I have a suggestion and I wonder if you will consider it."
"Why don't you, the Xiao family, and our two families resolve the century-old grievances together today? As long as Xiao Chen can defeat Tang Feng and Zhang He today, then the remaining four of us will not come out, and we will count you directly. The Xiao family wins.”
Xiao Xiong was thinking quickly in his mind. The head of the Zhang family wanted to send only two candidates to fight Xiao Chen, but the condition was that the two battles must be completed together today.
The meaning is obvious, they want to use wheel fighting to wear down Xiao Chen and not give him a chance to rest, but it can save him four fights.
After Xiao Chen heard this suggestion, his eyes lit up but his heart couldn't help but feel happy. He didn't have many martial arts skills. If he fought too many times, it would be easy for his opponents to see the truth from the truth. This suggestion was exactly what Xiao Chen wanted.
Seeing Xiao Chen secretly nodding to himself, Xiao Xiong said: "What a joke. Do you think I will agree? I'm a contestant who asked the Leng family to hurt my Xiao family. Now if you make this condition again, I, Xiao Xiong, will be considered a fool." ?"
Tang Tian smiled and said: "Xiao Xiong, do you think you still have a choice? This is the best suggestion for you. Six battles are reduced to two. I don't think you have the need to refuse."
The head of the Zhang family said: "Brother Xiao, I have sent someone to call the city lord. You should think about it."
A moment later, Dugu Feng came here. After seeing Xiao Xiong, he quickly said: "Congratulations, Brother Xiao, for coming out of seclusion. I heard that two of your Xiao family contestants were injured. Is this the case?"
Before Xiao Xiong could answer, Tang Tian gave his suggestion to Dugu Feng. After hearing this, Dugu Feng muttered: "The rules of the competition cannot change the contestants. Xiao Xiong, if you really have two contestants who cannot participate, why not accept it?" Is this a suggestion?"
Finally, under Dugu Feng's suggestion, Xiao Xiong "reluctantly" accepted this opinion. Xiao Chen was really sweating beside him. Xiao Xiong's acting skills were so realistic that he almost deceived him.
On the highest and largest arena in the Warrior Square, Dugu Feng stood on it and said to the crowd below: "Today is the last day of the martial arts tournament. Everyone must be here for this ten-year martial arts tournament. Come, let me announce something now.”
"Because two contestants from the Xiao family were injured and could not participate in this fight, the three families decided to temporarily change the rules after discussion. As long as Xiao Chen of the Xiao family can defeat Zhang He and Tang Feng in a row, the Xiao family can win this fight. Vice versa. If you lose one game, you will lose the ownership of Qijiao Mountain."
"The two players from the Xiao family really can't compete. I didn't expect this news to be true." Someone immediately said in surprise.
"Haha, this rule seems to be beneficial to the Xiao family, but in fact it is intended to defeat Xiao Chen in a wheel battle. It seems that the Tang and Tang families have indeed joined forces."
"Yes, I heard that the Xiao family was attacked by unknown masters at night some time ago. I suspect that it was these two families who did it."
"You don't have the intelligence to be suspicious. You don't even have to think about it. It's definitely these two families who did it."
Countless quarrels and discussions poured into Xiao Chen's ears. His heart stopped as he slowly walked through the crowd towards the ring. The shadow of the sculpture of Emperor Tianwu behind the ring is projected on the ring, adding a solemn and solemn touch to the ring.
In today's battle, I will definitely win and will not become a stepping stone for others. Tens of thousands of years later, I, Xiao Chen, will definitely stand firm like Emperor Tianwu, Xiao Chen murmured in his heart.
With a determined look in his eyes, when he was about to approach the ring, Xiao Chen tapped his toes and jumped steadily onto the ring. In the corner of the ring, Zhang He's eyes were cold and he had been waiting for a long time.
After ten years of agreement, the first battle officially begins.