Soon, the exchange meeting began.
Early in the morning, the patriarchs of the major families brought their juniors to a square in the center of Luoyi City. Every year the exchange meeting is held here, and this time is no exception.
Murong Qingyan also followed the Chen family's team to the square.
At this time, a lot of people had gathered on the square, and people from other families had already arrived early, waiting for the start of the exchange meeting.
In the middle of the square, there is a big arena, which must be the place for the exchange meeting. Right in front of the arena are the seats of the four major families. As for the other families, they can only set up seats for the other three sides. This approach is also to demonstrate the status of the four major families.
Chen Shanghua took the people of the Chen family and sat down at the seat of the Chen family. On his left, there are people from the Song family. As for the right side, it is the seat of Luo Chengyi, the lord of Luoyi City.
The seats of Murong Qingyan and Huangfu Jue were just a little lower than Chen Shanghua, and they were almost on an equal footing with the three elders. If it is normal, people will definitely be very unconvinced. But after what happened to Song Liyi, everyone's attitude towards Murong Qingyan has undergone a 180-degree change, and no one thinks that Murong Qingyan is not worthy of sitting in that seat.
Murong Qingyan sat on her seat, looking at such an arrangement, she couldn't help but complain in her heart, this is that strangely arranged seat! The Chen family and the Song family are now obviously dead enemies, and now they are arranged to sit in such seats.
Seeing Murong Qingyan's face beside him became a little strange, Huangfu Jue frowned, "Yan'er, what's wrong?"
Murong smiled and said what was in her heart.
After Huangfu Jue heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "This should have been arranged like this all the time. Moreover, even if the Chen family and the Song family had a rift, they would not make trouble on such an occasion, so The people who arranged the seats weren't worried either."
Murong nodded, then pursed her lips and smiled, "However, I don't think the person who arranged the seats would have imagined that the relationship between the Chen family and the Song family would be so tense now!"
After hearing Murong Qingyan's words, Huangfu Jue didn't say anything, just reached out and patted Murong Qingyan's hair.
Not long after the Chen family came, the Song family also came. When they saw their seats and the Chen family beside them, their faces darkened.
If in the past, the Song family and the Chen family were able to maintain the surface peace, now the two families are almost torn apart. Especially, a few days ago, Murong Qingyan and Huangfu Jue were able to kill Song Liyi directly in front of everyone's eyes, but they were able to discredit the Song family.
When Song Huili saw Chen Shanghua, his face sank immediately, he sat directly on his seat, flipped his sleeves, and didn't even look at Chen Shanghua.
Facing Song Huili's ignorance, Chen Shanghua was not angry. Instead of being hypocritical with Song Huili, he felt that it would be better to tear his face like this.
Almost everyone present knew about the grievances between the Chen family and the Song family. So when everyone saw the Chen family and the Song family sitting next to each other, many people were waiting to watch the show. However, unfortunately, the two families didn't even greet each other, which really made many people feel angry.
As time passed, and soon, the entire square was almost full of people. In addition to the people from major families who came to participate in the exchange meeting, there were also people who came to watch the competition.
After looking around, Luo Chengyi, the city lord of Luoyi City, who had already been there, stood up. After looking around, he said, "Today is the first day of the exchange meeting of major families. I am very happy to be able to For this exchange meeting as a just…”
According to the practice of every exchange meeting, the lord of the Fallen Wing City is a just person. In this regard, the major families do not have any opinions. Because everyone knows that the Lord of Fallen Wing City is a neutral candidate, he will never join the battle of the noble family, so he can treat every competition fairly.
Murong leaned on her seat with a face, feeling drowsy. She really didn't understand. Since it was an exchange meeting, it would be better to start the competition directly. At most, it would be better to briefly describe the rules of the competition. But there are people who like to talk at length on it. That's what she hates the most.
Huangfu Jue, who was sitting on the side, looked at Murong's face, and thought it was cute. If it weren't for the current situation, he really wanted to put Murong's face in his arms and dote on her.
For this kind of opening, everyone else is used to it, so no one showed any strangeness.
After Luo Chengyi finished his remarks, the exchange meeting officially began. The entire exchange will be divided into three parts, the first part is the cultivation level test, the second part is the weapon refining test, and the last part is the alchemy test.
Now the first one to be held is the competition of cultivation bases. Although it is said that it is a competition of major families, but not every family can send all its disciples to the field. If this is the case, even if it is a competition for a month, I am afraid that there is no way to complete the first part. Therefore, each aristocratic family can send how many people to play, there are regulations.
However, even so, there are still many people participating in the first part of the test. The first round is the knockout round. There are ten players in each round, and the one who wins at the end can move on to the next level.
Such rules are more like melee. However, everyone is used to it. Those who are relatively weak are constantly praying. In their first game, it is best not to encounter too strong opponents, otherwise they will be wiped out in the first game.
Soon, they were divided into groups. Murong glanced at her own group, it happened to be in the tenth group, not too early, not too queen. However, unexpectedly, Huangfu Jue was in the first group.
That's right, in this exchange meeting, Huangfu Jue will also participate in the competition, that is, as a disciple of the Chen family. When he heard the news, Chen Shanghua naturally agreed in a hurry.
Huangfu Jue's cultivation is unfathomable, and even he is no match for it. Such a strong player, playing in the name of the Chen family, will definitely be a big help for the Chen family. Such a good thing is usually impossible to ask for, so how could he object
Soon, the first match began. Among the ten people in the ring, Huangfu Jue was the most eye-catching. Not only because of his outstanding appearance, but also because of the noble aura on her body. Many young ladies from noble families couldn't help but feel their cheeks flushed when they saw the figure of Huangfu Jue.
However, at the beginning of the first test, a small episode occurred.
"Wait a minute." Just as Luo Chengyi was about to start shouting, Song Huili suddenly stood up and stopped him.
"Patriarch Song, do you know what's going on with you?" Luo Chengyi, who was suddenly stopped, was not angry, he still had a Hexi smile on his face, "Now the competition is about to start, I don't know if you want to— "
"I object to Huangfu Jue's participation in this competition." Song Huili looked at Huangfu Jue standing on the stage, and his eyes flashed with indignation, "He is not from an aristocratic family at all, he is not qualified to participate in the competition."
It was not until the competition was about to start that he knew that the name of the mysterious man was Huangfu Jue. And when he was most surprised, Huangfu Jue also participated in this exchange meeting.
As soon as he saw Huangfu Jue's voice standing on it, he felt bad. How profound is Huangfu Jue's cultivation, even he can't see it, such a person participating in the competition is definitely not a good thing for their Song family. Just based on Huangfu Jue's performance on the sparring stage, he knew that if such a person is not even an opponent, there is still hope for the other juniors of the Song family!
Therefore, what he has to do now is to prevent Huangfu Jue from participating in this exchange meeting.
"This—" After hearing Song Huili's words, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Luo Chengyi's face.
This Huangfu Jue participated in the name of a disciple of the Chen family, and there were no flaws. If the other party's qualifications were cancelled at this time, it would not be very good.
He also knew in his heart that if Huangfu Jue really participated in this competition, the outcome would almost be determined.
For a time, Luo Chengyi also seemed very embarrassed.
"Patriarch Song, why can't our Chen family's children be able to participate in this competition?" Compared with Song Huili's anger, Chen Shanghua seemed calmer, "If you say that, then I still think that all your Song family's The children are not qualified to participate in the competition! Then are you going to ask all the children of your Song family to withdraw from the competition in this exchange meeting?"
"It's different." After hearing Chen Shanghua's words, Song Huili's face became even more ugly, "Clan Master Chen, don't think I don't know, this Huangfu Juejia is not from your Chen family at all, so what qualifications does he have? How about participating in this exchange meeting? You don't want to confuse people here."
"Why do you say that this Huangfu Jue is not from our Chen family?" Chen Shanghua was not in a hurry, he said calmly, "Huangfu Jue is the future husband of my granddaughter, so of course I am also me. He belongs to the Chen family. So he is absolutely qualified to participate in this competition."
"Since you said that you are the future husband-in-law, it means that it is not now." Song Huili immediately opened his mouth as if he had caught something, "In that case, it means that he is not from your Chen family. Then he is not eligible to participate in the exchange meeting."
Hearing Song Huili's assertive remarks, Chen Shanghua was really annoyed.
For a long time, the disciples of each aristocratic family have been selected by the major aristocratic families themselves. You must know that many loose cultivators have tried their best to enter the noble family. Because as long as you enter an aristocratic family, you will have more opportunities for cultivation resources, and you will find a strong backer for yourself. This is the best guarantee for living in this cruel world.
At the exchange meeting, the major families will send their disciples to participate in the competition. Moreover, this kind of exchange meeting is not only attended by aristocratic families, but some larger sects will also participate. In such a meeting, no one has ever raised such a question.
"City Lord Luo, so I think, at this time, you should announce the disqualification of Huangfu Jue." Seeing that Chen Shanghua had nothing to say, Song Huili immediately said, "Don't affect the start of the competition."
"Song Huili, you are simply unreasonable." Chen Shanghua was so angry that he didn't know how to refute.
At this time, no one from the other aristocratic families spoke, but remained silent. Because, to be honest, if Song Huili can really make Huangfu Jue withdraw from this competition, it will be a good thing for them, because they can lose a strong opponent. Of course, if Huangfu Jue will not be disqualified in the end, that will not change.
So, in any case, this matter has little to do with them, and they don't need to go to this muddy water.
For a time, Luo Chengyi also felt particularly embarrassed, because he didn't know whether to disqualify Huangfu Jue.
"Wait a minute, I have something to say." At this moment, a crisp voice sounded, and a graceful figure stood up and walked slowly to Chen Shanghua's side.
This person is none other than Murong Yanyan.
"What do you want to say?" Seeing Murong Qingyan suddenly standing up at this moment, Song Huili's face was full of vigilance.
"I didn't want to say anything, I just wanted to ask Patriarch Song one thing." Murong said with a smile, "Patriarch Song, I want to ask you, if there is a person with high talent, you want to accept him as an example. A disciple of the Song family, and that genius is also willing to join the Song family, so I wonder if you will agree?"
"Of course." Although he didn't know why Murong Qingyan asked this suddenly, Song Huili nodded and replied without hesitation, "Our Song family welcomes all talented people."
"Oh, that's good." Murong nodded, then continued to ask, "If this genius enters your Song family, will he be considered a member of your Song family?"
"That's natural, since he joined our Song family, he is naturally a member of our Song family." Song Huili's face was already showing a hint of impatience, "Murong Qingyan, don't play tricks here. Even if you broke the truth today, Huangfu Jue is still ineligible to participate in this competition."
"Oh!" Murong Qingyan nodded indifferently.
Such a reaction was not what everyone expected, and no one knew what Murong Qingyan wanted to do. Even Chen Shanghua was at a loss.
Murong Qingyan didn't look at Song Huili anymore, but turned her head to look at Huangfu Jue on the stage, and shouted loudly, "Huangfu Jue, are you willing to join our Chen family?"
After hearing Murong Qingyan's words, Huangfu Jue's complexion suddenly changed. Originally, his face was covered in frost. At this time, it was like melting ice and snow, with a hint of tenderness. Affectionately, thin lips parted lightly, "It's an honor."
After getting Huangfu Jue's answer, Murong nodded, then looked at Luo Chengyi again, and said, "City Lord Luo, now that the matter has been resolved, the competition should be able to begin!"
After speaking, Murong Qingyan turned around and went back to her seat.
For a series of actions such as Murong Qingyan, everyone felt that they were at a loss and could not understand at all.
Song Huili's expression was particularly ugly. After seeing Murong Qingyan ignoring him and about to return to his seat, he couldn't help but shouted, "Murong Qingyan, what do you mean?"
After hearing Song Huili's roar, Murong turned around and looked at Song Huili with an innocent expression, "Patriarch Song, when you just said that Huangfu Jue is not from my Chen family, so you are not qualified. Are you going to participate in the competition on behalf of the Chen family? Haven't I proven Huangfu Jue's qualifications to you now?"
Murong Qingyan's explanation made everyone suddenly realize. Everyone recalled the words Murong Qingyan asked Song Huili just now, and when they thought of the actions behind Murong Qingyan, there was still something they didn't understand.
For a time, everyone really had mixed feelings in their hearts, and they always felt as if they were being played by a junior.
Song Huili's face was particularly ugly, and the gloomy expression seemed to explode at any time. When he looked at Murong's face, the chill in his eyes made people feel even more frightened, "Murong's face, you just gave I set up a cover?"
He couldn't believe that he was being tricked by such a yellow-haired girl.
"Patriarch Song, you are too serious." Even in the face of Song Huili's coercion. Murong Qingyan's face was still calm, "I didn't do anything, I just showed you a fact. Didn't you insist that Huangfu Jue is not from our Chen family? Now it's not obvious, he is Is he from the Chen family? Even if he is not my future husband-in-law, he is also a member of our Chen family."
"Murong Qingyan, you are very good." Song Huili almost gritted his teeth when he spoke, "It seems that I still underestimate you, this yellow-haired girl."
At this time, he really wanted to tear Murong's face to pieces. In the past, it was because of Murong's appearance that the Song family was almost disgraced, but now sometimes this Murong's appearance actually sets him up. It seems that today's young people are really not very polite! It is necessary for him to teach some of these juniors' etiquette well.
"Patriarch Song has won the prize."
It wasn't that Murong Qingyan didn't see Song Huili's almost murderous look, but she didn't have a trace of fear. Probably because he stayed by Huangfu Jue's side for too long! Now she doesn't feel so strongly about the coercion of these powerhouses.
Soon, Murong Qingyan ignored Song Huili, returned to her seat, sat down, and continued to watch the competition on the ring, as if nothing had happened from beginning to end.
Seeing Song Huili being so forced by Murong Qingyan that he couldn't say a single rebuttal, Chen Shanghua felt that he was in a very good mood. He also returned to his seat and sat down with a smile on his face. His whole person looked refreshed, as if he had won a battle.
Song Huili was hanging there alone, his face so gloomy that it was almost raining.
Words that are spoken are like water that has been poured out, even if you want to take them back, you can't take them back. Therefore, even if he was angry in his heart, he could only swallow this breath, returned to his seat and sat down.
A small disturbance passed without incident, Luo Chengyi also breathed a sigh of relief, and then announced, "The competition begins."
Almost as soon as Luo Chengyi's voice fell, the people on the ring, except Huangfu Jue, all moved. Their movements were very consistent, and they attacked Huangfu Jue directly.
They are not stupid, and they naturally know that the storm just now is to disqualify Huangfu Jue. That is enough to show that this Huangfu Jue is powerful.
Now among the ten of them, only one can advance to the competition. Huangfu Jue is undoubtedly the strongest here. If they had no way to kick Huangfu Jue out first, they would definitely lose.
In this case, they might as well join forces to get rid of Huangfu Jue first, and then they slowly start their own battles. Only in this way, they have some chance of winning.
Obviously, the other nine people had such thoughts, so they attacked Huangfu Jue without hesitation.
However, obviously, these people are too naive. They thought that as long as they united, they could defeat Huangfu Jue, which was simply a dream.
Just when the nine people were about to attack Huangfu Jue, Huangfu Jue didn't even move. Around him, a burst of qi was generated, which directly knocked them all flying.
But in the blink of an eye, on the ring, only Huangfu Jue stood there alone, and the other nine had already flown out of the ring.
For the competition that ended so quickly, the others couldn't help but be stunned.
"In the first round, the Chen family Huangfu Jue won."
It wasn't until Luo Chengyi's voice that the result was announced that everyone came back to their senses. Looking at the figure standing on the ring, everyone couldn't help but feel a little bit of shock.