Seeing that Du Zhong was a little disappointed, Ye Feng smiled encouragingly and said, "Brother Du Zhong, don't worry. I'm not sure who will be the first in the local group, but I promise to give the second place to Nie Qingwu."
Du Zhong shook his head: "No, I appreciate your kindness, but do you think she will accept the second place you give her? She will work hard for it. Whether she gets a place or not, winning or losing is not important. As long as she tries her best in the competition, I will be satisfied."
What Ye Feng admired most was Du Zhong's open-mindedness. If the leaders of other sects could think like Du Zhong, this ancient martial arts competition would be much more harmonious and pure.
The peaks of Mount Hua are lush and green, stretching endlessly, with strange peaks stacked up one after another, like a fairyland on earth, giving people a relaxed and happy feeling. Ye Feng admires the wonders of nature.
"Brother Du is right. I know Nie Qingwu's personality. She will work hard to get first place. No matter what the result is, I hope she will try her best."
A resentful voice came from behind: "From your tone, it seems that I am destined to have no chance of being number one."
At some point, Nie Qingwu came over and stood beside him like a graceful green bamboo. Ye Feng was immersed in the beautiful scenery and did not notice her coming.
Du Zhong had an interested smile on his face. He glanced at Ye Feng and Nie Qingwu, then took the initiative to leave, saying, "You two can chat. When I get back, I'll tell them that you have no objection to this grouping."
A shy blush appeared on Nie Qingwu's face: "Take care, Mr. Du."
Ye Feng smiled awkwardly: "That's not what I meant, I just wanted to say..."
"You don't need to say more. We are friends, but we are also competitors in the Ancient Martial Arts Competition. Please respect me as your opponent."
Nie Qingwu's voice was extremely firm and courageous, and her pretty face exuded the spirit of a heroic woman.
Ye Feng glanced at Nie Qingwu's slightly heaving breasts, slender waistline, and round buttocks under her tight training suit. These exquisite curves were definitely a devilish figure that was one in a million.
Feeling that Ye Feng was staring at her with shining eyes, Nie Qingwu shouted: "What are you looking at? Don't look at me like that. Have you never seen a beautiful woman before?"
Ye Feng's heart was moved when he thought of the time when he pinched Nie Qingwu's round ostrich egg.
"Tsk, what's the big deal about a few glances? We've already kissed and touched each other."
Thinking of the time when Ye Feng kissed her, she felt a surge of excitement and intoxication from the bottom of her heart. What a jerk, he really said anything. Nie Qingwu couldn't help but feel her face flushed, almost to the roots of her neck.
Girls are best at playing dirty and refusing to admit it. She glared and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Who told you to kiss and touch me? I came here to tell you that I represent the official team. I may meet Jiang Yuxin, Lan Ling'er and others in the competition. Tell them to compete seriously and don't show mercy just because we are friends. That's all. See you at the competition this afternoon."
After saying that, Nie Qingwu shook her ponytail and walked away without looking back.
Looking at Nie Qingwu's slim back, Ye Feng couldn't help but admire her. He just liked Nie Qingwu's meticulous and serious spirit, which embodied the temperament of a soldier.
The Valley of Ferocious Beasts looked like it had experienced a catastrophe, with even a layer of grass being dug away.
There was not a single sight of the iron-toothed wolves that were used to wandering around in the valley, and the blood-clawed monkeys that usually played by grabbing vines among the mountain peaks were also nowhere to be seen.
The Valley of Ferocious Beasts turned into an empty dead valley.
Yue Zhuoqun was so angry that sparks were flying from his eyes.
The reason why he set up the Five Elements Array at the foot of Mount Hua was because he built a Valley of Ferocious Beasts here, and had people place most of the ferocious beasts that the sect had collected over the years here.
Those blood-clawed monkeys, iron-toothed wolves, and fire civet cats were all bred and trained at great expense and with great effort.
What saddened him the most was that no one knew where the blue-backed white ape, a level 4 ferocious beast that he had captured with so much difficulty, had gone.
Of the three disciples guarding the Valley of Ferocious Beasts, one died of poisoning, and the other two knelt at his feet trembling with fear, waiting for Yue Zhuoqun's decision.
Yue Zhuoqun said sarcastically: "Can anyone tell me where the three-meter-tall white ape went?"
One of the big men witnessed everything and answered truthfully: "Report to the clan leader, it was blown away by the wind and is gone."
Yue Zhuoqun's eyes widened and he shouted, "Blown away by the wind? You're kidding! That blue-backed white ape weighs a ton. How could the wind blow it away?"
The disciple turned pale with fright and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Elder Lu also stood timidly nearby, guarding the disciples from the Ferocious Beast Valley, who were his direct disciples.
He had carefully inspected the scene and explained for the disciple, "Master, look at the grass in the valley. It looks like it was scraped by a sharp sword. And there are also such traces in the sea of fire we set up. The grass was scraped away in large areas, and the soil filled the trench where the kerosene was stored."
Yue Zhuoqun rolled his eyes, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Could it be that these girls can control the weather? I have been dealing with Yihua Palace for decades, and Xuan Jing doesn't have this ability. How come they can control the weather just because they have a new leader?"
Another big man who was guarding the Valley of Ferocious Beasts thought of something, and came over in panic, handing over a wind blade talisman. It was a female disciple of Yihua Palace, who had used the wind blade talisman to deal with the blood-claw monkey in a panic, but accidentally dropped one, which was picked up by the big man.
"This is what they dropped. There was no such talisman before they came."
The big man who spoke first said in panic, "I saw them take out a lot of these things and throw them around. Then a strong wind blew up, it was like a tornado, it was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes. It blew for a long time, and when the wind stopped, the blue-backed white ape was blown away."
After the two big men opened the stone gate and released the blue-backed white ape, they hid in the distance, wanting to watch the excitement, but they saw that the blue-backed white ape was blown away by the strong wind.
Elder Lu also felt that his disciples were talking a bit too much, and laughed at them with contempt, "They seem to be stunned, talking nonsense, how can they create a strong wind by throwing this thing? This is clearly a Taoist talisman used to ward off evil spirits. These girls are really superstitious, participating in ancient martial arts competitions and carrying this thing with them. Are they afraid that this formation is haunted?"
Knowing that the big man would not dare to talk nonsense and deceive him, Yue Zhuoqun stretched out his hand to signal Elder Lu not to speak.
He first stared at the wind blade talisman intently, then squinted his eyes and touched the talisman, and finally put it under his nose and smelled it carefully. The smell of the wind blade talisman, which was just made last night, had not yet dissipated, and there was still a fishy smell of chicken blood.
"Does the secret art of talismans really exist? Who is this kid?"
(End of this chapter)