Family gathering
Yang Qi was also stunned. Cao Min had only been back at the Cao family for less than an incense stick of time, and the family summoned him so soon? Not to mention Yang Qi, I'm afraid Cao Min himself didn't expect this. However, the Cao family was in a hurry to summon Cao Min, which might not be a trivial matter.
"Brother Cao, don't worry about it. Since the Cao family has something to do, Brother Cao should deal with family affairs first." Yang Qi said with a calm smile.
Cao Min nodded. This was the helplessness of being in a powerful position. The family had trained him, and after he achieved something, he had to give back to the family. This was a responsibility, but also a constraint.
Wow~
Cao Min moved his hands, and a token appeared in his hand. He immediately said to Yang Qi, "Brother Yang, this is a token for our Cao family. With this token, you can go to most places in the family, but you can't enter some important places."
Yang Qi nodded and took the token from Cao Min's hand without any hesitation. This kind of token was quite common among cultivation families. After all, cultivation families communicated with the outside world more often than sects, and this token was prepared for guests.
After handing the token to Yang Qi, Cao Min did not stay any longer and hurried to the family meeting hall. After Cao Min left, Yang Qi could not help but look at the courtyard where Cao Min was. Cao Min's residence had obviously been transformed and was more like a cave. With the token, Yang Qi could basically go to the entire cave.
While touring the cave, Yang Qi waited for Cao Min to return, but several hours passed and Cao Min still did not return.
“It took so long?” Yang Qi raised his eyebrows. The Tianwu Continent itself was very stable, and the Cao family was one of the top forces at the Martial Emperor level. It stood to reason that there couldn’t be anything big that would take so long to discuss.
Although the cave in front of him was not small, Yang Qi had already visited it before, so there was no point in continuing to visit it. Yang Qi could not help but walk out of the house where Cao Min's cave was located and toured the Cao family's land.
The tour lasted for more than half an hour, but Yang Qi did not receive any message from Cao Min. Apparently Cao Min was still attending a family meeting, and a family meeting was obviously not a place for an outsider like him to attend, so it was not appropriate for him to go looking for Cao Min.
"Is this... the martial arts arena?"
Because Yang Qi was unfamiliar with the Cao family, he toured the area and unknowingly came to a wide square with several arenas. It was obvious that this was the place where members of the Cao family competed with each other.
Yang Qi looked around the martial arts arena in front of him, and his eyes were immediately attracted by a lit arena in the corner. He saw dozens of figures watching outside the arena.
Looking at the two figures fighting on the ring, Yang Qi hesitated for a moment and walked towards the ring.
The two people fighting on the ring were not very strong, only at the three-star martial king level. One of them used corpse puppets to fight, and the other did not use any puppets, but relied on his own strength to fight.
Although the Cao family is connected to the Corpse Puppet Sect and there are many Corpse Puppet within the family, the Cao family is only a cultivation family after all, and the family's drawbacks still exist. Not every cultivator is suitable for the Path of Corpse Puppet. Therefore, there are still many members of the Cao family who take other paths, but the Path of Corpse Puppet is relatively the mainstream of the Cao family's cultivation.
A cultivator watched the battle on the ring and shook his head slightly, saying, "Two against one. Even if Cao Ning is not as strong as Cao Xin, Cao Ning will definitely win this battle."
"That may not be the case."
As soon as this person finished speaking, a sudden voice was heard.
Hearing this, the practitioner who spoke subconsciously looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to see a strange man who had come to the front of the arena at some point. This man was Yang Qi who came to watch the fight.
"Hello, senior."
The cultivator came to his senses, and immediately said to Yang Qi along with several people beside him.
Yang Qi nodded slightly, looked towards the arena, and said slowly, "Although Cao Ning relied on the cooperation of the corpse puppets to burst out with strength that is not inferior to that of his opponent, Cao Xin did not go all out, so if nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid Cao Ning will lose this battle."
Will Cao Ning lose
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the practitioners present changed. If they had not been unable to sense Yang Qi's cultivation level and knew that Yang Qi's strength was far above theirs, they would probably have questioned what Yang Qi said.
"Cao Xin is so powerful? She has only been practicing for a few hundred years." A practitioner said in disbelief.
Only practicing for a few hundred years
There was a flash of surprise in Yang Qi's eyes. Although Cao Xin was a low-level Martial King, his cultivation had reached the late three-star Martial King stage. He was only one step away from entering the peak of the three-star Martial Emperor stage. It took him hundreds of years to reach this level. If he were in the Zichen Continent, he would definitely be an unparalleled genius.
"The practitioners of Tianwu Continent cannot be measured by the standards of Zichen Continent." Yang Qi shook his head secretly. The foundation of Tianwu Continent and the foundation of the Cao family are not comparable to that of Zichen Continent. Although he has entered the three-star martial king level after hundreds of years, he is also a genius, but he is definitely not as good as a peerless demon.
Boom!
Just as Yang Qi was thinking, a loud noise suddenly came from the ring. Cao Xin, who had been suppressed, suddenly burst out with all his strength. The long sword in his hand kept slashing out, and the sword light containing the power of ice seemed to freeze the space. Whether it was Cao Ning or the corpse puppet, their speed was greatly reduced. Cao Ning was caught off guard and was directly hit by Cao Xin's attack. The whole person was frozen in an instant. Under the attack of the sword light, his vitality quickly disappeared.
"I give up!"
Feeling his vitality rapidly draining away, Cao Ning no longer held on and immediately chose to admit defeat. The next moment, Cao Ning and his corpse puppet were moved out of the ring.
Wow~
As Cao Ning admitted defeat, the protective formation on the ring dissipated, revealing Cao Xin's figure.
Cao Ning looked at Cao Xin on the stage, a complex expression flashed across his face, and then he said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect your strength to improve so quickly. I didn't lose unfairly."
"You're not bad either. You're much stronger than the last time we fought." Cao Xin said lightly.
The two had fought each other more than once or twice, and Cao Xin was basically at a disadvantage every time. However, this time Cao Xin had some insights and was able to defeat Cao Ning.
"Although your ice sword technique is of a high level, it lacks some agility." At this moment, an abrupt voice came from the practitioners watching the battle below.
Um
Cao Xin frowned, his eyes fell on the place where the voice came from, and found that he couldn't see through the other party's cultivation. He couldn't help but said in a deep voice, "I wonder if the senior has any advice?"
“I don’t deserve your advice, but I once fought with a practitioner who was good at the way of ice. His ice sword technique was both offensive and defensive, making it hard to defend against. However, your ice sword technique gives people a rigid feeling.” Yang Qi looked at Cao Xin and said.
When Yang Qi was at the Martial King level, he once fought against the Black Ice King. It took Yang Qi a lot of effort to kill the Black Ice King, so he had a deep memory of the Black Ice King's methods. In comparison, Cao Xin relied entirely on his profound Dao realm to support him, and did not fully exert the power of the Ice Dao. (To be continued)