"It's not that, but I have some leads. I'll find out after some investigation later."
Hearing these familiar words, a chill ran down Hua Ling's back instantly.
He remembered very clearly that the last time Tang Youyou spoke in this tone, the entire Western Region had been turned upside down. He was afraid that this time, the Qingyun Sect might not be spared either.
However, this was the Tang Youyou he admired.
In a blink of an eye, the person on the stage spoke again. "Okay, our competition continues. The two scholars in the next round are Xiao Jiu and Li Lei."
...
The competition continued as usual. Xiao Jiu was physically frail. Even if he used all his strength, he couldn't lift the heavy object and thus entered the second round.
On the stage, the two men casually picked up the weapons from the wooden rack behind them and then started a new round of fight.
Amidst the flashing of swords and the glinting of blades, neither of them could gain the upper hand.
The two men in front of them were evenly matched in ability. They were both adjusting their breathing, looking for the opponent's mistake.
However, time was passing bit by bit, and they still couldn't tell the winner. Tang Youyou, who was below, looked at them and smiled slightly.
Then she looked at Fei'er on the other side. She saw that Fei'er had been watching coldly, talking to the people beside her while watching.
Seeing this, Tang Youyou turned her head to look at the high platform on the other side. There were two old men sitting there, smiling as they watched the two sweating men on the stage and constantly talking about something.
At the same time, a voice came from the stage. Xiao Jiu was covered in blood. At first, people thought something had happened to him, but the next moment, Tang Youyou turned her gaze to the man opposite him and saw that he was lying on the ground, motionless.
This man... was he... dead?
Tang Youyou looked closely at the man on the ground. His chest had stopped rising. He was already dead. Xiao Jiu had cut the man's throat with one blow and caused a death.
However, she was quite curious about how they were going to handle this.
Fei'er slowly walked up from below. She walked around the body with a look of disgust on her face and glanced at the two strong men on the other side.
The next moment, the two strong men carried the body away and directly threw it into the forbidden area. Without accident, this body would turn into a skeleton tomorrow.
Then Fei'er solemnly announced, "The winner of this competition is Young Master Xiao Jiu. Congratulations on entering the Qingyun Sect as an outer disciple."
Hearing this result, Xiao Jiu, who had been panicking because he had killed someone, finally let out a sigh of relief. He was glad that he didn't have to be responsible for this man's death and that he could enter the Qingyun Sect. This was a pleasant surprise for him.
Hearing this, Xiao Jiu immediately bent down and bowed, constantly thanking. "Thank you, thank you for letting me pass, thank you, Senior Sister Fei'er."
After saying that, Xiao Jiu immediately stepped off the stage. Fei'er didn't waste any time. Without even having the blood on the stage cleaned up, she announced the next round.
"The next round. The contestants are Li Wei and Tang Junxie."
After her voice fell, the gongs and drums behind her sounded. As the sound faded, the people below immediately erupted into an uproar.
These people looked at the two men slowly walking onto the stage in surprise and started whispering to each other.
"Isn't this Brother Li who was with us before?"
"Yes, but his conduct was improper. After being exposed by Brother Tang, he fled. Now he even dares to show up here?"
"Who says no? Such a shameless person. And the person fighting against him is our well - known Brother Tang. This is really interesting."
...
As these people were talking, Brother Li walked to the heavy object first. He grabbed the heavy object and started to straighten his bent waist with all his strength.
However, after struggling for a quarter of an hour, the heavy object didn't move at all. Seeing this, he finally let go.
On the other side, Tang Youyou glanced at Li Wei. She walked to the heavy object, grabbed a handful of flour. When her small hand just touched the heavy object, without even using force, she straightened her back.
She clapped her hands and said casually, "Can't lift it. Next one."
Hearing this, the excited people below were instantly stunned on the spot. The smiles on the faces of those who had been cheering with big smiles disappeared instantly.
The crowd let out a sigh.
"We thought there would be something spectacular, but we didn't expect Brother Tang not to even try. He really disappointed our expectations."
Unexpectedly, hearing this, Hua Ling sneered. "I'm curious. What does your expectation have to do with Brother Tang? Is Brother Tang related to you in any way?"
For a moment, those who were originally going to "condemn" Tang Youyou through moral kidnapping were rendered speechless by Hua Ling's words.
They were just scholars, so they couldn't say anything harsh. They didn't even know how to curse, so they didn't know how to express their emotions.
A few simple words from Hua Ling made these scholars blush.
Among them, an older scholar suddenly said, "You, young man, speak so rudely. You'll surely be punished one day."
Hearing this, Hua Ling showed a smile. He said more respectfully, "Then I'll take your kind words. I just hope that punishment will come soon so that you can fulfill your last wish."
While they were talking, on the stage, Tang Youyou had already started a new round of fight with the man in front of her. Brother Li turned around, picked up two axes behind him and was about to chop them down on Tang Youyou's head.
Seeing this, Hua Ling immediately shouted, "Miss Fei'er, this man is breaking the rules. It was clearly stated from the beginning that only one weapon could be chosen. He clearly has two axes in his hands. This is unfair!"
Hearing this, the girl seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. She laughed loudly and said, "I said one kind of weapon. Aren't the ones in his hands all axes? He's not breaking the rules."
Realizing that these people seemed to be up to something, Tang Youyou immediately walked towards the wooden rack behind her. She picked up a pair of nunchucks, but as soon as the nunchucks hit the man's knife, they broke in the middle.
After that, Tang Youyou could only keep dodging. But just dodging wasn't a solution. She came to the wooden rack again. This time she picked up a red - tasseled spear, but unexpectedly, as soon as she picked it up, the spearhead fell off.
Fine, very good. This round was specifically set up to trip her up!
She glanced at Fei'er standing beside her. Seeing that Fei'er was watching her with relish, she instantly understood.