Chapter 19: Don't be afraid, I'm not a dragon!

  "I'm telling you, Blue Kid, this old thing has got it all, I've got everything." The old man said with a huff, he was really furious!

  "Uh! Got it." Lan Meng nodded repeatedly like a little wife, and he didn't dare to speak randomly anymore.

  "Haha!" Leng Ruo Xue saw Lan Meng's wronged expression and couldn't help but laugh.

  "Xiao Xue, you really have no sympathy at all." Lan Meng complained, his eyes full of resentment.

  "Haha, it's fine as long as you know." said Leng Ruoxue with a good mood.

  "It's Snow's turn, I'm up next." Lin Liang said.

  "Hmm!" Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  After finishing speaking, Lin Liang stood up and walked towards the stage.

  Lin Liang arrived at the arena, but his opponent had yet to arrive.

  After waiting for a few minutes, his opponent finally arrived. Lin Liang also let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was really worried that his opponent would back down at the last minute!

  Lin Liang's opponent was a man in his thirties, with delicate features and a slender figure, whose strength was on par with his, both being low-level Xuan Masters.

  "That... before the battle begins, I have a question to ask you, and you must answer me truthfully." The man on the stage asked cautiously, his face exceptionally solemn.

  "What's wrong? Speak!" Lin Liang's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition floated to the surface of his mind.

  "Do you have a dragon?" the man asked cautiously.

  "Don't be afraid, I don't have a dragon." Lin Liang was stunned for half a second and replied. It wasn't that he wasn't being honest! He just really wanted to compete with this person once.

  "I concede defeat." The man said directly to the referee after hearing Lin Liang's words.

  “……”

  Lin Liang was taken aback and said, "But there's no dragon!" Had he made a mistake?

  "That... I said I don't have a dragon." Lin Liang said very certainly.

  "What if you're lying to me?!" The man's face was written with two big words of distrust, and the more Lin Liang said he didn't have a dragon, the less he believed him. Moreover, he had already made up his mind that no matter whether Lin Liang had a dragon or not, he would never fight him again. He didn't want to risk his own life just to satisfy his temporary anger.

  Lin Liang heard what the man said and was thoroughly depressed...

  After the judge announced that Lin Liang had won, he hung his head and returned to his seat with a very depressed mood, sitting down without saying a word.

  "Haha, Lin Xiaozi won't be like me, will he?" The old man looked at Lin Liang, who was in the same predicament as him, and his mood actually improved a lot.

  "I'm different from you, I told him, I don't have a dragon." Lin Liang said with extreme depression.

  "Huh? Why did he admit defeat?" The old man couldn't understand, they said there was no dragon, what's there to be afraid of? A dignified Xuan Master, how can you be so timid?

  "No one believes me!" Lin Liang said with some helplessness, alas! Now those cultivators have all become startled birds, wanting to deceive them into fighting with oneself is probably not easy!

  "Heh heh, this is great! We've saved ourselves some trouble." Old Man Zhao said happily.

  "Spare your life!" Lin Liang and the old man shouted in unison. The masters who could enter the top twenty basically had some strength, so they cherished this opportunity and wanted to have a good fight with them. However, the other side didn't even want to fight with them, alas!

  "Hold on, don't get agitated, it's already come to this, getting angry won't do anything!" Lan Meng said in a soothing tone. Alas! He didn't expect things to turn out like this either. The five giant dragons of Old Man Gou had scared everyone off, and no one dared to make a move anymore. This was probably something that nobody could have anticipated. And this year's Xuan Shi competition was likely the most exciting, yet also the least suspenseful in history.

  "Alas!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh, and no one spoke again.

  Immediately afterwards, Leng Qingtian, Feng Jie and Da Zhanglao also took the stage one after another. They all encountered the same situation, and even their opponents didn't say a word to them before admitting defeat directly.

  "Xue Er, I think we can pack up and head back." Leng Qing Tian said with a dark face, clearly unhappy. He was stifling his anger because he hadn't even gotten to say a word before his opponent immediately conceded, ugh...

  "Grandfather, I haven't compared with the demon yet!" Cold Snow's forehead was dripping with two drops of cold sweat, reminding him, alas! Grandfather is also stimulated!

  "What's the comparison? You guys have to go up and take a turn like us, then you can come back." Leng Qingtian said.

  "Uh!" Leng Ruo Xue was speechless. "Grandfather, did you have to be so direct?!"

  "Xiaoxue, it's your turn." Lan Meng reminded her.

  "Alright, I'll go." Leng Ruoxue stood up, glanced at everyone, and slowly walked onto the stage.

  On the stage of martial arts competition.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked at her opponent with a hint of helplessness, wondering if she was really that scary. A man so strong and sturdy, yet his face turned pale, his whole body trembling, and he stared at her with a terrified expression, as if she had committed some heinous crime!

  "Admit defeat... I admit defeat." The man said hastily, stealing a glance at Leng Ruoxue.

  "Wait, I don't have a dragon, what are you afraid of?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some persistence.

  "You... you have a dog, it's even more terrifying than the dragon." The man exclaimed in shock, looking at Ice Kui who was lying on Cold Snow's shoulder with his eyes closed, pretending to sleep.

  At this time, as if hearing the man's words, Bing Qi's small ears still moved slightly, scaring that man to hastily flee in disarray...

  Leng Ruo Xue watched as the man disappeared at the speed of light and couldn't help but turn her head towards the referee with a hint of helplessness.

  "Cold as snow, victory!" The judge hastily shouted loudly, and immediately, he also hurriedly left the arena.

  Leng Ruo Xue stepped down from the stage and returned to their respective positions.

  "Haha, little girl, you're back." The old man said with a smile, feeling extremely delighted.

  "Hmm!" Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  "Xu'er, come here!" The demon gently wrapped his arms around Leng Ruoxue.

  "Alright, let's head back, Grandfather." Leng Ruoxue said to Leng Qingtian and the others as she gazed at the demon who had already stepped onto the stage.

  "Let's go to the pass and wait for nightfall!" Leng Qingtian said as he stood up.

  "Good!" The crowd stood up and walked towards the entrance of the inner court as if no one was around.

  Leng Ruoxue and others arrived there just as Yao Jiao was walking out, and without a doubt, his opponent directly conceded defeat.

  Everyone looked at each other and smiled, then returned together to their residence.

  In the courtyard, everyone worked together, each busy with their own tasks, preparing for a big feast.

  "Xiaoxue, I've lived for over 30 years and this is the first time I've seen a Xuan Shi competition where victory can be obtained so easily. The previous competitions were all very intense... uh! I'm not saying that this one isn't intense enough, it's just that there's not much suspense." Lan Ming felt the unfriendly gazes of the crowd and his pressure increased, hastily changing his words.

  "So you're saying it's all our fault?" Cold Snow glanced at Blue Ming lightly and said calmly.

  "No, no, it's just that others are too weak." Lan Meng said with a flattering face, his heart racing with anxiety.

  "How many days until the competition ends?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Hmm! I reckon it'll be more than half a month!" Lan Meng said after calculating the time.

  "Still have to wait for so long?" Leng Ruo Xue slightly furrowed her brow and said.

  "It's always been like this." Lan Meng explained.

  At this time, there was a sudden knock at the door outside the courtyard.

  "Lan will be long, I am Su elder." A somewhat hoary voice came into the yard.

  "Old Su? What is he doing here?" Lan Meng was somewhat puzzled. Old Su was Wu Hui's trusted aide, and usually when they met, it was with a mixture of affection and disdain. Now, he had come to find him on his own initiative, humph! Definitely not for anything good.

  "You go and bring him in, won't you know then?" said Leng Ruoxue with a light smile.

  "Alright, I'll go let him in." Lan Meng said, and then went to open the door.

  "Haha! Blue will grow, you're all here! It's really great." The old man Su outside the door stretched his neck and took a peek inside, with a flattering expression on his face.

  "Ah! I didn't know Elder Su had arrived, what brings you here?" Lan Meng said with a hint of a smile.

  "Lan Hui Chang, are you planning on keeping me standing outside forever?" asked Su Lao with a smile, without answering Lan Meng's question.

  "Su Elder, please come in!" Blue Ming stretched out his hand and made a welcoming gesture.

  "Haha! Congratulations to all of you." Su Zhanglao said as soon as he walked into the yard and saw Leng Ruoxue and others.

  "Lan Hui Chang, how can you let strangers in so casually?" Leng Ruo Xue's face turned cold, her tone somewhat displeased.

  "Uh!" Su Lao was stunned for a moment, this... he didn't mishear, did he? What did that ugly woman say?

  "He is the elder Su of the General Assembly." Lan Meng said, suppressing a smile.

  "It's really too impolite, sending a loser like you, we want to win, elder." said Leng Ruoxue pretending to be silly.

  “……”

  "That... Elder Su is a surname of Su, not the winning or losing of Su." Elder Su explained patiently, but in his heart he was very dissatisfied. Hmph! If it weren't for the president, he wouldn't have come here at all! And even more so, he wouldn't have come to be bullied by a low-level Xian Shi (Mystic Master), what a rustic bumpkin, uncultured!

  "It's all the same, no difference!" Leng Ruoxue said with a silly smile.

  "Not the same!" Su Lao shouted in a somewhat angry tone.

  "Wow! This old man is so fierce!" Leng Ruoxue was scared and quickly hid into the demon's arms, seeking comfort.

  "You old scoundrel, why are you scaring my woman? She's very timid." The demon tightly hugged Cold Snow and glared at the uninvited Su Elder with a displeased face, threatening him fiercely.

  “……”

  Elder Su was speechless, his forehead covered in black lines. How did he not see that Leng Ruoxue had a small temper? Someone who dared to offend the Sun family would have a small temper? Alas! Encountering these unreasonable masters, Elder Su's thoughts of crashing into a wall were already there.

  "I didn't mean to." Elder Su said with a tone of despair, wailing... He really regretted coming here and suffering this humiliation.

  "Hmm, you're quite intentional." The demon said with great certainty.

  "It's really not me." Elder Su was so wronged! He came here and hadn't said or done anything at all!

  "Hmph! Old man, spit it out quickly, what brings you here? Finish speaking and scram!" The demon said with a bad tone.

  "I'm here to inform you that, apart from the eight of you, all the other contestants have withdrawn, so the group stage has been cancelled. The finals will begin tomorrow." Elder Su was furious and almost vomited blood, but he still had to force himself to finish what he had to say. Who made him take on this task?! Ugh... Regret!

  "Oh, is that all?" the demoness asked lightly.

  "It's gone." Su Lao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hastily said, "Alas! How can this man give him such great pressure?"

  "Get out of here before I kick you out?" The demon glared at him and shouted loudly.

  "Hmm! You're really too impolite!" Elder Su said with some annoyance, he was the elder of the Xuan Shi General Assembly and also the president's confidant, wherever he went, others were always respectful and courteous, and had never been treated like this before!

  "Politeness is for humans." The demon said calmly, implying that you're not human!

  "You... you savages." Elder Su hadn't caught his breath yet and almost fainted.

  "Really waiting for me to kick you?" The demon raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled.

  "Hey, Xiao Chenchen, don't kick me, I'll just let out a sneeze." Bing Qi, who was watching the commotion on the side, also chimed in.

  "You... Ah!" Su Lao was so angry that he almost went crazy, but with a 'whoosh', he suddenly disappeared.

  "Hmm! Still Xiao Bing's power is great!" The demon smiled slyly and said.

  "That's it." Ice Kyrie smiled triumphantly, her little tail still twitching back and forth.

  "What's going on with Wu Gong again? How could all those people admit defeat so easily? Even Su Nan admitted defeat, what's the matter with this?" Lan Meng was truly puzzled and uneasy in his heart, he always felt that things weren't that simple!

  "Little Blue Old Man, why think so much, aren't you tired? They've all admitted defeat anyway! At least my reward is almost in hand." Lan Xue said happily, after the competition ended, they could leave this place.

  "But I still feel a little uneasy in my heart," said Lan Meng, expressing her concerns.

  "Worrying is useless! Worrying can't solve the problem, what's meant to come will always come." Lan Xue comforted, sighing that Lan Meng was just too narrow-minded.

  "Little Blue, don't even think about it. They want to take advantage of us, but it's not that easy." Old Zhao said comfortingly.

  "It's ready, it's ready! The meal is done, everyone come and eat quickly! Finish eating and rest early." Feng said to mediate.

  This meal, Cold Snow and others were happy to eat, but Lan Meng was worried.

  "I'm going to rest." said Leng Ruoxue after finishing her meal and tidying up.

  "We're also going back to our rooms." Leng Qingtian and others glanced at Lan Mingdao.

  "En, I'm going back too." Lan Meng said.

  The next morning, after Leng Ruo Xue and others finished their breakfast, they arrived at the competition venue.

  Although the game is no longer suspenseful, the top three will definitely be among the eight of them. However, many spectators still came to the scene, after all, they are curious about who will win the top three and may also appreciate the thrilling competition.

  Everyone sat down in their own positions, and Lan Meng looked at everyone with a puzzled expression on his face.

  "Why didn't any of you ask me about the rules of the final match?" Lan Meng finally couldn't help but curiously ask, these people were too quiet and it was strange!

  "What's there to ask, we've already decided to forfeit." The old man said disapprovingly. Last night, they had secretly discussed it and everyone unanimously agreed to end the competition as soon as possible and leave this place. After all, they were newcomers to this vast continent and felt too unfamiliar with it. So, after completing the competition, they planned to take a good trip around.

  "Give up? Why? Don't you want to be rewarded?" Lan Meng said in surprise, he couldn't understand why they would want to give up now that the situation was so good. Was giving up also contagious?

  "Why not? We didn't say everyone would give up, Lyu Tou, Xiao Chenchen and Leng Lao are definitely not going to give up." Old Man Gāo explained, how could they possibly let go of the rewards they deserved?!

  "Oh, you scared me! I thought you guys didn't even want the reward anymore!" Lan Meng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.

  "Little Blue, don't forget our appearance fee!" Cold Snow slightly raised an eyebrow and reminded with a smile.

  "Xiaoxue, you're already very wealthy now, do you still care about that tens of millions of yuan in appearance fees?" Lan Meng asked with some incredulity.

  "Of course, it's a lot. Tens of millions is enough for an ordinary person to live a lifetime, that's not a small amount." Leng Ruoxue said very seriously, after coming to the Great Continent of Haotian, she had already decided to carry forward the spirit of thrift and frugality.

  "Hmph! Here, I've been ready for a long time!" Lan Meng said with some helplessness, handing over an anonymous silver card to Leng Ruo Xue. Sigh... Ever since he met this girl, he had become very powerless.

  "Xiao Lanlan, you're a trustworthy person. Next time we have business, don't forget to take care of me!" Leng Ruoxue said with a smile as she put away the silver card.

  "Xiaoxue, your price is too high, I reckon we can't afford you a few times." Lan Meng also joked with a good mood.

  "It's okay, I can give you a discount." Leng Ruo Xue said with a faint smile.

  "That's more like it." Lan Meng said with a satisfied nod.

  At this time, the voice of the host came from within the venue.

  The host stood on the newly built high platform, holding a microphone and starting to speak. Unlike before, he didn't just go through the motions this time, but instead launched into a lengthy and eloquent speech that went on until the audience started to get impatient. Only then did he sensibly stop talking and announce the official start of the final round...

  However, after waiting for a long time, no one saw the finalists coming on stage, and they couldn't help but whisper to each other, discussing it in an uproar.

  "What's going on? Why haven't you compared yet?"

  "It's just that I clearly saw Leng Ruo Xue and others have already arrived?"

  "What's going on now?"

  The audience was at a loss, and the scene exploded again!

  At this moment, Leng Ruo Xue and others were at the judges' table, communicating with the chief judge!

  "What did you say? Say it again?" The presiding judge looked at Leng Ruoxue and the others in disbelief, thinking he had misheard.

  "I say, we several want to give up our right." The old man said word by word, lest the judge's eyes be dim and he couldn't hear clearly. In fact, just now, while the host was speaking, they had collectively come to the judging table and said that they wanted to give up their right. However, ten minutes passed, and this so-called chief judge actually asked them the same question again.

  "No way, if you all forfeit, there will be no match! This is the final, none of you are allowed to forfeit!" The chief judge panted heavily and shouted loudly. This...this was too ridiculous, he had presided over so many tournaments, but this was the first time he encountered such a situation. Moreover, today was only the first game of the final, and during the last game of the final, Chairman Wu would not only come to watch, but also planned to recruit disciples. If they all forfeited, Chairman Wu would surely skin him alive!

  "It's just the five of them who gave up, we three didn't say we'd give up!" Leng Ruoxue kindly reminded, sigh! Poor old man, as soon as he heard they were going to give up, he immediately went blank and couldn't even understand what was being said.

  "Are you not giving up?" The chief judge asked somewhat uncertainly. He had clearly heard earlier that they were going to give up!

  "I'm not giving up my rights, I still want to get the reward!" Leng Ruoxue said straightforwardly.

  "Ah!" The presiding judge wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself, Fortunately, he had left a few strands of hair for him, Wu Hui Zhang shouldn't blame him, right?

  "Since someone is competing, can we just forfeit already?" The old man said somewhat impatiently.

  "That... today's match has already been arranged, so you can't forfeit now. Of course, admitting defeat is okay." The chief referee said with a stiff face, implying that they had to put on a show and go through the motions, after all, the audience in the stands were paying customers.

  "Oh, okay! But after this match, there's nothing left for us to do!" The old man said with a knowing smile. Heh heh, Blue Ming had already reminded them earlier that it was too late to concede now and probably wouldn't be approved, so they were prepared in advance. Now, they just happened to sell personal feelings to the chief referee.

  "Alright, after this game you can all forfeit." The chief judge said with gratitude, thinking to himself that these people were quite understanding. Hmm, not bad, at least this way, Director Wu would also have no reason to blame him.

  "That game is about to start! Let's make it quick!" Old Man Zhao said somewhat anxiously.

  "Well, the game can start now." The chief referee turned his head and instructed a referee beside him.

  The judge walked onto the stage after receiving the notice.

  On the rostrum.

  "Hey, what's going on with Leng Ruo Xue?" Lan Lie asked the person beside him with a puzzled face.

  "I don't know." Sun Teng replied coolly.

  "Just keep watching and you'll find out." Cold Wudi said calmly and lightly, with an air of being uninvolved.

  "Su Nan, why did you give up your rights?" Lan Lie asked Su Nan with a glance at Sun Teng and Leng Wu Di, sighing. He knew he wouldn't get the answer he wanted from those two uninteresting guys!

  "It's no use fighting, I'd better give up!" Su Nan said disapprovingly. In fact, he himself could still make it into the top ten without any problem. However, going further forward was something he hadn't thought about before, because those dragons were simply too abnormal and he didn't have such a powerful beast pet.

  "If it weren't for those dragons, you would have had a chance to get into the top five." Cold Wudi said calmly. The strength of Cold Ruoxue, Ye Chen, and Lao Tou was absolutely above Su Nan's, as for Cold Qiantian and Lin Liang, their strength should be equivalent to Su Nan's, it's hard to say who would win or lose.

  "What does 'hope for the top five' mean?" Lan Lie blinked his eyes, and his handsome face was full of question marks.

  "If you can perform beyond your level, then you might be able to get into the top five. Otherwise, there's no chance." Leng Wudi explained calmly, glancing at Lan Lie who was stuffing his mouth with food nonstop. He really couldn't understand how a guy who only knew how to eat and sleep could become a Xuanwang (Mystic King).

  "Oh." Lan Lie nodded and shifted his gaze back to the arena.

  "Huh? Where is everyone? Why isn't anyone competing anymore?" Lan Lie looked around at the empty arena and the audience seats, which had lost more than half of its spectators, and asked in confusion.

  "I'm leaving." Sun Teng replied coolly and stood up, also preparing to leave.

  "Huh? How did it end up like this? Didn't we still have a match to finish?" Lan Lie was bewildered, could Sun Teng also be thinking of leaving?

  "Today's match is over." Leng Wudi said with some helplessness, "Alas! People who only care about eating! Their eyesight is poor, and their ears are even deaf, how pitiful!"

  "What? I just saw the referee get on stage!" Lan Lie was depressed, but there was only one referee standing on the stage, so why did the match end?

  "All four matches ended with someone conceding, so the competition naturally came to an end." Leng Wudi said calmly. Alas! Those people were really too ruthless, he had participated in three competitions and never knew that the final could be so easy! It's truly enviable!"

  "Huh? What are we going to do?" Lan Lie was bewildered, he still wanted to enjoy the exciting match, but the other side didn't give him that chance.

  "Go back!" Leng Wudi said, and turned around to leave directly.

  "Wait for me!" Lan Lie saw that everyone had left and hurriedly chased after them.

  The residence of Leng Ruoxue and others.

  After today's game ended, they left the stadium directly from the back door and returned to their residence.

  "Tomorrow I can just admit defeat directly?" In the living room, everyone gathered together, and Leng Qingtian said with a good mood.

  "Grandfather, I'll admit defeat tomorrow!" The little rascal said with a smile, referring to his duel with Leng Qingtian tomorrow. Hehe, gotta respect one's elders after all!

  "No need, I'm old and no longer care about fame or fortune. From now on, it's your young people's world." Leng Qingtian said disapprovingly.

  "Alright then!" The little demon knew that Grandfather's words were not to be opposed.

  "Xiao Lanlan, now it's just the three of us left. Can we finish it in one day tomorrow?" asked Leng Ruxue with some uncertainty.

  "As usual, there will be two matches tomorrow, and after they are all over, the top three will emerge." Lan Meng explained.

  "That's good." Sigh, tomorrow all the matches will finally be over, and Leng Ruoxue suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, although she originally didn't have much pressure.

  "Little Snow, after tomorrow's match is over, where are you planning to go?" Lan Meng asked with a hint of sadness, his bright eyes filled with reluctance.

  "I don't know, do you have any good places to recommend? It's best if there are many medicinal materials, minerals, and a place where I can temper myself." said Leng Ruoxue.

  "Hmm! I actually know of a place that can meet your requirements." Lan Meng said with several black lines hanging above his head, "Sigh! This girl's requirements are really not ordinary. However, on the Great Continent of Huangtian, there is indeed such a place, but it's too dangerous inside, and very few people dare to go."

  "Where is it?" asked Leng Ruoxue with great interest.

  "That place is called Dark Night Abyss." Lan Meng said with great caution.

  "Xiaoxue, you can't go there." Bingji suddenly spoke up with his eyes still closed.

  "Why?" Hearing that she couldn't go, Leng Ruoxue became even more curious. If Ice Jade said it was a place they couldn't go to, it must be very dangerous.

  "That's one of the most dangerous places in the vast continent, with many super divine beasts inside. Moreover, it doesn't distinguish between day and night, forever shrouded in a dark veil. If you go there, I don't have 100% confidence to protect you, so you can't go there now." Bing Qi said very seriously, if you want to go there, at least you need to have the strength of Xuan Zun, and also can't go alone, otherwise, even Xuan Zun wouldn't think about coming back alive.

  "Can't go now? Then when can I go?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some disappointment, she also knew that her current strength was too low.

  "Your current strength is definitely not enough, but if you can have the power of a Mystic Emperor, I can still guarantee that you will come out alive." Bing Qi thought for a moment and said. He wasn't an ordinary super divine beast, so protecting a Mystic Emperor was no problem.

  "Oh!"

  "Little Blue, you'd better tell me where I can go now." Leng Ruo Xue complained, her water-like eyes staring fiercely at Lan Meng.

  "Hmm! Let's go to Blue Cloud City then! Don't you need medicinal materials? There will be a grand exchange of medicinal materials there soon, and many alchemists will gather for the exchange." Lan Ming thought for a moment before continuing.

  "Lan Yun City? The main city of the Lan family?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Hmm, every year Blue Cloud City hosts such a medicinal material exchange conference. The Blue family has produced several Dan masters, so they attach great importance to medicinal materials." Lan Ming explained.

  "Miss, the Blue Cloud City's medicinal material exchange meeting is very famous on the continent of Haotian. Every year, countless alchemists and medicine merchants gather together. However, that exchange meeting requires an invitation, even alchemists may not necessarily be able to attend." Zheng En said, such a large-scale exchange meeting has an irresistible attraction to alchemists, but ordinary alchemists or those like him without fame are simply not qualified to enter.

  "Really?!" Leng Ruo Xue stared at Lan Meng with some dissatisfaction, why did this guy always mention places they couldn't go?! Was he doing it on purpose?!

  "Don't stare at me, since I said so, you can definitely go up." Lan Meng said helplessly, why didn't this girl believe him? He was depressed!

  "You're not telling me I have to go to the Dan Master Association for a level assessment, are you?" Leng Ruoxue asked with a hint of warning, she didn't want to go to the Dan Master Association right now and even less wanted many people to know about her identity as a Dan Master.

  "No need! Although I can't invite you as a member of the Lan family, I can still help you get some invitations." Lan Meng said confidently, and it just so happened that Lan Lie was here, he could go find him tomorrow.

  "Oh, this is more like it." Leng Ruo Xue was very satisfied with Lan Meng's progress.

  "By the way, when will the exchange meeting start?" asked Leng Ruxue again.

  "A fortnight later, I was originally going to go there after the match ended, and the timing was just right. However, now that the match has ended early, it's also a bit of a distance from the exchange meeting. But if we walk slowly, by the time we reach Blue Cloud City, there will only be a few days left before the exchange meeting." said Lan Ming.

  "Grandfather, let's go take a look at Blue Cloud City first!" Leng Ruo Xue said to Leng Qing Tian and the others.

  "Mm." The crowd nodded in agreement, the medicine was important to them too.

  "Alright, it's getting late, everyone should get some rest early!" Leng Ruoxue said, then pulled the demon king away without looking back and left the living room.

  The next morning, Leng Ruo Xue and others arrived at the competition venue on time.

  "There seem to be a lot fewer people coming to watch today!" said the old man from his seat.

  "Isn't this very normal? Everyone already knows the outcome of today's match!" Lin Liang said, "Who would still spend money to watch a match with a known result?" Although Master Xuan is not short on money, but that doesn't mean he can waste it!

  "That's right." The old man nodded and said with a smile, "I suppose they're giving the Grandmaster a headache now!"

  "Huh? It seems like there are a few new faces on the rostrum." Old Zhao looked around, and when he saw the rostrum, he exclaimed as if he had discovered a new continent.

  "The one in the middle is Wu Hóng." Lán Míng pointed at the middle-aged man wearing black clothes, sitting in the center of the podium.

  "He's just Wu Gong! He doesn't look that great either! How can you say that all the masters are handsome men and beautiful women?" Old Man Zhao said with a disappointed face.

  "Hmm! I'm talking about most of the masters." Lan Meng said somewhat helplessly.

  "You'd better speak clearly! You got me waiting for nothing." The old man complained discontentedly.

  "Uh!" Lan Meng was speechless, wooo... how did this become his fault too? These people are really unreasonable... they just like to bully him!

  "Haha!" Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing at Lan Meng's pitiful appearance.

  "The game has begun." Feng Ji reminded.

  "Alright, everyone be quiet, the good show is about to begin." The old man said with a face full of excitement.

  On the stage of martial arts competition.

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao stood face to face, their eyes filled with deep emotions, as if glued together. Neither of them spoke a word, they just kept gazing at each other...

  "Ahem!" The referee couldn't bear it anymore, clearing his throat twice to remind them that this was a competition and everyone's eyes were on them. Don't be so mushy!

  Unfortunately, they both ignored it and didn't care about the referee's decision, still staring at each other without saying a word.

  "The game has started, can't you fight anymore?" The referee reminded them in a low voice with some helplessness. This session of the competition could be considered as one of the most abnormal ones he had ever encountered.

  Neither of them looked at the referee.

  After a long time.

  "I give up." The demon finally spoke.

  "Cold as snow, victory." The judge said loudly, suppressing his anger, and cursed in his heart: Nima, you've wasted so much time admitting defeat, is this fun?

  Next, Leng Ruoxue VS Leng Qingtian.

  After Leng Qing entered the arena, he first chatted with his darling granddaughter about family matters. After they had finished chatting, he said: "Judge, I admit defeat."

  Having said that, he didn't even wait for the referee to announce the result and directly jumped off the stage.

  "Cold as snow, victory." The judge declared somewhat weakly, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

  Then, Leng Qing Tian and Ye Chen stood on the arena once again. Their battle was also the final match of this year's Xuan Master Competition.

  "I concede defeat." The two of them almost said in unison.

  "Kid, who allowed you to give up?" Leng Qingtian roared, didn't they all agree on that?

  "Grandpa, it's okay if we call a truce!" The little demon said with a smile, his face full of flattering expressions.

  "Who's going to give up?" The referee clutched his chest and panted heavily.

  "Me!" The two of them chimed in unison again.

  "You all concede? How can I judge?" the referee roared in anger. Master Xuan's matches had always been a matter of life and death, either win or lose, but never had there been a situation where both sides conceded at the same time!

  "You can call it a draw!" The demon suggested with great kindness.

  "The Dark Magician has never been defeated in a duel!" the judge shouted.

  "Then let's start with us!" The demoniac smiled and said, rules are dead, people are alive, how can we not innovate!

  "Alright! Leng Qingtian VS Ye Chen, it's a draw!" The judge hastily announced, not wanting to be driven mad. He had figured out that these people were one more troublesome than the last, and it was better for him to leave early.

  After the judge announced the result, Qi hummed and got off the stage. However, Leng Qingtian and Ye Chen did not leave, but instead found a place to sit down. Leng Ruoxue also walked back onto the stage and sat down beside them.

  The audience in the field, the judges' seats and the people on the rostrum were all astonished when they heard the result announced by the referee on the ring, and immediately afterwards, a few drops of cold sweat fell from their foreheads...

  "Chairman, look at this result?" The chief judge trembled as he walked to the podium, looking at Wu Huan with a frightened heart, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. Alas... why can't they let him off easy? Yesterday, he was already scolded by the chairman, it seems that today is no exception either, sigh!

  "Hasn't it already come out?" Wu Heng said with a gloomy face and a cold tone.

  "The first place has been announced, but as for second and third places..." The chief judge only said half of it and stopped.

  "Isn't it a draw? Then let's just tie for second place, there is no third place in this competition." Wu Heng said bluntly, then fell silent.

  "Yes." After receiving Wu's instructions, the chief judge handed over the final result to the host.

  The host took the competition results and climbed back onto the high platform, solemnly holding a microphone to loudly announce.

  "Now, let's invite our Director Wu to present awards to the top three." The host said with a hint of excitement.

  On the stage, Leng Ruo Xue and her two companions were still lazily sitting on the ground chatting, without any awareness that they were actually the top three.

  "What are you still sitting for, get up quickly, the horse is about to arrive." The chief judge had already gone up onto the stage and almost fainted when he saw the three of them. This...this was truly too casual.

  "Is it almost here? Isn't that just not yet? Let's take a break, we're quite tired after fighting two battles." Lan Ruo Xue said with an expression that could kill people without batting an eyelid, and she didn't have any intention of getting up at all.

  The judge really wishes he could faint now, but he's surprisingly energetic... Now he can be sure that these three people are absolutely intentional, intentionally wanting to deal with him. Grandpa, he hasn't offended them!

  Digression

  Thank you dear jenhui and Heng Li's flowers.

  Thank you for the votes from Qinyang, Xiding, and Taoguibao Zhu.