23: Chapter 23 I don't want your shadow to appear and disturb Xingqiao when she thinks of me.

The Autumn Tournament did not provide much inspiration for Li Yuan.

Instead, he simply saw what the current process of martial arts competitions was like.

The tournament started at the fourth quarter of the Chen hour and lasted until the You hour.

Although Shun Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom side only sent ten Disciples each, this was a wheel-style battle.

Even if one lost, one still had to exhaust some of the opponent's stamina.

As such, the time for the competition was naturally dragged out for a very long time.

By observing their martial arts competition, Li Yuan discovered that his understanding of the Dao was indeed very profound.

The martial arts of Qianqiu Mountain focus on softness and the integration of the Dao.

Between offense and defense, they change form rapidly.

Sometimes fierce, sometimes slow and heavy.

Having such profound essentials shows that the foundation of Qianqiu Mountain is not ordinary.

As a major Sect, Qianqiu Mountain is worthy of its name.

Li Yuan discovered that he could easily understand these core essentials of martial arts.

Having harvested so much martial arts experience from Seniors, his own understanding of the Dao had already reached the Peak of the world.

At the third quarter of the You hour, the Autumn Tournament officially ended.

On the side of Qianqiu Mountain of Shun Kingdom, ten people were eliminated.

As for the Jin Kingdom, four people remained undefeated.

According to the rules of the competition, this year's Autumn Tournament meant the Jin Kingdom would win 40% of the cultivation resources.

This is the cultivation resources of a major Sect for half a year!

Such a huge amount; when they are handed over tomorrow, anyone who sees it will inevitably sigh.

The Elders of Qianqiu Mountain had gloomy and ugly expressions.

Before the Autumn Tournament, they already had a premonition.

With Meng Guidu there, Qianqiu Mountain would be at a great disadvantage; the methods of the younger generation had all been studied through by them.

Even with the premonition in their hearts, this matter could not be blamed on anyone else.

Who told Qianqiu Mountain to accept him as a Personal Disciple without checking his identity when recruiting Disciples?

In the end, it could only be blamed on Qianqiu Mountain themselves.

On the high platform, the Prince of Lingshan Kingdom announced the results of today's tournament.

Tomorrow, the cultivation resources will be handed over here.

Qianqiu Mountain needs to hand over the cultivation resources they brought to the Jin Kingdom here.

Not only did they lose resources, but they also lost face.

Before the Prince of Lingshan Kingdom finished speaking, several Elders from Qianqiu Mountain had already taken the lead in leaving.

Meng Guidu's gaze looked at Ruan Xingqiao from time to time, and at Li Yuan from time to time.

The group returned to the temporary palace.

The Elders of Qianqiu Mountain immediately pulled the Disciples over to hold them accountable and criticize them.

But no matter what, today's matter could not be entirely blamed on the younger generation.

As they spoke, the eyes of several Elders fell on Ruan Xingqiao.

"Xingqiao, the person who should be punished most today is you.

You, as the Senior Sister of this generation of Qianqiu Mountain, did not set a good example at all.

Instead, you were influenced by Meng Guidu and even wanted to take action against the citizens of Da Shun because of a traitor.

Do you think this is appropriate?"

Facing the criticism, Ruan Xingqiao's expression was calm; she seemed to have already thought about how to answer.

"My performance today was indeed not good, but since I lost the competition, I must keep my word.

After I take action, I will compensate Junior Brother Weihe.

Keeping him, on the contrary, affects my ability to calm my mind."

Ruan Xingqiao was still sophistically arguing, proving the rationality of her attacking Li Yuan.

Hearing this, the several Elders sighed heavily.

However, there was one good thing: Ruan Xingqiao knew how to suppress the matter and did not continue to act recklessly in front of others.

Ruan Xingqiao's last words were indeed the truth.

Li Yuan's existence did indeed affect her.

In her view, thinking that someone was crudely imitating Meng Guidu made her feel disgusted.

Especially today, there were people who said she couldn't let go of Meng Guidu and found Li Yuan to be this substitute.

Yes, she actually couldn't let go in her heart.

But she never had the idea of finding someone to replace Meng Guidu!

Ruan Xingqiao did not want to be misunderstood, and even less did she want to be misunderstood by Meng Guidu.

That night, Li Yuan continued to live peacefully.

In the morning at the Mao hour, the sky was slightly bright.

Li Yuan heard someone knocking on the door and shouting; he got up to open the door, and it was the maid beside Ruan Xingqiao.

"At the west end of the city, there is a pastry shop that has made many special pastries of Lingshan Kingdom.

Young Master Weihe should also try some; come with me to get some."

Hearing this, Li Yuan did not refuse; it was just following along for a trip.

The location of the pastry shop, according to this maid, was on the mountainside west of the city.

The reason it was arranged there was because there was a clear spring.

Making pastries requires high-quality spring water.

It was reasonable to arrange the pastry shop there.

Li Yuan did not suspect this either; in this world, using water was not so convenient.

Many pastry shops in Shun Kingdom were also built next to ancient wells.

The quality of the pastries largely depended on the water used.

Another reason for not being suspicious was that Li Yuan had his own confidence.

In this Lingshan Kingdom, he had not yet seen any factors that would threaten his safety.

The two walked all the way forward; just as they reached the foot of the mountain, Li Yuan saw that something was wrong.

His eyesight and hearing were powerful, and from here, he could vaguely see the situation on the mountainside.

But at this mountainside, there was no shadow of a pastry shop at all.

"Are you sure the pastry shop is on this mountain?" Li Yuan asked the leading maid with some doubt.

"Of course I am sure; this is my second time here, how could I not know?"

Ruan Xingqiao's maid answered calmly.

Hearing this, Li Yuan nodded, did not argue, and followed her to the mountainside.

Soon, the two arrived at a slightly gentler slope on the mountainside.

"Where is the pastry shop? Is there any shadow of a pastry shop here?"

Li Yuan looked at Ruan Xingqiao's maid with great interest, a smile on the corner of his mouth, waiting for her answer.

The maid no longer pretended, stepped forward a few steps, and shouted: "Young Master Meng, I have brought the person to you."

A moment later, Meng Guidu swayed out from the nearby dense forest.

He walked to the maid, handed over a small piece of gold.

This maid of Ruan Xingqiao carefully took the gold and bowed respectfully.

Then she retreated to a corner to wait for instructions.

Meng Guidu's gaze only then fell completely on Li Yuan.

"I heard that you also practice blade techniques?"

"Hmm, I know some, it should be okay."

Hearing Li Yuan's calm answer, Meng Guidu shook his head somewhat unhappily.

"Where did you hear the news about me, and then start imitating?

Want to rely on this to get close to Xingqiao?"

Meng Guidu just asked this question, and without waiting for Li Yuan to answer, he shook his head to himself again.

"Forget it, no matter what your purpose is, today will have the same result, you don't need to answer."

Throwing down this sentence, Meng Guidu raised his hand, and the long blade was already held in his hand.

"I actually hate others imitating me, especially you, who imitates so clumsily.

Except for being 30% similar to me in appearance, there is a big gap in temperament, which is innate.

I do not want your shadow to interfere when Xingqiao thinks of me.

In addition, Xingqiao also promised today that after she loses to me, she will let you disappear from this world.

She has some concerns, so let me fulfill this promise for her."