122: Chapter 122 Top 100 in the County Examination

"Eighty-ninth Brother, don't we still have you?" Wei Jiajun looked with a smile at the young man walking down from the upper floor. It was none other than the Wei Family's other seeded player, Young Master Qi.

"Seventh Brother thinks too highly of me," Young Master Qi said.

It wasn't that Wei Jiajun was flattering Young Master Qi, but rather that Young Master Qi's strength was truly too formidable.

Both were Nine-Star Martial Masters, the strongest among the Wei Family Disciples participating in this year's Prefecture Examination. However, Wei Jiajun was already forty-nine years old, while Young Master Qi was only thirty-eight!

An eleven-year gap was not a small difference at all.

Furthermore, within the circle of Core Disciples in the Family, rumors had started circulating at some point that Young Master Qi had already comprehended a Martial Dao Seed. If this were true, then first place in this year's Cangjiang Prefecture Prefecture Examination would undoubtedly belong to Young Master Qi.

A Martial Master who had mastered a Martial Dao Seed could unleash a fraction of the strength of a Martial Ancestor; which Martial Master could possibly withstand such a person?

"Eighty-ninth Brother, don't be so modest. What is your opinion of Ye Yisong?" Wei Jiajun asked.

"He is a formidable rival. I am not confident I can defeat him," Young Master Qi said solemnly.

"What?" Wei Jiajun exclaimed in surprise, thinking to himself: Could that rumor be false? I have a fifty percent chance of defeating Ye Yisong, and Eighty-ninth Brother is even stronger than me by a few points, so how could this be possible?

"Seventh Brother, you all underestimate Ye Yisong too much. The Green Lotus Sea-Transformation Sutra he Cultivates is a Tier 5 Cultivation Technique, and its various miraculous aspects are beyond description," Young Master Qi said. If it weren't for a friend he knew in the provincial capital who also happened to practice this technique, Young Master Qi would not be so wary of Ye Yisong.

Young Master Qi had sparred with that close friend dozens of times, losing more often than winning.

In many battles, he had been caught off guard and turned the tables against him due to this miraculous Cultivation Technique.

Besides the eerie blue light they had seen, there was also a miraculous red light. When the red light attached to attacks, it could increase their power several times over.

What made other Martial Artists most desperate was that his Spiritual Qi storage was two or three times greater than that of conventional Martial Artists, making him seem like a bottomless pit.

As for that Green Lotus, he had never seen that close friend use it.

"Seventh Brother, if you encounter Ye Yisong, you must not be careless, otherwise there will definitely be a surprise waiting for you." After sharing the information he knew with Wei Jiajun, Young Master Qi bid farewell. He needed to go back and properly organize his own state; besides Ye Yisong, there was also Wang Xianliang watching from the shadows!

In the rest areas at every corner, apart from the fixed seats in the front, there were many small three-story pavilions in the back for everyone to rest.

The matches in the Prefecture Examination's martial arts phase did not stop, continuing day and night until the first place was decided.

After Wang Xianda left the Wei Family's rest area, he headed straight for Wang Xianliang's small pavilion.

"Brother Xianliang, I'm back," Wang Xianda called out softly.

"Xianda, I am on the third floor. Come up!" Wang Xianliang's voice came from upstairs, sounding very pleasant, like a spring breeze.

"Did you go to the Wei Family's rest area again?" Before Wang Xianda could speak, Wang Xianliang asked.

"Yes, I went to find my cousin Wei Jiajun. I can always gather some intelligence from him," Wang Xianda said. Proud people always disdain hiding themselves, and Wei Jiajun was exactly that kind of person.

"And what did you find out?" Wang Xianliang asked. In truth, he didn't like Wang Xianda lowering his status to go to the Wei Family to gather intelligence for him, but he couldn't disregard Wang Xianda's efforts. Since he had already gone, he might as well listen.

"Judging by my cousin's expression, he really isn't afraid of Ye Yisong. I estimate that either the Wei Family has found a way to restrain Ye Yisong, or someone in the Wei Family can steadily suppress Ye Yisong," Wang Xianda said.

"Oh?" Wang Xianliang had not expected his cousin to actually bring him some surprises, so he signaled for him to continue.

"I am more inclined towards the latter—that someone in the Wei Family can steadily suppress Ye Yisong. There were rumors earlier that Young Master Qi had already comprehended a Martial Dao Seed. Now it seems this rumor is true; otherwise, I cannot imagine where the Wei Family would get the confidence to defeat Ye Yisong."

If Wei Jiajun knew that Wang Xianda had analyzed one of the Wei Family's trump cards just by observing his expression, he would probably be stunned.

"It seems that for me to take first place in this Martial Examination, it won't be easy!" After hearing Wang Xianda's intelligence, Wang Xianliang sighed.

"Brother Xianliang, have you also comprehended a Martial Dao Seed?" Wang Xianda asked in surprise. Wang Xianliang had said it "won't be easy," implying he had a chance to take first place, which meant he had a trump card that did not fear Young Master Qi. Aside from a Martial Dao Seed, Wang Xianda could not think of anything else that could resist a Martial Dao Seed.

"Yes, just now," Wang Xianliang smiled.

"That's great! With Brother Xianliang here, our Wang Family might not necessarily lose to the Wei Family in this Martial Examination," Wang Xianda said excitedly.

"This matter is known only to you and me for now; do not tell anyone else," Wang Xianliang cautioned.

"Can I not even tell the Family Elders?" Wang Xianda asked.

"I have my own plans for this matter," Wang Xianliang said, closing his eyes calmly.

The Wei Family and the Wang Family had been in-laws for over a thousand years. However, ever since the Wang Family used improper means to steal the Wei Family's Tier 4 Medium Grade Alchemy technique several hundred years ago, the two families had not been as close as before, and there had always been a rift between them.

Since then, in order to find the Wang Family's Mist-Shadow Tea Trees that could increase Mental Energy, the Wei Family began to disregard other considerations, often secretly inciting Wang Family Martial Artists to defect. Even Wang Family Elders had been incited to defect, causing the Wang Family's Core Elder group endless headaches.

It was understandable that Wang Xianliang had his reservations.

After Ye Yitian took the stage, he was incredibly steady. He immediately unleashed his ultimate move and knocked that Loose Cultivator down in one strike, unable to stand up, easily winning the fifth round of the competition.

Looking at that Loose Cultivator's pained expression, one could tell that Ye Yitian had struck too hard. Being a whole Realm higher and still lacking martial ethics, using his ultimate move right from the start—it was truly immoral!

As the fifth round of matches concluded, the top 100 Martial Artists of the Prefecture Examination's martial arts phase slowly emerged.

Originally, after five rounds of matches, there were five extra people. However, injuries were inevitable in the matches. In the fifth round, three people, although victorious, were severely injured and had no strength to participate in the subsequent matches, so they directly forfeited.

There were still two extra people, so Official Wu Tian operated the System to randomly add two matches. These two matches did not last long because the strength of the matched opponents was vastly different, and the winners were decided quickly.

With this, the top 100 Martial Artists of the Cangjiang Prefecture Prefecture Examination were freshly decided.

Ye Yisong looked at the names on the screen and couldn't help but sigh. The Wei Family and the Wang Family were truly worthy of being the veteran Tier 5 families of Cangjiang Prefecture; more than half of the top 100 Martial Artists came from these two families.

Yet the Ye Family, also one of the three giants of Cangjiang Prefecture, only had nineteen Martial Artists on the list.

Even the Qi Family had ten on the list, and the Sun Family had seven.

Comparing it this way, the Family foundation... was still too weak!

Next!

The Qi Family? The Sun Family?

It was still necessary to increase efforts so that other families would not dare to be so presumptuous!