229: Chapter 229 Mad Woman

A quarter of an hour later, Fang Qing was thoroughly defeated, missing out on this marital arts competition for marriage.

The Xie Family Cultivators watched these Loose Cultivators speechlessly, their expressions mostly rather unsightly. Almost every Cultivator who went on stage was a Loose Cultivator, or else they came from a Qi Refining Family. Although the Xie Family was not some grand Family, they were still a Foundation Establishment Family with seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

However, it was worth mentioning that there were indeed some good saplings among these Loose Cultivators. If they were willing to accept their recruitment, given time, the Xie Family could have a few more retainers with decent strength.

After Fang Qing was defeated, a new Cultivator made a move.

The newly entered person was a female Cultivator. Her appearance was not remarkable, yet her entire body exuded a stern and murderous aura.

"No, isn't this the marital arts competition for marriage of that little great-aunt of the Xie Family? Why is a woman also taking the stage?" someone below asked doubtfully.

"Who said the marital arts competition for marriage must be aimed at that little great-aunt? Didn't you see before? If enough strength is displayed on the stage—"

"There is a chance to gain the appreciation of the Xie Family, thereby joining the Qian Family, and in the future walking around the Cang Prefecture region, with the Xie Family as backing support," someone explained.

"I see, I thought this woman had some peculiar hobby." As soon as these words were spoken, that woman on the stage turned her head and glared angrily at the other person.

"Brother Wu, aren't you going up to try?" Chen Lingyan asked.

"Wait a moment, let's observe for now."

After the woman refocused her gaze on Lü Xiong and both sides were ready, she immediately made a move.

Lü Xiong had just unleashed a major move, and his inner magical power was left with very little. Even though he had already taken a spirit-restoring pill, he had only recovered four or five tenths.

After a full quarter of an hour of spell combat between the two sides, Lü Xiong ultimately lacked magical power and regretfully stepped down.

After Lü Xiong stepped down, several more Qi Refining Cultivators made a move, but in the end they were all defeated by this woman.

"This woman is very strong. Even though her cultivation is only at the 8th Layer of Qi Refining, the strength she displays is already very close to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. If no one at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining makes a move, I'm afraid this woman will really stand until the end."

"What is there to fear? This is just the beginning, the geniuses of those Foundation Establishment families haven't made a move yet! The few that I just saw, every single one has reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and there are even geniuses at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining."

"Indeed! I don't even know what these geniuses came here to do? Reaching such cultivation at a young age, they would have a place of their own even in their own Family. Why must they participate in this martial arts recruitment of a son-in-law? Are they truly willing to become a live-in son-in-law of the Qian Family?"

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After half an incense stick of time, no one else stepped onto the stage.

The woman coldly swept her gaze across everyone under the stage, and every male Cultivator who made eye contact with her turned their heads away, unwilling to have any entanglement with this crazy woman.

After a short while, finding it somewhat uninteresting, the woman stepped down and left the place.

Hearing the discussions of the people around them, Chen Lingyan and the other were both somewhat speechless.

When the person was still there in front, not a single one dared to say two extra words; once the person left, they felt they had risen up again.

"Let me go up first." Chen Lingwu took the stage.

As soon as he stepped on stage, another person walked out from the opposite side to meet him.

"Fellow Daoist, please," Chen Lingwu cupped his hands and invited.

"Please." The other party was also quite polite.

The cultivation of the two was comparable; Chen Lingwu was at the Perfection of the Qi Condensation 7th Layer, and the other party was as well, but it was unknown how large the gap in strength was.

Outside the arena, those few Xie Family Cultivators had waited until they were somewhat bored. After several hours, it was all this kind of children's play.

And they didn't know when Xie Lingyun would appear; as long as she took the stage, those Foundation Establishment Family scions who were watching from the teahouse would also step up.

That was the true purpose of this marital arts competition for marriage.

Chen Lingwu made his move, sacrificing Flying Swords one by one, a total of seven.

Such a battle array drew sideways glances from everyone.

"A set of Flying Swords?!" The opponent was also somewhat shocked. How could a mere Qi Refining Cultivator be willing to spend so many Spirit Stones to purchase a set of Tier 1 High Grade Magical Artifacts?

As soon as Chen Lingwu made his move, he beat the opponent into continuous retreat. In just a short moment, the opponent conceded defeat.

"This person actually has a complete set of Flying Swords. Could they be a clansman of some Foundation Establishment Family, or a Loose Cultivator with profound Opportunity?" Several Qian Family Qi Refining Cultivators were also shocked.

The Xie Family considered their strength to be quite good, yet not many of their subordinate clansmen had Spirit Stones to purchase complete sets of Magical Artifacts. On the contrary, Xie Lingyun, this Family Genius, might have them.

Chen Lingwu displayed a complete set of Magical Artifacts right from the start, immediately making everyone remember his appearance.

A portion of them harbored thoughts of killing and seizing treasures, while another portion wanted to investigate his origins.

After defeating his opponent, Chen Lingwu looked at everyone under the stage. The Loose Cultivators and Cultivators from Qi Refining families below dared not take the stage, even though there were existences at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining among them.

Of course it wasn't that the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining was no match for Chen Lingwu, but rather that the Qian Family had long stipulated that only Cultivators under the age of forty could take the stage to challenge. As for those Cultivators below, those who could reach the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining actually had ages almost all exceeding sixty, failing to meet the requirements to take the stage at all.

A quarter of an hour later, finding that no one was taking the stage, Chen Lingwu was planning to step down, but just as he lifted his foot, a figure not far away caught his attention.

That person was precisely the crazy woman who had slaughtered all directions previously.

Originally, she had intended to leave, but as soon as she stepped down not long after, such an expert took the stage. For a moment, she couldn't suppress her desire to make a move, and returned.

Chen Lingwu looked at the crazy woman with a calm expression.

"You want to make a move too?" He raised his sword to point at the other party, saying faintly.

The crazy woman ignored Chen Lingwu. As soon as she took the stage, she made her move directly without saying a word.

Her Magical Artifact was a black Flying Sword shimmering with metallic light.

Chen Lingwu immediately drove the complete set of Flying Swords to bombard the opponent.

Seeing this, the crazy woman manipulated the Flying Swords with both hands simultaneously, chopping down the three front-most Flying Swords at once, and then continued to drive the black Flying Sword to entangle with the other four Flying Swords.

When facing her, Chen Lingwu had long been on guard, but he still fell for her trick. That black Flying Sword of hers, made of unknown material, would cause Magical Artifacts to lose their might the moment they came into contact with it.

Chen Lingyan watched Chen Lingwu from below with a very uncalm expression. He could tell that Chen Lingwu was completely no match for that woman—not because Chen Lingwu's set of Flying Swords was lacking, but because that woman's Flying Sword was far too bizarre.

Moreover, her cultivation was higher than Chen Lingwu's. If the stalemate continued, Chen Lingwu would definitely lose.

Sure enough, after Chen Lingwu persisted for half a quarter of an hour, he had a sword pressed against his throat by the woman.

Chen Lingwu had no choice but to concede defeat and step down.

Chen Lingyan looked at Chen Lingwu, and was about to step out to avenge Chen Lingwu.

However, the Xie Family's courtyard happened to open at this moment. From within the doors, a woman in red walked out first, and behind her, several clansmen walked out together.

"Everyone, my Young Miss Xie Lingyun has arrived," a servant shouted loudly.

Those geniuses waiting in the teahouse stood up one after another at this moment.