C23
The capital of Pineflower Country, the Dong Clan. The reception hall was decorated elegantly, but it was not luxurious at all. It was obvious that the owner's cultivation was very high. At this moment, three people were sitting in the hall, sipping tea and chatting. One of them, a middle-aged man, had an anxious expression on his face.
"Lee Xun, why are Nana and the rest not here yet, could something have happened?" The one who spoke was the Dong Clan's Patriarch, Dong Botong's father, and he was extremely anxious at the moment. Originally, he was worried that his daughter was hunting the Sword Soul without a sword master to lead her, but there were only three days left before the competition, and Dong Nana and the rest had not arrived yet.
"Uncle Dong, I believe they have the talent." Lee Xun replied.
"What a great saying, 'A wise man has his own destiny'. "That's right, I'm disturbing myself." Dong Botong had roamed the business world for many years and had seen many storms. Dong Botong was not an ordinary person, after hearing Lee Xun's words, his mood calmed down.
"Father. Father. I'm back."
Dong Botong had just taken a sip of tea and hadn't even had the time to swallow it when he heard Dong Nana's cheerful and familiar voice. He almost spat out the tea that had just entered his mouth as Lee Xun and Qin Qing chuckled by his side.
"Hehe, sorry for making the two of you laugh. Please excuse me." Although Dong Botong was a little awkward now, he was extremely happy in his heart.
"Uncle Dong, don't say that, this is your true nature. We are all happy for Nana to have a father like you." Seeing how concerned Dong Botong was for Dong Nana, Lee Xun was truly very envious.
When Dong Nana rushed into the hall, seeing that Dong Botong and Lee Xun were happily chatting, he couldn't help but raise her little mouth.
"Father, you're too concentrated on joking with your senior brothers and sisters. Have you forgotten about me?"
"Seems like I've almost forgotten about it. Your two Senior Brothers and Senior Sister are much more sensible than you. I feel that they have become twenty years younger by chatting with them." Although Dong Botong said that, his eyes moistened and he opened his arms. He was unable to eat or sleep well these few days. Now, how could he not be excited to see Dong Nana.
Father, wuu." Dong Nana could not control her emotions and threw herself into his father's embrace. She had always known that although she had two younger brothers, her father loved her the most. "The relationship between her own mother and Dong Botong was very good, but unfortunately, her health was not very good and she left early. However, her father's care had never made her feel lonely, nor did it make her feel wronged at home.
Looking at the father and daughter pair crying in each other's arms, both Lee Xun and Qin Qing felt a burst of envy. Upon seeing this, Cheng Kun and the other two people could only walk over to Lee Xun and Qin Qing's side and greet them. They did not want to disturb the father and daughter pair.
Finally, everyone had arrived. Dong Botong ordered some people to prepare a feast. Everyone was happy when they saw the happy occasion, so they had to drink a few cups, but other than Dong Botong and Cheng Kun, everyone else had too much alcohol to eat, so they left after eating half of it, because they realised that Dong Botong and Cheng Kun were wine pails, drinking like drinking water, wouldn't staying only be asking for trouble? Dong Botong and Cheng Kun were happily conversing. Although Cheng Kun did not like to take the initiative to talk, with Dong Botong there, the alcohol was being drunk one after another.
In truth, Dong Botong was definitely scheming and scheming. Dong Nana's words of inadvertently protecting Cheng Kun caused him to pay attention to Cheng Kun. Because he could tell that his daughter seemed to be interested in this little rascal. He knew that his daughter was used to being pampered. Since when had she paid attention to a man, let alone speaking on his behalf? Now that he had a clue, he naturally had to interrogate her properly.
Dong Botong gradually discovered that even though Cheng Kun didn't like to speak, he looked honest and honest on the surface, without any lack of meticulous thoughts. He had seen countless people in his life and knew that Cheng Kun was definitely not that kind of sinister villain. However, it seemed like it wasn't time for him and his daughter to make things clear yet. Furthermore, in terms of family background, Tianshan's family was the perfect match for the Dong Clan, and his own daughter's marriage could be considered a grievance. However, Dong Botong was still very open-minded. He had told his daughter many times that she could choose her future husband. There was only one condition to make her happy. Otherwise, with the Dong Clan's financial situation and Dong Nana's talent and looks, the people who came to propose marriage to Dong Nana would have lined up like a long queue, but until now, they had not arranged marriage for Dong Nana. Anyone who did so, Dong Botong would reject them.
After two days of rest, Dong Nana and the other three who had already rushed over due to travel had already adjusted their condition, so the six of them decided to meet up with the people from Tianshan Sword Sect.
"You're finally here." Tianshan Sword Sect had long contacted Lee Xun before they had returned, so they were not in too much of a hurry.
"Hey, you guys have all made breakthroughs in half a year, and both of you have improved quite a bit." Originally, Lee Xun and Qin Qing had already greatly surprised me. His name was Gu Muzhi, and as a Thunder Elder. His strength was at the Eleventh Rank level, so naturally, he could see the strength of Dong Nana and the other four, and was completely different from the information they had when they went down the mountain. Back when they met with Lee Xun and Qin Qing, they had suffered a huge blow, and other than Qin Qing's great improvement, he actually could not feel Lee Xun's strength, which was to say that Lee Xun's strength was either close to him or had already surpassed his. Due to their limited strength and talent, the other Wind Elder did not have much of a reaction.
The few of them looked at each other and laughed. They had worked hard in their training during this half year, and were much more diligent than they were in Sword Sect. Only they themselves knew of the hardships they had to endure.
"Lee Xun, no wonder the Sect Leader respected you so much. They are indeed the pride of the heavens. We were originally worried about their progress over the past half year, but it seems that following you was the right decision." Elder Gu was not stingy in his praise of Lee Xun.
"Elder, if you say this, I will be very proud. This will not be good for the upcoming martial competition."
In fact, Ouyang Qingfeng would never guess that Lee Xun and the others would meet Baili Feng and receive her guidance. However, there was a saying that was spread across the Sword Soul Continent, "The opportunity of a genius to become a free genius. Back then, he had also coincidentally received Baili Feng's guidance, which was why he had taken a lot of detours less often when he was young. As for the seniors and juniors of his, they had also benefited greatly, which was why he had arranged for Qin Qing and the rest to follow Lee Xun.
Hearing Lee Xun's teasing, everyone laughed out loud. Of course, Lee Xun and the others laughed confidently, while the elders were happy that a few talents appeared from Sword Sect. In their eyes, these six were definitely a golden generation of Tianshan Sword Sect.
When they parted ways, the Thunder Elder, Gu Muzhi, who was in charge of the team, gave Lee Xun information on some of their opponents. However, after seeing the strength of the six people, he felt that they were unnecessary.
"Lee Xun, there are no surprises, it is our Tianshan Sword Sect again. The individual competition is up to you. " Towards the individual competition, when Lee Xun competed with his own strength, it was indeed like bullying the weak, relying on the strong and the weak.
When Lee Xun and the other three left, an elder said: "Elder Gu, if this Lee Xun really had the ability of Tenth Rank that you guessed before, then wouldn't it be easy to obtain first place in the group and individual competition?"
"In theory, it's not bad. This batch's six participants' overall strength is several levels higher than the previous batch's. However, their opponents aren't all weaklings. Furthermore, based on the information we received, a few of them have already joined hands to deal with our Tianshan Sword Sect. I just don't know how exactly this year's competition is being arranged, and hope that there won't be any accidents. "
After returning to the Dong Clan, the few of them took turns to look through the information given by Elder Gu.
"Everyone, please tell me what you are thinking about this competition. You must know more than me." Although Lee Xun was the leader, he knew his own limitations. He knew very little about this southern youth fighting competition.
"From the information, the opponents that we know of are not very strong, but the strength of the few main opponents of our Tianshan Sword Sect are not very clear, and the attraction of this southern region's youth competition is becoming more and more, in the recent few decades, new Sword Sect s have been participating every single time. The most troublesome part is that many of them have come to our Tianshan Sword Sect, because as long as they defeat us, then their own reputation as Sword Sect will be spread far." Zhou Jie's words were very accurate, they had heard senior brothers and sisters talk about it often in the past, and before they left the mountain this time, their respective masters had also warned them about it many times.
"That's indeed the case. In principle, the age of the convention should not exceed thirty years old, and the disciples that our Tianshan Sword Sect and a few other established Sword Sect have always sent out should not exceed twenty-five years of age. In fact, we are mostly only in our early twenties. "So in terms of training time, we are at a disadvantage." Dong Nana said worriedly.
Dong Nana's worry was not without reason, it was also because of the vanity of every established Sword Sect. Ever since there was a session of the Great Assembly, when one of the established Sword Sect, Lu Shan's Sword Sect, used a young disciple to become first place, then the established Sword Sect was immediately rallied together. They even started sending young disciples over, and the younger they were, the better.
"Actually, I want to see everyone's shocked expressions when we use our true strength." Tian Fen was not even the slightest bit worried.
Cheng Kun did not speak, but from his resolute gaze, one could tell that he too, was brimming with fighting spirit.