Eternal Honor
Chapter 21: The Genius Contest, Begins

As dawn breaks, sunlight breaks the darkness and shines on the earth.

Yunwu City was like a pot of boiling water, slowly waking up.

To the west of Yunwu City was a large-sized arena for official combat. It was usually used for martial arts tournaments, but today, it was exclusively for the Genius Contest.

Capable of accommodating thousands of spectators, the arena was already filled with people.

"Chief Guard Wang, what brought you here today? I heard that Shunfeng Security Guard has just taken on a very large escort duty."

"I'll squeeze out time even if I don't have time. My son is participating today."

"Trader Zhao, your son can't join in this genius fight right?"

"My son is not old enough, but my godson joined today. Isn't your son 16 years old, you don't have a god's son, what are you here for?"

"I'm just here to see the transition of power."

All the influential people in Yunwu City were here for the biennial genius contest. It was a big event, and at the same time a great opportunity to stalk each other.

With the results of the contest, if one of the clans had more outstanding disciples, they would try to gain a better relationship with them. Instead, over the past decade, everyone had withdrawn from the Li Clan due to the lack of candidates for the Cang Lan Sect. This year will be their last chance to prove that they deserve the title of a great clan.

"Look! The family that is here. The Yang Family was Established because they had the longest Stories among the 4 great clans. Will they be for almost a century, making another legend today?"

As the crowd watched, the Yang Clan flowed in from one of the entrances.

With the largest group among the other large clans, they had a total of 9 contestants participating today.

"I must be a disciple of the Cang Lan Sect."

Yang Qi clenched his fists tightly, he exuded a killing intent indicating that he was ready to kill even if the god was blocking him.

"Klan Guan is also here, these years Guan is very glamorous. I predict that in a few years, the Guan Clan will surpass the Yang Clan, even the Shen Tu clan might not be safe either.

In everyone's eyes, the rise of the Guan Clan was simply too exaggerated. An unknown little clan 20 years ago; and now 20 years later, they had taken over the Li Clan and chased after the Yang Clan and Shen Tu Clan.

In view of surpassing the Yang Clan, there were several reasons, due to Guan Xue's initial recruitment.

Leading, Guan Yue stepped in with her head held high, with a smile that smelled of arrogance.

Coincidentally, at the opposite entrance, the Li Clan entered at the same time.

With Li Tianhan in front; without the slightest hesitation, he stared straight into Guan Yue's eyes.

There was no guilt in Guan Yue's eyes, instead they were excited and excited. In this cruel world, who is right and who is wrong is not important. The important thing was the choice of one's actions, and Guan Yue was sure he chose the right path. Seeing the declining Li clan was proof that no one could stop the Guan Clan rising and rising.

With blurred vision, Li Tianhan subtly shifted his line of sight.

"Klan Li is here, pfft pfft, only 4 participants. It seemed like the downfall of the Li Clan was already doomed. I wonder if the Li Clan will succeed?"

"Don't go there. I heard it inside

Yunwu City Region, there are many geniuses who have appeared. Take, for example, He Ping in the north, Si Fei in the south, Hong Xiu in the east, and Sun Di in the west. Consider the geniuses from the other major clans. It would be easier for the pigs to fly than the Li Clan to get one of the top 5 Champions."

"If the Li Clan can't do it this time, they have no hope of returning."

Discussions were ongoing, one after another in the stands.

Following behind Li Tianhan was Li Fuchen. Sweeping his gaze into the crowd, he recalled all the expressions of these people.

"Klan Li is in a very bad position!"

Li Fuchen's heart sighed.

He does not blame these people for being selfish, for the principle of this world is that the strong are in power. If one could not adapt, then they could only wait for destruction. But if one only paid attention to his own interests, and did not care about their honor or disregarded their integrity, then the end result would definitely be the worst.

The law of cause and effect; karma is always around the corner.

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The arena is shaped like the Colosseum.

With a stage in the middle, surrounded by spectators. Between the stage and the audience was a flat contour where the contestants waited in his group.

Because Li Fuchen did not receive any guidance from Li Shanhe. Li Hongkai and Li Xiangdong stood beside Li Yunhai and broke away from Li Fuchen.

"Greetings to Elder Chen and the City Lord."

On the podium, Guan Hong, Guan Yan, Yang Lie, Yang Zhan, Shen Tu Hu, Shen Tu Ba, and Li Shanhe could pay respects to Chen Zongming and Shen Tu Jianhe was seen paying them.

Shen Tu Jianhe waved his hand, "No need to be too polite, sit down and enjoy the match!"

These seven people who were inner sect disciples of Cang Lan had the qualifications to sit on the pulpit.

Chen Zongming faced Shen Tu Jianhe and suggested, "Shen Tu City Lord, the time is right, let the genius contest begin."

"Indeed."

Shen Tu Jianhe raised his voice and began to announce the rules and the contest rewards.

4 basic rules of the contest:

there was no deadly attack

after surrender, no more attacks are allowed

there are no hidden weapons

no one should take the pill before or during a game

Any violation will result in immediate disqualification of the individual, they will then face the appropriate punishment.

As for the generous gift:

the 6th to 20th champion was 1000 gold coins, 1 bottle of low level yellow grade spirit Qi pills

the 4th to 5th champion was 2000 gold coins, and 2 bottles of spirit Qi pills

- Champion 3 was 3000 gold coins, 5 bottles of spirit Qi pills

- Champion 2 was 5000 gold coins, and 1 pill bottle accumulated middle grade Qi, yellow

- Champion 1 was 10,000 gold coins, and 2 bottles of Qi hoarding pills

Most importantly, on top of the rewards, the top 5 Champions would enter the Cang Lan Sect as disciples.

Hearing his reward, Li Fuchen fidgeted.1 bottle of spirit Qi pills was worth over 200 gold coins and 1 bottle of Qi accumulated pills was worth 2000 gold coins. If he got the first Champion, his prize would exceed a total of 10,000 gold coins. It was an alluring gift that even Origin Realm cultivators wanted.

"A very generous gift. Getting into the top 20 alone was enough, let alone a place to enter the Cang Lan Sect."

"That's obvious, many come here just for the reward. It's not that easy to get into the top 5."

There were many envious people among the spectators.

As soon as Shen Tu Jianhe finished announcing the rules and rewards, the contestants started voting.

This time, there were a total of 160 contestants who were no more than 16 years old and had a minimum cultivation level at the fifth level of the Qi Realm.

On stage, Li Fuchen randomly picked the number 37. This meant he was going against another young man who picked the number 37.

"With the Genius Contest officially commencing; can two contestants with the number 1 please come to the stage."

Finally, the Genius contest began.