Chapter 388 - 289: The Tournament Ends! Plotting Against Lu Xuan’s Family!
Chapter 388: Chapter 289: The Tournament Ends! Plotting Against Lu Xuan’s Family!
The gaze of everyone present once again focused on the chief examiner’s seat.
However, when they saw Lu Xuan’s face, the vast martial arts arena was instantly filled with a low murmur of surprise.
"So young!" someone couldn’t help but whisper in amazement.
"Master, is this the chief examiner?"
"Why does he look even younger than those of us participating in the martial arts tournament?"
A man about to compete on stage asked his senior martial sect member in surprise.
Almost all the contestants on stage, upon seeing the chief examiner Lu Xuan, displayed expressions of disbelief.
Lu Xuan had a handsome face and an indifferent demeanor, appearing to be just in his early twenties, a far cry from their imagined image of the chief examiner.
Shouldn’t he look like an old man who’s lived for hundreds of years?
They had never seen such a young and prominent figure like Lu Xuan in their lives.
It’s truly an eye-opener!
"Can this... this chief examiner really hold the fort?" someone muttered under their breath, with a hint of doubt in their tone.
"Don’t speak nonsense!" the person next to him immediately scolded in a low voice, "Didn’t you see how respectful the Left Minister and Right Minister are to him?"
"This chief examiner is definitely not as simple as he looks!"
"Didn’t you hear the contents of the imperial decree?"
"He is not just the chief examiner."
"He is also the Deputy Director of the Great Xia Xuan Bird Guard!"
"The reputation of the Xuan Bird Guard, I don’t need to tell you, you know the weight it carries."
"Indeed!"
The Xuan Bird Guard is the most mysterious organization of the Great Xia court, possessing numerous powerful figures, and directly under the Great Xia Emperor.
To become the Deputy Director of the Xuan Bird Guard, one must possess considerable strength.
Despite the doubts and amazement in everyone’s hearts, no one dared to belittle this young chief examiner anymore.
After all, to sit in that position and to have the Left Minister and Right Minister treat him with respect, he absolutely could not be an ordinary person.
Lu Xuan stood before the chief examiner’s seat, his gaze indifferent, as if he hadn’t heard the discussions from below the stage.
He slowly scanned the entire audience, then opened his mouth and said:
"Everyone, for this martial arts tournament, everything will proceed according to past conventions."
"Regardless of age or background, anyone who enters the top hundred will be able to enter the Spirit Ruins and obtain supreme opportunities."
Lu Xuan’s voice was very calm, carrying an invisible pressure that instantly silenced the audience.
"Next, it depends on your abilities, everyone for themselves!"
As Lu Xuan’s voice fell, the atmosphere in the martial arts arena tensed again.
Those contestants who originally doubted Lu Xuan’s age had no choice but to focus their minds and concentrate on the upcoming competition.
"This chief examiner is indeed extraordinary..." Mr. Huang said under his breath, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.
"Yes, being so young yet possessing such demeanor, it’s no wonder he can sit in that position," the old man in the purple robe also nodded, with a tone of reflection.
As the competition officially began, the atmosphere in the martial arts arena gradually heated up.
Lu Xuan sat quietly in the chief examiner’s seat, his gaze deep, silently watching the court officials handling the competition below.
Lu Xuan’s duty was to ensure the normal operation of the martial arts tournament.
All other trivial matters were irrelevant to him!
Standing at the chief examiner’s seat, Lu Xuan’s gaze swept over those prodigies about to compete below, feeling a myriad of emotions in his heart.
These young individuals, mostly between the ages of twenty-seven and twenty-nine, were in the golden period of martial path cultivation.
Each of them had a stable aura, clearly honed through countless trials, and were martial geniuses.
"The number of martial prodigies in the world is truly like fish in the river, endless!" Lu Xuan thought to himself in awe.
At a glance, Lu Xuan found that most of the contestants were at the Blood Refining Realm, and quite a few had even entered the Inner Qi Realm.
Such cultivation, in any sect or family, would be considered the genius among geniuses.
One could boldly say that the martial prodigies from the vast territories of the Great Xia Dynasty were all gathered here.
These contestants, still young, had already reached the cultivation of the Blood Refining Realm or even the Inner Qi Realm, their future accomplishments immeasurable.
Any one of them could possibly become a overlord in the future, or even a pillar of the Great Xia Dynasty.
If someone wanted to eliminate these martial prodigies before they fully matured,
it would certainly be a tremendous loss for all the major sects!
The fear was that some reckless individuals might come here to cause trouble!
However, while Lu Xuan marveled at the martial potential of others, he neglected his own existence.
Lu Xuan was several years younger than these contestants.
Of course, Lu Xuan would not be affected by this.
His achievements today were entirely due to his own sweat and diligent cultivation.
This was not yet his limit!
System, add points for me!
Host: Lu Xuan
Realm: True Lord of the Pocket World (Minor Achievement)
Cultivation Technique: Heaven-Burning Saber Skill 8/9, From Here to Eternity 5/9, Undying and Indestructible 7/9.
Points: 34660
Refining those two Pocket World spiritual objects consumed a total of 300,000 system points.
Together with an eight-patterned moon weapon, extracted 160,000 system points.
Combined, Lu Xuan collected a total of 460,000 system points in just half a day.
With 460,000 system points, plus the remaining 94,660 system points from before.
Altogether, he possessed a total of 554,660 system points!