Cloud Wind City Annual Tournament

It took awhile before he finally arrives at the central plaza. This is the first time he comes to this part of the city so it is very surprising for him.

There is a ring on the middle of this wide plaza, and surrounding it are audience seats that the watchers can use to sit. Each row of seats are grouped in an ascending order.

On the front of these seats is a tall tower where the others can watch on the higher ground. It seems like that is where the important people are gathered to watch the bout.

He takes one of the free seats at the edge on the back. His eyes glancing at the others, and mostly on the cultivators who are seated near the tall tower.

"Steamed buns! Steamed buns! Buy three for 10 coppers! It's cheap!"

"Hey." He called out to the vendor walking around with his wares. "I'd like to buy some."

He knows he will be waiting for awhile, so even if he is not feeling that hungry, there is nothing else to pass the time so he wanted to eat something for now.

After buying three orders of those steamed buns, he savors the taste for a moment while waiting for the tournament to start.

It only took a few minutes before the City Lord who is located at the viewing room on the top of the tall tower started with a speech. He didn't care about the speech as it is very long and boring to him.

After awhile, the tournament is finally starting.

"Now, let's not make this longer. Let us start the tournament!"

With that declaration, the people around him all cheered up. It seems like they too are not really interested listening to long speeches.

"Who do you think will win?"

"Of course, it's Bi Zhang'an! He has the strongest cultivation base, and I heard he has cultivated something fierce!"

"I still think the Little Princess of Zhu Family can beat him. Have you seen her techniques?"

"Ha! I heard there is a strong and mysterious cultivator who is participating too. I wonder if they are strong?"

"Bah! They are nothing! Anyone knows that those at the peak of Human Realm are the strongest in this city!"

"I heard the tournament will last for a whole week."

"Yes, there are a total of sixty four competitors today. Each rounds will be separated by a single day."

"So all the battle today is only the first round?"

"Yes!"

He listens more and quickly understood how the tournament will go. It seems like every competitors will fight once for the day, and the winners will advance to the next round which will happen on the next day. It seems like the tournament covers the whole six days, with the seventh day being the celebration for the cultivators who attended.

He also learned that Human Realm seems to be the peak for cultivators of his age. Which showcases just how unfair his System is.

'As expected, my System is truly a heavensent one!' He thought to himself, feeling grateful about it.

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The tournament goes on, and the earlier battles are very lacking in his eyes. Well, most of the battles were quickly finished with a single or two of exchange. It's a very dull battle.

One will go on an offensive, another will counter and the battle is essentially finished. There are no back and forth of techniques and skills. It's a very boring showing that doesn't even entertain the majority of the audiences.

Of course he can hear the sounds of amazement on some of the audiences, though it is not as pronounced as when a cultivator actually shows something showy.

There are some who are interesting though. Like Zhu Lingli who releases an aura of Qi around her body, and then uses it to create a sharp Wind Qi that greatly wounded her foe.

There is also Bi Zhang'an who can actually produce a Fire Qi on his fists and use it to greatly damage his opponent's body.

There are other cultivators who manages to show interesting feats, like someone named Luo Mingyu, who has a very strong sword intent. Something he just learned when he heard someone exclaiming about it when he uses it.

He takes note of all of those flashy cultivators. He wanted to try and replicate those attacks.

Having more options to himself is not a bad thing after all.

It took until evening before all the battle for this round is over. Those who are defeated can only leave empty-handed, while those wins are invited to the City Lord's house to celebrate themselves winning and take a rest there.

The City Lord is the one who is hosting the event so Zhou Lin thinks it is understandable. He quickly stood up and left the plaza after everyone left.

As there is still some time, he decided to leave the city once more and try some of his abilities.

He have a very convenient ability called Shadow Training which he can use to perfectly imagine anyone he can think of. That includes people he have encountered.

He can't wait to see what he will learn with this!

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Yun Wanqing can't help but keep glancing at the back of the mysterious cultivator who is becoming farther on his eyes.

Since this morning, he has noticed this incredibly handsome and mysterious man sitting on one of the audience seats. Despite his hair and his poor quality attire hiding his appearance, he still notice how unnaturally perfect his skin is. Which is only possible if someone is a cultivator.

The presence of that cultivator almost slipped past his eyes. No one seems to have noticed him at all. His Qi is invisible even to him who is at the 4th Stage of the Nature Realm.

If he can suppress his cultivation even from his eyes, then that would only mean that he is stronger than him. It is impossible for a weaker cultivator to completely hide their strength from those stronger than them.

He really wanted to ask one of his men to follow the guy, but he fears that he might offend the mysterious man. If he can hide his cultivation from his eyes, that means he is more capable than him.

Yun Wanqing is a cautious man. He haven't lived this long being reckless after all.

'... I wonder what he wanted from this city?' He thought to himself. Hoping that whatever he is doing watching this tournament, it wasn't something bad.