Cheated?

"The first match up of the fourth round is… Mu Lin versus Nie Li!" The referee announced.

After the people had gathered back everything had proceeded swiftly. Lin Mu didn't ask Wu Hei about how he managed to convince his mother and thought that it was alright. Looking from the faint scowl on his face, it was apparent that he probably had to make some concessions.

Another thing that had happened was that Cai Wen had actually resigned from the tournament. His claim was that he was not recovered yet, and neither was he in the right mind to fight. Though the people realized that the true reason was probably that he knew he was outmatched against everyone.

This way the people in the fourth round had been reduced to four and now the matches could progress normally. The very first match was Lin Mu and thus he walked down from the seat and Nie Li along with him.

"Lord Mu Lin please guide me." Nie Li said while cupping his hands.