Chapter 18: The Big Shots Fight Over, Xiao Chen Advances to the Top 10

Damn it!

This old fox is deliberately making things difficult for me, Chu Feng! Chu Feng muttered to himself twice, and then said, "To answer the senior, I won't interfere with where Xiao Chen goes to practice after the Grand Competition. But I have only one request, that is, all the seniors can persuade Xiao Chen to join your major courtyards, but you can't force him to join by using force."

Everyone was surprised that Chu Feng was so generous. They didn't even get a chance to say something tough. But on second thought, this kid doesn't know anything about cultivation. Keeping Xiao Chen by force will only mislead him.

"This is natural." The Carefree Sword King said seriously, and seeing Chu Feng being so understanding of the overall situation, he also had a little more favorable impression of this kid. "You have cultivated Xiao Chen, a celestial prodigy. No matter what the outcome of this Grand Competition is, your Miscellany courtyard can still be retained, and resources will be allocated according to the number of disciples."

"Senior is just." Chu Feng bowed to him. The other chiefs also didn't object. The miscellany courtyard has now proved its existence, and it is also allocating resources according to the number of disciples. If the miscellany courtyard has no disciples, there is no need to allocate resources, and it makes no difference whether it is retained or not. They can also earn a good reputation.

The chiefs have begun to consider what conditions to use to recruit Xiao Chen into their sects. Comprehending sword intent in the Foundation Establishment Realm is a rare celestial prodigy in the Wen Dao Academy even in a hundred or a thousand years. It is worth paying any price.

Chu Feng, on the other hand, was sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai without worrying that Xiao Chen would switch to another chief. What he is considering now is what kind of cultivation method to make up next so that the disciples who will come to apprentice can practice. With Xiao Chen as a gold-lettered signboard, his miscellany courtyard can also have a few more disciples. Not to mention, the Alchemy Academy will send one, with at least ten years of cultivation as a"keep above the bottom line".

If eight or nine come at once, then he will be very happy. With eighty or ninety years of cultivation in one go, even if these chiefs want to make things difficult for him, they will have to think twice. Thinking of this, Chu Feng's mouth involuntarily curled up slightly. He glanced at the chiefs: You are thinking about my disciples, and I, Chu Feng, am also thinking about your disciples.

The outer door Grand Competition is still ongoing. After the top 100 are selected. The next knockout round is also the focus of attention. Xiao Chen won four consecutive matches and directly advanced to the top 10. In these four matches, he used only one sword and was clean and neat, regardless of the opponent, he did not use a second sword, which made the chiefs on the stands very satisfied. They began to consider how to deal with Xiao Chen.

When the knockout round of the top 100 reaches the third round, there are still 13 disciples participating in the competition. In addition to the lucky one who advanced directly to the top 10 by drawing lots, the remaining 12 will fight in pairs, and the winners will advance to the top 10, while the losers can participate in a round of resurrection match, and if they win, they can also enter the top 10. With the end of the resurrection match, the top 10 places in this outer door Grand Competition are determined.

In addition to Xiao Chen, Lin Qingyu from the Sword Dao Academy, Mo Qingwu from the Law Dao Academy, and Jin Gang from the Physical Cultivation Academy, the three favorites to win the championship before the competition, also advanced smoothly. The remaining six places are Tang Feng from the Sword Dao Academy, Liu Xiu from the Beast Taming Academy, Cao Youde from the Alchemy Academy, Tie Xin from the Artifact Forging Academy, Zhuge Ninth from the Array Academy, and Chen Xu from the Law Cultivation Academy.

On the stands, the Carefree Sword King stood up and slowly said, "After several days of fierce competition, the once-in-three-years Grand Competition is about to enter the most exciting top 10 competition. The top three of this competition will not only be promoted to inner disciples, but will also receive generous rewards. The champion can choose a mid-grade treasure, and the second and third places can choose a low-grade treasure."

The outer disciples heard this and all showed envious expressions on their faces. Not to mention a treasure, even a top-quality magic weapon would make them happy and unable to sleep. For fear that they would have a dream and their top-quality magic weapon would disappear.

The ten people on the arena had different expressions. Lin Qingyu, Jin Gang, Mo Qingwu, and Xiao Chen all had a confident look. The other six were either excited, eager to try, or indifferent.

The Carefree Sword King continued, "According to the old rules, tomorrow morning will be the knockout round of the top 10 to the top 8, and in the afternoon, the quarter-finals will begin. To avoid the situation where a disciple gets lucky and advances all the way to the finals by drawing lots, and finally wins the championship by taking advantage of it.

Therefore, in the top 10 competition of the outer door Grand Competition, it is not a pairwise competition, resulting in only five people left after one round. Instead, the three who advanced from the resurrection match and the lucky one who advanced from the top 13 to the top 10 will compete for two places to advance, and the remaining six will compete for the championship.

Elder Changqing will preside over the drawing of lots for the top 10 to the top 8 and the quarter-finals. After the drawing of lots, everyone dispersed.

Xiao Chen found Chu Feng at the first time: "Master, I made it into the top 8." Chu Feng patted Xiao Chen on the shoulder and said, "I really didn't misjudge you. Three days later, I hope to see you win the championship."

"This is a must." Xiao Chen was full of confidence. The opponents in the top 8, except for Lin Qingyu, Jin Gang, and Mo Qingwu, did not even have the qualification to make him use a second sword. Not to mention that he still has the ultimate move, Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect, which he has not used yet.

Chu Feng said with a smile, "Self-confidence is a good thing, but you can't be too complacent."

Xiao Chen nodded, "Yes, disciple understands."

As the master and apprentice were talking, they left the square together.

Tang Feng looked at the backs of the two as they disappeared, and began to think about how to deal with Xiao Chen tomorrow afternoon.

Although he will have a match against Zhuge Ninth of the Array Academy in the morning, Zhuge Ninth has suffered a lot of losses in the resurrection match. If nothing unexpected happens, he can enter the next round and face Xiao Chen.

Just then, a familiar voice came from his ear.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Tang, for entering the top ten."

Tang Feng's face couldn't help but change slightly when he heard this, and he turned around respectfulfully, saying, "I have seen Senior Brother Lin."

The person who came was Lin Qingyu, the current chief of the outer door of the Sword Dao Academy.

"No need for formalities."

Lin Qingyu said with a smile, "Are you confident in forcing Xiao Chen to use his full strength tomorrow afternoon?"

He has fought against Xiao Chen for many years. If it was before, he could say that he knew Xiao Chen very well, but after Xiao Chen went to the Miscellany courtyard, he changed completely.

He couldn't quite figure it out, and in this outer door competition, he, Lin Qingyu, was determined to win the championship.

Tang Feng is a smart person, how could he not understand the implication of Lin Qingyu's words? He gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to go all out."

"I believe in you."

Lin Qingyu smiled and didn't say much.

"Junior brother takes his leave."

Tang Feng bowed and then turned to leave.

The outer court disciple standing behind Lin Qingyu said, "Senior brother, Tang Feng has only awakened the acquired body, and he hasn't even comprehended the inborn body and sword intent. Can he really test out Xiao Chen's full strength?"

Lin Qingyu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if he doesn't test it out. Isn't there still Jin Gang's turtle shell? With just the second layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm's sword intent and a high-quality magic sword, he can't break through Jin Gang's golden bell."

Xiao Chen, this time I really want to see what surprises you can bring me? "