Abandoned Princesses
Four Seasons Competition (1)

A month later...

Qiao Rong finally opened his eyes and felt a new energy envelop his body. He had already successfully ascended to the level of the Late Earth.

"Congratulations!" Li Junyan's.

The protective spirits also said the same thing. Qiao Rong smiled. With this he could instantly start his revenge on the people who hurt the real Qiao Rong earlier.

Qiao Rong walked out of the room and called out to Chu Yue. Chu Yue Yang hurriedly left as Qiao Rong's call arrived with a gasp of breath.

"Chu Yue, today..?" Qiao Rong asked.

"The day before the Four Seasons Competition, Your Majesty." Hearing that, Qiao Rong smiled. His estimation was accurate, and he would soon dig a large hole for the couple from that hell.

Just hang.

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The Four Seasons Competition is a competition held once a year in mid-autumn. It had been four months since Qiao Rong had adapted to his body, which meant that he arrived in this world during the summer.

The Four Seasons Competition will be held in the Capital with a very large stage and watched by the people of the city as well as immigrants from the village.

The participants must take the draw in the form of numbers. Then they will fight other participants with the same number. As for the weapons used, everything was prepared by the Emperor. Surely since Princess Lan was a regular participant of this competition, then her sponsor was the Royal Family.

This match will last for one day, from morning to afternoon, with a one-on-one system. Where the participants will duel until they find a winner who manages to overcome all duels.

Right now, Qiao Rong was preparing to go to the Capital. Chu Yue had already prepared a horse carriage for him. Once the prepared horse carriage was ready, Qiao Rong immediately set off alone.

Arriving at the competition venue, Qiao Rong immediately walked towards a small table with the inscription 'Registration of Participants' on it. The man at the registration table was immediately stunned to see Qiao Rong.

Qiao Rong's face was already pretty, it used to be covered only by his birthmark. But now, his birthmark even makes his appearance more attractive. Not to mention the elegant aura that radiated due to his confidence. Especially because of the cultivation that made his body shape become ideal and the look of his face more fresh. Even any man could instantly tell that she was more beautiful than Qiao Lan.

"What's your name?" The man immediately regained his senses and refocused on his work now.

"Qiao Rong." Qiao Rong said with a smile.

Seeing that smile, even the man did not have time to think anymore and only wrote his name half-consciously. Then, the man gave the participant's sign paper to her and let her enter the building where the competition would take place.

The very large building was round in shape. It is also filled with simple wooden chairs at each level. Qiao Rong estimated that the building had 5 levels of height, each level of seats connected to its upper level. While in the middle of the building there is a circular stage whose size matches the circumference of the roof of the building.

Qiao Rong indeed had to admit, even though this thousand-year cultivation was far behind, but in the field of architecture it was not at all. He could not have imagined a building like this existed a thousand years ago.

Li Junyan who was beside him also became excited to see him. There are a lot of people sitting in chairs watching. Even Qiao Rong saw that the Emperor was already present by occupying the golden seat specially prepared for him and the Empress and Crown Prince on his right and left.

The waiting room was packed with participants who were ready to fight. Qiao Rong estimated that there were at least fifty people in the waiting room, including Qiao Lan, who was currently surrounded by her male fans.

"Your Majesty! Your smile is like the goddess herself who sends down the rain of blessings for us!" One of the participants who was beside him even said something so exaggerated. Qiao Rong just laughed looking at him, as did Li Junyan, who at the moment certainly could not be seen by anyone but Qiao Rong.

Seeing Qiao Rong, Princess Lan laughed mockingly. However, by looking at Qiao Rong, the participants who admired her were stunned by Qiao Rong's beauty and turned around to surround the girl. Seeing that, naturally Qiao Lan's anger could not be dammed anymore. Although she had to admit that Qiao Rong looked very beautiful and prettier than her now, she was unwilling to take this defeat for granted.

"Oh, how quickly did you guys change sir? Alright!" Qiao Lan walked towards Qiao Rong while pushing a few male participants who were blocking his way. "Include me, my brother, our famous seventh daughter. Qiao Rong." As soon as Princess Lan mentioned her name, the men immediately retreated.

"Of course we will never betray you, Your Majesty. Your beauty is nothing compared to your cultivation." Said the same man, who let out the dramatic words earlier.

Princess Lan was certainly satisfied to hear that.

Heh, how beautiful you are, it will be of no use if you don't have a protective spirit. Inner Princess Lan.

Qiao Rong could certainly see Qiao Lan's mocking smile being thrown at him many times during his stay in the waiting room. However, rather than thinking of the person who would soon lose, Qiao Rong focused more on choosing the weapons already distributed in the waiting room.

There were very many weapons being shared, and they were of course from the Palace. Swords, daggers, axes, spears, even whips exist. The participants immediately choose their respective weapons, according to the skills or techniques learned. Moreover, their eyes were so sparkling to see the quality of weapons from the Palace. For the people in the Capital, only the nobles and officials could buy high-quality weapons in the auction house.

"What about the spear? In the room of the Book of Yin Yang there are many easy spear techniques that you can learn while you wait." Li Junyan gave a suggestion while pointing at one of the spears with the qualities he thought were the best..

But Qiao Rong shook his head. He had found the thing he used most often while still being Li Wenhua. Now he was holding a long whip in his hand. Holding the whip, it felt like holding back an old friend. He also has a lot of whipping techniques and experience of fighting with whips that he can use this time.

Li Junyan only sighed. "Choose what you think is best." Then he disappeared back into the room of the Yin Yang Book.

Qiao Rong clasped the whip tightly and waited for his turn to take the number.

Once the numbers are shared entirely, the participants immediately get ready for the last time. However, Qiao Rong simply sat quietly while swinging his whip to bring back old memories.

From behind, suddenly Princess Lan appeared. "Yo, first time wearing a whip? Seeing Sister trying so hard this time, I became a little moved." Qiao Lan had mistakenly thought Qiao Rong was swinging the whip to practice because he had only worn it for the first time. But actually the estimate was not wrong, because before the real Qiao Rong had indeed never held a whip.

"Thank you for your attention, Brother." Qiao Rong replied with a smile and resumed his activities to both sides of the wall.

Qiao Lan finally walked away and tried to estimate his opponent in the upcoming round.

However, if one looked at Qiao Rong's activity this time around carefully, they could certainly see that Qiao Rong was actually already very skilled at swinging the whip. He swung the whip to the right and to the left so that it hit two sides of the wall. Each lash, hitting the same point as before, did not even move a single centimeter. After a few tens of seconds even the lash had already eroded the layers of the wall.

Unfortunately, as it was still shadowed in the absence of a protective spirit, absolutely no one dared to approach Qiao Rong. Even they avoided her and only saw her from a distance because of her beautiful face.

After reminiscing back with the whip, Qiao Rong smiled. He's already ready.