Legend of King Cultivator
Chapters. 071: Preliminary Round

Waiting Room.

Currently, Xiao Chen was sitting on a chair that had already been provided. The atmosphere inside the room was quite crowded, there were dozens of cultivators who had a Qi Foundation cultivation base up to Nascent Soul, and some of them were at Saint realm.

"Ah, sucks. There are some familiar faces here..." Xiao Chen muttered as he folded his hands in front of his chest.

Xiao Chen then closed his eyes and chose to sleep until the tournament began. But it was only a moment when his eyes closed, that someone came up to him.

"Hey, you..."

Xiao Chen opened his eyes slowly, and was slightly surprised to find Yoriichi smiling, "Ah, you... Yoriichi?"

"really. We last met in that village..." Yoriichi replied as he nodded, "By the way, what is your name? If it's not wrong, we haven't gotten to know you yet, have we?"

Xiao Chen got up from his chair, he cupped his hands and immediately introduced himself. Yoriichi did the same, even though Xiao Chen already knew his name.

Xiao Chen and Yoriichi sat next to each other, the two of them then chatted together.

"Oh, yeah. How do you know me?" Xiao Chen asked in a curious tone, even though he was already wearing a mask but Yoriichi could still recognize him.

Yoriichi smiled faintly, "If it's just an ordinary mask, I can still recognize you..."

Xiao Chen nodded in understanding, "Then, you came here alone?"

"Yes, I'm alone."

"Oh, are you a wanderer?"

"You could say so... How're you? You're here alone too?"

"No, I'm with my teacher. He must be in the stands by now..."

"Teacher? Hm... He must be a strong man, huh?"

"Haha... You could say that."

The chatter of the two of them stopped there when a beautiful woman came. The woman had purple hair and pupils, a small mole on her left eye patch and she wore a pair of dark purple crescent earrings.

"You... What's yourname?" Ask the beautiful woman.

Xiao Chen and Yoriichi stared at each other, their expressions both looking confused.

"Is he your acquaintance?" Xiao Chen asked curiously.

Yoriichi shook his head, "No. I thought he was your acquaintance..."

Xiao Chen and Yoriichi looked back at the beautiful woman standing in front of them. The two then tell each other their names to the beautiful woman.

"Xiao Chen, yes." He muttered then immediately chimed in, "My name is Mue Lian. Let's be friends!"

"Huh?!"

Xiao Chen was certainly surprised to hear that, not only would he but Yoriichi and the surrounding people also reacted the same.

"Why? Don't you want to be friends with me?" Mue Lian asked with raised eyebrows.

"It's not. I wonder, why did you suddenly invite me to be friends? You didn't lose a bet, did you?" Xiao Chen was of course confused.

"No reason, I just want to be friends with you..." Mue Lian said with a smile.

Xiao Chen paused for a moment before nodding his head, "Yes, alright. Let's be friends, Miss Lian."

Mue Lian smiled then sat down on the seat to the right of Xiao Chen. The beautiful woman then makes small talk with her new friend, and she also gets acquainted with Yoriichi.

"I... I am from Ruxiong." Mue Lian replied quickly.

"Ruxiong City?" Xiao Chen raised one eyebrow, he had never heard the name of the city at all.

"It's a small town not far from here." Yoriichi said, "The city is in crisis, is the rumor true, Miss Lian?"

"Yes, right." Mue Lian nodded, "Ruxiong City has been in crisis for the past few years. Starting from the price of basic food that soared to the increase in tax prices, and that made the poverty rate soar."

Mue Lian explained in detail, while Xiao Chen and Yoriichi understood immediately after listening to her. They were both convinced that there was a figure controlling the city leader from behind, but they both kept their mouths shut and chose not to interfere.

***

Inside the stadium, there were three vast fields already covered with a level seven defensive array. All three venues will be battle arenas for tournament participants.

The tournament itself will be divided into three rounds. The first preliminary round, the second semi-final round and the last final round.

The tournament will also last for two days, and of course it takes place in the absence of rest. So, the participants will continue to compete even though it is late at night.

One stick of incense passed, as the spectators began to fill the second and third grade stands. The Empire's party finally came, they all instantly occupied the first grade tribune that was already lined with a level nine array.

The atmosphere became very crowded after the Imperial party came, the spectators especially the men were so amazed by the beauty the two Emperor daughters had.

A few minutes later, the tournament began when an Elder appeared in the middle of the field. The three referees had also already entered into the arena, each of them had a cultivation base in the early Immortal realm.

The names of the participants began to be summoned by the Elder, and the referees in all three arenas instantly explained some rules that should not be broken.

A few sticks of incense passed, the name Yoriichi was finally summoned by that Elder named Ji Pian Wei. Yoriichi's opponent was also summoned, and he was from a different waiting room.

Yoriichi got up to his feet and turned to look at Xiao Chen and Mue Lian, "I go first, yeah." Yoriichi said with a flat expression.

Xiao Chen nodded with a smile, "Alright, senior. I hope you win..."

"Your opponent is arguably strong, senior. So don't be careless when fighting him..."

Yoriichi did not reply and just nodded his head, he walked out of the room and walked towards the second arena.

"How do you know that Yoriichi's opponent is strong?" Xiao Chen asked after Yoriichi came out of the waiting room. .

"Of course because I recognize his opponent. We're both from the same town, and he's the number two genius there." Mue Lian replied quickly.

Xiao Chen formed his round lips while nodding, he did not ask any further and chose to watch the match through the box screen that was in the middle of the waiting room.

Each side of the box displays the course of the match, except the top and bottom sides. So, all participants in the waiting room can watch the match clearly and safely.

***

Field, second arena.

Yoriichi took out the katana sheathed on his waist and grasped it with his right hand.

Please note, Yoriichi is a left-handed sword user. So, if he was still using the right hand, it meant that he was not serious at all in his fight.

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