Next Journey With My System
Group Selection

The drums on several sides of the arena began to be anchored. The atmosphere that was initially so crowded suddenly became quiet in the arena of the match.

As soon as the sound of the drums stopped, a man suddenly appeared in the middle of the arena and with a single look it was certain that he was no ordinary cultivator.

The man who looked to be forty years old began to introduce himself as a referee in this match. But everyone knew who the man really was that was none other than Patriarch Kangjian of the Light Temple.

No one doubts if Patriarch Kangjian became the referee of this game, considering he comes from a neutral flow that does not take sides with anyone. Although some disciples from the Temple of Light also attended the match this time, he would still be fair while being the referee.

Patriarch Kangjian then greeted the spectators and attendees present, then proceeded to greet the higher-ups of the several sects present. Until he finally greeted the Emperor who was seen sitting next to the owner

Lotus Association.

After greeting the audience and important figures in the Wei Empire, Patriarch Kangjian began to tell the rules that all the participants had to abide by.

The rules include not killing each other intentionally or unintentionally, not being allowed to cheat, and participants will be disquilified when out of the arena.

"Well let's start the game this time. The first match was the preliminary round. All the participants please make several groups of five people, and only four groups can continue the next kebabak." Patriarch Kangjian shouted to all the participants.

The participants instantly create and search for their respective members. They of course immediately volunteered to make a group with Xia Que, Liu Mei, Long Jingyi, and Liu Hongli.

Velskud who was sitting beside Liu Hongli was of course pressed and forced out of the group of participants. He was of course upset that he was treated not to wear it that way.

But Velskud chose to stay away from there because of the noise. He was now just sitting alone in the corner of the participant bench.

From there Velskud saw the participants who swarmed the four people began to move away when there was one participant appointed as their member.

Participants who did not get a chance to join them decided to form their own groups.

Velskud himself was seen not looking for or joining other participants and chose to sit while waiting for a group that invited him.

Sure enough, a man approached Velskud and invited him to join the group he had just formed.

"Master, I see you haven't joined any group yet. What if you join my group?" Said the man who offered to Velskud in a friendly manner.

Velskud opened his eyes and looked at the person who offered him to join. As Velskud saw the figure of the man, Huanran's voice flashed through his head.

'Gege, that man we've been looking for all this time.'

Huanran said telepathically to Velskud when he saw the figure of the man.

Velskud who heard the telepathic voice from Huanran then looked at his wife who seemed to have an expression and a vengeful look at the man in front of her.

'I understand, but remove those scary-looking expressions and gazes from you.' Reply Velskud which makes Huanran immediately look normal again.

Seeing the invitation of his own target to join, Velskud only nodded and was invited to meet with other members.

The man who took Velskud was none other than Liu Hongli's older brother and he had the name Liu Tao. From appearance he looks quite handsome and looks friendly, but for some people it is all fake.

Liu Tao actually wanted to occupy the position of crown prince because he felt the oldest, but considering he was the son of the Emperor's concubine and unlike Liu Hongli who was the son of the empress, he was the eldest son of the royal court, it seems that this is in vain.

He began to introduce himself to Velskud and he also introduced three people who were also in the group.

Velskud only nodded and when asked to introduce himself, he only pointed at his throat which made Liu Tao and his men misinterpret and thought Velskud could not speak.

Thinking of the speechless Velskud, Liu Tao and his men seemed to have no problem with it. They were seen to remain friendly to Velskud and not to denounce him.

After all the participants made their own groups, Patriarch Kangjian gave the sequence numbers in each group.

The group that Velskud joined got the number seven while for Liu Hongli and his group got the number three.

Patriarch Kangjian then summoned the group with number one and two to enter the arena. The two summoned groups then entered the arena and had the support of the spectators.

For the group one was seen being led by a young monk of the Temple of Light and had members who came from two different sects namely, the Golden Dragon Sect and the Lotus Flower Sect.

While group two had a chief who came from the Crescent Moon Sect as well as its members. They seemed to have planned to create a group that came from one Sect only and were reluctant to mix it with the different Sect participants.

The two groups began to form their respective formations and took out the spirit behind them in various forms. However, most forms come from groups of two, where they take the same spirit form, namely Cicada.

While group one had varied spirit forms such as, Dragon, Praying Grasshopper, Lotus Flower, Rose Flower, and A Lion.

Before the match began, Patriarch Kangjian reminded again of the previous rules to the two groups that were going to compete.

"The first match between groups one and two begins!" Exclaimed Patriarch Kangjian while slightly away

from the arena where the match will take place.

Some officers started activating the array that made the dome transparent and surrounded the battle arena to protect the spectators.

Larger cultivation auras began to be released by the two groups to intimidate each other and have fungis to mentally let the opponent down.

The clash of auras between the two groups could be felt by the people outside the arena. All the spectators began to comment on the realm of the participants who were above the arena, and for the party of each sect began to brag about themselves.

While for Velskud who knows the realm of the participants above the arena, only shook his head because the average is still in the early field.

As for the participants who were sitting waiting for their turn to compete, Velskud also saw the same thing but there were some participants who he himself did not know the realm of cultivation, namely Liu Tao and his men, who were not, Liu Mei and Xia Que.

'It looks like they are hiding their respective realms, just like Huanran. But the cultivators of the present age did not seem to have exceeded the stage of the immortal world.' Inner Velskud while inspecting the cultivation ground everyone was there.