The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 107 - Youth Championship II
Whispers rang out on the spectator bench that came from the middle sect where Li Yong was sitting at the moment. It was caused by the presence of five representatives of the noble family who this time appeared together. It is rumored that relations between noble families began to deteriorate due to political disputes in the fight for power.
In this tournament the representatives of noble families are considered as special guests, they are placed on the podium with a location that is far from crowded. In the middle of it sat a person who was most respected by the entire population of the Shang Empire, namely Qin Gaozu an Emperor of Shang.
Everyone respected him a lot because of his strict nature and character, he always acted fairly to his people and was not compassionate when his family members were involved in cases. With his strict nature and discipline, he became one of the most respected Emperor Shang of all time.
Emperor Shang had actually been waiting for this match from a week ago to see the next Imperial Pillar, his face looking enthusiastically welcoming the course of the match.
Next to him a few other noble family representatives watched without interest, they had only come for the formality of remembering that following this match only disciples from other sects and their family members were only a few who could follow him.
That sense of unenthusiasticity bothered Qin Gaozu a little, the man did not expect as he waited for the next would-be hero of the Shang Empire they instead responded with a flat face.
While the seats that had other privileged positions were filled by important people like Yong Tao and some other Imperial Pillars. Behind themselves were the seats of the representatives of the big sects, the seats had now been filled.
Everyone had prepared to wait for the words of welcome from a woman with a firm face line standing on the stage. The woman could clearly see the enslaving spectators since this morning, all the warriors from various sects came and gathered in one place, the number was almost tens of thousands of people.
The view is indeed amazing, especially can only be witnessed once every 10 years. When the audience seats were full, the woman gave a formal smile as she spoke. By relying on his inner strength when speaking, his voice could be clearly heard by the spectators.
This woman who was the host as well as the referee was not a random person, she was one of the Pillars of the Shang Empire who possessed high-level martial arts, not just that, she was one of the pillars of the Shang Empire, in the fight against black flow he is also useful as a medical.
This woman named Yang Guifei is often referred to as the Goddess of Healing. Thanks to his lunge for several years at the forefront of the battle, he was appointed one of the Imperial Pillars that occupied the 8th position.
Inside the Imperial Pillars alone seats one, two and three were only occupied by the victors of the Young Swordsman Tournament, which was what made everyone so enthusiastic about taking part in this prestigious competition. While the other 7 people were chosen based on their achievements and prowess in the martial world.
The position of the Imperial Pillars can change at any time if one of them begins to be inactive again fighting even some who until released from the honorable position due to entangled cases. Moreover, the Emperor Shang is now Qin Gaozu the Emperor with iron hands and has sharp eyes like an eagle.
Returning back to the match, now Yang Guifei turned his gaze around the corner observing the extremely enthusiastic spectators. He crossed both hands behind with a stern attitude.
"In this morning we have gathered to witness the most eagerly awaited tournament, our White Fog Valley sect as the host in this prestigious event with all due respect said, saying, welcome to the Young Swordsman Tournament."
Rumbling on the bleachers rang out, Yang Guifei let the spectators frenzied for a moment. The low rumblings around him started to stop, Yang Guifei gave words of welcome again.
"The Young Swordsman Tournament is the only official event held to select the next Imperial Pillar candidate, the position of the Imperial Pillar is a respectable position that moves directly under the Shang Empire. Therefore make sure that your representative will become the next Pillar of the Empire."
The words further provoked uproar all over the wind, all voices united until no one could understand a single word. The audience enthusiasm responded to Yang Guifei with a brief smile.
In this tournament explained that the participants are not allowed to kill their opponents, using secret weapons or poison. The match must be sportive without any gimmicks, if caught then the participant will be aborted and the sect concerned subject to punishment. Penalties can be severe depending on whether fatal mistakes are made.
Furthermore, Yang Guifei explained that participants will be considered to lose when unconscious or out of the arena of the match that was prepared and the match will be immediately stopped if participants suffered serious life-threatening injuries, and one more if the participants themselves say give up.
"In this match no one kills each other or deliberately makes his opponent disabled, let alone to eliminate the science of the opponent. For terms and conditions are complete I explain. Now is the time we will discuss about the grand prize fully given by Emperor Qin."
Concurrently a thunderous applause as Emperor Qin advanced with an aura of prestige, all eyes looking in amazement at him. The applause lasted a few minutes until Emperor Qin cleared his throat.
Just by the sound of his throat alone everyone gradually orderly, the disciples who dariadi failed to calm the audience were astonished and could only scratch his head. They were made a fuss by this very excited audience.
Qin Gaozu spoke firmly with both hands behind him, he looked at the entire corner making people wait.
"It looks like this tournament will be a bigger tournament than ever before, I'm very happy to be standing here to welcome all of you. With this, congratulations on watching the friendly match between the candidates for the next Pillar of the Shang Empire. Let's applaud the participants..."
Rebellious applause sounded more festive than before, some even shouted Qin's name in the middle of the audience seats. It was increasingly clear that the man was very loved by his people.
"For the first champion of the Shang Empire will award thirty thousand gold pieces and also the position as the number one Imperial Pillar. The title of the Imperial Pillar itself was obtained when they were 25 years old."
Low noise in the audience bench is very reasonable considering the prizes given are so large. The prosperous Shang Empire had millions of gold pieces as state savings, so the amount of the gift was not too expensive according to him.
Qin Gaozu explained.
"For the second champion we will award twenty thousand gold pieces, with the second position of the Imperial Pillar. While the third Champion obtained ten thousand gold pieces with the third position of the Imperial Pillar in the future."
Qin Gaozu explained again.
"If one of the champions of this tournament dies before being appointed to the Imperial Pillar, then the Shang Empire will replace him with another talented swordsman, besides that the sect will get some compensation from us."
Li Yong who was focused on hearing the words was suddenly startled when the murderous aura that was so powerful made his body depressed. He looked back overcrowded by the audience, Li Yong could not be sure where the aura was coming from but he had now become more alert than before.
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