Chapter 71

The method for selecting these nine spots has been decided: it’s a tournament!

This is a fair, simple, and direct method.

For so many years, the lives of the people in the Lian clan have been about finding food, and nothing more. Their spiritual life has been extremely impoverished. This tournament is a grand event that happens once in a hundred years!

How could the villagers miss it?

So on the day the tournament began, all the villagers who could come did, waiting to see the warriors of the Warrior Training Camp compete.

In the monotonous and boring days, having such an exciting tournament to watch made the villagers extremely excited, especially the children, who were overjoyed, more excited than if they had received a piece of cured meat.

The tournament started when the sun was high in the sky, at the square in front of the Lian clan chief’s courtyard. However, even before dawn, the area around the venue was already filled with people, all vying for a good spot.

Children rode on their fathers' shoulders, occupying advantageous positions, eagerly watching the stage.

Many of the children were about the same age as Yi Yun, teenagers. Normally, they wouldn’t ride on their fathers' shoulders, as it would make them a laughingstock, but today, who cared about that?

The children rubbed their hands together, wishing they could go up and compete themselves. This tournament was a huge stimulation for them.

They dreamed of becoming members of the Warrior Training Camp, how glorious that would be!

More and more people gathered, including on the nearby crooked trees, the flat roofs, and the rooftops, all packed with people.

The people in this world generally had good eyesight, able to see the scene on the stage from a distance.

When the sun was high in the sky, the members of the Warrior Training Camp appeared. They were wearing the same warrior uniforms today, which were just the relatively less worn blue cotton short clothes. These clothes weren’t much better than the hemp clothes Yi Yun wore, but to the people of the Lian clan, they looked quite impressive!

The members of the Warrior Training Camp walked with the gait of dragons and tigers, full of spirit. Looking at the crowds around them, they all felt that their life’s value was being greatly realized today, as if all their years of martial arts practice were for this very day.

"Awesome! Today I’m going to show my face!"

A short man in his twenties thought with a flushed face.

Beside him, there was a lecher, his eyes scanning the women around, "This time I’m going to show my might, let the women in the village see how fierce I am. When the time comes, I just need to beckon, and they’ll come running."

Life in the village was hard, and besides eating, the only pleasure for men was their most primitive desires, which echoed the ancient saying of the Chinese ancestors: "Food and sex, that’s human nature!"

Human nature is about eating and sexual needs, which are instincts for survival.

For today’s tournament, the Warrior Training Camp had specially killed two dogs.

They planned to celebrate after the tournament, eating meat and drinking wine.

These two dogs were the village’s hunting dogs, but it didn’t matter. The divine kingdom election was coming soon, and after that, they would live a good life. Why would they need hunting dogs?

"Look, it’s Young Master Lian!"

With a shout from the crowd, the clan members suddenly became agitated. Everyone looked over and indeed saw two strong men carrying a rattan chair, swaying as they walked out of the chief’s courtyard.

Lian Chengyu was sitting in the rattan chair, wrapped in a pile of animal skin blankets, his eyes slightly closed as if he were sleeping.

Behind him, four young maids followed, holding charcoal stoves and fruit platters, looking very cautious.

"It’s really Young Master Lian!"

The villagers became excited. Since Lian Chengyu "broke through" to the Purple Blood Realm, his prestige in the Lian clan had reached an unimaginable height.

People pinned their hopes on Lian Chengyu leading them to a better life in the city. One could say that Lian Chengyu had become the spiritual pillar of the Lian clan!

Under the fervent worship of the people, Lian Chengyu was already the absolute king of the clan. Whatever he did would receive unconditional support from the Lian clan. If he wanted to kill someone, he didn’t need any reason; just a word, and the people would do it for him. If he wanted to have a woman, just a word, and the people would wash her clean and send her to Lian Chengyu’s bed.

But in recent days, Lian Chengyu had been reclusive, and the Lian clan members hadn’t seen him. Today, finally seeing him, how could they not be excited?

Many girls around seventeen or eighteen were flushed with excitement. It was true that the girls in the Great Wasteland admired strong men, but someone like Zhao Tiezhu, who was big and burly with rough, dark skin, was far from being a handsome man.

The ultimate object of desire for the girls in the Great Wasteland was someone like Lian Chengyu, who was not only powerful but also handsome.

In recent days, Lian Chengyu had become the dream lover of almost all the girls in the Lian clan.

"Begin."

Lian Chengyu said indifferently, clearly not caring about the tournament at all. Joking, these rough men from the Warrior Training Camp were just a bunch of weaklings to him. Even if they practiced for another hundred years, they wouldn’t even touch the threshold of the Jinlong Guard!

Lian Chengyu’s high and slightly disdainful attitude, when seen by the Lian clan members, only made more girls swoon and increased his worship.

The grand tournament that they were so eager for, Young Master Lian didn’t even bother to give a proper look. This was the difference in perspective.

"Begin the tournament!"

Zhao Tiezhu announced, his voice loud. Since getting closer to Lian Chengyu, Zhao Tiezhu had become the leader of the Warrior Training Camp.

He had also enjoyed some benefits from the Lian clan’s medicinal mountain recently. The medicines that Lian Chengyu didn’t care for were given to Zhao Tiezhu, which greatly increased his strength.

In a situation of extreme resource scarcity, the members of the Warrior Training Camp basically grew faster the more resources they enjoyed!

Because he was afraid of jealousy, Zhao Tiezhu had taken many medicines secretly. His rapid increase in strength was unknown to anyone.

Even Zhao Tiezhu himself didn’t know how much his strength had improved. He was eager to test himself in this tournament, which gave him a great opportunity to show his skills!

"Hehe, after enduring for so long, this time on the tournament stage, I’ll either remain silent or make a stunning appearance!"

The significant increase in strength made Zhao Tiezhu’s ambitions grow even more. He had already decided that in the future, he would be Lian Chengyu’s top lackey, and no one would be able to compete with him.