Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2547: Atonement for Sins 10.0
The Shen family army has a large parade ground that can accommodate 100,000 people for training at the same time and still looks particularly spacious. This parade ground is located in the dense forest outside the Jiaping Pass City. This parade ground is only used during the Shen family army's large-scale training twice a month. When not in use, the front army, the central army, and the rear army will take turns to send people to be on duty, and they will be replaced every half a month.

Because there are too many people participating in this competition, the venue is set up here.

Although we only had one night to prepare, fortunately there were people on duty and cleaning the place on weekdays, so it was not a difficult task to set up.

The soldiers who were going to take part in the competition received accurate news early in the morning. After completing their morning training and having breakfast, they formed small teams and went out of the city in groups of three or two through secret passages and headed for the large parade ground in the dense forest.

Of course, Wanyan Xi is an exception.

Wanyan Xi was drugged and knocked unconscious the night before, and was sent to the parade ground with his eyes blindfolded and his mouth gagged. When he woke up, he was already in his own tent in the parade ground.

Wanyan Xi knew exactly how he got here. Before he was knocked unconscious, Bai Meng and Dai Yi explained everything to him and he agreed. Therefore, he knew about the subsequent events.

Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian, Bai Meng and others also went directly from the Duke's Mansion to the suburban camp the night before, commanding their servants to arrange everything needed for the ring match. After everything was done without any mistakes, they returned to their respective tents to rest for two hours.

By the time the large troops that had arrived to participate in the competition had gathered in the parade ground one after another, they had already had breakfast, were dressed neatly, and were sitting in a row on the reviewing platform waiting for the arrival of the soldiers of the Shen family army.

Before the competition officially started, Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian, Bai Meng, and Xia Chen wanted Shen Haolin to give them a simple lecture. Shen Haolin agreed, but unexpectedly, he only said two short sentences.

"Ring match!" Shen Haolin looked at the soldiers of the Shen family army standing in their respective camps on the training ground, "Begin!"

Hearing Shen Haolin's words, the soldiers responsible for beating the war drums and waving the war flags immediately started beating the drums and waving the flags. The camps that had already been formed below began to change, and everyone began to disperse to the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, looking for a suitable arena for themselves.

"I asked you to say two simple sentences, and you really did." Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng rolled their eyes at Shen Haolin at the same time and couldn't help but complain, "It's only five words in total. Do you think it's enough?"

"Enough!" Shen Haolin looked at the seven empty arenas, looked at Xue Ruitian, Bai Meng, and then looked at Xia Chen, and said, "Let's see who will be the first to go on stage."

The three children, Song Qiyun, Xia Jiu and Shen Jiu, came over and looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha eagerly with expectant looks on their faces.

"Wait a minute, it's still a little early to leave now." Xue Ruitian stood up and walked to Shen Haolin's side, patting the heads of the kids, "Let the brothers practice and have some fun first, okay?"

"Brother Xiaotian is right. If you go down now, they won't have a chance to show themselves. Wait a little longer." Shen Cha patted the shoulders of the children, sighed softly, and said, "Look at these seven arenas, who can be the first one to dare to go up." As soon as the words fell, everyone saw several people jumping onto the seven arenas at the same time. They were far away and couldn't see clearly, but they could still distinguish their original camps based on the color of their armor.

"It seems that the brothers in the vanguard camp are still very courageous!" Shen Cha looked at Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu who looked very proud, then looked at Song Qiyun who was secretly clenching his fists, then turned around and looked at Yan Rong, Wei Zixin and Qiao Zi who also looked very disappointed, smiled and said, "I heard that you had a small meeting last night and worked out some battle strategies. Now it seems that you are not the ones who have seized the initiative."

"General, don't be anxious!" Wei Zixin controlled his expression and said, "The one who comes on stage first doesn't necessarily have to seize the initiative, and the one who comes on stage later doesn't necessarily have to accumulate strength and then develop, right? This is just the beginning, let's wait and see, who knows who will have the last laugh!" He looked at Shen Cha, "Of course, I mean before we leave."

Shen Cha didn't say anything, but just nodded at Wei Zixin with a smile, turned around and continued to pay attention to the situation on the ring.

The first group of people who came on stage had already decided the winner while they were talking. In other words, the champions of the first round had already been decided. There were six people from the Vanguard Camp, and the only one who was not from the Vanguard Camp was a kid who had just been selected into the Shadow Camp this year.

"Not bad, Xiaocha!" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha, "If I remember correctly, this kid used to follow Xiaoyun, right? He was just selected into the Shadow Camp less than half a year ago, right?" He tugged at Song Qiyun's sleeve, "He's making rapid progress!"

"Indeed." Song Qiyun looked at the child everyone called Xiao Lian and nodded gently. "I recommended him to try out for the Shadow Camp because he is petite and very agile. Look at his movements, they are very fast, like a slippery little loach. Moreover, he can endure loneliness and can stay in one place without eating, drinking or sleeping for a whole day. Such a person is most suitable for gathering information and ambushing. My sister also saw this and selected him after a strict assessment by the Shadow Camp."

"Well, he's a good kid." Shen Cha smiled, and nodded with satisfaction when he saw Xiao Lian had won nine games in a row on the ring. "He has very good conditions and works very hard on weekdays. It's normal for him to make rapid progress."

Song Qiyun clasped his fists towards Shen Cha and continued to stare at Xiao Lian's ring. By the way, he also looked at the ring connected to Xiao Lian.

"Sure enough, the first day of competition is boring!" Bai Meng yawned while holding a bowl of tea, and said, "It's hard to see anything exciting, right?" He looked at everyone and said in a low voice, "What do you think, when will Wanyan Xi go on stage?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, it may be later." Xue Ruitian snatched Bai Meng's tea and took a sip, saying, "I guess most people think the same way. They want to see how the first day goes, and then study the timing of going on stage."

Shen Cha nodded, but before she could say anything, she saw Dai Yi running up to her in a hurry.

"Duke, Marquis, General, Commander-in-Chief!" Dai Yi saluted everyone. "Something unexpected happened, and Wanyan Xi can't go on stage."

"Oh?" Several people looked at each other, "What happened?"

"Just now when I went to watch the ring, I accidentally sprained my ankle." Dai Yi showed a helpless expression.