My Endless Life.

Chapter 277 The Day of the Martial Arts Competition
The Six Sects Martial Arts Competition is the first large-scale event held by the six sects in recent years.

Ever since the fight among the six sects began more than a decade ago, the fight has become increasingly fierce over the years, with disciples from each sect dying at the hands of the other.

If the Demon Sect was not about to invade the Central Plains, it is expected that a huge melee would break out among the six righteous sects in the future!

From this, it is enough to see how much importance the six sects now attach to the Demon Sect.

The Six Sects Martial Arts Competition was held at the Longwu Pavilion Martial Arts Viewing Platform, a large square hypothetically located on the top of a mountain.

There are two arenas in the square, corresponding to the disciples in the acquired realm and the innate realm respectively.

Behind the arena were chairs prepared for the masters of the six sects and some remaining clan forces, and those chairs were already full of people.

The current leader of Longwu Pavilion, the representative of Xueyun Sword Sect, several masters of Qianfo Temple, and representatives of several other sects were all sitting there.

Li Xueren was also among them, but his position was more remote, closer to a corner.

Below them were representatives from various factions and their disciples, including Li Qiao and other disciples from Qiqiao Villa.

Because Xuanjian Sect and Qiqiao Villa have a good relationship and are both first-rate forces, the locations of the two sects are very close, and Bai Yuzhu also met Li Qiao.

Before the martial arts competition started, Bai Yuzhu approached Li Qiao and asked:
"Sister Qiaoer, where is Xiaoqi?"

"Xiao Qi was ordered by Grandpa to stay in seclusion."

Li Qiao answered, and then joked to Bai Yuzhu: "Why? You miss me after not seeing me for just a few days?"

Bai Yuzhu blushed slightly when she heard this: "...No, I just wanted to ask what he was doing."

"You still say no..."

Li Qiao was about to joke with Bai Yuzhu when she saw Bai Yuzhu's expression suddenly change.

She looked in the direction Bai Yuzhu was looking in surprise, and saw Huang Wanmian in a yellow shirt walking towards the Tianyi Valley team.

After coming to Li Qiao, he asked bluntly:

"Miss Qiao'er, where is Li Qi?"

"Li Qi was ordered by his grandfather to stay in seclusion..."

"Retreat? Is there another breakthrough?"

Huang Wanmian was a little surprised.

Li Qiao looked at the vigilant Bai Yuzhu, then turned to look at the ethereal Huang Wanmian, and asked with a rolling eye:
"Fairy Huang, what do you want to talk to Xiaoqi about?"

"It's just some private matters in Tianyi Valley. Li Qi is also a disciple of Tianyi Valley now, so I have to talk to him."

Huang Wanmian answered casually.

Li Qiao said: "Fairy Huang, you can tell me, and I will tell Xiaoqi later."

"No need, let's talk about it after the martial arts competition."

Huang Wanmian turned around and left without telling Li Qiao why she came to see Li Qi.

Li Qiao felt strange, but didn't think much about it. She turned around and looked at Bai Yuzhu who was extremely vigilant, and asked doubtfully:

"Sister Yuzhu, you and Fairy Huang..."

"I always feel like she has 'bad intentions' towards Xiaoqi."

Bai Yuzhu muttered softly.

Li Qiao blinked her eyes: "No way, Fairy Huang and Xiao Qi are about ten years apart in age, right?"

"Who knows? Anyway, I don't like her very much."

Bai Yuzhu likes Li Qi very much, so when she meets Huang Wanmian, who might become her rival, she doesn't have a good attitude towards her.

Li Qiao felt that Bai Yuzhu might be thinking too much.

Judging from Huang Wanmian's cold behavior, she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would develop feelings for anyone. She has a good relationship with Li Qi, probably because of medical matters.

Li Qiao, who had also been to Tianyi Valley for "further studies", saw this clearly.

Li Qiao and Bai Yuzhu continued chatting, but before long someone else came up to them.

This time it’s Li Xuan from Longwu Pavilion.

"Excuse me...are you Brother Qi's sister?"

The handsome young man came over and asked Li Qiao.

Li Qiao nodded: "Yes, I am Li Qiao, this Senior Brother from Longwu Pavilion, who are you...?"

"My name is Li Xuan, the son of Qi Yue, the head of the Dragon Martial Pavilion's Mechanical Department. Miss Qiao'er, I wonder where Brother Qi is now?"

“…I am in seclusion.”

Li Qiao answered helplessly.

This was the third person who came to see Li Qi. Li Qiao was thinking whether she should hang a wooden sign with the words "Li Qi is in seclusion" written on it. When someone came to see Li Qi, she would just take out the sign and show it to them.

This saves her from having to answer them one by one herself.

Hearing that Li Qi was in seclusion, Li Xuan did not ask any more questions. He nodded and said:

"In that case, please ask Miss Qiao'er to tell Brother Qi that I, Li Xuan, was the one who let him down yesterday. But thanks to him, I already know what I should do next. I hope Brother Qi will meet me at the old place after he comes out of retreat. I will offer my apology and thanks at that time."

Li Xuan said this, clasped his hands together and bowed to Li Qiao, then turned and left.

Watching Li Xuan walk away, Li Qiao was quite surprised:
"Since when did Li Qi have friends in Longwu Pavilion? And what about yesterday? What happened yesterday?"

"do not know……"

Bai Yuzhu was also very confused. In the past few days, she, like Li Qiao, stayed in the sect's residence and did not go out, so she was not sure what was going on outside.

However, she did hear from the disciples in the sect that a beam of light suddenly appeared behind the Longwu Pavilion waterfall yesterday, and it seemed that someone was breaking through to the Grandmaster level.

Bai Yuzhu actually didn't really believe it.

Bai Yuzhu has also seen a breakthrough to the Grandmaster level.

More than ten years ago, when Bai Yuzhu was five or six years old, an elder of Xuanjian Sect was about to break through to the Grandmaster level. At that time, the people in the sect were indeed very nervous and even provided protection for the elder.

After all, the Grandmaster realm is different from the Innate realm. Any Grandmaster realm master can become the trump card of a sect.

Xuanjian Sect only had two grandmasters at that time. If one more could be added, not counting the second rank, Xuanjian Sect's basic strength would have been comparable to the six major sects.

Because of this, there are some forces that do not want Xuanjianmen to have another master.

For example, those who were once hostile to Xuanjianmen.

At that time, Xuanjianmen invited many people to come and protect the elder, including people from Qiqiao Villa, and Li Qi was also there.

There is no need to go into detail about the process. In short, the elder successfully broke through. However, the process of his breakthrough was also very peaceful. Except for some unusual movements in the surrounding heaven and earth energy, there were no other problems.

A similar sight to yesterday's pillar of light rising into the sky is said to be something that can only be seen when a third-grade cultivator breaks through to the second-grade.

Therefore, Bai Yuzhu didn't quite believe that the scene yesterday was someone breaking through to the Grandmaster level. Besides, even if someone really broke through to the Grandmaster level, it seemed to have nothing to do with Li Qi.

Bai Yuzhu was thinking and was about to say something to Li Qiao when he looked up and saw Zhuifeng from the Six Gates walking towards them.

Seeing Zhuifeng coming over, Li Qiao sighed helplessly and said:
“…I really should have written a sign saying that Li Qi is in seclusion.”

Li Qiao knew Zhuifeng, so she was sure that Zhuifeng was also looking for Li Qi.

……

"Congratulations, Pavilion Master Zhao."

On the stands, the purple-dressed woman from Xihua Palace looked at the head of Longwu Pavilion who was sitting in the first seat with a smile and said in a tender voice:
"Yesterday someone from your pavilion broke through to the Grandmaster level. Judging from his appearance, he should not be an ordinary Grandmaster, right?"

"Master Liu Hua, you are joking. I have already asked someone to check it out. That was just a trick that an elder of mine showed off in front of the younger generation. It didn't mean that someone had made a breakthrough."

The head of Longwu Pavilion, a sturdy middle-aged man with a goatee, spoke to the Lord Liuhua with a calm expression.

The current head of Longwu Pavilion is named Zhao Jiu. It is said that his original name was Zhao Jiu, but he changed it after he entered Longwu Pavilion.

Although he doesn't look very old, he should be much older than Li Wenxin, about fifty years old, and has the cultivation level of the early third level.

In fact, Zhao Jiu was a martial artist with good talent back then, but unfortunately he suffered a hidden injury in his early years. The third-grade grandmaster was already the highest level, so he became the leader of Longwu Pavilion and commanded the entire Longwu Pavilion.

Most of the leaders of various sects are like this.

Their talent just needs to be acceptable and meet the sect's standards. It doesn't need to be very strong. After all, they usually need to spend time dealing with sect affairs and don't have much time to practice. If a person with excellent talent is allowed to become the leader of a sect, it will only be a waste of their talent.

Therefore, all the talented people in the sect are supreme elders.

For example, Zhong Yunxin, Li Qi’s cheap master Yan Chuan in Tianyi Valley, and the flower master Liu Xia of Xihua Palace next to him.

Liu Xia, one of the four flower masters of Xihua Palace, has the cultivation level of late third rank and is considered the strongest person in Xihua Palace after the Grand Elder.

This person is the one who leads the team to Xihua Palace this time, and he is the only master in the Xihua Palace team.

Because the relationship between Longwu Pavilion and Xihua Palace is not very good, Zhao Jiu's attitude towards Liu Xia is also lukewarm.

Longwu Pavilion originally looked down on the extremely feminine Xihua Palace, and this Liu Xia seemed to be the "leader" with her attractive beauty, which made Zhao Jiu hate her very much.

If it wasn't for the Six Sects' major event, he wouldn't have pretended to be nice to this woman.

Zhao Jiu ignored Liu Xia, and Liu Xia chuckled and didn't care.

Her eyes moved around and finally fell on Li Xueren in the corner.

In addition to the representatives of the six major sects, only the masters of each sect could go up to the stands, and Li Xueren was one of them.

Therefore, even though he was sitting far away, he actually attracted a lot of attention, and Liu Xia saw him at a glance.

After thinking for a while, Liu Xia glanced at Hua Wubai who was waiting for the martial arts competition to begin, and suddenly said to Li Xueren:
"Master Li..."

"Oh, please don't. I am not the owner of Qiqiao Villa now. I am just an old man who is bored and wandering around. I don't deserve to be called the 'old owner' by you, Mr. Hua."

Liu Xia had just opened her mouth when Li Xueren exclaimed a lot and blocked Liu Xia's words.

Zhao Jiu's mouth curled up slightly when he saw this. Zhong Yunxin in the distance added fuel to the fire and said:
"Master Liu Hua, please stop using your seductive tricks. Senior Li is a focused person, and your tricks are useless."

"Elder Zhong, my idle chat with old Manor Master Li should have nothing to do with you, right? You are not the wife of the current Manor Master of Qiqiao Villa."

Liu Xia counterattacked, Zhong Yunxin's face darkened, he stared at Liu Xia but did not refute.

It is not appropriate to be jealous in such an occasion. If you say something wrong because of this matter, it will be Zhong Yunxin who will lose face.

But she didn't say anything, Li Xueren said:

"Although Yun Xin has nothing to do with my family's rebellious son, she is still the descendant of my old friend. She is even more like my half-daughter, so...how could the affairs of my Qiqiao Villa have nothing to do with her?"

"..."

Liu Xia stopped talking after hearing this.

She could see that Li Xueren rejected her. Looking at Zhong Yunxin in the distance and Zhao Jiu who didn't intend to get involved in the matter, she chuckled and said:

"Well, it's my concubine Meng Lang."

As she spoke, she bowed, sat back in her seat and said no more.

Regardless of her purpose, at least she had no flaws in etiquette.

(End of this chapter)