The martial arts competition finally officially began, but Qin Tian's attention was not on the ring, but on constantly looking for possible members of the Snake Sect around him.
Until now, Qin Tian had not seen who might be from the Snake Sect.
However, Qin Tian believes that those people will definitely reveal their identities soon. After all, the Shemen Sect has great ambitions and wants to take advantage of this opportunity to control the entire Jiangnan.
Then they have no way to appear as others, and can only participate in this Jiangnan martial arts competition openly and openly as Shemen.
Since the martial arts tournament had just begun at this time, no one had taken the initiative to challenge others.
At this moment, a tall man with a rough appearance suddenly stood up from the crowd.
His eyes first glanced around the scene, and then landed directly on Li Jiangtao.
"Li Jiangtao, last time your Li family robbed our White Tiger Gang's territory, I never found a good opportunity to regain it. Today, I will take advantage of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Tournament to let the two of us have a good encounter."
"Let's see who is more powerful, your Li family or our White Tiger Gang."
Upon hearing this, Li Jiangtao immediately understood that the other party was planning to operate on him.
Qin Tian was a little confused and asked Li Jinrui next to him: "Who is this person? Why did he cause trouble for Li Jiangtao as soon as he came up?"
Li Jinrui quickly answered.
"Mr. Qin, this person's name is Chen Liang. He is the leader of the White Tiger Gang from Lecheng. Because the Li family is located very close to Lecheng, there are often conflicts between them."
"So there is a long-standing grudge between the Li family and the White Tiger State. In the past, conflicts between the two families often broke out when Jiangnan martial arts competitions were held."
"However, they have always had their own victories and defeats, and no one can do anything about the other, because the strength of both parties is too close, but it is precisely because of this that their grievances have accumulated more and more year by year. .”
"I estimate that if not this year, next year at the latest the two of them will have to fight to the death."
After hearing these words, Qin Tian nodded thoughtfully, and probably understood the significance of the Jiangnan martial arts competition.
Without this martial arts tournament, various families and various forces would inevitably have to engage in head-on confrontation, and even large-scale conflicts would break out, resulting in the death of many people and the loss of property.
It seems that every family and every force is losing these things, but from a more macro perspective, it is the internal strife in the Jiangnan region.
By then, Jiangnan's strength will inevitably become weaker and weaker amid this internal struggle, giving external forces the opportunity to intervene.
Therefore, in order to preserve the strength of the Jiangnan region and prevent everyone from experiencing such a loss of internal strength, the leaders of all the forces in Jiangnan finally formed the framework of such a Jiangnan martial arts competition.
Through this method of fighting in the arena, the ownership rights of various interests in the Jiangnan region will be allocated for the next year.
In this way, everyone will be convinced, and no one will break out into large-scale conflicts.
After all, the experts that each force can invite are related to the price they can offer. The stronger the force, the stronger the help it can naturally invite, which can also represent their strength.
Even if you lose in the Jiangnan martial arts competition, you can still be convinced of your defeat.
Li Jiangtao and Chen Liang had become tense, attracting the attention of the audience.
Now this is their opening scene, and they are the only two families facing each other at the scene.
"Li Jiangtao, I don't know what kind of masters your Li family has invited for this Jiangnan martial arts competition. Our White Tiger Gang will never give you any chance this time."
"When this Jiangnan martial arts competition ends, it will be the beginning of the decline of your Li family!"
Chen Liang was obviously quite confident in the strength of his White Tiger Gang and already felt that he could defeat Li Jiangtao.
After saying this, Chen Liang clapped his hands, and saw a skinny old man with a body as skinny as a dried branch suddenly walked out from behind him.
Many people looked puzzled when they saw this person, but some people's eyes instantly became extremely solemn, and they looked at the old man very seriously.
Qin Tian naturally didn't know him. He had always lived as an ordinary person and had never taken the initiative to understand these things.
For example, who are the masters in the world and who are very powerful and need attention. Qin Tian knows nothing about these and relies on Li Jinrui to collect information.
Finally, after about half a minute, someone at the scene finally recognized the identity of the skinny old man.
"How is it possible? This man is actually the Muay Thai boxing champion who has disappeared long ago. How is it possible that he is still alive? Aren't there rumors that this old man has died long ago?"
"What, this old man is the legendary Muay Thai boxing champion? But if he were still alive now, he would probably be over a hundred years old!"
"It's incredible. There have been rumors in the past few years that this old boxing champion may be about to pass away. In the past two years, there has been no news about him. Everyone thought he was dead. Unexpectedly, he was still alive and was still killed by Chen Liang. Found it!"
"It seems that the White Tiger Gang is really determined to win this Jiangnan Martial Arts Tournament. They even invited the invincible Muay Thai boxing champion to come."
"Now the Li family is in trouble. There are only a handful of people in this world who can beat this old boxing champion. I don't know what price Chen Liang paid to invite this old boxing champion to come out." Fight for him.”
"Finally something good to watch. Those appetizers before were so boring. This is the only battle between the real strong ones!"
"That's right, a battle of this caliber is worthy of the name of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Tournament, haha."
"Being able to witness the battles of this legendary old boxing champion, this time I traveled thousands of miles to Jiangnan is a worthwhile trip."
"..."
Many spectators in the audience started talking after seeing the old man and recognizing his identity. Many people looked quite shocked.
Li Jinrui also explained to Qin Tian.
"Mr. Qin, please don't look at this old man's body being so skinny and shriveled, but in fact he is the unbeatable Muay Thai boxing champion who has dominated the world for more than half a century."
"It is said that when he was young, he once defeated all the invincible players in the world and defeated all the masters in the entire southern peninsula to the point where no one dared to face him in the ring at that time."
"It seems that everything is as Mr. Li said before. The intensity and competitiveness of this Jiangnan Martial Arts Tournament are more terrifying than before."
"Mr. Qin, I believe that this old boxing champion is definitely not the most powerful master here, so you must be more careful and don't put yourself in danger!"
After listening to Li Jinrui's words, Qin Tian nodded gently, and suddenly said thoughtfully and with interest.
"By the way, Lao Li, do you think there is anything behind Chen Liang that we are very interested in?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jinrui suddenly showed a very puzzled expression and looked at Qin Tian with some confusion, not knowing what he meant by this.
"Mr. Qin, can you make it clearer? I haven't figured out what you mean."
Qin Tian smiled slightly, but said directly without continuing to talk about it.
"I suspect that there may be a snake sect behind this Chen Liang to help him!"
Li Jinrui was immediately surprised when he said this. He never expected that Qin Tian would directly think of Shemen after looking at Chen Liang.
He asked, becoming even more confused.
"But why does Chen Liang have something to do with Shemen? He is from Lecheng, and he is the leader of the White Tiger Gang and is very powerful. Why does Shemen want to cooperate with him?"
Qin Tian thought for a moment and then said calmly.
"I can't give you an accurate answer for the time being, or this is just a feeling I have."
"You know, all the premonitions and feelings in my heart have always been very keen, and they have also brought me many correct instructions."
"Although I can't provide any evidence for the time being to prove that Chen Liang is backed by Shemen, I believe that someone will expose the truth after a while."
"If Chen Liang really got help from Shemen, this would explain why he was able to invite such a powerful Muay Thai champion to sit for him."
"After all, the Snake Gate itself is not very popular, so it should be very reasonable for them to choose an agent to help them earn various benefits in the Jiangnan region, right?"
As soon as Qin Tian said these last words, Li Jinrui suddenly understood, and he understood why Qin Tian guessed that Chen Liang had the White Tiger Gang to help him.
Because such a guess is undoubtedly very reasonable, even though Chen Liang himself has a very powerful force in Lecheng.
But his strength is not enough to be able to invite a strong man with the identity and status of the Muay Thai boxing champion, so he must have received help from some people.
These people are most likely from the Snake Sect.
However, since Qin Tian could not provide any evidence to prove that his guess was correct, Li Jinrui did not directly believe Qin Tian's words.
All guesses need to be tested over time to know whether they are correct or not.
However, Li Jinrui is not in a hurry. The Jiangnan Martial Arts Tournament will not end in just a few battles. Many battles will break out next. By observing the participants in these battles, we can still see who is the Shemen. A true spokesperson.
Facing Chen Liang's provocation, even if the masters sent by the opponent were too powerful, Li Jiangtao, on behalf of the Li family, certainly could not be timid without fighting.
At this time, Li Jiangtao looked back and quickly selected a master he brought with him.
This man's name is Xu Hai, a martial arts master under the Li family, and he comes from the local martial arts gym in Jiangcheng. He is very powerful.
"Xu Hai, in this fight, no matter whether you win or lose, you must save your life for me. In addition, try your best to test this old boxing champion and try to let him expose more of his moves."
After listening to Li Jiangtao's words, Xu Hai showed bitterness. He obviously knew very well that he was being used as a touchstone by Li Jiangtao to test the old boxing champion's current strength.
After all, the old boxing champion has not appeared in the public eye for many years, and almost no one knows how much strength the opponent can still exert.
In this case, it is undoubtedly the best choice to send someone with some strength but not that strong to test first.
Although Xu Hai knew that his battle would probably be a disaster, and he might be seriously injured or even lose his life if he was not careful.
But after all, he was someone who relied on the Li family for a living, so he had no reason to refuse.
And if he really refused Li Jiangtao's order in front of so many people, he would no longer have any foothold in the entire Jiangnan region in the future.
After all, no one would be stupid enough to pay for a thug who disobeys at a critical moment.
Xu Hai struggled a little in his heart, and soon made up his mind, nodded vigorously, and said seriously.
"I understand, Master, I will do my best not to let you down!"
After hearing these words, Li Jiangtao showed a happy smile on his face. When Xu Hai came to him and was about to step onto the ring, he patted Xu Hai's shoulder and said calmly.
"Don't worry, you just need to test his strength and force out his tricks as much as possible. When the critical moment comes, call for surrender and come down from above. I won't blame you."
"In addition, when I return, I will give you and your family some benefits as a reward, so don't worry."
After receiving Li Jiangtao's promise, Xu Hai completely put aside all worries and strode onto the stage.
Xu Hai is a family man, and as the sole breadwinner of his family, he definitely doesn't want to lose his life in such an arena.
Otherwise, it means that everyone in his family has lost their source of income and the pillar of survival.
Soon Xu Hai faced off in the ring with the old boxing champion from the Southern Peninsula.
At this time, Chen Liang was still clamoring to Li Jiangtao.
"Li Jiangtao, the person I sent is also an old boxing champion who has been famous all over the world. What kind of garbage are you shooting? I have never heard of it. You couldn't just send someone to die just to make up for it, right?"
Although Li Jiangtao felt very unhappy after hearing these words, he could only endure it.
Of course, he still can’t lose in terms of momentum, Li Jiangtao said with a sneer.
"It's just a mule or a horse coming out for a walk. We haven't beaten him yet, so why are you so anxious?"
"What if the old boxing champion you spent a lot of money to invite later is not our opponent, wouldn't that make others laugh out loud?"
"How are you going to hang out in Jiangnan from now on?"
"Haha, what a strong tone, Li Jiangtao. Since you are so confident, just wait for me. After this Jiangnan Martial Arts Tournament is over, your Li family will be completely destroyed!"
Just when the two were tit-for-tat, neither giving in to the other, the battle in the ring finally officially began with the referee's announcement.
After all, there was a big gap between Xu Hai and his opponent in terms of overall strength, so he chose a more conservative fighting method from the beginning.
The purpose is also to save one's life and complete the mission. (End of chapter)
