"You two come out and give me a try."
After a while, Li Yaolong suddenly shouted in a low voice and walked out of the hall.
He wanted to personally test the strength of Li Yuan and Li Yunqing.
"Yuan'er, Qing'er, be careful."
After leaving the hall, Li Yaolong shouted softly, raised his palm, and an unusually dazzling cyan light surged out from his palm, turning into a big cyan hand, tearing the air, bringing up a fierce wind, and suppressing Li Yuan and the two.
With this palm, he exerted the perfect power of the ordinary Taoxu Realm. He knew that the bones in Li Yuan and Li Yuan's bodies were both extraordinary, and their strength was no weaker than that of ordinary Taoxu Realm late stage ones.
Seeing Li Yaolong's fierce offensive, the expressions of Li Qingni and other elders on the side changed slightly. The terrifying power made them afraid just by looking at it.
"Little aunt, I will receive father's slap alone."
Li Yunqing twisted his wrist, and the Qingxun Sword appeared in his hand. He was about to take action, but was stopped by Li Yuan.
Such behavior made Li Qingni and others panic.
However, based on their understanding of Li Yuan, the latter is obviously not a reckless person.
"Okay, be careful." Li Yunqing nodded lightly, gave instructions and then stepped away.
When Li Yaolong's sharp palm was about three feet away from Li Yuan, the latter suddenly punched out, and a thunderous fist flew out like a solid one.
"Thunder Pattern Eight Desolate Fists?"
Almost at the same time, the elders of the Li family uttered a few words at the same time, but they were not quite sure.
Li Yuan also used this technique during the challenge for the position of the young patriarch of the Li family. At that time, it was just a thunder fist shadow, not so solid, and its power now is many times greater.
At that time, Li Yuan was only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm, but now he is already a strong man in the Void-Taking Realm.
It stands to reason that the small Yuan Technique of the Qi Refining Realm should not be so powerful even if a strong person in the Void Realm makes adjustments and uses Yuan Li to perform it.
"Bang!"
As soon as the cyan palm came into contact with the thunder fist, the fierce wind spread out like a violent wind, directly knocking Li Qingni and others back several feet.
Li Qingni and others, who had just stabilized their bodies, had shock in their eyes.
They saw that the cyan Yuanli palm struck by Li Yaolong was shattered by the thunder fist.
Facing the thundering fist that was still flying towards him, Li Yaolong's Yuan Dan realm cultivation burst out, and with a slap, even more ferocious Yuan Power surged out, directly smashing the thundering fist into pieces.
Then with a wave of his sleeves and robe, the surrounding energy fluctuated and was instantly annihilated, disappearing without a trace.
"This is the true strength of a Yuan Dan realm expert." Li Yuancuo said in astonishment and took a breath of cold air.
"Li Yuan actually has the strength to reach perfection in the Void Realm?"
The elders watching the battle exclaimed in shock.
"I don't have that kind of strength. What my father just used was just an ordinary blow from the Taoxu realm, but I used Yuan Shu." Li Yuan shook his head.
Not only that, in order to show his strength to Li Yaolong and prove that he had the capital to fight Ma Jianyang, he also added the power of a thunder pattern on the spirit-patterned life-devouring bone into the Thunder Pattern Bahuang Fist.
"well!"
Li Yaolong praised him repeatedly.
"Qing'er, you can try to slap me alone."
He suddenly became interested.
"Father, my little aunt is at the peak of the mid-Treading the Void Realm, and is a little better than me. Any one of us can contain Ma Jianyang. One person can quickly defeat the so-called number one among the younger generation of the Ma family. No one can What's the problem?" Li Yuan said hurriedly.
"Okay." Li Yaolong smiled and nodded.
………
The contract duel arena in Yangyan City is not a place where duels usually take place.
The dueling arena has a radius of more than a hundred feet, and is surrounded by huge stone walls nearly thirty feet high. They are all made of the finest Qingyao Mingshi. Even Nirvana realm experts cannot shake it in the slightest.
Therefore, it is difficult to have any surprises in a duel here.
There are thirty-two special pavilions built on the top of the huge stone wall. As viewing towers, the Qian family has two exclusive seats.
In other words, in every duel held here, only thirty parties can participate in the bet.
Among the five major families in the city, except for the Qian family, the other four families must be among them. The remaining twenty-six seats will be divided among the second and third-rate forces in the city.
In order to enhance the atmosphere of the Contract Showdown, the Contract Showdown is only held late at night.
Regardless of the outcome of this duel, the Li family will move out of Yangyan City due to the mid-grade Yuanshi veins.
The clansmen and all the elders whose families were still in the city did not follow them to the duel.
According to the previous arrangement, as long as Li Yuan and Li Yuan appear at the contract duel, the Ma family will definitely relax their surveillance of the Li family mansion.
They planned to take advantage of the duel to move out of Yangyan City under the escort of the Qian family.
So the only ones going to the duel were Li Yuan, Li Yunqing and Li Yaolong.
Below the contract duel arena, there are several hidden underground passages and secret rooms built to prevent some unexpected situations from happening.
The Qian family specially arranged an underground secret room for Li Yuan and the others, so although they arrived at the duel early, they did not appear in everyone's sight.
"Haha, Li Yuan, Yun Qing, you are here before it gets dark."
Li Yuan and the other three who had just entered the passage to the secret room were waiting for the Qian family to lead the way, when a sweet laughter suddenly sounded from behind.
Li Yuan turned around and saw two acquaintances, Qian Yingke, the daughter of the head of the Qian family, and next to her was Ji Zhenyi, whom Li Yuan had always wanted to thank.
"I've met Miss Qian, Master Ji." Li Yuan turned and cupped his hands and said with a smile.
Qian Yingke nodded, and then said respectfully to Li Yaolong, "Uncle Li."
"I heard that little friend Li Yuan became an alchemist before. Now that he has entered the Void Realm, he should be fully qualified to be a true alchemist."
Ji Zhenyi on the side smiled gently, with approval in his eyes.
"I have to thank Master Ji for giving me the scroll back then." Li Yuan was full of gratitude.
Ji Zhenyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a scroll. Your ability to become an alchemist is entirely due to your own merit."
Li Yuan flicked his fingers, took out a jade bottle, and handed it over: "Under the guidance of the scroll, I began to cultivate soul power and start the path of alchemist. Without that scroll, the master would definitely look down on it. This is a small thing. I sincerely hope that Master won’t dislike it.”
His gratitude was obvious, but he couldn't directly say that it was the scroll's credit. After all, in front of the Qian family, there was an enigmatic master behind him.
"Careful?"
Ji Zhenyi was stunned for a moment, but out of an alchemist's instinct, he was a little curious about the jade bottle and reached out to take it.
"Three Marks into the Void Pill, ten pieces..." After opening the jade bottle, Ji Zhenyi said in shock, "This is too precious, I can't accept it."
Li Yuancuan said: "Hey, I just said that being able to become an alchemist has a lot to do with the master. It's just a few pills, I hope the master won't refuse.
"Master has been at the peak of Yuanli Realm for many years. If he can break through the bottleneck and advance to the Void Realm, he can easily become a Condensing Alchemist with his talent in alchemy."
"This pill is of no use to me." Ji Zhenyi shook his head and said. He had taken the Three Marks Entering the Void Pill several times to attack the Void Realm but failed. Just as Qian Yunpeng said, he had given up.
"The Into the Void Pill can only increase the probability of a breakthrough, but it cannot be 100% successful. Maybe taking one more pill can make the breakthrough successful." Li Yuan said with a slight smile.
"If you hadn't given Yuan'er the scroll back then, he wouldn't have known his master, and he wouldn't have the friendship that the Li family has now. You should accept it." Seeing that Ji Zhenyi was unwilling to accept it, Li Yaolong on the side advised him, and then looked To the woman beside the old man, "Yingke, do you think so?"
Hearing this, Qian Yingke nodded and said, "Old man, just accept it."
"Okay. Thank you, little friend Li Yuan."
Ji Zhenyi thought over and over again and finally accepted the jade bottle.
"There is still some time before the duel begins. Let's go to the secret room first. I will give you a detailed introduction to the Yuan Dan realm experts of the Ma family. After the duel, these people are the ones you need to stay away from."
Seeing the old man accept the jade bottle, Qian Yingke smiled, then his face became serious and he said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Li Yuan and the other three nodded.
Li Yaolong had only met a few Yuan Dan realm experts from the Ma family, and he didn't even know the names of some of them.
In the contract duel arena, the Qian family will protect Li Yuan and Li Yunqing. Once they leave, they will have to face strong enemies on their own.
Under the leadership of Qian Yingke, they passed through several forks in the passage and finally entered a secret room.
The decoration of the secret room is relatively simple, the walls are light gold, there are several framed landscape paintings on them, and there are several mahogany tables and chairs inside.
"Uncle, inside this scroll is the portrait of the powerful person in the Yuan Dan realm of the Ma family that you asked me to find."
After Li Yuan and others sat down in the secret room, Qian Yingke took out a scroll from Yun Jie and explained lightly.
"Thank you." Li Yaolong took the scroll and said gratefully.
"I have never met some of the people above, so let the old man introduce them." Qian Yingke asked Ji Zhenyi to explain to them.
The scroll was unfolded, and Ji Zhenyi began to introduce one by one. Li Yuan and others listened carefully.
Including the seven Keqing elders, the Ma family has a total of fifteen Yuan Dan realm experts.
Except for the patriarch Ma Zhitian and the great elder Ma Zhishan, who are in the middle stage of Yuan Dan realm, the others are all in the early stage of Yuan Dan state.
The second elder Ma Zhiheng, who had fought against Li Yaolong before, was at the peak of his initial cultivation level. The third elder Ma Zhiyan was also at the peak of his initial cultivation level and was also a level-condensing alchemist.
The fourth elder Ma Zhiming, the fifth elder Ma Zhixiang, and the sixth elder Ma Zhiqian are all in the early stage of the Yuan Dan realm, and the fifth elder and the sixth elder are also condensation alchemists.
It is precisely because of the three condensing alchemists, Ma Zhiyan, Ma Zhixiang and Ma Zhiqian, that the Ma family can become the number one alchemist family within a thousand miles.
Although the Seventh Elder Ma Zhihai is only in the early stage of Yuan Dan Realm, he has the strength to fight against Ma Zhishan. He has the power of fire. He is the only genius under the age of 100 among the strong Yuan Dan Realm of the Ma family. He is only fifty-eight this year. He has great hope of reaching Nirvana and is regarded as the Ma family's number one genius under 100 years old.
Such a young Yuan Dan realm powerhouse benefited from the fire bone in his body.
However, his ability to enter the Yuan Dan Realm has something to do with his own talent. After all, the Fire Bone is only a third-class mortal bone. It allows the Yuan to easily advance to the Void Realm, but it does not help much in improving his subsequent cultivation.
Among the Keqing elders, Liu Qianmo is the strongest and the only Keqing elder whose cultivation has reached the peak of the early Yuanli realm.
It is said that she comes from the Xiuyuan family in the Luoyun Mountains bordering the northwest of Daxia, the Luoyun Liu family, but she is not a direct descendant of the Liu family.
Even the Daxia royal family is very afraid of the Luoyunliu family, which has more than a dozen Nirvana realm experts.
Due to physical reasons, Liu Qianmo was unable to practice the Luoyunliu family's ancestral water-attribute skills, so he deigned to come to the Ma family just for the Ma family's fire-attribute skills.
The six Keqing elders, Lu Qizhen, Yan Sudan, Gu Nian, Duan Libo, Xue Han and Zhao Hui, are all in the early stage of Yuan Dan realm.
Ji Zhenyi reminded Li Yuan that they need to pay attention to Duan Libo and Xue Han. It may be that the two of them are approaching their end of life and have no scruples, so they are a little ruthless in doing things.
In addition, Gu Nian is also known as a ruthless character, so he must be paid enough for his work.
Except for these three people, the other four guest elders are not really of the same mind as the Ma family.
After introducing the fifteen Yuan Dan realm masters of the Ma family, Qian Yingke and Ji Zhenyi also talked about some well-known Taxu realm masters among the Ma family.
………
Yangyan City, the Ma family's residence.
Outside the meeting hall, all the elders of the Ma family were present, including seven elders of guest ministers and a total of fifteen Yuan Dan realm powerhouses.
The strength of the Ma family cannot be underestimated. It is indeed the force with the most Yuan Dan realm powerhouses among the five major families in Yangyan City.
In addition to them, there are nearly a hundred people here, all of whom are in the Void Realm.
The Ma family attaches great importance to tonight's contract duel, which is related to the majesty of the Ma family, and is even a matter of life and death.
Ma Zhitian stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "Everyone should know that the Li family, which has not developed in Yangyan City for several years, produced a Yuandan realm strongman ten months ago and became a third-rate force in the city. If we give him more For some time, let a few more of them step into the virtual realm, and their status will be further improved.
"Of course, these are not enough to shake the status of the five major families. It's just that now they have two geniuses. In just five years, their cultivation has improved from the Qi Refining Realm to the Void-Taking Realm."
As soon as these words were said, the expressions of some Ma family members who were not aware of the situation suddenly changed slightly, and an uproar broke out.
Raising his hand slightly to signal everyone to be quiet, Ma Zhitian continued: "With such a genius, we have to admit that he has the potential of the Yuan Dan realm, and it is not an exaggeration to even say that he is in the Nirvana realm. After all, one of them is pregnant with the dragon bone.
"Looking at the children of my Ma family, no one can match them. These two people killed two geniuses of our clan in Yanyan City, and more than 40 people in a camp in the rock mine were killed in the hands of these two people. Our clan suffered heavy losses and lost all face. Although these two men were extremely talented, they were extremely cruel to the Ma family members.
"If it is allowed to grow, it will definitely lead to the destruction of the Ma family. Tonight, we sent Ma Jianyang and Ma Junrui to fight with them in a two-on-two contract, and signed a life-and-death pledge to kill them.
"Rui'er, Ma Jianyang, are you ready?"
Ma Zhitian turned sideways and looked at Ma Jianyang and Ma Junrui.
"Clan leader, you're ready." The two bowed.
"In tonight's contract duel, let Ma Jianyang appear. Even if he wins, it will be a bit of a defeat. But you must go all out to kill those two people to avoid future troubles.
"Ma Jianyang, you don't need to hold back. In the final analysis, you were not decisive enough three years ago. If you had killed him directly back then, what could the Lord's Palace of Yanyan City do to my Ma family?" Ma Zhitian shouted.
"The lesson learned from the patriarch is that I was indeed negligent back then. Please rest assured, patriarch, I will take the heads of those two people tonight."
Ma Jianyang also felt bitter in his heart. He had been very decisive in taking action back then, but he was not a strong man in the Yuan Dan realm, and his intentions were insufficient.
At this moment, a coldness appeared on his face, and he vowed to avenge his shame.
Ma Zhitian nodded, and said loudly to the nearly a hundred strong people in the Ma family's Void Realm: "You are all the elites of the family, and your cultivation is not weak. You are responsible for waiting outside the duel tonight. Once that happens, The two of them survived by chance, as long as they are not protected by a Yuan Dan realm strongman, they will kill them with all their strength."
"Yes." Nearly a hundred Ma family disciples responded at the same time, shouting loudly.
"The Jiang family will also send people to cooperate with you tonight. We must not let them survive." Ma Zhitian turned to look at the elders of the Ma family, "Zhishan, Zhiheng, Zhiyan, Zhiming, Zhihai, Qianmo and Qizhen The two elders stayed behind in the clan to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation. The seven of you, Zhixiang, Zhiqian, Elder Gu, Elder Duan, Elder Xue, Elder Zhao and Elder Sudan, will go with me to the contract duel venue.
"If those two people are still alive after the duel is over, even if they are in the duel field, they will take action if they have the opportunity. As long as we kill them first, those Yuan Dan realm experts hired by the Qian family at high prices will not take too many actions. "
Hearing this, all the elders nodded.
Li Yuan and Li Yunqing are horribly talented in cultivation. The former is also pregnant with the Dragon Bone. If they don't get rid of it as soon as possible, they will have trouble sleeping and eating.
Ma Zhitian nodded slightly, turned around, and continued: "If you miss tonight, the Qian family is bound by the contract and can legitimately protect the two of them. If you want to take action again, it will be difficult to find an opportunity. Therefore, Li Yuan must be killed tonight With Li Yunqing. Let’s go!”
Following his order, a team of hundreds of people left Ma Mansion and headed to the contract duel arena.
When people on the street saw the Ma family's team, they all pointed.
From the Ma family's point of view, with Ma Jianyang, who has perfected the Void Realm, winning this duel is a sure thing.
Everyone's thoughts are the same as those of the Ma family, but some people are unhappy with Li Jiaming.
Ma Jianyang had broken through to the late stage of the Void Realm many years ago, and Ma Junrui was even more famous among the younger generation in Yangyan City.
This matchup was an unfair one from the start.
………
At the contract duel venue, all thirty-two viewing buildings were full.
In the pavilion where the Ma family is located, Ma Jianyang and Ma Junrui sit quietly waiting for the duel to begin.
All the forces in the other pavilions have set their sights on the two pavilions where the Qian family is located. At this moment, except for the Qian family and those powerful people hired at high prices, there is no one from the Li family.
"Are they afraid?"
"Isn't it possible? I heard that the Li family bet two of their juniors to win with 50,000 middle-grade Yuan stones."
"In a contract duel, there is no limit to how much you can bet. But the odds are 8 to 1 for the Li family."
"The Ma family pays two to one. It seems that everyone doesn't think highly of the Li family."
"Is it that low?"
"There is no way. Although the two talents of the Li family are extremely terrifying, Ma Jianyang of the Ma family is a strong person in the late stage of the Tuxing Realm who has been famous for many years. It is said that he has broken through to the perfect level of the Tuxing Realm last month. There is a huge difference in cultivation between the two sides. Even if Ma Junrui doesn't take action, Ma Jianyang can equalize one with two, and everyone is optimistic about the Ma family."
With the discussions between all parties, the time for the start of the showdown is getting closer and closer.
