The Birth of Sword God

Chapter 371 - 331: Contention for Champion, Life-and-Death Duel!

In front of the courtyard, Mo Qingmei looked at Chu Huaixu, listening to his promises, and couldn’t help but feel her pupils tremble slightly.

As a Daoist Steward, she was undoubtedly a capable and strong woman.

Recently, she had been busy moving back and forth, not expressing excessive emotions.

Yet for some reason, at this moment, her eyes suddenly felt a bit sore.

She actually did not know what Chu Huaixu intended to do, nor did she understand what he was able to do.

In fact, her first reaction at this moment was to tell him: "It is already good that you have the heart for this. But do not be reckless, and do not... harm yourself."

Mo Qingmei was very afraid that he would do something dangerous.

Chu Huaixu looked at her, feeling warmth in his heart.

All along, he hadn’t interacted much privately with Steward Mo.

But he could sense that she genuinely cared for him.

Therefore, he could only nod in response.

With this, the Daoist Sect’s team grandly marched toward the Martial Arts Arena.

Even though there was still some time before the competition started, the place was already packed tightly.

Among the crowd were some Great Cultivators and high-ranking officials from the Moon Country.

The competition for the Profound Yellow Leader was the main event.

Even His Majesty the Emperor was personally present, showcasing its grandeur.

There’s no helping it; after all, the fundamental purpose of this competition always revolves around the Origin Spirit Realm, which is of utmost importance.

Moreover, even the Ancestor Emperor participated personally, how could a disrespectful junior not come from the Imperial Palace to support the event?

It’s lucky they haven’t made you watch it on your knees!

And as soon as Chu Huaixu appeared, he instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

As usual, the people of the Moon Country truly resented him.

Cold scoffs echoed, many spat in secret, and disdainful glances were countless.

Yet, this young man in a black and gold robe remained composed in the face of such circumstances.

He began imitating the disgraceful manner of his own ancestor, wearing a haughty expression, being utterly arrogant.

Amusingly, Chu Huaixu held considerable prestige among his Daoist peers.

At this moment, if anyone glared at him, the Daoist disciples would glare back...

Snowflakes continued falling from the sky.

On the high platform, the assembled cultivation giants grew in number.

Cheng Yuyan, holding a folding fan, had arrived early.

Despite the snowy weather, he kept fanning incessantly.

This world’s number one Loose Cultivator had always been curious about what Chu Huaixu’s scheme was.

Undoubtedly, the answer would be revealed today.

"How interesting; who would’ve thought this competition would turn out so intriguing!"

"It was worthwhile coming here," Cheng the Scholar thought.

He looked directly at Chu Huaixu, intuition telling him something significant would happen today.

In fact, he had vaguely guessed what this young lad was about to do.

However, he couldn’t help but wonder: "Is there really feasibility in this?"

He felt that Chu Huaixu might not succeed.

At this moment, Jiang Zhi and others arrived, descending onto the high platform.

Cheng Yuyan stood up and willingly sat beside him.

"Elder Jiang, as the show is about to start, why not brief me a little?" Cheng Yuyan lightly shook his fan and asked.

"What? Want me to narrate a story?" Jiang Zhi coldly glanced at him.

Yet seeing him voluntarily sit beside him, Jiang Zhi asked, "You’re a clever man, perhaps the smartest person here."

"Knowing the show is about to start, are you sure you want to sit next to me?" He said with implied meaning.

Cheng Yuyan immediately displayed a slightly aggrieved expression, exclaimed: "Elder Jiang, what do you mean by that! I regard Elder Hong as half a mentor, and besides, Cheng knows he owes the Daoist Sect a great favor."

"This seat, others may not be able to sit in it, but I surely must!" He winked at Jiang Zhi.

The Daoist Junior Martial Uncle looked at him, bewildered whether he was speaking sensibly or nonsensically, merely snorted and ignored him.

This ultimate killer embryo was worst at dealing with people like Cheng Yuyan.

Only Chu Yinyin straightforwardly said, as the old girl listened to his words, "Hey! Don’t let your words be empty!"

"Chu Elder jokes, Cheng is surely not one who speaks without honor," Cheng Yuyan continued smiling.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the Old State Preceptor Ming Xuanji arrived, Cheng the Scholar immediately turned, began lightly fanning and admiring the snow, without saying another word.

This made the old girl involuntarily roll her eyes slightly.

Soon thereafter, the Mountain Master of the Cultivation Hall, Zhuge Boyue, also arrived.

Alongside him came the Blade Holder of the Moon Country’s First Major Sect, "World Mountain," Li Fu, a Ninth Realm powerhouse.

This person cultivated to the Ninth Realm Second Heaven, older than Cheng Yuyan, seemed taciturn and not tall in stature.

Judging from appearance and aura alone, one couldn’t tell he was a Ninth Realm powerhouse.

As such, later when the National Guardian accompanied the Moon Emperor, it meant the Moon Country had four Ninth Realm powerhouses attending this competition!

Such a lineup is unprecedented!

Not long after, the Sword Venerable and Tianluo arrived one after another.

On the East Continent’s Mirror Country side, although the arriving figures were influential Great Cultivators, visibly only Tianluo in the Ninth Realm.

Even though Jiang Zhi, who had fallen in realm, and the Sword Venerable, who hadn’t reached the Ninth Realm, their personal combat power would rival ordinary Ninth Realm cultivators, they didn’t have numerical superiority.

Suddenly, a stream of light traversed the sky.

The barefoot Female State Preceptor landed on the high platform, sitting beside Ming Xuanji.

She glanced down, instantly spotting Chu Huaixu standing side by side with Han Shuangjiang.

For some reason, she couldn’t help but scrutinize this cool-tempered young woman.

"Truly an exceptionally rare beauty in the human world." She mused in her heart.

Such celestial beauty, even for someone as worldly as her, was rarely encountered.

"Chu Huaixu having such a Dao companion is truly fortunate," she couldn’t help but think.

Then a while later, the Heir of Prince Rui Qin Xuexiao arrived "fashionably late."

Upon his arrival, it’s as if stars surrounded the moon.

Below, the numerous Moon Country cultivators and aristocrats were immensely enthusiastic.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you must win the competition!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, give that Chu Huaixu a good lesson!"

"The position of Profound Yellow Leader is surely within your grasp, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Qin Xuexiao walked forward, nodding slightly to the crowd as he passed.

The petite Lin Zixuan followed behind him, not walking beside him, as it was against the rules.

Looking at so many people around, she felt that if she were her Brother Prince, the pressure would be immense.

Sometimes, the so-called expectations of everyone can turn into a heavy burden on one’s back.

Due to the large gathering at the Martial Arts Arena, the scene was unusually noisy.

Old State Preceptor Ming Xuanji, sitting on the high platform, suddenly stood up, mobilized the spiritual power within his body, and his voice spread throughout the audience:

"Silence! Welcome His Majesty!"

[National Guardian] Xiahou Yue escorted the Moon Emperor to the Martial Arts Arena.

All the Moon Country people began to salute.

Even Sword Venerable and others politely stood up and saluted.

This elderly man, already looking very aged, was said to be standing at the pinnacle of power in the entire Profound Yellow Realm.

After all, in the Mirror Country over there, the court’s power was waning, and the Four Great Sects held more influence than the court, but there were four sects.

However, the Moon Country was the royal family’s Moon Country, it was his Moon Country!

But now, Jiang Zhi and others already knew that the Ancestor Emperor was still alive....

This changed some of their opinions.

After the Moon Emperor took the main seat, he said nothing.

National Guardian Xiahou Yue sat beside him.

There was still about half an incense stick’s time before the official start of the leader’s struggle.

However, Chu Huaixu began to slowly stand up, lightly tapped his toe, and leaped onto the platform.

On the other side, standing below the platform, Qin Xuexiao’s brow suddenly furrowed.

This sudden scene was very much like the pre-contest, where he abruptly stood up and exposed Niu Yuanshan’s identity! And in front of everyone, he implied that Chu Huaixu was also a spy for the Moon Country.

"What is he up to!" The Heir of Prince Rui’s eyes narrowed.

More absurdly, due to Chu Huaixu’s poor image in the hearts of the Moon Country people, just by stepping onto the platform without doing anything, he was already met with a chorus of boos.

Among the boos were also quite a few curses and pointing fingers.

This young man holding a sword scabbard channeled the spiritual power within his body, making his voice roll like thunder, and it exploded in the Martial Arts Arena!

"Everyone shut your mouths!"

This sudden shout indeed left most of the audience dumbfounded, plunging the scene into brief dead silence.

Yet, the next moment brought an even stronger backlash!

Initially, there were plenty of Great Cultivators in the Fifth and even Sixth Realm among the audience, and a large number of Moon Country nobles.

Currently, our Moon Country’s four Ninth Realm powerhouses were sitting on the high platform!

The Moon Emperor himself was here!

And you still dare to be so arrogant!

Curses came from all directions, echoing in the sky.

This made the Moon Emperor sitting on the high platform frown slightly.

Little did they know, this was exactly what Chu Huaixu wanted!

Fortunately, the competition had its own rules, and with so many powerhouses and the Moon Emperor present, no one rushed onto the platform in anger.

And under the curses of tens of thousands, Chu Huaixu once again channeled spiritual power within his body and spoke again like thunder.

He raised his black sword scabbard and pointed it at the Heir of Prince Rui on the other side of the platform, his voice filled with indignation as he shouted:

"Qin Xuexiao!!!"

This loud roar even made the surrounding curses significantly quieter, and many Moon Country people instinctively shut their mouths and pricked up their ears.

What the hell is this Chu Huaixu up to!

"Two months ago, I didn’t know what leverage you had, but you openly slandered Daoist Steward Niu Yuanshan as your Moon Country spy! Forcing him to confess and insinuating about me, eventually driving him to public suicide!"

"I, Chu Huaixu, was encountered by Elder Li Chunsong, who brought me into the Daoist Sect! Entrusting Steward Niu with looking after me in the Outer Sect!"

"Steward Niu was highly respected in the Outer Sect, loved by Daoist disciples, and treated me like family, and I saw him as an uncle!"

"As for your ulterior motives, those disgraceful schemes, and what happened after I entered the Emperor’s Pool, I give you Moon Country some face and won’t mention for now!"

"But——!"

This word "but" was like the clash of metal, shocking the eardrums of everyone present!

"You killed Steward Niu, and I must avenge him with blood!"

Chu Huaixu raised his left hand and cut a blood mark on his palm with his sword qi.

The whole place was in an uproar, and everyone realized what he was about to do!

Qin Xuexiao’s eyelids even started to twitch uncontrollably.

Standing behind him, Lin Zixuan couldn’t help but part her lips slightly, her mind stirred by shockwaves, not expecting the situation to escalate to this!

——This is a death duel pact!

In the several-hundred-year history of the East and West Continent Competition, this is the first time such a horrific situation has appeared in the leader’s struggle!

Chu Huaixu continued to point his sword scabbard at him from afar: "Qin Xuexiao!!!"

"You, dignified as the Moon Country Crown Prince, of noble blood!"

"Today, in front of these countless citizens of your Moon Country——"

The sword scabbard swept across, cutting through the vast sea of spectators:

"In front of your Moon Country Emperor on the high platform——"

The sword scabbard pointed to the sky, then turned to point at him:

"Right here on this platform of the leader’s struggle!"

His voice suddenly elevated to the peak, ringing like an enormous bell:

"Today you and I will not only determine superiority but also life and death!"

"Do you——"

"Dare to accept!!!"

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