1528: C1528 Start of Martial Arts Competition

C1528 Start of Martial Arts Competition

Not long after, Lin Long returned to the Imperial Palace.

As soon as he returned to the An Ruo Palace, he saw the Seventh Princess.

"Guard Tang, you came back pretty fast this time." Seeing that Lin Long returned so quickly, the Seventh Princess was a little surprised.

"I got lucky this time and got what I wanted." Lin Long smiled indifferently.

"You said earlier that it was a high grade Profound Rank martial skill. Is that true?" Thinking about what Lin Long had said before, the Seventh Princess couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Lin Long nodded.

"Then show it to me, princess." Seventh Princess quickly replied.

Lin Long took out the < Raging Sword Art > casually.

Seeing Lin Long taking it out without a single bit of heartache, Seventh Princess could not help but ask, "Is this for real?"

In her opinion, if it was really a high-grade Profound Rank martial skill, Lin Long would definitely be hiding it well.

"It's true." Lin Long smiled indifferently.

Seventh Princess still had a look of disbelief, and after that, she took it and started reading through it seriously.

After taking a look, his face revealed a surprised expression, because this seemed to be a high-grade Profound Rank sword skill.

"Guard Tang, I didn't expect you to be so capable. You can even so easily obtain a sword skill like this." Seventh Princess could not help but size Lin Long up.

"That's true. If you don't have the ability, how could you become Seventh Princess's personal guard?" Lin Long laughed.

"Here, return it to you." With that, Seventh Princess handed the book back to Lin Long.

"Don't you want to see?" Seeing that the Seventh Princess had returned it like that, Lin Long was somewhat surprised.

"This sword skill looks like it's got a headache. What's more, the sword skill that I've already cultivated is not much worse than your sword skill." The Seventh Princess said.

Hearing her words, Lin Long was relieved, he had sparred with Seventh Princess before and naturally knew that her sword technique was good.

Seventh Princess's eyes turned as she suddenly said, "Oh, guard Tang. These few days, this princess has thought about it and has new requirements for you."

"What request?" Lin Long's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, as a bad premonition rose from the bottom of his heart.

"It's like this. As this princess' guard, it doesn't seem right for you to only be required to enter the top eight." Seventh Princess said.

Sure enough, this was not a good thing. Lin Long, who was thinking like this, immediately asked, "What do you think?"

"This princess feels that no matter what, you have to be number one. Otherwise, I'm really sorry for your strength." Seventh Princess said as if it was a matter of course.

Lin Long's face darkened, "That's not right, Princess, you're asking for too much, how can I do that?"

"In any case, this princess doesn't care. If you don't take first place, don't blame this princess for being impolite!" Seventh Princess said with a stern face.

"Alright, this guard is lying right here. Whatever you want to do, I won't participate in the martial arts competition." Lin Long just threw caution to the wind.

"You dare? Do you believe that I won't turn you into a eunuch?" Seventh Princess opened her eyes wide.

"Then do it. This guard will definitely not resist." Lin Long said with an expressionless face.

These words made Seventh Princess so angry that she placed her hand on her waist and with a short sword, she pulled out his sword and pulled out a crack on Lin Long's sword.

After a while, Seventh Princess revealed a harmless smile.

"Guard Tang, this princess has changed her mind again." Seventh Princess smiled sweetly.

"Hmm?"

In the next moment, Seventh Princess's face darkened. She said coldly, "This princess has decided, if you don't take first place, this princess will tell royal father about you bathing together in the wooden barrel. What will I do when I see you?"

This, seemed to be a bit too cruel, hearing this, Lin Long's face twitched.

He believed that this Seventh Princess would really be able to do it. When the time came, if Emperor Wu Xuanran really knew about it, he would even want to skin him alive.

"Fine, you win. I'll promise you that. However, I'll declare in advance that I'll only be able to fight for the championship. There's no guarantee that I'll get first place." Lin Long was speechless.

"No, you must take first place, or we'll meet at royal father's place!" With that, Seventh Princess turned and left, as if he had won a battle.

Lin Long could only go back to his room gloomily.

It should have been fine for him to be in the top eight, but if he were to be first, the pressure on him would have been greatly increased.

Of course, with Lin Long's strength, it would be easy for him to get first place. Only, with this, he wouldn't be able to keep a low profile like before.

Following that, Lin Long continued to work hard to cultivate and research the Rune wood man.

Unknowingly, it was the day of the competition. In the past few days, Lin Long's strength had increased a little, but, there was still no progress in studying the wood man runes.

When the day came, Lin Long followed the youth who participated in the competition to the palace's training grounds.

There were more than a hundred people participating in the competition this time, making Lin Long a little surprised. However, after thinking about it, he understood that this was a Groom Search Competition organized by the Emperor, if there were too few people, the Emperor would not even have any face.

It was also because of this that so many people had come to participate even though they knew there was no hope of winning first place. Of course, the emperor had also promised that everyone who came would get a reward.

Over a hundred people were divided into four groups. Each group had nearly thirty people, and in the end, only two people from each group could enter the final eight.

The competition between the same groups was a elimination system. Whoever lost would be eliminated immediately.

On the huge training field, there were eight battling platforms. Each group took up two battling platforms.

The Emperor and the rest were sitting outside of the main hall at the front of the training grounds. The main representative of this competition, Seventh Princess, was also there.

She didn't wear a veil on her face, and just like that, her peerless appearance was revealed in front of everyone's eyes.

Upon seeing her peerless appearance, the crowd was filled with admiration.

"Seventh Princess is so beautiful, you can only look from afar and not take offense." Some even said such words.

"Scolding? Keep your voice down. If others hear it, you might lose your head! " The person beside him immediately reminded him.

This made the person before him shut up. At the same time, he looked around to make sure that no one other than his friends could hear him before letting out a sigh of relief.

Seventh Princess, you must be mine, Lin Guanghan! On the training grounds, Lin Guanghan who was surrounded by a few people had such a thought.

Suddenly, he noticed that Seventh Princess was looking at a certain direction. Furthermore, her originally expressionless face suddenly revealed a mischievous smile.

Who was the one who made Seventh Princess happy?

He immediately followed Seventh Princess's gaze and looked over. After a glance, his face immediately became gloomy, because the person Seventh Princess was looking at was obviously Seventh Princess's bodyguard, Tang Li.

For a moment, he was jealous.

He, who had always been secretly paying attention to Lin Long, naturally knew that Lin Long had also registered to participate in this competition.

Furthermore, he also knew that the reason Lin Long was able to participate in the competition was all because of the Seventh Princess.

Brat, a mere guard dares to participate in the competition, at that time, I, Lin Guanghan, will let you know what regret is! Lin Guanghan coldly said in his heart.

After confirming that Lin Long was participating in the competition, he had already thought of a method to deal with Lin Long.

Furthermore, he had fought with Lin Long before, so he did not think that Lin Long's strength was powerful at all.

He originally wanted to let Lin Long realize the consequences of going against him after the competition began, but now, he couldn't hold back anymore, so after looking for a few times, he immediately walked towards Lin Long.

Very quickly, he brought a few people in front of Lin Long.

"Tang Li, it seems like we haven't seen each other for a long time!" Lin Guanghan said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"So it's the Lin Gongzi. I wonder what's the matter?" Lin Long smiled indifferently.

"Nothing much, I just wanted to tell you that participating in this competition is your mistake. Later, I, Lin Guanghan, will let you know what cruelty is!" Lin Guanghan said proudly.

"Oh, Lin Gongzi, do you really have to find a way to go against me?" Lin Long said.

"Tsk tsk, with your strength, you aren't worthy of this young master spending so much effort on." Lin Guanghan laughed.

"That's right, with your little strength, you want Lin Gongzi to help you?"

"Of course, it's possible for you to enter the top eight if you have the ability. But the problem is, where would you get that ability?"

"Kid, I'm afraid you won't even make it past the first round."

Lin Gongzi had already planned for this long, he will be eliminated in the next round.

The people around Lin Guanghan also started to ridicule him.

After showing off, these people finally left. If it wasn't for the Emperor on top, they would have already laughed out loud.

After everyone had left, a person suddenly walked over to Lin Long's side, and said: "Young Master Tang, how did you offend this Lin Guanghan?"

Lin Long turned his head to look and discovered that it was Yan Sheng whom he had met last time.

"It was just an accident." Lin Long smiled lightly.

Seeing Lin Long not putting this matter to heart, Yan Sheng was naturally surprised.

Lin Long continued, "Young Master Yan, you are also participating in this competition?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. I know I'm not strong enough, but my father insisted that I participate." Yan Sheng shrugged.

"It seems like we're still in the same group." Seeing the other side standing in the same area as him, Lin Long said.

"Yeah, I'm also in the fourth group." Yan Sheng nodded.

"Then if we meet later, please show mercy, Young Master Yan."

"Young Master Tang, you must be joking. I'm not your match." Yan Sheng quickly waved his hands.

While the two of them were talking, the voice of a eunuch sounded in front of them. "This time, the person who has obtained first place will be able to marry the beautiful and kind Seventh Princess. Everyone, please stand around the corresponding stage according to your group."

After the time it took to make a cup of tea, his voice sounded again, "Alright, let the competition begin now!"

After that, on the fighting stage in front of Lin Long, a eunuch with Level Four Warrior invited the young master of this group to come up onto the stage.2

Lin Long and the rest did not know what to do, but they still jumped up to the stage.

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