#279 - Chapter 279 A seemingly fair competition

The next day, early in the morning.

After calming his mind, Mu Qianyuan went down to preside over the competition.

Many people from various sects had arrived, and there were nearly four hundred participants in the Lianyun Continent competition.

With over four hundred participants, only ten would ultimately emerge victorious.

Even so, many people still flocked to it like ducks to water.

After landing, Mu Qianyuan glanced at the crowd and slowly said, "This Lianyun Continent competition will be divided into five rounds."

"Each round will eliminate half of the participants, and the final round will be divided into two stages."

"Each person will only have one chance, and once eliminated in a round, they will lose their opportunity!"

Mu Qianyuan's voice was cold, giving everyone a sense of urgency.

Only one chance!

Mu Qianyuan scanned everyone and continued, "The first round of the competition will be a team battle. Each team must have a minimum of five members and a maximum of seven members."

"Once you have formed your teams, come here to draw a flag!"

As Mu Qianyuan finished speaking, many disciples began to form teams.

Lin Yaoyao, Xiaobai, and the other five directly formed a team, submitted their names, and went up to draw a flag.

Mu Qianqian stepped forward to submit their names and drew a blue flag from the box.

Following that, those who had formed teams went up to draw flags, some drawing red flags and others drawing blue flags.

Whether it was good luck or something else, the Xinghe Sect drew all blue flags.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the flag drawing was over.

Those who drew red flags stood on the left, and those who drew blue flags stood on the right.

Mu Qianyuan surveyed the crowd and said, "The rules of the competition are simple: those who drew blue flags must snatch red flags, and those who drew red flags must snatch blue flags."

"Only by collecting one blue flag and one red flag can you advance to the next round of the competition."

After saying that, Mu Qianyuan waved his hand, and entrances appeared on the left and right sides.

"This competition will take place in the Primitive Dense Forest, with a time limit of five hours. If you fail to gather the flags within the time limit, you will be directly eliminated," Mu Qianyuan said directly.

As the cave entrances opened, many people scrambled to pass through them and enter the dense forest.

After they entered, the two cave entrances merged into one, transforming into a giant glass sphere.

The sphere was half red and half blue, displaying the Primitive Dense Forest and the participating disciples inside.

Ye Kong lay on the spirit boat, and seeing the location where Lin Yaoyao and the others landed, he knew that they were guaranteed to win.

Whether it was random teleportation or deliberate manipulation, the location where Lin Yaoyao and the others landed was relatively hidden, and there was a red flag team not far away, with one fewer member than Lin Yaoyao's team.

The strength of those six people was also average, and Xiaobai could easily deal with them without Lin Yaoyao even needing to take action.

Ye Kong looked at Lin Yaoyao and the others, then looked at the serious-faced Mu Qianyuan, and shook his head with a smile.

This competition looked fair, but with Mu Qianyuan manipulating things behind the scenes, who could tell if it was truly fair?

Ye Kong closed his eyes and lay on the rocking chair to sleep. Five hours was plenty of time.

Luo Yangtian stood in front of Ye Kong, facing away from him.

"Your disciples are about to encounter the enemy, and you're not worried at all?" Luo Yangtian asked.

"What am I worried about? It's not like they lack strength," Ye Kong said indifferently.

In the Primitive Dense Forest.

Lin Yaoyao and the other six were searching for targets in the dense forest.

Xiaobai rode on Erha's back, carrying the blue flag, and yawned lazily.

"I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when you've resolved things!" Xiaobai said, patting Erha's head.

Erha's size instantly doubled, allowing Xiaobai to lie down and sleep.

Xiaobai used the blue flag as a mattress and lay down to sleep soundly.

The first round of the competition was a piece of cake for them.

Anyone other than Ji Changsheng could win with ease.

He only needed to be responsible for guarding the flag.

"Erha, go ahead and lead the way to find people," Lin Yaoyao instructed.

"Woof woof," Erha barked and walked ahead to lead the way.

Lin Yaoyao took out a carriage from her storage ring, put it on Erha's head, and sat directly in the carriage.

"Xiaoqing, Qianqian, sit inside with me. Xiaoyao, Wuxin, you two sit in front to drive the carriage. Changsheng, you go sit in the back to watch the road," Lin Yaoyao called out.

"Okay."

The others responded and followed her into the carriage.

With the carriage as transportation, everyone was much more relaxed and comfortable.

While others were nervously and excitedly searching for people and hiding, Lin Yaoyao and the others directly sat in the carriage, swaggering down the road as if afraid that others wouldn't notice them.

Luo Yangtian glanced at Lin Yaoyao and the others, then looked at Ye Kong lying on the rocking chair, feeling utterly speechless.

"This is Ye Kong's fate," Luo Yangtian said speechlessly.

If he could lie down, he wouldn't stand; if he could sleep, he wouldn't stay awake; if he could be a salted fish, he wouldn't turn over. That was Ye Kong.

The key was that his disciples seemed to be learning the bad habits as well.

A competition that was supposed to be serious and intense was turned into a spring outing by them.

Mu Qianyuan looked at the Earth Mother beside Ye Kong, and thinking of her identity, his heart was filled with shock.

The key was that he saw Ye Kong lying on the rocking chair sleeping, and the Earth Mother was fanning him with a fan, just like a maid.

What... was going on?

The dignified Earth Mother was actually serving Ye Kong?

This made Mu Qianyuan's jaw drop.

If he hadn't investigated last night, he wouldn't have known that the ancestor, Yan, did indeed have a nickname called Old Blind Man, but no one dared to call him that. Those who dared to call him that were either close to him or older than him.

And Ling was the Earth Mother's name, and it was bestowed upon her by Hong, the ruler of heaven and earth.

If he weren't a star gazer who knew ancient secrets, he might not have known these things.

However, Mu Qianyuan didn't expect that the dignified Earth Mother would actually serve Ye Kong, which truly filled him with shock.

"It seems that Ye Kong is not simple," Mu Qianyuan said softly.

He looked at Ye Wuxin driving the carriage in the Primitive Dense Forest.

"If I'm not mistaken, he used to be a monk, right?" Mu Qianyuan said softly.

"Monks have long been extinct. He should be the last one, right?"

"Where did he come from?" Mu Qianyuan closed his eyes and calculated Ye Wuxin's origins.

Suddenly, a sword light flashed in his mind, making his eyes light up, and blood flowed from his eyes, temporarily blinding him.

Mu Qianyuan hurriedly cut off the calculation, which prevented him from going completely blind.

Mu Qianyuan turned his back, wiped the bloodstains from his face, and dared not continue to calculate.

It was too deadly.

The sword light just now made him feel terrified.

Fortunately, it wasn't trying to kill him, otherwise his soul would have been strangled in an instant.

"Ye Kong's disciples are too terrifying. I can't calculate them," Mu Qianyuan was somewhat fearful.

He had originally planned to calculate Ji Changsheng and Ye Qingjun after calculating Ye Wuxin. Ji Changsheng and Ye Qingjun's luck were no weaker than Ye Wuxin's, proving that they were all about the same.

But now, he didn't dare to calculate them.

If he calculated them, he would be completely severely injured.

Ye Wuxin was the Buddha, Ji Changsheng was the Daoist, and Ye Qingjun was the Demon Emperor's son. The identities of the three of them were stronger than the other.

If he calculated them, he wouldn't even need Ye Kong to restrict him; someone would naturally find Mu Qianyuan through the karmic connection.

In the Primitive Dense Forest.

Lin Yaoyao and the others walked ostentatiously, and soon attracted people to observe them in secret.

"There are only seven people, and there is still a little brat. They have blue flags in their hands."

"The trap is ready and we can strike at any time."

"Okay, wait for them to fall into the trap and then we'll snatch the flags!"

In order to ensure nothing went wrong, they also set up a trap.