137: The man who mocked the Liu family appeared
The first to enter was a Level Three Martial Artist from the Hua Family's younger generation; he was only one Qi Vortex away from reaching Level Four, so his strength was not to be underestimated.
His opponent, however, was a Martial Artist from the Xiao Family who had just entered Level Three, with three fewer Qi Vortexes than the Hua Family junior, showing how vast the difference was.
Yet, the final result of this match was a victory for the Xiao Family junior.
This made many people inwardly sigh, feeling that this year's Four Clan Tournament, while ostensibly about strength, was actually about social connections.
"Liu Ming, after they finish this round, it'll be your turn. Fight well, and if you really can't win, just surrender. Don't push yourself, understand?"
Liu Ming was due to compete in a few more matches, so Liu XinFan, worried about him, reminded him twice.
"Don't worry, Brother Ah Fan, I won't push myself." Liu Ming nodded, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.
By the time Liu Ming entered the arena, it was already the third round.
Two rounds of matches had already taken place, a total of eight matches, with the results being: Xiao Family two wins, Wang Family one win and one loss, Hua Family one win and one loss, and Liu Family two losses.
Liu Yancheng was grim-faced, unable to smile.
Meanwhile, the Hua Family Head was still mocking him: "Oh, Old Liu, what's wrong with your Liu Family this time? You're completely out of form, you've lost two matches in a row."
"Tsk, tsk, it seems that without your family's Ling'er, things just aren't working. The other juniors are also out of form. I guess this time, you'll be in last place."
The Wang Family Head also shook his head.
Liu Yancheng was anxious, but he still needed to save face and couldn't let these two old men laugh at him, so he said, "What's the rush? We've only finished two rounds, haven't we? It'll be our Liu Family's turn to win in the next round."
Actually, after learning that the other three families were ganging up against the Liu Family, Liu Yancheng no longer cared about the outcome of this Tournament; he was anxious because the person who promised to help the Liu Family overcome this crisis had not yet appeared.
The Wang Family Head and the Hua Family Head exchanged glances and said nothing more.
What was the point of saying more, or mocking Liu Yancheng a few times? The Liu Family was about to be destroyed anyway.
At that time, whether Liu Yancheng could survive was still up in the air.
Liu Ming entered the arena, his opponent this round was a junior from the Xiao Family, a Level Three Martial Artist, just like Liu Ming. There wasn't much difference between them.
"Match start!"
With the referee's command, the two people in the arena moved.
Liu Ming knew that the Liu Family was already behind, so he was determined to win this match.
On the other side, the Xiao Family participant was also unwilling to concede an easy victory to someone else, especially someone from the Liu Family, so he would hold nothing back.
"Liu Ming, you can do it!"
Below the stage, several juniors from the Liu Family cheered for Liu Ming.
But the Xiao Family juniors all insulted them: "It's a guaranteed loss, I really don't know how clueless you all are, still running here to shout encouragement, hehe."
"None of your business?"
"Whether it's my business or not, you're all going to lose."
"You're the one who's going to lose!"
"..."
In the arena, Liu Ming and the Xiao Family participant fought together. After a few rounds, Liu Ming figured out his opponent's moves.
So he began to counterattack.
"Bang!"
The Xiao Family contestant was actually sent flying to the ground by Liu Ming's punch, a scene that shocked everyone present.
"How is this possible?" The Xiao Family juniors, who had just been sour about the Liu Family, all showed expressions of disbelief.
Even the referee, who was watching from the side, was extremely surprised; he had never expected the Xiao Family to lose.
Just like in the previous two rounds, the people from the Hua Family and the Wang Family were not actually inferior to the Xiao Family's contestants, but they simply hadn't exerted their full strength, clearly allowing the Xiao Family to win on purpose.
But this Liu Ming... "Referee, I won, why aren't you announcing the result?" Liu Ming asked the referee when he saw his opponent couldn't get up from the ground.
The referee was a bit troubled and looked up at the several clan elders and family heads seated above.
None of the family heads spoke, only Liu Yancheng stood up and laughed, "Excellent! Liu Ming, you won this match against the Xiao Family, finally giving our Liu Family a good start. I will reward you heavily later!"
Liu Ming was very happy: "Thank you, Family Head!"
Seeing that things had come to this, the referee had no choice but to announce: "In this match, Liu Ming wins, and the Liu Family scores one point."
"That's great!" Liu Ming came down, saying happily.
"You actually won! We won against the Xiao Family!"
"Yes, Liu Ming, you're truly amazing!"
"You've brought great honor to our Liu Family!"
The Liu Family juniors were all very happy, but Liu XinFan remained worried.
Liu Ming's victory against the Xiao Family this time, he wondered if it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Liu Yancheng finally showed a hint of a smile. Although he no longer cared about the outcome of this Tournament, being able to make the Xiao Family suffer a setback before the end was still a good thing.
As Liu Yancheng happily looked around, he suddenly noticed a person appearing in his line of sight, and then his pupils rapidly contracted.
Because this person was the androgynous individual who had promised to help the Liu Family overcome this crisis!
...In the forest, Lin Feng was checking the progress of items sold:
[The train's current sales progress for Sheng Wu Dan (4/10), Healing Pill (4/10), cultivation techniques (2/4), train exclusive water (18/30).]
He hadn't expected that the train exclusive water, which he initially thought would be the hardest to sell, was now selling the fastest.
It was already eighteen bottles; in just four more days, he could complete all the pre-upgrade train exclusive water progress.
Only two cultivation techniques hadn't been sold yet, and he didn't know when they would all be sold.
As for items like Sheng Wu Dan and Healing Pill, he had no trouble selling them here.
It was simply a matter of waiting for his passengers to save up enough money.
The morning rush hour of passengers had already passed, and the people who bought water were different every day.
Taking advantage of the absence of passengers, Lin Feng went to the core circle again.
Ordinary 3's defense was already enough for him to walk unhindered in the core circle.
His previous venture into the core circle had made many ferocious beasts remember the name of his green train.
Entering the core circle again this time, he estimated that nine-tailed ferocious beasts would no longer try to clash with him directly.
As for ten-tailed ferocious beasts... if they hadn't experienced the green train's beating, then Lin Feng didn't mind helping them broaden their horizons.
As soon as he entered the core circle, the nine-tailed ferocious beast he encountered head-on happened to be the Thunder Eagle Elephant that he had knocked flying last time.
Seeing the green train appear, the Thunder Eagle Elephant suddenly jumped up, and then quickly ran in another direction.
Are you kidding? The destructive power of this train was extraordinarily great. If it couldn't provoke it, couldn't it at least hide from it?
However, the Thunder Eagle Elephant's sudden run startled many high-level ferocious beasts in the vicinity.
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