69: Chapter 69 The Most Beautiful Woman in Qinghe County

Facing the cold mockery and sarcasm of the crowd, Lin Feng remained calm and composed.

He understood a simple truth: the louder they clamored now, the harder their faces would be slapped once the tournament began.

After all, this tournament was about individual strength!

It was not about whose tongue was sharper.

Lin Hao's actions were undoubtedly intended to ruin Lin Feng's reputation and drag his name through the mud.

But once Lin Feng stood out and seized the championship in this tournament.

Then, all of Lin Hao's schemes and calculations would collapse and vanish into thin air!

And Lin Hao himself would be reduced to a reviled clown.

Seeing that Lin Feng remained calm and unangered despite the cold mockery of the crowd, Lin Hao couldn't help but clench his fists in secret!

It gave him a sense of powerlessness, like punching cotton.

"Hmph, keep pretending. When the tournament starts, I will personally crush your dreams of getting rich!

I'll let you know that a piece of trash with an Inferior Root like you only deserves to live in the mud of the Slums outside the city, rotting away!" Lin Hao stared daggers at Lin Feng, secretly vowing in his heart.

If not for the Heaven-Defying heirloom left by his grandfather, Lin Hao wouldn't have been driven to this point.

However, the heirloom left by his grandfather was a Heaven-Defying treasure capable of greatly improving one's bone structure.

Such a Heaven-Defying treasure could not be measured by money!

You couldn't buy it even if you wanted to!

It was basically held by those great Families and Sects, reserved for those peerless Prodigies.

Back then, his grandfather had risked his life to luckily obtain it from an ancient Secret Realm.

If his grandfather had been willing to leave the heirloom to him, Lin Hao, that would have been fine!

But unexpectedly, that old thing was extremely biased and had actually written a will to leave the treasure to Lin Feng, who had been lost since childhood.

He had even handed the heirloom to the clan elders for safekeeping!

As long as Lin Feng was still alive and managed to Cultivate successfully, this precious heirloom would have nothing to do with him, Lin Hao.

Therefore, no matter what, Lin Hao could not allow Lin Feng to get ahead.

And this tournament for Outer Sect Disciples of the Three Great Martial Halls was the perfect opportunity to eliminate Lin Feng.

Originally, with that token, Lin Hao could have directly apprenticed under Master Li Badao and become a true Inner Sect Disciple!

However, for the sake of this tournament, Lin Hao had specially requested that Master Li Badao allow him to delay becoming an Inner Sect Disciple.

He wanted to use his status as an Outer Sect Disciple to eliminate Lin Feng while simultaneously winning the championship.

Master Li Badao also wanted his Badao Martial Arts Hall to achieve good results in this tournament!

So he had readily agreed!

It wouldn't be too late to let Lin Hao enter the inner Sect after the tournament ended.

"Wow! Everyone, look, Pavilion Master Ji Linger from the Pill Pavilion is here!"

"Is this the legendary Number One Beauty of Qinghe Prefecture?"

"Beautiful, she is truly too beautiful. In all my years, I have never seen such a peerless, stunning beauty!"

"If I could just get a taste of her favor, I would be willing to live ten years less!"

At that moment, the entire scene suddenly erupted into thunderous noise and discussion.

Everyone stopped talking about Lin Feng and turned their gazes toward the wooden pavilion.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng also quickly turned his head and looked toward the wooden pavilion!

At a glance, his pupils couldn't help but constrict slightly!

Deep in his eyes, a flash of intense awe flickered.

He saw a woman of about seventeen or eighteen years old sitting quietly in the wooden pavilion ahead.

Pavilion Master Ji Linger was wearing a white gauze dress, simply sitting there quietly.

Her peerless, stunning beauty, her exquisite face, and her ethereal, Fairy-like temperament were enough to attract everyone's gaze, making it impossible to look away.

She had a slender and upright figure, and her snow-white, jade-smooth skin was exposed outside the gauze dress without any flaws. Her jet-black hair was slightly draped over her shoulders, creating a strong contrast of black and white.

Her pair of Phoenix-like eyes contained the autumn waters, and her features were exquisite and three-dimensional.

She was like a stunning Fairy who had walked out of a painting, beautiful and moving.

Senior Sister Li Mei and Senior Sister Su Qingya were already beautiful enough.

But compared to this Pavilion Master Ji Linger, they were still a notch below!

She was truly worthy of being the Number One Beauty of Qinghe Prefecture!

Not long after Pavilion Master Ji Linger took her seat!

Commander Chu Xingchen of the Demon Suppression Bureau also arrived leisurely with a few attendants and sat in the central position.

Immediately, he turned his head and began chatting and laughing with Pavilion Master Ji Linger!

As if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for years.

However, facing the very attentive advances of Commander Chu Xingchen, Pavilion Master Ji Linger always replied with a faint smile.

Appearing polite yet distant.

As everyone knew, Commander Chu Xingchen was Pavilion Master Ji Linger's biggest sycophant!

Unfortunately, Pavilion Master Ji Linger had extremely high standards; ordinary people couldn't even enter her Dharma Eye.

She had always been lukewarm toward this powerful Commander Chu Xingchen.

Soon after, Master Li Badao, Hall Master Su Tongtian, and Hall Master Guo Yunxiao also took their respective seats!

"Greetings, Battalion Commander Chu. Greetings, Pavilion Master Ji!" The three Hall Masters all cupped their hands in salute!

"Mm, greetings to you all!" Commander Chu Xingchen and Pavilion Master Ji Linger smiled slightly.

"Hall Master Guo, I heard that your Martial Arts Hall has produced a peerless Prodigy named Ye Fan. I wonder where he is now?" Pavilion Master Ji Linger did not want to entangle further with Commander Chu Xingchen, so she quickly changed the subject and asked Hall Master Guo Yunxiao with a smile!

"Replying to Pavilion Master Ji, my good-for-nothing Disciple is currently in the resting area. If you wish to see him, I can summon him!" Hall Master Guo Yunxiao smiled.

"Mm, that's fine!" Pavilion Master Ji Linger nodded, her eyes full of anticipation.

She had heard that Ye Fan of the Fengyun Martial Arts Hall was a peerless Prodigy with a Top-tier Root Bone.

She had always been very curious!

However, Hall Master Guo Yunxiao had hidden Ye Fan very well, so she hadn't had the chance to see him before.

"Little Six, go quickly and call Ye Fan over." Hall Master Guo Yunxiao turned his head and said to the Disciple behind him.

"Understood, Master!" Upon hearing this, the sixth Disciple hurriedly turned around and was about to leave!

"Wait!" At this moment, Commander Chu Xingchen suddenly called out to him!

"May I ask what instructions the Battalion Commander has?" the sixth Disciple asked respectfully.

"I heard that for this tournament, Qingyun Casino has put forward six Prodigies. Betting on one of them can win the championship!

Since you are calling people, call all six of them over!" Commander Chu Xingchen smiled!

"Mm, understood, Battalion Commander. I'll go right away!" The sixth Disciple nodded and dashed away.

Before long!

The sixth Disciple returned!

Following behind him were six people!

They were Lin Feng, Senior Brother Li Qiang, Ye Fan, Zhang Lei, Lin Hao, and Li Feifei.

These six were the contestants with the highest hopes of winning the championship in this tournament.

However, everyone valued Ye Fan, Lin Hao, and Senior Brother Li Qiang the most!

As for Lin Feng, Zhang Lei, and Li Feifei, they were just extras.

This could be seen from the odds offered by Qingyun Casino!

The odds for Ye Fan and the other two were ten to one.

Bet ten taels of silver, and you could win one!

Conversely, for Lin Feng and the other three, it was one to ten.

Bet one tael of silver, and if you won, you could get ten.

"Are you Ye Fan?" Pavilion Master Ji Linger's gaze fell on Ye Fan, and her beautiful eyes sparkled as she asked.

Although Pavilion Master Ji Linger came from the super great Family, the Ji Family!

Her current situation was very unfavorable!

Mainly because the Ji Family was in constant conflict over power.

As a direct descendant of the Ji Family, Pavilion Master Ji Linger could not avoid being drawn into it!

The reason she came to this Pill Pavilion in Qingyun County to become the Pavilion Master was also a test from her Family.

During this period, there were two main things she had to do!

First, to make the Pill Pavilion achieve sufficient performance.

Second, to recruit suitable, outstanding talent for the Family.

If both of these things failed, then her life would be ruined!

She would never be able to leave this Qingyun County again and could only stay here, spending her life in mediocrity.

Therefore, Pavilion Master Ji Linger decided to fully sponsor this tournament.

Whoever could win the championship in the tournament, after stepping into the Core Condensation Realm!

She would cover all the Medicinal Pills needed for that person's Core Condensation Realm.

And now, the one Pavilion Master Ji Linger favored most was undoubtedly Ye Fan.

"Ye... Yes, I... I am Ye Fan!" Hearing Pavilion Master Ji Linger's voice, which sounded like an oriole emerging from a valley, and facing the beautiful, stunning face before him, Ye Fan's face flushed red, and he answered extremely nervously.

"Hehe, no need to be nervous, I'm not some flood dragon or wild beast!" Pavilion Master Ji Linger smiled slightly and encouraged him loudly, "Ye Fan, as long as you can win the championship in this tournament, I can promise you an additional request. How about it?"

"Ah? Really?" Upon hearing this, Ye Fan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Immediately, he looked at Pavilion Master Ji Linger with thick greed in his eyes and asked tentatively, "Any request is okay?"

"Mm, I always keep my word." Pavilion Master Ji Linger nodded.

"Haha, rest assured, Pavilion Master Ji, I definitely won't let you down!" Ye Fan answered confidently.

As if the championship of this tournament was already in his pocket.

"Pavilion Master Ji, if someone else wins the championship, will you also promise him an additional request?" At this moment, Lin Hao suddenly asked.

Lin Hao was also full of confidence for this tournament, no less than Ye Fan.

So he had to ask clearly in advance!

"Haha, of course!" Pavilion Master Ji Linger nodded slightly and reiterated, "Among you six, whoever wins the championship, afterwards, besides all the Medicinal Pill resources for the Core Condensation Realm, I can promise you an additional request!"

"Thank you, Pavilion Master Ji!"

"We've noted it!"

...Hearing this, the six of them, including Lin Feng, were all fired up!

Each of them secretly vowed in their hearts to win the championship in the upcoming tournament.

After all, besides all the Medicinal Pill resources for the Core Condensation Realm, there was also an important promise from Pavilion Master Ji Linger.

"Eh? Lin Feng, why are you here too?" At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from behind him!

Lin Feng turned his head to look and saw the face of the person who had arrived.

His expression immediately darkened, and he said unhappily, "Why can I not be here?"