Martial Peak

The boisterous crowd abruptly fell silent as they looked dazedly at the two figures on the stage.

Most of them didn’t have a sharp vision, so they were unable to make out the abstrusity of the exchange of moves just now.

Only a small number of the onlookers narrowed their eyes and gazed at Yang Kai with serious expressions.

There was now a winner on the stage!

There were no restrictions when it came to the battles today. It didn’t matter whether one would like to use a weapon or fight with his bare hands as long as he could win the battle; hence, Yang Kai didn’t break the rules by using his sword.

Luo An Guo didn’t collapse, but when he touched his throat, he realised that it was wet. When he looked down, he saw that his hand was covered with blood.

It wasn’t until this moment that he felt a pain coming from his neck.

A myriad of expressions came over him. He knew that the other party didn’t intend to kill him; otherwise, he would have been beheaded instead of getting cut slightly. Despite that, this kind of outcome was still unacceptable for him.

During the exchange of moves just now, he didn’t even manage to make out how Yang Kai unsheathed his sword.

He didn’t have a chance to counterattack as the other party’s attack was too fast for him to even perceive.

The old man with a goatee seemed to have received an instruction as he quickly went on stage and announced, “The winner is Yang Kai!”

Following that, he told the two of them to leave the stage and spoke no further.

For the next half a day, more people jumped on stage to fight. Some of them were weak cultivators with only flashy moves while some of them were truly powerful.

As Yang Kai observed it, he realised that there seemed to be a selection process going on here, though he wasn’t sure what it was for.

Fortunately, the people around him were talking among themselves, so he could deduce what was going on from the chatter.

The Meng Family ran one of the largest businesses in White Jade City, so it was expected that they were extremely wealthy; however, their wealth was coveted by many people as a result. Just a few days ago, the mountain bandits from Hidden Treasure Peak demanded that the Meng Family give them 100,000 silver coins and 10 beautiful maidservants every month; otherwise, they would destroy the Meng Family.

Hidden Treasure Peak was initially occupied by a small group of mountain bandits, and they didn’t pose any real threat at all. Some time ago though, a lot of fugitives came over and joined Hidden Treasure Peak, which significantly strengthened their ranks. In order to make a name for themselves, these new members of Hidden Treasure Peak decided to target the wealthy Meng Family in the nearby city.

Although there was a City Lord in White Jade City, who had his own soldiers, the Meng Family wouldn’t dare to entirely rely on others. Hence, they decided to set up an arena on this day and offered attractive salaries to hire some powerful private guards to protect them.

As Yang Kai listened to the people around him, he soon realised the situation he was in. Supposedly, he was there to apply for a job.

Sister Qu in the Meng Family?] Yang Kai couldn’t help but have this speculation; otherwise, he couldn’t explain why he had to take part in a selection battle

this, he started looking forward to what was

until evening

some powerful cultivators from the Meng Family who were hidden from the crowd here to watch the battles on the stage and make their judgments. Those who were qualified would be brought back to the Meng Family Manor while those who were not good enough would be given some money and told to

at the end of the day, the old man with a goatee called out to

Although he had lost the battle, his power could not

powerful cultivators from the Meng Family had acute eyesight, so they didn’t accept the

of their true strength. The reason they even took part in the competition

to fifty of them. With a servant clad in green clothes leading the way, they entered the Meng Manor through a side

month. The Captain of the private guards would tell them where they could and could not go in the Meng Manor. He would also tell them the rules they had to

his way while looking for the restroom,

a warning to everyone else. After this person was brought

realised it wasn’t so easy to earn the attractive salaries the Meng Family offered. In this place, rules were everything, and one would end up in a horrible state

the others could only stay in the same courtyard. Since the incident on

three days later, and more than ten

with this place for three days, Yang Kai decided to take action. He wasn’t interested in becoming a private guard in the Meng Manor. Since he had speculated that Qu Hua Shang might be in the Meng Family, he

about her identity in the Meng Manor, she must

darkness descended, he walked out in silence and headed to

different corners of Meng Manor; however, Yang Kai could easily detect them

of eyes in the periphery of the inner court that were paying close attention to the surroundings. It was impossible for him to

couldn’t find a chance, so eventually, he decided to take it slow and

person seemed to have the

earlier than Yang Kai did, which was why

it was pitch-black in this place,

person and he wondered, [What is he

made, so he was certain that this other

was

room. His roommates were still sound asleep and no one realised that he

morning, they still had to receive training. The Captain of the private guards became even more

initially forty to fifty people, but presently, only about thirty were

Yang Kai pretended to be sound asleep as he waited patiently. Last night, regardless of what the intention of that person was, he hadn’t achieved his goal,

Kai heard a faint noise. If he hadn’t paid close

making sure that his roommates were still fast asleep, Yang Kai got

burly figure dexterously navigating the darkness and heading straight to the