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.

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

he started looking forward to what was ahead of

until evening that the competition

on the stage and make their judgments. Those who were qualified would be brought back to the Meng Family Manor while those who

Kai had performed pretty well, so at the end of the day, the old man with a

Guo, who was defeated by Yang Kai, was also accepted. Although he had lost the battle, his power could not be underestimated. It was just that he had come across a stronger opponent

they didn’t accept the candidates solely based on the results of the battles; instead, they made their own

as they were fully aware of their true strength. The reason they even took part in the competition was to get some money from the Meng Family. Now that they had achieved their goal, they were

were many people left as there were forty to fifty of them. With a servant clad in green clothes leading the way,

of the private guards would tell them where they could and could not go in the Meng Manor. He would

his way while looking for the restroom, so he wandered into the nearby

this person was brought to him,

moment that they realised it wasn’t so easy to earn the attractive salaries the Meng Family offered. In this place, rules were everything, and

could only stay in the same courtyard. Since the incident on the first day, no one dared to walk

later, and more than ten people were

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

likely a female member of the Meng Family. Although Yang Kai had no idea about her identity in the Meng Manor,

walked out in silence

corners of Meng Manor; however, Yang Kai could easily

a problem. The security in the inner court was obviously much tighter. He could detect that there were many pairs of eyes in

patiently for two hours but still couldn’t find a chance, so eventually, he decided to take it slow and come up with

past in the darkness. The person seemed to have the same intention as him. Since there was no chance for

Kai did, which was why Yang Kai

was pitch-black in this place, it

he wondered, [What is he doing here? When did he

Kai was careful with every movement he made, so he was certain that this other intruder didn’t notice

the person was gone, he silently

window and entered the room. His roommates were still sound

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

to fifty people, but presently, only about

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

middle of the night, Yang Kai heard a faint noise. If he hadn’t paid close attention

still fast asleep,

courtyard, he saw the burly figure dexterously navigating