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As the sun continues to rise, the sky becomes a little brighter.

Before we knew it, the clock hand pointed to "8" - the time is almost done.

Qingdeng swept his eyes and looked around the scene.

As early as a few days ago, the news that "Niwang will hold the 'Ouwu Trial'" spread throughout Wakamatsu Tiancho.

In recent days, from the suburbs to the town center, no matter where you go to Wakamatsu, you can hear the town people enthusiastically discussing the upcoming grand competition.

As we all know, "sex" and "violence" are two eternal and unchanging hobbies of human beings.

Therefore, unless the human gene mutation is mutated, it is impossible for the "Martial Competition" to lack audiences.

Influenced by samurai culture, "martial competitions" were very common in the Edo period.

However, most of the warriors are held privately and rarely shown in front of others.

Today, there is a grand competition with such a large scale and no need to pay for tickets to watch, which naturally ignited the enthusiasm of the people.

In this way, the enthusiasm of the people far exceeded Qingdeng's expectations.

At this moment, there were exaggerated crowds of people gathering around the competition venue, and the so-called "shoulder one after another" was nothing more than that.

Such a grand scene seemed to be like half of Wakamatsu Town people came to join in the fun.

Even the farmers in neighboring villages were attracted by this rare occasion.

In fact, the vassal lords beside Qingdeng were also very interested.

The forty vassal states of Ou Yu participated in the competition... This is truly unprecedented event.

Even the vassal lords who were used to fighting were full of expectations for this unprecedented "Ao Yu Trial".

Qingdeng took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time.

Seeing that the time was almost over, he slowly stood up and moved to the edge of the platform.

In an instant, a bunch of eyes flashed straight into his body.

Everyone at the scene realized that the competition was about to begin, so they held their breath and the noise gradually faded.

"Everyone! I won't say much more of the extra nonsense!"

With the blessing of the talent "Pengyun and Split Stone + 3", Qingdeng's voice spread far away, covering most of the competition venue.

"As everyone can see, this is a unique competition."

"The game is very simple - if someone can defeat my captain, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"

"Every time you defeat a captain, you will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold! There is no cap on the top!"

A thousand liang of gold - As soon as this statement came out, accompanied by the sound of cold air, a terrifying exclamation broke out on the scene.

"Thousands of taels?"

"One thousand taels of gold! Such a large sum of money is enough for me to be tired of playing the courtesan!"

"Even if I work for ten lifetimes, I can't earn a thousand taels of gold..."

"Lord Niang is so generous! He just took out a thousand taels of gold as a bonus!"

Everyone's emotions at the scene have not settled down yet... At this time, Qingdeng has a new move-

But seeing him waved his hand, two servants carried a large lacquer box and walked up to the platform.

They moved to Qingdeng's side, opened the lid, and turned over - shaking la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la, and gold coins slid out, and in a blink of an eye it piled up into a small hill!

One thousand taels of gold... It is better to actually look at it if you say it hundreds of times or thousands of times.

The golden mountain made of one thousand taels of gold, the bright yellow luster instantly took away the attention of countless audiences!

The sound of swallowing saliva came out immediately.

If we hadn't been worried that this was an extremely difficult competition to "challenge the new selection group", there would probably be countless people who temporarily participated in the competition to get the prize!

It is said that "there must be a brave man under heavy rewards."

The reason why Qingdeng promised such a generous prize was to show off this huge sum of money to stimulate the contestants and attract more people to participate.

He is not afraid of too many contestants or too strong, but he is afraid that the new selection group is too famous, which shocks everyone to come to participate.

If there are too few contestants, his plan to "use the competition to demonstrate the absolute force of the new group" will be impossible to talk about.

He had just confiscated the home of Mito monarch and ministers, and he was very generous.

Even if it was a huge sum of 1,000 taels of gold, he could take it out without blinking.

Qingdeng turned his body slightly so that everyone could see more clearly this golden mountain that was enough to make countless people crazy.

"The opportunity is rare. I hope you can give your all and don't leave any regrets."

"That's all I want to say."

"Now, let us appreciate the heroic posture of the warriors together!"

After concisely delivering the "opening speech", Qingdeng sat back to his original position.

The Auyu Trial and Exercise officially begins!

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The captains of the newly selected group took turns to fight against the samurai of Oubari. This is the competition system, which is simple and easy to understand.

The person who chose the new group to take the lead was Saito Ichi.

Kondo Yuki and others had a fierce dispute over who took the lead.

They all want to be the first to go into battle, so no one lets anyone go.

In the end, they used the traditional "draw lots" to determine the order of appearance.

In this way, Saito was very lucky to take down the honor of "leading".

Saito came to the east of the competition venue with a bamboo sword in his hand.

At the same time, his opponent was on standby on the west side of the competition.

"Morioka Oshi, no outflow, Kashimoto is prosperous!"

The other party reported to the house with great momentum.

"The captain of the third team of the newly selected group will be no outflow, Saito Ichi."

Saito responded calmly.

From the beginning, there was a match between the fellow disciples without exile, which was particularly eye-catching and attracted cheers.

Because it is a formal competition, there must be etiquette and procedures.

Under the instructions of the referee, the swordsmen on both sides came to the center of the competition venue, squatted and touched each other's sword tips.

"start!"

With the referee's order, the two stood up at the same time and set off on their stance.

Wuyou is known for his "simplicity", his actions are simple and direct, and he pursues one-hit kills and avoids unnecessary actions.

Therefore, neither side took action at will.

It is not difficult to see that the challenger... that is, Everbright Kanemoto, has indeed had a few tricks.

His eyes were like lightning, his breathing was stable and powerful, his knife grasping technique was exquisite, and his tip was still motionless.

What is even more commendable is that his lower plate is extremely stable, his legs are as hard as rocks, but they are not without flexibility and elasticity.

With such posture and actions, you can tell that you are a master of martial arts at first glance.

Aoden could see at a glance that if it were Saito Ichi two years ago, he might not have been able to beat him.

However... it is a bit insufficient to compete with the current Saito Ichi.

After following Qing Deng to death, the new group of generals have long been transformed!

Compared with the warriors of Ouyuri, the new selection group has a significant advantage - they have extremely rich practical experience!

It is no exaggeration to say that the new selection group led by Qingdeng is the group with the richest practical experience in Japan today!

No matter how beautiful the "Daochang Sword" is, it cannot be compared with the "Baochang Sword".

Walking on the vein of death one after another, breaking through yourself in order to survive again and again... These are valuable experiences that the "Daochang Sword" cannot give.

Swordsman is a killing skill, and only a swordsman who fights in blood can reach a higher level!

Although the two sides have not yet started a formal confrontation, Saito Ichi has already suppressed the other party.

Not to mention anything else, the momentum on his body alone is too much better than the other party.

The longer the confrontation lasts, the more cold sweats on Katsumoto's face.

——What a terrible momentum…!

Saito obviously did nothing, and didn't even have an expression. Just holding the sword tightly and posing, he felt a lot of pressure!
To be continued...