Jiang Zhou's words made Yuan Buqi blush. He could see that Jiang Zhou's Bagua array had not fully demonstrated its power. It was not that Jiang Zhou couldn't use it, but Yuan Buqi's strength.

There is no way to stimulate the power of this formation! In the final analysis, Yuan Buqi's strength is too weak.

Of course, Jiang Zhou just teased Yuan Buqi a few words in good faith. Ever since the Yuan family was exterminated, Yuan Buqi's mood had been wrong. It wasn't until the Battle of Black Mountain that the Ten Thousand Demons Sect was completely wiped out. Yuan Buqi didn't

It's a bit better, but compared to the bold young master of the Yuan family before, there is still a gap. So recently, whenever Jiang Zhou has free time, he will joke with Yuan Buqi a lot, and he can be considered as helping Yuan Buqi.

Let go of the shadow in your heart.

Yuan Buqi also smiled awkwardly, and was about to answer. Suddenly, Yuan Buqi seemed to have remembered something, his face changed drastically, and he slapped his thigh and shouted: "Oh no! It's delayed the big thing! Master, you

Come with us quickly! It’s too late!”

Saying that, Yuan Buqi grabbed Jiang Zhou and ran directly out of the yard. Yuan Buqi's actions also made Jiang Zhou stunned, but he also knew that Yuan Buqi would not harm him, so he didn't.

He didn't resist, but let Yuan Buqi pull him away while shouting: "Brother Yuan, what are you doing?"

"Young master! We can't drag it out any longer! The Clan Science Competition officially begins today!" Yuan Buqi didn't stop at all and said a word without looking back!

"Ah!" Hearing Yuan Buqi's words, Jiang Zhou was also shocked. He did not expect that his retreat would be delayed for so long! Before the retreat, he promised Jiang Cheng that he would not

He is delaying the Clan Academy Competition. If this is really delayed, he will have no shame in meeting Jiang Xiaogong!

With a panic in his heart, Jiang Zhou also moved faster, and he overtook Yuan Buqi in the blink of an eye. If he hadn't remembered that teleportation powers are not allowed in the clan school, Jiang Zhou would have teleported away long ago!

At the same time, in the martial arts training ground at the gate of the clan school, there are no longer those young disciples who formed a square formation to practice martial arts. Instead, there are nine camps standing around the martial arts training ground. And in the martial arts training ground

In the center of the field is a huge arena, which is several times larger than the arena used in the previous seven-hole competition!

Needless to say, these nine camps represent the disciples of the Jiang family's Jiu Dong Jiu Meridian within the family clan. Except for the few who have become the top names in the small competition, although the others are not qualified to participate in the big competition, they can still come to watch the battle.

Many of the teachings from Jiudong have also returned to their respective camps. Only the senior Qin Xingguan, who represents the family science, is sitting directly south of the training ground. There are four people on his left and right, eight people in total.

, it is the masters of the other eight holes in the Jiang family’s nine holes except the first hole, and Jiang Xiaogong is also among them!

"Lao Jiu! I heard that you snatched Lao Ba's treasure before? When will you take it out and show it to your brothers?" A middle-aged man with a rough look was sitting calmly on Jiang Xiaogong's bed.

The man next to him was all bearded, smiling and winking at Jiang Xiaogong, but the smile between his eyebrows had a strange smell.

"Hmph!" Jiang Xiaogong didn't react at all to the words of this rough and arrogant man. On the other hand, a thin and yellow-faced man at the other end snorted coldly, with a face full of dissatisfaction. This man was Liu Dong.

The cave owner Jiang Qiangong, although the middle-aged man was talking to Jiang Xiaogong just now, he was belittling Jiang Qiangong in his words. Hearing how angry he was, he couldn't help but snorted.

But angry because he was angry, Jiang Qiangong did not dare to do anything to that arrogant man, because that arrogant man was Jiang Zhuo, the cave master of the third cave! Even though Jiang Zhuo was not much different from Jiang Xiaogong and others in age, he was different in terms of seniority.

He wants to raise Jiang Xiaogong and the others for a lifetime. When the other cave masters meet him, they have to call Jiang Zhuo uncle whether they like it or not!

Of course, Jiang Zhuo dared to remove Jiang Qiangong's face in front of so many people, not only because of his seniority, but more importantly, the three holes under his command were also superior among the nine holes in the Jiang family! Six holes were compared to three holes.

The difference was more than a little bit worse. Even Jiang Qiangong himself was far inferior to Jiang Zhuo in terms of strength. Naturally, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Jiang Zhuo.

"Hehe! I'm talking about Lao Ba! You are so worthless! An elder actually plotted against a junior! It's a bit like being an elder! Lao Jiu just tricked you into setting up a formation flag, which can be regarded as an advantage for you!

If it were me, I would definitely fight with you to the end!" Jiang Xiaogong didn't answer, but Jiang Zhuo didn't mean to shut up. Instead, he grinned, pointed directly at Jiang Qiangong and began to ridicule.

Hearing Jiang Zhuo's words, Jiang Qiangong was so angry that he almost vomited blood! With Jiang Zhuo's virtue, how dare he say that he doesn't distinguish between old and young? He didn't even look at what he did, how could he look like an elder?

I'm just angry because the strength of the six holes is even worse than that of the seven holes, let alone compared with Jiang Zhuo's three holes! No one has a stronger fist, so it's too much! Besides, Jiang Qiangong is not stupid either.

Jiang Zhuo's words were clearly trying to provoke a conflict between Jiang Qiangong and Jiang Xiaogong. Didn't you see that Jiang Xiaogong didn't even reply? How could Jiang Qiangong knowingly fall for Jiang Zhuo's deception?

"Uncle Seventeen! The matter between the eighth brother and the ninth brother has been settled. Now there is no need to talk about it here, right?" A calm voice sounded, but it was the second brother sitting next to Qin Xingguan.

Jiang Liangong, the master of the cave.

Although Jiang Liangong's own strength is not as good as Jiang Xiaogong, who is known as the first person in the Jiang family, he is still one of the best in the Jiang family. In addition, as the master of the second cave, he is in charge of the affairs of the nine caves of the Jiang family, so he has no power.

Although Jiang Zhuo was a generation older than him, he didn't dare to contradict him, so he simply smiled and said nothing more.

Seeing Jiang Zhuo shut up, Jiang Liangong turned his head and said to Qin Xingguan beside him: "Brother Qin! Now that all the elite disciples of our nine holes have arrived, this clan competition can begin.

Bar?"

Qin Xingguan had turned a deaf ear to the overt and covert fighting between the cave masters just now, and kept his eyes closed as if he was asleep. But when Jiang Liangong finished speaking, Qin Xingguan's eyes immediately opened.

, nodded slightly and said: "Well! Now that everyone has arrived, let's start the competition!"

The clan competition is an annual event for the Jiang family. Except for Jiang Quan Gong, the emperor of the first dynasty, who could not attend, all the masters of the other eight caves were present. This shows that the upper echelons of the Jiang family have high regard for the competition.

Attention. As soon as Qin Xingguan said this, the teacher standing aside immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Senior has an order! The competition begins!"

The voice of the teacher was loud, and when he shouted this voice, the whole sky was filled with echoes. After the echo settled, there was a muffled buzz, but there was a long roar from around the martial arts training ground, and another one.

Dozens of people came in one after another from outside the clan academy, including men, women and children. They walked around the martial arts training ground and walked in front of Qin Xingguan and the cave masters. They saluted Qin Xingguan and others. This was when they arrived.

Qin Xingguan and others took their seats behind him.

These people all represent the major forces in the Central Region and even the entire Immortal Cultivation Continent. The Jiang family is the true ruling class of the entire Immortal Cultivation Continent. A grand event like the Jiang Family Competition naturally attracts these major forces to come and watch the ceremony.

It has become a routine for the Jiang family competition every year.

Jiang Liangong and others, as the upper echelons of the Jiang family, were familiar with each of these big forces, and they all turned around and nodded to the representatives of those forces. However, Qin Xingguan still had a straight face and did not look back.

He stood up, glanced at the disciples of the nine holes in front of him, and shouted in a deep voice: "The disciples of the nine holes gathered together today, which means the beginning of this year's clan competition! Those who are qualified to participate in the competition are the twelve disciples of each hole this year.

At the end of the month, the first place will be the small competition! Now, the big competition disciples from each hole will go to the ring to draw their first-round opponents!"

Naturally, the clan competition will not be like a small competition, where the teaching will control the competition process. Instead, all players participating in the competition will draw lots to choose their opponents. This will eliminate human manipulation and rely entirely on luck.

As soon as Qin Xingguan finished speaking, more than ten teenagers walked out of the nine camps around the martial arts training ground and walked to the ring in an orderly manner. On the ring, several teachers were also carrying a box.

I stood in the center of the ring early and waited for the draw.

"Huh?" Although there are twelve disciples of each of the nine holes, and counting together, there are hundreds of people, but in this huge arena, they seem sparse, and the disciples of each hole are also clearly visible. Before those disciples can be seen,

When the lottery started, Jiang Liangong immediately let out a cry of surprise, raised his hand, and shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Although Qin Xingguan has always had the final say in this clan school, Jiang Liangong is the master of the first cave after all, and he is also the important master of the second cave. He suddenly spoke, and no one dared to ignore it.

Everyone stopped immediately.

Qin Xingguan frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Jiang Liangong's sudden intervention, but he didn't want to lose his temper. He could only turn his head, glance at Jiang Liangong, and said in a deep voice: "Second Cave Master! What advice do you have?"

"Don't take it as advice!" Jiang Liangong smiled, said modestly, raised an eyebrow, wiped his beard with his hand, and said with a smile: "It's just that I found that the disciples participating in the competition on this stage,

There seems to be something wrong with the number of people?"

"Huh?" No one would pay attention to these details before, but after Jiang Liangong said this, everyone including Qin Xingguan subconsciously turned their heads and looked at the people on the ring. The number of people on the ring was clear at a glance.

, and everyone was not an ordinary person, it was soon discovered that the number of people in the arena did not match the number, and it seemed that there was one person missing.

"Second brother, you have good eyesight!" At this moment, a cold voice sounded, but it was Jiang Xiaogong who had not said a word in the face of Jiang Zhuo's provocation before. He was looking at the disciples on the ring indifferently.

, as if nothing major happened, he snorted coldly: "That's right! One of my seven-dong disciples is missing!"

In front of so many people here, everyone is not blind, and there is no point in hiding it. Jiang Xiaogong simply admitted it directly. And when Jiang Xiaogong said this, everyone also discovered it, and as expected, there was only one person missing.

He fell into the group of people in the Seventh Cave! Qin Xingguan was the first to frown, turned his head and looked at Jiang Xiaogong, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master of the Seventh Cave! Where is Jiang Zhou?"

As a senior who manages ethnic studies, he is naturally familiar with all kinds of things in ethnic studies. Especially since Jiang Zhou caused such a big incident not long ago, Qin Xingguan naturally remembers Jiang Zhou firmly.

Disciple, so you can tell at a glance that the person missing in the queue is Jiang Zhou!

The Clanology Competition is the top priority of the Jiang family. As a Clanology Scholar, Qin Xingguan is naturally very interested in the competition. Seeing that the competition is about to begin, there are still people who are not present. This is undoubtedly a sign of trouble for Qin Xingguan.

A big slap! Qin Xingguan's face was filled with unkindness immediately. He didn't care about Jiang Xiaogong's status as the number one master of the Jiang family, and directly questioned him.

In response to Qin Xingguan's question, Jiang Xiaogong's face did not change at all. He still had a cold expression. After a moment of silence, he said: "Jiang Zhou will naturally be there when the time comes. If we want to draw lots, he will be missing."

It doesn’t matter!”

What Jiang Xiaogong said is true. There is only one less person in the draw, so there is really no difference. After all the others have been drawn, there will be one less person to be the opponent, and naturally it will be Jiang Zhou. But although he is right, for Qin Xingguan

His face didn't look good! Qin Xingguan's face became even more ugly immediately. He wanted to say something, but he finally suppressed it, took a deep breath, and shouted in a deep voice: "Continue to draw lots!"

After Qin Xingguan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and said nothing again. On the other side, Jiang Xiaogong continued to sit there as if nothing had happened. He was the one who instigated this incident in the first place.

Jiang Liangong's mouth curled up slightly, and he looked at Jiang Xiaogong with squinted eyes, a smile like the spring breeze on his face.

The drawing of lots was over soon. As Jiang Xiaogong said, although Jiang Zhou was missing, the drawing was still carried out. The vacant position was naturally Jiang Zhou's, and Jiang Zhou's opponent was unfortunately

, it is a disciple of Liudong!

"Hehe!" When Jiang Qiangong saw the order of the lottery, he immediately smiled conspiratorially, and then returned to his normal expression, but everyone could see the pride in his eyes! As for the other cave masters, they also

They have all kinds of expressions, and even the representatives of various forces behind them also have various expressions.

At the same time, in the Qidong camp under the ring, Jiang Chengzheng looked anxiously towards the direction of the Qidong dormitory, and kept muttering: "Why haven't you come yet? Why haven't you come yet?

come?"

Jiang Cheng had promised Jiang Xiaogong on behalf of Jiang Zhou before, but Jiang Zhou hasn't arrived yet, and Jiang Cheng doesn't know how to explain to Jiang Xiaogong. Besides, what just happened to Jiang Xiaogong

Jiang Cheng also saw the argument, and became even more anxious. He wanted to rush to the Qidong dormitory immediately, blow open the door of Jiang Zhou's room, and pull Jiang Zhou out.

However, Jiang Cheng also knew that it was impossible for him to do this. In fact, just before the competition was about to start, Jiang Cheng once mentioned this method to Jiang Xiaogong, but Jiang Xiaogong completely rejected it. Jiang Cheng

Zhou retreat, for Jiang Xiaogong, there is nothing more important than this. Jiang Xiaogong would rather bear the responsibility of delaying the competition than disturb Jiang Zhou's retreat!

Jiang Xiaogong had made this decision. Jiang Cheng had no choice but to worry here alone. At this time, a disciple named Jiudong came to the ring one after another to compete. There was victory and defeat, and the competition was also

It's very exciting, but for the seven holes, it's not so good, because so far, the five seven-hole disciples who have gone up have all returned defeated!

In fact, this is not surprising. There are very few direct descendants of Qidong. Except for Jiang Zhou, there is no direct descendant in this generation! The family training received by the direct descendants and the descendants of the side branches can be said to be very different.
To be continued...