The clan's tournament, which Li Yan and Li Yun went to, was nothing more than a brute-force competition; no matches were held during it. This is due to the fact that the age of the participants was from fifteen to twenty-one years, about half of the participants, who were not yet eighteen and they were not members of any of the sects, possessed only the basic cultivation technique, as for military techniques, they can get only in the sect, here the sects resulted in something like a higher educational institution. For this reason, to arrange fights did not make any sense, for this there is another tournament, but more about it later. It was quite simple to measure the strength of the cultivator, a special device was created for this, it consisted of the main, so to say warhead and counter that recorded the force of the blow. To measure the force of the blow, it was enough to simply punch the warhead of the device with a fist, three attempts were made at the tournament for this and the best result was recorded as the final result.
Li Yun and Li Yan approached the place where the tournament will be held, it was a small stadium for several thousand spectators, it was right next to the mansion of the head of the clan. Today, a lot of people flocked here, mainly they were members of the Li clan, there were also residents of the city and some members of other clans, among them was the Xiao clan, they did not come here to watch the competition, they came to the wedding of Xiao Lin, daughter the head of the Xiao clan and Li Yun, the son of the head of the Li clan. Also here were the heads of some sects to personally invite the most promising young members of the clan.
Li Yun and Li Yan together went inside and sat in the sector for event participants, around them there were quite a few other participants, for the most part, they were divided into groups. Relatives of elders and clan leaders were usually very popular, they gathered other peers around them so that in the future they would help them fight for power. Nevertheless, there were two exceptions in the Li clan, Li Yun was friendly with everyone, but kept his distance, it seemed that he was not going to fight for power. Oddly enough, this paid off, realizing that he was not going to create his own faction, most of the so-called leaders tried to maintain good relations with him trying to win over to their side. But there were several, and those who considered him a weakling and did not bully him just because he was the son of the head. The second such exception was Li Yan, she was cold to everyone, and people who were going to fight for power in the clan literally despised. Naturally, she herself could not be the heir to the clan, but anyone who marries her could claim this. Almost every ambitious member of the Lee clan from the younger generation, and not only offered marriage to her, but her father, Li Shen, set one condition - the consent of Li Yan herself. And then problems started for all candidates, she simply ignored most of the applicants, and after her secret relationship with Li Yun reached a certain point, she publicly announced that she would not marry until she reached the Legendary rank. This statement broke all the aspirations of the applicants for a successful marriage, which further aggravated their struggle among themselves, and the upcoming tournament will also become one of the ways of such a struggle.
After a small parting speech to the young generation, which was made by Li Shen, the tournament began. The first participants were from the youngest generation, they were a little over fifteen, they received their techniques only a few months ago. The results of their competition did not show anything interesting that it was and not surprisingly, their strength ranged from 100 to 310 Qi, the winner was Li Rong, the youngest son of the seventh elder, he had already reached three stars, which was a good result. The next group of participants was a generation that received their equipment a year after Li Yun and Li Yan, it was one of the largest generations of those who participated in the tournament, twenty-two people, but as the tournament showed, their forces were very mediocre, a few people showed a strength of slightly more than 300 Chi, and only two exceeded the 600 units mark, which was quite small for their age.
It is time to show ourselves to the generation of Li Yun and Li Yan, one by one the members of this generation went on stage and showed deplorable results of 600-700 Qi, this was due to the fact that most of them took the techniques of ice phoenix, which can only be cultivated effectively in snowy mountains which were not nearby or in sects where ice techniques are practiced, such as the Ice Palace. Starting from the seventh participant, the results began to improve, 900 Qi, then 1800 Qi, the young man who showed him almost reached the bronze rank. The last participant was a girl named Li Nan, the daughter of the brother of the first elder, she showed excellent results in 2700 Qi, which meant that she was already close to the third star of bronze rank. The stadium was buzzing and applauding, the sect elders were talking among themselves, at this time the host announced the following name.
- Li Yan! - said one of the judges.
Li Yan rose from her seat and gracefully went to the mechanism, passing by her Li Nan grinned sarcastically, she believed that she had surpassed everyone in this generation and she was very pleased to surpass the famous ice queen. Li Yan simply ignoring her, now she was thinking how to hide her true power and let Li Yun take first place. Going to the mechanism, she focused and hit, the first result was 2680 Qi, the second result was 2850 Qi. The stadium buzzed the third result of Qi 2990, without saying a word, she turned around and went to her place, she only smiled at Li Yun passing by her, not paying any attention to Li Nan's disappointed face and praising the other members of the clan. So the decisive moment came, Li Yun delivered three strong blows in turn - 2950, 3030, 3050 Qi, after the third blow, Li Shen's voice came unexpectedly for everyone.
- Well, half of the tournament has come to an end, I propose to announce a short break, we will continue in half an hour.