In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. The day of the Town Competition arrived amidst the hustle and bustle.
This liveliness was vastly different from the previous Grand Competitions. It was far more stifling, especially the Han, Ye and Huang Clans. This morning, they all gathered the main members of their respective clans to discuss a new countermeasure.
Because the rules of this competition had been completely modified!
According to the convention, the Han, Ye, and Huang families first placed their bets based on the strength of their disciples. As long as the bets were not less than one-third of their own lumberyard, they could bet.
Then, each of the teams would send out a disciple to battle, and the town head would draw lots to decide who would fight first. The winner would compete with the last opponent, while the winner would win against the other two teams' bet.
As for the gold mine betting competition, besides the representatives of the three families replacing the strongest direct descendants of their respective families, the other rules were exactly the same as the previous competition that determined the ownership of the lumberyard!
Among them, the word 'descendants' was the most crucial!
This was because there was a limit to these two words. Those who could represent the three families in battle had to be direct descendants of the three families. Other than that, no one else could represent them!
But now, everything had changed!
The Town Competition was about to begin. However, for some unknown reason, the number of fights in the Town Competition had increased several folded!
He allowed the three clans to no longer restrict the number of people they could send out to the children of the main branch of the clan. In fact, any of the guards or servants who could stay in the three clans for three years would have the chance to become the representatives of the clans!
Even regarding the battle between the younger generation in the ownership of lumberyard, the Town Mayor had increased it to a disciple below the age of twenty from each family.
As such, the Han Clan found it difficult to make a decision.
"Father, though our Han Family has many guards, most of them are in charge of guarding the mining lode and the lumberyard. Therefore, their strength is not too high. The town mayor's new rule is extremely disadvantageous to our Han Family!"
In the conference hall, Han Zhenshan looked worried. Then he sighed and said, "It would be better if Tong Dali was still here!"
When he heard this, Han Wufeng habitually glanced at the chair on the other side that originally belonged to his other son, and he shook his head. "The Han Clan is very few in number, and they suffered a loss this time!"
"What's wrong with the mayor? Why should he change the rules of the competition?" Han Zhenshan cursed and said doubtfully, "Besides, the other two families will be caught off guard like us, won't they?"
"Not necessarily!" Han Wufeng took a deep breath and deepened his tone: "Zhenshan, do you remember whose disciple the mayor used to be?"
"Huang... Huang Family..."
It turned out that the mayor used to be a trusted subordinate of a certain aristocratic family in Tianshui City. Later, he was recommended by that family to be the mayor of Gushui Town.
Not only that, after he became the mayor, he was also married into the Huang Family as a son-in-law. Naturally, he became one of the Huang Family's disciples.
Thinking of this, Han Zhenshan cursed with disdain, "The Huang family is really despicable! They have several times more guards than our family, and they are all very powerful!"
"Alas... maybe that's not all!" With a sigh, the old man got up and looked out of the window. "The servants have reported today that the Tuoba family is also here! They are relatives of the Huang family!"
"What..." Hearing that, Han Zhenshan suddenly stood up, and then quickly sat back in his chair and fell silent.
"Father, Zhenshan, Han Lin is here!"
At this moment, Xiao Lan appeared outside the door wearing an elegant long dress. Beside her, Han Lin, who walked out of the room for the first time in three days, looked exhausted. However, his eyes were clear.
"Lin'er offers greetings, Grandpa, Second Uncle!"
Upon seeing them, Han Wufeng and Han Zhenshan hurried forward and asked all kinds of questions.
"Father! I have already checked on Han Lin, he is doing very well!" Seeing that they were nervous, Xiao Lan smiled and continued, "I heard that the rules of the Town Competition have been changed? Why is it so sudden?"
"Suddenly? Humph, if it weren't for the sudden modification, the Huang family wouldn't have been able to gain such an advantage." Han Zhenshan said with an unconvinced look, "Now the Han and Ye families have no time to prepare even if they want to pay a large sum of money to hire someone to pretend to be their disciples!"
"Why should I prepare?"
Hearing this, Han Lin faintly smiled and looked at the huge flag with the character "Han" in the middle of the hall. "Apart from me, our Han family does not need any other representatives!"
...
The town's arena for the competition was located in the middle of the mayor's mansion.
This Colosseum was quite spacious. There were many seats in the audience, and it was able to hold all of the town's commoners.
Among them, the main viewing stand was decorated the most gorgeously. Each chair was made of precious wood, and there was a table in front of each chair, which had already been filled with water wine and fruits for guests to taste.
Here, only the Town Mayor and the heads of the three families, as well as each of the three sharp families, were qualified to sit. In addition, there were more than a dozen seats provided for the distinguished guests.
At this moment, the leaders of the Ye Clan, the Huang Clan, and the Han Clan had already sat upright on it with a variety of expressions.
Apart from them, town head Huang Yuan, who had changed his name to Huang Clan after marrying into the Huang Clan Manor, as well as a dozen or so distinguished guests from Skywater City were also seated above them.
Amongst them, an old man from the Taba Clan was extremely dignified. By his side, Taba Liuyun who'd been to Gushui Town before had a gloomy expression as he looked towards the arena.
His wrist was still wrapped in bandages!
But among them, the two men that the town head personally sat with were the most eye-catching.
They were all well-dressed in purple, and they were all about 40 years old. They had thick eyebrows and bright eyes, and their every move was extraordinary.
"Third Prince, Huang Yuan really did not know that the two lords would grace us with their presence. I have been a little neglectful in my haste. I hope that the two lords will forgive me!" Standing beside the two of them, Huang Yuan appeared a little surprised and fearful.
The man who was addressed as the three kings smiled slightly when he heard this. However, he looked at the arena and asked, "Who is the Han clan's Han Lin?"
Han Lin?
Hearing him ask about Han Lin, the mayor was puzzled. In the end, he immediately looked for him, pointed to a figure in the arena, and said, "That's Han Lin of the Han family. In principle, he has always been a good-for-nothing at the First Realm of Physique for many years. But this time, I don't know if the Han family is crazy or not. He is the only representative of the Han family for participating in the town competition!"
"Oh? Interesting!" With a smile, the three kings focused their attention on the fighting arena.
On the arena, the representatives of the various families were all standing in the first round.
Amongst them were Huang Tianji, Huang Tianbiao, and seven other unknown disciples. As for the Ye Family, there were also Ye Ling and Ye Hai, two youths.
Only the Han clan and Han Lin were left. At this moment, they were standing in a corner of the Fighting Arena and smiling as they looked at Ye Cheng, who was outside of the Fighting Arena. It appeared that they were waiting for something.
"You are Han Lin?"
At this time, a young man that looked to be in his early twenties appeared softly behind Han Lin with an evil grin on his face, "Punk, you actually dared to injure my family's Young Lord, you'll die here today!"
Hearing those words, Han Lin didn't even turn around as he coldly smiled, "So that's how it is! No wonder the mayor suddenly revised the rules of the competition. So it's because of your Tuoba Family!"
"Heh heh heh heh, now you know?" With a sinister grin, the man said: "But I also need to thank you. Because of you, today, I, Di Lao-Er, can easily get three thousand gold coins, heh heh heh heh..."
So that's how it was!
The changes in the town rules were actually the idea of the Tuoba Family: Young Master Tuoba was injured in Gushui Town, so the Tuoba Family secretly incited the Huang Yuan Family to modify the rules so that they could send their sharp subordinates to participate in the competition.
As long as they were able to participate in the grand finals, they would be able to openly ventilate their frustrations on the Han Clan!
Other than that, the Huang Family could also benefit from this, giving them a greater chance of occupying the other two families' lumberyards and gold mines!
Moreover, even if there was really a mysterious master behind Han Lin, the Huang Family would become the best shield for the Tuoba Family if they sought revenge!
At this moment, he had a savage expression on his face as he looked at Han Lin's figure, and this combat cultivator sent by the Taba Clan said, "Han Lin, remember my name. You can look for me when you transform into a ghost after you die. But you have to live up to your expectations and don't die before it's my turn..."
"I will never remember those who are about to die!"
As he softly replied, Han Lin slowly walked towards the centre of the arena.
That was because, at this moment, the Town Mayor had already started ringing the gongs and drums of the competition!
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