As they reached the location, they are surprised by the fact, that too many luxury cars were parked outside a gigantic building, which has around 10 floors.
Ning Qi and his group got confused, as they don't comprehend how the matches will be conducted in such a building, which looks to be a corporate building, which may have many small companies residing in it.
"Sect master Ning! Please follow me... This building outside is for only those ordinary people. Even the people who work here don't know, there is an arena in this building. " Shen Jian said, as he started directing them into the building.
"Oh! Is there a separate consortium here, that is big enough for a proper battle?" Nangong Xu asked curiously, even Shen Yue and Ning Qi looked at Shen Jian, waiting for his answer.
But Shen Jian simply smiled mysteriously, as though he desired them to beg. But Ning Qi simply behaved like 'We will know it once we reach there, which made Shen Jian sigh again.
As they reached the center of the building, they identify many people going in and out of those lifts. But a lift looks quite luxurious and there is a guard beside it.
There are even words inscribed on the top of the lift with big letters in golden color 'Only VIPs. Shen Jian led them to that lift directly.
"Welcome! This lift is purely for those that have VIP cards, Please show me your card, before proceeding further." That guard took a step towards them to stop approaching further and asked.
"We are from the Shen family! I am Shen Jian, the head of the Shen family. I don't think we need a VIP card to attend this event. "
Just when Ning Qi was about to ask for the 'VIP' card from the system, Shen Jian said relatively arrogantly. It looks like it exerts quite an effect on the guard, as his attitude immediately changed from impartial to respectful.
"Naturally, Mr. Shen! I am an outer sect disciple of the Yan sect! Mr. Shen is a peak master-level martial artist, who has the chance to break through to the Grandmaster level. As this event is conducted in Yangshou, Sect master Yan specially instructed me to greet you on his behalf if you were to attend this event. " That guard hastily said, surprising everyone including Shen Jian.
But soon he understood, that he is, after all, a peak master-level martial artist for a long time. Those guys may have thought, that he has the chance to become a grandmaster level. Any grandmaster-level martial artist will gain absolute respect from anyone in this world.
"Alright! Please lead the way." Shen Jian said as he doesn't want Ning Qi to squander Ning Qi's time.
"Hm! Mr. Shen, I have to secure this path, as many more guests will come promptly. Please take the lift and proceed to the 5th arena." That guard said politely, as he doesn't want any unnecessary trouble, because of his negligence.
Shen Jian equally didn't trouble him, and he assisted all of them into the lift, before clicking on the 5th button. Suddenly that lift started moving downwards, which instantly caused everyone to think of certain movies they have watched.
"I didn't expect this, but why both of you have never taken me here?" Shen Yue asked quite sullenly, making everyone roll their eyes.
'Don't you know that you were still under 18 years old the previous year?' Everyone thought but no one stated it out loud.
Before long they reached the '5th floor', and as soon as they step out, they saw a huge hall with a big arena in the center and around 1000 to 1200 seats surrounding it, from all sides. At this moment, not many people have arrived yet, only around 30 or so can be seen sitting on those seats sparsely.
"Good evening! You must be the head of Shen's family, Shen Jian. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Shen! I'm an inner-sect disciple of the Yan Sect, Fang Lian. My sect disciple at the entrance informed us of your attendance at this event, and we are very glad to have you here. " A middle-aged man soon came to them, with a pleasant attitude to greet them.
"Thank You, Mr. Fang! We are merely attending the event, on behalf of my friends here. This is Mr. Ning, and he is the sect master of the Taohua sect and these are the disciples of the sect. This is my son and granddaughter, and she also joined Mr. Ning's sect recently." Shen Jian didn't neglect this inner disciple, as they at least possess the strength of peak-level junior martial artists.
"Oh! Taohua sect, we do consist of 3 participants from this sect, matched at 6 pm. I thought, it was a sect, which may have formed, without any support from the martial arts association. But from the looks of it, Mr. Shen supports them quite well, even allowing your granddaughter to join them."
That Fang guy said with surprise, as he thought that whatever Taohua sect is presumably a farce's sect. The sect master may barely be just a junior-level martial artist, who just graduated from a certain sect.
After looking at Ning Qi, he felt that his initial thoughts may very well be true or even more negative. As this guy is relatively young and may have just graduated from certain average sects out there. He doesn't possess the unquestioning confidence of Shen's family members, very trusted in their baby girl's choice. Even though they also didn't think of the Ning Qi sect as a cultivation sect, they at least thought that Ning Qi must be a Master level martial artist, from their trust in Shen Yue.
But Fang Lian isn't them after all, he even thought that Ning Qi is most likely a middle-stage junior martial artist or at best a late-stage junior martial artist.
However, he politely nodded his head towards them, as they are one of the participants of the matches conducted by their sect. He escorted them to their respective chairs, allotted beforehand, they made two more spots for Shen Jian and Shen Tian.
"Alright! Please enjoy the show... In due course for matches, we will inform you." Fang Lian said, before going away after slightly bowing to Shen Jian.
"Sect master! That guy is quite arrogant... Do you want me to teach him some manners?" Nangong Xu asked, while Shen Yue also looked at Ning Qi with fierceness in her eyes, ready to teach this peak-level junior martial artist. Shen Tian felt embarrassed by Shen Yue's disregard for Fang Lian, as he was in addition in to the same realm. But he also knows, that guy will suffer utter defeat if he faces Shen Yue just like what happened to him in the morning.
"Alright! Stop causing trouble. Why do you care so much for a mortal? Learn from your junior brother." Ning Qi scolded both of them unhurriedly and felt awkward stares from both Shen Jian and Shen Tian. He knows that he stated something mistakenly, without considering their feelings. He smiled at them apologetically, as if he absolutely doesn't signify what he mentioned. He merely wanted to improve their way of thinking, so that they won't cause much trouble.
"Am I getting it to my head, as my strength started growing?" Ning Qi thought himself, but he shook his head quickly, as his thoughts are always clear. He merely wanted them to not cause trouble.
"I better include a new rule on treating mortals kindly or at least not disregarding them. Hm! That's a good one, and My sect would never discriminate against mortals." Ning Qi slowly planned a new rule in his head.
As time passed, more and more people started coming. Most of them are luxuriously dressed, and they all looked at Ning Qi's group weirdly, as the clothes this group is wearing are kinda not so good in their eyes. But no one uttered a single thing, as anyone who can come to this place are not ordinary at all.
Even some wealthy second-generation young masters looked at Shen Yue with a lot of interest. But Shen Yue completely ignored them, while Nangong Xu noted down their faces, and decided to teach them a lesson if they encounter each other in the future.
"Welcome Guests! Thanks to everyone that came to this event 'Battle arena' which is conducted by my Yan Sect. I don't want to talk too much nonsense... We are going to start the matches in a moment but before that... Allow me to announce that the betting section will start for every match. After every match, there will be a five-minute gap, those who want to add the betting can directly place the bet with our outer sect disciples. Just raise your hands, and they will come to you and aid you with the betting! Alright everyone, please enjoy the Show. "
Fang Lian said, before getting off the arena. And soon 20 or so outer disciples came to stand on the pathways beside the guest's area.