Show Up . . .
At an altitude of Town of Cha.
It was a small basin that was surrounded by four hills.
It was an artificial area.
The hillsides looked normal in the first gaze, but they were actually structured with many layers of seats. The seats were organized neatly. There were even passages between different sections. What a creative ingenuity.
On the lowest part was a round-shaped stage, which was only about sixty meters wide. It was spacious enough for a one-on-one battle.
There were three seats on each of the four sides. Those were seats for judges. The fight could be watched from different perspectives.
The hillsides were full of people.
The youngsters from different clans were sitting around the stage, vigorously and quietly. They were waiting for battle.
As the clans promised, every clan could only send ten people to attend the battle.
In other words, if the ten young men of a clan were all defeated, the clan was out. The clan that won a fight had the chance to go on for further combats. That meant whoever was powerful enough could go on to fight more until all the other clans were out! The winner won the rest of the lotuses!
The young men of each clan were all confident. To be chosen to attend such a significant event, they must be the leaders of their generation, a bunch of talented geniuses. They were all imagining how they would win more and more lotuses for their own clans so that they could get higher positions in the clan.
It was such an important opportunity. They would have to spend months and years to raise themselves to higher positions in the clan if they couldn't attend this arena...
Today, it was going to be an opportunity for some of them to become famous in the clan and in the district!
They couldn't miss it!
Li Clan people resided near the stage, so they got to choose an area closest to the stage. Cha Clan was beside Li Clan. What a coincidence...
At the moment, the entire area was full of people. However, Cha Clan's seats were mostly empty.
That was the reason why the others all kept looking over. They heard there was a misfortune that happened in Cha Clan, and many of their people died... They wondered who would lead Cha Clan's people.
The crowd was honestly impatient. If Cha Clan didn't have most of the high-quality lotuses, people would have burst into chaos. A few clan's leadership were discussing whether they should send people to Cha Clan to urge their men to the arena. Finally, somebody excitedly said...
"Here they are..."
"Cha Clan people are coming..."
Suddenly, everybody turned in the same direction.
On the broad road which led to the stage, Cha Clan people were moving slowly in a neat formation.
The man who led the formation was tall and strong with a square and handsome face. He looked vigorous while striding on the road. Behind him, there were only about forty men. However, it felt like he was leading an army of a million men and they were ready to assault. It gave everybody the feeling of a force that could sweep away millions of enemy troops!
That was exactly dragon's vigor, tiger's prestige!
The other people of Cha Clan were walking alongside the formation. However, they were fewer than the other clans remembered. Many of them were unacquainted. Most importantly, Cha Tianchen was not with them!
The other clans all felt pleased to see that.
Cha Tianchen was Cha Clan's main force. He was the best among all the superior cultivators of all the clans. That was why the other clans kept pushing Cha Clan but never dared to push them too hard. They didn't want Cha Tianchen to run wild. If Cha Tianchen made a suicide attack, say a self-explosion attack, he would definitely kill one or two best cultivators of a clan. Cha Clan might be collapsed, but the other clan would fall with them. The two clans would be swallowed by the other clans immediately!
The arena for Regeneration Ink Lotus was exactly a compromise that the other clans made because of Cha Tianchen!
Now, the other clans didn't see Cha Tianchen coming, so they all felt overjoyed. They couldn't help but imagine how Cha Tianchen was injured in the fight for the leadership! [It would be great if he got injured by his own people! Without Cha Tianchen, Cha Clan is just a piece of dead meat on the plate, a newly born child in hand! We can do whatever we want to Cha Clan!]
Behind Cha Nantian, there were eight young men who were all unacquainted to the other clans.
However, they were walking excitedly, vigorously, and energetically. They just didn't seem adept in cultivation.
People from the other clans couldn't discern the cultivation levels of these young men, but they were reasonably certain that all of them were below the Dream Origin Stage. It was perplexing to them why these young men appeared so excited. After all, this was a severe battle with no restrictions on the stage, and it was entirely possible that some of them might not leave the stage alive.
Among the group of young men, one individual, who walked at the back of the formation, captivated everyone's attention. He was tall and handsome, clad in pristine white attire, moving with a casual grace akin to a gentle breeze. He bore the aura of a young noble.
"The young men are all unfamiliar to us, but most of them match the descriptions we gathered regarding Ye Clan's younger generation. Is that the one with the most striking appearance, walking at the rear, the son of Cha Nantian who recently returned?"
"What a handsome fellow!"
Numerous young ladies were visibly excited.
"Oh... He's incredibly handsome..."
"So charming... He's the Mr. Right from my dreams... the one and only..."
"Excuse me, handsome man... are you... are you married?"
"Look this way, handsome..."
"How can I get close to someone that attractive?"
Many girls' eyes appeared to transform into hearts. Pink hearts seemed to float in the air.
The young prodigies from the other clans were growing annoyed with the besotted girls.
"What's the use of having a pretty face?"
"He may be handsome, but so what?"
"Watch me defeat him with three punches when we're on the stage!"
"I won't need three punches. A single kick will do the job!"
"I can't stand these useless men who only possess pretty faces..."
"It might be inappropriate to beat him in public. When the right moment comes, I'll... do something to him and let him enjoy being a bloody handsome man..."
"Beat him to a pulp!"
"Ruining his handsome face is the way to go!"