It didn’t take long for the sergeant who went to count the results of the hunt to return to the royal martial arts field.
A tiger-backed general in silver-scaled armor handed a scroll recording the results into the hands of the Yunwu County King.
Yunwu County King received the scroll and gave it a slight glance, suddenly, his eyes were attracted by the name that was ranked first, the corners of his mouth revealed a hint of a smile as he said, ”Ge Qian, you come and announce the results of this year’s Junior Martial Artists of the King’s Mountain Hunt! The person who ranks first in terms of results will be rewarded with, the Heavy Xuan Bow.”
Those teenage martial artists standing below were all agitated when they heard the words “Heavy Xuan Bow”.
It was said that the Heavy Xuan Bow was a fourth-grade true martial artifact, worth tens of thousands of silver coins.
Of course, the Heavy Xuan Bow had a deeper meaning. When the Yunwu County King was young, he participated in the King Mountain Hunting and won the first place, and the reward he received was the Heavy Xuan Bow.
Who would be the first place winner of this King Mountain Hunt?
That one general in silver scale armor, holding a scroll, glanced towards those teenage martial artists standing below and said, “This King Mountain Hunt, a total of forty-three people participated in it, two people died, nine people failed to hunt, and the total number of teenage martial artists who successfully hunted the savage beast was thirty-two.”
“Ranked thirty-second, Situ Family, Situ Hai, hunted and killed a first-order inferior savage beast, Ghost Shadow Rabbit.”
“Ranked thirty-first ……”
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“Ranked fourteenth, the Sixth Prince, Zhang Mi, hunted and killed four first-order inferior savage beasts, three savage bulls, and one ghostly shadow rabbit.”
The Sixth Prince frowned slightly after hearing his results, having thought that with his results of hunting down four first-order inferior savage beasts, it would be enough to enter the top ten.
“I didn’t expect the competition to be so fierce this year!” The Sixth Prince’s gaze glanced in Zhang Ruochen’s direction, and the look of disappointment on his face was swept away, instead revealing a hint of a smile.
In his opinion, Zhang Ruochen should be one of those nine people who failed in the hunt.
Thinking of this made his heart feel much better, at least there was one more person at the bottom.
The general in silver scale armor continued to read, “Ranking 10th, Lin Family, Lin Tianwu, hunted and killed five first-order inferior savage beasts, four savage bulls, and one ghostly shadow rabbit.”
The same first rank lower class barbarian beasts, hunting down barbarian bulls and hunting down ghost shadow rabbits, the results obtained were definitely different.
“Ranked ninth, Gu Family, Gu Li, hunted to five savage bulls.”
“Ranked eighth, Bai Family, Bai Wanli, hunted to six savage bulls. Among them, five barbarian bulls were killed with the Thunder Thrilling Arrow, and the sixth barbarian bull was killed with the Bai Family’s human-grade middle-grade martial art, the ‘Killing Mighty Fist’.”
“Ranked seventh, Lin family, Lin Mishan, hunted and killed a first-rank medium savage beast and four first-rank lower savage beasts.”
Hearing her results, Lin Mishan was naturally still quite satisfied, after all, she was only fifteen years old, and it was her first time participating in the King’s Mountain Hunt, to be able to have such a result was already considered quite outstanding.
She slightly puffed out her chest and glanced towards Zhang Ruochen. It was the same first time participating in the King Mountain Hunt, yet he hadn’t hunted a single savage beast, this was the gap!
“The Lin Family’s second young miss is truly too outstanding, to be able to hunt and kill a first rank medium savage beast at only fifteen years old, her future achievements are unlimited.”
“In two more years, it’s estimated that no one will be able to compete with her in the end of the year examination.”
Outside the martial arts arena, a burst of marveling sounds resounded.
Of course, there were a few among those young martial artists who revealed disdain, such as, the Situ Clan’s first genius, Situ Linjiang, or the Fifth Prince and Xue Kai.
These three were all at the Yellow Extreme Realm’s Great Extreme Position, with the most powerful cultivations, and were also the favorites to compete for the first place.
“Ranked sixth, State Master’s House, Xue Hong Qin, hunted and killed two first rank medium savage beasts.”
“Ranked fifth, Zhennan Marshal Mansion, Luo Cheng, hunted and killed two First Order Medium Savage Beasts and one First Order Lower Savage Beast.”
“Ranked fourth, State Master’s Mansion, Xue Kai, hunted and killed three First Order Medium Savage Beasts and two First Order Lower Savage Beasts.”
Hearing this result, Xue Kai’s face sank slightly, not realizing that he couldn’t even rank in the top three.
He had thought that with his results, he would either be first or second.
“Damn it!” Xue Kai clenched his fists, his eyes very cold.
When the Fifth Prince and Situ Linjiang saw this scene, a sneer and smile appeared on their faces. However, the smiles on their faces quickly froze.
“The third, Fifth Prince, Zhang Min, hunted and killed four First Order Medium Savage Beasts and one First Order Lower Savage Beast.”
“Second place, Situ Clan, Situ Linjiang, hunted and killed five First Order Medium Savage Beasts.”
“First place, the Ninth Prince, Zhang Ruochen, hunted and killed one First Order Upper Grade Savage Beast and two First Order Medium Savage Beasts.”
After announcing the names of the top three, the entire Royal Clan Martial Stadium, countless people were dumbstruck as all eyes stared towards Zhang Ruochen.
Subsequently, the entire Royal Clan Martial Arena shook.
“Heavens! The Ninth Prince hunted and killed an upper first-ranked savage beast!”
“You have to know that every first rank upper class savage beast is comparable to a Huang Polarity Realm Grand Circle martial artist, he’s only at the Huang Polarity Realm’s Small Polarity Position cultivation, how did he do it?”
“It’s impossible! Hunting a first rank upper class savage beast after only three months of cultivation, this is too heaven-defying!”
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In the entire Royal Clan Martial Field, an unknown number of people were too shocked to speak.
In the last ten years of the End of Year Assessment, only the Seventh Prince had successfully hunted and killed an upper first rank Xuan Beast, and now, the Ninth Prince had actually done it as well.
Yunwu County King was naturally very happy as well, saying, “Ge Qian, fetch the king’s Heavy Xuan Bow, the king wants to personally hand it over to Jiu’er.”
“Wait!”
Zhang Ruochen stepped out from the group of teenage martial artists and said, “Hunting that one first-order upper class savage beast was accomplished by the combined efforts of County Lord Jiu and I. The achievement cannot be fully credited to me.”
The Ninth County Lord also walked out and laughed, “Father, this time, the King’s Mountain hunt was thanks to Ninth Brother coming to the rescue, or else my daughter would likely have died under the claws of the savage beast! Moreover, hunting that one first-rank upper class savage beast, my daughter didn’t put in much effort and didn’t help much at all.”
“Haha! Jiu’er, who do you think the Heavy Xuan Bow belongs to?” When County King Yunwu saw Zhang Ruochen and County Lord Jiu humbling each other, his heart became even happier.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’m good with swords, not bows. Your Majesty, you can then bestow the Heavy Xuan Bow to the Ninth County Lord!”
Zhang Ruochen walked forward, grabbed the Heavy Xuan Bow, and handed it to the Nine County Lords.
“Ninth brother, you ……” the Ninth County Lord looked very flattered.
Although she wanted the Heavy Xuan Bow very much, she was even more clear that the Heavy Xuan Bow did not belong to her at all.
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “This is what you deserve, after all, without your help, it would be impossible for me to kill the Green Flame Deer! Besides, there is still the next round of the School Competition, if I win in the School Competition, the reward I will receive will only be even more generous.”
“Since that’s the case, sister won’t be polite. When the schoolyard competition is held, you can be sure to work hard, with your strength, not to mention first, the top five still have a great chance.” The Nine County Lord gladly received the Heavy Xuan Bow, a pair of slender jade hands, gently caressing the black jade bow bone, indescribably joyful.
Zhang Ruochen gave the Heavy Xuan Bow to the Nine County Lords, the first reason being that, when hunting the Green Flame Deer, the Nine County Lords did come to their aid.
Secondly, he actually wanted to befriend the Nine County Lord, which was equivalent to making an ally. After all, in the royal palace, he and Concubine Lin were isolated, and even though he was now displaying a certain amount of strength, he was still far from those true martial powerhouses.
With one more ally, his and Concubine Lin’s situation would be much better.
The third round of examination, the schoolyard competition.
Only young martial artists who had hunted and killed savage beasts in the King’s Mountain Hunt could participate in the third round of examinations.
The top five winners of the third round of the examination are all rewarded very generously, and can obtain the opportunity to enter the “Barbarian God Pool” for training.
If they won the first place, the reward would be even more generous.
Therefore, everyone attached great importance to the “School Competition”, and were eager to bring out their full strength to compete for the top five places.
The Fifth Prince snorted coldly and said, “Ninth Brother, you are really hiding something! How about a match on the schoolyard?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “If we really meet on the school field, then we can only fight.”
Zhang Ruochen felt a pair of eyes staring at him, so he looked over and saw Lin Mishan standing in the distance.
Lin Mishan was indeed very beautiful looking, with delicate features, crystal red lips, a slender figure, and long legs, standing in the crowd, she gave off a feeling of standing out from the rest.
Lin Mishan indeed did not expect that Zhang Ruochen would grow so fast, and that he would be able to hunt a First Grade Upper Green Fire Deer. It was simply too incredible!
However, she had already reached the realm of “Sword Follows Heart”, and had also cultivated a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique. If she really encountered it on the school grounds, she was confident that she could defeat Zhang Ruochen.
The top ten of the King Mountain Hunt did not need to participate in the preliminaries and entered the finals directly.
The twenty-two people whose results ranked behind them would have to fight to determine the six strongest. The number of finalists was sixteen.
Two hours passed, the preliminaries ended, and the six strongest were born.
The Sixth Prince and the Nine County Lord were both one of the six strongest, and together with the top ten teenage martial artists from the King Mountain Hunt, they entered the finals.
“Final, first match. The Nine County Lord, Sheng Yu Xi, versus, the Lin Family, Lin Mushan.” That one general in silver scale armor said.
No one expected that a match would actually be between the “King City Twins”, a battle between a beautiful woman and a beautiful woman, naturally, it would be very interesting to watch, and the crowd began to look forward to it.
