I Can See Your Combat Power

Chapter 719: Chapter Thirteen: Kunwu County

“Can you believe it if I say, at the age of fifteen, he could take on three of you alone?”

Tang Luo held up four fingers, waving them in front of the three stunned team members: “Unless something goes wrong, this little guy you are looking down upon today will, in three years time, be standing at the pinnacle of the Mortal Realm as a martial artist, qualifying for four Longzhou Youth Martial Arts Competitions, and remaining the poster face for twelve years.”

“If your clans could produce such young talents, I would definitely not hesitate to give away these competition places.”

Xiao Ziyu and the others fell silent. Tang Xing’s unfaltering aura was already the best measure of his strength. Perhaps, in the entire Longzhou Western Region, there were no young talents who could match him.

“If there are no other issues, let’s start our journey. Don’t keep Senior Xiao waiting for too long.”

While suppressing Xiao Ziyu’s dissatisfaction with a few words, Tang Luo, along with his team members, boarded the Luan carriage that had long been waiting on the Kuiyun Peak. With a few clear calls from the phoenix, the Luan bird pulled the carriage into the sky, heading east.

…

Kunwu Divine Mountain is the location of the Martial Saint Mountain, the highest martial arts hall in Longzhou.

It is also the home of the bloodline force of Bu Cangsheng, the first saint of the Human Race, and has been the top sacred place of the Human Race since ancient times.

Compared to Xu Sheng, who has countless followers and disciples, and Saint Han, who seeks to save the world, Saint Bu has never had the ambition to rule from the beginning. Even though later generations depict his life as extremely tragic and twisted, for him, challenging the Demon King was merely a test to see if there were any mighty demon beings that could defeat or even kill him.

This is a martial artist who holds an extreme belief in his own martial path and was the only light for the Human Race during that dark era.

Adhering to the will of their ancestors, for thousands of years, the Bu Clan has been closed off to the world, concentrating on their martial arts. In their eyes, only the sacred places in the world are worthy of equal communication. Though they rule over Longzhou, they never claim to be its master. The purpose of the lofty Martial Saint Mountain is to study their own martial arts and ignore the conflicts in Longzhou. In the eyes of the Martial Saint Mountain, what could be more important than the martial arts problems before them?

At this time, all continents are occupied by the Human Race, which can reproduce faster than rabbits. Even if several billion people die, they will be replenished within twenty years. This is the Martial Saint Mountain’s attitude towards ordinary people.

Unless you are a martial artist with unparalleled talent, the Martial Saint Mountain will regard you as a comrade in martial arts. Whether you are a universally despised butcher or an infamous villain, as long as your martial arts are unique, they are willing to interact with you.

Furthermore, if you are willing to dedicate it to the Martial Saint Mountain, they will protect you, taking on your karma.

The initial Kunwu County is where the Martial Saint Mountain houses these people.

As long as the Martial Saint Mountain has been rooted in Longzhou, Kunwu County has developed, to the point that today, this county built along the foot of Kunwu Mountain has become the largest city in Longzhou. Numerous villages and city-states are intertwined. Because of the prohibition on martial arts, hawkers here dare to quarrel with martial artists face-to-face, and even the powerful beings of the Fierce Realm are not allowed to fly in the air. It’s almost like a peaceful sanctuary.

But once you leave the territory of Kunwu County, even if you massacre an entire family, the Martial Saint Mountain will not interfere.

In Kunwu County, using martial force privately is forbidden, even more so unnecessary slaughter. In this place called Kunwu County, everyone has to obey the rules of Martial Saint Mountain. Even if two mortal enemies meet, they can only snort at each other and pass by.

The registration site for the Longzhou Youth Martial Arts Competition is in the oldest city district of Kunwu County, in a group of buildings at the foot of Kunwu Divine Mountain.

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In the Longzhou Calendar year 1784, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Tang Luo and his group riding the Luan carriage arrived at the border of Kunwu County under the moonlight.

“The border of Kunwu County is ahead, crossing it on the Luan carriage would be a disrespect to Martial Saint Mountain. Perhaps we should find a Beast Taming Sect’s inn to leave the Luan carriage and then enter on foot.”

As the leader of the Longxi team, Xiao Jinlin naturally gathered information on Kunwu County before setting off. He knows well the kind of troubles the Arbitrators of Kunwu County can be. They divide Kunwu County into East, North, and West city districts, further dividing each city district into inner city and outer city zones. Each city district has a Big Arbitrator, and each Big Arbitrator is a powerful figure of the Grandmaster level and has under them Arbitrators in charge of all matters in the city.

In other words, a total of six Grandmasters and dozens of Martial Ancestor level powerhouses are only the peripheral forces of the Martial Saint Mountain, in charge merely of maintaining order in Kunwu County.

Even though Xiao Jinlin has now attained the status of a Grandmaster, he still does not dare to act arrogant in the face of such a deep-rooted sacred place.

Since the team leader has already spoken like this, there was no point in arguing further. They found an inn of the Beast Taming Sect to leave the Luan carriage and found a local guide.

When this middle-aged guide heard that the group was coming to participate in the Longzhou Youth Martial Arts Competition, his previously indifferent expression suddenly became extremely enthusiastic. He planned the route for everyone, and introduced the scenery of Kunwu County along the way, trying his best to please the group.

This sudden jubilance left the group puzzled, but they didn’t think it was a bad thing. After half a day’s journey, they arrived at the ancient city’s Arbitration Office as dawn broke. In charge of verifying their information was a young martial artist who had shed the mundane.

“You have arrived on the fifteenth of August for the martial arts competition in early September; the venues on the mountain are not even ready yet. You should find an inn in the city to stay in. Just come back with your seal to register on the first day of September.”

The young Arbitrator checked the invitation letter of Tang Luo and others, looked up and reminded, “Remember, only five participants can enter the mountain by then. This elder companion will have to stay in Kunwu County. If you think about sneaking into the Divine Mountain…”

Looking into Xiao Jinlin’s eyes, the young Arbitrator pushed the invitation letter back to Tang Luo’s group and said indifferently: “Every year, Kunshan River washes down several corpses from the mountain, all of them are those arrogant powerful beings who tried to challenge.”

“Thank you for the reminder, brother.” Tang Luo quickly stopped Xiao Ziyu, who was about to lose his temper, took the seal, and left the Arbitration Office with his group.

As soon as they stepped out of the door, Xiao Ziyu threw off Tang Luo’s hand: “Why are you holding me back? A door officer shows such arrogance, insulting the leader of my Xiao Clan. Shouldn’t he be taught a lesson?”

The Grandmaster should not be insulted, and Xiao Jinlin is the greatest glory of the entire Xiao Clan. But he was threatened face-to-face by a young man who knew neither respect nor awe. If Xiao Ziyu could tolerate this insult, then he would not be Xiao Ziyu.

“If you had even a fraction of the Clan Leader’s patience, I wouldn’t need to hold you back.” Tang Luo responded irritably, “This is his job, and with this young door officer’s understanding, do you expect him to recognise a Grandmaster on sight? Even if a King Realm strongman stood before him today, he would still give the same warning.”

Grandmasters are respected wherever they go, but in an era where information exchange is extremely limited, it is difficult for ordinary people to identify a Grandmaster by sight. Moreover, compared to the standard of Grandmasters, Xiao Jinlin looks too young, he is considered a fresh face among the Grandmasters. Therefore, this door officer would be even less likely to think that way.