CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 56 HOLDING BACK

After Meng Chuan changed his clothes, Luo Guanyun walked over.

Madam Ren Ping stepped forward, helped Meng Chuan smooth out the wrinkles on his martial arts uniform, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Very handsome, Xiaomeng."

Meng Chuan replied with a bashful smile.

Luo Guanyun always spoke boldly:

"Just perform normally, the master believes in you, no one on the field is your match."

Meng Chuan confidently said:

"Absolutely!"

Luo Guanyun stepped forward again to remind him:

"Your first opponent is a girl, she is also at the Four Gates of Qi and Blood, a Dark Strength user, be sure not to hold back just because she’s female."

"Female martial artists are not weaker than us males, a slight mistake could overturn the boat. There are martial artists from the Martial Arts Association overseeing to prevent accidents, just give it your all."

Meng Chuan nodded.

Luo Guanyun suddenly thought:

"When you face that Chen Xuewu, don’t let him lose too badly, the owner of their dojo, Liu Sanduo, is kind of my little brother, remember to call him Uncle when you meet."

Meng Chuan expressed he understood, suddenly thinking about the man who looked at him strangely last night.

"Chen Xuewu? Probably him."

The ring was still being adjusted, the host was interacting with the audience on the side, warming up the atmosphere.

In the waiting area of the Infinite Martial Arts Dojo, Meng Chuan sat cross-legged on the floor, adjusting his breath to ensure he was in the best condition for the stage.

In the waiting area of the Green Snake Martial Arts Dojo, the dojo members were already opening champagne in advance.

"Sister Xiaoyue, drew a good lot for the first match, it’s stable!"

Dojo owner [Yuzhuqing·Li Cuizhen] was Li Xiaoyue’s biological mother, and she too was all smiles.

"Yueyue, that Meng’s strength is average, only worth mentioning is a third-rate Cannon Fist Perfection, just conserve your energy to handle Chen Xuewu and Li Bing, those two."

Others were already congratulating themselves on winning the match, but Li Xiaoyue didn’t feel certain, still repeatedly reviewing the weaknesses of Xingyi Cannon Fist in her mind.

Meng Chuan’s breakthrough to the fourth gate, also mastering Dark Strength, hadn’t been communicated, the intelligence other dojos had was outdated.

According to Master Luo’s theory:

"The difference in information is the key to winning in a martial arts match!"

Sister Ru was feeding moves to Meng Chuan for warm-up as she said:

"Xiaomeng, don’t be nervous later, just bring out the state of practicing martial arts daily. If you’re really nervous, just imagine the audience as some radishes and cabbages!"

"Understood, Sister Ru."

In the audience, Wang Yue specially got a large glowing Meng Chuan fan sign made, now it was with his sister Meng Yiyi.

Meng Yiyi’s idea of forming a fan club coincided with Wang Yue, thus the two reached cooperation.

Preparing to boost Meng Chuan’s morale for his first public competition, laying a foundation for future fan gathering.

Wang Yue prepared to leave the waiting area to find Meng Yiyi at the audience.

Before leaving, he shouted loudly to Meng Chuan:

"Brother Chuan, do your best later, don’t worry about what’s happening off stage, just watch me perform!"

Meng Chuan was a bit puzzled, with a bad premonition.

"Watch you perform what off stage? What are you going to perform..."

As the ring adjustment work finished, the dojo owners on the judges’ bench were all present.

Without question, the middle two seats were reserved for the competition director from the Martial Arts Association and Luo Guanyun, the owner of the Infinite Martial Arts Dojo.

Luo Guanyun in a black suit, muscles bulging the clothes, looked very stylish.

Beside him sat the "little brother" Liu Sanduo, although Liu Sanduo looked far less burly than Luo Guanyun, his energy was still sharp and strong, a wrist with protruding veins inadvertently showed from the sleeve.

Still, he didn’t think Meng Chuan could beat Li Xiaoyue, but he had to say something.

"Brother Luo, I’ve told Xuewu, if he faces Meng Chuan, be sure to let him hold back a few more moves."

Luo Guanyun was a bit puzzled, you even asked me to hold back?

"Sanduo, what are you thinking?"

Other dojo owners were also chatting:

"Old Yuan, did your apprentice master Dark Strength?"

"Hmm? Hmm."

The Ape God Martial Arts Dojo owner Yuan Huan was a bit absent-minded, because he needed to control the situation from the judges’ bench, meanwhile.

At this moment, he was controlling Wang Xudong’s body through the mother seed of the Seed of Fear!

In the Ape God Martial Arts Dojo waiting area.

The Hu family brothers always felt that the senior brother looked not quite right.

Usually, Wang Xudong loved lecturing them pretentiously, but today, at such a grand competition, he didn’t say anything to the dojo’s trainees.

Watching the competition about to start, Wang Xudong still quietly meditated, the second brother of the Hu family hurriedly ran over to remind:

"Senior brother, get up soon, the match is about to start."

"Alright."

Wang Xudong suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, walking briskly toward the ring.

"Senior brother, come back! It’s not your turn yet!"

Wang Xudong abruptly stopped, a slight red glimmer flashed in his eyes and then disappeared, looking back.

"Oh, okay."

Hu Jiarui felt the second senior brother was increasingly strange, how could he forget his own match times.

"Clearly Wang Xudong doesn’t love being pretentious, why do I feel he’s getting weirder?"

...

The match was about to begin, following the custom, the Martial Arts Association director in the middle position, needed to make the opening speech.

Being the patron, his standing received thunderous applause from the audience, the host had already warmed up the audience’s emotions in advance.

After the applause subsided, the director, also a martial artist of the First Great Limit, directly spoke without any delay:

"Dear guests in the audience, dear competitors, the 46th Yong’an Martial Arts Dojo Ranking Tournament is officially starting!"

Applause resounded again, and the host took over at this moment.

"In this competition, first to enter are the young contestants from the underage group, each representing the highest teaching level of their martial arts dojos. Let’s welcome them on stage with the warmest applause!"

Sixteen contestants walked to the front with applause, standing in line, full of momentum.

Chen Xuewu, Li Xiaoyue, and Li Bing looked at each other, they were the favorites to win this competition.

Chen Xuewu looked at the only female contestant Li Xiaoyue on the stage, with a solemn expression, secretly contemplating:

"She has been training with her martial artist mother since childhood, it’s probably more than just initially mastering Dark Strength, plus the Snake Form is cunning and hard to defend, I must be careful when encountering her."

In his mind, Meng Chuan was already eliminated by her.

Other contestants were also silently observing the three.

"My first-round opponent is a chump at the three gates of Qi and Blood, hope to keep my luck in the second round, not to face these three."

Wang Xudong’s demeanor was already normal, it was clear that his master Yuan Huan’s control over him was getting more proficient.

At the same time, he was greeting and interacting warmly with the audience on stage.

Seeing this, Hu Jiarui thought he was overthinking.

"This guy is still the same pretentious bird!"