"Alright, then I can only wish you success in the competition." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Xiao Mingxuan didn't persuade Ye Huan for even a single sentence.

After speaking, he cupped his fists and turned to leave, his lips curling into a sly smile.

In fact, Xiao Mingxuan had long anticipated that Ye Huan wouldn't heed his advice. After all, his words were filled with persuasion, and when they reached Ye Huan's ears, they would certainly sound quite harsh.

Someone as talented as Ye Huan would surely have a prideful heart and wouldn't easily admit defeat.

When others said he couldn't achieve good results, his first reaction would definitely be dissatisfaction and the desire to achieve good results just to prove them wrong!

However, this time Ye Huan was completely outmatched!

To achieve good results, you need to have the corresponding strength!

Without that strength, you're doomed to be the one getting embarrassed!

Thinking of this, Xiao Mingxuan almost laughed aloud, his sly smile deepened!

After leaving the Xiao Family's resting area, he headed to the resting areas of other families, instructing their young members to deliberately lose if they faced Ye Huan and Xiao Qingming, allowing them to advance to the top sixteen!

Since the competition was conducted under the control of the Di Family, and Xiao Mingxuan was the spokesperson for the Di Family, all the families were obedient and expressed understanding.

"Old man is going to make a fortune this time!"

Xiao Mingxuan's cunning plan succeeded, and he laughed inwardly!

He planned to defeat Ye Huan and Xiao Qingming in the top sixteen competition, achieving the honor of defeating the Saint of Huaxia!

After this grand competition concludes, a piece of news will shock the entire Ancient Martial Realm: Xiao Mingxuan from the Xiao Family defeated the Saint Ye Huan and claimed the championship of the Ancient Martial Medical Competition!

Xiao Mingxuan would become the focal point of the Ancient Martial Realm!

Ye Huan would become his stepping stone!

Nevertheless, Xiao Mingxuan would also appropriately hold back, not totally crush Ye Huan, otherwise, if Ye Huan lost too badly and became furious, the situation might be difficult to handle.

As for letting other families slack off, allowing Ye Huan and the Xiao Family to enter the top sixteen, it was entirely to save face for Ye Huan.

Otherwise, according to the original plan, the Xiao Family wouldn't survive the preliminary round!

Offering this favor, presumably Ye Huan won't retaliate against Xiao Mingxuan, even if he loses miserably, and might even consider Xiao Mingxuan to have high emotional intelligence and maintain good relations with him.

Moreover, whether the Xiao Family loses in the preliminary round or gets eliminated in the top sixteen, the outcome remains the same: being kicked out from the ranks of top medical families!

Not only achieving the goal of defeating the Xiao Family, but also gaining both fame and fortune, what a thrill!

Xiao Mingxuan almost burst into laughter!

…

The ancient martial medical competition was initially organized by all medical families of the Ancient Martial Realm, later jointly hosted by the five top medical families selected during the first competition.

Eventually, it was solely hosted by the most powerful Feng Family, though the competition rules remained largely unchanged.

All families registering to participate will compete during the preliminary elimination round to determine the strongest sixteen families.

After that follows the brutal 1V1 knockout matches, where the sixteen families will compete in the events prepared by the Feng Family to determine the top eight, top four, and even the champion.

At noon, the sun shone brightly.

At the very center of the arena, which is as big as ten football fields, a green field equivalent to three football fields in size was bustling with young members of various families, along with their allies, all preparing for the preliminary round.

Surrounding the green field were countless spectators dressed in various attire.

A crowd, no fewer than ten thousand people.

The once-in-a-decade Ancient Martial Medical Competition is considered a grand event in the Huaxia Ancient Martial Realm, attracting even families unrelated to medicine to come and watch.

These people standing on the peripheries, while scanning the participants in the field, engaged in curious discussions with one another.

"Who do you think has the best chance of winning this time?"

"Is it even a question? It has to be Xiao Mingxuan and Feng Hao. One is a disciple of Di Lin, the other is the previous champion; with such a prestigious lineup, they'll undoubtedly sweep the entire field."

"That's also true; it seems there's no suspense. But speaking of which, the Feng Family seems quite generous, handing over the champion title they've held for thousands of years to the Xiao Family. Could it be that they might form an unbreakable alliance, a formidable medical family alliance in the future?"

"I don't think so. Think about it, who stands out most among this year's contestants? Xiao Mingxuan! While the Feng Family's young members are also quite good, there's still a significant gap compared to a disciple of Di Lin. The Feng Family likely thought this: Rather than losing to Xiao Mingxuan in the competition, it would be better to give a favor to the Xiao Family by letting Xiao Mingxuan and Feng Hao ascend to the champion's podium together. This way, the champion still belongs to Feng Family partly."

"Wow, man, you make a point..."

The spectators were highly enthused, discussing eagerly, all praising the strength of Xiao Mingxuan and Feng Hao.

No one mentioned Ye Huan.

It's understandable.

They had already finished discussing Ye Huan before.

They unanimously deemed Ye Huan's participation this time as seeking trouble, just tagging along.

Many were already anticipating seeing what Ye Huan would look like after losing — as if he had lost his parents.

Some couldn't help but snicker just thinking about it.

"I declare the competition begins!"

Suddenly, a loud whistle echoed infinitely above the clouds of Wudang Mountain!

The spectators immediately stopped their discussions and focused intently on the competition field!

The preliminary round consists of three rounds!

The competition project is quite simple — randomly select two families, needle throwing!

Almost like shooting targets with a gun, the project requires contestants to hold ten silver needles and aim at targets a thousand meters away, then throw them!

However, the difficulty of needle throwing is much higher than shooting targets.

The small size of the silver needle means its accuracy is easily affected by wind and many other factors, thus greatly testing the foundation of Ancient Martial Medical Technique!

The stronger the foundation in Ancient Martial Medical Technique, the more accurate the needle throwing!

Xiao Mingxuan and Feng Hao were the first to take the stage and stunned everyone!

"Whiz!"

"Whiz!"

"Whiz!"

According to the competition rules, contestants and allies compete separately, adding their scores and dividing by two to get the composite score!

First on stage were Xiao Mingxuan and Feng Hao, who respectively scored an impressive 86 rings and 85 rings!

Composite score: 85.5!

This is an extremely astonishing score!

Even for a master in the Ancient Martial Realm, achieving this score isn't easy; after all, throwing a silver needle across a thousand meters has too many uncontrollable factors affecting the needle's flight path!

Everyone dreams of hitting ten rings with every needle, but throughout history, no one has achieved this dream!

The best recorded score for the needle throwing event, among hundreds of competition sessions, was 84!

Both Xiao Mingxuan's and Feng Hao's scores essentially broke historical records!

In contrast, the score of the opposing minor family's contestant was quite ordinary.

"Xiao Family, composite score: 85.5! Cao Family, composite score: 48! Xiao Family wins!" The referee announced the result with a flick of his sleeve!

Xiao Mingxuan and Feng Hao remained indifferent, seemingly unsurprised by achieving such an impressive score. They left the target field with their hands behind their backs, heading to the resting area, with an air of arrogance.

The Cao Family's contestants and allies, however, blushed furiously and hung their heads, hurriedly leaving amidst the spectators' ridiculing laughter, looking as if they wanted to crawl into a crack to hide for a while.

"Second match, begin!"

The referee blew the whistle, and the competition continued!

Quickly, as time passed, the first round of preliminaries reached the final match.

Xiao Family against Wang Family!

This match once again heated up the atmosphere in the field!

After all, the Xiao Family's ally was the world-renowned Saint of Huaxia — Ye Huan!

But the next second, their enthusiasm vanished immediately.

"Wang Family, withdraws!"