The next day, in the plaza of the Blackbird Guard Residence, two areas several dozen meters wide had been marked out as the arenas for the Martial Arts Grand Competition.
Outside the arenas, the crowd was as dense as woven fabric, shoulder to shoulder, too numerous to count. Nearly a thousand figures had gathered here.
Before the two arenas, the crowd had consciously divided into two groups.
There were roughly three hundred Blackbird Guards below the rank of Human Rank Blackbird Guard.
There were over a hundred Human Rank Blackbird Guard martial artists.
The rest were naturally Blackbird Guards maintaining order, preventing any unexpected incidents.
Before the two arenas stood a towering temporary platform, from which everything below could easily be overlooked.
Three fur-covered wooden chairs were neatly arranged atop the platform. The chair in the very center was several times larger than those on either side.
He Yan sat on the chair to the right, solemn and steady as a pine, his expression stern as though he were an immovable mountain.
As he sat there, He Yan's eyes occasionally flicked toward the seat of honor.
The chair placed in the center remained empty.
Because Lu Xuan had not yet arrived, this Martial Arts Grand Competition could not begin.
The next instant, an illusory streak of light flashed across the chair.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Xuan was already seated in the seat of honor. He then spoke calmly.
"Deputy Envoy He, we may begin!"
From the moment Lu Xuan appeared, everyone below fixed their gazes upon him.
Those who had never seen Lu Xuan before revealed astonished expressions.
Although they had long known that Blackbird Envoy Sir was young, they had never expected him to be this young.
By the looks of it, Blackbird Envoy Sir seemed