Stars Shining Bright, Ten Directions Arena!

"Forget it, none of that is important."

"What matters is that today's contest will decide who gets to represent Azure River Satellite City and head to the Central Imperial Capital to take part in the real 'talent selection'!"

One hundred and sixty people competing for ten spots.

Just thinking about it, it was truly brutal...

After recognizing Lin Yuan, Qi Tianlin's attitude took a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn. He became quite familiar with Lin Yuan and Gu Yiyi, standing together with them.

Perhaps noticing that Gu Yiyi did not care to acknowledge him, Qi Tianlin looked somewhat awkward. Yet he still feigned composure, warmly slinging an arm around Lin Yuan's shoulders.

"Brother Lin probably doesn't know much about the children of our great clans, right?"

"Since fate has brought us together, let this old brother explain it all to you in detail..."

Faced with this thick-skinned heir of the Qi Family, Lin Yuan merely rolled his eyes.

He had thought this would be a classic, crowd-pleasing epic sequence: failed flirting—humiliation turning to rage—jealous provocation—showing off and getting slapped in the face.

Unexpectedly, the other man did not play by the usual script. The moment he heard Lin Yuan's name, his attitude changed completely, and now he was calling Lin Yuan his dear brother?

Still, that was fine. It saved trouble.

"I'd like to hear the details."

He casually agreed. There was still time before the event began, and since they were waiting anyway, learning about his opponents was not a bad thing.

"Our Azure River Satellite City has five great martial clans and nine Starry-Sky Martial Academies."

"Every martial clan and every Starry-Sky Martial Academy has more than one Third Realm Skyflight Realm ancestor overseeing it. Their foundations run deep, and their influence reaches far."

Having received Lin Yuan's permission, and