Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 225 - 215: Xu Ping’an

After the first round of competition ended, there was a break of about two hours.

The second round of drawing lots began immediately.

Those who made it into the second round were mostly martial artists with even greater strength.

Like Qin Qing, the top disciple of the Great Qian Martial Institute.

And Hong Hu, the top disciple of Chiyang Martial Institute, Xu Wenjian, the top disciple of Taibai Institution, and Lu Yuming, the top disciple of Luochuan Institution.

Undoubtedly, the second round of battles would be even more exciting and thrilling than the first.

The drawing of lots started right away.

The method for the second round differed from the first, no longer using lot numbers to decide opponents.

Instead, the names of all fifteen people who advanced from the first round were placed into a bamboo tube, and then two names were drawn out each time.

The two names drawn together would be the combatants in the second round.

"Du Yuan, Lin Song!"

Qin De quickly announced the names of the first combatants.

This time, the banquet and competition were personally overseen by Qin De himself, which commanded respect for his hands-on approach, given that Qin De was the Third Prince of Great Qian.

Usually, such matters would be delegated to subordinates, but Qin De had taken charge from the start.

The first match was between Du Yuan and Lin Song, both of whom had made a strong impression on Qin Qing.

Du Yuan’s Martial Soul was the Golden Falcon, and he was a Sword Cultivator.

As for Lin Song, he wielded a black longstaff as his Spirit Soldier.

His staff technique was incredibly ferocious, displaying the force of a tempest when executed.

"The second match, Xu Ping’an, Qin Qing!"

Qin Qing!

Qin Qing’s gaze shifted as his name was called out so quickly.

However, to the disappointment of many, Qin Qing’s opponent was not Lu Yuming.

Many in the audience were eager to see Qin Qing clash with Lu Yuming, as both were young and represented their respective Martial Institutes as top disciples.

Moreover, perhaps due to Yu An’s influence, Yuming had been constantly irked by Qin Qing and had made many harsh statements.

The two had developed a grudge.

Therefore, many were looking forward to their direct confrontation.

"This shitty luck, really fortunate!" Lu Yuming cursed under his breath after hearing that his opponent was not Qin Qing.

By his side, another person chuckled, "Brother Lu, no need to worry. Isn’t there another round after this?"

Lu Yuming frowned impatiently, "I just can’t wait to teach him a lesson. Him daring to be so disrespectful to my brother? I would love to see if he knows how to tuck his tail and be a dog once I’ve trampled him underfoot!"

"Of course. Brother Lu, wouldn’t teaching him a lesson be a piece of cake for you?" said someone next to Lu Yuming, slathering on flattery.

The matchups for the subsequent battles were quickly decided.

The third match, Hong Hu versus Peng Qian.

The fourth match, Lu Yuming versus Yue Jiang.

The fifth match, Su Dongxue versus Zhao Qilin.

The sixth match, Xu Wenjian versus Mo Yu.

The seventh match, Yuan Xiu versus Huang Ying.

"The names for the seven matches, totaling fourteen people, were all those who had drawn names."

"However, coming out of the first round, there were fifteen people. That means there was one person who did not draw a name!"

"The one who didn’t draw a name is—Chu Qing!"

Qin De took out the last bamboo slip with a name written on it from the drawing cylinder.

"So this round, Chu Qing is directly given a bye, meaning she directly obtains the qualification to enter the third round!"

The moment Qin De’s words were uttered, suddenly there was an uproar.

"This is too unfair, Chu Qing doesn’t have to fight and she directly advances to the next round?"

"How incredibly lucky can one get?"

"Others fight tooth and nail and might still not make it to the next round, and here’s Chu Qing getting a bye straight to the next round just by drawing a lot?"

Quite a few people expressed their displeasure about this bye and advancement being unfair.

Qin De waved his hand and said, "I know many feel that it’s unfair for Chu Qing to advance to the next round without fighting, thinking it lacks fairness and that she’s too lucky. But isn’t luck also a part of strength? We martial cultivators, at many times, need luck to seize opportunities! So, there’s nothing unfair about this, if you must blame something, then blame the others for lacking luck in not drawing a bye."

"Of course!" Qin De continued, "In the second round’s revival challenge, Chu Qing is also among those who can be challenged. If someone chooses to challenge her and defeats her, they can take her place in advancing to the next round!"

After Qin De announced the rules, the fights quickly began.

There were seven matches, with three happening simultaneously as usual.

So Qin Qing immediately went to the second battle platform.

His opponent, named Xu Ping’an.

Qin Qing always felt that this Xu Ping’an seemed somewhat familiar, like he had seen him somewhere before, but couldn’t quite place it.

Once atop the battle platform, Xu Ping’an also leaped up after him.

"Haha, Qin Qing!" Xu Ping’an greeted Qin Qing with a clasped-hand salute.

Xu Ping’an’s face was filled with a smiling expression, as if he were very familiar with Qin Qing, which made Qin Qing even more puzzled since he didn’t recall knowing the other party.

Seemingly perceiving the confusion on Qin Qing’s face, Xu Ping’an couldn’t help but laugh and then said, "Qin Qing, I often hear my grandfather speaking of you, my grandfather is Xu Qingyuan!"

Once Xu Ping’an uttered these words, Qin Qing instantly came to a realization.

No wonder he felt that Xu Ping’an looked familiar.

It turned out that he had not actually met Xu Ping’an, but Xu Ping’an bore some resemblance to Xu Qingyuan and Xu Fang.

"So you’re the grandson of Vice Dean Xu, Xu Brother, nice to meet you!" Qin Qing also greeted with a smile and clasped hands.

Qin Qing naturally reciprocated the friendliness evident in Xu Ping’an’s smiling face.

"Qin Qing, I actually haven’t been away from Great Qian Martial Institute for long, just under two years, to be exact, only a year and a half." Xu Ping’an said with a smile to Qin Qing, "But during this year and a half, I almost heard my grandfather mention you every day. Thus, my ears have almost developed calluses from it!"

Qin Qing laughed and said, "Brother Xu you really have a good sense of humor."

"It’s not humor, it’s the truth. My grandfather often said to me that there’s a new disciple at Great Qian Martial Institute, exceptional in many ways... and I’ve always been quite curious. Today I finally get the chance to meet Brother Qin. Brother Qin, for a new disciple to be able to take the title of the number one disciple of Great Qian Martial Institute is already very impressive, and your display of strength in the last round against Guan Xing, I’m afraid, is no longer something that the title of number one disciple can measure..."

Qin Qing smiled faintly.

He had never paid much attention to these hollow titles.

"Alright, Brother Qin, let’s not talk too much. The main goal of this battle is to exchange pointers, we’ll stop once a hit is scored. I admit that I’m no match for you, so I’m here to learn!"

"Please!" Qin Qing made a gesture of invitation.

"Alright. Here I come!" While Xu Ping’an was speaking, he had already thrust his sword towards Qin Qing.