Chapter 965: Chapter 965

"Stop complaining. As long as you have absolute strength, I believe you can achieve good results on behalf of the Su Family. Besides, the people in our Dark Group faction are very united. This year, we must win."

Su Tianyu exclaimed with an expectant look.

"Ultimately, this martial arts tournament is a competition between the Ming Group faction and the Dark Group faction. For the Dark Group, which has already lost the starting line, winning will not be easy." Tang Ming nodded with a sigh. Under such circumstances, he could only do his best. As for what kind of results he could achieve, he couldn’t guarantee.

"It’s indeed not easy to win, but I believe that with you participating, there’s still a great chance."

Su Tianyu was full of confidence in Tang Ming. "After all, this is a competition that only young people under thirty can participate in. Even among the disciples of the nine great families, there are only a few who can cultivate to the Seven-star Martial Master level before the age of thirty. I believe you are the most powerful among them."

"Is there an age restriction for the participants?"

Tang Ming was slightly taken aback and curiously looked at Su Tianyu, "Uncle Su, can you tell me about this martial arts tournament? It seems I know nothing about it until now."

"You, always preoccupied with romance with Xiao Xi, now suddenly think of discussing business."

Su Tianyu rolled his eyes at Tang Ming and then began to talk about the martial arts tournament.

The age of the participants in this tournament between the nine great families is particularly restricted. All contestants must be under thirty, so it’s essentially a competition among the young disciples of the nine great families.

The reason why the strongest forces in the nine great families do not compete is because the old monsters of each family are too terrifyingly powerful and mostly evenly matched. It’s easy for them to determine life and death, but hard to determine victory.

Once these old folks fight, the scene is easy to lose control, and if it gets out of hand causing casualties, the consequences would be unimaginable, possibly sparking a conflict among the great families.

Another reason is that these old folks are too powerful, and their mutual fights could easily affect innocent people. Therefore, these people do not act easily, nor do they fight among themselves, as it’s a thankless effort.

Most importantly, every family force needs to cultivate new talents. If the young are strong, the family is strong; if the young dominate, the family dominates.

After all, these people are the future leaders of each family. Once the younger generations determine the winner, it basically lays the groundwork for the families’ positions in a certain future period.

"Oh, so that’s how it is?"

Tang Ming nodded in understanding and curiously asked, "Then who are the participating disciples from the other nine great families?"

"This cannot be confirmed yet, because the martial arts tournament is held every three years. Some families will change participants, while others will continue with those from the previous tournament. Until the list is announced, it is impossible to know who each family will send to compete."

Su Tianyu thought for a moment and shook his head helplessly.

Just like the Su Family, as long as the list is unpublished, not many would think that the Su Family’s representative would be Tang Xin.

"Alright, I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of surprises the young disciples of the nine great families in the Imperial City will bring me."

After listening, Tang Ming’s eyes sparkled with excitement.

Since his debut, he has not encountered a young disciple capable of comparing with him. People like Lin Canghai and An Tian can only be regarded as quite outstanding, while he is exceptionally outstanding, long having left them far behind.

"After the registration today, the list of participants will be announced, and then everything will be revealed."

Su Tianyu was also looking forward to it. Although he had some guesses in his mind, he still couldn’t be sure until the results were announced.

Soon, Su Tianyu drove the car to a hidden forest not far from the Water Cube, where a modern military base was concealed, which was the headquarters of the Ming Group.

Unlike when Lin Canghai led people to attack before, now the headquarters of the Ming Group was still heavily guarded but the gates were wide open. There was a guard of honor lined up, and many polite female attendants appeared, respectfully welcoming every guest that appeared in front of the base.

"This is the Ming Group’s base."

After getting out of the car, Tang Ming squinted at the base ahead, secretly estimating in his heart the possibility if he were to blow up this base.

"Let’s go. I really dislike coming to the Ming Group’s headquarters, but every martial arts tournament, I have no choice but to come, getting sneered at every time."

After getting out of the car, Su Tianyu kept sighing in frustration and then looked at Tang Ming with hope, "Tang Xin, you must stand up for the Su Family this year and show those guys that the Su Family can have a day of pride."

"Alright, I will do my best."

Tang Ming smiled and nodded, following Su Tianyu into the base.

Although the nine great families all have the registration day on the fifteenth of the first month, since it is an all-day registration, not all people register at the same time, so the leaders and participants of the nine great families may not necessarily meet on this day.

People of the Ming Group faction generally leave immediately after registering, as the few families in the Ming Group faction are not united.

The several families in the Ming Group faction have their own agendas, hoping their family disciples can achieve the first place to gain the right to allocate resources in the next three years.

And the people from the Dark Group are relatively united; after registration, they will have a meeting to discuss how to achieve better results in the upcoming competition.

After registering with Tang Ming, Su Tianyu did not immediately return to the city but instead drove around with Tang Ming to a quaint and majestic villa in the suburbs.

"Brother Su, you’re really late."

As soon as the car stopped, a middle-aged man with a single eyebrow and crew cut walked out of the villa, enthusiastically greeting them.

"Thank you Brother Zhou and everyone for waiting, truly sorry."

With an apologetic look, Su Tianyu saluted the man.

Tang Ming was slightly surprised and began to size up the man.

The man had an extraordinary demeanor, his sharpness concealed. It was clear he was a master, but Tang Ming still couldn’t figure out why Su Tianyu, the head of the Su Family, was so respectful to this person.

"You must be Tang Xin?"

As Tang Ming sized up the other party, the other party too looked at Tang Ming with bright eyes.

Tang Ming responded politely.

"Brother Zhou, you’re not playing fair."

Su Tianyu looked at the man with an odd expression, teasingly saying, "Tang Xin is your capable subordinate, and now you’re pretending not to know him. Are you concerned about my borrowing Tang Xin?"

Tang Ming was puzzled, wondering when he had gotten a supervisor above him?