Chapter 13: Unusual Debut.

Chapter 13: Unusual Debut.
In the bustling village square, almost everyone in the village has gathered, mixed with many outsiders who have come due to its reputation. Everyone has temporarily put aside their farming or business because of the grand event that happens once every three years in Canjian Village - the Great Competition has begun!
"Look! Here comes the second young master of the Zhang family!"
Someone in the crowd shouted, causing everyone to look around. In a short while, the crowd automatically parted, making way for a pathway.
People look forward eagerly, and what they see is a dashing young man dressed in a pure white brocade robe, with a smile that captivates young girls on his face. A sword hangs at his waist, and his words and actions exude a touch of elegance.
Standing in the crowd, she appeared like a detached lotus.
"Tianxiao, why are you still standing there? Go to the contestant area and wait." A senior member of the Zhang family said from the high platform.
Zhang Tianxiao nodded slightly, "Yes, Second Uncle." And then she went to sit in the designated contestant area in the village.
张天啸虽离开了人群，但人们还是能远远看见他与身边的少年们说笑着，不由得感叹。
“像二公子这样天赋异禀，又毫不倨傲的人，真是难得啊。”
"Who said otherwise? Usually, they speak politely and courteously to ordinary people like us."
"Zhang Tianxiao, you can continue to show off. You have occupied the position of being the top in Canjian Village for too long. It's also time for you to step aside."
The people gathered around the arena were shocked to hear these words. Zhang Tianxiao is widely recognized as the number one among the younger generation in Canjian Village. Who dares to say such things?
Everyone looked around, but eventually made way for a young man standing nine feet tall and dressed in a tiger-skin coat. He towered over the crowd, his face filled with disdain. He carried a giant sword on his shoulder, a sword that was seven feet long, almost as tall as an average person.
Suddenly, the crowd exploded into a clamor of discussions.
"That's Zhao Yiwu from the Zhao family!"
“也是，咱们村里年轻一辈里，敢说这话的也就是他和徐家的大小姐了。”
“啧啧，真不知道这小子吃了什么长得怎么壮的...”
赵义武虎齿一咧，放声发出爽朗的大笑，把肩上扛着的巨剑放在地上，却砸出一个小坑来，让周围人不禁咂舌，怀疑那柄剑到底有多沉。
"Hahaha, Zhang Tianxiao, dare you to take my sword?" Zhao Yiwu's voice exploded in the crowd, and with one hand, he grabbed the giant sword, pointing it at Zhang Tianxiao, who was sitting in the first seat of the participant area.
张天啸自然不可能听不见赵义武的挑衅，慢慢站起身，眼中闪过一瞬旁人不易察觉的厌恶之色便马上收敛，又笑着对赵义武轻描淡写地说了一句，“我如何不敢。”
"That's enough. The Prefect is still here, how dare you two youngsters act so recklessly. Get back to your seats calmly and behave." On the high platform, a middle-aged man, even more burly than Zhao Yiwu, with a bearded face, intervened to halt the actions of the two young men. Translation: "
Zhang Tianxiao bowed to the man and said, "Yes, Uncle Zhao."
“行，行，你是我老爹你说了算呗。”赵义武撇撇嘴，放下剑，也在选手区的次位落座，故意四下张望，不去看那坐在首位的人。
On the high platform, the old man sitting in the first seat looked at the contestants gathered below and couldn't help but laugh as he said to Zhao, the leader of the Zhao family, who had just intervened.
"What's the big deal? Youngsters are supposed to have some vitality to be called young heroes."
Zhao Jia bowed respectfully to the old man and said, "You are right, I am inexperienced." "Never mind, never mind. It is better to wait for the grand competition to begin and see how the young people compete," the old man waved his hand, indicating that it was not important.

这时，一名少女默默从人群边绕过，面容如天工雕琢，眸子里散着如梅的清冷与坚韧，如墨的长发上插着一只素雅的簪子，垂在身后；内里是青蓝的百褶裙，外披着薄若无物的白纱，走近选手区时方才引起人们的注意。
“诶，那不是徐家的大小姐吗。”
“是！你不说我都没注意到，徐小姐还是一如既往地低调啊。”
“那是，咱们徐家的大小姐人美实力高，就是这性子太冰冷。”
见到徐晓月默默落座，选手区里，不少少年看着她的背影，眼中都不禁溢出爱慕之色，却不敢上前搭话，只有张天啸站起身，离了坐席，走到她身前，拱手轻言。
"Xiaoyue, your entry into the top three today is a sure thing. How are you considering that?"
"I've already said, I'll talk about it after I win." Xu Xiaoyue didn't even look at Zhang Tianxiao, closing her eyes slightly and silently absorbing the surrounding true energy.
“我不是怕伤到你么，平常都没用全力，不过今日，我觉得就能有结果了。”张天啸笑着说。
“我也没用全力，张公子请先回自己的位置吧。”徐晓月依旧是闭着眼。
In response to Xu Xiaoyue's order for Zhang Tianxiao to leave, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he still gave a bow and returned to his seat.
The Zhang family had long proposed a marriage alliance between these two individuals to the Xu family. However, Xu Xiaoyue insisted that Zhang Tianxiao must surpass her before she would agree.
In response to this, the boys in the field couldn't help but feel a deep sense of hatred. Xu Xiaoyue is the crush of many of these boys!
However, Zhang Tianxiao and Xu Xiaoyue are indeed seen as a match made in heaven by everyone. Whether it is in terms of strength or status, only Zhang Tianxiao and the Zhang family can surpass Xu Xiaoyue and the Xu family. Translation:
Time slowly passes, and the sun is about to reach its zenith.
"It's about to begin. Brother Meng, in your opinion, who will come out on top in this grand competition?" The old prefect on the high platform turned and asked the elderly man seated beside him, who happened to be the village chief of Canjian Village.
那老者摇摇头，捋了捋花白的胡子，“小辈之事我尽皆不知，您得问徐敬。”
徐敬本在一旁安安稳稳地品着茶，被孟老一个甩锅，呛了一下，“咳咳，依我看，张家的小子不错，可能性也比较大，”似是想起一件事，欲言又止，“还有一人，也不错......”
The magistrate didn't want Xu Jing to keep people in suspense, but he couldn't help but look towards the commotion in the crowd below.
From the end of the street extending from the square, a cloud of dust was rising, as if someone was running towards them. Although the person was still far from the square, the ground was trembling slightly due to their footsteps, arousing people's curiosity and making them peer into the distance. Who could create such a commotion?
几次呼吸的功夫，那人渐渐清晰了身形，却因为浑身污泥、头发糟乱，根本认不出是谁，只听得那人如释重负地大喊，“我去，终于赶上了！”
高台上，徐敬露出一丝笑容，低声自语，“他来了。”
“哇，那不是常家的小子吗！”有人居然认出了常乐，这让人群炸开了锅。
“常家的？他不是没法修炼真气么，怎么跑得这么快？”人群中一个人不解地说。
“傻吧你，没法修炼真气？那他脚下附着的是什么，空气啊？”有眼尖的人反驳说道。
"Hello... Forget about those things, look," a person's voice trembling slightly, pointing at the rising dust behind Chang Le, "Wh-what are those..."
众人定睛一看，不禁都瞪眼，惊掉了下巴，好一会儿才爆发出骚动，不断向高台周围逃去；
In the contestants' area, the young participants also wore fearful expressions, with some of them standing up intermittently.
张天啸的脸色唰的黑了，看见常乐以后脸色冷若冰霜；那赵义武倒是满脸兴奋，举起巨剑蓄势待发；就连一直稳坐在原地，默默修炼的徐晓月也不禁睁开眼，嘴角微微抽动。
常乐用尽吃奶的力气朝广场狂奔着，身后是三十多只体型大过寻常的恶狼死死追赶，散发着点点真气。
人群中有人发出了撕心裂肺的惨叫，让人群更加骚动混乱：
"Yellow, yellow, yellow wolf pack ah!!!"
(End of this chapter.)