Chapter 1427
Sighing, Galeno patted Fade on the shoulder as he said, "Now that the Martial Arts Convention is
over, let''s prepare for the award presentation ceremony."
"Okay!" Fade nodded, then jumped out the ring with Galeno and returned to the VIP seat.
Next was the award ceremony for eachpetition. Without theplication of any formalities, the
organizer directly distributed the awards to the winners.
Among them, the category that garnered the most attention was naturally the Earth Level. After all,
they were the strongest and won the most awards to boot. Moreover, one of the awards was
obtaining the long-awaited ess to the Dragon Mausoleum.
Under everyone''s attention, Galeno retrieved several palm- sized ck cards and distributed them
to the contestants who made it to the top ten spots. Then he said, "The ck card is the entry ticket
to the Dragon Mausoleum. You will be notified about the time and venue when it is open. You can
travel there on your own by then. Am I clear?"
"Yes!" Everyone nodded and immediately tucked their ck cards away.
Although the Martial Arts Convention was officially wrapped up at that moment, that was only
referring to the official event by the host. The convention, however, was still proceeding.
The audience and many other contestants were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they took it upon
themselves to gather in the venue. Some of them were catching up, while others were exchanging
martial arts experiences. There were also some who had set up stalls to sell some objects.
The Swallow Lake ushered in a crowded market for the martial artists. They started shopping
around. Some martial artists would even rush over to the venue after the convention was done for
the sake of participating in this bustling market.
After all, there weren''t many opportunities for such an assembly of the elite martial artists of the
nation. Regardless of what their intentions were, whether it was to learn from some other masters,
to share experiences, or to sell their products, this was a great opportunity for all.
Fade had intended to bring Jasmine back to treat her wounds as soon as possible, but she insisted
that she was fine and was more interested in looking around the market instead.
Therefore, he stayed behind and began roaming around with her and Tom.
As for Tom''s so-called "friends", after witnessing Fade winning the fight, they left dejectedly and
didn''t bother to stay for another second more.
The three of them walked along the banks of the Swallow Lake. Their main purpose was to shop
around the stalls set up by other martial artists and see if they coulde across any bargain.
Due to the fact that Fade had won the match, more people in the crowd were familiar with him, and
people started discussing him.
Some people evenpared Fade to Moore, who had suddenly risen to fame more than 20 years
ago. They said that Fade and Moore were both lucky to make their names out there by winning the
championship.
Thinking of this, Fade was reminded of Joey. If the message he had received was true, Joey was
most likely Moore''s daughter.
Thinking of this, a strange emotion emerged in Fade''s heart.
He was deep in thoughts when a crowd started gathering around a stall right in front of him. The
lively ambience pulled his attention back.
Striding towards that direction, he got to listen clearer to the noises around.
"To actually trade a herb of the Heaven Level, this is one hell of a bargain!"
"Heaven Level herbs are too precious. Is it genuine? You''re not trying to deceive us, are you?"
"Several masters have all checked it out but they couldn''t find any fake traces. It should be
genuine."
"If I can get my hands on the herbs, I''ll be filthy rich."
"Boy, you''d better solve the formation first!"
"Heaven Level herbs!" Hearing this, Fade''s eyes narrowed slightly as he ambled towards the stall.
When the crowd saw Fadeing, they naturally made way for him.
It was an ordinary stall. There was a linen clothid out on the ground. On top of the linen cloth,
there was a withered branch with a few withered red flowers on it. It looked nothing special.
However, as soon as Fade''s gaze swept over the branch, he froze. His gaze couldn''t help but stare
at the branch, and his heart began to beat violently. He murmured, "This, this is the branch and
flower of the Frost Plum Blossom."
The Frost Plum Blossom was a rare nt of the icy and cold nature. It was one of the coldattribute
materials that Fade needed to cultivate the Nine Suns ming Skill.
The Frost Plum Blossom Fruit was on par with the Nine Leaf Ice Flower and the Ice Lotus which
Fade had already cultivated before. If he could refine and take it in, his strength would improve
further.
He could also learn an additional unique skill other than the zing Vision and Ice Lotus me.
Although the stall was not selling the Frost Plum Blossom Fruit, even getting hold of it would highly
benefit Fade''s cultivation.
Therefore, he was almost determined to purchase the Frost Plum Blossom at first nce.
Although he was inundated with sheer excitement, Fade didn''t let it show. There was not much
emotion on his face when he continued observing. On the other side of the linen cloth, there were a
few lines of words written with ink. ncing at it, Fade found that it was the rules dictated by the
stall owner.
It turned out that the vendor wasn''t selling the Frost Plum Blossom for money, but would rather
exchange it under some condition. His exchange condition was also unique, for he wasn''t
exchanging it for the same level of precious herbs, cultivation techniques, or weapons.
His request was to break through the three
formations he had drawn. If anyone could break through all of them, then he would willingly hand
over the Frost Plum Blossom.
If the challenger could only break through one or two formations, the stall owner would exchange
something else as aplimentary gift.
"Break the formation," Fade looked curious as he read further down.
Below the words were three pieces of white cloth. On the cloth were three Tai Chi Eight Diagrams
and all of them looked roughly simr, but upon closer inspection, you could find that the
arrangement and lines inside were different. They wereplementing but also restricting each
other, which formed aplex yet closely- knit formation.
ording to the vendor''s request, they needed to look for the three openings in the formation and
crack it.
At this moment, there were already many martial artists who had been staring at the three
formations for quite some time, but the frowns on their faces indicated that there wasn''t any clue.
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A few people pooled together and began to confer with each other to find a solution to this.
"Judging from the pattern on the formation, it seems ancient."
"Yes, there is ack of information about the ancient formations. It is difficult to understand, but it is
even more difficult to crack it."
"These three arrays ought to all be defensive type arrays. Each one is more rigorous than the
previous one, and each is more difficult to break than the other. They have got us now."
"Of course. If it wasn''t difficult, would anyone bring out a Heaven Level herb like the Frost Plum
Blossom as a reward?"