Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

Li Xiuyuan said, "Aren't you angry? And I'm the one who provoked you, so... Are you still angry? Pretend you're about to attack again."

"I'm not angry anymore, I'm not angry anymore," Bulma thought Li Xiuyuan was really going to say that.

"Sigh, still too young," Li Xiuyuan thought to himself with a smile.

He picked Bulma up and asked, "What's wrong? My little Bulma? What's wrong with me?"

“I didn’t,” Bulma immediately retorted.

"Then why did you suddenly get angry? Was it because of what I said to Lanqi just now? Maybe I shouldn't do that next time."

Li Xiuyuan put on a very serious look, as if he was promising that he would never do it again. However, asking Li Xiuyuan to do that was even more difficult than asking Bu Ma to cultivate to the level of a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal!

However, Bulma is not a weak woman, otherwise she wouldn't be in the position of founder. Besides being beautiful, another reason why she became Li Xiuyuan's woman is that he knows she is sensible!

Waiting for the next step, even strong women have their shy moments. Bulma didn't dare to look Li Xiuyuan in the eye, keeping her head down and muttering something. Naturally, she was a lamb to the slaughter, so Li Xiuyuan didn't hold back. Thus, the two quickly became affectionate with each other again.

The next day, the weather was still perfect.

Today is the opening ceremony of the World Martial Arts Tournament, and also the registration day. As a result, a massive crowd of over 100,000 people are orderly entering the venue, thanks in large part to the organizers' significant manpower investment. They've also managed to invite the world's number one host.

With Bulma, the founder of the capsule invention company, in the group of six people and one tortoise, they naturally paid for a full-service package and were seated in VIP seats.

The host, dressed in a black suit and wearing dark sunglasses, held a microphone and announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament! This is a day of national celebration. Welcome to the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament. Today, I am very happy to be the host! Now, let me introduce the competition rules!"

"Today, the martial arts tournament will accept registrations from everyone. This will be unprecedented. A martial arts tournament with no limit on the number of participants will definitely require detailed and rigorous rules and procedures."

Then our staff will randomly assign you opponents and release the match list. A decisive match will be held, and the remaining winners will have another day of rest tomorrow to ensure they are full of energy.

A knockout tournament will still be held until the number of participants is reduced to 1000, at which point a points-based tournament will be held.

The rules of the points-based competition are that you get two points for winning a game and zero points for losing a game. There are no draws until a winner is determined.

The definition of winner and loser is that in a match without a time limit, the match continues until one side leaves the designated area, or one side falls to the ground and cannot get up, or one side directly concedes defeat.

The final sixteen will be selected. The top sixteen are the best of the best, and the organizers will award them generous prizes and medals!

"Now, without further ado, those who want to participate should hurry up and register with our staff!" This is truly impressive, befitting the world's number one host!

After she finished speaking, a large crowd rushed to the registration point! Goku was about to leave when Bulma stopped him. She said, "With me here, why would we need to queue?! You're kidding! I already called and registered us. Everyone except Master Roshi, the old turtle, and myself isn't participating. Let's go home and rest now. We'll come back this afternoon when the list comes out." She said with a smug expression.

After saying that, the six people and the turtle returned to the hotel. Li Xiuyuan looked at Bulma with a strange look, which made the usually carefree Bulma suddenly fall silent and lower her head shyly.

As soon as Li Xiuyuan and Buma returned to their room, it was already afternoon.

Needless to say, with tens of thousands of people registering, there were bound to be some mediocre participants just there to fill the ranks. Therefore, the four who had registered were all quite capable and easily secured their first victories. However, it's worth mentioning that Li Xiuyuan registered under the name Wutian.

After the first day of the competition, Bulma treated everyone to a lavish dinner to celebrate successfully completing the first day. Goku's enormous appetite astonished the waiters. Bowl after bowl was stacked on the table, reaching a height of over two meters. If Li Xiuyuan hadn't told them to stop eating, Goku probably would have continued.

The next day, because of the previous day's selection, half of today's opponents were eliminated to make up the numbers, and the overall strength increased significantly. So today, Launch originally thought that she would be eliminated so quickly because she could rely on her transformation power. However, today she encountered Tien Shinhan, the three-eyed one.

Chapter 676 Goku vs. Krillin

It was expected that Lan Qi would lose this match.

Surprisingly, Launch failed to transform during a match for some unknown reason. Her timid and hesitant demeanor made it impossible for her to win, especially since her opponent was Tien Shinhan, who possessed three eyes. Tien Shinhan's strength was comparable to Goku's at that time, leaving Launch heartbroken after the match.

While comforting her, Li Xiuyuan agreed, "Let me avenge you." Lan Qi didn't say anything more. She knew that the man beside her was capable of anything if he wanted to; this had become a fixed conditioned reflex in her mind.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan was only trying to appease her. After all, there was the story of the story of the princes being amused by the beacon fires, which won the smile of a beauty. Why couldn't he be the best in the world to win the beauty's heart? So he persuaded her again: "It's all about participation. Leave the rest to me." He was domineering and arrogant.

However, Li Xiuyuan also possesses formidable strength, and naturally, he wouldn't deliberately seek out Tien Shinhan, because if this person didn't even have the strength to reach the finals, he wouldn't bother to intervene. So, let nature take its course.

However, although Lan Qi was alright, she pushed towards Li Xiuyuan and bit him hard on the shoulder. Even though Li Xiuyuan was now a Hunyuan Daluo Loose Immortal, it was still strange that he would bite like that. But he had to endure it; a man shouldn't be able to bear this little pain, otherwise how could he win the heart of his beloved in the future!

After this ordeal, Li Xiuyuan and Lan Qi's relationship improved considerably; they were both happy, chatting and laughing. However, Bulma became unhappy again. As the saying goes, what woman wants to share her man with someone else?

"After a tense and fierce elimination round, and after ten days, we, the organizers, have narrowed down the number of participants from tens of thousands to 1000. Now, those who remain cannot be made through money or luck, so please show your true strength, a prize of ten million awaits you." The host continued to urge them on with the microphone in hand.

However, after these words, everyone's emotions were greatly aroused. They couldn't wait for the final to begin, as if they were the champions. And often, it is those who remain silent and quietly fight to the very end.

Of course, this is already a general rule. Without Li Xiuyuan, if he were to intentionally show off his skills here, it would be almost impossible for anyone in this world to take the championship away from him unless he did it on purpose!

Luck and strength are always proportional, so it's natural that Li Xiuyuan and his group were able to make it into the top 1,000 based on their individual abilities.

But the next match is quite unusual; it's a contest between Goku and Krillin, which means that after tomorrow, one of them will have to leave the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Although these two have always been rivals, they have also become good friends and brothers over time. They have grown together, trained together, and now compete together. They have become important people to each other on their journey of chasing each other, so everyone couldn't help but feel a little sad when they heard the news.

After all, they were on the same side, but after Krillin learned of this news, he knew he might not be able to defeat Goku.

However, he said, "Wukong, you must do your best tomorrow, so that no matter who wins or loses, you will have no regrets. If you hold back, then I will consider you a brother I don't have."

Of course, although Sun Wukong felt that this matter was difficult to handle, he was definitely not someone who would hold back or not do his best.

After dinner, Krillin and Goku returned to their room alone, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

One minute passed,

Five minutes passed,

An hour passed.

The two remained in this awkward situation.

But finally, the frank Goku broke the awkward silence and said to Krillin in a carefree manner, "I will do my best tomorrow, and I hope you will do your best too. No matter who wins or loses, we should cheer for each other. Is that okay?" Goku opened his big eyes wide and looked at Krillin intently.

This made Krillin extremely awkward. People who cultivate are naturally true to their nature. Just like brothers fighting tigers, they are still brothers who can entrust their lives to each other even after they leave the arena.

And isn't that what Krillin thinks too? That's exactly what he thinks. Because they are both cultivators, they both hope to lose based on true strength. Their pursuit of ranking must be based on mutual respect, not on anything else. For a martial arts fanatic, perhaps that is a form of respect!

These words restored their brotherly bond, and Li Xiuyuan overheard them. He wanted to see how they would handle this situation, and they didn't disappoint. Both were at the early True Immortal stage, but Goku's innate monkey-like body made him slightly stronger than Krillin, giving him the upper hand in the fight. However, some talents are a matter of chance and vary from person to person. Take Li Xiuyuan, for example. Without the Holy Buddha System, how could he possess so many treasures, techniques, and martial arts? How could his strength have increased so quickly and efficiently? Besides his own abilities, external resources were also a crucial factor.

However, Li Xiuyuan believed that the strength of these two people would definitely be at least at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal in the future. With their innocent and pure emotions and their never-give-up spirit, they would definitely become outstanding figures in this world on the path of cultivation and become powerful warlords.

Afterwards, I returned to my room to rest. Looking at the still tranquil night sky, I thought of something.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan in a daze, Bu Ma pounced into his arms. Li Xiuyuan didn't refuse and pulled her onto the bed.

Everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's story, and so are all the participants in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament! They are really looking forward to tomorrow's matches.

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Chapter 677 Grandpa Jackie Chan

However, Goku and Krillin had never received formal combat training from Master Roshi and Li Xiuyuan, yet they possessed extraordinary abilities and won the previous few matches.

This is because, under the combined training of Master Roshi and Li Xiuyuan, what appeared to be no fighting skills or techniques actually incorporated Master Roshi's decades of experience and the insights of Li Xiuyuan, a Grand Luo Immortal. Therefore, their abilities at this time were actually several times stronger than those of others of the same level, and if used properly, even ten times stronger.

Today is the match between Goku and Krillin, and also a pursuit match for the other contestants. Everyone is hoping to score more points to ensure they can enter the top eight and compete for the championship prize.

The group arrived at the competition venue. Although there were only a thousand participants, the scale was still quite large. Moreover, the current competition was much more interesting than the previous ones where the outcome was decided in a single move.

However, one of them secretly disappeared, and Li Xiuyuan was the first to notice. Of course, he knew what had happened; as for the others, they would find out later.

Suddenly, a familiar-looking old man came into view. Wukong looked at the old man strangely, looking him up and down, and almost reached out to pluck his white beard.

However, just as he was about to make a move, the old man stopped him. He said to Wukong, "That's very impolite," and then walked away.

That's right, this is Master Roshi disguised as Jackie Chan. He always disappears from everyone's sight and then disguises himself as this old man so that others don't know he's participating in the competition, and also so that he can later be on the stage with Goku and the others.

Besides the unusual match between Goku and Krillin, which caught the attention of Li Xiuyuan and his group, there was also this old man. He had defeated his opponents with a single move from the very first match until now; only Li Xiuyuan truly knew just how strong he was. This mysterious old man intrigued everyone except Li Xiuyuan, while Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, "Master Roshi, even at such an old age, he still loves to play."

The first match was between this old man (Jackie Chan's pseudonym) and Le Ping.

The bell rang, and Jackie Chan stood motionless in the center of the ring, watching Le Ping. Le Ping felt uneasy, but then he remembered, "This old man used to defeat his opponents with one move, so I have to be careful. I'd like to try some feints first."

He lunged forward with a left punch, followed by a hook, a high chop, and a low sweep. Although it was meant to be a probing move, his actions were incredibly fast, yet Jackie Chan managed to dodge them almost without moving an inch.

Everyone except Li Xiuyuan gasped in surprise.

Someone said, "How can this old man be so powerful? He must have already reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal."

Someone replied, "You don't understand. Becoming a Great Luo Golden Immortal isn't that easy. I think only Golden Immortals..."

Some people even uttered phrases like "Primordial Immortal" or "Great Luo Immortal," which made Li Xiuyuan chuckle.

Upon seeing this, Wukong and the others remarked, "This old man is no ordinary strong man."

Klin replied, "Very good, impressive. Whoever wins will have a proper fight with him."

"Okay," Wukong nodded and continued watching the match.

The two were completely unaware that they would be the next ones to play, and had no idea what was going on.

The host commented on the situation: "Le Ping launched a lightning-fast attack on Jackie Chan, but he easily dodged it all. This old man's luck is truly impeccable." The host, who knew nothing about cultivation, was just explaining the surface situation.

After a series of attacks yielded no results, Le Ping angrily exclaimed, "I, Le Ping, with countless combat experiences, have been looked down upon like this!" It seemed he had no choice but to unleash his full power. He shouted, "Ultimate move! Wolf Fang Wind and Cloud Palm!"

Krillin, who was watching from the sidelines, asked Goku, "Is that guy named Yamcha very strong? Didn't you two seem to know each other quite well?"

Wukong replied, "I fought him before, but back then his attacks weren't as fast as they are now, so fast you can't even see them."

After listening, Klin said, "Doesn't that mean this old man is much stronger than Klin?"

Wukong: "That should be it."

Little did they know that the old man was Master Roshi. While Yamcha might seem strong to ordinary people, he was unwilling to unleash his full power, after all, he was now a Great Luo Golden Immortal! There weren't many people in this world who surpassed him!

Moreover, after that grueling training on the beach, Goku and Krillin's strength was far beyond what it used to be. They were now considered top-tier fighters in the human world, though these two kids had no idea how amazing it was.

Only Li Xiuyuan knew everything; he was a Grand Luo Immortal, what could possibly escape his notice? Of course not. Besides, he had watched Dragon Ball before his transmigration and knew the plot of this place inside and out!

On the field, Le Ping used the Wolf Fang Wind and Cloud Fist. A gust of wind surrounded him, as if he was gathering power. His hands were outstretched, with his ring and little fingers retracted and the other three fingers forming a hook shape, as fierce as wolf fangs!

Jackie Chan remained calm and composed, looking at Le Ping with ease.

Finally, Le Ping made his move once again, pouncing on Jackie Chan like a wolf.