In winter, Juexinmen is less active and more deserted.

At the end of this year, when the sect competition came, all the academies retreated and cultivated, and even the disciples who were idle all day long were dragged back by their masters, and occasionally disciples appeared, but they were only alone.

Ji Fan naturally also entered the state of cultivation.

In the remaining more than a month, he quickly returned to his former role in the sect, his life was flawless, and he was full of arrangements, either absorbing spiritual energy or practicing magic hard, of course, this practice also had great results, for more than half a month, he successfully entered the middle of the eighth stage, and the fourth layer of the Linghua Ancient Nightmare Body also operated for more than a dozen weeks, and even the nine-grade magic Cang Lingpo successfully condensed the fifth spirit, and the comprehensive strength was greatly improved.

And in this imperceptible progress, the time for the great competition of the sect has finally come.

"When ......"

On this day, the bell suddenly rang in this lonely winter day, and among the thousands of mountains, countless young figures slowly raised their heads.

"It's time to assemble..."

Ji Fan opened the door and stretched his waist, the mountains in the distance were silent, the withered grass and trees shivered in the cold wind, a few old trees in the courtyard in front of him, the branches exposed to the air were very depressed, and there were a few dead leaves scattered on them, a bleak scene.

"I hope it's worth all the hard work I've done this year!"

Looking into the distance, he seemed to see a figure flashing by in the mountains that stretched in the distance, Ji Fan was looking overcast, passing through the medicine field path, not far away Ye Lang, Fan Ming, Yue Qing, Zhang Qing'er and others also opened the door, several people greeted each other, and stood in front of Ye Hong's door to wait.

"Squeak..."

The door of the house opened, and Ye Hong walked out, different from the usual days, his cold face was more majestic, wearing a wide silver-white robe, wearing an elder's jade pendant, and he was dignified.

He swept over the solemn faces and said, "This year is different from previous years' tests, you should be careful in everything. ”

"Yes. The seven respectfully bowed their hands.

Ye Hong flicked his fingers, and five pieces of wooden slips fell into their hands, but Ye Lang and Fan Ming did not, because according to the rules of the conference, the personal transmission and core disciples did not need to participate in the preliminary examination.

Ji Fan looked at the number in his hand, which said two hundred and twenty-one.

"This is the competition card, Lang'er, Ming'er, send your junior brothers and sisters to the martial arts hall. ”

Ye Hong's voice was very flat, compared with previous years, this year's advice was the least, he didn't ask about the cultivation results of the disciples, he hurriedly said a word or two, and then drove Changhong away.

"The master seems to be preoccupied lately. After Ye Hong left, Ye Lin muttered in a low voice, Ji Fan's expression moved slightly, but he didn't care in his heart.

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At this time of the year, according to the rules, the whole sect must participate in the assessment, and the easiest way to assess is nothing more than a competition between disciples.

Of course, the winner who stands out in the end will have a more generous reward.

Yanwutang ushered in the most lively time of the year today, because they were responsible for the affairs of the Nianzong Wubi Conference, and more than 1,000 disciples of the whole sect gathered here, and it was conceivable that they were busy.

However, fortunately, in addition to the martial arts platform, there are also more than a dozen small rings built in the martial arts hall for the first test of the martial arts competition.

When Ji Fan and his entourage arrived, the hall was crowded with people, only the huge martial arts platform in the middle was empty, in the southeast direction, there was a bluestone path extending to the mountains and ravines, among which countless disciples were like black dragons, winding along the stone path in the mountains and valleys.

"Grade!"

Before the stone path, there were several tables and chairs, and several disciples of the Yanwu Hall were sitting there checking the entry cards of the past disciples, and Ji Fan and a few people approached, receiving a young girl, although she looked well-behaved but very unpolite, it was estimated that she was too busy.

"You go to the martial arts arena in District 9... Senior Brother Ye Lang, you also participate in the preliminary examination of the martial arts competition?"

The girl was handing over Yue Qing's number, and when she saw the straight figure standing next to Yue Qing, she instantly became a little restrained, her eyes dodged, and she was at a loss and faintly surprised.

"I'm here to see them off. Ye Lang said with a calm expression.

The girl chick pecked the rice and nodded, her movements were neat, and she quickly took over the arrangement of the competition cards in the hands of the five people, Ji Fan was assigned to the eleventh district martial arts arena, and the others were also in different areas.

Shaking his head, Ji Fan turned around and wanted to ask which area Yue Qing was in, but at this time, he happened to see the girl who received Ye Lang silently jumping while Ye Lang was not paying attention, and happily clenched her little fists, as if seeing Ye Lang was such a happy thing, naïve and cute, youthful and energetic.

"Hehe, senior brother is really likable...... Ji Fan and the others snickered for a while, Ye Lin was addicted again, as if he wanted to make fun of something, but Ye Lang glared back sharply, and swallowed the second half of the words.

"Be careful. ”

The watershed has been reached ahead, and at the end of the stone road, there are several hidden paths extending in all directions, and signs are placed at the intersection, Ye Lang and Fan Ming stopped, the five brothers and sisters nodded, and it took a while to explain before going to their respective competition arenas.

Ye Lang and Fan Ming did not leave, their eyes saw off the five people one by one, until everyone turned into black spots, and the two of them slowly walked on the road, with gentle expressions, like two good big brothers.

Ji Fan's heart was slightly warm, he no longer hesitated when he turned around, looking at the disciples of various academies with different expressions on the same road, some were happy and some were worried, and he saw in a trance that he was holding the jade plaque and crying with a sad face, and walked on this road with worry all the way...

Unconsciously followed the torrent to a large courtyard built against the mountain, and before he got close, he could hear a noise accompanied by the sound of weapons colliding from the courtyard wall.

"Whoever comes, please touch the Spirit Power Monument!"

At the door, there were two disciples of the Yanwu Hall with indifferent expressions, and in front of them was a stone tablet with a height of three zhang, the body was white, and the light inside could be vaguely seen to be lit up and extinguished, and it felt very spiritual.

Looking at this stele, Ji Fan felt a complicated emotion in his heart, for many years, this stele has been like an insurmountable chasm, blocking him from the door no matter how hard he works, because there is a requirement to participate in the year-end martial arts conference, more than four stages of aura!

And he, every day of the previous year, was stunned by the results shown by this monument, and this year he was finally able to get his wish!

At this time, there was a sound of surprise in front of him, because there was a young man who didn't seem to be very old after touching the spiritual power tablet, which showed that his spiritual power did not reach more than four paragraphs, the young man looked very calm, no joy or sorrow, it seemed to be expected, just like Ji Fan in the past, but the finger that grabbed the jade card because it was too strong and the finger was cut white, as if telling the unwillingness in his heart, the pupils were dim under the long black hair, and there seemed to be uneasiness in it.

He didn't leave, and quietly walked to the crowd on the left, where there was a row of dejected teenagers, Ji Fan looked at it, his fists clenched lightly, and he was a little angry and unhappy in his heart, he used to stay here for a long time, because according to the rules of the sect, the disciples who have not passed the four stages of the spiritual energy assessment have to stand aside for people to 'exhibit', which can be regarded as an alternative way for the sect to motivate them.

"Come on. ”

Without his senior brothers and sisters by his side, he could only motivate himself, and then raised his hand to touch the spiritual power tablet, and a strange feeling rose from his heart, and the spiritual energy in his body spontaneously gushed out, and the spiritual power tablet suddenly brightened.

"Passed. The expression of the Yanwutang disciple did not change, and he still said indifferently, after all, for them, those who can pass the spiritual power tablet test are not common in the sect, and it is estimated that only those who can't pass the test can make them look twice.

"Thank you. Ji Fan smiled and nodded, and then strode in, a Yanwutang disciple looked back at Ji Fan's back, and was inexplicable for a while, thank you, thank him what?

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