On the day of the beginning of summer, the Big Dipper turns southeast, spring flowers pass away, peaches bear fruit, moles chirp, earth dogs bark, mountain puppets hide, and earth dragons come out.

In the beginning of summer, the black horse rushes, the wild dew cooks tea, the golden gourd beats the drum, the three marquis are prosperous, the yin qi begins from the earth, and then all things show in the sky.

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The beginning of summer has arrived, and the sun is shining on the Five Corpses Mountain, and there is a sign of prosperity and peace.

Because the corpse puppet sect cultivates the art of corpse control, it is extremely important to the heavens. As soon as the beginning of summer arrives, the scorching heat is coming, and the thunderstorm suddenly increases, which is an excellent time for the corpse puppet sect to be blessed with unique talents, condense the heavenly thunder beast fire corpse, and depict the rain talisman.

Every year at the beginning of summer, the Corpse Puppet Sect will hold a Great Summer Competition, selecting talented people from the outer disciples and carrying out key training, laying the foundation for the future of the Corpse Puppet Sect.

This year is no exception!

The people of the Corpse Puppet Sect believe in one purpose: if the youth is strong, the Corpse Puppet Sect will be strong. When the boy comes out, the corpse puppet sect comes out. It is with such a belief that the Corpse Puppet Sect can stand tall in this powerful Divine Continent and survive thousands of years without falling.

The outer gate of the corpse puppet sect, the corpse puppet viewing arena, and the corpse fighting platform.

The sky was hung with a red sun, and the red sun was like a golden furnace, illuminating the hearts of every corpse puppet sect member like a furnace fire.

At this time, there was an old man in white with a feather coat and a star crown standing on the martial arts arena, this old man was He Chengdao, the elder of the outer gate who was in charge of the outer gate hall, and he was also the host of this corpse puppet sect's outer gate competition.

At the top of the martial arts arena sat dozens of purple-clothed corpse puppet sect elders, all of whom were childish and restrained. Beside them stood a natal coffin that belonged to them.

Directly in front of these elders were five maple green chairs with dragons and phoenixes, which were the seats of the five peak masters of the Corpse Puppet Sect. Above the maple green chair, there is a throne engraved with Xuanwu divine beasts, the willow is the yin ghost, the maple is the yang fire, and the Huai hides the corpse king, which is a martial arts throne specially set for the corpse puppet sect leader Luo Shichen.

Below the martial arts arena were tens of thousands of outer disciples. Today, these outer disciples all have confident smiles on their faces, they are like the rising sun at this hour, as long as they are given a little time and opportunity, they can shine with a thousand rays.

"Woohoo!"

Several wind-breaking sounds sounded, and several figures flew in the air above the corpse puppet viewing platform, stepping on five sets of magic coffins and falling into five maple green chairs.

Four men and one woman, they were the five peak masters of the Corpse Puppet Sect, and behind them stood the personal disciples they had accepted, only two or three of them. It can be seen that the standard of the five peak masters of the Corpse Puppet Sect for accepting disciples is extremely high.

Woohoo!

As soon as the five peak masters sat down, two more figures flew over on the coffin, and a woman in palace clothes took the lead in falling next to the throne of Huaimu, and then turned around and sat down.

The woman in the palace dress was dressed in a white dress, her face was covered with a white veil, and her posture was outstanding. Through the white veil, you can vaguely see a beautiful face with a national color and fragrance, but I don't know why I want to take a white veil to cover my amazing face.

As soon as the palace woman fell into the throne of Huaimu, an old man in green clothes stepped on the coffin of the six tigers and flew into the back of the palace woman. The old man in green clothes carried a simple six-tiger tooth sword, held a copper bell in his hand, squinted his eyes, and dozed off as soon as he fell to the ground, ignoring the people around him.

"Long live the Sect Master!

"Long live the Sect Master!

"Long live the Sect Master!

As soon as the disciples of the Corpse Puppet Sect below saw the Corpse Puppet Sect Master Luo Shichen fall into the Huaimu Throne, they collectively shouted, and the shouts were full of passion and awe.

"Alright, let's start the big competition!" Luo Shichen, the corpse puppet sect leader, stopped at the shouting crowd and whispered to He Chengdao, the elder of the outer gate. The voice is not loud, but it exudes the air of a king who has been in a high position for a long time, and he is not angry and arrogant.

When the corpse puppet disciples under the corpse viewing platform heard Luo Sichen's voice, they didn't dare to make a mistake, they stopped shouting one after another, looked intently at the top of the corpse viewing platform, and waited for the arrival of the outer gate Dabi.

"There are a total of 50,000 outer disciples who participated in the Corpse Puppet Sect's Great Competition, and this time the Outer Gate Great Disciple of the Corpse Puppet Sect adopts the method of blind comparison, which mainly tests the courage and luck of the contestants. It wasn't until the last thousand disciples were selected that the Ming Dou method was used to test the chances of the contestants. He Chengdao received Luo Shichen's signal, did not dare to slack off, and said sharply to the outer disciples below.

"Now I announce that the Corpse Puppet Sect's Outer Gate Contest will start now, and all those who participate in the competition will immediately blindfold and enter the five clay clay coffins for a blind comparison!"

"Please Yin Qi Five Earth Holy Coffin!"

"Rise to life and death and fight corpses!"

As soon as He Chengdao's words were finished, there was a bang, and a mountain-sized Yin Gui Five Clay Coffin rose from the corpse platform. The five clay pottery coffins are carved with the five peaks on the five corpse mountains, and on the top of the five peaks, there are five different colors of the yin locust tree, the locust tree branches are luxuriant, the roots are intertwined, and the vitality is beautiful.

The most peculiar thing is that the main branches of these five locust trees are engraved with five human faces of different shapes, the eyes of the human faces are slightly closed, and the faces are serene, as if they have been sleeping for many years, which is extremely strange.

"Boom!"

Several sounds, like a mountain-sized five clay coffins rose a thousand corpse fighting platforms, the length and width of the fighting corpse platforms are different, the size is uncertain, it is the ancestors of the corpse puppet sect in the past dynasties to the corpse fossils of the spirit demon beast through the secret method of firing, basically maintaining the corpse skeleton of the spirit demon beast.

The shape of the corpse platform is different, there is a beast corpse platform shaped like a fierce tiger and a fierce leopard, and there is a demon corpse platform that looks like a spirit bird and a demon fox, which is spectacular. The corpse platform rises into the air, and in the middle of it are two red lanterns, each of which can accommodate about four people.

There are two candles in the lantern, one red and one white, lighting the red candle represents the life fight, lighting the white candle represents the death decision, and the two candles are not lit to represent abstention. The lantern is surrounded by red silk so that people outside cannot see the real appearance of the people inside.

"The first blind competition begins! The number you exchanged for the warm corpse grass, the warm corpse stone, and the cuttlefish corpse when you signed up is your competition number, and your opponent also has a competition number exactly like you!" He Chengdao flew up to the five clay clay coffins and said loudly to the blindfolded corpse puppet disciple.

"Whoever reads the number now, please take a big step forward!"

Number 10!

Number 20!

Number 30!

Number 50!

Number 100!

Three hundred!

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He Chengdao recited a thousand numbers before stopping, and then two thousand disciples stood up from the five clay coffins!

Looking at the two thousand disciples in front of him, He Chengdao took out a pair of green wood gossip mirrors from the Qiankun bag, the gossip mirror was translucent throughout, the spirit runes were visible, glowing with blue light, and it was not a mortal thing at first glance.

Then, He Chengdao said something in his mouth, took out a cyan talisman from the Qiankun bag and slapped it into the gossip mirror, picked up the gossip mirror in his hand and shone it in the air.

With a bang, the thousand corpse fighting platforms immediately emitted thousands of cyan cold light towards the five clay pottery coffins, and the blue light seemed to contain some kind of strange power, which sucked the two thousand disciples into the red lanterns of the corpse platform in an instant.

"The life-and-death fight begins! Light the candles!"

Looking at the contestants on the corpse fighting platform, He Chengdao's face was cloudy, and he chanted loudly.

When the contestants on the corpse fighting platform heard He Chengdao say that the life-and-death battle began, most of them chuckled in their hearts and became a little panicked, and only a small number of people calmly picked up the candle in their hands and lit it lightly.

"Look, look, somebody lit a white candle. This man is really not afraid of death, if his opponent also lights a white candle, the two red lanterns will be lifted. At that time, the two of them will be in a situation where they will not die. ”

"Yes, he really lit a white candle, I wonder if his opponent will light a white candle?

"Hey, his opponent lit a white candle too!"

At the bottom, some outer disciples who did not participate in the competition and were watching the excitement saw someone lighting a white candle and making an amazing shout, which was really not a big deal to see the excitement.

The fighting disciples on the corpse fighting platform listened to the shouts below, and their mood became more and more nervous, they were blindfolded, and they could not see that their opponent had chosen to fight to the death or die.

As soon as they heard the disciples under the corpse platform say that someone had lit a white candle, they all thought that their opponent had chosen to fight to the death, and they were extremely scared. A fear from the darkness suddenly took over everyone's hearts.

In the choice of life and death, the contestant is full of unknown cruel trials and known dark fears, and the fear is not because of darkness, but a faint candlelight, which cannot bring light at all.

Some of the timid people took the candle in their hands and fell off directly from their hands, and their bodies began to sweat coldly, their bodies trembled slightly, their hands and feet trembled uncontrollably, and even worse, their hearts beat wildly, their faces were pale, and their physiology was abnormal, and they were directly scared out of their urine.

There are also some strong-willed people who are not affected by outsiders at all and are firm in their choices. Picked up the red and white candle in his hand and lit it lightly.

"Hey! someone was scared out of the pee, it's really useless!" Under the corpse fighting stage, a disciple dressed in red said sneeringly.

"What about you? Do you have a chance? You don't even have the guts to participate in the competition, what qualifications do you have to laugh at others?" The other disciple standing beside him couldn't get used to the disgusting face of the red-clothed disciple, so he sneered and struck up with him.

"I am self-aware, and I know how many pounds and taels I have, so I don't go up and be embarrassed. What about you? It's not that you haven't participated yet?, what qualifications do you have to say about me?" the red-clothed disciple snorted coldly and replied shamelessly.

On the contrary, I admired his courage because he dared to take the first step. The disciple beside the red-clothed disciple replied softly with a calm face.

"Pull it down! Hypocrisy and hypocrisy!You have the ability to go up!" the corners of his mouth twitched, and the red-clothed disciple sneered.

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Hearing the discussion and ridicule of those disciples, the most uncontrollable were the disciples who were masked in the five clay pottery coffins. They were more nervous than the fighters on the stage. Because waiting itself is a torment and a test, not to mention a long wait in the dark.

Time passed little by little, and the time for the first round of blind waxing had passed.

"There were 2,000 fighters in the first round, of which 800 won directly, 300 chose to fight to the death, and 560 abstained. Two hundred more will be chosen from a life-and-death duel!"

"There are six people who have chosen the death match at the same time, and there are three hundred and ninety-four people who have chosen the life fight at the same time, and the next round will be the first round of life and death duel, and two hundred winners will be selected from the four hundred fighters. ”

He Chengdao held his coffin and stood in the air of the martial arts arena to announce the results of the first round of fighting.

"Lift the lantern and the life-and-death battle begins!"

With a soft groan, He Chengdao picked up the gossip mirror in his hand and shone it on the corpse platform, and the red lantern on the corpse platform was immediately lifted.

The four hundred disciples who had participated in the life-and-death duel were all staring at the red lantern opposite, all eager to know who their opponent was.

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At noon, under the Five Corpses Mountain, the sun is shining high, and the sky is clear.

Carrying the two coffins on his back, Chu Ge was under the mountain gate of the Corpse Puppet Sect, panting heavily.

Chu Ge struggled and finally rushed back to the mountain gate of the Corpse Puppet Sect on the day of Lixia, but it seemed that he had no time to participate in the Outer Gate Contest of the Corpse Puppet Sect.