Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tournament Begins
In the late days, the rivers and mountains are beautiful, and the spring breeze is fragrant with flowers and plants.
The mud melts and flies the swallows, and the sand warms the mandarin ducks.
The spring of the 11,112th year of the Tianyue calendar still looks so beautiful, the entire Tianyue Continent is bathed in spring light, how beautiful, the fragrance of flowers and plants is sent in the spring breeze, the soil that has been frozen for a winter begins to recover, and some birds that can only be seen in spring fly out of the undulating mountains, soaring in the sky, and chirping joyfully from time to time.
The disciples of the Aoba Sword Sect were also very happy, not because they were welcoming a vibrant spring, but because the triennial Inner Disciple Tournament had arrived.
This kind of competition is related to the ranking of the new round of Ning Dan List, and it is also related to the distribution of cultivation resources for disciples in the next three years, so those who were inner disciples three years ago must participate, and those who are within three years will voluntarily participate.
As early as three days ago, the sect set up three martial arts platforms on the square on the top of the mountain, and now, around the martial arts platform, it has already been overcrowded, and many inner and outer disciples have arrived early, and all kinds of discussions are very loud.
At the edge, more disciples set up a gambling table, inviting many inner and outer disciples to bet on the participating disciples and earn contribution points through different odds.
This kind of gameplay also attracted a wave of disciples and surrounded the gambling table.
"Hey, Chen Nian actually participated?" A disciple of the outer sect swept the list of entries posted next to the gambling table, and was a little surprised to see Chen Nian's name.
"Don't you know? A year ago, Chen Nian killed Lin Yu and Tan Qingfeng, two disciples, outside, and was punished by the head of the sect to think about it in the Hongdong Cave, and now participating in this competition is an assessment of him. Next to him, an inner door young man who knew the inside story said.
"What else is assessed, there is a spiritual thought, Chen Nian is enough to suppress all the inner disciples, I think the head of the sect has long planned to make him an inner disciple, but now he is just going through the motions. Another inner disciple with a wide body and a fat body couldn't help but pout, he had seen a lot of this kind of routine.
"You are wrong, according to the news that came out, Chen Nian is not allowed to use spiritual thoughts in this competition, and if you want to pass, you must enter the top five. The young man smiled, he had thought the same before, but in fact it was not.
"Really?" the fat man at the inner door was skeptical.
"What are you lying to?"
"That's interesting. The fat man smiled, among the many participating disciples, the top ten on the Ning Dan list have already lit up all the spirit patterns, without using spirit thoughts, what will Chen Nian do to fight them?
"Senior Brother Yang Wu, Senior Sister Ming Yao is here. ”
As he was talking, I don't know who yelled, and many eyes suddenly looked in a certain direction, after all, as one of the hotspots, it is difficult not to be watched.
Today, Yang Wu and Ming Yao are both wearing the clothes of the inner disciples, the male is burly and heroic, and the female has a slender waist and heroic posture, the two walk side by side, like a pair of fairy couples, and some disciples show a strong envy in their eyes.
Hearing those whispers, Ming Yaoqiao's face flushed slightly.
"Ming Yao, I wish you a successful start. But just as she was about to say something, Yang Wu's voice came first, and then quickly walked to the side.
Looking at Yang Wu's back, Ming Yao bit her red lip lightly, and finally did not catch up, but in those bright eyes, there was a deep resentment that could not be concealed.
"The third and sixth on the Ning Dan list. Somewhere in the crowd, Chen Nian's eyes paused on the two of them, and he remembered the two of them in his heart.
"Ah, Senior Brother Wan Yu!" Not long after the two arrived, the crowd was in a commotion, accompanied by the screams of individual female disciples, without him, the first disciple of the inner gate, Wan Yu, who had long occupied the first place on the Ning Dan list, appeared.
He held a folding fan in his hand, with a trademark smile on his face, and everywhere he passed, many female disciples looked like nymphomaniacs.
"Hypocrites. ”
Chen Nian sneered.
Then, his gaze fell on the young boys and girls who followed Wan Yu left and right.
The man looked handsome, but he had long hair that reached the back, and the woman had a slender body, most notably the long legs.
"You're Liu Mingyan, right?"
Staring at the girl, Chen Nian's eyes were cold, he specially looked for Wu Yong yesterday, but he inquired clearly from him, the person behind Wu Yong was Liu Mingyan.
"She is Liu Mingyan. An affirmative voice came.
Chen Nian glanced at Li Xiaohong who came over, and his eyes fell on Liu Mingyan again: "It does have a bit of a posture, no wonder you can be a hypocrite." ”
It's just that the contradiction between you and Zhang Zhiqi, why does it involve me Chen Nian?
"Do you like this type?" asked Li Xiaohong, tilting her head.
"Did I say that?"
"Then why are you staring at people?"
"Too lazy to talk to you. ”
As time passed, when the sun was about to go to the center, the sound of breaking wind came, and three figures descended, and finally stopped in the sky above the square.
Then the aura of heaven and earth gathered and condensed into three chairs, and the three of them sat on them.
The person in the middle is the head Chen Fu.
On its right side, it was Elder Wan Feng, and Chen Nian on the left didn't know him.
"It's also an elder, called Wu Cheng. Li Xiaohong said.
"The old man actually sat in charge himself, it seems that he is worried that someone will stumble you in the assessment. Li Xiaohong glanced at Chen Nian, in the past, the inner disciple competition was usually presided over by an elder.
Luo Lei, Yang Wu and other inner and outer disciples were also surprised.
"The head of the house is personal, and the two elders are in charge, this specification ......"
"The higher-ups are all here. ”
Hearing those discussions, Chen Nian's eyes showed a look of surprise: "The huge Qingye Sword Sect has only two elders?"
"Actually, the sect originally had five elders. Li Xiaohong explained, "It's just because of what happened three years ago that three elders left the sect one after another. ”
"What happened three years ago?" Chen Nian asked.
"Qinghong is dead. ”
"Qinghong, head of Qinghong?" Chen Nian remembered the origin of the rainbow cave that Chen Fu had said.
"The disciple visits the elders and the masters. ”
Accepting the disciple's salute, Chen Fu raised his hand and pressed it, and when the scene was quieter, he cleared his throat, and the voice containing spiritual power resounded throughout the square.
"Disciples, the triennial Inner Disciple Championship will be held today as scheduled, and the rules and requirements must be very clear to all participating disciples, so I won't repeat it here. ”
"Over the years, the development of the sect has been tepid, this is not what this sect wants to see, in order to motivate and tap outstanding disciples, after consulting with the two elders, this inner disciple competition, the reward will be increased. ”
"Those who enter the top eight will be rewarded with 1,000 contribution points, a low-grade spirit sword, 30 spirit pills, and 1 spirit pill. As soon as the words came out, the eyes of many participating disciples showed heat, such a reward, in the past, only the top three could get it.
"The top three will be rewarded with 3,000 contribution points, a medium-grade spirit sword, 50 spirit pills, and 3 spirit pills. "Even Li Xiaohong is a little excited, the medium-grade spirit sword, even if it is a strong person in the Spirit Gathering Realm, may not have it.
"As for the first place winner, the sect is regarded as a core disciple to cultivate, and the resources are tilted. "The final reward directly made the eyes of the participating disciples, especially those popular disciples, immediately red, although there was no clear reward, but a sentence of resource tilt has already explained too much.
"Alright, this door announces, the tournament begins. ”
Looking at the many contestants with a smile, Chen Fu waved his robe, and the threads of spiritual power flew out and came to Chen Nian and other participating disciples.
Looking at those silk threads, Chen Nian stretched out his hand and grabbed one of them.