The sword trial conference is held once every five years, and the place is in the Burial Sword Villa where the Yun family, the head of the four great families, lives, and invites all the children of the immortal cultivation sect and the famous family on the rivers and lakes to participate in the kung fu competition. If he wins the top spot in the competition, he will not only be able to make his personal and his master famous in the rivers and lakes, but also get a magic weapon tailored for him by the Yun family.

Although the ancestor of the Yun family held the first conference, its original intention may have been just to show the strength of the family, but later for various reasons, it was regarded as a tradition and has continued until now, and now it has become a five-year event on the rivers and lakes.

Nowadays, there are countless immortal cultivators in this world, but only a few are qualified to participate in the sword test conference. The Xiao family, which ranks second among the four major families, is in charge of the world's classics, and according to the roster compiled by him, many immortal families in the rivers and lakes can be roughly divided into three grades according to their respective strengths.

The first tier includes the Tianxuan faction, the Shushan faction, the Shangyao sect, and the four major sects of Yunwaitian, as well as the four major families of Yun, Xiao, Tang, and Shen, and each sect can nominate eight disciples to participate in the sword test conference. The strength of the sects and families in the second gear is second only to the first gear, although it is not famous in the rivers and lakes, it is also widely known, and the number of people who can be elected is halved compared to the first gear. The third level is some sects and large families that are a little famous in the local area, and the number of people who can be elected will be reduced by half compared with the second level.

The above three sects and clans recorded in the roster will receive an invitation from the Yun clan two months before the sword trial conference is held, as a certificate of invitation to participate in the conference. As for some other little-known small sects that failed to squeeze into these three grades, their disciples could only go to Yunwaitian in person to register in their personal capacity a month before the start of the conference, and the Yun's disciples would review their personal background and resume, and then arrange a test, and only those who passed the test would have the opportunity to participate in the conference.

However, even with such a cumbersome and strict process stipulated, the number of participants in each sword trial conference was still as high as hundreds, which showed the huge scale of the current group of cultivators.

The sword trial conference is held once every five years, and the martial arts meeting in each sect in order to select disciples to participate in the conference is also held every five years, which is naturally the top priority of the year. Although it is now August, in fact, Shangya has already begun to prepare for the martial arts as early as the beginning of the year, and he can announce the start at any time as soon as the Yun family's invitation arrives. On the third day after Ah Bao woke up, Yun's invitation was sent to Shangya, and on that day, Fu Qingzhen discussed with the other four elders and decided to set the time for martial arts three days later.

There are now 586 disciples under the Shangyao Sect, and since the head of the sect Changshengjun has no habit of accepting disciples, each disciple will choose one of the five elders to worship under Shangyao after entering Shangya—Fu Qing Zhenren, Youdao Zhenren, Wufang Zhenren, Yuan Yang Zhenren, and Fanxiang Zhenren—so this is in order to select the Wufang Huiwu to participate in the sword trial conference, in fact, it has also become a way for the five elders to secretly compete with the strength of the disciples under the sect, and it is called a grand event more important than Chinese New Year's Eve, Shangyuan and other festivals.

In order not to attract attention, Bao asked Gu Aweng to help him register his name at the last minute of the last day.

After the registration was over, Gu Aweng returned to the firewood room and informed Ah Bao of the specific situation.

The number of disciples who signed up for the martial arts this time, including Ah Bao, was 128, the highest number in the history, and the coincidence in number also saved the trouble of grouping as usual.

Huiwu adopts the form of two-person battle, all participants determine the opponent by drawing lots, the loser is out, and the winner advances to participate in the next round of drawing. And so on, and so on, until the last eight remaining disciples will represent Shangyao to participate in the sword trial conference.

There are a total of 64 competitions in the first round, which are held at the same time in these four rings, and each ring holds four competitions every day, two in the afternoon and two in the afternoon. The 64 matches of the first round were divided into four days, and the winner was determined and the second round of 32 matches was held, which was completed in two days. And so on, after the end of the third round, the sixteen disciples who stand out will finally have the final round of the competition in the square in front of the main hall of Shangyao, under the joint gaze of all the elders and disciples, and the eight disciples who win will represent Shangyao to participate in this year's sword trial conference.

"That's the whole process of the meeting." Gu Aweng said with a dry mouth, took the teacup from Ah Bao's hand and poured it straight down, but he was so hot that even tears flowed out.

"But Senior Brother Chu was only sent down the mountain the day before yesterday, can you rush back in time to participate in the martial arts?" Po handed him a handkerchief, then asked.

Gu Aweng wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and said disapprerovingly: "What is your status and status Senior Brother Chu, and you juniors will fight for this?" ”

…… That's right, too. Po thought about it, and felt that his question was a little stupid.

Five years ago, Chu Zhaoran, who was not as weak as the champion, participated in the ring for the first time, and advanced all the way to the top of the table without the sword being unsheathed, which caused everyone to be amazed, and they all sighed that he was really a young talent that was rare to see in hundreds of years, and some people asserted that he would become the top of the list of the children of the four great families.

Everything seemed to be going quite smoothly until Chu Zhaoran met Ling Yuan, a disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, in the final.

Ling Yuan, commonly known as Shen Junwu, is the second son of the Shen family head who ranks last among the four great families, two years older than Chu Zhaoran, and has a very high prestige among the disciples of the Tianxuan faction, and his reputation in the rivers and lakes is also very loud, and it is rumored that he is a candidate for the next head of the Tianxuan faction.

Ling Yuan himself and Chu Zhaoran also have a good personal relationship, and although the sword trial meeting is tense in the ring, it is not the kind of private fight in the rivers and lakes where life and death are signed and life and death, and the purpose has always been to stop at the point, so although the competition is fierce, there have been few life lawsuits over the years.

But at that time, Ling Yuan shocked Chu Zhaoran with his sword in the ring, and then threw the jade ring that marked the identity of Tianxuan's disciple on the ground, and went away with the sword in full view of everyone, causing an uproar in the world.

Afterwards, the Qing Zhenren angrily found the Qingyang Zhenren Theory, the head of the Tianxuan faction, and asked him to issue a wanted warrant. As a result, Ling Yuan fell from the altar overnight, from a young talent who was in the spotlight to a wanted target of the world, and the children of the Immortal Family who searched for his whereabouts almost dug three feet into the ground, but in the end they did not find any trace of him. Ling Yuan, as if he had never existed, had evaporated from this world.

"That incident hit your Senior Brother Chu very hard, although he never said it, but Ling Yuan, as his friend and the object who has always wanted to strive to transcend through cultivation, suddenly betrayed his master and deviated from the Tao that he had always adhered to, and the mental impact brought by this was far stronger than the physical pain."

Gu Aweng paused, and said to Ah Bao seriously: "Your Senior Brother Chu is a dead brain, and what he doesn't like the most is to be deceived, especially when he finds that the person or thing he is familiar with and has always believed in is not what he thinks in the end. ”

Po's heart sank.

"You have never told him about the marrow cleansing, private practice, and then the sword test conference, aren't you afraid that he will have some thoughts when he learns the truth at a glance?"

Po's fingers holding the teacup loosened. She did have some reason in this matter, Chu Zhaoran, as her closest person in Shangyao except for Gu Aweng, should have known all this. But why he didn't want to let him know, the reason for which even Po himself couldn't tell.

Perhaps because the gap between the two is too great, Po has always been unable to help but feel humble in front of him, so humble that he doesn't even want to let him see his embarrassed appearance struggling in the mire. She longed to be secretly strong in places he couldn't see, until she felt that she was qualified enough to stand side by side with him, and then she would walk up to him openly and tell him that she could walk hand in hand with him, take care of each other, and rely on each other, instead of just blindly seeking refuge.

Thinking of this, Ah Bao shook his head at Gu Ah Weng.

Gu Aweng sighed, raised his hand and rubbed Ah Bao's hair.