Suddenly, a deafening bell rang in mid-air, like thunder falling from the sky, enveloping the huge square, and instantly overshadowing the voices of the disciples' discussions.

The disciples showed solemn expressions, straightened their waists, and did not dare to turn their heads and ears again.

Even Liu Sansheng, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, also stood up.

I saw the north gate slowly open and a group of people walked out.

That group of people, all of them are famous powerhouses in Lingzhou City, one by one, they are all the heads or elders of the major families in Lingzhou City, and the two groups of people who walk in the front, one is wearing a blue coat, and the other is wearing a red robe, which is faintly quite powerful.

The blue-clothed side is the strong man of the Li family, the leader is the head of the family Li Zhengxiong, the red-robed side is the strong man of the Wang family, and the leader is Wang Tianying, the head of the Wang family.

And sandwiched between the two groups of people are the three elders of the outer gate, namely the alchemy elder, the refining elder, and the merit elder, as well as some minor elders.

The alchemy elder's beard was white, but his skin was as delicate as a baby, and his complexion was radiant, and the alchemy elder was a fat old man with a big belly, with a wine gourd tied around his waist, and he walked a little staggeringly, as if he was drunk.

The meritorious elders are dignified and upright.

Li Yi was caught in the crowd, looked from afar, and when he saw those people from the Li family, a complicated look flashed on his face.

He knew that these people in the family were all invited by the Immortal Academy to come to watch the ceremony, and there were especially many people who came to watch the ceremony this year, and the slightly prominent characters of the Li family were among them.

Their faces were filled with a look of arrogance, and they looked at Li Tiancheng in front of the crowd and smiled and nodded at him.

The rest of the major families also cast encouragement on their own children, and although some small families were also invited, most of their children were not strong, and they were almost lost in the sea of people, and they couldn't find anyone if they wanted to encourage them.

The group took their seats on the high platform on the north side of the square and exchanged pleasantries with each other.

"Brother Li, I see that you have been working hard these days just to help your precious son improve his strength, I don't know how effective it is?" Wang Tianying said with a smile.

Li Zhengxiong said lightly: "Whether it is effective or not, you will know when the time comes." It's you, these days have not been a little hard work, why don't we open the skylight and say something, this time the Immortal Academy held an outer door competition in advance, what does it mean, you and I know it in our hearts!"

Wang Tianying laughed, didn't say more, looked at Li Tiancheng in the distance for a while, and suddenly smiled: "I remember that you also have a younger son, the eldest son is so extraordinary, the younger son must not be far behind, why haven't you seen it?"

Li Zhengxiong heard the irony in his words, snorted coldly, and ignored it.

For him, Li Yi is a shame for the family, a stain, and a pain that he has always been unwilling to face, if it weren't for Li Yi's blood flowing on his body, he would have expelled him from the house long ago.

And now, his patience has finally run out, this time in the big competition, he has very high expectations for Li Tiancheng, as long as Li Tiancheng wins the championship, the next step will be to rectify the family, clean up some eyesore, and clear the obstacles for Li Tiancheng to take over the family, including Li Yi.

"Everything in the south has been taken care of, right?" Li Zhengxiong said in a low voice.

"It's all done, as long as Dabi is over, I can send Young Master Li Yi over. Standing behind him was Manager Liu, who bent down slightly and said.

Li Zhengxiong nodded.

Li Yi's biological mother was just an impulse for him, and Li Yi's birth was an accident, if it weren't for that accident, he would not have taken Li Yi's biological mother as a concubine.

In fact, he didn't want this son, and naturally he couldn't like him at all, and when Li Yi was growing up, he didn't even take a few looks at him, and almost never summoned him.

Now, he has pinned all his hopes on Li Tiancheng, just waiting for Li Tiancheng to win the championship and become famous in Lingzhou, he can logically pass on the position of the head of the family, and those old guys who are looking at the big position must have nothing to say.

After the greetings, the elders and the powerhouses of the family were silent, as if they had their own concerns, and no one had the intention of speaking.

The disciples couldn't help but feel strange.

According to the usual practice, at this time, the merit elder, the head of the three elders, should stand up and announce the start of Dabi, but this time he just sat there, as if Dabi had nothing to do with him.

"Strange, what's going on this year?" Although the disciples didn't dare to speak, they were suspicious in their hearts.

Just when everyone was waiting impatiently, another figure appeared at the north gate.

The man was an old man with a gray beard, with a short beard, with a melancholy look on his face, a thin man, dressed in a shabby robe, but clean, with his hands behind his back, and his steps seemed to be slow, but in the blink of an eye, he came to him, and seemed to have cast some powerful spell, but no one recognized him.

"Who is this person?" all the disciples, even the powerhouses of the major families, all showed puzzled expressions.

Only the three elders hurriedly got up and bowed, and even the refining elders with drunken faces seemed much more sober in an instant, and said in unison: "I've seen the vice president!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience couldn't help but be in an uproar.

"Deputy ...... "Most of them didn't come back to their senses for a while.

The Immortal Academy is divided into the outer gate and the inner gate, the three elders are in charge of the outer gate, and the vice president is in charge of the inner door.

On weekdays, everyone can't see the inner disciples, let alone the vice president, but they have heard some rumors, so they don't recognize them, and they were surprised when the elders got up to pay their respects.

"It turns out that the vice president looks like this, it looks very ordinary, but I can't imagine that it is actually a famous vice president, it's unbelievable!"

"I wonder what his old man is doing here? Could it be that he also has descendants to participate in this big competition?"

The powerhouses of the major families also hurriedly got up to salute, with their strength and seniority, there are only a handful of people who can sit on an equal footing with the three elders, and in front of the vice president, they naturally have to bow their heads.

The vice president just nodded and said lightly: "You are all distinguished guests, please take a seat." ”

The crowd sat down.

The vice dean turned around, looked at the tens of thousands of disciples under the square, and said slowly: "The outer door competition, the fundamental purpose is to assess the disciples' cultivation, and at the same time select the materials that can be made for the inner door, there was no need for the old man to come forward in person, but this big competition, unlike previous years, the Changsheng Academy is now facing an important event, the old man can only come to sit in person, all the disciples have to do their best, and they must use whatever skills they have, without the slightest reservation, understand?"

His voice was flat and low, but it spread far away, and the huge square was covered by his voice, even the disciples in the most corner could hear it clearly.

"Understood!" the disciples replied loudly, guessing what the vice dean was talking about, and they could actually alarm the vice dean.

The vice dean nodded at the meritorious elder.

The merit elder stepped forward and said: "The big competition starts now, four groups of A, B, C, and D, each group competes in turn, starting with Group D, any disciple, as long as he loses a game, he will be eliminated immediately, and the final winner of each group can be promoted to the next group of competitions!"

With that, some of the little elders stood at the four corners of the square, and another stood in the center, faintly dividing the square into four areas, and the person in the center held a long scroll in his hand, opened a small part, and read out a few names.

Several disciples came out of the crowd one after another, in pairs of twos and twos, a total of four pairs, standing on the four areas.

These eight people are all disciples of Group D, and their strength is relatively average.

The grouping is divided according to the previous ranking and performance of the disciples, most of the disciples are divided into group D, and Li Yi is also divided into this group, because his past ranking is the existence of the bottom.

Those who can enter Group C are all more famous masters in the outer gate, including Chen Lingxue, He Shuixian and others, all in this group, and there are only dozens of people in total.

There are even fewer people in Group B, only five people, that is, Li Tiancheng, Wang Xianzhen, and the first disciple of the three elders.

As for Group A, there is only one person, and that is Liu Sansheng.

After the first three groups are all compared, the strongest person can enter Group A and compete with Liu Sansheng to determine who is the real first person in the outer door.

This grouping method seems a little unfair, because Liu Sansheng was at least second from the beginning, but no one questioned this grouping method, because it was almost impossible to find one person from the rest of the disciples to defeat Liu Sansheng, and it was even more ridiculous to find two.

There are a large number of people in Group D, and it takes a lot of work to finish, and the people in Group A, B, and C basically sit on the sidelines, meditating with their eyes closed, and few people pay attention to the battle situation in Group D.

According to the practice of previous years, the people who climbed up from Group D were all vulnerable, and such an opponent was not worth paying attention to at all, so it was better to use this time to meditate and cultivate and consolidate their strength.

Most of the disciples of Group D are very concerned about the battle situation on the field, and strive to observe every opponent they may encounter, wanting to see the strength of the opponent so that they can deal with it with confidence.

Li Yi can be regarded as an outlier in Group D, although he is in Group D, he doesn't care about the situation of Group D at all, with his current strength, the opponent who is really worthy of his serious attention is only in Group A and Group B, even if it is Group C, he doesn't need to spend too much effort to deal with it.

I found a remote corner, meditated and cultivated silently, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth.

In the past, he absorbed the aura of heaven and earth, and the aura of heaven and earth came from all directions, and each direction was relatively uniform, but after refining that strange stone and condensing the true qi, the situation changed a lot, and he clearly felt that the aura that came up from the ground was many times richer than before, while the other directions were only slightly richer.

After meditating for a long time, the true qi in the body has increased a lot.

At this moment, a voice came from the square: "Li Yi, fight, Qian Chenxin!"