The Nine Cloud Meetings are getting closer and closer, and the people in the front mountain have become extremely anxious and busy.

The venue of the Nine Clouds Club competition was held in Baiyun City as usual in previous years. It is said that Baiyun City is a very large city in the Fang Immortal Continent, with a resident population of hundreds of thousands alone.

Chu Eyang began to make full preparations for the participating disciples and logistics disciples.

The role of the logistics disciples is to be responsible for making recipe steamed buns for the participating disciples on the days of the competition, and to provide medical security in case of special circumstances in the competition.

Under normal circumstances, Shenxiao Palace, as the organizer, also provides food, but in order to let the disciples have a good state, Shenxiao Palace recommends that the major palaces bring their own cooks.

It was originally a joy that Yanjingsu was selected as a logistics disciple for the competition, but now he was a little hesitant, and finally he decided to talk to the Guan Master. Yan Jingsu was about to recommend Yan Han because he found that Yan Han's cooking skills had been far above him over the years.

When Yan Jingsu explained his intentions, Lord Chu Guan smiled slightly, and agreed very easily, he asked Yan Jingsu to ask Yan Han if he wanted to go.

Yan Han learned a little about Baiyun City, and only then did he know that there was such a big city in the Fang Immortal Continent, so he was ecstatic, and he couldn't wait to see the excitement.

Chu Eyang wanted to personally check the selected logistics disciples, so he met Yan Han and tested him on a few recipe questions, Yan Han answered them fluently, and Chu Eyang was very satisfied.

In this way, the quota for going to Baiyun City to participate in the spell competition was preliminarily decided.

There are seven disciples in the competition, including four Rong Chengdian: Guo Ziliu, Bai Suitai, Qianmu, Hu Zhe, two in Danming Palace: Zhang Fangfang and Xue Tong, and one in the Meditation Palace: Tanya.

Logistics disciples: Yan Han, Lu Huiyang.

Lu Huiyang is the first son of Rong Chengdian, and the reason why he became the second logistics disciple is because Lu Huiyang participated in the last Jiuyun Guild internal competition and has a lot of experience, although he lost the qualification to participate again, but Lu Huiyang knows the rules of the competition very well, and also knows some warm-up tips before the competition, which is very helpful to the participating disciples.

The entourage includes the Lord of the Temple, the wife of the Lord of the Temple, the Lord of the Hall and the senior elders of the major halls, they are: Lord Chu Guan, Zhang Ting'er, Li Changming, Jiang Cheng, Yin Guan.

The reason why Xiao Xiao didn't go was because Zixiao Mountain still needed someone to stay and take care of it.

After everything was ready, Lord Chu Guan led his disciples to Baiyun City two days before the Nine Clouds Meeting.

On that day, almost the entire Zixiao Mountain people came to see them off. Yan Han also put on the new clothes that Qianshan had made for them, Yan Han looked like a dog for the first time in so many years, which made him very happy, but what made him happiest was that he could see Tanya again.

Yan Han and Tan Ya kept chatting, as if they wanted to make up all the words of the past few years, and Du Guang also joined in.

Qianmu kept staring at the three guys on the side, and found that Yan Han didn't even look at him, and suddenly three points of anger appeared in his heart.

Guo Ziliu was secretly observing Qianmu's demeanor, he was a little confused, who of these three people attracted Qianmu's eyes, was it Tanya? Tanya did get very close to Qianmu for a while, but was later pulled by Li Changming to retreat.

Coincidentally, Zhang Fangfang was also looking at these three guys, she saw that Yan Han was chatting about some vulgar topics, and she chatted vigorously, so she walked over, gently patted Yan Han's chest with the scabbard, and said fiercely:

"Boy, I haven't seen you for a year, what kind of ecstasy did you pour into Senior Sister Qianmu, why did you let you go so easily?"

Yan Han smiled wryly and said, "Good character, even if you are thrown off some stigma, sooner or later you will be understood." ”

Zhang Fangfang snorted disdainfully, "When are you going to cut your skin thinner and talk to me again!"

"I didn't take the initiative to talk to you. ”

"You—" Zhang Fangfang pointed to his nose and trembled with anger.

At this time, Xue Tong came over and said, "Senior sister, so many elders are here to see them off, don't make trouble here, let's talk about anything in Baiyun City."

Zhang Fangfang became angry when she heard it, "You say I'm making trouble?"

"I... I didn't mean that. Xue Tong hurriedly explained.

Zhang Fangfang ignored Xue Tong, but pointed at Tan Ya and said, "Tan Ya, don't talk to Yan Han!" Come here!"

Tan Ya was a little embarrassed, in fact, he didn't say a few words, just listened to Yan Han and Du Guang gossiping.

Yan Han said maliciously: "Go ahead, the girl may be jealous because I have occupied your time!"

Zhang Fangfang's face turned crimson, "Yan Han, you bastard! What did you say?"

Zhang Fangfang's voice was very loud, attracting all the elders to look here. After Yan Jingsu saw it, he frowned and criticized: "Yan Han, be polite to your senior sisters and brothers in the future, you must be more obedient during the Jiuyun Meeting, and don't always cause trouble." ”

Lord Chu Guan smiled and said, "It's all children, let them entertain themselves!"

Zhang Fangfang was so angry that she stood aside and didn't say anything anymore, Xue Tong came to coax, but she couldn't coax her.

At this end, the Guan Master ordered all the disciples who went to Baiyun City to harness their magic swords and prepare to take off.

When more than a dozen swords flew up, Yan Han was dumbfounded, and he stood there in a daze, only to realize that he was so small.

Zhang Fangfang glanced at Yan Han proudly, "Waste!"

Her words amused Xue Tong, who has always been stereotypical.

Guo Ziliu floated to Yan Han with a flying sword.

"Come up. ”

At this time, Qianmu also flew over and said, "Senior brother, hand over Yan Han to me!"

Guo Ziliu was stunned for a while, and finally nodded, and a ray of light flew towards the sky.

Zhang Fangfang looked at Qianmu and Yan Han's actions, her eyes were a little strange, and then she also flew towards the sky, followed by Xue Tong.

"Come up!" Qianmu said to Yan Han angrily.

Yan Han struggled to climb onto Qianmu's giant sword, feeling a little apprehensive. It was the first time that Yan Han had come into contact with Edgeworth's magic weapon so closely, and it was said that when Edgeworth awakened the magic weapon, the magic weapon would become many times larger and materialized.

Yan Han's hand touched it, there was a kind of softness, and there was a coldness, so he asked, "Are you reliable with this thing?"

Qianmu glanced at him: "If you are unreliable, you will fall to death, what's the big deal?"

Yan Han swallowed a mouthful of saliva when he heard this, and stopped speaking.

"Tighten me!" Qianmu shouted at Yan Han.

Yan Han kept a distance of at least a foot from Qianmu, and only gently pulled Qianmu's cuffs with his hand.

"Is this a tension?" asked Qianmu impatiently.

"Poor... Almost, right?"

Qianmu didn't pay any more attention, a trick, and the giant sword went straight to the sky.

Yan Han slammed backwards and almost fell, so he grabbed Qianmu's wrist tightly.

Qianmu rode the giant sword in the sky, sometimes soaring into the sky, sometimes swooping into the earth. Yan Han's legs trembled, and he was covered in cold sweat, "Teacher... Senior sister, you... You won't take the opportunity to seek revenge, will you?"

Qianmu smiled and said, "Yes, this is the best opportunity, who told you to ignore me just now! Throw you down, tell others, just say that you accidentally slip down, and the master and his old man will not blame." ”

"Huh?" Yan Han's two hands had been tightly wrapped around Qianmu's waist for some time.

White clouds, blue sky.

A small dot in the sky, far away from the Qianmu, flying side by side. On that giant sword, Guo Ziliu stood, as if he was protecting Qianmu and the others.

In today's Fang Immortal Continent, there is no imperial court or royal family, but the major Fang Immortal factions have their own territories under their jurisdiction, and they also have their own subordinate towns.

In the jurisdiction of the Shenxiao faction, there is Baiyun County, and the county seat is Baiyun City, which is located seventy miles south of Shenxiao Mountain. Baiyun City has the Taishou Mansion and the Duwei Mansion, and the officials in the palace are all appointed by the Shenxiao faction.

Baiyun City is a famous city in the Fang Immortal Continent, and the city scale is one of the best in the entire Fang Immortal Continent. In the Fang Immortal Continent, as long as it is a practicing magician, there is no one who has not heard of Baiyun City, Baiyun City is famous all over the world because of the Shenxiao Sect, and it is also famous because of the Jiuyun Society, which is the most fascinating place for all Fangwarlocks.

The Nine Clouds Meeting, which is held once every twenty years, has no longer had a great influence not only in the Shenxiao Sect, but also in the entire Fang Immortal Continent. Every Jiuyun Meeting, a few months before it is held, the inns of Baiyun City are overcrowded.

There are disciples of famous families from all over the world, the forces of the major families of the rich armor side of the world, the south and the north, and the wandering magicians, the knights who go south and north...

When Qianmu carried Yan Han to the sky above Baiyun City, the people of Zixiao Temple also slowly approached them one after another.

Yan Han raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and vaguely saw rows of houses and criss-crossing alleys, gradually entering the field of vision, and dense crowds smaller than ants flowed through the streets.

The people leading the way in front are still Chu Guan and Zhang Ting'er. The two of them reined in the direction and took the lead in leading their disciples towards a large complex.

There are hundreds of houses in this complex, and it is a thriving scene when you look at the crowd from afar. This is the Jiuyun venue of Shenxiao Palace in Baiyun City, and the Taishou Mansion and the reception offices of the participating teams are also in it.

Chu Eyang led his disciples to the door of the venue, and several welcoming disciples immediately greeted him, Chu Eyang arched his hand and said:

"Please tell the head of the sect that Chu Eyang of Zixiao Mountain has already led the participating disciples to Baiyun City. ”

The welcoming disciple replied, "We have already arranged the location for Lord Chuguan to stay, please come with me." ”

Chu Eyang nodded, and then followed the welcoming disciple towards their foothold.

Since the rooms in the venue were full, the disciples of Zixiao Mountain were arranged in the inn outside the venue. They had to walk through downtown areas to get there.

The welcoming disciple explained: "This year, the Shenxiao Palace has received more visitors from afar, so it can only make the Lord of Chu Guan and his accompanying disciples aggrieved. ”

Chu Eyang complained, his demeanor was not very good, Zhang Ting'er shook his hand.

However, when walking through the downtown area, Yan Hanke was very excited, and he couldn't help but feel great emotion along the way.

This Baiyun City is also too big and too lively!

There are all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, a lot of weapons and magic weapons are clearly placed outside, as well as pill shops, spirit stone shops, herbal medicine shops, clothes shops... In the crowd, there are stalls selling strange goods from the north and the south everywhere... There are also a lot of jugglers, boxing and gambling...

Of course, there is a paradise for all kinds of foodies, with wide roadside restaurants and restaurants next to each other. There are also beggars on the roadside, who take the buns from the stall and stuff them into their mouths, and suddenly chase and beat them all over the street...

Frankly speaking, Yan Han had never seen the world, and when he was a child, the biggest place he had been to was the market in Mengxi Town, but it couldn't be compared with Baiyun City at all, and he almost mistakenly thought that this was the capital of this world.

When he was a child, Yan Han listened to those storytellers who had nothing to do at the entrance of the village talk about the prosperity of the capital, although the storytellers may not have really been there, but they still have the ability to brag about it, and they said it eloquently. Yan Han likes to be lively, so the scene of the capital is deeply imprinted on Yan Han's childhood heart, which makes him extremely fascinated. He had secretly made up his mind that he would definitely go to the capital once in his lifetime.

Now, Yan Han's wish seems to have come true, he is obsessed with looking at the street scene, his eyes are bright, if there is no group of senior brothers and sisters staring, he can't wait to rush over immediately and let himself go.

"Don't look around!"

At this time, Qianmu's cold voice came, "We cultivators, don't be blinded by the mundane things in the world. ”

Yan Han was not happy in his heart, and after looking at the senior brothers and sisters, he found that they were all blind to the lively scene around them, each with a stiff face, and his steps were windy, as if he was afraid that the street vendors would defile their feelings. Zhang Fangfang even closed her eyes.

Yan Han cursed and complained, this kind of pure heart and few desires of pretentious practice, the master is not suitable, it is better to be a bastard to enjoy life here.

Although Yan Han thought so, because of his fear of Qianmu next to him, he could only restrain his mind and continue to move forward in a proper manner.

They walked a long way to reach their footing.

This is a large inn, at this time, there are already other disciples of Gongguan who have been arranged to this inn, Chu Eyang also saw an old friend, he swept away the previous displeasure, and greeted each other with the old friend.

The disciples of Shenxiao Palace arranged the people of Zixiao Temple properly, and led them to the Jiuyun Venue to meet the master.

The area of the Jiuyun venue is huge, headed by the main hall Ning Feng Palace, and countless sub-halls are neatly arranged on both sides, in Yan Han's eyes, the Jiuyun venue is much more magnificent than Zixiaoguan!

In front of the Ningfeng Palace, there is a drill square of thousands of acres, called Douxian Square. From a distance, many rings have been set up in the square, and there are many preparatory personnel busy arranging there.

This is where the Kumokai will be held, and it will be open to the public the day after tomorrow.

As soon as they entered the door of the Ningfeng Palace, Chu Eyang and the others found that it was already full of people. The left and right sides are divided into two columns, one column is the master, the prison house, the elders and the entourage disciples of each palace, and the other column is the guests with heads and faces sent by the various gates of the Fangxian Continent to watch the game, and there are six seats in the middle, sitting six extraordinary old men, they are the major deacons of Shenxiao Palace.

The costumes of the Shenxiao school are mainly plain white and gray, but the costumes of other schools are different in shape. Some sect disciples even have colorful armbands on their clothes, although it is contrary to the simplicity of the Great Dao, but aesthetically, there is indeed a finishing touch, which is very beautiful.

From the clothing, you can also tell which ones are big and which are niche. The Fang Immortal Sect attaches great importance to the design of the disciple's uniform, because it is the most direct image expression. The disciple's clothing should not only reflect the elegance, but also reflect the aesthetics, but also reflect a certain morality, which is definitely the biggest test for the fashion designers, not the big Fang Xian school is not able to invite a well-known designer.

In fact, the clothing of the disciples of the Shenxiao School has been inherited for thousands of years, almost every hundred years, and the number of small changes can not be counted, almost every ten years there is a new style, either the sleeves are wider, or the straight collar is changed to the collar, or the buckle is changed to change the style... These jobs are basically taken care of by the Jinyonomiya.

However, many sub-views go to the Shenxiao Palace every year to purchase disciple clothing, but they may not get new models, and the Shenxiao faction does not have strict and uniform requirements for disciple clothing. You can wear whichever style you want to wear, and if you don't have money, you may still be stuck in the old style a hundred years ago.

Therefore, although the Shenxiao faction is the largest faction in the world, the clothes are notoriously inconsistent in the Fangxian Continent, and many street citizens wear the disciple clothes of the Shenxiao faction when they have nothing to do, and over time they are reduced to street clothes.

The chief deacon of the Shenxiao Palace, who learned from the pain, ordered the major sub-contemplators to ask the disciples to rectify their uniforms every year, but who cares? The price of a new set of disciple clothes in the Shenxiao Palace is amazing, and the old disciple clothes can be customized by any clothing shop in Baiyun City, and the price may only be one-tenth. Some sub-views can tighten their belts to live, your Shenxiao Palace is rich, it does not mean that other sub-views are also rich, and the head of the Shenxiao faction can only open one eye to this.

"Disciple Chu Eyang, meet the senior brother in charge. Chu Eyang stepped forward, his voice was loud, and he made a formal salute to a few people on the platform of the main hall.

A man who looked to be in his fifties, dressed in a gray robe, sat in the middle of the north, facing south, with an indifferent look on his face, no enthusiasm or seriousness, but his eyes were like electricity. He nodded at Chu Eyang and said, "Lord Chuguan, please take a seat." ”

This person is Fang Immortal Continent, the head of the famous Shenxiao Sect, Yu Guangdao!

"The disciple is late, and I hope the head of the family will forgive me. ”

Yu Guangdao said: "Where, it's just the right time to come." He then looked at the disciples behind Chu Eyang, "Many of the participating disciples you brought this time are new faces, it seems that there are successors to Zixiao Mountain!"

The heads of other palace temples also greeted Chu Eyang together.

"I heard that the Lord of Chuguan has recruited a Dongtian boy, I don't know if I can introduce him?" It was Qu Heping of Langxiao Guan who spoke, and he had always been good friends with Chu Eyang.

Chu Eyang smiled mysteriously: "This is kept secret for the time being, I believe you will be able to see her in the ring soon." ”

Hearing Chu Eyang say this, Qu Heping glanced at the disciples behind him with probing eyes, a little confused, after all, he couldn't guess which one the Dongtian Boy was.

The other elders also stepped forward to greet each other, but their eyes were staring at Guo Ziliu, because they had obviously seen that Guo Ziliu's Inner Dan's cultivation was not low, and he was afraid that he had already entered the Heavenly Realm, and this kind of strength was obviously rare in the spell competition.

The other thing they paid attention to was Qianmu, and that otherworldly cold temperament was similar to the sharp Dongfang Feng of the Jiuyun Society last time.

At this time, Yu Guangdao whispered a few words to an elder of the Shenxiao Palace next to him, and motioned for the elder to read out the rules of this spell competition.

After that, the elder explained the rules at length. It's obviously very simple content, which makes people listen to it very much, but fortunately, Jiuyun Club has been held so many times, and the rules have not changed.

A total of 128 participants participated in the Jiuyun Club, and the winners and losers were determined by the knockout round.

The number of places in each palace is actually given according to the results of the last Nine Cloud Society, as well as the comprehensive evaluation of the contribution of each sub-view to the Shenxiao Sect. For example, this time, there were only seven places in Zixiao Mountain, while there were as many as fifteen people in Shenxiao Palace and thirteen people in Qingxiao Palace. In the year before each Jiuyun Festival, it is necessary to report the quota to the Shenxiao Palace in order to plan and implement the competition.

Out of 128 people, if you want to get the first place, you need to play seven games, which is very difficult. In order to retain the best disciples as much as possible, before the competition, it is necessary for each sub-observer to divide the participants according to their abilities, and hand over this arrangement to the competition organizer. The organizer will put the weak and strong disciples in a group according to the regulations, so that the strong and strong can avoid encounters, and in the first few rounds, try to avoid encounters with the disciples in the same audience.

The Jiuyun Club is divided into an outer competition and an internal competition, the outer competition is a competition, and the strength of each disciple is ranked again, and the internal competition is the final. In the finals, the groups and opponents are selected according to the results of the outer competition, and the principle of the strongest against the weakest is still followed, but only those who enter the top 32 in the outer competition are eligible to enter the internal competition.

It is especially important to note that the disciples who participate in the outer competition are still eligible to participate in the next Jiuyun Society, but if they participate in the internal competition, no matter what the result is, they will not have the opportunity to participate in the Jiuyun Society again.

In this way, it is actually a difficult choice question for the organizers of the various palaces.

The Nine Clouds Society is a spell competition for contemporary disciples, which means that only fifteen generations of disciples are eligible. The Shenxiao Sect is designated as a generation of disciples every Jiazi year, and the generation of disciples is divided into six batches, and a new group of disciples is recruited every ten years.

According to the previous results of the Jiuyun Society, the disciples of the odd-numbered batch often have the greatest chance of getting the ranking, so many palace views, in order to prepare for the Jiuyun Society, the even-numbered batch of disciples will not accept people at all, just to stagger the time with the Jiuyun Society, which is why the fourth batch of disciples of Zixiaoguan is blank.

The historical data of the previous Ninth National Games shows that the results of the new batch of disciples will not be very satisfactory, because they only have a maximum of ten years of cultivation, while the results of the previous batch of disciples are relatively better, after all, they have twenty years of cultivation, if it is the first two batches of disciples, it is equivalent to them have thirty years of cultivation time, but considering the growth of age and the decline of their physique, they may not have good results.

Therefore, the organizers of each sub-observation try to let the new disciples only participate in the outer competition, and the middle-aged disciples participate in the inner competition.

As a last resort, I will also go to the old disciples.

Chu Eyang was entrusted by Xiao Xiao to let Zhang Fangfang and Xue Tong participate in the competition, so that the two of them could hone themselves in the competition, and the next Jiuyun Club would be the real stage for them. Chu Eyang knew very well that even if Xue Tong and Zhang Fangfang entered the internal competition, they would not have good results, but would lose the qualification to participate again.

However, what made Chu Eyang embarrassed was whether to let Qianmu participate in the internal competition. With Qianmu's current cultivation in the late stage of the Heavenly Realm, there was still hope for entering the top eight in the previous Jiuyun Society, but in this Jiuyun Society, the younger generation of talents has emerged, and he really doesn't dare to bet, so he can only make a decision after the competition.

Chu Eyang asked the participating disciples to finish saluting the elders of the Shenxiao Sect and the elders of the various palaces, and then let them go back to rest, while he and Jiang Cheng, Yin Guan and the others stayed to talk with them.