Chapter 52: Protecting Yourself
The hand, which seemed to be ordinary and even extremely old, actually broke through the benevolent old man's streamer defense and slapped directly into the benevolent old man's chest. At that moment, the benevolent old man was as terrifying as seeing death, his eyes were round, and he looked at the Cangye Daoist in horror. His feet were like copper poured with iron, his body could not move, and the internal force of his whole body was rapidly being withdrawn.
Then, we see that the streamer of the benevolent old man gradually weakens, and his body gradually withers.
"What the hell is going on?" everyone saw this terrifying scene, and no one understood what was happening.
"What a powerful devouring skill!" Lin Zongxuan couldn't help but exclaim.
"I see this old fellow's hand as if it were my blood-drinking sword. Qin Feng also saw some doorways, "The true qi in the benevolent old ghost's body is being quickly withdrawn, which is why his body is emaciated. β
"That's the case, it is said that the cultivation of this Cangye Daoist is very different from ordinary people, and when I see it today, it really deserves its name. All cultivators have improved their internal strength through magic weapons, elixir and immortal grass, and their daily cultivation, but this person actually does the opposite, sucking up the internal force of others, which is indeed a bit terrifying. However, in this age of worshipping the strong, the result is important, and people will see your brilliance as a strong person, not what effort or method you have made to reach this height. Listening to Lin Zongxuan's meaning, it seems that he has no prejudice against this cultivation method of Cangye Dao Chief.
"Who cares what method you go through, the so-called different paths to the same end. Which generation of monarchs did not build a country with the flesh and blood of countless warriors as the cornerstone. People only sing the praises of his exploits, and who cares what kind of cruel methods he used in the first place. Regarding what Lin Zongxuan said, Qin Feng deeply agreed.
People thought that Daoist Cangye would always suck out the internal strength of the benevolent old man, but after a while, he let go of his hand and stepped back three points. The benevolent old man was finally able to move, almost unsteady on his feet, he used the only remaining bit of true qi to stand, and people saw that the benevolent old man's originally gray hair actually turned silver-white in an instant, and his ruddy face suddenly aged a lot.
"Thank youβthe grace of not killing!" the benevolent old man squeezed out the words from between his teeth.
"No thanks, the reason why I didn't kill you was just to conform to the name of the three virtues. Cangye said lightly.
"Hmph. The benevolent old man snorted coldly, said nothing more, and staggered off the stage.
"Just won like this?" Shen Yingtong didn't seem to react yet, he saw the benevolent old man walking off the stage, and then he realized that the benevolent old man had already admitted defeat. Looking at this somewhat strange old man, Shen Yingtong's heart felt a sense of prickly, no matter how eloquent he spoke, when he encountered such an expressionless and eccentric old man, he really didn't know how to communicate with him. However, now that the victory and defeat had been decided, Shen Yingtong had no choice but to loudly announce the victory of Daoist Cangye.
"The Cangyu Sect is really a little weird. Several martial arts masters looked at this old man, he just showed his hand and defeated the benevolent old man, what kind of profound cultivation did he have? If they wanted to fight him, they were not 100% sure of defeating this person.
"Then let's call on the next challenger. Shen Yingtong announced again.
The crowd whispered at this time, the cultivation of Cangye Daoist was too strange, if he couldn't defeat him when he came to power, and his cultivation for decades or hundreds of years of hard work was absorbed by him, no one could bear this kind of pain. The old man Cangye was not in a hurry, and stood quietly on the stage, just as he first appeared.
Shen Yingtong couldn't help frowning when he saw that the crowd was still motionless, and said secretly: "Isn't that the case when you ask me to shout like this every time?" He thought for a while, and then said loudly: "Since everyone is unwilling to take the initiative to go on stage, then I have to temporarily change the rules of the game." Long Zhihong, you ask me to prepare a good pot of tea first, preferably to moisten your throat. β
"Why do you want tea all of a sudden?" Long Zhihong was stunned for a moment, although he couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Shen Yingtong's gourd, but Long Zhihong brought a pot of good tea as he said.
"Everyone, listen, I know that everyone wants to save their strength to the last, if everyone thinks so, I am afraid that the position of the leader of this alliance will not be selected in a month. Well, this is what you all signed earlier. Although I can't match these names with you, in order to shorten the competition process, I will recite every ten names, and if no one comes to the stage to fight, I will assume that these ten people will be disqualified from the competition. β
As soon as these words came out, although some people were a little unacceptable to this move, no one could put it forward, and Shen Yingtong naturally had no opinion on everyone, so he picked up the list and began to read it. He pronounced every ten names together, and although there were about thousands of people in the rivers and lakes, there were only about 300 people who signed and challenged them, and it didn't take long to pronounce the names.
He recited the names of every ten people, and if no one came up to fight, he crossed out the names of those people. As a result, when the names of nearly 100 people were read, not a single person came to the stage. It also saves a lot of work. Of course, he was particular about pronouncing his names, first by saying the names of those who were not well known, leaving the heavyweights last. In this way, more than 200 people were directly eliminated. He felt that his throat was a little dry, so he took a sip of tea to moisten it and continued to read. During this period, although one or two players came to the stage, they were all killed by Cangye Dao Chang in seconds. Like a decent old man with a compassionate heart who failed miserably, his internal force that had been cultivated for decades was absorbed in an instant.
Daoist Cangye did not ask for a rest like the benevolent old man, on the contrary, every time he absorbed a person's internal force, his cultivation was also improved. Although the cultivation of these people in the rivers and lakes is not as good as a few veteran-level figures, they also have decades of cultivation, and several of them have actually broken through the Imperial Qi Realm, and the Cangye Daoist has absorbed their internal force for his own use, so that his internal force cultivation has improved a lot.
The heads of all the sects were uneasy when they saw this scene, but none of them had the courage to come to the stage to compete with them. What is different from the cultivation of ordinary cultivators is that the Dao method practiced by the old man Cangye, the higher his cultivation, the older he becomes, which makes everyone amazed.
"Heh, it seems to be getting more and more interesting, you big guys, you won't be able to hold your breath for a while. Shen Yingtong was secretly proud in her heart, and she didn't stop and continued to read the list. He doesn't care whether those people really don't want to go to power, as long as the list is read out, and no one answers within three seconds will be regarded as abstaining, and there is not so much effort to rub shoulders with them.
At the end of the day, when there were only one or two dozen people left on the list, it was the heavyweights, of course. When he saw Jiang Menghan's name, his brows furrowed, and he skipped the name after some hesitation. I saw Sandezi's name again, and when I was about to read it, I suddenly thought of something, so I looked at Qin Feng, who was looking at himself and smirking. He instantly understood, and said secretly in his heart: "Sandezi, Sandezi, you are really a Sandezi, a player like you is naturally going to play in the finale, so I almost pronounced your name, then next, Xiao Guonan!"
"Xiao Guonan?" Shen Yingtong felt that this name seemed to be very familiar, and after thinking about it, this person was actually Xiao Guonan, the leader of the Beiling Gang in Beihai. The Beiling Gang, also known as the Beiling faction, is the second major sect in addition to the Heavenly Sword Sect. It's not because the main cultivator of his gang is a god, this name depends on his large number of people, and almost occupies the entire North Sea. In recent years, its gang leader has made great efforts, not only to put the gang in order, but also to make a lot of contributions to the defense of overseas bandits, making a contribution to the stability of the sea area of the Dragon Kingdom, and winning a lot of praise from people in the rivers and lakes.
Shen Yingtong looked down from the stage, looking for this helper, and Xiao Guonan was also very entangled, although he also wanted to be the leader of the alliance, but he was not sure if he could defeat the leader of the Cangye Dao. If you fail, let's not say that you can't be the leader of the alliance, I'm afraid that even the leader of the Beiling Gang can't do it. So he made up his mind and went on stage.
When Shen Yingtong saw Xiao Guonan coming to the stage, she was suddenly a little excited, and secretly thought: "After being silent for so long, there is finally a person who has come to the stage to fight." β
However, to everyone's disappointment, Xiao Guonan did not come to power to fight, and a bigger reason why he should not fight is that if the Tianxiong Dao Leader of the Heavenly Sword Gate and the Cangye Dao Leader of the Cangyu Gate fight to the death, the Beiling Sect will be the biggest winner at that time. He is such a smart person, of course, he will adopt the tactics of snipe and clam competing for fishermen and profits, but in order to show his temperament, in order not to be looked down upon, he only heard him say loudly: "Martial arts friends from the Central Plains, I, Xiao Guoren, came here today, just to show you a position, if anyone can get the position of the leader of this alliance, my Beiling faction will definitely support it." Now that the neighboring sea countries of the Dragon Kingdom frequently invade our Dragon Country, the imperial court alone is not enough to resist, if an alliance leader can be born to lead me and my Beiling faction to resist the enemy, it will be the blessing of my Dragon Country and the glory of my Beihai. The reason why I signed my name on this campaign list is nothing more than to show everyone my attitude, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and my Beiling faction will swear to work with the people of the rivers and lakes of the Dragon Kingdom to fight the enemy to the end!"
As soon as these words came out, they were really praised by all the people in the rivers and lakes, but Shen Yingtong looked a little disappointed and asked, "What you say, is it a war or not?"
"I'm sorry, Shen Gongzi, no matter who you fight with, if you don't use all your strength, it will be disrespectful to your opponent, if you go all out, you will hurt and be angry, the elected alliance leader, I am willing to serve and swear to follow. β
"Well, it's rare that Xiao Gang Master can have this kind of strength, and he is really heroic, please!" Shen Yingtong stretched out his hand and invited Xiao Guonan to sit in the VIP seat.
Although it is a pity that the Xiao gang leader did not participate in the election, he still expresses his admiration for the generosity of the Xiao gang leader. However, if everyone was as humble as he was, the position of alliance leader would never have been created. Without the alliance leader, naturally no one will lead everyone to our Dragon Kingdom. Therefore, if it is really for the people in the world, you should stand up bravely and lead everyone to serve the glory of the national dragon. Master Pu Yu, what do you think?" Shen Yingtong looked at Pu Yu with a smile, undoubtedly giving Pu Yu a very appropriate mystery.
Master Puyu naturally understood what Shen Yingtong meant, at his own doorstep, if he didn't use some housekeeping skills, he was afraid that everyone would underestimate the thousand-year-old reputation of Yongming Temple. I saw him slowly come to the stage, came to Shen Yingtong, and said: "Amitabha, I don't go to hell, who goes to hell?" Today's cultivators all take cultivating immortals as the ultimate goal of their lives. β