It wasn't until a year later that Qin Ye and Shi Changming and other five hall masters came out one after another.

Qin Ye's cultivation successfully broke through to the third-order martial sect and completed the retreat goal he had set for himself.

However, in the later stages of the retreat, he felt that his cultivation had reached a bottleneck again.

After some thought, he decided to go out and readjust his condition.

Shi Changming and the other five people have also made rapid progress in this year's penance, and their cultivation has been greatly improved.

With a large number of Feng Yuan Fruits and Jie Yuan Dan given by Qin Ye, the five of them regained the motivation to practice.

As the shackles of one's own qualifications are broken, if you don't work hard and practice hard, it will be simply sorry for your ancestors.

The eldest Shi Changming has advanced two levels in a row, and has reached the cultivation of a ninth-order martial artist, and he is still one step away from the goal of breaking through the realm of martial arts within three years, and he is confident that he can exceed the task set by Qin Ye.

The second eldest Yuan Kaishan and the third eldest Zhao Dahai have both reached the cultivation of eighth-order martial artists, and the two of them are very satisfied with their progress, and they boast to others from time to time.

The fourth eldest Xu Youlong also broke through to the seventh-order martial sect, and he started a little later than the others, so he was quite satisfied with this result.

As for the fifth sister Zhang Xiaoxiao, she is a rare formation master, on the basis of advanced skills, her formation path cultivation has also been greatly improved, and now she is a sixth-order formation master. Even if you look at the entire monastic world, it is enough to stand out from the crowd.

One day after everyone left the customs, the Tiangang Sect held a high-level meeting, and Qin Ye, the five hall masters, and the two Dharma protectors gathered in the council hall.

When Long Xiao and Heshan saw Shi Changming and the others, they were greatly surprised by the results of their retreat over the past year.

It is rare for ordinary people to be able to raise one rank in one year, and those with exceptional talent can barely raise two ranks.

But the five people in front of him have all been upgraded by at least two levels, and this reality has shocked the two Dharma protectors.

After thinking about it, Qin Ye must have given the Xie Yuan Dan to the two of them before, and he must have given them to the five hall masters, and looking at this situation, he even gave more than one.

Long Xiao and He Shan were envious in their hearts, and secretly made up their minds that they would also retreat and practice penance in the future, and they would not be surpassed by these people.

When Long Xiao and Heshan saw Qin Ye coming out, a great sense of pressure involuntarily rose from their hearts.

It wasn't that Qin Ye did it on purpose, but with the improvement of his cultivation, the aura at this time had changed a lot compared to a year ago, which invisibly made Long Xiao and the others feel awe from the bottom of their hearts.

A year ago, maybe the two of them could still have a hundred moves with Qin Ye, but now they faintly felt that they were afraid that they would be defeated if they couldn't make ten moves in Qin Ye's hands.

……

After everyone took their seats, Long Xiao reported to Qin Ye on the progress of the affairs of the Tiangang Sect in the past year.

The spiritual stone mine in the back mountain is mined in an orderly manner, providing continuous financial support for the sect;

The fame of the Tiangang Sect is expanding day by day in the rivers and lakes, and some loose cultivators have taken the initiative to take refuge in the sect, wanting to become the guest elders of the sect, Long Xiao did not make any claims about this, and left it to Qin Ye to make a decision after he left the customs;

When talking about the situation of the sixty disciples who started a year ago, Long Xiao and He Shan were even more eyebrows, and they were very proud of the achievements of their two in the past year.

The forty disciples who remained in the end, even if they were compared with those profound factions of the Sima Empire, would definitely not be left behind.

Qin Ye was also quite interested in the situation of the new disciples, and immediately decided to hold a ring match in the sect ten days later.

On the one hand, look at the cultivation results of these teenagers, and on the other hand, according to the competition in the ring, select the inner disciples of the Tiangang Sect.

Everyone was interested when they heard Qin Ye's decision, especially when it came to the five hall masters accepting apprentices, and they naturally wanted to be selective about the future apprentice candidates.

Shi Changming took the initiative to ask Qin Ye to host the first ring match of the sect, and promised to make the competition prosperous and become the first major event of the sect.

Qin Ye's requirements for him were naturally unavoidable, and he finalized the matter in front of everyone on the spot.

The next day, when the disciples heard the news, they all geared up and made careful preparations, wanting to show their efforts in the ring to the top of the sect in the past year, and even hoping that the five hall masters would take advantage of themselves and accept them as inner disciples, so as to get greater training from the sect.

……

Ten days later, Tiangang Mountain is full of lights, and it is very lively.

The Tiangang Sect's martial arts arena gathered hundreds of people, including Qin Ye, Shi Changming and other high-ranking members of the sect, the guest elders of each hall, the forty disciples who had just been promoted, and the miscellaneous servants and relatives of the sect.

As for the matter of inviting relatives to go up the mountain to watch the ceremony, it was a reform proposed by Qin Yeli against public opinion.

Some other sects have always advocated that once you enter the sect, you should not associate with your former relatives and friends, and cultivate wholeheartedly, and it is best to sever your former worldly relationships.

However, Qin Ye believes that the path of cultivation is not ruthless. If that's the case, and the disciples who teach are some disciples who don't recognize the six relatives, then what's the point?

Therefore, he advocated that the disciples should contact their relatives more, and invite their parents, wives and children to live on the mountain for a period of time every year.

For this regulation, the disciples of the Tiangang Sect were very happy, and even spread to the ears of the disciples of other sects, which also caused a great sensation and envy.

Presumably, when the Tiangang Sect recruits disciples in the next session, just because of this regulation, it can attract a large number of disciples to sign up.

Shi Changming invited Qin Ye to take a seat, and then he stood on the rostrum with high spirits and swooped down.

At the beginning of the ring competition, an elder of Qinglongtang was specially arranged to dance the sword on stage, and the audience was full of passion and applause.

In the second half of the sword dance, another Qinglongtang elder was arranged to come on stage to fight against the sword, and the "fierce battle" between the two suddenly pushed the audience's enthusiasm to a climax.

Qin Ye saw the lively scene in the audience, and couldn't help but secretly praise Shi Changming for being a talent who engages in the atmosphere.

Although the sword rivalry of the two martial artists was mediocre in Qin Ye's eyes, in the eyes of other disciples, miscellaneous servants, and ordinary relatives, it was an eye-opener and an existence of worship.

At the end of the sword performance, Shi Changming announced the official start of the first ring match of Tiangangzong.

According to the regulations formulated before the competition, the forty disciples were randomly divided into eight groups, with each group of five people.

The group stage adopts a round-robin format, and the top two teams with the most wins in each group advance to the next semi-finals, with a total of 10 places.

The semi-final adopts a single-round elimination system, and then from these ten disciples to play two by two, the winner will be admitted to the inner door, and worship the five hall masters as teachers.

It's a fierce contest and a brutal contest.

Qin Ye looked at this group of teenagers and thought of himself back then.

From a low-level miscellaneous servant of the Red Flame Sect, to an outer disciple, and later an inner disciple, he was finally chased and killed by the Red Flame Sect and the seven major sects, forcing him to flee from Qingfeng City.

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The tournament started simultaneously at five venues.

Since all the disciples were starting at the same time, under the conditioning of Xie Yuan Dan, everyone's qualifications were about the same, and all of them were not divided according to rank.

In this year, those who have made rapid progress have already broken through to the fifth-order martial arts, and those who have progressed slowly have also reached the third-order martial artists, so there is not much gap in cultivation.

Soon after the start of the competition, the performance of the disciples on the field deeply attracted the five hall masters sitting on the rostrum.

"Damn, Long Xiao, you've put a lot of effort into them this year!"

"The ones they were taught were all the high-level exercises of the Great River Sect before, and there were even people who had refined to the fifth-order martial arts!"

"Yes, not only has my cultivation improved so much, but my combat experience is not shallow, and it is definitely not a fancy thing that has been piled up by pills alone!"

"I heard that the training of the disciples is in charge of the Heshan Protector, it seems that the Heda Protector threw them into the Warcraft Forest, and now they have such ruthlessness!"

"Haha, exactly!"

"At that time, I took them to the outskirts of the Monster Forest, and then I left."

"It is said that they also encountered a second-order demon beast, and it was only with the strength of everyone that they escaped from the claws of the demon beast!"

"This protector's requirement for them is that if each person does not bring enough ten demon pills, they must not return to the sect to resume their lives!"

"Hey, it's no wonder that twenty disciples either left the sect or died during the experience......

"Fifth sister, you don't want a woman's kindness! Being merciful to them now is what really hurts them! I agree with the cultivation method of the two Dharma Protectors! ”

……

Two hours later, the results of the group stage came out.

The qualifying list of each group is: Tang Jingjing and Luo Lei in the first group, Yin Buffalo and Qi Xiaobai in the second group, Li Yang and Wang Ying in the third group, Li Xin and Hu in the fourth group? Stupid? 16

Next, according to the order of the first place in each group against the second place in the next group, the battle will be divided into five venues at the same time.

The ten people who entered the semi-finals were all the best among the disciples, and none of them wanted to give up their qualifications to be selected into the inner gate.

So everyone did their best to defeat their opponents even if they were injured.

As long as this battle is won, it will be like a fish leaping into the dragon gate, and soaring into the sky is just around the corner.

……

Among the five venues, the battle on the first court was the most intense, and it was also a duel that attracted the most attention from the top management of the rostrum.

Tang Jingjing against Qi Xiaobad!

In fact, before this, Qin Ye had paid more attention to these two disciples.

Tang Jingjing has a righteous and awe-inspiring righteousness, a lively and cheerful personality, and a flexible and flexible personality.

She has a natural affinity, she can always gather the people around her, and she is a good seedling of a sect elder sister.

As for Qi Xiaobai, Qin Ye saw strength and courage in him.

His mind is far superior to that of his peers, but he has a rebellious personality and is a complete prickly disciple.

This battle between the two can be described as a chess opponent, and it is difficult to distinguish between the top and the bottom.

Tang Jingjing waved the sword in her hand and shouted coquettishly: "Little bad guy, you usually hide quite deeply!" I didn't see it, but I can hold on to it until now under my big river sword! ”

When Qi Xiaobai heard this, he hurriedly took Tang Jingjing's sword move, and shouted: "Senior sister, in fact, among all people, the one I am most reluctant to face is you!" ”

"Everyone else I have the confidence to win, only you, I am only sixty percent sure!"