Not long after, several upper-level elders of the Inner Sect boarded the VIP seats in the martial arts arena, and the martial arts arena gradually quieted down, and everyone watched with solemn faces as the elders who had both strength and strength took their seats.

And as the elders sat down, an elder who was in charge of presiding over this ranking competition cleared his throat, said the usual opening remarks aloud, and then said some words of encouragement to the contestants with an impassioned expression, which made the atmosphere of the scene slightly higher for a while.

Many aspiring disciples couldn't help but gear up and were eager to try.

Finally, the elder simply announced the rules of the qualifying tournament and then announced the official start of the morning qualifying tournament.

As soon as the elder's words fell, the ten referees boarded the ten rings in the martial arts arena one after another, preparing to preside over the competitions in various rings.

According to the previous rules, all the participating disciples had already been determined by drawing lots at the time of registration, and each group corresponded to a ring.

Therefore, after those participating disciples came to the martial arts arena, they were already waiting around their respective rings.

Aotian, Zhou Zhirui, Zheng Tiansong, Shen Kuo and others had never seen Yuwen Changkong, so they could only ask if Yuwen Changkong was there in the ring, but after asking around, several people didn't ask where the disciple named Yuwen Changkong was in the ring, and it seemed that those people were also curious about where Yuwen Changkong was.

"Then Yuwen Changkong shouldn't have any accidents again, right?"

"Forget it, let's find a random ring to watch for a while!" Aotian said, and Xuan even led everyone straight to a nearby ring and surrounded it.

There are twenty or thirty people around this ring, but according to Aotian's eyesight, these people should basically be disciples who are participating in the competition, and it seems that there are only a few disciples watching Aotian.

At this time, the sound of drums suddenly sounded in the martial arts arena, which also indicated that the competitions everywhere were about to begin.

Hearing the sound of drums, the referees in the ring immediately took out a lottery holder and asked all the participating disciples to draw out a bamboo stick each.

There is a number serial number on the bamboo stick, and the person who draws the number one is the champion of the ring here, and accepts the challenge of the disciple who draws the number two, the winner stays in the ring, and the loser is eliminated, and then the winner becomes the champion and continues to accept the next challenger.

The first number drawn was a man in his early thirties, and after he stepped into the ring, he looked calm, obviously having some confidence in his own strength, or having a good mentality, and did not care about winning or losing in the end.

Although the disciple who drew the second number was also a man in his early thirties, his face was very solemn, and he seemed to be a little afraid of his opponent.

Sure enough, after the referees announced the start of the competition, the two only clashed a few times, and the dignified disciple was defeated, and finally admitted defeat and stepped down.

Subsequently, the second challenger took the stage to challenge, but after the same passing photo, he made a judgment and reluctantly admitted defeat and stepped down.

Aotian can easily judge from the blood qi released by the guarding disciple that this person's cultivation is at the level of a high-ranking martial artist, and he reached this level in his early thirties, which means that this person can be regarded as an absolute genius, but which one of the people who can enter the inner sect is not a genius among geniuses.

It's just that despite this, Aotian basically doesn't have much interest in watching this level of battle, but he seems to be interested in Zheng Tiansong and Zhou Zhirui on the side, so he can only helplessly accompany the two and barely watch the competition in this ring.

Gradually, the competition in the ring where Aotian and them were located had passed the halfway point, and the man who had drawn the first serial number lived up to expectations and was still standing in the ring, standing tall.

But the good times didn't last long, and after he defeated two disciples who were as strong as he was, a man who was obviously five or six years older than him came to the ring, and immediately bowed his hand to salute, and immediately overflowed with blood.

Seeing that man was spilling blood, everyone immediately knew the result of this competition, and I am afraid that the disciple who has persisted until now will be eliminated.

Because the man who has just come to power is already a strong man of the lower great martial arts.

Sure enough, the two had just clashed a few times, and the man who had been guarding was defeated.

You must know that the martial arts level of the two is basically the same, but the blood and qi level is much different, and this great martial artist-level disciple is also quite rich in combat experience, so the male disciple can only bow down and admit defeat and step down.

But just after the No. 1 disciple stepped down from the stage, there was a sudden commotion not far away, and when Aotian and the others heard the reputation, they saw a man who was nearly forty years old, with a full beard and messy hair, swaggering over, and finally came to their ring in the surprised eyes of Aotian and them, and stopped.

Seeing this scene, the face of the man who had just won in the ring changed, and his eyes suddenly showed helplessness. And those disciples who have not yet competed are also depressed, and it seems that they have no intention of competing again.

"How's the game going?" asked the man with messy hair as soon as he pulled over a disciple and grinned.

"It's just halfway through, but I didn't expect Senior Brother Changtian to be in our group!"

"Alas—since Senior Brother Changkong is in our group, then we don't need to fight anymore!"

"Yes, Elder Referee, a few of us have abstained and conceded defeat!"

"Well, I also abstain and admit defeat!" Several disciples who had not yet competed chose to abstain.

The bearded, messy-haired man didn't care, just grinned.

"I also admit defeat!" The guarding disciple in the ring also reluctantly chose to admit defeat.

Seeing this, Aotian had basically guessed that this late man should be the so-called Yuwen Changkong.

However, the Yuwen sky in front of him made Aotian slightly surprised, and when he heard what Shen Kuo said, Aotian thought that this Yuwen Changkong should also be a young man with a personable and extraordinary bearing.

But at this time, it seems that this person looks like a sloppy middle-aged man.

However, Aotian thought about it, and was able to reach the level of a high-ranking great martial artist at the age of about forty, and this person's talent was already a demonic existence.

"Okay, the winner of this group is Yuwen Changkong, Yuwen Changkong, you had better come over on time for the afternoon ranking competition, otherwise no one will make up for you if you miss the opportunity!"

"The disciple knows what to say!" Yuwen Changkong arched his hand, grinned, and immediately swaggered towards the outside of the martial arts arena.

"Alas—it's boring, I should have expected this!" Shen Kuo said with some disappointment.

"Hehe, yes, let's go back, let's wait for the afternoon to watch the competition of the ground list directly!" Aotian also smiled bitterly, and then left the martial arts arena with Zhou Zhirui, Zheng Tiansong and others.

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After lunch, Aotian and the others came back to the martial arts arena again.

At this time, there were not many people in the martial arts arena, but not long after Aotian and the others arrived, a large number of disciples gathered in the martial arts arena one after another, and suddenly the entire martial arts arena became lively again, and as far as the eye could see, the number of people seemed to be more than the people in the morning.

Although after the morning competition, except for the ten winning disciples, the rest of the people were all eliminated, but this could not stop the enthusiasm of those people to watch the battle.

After all, half of these disciples are relatively young, and for them, in the near future, they may have the qualifications to compete for the Earth List and the Heavenly List, so watching the battle now is also to accumulate experience for themselves.

After a long time, the elders in the morning were on the VIP table again, and the loud voice of the elder in charge of presiding over the meeting also resounded again, and the audience suddenly fell silent.

After the elder said a few opening words, he talked about the rules and schedule of the battle for the land leaderboard.

The competition schedule of the land list is relatively complicated, the first is the challenge competition, that is, the first round of the battle for the land list, the ten disciples who won in the morning can freely choose any disciple of the land list to challenge, and the winner will temporarily enter the land list.

But no matter how many disciples the challenger is challenging on the ground list, as long as the challenger wins, the person who is eliminated must be the disciple at the bottom of the list, but he can also have a chance to challenge other disciples on the list.

After the ten disciples who won in the morning and the eliminated disciples of the original place list are all challenged, the remaining ten will enter the next round of competition.

The second round of the competition was even more complicated, each of them had to compete with the other nine people, and finally according to the number of wins won by the ten people, the ranking order of the final ten disciples of the Earth List was determined.

After introducing the rules and schedule of the competition, the presiding elder said a few words of good wishes, and then announced the official start of the competition for the land leaderboard.

Suddenly, there were drums in the field, and discussions also sounded, and an elder referee stepped onto a ring in the center of the martial arts arena, and the ten disciples of the previous ranking and the ten disciples who won in the morning also followed closely behind, and under the attention of everyone, they boarded the ring.

Suddenly, all the disciples present flocked to the center, and all gathered around the center of the ring, and some of the disciples who failed to squeeze to the front even climbed onto the other rings around them, ready to look high and watch the next round of the first round of challenges.

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