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Guo Linsheng didn't mean to make things difficult, every word he said was the truth.

There is an iron rule in the cultivation world that everyone must follow: no matter what sect, if they refuse to participate in the Spring Tournament, they will become the public enemy of all other sects. Once this happens, not only will the sect not be able to exchange resources with other sects normally, but it will also be collectively requisitioned by other sects, or even wiped out.

This kind of thing sounds strange, but when you think about it, it feels normal. The prizes of the Spring Contest have always been actively contributed by various sects, and refusing to participate in the competition means that there is no need to take out the treasure of the pill as a prize. As soon as there is a first denomination that refuses to participate, there will soon be a second and a third...... After a long time, there are many sects that refuse to participate, and the spring competition will be gone, and it will become a meaningless decoration.

The strength of small sects is naturally not as strong as that of large sects. It was precisely for the sake of balance that the rule-makers of the ancient era left a special rule that "only Qi refining fifth-level cultivators can participate".

In short, as long as you send people to participate in the competition and come up with enough chips as prizes, the sect will also have the qualifications to continue to exist in the cultivation world.

Everyone knows that participating in the Spring Contest is a race of life and death. No one wants to die in vain in that kind of place. Even the various hall masters had to think about their respective disciples, and they were not willing to let the best and most talented disciples fall on the field. However, the general environment is also ...... In desperation, the Guiyuan Sect Master could only distribute the quota of the previous participants to each Dharma Hall, and the hall masters would send their own disciples.

Zhang Shuo has always felt that it is really cruel to let those disciples who lack strength go on the field and send them to death.

Guo Linsheng believes that instead of letting the sect feed these low-level cultivators in vain, it is simply a waste of resources. It's better to give them a chance, as long as they can survive in the arena, they will also be able to get rich rewards, so that their cultivation will rise sharply and progress by leaps and bounds.

Life is all about gambling.

If you don't fight now, when will you wait?

This is the difference between the monk's vision. It can't be said that Zhang Shuo is indecisive, nor can it be said that Guo Linsheng is cruel. There have never been two identical Dao hearts in the world, and everything can only be measured by strength.

Zhang Shuo felt upset for a while, and directly grabbed the roster of disciples of the Purple Furnace Hall on the table next to him, and threw it in front of Guo Linsheng, roaring angrily: "Whoever you want to take away, you can do it yourself, don't bother me with this matter again." ”

Guo Linsheng didn't look at the roster flying from the air at all, he sat cross-legged on the futon and didn't move at all, until Zhang Shuo's anger gradually cooled down, and then he said slowly: "I want to take Yang Tianhong to Taiyi Gate." ”

Zhang Shuo was stunned for a moment, and an unbelievable expression appeared on his face: "Who? Yang Tianhong?"

Guo Linsheng glanced at him and nodded calmly.

"No! Absolutely not!"

Zhang Shuo waved his hand again and again with a violent amplitude, and his tone of refusal was very tough: "Yang Tianhong is Senior Brother Chen's personal disciple, his Dao heart is resolute, and his qualifications are also very good. I can't let him follow you to Taiyimen to die in vain. Don't forget, although Senior Brother Chen is in retreat, he can receive an urgent Jade Slip communication. If he knew about it, he would definitely rush out to find you desperately. ”

Guo Linsheng calmly looked at Zhang Shuo, who was full of anger, and his eyes released a strange brilliance.

"You know, I'm good at divination. In the past month, I have divined three times in a row, and the hexagram shows that something unexpected will happen in this spring competition. ”

Zhang Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "What is the unexpected?"

Guo Linsheng's face showed a hint of sarcasm: "If I know everything, why bother cultivating? Why bother divination?"

Zhang Shuo was silent for a few seconds, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me about your hexagram, what else do you see?"

Guo Linsheng's words were very bland: "I couldn't figure it out, so I repeated it hundreds of times, but all the hexagram changes pointed to Yang Tianhong." Don't ask me why, I don't know why. That's why I came to ask for someone. I can guarantee that Yang Tianhong will not be allowed to play, and I can also guarantee his safety. But no matter what, I have to take Yang Tianhong to Taiyi Palace together. ”

After a pause, Guo Linsheng continued: "There are days in the dark. Perhaps, this is his chance. ”

......

Taiyi Palace is located on the border of the Qin State, and the distance from Guiyuan Sect is more than tens of thousands of miles.

Kasuga Dabi has always been one of the most important ceremonies of the monk sect. Although there are still two days before the official big competition, the atmosphere inside and outside the Taiyi Gate has become vaguely restless. Especially when you look down from the air, you can see that the number of people gathering on the ground has increased significantly compared to usual, and it is very lively.

Taiyi Palace sent a large number of disciples as acquaintances, waiting for the monks who came to participate in the competition outside the mountain gate early.

Guo Linsheng and his entourage were taken to a small building in the outer courtyard of Taiyi Palace. The architectural layout here is quite elegant, the single buildings are connected by a passage in front of them, and from a distance, you can see that the neighboring buildings are all occupied, and there is a slight sound of laughter from time to time.

The Zhike of Taiyi Palace is a foundation building monk who wears a white face. Facing Guo Linsheng, a Jindan monk led by Guiyuan Sect, Taiyimen Zhike looked very respectful. He had a smile on his face and looked amiable.

Since it is a competition, of course, it is necessary to draw lots to determine the order of competition. After settling down everyone, Guo Linsheng took the personnel and belongings gift list, raised the sword light, and flew towards the inner courtyard of Taiyi Palace located on the top of the mountain.

Yang Tianhong swept over the people of the Yuan Sect with a calm gaze.

Including himself, the Five Elements Hall and the Luotu Hall each sent a Qi refining disciple to participate in the Great Competition. Among them, the Flame Hall and the Aoki Hall even sent five additional Inner Courtyard Gatemen who had already built the foundation. It can be seen that the two halls of Agni and Aoki attach great importance to the Qi refining disciples who have been assigned to participate in the competition this time. Perhaps, they think they can win in the big competition.

Zhang Yan is the first disciple of the Flame Palace, and his cultivation has reached the seventh layer of foundation building. Perhaps because of the long-term cultivation of the fire attribute exercises, his face was red, and his bones were thick, and at first glance he was a strong warrior with strong martial arts.

Except for Guo Linsheng, the Jindan Grandmaster who led the team, all the rooms were for three people. The purpose of this distribution is obvious, which is to prevent the participating Qi refining disciples from escaping.

Except for the Qi Refining Disciple of the Spirit Water Palace, who was a woman, the rest were all men.

When Yang Tianhong walked into the room, he saw a young man of his age standing in front of the window opposite.

Chai Ning is a disciple of the outer sect of the Luotu Palace. At the age of thirteen, his cultivation had already reached the fifth level of qi refining. He has a peaceful personality, majoring in formations, and along the way, he has been quite close to Yang Tianhong and is very talkative.

"Come and see, there's a lot of people down there. Chai Ning stretched out his hand and pointed out the window and greeted Yang Tianhong repeatedly.

The valley to the east of the small building is the main passage in and out of Taiyi Palace. There are hundreds of sects participating in the Kasuga Daibi, and the bustling crowds crowd on the mountain paths.

Yang Tianhong silently watched the people who were constantly moving in the passage below. He seemed to be shocked by the number of monks, but in reality, he was simply observing, recording everything he saw with his eyes and brain.

When he set out from Guiyuan Sect, Yang Tianhong had already learned all the precautions about the Spring Dabi from Zhang Shuo. Of course, it also includes Guo Linsheng's commitment to Zhang Shuo.

Yang Tianhong's gaze swept over everyone on the mountain road, constantly remembering everyone's steps, postures, and even the most insignificant habitual movements. On the surface, it seems that he is in a daze, but in fact, a large amount of relevant information has entered his mind, and it has quickly changed into a series of detailed information that matches the target audience.

He had long been aware of the significance of the Kasuga Great Comparison to the Guiyuan Sect. Although Yang Tianhong did not agree with this cruel way of competition, his personal strength could not fight against the powerful entire cultivation world after all. He can only obey, and he can only use his own strength to increase the slight advantage on his side as much as possible.

Guo Linsheng did promise that Yang Tianhong did not have to play. This man is very trustworthy, but there are always exceptions. Especially in this case, anything can happen.

The Guiyuan Sect belonged to the kind of sect that came very early, and for the whole morning, Yang Tianhong was silently watching the movement on the mountain road in front of the bed. Chai Ning was surprised by this, and watched it for a long time, but he always didn't understand what fun Yang Tianhong had in doing this?

Chai Ning felt interested: "I said, what are you looking at?"

Yang Tianhong clasped his arms in front of his chest, smiled, and said lightly: "There are a few women who are good-looking, quite beautiful, and worth seeing." ”

For such an answer, Chai Ning was a little ridiculous. But looking back, I think it's right, Yang Tianhong is the only one in the team who doesn't have to play as an outer qi refining disciple. Perhaps, it is precisely because of this ease that I can take this big competition as an opportunity to increase my knowledge without any scruples.

Sighing silently, Chai Ning took out the formation map plate from the Qiankun bag and began to study it on the table.

Formation is also one of Dabi's projects.

It was almost noon, and the monk of Taiyi Palace walked into the room with a few handymen, took out exquisite dishes from the food box, and soon filled the entire table. In terms of food and lodging, Taiyi Palace, which presided over the competition, did indeed do an impeccable job.

There was a noise mixed with cries and shouts from the next room. Then, there was the sound of something falling from a great height, and the roar of someone else.

After a few minutes, Zhang Yan, the head disciple of the Flame Palace, walked in sullenly and sat down at the table full of food, staring at the fragrant dishes with a sullen face on his face.

He was the third occupant of this room.

Chai Ning put down the formation map in his hand, walked over, and asked cautiously, "Senior Brother Zhang, next door...... What's wrong?"

"What else, Zhang Xuanru of the Lingshui Hall is unwilling to participate in the big competition. ”

Zhang Yan wiped the sweat from her forehead and said very anxiously: "She claimed that she would rather die in the field than die in vain on the field." Just begging us to return her body to its place of origin and lay her in peace. ”

Chai Ning was dumbfounded for a while, and after a long time, he asked in a sneering voice: "Then what should I do?"

A trace of anger flashed in Zhang Yan's eyes, and then quickly disappeared, turning into obvious melancholy, and he sighed: "Everyone is the same family, and I don't want to force each other too much." The hall master of the Lingshui Hall also felt embarrassed by this, and all the outer disciples were unwilling to participate in the big competition, but Zhang Xuanru won the death lot. So far, we can only keep a firm view of Zhang Xuanru, and everything will wait until Dabi starts. ”

The atmosphere in the room became dreary, and the sobbing cries from the next door never stopped.

Yang Tianhong walked over, sat down, picked up chopsticks, took a piece of sweet and sour carp, and ate it slowly.

Zhang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, obviously dissatisfied with Yang Tianhong: "You can still eat?"

Yang Tianhong raised his head, with an indifferent expression on his face: "If you don't eat, are you waiting to starve to death?" I haven't built a foundation yet, and I can't open a valley like you, senior brother." ”

Zhang Yan suddenly felt a wave of anger in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand, but remembering Guo Linsheng's repeated admonitions, he could only swallow the words that had come to his mouth.

Yang Tianhong is not blindly sarcastic. He quickly finished his share, moved his chair, sat down next to Zhang Yan, and said seriously: "Senior Brother Zhang, this kind of thing is not in a hurry. Anyway, tomorrow is Dabi. No matter what, we have to wait for Uncle Guo to draw lots and sort it back, and then think about it in the long run. ”

Zhang Yan's anger gradually subsided, and there was a faint sadness on his face.

"You don't understand, Dabi has no rules at all. As long as you are on the field, no one can win except to kill the opponent, or if the opponent takes the initiative to admit defeat. ”

"I'm very lucky, after I started, I continued to practice penance, and it was very coincidental that I staggered the time between the fifth layer of Qi refining and the Spring Daybi. In the year of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, the master took me over to see a big competition. That year, the Guiyuan Sect sent twelve participating disciples, and all of them died tragically. Later, I successfully built the foundation and successfully entered the third realm. Back then, as the escort of the participating disciples, he came to Taiyimen again. We had two draws and the rest of the games were lost. Of course, all the losers died, and even the two Qi Refining disciples who had drawn the battle died on the road because of their injuries and before they returned to the Guiyuan Sect. ”

"Dabi is like this, if you don't kill others, others will kill you. I heard that some disciples of other sects deliberately delayed their cultivation progress just to avoid the Spring Day Great Competition. However, this practice does not work every time. If the sect really can't find a disciple from the fifth layer of qi refining to participate in this year, they can only select the contestants from among the disciples of the fourth layer of qi refining. In this way, the chances of losing in the arena are greater, and even being easily killed by the opponent at all. ”

"Sometimes, I really want to play in your place. However, Dabi has strict rules, and no one is allowed to participate except for monks below the fifth level of strength refining qi. Otherwise, the elder of the referee team will immediately take action and kill the disobedient person on the spot. ”

Chai Ning's body trembled slightly. Although he had been mentally prepared for this, he was about to face life and death, and anyone would be afraid.

Yang Tianhong was silent for a moment, got up from his chair, and walked out of the room.

The Zhike monk of Taiyi Palace stood outside, saw Yang Tianhong come out, and showed him a polite and hypocritical smile.

Of course, he could see that Yang Tianhong only had the strength to refine qi. It's just that I don't quite understand, why would the Guiyuan Sect send such a little guy who only has a second-level qi refining layer? Could it be that the Guiyuan Sect has insufficient fifth-level Qi refining disciples this year, so it can only send lowly disciples to fill the number?

Yang Tianhong had long determined that the Linglong Treasure Lock had a special effect of concealing his true strength.

He was now at the sixth level of Qi refining.

Just when the Zhike of Taiyi Palace was thinking nonsense, Yang Tianhong walked over, casually took out a low-grade spirit stone from the Qiankun bag, and stuffed it into the hands of the Zhike monk in a very ingenious way.

Spirit stones, equivalent to the currency of the cultivation world. Because the spiritual energy contained in it is different, it is divided into three grades from high to low: upper, middle and lower. Monks can absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit stone to speed up their cultivation, and they can also absorb spiritual energy to replenish themselves when the loss is severe. For this strange lens, the monk always cherished it, and often used it in exchange for pills, exercises, weapons, and so on that would be useful to him.

Chen Zhengjian likes Yang Tianhong, a smart disciple, very much. Before retreating, he casually gave him a Qiankun bag containing hundreds of lower-grade spirit stones.

The monks, like the laymen, were fond of money. The problem is that some money can be taken, and some money is likely to be in danger of life.

Yang Tianhong arched his hand towards the monk of Taiyi Palace, and said with a smile: "I have something unclear, and I hope that Daoist friends can solve my doubts." ”

The monk of Taiyi Palace felt the warmth of the spirit stone in his hand, looked at Yang Tianhong who was smiling quietly, and said softly: "What's the matter?"

Yang Tianhong's question was completely unexpected. He smiled and said, "The sweet and sour carp tastes delicious, and although a good teacher has led me into the Tao, I still like to have a craving." I have a reluctant request, can you ask a Taoist friend to help me transcribe a copy of this sweet and sour carp cooking method?

I see!

The vigilance in the heart of the monk of Taiyi Palace was immediately eliminated, and he replied with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? You wait, I'll go to the kitchen to help you ask." ”

An ordinary method of cooking fish, in exchange for a low-grade spirit stone, this kind of transaction is best every day.

Soon, the monk of Taiyi Palace had already returned to Yang Tianhong with the method of cooking fish.

After a few casual glances, Yang Tianhong looked very surprised: "This method is no different from what I know, and the seasoning is nothing more than sauce, vinegar, ginger and garlic." But why is the fish so delicious and tender?"

The monk of Taiyi Palace, who had received the actual benefits, was in a good mood, so he was willing to answer a few more irrelevant questions: "This should be the clean water quality of the Maple Lake in the back mountain of this sect, so it nourishes the carp with excellent flesh." ”

Yang Tianhong showed a rather envious expression on his face: "Taiyi Palace is indeed a treasure land of immortal mountains. I just don't know, will there be a chance to taste this delicious carp again?"

"Absolutely. ”

The monk of Taiyi Palace opened his mouth and replied without thinking about it: "The spring competition lasts for fifteen days before and after. The carp in Maple Lake is a must in this sect, and the uncle in charge of the academy has always been sincere in hospitality, and he has repeatedly told him that he must entertain all the Taoist friends of various sects with fresh carp, so as to show the enthusiasm of my Taiyi Palace. ”