Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Contest Begins
"Everyone. Welcome to my Ling family to participate in the spiritual arts competition, thank you for giving me this face. I don't want to let you go all the way to Pingyang City, but Ling is also a last resort.
The little girl has been a well-known genius since she was a child, and she has been on the expedition with me for several years, and has made a lot of contributions to the Great Zhou, but she didn't expect that this expedition was killed by gangsters, and her spiritual veins were injured and her cultivation was completely wasted. I searched for famous doctors and celebrities, but they were all helpless. Therefore, Ling had no choice but to be cheeky and invite all the masters to come and treat the little girl. You are all famous schools in this area, and your status is high and respected, and I have to look forward to you in the Great Zhou Spiritual Art Circle, and I believe that you will definitely be able to use the means of rejuvenation to heal the damaged spiritual veins of the little girl. Ling and Mrs. Ling are grateful here. ”
Ling Zhanye stood on the stage, made an impassioned speech and sycophants, clasped his fists and saluted, flattering the old antiques on the twenty or so seats on the stage with a smile, so that the general of the Great Zhou could say these words, and his heart was naturally very useful.
"What did General Ling say, Miss Ling was injured on the expedition for the country, and we, as the people of the Great Zhou, naturally want to do our best to cure Miss Ling. ”
"The general spoke politely, we are just a small name, and we can't afford to boast about the general. General, please rest assured, as long as I am here, Miss Bao Ling will be safe and sound. ”
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Several white-bearded old men on the high platform echoed one after another, humbly bowed their hands in return, and made a guarantee. However, looking at the arrogant posture sitting on the chair, how could he be a little modest, he had already regarded himself and Ling Zhanye as equals.
Qiu Yangde, a middle-aged man with black beard, did not speak, but the smile on his face was overflowing. Gongsun Yuanjia, who was dressed in white, arched his hand, with a smiling face as always, which made people unable to see the depth. Guan Jianyuan, who was sitting in a green coat, returned the salute with a smile and looked a little rigid. Shangguan Leng Yun, the purple-clothed woman of the Mingyang Chamber of Commerce, smiled coquettishly and didn't say much.
"Ling Zhanye is really a sycophant!" Jin Ning muttered from the audience.
"There's no way around it. The beloved daughter was injured and her cultivation was in ruins. If you don't lower your head and beg someone to pat you, who will save your daughter?" Li Xuanji said.
"How embarrassing it is for the dignified general to do this!"
"Hehe, you just haven't experienced it. If your loved ones are in crisis, don't talk about bowing your head and slapping your ass, even if you are on your knees and hugging your thighs, you are willing. ”
"......" Jin Ning was speechless.
"But it is important to cure the disease and save people, Ling still has to say ugly things in front. The little girl is my Ling Zhanye's beloved daughter, and she is most of my Ling Zhanye's life. I wouldn't agree to just let someone come and treat my daughter's wounds. That's why I specially held this spiritual arts competition in the General's Mansion, so that your spiritual skills can compete with each other. Only the top 10 people have the opportunity to diagnose my daughter's pulse and injury, and they can put forward their own treatment ideas, and Ling will definitely try his best to do so. Only the top three people will have the opportunity to perform magic tricks for my daughter, and Ling will do his best to cooperate with his request.
If someone can heal the little girl's injuries, repair her spiritual veins, and make her cultivation complete. I promise that if he makes a request, as long as it does not violate the 'Heaven and Earth Monarch', I, Ling Zhanye, will do my best to meet his request." Moreover, I have also received an edict from His Majesty, and His Majesty will reward this person heavily, money, good land, official positions, and beautiful women, all possible!"
Ling Zhanye's words made the people present boil. The so-called reward had always been a rumor before, but now that it had been confirmed by Ling Zhanye's own mouth, everyone's faces were filled with joy that their dreams were within reach.
"Alright, everything that needs to be said has been said. Year housekeeper, you can start. ”
After Ling Zhanye finished speaking, he sat back on his main seat, returning to his previous appearance of not being sad or happy.
"Yes, sir. The housekeeper walked up to the platform built in the center of the courtyard, coughed and began to say:
"The ultimate goal of the spiritual competition is to heal my young lady's injuries. Therefore, after Ling Fu's careful consideration and arrangement, the spiritual magic score was a three-stage competition.
The first stage is than the diagnosis of the spiritual vein. Only when the patient's spiritual pulse is diagnosed clearly can the treatment and rescue plan be proposed for the patient, so this level is absolutely rigorous.
The second stage is the use of spiritism. Only those who have mastered the spiritual arts accurately will be handy when repairing the spiritual veins, and the success rate is relatively higher, which is an extremely test of your spiritual attainments.
The third stage is to save people by spiritual magic. No matter how powerful the broken pulse is, no matter how superb the spiritual skills are, if you can't save people, it won't help, and you can't be a real spiritual magician. This level is a test of your experience in saving lives.
When all three tests were passed, the Ling family would naturally rank everyone in turn according to their results. As for the distinguished guests on the high platform, they are all famous masters in the world, and they can be exempted from the first two stages of the competition, and directly start from the third stage of saving people.
Okay, the process of the Spiritual Skill Contest has been finished. Now let's move on to the first stage of the competition: diagnosing the ratio of spiritual veins.
In a moment, we will invite ten cultivators who have been carefully selected by our Ling Mansion to stand on this platform. These 10 people have different spiritual veins, either with problems or without problems. There is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and I would like to ask you to line up one by one, write down your diagnosis of 10 people on a piece of paper, sign your name, and give it to me. Ten people have to be diagnosed correctly to get through this. ”
The housekeeper said the rules in detail, and although his voice was old, everyone could hear it clearly.
"So, let's start the contest!"
"Wait!"
As soon as the housekeeper's words fell, he was interrupted. On the high platform, a spiritualist who looked like he was fifty or sixty years old stood up and bowed his hand to Ling Zhanye.
"I listened to the explanation of the rules of the Nian Butler and thought it was very interesting, these ways of fighting were very testing the level of those juniors among the spiritualists. I also want to use the rules of the General's Mansion to test the spiritual skill level of my two apprentices. ”
As soon as this man finished speaking, the other spiritual magicians with apprentices spoke up in favor and wanted to send their disciples together to participate in the next competition.
Many of the more than 100 people waiting for the competition in the audience changed their faces, some were worried, some were angry, but no one spoke.
"These old guys are deliberately bullying people! If the apprentice is of excellent quality, he will occupy other people's places, and if the apprentice is of a bad level, he will lose nothing. The most important thing is that this group of old antiques is obviously saying that these people in the audience are only worthy of competing with their apprentices, and even their apprentices are not as good. Jin Ning heard the meaning and said indignantly.
"Don't worry about it so much. Everything speaks from strength. Li Xuanji said lightly.
"Okay, then do as you want. Ling Zhanye on the stage agreed calmly.
More than 30 famous disciples came down from the stage one after another, and suddenly more than 100 people in the audience were in danger.
"Gongsun Gongzi, what are you going to do?" When the people in the audience were still staring at the thirty or so famous disciples, they saw Gongsun Yuanjia, the representative of the Lingyin Sect wearing white clothes on the high platform, get up and walk towards the stage. Ling Zhanye asked out loud in confusion.
"General Ling. Since this spiritual contest was held in the name of the General's Mansion, there was His Majesty's attention later. Of course, we must strive for fairness and not be biased. In order to be as fair as possible and not lose fairness, I feel that I should start from the first stage like them. You can also test your true level and understand your shortcomings. I wonder if any of you here are interested in having a better chance of playing together with Zai?"
The two dozen or so celebrities in the seats were silent.
"Gongsun Gongzi, how about the little girl accompany her son?" Shangguan Leng Yun of the Mingyang Chamber of Commerce got up leisurely and said with a smile.
"I'm also willing to try it with Gongsun Gongzi. Guan Jianyuan got up and said.
"Hahaha, the two of you can afford to be here, and it's an honor to be here. It's enough to have two companions!" Gongsun Yuanjia smiled casually. The three of them turned and walked off the stage.
Ling Zhanye, who was sitting in the center of the high platform, was silent, but nodded lightly. Qiu Yangde, who was next to his left hand, stroked his beard, his face was uncertain, and in the end he didn't do anything.
Three more psychic masters joined the competition below, and there were more and more uneasy people in the crowd. A depressing atmosphere was formed.
"It's just starting to be fun now!" Li Xuanji muttered to himself.