Chapter 21: The Newcomer Contest (I)
There is no calendar in the mountains, and the cold does not know the year.
After Cui Ning returned to the mountain gate, two years passed in a hurry, and in the past two years, he has become more low-key, except for receiving the sect month, he basically did not show his face much.
A lot of things have happened in the past two years, the first thing is that three disciples successfully built the foundation, and the second thing is that Qi Xiaotian and Long Ling'er failed to build the foundation, and then they became Taoist couples and left the island to return to the family.
Of course, the first thing has nothing to do with Cui Ning, but Qi Xiaotian and Long Ling'er are almost his junior brothers and sisters, and after learning about this, Cui Ning also sent his blessings and dozens of spirit stones.
And the failure of Qi Xiaotian and Long Ling'er to build the foundation also sounded a wake-up call for him, and only by being sure can he start to break through the bottleneck of foundation building.
Cui Ning originally wanted to stop like this for a few years, and then take the opportunity to take the opportunity to get back the Tianluo Fruit that the Master of Tianzhu said, increasing the chance of breaking through the foundation.
However, it backfired, and one day the main island passed down the elders' decree, requiring the whole sect to hold a new people's competition, and the time was set for three months later.
The contestants of the newcomer contest are all Qi refining stage disciples under the age of 50 from all the islands in the pavilion. And you must participate, otherwise you will be exempted from the penalty of one year.
At the same time, in order to motivate the disciples of the Qi refining period on each island, this big competition set up a variety of rich rewards.
The top 10 in Dabi can get an additional Tsukidan, and the first place can get two sets of Xuan-level high-grade magic weapons, the second and third places can get a set of Xuan-level high-grade magic weapons, and the tenth to fourth places can get a set of Xuan-level middle-grade magic weapons. The top 100 disciples in Dabi can also get the opportunity for Elder Jindan to preach and solve their doubts.
Maybe you don't understand what it means to get an extra Tsukidan, in the Qingfeng Pavilion, a Tsukidan will be provided for free to the disciples of the Qi Refining Stage who have reached the bottleneck breakthrough, and in addition, they can only get contributions through a large number of sect tasks in exchange.
The contribution of one Tsukidan is 1,000 points, so it is difficult to imagine how difficult it is to obtain Tsukidan.
And the reason why most of the peak of Qi refining cannot successfully build a foundation is limited by spiritual roots, qualifications, exercises, perceptions, etc., and one more foundation building pill almost increases the chance of success in foundation building. This is also why a Tsukidan can be robbed of sky-high prices in the ordinary Fang City.
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Cui Ning had been practicing in retreat in the cave until a few days ago, a transmission note flew in, and it turned out that Uncle Zhang Miao asked him to go to the Beast Workshop.
Hearing the location, Cui Ning thought that the matter of "extracting beast blood" had been discovered, but when he arrived, he found out that it was not like that.
After returning to the cave, Cui Ning began to think about the magic weapons and supernatural powers to be used to participate in the big competition.
Recalling what Uncle Zhang Miao said to him, Cui Ning touched his nose with a strange look on his face.
"You have been cultivating silently all these years, but this time the newcomer Dabi elders have exquisite intentions in it, I hope you can participate and get a good ranking, not only for you but also for me.
If you can get into the top 50, I'll give you another set of magic weapons in private. It was the first time that this Uncle Zhang Miao spoke so sincerely, which made Cui Ning almost think that he had recognized the wrong person.
Not to mention Uncle Zhang's request, when he knew that the newcomers would compete in the top ten rewards, he had already decided to participate. The only thing to think about now is how to get into the top 10 without revealing your hole cards.
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More than two months later, in the west of Tianhuan Island, a huge square with stone pillars as high as 100 zhang stood on both sides.
About eighty Tianhuan Island disciples dressed in cyan robes gathered in the center of the square, excitedly discussing and making a lot of noise.
Qi refining disciples under the age of fifty, this is a newcomer for nearly three years, including some descendants of the elders and deacons, the children of some affiliated families living on the island, and even Tianhuan Island has made up more than eighty people this time, of course, the cultivation progress is uneven.
In front of the many "young" disciples, there were dozens of eye-catching monks standing with their hands in their hands.
The three or four monks in the front were all cultivated in the later stage of foundation building, and their faces were plain. And the dozens of men and women in the back are cultivators around the early and middle stages of the foundation building period, although there is no noisy discussion like the disciples of the Qi refining period, they are all passing on the sound to each other in twos and threes.
They are the owners and hall owners of Tianhuan Island, as well as the many deacons of Tianhuan Island.
"Someone's arrived!" I don't know which sharp-eyed Qi Refining disciple saw something, and an extremely excited voice came from the crowd.
Suddenly, all the monks in the square who were going to participate in the big competition, as well as those who built the foundation, looked up one by one.
I saw a black light flickering in the blue sky in the distance, and then a huge black shadow appeared, and finally landed in the sky above the square, and when I looked at it, it turned out to be a giant eagle.
The strong wind set off by the falling giant eagle almost blew some Qi refining disciples who had cultivated to only five or six levels unable to stabilize their bodies.
"It's Tianchen Island, you see most of them carry swords on their backs." I don't know who started shouting again.
As soon as they heard this, the monks became even more agitated, and many disciples even pointed at those black eagles.
"Quiet! What have you all become! This is the flying spirit beast of Tianchen Island, the Black Spirit Eagle, which also went out from our Tianhuan Island Beast Workshop, don't make a fuss and lose the face of our Tianhuan Island. ”
The deacon of Beast Island in front of him, whose face was flushed, sank his face, and he turned around and reprimanded a few words.
The deacon's words worked, and the commotion in the hall quickly subsided, with of course some whispers from time to time.
I saw that the white-eyed middle-aged man led by the giant eagle jumped down from the eagle's back and landed steadily on the square, and the other Tianchen Island monks on the giant eagle also followed the middle-aged man and landed on the square.
Seeing a slight move from the white-eyed middle-aged man, the black eagle cried, and then waved its wings and flew into the distance.
"I didn't expect that this time it was Lord Wei Ge who led the team, and Wu Yuanshan was polite!"
Wu Yuanshan, the owner of the Beast Workshop, was actually the leader of Tianhuan Island this time, and I saw him walk in front of the white-eyed middle-aged man in a few steps, and said with a happy face, listening to the tone of the voice, it seemed that the two were still acquaintances.
"Haha, Wu Laodao, it's been a long time, this time your Tianhuan Island won't be like the big competition before Yijiazi or take a countdown!" The white-eyed middle-aged man stood with his hands in his hands, and said jokingly.
"Hehe, Pavilion Master Wei, you also know that in our Qingfeng Pavilion, in addition to the main island, among the four islands that belong to it, who doesn't know that my Tianhuan Island is the worst.
Not only is it not as good as your Tianchen Island, but I'm afraid it will also compete with the group of alchemists on Xiaohuo Island for the fourth. Lao Dao didn't care, he shook off the dust, and the smile on his face did not decrease.
And the white-eyed middle-aged man opposite him was the monk who led the team on Tianchen Island this time, and Wei Zheng, the master of the Sword Pavilion in the late stage of foundation building.
"Hmph, the main island is just taking away all the elite seedlings in advance. But I have to warn you that this is not just a rookie competition, but also a view of the islands! If you still take the last place, I'm afraid that the days of Tianhuan Island will be sad in the next 100 years. ”
Wei Zheng seemed to have a lot of complaints about the main island, but soon the conversation changed and hinted at the Wu Fang master.
"Oh? What did Pavilion Master Wei hear? ”
Not only Wu Yuanshan, but several other late-stage cultivators also looked at the Wei Pavilion Lord curiously.
Seeing this, the white-eyed middle-aged man snorted and said, "I'm just hearsay." Hey, there's people from other islands coming. ”
When the others heard this, they wanted to continue asking, but when they saw people from other islands coming in the distance, they could only do it.
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The square is already full of people at the moment, a piece of black pressure, but it is also clearly divided into five areas, except for the easternmost area that is temporarily empty, the other four areas are already full of people.
It turns out that Your Excellency Qingfeng belongs to Tianchen Island, Tianmu Island, Xiaohuo Island and Tianhuan Island, which is the host of the newcomer's big competition.
Among them, the largest number of people is Tianchen Island, behind the pavilion master surnamed Wei, in addition to the monks in the foundation building period, there are more than 200 people in the low-level qi refining period.
There are also more than 120 people from Tianmu Island participating in the competition, led by a pair of Taoist couples who are famous for their formation in the sect, they are middle-aged Wang Yi in green robes and a woman in a white skirt Cheng Ling, both of whom are monks in the late stage of foundation building, and they also have a set of joint moves, which are amazingly powerful.
As for the number of people on Xiaohuo Island this time, there were only more than fifty people, and the leader of the team was an old woman with a cane, and her miserable smile made everyone else have a certain distance from her.
At this moment, some lively sounds in the square slowly became quieter, and I saw a white light appearing in the sky in the distance, gradually approaching Tianhuan Island.
This point of light was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it came to the sky above the square, and it turned out to be a large ship carved from white jade, and the surface of these jade stones was also engraved with various patterns of Rui beasts, and the patterns flashed with spiritual light, which was clearly arranged a large number of prohibitions.
There were more than a dozen monks standing on the huge white treasure boat, there were four foundation building stage monks, and there were only fifteen disciples in the qi refining period, but they were all in the realm of eleven or more levels of qi refining, and the pair of twin brothers and the baby-faced girl when Cui Ning entered the sect trial were also among them.
It's just that their realm has reached the peak of qi refining, and with such a perverted cultivation speed, Cui Ning, who was standing in the crowd on Tianhuan Island, secretly envied.
At the front of the treasure boat sat a young man, cultivating with his eyes closed, and an axe that was extremely inconsistent with his image was placed on his side.
All the monks on the treasure boat kept a distance of two meters from him, and occasionally their eyes swept over and instantly became respectful.
The monks of the main island who participated in the Tabi arrived.