Chapter 22: The Contest Is Approaching (3/4)
At this time, Ning Yu Jinxuan and Qinyou Mengman's minds once again recalled what their master had told them about the origin of the Ask Dao Contest.
The Asking Dao Conference has a history of more than three hundred years, that is about a hundred years after the war between the human race and the demon race, there are two different voices in the soul path, one is the radical faction, emphasizing the elimination of demons, as long as it is a monster or demon clan that falls into their hands, they will all be imprisoned in the demon bag, and then put into the demon refining furnace, after refining it, it can be used to bless their own equipment or improve their own cultivation, etc., and the other conservative faction will distinguish between the good and evil of the monster, as long as it is a monster that is harmless to people, it will let it live, as for the demon clan...... In their opinion, there is no difference between the demon race and the human race, if the conditions permit, it is completely possible to live in peace, but this idea has been criticized by the radicals as "whimsical" and "contrary to the Taoist heart" and so on, it is precisely because of the differences of opinion that there are contradictions and even conflicts between the cultivators of the soul path, and there are frequent deaths and injuries between each other in sword fights. So the 'Ask Dao Competition' appeared, after a hundred years of evolution, today's Ask Dao Contest can be said to be like the national examination held by the country, held three times a year, respectively, the summer competition, the autumn competition, the winter competition, because the number of Taoist temples in the soul road is too large and scattered, so it is divided into three competition areas, sponsored by the three top Taoist provinces in the soul Dao, the eastern capital belongs to the jurisdiction of the Cangqiong Daofu, the western capital belongs to the Taicang Daofu, and the southern border is handed over to the Yunshan Daofu.
The minimum requirement for contestants is that the soul path cultivation is at the primary level, and the purpose of this provision is to avoid malicious participation by non-soul path people, in addition, because the Dao Dao competition is not a solo fight, but a three-person team confrontation, so the members of the same team must be at the same level of cultivation, to avoid high-level cultivators to fry fish (that is, the big trumpet), and the overall confrontation of the Dao Dao Contest is also divided into three levels, primary, intermediate and advanced, and the cultivation of the team members in the primary competition must be at the initial level of the soul Dao, The cultivation of the team members in the intermediate competition must be at the first level of the soul path, and the cultivation of the team members in the advanced competition must be at the second level of the soul path, so as to ensure the fairness of the competition.
In addition, it should be noted that every time the Dao Conference, whether it is elementary, intermediate or senior, it is held in various regions at the same time, and the people of the Three Great Dao Mansions of Cangluo Country will send people to watch the battle, first, to monitor fairness, and second, to find malleable talents, or they can be directly collected from the Three Great Dao Mansions for cultivation.
The general flow of the contest is as follows.
During the competition, if the participating members of the team are unable to participate in the competition due to injury, they can arrange for alternate team members to join the team to continue the competition, but! The same team member cannot participate in two teams.
The first round of the competition is a positioning match, with the winner entering the winner's bracket and the loser entering the loser's bracket.
The second round of the competition is a knockout round, at which point the loser will be completely eliminated and the winner will continue to play.
The third round of the competition is a championship match, where the two teams compete for the first place in the upper bracket and the first place in the lower bracket, and then the two teams will determine the final winner.
At the end of the competition, the champion team and the runner-up team will appear at the same time and both will be rewarded.
The above is still a team honor, and the next is an individual honor.
The strongest output: Because the 'magic counting stone' is used at the competition site to observe the output of the participants, the output of each participant will be completely recorded by the magic counting stone, and after the competition, the organizer will show everyone the output ranking, of which the top three are the most eye-catching.
In addition, there are two special nominations.
They are the ones with the most potential and those who are the most refined.
The Most Potential: As the name suggests, the jury feels that although the contestant's team did not get good results in the competition, the contestant has great potential, so she/he is given a special nomination, and the advantage of this nomination is that there is a chance to be promoted.
The most refined Dao method: The jury felt that although his martial cultivation as a soul Dao disciple was not outstanding, his use of the Dao method was stronger than others, so he gave her/him a special nomination, and this nomination also had a chance to be exceptionally promoted.
The night was deep, there was silence in the birch mountain chaoxi view, everyone should have fallen asleep, at this time a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, cold-looking girl was leaning on the bed with her eyes open and not sleeping, she was He Yuling.
'Senior sister, what the hell is going on with her...... Could it be that you really have a heart for that naughty boy? Although that kid once saved me, ...... I always think that boys are all the same, they are interested and have bad intentions, will he be close to the senior sister? Maybe he's playing the big sister's bad idea, now the Dao Contest is coming, but the senior sister is messing around with him all day long, not concentrating on practice, how many good opportunities can be in a person's life, our Huashan Chaoxi Guan finally obtained the qualification to participate in the Dao Conference, with the qualifications of the senior sister, she will definitely be known in the competition, because the senior sister is really a very talented genius! And that hairy boy called Aoba Apocalypse is obviously a fool, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him that the mud can't support the wall, so he should really persuade the senior sister to stay away from him......
He Yuling's mind was thinking about these things over and over again, thinking of what happened to her before, at this time, her trust in boys was really on the eve of collapse, and she had no sense of trust.
The next day, in an unknown Soul Dao Taoist Temple, a group of Soul Dao disciples who were picking the morning light were sitting on the top of a high mountain, they were dressed in pure white Taoist clothes, their hands folded and their palms were placed in front of their dantian, a total of 12 people appeared in the picture, meditating according to the arrangement of the North Three, West Fourth, East Second, and South Three, the mountain breeze in the morning breeze gently brushed their faces, and a few strands of hair danced lightly in the wind, but it would not disturb their morning cultivation.
Moreover, in the Soul Dao Temple in the mountains, a group of Soul Dao disciples who were not qualified to join the participating team were chatting.
Disciple A of the mediocre soul path: "Cut, the master is really eccentric!" If Master can give me a chance to compete, I will definitely shine in front of everyone! From now on, there will definitely be legends about me in the soul Dao world, maybe I will be included in the Yunshan Dao Mansion, and then my life will be infinitely exciting, and no matter how bad it is, I will gain financial freedom! ”
Disciple B of the mediocre soul path: "But I think Master's eyesight is right, you are actually quite stupid...... In particular, your Dao cultivation can almost be said to be at the bottom......"
Disciple A of the Mediocre Soul Dao: "What do you say! Say it again! Believe it or not, I'm going to beat you! ”
Disciple B of the Mediocre Soul Dao: "Look, I just told the truth, and you became angry!" ”
Disciple A of the mediocre soul path: "What's the use of the Dao method, Lao Tzu's martial body cultivation is very strong, okay, it's no problem to fight two like you!" ”
Disciple B of the mediocre soul path: "Okay, good, your martial body cultivation is indeed a little stronger than me, but I am only afraid of ...... when I go to the competition."
Disciple C of the Ordinary Soul Dao: "I heard that Jiang Lian Hansheng will also participate in this primary competition......
Disciple A of the Mediocre Soul Dao: "What? Jiang Lian Hansheng? Really? ”
Disciple C of the mediocre soul path: "Of course it's true!" ”
Disciple A of the Mediocre Soul Dao: "No, I heard that he is not going to the Western Capital Division?" Why are you still in the Southern Division? ”
Disciple C of the mediocre soul path: "I heard from a friend that he originally wanted to go to the Western Capital Division to compete, after all, the Western Capital Division is the most difficult competition area, he didn't participate in the whole year last year, it is said that he is working hard to improve his cultivation in private, but his master suggested that he should stay in the southern realm to compete first, after all, the Yunshan Dao Mansion is not bad......"
Disciple A of the Ordinary Soul Dao: "This, this, this is terrible, I have seen the strength of that guy with my own eyes, when I went to visit the competition the year before last, I saw him stab several opponents with the long sword in his hand to serious injuries, and I was disqualified from that competition by the jury......"
Disciple B of the Mediocre Soul Dao: "I have also heard that it is said that the reason why he failed to participate last year was also because he was banned for one year because he deliberately played hard in the competition last time!" ”
Disciple A of the Mediocre Soul Dao: "It's okay, it's okay, thank you Master for not letting me compete, if I see him in the arena, maybe it will scare me into peeing my pants." ”
After speaking, he hurriedly covered his left chest with his hand to suppress the heart beating wildly because of the fright, but his face, which had turned pale from being frightened, seemed to tell everyone the terrifying pictures he had seen.
Enough to live in the golden sky.
Fuxiang County is a large county in the south, the registered household registration is not less than five million, and it is also one of the richest counties in the south, the Foot Life Jin Tian Ruo Temple is built in the urban area of a soul Taoist temple, its biggest feature is not afraid of spending money, when the body of the local tyrant clan crazy money, in the downtown area is to build a large garden covering an area of nearly 1,700 acres, and the Foot Life Jin Tian Ruo View is in the garden, the wall is eighty silver silk a piece of kiln burned blue bricks, the pillar of the house is a hundred taels of gold can only be purchased West Sea Stone Reef white jade pillar, A large hall needs about four or five such pillars, and such a large hall is not less than ten, in addition to this Tianruoguan located in the county in terms of the number of people and built in the mountains and forests of the Tianruoguan There is a huge gap, the general scale of Tianruoguan, the number of its disciples is generally not more than fifty, the larger one is only seventy or eighty people, as for the number of disciples more than 100 Tianruoguan, that is even more rare, and this full-born Jin Tianruoguan, its disciple book is more than a thousand, of which 500 people are cultivating here, The other 500 people were scattered in more than a dozen branch Taoist temples outside the county.
In a restaurant, more than ten disciples of the Soul Dao Raiding Dao wearing gold silk gray and white Dao Mansion were drinking and feasting, and there were more than ten meat dishes on the table, such as wine and thyme, crystal hooves, ice lake sea bass, and shallow well roast goose, and of course, they also symbolically visited a few vegetarian dishes, and a group of soul Dao disciples talked about it like this. On the side, there is a vocal band composed of more than ten people, which accompanies its piano and sheng.
Foot Sheng Jin Tian Ruoguan disciple A: "In a few days, it will be time to ask the Dao Conference, this conference I estimate that I will have the opportunity to directly advance to the high-level Dao Mansion, although I dare not say that I will definitely be able to go to the Yunshan Dao Mansion, but!" It won't be much worse than there! ”
Foot Sheng Jin Tianruo Guan Disciple B: "What, is there already any inside information?" ”
Foot Sheng Jin Tianruo Guan disciple A: "That's not yet...... But I have already made money. ”
As he spoke, he gestured with his hand to the number 'eight'.
Disciple B of Foot Sheng Jin Tian Ruoguan: "It's so generous! That's 800,000 silver silk? ”
Foot Sheng Jin Tianruoguan disciple A: "This is all small money, and when I enter the high-level Dao Mansion, my family will give double the number." ”
Disciple B of Foot Sheng Jin Tianruoguan: "Envy, my family is a little tight on money this year, otherwise my family will also invest money." ”
Foot Sheng Jin Tianruoguan disciple A: "It doesn't matter, even if you can't go to the summer game, you just wait for the autumn game to try again, maybe the price can be less at that time, anyway, there is one thing you have to remember!" ”
Disciple B of Jin Tianruoguan: "Please speak." ”
asked with a flattering face.
Disciple A of Ashisheng Jin Tianruoguan: "Anyway, don't learn from those cultivators, what hard cultivation you do, it's useless, what era is this, who still works hard to cultivate, now there is only this, where we can't go!" ”
I used my hand to compare the shape of a coin, which means silver silk.
Disciple B of Jin Tianruoguan: "I have been taught." ”
Ashi Jin Tianruoguan disciple C: "I heard that there may be some powerful characters to participate in this competition, the guy who seriously injured the opponent in the millennium, it seems to be called Jiang Lian Hanyu, should also come, we won't have any accidents, right?" ”
Foot Sheng Jin Tianruoguan disciple A: "Don't be nervous, let me tell you that we are all in order, and the people over there in the competition will also say hello to those powerful guys, they don't dare to kill us, as long as we find a way to mix in the top ten teams, we will have the capital to be promoted, and the special nomination will be given to us according to the pre-negotiation." ”
Foot Sheng Jin Tianruo Guan disciple C: "That's good, I'm afraid of meeting those powerful guys in the game, I don't want to be beaten." ”
Disciple A: "What are you afraid of!" We all eat meat, we all have strength, can we still beat those guys who eat cabbage and tofu every day? ”
The crowd burst out laughing.
Liujiang Tianruo view.
At this time, there were four people standing in the martial arts arena of Liujiang Tianruoguan, three men and one woman stood opposite each other, and there were three people on the women's side, while there was only one man standing opposite.
The two sword-wielding men beside the woman were just ordinary faces, and there was little obvious recognizability. But it is said that this woman, who is about one hundred and seventy-three centimeters tall, wears a Taoist dress skirt of the Soul Robbery Dao, the whole skirt is snow-white, but the skirt seems to have precious embroidery, which makes the skirt shine with a little golden light under the sunlight, and the woman's upper body is also wearing a light cyan sleeveless tunic, which at first glance is just a mediocre women's top, but in fact, it is a piece of armor with excellent defensive power, because it is stipulated in the Ask the competition that all participants can only use equipment that does not have a grade, that is, beginner weapons and armor, The purpose is to avoid the appearance of the crushing bureau caused by the quality of the equipment, but there are policies and countermeasures, because this woman is the beloved disciple of the Lord of Liujiang Tianruoguan, so his old man used the connections in the soul path and paid a lot of money, and finally entrusted someone to make this, which seems to modify the physical beauty, but in fact it is a primary-level armor that surpasses excellent quality, and this woman is the second senior sister of Liujiang Tianruoguan, Qu Mu Chaohua, and she is also a famous beauty in a corner of Liujiang within a radius of 100 miles.
At the age of seventeen, she was born with a good appearance, not only has snow-like skin but also has a perfect body proportion of eight heads, not to mention the natural facial features, the charming Danfeng eyes are painted with pink eyeliner, the thin eyebrows also extend naturally along the line, the slender nose and a small mouth, the seventeen-year-old girl is already close to the existence of an adult woman, so the posture and fragrance of the flower season are not stingy on her body, and the ups and downs of the chest are slightly better than the beauty of cloves, Although the dress skirt on her body is not deliberately cut, it will still affectionately depict the waist that can be easily pulled into her arms with one arm, and because she has not yet been hired, the slightly upturned buttocks are still missing some charm, she is standing there with a pan cloud sideburns on her head and a soul path peach wood sword in her hand, when the breeze blows across her face, a few strands of hair in her ears will dance lightly with the wind, giving people the illusion of a fairy descending to earth (it's a fairy!). Not a fairy! Because little fairy is now a demeaning term...... )。
And standing opposite Qu Mu Chaohua was Jiang Lian Hansheng, the senior brother of Liujiang Tianruoguan.
This young man is eighteen years old this year, with a height of about one hundred and seventy-seven centimeters, born with an arrogant face and a slightly yellow complexion, which is a typical eastern continent man's physiognomy, and his facial features are slightly better than ordinary people, but his recognition in the crowd is not low, the reason is that he is born with an arrogant attitude, he always likes to look up and look down on others, and this person has an excellent face, only his peers must say the last sentence when they are present, except for his junior sister, no one can enter his eyes, of course, the junior sister here naturally refers to Qu Mu Chaohua, in addition, the most important point is, This person's cultivation talent is extremely high, although he has only been enlightened for five or six years, but many senior brothers who are more than ten years older than him can't take ten moves in front of him, this is still the case of mercy on his subordinates, because he is aggressive by nature, and his personality is also relatively ruthless, so when he fights with the outer door, he doesn't know what it means to be up to the point, and he hurts people many times, so the reputation among his peers in the soul robbery path is not good......
Jiang Lian Hansheng: "You two have to be careful, I'm going to attack, you must protect my junior sister thoroughly, otherwise you will never be spared!" ”
Qu Mu Chaohua was still standing in place, staring at his senior brother Jiang Lian Hansheng, trying to judge his next move.
On the side, Qu Mu's teammate A and Qu Mu's teammate B stood diagonally in front of their chests with their long swords in their hands, ready to deal with Jiang Lian Hansheng's possible attack at any time.
Jiang Lian Hansheng swept the two of them from left to right with his eyes, and immediately understood that their defenses were still flawed, and then his gaze returned to the middle and fell on the body of his junior sister Qu Mu Chaohua.
Jiang Lian Hansheng: "Senior Sister Qu Mu! Be careful! ”
With that, he slammed on the ground with one foot, and shot his body out in the direction of Qu Mu Chaohua with the help of rebound force, and at the same time, the wooden sword in his hand also stabbed straight into his left shoulder.
Qu Mu Chaohua was stunned by this sudden attack, and he didn't even react for a while, and when he came back to his senses, Jiang Lian Hansheng had already come to a place less than five feet away from him, and the wooden sword in his hand was only two feet away from him.
Qu Mu Chaohua hurriedly dodged backwards, and used the wooden sword in his hand to parry the attack to the right, but Jiang Lian Hansheng's cultivation was obviously stronger than her, the moment the two wooden swords touched, Qu Mu Chaohua felt that the strength of the opponent's wooden sword was much stronger than his own, and at this time he had to consume more strength to parry this attack, judging from the results, although Jiang Lian Hansheng's stabbing was finally parried, but Qu Mu Chaohua's left shoulder was still touched by the sword, and the pain extended from the left shoulder to the surroundings, indicating that he was still injured.
At this time, Qu Mu's teammate A and Qu Mu's teammate B, who were engaged in guarding on the side, barely rushed over and fought with Jiang Lian Hansheng, the two teammates selected by Qu Mu Chaohua this time were both disciples who were good at defensive sword skills, and the two joined forces to fight with Jiang Lian Hansheng, originally wanting to resist his attack, but they still underestimated Jiang Lian Hansheng's strength.
After more than ten moves of fighting, I saw that the wooden sword in Jiang Lian Hansheng's hand first deceived the parry of the opponent on the left with a false move, and then kicked it directly three or four feet away, and then attacked the opponent on the right wholeheartedly, relying on the suppression of his own cultivation, a sword picked up the sword in his hand, and rolled on the spot to flash a safe distance, ready to pick up the fallen wooden sword.
Jiang Lian Hansheng suddenly jumped in front of his junior sister Qu Mu Chaohua again, Qu Mu Chaohua saw that the situation was unfavorable to him, and wanted to move closer to the direction of his companion, but Jiang Lian Hansheng was in the way of progress, making it impossible for him to pass smoothly.
After thinking about it calmly, Qu Mu Chaohua decided to strike first, so he suddenly stabbed the sword in his hand and went straight to Jiang Lian Hansheng's right shoulder, but Jiang Lian Hansheng easily parried out with the sword in his hand.
Qu Mu Chaohua did not admit defeat, and stabbed his left shoulder with his sword again, but was dodged by Jiang Lian Hansheng, and at the same time, Jiang Lian Hansheng's single palm struck out, and went straight to Qu Mu Chaohua's chest, Qu Mu Chaohua quickly lowered his body and then slammed on the ground with one foot, and with the help of rebound, his body was shot back three or four feet away, dodging this palm.
Jiang Lian Hansheng shook his head, and Qu Mu Chaohua blushed, I don't know if it was because of the palm that went straight to her chest just now, or because she knew that she had already lost, she was still a little ridiculous like a child who refused to admit defeat.
Jiang Lian Hansheng: "Okay, let's stop here today, if you two are just defending against the enemy attacking you, you can still use a few moves, but what is the purpose of your competition this time, can you remember?" ”
Turning his back to Qu Mu Chaohua, he asked the two junior disciples.
Qu Mu's teammate A and B: "Remember, defend the second senior sister against the enemy's attack." ”
Jiang Lian Hansheng: "There are four junior disciples with you, you are all in the forefront of the strength of the disciples, this competition selected the six of you to form a team with Senior Sister Qu Mu, that is, let you cooperate to defeat the enemy, some of you are good at attacking, and some are good at defense, during the game, the master will arrange for two of you to appear according to the enemy's situation, you must remember your duties, the offense must be so that the enemy is afraid of your offensive, and the defense must be so that the enemy can not get close to Senior Sister Qu Mu!" You must know that during the game, the enemy is just as energetic as we are trying to win, so you must be careful. ”
Qu Mu's teammate A and B: "Thank you for the teachings of Senior Brother, we remember." ”
Jiang Lian Hansheng: "Senior Sister Qu Mu, your defense skills are still not good, if I have malicious intent just now, you have already been injured and fell to the ground, there is still a period of time before the game, you must put more effort into your defense skills, I am really worried about what accidents you have in the game......
He turned around again and said to his junior sister.
Qu Mu Chaohua: "Senior Brother Jiang Lian, please rest assured, I will work hard to study defensive skills before the game, if there is something I don't understand, I have to go and ask Senior Brother Jiang Lian for advice, and I hope Senior Brother Jiang Lian won't be annoyed by me." ”
Jiang Lian Hansheng: "Hahaha, how is it possible, just ask me, no matter what time or place, I will not refuse you." ”
Qu Mu Chaohua replied to Jiang Lian Hansheng with a smile, she smiled so brightly, like a flower that can bloom in all seasons, not only Jiang Lian Hansheng, but also the two unknown juniors behind him were also deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of him.