Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Bell Rings Nine

Watching the great sun rise above the ground, Taixu Zhenren stood up, and the four disciples on the side also walked together.

Scanning the circle of disciples with his eyes, Taixu Zhenren said in a deep voice: "The Fa Acting Dabi is today, can you wait to get ready?"

Including Lin Zhao, several people saluted at the same time, and shouted in unison: "The disciple is ready!"

"Zhao'er, the agreement between you and Heying is also known as a teacher, even if you make a move, what are the consequences for the master to carry it for you!"

Taixu Zhen's mouth was full of indifference, and his tone seemed casual, but Lin Zhao heard a trace of anger from it.

He Yue and the others on the side looked a little surprised, they didn't understand how their master was so confident in their little junior brother, but they didn't dare to ask more, they just glanced at each other.

"Yes, Master!" Lin Zhao bowed, his face calm, without the slightest hint of fireworks.

"Okay, let's rush to the arena first, so as not to find a suitable place at that time. Taixu smiled with satisfaction and spoke.

Lin Zhao and the other four followed the master's decree and looked forward to their own master.

There is no other word at the moment, the real person of Taixu stands up and goes first. He Yue, He Ming, He Chen, Lin Zhao and the other four people glanced at each other, nodded to each other, followed closely behind, and walked through the air.

At this time, the sun is rising, the wind is beautiful, and the mist between the peaks is dark, and there is occasionally a white mist like a streamer around the peaks.

Looking down, but see the earth ups and downs, green and draped, all kinds of spirit birds are singing endlessly, sometimes fluttering their wings and flying, sometimes falling on the spirit branches to feed, a derivative of vitality.

flew all the way, but saw that there were monks everywhere who fled from time to time, entering and exiting the Qingying, and the direction was towards the "Dharma Arena", obviously sharing the same thoughts with Master Lin Zhao and his apprentices.

It wasn't until an hour later that the four masters and apprentices finally arrived at the top of the "Law Acting Ring". As far as the eye could see, I saw that hundreds of people had already arrived before they could.

The "Fa Arena" is in a valley, and there are many viewing platforms around it according to the mountain terrain, which are rarely used on weekdays, but at this time, they have already been presided over by the examination department of the Gonggong Academy, and they are cleaned up and neatly maintained.

The previous sect performances are the most solemn events, not only the school examination department is the busiest, but other divisions such as the Dutian Academy must cooperate closely, especially the deacon department under the Dutian Academy.

In the entire Shenxiao Sect, the Dutian Courtyard has the widest range of functions, the most affairs, and the largest subordinate institutions.

The entire Dutian Courtyard has a welcome division, a deacon division, an alchemy division, a refining division, a formation division, a spiritual plant division, a spiritual mining division, a royal beast division, etc., which can be said to be the daily operation and maintenance of the entire sect, all of which depend on the deployment of the Dutian Academy, so it is named "Dutian".

Taixu Zhenren first found a position with a good view and fell, and when the four of them saw this, they all landed one by one.

When everyone sat down, Senior Sister Heyue took the initiative to take out the tea stove and boil water to make tea, Lin Zhao laughed on the side, is this here to participate in the sect's performance competition, or to participate in the sect's performance tea party?

The master and apprentice tasted tea with peace of mind and waited for the big competition to start.

Gradually, more and more monks flew in the sky, and they fell one after another, either directly on the square of the Dharma Arena or on the valley viewing platform.

The rules of the Shenxiao Sect's 20-year sect performance competition have long been known to everyone.

On the first day of the opening ceremony, everyone will come, including all the outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples. These people have a hard and fast requirement, and they must be present unless there are any unforeseen circumstances.

Reserve disciples to concentrate on cultivation, the sect has no hard requirements to participate, not to mention that it is not possible to fly, and it is inconvenient to come and go.

In addition, the elders and elders, if they have nothing important, will generally come to watch, and if they meet an outer disciple who meets their hearts, they may also accept disciples on the spot.

Even the occasional Supreme Elder came to watch quietly.

In addition, the Shenxiao Sect occasionally invites some bigwigs from other sects to come and watch the ceremony.

After the opening ceremony of the big competition, some people will leave the stage directly and will not watch the big competition below.

Because the Shenxiao Sect's Dharma Contest is carried out in stages, there are three stages in total, which are the Great Contest of Outer Disciples, and after the end, the Great Contest of Inner Disciples, and finally the Great Contest of True Disciples.

Judging from the previous sessions, the more people come to the end, the more people will come, and when the outer disciples are fighting the Fa, the number of people who come to observe is often smaller.

When the inner disciples are fighting, the outer disciples will come to watch so that they can observe and learn various experiences.

When it came to the final true disciple fighting, it was not carried out in this "martial arts arena", but in the "Xiaoqian Thunder Realm".

A high platform has already been placed in the center of the Acting Square, with a hundred seats on it, and as the people of Shenxiao Sect gradually come together, the seats on the high platform are also full of core figures of Shenxiao Sect. Including the major courts, the judicial masters, etc.

At the moment, Lin Zhao saw a long-bearded Taoist man wearing a cyan Bo sleeve Taoist robe, with the logo of the Shenxiao Sect embroidered on the cuffs on both sides, and a jade crown on his head, walking out of his seat.

The 20-year sect performance competition of the Shenxiao Sect has always been presided over by the examination department under the Gonggong Academy.

The Transmission Institute is the institution responsible for teaching Taoist exercises in the Shenxiao Sect, and it also has the responsibility of examining the school, and has set up the Dharma Transmission Department and the Examination School Division respectively.

Tai Clumsy Zhenren's footsteps were not slow, his expression was calm, his ancient face was full of energy, his long eyebrows fell on both sides, and his long white beard fell on his chest, and he came to the front of the high platform, and stood in front of a table of eight immortals.

The table of the Eight Immortals is decorated with various flowers, and there are offerings such as spiritual tea, spiritual fruit, and spiritual wine in the middle.

On the left side of the table of the Eight Immortals is a bronze bell, two feet high, suspended from a bell frame, and on the right side is a round drum, which is used to beat the drum tee at the end of the daily big competition.

But seeing that Tai Clumsy Zhenren flicked his fingers at the bronze bell, suddenly a clear bell rang in the valley.

The originally noisy valley suddenly became quiet, and all the disciples of the Shenxiao Sect turned their gaze to the high platform at the same time.

"Bell", "bell", "bell", the bell of Qingyue keeps ringing, enlightening people, full of penetration, breaking through the heaven and earth, spreading in Liuhe, shaking in all directions.

The bell had stopped ringing, but the aftermath still echoed through the valley.

Tai Clumsy Zhenren's eyes were like torches, and he slowly glanced around the valley before he spoke: "The 5,378th Dharma Exercise Contest of the Shenxiao Sect has begun, worship the ancestor of the sect!"

After that, three high incense sticks appeared in his hand, three feet and three inches long, and the baby's arm was thick.

With the wave of Taiclumsy real people's big sleeves, three high incense sticks have already ignited. Holding a high incense stick, he seemed to be praying with his eyes closed, and after a while, he inserted three high incense sticks into a circular incense burner more than half a person high on the side.

Behind it is a series of rituals, which have their own set of standards, and from time to time there are drums sounding, which are matched with it, which is both solemn and solemn.

Lin Zhao looked at it from afar, observed it carefully, and watched it with relish.

Seeing this on the side, Hechen muttered: "What's so beautiful about this, it makes people so bored that they want to sleep!"

Lin Zhao smiled slightly, and did not say anything to explain.

In fact, there is really a doorway here, and it is not a simple ritual issue.

It is a kind of inheritance, a kind of spiritual washing, this is the rule that the Shenxiao Sect has passed down from generation to generation, and it is the immortal inheritance will of the Shenxiao Sect.

Only by truly understanding these spiritual essences can we understand the greatness of the predecessors of the Shenxiao Sect who overcame obstacles and created a foundation and passed it on.

The complicated ceremony is finally over, and the next step is about to enter the lottery grouping link. These things are all done by the school examination department, and it will be announced directly when the time comes.

More than an hour passed, and the grouping was completed, and the deacon disciples of the examination department began to announce the specific grouping in front of them.

A total of 970 outer disciples participated in the Dharma Exercise Competition, and they were divided into 10 groups of 97 people in each group according to the number of heavenly stems. Lin Zhao was divided into the "self" group.

The rules of the big competition are very simple, the elimination system is carried out directly, a game is determined to win or lose, and one of the ninety-seven people has a bye and is directly promoted. The other ninety-six people were divided into forty-eight groups, and they fought each other.

Since there are 100 performances in the ring, there are two groups competing at the same time at a time.

His own master, Taixu Zhenren, had already left after the opening ceremony.

The second senior sister and Yue, and the fourth senior brother and Ming are also in a critical period of cultivation now.

Especially Senior Sister Heyue, she will not even participate in this inner door performance competition, but concentrate on harmonizing mana and mellow her mood, and she will impact Da Dan within one or two years.

Therefore, the two of them had also left, Lin Zhao said hello to He Chen, and went to the Dharma Acting Square alone, ready to carefully observe the fighting methods of other fellow sects.

At this time, the sun was hanging high, the sky was cloudless, and as a bell rang, on the ninety-six rings, the outer disciples and law enforcement referees who participated in the Fa Da Contest made moves at the same time.

The outer door performance competition has finally officially begun, and the two pairs in the acting ring are pairs, and the fighting methods show their own means.

Lin Zhao glanced around and found that most of the starting styles of these outer disciples' fighting methods were to put defensive spells on themselves first, or take out defensive magic weapons.

Only a very small number of monks directly cast offensive spells at the beginning, or activated talismans, or released offensive spells. It's obviously the way to strike first.

After more than a dozen breaths, Lin Zhao heard the continuous sound of thunder, and not only smiled slightly.

It's really the characteristic of Shenxiao Sect, the most familiar, the most trusted, and the most capable is always the Thunder Law, especially the Five Thunder Dafa, which is the fundamental Thunder Method, and the foundation for practicing other Thunder Laws.

But overall, except for seven or eight people, this batch of nearly two hundred outer disciples were all of average fighting skills.

Seven or eight of them are obviously proficient in magic, the use of magic weapons is reasonable, and when casting spells, the connection is smooth and the collocation is reasonable. can do it calmly in the process of fighting, and is obviously a veteran among them.

In addition, the rest of the people always have more or less flaws, and they have not entered the eyes of the forest.

In fact, with Lin Zhao's current realm, whether it is the understanding of the Great Dao or the perception of magic, it has long exceeded the scope of ordinary Peiyuan period monks, although the number of these fellow sects is large, there are not many people who can make it eye.

A quarter of an hour later, the Shenxiaomen people who fought in the law arena had already decided the winners and losers, and only a few games could not be over.

Time flies, and another tea kung fu has passed, and the two groups of Group A and Group B have completed the first round of fighting.

Next, Group C and Group D will play and continue to compete.

Lin Zhao opened his mind, quietly observed, absorbed the advantages of the fighting method in the same door, and turned it into his own use, which was also quite rewarding.

was looking at himself with joy in his heart, but when it came to group E and his own group playing, Lin Zhao found his own fighting method in the ring and jumped up.

At the same time, another outer disciple with a short stature and a waist circumference of at least three feet also entered the ring, this person's eyes were dripping and rolling, obviously a lively person, which was somewhat inconsistent with his rough appearance.

Lin Zhao and the dwarf monk opposite each reported their Dharma names, and this person was named "Zhi Xiu". The two bowed to each other, and then each took more than ten steps back, waiting for the order of the law enforcement referee.

The law enforcement referee is a jade liquid stage disciple who looks to be in his thirties, and he should be the law enforcement disciple of the school examination department, and he repeated a few precautions again, waved his hand, and shouted "start"!

As soon as the words of the law enforcement referee fell, Zhi Xiu on the opposite side had already pinched the magic trick in his hand, and a "Wutu Divine Thunder" fell from the top of Lin Zhao's head.

Exactly: the bell rings nine times to open, and the fledgling is shocked!

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