The summer competition of the 29th Jiajing Cultivation Ball Competition in full swing has kicked off, and the audition for the eastern region of the Imperial City Cup is being held at the Chaotian Palace Training Course and the Purple Mountain Training Course.

Yan Shifan was still wearing the cloak that he would wear on any occasion, and slowly paced into the Purple Mountain Cultivation Stadium surrounded by domestic servants, and as soon as he appeared, it immediately caused a sensation in the audience, and I don't know how many people gathered around, especially the female monks below the yellow crown and the female spectators among the mortals, screaming and wanting to have a close contact with this new champion.

In the chaos of the scene, the chief referee Peng Yunyi had to intervene, under his strict persuasion, Yan Shifan waved to the crowd regretfully, walked up to the VIP stands, his arms slightly outward, the royal blue cloak slipped off his shoulders, and the two servants hurriedly caught it behind, taking two steps back like holding a pearl.

Yan Shifan sat down in a chic manner, and another maid stepped forward and offered white fungus lotus seed soup. Yan Shifan took it, took a small sip and raised the spoon to taste, while watching the audition, smiling and nodding to the players in the audience and the female spectators around him from time to time.

As the first champion of the Huangguan group, Zhang Tengming also got the qualification to go to the VIP stage, he was sitting behind Yan Shifan's side at the moment, seeing the other party's style, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and couldn't help but want to take off the hat on his head and take off the veil hanging from the hat, but after thinking about it, he still forcibly held back.

However, Pan Jinniang whispered a sentence of "villain has ambition" beside him, which made him suddenly feel "deep in my heart".

Sima Zhifu asked: "Brother Zhang, have you thought about it? When will you go to Maoshan? I have already told my family to vacate the seventh-floor Dharma platform for retreat next to the Dragon Pond and wait for Brother Zhang to settle in." ”

Zhang Tengming hugged his fists and thanked him: "Then thank you Brother Sima." I plan to wait a few more days, and then I will leave after the audition, and I will go to Maoshan with you. ”

An Miao suddenly said: "After Zhang Gongzi breaks through the realm, if he comes back to compete, will there be no wild card? Will there be a need to start again from the audition in the Jindan group? Why don't we ask Zhao Zhiran and ask him to find a wild card for Zhang Gongzi?

Pan Jinniang suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart, she kept her face calm and didn't speak, Zhang Tengming looked at her face, and said with a heroic smile: "It's okay, the audition will be the audition, I don't believe that I can't enter the main competition, it's just a few more rounds." Don't ask Zhao Zhiran, we can't ask him!"

An Miao saw a few of them like this, and she didn't say much, she made up her mind in her heart, found an excuse to go down to the field, looked left and right, and happened to see Fang Qing and Fang Zheng The two referees were resting in the shade under the stands, so she stepped forward and asked: "Two seniors, if the champion in the previous round has improved his cultivation because of breaking through the realm, and needs to participate in a new group competition, do you still have to start with the audition?" Is there a wild card that can directly participate in the main competition?"

After Fang Qing and Fang Zheng were referees for two seasons, they were more arrogant than before, originally they would not give people a good face when they encountered players asking questions in private, but An Miao looked amiable, the two brothers couldn't bear to refuse, and this question was really a problem, so they asked: "Are you talking about Du Xingyan or Zhang Tengming?"

"It's Zhang Gongzi. ”

"Zhang Tengming has broken through the golden pill?"

"I'm going to retreat this summer, and there's a great possibility of breaking through the realm, so I'm going to participate in the competition of the Jindan Master Group after I leave the retreat. ”

"We can't answer this question for the time being, so we can only report it to the top. ”

Fang Qing and Fang Zheng reported the problem to Peng Yunyi, and Peng Yunyi reported it to Zhao Ran, Li Dayin, and Pei Zhongxi, who were discussing the plan for the top 12 in the incense burner.

After hearing the news, Zhao Ran and Li Dayin were a little surprised, Li Dayin's first reaction was to decide to give a wild card, he said to Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongxi: "For the last one who won the championship in the low-level competition, if he breaks through because of this, of course he should be allowed to avoid the audition and directly enter the group stage of the main competition, which is a reward." At the same time, we should also report on it widely, so that we can inspire more young monks to follow the competition and participate in it!"

Pei Zhonglu said: "But Zhang Tengming has not yet retreated, and it is still unknown whether he can break through the realm." Will this preach affect the effectiveness of his retreat, in case he is under such pressure......

Li Dayin said: "Whether Zhang Tengming can finally break through the realm is not something we need to consider, he won the championship in the cultivation ball competition, so he gained insight and got the opportunity to retreat, which is the focus of our report." Whether he succeeds or not is his own problem, and it has nothing to do with us. If we don't seize this opportunity to report the hype, after his retreat fails, it will be a sandwich rice with no meaning. Of course, if we succeed, we can start a second wave of coverage. ”

Pei Zhongxi frowned and looked at Li Dayin, who was firm and impassioned, turned his head to look at Zhao Ran, who was smiling and nodding, couldn't help sighing, and secretly persuaded himself: "No, you are too soft-hearted, you can't do big things like this, you can't keep up with Senior Brother Zhao's footsteps, you have to be hard-hearted, you must be hard-hearted......"

The audition of the cultivation ball competition is not the focus of Zhao Ran's attention, and in addition to supervising the completion of the capital road and drainage renovation project, he is now paying more attention to the Jinji Peak of Lushan Mountain, waiting for the outcome of the Xiu'an case.

On April 19, two elders, Zhuo Yunfeng and Qiu Yunqing, personally rushed to the capital and, together with Dongfang Li and Wei Chaofeng, sent Gu Kexue's apprentices, Chunfeng, Guanyun, and the eight monks of the Upper Three Palaces to the General Temple.

On 21 April, the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Yunyi and the Great True Master Wang Changyu issued a joint convening order, and a meeting was scheduled to be held in the True Master Hall on 23 April to discuss the Xiu'an case.

On the afternoon of the 21st, after receiving the news, Zhao Ranfei communicated with Dongfang Li: "Senior Brother Li, why don't you issue a search warrant? Isn't this giving the upper three palaces time to destroy the evidence?"

Dongfang Li replied: "It is enough to have Gu Ke to learn from the master and apprentice, they have a lot of evidence in their hands, so they can rest assured that the matter of Xiu'an will come to an end!"

Zhao Ran suggested euphemistically: "Is it possible to detain and guard several envoys and great worshippers of the upper three palaces first?"

Dongfang Li replied: "The True Master Hall will be convicted after the deliberations, and after the culpability is clarified, they can't run away." ”

Zhao Ran was a little depressed, what he wanted to say was that according to the procedures for handling the case, shouldn't the upper three palaces be sealed in advance?

When he was pondering how to propose, Dongfang Li's flying talisman arrived again: "I understand the meaning of Zhiran, but the upper three palaces and the imperial family are really one, and there is no problem in dealing with relevant people, but if you want to seal the palace ban, it will inevitably violate the current major policies of the Daomen, which is also a deviation from the strategy discussed by the True Master Hall last year." ”

Zhao Ran asked again: "I remember that when the New Year's Day was held, Senior Brother Li once said that through the matter of Xiu'an, you can check whether the emperor is practicing or not, so don't mention this matter?"

After a long time, Dongfang Li replied: "The emperor can't leave, he is in the palace." ”