62: Chance
At the time, the outer gate of the Kaiyang Sect, the Taoist platform.
The Dao platform, which had always been deserted and only cultivated by low-level outer disciples, was now bustling and unusually lively, and the level of excitement was by no means inferior to that of the bazaar.
Many outer disciples stood in groups around the gambling house, some were busy shouting, some were busy placing bets, some were busy analyzing the situation, and some were watching coldly.
There is not a single monk concentrating on cultivation in the huge Kaiyang Sect's outer gate dojo, and there is an atmosphere of philistines everywhere, if people who don't know see such a scene, they will definitely not think that this is a ** place for cultivating immortals.
After some disguise, Zhan Feng was dressed in black, his hair was scattered, and he couldn't see his face, and he had been standing stunned since he came to the platform, with a stunned look on his face under his scattered hair.
The scene in front of him really shocked him, he had been in the Kaiyang Sect for six years, and he had never seen such a lively scene on the Dao platform, even Xiaobi, who had been in the sect for three years, had never been so lively.
What surprised Zhan Feng even more was that those gambling houses that had been operating underground had openly opened gambling games on the platform, and such a blatant behavior made Zhan Feng very incomprehensible.
Ran Zhanfeng had been cultivating in the White Jade Mirage during this time, and he rarely had contact with external things, so naturally he didn't know about the edict issued by the master.
And behind these gambling houses in front of Zhan Feng are the previous Jin Dan elders who had real power in the inner gate are supporting, after the edict of the head of the sect was issued, many Jin Dan monks lost their full strength, and they were naturally dissatisfied in their hearts, and they naturally arranged corresponding strategies before escaping from the world and cultivating.
Bringing these underground gambling houses to the surface is only one of the countermeasures, and their purpose is very simple, that is, to mess up the outer gate and let the head know what kind of chaos the Kaiyang Sect will have without them.
In fact, this is a countermeasure taken by those Jindan monks who are dissatisfied with the forced issuance of the edict by the master, and Zhan Feng is very unlucky, his challenge has invisibly become a medium for these people to counter the edict of the boss.
Of course, Zi Ming Zhenren is very aware of the current situation of the outer sect, but he did not take any measures, but let it develop, the biggest meaning of which is to use this process to screen the outer disciples, and has reserved his next plan.
In this way, an ordinary challenge is unprecedentedly large when the individual forces are left alone, and the stakes themselves have reached a record high, and of course, the danger is also a record high, and Zhan Feng is unfortunately the protagonist of this challenge.
"This immortal master, are you interested in betting, Zhan Feng against the four outer door masters, one to two hundred——"
In Zhanfeng's stunned state, a little Si dressed in gray and with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks walked up to him with a smile and asked him.
"How much do you say?"
Zhan Feng was stunned for a moment, his heart was shocked, he didn't expect the proportion of bets to be so large, he was a little angry in his heart, stared at Xiao Si who spoke with an unhappy face, and asked through gritted teeth.
"One to two hundred, if you are not at ease, you can buy a strength assessment of both sides of the challenger from us, a spirit stone. , absolutely genuine. ”
Suddenly feeling the coercion emanating from Du Zhanfeng's body, Xiao Si couldn't help but shrink his head, and secretly swallowed his saliva, but the smile on his face did not change in the slightest, and he introduced with a smile.
"Oh, since there is still this thing, how do you know Zhanfeng's strength?"
Zhan Feng was slightly stunned, suppressed the anger in his heart, straightened up, and glanced at Xiao Si, very curious in his heart, how these people assessed their strength.
You must know that there are only a few people who come into contact with him in Kaiyang Sect back and forth, Wang Xiaoer and Wang Fatzi are obviously impossible to reveal their strength, and the only thing left is Yue Feng and Guan Wu, but these two people don't know their own strength, so he is very interested in Xiao Si's assessment.
"Hehe, this is my family's immortal master from the inner door, it is definitely first-hand information, the authenticity is 100%, do you want a copy of it. ”
Xiao Si's eyes flashed with joy after hearing Zhanfeng's words, and he immediately gave full play to his acting talent, leaned down slightly, lowered his voice, and said with a mysterious smile, and did not forget to blink meaningfully after speaking.
If Zhan Feng is not the person concerned, I am afraid that he will really be deceived by this kid's mysterious appearance.
"Hmph, I'd like to see what you think. The corners of Zhanfeng's mouth raised, revealing a sneer, and he reached out for fear of throwing a spirit stone to Xiao Si in the storage bag, and pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh-I am really a little interested in hearing you say this, this is a spirit stone, what about it?"
"Hehe, Immortal Master, wait a minute—this is the challenge to evaluate the jade slip, and the Immortal Master will put it away. ”
Holding the spirit stone thrown by Zhan Feng, Xiao Si smiled for a while, and immediately turned it up in the cloth bag on his waist, and after a while, a three-inch jade was taken out by him, and then handed it to Zhan Feng with a respectful face.
He is Xiao Si, the specialist of the outer disciples, if he can sell a jade slip, he can get a low-level Baicao Dan, for an outer Xiao Si, the importance of a Baicao Dan is like the importance of Zhuji Dan to Qi cultivation cultivators, with Baicao Dan, they will have the opportunity to step into the Qi training period, and for mortals, they will not give up that opportunity to cultivate immortals.
Therefore, Xiao Si was naturally very happy about Zhanfeng's generous shot, and after handing over the jade slip to Zhanfeng, he did not leave immediately but stood quietly aside, looking for an opportunity for Zhanfeng to bet.
Facing an outer door Xiao Si, Zhan Feng did not have any taboos in his heart, and immediately released his divine sense after taking the jade brocade, looking at the content of the jade slip.
"Hmph! Sure enough, there is nothing new, this old-fashioned method dares to take it out and sell it, it's really crazy to think about money. ”
After reading the content recorded in the jade slip, Zhan Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the person who burned the jade slip should be in collusion with the dealer, the jade slip deliberately recorded Zhanfeng's identity very mysterious, which gave a general cultivation realm, four layers of qi training, and used exaggerated momentum to describe the process of Zhan Feng's competition with the inner disciples.
Due to the mystery of Zhanfeng's identity, in addition to various speculations, people's attention to Zhanfeng has been increased, so as to press the spirit stone in his hand on Zhanfeng's body, and they have opened such a sky-high ratio, they should know their approximate strength, and it is possible to open such a high proportion when it is determined that he has not defeated the strength of the four masters, attracting more gambling funds.
This kind of bluffing trick Zhan Feng had already learned when he was living in Wild Wolf Valley, so he didn't expect that there were still people in this immortal cultivation holy land, Kaiyang Sect, and the target was still a group of pretentious immortal cultivators, which was really ridiculous.
However, Zhanfeng didn't expect that this kind of deliberately fabricated jade slip was still very popular among the outer disciples, and some monks had to sell a copy of everything they could, in order to be able to accurately analyze the form of the challenge.
Of course, it can also be seen from the jade slip that many people don't know their true strength, which makes Zhan Feng breathe a sigh of relief, nominally the challenge is just a competition to complement each other, but in fact, it is not uncommon to be killed in the challenge.
Now that Zhan Feng is in prison, if the opponent has his own detailed information, he can make some dangerous prediction and assessment based on his information, and preemptively attack Zhan Feng's weaknesses in the process of the competition, so that Zhan Feng is in a predicament, which is a very unfavorable situation for Zhan Feng.
But now he has no need to worry about this, the only thing he is worried about is whether Jin Zedian and Guan Wu will take the opportunity to attack him, which is what Zhan Feng is most worried about at present.
"Immortal Master, what do you think, do you want to bet or not, to ensure that you make a steady profit and do not lose money. ”
Xiao Sijian Zhanfeng stood stunned for a long time, thinking about his own interests, and he didn't care about being afraid, stepped forward, and asked with a smile.
"No need, make sure you don't lose money, do you think I'll believe it?"
Zhan Feng shook his head slightly, waved his hand, ignored Xiao Si, sneered, and walked towards the notice board.
He has been cultivating in the white jade mirage, and he no longer knows the time of the outside world, and the purpose of his coming to the Dao Platform is also to determine the time of the challenge, as for the bet, he is thinking about participating.
The Dao Platform Notice Board, located on the right side of the Dao Platform, close to the cultivation area of the outer disciples, is a place where there is a photo formation to form a light curtain enchantment, which is generally used to issue the edicts of the Kaiyang Sect, the door rules and some major personnel changes of the sect.
After passing through the bustling crowd, it took almost two and a half hours for Zhan Feng to walk to the notice board.
As soon as Zhan Feng was looking for information about the challenge, a message shining in the center of the board caught his attention.
The edict of the head of the Kaiyang Sect - all the Jindan monks of the Kaiyang Sect have started to practice in the first year of the new year, and they are not allowed to participate in the affairs of the inner door of the Kaiyang Sect.
"What's the matter, is there going to be a war with the Xiling alien race again?"
After seeing the content of the edict clearly, Zhan Feng couldn't help frowning slightly, judging from his seniority in the Kaiyang Sect, there was only one possibility for the head of the sect to issue such a major edict, that is, the Cangnan border was about to go to war again.
"It seems that after the challenge is over, you must improve your cultivation as soon as possible. ”
Sighing softly, Zhan Feng secretly thought that every time the Xiling alien clan invaded the Kaiyang Sect, a large number of monks would be sent to participate in the war, in order to ensure the strength of the Kaiyang Sect, most of the main forces sent to participate in the war were Qi cultivation monks and foundation building monks.
Zhan Feng is now a five-grade cultivator of the outer sect, and he has no special identity and status in the Kaiyang Sect, and the probability of being excluded from the war is very high.
Iron-blooded and ruthless, the war of immortal cultivators was more cruel than the war of mortals, and a trace of worry suddenly rose in Zhanfeng's heart.
After seeing the edict, Zhanfeng immediately began to plan how to face what might happen.
Of course, this was just the result of Zhanfeng's own speculation, and the worry in his heart would not happen in a year or two, after all, Cangnan had just ended the war with the Xiling alien monks two years ago, and now it was the stage of cultivation, and the probability of a large-scale war was very small.
After being silent for a long time, Zhan Feng sighed softly, not paying attention to the matter of the master's edict, but shifted his gaze to the lower left corner of the light curtain, and a two-meter square light curtain flashed with the notice of the Hall of Merit.
Naturally, it also includes the information of the challenge, there are still eight days before the start of the competition, and the number of challengers is nine, of which the four major disciples are at the front, and the first challenger is Kui Gang, a disciple of Kanazawaden.
When he saw the words of Jin Zedian, Zhan Feng couldn't help but have a cold light in his eyes, thinking of the assassination of Jin Kui, Zhan Feng couldn't help but have a killing intent in his heart, but he covered it up very well, and he didn't notice the change in his expression by the monk next to him.
Of course, although the number of challengers is nine, if Zhan Feng loses the first game, then the next challenge will be delayed, the shortest time is three months, and the longest can be postponed to three years later.
But if Zhan Feng wins every game, then he will accept the wheel battle, and the time interval is determined by the challenger, and the maximum time cannot exceed three days.
"Looks like there's some time to make the Grimmon—"
After reading the information of the challenge, Zhan Feng shook his head bitterly, in the face of the wheel battle of the nine outer elites, he really didn't have the certainty of defeating it in one fell swoop, especially after encountering Jin Kui's assassination, Zhan Feng didn't dare to have any support.
Although he had now broken through the fifth layer of the Five Spirits Fu Qi Cultivation and his strength had greatly improved compared to before, he did not dare to guarantee that among these challengers, he had received the instructions of the Jinze Hall or the Shuikan Hall behind Guan Wu.
There is no restriction in the challenge, which means that participants can use any means other than the Demon Path Exercises.
If someone in the Kanazawa Hall and the Shuikan Hall really wanted to use this challenge to get rid of themselves and distribute magic weapons or spiritual weapons to those who challenged him, then Zhan Feng would not be able to fight even if his cultivation exceeded that of ordinary monks, so he had to find some means to save his life.
The array disc that had been refined before had already been consumed when he fought with Jin Kui, and the only Yan Beast was also destroyed by Jin Kui's Jin Suo, and now Zhan Feng basically didn't have any external force to use except for a high-grade magic weapon, the Chixiao Sword.
Unable to use the Red Lotus Sword Song, Zhan Feng felt a trace of pressure rise, and the idea of making a Glaive Beast was born again.
Now that he has the materials in his hands to make the muscle part of the Yan Armor, with the help of Bai Yu Sheng Lou, he can make the Yan Armor Beast for a period of time to debug, and he can even make some array plates.
Zhan Feng touched his chin and secretly calculated his plan for the remaining eight days, Jin Kui's assassination gave him a profound lesson, that is, don't underestimate your opponent, no matter what time you want to leave yourself a way back.
At that time, if it weren't for the fact that Zhan Feng had enough arrays in his hands to interfere with Jin Kui's attack, I am afraid that Zhan Feng would not be able to resist Jin Kui's attack even if he cultivated the Red Lotus Sword Song.
If there was no White Jade Mirage, it would be impossible for him to escape from Jin Kui's clutches, and the White Jade Mirage was a guarantee for Zhan Feng, and he could be sure that the Zhuji Monk would not be able to discover the existence of the White Jade Mirage.
But the challenge is different, if he really encounters a critical moment, if he uses the white jade mirage on the platform to escape, it is equivalent to exposing his secret to the public, so that Zhanfeng, who is already in prison, will be even more dangerous, and may even attract the attention of the Yuan Infant Monk.
Therefore, in this challenge, Zhan Feng could not use the Red Lotus Sword Song swordsmanship, nor could he use the White Jade Mirage, which meant that there were not many offensive or defensive means left for him to choose.
As long as there is a little time, Zhan Feng must increase the strength in his hands, and no matter how bad it is, he must ensure that he can retreat with his whole body, and now it is obviously too late to cultivate a certain spell, and the half-finished Yanjia Beast has become his only choice.
"I thought that Senior Brother would only practice in retreat, I didn't expect to meet Senior Brother here, I was really surprised by Yuxi!"
While Zhan Feng was immersed in thought, a clear voice suddenly came from behind Zhan Feng, Zhan Feng couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly turned around to find that Hua Yuxi came behind him at some point, looking at him with a smile.
"Oops, recognized. Zhan Feng sighed secretly in his heart, raised his hand at Hua Yuxi, and shook his head with a wry smile, "Senior sister said that I laughed, I dare not slack off when the challenge is approaching." ”
"Hehe, with the strength of the senior brother, he should have won the victory a long time ago, but why does the senior brother still dress up like this, is it - afraid that people will recognize you?"
Hua Yuxi smiled, and glanced at Zhan Feng, who was dressed strangely in a cloak, suspiciously, and her pretty little face was full of curiosity.
I don't like to deal with people, so I wear it like this. ”
Zhan Feng smiled slightly, glanced at his clothes, smiled helplessly, and didn't explain much.
"Senior brother is really interesting, wouldn't it be more convenient to use the Transfiguration Technique or the Transfiguration Elixir. ”
Looking at Zhanfeng's strange appearance, Hua Yuxi forcibly held back the smile in her heart, providing Zhanfeng with a more convenient way to stealth, the most important thing is that she is not used to Zhanfeng's sloppy appearance, if it weren't for her innate ability to sense spiritual power, it would be impossible to know that the person in front of her who was sloppy and looked like a beggar was the Zhan Feng he knew.
"Senior Sister said with a smile, in the next low-level outer disciple, there is nowhere to get middle-level elixirs or spells, so-"
Zhan Feng smiled awkwardly, and was stunned in his heart, he really hadn't thought about the problem of the disguise technique and the disguise pill, and now when he heard Hua Yuxi say this, he really felt that he was a little eager to cover up.
At the same time, I also secretly decided in my heart that I must find some related magic practices in the future, so that I don't have to have a headache for fear of revealing my identity in the future.
"-I have some disguise spells in my hand, but I don't have them with me, if my brother needs it, I can burn a copy to my brother, but I have a request?"
Hua Yuxi was slightly stunned, looking at Zhan Feng, who was crying poorly, she couldn't help but pout, but the amplitude of her movements was very small, and she could hardly see it, and after a little hesitation, Qing Ling's eyes rolled and smiled at Zhan Feng a little slyly.
"-Senior sister, this is not the place to talk, why don't we change places?"
Seeing the sly smile on the corner of Hua Yuxi's mouth, Zhan Feng was slightly stunned, before Hua Yuxi gave him the feeling that he was a temperament that did not eat fireworks in the world, and at this time, looking at Hua Yuxi's expression, suddenly, there was a feeling of being in a different world, this feeling was like a fairy falling into the dust, especially that smile, which made Zhan Feng have a bad premonition in his heart.
Of course, this premonition does not have a dangerous atmosphere, but a feeling as if it is about to be robbed.
However, there are many people here, and Hua Yuxi's appearance is too eye-catching, in order to hide his identity, Zhan Feng had to reluctantly invite Hua Yuxi to speak in a quiet place.
"-Alright, then go back to the Empty Green Garden, just in time to go to my place to burn the disguise spell. ”
Seeing Zhan Feng's helpless expression, Hua Yuxi instantly understood what Zhan Feng meant, nodded lightly, and after thinking about it, she smiled at Zhan Feng, with a hint of conspiracy flashing in her big eyes.
"Okay—"
Zhan Feng nodded, and then the sword flew up, and in the blink of an eye, the sword shadow cut through the sky and went straight to the direction of the empty cuiting, Hua Yuxi Yingying turned around and glanced around, and then with a skillful wave of his hand, a wooden boat appeared in the void above his head, and he jumped on the wooden boat like a swallow, and with a light finger, the wooden boat turned into a green ling, and it was gone in a blink of an eye.
"Xunmu Palace-Hua Yuxi, is Xunmu Hall also involved?"
"——This matter is a little strange, so it is better to report it to the master as soon as possible. ”
The man in black who appeared in Zhanfeng's courtyard before, hidden in the bustling crowd, staring at Hua Yuxi's back, his face changed uncertainly, and after muttering a few words, he suddenly set up a sword light and went in the direction of the inner door.
"Kanazawa Palace, Weiyang - it seems that Zhanfeng's matter has attracted the attention of Kanazawa Palace, if it continues like this, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm going to really make a move. ”
The man in black had just left, and Yue Feng, who was dressed in white and holding a folding fan, stood in the corner of the platform, frowning tightly, staring at the direction where the man disappeared, waving the folding fan lightly in his hand, his expression was extremely solemn.