Chapter 22: Ukiyo-e

After going out of the deep mountains, Xie Cheng went straight south, and it took half a day to come to Kaiyun Mansion.

After inquiring along the way, Xie Cheng also had a general idea of the situation here and what was going on in the Ukiyo-e.

Kaiyun Mansion is one of the most prosperous prefectures in Chixia County, in addition to the mansion master, there are also many qi path powerhouses, and there are also some sects established by qi path powerhouses around, and the forces of all parties are quite complicated.

Therefore, the competition for resources is also fierce, whether it is the ownership of the Nether or the various mineral elixirs of the Overworld, they are all rare resources.

Ukiyo-e, it was in this context that it appeared.

Starting from a hundred years ago, on the eighth day of October every year, on the pretext of commemorating the discovery of the hundredth "world" by the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago, a festival celebration was held, and ten "world" level tasks were applied to the Datang Divine Court, and each force sent its own young talents to participate in the completion.

Realm cultivation must be at the level of divine power.

Finally, the number of tasks completed is used to allocate the year's resources and nether belonging.

Of course, since the mansion master's side belongs to the official nature of the Divine Court, it naturally has half of the resources and the lower realm, and it is the remaining half that is used to distribute it.

At first, the Ukiyo-e Festival was just an excuse for various forces to compete for resources and the Netherworld, but about fifty years ago, the nature began to change, and the Tang Divine Court asked for Sanxiu and some small sects to also participate, and took out two more tasks, as well as rich rewards.

This caused many cultivators from scattered and small sects to flock to the realm every year, after all, they didn't have the opportunity to go to the lower realm on weekdays.

Divine Order, except for the Datang Official, as well as the sects with strong qi paths, other small sects and small families are not qualified to have it.

Naturally, there is no way to go to the lower realm, no way to obtain the Divine Yuan Mission, and no way to enjoy a lot of information and resources that can only be obtained through the Divine Court.

When you participate in the Ukiyo Festival, you can temporarily get a divine decree, and this alone makes people ecstatic.

However, it is precisely for this reason that the Kaiyun Mansion officially stipulates the number of participants for the small families of the small sect of scattered cultivation, up to twelve.

As for who these twelve are, there is an open competition in the ring.

In the end, the top twelve will have the opportunity to participate in the Ukiyo Festival and obtain a temporary Black Iron Divine Order to complete the Shenyuan mission.

Tomorrow, Ukiyo-e will begin.

Today is the last day of the pre-holiday competition, and the twelve people have basically been decided, and in half an hour, the competition will end, and the Black Iron God Decree will begin.

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Guangyuan Market in the south of Kaiyun Mansion City is the place where the pre-festival competition is held.

In the center of the market, there is a fairly grand hall, in the main hall, there is a seven-foot-high, ten-zhang square ring, and there is a strong qi path to reinforce it, which is enough to offset most of the attack damage of the physical realm level, so that the ring will not be destroyed during the competition.

Outside the ring, there are audience seats, around the main hall, the layers are high, the people behind will not be blocked by the front, the entire hall is estimated to accommodate four or five thousand people.

At this time, the crowd was full of voices, and everyone looked at the ring in front of them enthusiastically.

After decades of development, the pre-festival competition before the Ukiyo Festival has become a grand event for many cultivators from scattered cultivators or small sects and small families to confirm their strength and increase their reputation.

Each pre-festival competition attracts a lot of onlookers, and because of its ornamentality, the degree of attention is even greater than that of the later ukiyo-e festival.

After all, the Ukiyo-e Festival is a nether realm to complete the task, and you can't see the specific situation at all, let alone any ornamentation.

Therefore, the twelve people who finally win each year will be remembered, and in the territory of Kaiyun Prefecture, it will spread a lot of fame, and it will also be respected by people in various counties.

The status is significantly higher than that of ordinary Divine Power Realm cultivators.

Xie Cheng is now sitting in the audience, looking at the crowd around him, looking at the twelve people in the ring who are full of red light, there is a feeling of time and space intertwined.

"It felt like going back to Earth. Xie Cheng felt a little emotionally in his heart, the interior design of this hall is really similar to the gymnasium of the earth.

Now that the pre-holiday competition is almost over, the twelve people are waiting in the ring to receive the divine order, and if they want to replace one of them, they must go on stage to challenge now.

Xie Cheng looked at the person at the bottom of the twelve, with a sturdy body, nine feet long, powerful martial arts, and extremely strong divine power fluctuations, not weak.

"Dude, I'm sorry, in order to earn Shenyuan, I can only wronged you. ”

However, just as Xie Cheng was about to go down to challenge, there was a sudden commotion around him, and many people stood up and looked in the direction of the ring.

"Look! Someone's in the ring! It's a new face, is it a new challenger?"

"No, it won't. Now there is only a quarter of an hour left until the end, and no one will go up at this time of year. ”

"It's true, this person really plans to challenge, look at the light around his body, it's divine power, he really intends to challenge!"

Xie Cheng was also slightly stunned when he heard the voices of these people, turned his head to look at the ring, and sure enough, he saw an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy standing in the ring, his body was filled with blue light, and the cold air was overflowing.

This is the divine power of the ice attribute!

"Ladies and gentlemen, Sun Qian, Jinyang Mansion of Huaheng County, passed by here, heard about the ukiyo-e event, and was very happy in his heart, so he came to ask for advice. The young man's voice was clear, and he carried out his divine power, which spread throughout the audience.

Immediately caused a lot of scolding.

"Outsiders! Jinyang Mansion? I haven't heard of it! Get out!"

"Outsiders also dare to come to the stage, and they will see that no one in my Kaiyun Mansion will be successful, get out!"

The shouts and scolding came and went, obviously this Sun Qian's attitude angered the audience in the hall, if he was from Chixia County, it would be fine, but he was a person from Huaheng County tens of thousands of miles away.

For ordinary people, this can be said to be another world.

There will be no intersection at all, and I don't even bother to watch the excitement.

Xie Cheng listened to this person's introduction, but he frowned, and said secretly in his heart: "This person is also from Jinyang Mansion, I don't know if it has anything to do with the mansion master Sun Lian."

Moreover, Huaheng County is more than 70,000 miles away from here, and he alone will definitely not be able to come.

Either he was escorted by an airway powerhouse, or he used the teleportation array of the Humane Divine Tower in Huaheng County, in either case, it proved that this person's origin was not simple. ”

Daring to risk the anger of the public and take the stage to challenge is in itself an act with strong confidence.

Sun Gan on the stage completely ignored the shouts and scolding of many audiences, he looked at the twelve people in front of him, pointed to the mighty man who was at the end, hooked his fingers, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and chuckled: "There is not much time, just you." ”

Such a contemptuous behavior immediately angered the big man, and he roared angrily: "Don't blame me if you seek death yourself!"

"Split the Mountain Tiger! Tear him up! Don't embarrass our Kaiyun Mansion!"

"Wang Yang, get this arrogant kid down! Let him know how powerful our Kaiyun Mansion is!"

The excited shouts of the audience echoed in the hall, and everyone shouted with red faces and red ears, looking like they were hating the same enemy, and they couldn't wait to rush to the stage and defeat Sun Gan.

"In this way, I have to thank this Sun Qian. Xie Cheng laughed when he saw this situation, if it wasn't for this Sun Gan who was in front, he would be the one who would be the target of the public now.

Now, with Sun Qian in front of him, Xie Cheng only needs to defeat him, and there is no need to make enemies with the locals of Kaiyun Mansion.

At this time, in the ring, except for Wang Yang and Sun Gan, everyone else retreated to the edge of the ring and silently watched the challenge.

Among them, there were many people with solemn expressions, and they also vaguely guessed that Sun Qian's background was extraordinary.

Wang Yang's simple-minded and fiery personality couldn't stand the provocation the most, he stared at Sun Gan deadly, grinned, showed some sharp teeth, and said with a smile: "Boy! I am Wang Yang, the Tiger of the Split Mountain! You will be defeated by me!"

"I don't care who you are. Sun Qian smiled faintly, walked leisurely, slowly moved forward, and said with a smile: "I have no interest in the names of the weak, you are just the beginning of my challenge, and you will eventually be forgotten." ”

"Extremely arrogant!" Wang Yang roared angrily, his arms were spread, and his divine power was running, as if a fierce tiger roared down the mountain, and rushed to Sun Gan's face in an instant.

There is a huge difference in the body of the two, in front of Wang Yang, Sun Qian is like an ordinary person who is facing a tiger, and he may be torn to pieces at any time.

The people in the audience also showed a happy look, they had seen the effect of Wang Yang's blow, which was enough to shake the 10,000-pound boulder, if it hit a person, the tendon break and fracture would be light.

That arrogant boy is finished!

Bang!

I heard a muffled sound, and one person fell to the ground.

However, as everyone imagined, the scene did not appear, and the person who fell to the ground was not Sun Qian, but Wang Yang, who was terrifying just now.

Sun Qian was just short, stepped forward, and patted Wang Yang's chest lightly, knocking him to the ground, his eyes rolled white, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

It's a total crushing victory!

There was a sudden silence in the audience, and everyone was silent, watching this scene in disbelief.

"As I said, you will be forgotten. Sun Qian stood with his hands in his hands and said lightly, as if he had just done a trivial matter.

Then he looked at the remaining eleven people, directly skipped the next ten, pointed to the first place, and said, "I almost know your level, come this time." ”

The contemptuous words were like bombs, once again arousing the anger of the audience, and making the ten people feel insulted.

The scolding sound was in his ears, Sun Qianhun didn't care, continued to point at the person, and smiled: "I know you, Feng Jinjian Liu Ping." You've been competing in the pre-holiday competition for three years in a row, and you've been number one every time.

Jin Xing's divine power is superb, far beyond the same level, and can even command the opponent's weapons, invincible in the ring, as long as you can hit me, even if I lose. ”

Arrogance, what arrogance!

Liu Ping's body trembled a little, how long has it been since no one dared to talk to him like this, he was angry, sneered, and was about to step forward to fight.

His eyes suddenly met Sun Gan's cold and ruthless eyes, as if they were cold ice for eternity, without the slightest temperature, as long as they were slightly closer, they would be killed by the cold!

It's horrible!

Liu Ping was suddenly clever, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes, and he said directly: "I admit defeat." ”

Then, without looking back, he jumped out of the ring, passed everyone, and flew out of the main hall without a trace.

Liu Ping, who ranked first in the pre-holiday competition, actually surrendered without a fight and left directly.

This was not what everyone expected.

Could it be that this kid from another place is really so strong that no one can match it?

The remaining ten people in the ring also showed a look of surprise, and there was a little more jealousy in their eyes when they looked at Sun Gan.

"You guys, do you want to compare?" Sun Qian looked at the remaining ten people and said, "If you want, let's go together, you are too weak, don't waste time!"

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!"

"I want you to look good now!"

The remaining ten people were either the best in the loose cultivation, or the highly valued disciples of the sect family, who had ever been insulted like this, and they were immediately furious.

Attacking together, they formed an encirclement and blocked all of Sun Gan's range of activities.

Call!

Suddenly, a cold wind whistled, and snowflake ice crystals appeared out of thin air, flying out of Sun Gan's body, sweeping through like a heavy snow storm, engulfing the ten people.

After a while, the wind and snow dissipated, and Sun Qian stood there unharmed, with a faint smile on his handsome face, looked at the ten people around him who had turned into ice sculptures, and said:

"Wind and snow do not return, this is the name of this magic technique, you are still limited to martial arts, you don't know magic arts, how can you be my opponent? This ice will be untied after a quarter of an hour, no need to worry.

I don't know if there are still people in this lucky mansion, but there are still people who want to come to power, and who else wants to challenge my Sun Qian?"

This question was full of silence, and no one answered.

The scene of freezing ten people in an instant just now gave people too much shock, is this really something that the cultivation of the Divine Power Realm can do?

Could it be a legendary miracle?

"I'll come. ”

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence, Xie Cheng slowly stepped onto the stage, his eyes were gentle, and he smiled and said, "Nobody, I have come to ask for advice." ”