Below the curtain were ten long wooden troughs, which were erected on shelves three feet high, arranged side by side in an east-west direction, each of which was in the shape of an inverted trapezoid, three feet long, one and a half feet high, one foot two inches wide at the bottom, and two feet wide at the top, with a distance of five feet between the two sinks.

At the east end of the sink, a "ten" sign is painted in red paint on the floor eight feet away from the sink.

At this time, the sink had been filled with a foot of water, and the sunlight sprinkled on the water reflected seven colors of light, and the breeze could not wrinkle the water surface.

The contents of the sink seem to be clear water, but it cannot be blown by the wind, indicating that the mass is much larger than ordinary water, I don't know what kind of strange thing it is, and what to test with this water, Tianhuo can't guess.

Zhong Xingmin's eyesight is outstanding, he can also see the problem of water, and just as he was about to speak, Tianhuo hurriedly stopped him, pulled him over and said in his ear: "The water is strange, it's not ordinary water, you don't make a noise, just tell the three of them to pay attention, so as to avoid others from hearing it." ”

Zhong Xingmin nodded, and told Gu Qingliu and the three of them separately.

Weichen waited for a while, and waited for everyone's curiosity to reach the top and bottom before continuing: "Fellow Daoists, in the past, our foundation building conferences were all about fighting and killing, which was relatively dull and boring, but this conference we have redesigned a new competition program, which will make the conference more relaxed and cheerful, and the competition program is more suitable for testing the comprehensive ability of monks.

We have come up with a nice name for the qualifying round of this foundation building conference - 'Catch Fish'!"

"Hum~~", this name successfully aroused everyone's imagination, is it to let the contestants catch fish through these ten tanks? Speculation is continuous, and many people can't wait to see this new way of playing.

Weichen said: "In order to let the contestants better understand the competition, I will first demonstrate to you. ”

Dusty beckoned to a Taoist boy in the audience, who immediately ran up to the stage and presented a cloth bag to Dusty, who took out a small silver fish half a palm-length from the bag and held it high for the audience and players to see clearly.

It was a small fish made of unknown silver metal, with a head, body, tail, and scales, which were vivid and looked quite weighty.

Weichen said: "This small fish is made of Mithril, a specialty of the Daomen Spirit Domain, and its weight is heavier than ordinary silver, it has very good energy conductivity, and can conduct all kinds of spiritual power, demon power, and true yuan power, so it is one of the best materials known to build magic weapons and spiritual weapons, and it only takes a little to greatly increase the level of magic weapons."

But for now, I'm going to put this little fish made of Mithril in this tank. ”

Dusty walked to the west side of the tank, grabbed ten Mithril fish from the bag and lowered them along the wall of the tank on the west side of the tank, and the ten Mithril fish quickly sank to the bottom of the tank.

Dusty handed the cloth bag in his hand to the boy who was waiting, then walked to the east side of the sink, stopped at the cross, pulled up the placket of the robe and tucked it into his waist, and took the sword trick with both hands.

Suddenly, the sword in Weichen's right hand pointed to the west side of the tank, and a force of true yuan slashed the water, directly on the pile of Mithril fish, and immediately a Mithril fish floated up from the pile of small fish.

Dusty pointed his sword in his direction and retracted it, and the Mithril fish seemed to come to life, cutting through the water in the tank like a wave, moving towards the east side of the tank as fast as lightning, only to hear a loud sound, the silver fish touched the east side of the tank wall in a blink of an eye, and sank to the bottom of the tank again.

Dusty put away his horse steps and said to the audience: "Everyone can see clearly, right? Standing on the cross sign, without touching the sink or using tools, each contestant has fifty breaths of time to move the Mithril fish in the tank from the west side of the tank to the east side of the tank, and the Mithril fish cannot leave the water during the whole process.

The order of the competition is very simple, after a while, the contestants will participate in the competition according to the order of entry verification, each group of ten people will participate in the competition, and we will decide the starting order of the qualifying competition according to the number and time of the players to move the Mithril Fish, and the players who cannot move a Mithril Fish to the east side of the tank within 50 breaths will be eliminated.

Players who pass the race will be seated in the west side of the stand, and players who fail to pass the game will go directly to the designated area on the west side of the spectator stand.

Note: During the competition, the contestants are not allowed to deliberately interfere with other players, and during the competition, the contestants are not allowed to communicate with others, and must complete the competition by themselves, otherwise they will be directly disqualified and expelled from the venue.

That's all for the rules, and if there's anything unclear, I can give you three chances to ask questions, and then the game starts. ”

Tianhuo in the player's seat was the first to jump out and said, "Dust Dao Chief, I have a question to ask." ”

Weichen nodded and said, "Okay, this player, you come and ask first." ”

Tianhuo asked, "I just heard you say that as long as you don't touch the sink and don't use tools, you can just move the Mithril Fish from the west side of the tank to the west side of the tank?

Wei Chen asked in surprise: "If you don't use the power of the True Yuan, what do you use?" The disciples of the Qi Refining Period do not have enough spiritual power to release their divine sense, do you have the talent to carry objects with your mind?"

Tianhuo smiled mysteriously and said: "Don't say, can't say, Daoist, I can't answer this question, everyone has to have some secrets, don't they?

Weichen was also a little hesitant at this time, he was afraid that Tianhuo would use the loopholes in the rules to complete the game, so he carefully sorted out the rules in his mind to confirm that there were indeed no loopholes.

Then Weichen said solemnly: "Yes, as long as you don't touch the sink and don't use tools to assist, no matter if you use the power of True Yuan or telekinesis, as long as you can move the Mithril Fish from the west side of the tank to the east side, you will be considered successful." ”

Tianhuo sat down with a smile on his face and nodded repeatedly, his expression of Zhizhu in his hand made Weichen feel a little annoyed, and Weichen hated this feeling of losing control, which made him feel uneasy in his heart.

Tianhuo's confident expression also affected others, and the audience began to whisper.

Sikong Bazi was the most anxious, and couldn't help but ask Xuanjizi: "Brother Xuanji, this kid from Tianhuo won't really condense his divine sense during the Qi refining period, right?"

The other three sect masters also looked at Xuanjizi together, and Xuanjizi was sure that even if Tianhuo could condense his divine sense, it would only serve as a probe at most, and if he wanted to move the rather heavy Mithril Fish, he might not be able to do it.

But Xuanjizi also likes to engage in some mystery, he stroked his beard and laughed: "My good boy's ability is unpredictable, maybe there is a way to successfully complete the game, you guys wait and see!"

The four major masters looked at Xuanjizi with contempt, and said in their hearts: You don't know either!

Lu Qiming nervously grabbed Su Xing and asked, "Second Senior Brother, I think moving those Mithril small fish is really not as simple as it seems. You are the smartest among the junior brothers, what method do you think the junior brother will use to complete the game?"

Su Xing thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Although I don't know what method the little junior brother will use to complete the game, but with my understanding of him, the method used is definitely a method that we can't think of, I am really looking forward to seeing his game, it's just itching!"

Yan Bingshi and Ryazan, who were sitting not far behind Tianhuo, were jealous and hateful, and they were also a little unsure, Ryazan asked Yan Bingshi in a low voice: "Brother Yan, do you say that kid really has such a powerful divine sense? Could it be a bluff?"

Yan Bingshi also frowned, although he didn't believe that Tianhuo had such a powerful divine sense, but Tianhuo's confident performance made him have to pay special attention to Tianhuo.

Yan Bingshi pondered for a moment and said: "He competed before us, see how he compares, if his method works, we will learn from him, so we will definitely not suffer." ”

Ryazan nodded and said, "There are a few senior brothers who signed up early, so they won't suffer, right?"

Yan Bingshi glanced sideways at the three Heavenly Dao Sect disciples who were farthest away from them, the three who didn't get up to help Yan Bingshi and them confront Tianhuo just now, and said coldly: "What should you do with those kind of people who are pretentious and unsociable? Without his subordinates and brothers, how can he achieve great things in the future, and he looks down on this kind of short-sighted person the most." ”

I don't know if the question asked by Tianhuo was too tricky, after Weichen finished answering, although everyone was whispering, no one asked any more questions.

Weichen asked twice: "No one asks any more questions?" The contestants shook their heads.

Weichen nodded and said, "Okay, then please ask the executive referee Qingping Master to supervise the scene, according to the order of the identity verification just now, the top ten players will come to the stage to participate in the competition after hearing their names." ”

Qingping Taoist came to the side of the sink and stood still, a Taoist boy brought a small table and placed it beside him, and another Taoist boy brought a transparent hourglass more than a foot high and placed it on the small table.

At this time, a Taoist boy came to the contestant area, according to the check roster, loudly called out the names of the contestants, and soon the first batch of ten contestants came on the field.

They stood behind the cross signs in front of the ten sinks in turn according to the guidance of the Dao Tong, and when the dust gave the order, the Dao Tong in charge of timing immediately flipped the hourglass and the timer began.

Most of the first batch of contestants imitated the previous practice of Weichen, with unified sword fingers, but there were zama steps under their feet, some stepped on Tiangang steps, and some were not eight.

Everyone pointed out almost at the same time, only to hear ten wind-breaking sounds, only three or four of which cut through the water in the tank, and only one or two people could make the Mithril fish shake for a moment, and then fell silent.

The arena became a dead silence, the people in the stands were very surprised, and the players on the bench were also stunned, just now it was very easy to see the dust move the little silverfish, but I didn't expect the first batch of contestants to shoot, only one or two people can make the little silverfish move, and can't move, this is also too exaggerated!

Tianhuo squinted his eyes and looked at the water in the sink thoughtfully, the water in this tank was really not ordinary water, it seemed that the power of the True Yuan of the ninth layer of the normal Qi Refining Period wanted to complete the game, and it was not a small difficulty.

Most of the first ten players were flushed, they were all the most outstanding representatives of this group of disciples of various sects, and everyone thought that they could easily pass the qualifying round before going on the field, so most of them did not prepare in advance, and they didn't expect to lose such a big person when they came up.

The ten contestants immediately adjusted their tactics, some thoughtful, some began to try to stir the water in the tank with the power of the true element, and some increased the strength of the wind to move the little silverfish.

However, the water in the sink is very weird, and it can greatly weaken the power of the true element, and after the ten success forces meet the water in the sink, there is only one percent of the power left, and even the power of the true yuan will be quickly absorbed by the water in the sink, and it will not last.

In addition, no matter how much the water in the tank is stirred, it will not spill out, as if it is integrated with the tank, and the small Mithril fish will become as heavy as Mount Tai in the water, and it will be very difficult to move.

At this time, Dao Tong announced the time: "There are forty breaths left, please hurry up." ”

As soon as they heard the time, the contestants immediately sped up, and there were two monks with water attribute spirit roots in the first group, who had a slight advantage, and each used the power of the true yuan to control a small silver fish to move with difficulty to their side.

There was a burst of cheers and cheers from the stands, and the other players could only shake the little silverfish with all their might, but they could not make them move.

Gradually, some players began to sweat on their foreheads, and a loud cry came out of their mouths, and they kept trying to use the power of the true yuan to slap and scratch the little silverfish, and after trying several times, they finally had some eyebrows, and most of the little silverfish began to move, but the speed of movement was very slow.

Dao Tong continued to report the time: "There are still twenty breaths left, please hurry up." ”

A player who was relatively backward was in a hurry, shouted violently, opened his five fingers, and carried ten percent of the power of the true yuan to send out five finger winds to pierce into the water, grabbed the little silverfish, and pulled it forward hard, although soon the power of the true yuan he grabbed was completely absorbed by the water in the tank, but the little silverfish moved more than a foot away.

As soon as the other players saw that this method was useful, they immediately imitated it, and one by one they kept sending out splits and grabbings, but the Master Qingping did not stop them, but said coldly: "Catching the little silverfish out of the water is also a foul." ”

In fact, there is no need for the Master Qingping to remind him that this method of desperately exporting the power of the true yuan out of the body cannot last, and after the contestants have issued six or seven grabs in a row, they are already panting like a cow, and the power of the true yuan is unsustainable, so they can only slow down a little before they can continue to move the little silverfish.

Finally, when Dao Tong announced that it was time for the competition, only three people in the first group had completed the task of moving a small silverfish.

The Master Kiyohei announced the results of the competition, three people passed, and the other seven were eliminated.

The three players who were lucky enough to clear the level wiped the sweat beads on their foreheads and silently walked to the west player area, while the seven players who failed refused to leave, they could not accept the result of such a game.

One of the seven eliminated people argued: "Referee, this is not fair! We are the first to play, and it takes most of the time to find a way to move the little silverfish! We should be given 20 points of time to the first group, and I will definitely be able to pass the test!"

The Venerable Master Qingping didn't bother to argue with him, and in a flash, he came to his side, grabbed him by the collar, and threw him directly to the west side of the audience.

Master Kiyohira looked coldly at the other six eliminated contestants and said, "Do you want to walk over by yourself, or will I throw you over?"

If you lose, you lose, and whatever you say is an excuse, and opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, and if you are not ready, you can only accept your fate! If today is not a game, but a life-and-death fight, you will not have the opportunity to say that it is unfair now. ”

The six defeated disciples turned pale, bowed to the Venerable Master Kiyohei in thanks, and then silently walked to the waiting area for the unsuccessful contestants on the west side of the auditorium.