Chapter 8: The Challenged King
"When...... While...... When ......" the thick and distant bell rang.
The hour had come, and the disciple on duty rang the bell.
In the distance, the head of the sect and a group of elders walked towards the challenge platform, followed by a group of true disciples.
This group of people seemed to be slow and fast, and after a few breaths, they arrived at the challenge platform and walked up to the stands.
The stands are divided into three rows, with five chairs in the first row, ten chairs in the second row, and fifteen chairs in the last row. The first row is where the sect master and the masters of each branch are seated, and the second and third rows are where the main elders of each branch are seated.
Like Elder Song, who was in charge of treating injuries and administering medicine before, and Elder Wu, who was in charge of the Tibetan Scripture Building, this kind of elder is the deacon elder who belongs to the sect, and he is not qualified to sit on the platform.
After the disciples of the sect build the foundation, if the cultivation does not meet the minimum requirements within the specified time limit, the sect will cut off the supply of elixir spirit stones for these disciples.
These people either return to the secular world to establish their own families, or stay in the sect and apply to become deacon elders to be in charge of various things of the sect, so as to obtain the cultivation resources provided by the sect and continue to cultivate.
Correspondingly, if the disciples of the sect in the spiritual root stage are unable to reach the spiritual root great perfection stage within twenty years, they will also be cut off from their cultivation resources. These people also either returned to the world or applied to become deacon's disciples to obtain cultivation resources.
As for these elders sitting on the stage, their cultivation is above the Jindan stage, and the four vein masters are all in the late Jindan stage. Sect Master Xie Wenming had already entered the Jindan Great Perfection thirty years ago, just to hit the crucial juncture of the Yuan Infant Stage, he had been suppressing the cultivation degree and polishing it carefully.
In the stands, there were one or two True Transmission disciples standing behind the Sect Master and Elders.
When the sect master and the elders sat down, all the disciples saluted together.
After the ceremony, an elder deacon stood in front of the stands, and said in a loud voice:
"The challenge is about to start, and after the discussion and decision of the sect, in addition to exchanging identity levels and cultivation resource treatment with the loser, the sect also gave an additional reward: the winner of the inner gate challenge will receive two bottles of ascension pill and a bottle of Xiaoyue Pill. Those who succeed in the Elite Festival will receive an additional Earth Wall Talisman for Defending against ** and a Fire Talisman for Attack in addition to the elixir. ”
"Wow, there are so many rewards this time, this Ascending Spirit Pill is fast to improve cultivation, Xiaoyue Dan's healing is only slightly worse than the Zongmen Dayang Pill, the previous reward was given by the pill, this time it is really generous, directly give a bottle, a bottle has as many as ten grains. One of the disciples sighed.
"Who's to say it's not, especially the Earth Wall Talisman and the Fire Talisman, both defense and attack can target those who cultivate during the foundation building period. This kind of talisman cannot be refined at all during the foundation building period, and it is difficult to make talismans, and the materials are difficult to find, even if the cultivation is above the foundation building period, only the talisman elders specially cultivated in the sect can refine it. The other disciple's eyes showed longing.
The deacon elder coughed softly, and when the disciples were quiet, he continued, "As usual, the Inner Gate Challenge will be held first, and the outer disciples will challenge the inner disciples. The person who wants to challenge now immediately goes to the right side of the stand, and writes his name, cultivation, entry time, and the name of the challenged person on a bamboo stick and hands it to Elder Zhao for statistics. Once the statistics are complete, the challenge will start immediately. Keep in mind that challengers who lie about their cultivation and entry time will be expelled from the sect. No human life shall be injured during the game. With that, he returned to his position.
The deacon disciples on the right side of the stand quickly took out a few bundles of blank bamboo sticks, and the outer disciples flocked to it, forming five long lines and taking turns to fill in the bamboo sticks.
Qin Deng raised his eyes and looked at the stands.
There were seven chairs in the front row, and Sect Master Xie Wenming was sitting in the middle, looking like a middle-aged man, with a clear face and gentle and elegant. A quaint hosta is inserted in the top of the head. A green shirt embroidered with a sunrise pine pattern. At this time, he was whispering to several main vein masters next to him.
In the second position to the left of the sect master in the first row, there was a woman in a goose yellow dress, with a beautiful and refined face.
Qin Deng knew that it was the Yuqing vein of the Songyue Sect, and the vein master Su Hong, who was also the only female vein master, was the master of 6 Xiaoxiao. This lineage is all female disciples.
Behind her were two women, one with a round face and a yellow dress, and the other was 6 Xiaoxiao, her eyes wandering, as if she was looking for something.
Qin Deng's gaze fell on 6 Xiaoxiao's face, and he happened to look at 6 Xiaoxiao.
Qin Deng smiled slightly, cast a grateful look, 6 Xiaoxiao's cheeks quickly flushed, extremely moving.
She lowered her head, then quickly raised her head again, shook her fist at Qin Deng, and made a cheering gesture.
"Xiaoxiao, that's what you call Senior Brother Qin, a waste worthy of you being so good to him? Don't think I don't know, you have given him all the Ascension Pill in the past three months, and you don't have a single one left. If you are so careful that the master knows, you will abolish your status as a true disciple. The round-faced woman beside 6 Xiaoxiao poked her head over and whispered in 6 Xiaoxiao's ear.
"Senior sister, senior sister, you keep quiet, don't let the master hear. 6 Xiaoxiao pleaded with anxiety in her voice.
"Senior sister, he is the soul root withered to save me, I should help him, if it weren't for him, I might have been insulted by Liu Mingyu. Then 6 Xiaoxiao explained softly to the round-faced woman.
"Hey...... Whatever you want, it's just that you be careful not to be known by the master, if you keep doing this, the progress of cultivation will definitely be very slow, and the master will notice it sooner or later. The round-faced woman sighed and said no more.
Qin Deng was about to withdraw his gaze, and when his gaze swept over the second row, he saw Liu Mingyu standing behind Elder Liu.
As if he had a sense, Liu Mingyu also looked at Qin Deng, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In the face of Liu Mingyu's provocation, Qin Deng turned his head and ignored it directly.
In less than half an hour, the roster of the challenge is nearing completion.
Elder Zhao looked at the last roll of paper in front of him and was a little dumbfounded.
This piece of paper is full of people who challenge Qin Deng, as many as fifty names. Since Qin Deng is now an inner disciple, he used to be an elite disciple, and it has been five years since he got started, so the cultivation of challengers ranges from the early stage of the spiritual root to the great consummation of the spiritual root.
In the thousands of years since the establishment of the sect, there have only been ten people at most who have to challenge one person at the same time.
"This Qin Lantern can be called the challenged king of the Songyue Sect for a thousand years. Several deacon disciples behind Elder Zhao secretly laughed and teased.
According to the previous rules, Elder Zhao ranked the outer disciples who challenged Qin Deng in order of cultivation from high to low, and now there were eight people who challenged Qin Deng in the Great Perfection Stage of the Spirit Root alone.
"These people are really good at picking soft persimmons and pinching!" Elder Zhao shook his head helplessly.
Then the remaining eight people were screened again according to the entry time, and the shortest entry time was given priority.
For the same cultivation realm, the shortest the entry time represents, the greater the potential, the sect will naturally give priority. In this way, the five people who want to challenge Qin Deng were finally selected. Ma Jun is in first place.
After the statistics were completed, Elder Zhao walked up to the stands, called for silence, and then quickly began to announce the results:
"The four challenge platforms of A, B, C, and D respectively hold the challenge competitions of the early stage of the spiritual root, the middle stage of the spiritual root, the late stage of the spiritual root, and the great perfection realm of the spiritual root. In addition, the Regardless of Realm Challenge that has been cultivated for more than five years will also be held at the Koshi Challenge Platform. Next, I announce the challengers, the challenged, and the corresponding challenge tables. ”
"Qian Fei challenges Wang Hao, Ding Horn Station"
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"Liu Jie challenges Zhou Dawei, Platform C"
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"Sun Xiaoqian challenges Li Feng, No. B platform"
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Qin Deng listened carefully, he knew that no one would let him go, and he would not give up what they thought was a great opportunity.
"The list of the matches on the first stage is announced below. Elder Zhao cleared his throat and continued to announce.
"Cao Bing challenges Chen Feilong, No. 1 platform"
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"Ma Jun challenges Qin Deng, Platform A"
"Long Fei challenges Qin Deng, No. 1 platform"
"Zheng Huo challenges Qin Deng, No. A platform"
"Xie Boxiong challenges Qin Deng, No. 1 platform"
"Yang Nantian challenges Qin Deng, No. 1 platform"
When the name of the last person who challenged Qin Deng was recited, the audience suddenly began to talk in a whisper, and the voice became louder and louder.
"Why don't you have my name? I also signed up to challenge Qin Deng. ”
"Me too, I'm the first to rush up. ”
"Haha, have you heard that this Qin Lantern has set a new record since the founding of the sect?" At this time, a short and fat outer disciple next to him poked his head and said.
When the surrounding disciples heard this, they poked out more than a dozen heads again.
"What's the record? You fat man is not allowed to sell off. ”
"Hehe, I just heard from a familiar deacon disciple that the number of people who challenged Qin Lantern reached an astonishing fifty-nine, and there were eight challengers to the Great Perfection of the Light Spirit Root. Qin Deng was privately named the challenged king that was rare in a thousand years. ”
Hiss......
As soon as the fat man finished speaking, there was a gasping sound all around, and there was silence for a while.
"You don't have it now, among the people who challenge Qin Deng, which one is not in the Great Perfection Realm of the Spiritual Root, just the two of you, one is in the middle stage of the spiritual root, and the other is in the late stage of the spiritual root, and you are definitely not qualified. When the fat man saw that everyone was looking at him, he proudly showed off the news he had just gotten. The fat man continued.
"Hey, I'm so unlucky, I heard that Qin Deng's spiritual root has withered and regressed to the early stage of the spiritual root, I originally wanted to succeed in challenging it with my cultivation in the late stage of the spiritual root and win the qualification of an inner disciple, but I didn't expect that there were so many people who challenged Qin Deng with the Great Perfection of the spiritual root. It's really shameless!" Then the disciples of the late stage of Linggen were indignant.
"Cut, who doesn't want to advance easily, you think other people are fools, who doesn't want to pick soft persimmons and pinch. ”
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The inner disciples are also talking about it.
"This Qin Lantern is really miserable, the five places are full, these five people are all spiritual root Great Perfection, and they are screened out. ”
"The first in line, Ma Jun has been clamoring to challenge Qin Deng, three months ago it was still the late stage of Linggen, if it weren't for flattery, the elixir given by Liu Mingyu rushed to the Great Perfection of Linggen in one fell swoop, and he really had nothing to do. ”
"Who says it's not, especially if you look at the last two, Xie Boxiong and Yang Nantian, these two people have been in the beginner's field for twenty years, and five years ago they were the Great Perfection of the Spirit Root, I heard that in order to increase the chance of success in cultivating the spirit, they have been in retreat to polish their own cultivation. These two people directly challenged the Inner Gate Spiritual Root Great Perfection disciples, and both had a great chance of winning. ”
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The voices of all kinds in the square were getting louder and louder.
"Silence!" Elder Zhao frowned and shouted twice.
The square quickly fell silent, and Elder Zhao continued to announce the list.
"Little light, it seems that you are not favored, it seems that you will have a hard time in these few games. But don't worry too much, your spiritual power will recover much faster than theirs. Hey. The gourd baby couldn't bear the loneliness, and the voice sounded in Qin Deng's heart.
"I will not back down, I will let them know that soft persimmons can become hard as iron in the stomach when eaten, and grind his intestines through the stomach. Qin Deng said firmly.
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