On May 27th, almost every major sect in Blue Star Continent, especially the sects in the southern continent, received a notice from the Ten Thousand Treasures Sect. The three major super sects in the north, east, and west continents, and overseas The super sects of the Island Alliance also received the notice.
In three days, it is actually impossible for all the sects to have time to prepare to come. Although there are cross-regional super teleportation arrays between super sects, the cost of using them is also very expensive. If there is no prior notification, it cannot be activated in both directions, which will also cause the coordinates to be lost, and you will not know where it will be teleported. , and even those below the spirit-inducing realm simply cannot withstand the agitation of souls at ultra-long distances.
Therefore, although the Wanbaozong will take out 20 artifacts at once and will accept 20 commissioned auction items, most of the people who can actually arrive are from the southern continent, and only a few people from other regions happen to be traveling in the southern continent. Or only the top figures of the super sect can arrive.
Even so, it is a rare invitation to a grand event.
Most people are concerned about the auction after the trading day. Few people care about the challenge mentioned by Wanbao Sect. After all, the name of Blue Star's No. 1 weapon refining sect is not blown out, it is accumulated over countless years. background. Most people think that it is just a different way of the Wanbao Sect's training and assessment of its disciples.
You must know that every twenty years in the sect ranking competition, there are occasionally disciples who defeat the weapon refining sect disciples of the same generation, but that is a rare result of luck, not a true manifestation of strength.
However, when the sect arrived as early as the 28th, they discovered that the Wanbao Sect had really shown its greatest sincerity as a lessor this time and dispatched large-scale cleaning machines to clean the buildings and streets in Yibaofang City. Clean, dust, and repair damaged areas.
Does the sun rise from the west? This is the unquestionable and truest evaluation of many people's proactive behavior of Wanbaozong.
"No, I'm afraid there may be some new rules after this Yi Baofang City. The Wanbao Sect is all money-hungry people, can you be so kind and have no calculations? Do you believe it?" an elder of the Xianqian Sect guessed.
"Even if it is true, what can your Xian Qian Sect do?" The female elder of the Yu Kun Sect glanced at the other party, her eyes clearly showing contempt.
Both sects are in Hui State, and they are both third-class sects. The difference is that the Xianqian Sect has more men than women, while the Yukun Sect has just the opposite. There have been constant disputes between the sects, but in fact they all get along quite harmoniously. However, on weekdays, it feels like the Yukun Sect always outdoes the Xianqian Sect. . However, it is surprisingly consistent with the outside world. The area maintained in the northwest of Hui Country is relatively peaceful.
On the evening of May 29th, people who had already arrived discovered that the Wanbao Sect had built a large platform in the open space next to the two-story building with no signboard name at the end of the street in Fangshi. Because it is at the end of the street, it will not affect other buildings that have been rented out.
The original signboard hanging at the door of "Aotiepu" where the ancestors of the Wanbao Sect were said to rest was changed. A remade and larger background sign was hung behind the platform, with a few more words on the signboard. "Item Refining Challenge."
On May 30th, there were still many more people coming to Yibaofang City than usual. Many of the sects who were coming were actually not in a hurry to catch up on this daily trading day. Therefore, the changes in Aotiepu made these sects who had completed the transaction early come to watch.
The platform is five feet high, and there is a higher main platform in front of the background card.
Ten operating tables have been set up on the flat surface, and all the equipment needed for the refining is ready. Stacks of flint lay nearby ready for use. In front of the platform, there are Wanbao Sect disciples maintaining order. There is a table next to it, with the registration office written in front of the table.
Before long, Deng Fanshu, the elder of the Wanbao Sect, came up to the stage and stood in front of the huge background board for the weapon refining challenge and said loudly: "As the number one weapon refining sect in the Blue Star Continent, the Wanbao Sect has always received the kindness of all sects. , live a stable life, and have never bullied the weak. After discussion, the sect took advantage of this Yibaofang City trade fair to prepare for this challenge. Although it is hasty, it will never disappoint everyone. In the future, Wanbao Sect will meet from time to time Doing some similar challenges is not for anything else, but to cultivate more talents for the major sects in weapon refining, and it can also be regarded as planting more weapon refining seeds for Blue Star."
The first words were all polite words, but the latter ones attracted the attention of many people in the audience. They were wondering how Wanbao Sect held a challenge competition to cultivate talents for other sects, when they heard Deng Fanshu say what he said next.
It turns out that Wanbao Sect uses the Weapon Refining Challenge to send sect elders to make on-site corrections and give on-the-spot suggestions for areas that are inappropriate or need improvement during the refining process, but only during the competition.
Each time is limited to ten people. First sign up and register information, and then form a group of ten according to the order of registration. Regardless of the level of weapon refining, anyone under 30 years old and with a basic knowledge of weapon refining can go on stage to demonstrate. The Wanbao Sect will Designated weapon refining, the Wanbao Sect elders will make on-site corrections during this process.
After today, tomorrow morning, the winners of each group of ten will hold the final challenge here. After the finals, the top ten winners will be given the qualification to be trained in the sect for one year by Wanbao Sect, free of charge. .
When he said this, everyone in the audience who was watching the excitement was shocked. This is not a challenge! It is obviously the selfless dedication of Wanbao Sect. If it weren't for the age limit, I'm afraid all the masters of weapon refining in the sect would have to show off on stage. But even so, being able to hear it in the audience can benefit a lot.
"Could it be that Wanbao Sect itself is too lazy to look for disciples, and wants to pick out the good seedlings from our sects and offer them an olive branch to seduce the disciples who have been rising in recent years?" Although the man from Yukun Sect looks middle-aged, he is no longer young. The female elder who knew her age expressed doubts.
"Look what you're thinking, Wanbao Sect will probably lose its face in such a big-picture fight. After all, it's a first-class sect and can't do such a thing." The elder of Xianqian Sect finally caught a chance at this time. He hurriedly started to retort.
"Are you from the Wanbao Sect? Do you know that this is not their purpose? Did they train talents for your Xianqian Sect or for my Jade Kun Sect?" He asked three questions in a row, like a barrage of soul torture.
The elder of the Xiankun Sect was so angry that he couldn't speak. He never won every argument. Trying to reason with a woman was asking for trouble.
The discussions and suspicions in the audience did not affect the registration desk at all, and a group of people gathered around it. Name, sect, cultivation level, only the level of weapon refining was not registered.
At this moment, there was a man in black standing in the crowd, but his face was as cold as ice, and he said softly: "Wanbaozong, you are trying to embarrass yourself in public, how can you not be satisfied?"
Without looking back, he whispered to another man in black beside him: "Tell them to watch two games before we go up separately. I want to see how his challenge ends."
The first round of the challenge started soon, and ten people came on stage. The elders of Wanbao Sect explained that they only looked at the skills, not the grade, so it doesn’t mean that you can win if the artifacts you refine and forge are of high grade. Therefore, the pressure on everyone is not too great and they can show what they are best at as much as possible.
As soon as the game started, everyone watching in the audience saw two people coming up from behind the huge "Aotie Shop". Those who knew them immediately saw clearly that they were really the elders of Wanbao Sect. The two elders walked to the competition venue and did not disturb the players who were working hard. Instead, they walked around the edge of the two rows of players near the outside of the competition platform as if they were taking a leisurely stroll. They were like school teachers, casually giving instructions to the players who were competing.
"Add three more points to your strength"
"Rongfen is two dollars too much"
"You can try alternating spiritual energy and iron hammer, taking into account both point and surface."
"For women, don't focus on strength when refining weapons. Use skill to win. The effect will be the same."
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The spectators standing on the edge of the platform and the contestants on the stage could hear it clearly, but the contestants who felt the deepest feelings were undoubtedly. Sometimes a piece of advice from a famous teacher is more effective than ten years of hard study.
The first game ended quickly. It was not about refining and forging finished products. It was enough to demonstrate the skills. In just a quarter of an hour, the competition was stopped, and the first place was actually the only woman from the Jade Kun Sect.
With the first game as a base, the so-called challenge really had the guidance ability of the elders of the Wanbao Sect. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the second game, disciples of the Wanbao Sect came on stage to join. Now everyone felt the pressure. As expected, the two elders who gave the instructions were changed, but the first place was undoubtedly the one without anyone even having to think about it, and the flower fell into the Ten Thousand Treasures Sect.
In the third competition, a disciple of the Wanbao Sect came on stage. Just when everyone thought that the Wanbao Sect would win again, the first place was taken away by a man with black scarf and hair who had no one in the audience shouting for birth.
In the fourth and fifth games, the first place was still a disciple of the Wanbao Sect. No one in the audience felt that there was anything wrong with the Wanbao Sect's judgment. After all, the participants in the challenge are all young, and most of them are still in the Naqi realm. Apart from the first place in the third game, there is no second place in the Qiaoqiao realm.
In the sixth game, the first place was taken away by a stranger with black scarf and hair who had awakened.
In the seventh game, Wanbaozong finally showed up with someone in the realm of awakening, and as expected, took first place.
From a technical perspective, the current Kaiqiao Realm has won the first place in three games. It is not because of the realm at all, but it really allows everyone to see the gap in technology.
In the eighth game, Wanbao Sect had another disciple of the Awakening Realm, and four Awakening Realm disciples appeared in the same field. The final result was also unexpected. Wanbao Sect and another disciple from the Overseas Island Alliance tied for first place, and they are currently the only ones. Two firsts appeared on the field.
The sessions continued, with the shortest being a quarter of an hour and the longest being half an hour, lasting until around 00:00 on the first day of June. There were a total of 29 preliminary rounds, which meant that 30 people were going to participate in the final challenge later.
