"I happened to miss the Blazing Sun Competition a few years ago, and I felt distressed for a while, so I came to Kunxu in advance. Who would have thought that I would be tricked by the stall owner as soon as I arrived."
The three of them were walking on the street, scanning their surroundings with their spiritual consciousness. Guiyuan City was more prosperous than it was three hundred years ago. The cultivators in the city had improved from practicing Qi to possessing golden elixirs. Because the competition was coming, they were instead building foundations. There are more cultivators of Jindan.
Many divine consciousnesses passed towards the half-demon. There were many demons and half-demon in Guiyuan City, but few half-demon appeared, so they paid special attention.
Xun Jin didn't seem to care at all about his status as a half-demon, "If I hadn't rushed here this time and all my disciples were not here, I would have beaten him to pieces."
A Yuanqi asked, "You still have many disciples?"
"Yes, yes, I have lived for three hundred years. Although my cultivation level is not high, I have gained a lot of experience as a teacher. My disciples are all very powerful. My little disciples are all similar to you in cultivation level."
A Yuan blinked. The little half-demon in front of him was only at the early stage of foundation building. However, he had lived for a long time and had seen many strange things.
Zhao Ning asked, "I heard that the first test of this competition needs to be completed in a team. Will your disciples join you?"
Xun Jin's face fell instantly, "They can't. They all participated in the Blazing Sun Competition. I am the only one who is slow."
A Yuan smiled, "It's better to be together with us."
Xun Jin blinked at her, "Really?"
A Yuan asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Xun Jin lamented, "I'm a half-demon. Many races discriminate against us and don't like to form a team with us."
A Yuan smiled, "If we were discriminating against you, why would we help you just now?"
"That's right." Xun Jin immediately smiled, "That's great, I finally don't have to fight alone."
The three of them hit it off immediately, and they were destined to have a good relationship, so they strolled around Guiyuan City and chatted in the courtyard of the inn at night.
Xun Jin said about his disciples, "Oh, they practice very quickly, especially the eldest brother, who will be in the late stage of Golden Elixir in three hundred years, which is scary. Also, the second eldest brother, he has known about retreat all day long, and he has been in retreat since he was a child. He almost shut himself up until he starved to death, but I dragged him out. The third child is better than the first two, but he has a straight face all day long and likes to go to the grave. I have to dig graves every day to drag people out... "
She talked about her apprentices, each one more bizarre than the other.
"Don't get me wrong. Although they are a little weird, they are very well-behaved and very filial. This time I ran out secretly, otherwise they would all follow me like followers."
Zhao Ning and A Yuan looked at each other and shook their heads. They were indeed "followers". There were several golden elixirs with strange smells hidden outside this small courtyard.
After Xun Jin finished speaking, A Yuan and Zhao Ning also talked about their experiences.
The experience that A Yuan casually mentioned seemed to be true, "...there was a small family before Lingwen Mountain. However, the small family declined, so I found a book of exercises from the family collection that they sold off, and started practicing in a daze... …”
What Zhao Ning said was even simpler, saying that it was a family inheritance and later moved to Kunxu.
Before Zhao Ning finished her explanation, she saw Xun Jin looking at her strangely, which made Zhao Ning wonder, "What's wrong?"
"Do you believe in Lin?"
"right."
"Does Master Lin Ying, the legendary master who defeated ten thousand demons with one sword, have anything to do with you?" She stared at Zhao Ning with burning eyes, "Master Lin also moved to Kunxu from Bianzhou Suiji Sword Sect. You see, your experiences match up perfectly!”
Zhao Ning really didn't expect that many years later, Lin Ying's reputation would still be mentioned casually.
She smiled and said, "Senior Lin is our role model in swordsmanship. It is an honor for me to have the same surname as Senior Lin. I do have the idea of following in Senior Lin's footsteps."
Even with this explanation, Xun Jin still looked at her strangely, while Zhao Ning looked helpless.
A Yuan came to the rescue, and the topic shifted to Xun Jin's purchase of Zhu Yan Dan.
Xun Jin's mood was a little low, "I don't know what's wrong. When I get excited, my body will turn red. And every time my cultivation level increases, this situation will also happen. Only Zhuyan Dan can alleviate it. Although it has no effect on me. , but I don’t want to become a red underworld demon." Underworld demons have always had dark complexions, but there are also some underworld demons who think that due to the influence of special abilities, their skin color is dark red, and they can be found at a glance even if they are standing among the underworld demons.
"Perhaps it's because the foundation building has not been completed. Maybe it will be fine once the elixir is formed." A Yuan consoled him.
Xun Jin nodded, "Yes, my disciples said so too."
In the remaining days, the three of them walked around Guiyuan City and became more familiar with each other.
A few days later, everyone in Guiyuan City gathered at the Changsheng Terrace, which is a cloud platform in the middle of the mountain outside Guiyuan City.
However, there were so many cultivators here today that the entire Yuntai seemed to be unable to stand.
Zhao Ning looked at the distribution of the crowd on Yuntai. Most of them were in groups of three or five, with only a few standing alone. There were also many cultivators in the Golden Core realm, numbering in the hundreds.
Most of the cultivation worlds of the Golden Core Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm are separated. There is only one team where the two realms are mixed together, that is Qi Yun'er and his party.
Ke Ji has fully recovered. He stands in place, except for people around him talking to him in low voices. Most of the time, he will not take the initiative to speak.
The rest of the people also saw their situation, and someone asked, "Who is the only one in the foundation-building realm? How can he be with the two immortals of Yunjiang?"
"Don't you know him? That's the most famous Master Ke Ji in Bianzhou. Back then, everyone said he was the second Master Lin. You know Master Lin, now it's time to call him the Master and the Ancestor."
"It's a pity. I don't know who I offended, but my cultivation has fallen to such a level. It's a blessing that he can hold on. If I had killed myself long ago."
Some people sigh with emotion, but others are disdainful.
"It's better to feel sorry for him now than to feel sorry for yourself later. He is the Golden Core Master. After his cultivation has fallen, with his experience and ability of the Golden Core compared with our foundation-building realm, we will suffer the loss. How can I say this quota? One less person."
"You can't say that. There are a total of twenty places in the Kunxu Grand Competition. Except for the first test, which is divided into separate realms, I heard that later on, the foundation building and the golden elixir are tested together, and they still have to be together." Crowd. Someone retorted.
For a while, many discussions were heard, but Ke Ji and others seemed not to be listening at all, and were quietly waiting for it to begin.
"Are you going to compare your character with the Golden Core?" Xun Jin heard this for the first time and was shocked. "Doesn't that mean that the Golden Core realm has a huge advantage? How can we compare with their state of mind?"
A Yuan smiled, "Although this may be the case, for the vast majority of them, sometimes, the higher the realm, the more fragile the state of mind. On the contrary, low-level cultivators are not involved in many things. They are just born calves and dare to face it bravely."
Just like the Kunxu Demon Rebellion back then, if you really look at it, the Golden Core Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm are more affected by demon species, while the Qi Training Realm only has a large number of people, so it seems to be more fragile than the high-level character.
"Others are like this, but Master Ke Ji will never be fragile. I know him." Xun Jin suddenly said.
Her voice was not concealed, so that Ke Ji, who was in front of him, turned his head and looked over, his eyes falling on Xun Jin, and then he glanced at Zhao Ning and A Yuan.
Ke Ji whispered to his friends and then walked towards them.
He bowed slightly to Xun Jin and said, "Little Sect Leader Xun."
Xun Jin smiled shyly and explained to Zhao Ning and A Yuan, "It's either the sect leader or the mountain top where my disciples and I practice together. We can't be the kings of the mountain, so we established a sect. Liu Ren Zong, sounds good."
"Ren connects to Hai, Hai runs Qian Gua, the head of the Eight Trigrams, the origin of all things. But it is a good name." A Yuan couldn't help but admire.
Xun Jin didn't expect that she would say such a sublime meaning. After staring blankly for a moment, he turned around and took out a blank jade slip from his storage bag. He recorded A Yuan's explanation in it and muttered, "Next time that unfilial son says that I chose a random name, I will tell him this."
A Yuan shook his head helplessly.
Zhao Ning turned her eyes and noticed Ke Ji's eyes falling on her. She nodded slightly and said, "Master Ke Ji, what's the matter?"
"You don't need to call me a real person, I'm just building a foundation." Ke Ji said, "If you don't mind, can I join."
A Yuan and Zhao Ning looked at each other.
Xun Jin already responded excitedly "Okay, okay".
The few people chatted for a few more words, but didn't say anything more. Ke Ji said very little, as if he was really just looking for a team.
However, there was not much time to talk. After a while, the sky was filled with glow, and several streams of light flew from the east direction. Finally, there were layers of auspicious clouds, and several figures stood high in the clouds.
The leader was Hong Jie, the leader of the Qingxiao Sect. The people beside him were the leaders of other Kunxu sects, and the elders behind him were the elders of various sects.
Everyone on the Changsheng Platform paid homage upwards in unison, their voices loud and clear, like the vitality of Kunxu.
Hong Jie took half a step forward and said loudly, "This Kunxu Competition is different from previous Centenary Competitions. It is the momentum before the Kyushu Competition. This time, twenty people will be selected to represent Kunxu in the Kyushu Competition." . For those who are selected for the twenty places, Kunxu Sect will allow you to choose, and will provide you with a spiritual treasure and many rewards. As for the rewards for the ten winners of the Kyushu Competition, we are not able to understand. . However, the Heavenly Palace has decreed that the top ten of the Nine Provinces should be known to you."
"I'll try my best." Everyone in the audience said in unison, their passion rushing towards Xiangyun.
Many people above Xiangyun nodded secretly. With Kunxu's momentum, Kunxu might be able to occupy the majority of these ten people from Jiuzhou.
After the audience quieted down for a while, Hong Jie continued, "This Kunxu Competition is divided into three stages. The first is strength, the second is opportunity, and the third is character. Those who combine in the top 20 will be ranked. Except for the first round, the foundation-building realm and the golden elixir realm are separated. In the next two rounds, the foundation-building realm and the golden elixir realm are treated equally. This is the result of our sect's discussion, and we will not favor any one realm."
Everyone in the audience didn't say much, just waiting for him to start the competition.
"In this Kunxu Competition, no matter whether casual cultivators and sect disciples are tested at the same time, they will not be more inclined just because they are disciples of the big sect. All the trials in this competition are random, and even we don't know , you are waiting for the content of the trial.”
The people in Yuntai, who were originally respectful, suddenly became buzzing. Why didn't even the host know the content of the trial? Could it be like the trial of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce? But among the trials of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, only the Nascent Soul trial was unexpected.
Hong Jie waited for everyone to recover from the shock.
He said calmly, "The great road comes with fate, trials also have fate, and the heaven gives you fate. You are so rare."
As he spoke, he pinched the magic spell with both hands, and the sect leaders around him also pinched the magic spell. There was a spiritual light between them, and the spiritual light gradually drew a huge seal. The seal was complicated and magical.
Everyone still didn't understand what they were doing, so they shrouded the seal downwards, and then the entire cloud platform was shrouded in clouds and mist. For an instant, all the companions who were less than three feet away from them were invisible.
Zhao Ning stood there and felt that a certain formation was taking shape, and the mysterious dojo pulled his consciousness into it.
All I could hear was the majestic sound.
"The Kunxu Competition has officially begun."
Chapter 306
Three thousand arenas were suspended among each other in the clouds and mist.
Zhao Ning turned her eyes, and on the arena, ten feet away, a figure gradually appeared, but the clouds had not dispersed, covering the opponent's appearance.
It didn't affect Zhao Ning's perception, but it was a bit of fate that the person facing him was Ke Ji.
Ke Ji was very keen, and vaguely saw that the figure opposite him seemed familiar. He took a few steps closer, and the clouds parted, but stopped, and the familiar shadow turned into a strange male cultivator he had never seen before.
The male cultivator is tall and muscular, with strong fire energy surging all over his body. At first glance, he is a fire cultivator.
Zhao Ning can only enter the competition with A Yuan to find "seeds", so naturally it will not affect the competition and occupy the quota in vain.
The moment she disappeared, she merged a single-person arena with this arena. The two places intersected silently. For a moment, even the Nascent Soul monks at the top did not notice any changes.
On the ring, the fire cultivator regained his composure and saw Ke Ji opposite him. He didn't notice it, only thinking that his opponent was late.
He grinned, raised his hands in a salute, and said very casually, "A certain family is Ge Pu from Yunjiu Peak. I have met you, please."
Ke Ji simply said his name, not even where he came from. The fire monk looked at his increasingly clear appearance and was stunned. He seemed to have thought of the conversation on the stage just now, and his expression changed immediately, but Ke Ji didn't feel scared or resentful because his golden elixir fell down to build the foundation. He became solemn and on alert.
The battle between the two is about to break out.
Zhao Ning hid in the air and saw that Ke Ji's moves were fierce. This was the sharpness brought to him by many years of experience, and it indeed gave him the upper hand in the battle.
After not waiting for a long time, Zhao Ning flew to a higher place. From the highest place, he could see the scene of every arena. Everyone was working hard for their own goals. Some of them lost the battle and were knocked down one after another. He stood up directly to face the next attack without using any air barrier.
Everyone displays their most powerful Taoist skills in an attempt to prove their own strength. Even if they cannot win the twenty spots, they can still show their talents in the eyes of Kunxu, and maybe they can get an opportunity. .
Never allow yourself to give up easily.
Zhao Ning saw that many people from the sect appeared on these Yuntai battlefields, and many were disciples of the Qingxiao sect. Probably for the sake of fairness, the disciples of the sect were usually grouped together with the disciples of the sect. , people in the same small realm will be in the same small realm together.
