Zhang Liang was a little unsure of Fairy Qu Yue's thinking. Didn't she let him go through the back door? Why do you still have to participate in the trials in the end?
Didn't Ye Qingling take care of her?
Seeing Zhang Liang's face full of surprise, Qu Yue looked like she was watching a good show and seemed very satisfied with Zhang Liang's reaction.
But Zhang Liang showed a wry smile: "Yes, fairy."
Zhang Liang didn't argue. No matter what Qu Yue's purpose was, he couldn't use Ye Qingling to pressure him. Not to mention that she and Ye Qingling had no special relationship in the first place, even if she moved out of Ye Qingling, Qu Yue would not be afraid, and would even hate herself for it.
Although Zhang Liang was very reluctant to participate, in comparison, between offending the foundation building overhaul and participating, he would naturally choose to participate.
"Hey! Aren't you curious why this fairy asked you to participate?"
"The fairy has her own thoughts. This junior only needs to follow orders, so I am not curious."
Qu Yue immediately leaned forward a little, staring at Zhang Liang, her chest pressed against the edge of the table, so squeezed that it was out of shape. Seeing Zhang Liang lowering his head quickly, Qu Yue said: "You know, if you go to participate in the selection competition, with your strength at the fifth level of Qi training, there is a high probability that you will not become an outer disciple of Lingxian Palace."
Zhang Liang held up his hand and said, "I am lucky to get it, but I am destined to lose it."
Zhang Liang felt that he had been bluffed by Qu Yue just now. Ye Qingling had personally sworn to take him to Lingxian Palace, and there was no way he could break his promise. Even if Qu Yue doesn't want to, Ye Qingling can't break her oath.
Therefore, I will definitely go to Lingxian Palace, it’s just a matter of how and when.
Moreover, Ye Qingling also swore an oath that he would not do anything to harm himself directly or indirectly. Since Ye Qingling trusted this woman to come through the back door for him, then this woman at least had no intention of harming him.
Knowing this is enough.
Even if the other party allows me to compete, what's the problem?
"Gudu~"
Qu Yue poured herself a sip of strong wine: "You are really boring and submissive. I just can't stand others being so pretentious. As long as you bluntly say that you don't want to participate, I will not let you participate..."
Hearing this, Zhang Liang quickly said: "Um, Fairy, this junior doesn't want to compete."
Qu Yue opened her mouth and thought to herself: How can there be such a shameless person in the world? I used to have a resigned look before, but now my face has changed too quickly, right?
Immediately, Qu Yue slapped the table angrily: "It's too late, I'm not in the mood now, you can go and compete!"
Zhang Liang was kicked out. He was still a little confused until he was kicked out on the street. Could it be that he was too low-key and did something bad?
Zhang Liang was depressed. This little girl is too arrogant, so she should write it down in her notebook first. When she rises in the future, she will definitely take care of it.
On Fangshi Street, Zhang Liang just sighed slightly and was about to leave, but he didn't notice the female cultivator who brought him here and stopped talking. In the end, the woman seemed to have made a decision and said immediately: "Zhang Liang, although I don't know what Master Qu told you, I can guess something. You must not misunderstand Uncle Qu. This is a very special incident." Uncle Qu is the only one who is in charge of Qingfeng Island. There is another person who is on good terms with Lei Yun. Once he knows that someone has gone through the back door, he will be suspicious. Therefore, participating in the competition can avoid many unnecessary suspicions. As for the competition results, there is a lot of room for manipulation. Big one, do you understand?"
Zhang Liang's head trembled. It seemed that he had really misunderstood her.
Immediately, Zhang Liang hurriedly said: "Thank you, fellow Taoist, for your advice. I don't dare to misunderstand Fairy Qu."
"Xiaoling, why are you telling him this? Come back."
At this moment, Qu Yue's cold snort sounded in his ears.
"Yes, uncle."
…
After a while.
Zhang Liang left Qingfeng Xianfang with a gloomy expression. It seemed that Lei Yun's matter was not over yet. Fairy Qu Yue, since she allows herself to participate in the selection competition, it means that she will go directly through the back door and will definitely be noticed by someone who is interested.
Listening to what the disciples of Lingxian Palace just said, they wanted to trick themselves into the selection competition so that they could use this back door.
But if this is the case, once someone discovers it, gets to the bottom of it, and connects himself with Ye Qingling, the consequences will be hard to predict.
Therefore, not only should I not keep a low profile during this trial, I should even be high-profile.
By then, Qu Yue saw this and figured out that even without taking action, he could be selected as an outer disciple of Lingxian Palace. That would be the best outcome.
"Alas! I just want to cultivate immortality in a low-key manner, why is it so difficult?"
Zhang Liang went out to sea for a walk, turned around, changed his appearance, and returned to Qingfeng Xianfang.
In front of a talisman stall.
"Fellow Taoist, do you want to buy water-binding talismans? Buy ten and get one for free. How many do you want, fellow Taoist?"
The seller is a fat man from Lingxian Palace. He writes and sells at the same time. Basically, every time he consumes less than five pieces of talisman paper, he can write a first-level middle-grade water-entangled talisman.
Zhang Liang immediately whispered: "Fellow Taoist, what do you mean by buying a hundred tickets?"
"How many?"
"Shh~"
Immediately, the fat man quickly lowered his voice to the lowest level and looked at Zhang Liang as if he was seeing a piece of braised meat. He wanted to eat Zhang Liang in one bite.
The fat man whispered: "Fellow Taoist, three spiritual stones for one piece, buy one hundred and get ten free."
Zhang Liang responded in a low voice: "Fellow Taoist, this is not how business is done. One hundred pieces is not a small amount. Why don't you give me ten more?"
The fat man hesitated for a long time and was about to speak when he heard Zhang Liang suddenly say: "I will give you two more first-grade high-quality water-embedded talismans. I will place a deposit immediately."
"Hiss! Fellow Taoist, you can't cut it like this. A first-level high-grade spiritual talisman, no matter what, you still need 10 spiritual stones... Oh, fellow Taoist, don't leave! Why are you so impatient?"
Zhang Liang's face was expressionless: "Fellow Taoist from Lingxian Palace, I spent all my wealth to buy this life-saving talisman, but you ended up sparing two high-grade talismans. It's really a bit dishonest."
"But... okay, whatever, I'll sell it."
The little fat man thought about it, although two first-grade high-grade spiritual talismans were worth 20 spiritual stones, but he could earn half of the profit from the first-order middle-grade water-binding talisman. How could these 20 spiritual stones be comparable?
Moreover, the time when he can do business on Qingfeng Island is coming to an end. Once he returns, how can he still make a good living?
Immediately, the little fat man quickly grabbed Zhang Liang and said: "Okay, it's a deal."
Only then did Zhang Liang stop: "When will the delivery be delivered?"
The little fat man patted his chest and said, "Three days, this is already the fastest speed."
Zhang Liang nodded: "Okay, I'll come back in three days. By the way, fellow Taoist, maybe you can make a talisman?"
Ever since he had used the Immobilizing Talisman once, Zhang Liang had been thinking about this talisman because it was so easy to use.
However, the little fat man looked at Zhang Liang like a fool and said: "Fellow Taoist, it seems at first glance that you have no experience in making talismans. How can the immobilization talisman be learned by spiritual scum like us? If you want to learn the talisman, To make the talisman, you not only need to reach the level of a second-level talisman maker, but also need special talisman-making materials. The value of these materials alone is comparable to the second-level middle and low-grade spiritual talismans. Taking into account the losses, drawing a second-level low-grade talisman The consumption of a body talisman is comparable to that of other second-level high-grade spiritual talismans. To be blunt, the value of a second-level low-grade body-fixing talisman is at least 5,000 spiritual stones. Even if I have it, can you afford it, fellow Taoist?"
"Uh~"
Zhang Liang opened his mouth, how did he know this? I thought that the magic talisman Ye Qingling randomly gave out, although not ordinary, should not be too rare, but now it seems that it is simply beyond my imagination.
Co-author, Ye Qingling directly gave herself 30,000 spirit stones at that time! As a result, I ended up using it all.
"No wonder it works so well."
"What did you say, fellow Taoist?"
"Oh, it's nothing. Brother, I really don't know how difficult it is to make this talisman. I just heard people say that this talisman is very useful, so I just asked."
The little fat man said speechlessly: "Isn't that easy to use? Even if it is a major overhaul in the early stage of foundation building, once it is immobilized, it can only be used as a human being. Do you think it is easy to use or not? I have never seen immobilization in my life. Where’s the talisman?”
Zhang Liang didn't talk much to the fat man and left in a hurry.
Three days later.
As agreed, Zhang Liang took away 110 first-order middle-grade water entanglement talismans, plus two first-order high-grade water entanglement talismans.
During this period, he first visited the Ten Miles of Spiritual Lake, then disguised himself as a young man, then changed into the clothes of a disciple of the Spiritual Immortal Palace, and finally entered the Immortal Sea.
After confirming that no one was following, Zhang Liang dived into the deep sea, had a feast, and returned to his temporary residence.
In the remaining days, Zhang Liang practiced hard day and night, and finally decided to attack the sixth level of Qi training on the day before the trial.
Among these four thousand fishermen and farmers, it is not without those who are strong at the sixth level of Qi training.
If he wants to naturally reach the top 40, his strength at the sixth level of Qi training will be more convincing and less likely to cause others to doubt him.
All over the body, the vitality is unified, and a ball of spiritual energy is surrounding it, trying to condense into a ball of vitality. Now the prototype of the ball is basically condensed. All the impact is to make the ball of vitality form a perfect sphere and run in a closed loop.
"Pfft~"
"Ahem~"
In the middle of the night, Zhang Liang only felt a shock in his Dantian, and part of his energy escaped. This attack still ended in failure.
"Oh! It's so difficult. It's only the sixth level of Qi training, but I couldn't break through it several times. Sure enough, my spiritual roots are still too low."
"Well, I'm still a little too anxious. It should be noted that ordinary fishermen and farmers, the most powerful group, need to be in their thirties at least to be able to attack the sixth level of Qi training. I am only twenty, and I have already stepped into the Qi training with half a foot. You should be content with the six levels of Qi.”
Zhang Liang comforted himself, quickly recovered, and was determined to cope well with tomorrow's trials. As for the breakthrough, I can only wait for several more months of hard work and choose the opportunity to break through.
…
The next day.
Qingfeng Dockyard.
Four thousand fishermen and farmers gathered here again, and no one dared to escape. After all, Qingfeng Island is so big, and fishermen and farmers have no way to cross the Immortal Sea. If they escape, they will die.
Therefore, despite their reluctance, everyone came.
At this moment, Zhang Liang naturally showed his true face.
On the dock, there were two beautiful foundation-building female cultivators, one playful and nimble, lazily carrying a wine gourd. The other one was as cold as ice, scanning the fishermen and farmers in front of him indifferently. No one dared to look directly at him.
The former nine island masters are still there, but standing respectfully not far behind the two of them.
For these island owners, the arrival of Lingxian Palace is only three years, and they will not have any conflict with such a large number of people. Therefore, all nine of them are still complete, and one person is not missing.
"quiet."
Rao Yaoyao shouted sharply, and there was silence below.
Then I heard that Rao Yaoyao snorted coldly: "An hour later, the selection competition for the outer disciples of Lingxian Palace will officially begin. Before reading the rules, I would like to answer your most curious question, and that is why Lingxian Palace does not allow You give up."
Seeing that no one was talking to each other below, Rao Yaoyao continued: "Because this time, Lingxian Palace not only recruits outer disciples, but also fishermen and farmers."
