The Wuling Sect's first centenary consecration was not held in public, but in a secluded but difficult-to-find but very impressive courtyard somewhere within the sect.
Well, the reason for this is that first of all, the excitement of this hundred-year ceremony is far less than that of the Cheng Guan En Examination, and the number of people is also far behind, and it can be over in less than one day;
Secondly, and the main reason is that the disciples coming from Lion Grove, Mengcai Tower and Motian Cliff this time are all dudes from these three major sects. Which of them will stay in Wuling Sect and which of them can return? By the time their original sect had been negotiated with them by the Five Spirits Sect, the list had been finalized, and the hundred-year dedication test had to be done again, otherwise it would not seem formal enough, but in fact it was just a formality, and this was necessary. Make arrangements with the disciples of the Wuling Sect in advance, otherwise none of these dandies may be able to leave. And if such a competition is watched by many disciples in the sect, it will definitely be seen as a fake. The sect is cheating, which is easy to say but not nice to hear. So since it is a fake, then simply not conduct it in public, and find a secluded place to hurry up. Just go through the motions and end it.
The Qi Refining disciples arranged by the Wuling Sect to take the stage this time are almost all the elites in the sect. However, these people were very unwilling after knowing that the sect wanted to deliberately release water on the ring. But firstly, this was an order from the sect, and secondly, Anyone who came to the sect promised to be on stage would have a reward, so these people came as ordered even if they were reluctant.
As for Jiu Gen's original disciples, Jiu Gen Yuan simply sent the disciples here directly in the name of a hundred years of worship, and did not participate in this competition at all, which saved a lot of trouble.
In fact, originally the sect did not arrange for five people, Tang Ping and Qian Chao, to appear on the stage. After all, the five of them still bear the title of the top Qi Refining disciples. It would be a bit uncomfortable for them to lose in the ring, but in Tang Bonian's case, Under the arrangement, the people competing with Jin Zhang were replaced by Tang Ping, Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan. The elders of the council who knew the inside story kept shaking their heads and sighing, repeatedly asking Tang Bonian to ensure that Jin Zhang would not die in the ring. superior.
This courtyard is not small, with more than enough room for thousands of people. There is a small arena in the middle of the empty courtyard, where the competition is held, and the disciples of the Five Spirits and the other three sects are spread out around the arena. , the ground was covered with futons, and the disciples present were either sitting or standing.
The Wuling disciples were the first to arrive, and Qian Chao and the other five were already here.
"This is the Qiucao Courtyard," Tang Ping said. "The Qiucao discussion by the Ji-Building brothers is here. It is on that arena that a Jiazi is only performed once."
"So this is it." Yanxuan couldn't help but look around.
"My senior brother Hang Zhuo will be qualified to participate in the Qiucao discussion in a few years," Tang Ping said.
The Qiucao Discussion is a competition between high-level Foundation Establishment disciples. In addition to competing against each other in the ring, it also needs to be verified by the many pill-forming elders present. The probability of these disciples breaking through the core-forming in the future has been determined. Naturally, Those disciples who have great hopes can get more care from the sect, so this Qiucao theory is extremely valued by the foundation-building monks.
Suddenly remembering something, Tang Ping said to several friends:
"One more thing. I heard from my sixth grandfather that Lou Qingyao from Lion Forest is going back. Well, this is good. It will save some trouble in the future."
The news of Qingluan laying eggs in Wuling Sect has spread. Lou Qingyao came here just for this reason. If he can go back, Tang Ping will have one less opponent in the future. Lou Qingyao may not be afraid, but who knows that she is confused It seems that Zong Xi, the biggest dandy among the Five Spirits, has done something, so it is in Tang Ping's interest to go back.
Qian Chao didn't believe it when he heard it, and asked:
"She...will go back? Isn't she...she has a lot of ideas. Will she be willing to go back if she doesn't achieve them?"
"That's not clear. It is said that she was originally going to stay, but after what happened to Jin Zhang in the Lion Forest, Lou Qingyao's elders seemed unwilling to keep her in the Wuling Sect. This time the Lion Forest came The second-in-command has talked with our sect, and Lou Qingyao wants to go back after a hundred years of consecration."
"The mother-in-law is afraid, hehe, no, it's her elders who are afraid. They are worried that she will be caught doing bad things in the future." Lu Pingchuan said.
"That may be the case, or it may be that Shizi Lin doesn't want to cause new trouble with the Wuling Sect because of the disciple, so he wants to take her back," Tang Ping said.
"If she can really go back, we will have one less person to watch out for in the future." Li Jian said.
Today's competition is over, and all the people from these three sects will leave tomorrow. The little dudes have been closely guarded by their respective elders in the Wuling Sect these days, and they have little to do with each other. However, this is not the case for the big dude. Lion Lin and Meng The big dudes from Cailou and the big dudes from the Wuling Sect have been very close since the beginning, especially Lou Qingyao and Zong Xi. The dandies will definitely come and take a look.
Of course, Jing Jie is missing among them.
Among the disciples of Meng Cailou, the figure of Hua Cong, a beautiful man who can be said to be as beautiful as a flower, is also missing. Now Hua Cong is trapped in the cold pool. On the surface, Hua Cong is worried that he will stay. The Wuling Sect had already fled back to Mengcai Tower in advance.
It was not convenient for Zong Xi and Lou Qing Yao to be together on such an occasion, and he also knew the news that Lou Qing Yao would return to the Lion Forest. This made Zong Xi feel extremely bad. He privately begged his elders to go He left Lou Qingyao in Wuling, but was scolded and grounded. Today, after finally begging the elder to let him go, he came here. With a sullen face, Zong Xi picked up a futon and sat in the corner, but his eyes were fixed on Qian Chao and the five people in front of him. Jing Jie's matter was very important to Zong Xi. It was very touching that the character who used to hang out with Zong Xi was one day deposed and became an ordinary person. Although Jing Jie and Zong Xi did not have a close friendship, Zong Xi had no desire to avenge his friend. But Jing Jie and he were of the same kind. In the past, Zong Xi always felt that the people around him were absolutely safe in Wuling Sect. No matter what they did, it was different now. Those five guys could actually make the sect's subordinates Punishing Jing Jie ruthlessly gave Zong Xi a sense of crisis even as he was saddened by the death of the rabbit and the fox. He had not done many evil things in the past, but his hands were not clean either. Who knows whether those five guys would one day take advantage of him? The idea hit him on the head?
While thinking about this, Zong Yi kept staring at the five people, and then he saw the tallest man among the five people suddenly turned back and glared at him. Unexpectedly, Zong Yi lowered his head with some guilt, and then he felt a little guilty. He looked up angrily and looked over again, but the strong man-like guy had already turned back.
Soon everyone who was supposed to come had arrived, and the ring was crowded with people. The person who presided over this centenary ceremony was an elder Xiahou from the Wuling Sect's meeting hall. He stood on the ring casually. After saying a few words, he announced the start of the competition.
The competition of hundreds of years of dedication can be said to be lackluster, even boring.
The remaining three disciples on the stage are all dudes. It’s hard to see how good these people’s methods are, but more than half of them have to be let go. There are not many people left in the Five Spirits Sect, so there is only one elite disciple of the Five Spirits on the stage. Everyone was holding their breath, and after a few face-to-face encounters, they took the initiative to attack the opponent's spells or spiritual weapons, and then pretended to be defeated and fell down the ring. The victors were inexplicably surprised on the ring, thinking that they really had more power. A powerful method, with a look of surprise and pride on his face, while the defeated one could only go back and sit down with anger in his stomach.
Of course, those dudes left behind by the Five Spirits Sect behaved completely differently. Here I want to point out that among the dudes from these three sects, they did not know in advance who would stay and who would return, so when those dudes After the dudes who wanted to stay were defeated twice in a row or knocked out of the ring twice, some people lost their minds, some were dumbfounded, and some burst into tears on the spot, and even ran to the elder who brought them here and hugged their legs. He started begging, and the situation became a bit chaotic.
Among them, Jiang Zhuopu from Lion Forest and He Sinu from Meng Cailou have both been on the stage. Because of the advance discussion, these two people will go back, so they won two games after a real and fake competition in the ring. Then they stepped down as if it was hard to escape. The recent events also scared the courage of these two people. It is only right to leave here quickly.
Next up on stage was Lou Qingyao.
After this beautiful and graceful woman stepped onto the ring, she looked at the Five Spirits disciple who was about to fight with her. The other party had already saluted her, and it was time to take action. The Five Spirits disciple was also ready to pretend to fail.
But Lou Qingyao did not want to leave. Before she took the stage, she had a huge conflict in her heart. Now standing on the stage, she was fighting in her heart. Should she disobey the order and stay in Wuling and continue to fight for Qingluan? Or should she obey the order and return and give up this life? An opportunity that will never come again? These two ideas were fighting back and forth in her mind, while she stood motionless on the stage. Seeing her like this, everyone in the audience became curious and started talking. The five spirit disciples opposite, who were the opponents, were already curious. He looked at her for a while, his lips parting as if he was saying something. Finally, Lou Qingyao heard the person say, "Miss Lou, please enlighten me." Lou Qingyao made up her mind at this time, and she stopped paying attention. The opponent in front of him turned his body towards the place where the elders were watching the competition, saluted solemnly, and then said loudly:
"Qing Yao has practiced the art of controlling spirit beasts since he was a child. After coming to Wuling Sect, because of his lack of skills, he has competed with two Qi refining masters from the Five Spirit Sect's Yuling Sect. The first one was Elder Qiu Huahe. Shangguan Hong, a disciple of Shangguan Hong, was defeated. The second was Tang Ping, a disciple of Fairy Guhuo. The junior was also defeated. He lost twice in a row. Both were witnessed. Even if he could defeat the senior brother in front of him, he must stay in the fifth place. It belongs to the Ling Sect, so it’s not necessary to do this.”
Zong Xi's face suddenly flushed, he was overjoyed! In his opinion, Lou Qingyao was doing this for him, which made his heart pound with the urge of all things competing under the warm wind. As soon as Lou Qingyao finished speaking, he stood up suddenly and said loudly:
"Yes, Miss Lou did compete with those two people and lost both of them. This junior was there to witness it."
Lou Qingyao breathed a sigh of relief, then gave a slight salute to his opponent, and actually walked off the stage directly.
The discussion suddenly started!
Not only were the many disciples of the outer sect in the audience puzzled, why did they insist on staying in Wuling even if they had the chance to go back?
The elders who were watching the competition did not expect that such a change would happen, and they asked and discussed each other with suspicion and confusion.
Especially the elder Shizi Lin who came to Wuling Sect with many disciples, his face turned the color of pig liver all of a sudden, and he was complaining in his heart. Why does this hundred-year tribute always go unexpectedly? First it was Jin Zhang, and now It was Lou Qingyao again, staring at Lou Qingyao who was walking down the stage. He said a few words calmly to the Wuling disciple next to him and hurried over to ask.
Naturally, Tang Ping and the other five were also surprised.
Tang Ping's face turned ugly all of a sudden. Lou Qingyao seemed determined to stay in Wuling Sect and compete with her for Qingluan.
"Sure enough!" Qian Chao said, shaking his head.
"Humph, what am I talking about? This woman deserves a good beating. Sister Tang was too gentle last time!" Lu Pingchuan said.
"She can't stay here if she wants, right?" Yanxuan said.
Everyone discussed for a while, Lou Qingyao argued with the elder of the Lion Forest in a corner of the courtyard, and Zong Xi was also called over by many Five Spirits elders for questioning, and then Tang Ping was called over. During the interrogation, even Shangguan Hong was brought here with a puzzled look on his face, and was also called over for interrogation. After a while, the Lion Forest elder came back with some dejection and had another conversation with the Five Spirits elders. Finally, the discussion Elder Xiahou of the hall stood up and said:
"What Lou Qingyao said just now is indeed true. According to the centuries-old rule of worship, she lost twice in a row and wanted to stay in the Five Spirits Sect. Now this third game... is not necessary!"
