Tianyang Sect’s ten-year competition actually does not only exist in Tianyang Sect. On the entire Fengluan Continent, almost all human cultivating sects will arrange a ten-year competition.
This is mainly because there is a Qinggu secret realm on Fengluan Continent. This secret realm is filled with treasures of heaven and earth, and the level of the guardian monsters inside is relatively low. However, this ancient secret realm can only be opened once every ten years, and only monks in the Qi training period can enter.
At the same time, the number of people who can enter this ancient secret realm at a time is also fixed. If enough people enter, the barrier there will automatically close, and no more people can enter.
Therefore, the various immortal cultivating sects on the Fengluan Continent negotiated together through the Immortal Cultivation Alliance of Fengluan Continent, and finally determined the specific number of people each sect could enter the Qinggu Secret Realm at a time based on the sect's star rating.
As for Tianyang Sect, it is a sect that has not even joined the Nine Star Sect, so there are only four places that can enter the Qinggu Secret Realm at a time. Other sects with nine stars or above have relatively more places to enter the Qinggu Secret Realm.
Even if there are a few more places for star sects, they are still a minority after all. The disciples in the Qi training period of each sect are the largest number of subjects and account for the largest proportion. Even Tianyang Sect has eight or nine hundred disciples, let alone other star-rated sects.
Therefore, the ten-year competition has become a routine for all major sects. Only through sect competitions to select the best disciples and enter the secret realm can they bring back more heavenly materials, earthly treasures and other resources to the sect.
The auditions for Tianyang Sect’s ten-year competition soon kicked off with great fanfare.
After entering July, Tianyang Sect arranged several arenas on each peak. Then the leader of each peak will take charge and conduct the audition.
Eventually, before the end of the year, the eight most powerful disciples on each peak will be selected to participate in the overall sect competition later in the year.
At each peak, whether they are inner disciples or outer disciples, almost all disciples in the Qi training period have signed up. The day before each competition, lots are drawn to determine the next day's ring opponent.
There are only about twenty inner disciples in Kaiyang Peak, and the remaining two hundred or so are all outer disciples. As for the outer disciples, their general cultivation is below the third level of Qi training. Xiao Ding relied on the fourth level of Qi training, and it was his turn to fight once in a few days, so there was not much pressure. As long as he doesn't encounter the inner disciples, he can definitely win.
During this period, Xiaoding used the cinnabar pens, talisman paper and other items he exchanged to start practicing the talisman technique again.
Not to mention, after mastering the theory, he tried many times to draw the talisman, and finally mastered the technique of drawing the talisman. Successfully drew several invisibility talismans, wall-penetrating talisman, diamond talisman, light body talisman, etc.
It turns out that when drawing a magic talisman, in addition to using kung fu to input mana onto the talisman paper according to the lines of the runes, you also need to enter a command that can be used as a fuse to detonate the talisman. In this way, when using the magic talisman, you only need to throw the magic talisman and recite the command at the same time to activate the magic talisman and release the mana in the magic talisman instantly.
In order to be more convenient and quick when using the talisman, Xiao Ding set the commands of each talisman to one word: "Kill!".
At the same time, he also changed all the orders for the release of the spiritual talismans that he had previously redeemed with points to "Kill!".
In this way, when he uses these talismans of his in the future, he only needs to say the word "kill" in his mouth after offering the talisman to detonate the talisman.
This one-word edict is much simpler and more practical than other people's incantations such as "The Supreme Lord is as urgent as the law".
The Kaiyang Peak auditions are still in full swing.
The competition system adopts an elimination system. Those who win can continue to participate, while those who lose will have no chance. Therefore, in this way, the element of luck is also very important.
For example, if your opponent in drawing lots is an outer sect disciple, then everyone's strength is about the same, and the probability of winning will be higher; if you are unlucky, and your opponent in drawing lots is an inner sect disciple, and their strength is very different, then you will lose. The probability of getting it is more.
Fortunately, Xiao Ding's luck has always been very good. Most of the opponents he draws are outer disciples. With his strength, he is more outstanding among the outer disciples.
Only once or twice did he draw the opponent of the inner disciple. However, the inner disciple he drew was a new disciple who had just joined the Yuheng Zhenren's sect. His cultivation was still shallow, so he was still no match for Xiao Ding. .
Although Xiao Ding's cultivation level is not high, he has experienced hundreds of battles and experienced countless life and death fights. When it comes to fighting experience, he is not inferior to anyone.
At the same time, Xiao Ding has a calm and wise mind, strong adaptability, and many crooked ideas in his mind. Even if he fights against people of the same level as him, the opponent may not be able to defeat Xiao Ding.
So Xiao Ding went all the way and competed in the auditions for more than three months without losing a single game.
Li Tianliang, Deng Feng, and Shan Tong, who shared the same dormitory with Xiao Ding, were defeated one after another and lost the chance to continue the competition.
Li Tianliang is currently at the third level of Qi training. Among the outer disciples, he can be regarded as an above-average level. Generally speaking, he will not lose easily. However, his luck is not as good as Xiao Ding. After a few rounds of competition, they drew lots and selected the inner disciple, who was also one of Qin Taibao's followers.
That man was at the sixth level of Qi training. Because of Qin Taibao's relationship, he also disliked Li Tianliang, so when the two of them were fighting, he was not polite to Li Tianliang at all.
Although Deng Feng and Shan Tong took the low-grade Sheng Yuan Dan sold to them by Xiao Ding and forcibly raised their cultivation to the second level of Qi training, their foundations were still unstable and their actual skills were still not very high. Coupled with bad luck, at the beginning, two other followers of Qin Taibao were drawn, one with a fifth-level Qi cultivation level and the other with a sixth-level Qi cultivation level. He was knocked off the stage directly by the two followers.
So, these three people spent the whole day in front of Xiao Ding, asking Xiao Ding to work harder and avenge the three of them.
After Xiao Ding's hard training in the past few months, his skills have been stabilized and are slowly improving. Although the magnitude is not large, it is still there.
At least his Talisman Technique has been significantly improved. He is already the best at Sacrifice Refining Technique, so there is not much room for improvement. The slowest progress is still the control of fire and control of water. At present, he can still only use the spiritual power in his body to condense a tiny flame and a small drop of water.
However, his physical strength has improved significantly. Just like the small flames condensed on his hands, they can jump freely on his hands without burning his skin.
In September, the outer disciples of Kaiyang Peak, besides fighting every day, also carried out a large-scale autumn harvest operation. In the spring, all the crops grown in the sect's fields were harvested and returned to the warehouse.
Every outer disciple also earned a lot of points for their hard work.
Xiaoding still used his points to redeem a lot of rice and wheat flour and stored them in his jade pendant space.
In the following days, although the sect will arrange some outer disciples to do things such as removing rice husks. You can earn some points by doing chores like grinding wheat flour. But Xiao Ding didn't answer anything.
He needs more time to practice. For him, the points are enough to feed him, and he doesn't need to save too much. What's more, in the past few months, he went to Luoyang Peak to refine elixirs once again, and got dozens of low-grade spiritual energy pills and low-grade Huiyuan pills. The number of middle-grade spiritual energy pills and middle-grade Huiyuan pills refined this time was two more than the first time.
He still sold all the low-grade elixirs, either in exchange for points or spiritual stones, and kept the mid-grade elixirs for his own use.
As winter approaches, the weather gradually becomes colder.
Su Lanlan sewed another cotton robe for Xiao Ding. At the same time, she also brought two pieces of news to Xiao Ding, one good and one bad.
The good news is that Su Lanlan has made new breakthroughs in her martial arts in the past few months. She has reached the third level of Qi training and is only one step away from catching up with Xiao Ding. Moreover, she learned all the little spells that Xiao Ding taught her one by one, and achieved varying degrees of breakthroughs.
The bad news is that in the audition at Hengyang Peak, she was drawn by the senior sister Cheng Yaowei. As a result, she was defeated by the senior sister. Lost the opportunity to continue competing after the year.
After entering December, the auditions for Kaiyangfeng Xiaoding have also entered a fever pitch. This time Xiao Ding was not lucky again. The opponent he drew was one of Qin Taibao's four followers.
This man's name is Zuo Zhongzhi. He is at the fifth level of Qi training. He has already learned the art of sword control and is somewhat higher than Xiao Ding's cultivation level.
When he learned that his opponent in the next competition was Xiao Ding, he couldn't help but show a proud look on his face.
However, because the four of them and Qin Taibao were all corroded and disfigured by the venom of the red-backed centipede from Soul Burial Mountain that time, the proud look on his face actually looked particularly hideous and ugly.
He looked towards Xiao Ding from a distance and saw that Xiao Ding was also looking in his direction. So, he immediately raised the middle finger of his right hand towards Xiao Ding, then turned the back of his hand and pointed the middle finger downward. .
This was a very obvious provocation. Xiao Ding just turned a blind eye and knew that this guy's cultivation level was higher than his own. It's just that he doesn't know how much stronger the other party can be than himself.
It seemed that he had finally encountered a hard nut. Whether he could crack this hard nut, he had no idea at all.
Therefore, he didn't care at all about the other party's provocation. What he was thinking in his heart was:
How should we defeat this arrogant guy in the next game?
