The next day, Qingkong Mountain.
Four hundred contestants stood in the same square, and the combination of young faces and powerful aura finally gave the competition that was about to start a different atmosphere, tense and solemn.
Mu Qing and Murong Jing arrived a little late. They were standing at the back of the square. They were not eye-catching at first. However, there was Zhu Hongyan beside them, so a half-foot-wide no-man's area was left around them, making them stand out.
Mu Qing listened to the discussion around him, frowned slightly, and said, "You should stand at the front."
"Standing with Zhu Xingqiu?" Zhu Hongyan asked, shook his head, casually used a shielding technique, and asked: "I didn't wait for you to come back last night, what did old Zhu Zong do to see my sister?"
Just as Murong Jing was about to speak, the crowd in front of the three people suddenly separated. Zhu Xingqiu led a group of young men and women with extraordinary auras over. The eyes of these people swept past Mu Qing and all stopped on Murong Jing.
Mu Qing's eyes darkened slightly and looked at Zhu Xingqiu.
Zhu Xingqiu smiled apologetically, and the young man next to him who looked somewhat similar to him already asked aloud: "Is this our eldest sister?"
The crowd around him fell silent for a moment, then burst into noisy discussions the next moment.
Zhu Hongyan frowned, walked up to the young man who spoke, and stared at him calmly.
Zhu Xuefeng took half a step back, with a smile on his face: "Sister Hongyan, the old Zhu Zong has never summoned us, but he met the person behind you last night. We even heard that she is your biological sister."
"If it's true, considering her age, she should be the eldest sister of our generation, so we should naturally recognize her as soon as possible."
Zhu Hongyan looked at Zhu Xingqiu, "Do you want to stir up trouble now?"
Zhu Xuefeng, like the Zhu Hao brothers and sisters, do not need to participate in the competition at Jingkong Mountain and should not appear in the square.
Zhu Xingqiu looked helpless, "Xuefeng and the others can access this information themselves. I don't know that they will come from Gale Mountain."
Zhu Xuefeng also said: "Sister Hongyan, there is no need to misunderstand my cousin. Zhu Zong took the two of them to Yuri Mountain last night, and many people saw it."
Zhu Hongyan snorted coldly, returned to Murong Jing and said, "She is just my sister and has nothing to do with you. Get away as far as you want."
The expression on Zhu Xuefeng's face was a little ugly. He glanced at the contestants around him and said in a low voice: "If it was our eldest sister, we younger brothers and sisters should have come here earlier. If not, we should have figured it out."
"I heard that Old Zhu Zong intended to give her the Star Sand Flame. I wonder if this is true or not?"
The discussion in the square instantly boiled.
It is now the second stage of the Three Mountains Trial. Everyone has heard that the reward for first place is the Star Sand Flame, but is it going to be given away directly?
Even Zhu Hongyan was stunned. She waited too late last night. She had not waited for Murong Jing to speak just now, so she was silent for a while.
Seeing Zhu Hongyan's expression, others thought it was true. Their gazes towards Murong Jing became more and more obscure, hiding dissatisfaction and hostility.
Mu Qing had been standing next to Murong Jing. Hearing this, he was sure that Zhu Xuefeng and others did not know what happened last night. They were probably sent here to deliberately test and stir up trouble. He looked at each other with Murong Jing and simply said: "I want to If you know whether it is true or not, go to Yuri Mountain and ask the old man face to face, why are you making such noise here?"
When Zhu Xuefeng saw Mu Qing talking to him, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Who are you?"
Mu Qing said: "I am just a contestant like everyone else standing in the square. Of course, I also have others around me."
Mu Qing said, holding Murong Jing's hand generously.
Zhu Hongyan originally wanted to save the two of them, but when he saw this scene, he rolled his eyes slightly and simply added fuel to the fire: "Zhu Xuefeng, the children of the Zhu family have the right to choose their opponents. You might as well choose him in the next round. After all, you can only A little worse than your elder brother."
Zhu Xuefeng's expression fell slightly. He knew Mu Qing's identity before he came, so he simply didn't answer Zhu Hongyan's words. He just looked at Murong Jing, forced a smile and asked, "I wonder if Fellow Taoist Zhe Jing is our eldest sister? "
The word "Zhe Jing" was bitten very hard.
Murong Jing calmly felt the accumulated hostility and said calmly: "Hongyan and I are biological sisters, but it has nothing to do with you people."
"Ha." Zhu Xuefeng smiled and said jokingly: "How can it be irrelevant? Since we are members of the Zhu family, we should be close to each other as peers. Could it be that the eldest sister only wants to recognize the head of the family and does not want to recognize us younger brothers and sisters."
Murong Jing thought of the figure who had not appeared so far, and said expressionlessly: "I have nothing to do with the Zhu Family Master. I am just a contestant like everyone else."
Zhu Xuefeng's expression was startled, as if he didn't expect Murong Jing to answer like this at all, and subconsciously looked at Zhu Xingqiu.
Zhu Xingqiu ignored him.
Mu Qing walked up to Zhu Xuefeng and patted him on the shoulder, "Jing'er doesn't want to recognize you relatives, but I am willing to recognize them. Now call me brother-in-law."
Zhu Xuefeng was furious and was about to wave Mu Qing's arm away, but was horrified to find that it had not moved at all.
He is actually in the early stage of mortal transformation, second only to Zhu Xingqiu and Zhu Hongyan among the younger generation of the Zhu family. If he wants to suppress him so lightly, even Zhu Xingqiu next to him cannot do it. Does this person in front of him really have the strength rumored?
With this thought flashing through his mind, Zhu Xuefeng moved his lips and was about to say something nice, but Mu Qing had already retracted his hand and said with regret: "Since you didn't come with sincerity, why waste everyone's time?"
"I……"
"It's okay. Hong Yan is right. We still have a chance to get close."
Zhu Xuefeng led a group of people and left the square dejectedly.
Zhu Hongyan looked at Zhu Xingqiu with evil eyes and sneered: "You know my sister's attitude towards the Zhu family, but you still brought someone here to test it. Why are you so afraid of her coming back?"
Zhu Xingqiu smiled bitterly. How could he change what the elders had decided? However, Murong Jing's attitude in front of so many people was enough to deny the elders' speculation.
It is absolutely impossible for Murong Jing to obtain the inheritance from the old Zhu Zong.
…
In the second stage of the competition, 400 people have to eliminate 300 people. It is not a one-on-one competition, but entering a secret realm in the back mountain for a free elimination match.
Participants can form a team or act alone. As long as they reach the finish line in the top 100, they can enter the next stage.
The strength of Mu Qing and the other two people was already at the forefront, and they were afraid of avoiding the contestants they met along the way. However, there were several unavoidable formations on the way that were quite difficult to solve, so they had no choice but to forcefully break them. Even though it took some time, I was still the first to reach the finish line.
After spending most of the day, they waited until the 100th place reached the finish line and the end of this stage of the competition.
After leaving the secret realm, the surrounding chatter came over.
"They must have gotten to the finish line so quickly because of Miss Hongyan's influence. Only those with strange fires can unravel those formations the fastest."
When Mu Qing heard these discussions, he smiled rarely and glanced at Zhu Hongyan.
Zhu Hongyan looked a little ugly and explained: "I am a sword cultivator, and I don't understand the battle method."
"But they are right. If you refine your mental technique to a small level, you may not need to force it open."
"elder sister!"
…
The three hundred people who failed to break through the level will stay in Jingkong Mountain, while Mu Qing and the hundred people will go directly to Gale Mountain through the teleportation formation.
Before the teleportation formation, Zhu Boyuan came to Murong Jing's side. Zhu Hongyan sneered: "Is Uncle Boyuan coming to explain?"
Zhu Boyuan was in charge of this three-mountain trial. He had seen what happened in the square before, but did not come forward. At this time, he was quite helpless and explained: "This is actually a test by the elders."
Zhu Hongyan frowned: "What are you trying to test?"
Zhu Boyuan replied: "The elders speculate that the old Zhu Zong may have taken a fancy to Xiaojing and will choose her as his successor. If this is true, then this matter is even more important than the Three Mountains Trial."
"Although it is her business to choose the successor of the old Zhu Zong, it has a great influence on the Zhu family after all. The elders also want to know Xiaojing's attitude."
"If Xiao Jing has no intention of accepting the inheritance of the old Zhu Sect, then the elders plan to suggest to the old Zhu Sect that they give Xiao Jing one of the other unknown fires."
"If Xiaojing is interested, then he needs to pass the test of the elders, but now it seems that this is no longer possible."
Mu Qing's heart moved slightly.
Zhu Boyuan spoke cryptically, but he was actually saying that when Murong Jing showed that she was not from the Zhu family, she failed the test.
However, Murong Jing had no intention of staying in the Zhu family. This was at best a game between Zhu Jiyuan and Zhu Tiexin.
After Zhu Boyuan said this, there was a hint of worry on his face, and he said: "Old Zhu Zong's situation is getting worse and worse, and Manzhi is still unable to support Zhu Zong's responsibilities, so everyone is extremely concerned about old Zhu Zong's recent movements. But few people really care about Lao Zhuzong."
"Xiao Jing, you have seen her. How is she now?"
Murong Jing looked at Zhu Boyuan and thought of his relationship with Zhu Jiyuan. She suddenly felt sad for the haggard old man and said, "She is not good."
Zhu Boyuan felt the scrutiny in Murong Jing's eyes and moved his lips. He wanted to explain something but finally gave up. Before leaving, he sighed: "Although A Yao's ending is inseparable from her attitude, she is the most important person in the Zhu family." Someone who does things according to the rules.”
"If she is fine now, she must not be like this."
Mu Qing looked at Zhu Boyuan's desolate figure as he left, feeling a little worried in his heart.
Zhu Boyuan should know something, but he couldn't reveal it. In his opinion, Zhu Jiyuan was most likely to take action first.
…
In the quiet and dark room of Gale Mountain, several figures sat cross-legged, like sculptures.
Suddenly, a tall figure with the aura of a leader walked in and said: "This young man has successfully passed the competition on Qingkong Mountain. You have to ensure that he successfully enters the top ten."
Zhou Qian slowly opened his eyes and said, "As long as he doesn't meet Mu Qing, he will definitely be able to walk in front of Zhu Tiexin."
Zhu Jiyuan nodded slightly, took out a few identity tokens, and said, "There are many people and you only have one hour."
"enough."
