In early April, the Jinding Mountain Fighting Conference officially began.
In the days before the fighting game, the prices of magical weapons, talismans and other things that are conducive to fighting in Jindingshanfang City have all increased. Even so, there are too many people buying them. Fortunately, Li Qingfeng and others have already arrived I had prepared everything that needed to be prepared before, otherwise, I would have definitely been ripped off.
The venue of the conference is located in the north of Jindingshanfang City. It was originally a slightly rugged wasteland. However, in order to show its strength this time, Jinding Sect asked its ancestors to take action and level the rugged wasteland. And five high and wide arenas were built for the monks to use for fighting.
Around the ring, layers of high and low seats have been built. There are slightly separated aisles between the left and right, up and down. The seats are covered with a ceiling, and there is still some open space around them - that is for Prepared by vendors.
When Li Qingfeng and others arrived, the sun had just peeked out from the east, but the arena was already full of people and extremely lively. Some monks were chatting with each other, some were inquiring about the contestants, and some were provocative. Monk traders carrying shoulder poles were walking around, hawking the goods they brought by their throats.
It is obvious that Jinding Sect not only regards this battle as a means to divide the interests of the city, but also regards it as a good opportunity to expand the influence of Jindingshanfang City, and those seats and open spaces for vendors are all important. The person who collects the money can also bring an extra income to Jindingmen, which is really a good thing that kills three birds with one stone.
The competition system of this fighting tournament is very simple. It is basically the same as the Li family competition. That is, the participating monks are divided into multiple groups and play against each other in pairs. The opponents are determined by drawing lots. The losers are eliminated, and the winners are promoted to the next round. The winners are drawn by lots. The monks can know the number on the spot, but the specific competition list will not be announced until the early morning of the next day.
Yesterday, Li Qingfeng took Li Qingqing and three others to draw lots. They already knew that there was nothing for them on the first day. Li Qingqing's competition was scheduled for the second day, and Li Qingzhu and Li Yuming's competitions were both on the third day.
As for Li Qingfeng, he is a foundation-building monk. He does not compete with the Qi-training monks. The competition for foundation-building monks is held in the center of Jindingshanfang City. The same method of drawing lots for promotion is used, but it has not started yet. After it starts, the Jinding Sect will Someone was specially sent to inform him.
When the sun fully rose, a foundation-building monk from the Golden Cauldron Sect flew into the air, using the "Voiceless Curse". He first said a few words of this kind and that, and then without further delay, issued an order to announce the start of the first day's competition.
Following his order, a Jinding Sect monk flew to the side and shouted loudly. The monks whose names were called jumped up to the arena where they were competing, and stood on both sides. The Jinding Sect monk sang. His name exactly corresponds to the competition list announced early this morning. After all ten monks have taken their positions on the stage, the competition will officially begin.
In this first game, Li Qingfeng saw an acquaintance, Zhang Yiming who came with them. The Zhang family received six entries this time, one for foundation building and five for Qi training. According to the Jinding Sect in charge of the draw, The monk said that they would try their best to place the lots in different groups to prevent members of each family from beating their own members. There were a total of five arenas on site, and it was absolutely impossible for the Zhang family to practice qi with a total of five people.
Zhang Yiming has three spiritual root qualifications, and his main spiritual root is gold. He uses the same Modao-type magic weapon as Zhang Pengyi. His opponent comes from a small sect in the south of Jindingmen and practices wood-attribute techniques. His skills, magical weapons, and fighting skills were obviously inferior to Zhang Yiming's, and his own attributes were restrained. Therefore, he only lasted for more than half a cup of tea before Zhang Yiming broke through his defense. He put a knife to his neck and had to bow his head and admit defeat.
Although Zhang Yiming's victory was smooth, it was not so simple in other arenas. Li Qingfeng looked from a distance and saw a reference monk whose stomach was cut open by his opponent's sword. The bloody intestines inside were faintly visible. Although Jinding Men Zhuji took action to save the monk's life, but the smell of blood had spread to the entire field, which seemed to indicate the direction of this battle.
Since the rankings in this fighting tournament not only represent the direct benefits, but also represent each family's future status in Jinding Mountain's collegiality, even if it is only the first day, each competition is quite fierce. Although there are Jinding Sect's The foundation-building monks watched, but the reference monks were injured or even killed.
Faced with this situation, the Jinding Sect did not react much. They just sent a foundation-building monk to come out and say a few words, but there was no other action. Li Qingfeng had to wonder if the Jinding Sect was also there. Take this opportunity to weaken the power of its affiliated forces?
The Li family has been under the rule of the Jinding Sect for a long time. Li Qingfeng is aware of the contradiction between the Jinding Sect and its affiliated forces. In the long run, it is absolutely understandable that the Jinding Sect chooses to weaken the affiliated forces. But the key to the problem is that now Ningzhou The situation in the world of cultivating immortals is in chaos. A large number of foreign monks have poured in, squeezing the living space of local cultivating forces. Under such circumstances, the Jinding Sect still chooses to weaken its own affiliates, and its purpose is questionable.
To be honest, Li Qingfeng didn't know if he really understood the key. In his opinion, this was actually a general issue.
When faced with the squeeze from foreign monks, if the Jinding Sect does not want to sit still and wait for death, there are only two general directions it can choose. One is to unite its affiliates to jointly resist external pressure; the other is to use the pressure of foreign monks to suppress Conflicts between oneself and affiliated forces, integrating and annexing various forces within one's own sphere of influence, thereby taking oneself further.
From this perspective, it is completely understandable that the Jinding Sect relied on Dabi to weaken the affiliated forces - they chose the second path. In this case, those monks from the south are actually potential helpers of the Jinding Sect, and the targets of the Jinding Sect are undoubtedly the various affiliated forces within its sphere of influence.
This also explains why the monks stationed outside the Jinding Sect showed such a slack reaction when supporting - this is in the interests of the Jinding Sect. On the one hand, it can weaken the power of the affiliated forces, and on the other hand, it can reduce the casualties of its own disciples. , you can also get "trophies" legitimately, which is another good strategy that kills three birds with one stone!
But the problem is that Jinding Sect knows how to calculate, but other forces are not fools. As time goes by, someone will always be able to see through Jinding Sect’s purpose. If all the affiliated forces unite together, the worst is that they will break up with you, Jinding Sect, and there will be people around here. There are the Yugui Sect, the Wudao Sect, and the Shi Family. In addition, there are also external forces. To whom should I pay food?
Li Qingfeng believed that the upper echelons of the Jinding Sect would not fail to see this. He had previously thought that the Jinding Sect was generous enough this time and offered so many benefits to win over its families, but from this perspective Look, the actions of the Jinding Sect are not that simple. They may have foreseen the consequences of the alliance of various families, so they took out a lot of benefits and divided them through a fighting game, thereby dividing the many affiliated families that might have united. power.
