Chapter 20: New Disciple Competition
Holding a grand competition for new disciples is a tradition of the Qingxiao Sect.
Although all those who can join Qingxiao Sect have passed the assessment and have good talent and resilience, it is hard to say whether they can become famous in the sect.
Some new disciples may think that they can sit back and relax once they join Qingxiao Sect, thus neglecting their cultivation.
The former sect leader held a grand competition to instill a sense of urgency in the new disciples so that they would not waste their talents.
The leader who took over Qingxiao Sect later thought this method was very good, so he continued to use it until now.
Moreover, this competition is no joke. The result of the competition is related to the chance to enter the Nanshan Secret Realm in the future.
Nanshan Secret Realm is the largest secret realm in the Bixu Realm to which Qingxiao Sect belongs, but Nanshan Secret Realm has strict restrictions on the cultivation level of cultivators. Only cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages are allowed to enter, and it is only opened once every ten years.
Because Qingxiao Sect contributed to the discovery of the Nanshan Secret Realm, it occupied two-tenths of the one thousand places for admission to the secret realm.
However, there are a large number of disciples in Qingxiao Sect, and there are nearly a thousand people with suitable cultivation.
Too many wolves and too little meat will inevitably cause trouble, and will also affect the harmony within the sect. In order to reflect fairness, the sect linked this with the grand competition.
The top 100 contestants of the new disciples' competition are eligible to enter the Nanshan Secret Realm, but if they fail to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage when the secret realm opens, the places will be allocated to other suitable disciples.
If you want to enter the Nanshan Secret Realm again, you have to wait until the next ten years, participate in the secret realm selection with other disciples, and grab the few places available.
It can be said that this competition brings not only temporary glory to the new disciples, but also abundant training resources in the future.
You must know that although there are many immortal sects in the current world of cultivation and all races are prosperous, the resources for cultivation are not abundant.
If you miss the opportunity to enter the Nanshan Secret Realm first, even if you can grab a spot again later, you will always be one step behind your peers.
One step behind, every step behind.
In order to avoid being left behind forever, the new disciples, knowing the importance of this competition, tried their best to strive for a good ranking.
Xie Liuyin himself has good talent and is diligent in his practice.
But there are also many good talents among her batch of new disciples, and they are just as serious in their training.
If Xie Liuyin really wants to win the first place, he will have to work hard.
Knowing Xianyue's expectations of her, Xie Liuyin naturally promised seriously that she would get the first place and make her master Xianyue happy.
Xianyue sneered when he heard this: "You are so confident, but do you know what reward the winner of this competition will get?"
“After all, they are all good things. Naturally, the ones provided by Qingxiao Sect will not be shabby.” Xie Liuyin really didn’t know this.
Naturally, she had participated in a great martial arts competition in her previous life, but at that time, Xie Mingzhu didn't know what she ate and suddenly fell seriously ill.
Ye Chaoyun ordered her sister to stay and take care of her, and not to allow her to participate in the competition.
By the time Xie Mingzhu recovered from his illness, the competition had already passed for many days. Xie Liuyin's relationship with the group of new disciples was not good to begin with, so naturally he had no connections to inquire about the prize for the champion.
Xianyue said, "The reward given by the sect master this year is to enter the sword washing pool and find a magic sword for yourself!"
After hearing these short sentences, Xie Liuyin immediately straightened up and leaned closer to Xianyue.
But the next second, she was pushed away by her cheap master with a fan.
"Don't get so close to me, Master. Sit down and talk!"
Xie Liuyin immediately sat up straighter: "Master, are you serious? The reward for the first place is really to enter the Sword Washing Pool to find the sword?"
"The Sect Master has spoken personally, how could it be false?" Xianyue raised her eyebrows slightly, "But don't be too happy too soon. Not to mention whether you have the ability to win first place, the spirit swords in the sword washing pool have already developed spiritual consciousness and are very temperamental."
"If you don't get their approval, even if you can enter the Sword Washing Pool, don't even think about bringing out any sword."
This was true, but Xie Liuyin did not feel lost because of it.
As early as when she knew about the existence of the Sword Washing Pool, she was already aware of the rules there.
Qingxiao Sect is a large sect. The founder of the sect was a sword cultivator. Although the sect has absorbed many talents, it has gradually stopped focusing on teaching sword cultivators.
However, the Qingxiao Sect's habit of collecting spirit swords has remained. Until now, the number of spirit swords in the sect is astonishingly large. For this reason, a sword-washing pool has been specially designated in the back mountain and handed over to the second elder who is a sword cultivator to look after.
The Sword Washing Pool is a place with abundant spiritual energy, and spiritual consciousness has been constantly given birth to spiritual swords over the years.
All cultivators know that once a spiritual sword develops spiritual consciousness, it is very likely to give birth to a sword spirit in the future.
Such a spiritual sword is extremely precious and not just anyone can use it after picking it up.
Over the years since the Sword Washing Pool was formed, many disciples of the Qingxiao Sect have been blessed and can go there to find a spiritual sword that suits them.
However, nine out of ten people who go in will come out empty-handed, as these extremely picky spirit swords are unwilling to choose their masters easily.
But even though he knew it was very difficult to be recognized as the master by the spirit sword, Xie Liuyin still couldn't help but feel excited.
After all, is there any sword cultivator in this world who doesn't want to encounter a sword with spiritual consciousness?
Seeing the eagerness in Xie Liuyin's eyes, Xianyue stopped trying to discourage her: "Since you want to have your own spirit sword so much, then you should continue to work hard on your training. The opportunity is already in front of you. It depends on you whether you can seize it or not."
"Disciple knows. Thank you Master for reminding me!" Xie Liuyin suppressed the excitement in his heart, bowed to Xianyue, and hurriedly left his room.
But this time she didn't rush to practice sword. Instead, she followed Xianyue's instructions and went to the library to find suitable body movements and footwork first.
There are quite a few of these two types of skills, but their quality is not very high.
Xie Liuyin searched for a long time before finding two suitable earth-level martial arts books.
One of the footwork techniques is called "Ghost Shadow Searching", and the other is called "Wind Without Trace".
Although the name is a bit old-fashioned, you can tell it is a good thing just by looking at the grade.
Xie Liuyin took them back and asked Xianyue to help look at them. These two books of exercises did not have too many restrictions on practitioners. If they could practice well, they could at least be used until the Spirit Transformation Stage.
With Xianyue's affirmation, Xie Liuyin no longer wasted time. She only had one month to prepare for the competition.
If he fails to improve his cultivation and learn the two techniques before then, Xie Liuyin's chances of winning will be greatly reduced.
For the sake of her dream sword, she must not lose this time!
Xie Liuyin was actively preparing for the upcoming competition, while Xie Mingzhu, who was being taught by Ye Chaoyun, was obviously not focusing on his cultivation.
It was another quiet night. Xie Mingzhu quietly ran to the back mountain, but did not see the familiar figure in the cave.
She couldn't help but feel strange. Didn't he say he would help her get the wooden bracelet back? Why had the little fox disappeared for so many days after running away?
For some reason, Xie Mingzhu felt a little uneasy.
She frowned and was already planning to find an opportunity to go to Sun Peak for a look.
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