Chapter 100: Waiting for you to become so confident in my strength...
Mu Fuyun stood at the edge of the stage, meeting Cang Yan's gaze from a long distance.
Thanks to the monk's extraordinary eyesight, she, who was already in the Nascent Soul stage, could clearly see the half-smile and incomprehensible expression on his feminine face.
Was it really Qi Yuanbai who invited him?
She frowned, feeling something was not right.
Outsiders may not know this, but she knows that there is not much personal relationship between Qi Yuanbai and Cang Yan. It has always been only because of Mu Fuyue's existence that Tianyan and Demon Realm appear to have a close relationship in front of outsiders.
This matter must be related to Mu Fuyue. Thinking of the conspiracy between her and Chen Tian, Mu Fuyue couldn't help but guess that Cang Yan might have been invited to serve as a backer for her sister. After all, Chu Ye and Song Xinghe were not very reliable recently.
She couldn't help but look into the crowd.
In the stands belonging to the disciples of Taiqing Peak in the distance, Xu Lian, despite being injured, was supported by Zhou Su and sat in a seat in the front row, looking towards her.
Their eyes met in mid-air.
For some reason, after blocking the thunder disaster a few days ago, Mu Fuyun had a subtle change of heart towards Xu Lian.
That day, Xu Lian blocked the thunder for her and was injured. To a certain extent, the new and old grudges were evened out.
Just in that instant of eye contact, the two of them understood each other tacitly, reached some kind of tacit understanding, and then quickly turned their eyes away.
"Why aren't you continuing?" There was no movement on the stage for a while. Cang Yan spoke slowly, looking at Instructor Shen, who was still stunned and hadn't recovered yet. "But I came too suddenly and disrupted the progress of the ceremony?"
Instructor Shen froze for a moment, quickly shook his head and said "How could that be", then cleared his throat and continued what he had just been interrupted.
"Nascent Soul disciple, the only direct disciple of Tianyan Sect's Lingshan Taoist Master Xie Hanyi, Mu Fuyun!"
Mu Fuyun also continued walking and came to Zhan Yao's side.
Zhan Yao glanced at her sideways and sent her a message with an expressionless face.
"This is Tianyan."
Just one sentence, five words.
Mu Fuyun straightened his back, without looking at her, and sent her a message.
"Thank you very much."
After the Nascent Soul disciples, there are several disciples above the Spirit Transformation stage.
In this generation, there are still few disciples who have reached the level of Spirit Transformation and above. Excluding those who did not participate in the Dharma Assembly for various reasons and concerns, those who came on stage this time could not even fill up the quota for the competition. Therefore, it ended very quickly.
Everyone came down from the trial platform and returned to the nearest stands prepared for them to watch the game.
The competition starts from the Jindan stage. Nine people from each realm are divided into three groups. Each group has one disciple from each of the three major sects, and one group competes per day.
Mu Fuyun waited patiently on the side, watching the competition on the stage with everyone else.
As the first group of competition in this Dharma Assembly, the Jindan stage disciples' sword moves were not very lethal and were somewhat restrained at the beginning, but soon the three disciples found their state of competition. The battle became increasingly intense, and the atmosphere of the entire trial platform became heated.
Finally, the competition among the first group of Jindan stage disciples ended with two disciples from Taixu Sect and Wuding Sect advancing, and the disciple from Tianyan was eliminated.
Tian Yan's disciple happened to be the senior brother from Ziyun Peak.
He was upset that he did not seize the opportunity and was eliminated in the first round because of a single move, and he was also worried about Tian Yan's performance in the upcoming battle.
As soon as he got off the stage, he didn't even bother to review his own competition. Instead, he walked around to Mu Fuyun and patted her shoulder earnestly.
"Junior Sister Mu, I'm sorry I didn't give you a good start. Try your best and don't be affected by my mistakes."
According to the results of the Yuanying disciples' previous draw, the first group of Tianyan disciples to compete today are Mu Fuyun and Song Xinghe.
The disciples of Taixu Sect and Wuding Sect are Liang Huailian and Xu Qinyi.
Mu Fuyun looked around and saw that Liang Huailian was eager to try. He held the sword in one hand and clenched a fist with the other, jumping on the spot and twisting his neck from time to time. Xu Qinyi of Wuding Sect stood beside him and carefully wiped his sword.
"That 'Zhenwu Sword' was also made by a famous master," Xu Huaiyan's voice came from the side, "but it's probably still inferior to your Hengyu Sword."
At some point, Xu Huaiyan, Hongying, Xiao Yan and others had come down from the stands and quietly came to Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao.
Mu Fuyun looked back at them, nodded, and said to the senior brother from Ziyun Peak, "Don't worry, senior brother. I can't guarantee that I will win, but I will definitely try my best."
The senior brother seemed to be a very passionate person. Seeing this, his face turned red and his chest heaved. He clenched his fist and nodded at her vigorously, then patted Zhan Yao's shoulder before going down to rest.
"Huai Yan, how do you know he is using the Zhenwu Sword?" Hong Ying was careful and quickly discovered the problem.
Several people looked at Xu Huaiyan.
He smiled and said a little embarrassedly: "Well, he is also my distant cousin, but he is a direct descendant of the family, and I am from a side branch, so we don't interact much on a daily basis."
Only then did everyone realize that they both had the surname Xu.
"No wonder you said you weren't in a hurry to find out about Xu Qinyi!" Xiao Yan suddenly realized something and waved towards Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao, signaling them to come closer. "Time is tight, so we didn't have time to gather too much information. We just briefly inquired about the situation of these Nascent Soul disciples."
Since Mu Fuyun was going to compete first, Xu Huaiyan focused on talking about Xu Qinyi's characteristics.
"My cousin is known in this generation of our family for his steady temperament and mature mind, and his swordsmanship is also the same. Junior Sister Mu, when you face him, you may have to change your tactics. It may not be easy to find his weaknesses in such a short time."
"Why not try using spiritual fire!" Zhao Yueyue suggested to her, "Whether it has any offensive power or not, at least it will catch the enemy by surprise!"
Mu Fuyun is a player who advanced temporarily. Apart from receiving some attention in Tianyan recently, he has always been unknown and very unfamiliar to most opponents.
"That makes sense." Yu Cen agreed.
After talking about Xu Qinyi, the first competition in the Nascent Soul stage has begun. Liang Huailian and Xu Qinyi took the lead. Because of Liang Huailian's flamboyant personality, even though her realm was only in the early Nascent Soul stage, she did not restrain her aggressiveness at all, so the battle became very intense from the start.
Several people analyzed the remaining disciples of Taixu Sect and Wuding Sect one by one.
Mu Fuyun listened and carefully observed the situation on the field.
The competition was a round-robin format, with the worst performer among the four being eliminated. The next two matches were against Xu Qinyi and Song Xinghe, respectively, so she really needed to check out her opponents beforehand.
As Xu Huaiyan said, Xu Qinyi's moves were steady and flawless, completely different from the disciples below the Jindan level she had seen in Tianyan before, who could still find loopholes and shortcomings.
Such an opponent should be on par with the current level of the ice sword that Xie Hanyi left in the lake to practice sword with her.
Her mind calmed down, and she displayed the same attitude as when she was still in Yuya Mountain, when the more difficult the challenge, the more she wanted to challenge and overcome it, and prepared to face the next opponent.
The competition on the stage was in full swing. Liang Huailian did not spare her spiritual power and used powerful moves one after another. Her posture was exactly the same as her father's when he scattered spiritual stones like they were free.
The entire trial platform was shaking because of Liang Huailian's tirelessness. The stones on the platform were cracked and splashed from time to time by the sword intent, which forced the referee Shen to pay attention at all times.
In order to maintain the demeanor of Instructor Tian Yan, he could not hide and could only use his spiritual power to block the oncoming debris.
The disciples in the stands were even more excited.
"As expected of Liang Huailian!"
"Most people can't withstand this kind of fighting style."
"She doesn't seem to care about the difference in realm at all. Xu Qinyi is in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, one level higher than her!"
"Xu Qinyi is quite formidable. Even with Liang Huailian pressing him so hard, he still managed to remain calm."
Mu Fuyun heard this and couldn't help but nod.
She realized that the reason why Xu Qinyi had been holding back and not confronting Liang Huailian head-on was not only because of her usual style of protracted warfare, but also to accumulate strength for the next competition with her.
Every participating disciple has to go through two consecutive matches.
This is a good thing for her.
The more spiritual power Liang Huailian consumes from Xu Qinyi, the greater her chances of winning.
"Liang Huailian will lose." Zhan Yao's voice rang in her ears, still cold and indifferent, with a hint of sharpness, "But you will win the next game."
Mu Fuyun raised his eyebrows and glanced at her expressionless profile.
Zhan Yao has changed. If it were in the past, she would have used her usual, merciless warning tone to let her consider her own level and not let her down in the competition.
"When did you become so confident in my ability?" Mu Fuyun couldn't help but ask.
Zhan Yao's face darkened, and he turned and left without even looking at her.
Two moments later, Liang Huailian was gradually exhausted by Xu Qinyi. Seeing that he could no longer maintain the upper hand, he simply took a gamble and used his last ruthless move to stab Xu Qinyi in the vitals.
Xu Qinyi had been retreating again and again, and knew that he could not dodge anymore, so he had to grit his teeth and go forward.
His spiritual power was still abundant, but he was not used to using fierce killing moves. Facing Liang Huailian's undiminished and indomitable momentum, he did not show an overwhelming advantage.
Two powerful sword intentions collided in the wind on the trial stage, making a huge noise. Both of them were affected by the rebound force and felt a pain in their chests almost at the same time.
Xu Qinyi knew that this was the decisive moment, and he quickly held back the fishy sweetness rising in his throat. He struggled to break through the oppressive circle formed by the sword intent that had not yet dissipated in front of him, and attacked Liang Huailian with all his might.
Liang Huailian naturally did not want to fall behind, but she was one step too late. Xu Qinyi's sword was in front of her, easily breaking through her defense and hanging on her neck.
"In this match, Xu Qinyi of the Wuding Sect wins."
"The next match will be between Xu Qinyi of the Wuding Sect and Mu Fuyun of the Tianyan Sect."
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