Chapter 79: My bad mouth is missing!
Just like the outer sect assessment not long ago, the disciples had already gathered in the stands near the trial platform, waiting for the competition to begin.
The only difference is that this time there are many more people participating in the competition than last time, but there are far fewer people spectating.
Fortunately, all outer disciples were allowed to come and watch the game, so there was no situation where there were more participants than spectators.
Almost as soon as Mu Fuyun appeared, Xu Huaiyan and others discovered her, and quickly swarmed around her, escorting her to the trial platform and to the place where she was with Zhan Yao. Then, they began to chatter and give instructions to the two of them.
"Have you used the Green Scrophulariaceae?"
"Is your spiritual power still full?"
"Don't try too hard at the beginning. You have to win ten games."
"There are over 200 brothers and sisters participating in the internal selection, among whom there are over 100 in the Golden Core stage, most of whom are in the late Golden Core stage, and there are also quite a few who are just one step away from forming an infant."
"Winning ten rounds in one day in this kind of round-robin style isn't easy!"
"And you have to be among the first thirty to win ten games."
——From everyone's chatter, Mu Fuyun had already figured out the rules of the first day's competition before he had time to read the stone tablet.
Xu Huaiyan even pulled out two dozen thick sheets of paper from his mustard seed bag. "This is the information I've gathered over the past two weeks, after asking around. It contains the battle records of all the Jindan-stage participants over the past two years. Give each of you a copy."
Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao couldn't help but look at each other, and saw shock in each other's eyes. They didn't know that Xu Huaiyan had done this.
"I wanted to give it to you earlier, but I didn't finish it until yesterday." Xu Huaiyan touched his head a little embarrassedly.
Hongying and Xiao Yan immediately jumped out and took Xu Huaiyan's booklet for them.
"I know you two probably don't have time to read it, so we'll translate it for you when you go on stage."
Zhan Yao maintained an expressionless look, trying her best not to let a single crack appear on her face.
Mu Fuyun couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Senior Brother Xu, you are worthy of being me."
Of course we should accept everyone's kindness, which is strange but friendly.
At this time, most of the disciples who wanted to participate in the internal selection had arrived, and the elders from each peak also came to the viewing platform surrounded by the disciples and took charge.
Mu Fuyun looked around and saw Chu Ye and Song Xinghe standing with Yun Ni and others in the distance.
Chu Ye has now reached the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. He originally did not want to participate in this Dharma Assembly, but because his other two junior brothers and sisters in the Spirit Transformation Realm are in seclusion, if he does not participate, Tianyan will be left with no one, so he decided to participate.
If there are few people, there is no need to go through the internal selection stage.
As for Song Xinghe, he had just entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul not long ago, and he would participate in the internal selection of the Nascent Soul stage with Yun Ni.
The two of them stood not far away, talking to a few people nearby while also keeping an eye on Mu Fuyun.
Three gazes crossed in the air.
Mu Fuyun did not stop at all, but continued to scan the surroundings.
The leader Qi Yuanbai didn't come.
Although he didn't often appear in front of his disciples, he would show up at least once on such occasions, but he didn't come today.
She couldn't help but recall that when she was talking to some classmates a few days ago, they mentioned that the master's health seemed to be getting more and more unstable in the past year or two, and he often had to go into seclusion to recuperate.
I don’t know what happened.
After a while, Instructor Shen, who was in charge of this internal selection, appeared on the trial platform. The huge circular trial platform, which could originally accommodate hundreds of people at the same time, split in the middle after he waved his hand, and turned into twenty small trial platforms.
"The Jindan stage is in the west, and the Yuanying stage is in the east. Ten people from each stage will defend the stage. The rest will challenge each other on their own. The loser will leave the stage, and the winner will stay. If you win ten matches, you will automatically advance."
As with every official competition, each trial platform had an instructor in charge of judging and a disciple in charge of recording. After hearing this, the participating disciples rushed to their respective arenas.
On the Jindan stage side, ten people quickly stepped onto the stage after the instructors drew lots, and each drew an opponent for themselves.
Soon, names appeared on the stone tablet at the edge of the ring.
"Stands one and two are occupied by two senior brothers from Fu Ri Peak and Luo Xia Peak, both of whom are in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. In the past two months, they seem to be showing signs of breaking through," Hong Ying followed Mu Fuyun, scanning the disciples on the ten trial platforms while quickly flipping through the booklet in his hand, introducing these disciples to Mu Fuyun. "Four, five, and six are in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm. They have been in the sect for more than ten years. Their advancement is slow, but very stable. In daily battles, as long as they don't jump levels, they have a great chance of winning. The remaining few are advancing quickly, but their performance is not as stable..."
Mu Fuyun didn't care about these things at first, but when he heard Hongying's chatter in his ear, he listened attentively. After listening to her for a long time without mentioning channel three, he couldn't help but ask.
"Where's number three? That senior brother—" She took a look and couldn't help but frowned, "He looks a little unfamiliar."
I wanted to say "a little bit unkind", but when the words came to my lips, I changed my mind.
The disciple was wearing a simple Taoist robe similar to most other disciples, with a sword at his waist. He stood upright in the center of the ring. He was clearly tall and dignified, but his eyebrows and eyes were particularly dark, and the shape of his eyes was a bit sharp, making him look a bit gloomy at first glance.
But she never liked to talk about others casually, so she swallowed her words.
"Platform number three?" Hongying's hands moved quickly, flipping through the booklet with a clattering sound. "Let me see, it's a senior brother from Taiqing Peak, in the middle stage of the Golden Core stage. He seems to have a high winning rate in daily battles—Ouch!"
She suddenly stopped talking, not knowing what she saw. She looked at him carefully with wide eyes before continuing, "This Senior Brother Cai often uses shady tactics—this is also the usual style of Taiqing Peak. You must not be assigned to him later."
Among all the peaks in Tianyan, Taiqing Peak can be called "notorious".
Many of their disciples are talented and hardworking, but for some reason, their "hard work" is always mixed with some disgusting thoughts, and sometimes it seems that they are "unscrupulous".
It just so happens that Elder Qin, the head of Taiqing Peak, always condones his disciples' actions intentionally or unintentionally, which makes others dislike him even more.
Hongying was only thinking about Mu Fuyun, so naturally she didn't want her to meet such an opponent.
But sometimes, if you are not careful, your words will come true.
As soon as she finished speaking, the result of the draw came out. A bell rang from platform number three, followed by the voice of the instructor.
"Platform No. 3, Cai Haoshi of Taiqing Peak, facing Mu Fuyun of Lingshanze."
Hongying couldn't help but hit his head: "What a bad mouth I have!"
Mu Fuyun couldn't help but sigh, as if his luck was indeed bad.
"Senior Brother Cai's swordsmanship is average, but he is very good at embarrassing his opponents and finding loopholes when they are furious... Fuyun, it's okay, I believe in you!" Hongying followed her all the way to the ring. He could no longer go to the center, so he could only stand outside the red line with the instructor and senior brothers, and hurriedly ended his chattering.
Mu Fuyun crossed the red line alone and stood in the center of the ring, facing Cai Haoshi.
A dozen or so Taiqing Peak disciples were standing around the arena. Seeing that it was Mu Fuyun who came up, they all hissed, "So you're the direct disciple of Lingshan Daojun. You've just reached the Golden Core stage, right? Don't tell me you've ingested too many rare treasures or elixirs and forced yourself to reach that stage!"
Someone shouted at Cai Haoshi, "Take it easy for a while. Don't be too harsh and embarrass your junior sister."
After hearing this, the others burst into laughter.
Hongying listened to their words, feeling secretly anxious. This was a common tactic used by the disciples of Taiqing Peak: to verbally provoke their opponents before the competition even began. This not only satisfied their verbal cravings but also served to disrupt their formation. It was a shame that he hadn't had time to remind Mu Fuyun just now.
Fortunately, Mu Fuyun is a person who doesn't care about other people's opinions. He didn't react at all when listening to their harsh words. He just quietly looked at Cai Haoshi who was a few steps away.
"Are you ready?" Cai Haoshi looked down at her and said coldly.
He had some contempt for Mu Fuyun. Firstly, it was because of his previous preconceived impression that she was able to enter Tianyan because of her sister Mu Fuyue's relationship. Secondly, except for seeing her performance on the day of the outer sect assessment, he had never seen her swordsmanship again. With the words of the master at the time in mind, he subconsciously felt that she was just a facade.
He is probably not the only one who holds this view.
If it took several years like other people to climb from the late foundation building stage to the early golden elixir stage, they probably wouldn't have too many doubts.
However, Mu Fuyue's advancement speed was too fast, far surpassing almost all the disciples, which made many people who were not familiar with her feel unreal and had to have doubts.
Mu Fuyun didn't care about his somewhat disdainful attitude. He silently reached out to cover the sword at his waist, drew it out, and made a gesture ready to fight.
The elder on the side understood, looked around at the two of them, and seeing that they were ready, he picked up the drumstick and struck it hard.
Before the drums had stopped beating, the two men had already risen into the air at the same time, facing each other with swords in hand.
With a "clang" sound, the two swords met in mid-air, creating a dazzling silver light under the bright sunlight, which made people squint their eyes.
One of them used the third move of Fengban Liuyun Sword, and the other used the fourth move of Mingquan Sword. Both were active offensive moves. They seemed to be evenly matched, but after a brief encounter, they quickly retreated and fell.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Cai Haoshi did not play according to common sense. Instead of retreating, he stabbed forward with the sword.
If he acted rashly at this time, he would be exposing most of his defenseless parts to his opponent, which seemed extremely irrational.
But the direction in which his sword pointed was the overlapping collar on Mu Fuyun's chest.
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