Chapter 245 Tactics

The rules of the Twelve Sects Grand Martial Arts Show were simple. They would fight each other continuously to select the five strongest of the fifteen sects, who would challenge the leaders of the twelve sects and receive guidance from them. In other words, there would be five winners in the end.

However, these five people will be compared and ranked based on their performance, and the guidance they receive will naturally be different.

Three days passed quickly, and today was the day for the Twelve Gates Grand Martial Arts Show to begin. Fifteen cultivators from three domains would compete to be the five cultivators who would take turns challenging the twelve gates.

During the past three days, Shi Yan has been staying in the villa without going out. On the one hand, he was consolidating his cultivation that had just reached the third level of Qi Condensation, and on the other hand, he was studying the "Heavenly Immortal Art". As the most classic of the Shi family, the "Heavenly Immortal Art" is a rare art in the world, and its difficulty cannot be understood in a short time. Shi Yan has completely mastered the opening "Immortal Guide", but it has also taken Shi Yan almost all the time from the beginning of his practice to the present. Of course, during the twelve years of wandering, Shi Yan did not practice the "Heavenly Immortal Art", not because Shi Yan was not diligent enough, but because the extreme cold air made him powerless.

After resuming his training, Shi Yan has been studying "The Immortal's Guide". The most important part of "The Immortal's Guide" is the [Mysterious Steps]. Shi Yan has already mastered the first four of the seven steps of [Mysterious Steps], namely Tianshu Step, Tianxuan Step, Tianji Step and Tianquan Step. The speed of these four steps when used alone is unimaginable, but Shi Yan does not know what will happen if they are used together, because he cannot connect these four steps.

Shi Yan was currently studying the first chapter of the Celestial Art, Ascending the Jade Sky. When he met Wei Dong, he helped him block Wei Dong's Dream Heart Curse. Shi Yan hadn't figured out the rest yet, but he had a hint of many of the spells, but he didn't know where to start.

During these three days, other people were not idle either. Mo Cheng listened to the lectures attentively every day, and then spent a whole day to digest them. As for Ye Yier, the teacher, she ran out after teaching. It was said that she was fascinated by the herbal tea made by a teahouse not far from Luocheng in the Northern Territory, and ran there every day. But to be honest, this herbal tea is really delicious, refreshing and thirst-quenching, and it is a rare drink in the summer of the Northern Territory. No wonder Ye Yier ran there every day. But that little girl was mysterious, and I don’t know what she was doing.

These days, Shi Yan wanted to try the Five Elements Pill Refining Method, but this Five Elements Pill Refining Method is too time-consuming, and three days is far from enough. Five Elements Pill Refining is different from ordinary pill refining, it takes time, although pill refining also takes time, but the time period is not as long as Five Elements Pill Refining.

In fact, Shi Yan is a very inattentive person. It is difficult for him to devote himself to doing a single thing for a long time, and the same is true for cultivation. Now, the Five Elements Pill Refining is not working, and he wants to play with refining equipment. Because there are a lot of materials and formulas in the storage space, it would be a waste to leave them there, so Shi Yan also wants to take them out to play.

If others knew that I took out so many precious materials for "playing around", I would be beaten to death. "It's shameful to waste!"

But in the end, Shi Yan did nothing. The reason was simple. He didn't know how to refine equipment. Although everyone called him a genius when he was young, it's hard for a good cook to cook without rice. How can he do it without knowing the method? So in the end, three days passed, but Shi Yan didn't accomplish anything.

Today was the day when the Twelve Gates Grand Martial Arts Performance began. When the sun was still slowly rising, the city of Luo was already bustling with people.

The streets were crowded with people jostling each other and rushing in the same direction from all directions.

The righteous heart of Luocheng, Luojingtai!

Luojingtai is the center of Luocheng. It is said that Luocheng was built because of Luojingtai. It was built around Luojingtai year after year to reach its current size. Luojingtai is actually a place where a bronze mirror is enshrined. This bronze mirror is very ordinary, without any special decorations or gemstones inlaid on it. It looks like just an ordinary mirror. But if you think like this, you are wrong. What kind of mirror is worth building a city around to protect it?

This mirror is called Luo Mirror. It was a mirror in the hands of Luo Gu, the leader of the Northern Territory five years ago. This mirror is not a magic weapon and has no attack ability. It is just a key to open a secret realm. After Luo Gu died, he contributed this bronze mirror, that is, he contributed this secret realm.

Later generations respected his wish and named this bronze mirror Luojing. They built Luojing Terrace and constructed a city around it.

That is the current Luo City. Currently, Luo City is the only established city in the northern territory. There is no sect in charge of it because of this Luo Mirror Platform!

Strangely enough, such a secret realm was made public, and should have been coveted by all the major sects, but no major sect dared to occupy it and enjoy it alone. This became a strange story among the people in the northern border.

The area around Luojingtai was filled with large flags fluttering in the wind, isolating the crowd of spectators two miles away from Luojingtai.

Luojingtai is very large, with a radius of three kilometers. Even though it is isolated for two miles, the remaining space is enough to accommodate the crowds who come to watch the excitement.

Shi Yan stepped over the big flag and walked inside. No one stopped him because the identities of the contestants taking part in the Twelve Gates Martial Arts Performance had already been memorized by the people on guard.

Several pavilions were arranged in a unique pattern around a white jade platform. Three of the pavilions were left empty to accommodate contestants from the three domains, while other pavilions were arranged for envoys from the remaining three domains.

Shi Yan turned around and finally found the pavilion of Zimu Liuhua Domain, then he trotted over.

Just as Shi Yan was running towards the pavilion in Zimu Liuhua Domain, he suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

Shi Yan had the instinct of a wild animal. This sudden feeling immediately alerted him, and he subconsciously looked in one direction. He happened to see a pair of cold eyes filled with strong murderous intent.

The owner of this gaze was in a huge palace directly opposite the white jade platform. He was dressed in gorgeous clothes, surrounded and admired by many people, and looked very heroic. It was that old acquaintance who was drinking wine.

Saying that he was an old acquaintance might be Shi Yan's wishful thinking. After all, Liu Shang had long forgotten the prodigy he once looked up to.

Liu Shang's eyes met Shi Yan's. Suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He narrowed his eyes for a moment before turning his head away.

Shi Yan frowned slightly. It was not a good thing to be remembered by others.

However, what is coming will eventually come, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.

When we entered the pavilion, Gong Yangyu, Ji Zichen, Lin Dai and Dongze were already there. They were whispering, as if they were discussing something.

Seeing Shi Yan rushing in, Ji Zichen and Lin Dai frowned at the same time. Ji Zichen was okay, but Lin Dai had a look of disgust on his face. Although he tried his best to hide it, the more he tried to hide it, the more obvious it was.

"Shi Yan, you're here!" Dong Ze came up to him, laughed and hugged him. Shi Yan knew that Dong Ze was very outgoing, as he had been like that in Yunxiao Palace. In fact, his friendship with Dong Ze was just a few drinks together in Yunxiao Palace, and other than that, he had no interactions at all.

Gong Yangyu nodded silently, and Shi Yan also nodded in greeting. However, every time Gong Yangyu saw Shi Yan, his eyes would reveal an undisguised fighting spirit, which gave Shi Yan a headache. However, he still remembered that when they were in the Far North, he had promised Gong Yangyu that he would fight him, so he did not avoid Gong Yangyu's fighting spirit, but proudly met him.

Gong Yangyu was delighted, it seemed that the time for the battle with Shi Yan would not be too far away!

"Brother Shi, you are finally here. I haven't seen you these days. I was afraid that you were delayed. Fortunately, you arrived on time. That's good, that's good." Ji Zichen stood up and greeted him with a smile.

Don't hit a smiling person. Although Shi Yanxin had already identified him as an enemy, he still had to do a good job on the surface.

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Ji. I have already arrived many days ago."

"You have no sense of discipline at all. Since you came to Luo City, you didn't come to the resting place arranged by the Northern Territory for us in Zimu Liuhua Territory to discuss countermeasures. Instead, you went there to have fun alone." Lin Dai didn't have so many things to say. His disgust for Shi Yan was completely revealed on his face, so he was much more impolite in his words.

"Come here, Shi Yan, let me tell you about our countermeasures." Dongze pulled Shi Yan to the table and sat down.

"Let me explain it." Ji Zichen smiled slightly. Dongze thought about it and nodded, "Okay, since this is what you came up with, it will be clearer if you explain it."

"Yeah." Ji Zichen nodded, then looked at Shi Yan and said, "It's like this, we got the news that this time the competition is not a one-on-one fight, but they will put us in a place for a free-for-all, and then the top five players will be selected."

"Since it's a melee, we naturally have to think of countermeasures. After all, although we are the best in Zimu Liuhua Territory, our opponents are not weak either, especially the Northern Territory, which is the largest of the three Bianyun Territory. There are so many masters that we can't imagine. So we have to be prepared for a hard fight." Ji Zichen said: "At the same time, our goal is naturally to win. There are five places, and we happen to be five people. Of course, it's better for our own people to take the places."

"Yesterday we discussed a simple tactic. Since it's a team battle, then what we're competing for is our overall strength. According to everyone's abilities, no matter where on the battlefield, once the battle starts, I'll be in the front, responsible for full-scale defense. We don't seek full-scale offense, but only conservative defense. So I, who have defensive abilities, will naturally stand in the front. Gong Yangyu and Dong Ze will be on both sides, protecting the two wings. Lin Dai will stand in the middle, responsible for control and assistance, relying on his auxiliary ability to make the most of it. Since your cultivation is generally low, I'll arrange for you to stand in the back. We'll protect you, and Brother Gong Yang has always said that you have strong explosive power, so your position is also a good offensive position at a critical moment."

Shi Yan nodded and said he knew, but he was thinking in his heart, "It turns out they don't know that this competition is held in a secret realm, and the location they arrive at is randomly teleported." Shi Yan looked at the people sitting there, but in the end he didn't tell them the information he knew.

Tell it? Stupid, there are two enemies here. I am not that stupid to share information with my enemies!

Besides, do you think that Ji Zichen's request to let you stand back was really to protect yourself? In a team battle like that, sneak attacks are naturally an important means. In this case, standing back is obviously dangerous. Humph, what a cruel heart!