Chapter 269: Taking the Stage
While Tao Zi was thinking, the second round of the competition was over.
Han Yueshan fell to ninth place, Yue Qingya always maintained the first place, and Jiu Qingyue lost by one point.
This competition made Yue Qingya famous.
In the competition among Jindan cultivators, Xu Qianjia still maintained the second place, and Wangxu remained in the first place.
Among the Jindan cultivators who entered the second round, there was no dark horse like Yue Qingya.
After the results of the second round of competition came out, most of the monks left, and no one thought there would be a dark horse in the third round.
As for physical cultivation, no matter how strong it is, it's just like that.
Compared to the lively second round, the third round was predictably quiet.
Standing in the city, the unlucky monk touched his head, looking at the suddenly decreasing number of people. After thinking for a while, he said, "Fellow Daoist Tao, I will stay here to cheer you up. Don't be nervous."
Tao Zi smiled and said, "Thank you."
Xi Jing pulled Cheng Anran over, looking excited.
She called out in confusion, "Xi Jing?"
"Senior Sister, don't worry about the competition. We will find a way to cheer you on!"
Xi Jing thought about the lively scene when Wang Xu, Yue Qingya and others were competing, and was determined not to let her senior sister lose in terms of appearance.
Tao Zi looked at Xi Jing's increasingly excited expression, and her eyes suddenly twitched twice. She always felt that this junior sister could do incredible things.
The third round of competition is here. The cultivators in the Flesh Tempering Stage can directly choose the top three cultivators in the Spiritual Silence Stage to compete with. If they win all of them, they can directly challenge a Golden Core cultivator without having to compete with other cultivators. If they fail in the first three games, they can directly forfeit. The cultivators in the Body Refining and Solid Stages can directly choose to forfeit.
This rule is new, but no one has any objection - time is precious, who would be willing to waste time on physical training?
Among the physical cultivators, only a few did not choose to abstain. They would rather go on stage and be sighed at by others than abstain.
Tao Zi secretly memorized the names and appearances of these people, including Zhou Qiandan, who ranked first in the solid period.
Every time I go on stage, the audience is very quiet, and everyone is waiting for the final result.
For Taoist practitioners, competitions with practitioners of the same body are a waste of time.
In these competitions, these physical cultivators all chose to compete with Taoist cultivators of appropriate realms.
For example, Zhou Qiandan chose to start the competition from the enlightenment stage and gave up the competition from the fusion stage onwards.
During this period, except for Zhou Qiandan who won a few games, the others were basically defeated. Some even gave up competing with the Foundation Establishment cultivators in despair and even forgot their initial perseverance.
Zhou Qiandan felt sympathetic towards this and said with a wry smile, "How can we still compete? For us, if we continue competing, whether we win or lose, it will be humiliating."
Tao Zi sighed secretly and said, "Nothing will happen. Miracles will always happen."
His smile grew even more bitter as he said, "I'm not expecting such a miracle. I've been staying here simply to offer some comfort to my fellow physical cultivators, so they can have someone to talk to when they step down, so they don't get too embarrassed."
The status of physical cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation is too special, so the relationship between physical cultivators is closer than that between ordinary Taoist cultivators. To put it another way, it is probably because they share the same suffering.
The second and third place cultivators in the Flesh Refining Stage were given priority to compete, but since they had all lost in the first three matches, they simply gave up and did not compete with the cultivators below the Heart Beating Stage.
Many physical cultivators prepared to leave silently, not wanting to watch Tao Zi's competition, even though she was the strongest among them.
In fact, there were physical cultivators leaving every day, but the blow and ridicule of the two flesh-tempering cultivators being defeated in one day was too great, so there were so many people leaving today.
To be honest, even if the Taoists sighed and mocked them, they would stay to help. But no, the Taoists were even more silent than them, looking indifferent. This attitude was more painful than a slap in the face.
The day before the competition, Zhou Qiandan sighed as he watched the cultivators leave. He said, "The rules of this competition are too embarrassing—they only apply to us physical cultivators."
Tao Zi smiled and made no comment.
He added, "It's a pity that the executioner from the Punishment Hall couldn't come, otherwise this wouldn't have happened. Don't be upset that they left early, as everyone was a little exhausted."
She said gently, "I know and I understand."
That night, Xi Jing and the others frantically served her food: "Senior Sister, please eat more."
"I know, I know, you don't need to take so many dishes."
Tao Zi paused, remembering Xi Jing's previous words, and said, "Can you tell me what kind of surprise you have prepared for me?"
Xi Jing stopped picking up the food and said mysteriously, "Come on, Senior Sister!"
She looked at Xi Jing in confusion. Just cheer up, is it necessary to look like this?
The next day, before she went on stage, she heard a commotion in front of the stage and quickly looked over.
Xi Jing and Han Yueshan held a large banner with black letters on a red background that read - Tao Zi will win!
An Ran and Zhao Xue were holding up a few beautiful branches, looking as if they were about to shake them.
Standing behind them were Xu Zhiruo and Zhou Qiandan, who were also holding branches. Their expressions were even more confused than hers.
What was even more incredible was that the sect that had fought with Xi Jing before was also standing aside with a branch in his hand. The senior brother who was beaten had a red neck, but he stood firm in his position.
In addition, there were many servants of the Cheng family standing behind him, holding various things that could be waved, including clothes.
There was a large area of space around them.
Tao Zi, who had never been treated like this before, was very "touched" and even wanted to give up for a moment. She always felt that the moment she went on stage would be even more amazing.
But the moment the first bell rang, she still went up.
"Spiritual Silence Stage, Zhou Xu."
"Meat Refining Stage, Tao Zi."
The voice of the Sword Sect member had just fallen.
"Senior Sister will win!"
“Charge!”
All kinds of chaotic screams were heard, accompanied by various waving sounds, and even the leaves on the branches floated to the seats where the three sects and four gates were sitting.
Tao Zi ignored the interesting expression of the monk opposite her, and thought calmly: All that's missing is some cabbage around Xi Jing.
Lan Yongji sneered, "It's so lively, if you didn't know, you'd think it was a vegetable market."
Tao Zi glanced at him, sneered, and was too lazy to speak.
This reaction made Xi Jing quiet down for a moment, and then she shouted even louder. This attitude was a naked mockery!
No matter who wins or loses in the end, we won’t lose this battle!
Lan Yongji's face turned pale, but he didn't want to say anything at this time. Didn't he see that Qiu Huanhuan was already smiling?
The cultivator opposite was polite and said, "Fellow Daoist Tao, I will give you three moves."
Tao Zi took out the pink hammer indifferently and said, "No need."
The monk could not deny it and said, "I gave you three moves, but I still got the upper hand."
Zhou Qian's face darkened. This cultivator looked so gentle, yet he humiliated people in this way!
Tao Zi's expression became even more indifferent: "Fellow Daoist, don't be too confident."
He laughed, and the contempt in his eyes could not be ignored.
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