The competition begins, the star explosion ball

When the competition begins, you must first submit an invitation letter to the executive officer of the Immortal Product Bureau.

Didn’t you register before? The Immortal Product Bureau will issue such an invitation letter to the weapon refiners who have passed the qualification review. When the competition begins, you must personally return the invitation letter to confirm whether it is you who is participating in the competition.

Seeing the executive officer of the Immortal Product Bureau holding a special spiritual tool to scan Tang Zifeng’s face, Qirong smacked his lips and said, "This weapon refinement competition has a very strict review." Probably because he was in Nanling and had not seen many competitions, Qirong felt that such an inspection was too strict.

Qin Ruqing crossed his arms and looked in Tang Zifeng's direction. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "This is just the beginning."

In the previous life, the college entrance examination, civil service examination and postgraduate examination were much more strict than this.

After using the spiritual weapon to confirm that the person who registered on the day and came to participate in the competition today was the same person, the executive officer took out another form and asked Tang Zifeng to fill it out. The rest of the information was easy to handle, but there was one item that was more special, which required the participants to pre-fill in the spiritual weapon that was about to be refined in this competition.

Seeing Tang Zifeng's hesitation, the executive officer explained in a friendly manner: "There are two reasons for filling in this item. One is to allow the examiners to read it in advance, so that the examiners of the corresponding category can focus on the weapon refiners they are interested in, so as not to miss out on talents. The second is for the order of the competition. In previous competitions, there have been cases where contestants plagiarized other people's works and temporarily changed their spiritual weapons for the competition, which eventually led to disputes after the competition. Therefore, for this competition, contestants need to pre-fill in the spiritual weapons they plan to refine in advance - just remember, once you fill it in, you can't change it midway."

The executive recognized Tang Zifeng as the guest elder of the Qin family, the one who refined the cultivation accelerator. For the sake of the Qin family's face, he deliberately explained a few more words.

Tang Zifeng nodded calmly, and just as he was about to start writing, he couldn't help but glance in the direction of Qin Ruqing.

She was wearing a red dress, holding her chest, tall and straight, and very dazzling in the crowd. When she saw him looking at her, she smiled faintly, calm and determined. Qirong next to him put his hands to his mouth and shouted silently at him. Judging from his lip shape, he should be saying "Come on, Brother Tang". Even Lu Wei made a one-handed fist to encourage him.

It seemed that he was filled with strength in an instant. Tang Zifeng no longer hesitated and quickly wrote a sentence in the preliminary competition weapon on the table:

Star Meteor Explosion Ball.

The three explosive balls connected by chains can cause huge damage in a single hit, and three consecutive hits can break the defense of Jindan monks and cause damage to them. (The final effect is greatly affected by the user's strength. The stronger the user's strength, the greater the damage of the three explosive balls in a row, and theoretically it can be tripled.)

After writing, Tang Zifeng put down the pen without hesitation and returned the form to the executive officer. The executive officer was just checking it out as a routine, but when his eyes stopped at the line of pre-filled spiritual weapons, he suddenly stopped, then raised his head and stared at Tang Zifeng with a look of doubt.

Tang Zifeng asked calmly, "Is there any problem?"

The executive officer reminded, "Think it over carefully. You must fill in the spiritual weapon in advance to confirm it. You cannot change it during the competition. If the spiritual weapon actually refined during the competition does not match the pre-filled spiritual weapon, you will be disqualified from the competition."

"Don't worry, executive. I have thought about it and will never change it."

After pondering for a while, the executive officer raised his hand, and the little boy standing next to him handed a number plate to Tang Zifeng, saying, "This is the weapon room where the weapon refiner assigns the refining of spiritual weapons. Your number is 68."

Tang Zifeng nodded and turned to walk in the direction of Qin Ruqing.

The executive officer, still in shock, looked at the direction they left with a complicated look, and heard the tall woman in red ask:

"Tang Zifeng, which name did you choose in the end?"

"Brother Tang, did you use my thunderstorm ball? I think this one is the most suitable."

"..."

The executive officer sighed inexplicably, and suddenly pulled out a form from the pile of forms beside him. The pre-filled spiritual weapon description on that form was 70% similar to Tang Zifeng's.

The form he pulled out later naturally belonged to Tang Biao, the genius weapon refiner of the Tang family.

To be honest, the executive officer had already expected Tang Biao to choose to refine this spiritual weapon. Tang Biao won the first place in the previous weapon refining competition and shocked everyone. However, his subsequent weapon refining works have been mediocre. Today's competition is hosted by the Xianpin Bureau. It is a matter of great importance. He chose to refine his most famous work and improve it. This is the safest way.

Many long-established weapon refining masters will also choose to do so in order not to lose their reputations that they have built up over the years in important occasions. Correspondingly, some young weapon refining masters will choose to avoid works with similar ideas to the masters for the sake of respect and avoidance.

But today, Tang Zifeng chose to refine a work that is 70% to 80% similar to Tang Biao's famous work. What does this mean? Is it a coincidence or intentional?

Moreover, the executive officer's eyes fell on the surnames on the two forms, both of which were surnamed Tang...

Previously, the executive officer had not paid attention to this surname, because there were many people surnamed Tang in Xiling, and not just any one of them was the Xiling Tang family. Now, looking at it this way, it seems that it is not a coincidence.

After thinking about it, the executive officer put the two forms together and sorted them into the same pile of papers, and said to the boy: "Send this pile to the examiners first."

"Yes." The boy waved his sleeves, put this important form into the exclusive storage spirit tool, and turned to leave.

-Tang

Zifeng, who was walking in front and was questioned endlessly, finally revealed the mystery.

"I filled in the name of the meteorite explosion ball."

Qin Ruqing laughed and said to Qirong and the others, "You chose mine! I said I had the best name!" He turned around and patted Tang Zifeng, "You have a good eye!" He seemed very satisfied.

Qirong snorted, "It's obvious that the thunderstorm ball has a stronger impact!"

"I have already consulted Xiao Tang, and that spiritual weapon is not of thunder attribute. You put the word thunder in it, which is easy to mislead others."

Qirong stared at Tang Zifeng eagerly, hoping that he could give an explanation. Tang Zifeng had no choice but to say, "There is indeed no material of thunder attribute."

Qirong said aggrievedly, "Okay."

As they were talking, several people returned to the square from the main hall. The weapon refiners who filled in the form needed to come to the square to wait.

There were many seats on the platform in the square. Qin Ruqing and the others took a quick look and saw many high-ranking members of the noble families. They had met at the noble family conference before. They were all clan leaders and elders.

People began to take their seats one after another until the big boss of the Immortal Product Bureau, the Fifth Lingyu, came in late with his long sleeves swinging.

He sat at the most central position on the platform. As soon as he sat down, he wanted to lie down, but soon remembered that this seat was not the big armchair covered with soft velvet in the Immortal Product Bureau. He shook his hands in dismay and held his chin.

Originally, the head of a noble family wanted to come over and make friends with the director, but seeing that he was resting his elbows with his eyes closed, he did not dare to disturb him. Not long after, the recorder came over and whispered a few words in the ear of Diwu Lingyu. Only then did Diwu Lingyu open his narrow eyes and casually said that it was interesting.

But the recorder knew from his expression that this interesting thing was not really interesting to him.

The executive officer of the Xianpin Bureau began to distribute forms to several heavyweights sitting at the front of the podium. The forms were filled with the information of the weapon refiners who were going to participate in the competition, their famous representative works, and the spiritual weapons they were going to refine today.

These heavyweights were the judges of this weapon refining competition.

Yang Wenxu didn't know when he got next to Qin Ruqing and introduced them to her one by one.

"The female cultivator who looks very dignified and impressive is Grandmaster Minghua. Minghua is her name, Grandmaster is her title. Only when one has reached a very high level in the art of weapons and made a spiritual weapon that can benefit the world of immortal cultivation, or at least a piece of land, can one be given the title of Grandmaster."

"Grandmaster Minghua improved the first generation of flying boats and designed a brand new power system, which is why flying boats have developed to what they are today."

Qin Ruqing gave Qirong and the others a long "oh".

"To the left, there are Grandmasters Qishan, Yuantai, and Luming." Yang Wenxu whispered, "Grandmaster Luming's surname is Diwu."

Looking at Yang Wenxu's frowning expression, Qin Ruqing and the others understood immediately. It seems that he was sent by the Fifth Family to suppress him. No wonder he sat next to the Director.

When Qin Ruqing was looking at herself happily, she didn't know that someone was also looking at her happily.

Diwu Lingyu had just passed by her direction inadvertently, but when he saw the familiar figure, he paused subconsciously. He remembered that night when she woke him up with the explosive news and asked some questions about the flame seeds without any context. Diwu Lingyu's gaze stayed on Qin Ruqing for two more breaths.

Then, this pause caused a problem.

Diwu Lingyu found that the aura of the girl from the Qin family was completely different from the first time he met her. The first time he saw her, her aura was like a rushing beast, so he could tell at a glance that the girl had an extraordinary physique and had cultivated to the realm of innate great perfection.

But now, looking at her again, her aura is peaceful, as if something has enveloped her completely, isolating her abnormality. Even her outward aura is modified to be ordinary, hidden in the crowd, making it difficult for people to notice that there is someone standing next to them.

What's going on? Is it some special isolation magic weapon, or has she learned to gather her innate great round body?

Perhaps because the fifth feather stared for too long, Qin Ruqing suddenly raised her head and swept her eyes over here. The fifth feather was not panicked at all, he curled his lips and smiled, and slowly turned his eyes away.

Qin Ruqing was confused by this devil's smile. Is he staring at her? Or is she overthinking and his eyes just happened to fall in this direction?

The subordinate instinctively reached for the storage bag. Today was an important occasion, and she was afraid of meeting someone capable, so she wore the hidden badge that she had just drawn in the tenth round for the first time. So, could it be that the beautiful director felt that she was different from before? She has a very sensitive nose.

On the stage, the fifth feather retracted his gaze, smiled softly, and said it was interesting. The Grandmaster Lu Ming, who was sitting next to him, said: "What, little feather, what's interesting?"

The fifth feather restrained his smile a little and said it was nothing. He added, "The competition will start soon. Elder Ten, you have to help me. Whether Xiling can build a flying ship that can fly over Broken Veins and Mountains depends on this wave of talent selection... It's because you, Elder Ten, are unwilling to help me. Otherwise, with you here, there's no need for me to hold a competition with such fanfare."

Outsiders only know that Grandmaster Lu Ming is a figure from the Xianpin family, but few people know that he is an elder who is officially present at the Xianpin family and is in charge of refining weapons.

Grandmaster Lu Ming smiled and waved his hands, "I'm old and can't handle such a big project. Let's leave it to the young people. This time, I'll help you select a few talents."

As he spoke, the recorder stepped forward and announced the rules of the competition.

"This competition will last for ten days. During these ten days, the participating weapon refiners need to refine spiritual weapons in the weapon room provided by the official Xianpin Bureau. The refined spiritual weapons will be handed over to the examiners for selection and ranked according to the selected scores. The top three in the competition will be allowed to participate in this spaceship forging project, and those who have made outstanding contributions in the spaceship forging project will have the opportunity to obtain clues to the artifact drawings." As

soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter from the audience.

The reactions of all parties were different, but basically they were full of shock.

The shock of ordinary people must be multiplied by ten. When the Xianpin Bureau released the news before, it only said that there might be a mysterious grand prize, but it did not say that this grand prize was so big that it was related to the artifact. Let alone seeing it, they have never heard of any artifact in their lives. Why is the Xianpin Agency so generous this time?

As for the aristocratic families who got the news early, they were shocked and puzzled.

Hey, didn't you say before that you would directly reward the artifact drawings? Why did you change it to rewarding clues to the drawings? Sure enough, the previous publicity was still exaggerated! But think about it, how could they directly reward drawings? Even if they are Xianpin aristocratic families, they don't have many artifact drawings in their hands. If they just give them away, what will they use themselves? Therefore, giving a clue to a lost drawing is a reasonable approach.

Even Qin Ruqing was a little surprised. It turned out that the "mysterious grand prize" they had heard in the teahouse was real. Although it was now vague, it only said that those who made "outstanding contributions" would have a chance to obtain clues to the drawings.

What does outstanding contribution mean? Do I have to build the spaceship all by myself?

However, even so, this condition is quite tempting. For those weapon refiners who follow the weapon path, cultivation may not be the most important thing. Things related to the artifacts are truly related to whether they can ascend to immortality.

Qin Ruqing shook Tang Zifeng's arm, and when he turned his eyes, he said:

"Xiao Tang, it's time to work! In addition to beating up the scumbag, you have a new task, get the clues of the artifact blueprint, maybe this is your chance to ascend in the future!"

Qirong Long Aotian has read too many stories, and he was excited: "Brother Tang, this may be your chance!"

Tang Zifeng was silent, as if the burden on his shoulders had suddenly become much heavier. How did the Qin family connect the word "ascension" to him? What characteristics did he show that made the Qin family think he had the potential to ascend?

The recorder above continued to speak. After the big cake is drawn, I will start to tell you the precautions for baking the cake.

What, "You must complete the spiritual weapon refining within the time limit. Those who violate the time limit will be disqualified from the competition."

"Each weapon room is equipped with monitoring and recording equipment. You weapon refiners are not allowed to touch the equipment. If you touch it, it will be considered a violation. If you can't see the person in the video and deliberately block it, it will also be considered a violation."

"..."

Lu Wei was surprised and began to sigh: "This competition is really strict."

Qin Ruqing thought it was okay, "The surveillance video is probably because they are afraid that someone will bring something in from outside. For example, the most difficult part of the spiritual weapon to refine, I asked someone to refine it for me in advance, and I just need to assemble it in the competition. Some of these things cannot be found through body searches, so they need to be monitored."

Lu Wei nodded, and the recorder above announced the rules of the competition, and the weapon refiners were about to enter the weapon room.

Qin Ruqing casually asked Tang Zifeng, "Hey, what was the number plate you took before? I'll tell you a fortune based on the number."

Tang Zifeng thought, can she tell fortunes? He was really frightened for a moment, and reported the house number in a proper manner, "Sixty-eight."

As a result, Qin Ruqing really "counted with his fingers" for him, and clapped his hands and said, "Great! Six and eight, it's really auspicious! I bet you will win the first prize today!"

... So this is how it is calculated.

Tang Zifeng smiled for some reason, and seemed to feel relieved. He nodded and said, "Okay." After nodding to Qi Rong and Lu Wei, he turned and walked towards the direction of the instrument room in the main hall.

Just as the instrument refiners began to enter the instrument room, the judges invited by the competition above also got the form in their hands.

Suddenly, Grandmaster Minghua exclaimed in surprise, "Why do the pre-filled spiritual weapons in these two forms look similar?"

Grandmaster Lu Ming on the other side was familiar with Minghua. He leaned over and guessed, "Maybe they had the same idea..." But when his eyes fell on the descriptions of the spiritual weapons on the two forms, he hissed, turned around and denied his guess, "The similarity is so high, it can't be the same idea, it can only be..." He

turned his head to look at the Fifth Lingyu, "Little Lingyu, the rules of our competition are so strict, could someone have tampered with them?"

The Fifth Lingyu raised his eyebrows, "How could someone exploit the rules I set myself? This is a historical legacy of the two weapon refiners. What does it have to do with us? Just sit back and watch the show." Watch

the show? Hey, this tone...

Grandmaster Minghua and Lu Ming seemed to understand something, and looked down at the two tables again, and finally found a clue.

"These two, they both have the surname Tang!"

The Fifth Feather sneered, and then put his chin on his hand and said proudly:

"Yes, they are from the same family!"