Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Cultivation Competition
The competition in the first week will be in alchemy, weapon crafting, formation, and talisman making. In the past, there would also be beast taming, but now that spiritual energy is scarce and there are no spirit beasts in the Cangxuan Realm, this competition and the former Beast Taming Sect have also disappeared.
The four competitions were held on the training grounds of the four secondary peaks of the Qingfeng Sect. During the competitions, the pills, magic weapons, and talismans refined by the cultivators were put up for sale at the stalls of each sect on the main peak's training ground. If there were many people who wanted to buy them, the disciples of the sect would produce some in bulk and put them on their own stalls.
These competitions lasted only one week, and the purchasing time also occurred within that week.
Therefore, even though the competition events in the first week were not very entertaining, there were still many tourists coming to Qingfengpai, most of whom came for the booths.
In the morning, on the training ground of the East Sub-Peak of the Qingfeng Sect, thousands of alchemists sat cross-legged, taking out their alchemy furnaces and infusing spiritual energy into various medicinal herbs—in this way, the final pills would be imbued with spiritual energy and have a stronger effect.
On the training ground of the South Sub-Peak, a contest was taking place among weapon-refining cultivators. Their weapon-refining furnaces were even larger than their alchemy furnaces. Although the February weather was still cold, some cultivators were shirtless, forging iron and casting shapes by their furnaces. Their muscles bulged, displaying a vigorous sense of power, which drew a series of "wow" exclamations from the audience.
On the West Sub-Peak, a battle of formations takes place, with two players who draw the same number facing off. One side sets up a defensive formation while the other attacks, and points are awarded based on whether the final formation is breached.
On the northern secondary peak, a competition of talisman cultivators took place. Each cultivator drew a talisman, which was then submitted to the judges for testing its level, grade, and power, thus earning points.
At this moment, the training ground of Qingfeng Sect's main peak was bustling with people. Stalls from fifty-seven sects and the Cultivation Alliance were set up around the edge of the training ground, and tourists could slowly choose what they wanted after entering.
"The second-grade Clear Heart Pill, created by Cui Liangcai, a disciple of the Linglan Sect, received the highest number of votes in the preliminary alchemy competition. It is an essential medicine for strengthening the heart. Quantities are limited, first come, first served!"
"A head armor crafted by the chief disciple of the Purple Cloud Sect, capable of protecting the head from the wheels of a truck carrying a thousand pounds. Incredibly tough, and only one of its kind! Only one!"
"Yu Xue Palace's Beauty Elixir is a holy grail of whitening and skincare. It can eliminate acne instantly, and one elixir is equivalent to ten bottles of luxury face cream!"
The shouts from the stalls rose and fell.
Some high-quality elixirs and magical artifacts can be auctioned on-site, with the highest bidder winning.
Li Chang'an drew a disguise talisman and, together with the tea spirit, carried the mushroom spirits past each stall.
The Cultivation Alliance's booth was quite large, displaying mostly pills and talismans made by independent cultivators, though in relatively small quantities.
Li Chang'an spotted a familiar talisman and stopped in front of the stall.
“This is…” He picked up a talisman.
A rogue cultivator in his early twenties was standing by the stall. When he saw Li Chang'an pick up the talisman, he quickly came up and said, "This is a purification talisman, which can cleanse impurities. I learned it from Li Chang'an, but my cultivation level is low, and these purification talismans I draw can only be used to wash dishes at most."
Li Chang'an was taken aback: "Huh? Who did you learn from?"
The young rogue cultivator scratched the back of his head sheepishly and said, "To be precise, I learned it in Li Chang'an's live stream. He's amazing; he can draw talismans out of thin air, and he can draw a lot of talismans, but I haven't learned any of them."
Li Chang'an's hand trembled, and he coughed lightly.
It turns out that these cultivators were even learning how to draw talismans while watching his live stream.
He was a little embarrassed by the young rogue cultivator's praise, so he took out his money, bought a purification talisman, and left.
However, although this purification talisman was of low grade, the runes were correct, showing that the young rogue cultivator had studied it seriously.
After strolling around the training ground, Li Chang'an only bought the Cleansing Talisman. Although Cha Jing found everything quite interesting, she didn't buy anything either.
He usually buys things randomly when shopping online, buying whatever looks nice, but he's very picky about things like pills and talismans.
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The first week of competition has ended, and the second week has begun with individual battles.
Individual battles are divided into five battlefields based on cultivation level: early, middle, and late stages of Qi Refining, and early and middle stages of Foundation Establishment.
Although cultivators in the Qi Refining stage have not yet learned various spells, they have all learned martial arts and sword techniques. After circulating spiritual energy and attaching it, they will have spiritual energy moves that can be used in competitions.
The first round is a free-for-all elimination system. Within three incense sticks' time, the cultivators on the field try to seize the tokens from other people. After three incense sticks' time, the top two hundred people are determined by the number of tokens they have and enter the second round of competition.
During this period, cultivators who leave the training ground area, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, will be considered eliminated.
Eight disciples from the Qingfeng Sect met the requirements to participate in the competition. All of them had only recently awakened their spiritual roots and were assigned to the early stage of Qi Refining competition.
Xie Kuling and Xie Xuan, as the mountain lord and the grand elder of the organizer, did not register to participate in the cultivation competition.
Inside the main hall of the Qingfeng Sect, the leaders of various sects observed the situation on the five training grounds through a painting depicting thousands of mountains and rivers.
In the early stages of the Qi Refining competition, the Qingfeng Sect disciples glanced at a certain corner at the very beginning of the competition, then took off their tokens and left the training ground, voluntarily giving up.
Seeing this, the sect leaders had different expressions, looking at each other.
Xuanxiao, the leader of the Zixiao Sect, smiled, stroked his beard, and said in a voice that was old but still powerful: "The disciples of the Qingfeng Sect are quite interesting."
The deputy sect leader, sitting behind him, scoffed upon hearing this and said, "What kind of proper cultivators would there be in an irregular cultivation sect? Naturally, they also lack the spirit of us cultivators and only dare to be cowards."
Xie Xuan frowned and glared fiercely at Xuan Xiao and the vice sect leader.
He saw it; at the very beginning of the competition, a group of disciples wearing Zixiao Sect uniforms flew straight towards the Qingfeng Sect disciples.
Those were hundreds of disciples, while the Qingfeng Sect only had eight!
The intentions of the Purple Cloud Sect are crystal clear!
If I hadn't told my disciples beforehand to take care of themselves and not to worry about their rankings in the competition, they would definitely have been killed by now.
With the Cultivation Alliance around, the Purple Cloud Sect wouldn't dare to kill, but they would definitely injure someone.
Xie Kuling also looked at Xuanxiao and the vice sect leader, his smile neither humble nor arrogant: "After all, the disciples have not been awakening their spiritual roots for long, the earliest being only four months ago. Naturally, they have not yet had time to learn the spirit of cultivators in Zixiao Sect who are single-mindedly focused on profit and meticulous about every little thing."
Four months!
The cultivators present showed surprise on their faces, but none of them noticed the sarcasm in Xie Kuling's words.
They could tell that among the eight disciples of the Qingfeng Sect, the one with the highest cultivation level was at the second stage of Qi Refining.
In just four months, he has reached the same cultivation level as those who have been cultivating for several years. It goes without saying who should be upset now.
Some sect elders couldn't resist secretly going to see Xuanxiao and the vice sect leader.
Xuanxiao was, after all, a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage, yet he remained composed and, upon hearing this, even smiled and said, "The younger generation is truly formidable."
Meanwhile, the deputy leader of the Zixiao Sect shifted his gaze with a sour expression.
This little episode quickly passed, and the map of ten thousand rivers and mountains shifted to the arena for the mid-stage Qi Refining realm.
These cultivators in the mid-stage of Qi Refining are more skilled in using spiritual power, and their spiritual power techniques are executed with consummate skill. Although they are different from real spells, they make the competition more interesting.
"Hmm, this disciple of the Liantian Sect, judging from his appearance, seems to be only twenty years old, yet he has already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining?" an elder asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, the attention of all the cultivators present returned to the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Map.
Among the thousands of cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, a cultivator dressed in the blue uniform of the Lian Tian Sect moved through the crowd with ease, using his spiritual power to defend against attacking cultivators and then launching attacks on other cultivators to seize their tokens.
Actually, there are quite a few people on the field who are just as skilled as him, but he looks much younger than the people around him.
She's only twenty years old.
A cultivator who can reach the fifth level of Qi Refining at the age of twenty is not comparable to a genius who is one in a billion in the current Cangxuan Realm, but he can still be regarded as an outstanding individual.
Even one of the elders of the Heavenly Sect was somewhat surprised.
She recognized the disciple; his name was Zhao Yuqing, and he was one of her disciples.
Zhao Yuqing's talent is not bad, but she remembered that just a few months ago, Zhao Yuqing had only just entered the fourth stage of Qi Refining. How could she have reached the fifth stage so quickly?
Although somewhat puzzled, the elder didn't say much after hearing the other elders' praise, but his eyes showed more satisfaction as he looked at Zhao Yuqing.
The "Ten Thousand Rivers and Mountains" map also showcases the situation at three other competition venues.
The higher the cultivation level, the more dangerous the arena becomes, with all sorts of spells flying around. If it weren't for the protective array barriers at the edge of the training ground, tourists wouldn't dare to come and watch.
Soon, the three incense sticks' time was up, and the top two hundred from the five training grounds had all emerged.
Those cultivators who are not in the top 200 will accumulate one or two points based on their performance just now.
In the afternoon, after the names of one thousand cultivators have been registered, a lottery will be held for one-on-one competition.
One week later, the individual competition ended.
The leaders and elders of each sect did not look too good.
Because in the five stages of the individual competition, the top ten were all independent cultivators.
Fortunately, the next events are the team competition and the simulated secret realm trial. Most independent cultivators do not like to team up with others and voluntarily give up, or if they do team up, their teamwork is not as good as that of people from the same sect. Therefore, some sect disciples with considerable strength have gained a lot of points through the team competition and their rankings have risen.
The final event of the cultivation competition is the simulated secret realm trial.
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For the past two weeks, Li Chang'an has been taking the tea spirits and mushroom spirits to watch the cultivation competition every day, and occasionally he will forcibly bring along the mountain demons.
Aside from joining in the fun, the most important thing was that he wanted the spirits to have more contact with the current cultivators.
On the day of the simulated secret realm trial, before dawn, Li Chang'an led the spirits out of Xuanling Immortal Mountain and arrived at Qingfeng Sect.
"Through your observations over this period, you must have gained some understanding of those cultivators, right?" Li Chang'an asked.
The tea essence and mushroom essence nodded.
Having understood the general cultivation level of these cultivators, they can cast spells in a targeted manner and stop in time.
Li Chang'an then pulled out the mountain demon hiding behind him: "Don't be afraid. You don't need to go out and face the cultivators. Show them the courage you had when you stole my breeding crab."
The mandrill grasped the key point: "No need to face the cultivators directly?"
“Yes.” Li Chang’an nodded.
The mandrill's eyes darted around, then it patted its chest and said, "That's easy, I'm an expert at scaring people!"
Li Chang'an: "...Then there's no need to be too frightening."
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Author's Note: [Loud-eared bunny head][Loud-eared bunny head] Actually, I originally wanted to write a sword/air-riding flying competition, but it was essentially useless plot, didn't connect with the previous text, and didn't foreshadow later events, so I didn't write it. [Pat head]
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