Although the gossip about Fairy Chu is quite exciting, the sect competition is a more important matter.
The disciples from various sects who were able to come to Zishan with their elders were either outstanding disciples selected from within their sects or promising future talents whom their sects had high hopes for. They brought them here specifically to broaden their horizons.
Both sides attach great importance to this competition.
Today is the first day of the conference, which is being held at the Golden Summit of Woyun Peak, the main peak of Zishan Mountain.
It is called the Golden Summit because at sunrise, the sunlight shines on the mountaintop, giving the entire mountaintop a golden hue, creating the beautiful scene of "Golden Mountain Under the Sun".
Unlike ordinary mountain peaks, the Golden Summit is not a pointed, protruding shape, but a wide, flat platform. In addition to the Chunyang Hall where Wang Wuxie lived and other important halls of the sect, there was also a large enough square to be used for martial arts practice.
Normally, the Golden Summit is a forbidden area of the Zhengyang Sect. Only the sect leader, the elders of the major peaks, and a few important successors can come up here. Other disciples can only come up for a short stay when there are some important ceremonies.
The reason for this is that, in addition to the golden mountain illuminated by the sun, the Golden Summit has another special feature: at sunrise, a misty purple aura arises around the Golden Summit, which is of great help to spiritual practice.
Such precious resources for spiritual practice cannot be made available indefinitely.
Just like this sect competition, disciples from the other eight sects all arrived, but they haven't been able to come up these past few days.
However, today, the Zhengyang Sect made an exception and opened the annual Taoist Grand Competition, using the Golden Summit as the competition venue.
The disciples from all sects were naturally extremely excited, and they all used their respective techniques to greedily absorb the surrounding misty purple energy. They felt refreshed and their cultivation speed was several times faster than usual. They were all overjoyed, thinking how terrifyingly their cultivation would increase if they could stay here to cultivate for a long time.
The sect leaders and elders of various factions also secretly sensed the mysterious purple aura around them, and secretly admired Wang Wuxie for his generosity in opening this place to various sects.
Zu An said to Xie Daoyun beside him, "Sister Ling'er, while there are many people and things are chaotic up there, go and search around to see if any killing formations or anything like that have been set up on the Golden Summit."
He had accompanied Xie Daoyun on a tour of various places in the mountains before without finding it, but there was no chance to come up to the Golden Summit, a forbidden area, before.
The disciples of various sects are currently engrossed in absorbing the purple energy, and the scene is somewhat chaotic, which provides cover for her actions.
Xie Daoyun hummed in agreement and quietly blended into the crowd.
Zu An absorbed the surrounding purple mist to see what was going on, but he was quickly taken aback because the purple mist was very similar to his primordial energy, but much thinner. Even so, it was of much higher quality than ordinary heaven and earth energy. No wonder these people looked so intoxicated.
Among Li Hentian's group, Guan Chouhai couldn't help but glance at his proud disciple beside him: "Just because a great battle is imminent, you are still so dejected. She's just a woman, why are you like this!"
At this moment, he was no longer the spirited man he used to be. A thin stubble had grown around his mouth and chin, which he didn't even bother to groom. This was something he, who used to pay great attention to his appearance, could never have imagined.
His eyes were somewhat unfocused and lifeless. As a grandmaster, Guan Chouhai naturally knew that a person's spirit and energy best reflected his strength and condition. Now, he was probably not even 70% as strong as he was at his peak. He would definitely suffer a great loss in the competition later.
As the opponent is a top contender for Lihentian and represents the face of Lihentian, how could he not be anxious?
She said weakly, "Master, you make it sound so easy. If you knew that Abbot Yan also had a man, I don't believe you would still be so calm."
The surrounding disciples were all taken aback, wondering if their senior brother had lost his mind and dared to speak to the sect leader like that.
However, Guan Chouhai was not angry. Instead, he laughed and said, "Yan Xianzi is different from ordinary women. She is as distant and aloof as the Milky Way in the sky. How could she like an ordinary man? If there is to be a man for her in this world, it must be me, Guan Chouhai."
I'm speechless. Master, where do you get your confidence from?
Guan Chouhai patted him on the shoulder to encourage him, then looked at Zhao Xiaodie, who seemed lost in thought, and asked, "Xiaodie, what's wrong with you again?"
Zhao Xiaodie was startled, and forced a smile: "I'm fine?"
"Nothing?" Guan Chouhai sneered. "I noticed you've been acting strangely for the past few days. Compared to your usual self, you've been unusually quiet these days. Sometimes you seem to be silently shedding tears, and other times you're laughing to yourself, as if someone has broken you."
"Master~" Zhao Xiaodie was immediately embarrassed, but the scene of being brutally beaten by Zu An that day involuntarily surfaced in her mind, and her legs involuntarily pressed tightly together.
"Everyone, adjust your mindset. The competition will start soon. Your opponents on the first day shouldn't be too strong. Take this opportunity to get your gear adjusted." Guan Chouhai put away his smile. Besides Zhiyin, Zhao Xiaodie was his second most favored disciple, and her special status made her much more important than the other disciples.
As it turned out, both of them made mistakes without prior arrangement. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought that something had happened between them while they were dating.
"Yes!" Although Guan Chouhai was usually quite magnanimous, his anger was quite terrifying, and the two could only barely muster their spirits to agree.
Among the Biluo Palace team, Wan Guiyi withdrew his gaze and sneered, "Li Hentian is only famous because of his great reputation, but when you look at him, he's just a piece of trash; and Lou Wucheng from Baiyujing, he also looks half-dead. A swordsman's spirit and energy are so dejected, I don't believe his Longevity Sword is that powerful."
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