Chapter 71: Nine-foot-long scroll of mountains and rivers
The final place for the martial arts performance was set at the dojo outside the Hufeng Hall. Many outer disciples had swept away the gloom from the previous martial arts performances, and everyone was ready to go - after all, success or failure depended on this one move!
Huayu San was very effective. Although only two days had passed, the bruises on Long Qi's face had almost disappeared. There were only a few marks left, which were invisible if you didn't look closely.
At the sound of a bell, Shangqing Zhenren and the elders walked out of Hufeng Hall. The disciples quickly quieted down from their chattering and noise, and all bowed on the steps. When the disciples stood up, Qianyuan Zhenren, receiving a signal from Shangqing Zhenren, stepped forward and began to speak.
Basically, after this martial arts performance, the daily performance of the disciples and the results of the previous two martial arts performances will be combined to decide who will be promoted to the inner sect. The disciples who are not promoted can stay or go, and the sect will not force them. If they do not want to stay, they can hand in their name cards and choose a day to go down the mountain. If they are still willing to practice, they will be re-divided into different houses. It is hoped that these disciples can concentrate on their practice and succeed in the promotion exams in the future.
Lingxiang was so bored that she seemed to be dozing off even while standing. Master Fuyin hurriedly tugged at her sleeve and whispered to her not to be careless.
Zhenren Qianyuan finally finished speaking, then turned around, bowed to Zhenren Shangqing, and returned to his original position.
At this time, Han Yang came out of the hall holding a scroll, bowed to the elders, and then presented the scroll to Master Zhao Ming. He then turned around and told the disciples below the steps about the martial arts performance.
The disciples who will be performing the martial arts show will enter the map of mountains and rivers that was just handed to Master Zhao Ming. The map of mountains and rivers is a magical treasure left by an ancient powerful being. It contains thousands of illusions, presented in the form of paintings, such as snow caves, barren lands, abyssal swamps, misty fantasy forests, etc. The disciples will enter the already set checkpoints in groups of four from their respective dormitories. As long as they can crack the mystery, they will succeed.
However, there will be more or less strange beasts appearing in each level, and several groups of disciples may fall into the same level, and the secret of each level can only be obtained by one group. At that time, how the disciples get out of the level will be decided by themselves.
This martial arts performance is limited to one hour. Those who have not passed the level after one hour will be deemed to have failed.
As soon as Han Yang finished speaking, Master Zhao Ming began to recite the secret formula. The scroll in his hand slowly rose into the air. When the last word of the secret formula was uttered, the scroll suddenly opened, and a painting appeared in front of everyone.
The painting was several feet long, and the scenery in it was lifelike. The flowers, birds, animals, rain, snow, and flowing water were all moving.
As Master Zhao Ming uttered the word "Appear!", a light array appeared under the scroll. At the same time, a light array also appeared under the feet of the disciples. Master Zhao Ming shouted "Enter!" and the disciples immediately disappeared. However, a number of small figures appeared in the painting. Those figures all looked extremely surprised. Upon closer inspection, they were the outer disciples who had just disappeared!
"I didn't expect that for just a martial arts performance, they would bring out the map of mountains and rivers." Lingxiang said as she sat down. She had been standing for such a long time that her feet felt a little sore.
Master Fuyin smiled and shook his head, then bent down to check her legs and feet. He saw that the injured areas were actually a little red and swollen, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Didn't I tell you to rest well? What have you been doing these past few days? How did you get your legs like this?" As he said this, he took out a medicine bottle from his waist, poured some of the medicine into his hands, and gently rubbed Lingxiang.
Lingxiang didn't dare to say anything else. It was not good to tell them openly that it was because she was teaching Zhao Wuyang and Banxia. She just said that she had been standing like this for half a day, repeating the same old clichés, and then she glared at Master Qianyuan.
Zhenren Qianyuan just tilted his head while talking to Zhenren Shangqing, pretending that he didn't see Lingxiang's look - if this little girl really caught on to him, she might blackmail him again!
Although the map of mountains and rivers is an illusion, the various feelings are real. Some disciples fell on the snowy mountains, and the biting cold all over their bodies made them want to retreat. However, before coming in, Han Yang had already said that unless they found the secret of the mechanism, they would have to wait for an hour before they could go out.
Lingxiang never expected that these old foxes would use the map of mountains and rivers as a test for the martial arts performance. Perhaps it was because she interfered with the second martial arts performance last time, or perhaps the two old men told her secret, so these old antiques came up with this countermeasure.
Thinking of this, Lingxiang glared at Zhenren Qianyuan again. Zhenren Qianyuan was startled by the stare and secretly wondered how he had offended this little ancestor.
In fact, this is not really the fault of Master Qianyuan. The question for this martial arts test was originally the mysterious and magical formation set up by Master Zhaoming.
The Xuanling Huanzhen is a sophisticated array formation. The original intention was to send all the disciples into the formation for training. However, a few days ago, someone broke in here at night and destroyed the center of the formation. That's why the elders hurriedly took the map of mountains and rivers.
Yesterday, Shangqing Zhenren spent half a day fortune-telling, but in the end, all the hexagrams were incoherent. He didn't know what kind of magic the visitor used to deceive his divination skills. If the Hun Tian Yi had not shown any signs, this martial arts performance would have been cancelled.
But this does not mean that the matter has been exposed. Yesterday, the elders had carefully watched the situation that day in the dust-peek mirror. Although they still cannot know who did it, they can be sure that it must have been done by someone from the sect.
Originally, Master Zhao Ming had thought his own cultivation had declined, allowing the thieves to succeed time and again. He had even carefully checked all the mountain formations, but they were all intact. Now, it seemed that the previous attack by the demons was similar to this one; there must be a traitor in the sect!
However, although this matter had been confirmed, it was still unknown who had done it. So the Taoist Master Shangqing sent Han Yang to lead the elders and their trusted followers to make careful arrangements overnight, and the matter was not publicized.
Since that person has done bad things once and twice, and there is a demon behind him, I think there will be more moves, and then we can take him down in one fell swoop.
If Lingxiang knew about this, she would probably be extremely happy - she was just worrying about how to hide the matter of Xinyi, but she didn't expect that someone would appear out of nowhere to take the blame.
However, if Lingxiang's thoughts were known by the elders, especially Master Zhaoming, he would probably be so angry that even an old man would jump up and down.
Everyone outside the formation had their own thoughts, but the map of mountains and rivers was already bustling with activity.
When it comes to cultivation, luck is absolutely essential. A quarter of an hour later, some disciples entered the map and are still safe and sound, but some disciples ran into trouble as soon as they entered.
If there are people with extremely good luck in the world, there must also be people with extremely bad luck, just like Miaozhi from Meiyuan. Not long after she entered the battle formation for her last martial arts performance, she was bewildered and entangled by the monsters from Yinyu Peak. This time, she fell into the rootless sand dunes. As soon as she stood still, a giant swimming sand shark emerged. They have been chased until now, and they are still on the run.
Even though he was so unlucky, he could be considered a chosen one...
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