Chapter 1304 The Fist is Hard
The bell for the first level of the Immortal Path will ring nine times, one for each of the first nine people.
In previous years, among the nine sounds, Bingpo Palace, Fanyintian, Luofu Palace and even Tianding Sect, Yunyang Sect and Chiyan Sect might have echoed several times, depending on which sect was stronger at that time.
But this year, a Qingxuan Sect was killed, accounting for five of the nine. The remaining Bingpo Palace accounted for two, and Luofu Palace and Tianding Sect accounted for one each, that's all.
Not only that, they also directly monopolized the top five. The three words "Qingxuan Sect" that had disappeared for ten thousand years were once again powerfully engraved on the suspended stone tablet, leaving many people stunned for a long time.
"How could a Qingxuan Sect suddenly appear? The Qingxuan Sect was destroyed ten thousand years ago. Now no one knows where the sect is. How could these disciples suddenly appear?"
"Nine out of ten are probably just using a name as a cover. If it is really the Qingxuan Sect, why are there so few people among the scattered immortals? The Qingxuan Sect was the number one sect ten thousand years ago, dominating the entire cultivation world. Even this Dengtian Mountain belongs to them!"
"Yes, I also think that everyone should not panic. This is only the first level. As long as you pass the first level, you will be qualified to continue to the next level of trial. Although the names of the top nine will be on the stone tablet and there will be a bell, it is useless other than that. The trials that follow are the most important."
"Yes, the trials that follow are the most important part of the Ascension Conference. In previous years, there have been cases where some people hid their strength in the first stage and then performed amazingly in the next few stages. They have put in a lot of effort, but it will not do them any good to expose themselves too early in the first stage."
The sect leaders on the altar were still discussing with each other, using words to ease the tense atmosphere between them, trying to gradually eliminate the shocking effect that Qingxuan Sect had brought to them.
Despite this, no one was idle, and they began to order their subordinates to investigate the Qingxuan Sect that suddenly appeared.
Although he has confidence in his disciples, he always feels uneasy when facing an opponent he does not understand. Only by knowing both himself and the enemy can he win every battle.
While waiting for the message from my people, the journey to the first level of immortality is still going on.
If the period of about a quarter of an hour is the time when all the major sects compete for the first place, then the period from a quarter of an hour to within an hour is the time when all the sects compete for the number of people.
The more people who pass the first level, the more advantageous it is for the sect. Therefore, except for individual disciples who are vying for the first place, the general sect will arrange a climbing formation so that the disciples with spare strength can protect the slightly weaker disciples in order to maximize the number of people who pass the level.
Seeing that apart from the five people standing there, there were no other people from the so-called Qingxuan Sect for a certain period of time, everyone on the cloud platform and the spirit platform breathed a sigh of relief.
If there are only a few of them, they are not much different from the independent cultivators and they won't cause any trouble.
As everyone was thinking this, they discovered that the people from the seven major sects were just looking at them with frowns on their faces, without saying a word.
These people start out by using damaging tactics, and then keep silent after being defeated. They don't exchange any information with each other. If you don't know them, you might think they are trying to be cool.
However, these people have bad intentions and are annoying to begin with, and there is no loss if we don't associate with them, so no one goes to ask questions.
It’s not that the people from the seven major sects don’t want to speak, it’s that they don’t know what to say.
Currently, they don’t recognize any of the five people who have passed the first level except Gu Linyuan who was taken away by Fanyintian in recent years.
A hundred years ago, there were less than ten of them but they were able to stir up such a big storm. A hundred years later, they have several more powerful people. There is no way that this time they are just participating.
But no one knows what they really want to do, and no one can imagine what they can do.
After all, who would have dared to imagine that this huge carefree tree would disappear just like that?
Even if they said now that the goal was to flatten the Dengtian Mountain, they would not have any doubts.
Because these crazy people really dare to do it and can really do it!
Therefore, the seven major sects were very uneasy. They were worried about their disciples who were still on Mount Dengtian, and they were also worried about the revenge from the Qingxuan Sect that they would face after the Dengtian Conference was over.
But expressing such anxiety to others is not only embarrassing, but also unlikely to be believed.
Those people would definitely laugh at them and say they were crazy for being jealous of just a few younger generations.
So, instead of talking endlessly about things that may be contradicted in the future, it is better to think quietly about how to deal with accidents that may happen at any time.
As the time of the first level passed, more and more people climbed onto the platform and completed the level.
Before the end of the second quarter of an hour, two figures climbed up from below and immediately rushed towards where Pei Luobai and the others were, one after the other.
"First Brother! Second Brother! Third Brother! Fifth Brother! We are back!"
Hearing an excited call, Pei Luobai raised his head and saw Ji Zizhuo and Ning Mingcheng running towards him with their arms open.
Pei Luobai chuckled and opened his arms to welcome them.
After they hugged the eldest senior brother one by one, they ran to hug the second senior brother, the third senior brother, and then the fifth senior brother. They found that there was another person who was not from the Qingxuan Sect mixed in.
"Huh? Senior Brother Si, why are you here?" Ji Zizhuo asked.
"Well, where do you want me to be?"
Ji Zizhuo was speechless, so Ning Mingcheng asked the question instead.
"Then why are you wearing the uniform of our Qingxuan Sect? I haven't even put it on yet."
"If you work harder and crawl ahead of me, you can put it on before me, right? So, why don't you work harder?"
Ning Mingcheng was stunned by the backhand attack. Seeing this, Ji Zizhuo prepared to take over.
At this time, the eldest senior brother took a step forward and stood in front of Si Yuchen.
"He is just a temporary sweeper hired by Qingxuan Sect. You don't need to look at him so harshly. My two junior brothers, this is your sect uniform. It has your features and names. It belongs to you completely. It is not borrowed from anyone."
Ning Mingcheng and Ji Zizhuo's eyes lit up when they heard this. They excitedly took the sect uniforms from their eldest senior brother, gently stroking the material of the uniforms with their fingers, their eyes sparkling.
"It's a special sect uniform. It really has my name and a fire pattern on it. That's the characteristic of my fire spiritual root. It also has the Xuanmen symbol, all embroidered on it!" Ning Mingcheng said excitedly.
"And me, I have waves here, and I embroidered two crossed swords. It's because I used to always challenge others in order to improve my practical combat skills!" Ji Zizhuo was very excited while flipping through the sect uniform.
"Put it on first." Pei Luobai said with a smile.
The two of them put on their respective sect uniforms with great joy.
At this time, Si Yuchen next to him looked down at the piece of clothing he was wearing, and sure enough, he saw Pei Luobai's name and features related to him.
A golden sword symbolizes Pei Luobai's golden spiritual root, and a medicinal herb symbolizes his origin from the Divine Doctor Valley.
Si Yichen frowned. Tsk, it's not exclusive to him. It's really not very pleasant. It would be better if it had his name and his features embroidered on it.
He was unhappy, so he couldn't help but go find trouble with Pei Luobai. Thinking of the past, he smiled and whispered in Pei Luobai's ear: "You are worthy of being the proud disciple of the seventeenth elder of the Divine Doctor Valley. This herb is worthy of your overflowing talent."
At that moment, Pei Luobai's fist hardened.