Chapter 99: Ganzhou Competition
After a round of fighting, Li Yanmo finally lost.
Although the spiritual energy recovered extremely quickly, Leng Ningshuang's basic level as a foundation-building cultivator was too high. Without using any sword techniques, he relied purely on his physical strength to chase Li Yanmo, who was jumping up and down.
"Brother Li, I guarantee that you are invincible below the Jindan level!" Leng Ningshuang wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave Li Yanmo a very high evaluation.
Li Yanmo just curled the corners of his mouth with difficulty, and was not proud of it.
After all, what this world has no shortage of are tough guys who are willing to challenge and play games with people of higher levels, such as Leng Ningshuang in front of him.
Li Yanmo was not sure that if Leng Ningshuang used sword skills, he could probably only last a few moves.
But what Li Yanmo was really worried about was something else.
"So am I practicing Qi or building a foundation?"
Faced with Li Yanmo's question, the others looked at each other in confusion. Finally, Mo Zhanxian scratched his head and started to complain.
"Anyway... there's no conflict between yours and mine, so just practice both."
The others also nodded.
Li Yanmo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and had to accept this subtle result. He practiced Qi while continuing to repair the building foundation.
Soon the day of the Ganzhou competition arrived.
The giant ship rented from Tiexin Chamber of Commerce was filled with Qi-cultivating monks from all over the place. There were even quite a few merchant ships from other states, almost all of them were Qi-cultivating monks, who came just to have a taste of the spiritual fruits that Qingshan Sect used to entertain guests.
Naturally, those famous monks from the sects would not bother to ride on such a huge public ship.
There was still half an hour before the opening of the Ganzhou Competition, but the sky was already filled with flying ships of all sizes. The flags of the sects and families were competing for beauty, creating a spectacular and lively scene.
In comparison, Risheng City was much quieter. Everyone deliberately avoided Risheng City in order to convey their implicit flattery and stance to the Taoist sect.
Feng Shouyun and Mo Zhanxian sat under the pavilion of the prefectural government, drinking tea, not affected by the coldness of Risheng City at all.
"I originally thought that Sect Leader Li was only concerned about the people, but I didn't expect him to be so resourceful," Mo Zhanxian shook the teacup in his hand. "Expanding the Qianzhou Grand Competition seems to have rekindled the enthusiasm for cultivation, but it has also aroused the greed of the aristocratic families, making them no longer willing to compete as sects. They go on stage with flags, showing off their background and demonstrating their abilities to the Taoist sect... Heh -"
Mo Zhanxian laughed disdainfully, "They want to become a new sect."
Feng Shouyun shook his head and said with emotion, "From now on in Ganzhou, aristocratic families are aristocratic families, and sects are sects. If a sect wants to receive a powerful disciple, it can only rely on luck~"
"We, the Dayu Dynasty, should treat such a talented person who cares about the people and does not seek fame and fortune well." Mo Zhanxian raised his head and drank the tea in the cup. "After the Qianzhou competition is over, if no one buys the heavenly magic weapon, I will buy it. With my military merits, it won't be difficult for me to pay tens of billions of low-grade spirit stones."
"General, you are a righteous man, but that heavenly magic weapon has already been reserved," Feng Shouyun raised his teacup and took a sip. "The Legalist tradition, the original version of the treasured book Han Feizi, uses the law to enter the Tao, is a heavenly magic weapon that is powerful enough to shake the laws of the Dayu Dynasty. Has the Xiantian Sect already been impatient to give money?"
Mo Zhanxian raised his eyebrows, "Wouldn't that only be able to shake the first edition of Dayu's Law? Now it's the 78th edition, what can it still shake?"
“So we have to sell it quickly,” Feng Shouyun said with a grin. “Xiantian Sect is dying for the Legalist inheritance compiled by the fifth generation Emperor Yu. We directly asked them for 50 billion, and Xiantian Sect agreed without even blinking an eye. These super sects are really rich.”
Mo Zhanxian said with a reluctant sound, "It's too cheap."
"It's the first time. We will have experience next time. I heard that they are searching the warehouse and counting the junk that they have no chance to sell. Then they will slowly sell them out when the time comes," Feng Shouyun shrugged.
At this time, Li Yanmo was standing in the line of cultivators, looking back and forth like a curious baby.
There are not many people who can fight with different cultivators. The Qianzhou Competition is so lively that Li Yanmo can't help but feel itchy. Even Shen's parents are interested in joining in the fun. It's a pity that his eldest disciple Jian Xin chose to practice seclusion and not join in the fun on the grounds that his cultivation is too low, and the second disciple Shen Ziqing also refused on the grounds that he needed to entertain important guests.
There were many monks coming, but the sky island was larger, and soon birds came down and dropped spiritual fruits to every monk.
The Shen family's parents, who had eaten so much spiritual fruit that they felt like vomiting, naturally ate slowly. However, other Qi-cultivating cultivators in Ganzhou had no chance to touch spiritual fruit. When they got the spiritual fruit, they were like Zhu Bajie swallowing a ginseng fruit. Not only did they chew the core into pieces and swallow it, they also kept licking their fingers, wishing they could lick them until they were polished.
This allowed Li Yanmo to see another way to consume spiritual fruits, but Li Yanmo was not in a hurry to do it.
Soon, a large ship with the word "Tao" floating on it arrived right above the Sky Island. The originally bustling Sky Island suddenly became quiet.
Several red silks hung down, and the Taoist messenger Hong Chang stepped on the red silks and landed. Seeing the huge crowds of people on Sky Island, Hong Chang nodded with satisfaction, raised her hand and threw in the direction of Mei Chai Shao.
"Thank you, Elder Mei. These are the rewards for this Ganzhou competition—"
Mei Chai Shao's eyes lit up, and he took the flying storage bag and put it in his arms. His movements were so smooth and natural that Hong Chang didn't react for a moment, thinking that she did not give the reward for this Ganzhou competition to Mei Chai Shao.
This person... could it be that he wants to take all the rewards of the Ganzhou Competition for himself? ?
Hong Chang coughed and reminded him.
"Ahem - Elder Mei, I think you should share the rewards of this Ganzhou competition with everyone to make everyone more motivated."
Under Hong Chang's urging, Mei Chai Shao reluctantly took out the storage bag.
"...Okay, let me see. There are a number of techniques, a number of spirit stones, a number of spirit medicines, a number of magic weapons, a number of spirit fields, and a number of spirit springs. That's it."
After saying that, Mei Chai Shao put the storage bag back into his pocket and whistled.
The monks below were left speechless by what Mei Chai Shao said.
Hong Chang had no choice but to take the initiative to introduce, "This time, the Ganzhou competition is divided into the Qi training group, the foundation building group, the golden elixir group, and the Nascent Soul group, and the points system is adopted."
"The top three in the Nascent Soul group will obtain the Bean-Spelling Soldiers, an Earth-level Palm Technique, and the Ghost Sword Three Slashes, among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers."
"The first three Jindan stages can obtain the seventy-two earth-level evil powers of covering the sun, taking the clouds, and corpse transformation."
The cultivators in the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages all gasped.
Supernatural powers are different from ordinary skills. They are the real way to communicate with gods, and the Taoist sect actually used them as rewards in the Qianzhou competition.
Afterwards, Hong Chang also introduced the rewards for other realms, personal project points, and the ranking of total points.
The aristocratic families present were all gearing up to try their best. If they could win a place, they would not only be able to enter the vision of the Taoist sect, but also gain enough foundation for the aristocratic families to go further. The sects saw that the aristocratic families were full of enthusiasm, and they all gnashed their teeth.
They have been focusing on training the children of aristocratic families over the years, but who would have known that a Ganzhou competition would expose the true colors of these children, leading to a large-scale exodus of their disciples below the Jindan level.
The highlight of this Ganzhou competition is all about the total points!
(End of this chapter)
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