Chapter 48 Public Opinion Building
Seeing that Master Wu Chen's face had turned cold, Master Ming Yuan, the head of the Tian Yu Sect, stopped smiling and said, "Oh, I was joking too much. Master Wu Chen, please don't be angry. Since you have said that you want to compete for the first place, then you will definitely be the first."
"This first place is determined through competition, not by anyone's words. Besides, whether or not you are first is not that important. There is no need to put pressure on the disciples."
The leader of Wanluo Sect, Master Xuancheng, came over and smoothed things over. The atmosphere among the leaders eased a little.
When Zhong Ling'er saw Gu Yanze not far away, she hurriedly pulled her second senior brother over.
"Brother Gu, we are late. Please tell us what is going on now."
Zhong Ling'er offered a smiling face. According to her experience in her previous life, in the secret realm of the competition, many sects would secretly form alliances to squeeze out powerful opponents, so she had to understand the situation first and then find an ally. As the host, the Wuji Sect was the most suitable candidate.
Gu Yanze looked embarrassed, and then took the two away to a secluded place, and then said: "I would like to cooperate with you, but your remarks about taking the first place are really offensive. Everyone wants to kill you who are the most threatening first, so we have formed an alliance with the Spirit Sword Sect."
Zhong Ling'er bit her lower lip. It seemed that her sect was in a bad situation.
"It's okay, Senior Brother Gu. It's a big competition, and there's only one first place. We are all for the benefit of the sect, so open and covert fighting is inevitable. As long as it doesn't affect our private relationship, it's fine."
Seeing that Zhong Ling'er was so insightful, Gu Yanze felt a little embarrassed and even avoided looking at Bai Luochen.
"It's good that you can think this way. Although I can't form an alliance with you, I can provide you with some information. Danxiang Pavilion has formed an alliance with Tianyu Sect, Wanluo Sect has formed an alliance with Lingxi Valley and Qingshuang Sect, Zixiao Sect has formed an alliance with Feixing Sect, Huiying Valley has formed an alliance with Fengming Sect. Of the twelve major sects, only your Taiqiong Sect is left. As for the other small sects, there is not much point in forming an alliance with them."
Bai Luochen's heart sank. "Why does it feel like our Taiqiong Sect is being excluded by all the other major sects? What's the reason?"
Gu Yanze raised his eyebrows. "The result of the competition is related to the twenty-year mining rights of the twelve spiritual veins in Dongzhou. For thousands of years, the five major spiritual veins have been in the hands of the five major sects, including the management rights of the five major cities. It is not surprising that other sects have ideas. Who doesn't want to compete?"
"Yes, the five major sects are not unshakable, and we, who only have one Jindan peak and two foundation building masters, are a breakthrough point. But the attitudes of the other four sects are chilling. Of course, I understand, after all, it won't hurt if the knife doesn't fall on you."
Zhong Ling'er's words were full of sarcasm, and she hit the nail on the head with the cruel truth: Taiqiong Sect was abandoned by the other four major sects.
Gu Yanze smiled awkwardly but said nothing.
"Brother Gu, can I ask how Danxiang Pavilion formed an alliance with Tianyu Sect? Weren't they close to Lingjian Sect before?"
"The Spirit Sword Sect wanted to keep its number one position, so they chose us. The Danxiang Pavilion reached a cooperation agreement with the Tianyu Sect on the condition that they would get a 20% discount on all the pills they sold."
It turns out that they are just trying to get what they want. Does Danxiang Pavilion really recognize Tianyu Sect?
Finally, Gu Yanze smiled at Bai Luochen embarrassedly, "I'm sorry that I couldn't form an alliance with you this time."
"Brother Gu, don't be embarrassed. It's your loss if you don't form an alliance with us."
Zhong Ling'er spoke with pride and arrogance, leaving Gu Yanze speechless for a moment.
After returning to the resting place, Master Wu Chen and everyone else looked unhappy, and it was obvious that they had also heard the news.
Zhong Ling'er clapped her hands. "Come on, come on, cheer up. Since they won't cooperate with us, then we'll just do it on our own. Next, let's discuss what to do tomorrow. Everyone has their own division of labor, and there must be no mistakes!"
That night, Ye Qinglan frantically banged the palm of her hand and took the battle strength of each team in the competition and the layout intentions of each sect to the forum for discussion, which successfully set off a heated discussion and attracted more attention to the Taiqiong Sect, which was isolated by the four major sects.
Voices that were badmouthing the Taiqiong Sect rose one after another.
"Ouyang Ruochen actually left at this time. Without him, Taiqiong Sect will have no hope."
"Yes, the first direct disciple of this generation is Ouyang Ruochen, the second is Leng Qingyu, the third is Li Senting, the fourth is Liu Bin, the fifth is Cheng Xuan, Bai Luochen is no longer in the list, and it is hard to say who will be the sixth among Zhou Yizhuo, Qin Dongxu, and Li Qingyao. Without Ouyang Ruochen, they have no chance."
"The Taiqiong Sect still has two people who have established their foundation, and the other four major sects plus the Tianyu Sect have all reached the Golden Core stage!"
"Didn't they say that the junior sister of Taiqiong Sect was a useless person who couldn't practice? How come she has established her foundation?"
"Your information is too outdated. Taiqiong Sect probably used some secret method to allow her to directly build her foundation. I heard that she is now at the fifth level of foundation building, but what's the use? She is just building her foundation. Some people saw her fighting with talismans, but some people said she could use a sword, but they are not very good. Instead, she likes to collect corpses. She collects any corpses."
"It's no wonder that the other four major sects abandoned Taiqiong Sect. I guess after this competition, their names will no longer be on the list of the five major sects, and Tianyu Sect will take over."
Many people were full of confidence in the Tianyu Sect. Some people even re-arranged the twelve major sects and directly included the Tianyu Sect in the five major sects. The Taiqiong Sect was not even ranked tenth.
However, Zhong Ling'er is full of confidence. She will use her strength to severely slap the faces of those who speak ill of the Taiqiong Sect.
The next morning, all the teams from the sects gathered in the back mountain of Wuji Sect. Dean Tianxuan of Tianji Academy served as the referee and explained the rules to everyone.
As the name suggests, the Monster Forest contains many monsters, whose strength ranges from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul. Of course, there are also big monsters above Nascent Soul, but that area has been divided in advance.
The task passed down by each sect is to hunt monsters and obtain their inner elixir. According to the level of the inner elixir, the inner elixir of monsters in the Nascent Soul stage has the highest points, which can be scored ten points, the peak of the Golden Core stage has six points, the middle of the Golden Core stage has five points, and so on.
No fighting or robbing is allowed among disciples. They may use formations, talismans, magical instruments, elixirs, etc., but those cannot exceed the fourth grade.
Each person who enters will be given a teleportation token, which contains a teleportation talisman. If their life is in danger, they can crush the token and be teleported out.
Afterwards, Dean Tianxuan released a magic mirror that hung high in the air, telling all the disciples that their every move after entering the secret realm would be reflected on the mirror, implying that everyone should be good and not do anything tricky.
Zhong Linger curled her lips. She had seen this magic mirror many times in her previous lives, but she could only look down from a high altitude, with a limited range. She couldn't see anything clearly from a distance, and she couldn't hear any sound. The Tianyu Sect had done many tricks.
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