The selection rules and all procedures for the fencing competition were formulated by Master Fenglian when the Tianjian Sect was first established a thousand years ago.
The Heaven Sword Sect is undoubtedly a sword-cultivating sect, but as a sect that can gain a foothold in the world of cultivation, it must have all the five elements. The sword techniques of the Refining Sword Pavilion focus on strong attacks, the Defending Sword Pavilion focuses on defense, the Cultivating Sword Pavilion is more adept at formations, and the Medicine Pavilion weakens the sword techniques and focuses on the techniques of alchemy and mechanisms. In the early years, there were frequent fights between the sects of cultivation, and the Demon Realm and the Ghost Realm often invaded. If you want to defend your sect and resist foreign enemies, it is not advisable to rely on strong attacks alone. You must have both offense and defense, and each has its own division of labor. Therefore, the status of the four major pavilions was equal in the early years.
However, nowadays, the spiritual energy of the cultivation continent has increased, the demons and ghosts dare not attack easily, the sects discuss with each other, and the wars have decreased. Therefore, the Tianjian Sect pays more and more attention to personal cultivation, and the Xiujian Pavilion and the Yao Pavilion gradually decline.
Especially after Jade Ying Zhenren took over the position of the headmaster, he, as a sword fanatic, believed that the strength of the sword was the most important thing, and neglected the Sword Repairing Pavilion and the Medicine Pavilion even more, causing the gap between the four pavilions to grow wider and wider, and conflicts among fellow disciples were endless.
Xiao Kui had just suffered a great loss at the hands of Yi Xichen not long ago, and he immediately stood up to confront him: "Yi Xichen, don't talk about Xiaozu!"
Before he finished speaking, a sharp gaze made him shiver. The person who glared at him was not someone else, but Qiu Jian, the elder of the Sword Refining Pavilion. Hearing that his own disciple dared to speak disrespectfully to the young ancestor, he was naturally furious.
Xiao Kui shrank his neck and hurriedly spoke to save him: "The young master is naturally wise, but the world today is no longer the world of the past. The world is unpredictable, and the Medicine Pavilion and the Sword Repairing Pavilion are no longer as glorious as they were in the past. Adapting to current events is the foundation of the sect."
Yi Xichen said calmly: "Brother Xiao, what you mean is that the disciples of our Sword and Medicine Pavilion are not as good as they were in the past?"
"Of course not! Back then, the Seven Star Formation of Xiujian Pavilion was able to trap the Demon God Candle Nine Yin, and back then, Yao Pavilion was able to refine the Demon God's Dan Yuan. What about now?"
Xiao Kui's words were not groundless. The Sword Repairing Pavilion and Medicine Pavilion were indeed declining, but this was not the fault of the two pavilions. Because the headmaster did not pay attention to them, the disciples with high qualifications were snatched away by the Sword Refining Pavilion and the Sword Guarding Pavilion, and the remaining disciples were not as qualified as others. Moreover, the best swords of the Tianjian Sect were given to the Sword Repairing Pavilion, and the most spiritual mountains were given to the disciples of the Medicine Pavilion. But now, the number of disciples of the Sword Repairing Pavilion and Medicine Pavilion is getting smaller and smaller, and their decline is inevitable.
Yi Xichen retorted, "Back then, Senior Hua Ya of the Sword Refining Pavilion was able to fight against the Black Demon alone. Does Senior Brother Xiao have that kind of strength? Is the Sword Refining Pavilion no longer as powerful as it was back then?"
"You!" Xiao Kui glared angrily.
Hua Ya Zhenren is now a powerful person. He originally has the same spiritual roots as his eldest grandson Zijun. Looking at the entire history of Tianjian Sect for thousands of years, Hua Ya Zhenren's strength is probably only second to the young ancestor Fenglian. Not to mention Xiao Kui, even Lu Ziyao, even the head of the sect Yuying Zhenren, are far inferior to Hua Ya Zhenren. It is simply ridiculous to dare to compare with him. But the example Xiao Kui cited is also extreme, so Yi Xichen's words really make sense.
The eldest grandson, Zijun: “Haha.”
This kind of mockery of strength made Xiao Kui's head hot and his tongue became knotted again. He was so anxious that he couldn't speak, so Wang Qingqiao and others hurriedly pulled him back.
Gongsun Di, the eldest disciple of the Sword Guarding Pavilion, said, "Over the past thousand years, a lot of things have happened in the world of cultivation, and our Tianjian Sect has also undergone many changes. I believe that Junior Brother Yi will not deny this. The rules of the sword competition were indeed set by the young ancestor back then, but the original sword competition was just a test for the disciples, and there were no many immortal materials as rewards. But now, the disciples who win the sword competition represent the strength of our Tianjian Sect. In the future, only the disciples who rank in the top five in the sword competition will be eligible to participate in the World Discussion Conference and the Demon Fighting War. Since the rules have changed, why can't they be changed in a more reasonable direction?"
True Man Yuying nodded to show her approval of what he said.
In fact, Tianjianmen has no explicit rules on what can be done after winning the competition, but after thousands of years, many things have become unwritten rules. In Tianjianmen, the competition is the biggest internal selection, so the competition selects the strong, and only the strong can get more opportunities, which is also the law of nature.
Zhao Xiang, a disciple of the Sword Refining Pavilion, said, "Master, looking at the sword competitions in previous years, the top five places in ten consecutive competitions have been taken by disciples of the Sword Refining Pavilion and the Sword Guarding Pavilion, and in the past hundred years, disciples of the Medicine Pavilion have never made the top ten. This is enough to show that there are drawbacks in the early selection of the sword competition."
In fact, Zhao Xiang was the one who was more anxious than Xiao Kui and Gongsun Di. He was ranked seventh in the Sword Refining Pavilion, and he was not on the list of twenty people this time. If the rules were not changed, he would not even be qualified to enter the sword competition. But he was confident that with his ability, it would not be a problem for him to be ranked in the top twenty of all the disciples in the mountain.
Sun Xiaoqian from Yaoge was so anxious that she was about to cry again.
If the 20 contestants were really selected based on their strength, I'm afraid only the eldest grandson Jun, who had a natural spiritual root, could get a place for the Medicine Pavilion, and the other places would be taken by the Sword Refining Pavilion and the Sword Guarding Pavilion. The disciples of their Medicine Pavilion did not seek to stand out in the world of cultivation when they participated in the conference, but the rewards of spiritual stones and immortal materials would be difficult to obtain in the future if they missed them.
Yi Xichen said: "Brother Zhao, what you mean is that the strength of our Medicine Pavilion and Sword Repair Pavilion is not as good as that of the Sword Refining Pavilion and the Sword Guarding Pavilion?"
Zhao Xiang sneered: "Isn't this obvious?"
Xiao Kui was much calmer now, and started jumping up and down again: "Don't Junior Brother Yi think so? You Yaoge can even select a fake spiritual root into the top five. We have a fake spiritual root in the top 20 of Tianjian Sect. It's just a joke if it gets out!"
This was simply a stab in the heart. Yi Xichen's lack of talent had always been a pain in his heart, and at this moment he could not help but frown.
Seeing his disciple being bullied, Yao Budu flew into a rage: "Xiao Kui! Who do you think you are? You have the right to dictate to the disciples selected by me, Yao Budu! Shouldn't I give you the position of elder in this Yao Pavilion?"
Xiao Kuibi didn't dare to confront the elders, so he could only say awkwardly, "Disciple doesn't dare."
Yi Xichen said: "May I ask all the senior brothers, which disciple of the Sword Cultivation Pavilion or the Medicine Pavilion is weaker?"
In fact, in the past, the disciples of the Sword Repairing Pavilion were looked down upon by the other two pavilions, and they also looked down upon the Medicine Pavilion. But now they are forced to stand on the same side as the Medicine Pavilion, because if the selection is really based on ability, not only will the number of students in the Medicine Pavilion be greatly reduced, but the number of students in the Sword Repairing Pavilion will also be reduced a lot.
"Of course it's the pharmacy!"
"So which one is stronger, the Sword Refining Pavilion or the Sword Guarding Pavilion?"
Now the Sword Refining Pavilion and the Sword Guarding Pavilion were on the same front line. A dozen or so disciples looked at each other in silence, fearing that they would fall into his divisive scheme.
Yi Xichen then said to himself: "The Sword Refining Pavilion should be slightly better, what do you think, fellow brothers?"
The disciples of the Sword Refining Pavilion believed this, and the disciples of the Sword Guarding Pavilion did not dare to refute it.
"Okay." Yi Xichen said, "Now, the brothers have objections to the rules of the sword competition, that is, they think that the weak will take over the power. Then let us, the Medicine Pavilion, and your Sword Refining Pavilion send people to compete to see who is stronger. Do you brothers agree with this method?"
Xiao Kui hurriedly said: "If you send your eldest grandson Jun, wouldn't it still be unfair?"
The eldest grandson, Zijun, sneered and said, "Am I not a disciple of the Medicine Pavilion?"
Although Gongsun Di didn't know how powerful his eldest grandson Jun was, he thought it was inappropriate to know that his eldest grandson Jun had a natural spiritual root: "Junior Brother Changsun cannot represent the strength of the Medicine Pavilion."
"Don't send the eldest grandson, Zijun." Yi Xichen said, "Now the competition is not about the strongest, but the weakest. Then send the fifth-ranked disciple from your Sword Refining Pavilion and the fifth-ranked disciple from our Medicine Pavilion. If we win, it means that it is nonsense for all the brothers to think that Medicine Pavilion is inferior to Sword Refining Pavilion. If we lose, maybe there are indeed loopholes in the sect rules, and we can discuss it again."
Qiu Jian, the elder of the Sword Refining Pavilion, said, "It's feasible."
Lin Zhen, the elder of the Sword Guarding Pavilion, quickly responded: "What Xichen said is indeed a feasible approach. If we continue to stalemate, it will inevitably delay the schedule of the sword competition. It is better to do as he says."
Not to mention the fifth to the fifth, even if it was the fifth to the tenth, they were confident. Yi Xichen's suggestion was simply to seek profit for the Sword Refining Pavilion and the Sword Guarding Pavilion.
Wan Jin, the elder of Xiujian Pavilion, was worried and stared at Yi Xichen anxiously. Even if the medicine was not poisonous, he pulled his goatee, not knowing what kind of medicine his beloved disciple was selling.
"As Senior Brother Xiao said just now, I, a fake spiritual root, was selected into the top five of the Medicine Pavilion, which shows that I am of low talent. I am the fifth in the Medicine Pavilion. Which senior brother in the Sword Refining Pavilion would like to compete with me?"
In fact, although Yi Xichen was not very talented, he practiced diligently and was the second best in the Medicine Pavilion after his eldest grandson, Zijun. It was just that because they had never fought before, other people besides the Medicine Pavilion disciples were not aware of this matter and did not raise any questions.
Since they have already agreed to compete, although Xiao Kui is eager to personally show Yi Xichen some color, the Sword Refining Pavilion has its dignity and will not bully others by comparing the strong to the weak. Qiu Jian said: "The fifth-ranked disciple of my Sword Refining Pavilion is Wang Qingqiao."
Wang Qingqiao immediately stepped out and held his precious sword with dignity: "Let me learn from Junior Brother Yi's skills."
Yi Xichen said calmly: "No hurry, let's talk about the rules first. If I lose, we can discuss the rules of the fencing competition. What if I win?"
Wang Qingqiao didn't dare to make the decision and turned his gaze to the elders.
Yuying Zhenren said in surprise: "If you win, the conference will be held as usual."
"This is unfair." Yi Xichen said, "The meeting should have been held as usual. These brothers made trouble and caused trouble. If I win, it will show that our disciples of the Medicine Pavilion are not inferior to the brothers of the other pavilions. I hope that the headmaster can also consider whether the usual distribution to us should be modified."
When these words came out, everyone was shocked.
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