Master, you go first!

Contrary to the hustle and bustle of the mortal city, at this time, on the coast of the South China Sea, in the station of a certain Demon Sect sub-altar, it was quiet and you could hear the drop of a needle.

"Da, da, da." The sound of footsteps stepping on the stone slabs could be heard clearly in the grotto lobby. The man in black cloak walked to the steps and knelt down on one knee to report the situation.

"Altar Master, recently the Danfeng of the sect where I belong has created a message formation..."

The black cloak handed a message array disk to the leader of the red cloak.

"This array plate and talisman were exchanged by my subordinates at the medicine palace of his sect. It is said that they can transmit letters over long distances."

Red Cloak took the formation disk and inspected it, "It's very exquisite. It seems that a powerful formation master has settled in."

"You're doing well, keep monitoring, and step back."

"Yes."

The black cloak bowed and left, then turned to another small cave in the grotto. He took out a jade bottle and pulled out the stopper. A few wisps of black smoke came out of the jade bottle, and he could vaguely see a distorted human shape. The black cloak meditates and absorbs, with blue and black lingering around his body.

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Three days passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, all the immortal cultivating sects in the Luo Kingdom had set up a competition arena in the sect square. The four major sects also sent deacons to the smaller sects to prepare for the distribution of reward resources and at the same time selected the seedlings and sent out invitations to join the sect.

The deacon sent to the Lingxue Mountain Sect this year was Yin Deren. He had arrived early in the morning. Before the competition started, Ji Chuxue received him in the sect's main hall. Ji Chuxue exchanged a few pleasantries with him as usual and asked his disciples to serve tea and wait for the competition to begin.

Yin Deren felt a little absent-minded, as if he was here to give alms, which is normal for these large deacons who are used to being aloof.

"It is said that you have a fire element disciple this year."

"Yes, this year's competition has caught up with foundation building, so you can participate."

"Is he the one I met when I came to get the roster last time?"

"That's right, I don't know what Deacon Yin's orders are."

"I can't talk about orders, but there is a good thing. This year, Shangshou Xianzong will reward heaven-level fire-based skills. I have brought them and they will be given priority."

After saying that, Yin Deren took out a skill book and showed it to Ji Chuxue. In fact, he wanted her to be ranked among the top three, so that he could find a way to send it out later.

At this moment, Gu Jiu entered the hall with a new spirit stone lamp in his hand. He had just received several new lamp models made by Qiu Junhao, and wanted to tell Ji Chuxue that he was ready to discuss the sale of spiritual stone lamps with the Qiankun Sect.

Seeing Yin Deren, Gu Jiu immediately put the spirit stone lamp into the storage ring. Yin Deren on the opposite side also retracted his hand and prepared to take back the exercise book. Unexpectedly, his hands shook and he lost his grip on the book and fell to the ground. He had to wave his hand to absorb the book with his spiritual power and put it into the storage container. This process didn't take long. However, due to his mistake, Gu Jiu noticed that the book actually wrote "Fire Phoenix Technique".

Gu Jiu frowned slightly. Seeing that there were outsiders, he did not stay any longer and left directly.

At this time, many disciples have gathered in Zongmen Square. In addition to the disciples participating in the competition, there are also many who have not reached the foundation level to watch the battle. As the time approached for the opening ceremony, elders from the sect came to take their seats in the spectator seats in the arena one after another. Soon after, Ji Chuxue also came to the main seat of the spectator seat. The seat next to her was used as the VIP seat for the Shangzong. Yin Deren also walked slowly to take his seat.

The auditoriums around the competition platform were also densely packed with sect disciples. There were about two thousand people. There were about three thousand people from the Lingxue Mountain Sect. Most of them had already come, and there were still some who were afraid of society or who were in seclusion. Just come.

As a bell rang, announcing that the competition was about to begin, Ji Chuxue stood up on the stage and said a few words of encouragement. Standing in the competition arena were hundreds of people participating in the competition. They were all disciples of the sect. The disciples of each peak lineage stood in a row. Only Shen Nian stood out from the crowd at Danfeng.

Shen Nian wore a red women's outfit today, which was somewhat similar to a flying fish suit. She had a high ponytail and held a three-foot green sword in her hand. She looked dashing. Gu Jiu and Xiao Bai were eating melon seeds in the audience, and both said that their master looked really good today.

The competition is divided into three stages. The first stage is the defending match. Any participating disciple has two opportunities to play. As long as he can defend for three rounds without losing, he will be promoted. If he surrenders or falls down, he will be judged as a loser. Twenty people are eligible for promotion, first come, first served.

The second stage is the knockout round. Compete in a comparative test and the winner will be promoted. The top ten who can win a round will receive resource rewards. Then it's ten to five.

The third stage is the challenge. After reaching the top five, they will be ranked by the sect elders. After ranking, you can initiate a ranking challenge, challenge the low-ranking and exchange the rankings with the high-ranking. Each person only has one chance to challenge, or not. The final ranking will be determined.

The competition lasted two days, and the first stage of the defense competition was completed on the first day. Then the next day there will be knockout rounds and challenge rounds.

As the elder who introduced the rules of the competition finished speaking about the rules and announced the start of the competition, the originally quiet auditorium suddenly became noisy, everyone was talking about who would be the first to play.

Gu Jiu also discussed with Xiao Bai, "Do you think Master will be the first to go up?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen the master take action."

Just as Xiao Bai finished speaking, sure enough, Shen Nian was the first to appear.

"Danfeng Chen Nian, please enlighten me."

The audience immediately burst into applause. Actually, most of the disciples don't know her. Danfeng has only been established for a few years, and Shen Nian has never shown his face in the competition. Just now, when one person was standing alone in a row, many disciples below were discussing who this female disciple was.

After a while, someone came on stage to challenge, a disciple from Jianfeng.

"Jianfeng Lin Zhen, please enlighten me."

Gu Jiu ate melon seeds again and asked Xiaobai,

"Xiao Bai, how many moves do you think you can finish?"

"Oh, I don't understand, don't ask me." Xiaobai impatiently grabbed a pack of melon seeds from Gu Jiu's hand.

"Tch, kids, learn more and look good. I'll guess three moves."

Gu Jiu was full of confidence in Shen Nian. His skills were top-notch and his talent was top-notch. Moreover, there were not many disciples participating in the competition who had advanced foundation building skills.

At this time, the two people were standing opposite each other on the stage, their robes swaying slightly in the breeze, giving them a sense of a master's fight.

"Junior sister, please take action."

Lin Zhen is also one of Lu Qian's disciples. His cultivation level is quite satisfactory, and he can reach the fifth level of the middle stage of foundation building. When I saw Shen Nian, he was very young, and I hadn't seen her in the past years. I thought she was a junior sister from another peak who had just arrived at Foundation Establishment.

"Okay." Shen Nian responded simply and directly, and immediately started attacking.

I saw a faint flash of fiery red light on the soles of her feet, and she sprinted to Lin Zhen at an extremely fast speed. Gu Jiu noticed it and used the "Phoenix Dance" movement technique.