Longevity and Immortality: Start with Blessings

"In three days, there will be the Dongxuan Academy assessment competition, and in seven days, there will be the Qi Refining Realm cultivator competition. As the largest village in Xingluozhou, I, the village chief, do not ask you to take the first place, but you must be in the top 100. Do you understand?"

In Liujia Village, thousands of miles away from Dongxuan City, Liu Laosan faced a dozen Qi Refining Realm teenagers in front of him and gave a serious lecture.

Hearing Liu Laosan's words, these young men in the Qi Refining Realm were full of confidence and said in unison:

"Yes, village chief, we heard it clearly!"

One of the two young men who held their heads high said proudly:

"Village chief, don't worry! I don't have much confidence in the college entrance examination, but Liu Yuan and I will definitely advance to the top ten in the Qi Refining Realm Competition."

Liu Yuan beside him also raised his head slightly and said:

"Li Lan is right. My Qingfeng swordsmanship has been perfected. This Qi Refining Realm Competition is the time for me, Liu Yuan, to become famous in Xingluozhou."

Looking at the two people with extremely inflated confidence, Liu Laosan was speechless for a while, his face sank and said:

"It's good to have confidence, but you also have to know yourself. There are more than 10,000 Qi Refining Realm cultivators participating in the competition this time. I will burn incense if you can squeeze into the top ten."

However, in the face of Liu Laosan's reprimand, although Liu Yuan and Li Lan did not refute, the look of disapproval on their faces revealed their inner thoughts.

Looking at the expressions of the two, Liu Laosan also muttered in his heart:

"You still haven't experienced the beating of society! I hope you can maintain this confidence after this competition."

These dozen Qi Refining cultivators were all personally cultivated by Liu Laosan from the children with spiritual roots in Liujia Village in the past ten years.

Although most of these dozen Qi Refining teenagers are only in the early stage of Qi Refining, only Liu Yuan and Li Lan have broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and reached the middle stage of Qi Refining.

But because this is the first Dongxuan College exam, it is also the first competition for Qi Refining cultivators in villages, towns, and cities in Xingluozhou.

In order to ensure a certain degree of fairness, Dongxuan City requires that all cultivators participating in the college exam and the Qi Refining Competition must be teenagers who have detected spiritual roots and embarked on the path of cultivation within the past ten years.

So don't look at the low level of these Qi Refining cultivators cultivated by his Liujia Village, but among the Qi Refining teenagers in other villages, towns, and cities, except for a very small number of Tianjiao, the cultivation of most of the new generation of cultivators is also not much higher.

Therefore, Liu Laosan had great expectations for the young men of Qi Refining Realm cultivated by his Liujia Village, especially Liu Yuan and Li Lan, who had already entered the middle stage of Qi Refining Realm. He hoped that they could squeeze into the top 100 of the competition.

But Liu Yuan and Li Lan could fight all the way to the end and rank among the top ten of the new generation of Qi Refining Realm cultivators in Xingluozhou? Liu Laosan would never believe it.

How could it be so easy to be in the top ten of the new generation of cultivators in the entire Xingluozhou?

In Liu Laosan's view, this was nothing but wishful thinking.

To fight to the top ten, at least you have to reach the late stage of Qi Refining Realm, right?

"Okay, I'll take you to Dongxuan College to take the big test first. After the big test, we will go directly to the prefectural city to prepare for the war."

"Yes, village chief!"

Then, Liu Laosan took the Qi Refining Realm cultivators of Liujia Village to fly to the prefectural city of Yuanqing Prefecture where Liujia Village was located.

There are 20 counties and more than 300 prefectures in the entire Xingluozhou.

This time, the new generation of Qi Refining Realm Competition in Xingluozhou will hold the first round of eliminations in the prefecture city, and then the top ten in each prefecture will go to the county city to participate in the second round of eliminations.

Then after the second round of eliminations, the top five in each county will be eligible to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals.

Now all the prefecture cities and county cities in Xingluozhou are built by the strongest group of purple mansion cultivators in Xingluozhou.

The group of young Qi Refining Realm teenagers with the highest cultivation level from each prefecture city and county city are also the most favorable competitors in this Qi Refining Competition.

Anyone who is qualified to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals, whether it is the Qi Refining Realm cultivator himself, or the village head, town head, and city lord who cultivated these Qi Refining Realm cultivators, can receive rewards from Dongxuan City.

The higher the final ranking, the richer the reward.

This is also the reason why Liu Laosan hopes that Liu Yuan and Li Lan can squeeze into the top 100 of this competition.

Only the top 100 in the Qi Refining Competition have the opportunity to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the final competition and receive rewards from Dongxuan City.

Otherwise, the many village chiefs, town chiefs, and city lords who applied to build villages, towns, and cities in Dongxuan City would only be able to obtain the most basic contribution point salary and the basic reward for each spiritual root child born.

These gains are far less than the rewards for the top 100 in the competition.

As his spiritual sense swept over Liu Yuan and Li Lan behind him, Liu Laosan's eyes showed a hint of hope, and he secretly said in his heart:

"Whether this village chief can speed up the breakthrough of the foundation-building realm and upgrade Liujia Village to a town depends on whether you two can give it a try."

At the same time, on the tallest attic in the center of Yuanqingfu City.

A heroic girl holding a spear overlooked the entire Yuanqingfu City, and said domineeringly:

"This time, the first place in the Qi Refining Realm Competition, this lady must win!"

While speaking, the breath burst out from this girl has reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm.

Her name is Yuan Qingcheng, the daughter of Yuan Mingzhi, the lord of this Yuanqingfu City, and the owner of six spiritual root talents.

Just when Yuan Qingcheng said these words, a slightly scholarly figure climbed up to the attic. Looking at Yuan Qingcheng's back, his face showed a look of satisfaction and doting, and he nodded slightly and said:

"Well, you are worthy of being my Yuan Mingzhi's daughter. With Qingcheng's cultivation and combat power, you have a great chance of winning the first place in the Qi Refining Realm competition this time."

However, after hearing his father's words, Yuan Qingcheng frowned slightly and said unconvinced:

"Huh, what do you mean, dad, is there someone else who will be my opponent in this competition?"

Hearing his daughter's dissatisfaction, Yuan Mingzhi shook his head slightly and walked forward. When he came to his daughter's side, Yuan Mingzhi looked at the distant sky and said quietly:

"Qingcheng, Xingluo Prefecture is too big. Our Yuan Qing Mansion is only one of more than 300 prefectures in Xingluo Prefecture."

"Although your cultivation at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm is already at the top level among the new generation of monks, this does not mean that you have no opponents."

"I don't know how many new generation monks there are in the entire Xingluo State who have reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm and are ranked in the first echelon. I hope you will be mentally prepared."

Hearing this, Yuan Qingcheng waved the spear in his hand inadvertently, with a look of confidence in his eyes:

"Competing in the same situation, I, Yuan Qingcheng, am not afraid of anyone!"

Taiyuan County is one of the major counties in the outer area of ​​Xingluo State.

In the majestic county town, a middle-aged man wearing a purple-red robe looked at an imposing young man not far away and said in slight admiration:

"Teng'er, you have the talent to understand the void. You must be the leader of this Qi Refining Competition!"

Hearing his father's praise, the young man raised his head slightly, suppressed the slightly raised corners of his mouth, and said calmly:

"Father, don't worry! I have been invincible since I was born. Even with my hands behind my back, I can still suppress the heroes!"

"Hahaha, okay, okay, my son has the posture of Kongming!"

Hearing the young man's boast, the middle-aged man instead of admonishing or admonishing him couldn't help laughing. He had a tendency to praise his son to the heavens.

Shicun, a small village in the outer area of ​​Xingluo State.

At this time, a young man was saying goodbye to a gray-haired old man at the entrance of the village:

"Grandpa, village chief, please go back! Fucheng is a bit far away from our Shicun, so I'll leave first."

Hearing this, the white-haired old man asked worriedly:

"Little Shitou, do you really don't need me to send you there? This is your first time traveling far away."

The full name of the little stone mentioned by the white-haired old man is Shi Huang. He is currently the only new generation monk in Shicun and will soon represent Shicun in the Qi Refining Competition in Dongxuan City.

Facing the old man's question, Shi Huang shook his head slightly and chuckled:

"Grandpa, village chief, don't worry! I know the location of the city and I will be back after I finish participating in the finals of the competition."

The nearest Dongxuan College is also near Fucheng. Shicun is too far from Dongxuan College near Fucheng, so Shi Huang usually doesn't have enough time to study at Dongxuan College.

So this time Shi Huang gave up on the college exam three days later and prepared to directly participate in the Qi Refining Realm Competition seven days later.

With Shi Huang's current cultivation level at the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm, there is no problem in reaching the finals of this Qi Refining Competition.

Looking at the thin Shihuang, the head of Shicun said with regret:

"It is our Shicun who has dragged you down, otherwise with your qualifications, three years should be enough for you to break through to the peak of Qi Refining Realm."

Although the Qi Refining Realm competition is held every ten years, Shi Huang only started to practice cultivation three years ago.

In addition, Shi Cun's resources were poor, so compared to others, Shi Huang not only lost seven years of practice time, but also did not have sufficient resources to support his practice.

However, compared to the regret expressed by the village chief Shicun, Shi Huang, who was dressed in simple clothes, shook his head with a smile and said:

"Shicun is my home, how could Shihuang think that Shicun is a drag? Without everyone's love and acceptance, Shihuang would have starved to death long ago."

"Grandpa Village Chief, you don't have to feel sorry. The temporary speed is nothing. There is still a long way to practice in the future!"

For Shi Huang, who has been an orphan since he was a child, knowing how to be content can keep him in a normal state of mind, so Shi Huang's temperament has always been very peaceful and natural.

Before Dongxuan City took complete control of Xingluo State, the order in the entire Xingluo State was not as stable as it is now.

Ordinary residents living in various parts of the Starfall State can easily lose their lives whether they face some wild beasts or encounter the aftermath of a battle between monks.

This is also the reason why ordinary residents usually choose to survive under the protection of monks.

Even after Dongxuan City completely took control of Xingluo State, the order in Xingluo State was stable, but compared to most monks.

Many ordinary residents would easily die if they were attacked by wild beasts or monsters when they went out to work.

Even if there are monks to protect villages, towns, and cities, it is impossible for the monks to take care of all the ordinary residents all the time.

The monks stationed on all sides can regularly clean up the nearby wild beasts and monsters, which is considered to be the limit. It is impossible for any monk to delay his practice and patrol day and night in order to protect the mortal residents under his command.

Unless it is a large city like Dongxuan City that opens up farmland within the city, it can ensure the stability of all ordinary residents.

Shortly after Shi Huang was born, Shi Huang's parents died unexpectedly while working outside. Shi Huang, who became an orphan, grew up eating hundreds of meals.

Fortunately, when he was testing his spiritual roots three years ago, Shi Huang rarely detected the seven-series spiritual root talent.

It was precisely with the talent of these seven spiritual roots that Shi Huang was able to break through to the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm in just three years in the resource-poor Shi Village.

Seeing the overly sensible Shi Huang, the head of Shicun Village felt a little distressed and said:

"You kid, don't worry, after you graduate from Dongxuan College and officially join Dongxuan City, you can narrow the resource gap with others."

After hearing what the village chief said about 'Dongxuan City', Shi Huang's eyes finally showed a slight fluctuation, and a feeling of longing arose in his heart.

If this competition goes well, he will also have the opportunity to follow the strong men in the county and city to Dongxuan City to participate in the competition and see the legendary Dongxuan City with his own eyes. .

As his thoughts circulated, the smile on Shi Huang's face became even wider, and he responded.

"I got it, Grandpa Village Chief."

Looking up at the sky, Shi Huang spoke again:

"Grandpa Village Chief, it's getting late. I'm leaving first. Goodbye Grandpa Village Chief!"

"Okay, have a safe journey, and be safe!"

"Okay, Grandpa Village Chief!"

Seeing Shi Huang's leaving figure, the village chief of Shicun felt sad and did not leave for a long time.

Unlike other villages established by the monks of Dongxuan City, Shi Village originally existed in Xingluo State.

After Dongxuan City took complete control of Xingluo State ten years ago, many monks from Dongxuan City came to recruit the ordinary residents of Stone Village, but they were directly rejected by the village chief of Stone Village.

Although Shicun is an ordinary village, the village chief of Shicun has a lot of cultivation, although he is only a monk in the middle stage of Qi Refining Realm.

But because of the rules and order established by Ye Qingxuan.

Although Shicun, who is located in the non-combat area of ​​Xingluo State, has been lured by many monks from Dongxuan City, no monk from Dongxuan City dared to violate the rules and order established by Ye Qingxuan and threaten Shicun.

Later, after the village chief of Shicun got to know Dongxuan City, in order for Shicun to better survive in Xingluo State, he chose to actively join Dongxuan City and became one of the peripheral members of Dongxuan City.

As a peripheral member and a practitioner in the Qi Refining Realm, he is naturally qualified to establish a village in Xingluo State.

Therefore, Shicun later naturally fell under the command of Dongxuan City. While being protected by Dongxuan City, the new generation of monks in Shicun also had the qualifications to enter Dongxuan Academy to study and sign up to participate in the Qi Refining Realm Competition.