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The Tempering Hall is the place where the Chonghua Sect releases missions, and it is an official institution for obtaining the contribution points of the sect. Disciples always appear in groups, but compared to another place, it can only be regarded as deserted.

This place is called Sword Sharpening Platform.

The Sword Grinding Arena is not only a platform, but also a grand gathering for Chonghua disciples to compete and test. There is a group arena match every month. If you win, you will gain both fame and fortune. If you lose, you will lose face and even lose your cultivation. Accepting tasks steadily, earning points by accumulating little by little, and increasing one's cultivation bit by bit, this way of seeking breakthroughs through hearty battles is obviously more respected by Chonghua sword cultivators.

——Fighting is the nature of human beings.

Fighting is the backbone of sword cultivation.

Unlike the tempering hall, which is set up in the middle of each peak, with the meaning of "linking up and down, exchanging what's needed", the sword sharpening platform is set up at the foot of a higher level for disciples to watch, meaning "the lower overcomes the upper, There's no end to climbing."

Therefore, the Sword Sharpening Platform where the gray-clothed disciple Zhong Liqing was going to belonged to was at the foot of Zhuomo Peak where the Tsing Yi disciple was.

Every day in the middle of the month is the day when the gray-clothed disciples sharpen their swords, the next day is the day when the green-clothed disciples compete, and so on, four days in a row are the busiest time for Chonghua.

It is precisely because the Sword Sharpening Platform is the peak where the Tsing Yi disciples who are generally cultivated in the foundation building period live, except for the gray-clothed disciples who come to participate in the competition and onlookers, those who have completed their daily lessons and have free time, it is good The bustling Tsing Yi disciples will also come down from the top of the mountain to watch.

These monks with a higher level of cultivation are not only role models for the gray-clothed disciples, but can also play a role in suppressing the field and maintaining order to a certain extent; The Tsing Yi disciples of the seniors will also feel a sense of crisis in their hearts, and they will practice harder and harder... In this way, it will be an excellent virtuous circle.

It was the first time for Zhong Liqing to come to Zhuomo Peak, and it was also the first time for her to participate in the sword-sharpening stage competition. Before signing up, she also specially asked Senior Mu Ye for advice—the purple-robed man asked Zhong Liqing how to call herself At that time, he said casually: "My pseudonym is Mu Ye, so you can call me Senior Mu Ye."

It's really dumbfounding that even the pseudonym can be said so confidently.

She heard that Zhong Liqing was planning to participate in the competition at the Sword Grinding Arena, so she didn't have any special reaction. She just asked Zhong Liqing to practice the moves of Lingxiao Sword Art and Hanmei Aoxue, picked up a few faults, and left a sentence Shi Shiran left with a weak "good for oneself".

Zhong Liqing couldn't figure out whether she was encouraging herself or mocking her overreaching, she shook her head, turned around and found a bottle of elixir quietly standing on the stone table where the purple-robed man often sat.

Pull the plug off and smell it—the best one is returned to Zhu Dan, which is even better than the ones that were exchanged for hundreds of low-grade spirit stones in the tempering hall. It seems that she refined it herself.

——He really is a person with a cold face and a warm heart.

Touching the Qiankun bag, Zhong Liqing jumped off the flying sword, followed the flow of people to the registration counter, and saw a familiar figure in gray clothes.

Brother and sister Ao Youxuan and Ao Shaoshang are always the focus of the crowd no matter where they go.

I haven't seen him for a few months, but this little snake has grown a lot, and his facial features are a bit brighter and more attractive than before, but he still looks like a girl under [-]; Ao Shaoshang, on the other hand, has a tall body and a straight body Handsome, with a calmer temperament than before, as if he changed from a boy to a responsible man overnight.

Seeing that although he lowered his head and bickered with Ao Youxuan from time to time, he carefully protected her and prevented the people around her from crowding her, he looked like a good brother.

Zhong Liqing bent her lips, and didn't mean to go up to say hello, but turned her head following the crowd's discussion, and looked at the beautiful girl who was followed by a large number of followers, but she was indifferent - unexpectedly, the chief of Lingxi Academy, even if he arrived Chonghua is still highly sought after, and there are many mad bees and butterflies behind her.

Both men and women kill each other, which shows the charm of this Chunyu girl.

Sensing the forbearance and impatience between Chun Yuxiu's eyebrows, Zhong Liqing couldn't help but teasingly smiled: Fortunately, although I regained my women's clothing back then, I still remembered to keep my disguise in front of everyone, otherwise, the person who is being entangled now may be myself up.

On the point of excellent appearance, Zhong Liqing has always done his part.

After waiting for a while, it was her turn. Zhong Liqing handed over the trustworthy golden sword at her waist, and said to the Tsing Yi disciple on duty, "Disciple Qin Zhong, sign up for this month's challenge."

There are two types of monthly competitions at the Sword Sharpening Terrace: Challenge Competitions and Challenge Competitions.

The former is a contest agreed by the contestants themselves, in which the lottery and the rules are determined by the contestants themselves, and the sword sharpening platform is only used as an intermediary referee, and a certain deposit is charged.

In the latter, the contestants go up to the stage one by one to challenge the challenger, and if they succeed in the challenge, they stay on the stage. The higher the accumulated number of defending games, the more points they get, and the final winner is eligible to challenge the challenger from last month.

In addition to the monthly regular challenges, there is also a master competition in each season. In order to select the strongest disciples of the same level - outstanding disciples, there is even a chance to be favored by the elders of the sect and directly accepted as white-clothed disciples.

The white-clothed disciples are the personal heirs of the peaks. They are qualified to choose their own natal swords, have their own caves, learn advanced exercises, enter the secret realm of trials, and tame and catch spirit beasts and royal pets... The benefits are too numerous to list—— In short, to become a white-clothed disciple is to have a place in the Chonghua Sect.

What Zhong Liqing wanted to sign up for was the month's challenge.

She came a bit late, and the number in her hand was [-]. According to her estimate of the approximate number of participants, it might be nearing the end when it was her turn to play.

The challenge competition is based on the principle of voluntary participation. As long as someone is on the stage to guard the ring, the contestant with the number plate in his hand can enter the stage. Abstain until there is only one person left on the stage, the challenge is over, and the champion is born.

If it is a contestant who is confident and capable, he naturally thinks that the sooner he can go on stage, the better--in this way, he can challenge the winning streak.

Currently, the person with the most consecutive victories is a male disciple named Mao Chengwei.

Zhong Liqing looked at the boulder list standing beside the stage, the top one marked the most watched fight today, it was Mao Chengwei, who had won the most consecutive victories among the gray-clothed disciples, and the new disciple Chun Yuxiu.

The girl silently chose the most powerful one—this competition is quite interesting.

Because the fight is a private competition, in order not to affect other disciples who are going to participate in the challenge, it was held after the challenge - that is to say, Zhong Liqing's match must be before Chun Yuxiu.

Ao Youxuan and Ao Shaoshang also signed up for the challenge. It seems that their number plates are not high. They didn't see Ao Youxuan on the field until they were number 130.

Zhong Liqing stood among the crowd, watching with great interest——since this little snake came on stage, those disciples who were eager to try became dull instantly, look at me and look at you, no one has the guts to go up first to do that Rafter, it seems that the notoriety of this little snake and scorpion is quite famous among the gray-clothed disciples.

Laughed secretly, but heard the referee say: "No. 130 No. [-], would you like to come on stage?"

Asked three times in a row, but no one answered.

The referee lowered his head and tapped a few times on the jade board in front of him, and then continued to read: "130 No. 130 abstained. The next one, [-] No. [-], would you like to come on stage?"

……

When it was number 140, the referee was about to speak when he saw a man with a dark complexion jump onto the martial arts stage, and said in a deep voice, "It's a disgrace to us men if we can't even beat a little girl! You don’t even dare to go on stage, I, Zhao Shengtian, look down on you guys! If that’s the case, let me meet you girl!”

While Zhao Shengtian was making a speech, Ao Youxuan was playing with the butterfly-shaped jade buckle on her waist in boredom, swinging the tassels around her waist, and even covered her with her hand when the man was holding a sword aggressively. and yawned delicately.

Zhong Liqing couldn't help chuckling.

The laughter was covered in the noisy and boiling discussions, it was inconspicuous at first, but for some reason, Ao Youxuan, who was bored on the stage, suddenly paused, changed her decadence just now, and stared at her almond-shaped eyes , skipped the male disciple who was jumping up and down, and landed on a corner of the crowd in the audience. It was just a blink of an eye to show his face from joy to half-smile.

——Tsk, being discovered by this little snake and scorpion... is really sharp.

However, why does the look in her eyes always feel unfriendly?

No matter what, it can be regarded as a friendship of the same year. Is this kind of reaction when old people meet each other?

Teach people a little sad.

"big liar."

"Little snake and scorpion."

Zhong Liqing pursed her lips, and looked at Ao Youxuan, as if she could clearly see the emotions in each other's eyes.

Seeing that Ao Youxuan didn't take him seriously, the man who claimed to be Zhao Shengtian blushed with anger, and saw the referee waved his hand to indicate that it was time to start. Without saying a word, he swung his sword and slashed at Ao Youxuan , It seems to be trying to suppress people with force.

Ao Youxuan turned her back to the man, still flirting with Zhong Liqing, and waited until the man's sword was about to hit her shoulder, then turned slightly to avoid the blade, and at the same time two The thick water whip rolled towards the man's legs, wrapped around his ankles, separated his legs forcefully, and hung him upside down.

Taking advantage of his sneak attack, Ao Youxuan sneered, and swiped the sword casually. A layer of spiritual power was attached to the sword, and it passed between his separated legs... between them.

Zhong Liqing seemed to hear all the male disciples in the audience gasp in unison, and then looked at Zhao Shengtian, his face contorted from the pain.

"Ahhhh—" He was bound upside down by his legs, unable to use his lower body, he could only slash crazily with the sword in his hand, the sword energy was overflowing, it really made him tie up The water whip at the ankle snapped.

The first thing Zhao Shengtian did when he gained freedom was not to fight back immediately, nor to get off the stage in despair, abstain from the contest and admit defeat, but turned around and knelt down on the martial arts stage, crying to the referee: "The disciple is The family has been passed down through nine generations, and this demon girl has done something like this to her disciple. If the Zhao family cuts off the incense here, then the disciple will become a sinner forever..."

Zhong Liqing looked at the originally masculine and heroic man with amused expression, but the onlookers obviously looked at him with more contempt than Ao Youxuan on the stage, and the referee said coldly: "The skills are not as good as people's!" Just go down, don't disturb the order of the competition, if you make trouble again, the people in Xingfeng are not vegetarians."

"Referee, you have to uphold justice for the disciple..." Zhao Shengtian was crying hysterically, and he was actually worse than the thugs in the market.

Before he finished speaking, a man in black clothes jumped up from the stage, lifted him up, ignored his cries and struggles, and dragged him off the martial arts stage, the disdainful expressions of the disciples quickly changed For mercy——where is Xingfeng?

Except for Xing Feng's disciples, the people outside have never returned.

Being taken away by Xing Feng, I am afraid that this kid will have no future in Chonghua.

After the farce ended, Ao Youxuan, who had maintained a winning streak, let out a disdainful snort, then turned around, but Zhong Liqing was nowhere to be seen.

If it wasn't for Ao Shaoshang's warning eyes, Ao Youxuan would have jumped off the stage to look for that friend—why did he just lose his attention and disappear?

How did she know that Zhong Liqing just took the time to go to the counter and put all the twenty points she got from picking the exquisite green calyx on herself.

Since the Sword Grinding Stage provides a platform for confrontation and publicizes various competitions so much, it is natural that it has done enough gimmicks to lure the disciples to place bets on the fight.

Some have high vision and good gambling luck, and can even win the points required for promotion within a day, which can be described as a huge profit-of course, gambling is impermanent, and there are winners and losers.

Those with bad luck in gambling, all the points they earned after taking the task so hard were used to fill their gambling debts, and there were not a few who lost everything.

The deacon of the Sword Grinder always looks at those gamblers who are happy or sad with cold eyes, and always warns his disciples: sticking to the Dao heart and not forgetting the original intention is the true meaning of the Sword Grinder.

A monk who is lost in the abyss of desire is not worthy of the name of Chonghua Sword Cultivator.

——This sword sharpening platform sharpens both the sword and the human heart.

The author has something to say: I was going to say something... I was too sleepy to remember, forget it ╮(╯_╰)╭

Seeing that everyone below is calling for the second female lead, I will try my best.

The two of you must meet at least after Qing Baobao's Golden Core, and she hasn't established her foundation yet, so... Of course, my plan is to let the second female come out before about seventy chapters, but it's just a plan. To be specific... I will write it I know hahahaha~~