nucmednet Chapter 188 The Competition Begins
Chapter 188 The Competition Begins
A month later, spring arrived.
For the past month, news of the annual sect competition of the Wanxiang Sect has been making headlines throughout Baihe City.
Rumors circulated that this competition would be unprecedentedly exciting, with astonishing prizes, thus attracting the attention of many gang members.
Inside the main hall at this moment.
Zhou Ruoxu sat upright in the chair, looking at the elders lined up on the left and right below, and nodded to himself.
Over the past year, the Wanxiang Sect, which has secretly absorbed many Wuji Sect masters, has grown stronger and is showing signs of becoming the number one sect in Baihe City.
Correspondingly, his status as the sect leader in Baihe City rose steadily, and he even met with many of the city's truly important figures.
This change made Zhou Ruoxu increasingly satisfied.
He even had the opportunity to talk to those important figures and explore the possibility of breaking through to the Yuanqiao stage!
After all, all the Yuanqiao cultivation techniques in the entire Baihe City have been burned and controlled. Only the Yin Yang Palace can distribute Yuanqiao cultivation techniques to martial artists who are useful to them or whom they can control.
Looking at the flattering faces below, Zhou Ruoxu seemed to recall the scene of his breakthrough to the Yuanqiao stage, becoming a top expert in Baihe City.
He had been looking forward to this scene for far too long.
But the next moment, Zhou Ruoxu's expression turned cold.
He saw a face he really disliked.
Ding Yi, wearing a human skin mask with a thick beard, looked up at Zhou Ruoxu, who was smiling, and a smile also appeared on his own lips.
However, the smile carried more of a mocking tone.
Looking at Ding Yi's smiling face, Zhou Ruoxu felt a nameless fire rise in his heart.
Wu Hongchun's neck is still not healed, and he is lying in bed with bandages on. How dare Li Baozheng laugh?
Thinking of this, Zhou Ruoxu snorted coldly and stopped looking at Ding Yi.
After all, in his view, the fate of such a disobedient pawn was already predetermined. He would simply wait until after this sect competition, then completely sideline him and find an opportunity to keep him outside forever.
"Congratulations, Sect Master. This time, the news of our Myriad Manifestations Sect's grand competition is spreading far and wide. It seems that the prestige of our Myriad Manifestations Sect has deeply penetrated people's hearts."
An elder suddenly smiled and spoke, cupping his fists at Zhou Ruoxu.
"Hehe, you're all just flattering me."
Zhou Ruoxu smiled faintly and then shook his head.
"Sect Leader, the other sects all say they received invitations and wish to observe and learn from the competition. Is that alright?"
Another elder asked.
"An invitation? What invitation?"
Zhou Ruoxu was taken aback.
He didn't send invitations to the people from the three sects and seven factions.
"Sect Master, there's no need to worry. It must be some elder who wants to enhance the prestige of our Myriad Manifestations Sect. This is a good thing and should be encouraged!"
Huang Changqing, however, sat there smiling and said.
"Yes, Elder Huang is right."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ruoxu immediately felt that it made sense and nodded to himself.
"Elder Huang, you shall be in charge of organizing this grand competition. You must ensure that the Three Sects and Seven Schools witness the might of myriad phenomena sect!"
Zhou Ruoxu then looked at Huang Changqing and said.
"Please rest assured, Sect Leader, I will definitely handle it well."
Huang Changqing immediately stood up, cupped his hands in greeting to Zhou Ruoxu, and said...
At this moment, Huang Changqing was extremely pleased. Zhou Ruoxu's casual remark meant that he would have several hundred taels of extra income. It couldn't be more exciting.
The others inwardly scoffed at this, but they couldn't say anything on the surface, and could only smile and agree.
After the meeting, Ding Yi staggered to his small courtyard.
At this moment, after absorbing the three statues of gods and half of the broken spear, and with the absorption of Yin and Yang energy every night for the past month, he has successfully filled ten of his acupoints.
In general, this is considered a great success in Yuanqiao cultivation. The next step is to continuously refine the essence and energy to reach perfection.
However, Ding Yi's Yuanqiao technique involves ninety-nine acupoints at this moment. Although he has completed ten of them, it is only one-tenth of the total.
"Oh, when will this happen?"
Ding Yi shook his head, then looked at the old man on the treetop in his yard.
"Mingyue, you said you sleep there every day, aren't you tired?"
Ding Yi asked.
"What's there to be tired about? I've been sleeping for years."
The old man leaned against a tree branch, looking down at Ding Yi, picking his earwax as he spoke.
"By the way, Song Shu, I'm so bored lately. Is there anything fun to do? Can you take me along?"
The old man suddenly spoke again.
"No, I'll definitely tell you when something fun comes up. You need to recover quickly, there will be many opportunities to use your skills in the future."
Ding Yi said with a smile.
"No, Song Shu, my head hurts so much. Just thinking about what happened before makes it hurt unbearably."
The old man pounded his head and said regretfully.
"Take it slow, it will recover eventually."
Ding Yi shook his head upon seeing this, and then returned to his room.
The old man had already recovered to the Yuanqiao Realm a month ago, but Ding Yi could tell that the old man seemed to still have room for recovery.
But when Ding Yi tried to get him to eat to recover, the old man clutched his head and screamed in pain, which startled him.
Finally, Ding Yi discovered that the old man seemed to have suffered some kind of trauma to his head. Whenever his cultivation reached the Yuanqiao Perfection stage and he began to recover, the headache would flare up.
After suffering from pain all night, the old man figured it out and started fasting again, all in order to control his cultivation within the Yuanqiao realm.
This led Ding Yi to guess that the old man was probably a great master of the Divine Travel Realm, and he was now somewhat apprehensive.
Therefore, he would ask the old man every day if he had recovered, and he also strictly controlled the old man's diet.
Ding Yi had considered abandoning the old man, but he quickly dismissed the idea.
The cultivation techniques of the Divine Travel Realm are not something that can be obtained by simply thinking about it. Since this old man may be at the Divine Travel Realm, then my path to mastering the Divine Travel cultivation techniques may still lie with this old man.
In short, keeping an eye on the quicksand diagram at all times just in case is worth the risk, especially for obtaining the Divine Travel Technique in the future.
And so, another half month passed, and the annual sect competition of the Myriad Manifestations Sect finally began.
On this day, the entire Wanxiang Sect's headquarters was bustling with activity, as all the prominent figures from the three sects and seven factions of Baihe City had come here.
Around a huge arena in the center of the outpost were tables and chairs, among which nine long tables with sunshades were the most eye-catching.
Without a doubt, these nine long tables belong to the higher-ups of the Three Sects and Seven Schools.
The Wuji Sect was investigated and its property confiscated because it was colluding with the Chaotic God Sect, so Huang Changqing only arranged nine long tables.
At this moment, as the time approached, people entered the venue one after another and sat down in the chairs in order.
Zhou Ruoxu, the leader of the Wanxiang Sect and the host, was dressed in a bright blue robe and sat at the long table in the center.
Soon, seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Huang Changqing stood up from his chair, then channeled his inner energy and spoke:
"Everyone, I am Huang Changqing, the master of the Floating Pagoda Elephant of the Myriad Manifestations Sect!"
"On behalf of the entire Wanxiang Sect, I welcome you all!"
Huang Changqing's voice had a strong penetrating power. Although the huge venue was noisy, everyone could clearly hear his voice and immediately shut up and looked at Huang Changqing's position.
Seeing this, Huang Changqing immediately showed a satisfied expression, and then looked at Zhou Ruoxu beside him.
"Sect Leader, please announce it!"
Seeing this, Zhou Ruoxu remained seated and said calmly:
"let's start!"