allonlinenovel Chapter 338 Sect Competition 1
Chapter 338 Sect Competition 1
Today is a sect competition, a rare and grand event for the Guiyuan Sect.
Furthermore, due to the Star Domain, the sect had already been in an uproar, so naturally they were paying extra attention!
It wasn't just the Guiyuan Sect that was paying close attention to their own sect's competition; other forces were also showing great interest.
This competition will select participants for the sect competition, who will become their future rivals!
Cheng Jiu got up unusually early, starting to dress himself before dawn, even more elaborately than he had for the previous preliminary rounds!
She didn't want Senior Sister Chang Yue to call her; it would be too impolite on such a grand occasion!
In the early morning, Guiyuan Sect was shrouded in a cloud of mist, with its tall and magnificent buildings appearing and disappearing in the mist.
One after another, spirit beasts, their bodies glistening with oil and water, darted through the clouds and mist!
What a sacred and celestial place!
Guiyuan Sect has always been magnificent!
Despite yesterday's preliminary rounds, many disciples still came today.
The participating disciples stood at the very front.
This is the largest and most central arena in the sect's competition!
Once the sect leader finishes explaining the rules, this place will become an arena for Nascent Soul cultivators to compete!
This Foundation Establishment stage competition is divided into ten arenas, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and G, with two sessions during the day and one session at night!
Each arena must have an elder stationed there, with three shifts rotating.
Considering that some disciples' matches last too long, the winner should be decided before dusk or dawn. If the time is exceeded, it will be considered a draw and the disciple will be eliminated!
If neither side makes a move within one hour, they are considered to have lost!
A side that loses its ability to fight is also considered defeated!
During the competition, no action is permitted that could seriously injure or kill the opponent. If such an action is discovered, the consequences range from being punished by the Enforcement Hall to being expelled from the sect.
Disciples of the four peaks of Fu Dan Qi Zhen (a type of magic weapon) are not allowed to use any external force other than their own essential natal magic weapon!
During the competition, apart from spiritual treasures permitted within the scope of sect competitions, no other external forces may be used.
If discovered, the participant will be disqualified!
The sect leader, along with the peak masters and elders who were watching the match, arrived one after another and took their seats.
The disciples below were filled with immense excitement!
These are all renowned experts in the cultivation world!
A legendary senior!
Just sitting there is their lifelong pursuit!
And they were actually able to compete in front of so many powerful figures!
Just thinking about it makes them tremble and eager to show off their skills!
Especially those disciples who had not yet become apprentices had their eyes filled with ambition!
If I were to catch the eye of any elder during this grand sect event!
A true winner in life!
They could die without regrets!
The sect leader was very satisfied, looking at the rising atmosphere below!
very good!very good!
He finished explaining the rules in a solemn and serious tone.
With a flick of his finger, countless shimmering orbs of light appeared above everyone's heads.
Jade tokens representing the respective arenas were randomly distributed among the disciples.
The first stage is the foundation-building phase.
Opponents for this competition will be randomly assigned, and each person will receive a token for a single use.
After the first round of competition, the teams will be reassigned.
Everyone could be a competitor, so every participating disciple needs to be watched closely!
If the final number of players is odd, there will be a bye!
Because there are few spots allocated to Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, there is no elimination tournament for them!
Making it to the end requires both luck and strength.
There were practically no fish that slipped through the net!
Cheng Jiu assigned the first-class arena.
Senior Sister Chang Yue took special care of me!
Cheng Jiu presided over the first competition!
Ninety matches a day, so theoretically the preliminary rounds could be over in two days!
Thirty white-robed elders led these Foundation Establishment disciples to the designated training ground for Foundation Establishment stage competitions!
Even during the foundation-building phase of the competition, the arena setup was impeccable.
It uses silver-colored goldstone.
A type of ore that is specially forged and synthesized by disciples of the Refining Peak.
Rank 8.
It has excellent self-repair ability; it can repair itself as long as it is not completely destroyed.
Its spiritual guidance ability is also outstanding; for example, a wood spirit root can summon trees on the arena!
It's practically a ore specifically designed for the arena!
The area was already surrounded by disciples who were watching. Some of these disciples had come to check the enemy's situation before the competition, while most of them had been eliminated in the preliminaries.
Let's see what kind of strength those of the same cultivation level who eliminated them actually possess.
The first match of the first division.
Yu Anxin glanced at the token in her hand, again and again. Ah, it was her!
Cheng Jiu looked at the girl on the other side, who was holding a long stick and standing there.
It's a long staff!
It's no wonder Cheng Jiu was so surprised; very few people choose this kind of weapon. Compared to sharp weapons like swords and knives, the long staff's attack power is simply too low!
Especially in the world of cultivation!
If it's a heavy staff, that's fine, but a light staff is quite unpopular. After all, no matter how fast you are or how dense your attacks are, if you can't break through the defense, it's all for nothing.
However, judging from the style of the girl's long stick, it should be a light stick!
To actually step onto the stage wielding a light stick, he must have some skill to have made it to the preliminary rounds!
Cheng Jiu had high expectations for this girl's performance.
The opponent on the other side is still nowhere to be seen!
Cheng Jiu was also calculating the time!
If the other opponent doesn't arrive, then we can declare that this girl has advanced!
As for calling out names.
It has been said that the competition is a random draw, and even the elders are unaware of it.
They only recognize people by their tokens.
As for exchanging tokens privately, there are so many Nascent Soul elders here!
That's practically suicide!
Moreover, the moment the token falls into the disciple's hand, it is bound to the disciple's aura, which cannot be faked!
Yu Anxin landed on the ring: "They're here! They're here!"
"Both parties, please present your tokens!"
Upon seeing Yu Anxin, the disciple opposite, who was holding a long staff, turned pale with nervousness!
She's also from the third secret realm, but she's not very famous!
Unfortunately, she saw too much security in the robbery, but luckily, she escaped quickly enough.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have made it to the preliminary round!
I never expected to be eliminated in the very first round!
The girl's hand holding the stick turned white involuntarily!
"Boys in the contest, please present your tokens!"
Cheng Jiu looked at the girl with the unpleasant expression with some helplessness and repeated himself.
Cheng Jiu's voice interrupted the girl's thoughts, pulling her back from her reverie. Zhao Yan quickly apologized to the referee and hurriedly took out her token!
"Sorry! This is my token!"
The tokens of both sides flew high into the air and circled around once.
"Both sides are in position! Foundation Establishment Stage Competition! First Match of Class A! Begin!"
As Cheng Jiu's voice fell.
Zhao Yan, wielding a long staff, attacked Yu Anxin!
Although the opponent is very strong!
But she did!
really!
I still don't want my first match to end so abruptly!
That's absolutely awful!
Knowing there was no hope of advancing, the girl held nothing back in every move!
He used all his strength.
The staff whistled through the air, each strike carrying a sharp gust of wind, and each defensive maneuver leaving him completely protected.
For a moment, Yu Anxin was unable to gain the upper hand!
But Yu Anxin herself is a battle maniac, and with her opponent being so formidable, she became increasingly excited!
Every strike with his sword was incredibly fierce, forcing Zhao Yan into retreat several times.
The gap between the two became increasingly apparent over time.
Zhao Yan gradually showed signs of fatigue, but Yu Anxin, that crazy bastard, became more and more courageous.
With a horizontal slash, the long stick snapped in two!
The outcome is decided.
Zhao Yan did not show any disappointment on her face; on the contrary, she was extremely happy!
"I lost!"
He walked into the ring as a loser, but his back was straight!
None of the onlookers showed any mockery on their faces.
Although it only lasted for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, who could deny that it was a truly spectacular competition!
Zhao Yan's skill with the long staff is already among the best of the Foundation Establishment disciples.
Her current defeat is simply because she has encountered an even stronger Yu Anxin!
With the first match ending so quickly, Cheng Jiu was able to get more rest time.
The elder in charge of the second competition looked at Cheng Jiu with envy, not expecting that the competition she presided over would be completed so quickly!
If only he could have such a fast-paced competition!
The two took turns, and Cheng Jiu decided to go check out the alchemy arena.
Excluding those in the Golden Core stage and Foundation Establishment stage, the competition will be held today.
The Nascent Soul stage and the Deity Transformation stage won't begin so soon!
Before these two major realms are determined, there is a competition of four arts.
The four arts of Guiyuan Sect are very famous throughout the entire Xuantian Continent!
In the sect competition, the four arts are also counted towards the points!
The top twenty in each of the four arts will be selected.
There are a total of eighty slots, the same number as the slots allocated by the sect to Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Not everyone has Cheng Jiu's abnormal talent for alchemy.
Competitions like this, which test the four arts, are not places that disciples in the Golden Core or Foundation Establishment stages can stumble into.
On the alchemy arena, Senior Sister Yingyue and Senior Brother Wen, as well as Senior Brother Anqi, the eldest disciple of Medicine Peak, all participated, which shows that there was no inside story in this Four Arts Competition.
Yu Anxin's match ended quickly, and when Cheng Jiu arrived, the first match had just begun.
In the center of the arena was a mountain of medicinal herbs; the ten arenas were like ten mountains of medicinal herbs, with the herbs scattered haphazardly on them.
Contestants are required to identify the medicinal herbs in the herb mountain within a specified time and classify them according to their properties!
With so many medicinal herbs haphazardly placed together, there will inevitably be some clashes in their medicinal properties, making it difficult to make accurate judgments. Therefore, this will put the contestants to a considerable test of their knowledge of medicinal herbs.
Finally, the Peak Master and Elders of Medicine Peak judged and scored the contestants based on their answers, and the scores were recorded.
The winner will be selected to advance to the next round.
Therefore, it's not about being as fast as possible; you also need to be careful and precise.
If you make a lot of mistakes, even if you recognize more and faster, you will still be eliminated!
The first round is still going strong, but judging from the progress, everyone has several small mountains of food piled up around them.
What's even more eye-catching than the small hill is the mountain of medicinal herbs behind them.
Judging from the progress, Cheng Jiu guessed that even if time ran out, no one would be able to finish dividing it all!
In this situation, you can probably only win by being accurate. If you recognize fewer of the mistakes but get them all right, you might still be able to advance!
After all, when everyone is struggling to divide the pieces, accuracy is an advantage!
Not to mention the contestants on the field who were sweating profusely because time was running out, the contestants off the field were also cramming for the last minute with a copy of the herbal medicine encyclopedia!
Many disciples from the Medicine Peak participated.
Cheng Jiu couldn't find Senior Sister Yingyue and Wen Sishu for the time being.
However, seeing the situation, Cheng Jiu didn't want to go to them, in case he disturbed their preparations. At this time, he would try to remember as much as possible.
Cheng Jiu privately believed that this would not be a problem for the two of them, as Senior Sister Yingyue herself was extremely well-read and knowledgeable.
Cheng Jiu glanced at the medicinal mountain and found that it mainly consisted of healing herbs, with very few poisonous plants and drugs, so it shouldn't be a problem for Wen Sishu!
The designated two hours were quickly up!
As soon as the referee gave the order, the disciples on the field reluctantly put down the elixirs they were holding!
Even those with ulterior motives wouldn't dare to cheat or slack off under the referee's stern gaze!
The old doctor led the elders onto the arena.
Each elder is responsible for one disciple.
First, check the corresponding spiritual herbs identified in the disciple's jade slip.
The elders who could serve as referees were all highly skilled, and their names were matched one by one with just a scan of their divine sense.
The scoring was conducted according to their prior agreement.
Those that are harder to distinguish tend to get higher scores.
As for the medicinal properties, this is a fundamental skill for disciples. As long as serious situations like putting poisonous herbs or drugs into healing elixirs do not occur, even if there are some mistakes, they will not have much impact on the final result.
Of course, once it's discovered, you'll see your score reduced, and how much it's reduced depends on the elder's mood.
No matter how much of a discount they offer, there's absolutely no hope of advancing!
The old alchemist was in charge of the first arena, and the contestant was a senior brother wearing a seventh-grade alchemist's robe!
They were now anxiously awaiting the old doctor's verdict!
"It is indeed difficult to distinguish between the two medicinal herbs, the fig leaf and the leafless flower!"
The old apothecary looked at the nervous male disciple in front of him with a kind smile: "But you are indeed quite clever, lad, to have brought out both of them. Do you think their effects are similar?"
Too bad, you're wrong! You're not being honest, are you?
The male disciple's face turned bright red; he hadn't expected that his clever trick would be discovered by the peak master.
The leaves and flowers of the fig tree are extremely rare medicinal herbs among the three grades of medicinal herbs. However, the leaves of the fig tree are the main ingredient, while the flowers of the leaf tree are generally used as an auxiliary ingredient.
However, only a very few pill formulas use these two kinds of elixirs!
He happened to have refined related elixirs and happened to know about these two spiritual herbs.
These two medicinal herbs look similar to roadside weeds. Mixed in with other medicinal herbs, they are even harder to distinguish because of their fragrance.
The male disciple happened to recognize the leaves of the flowerless plant and the flowerless plant, but he couldn't tell the difference between them, so he used this little trick.
Such rare and difficult-to-distinguish medicinal herbs must have a very high score!
"Deduct ten points!" the old apothecary declared coldly and mercilessly!
Male disciple: "..."
A perfect 10!
The male disciple's heart was bleeding! Why was he trying to be so clever?
As several medicinal herbs were successively selected, his score was also released.
"Five hundred and seventy-two points!"
A perfect score is 1000!
Five hundred and seventy-two points is a high score among the ten arenas in the same period!
However, he was just ten points away from becoming the number one in these ten arenas!
A bitter taste inevitably lingered in the male disciple's mouth. He was ashamed of his own cleverness!
The disciples watching below felt a chill run down their spines, taking the male disciple's experience as a warning!
The competition continues.
These disciples realized that both the peak master and the elders were quite harsh in deducting points from spiritual herbs that admitted their mistakes!
Therefore, later disciples would rather give up any medicinal herbs they did not recognize than leave them lying around!
The peak master and elders watching were very pleased; this was exactly the effect they wanted!
They are alchemists, after all; how could they not be cautious about the spiritual herbs they come into contact with!
Mistaking a medicinal elixir for one's own and causing the elixir furnace to explode is a minor matter.
However, if a healing elixir is refined into a poisonous one, or if the wrong medicinal herbs are used, the resulting elixir may be ineffective or even produce severe side effects.
These elders and even the peak masters were too ashamed to face anyone.