Chapter 53: Yin Lingchi Competition
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Early the next morning, Jiang Chen was called out from the cave by Xu Bo who was rushing over.
"Jiang Chen, where have you been here this month? I haven't seen it in the cave, nor in the Heavenly Demon City." Xu Bo asked anxiously.
"Oh, I'm having some trouble in Tiangongfang." Jiang Chen said vaguely: "Well, as soon as I received the sound transmission note, I rushed back immediately."
"Tiangongfang?" Xu Bo was shocked when he heard this, and wondered if that wasn't Tianyou Peak's property? How could Jiang Chen stay there for a month?
However, time is tight, so there is no time to ask him in detail. Xu Bo can only say: "Jiang Chen, as usual, after each small exam, the first place in the small exam of our Tianmo Eight Peaks must be cut off next to the Yin Spirit Pond of the Tianmo Master Peak, and select four winners from the eight people to enter the Yin Spirit Pond for soaking! That Yin Spirit Pool can be of great benefit to improving the cultivation of the middle-stage Qi Refining disciples..."
After saying that, Xu Bo explained in detail the situation of Yin Lingchi and his decisive opponent, Ximen Jie, the champion of the Demon Scorpse Peak Exam.
Jiang Chen had learned about these situations from Zi Xi, but he was not surprised at all. He nodded and said, "Uncle Xu, since this is the case, let's go together!"
Seeing that Jiang Chen was not afraid at all, Xu Bo said that he knew he could not beat him, so he had no hope. So he had to sigh: "Okay! Anyway, this duel is just a serious nature, and the Lord of the Eight Peaks will come to observe. As long as you admit defeat, the other party will be unable to kill in front of everyone. Anyway, our Demon Soul Peak hasn't won for decades, so it's not embarrassing to lose..."
After saying that, he dragged Jiang Chen and turned into two rays of escape lights, heading towards the Demon Lord Peak...
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Yin Ling Pool is in a cave room called Yin Ling Cave on the Demon Lord Peak.
This cave room is very large, with a distance from the ground to the top of the cave alone being more than fifty feet away, and the entire cave is about a thousand feet in radius. Therefore, although all the new outer disciples of this year's quiz gathered here, as well as the peak masters and deacons of each peak, they did not seem crowded at all.
A circle around the cave wall and divided into eight areas. In addition to the monks who had just been promoted to outer disciples, some of the more outstanding Qi Refining disciples from each peak also came to observe. Liu Yang, Kang Wu, Bu Zheng and others on the Demon Soul Peak also came.
Under the leadership of the deacon disciples of Benfeng, they stood in the area of Benfeng.
What immediately attracted their attention was a large arena located in the middle of the cave room, which seemed to be the place to compete later.
Opposite the disciples, there were eight jade chairs, prepared for the Lord of Bafeng Peak. However, now there are only seven ancestors sitting on the eight chairs, and the chair on Tianyou Peak is still empty.
Jiang Chen looked at the ancestors curiously and saw that there was no strong spiritual fluctuation on their bodies, but they just sat there casually, exuding a sharp momentum, which made people dare not underestimate them at all.
He subconsciously stumbled his spiritual sense over, but as soon as he touched the bodies of the ancestors, Jiang Chen felt a sudden shock in his heart, and almost spurted out a mouthful of blood. He was so scared that he quickly shrank his spiritual sense back.
From these ancestors, he felt a very heavy sense of oppression, and this sense of oppression made him feel suffocated.
"Haha, it's interesting. Some little guys are trying us with their spiritual sense." Several ancestors looked at each other and smiled.
The other ancestors saw that the competition time was about to come, but the ancestor Tianyou had not arrived yet, and they all started to whisper.
"Huh? What's going on with Tianyou? I haven't come yet? This time, it's their turn to host the Yin Ling Pool competition!" The Tiangui Ancestor wearing a black robe said a little dissatisfied.
"Yes! Although this Yin Ling Pool competition is indeed not very important, it should be a trip, just to give some encouragement to the disciples!" The ancestor Tianxie, who was sitting next to him, also stroked his beard and said leisurely.
"Well, Tianyou is not in the cave for many years, and he spends most of his time traveling outside, and he doesn't know what to be busy with. But I heard that he has been back recently!" The Demon Yin Ancestor also said in some confusion.
At this moment, a strong, but somewhat old figure appeared at the entrance of the cave...
"Hey, Junior Brother Cai, why are you here? Where is Tianyou?" The ancestor of Tiangui immediately stood up and asked in confusion.
Because the visitor was Cai Kaiwei, the deputy leader of Tianyou Peak, but not Tianyou Ancestor.
"Oh, that's right! The main reason for my peak is to go into seclusion to the middle stage of the Golden Pill, and I can't come for the time being. This time, I will preside over the competition in Yin Ling Pond, and the sect leader also agreed." The old man who appeared later explained to the ancestors of the other seven peaks.
"Tianyou is so young that he is rushing to the middle stage of the Golden Pill? It seems that it is very possible to enter the Nascent Soul Stage in the future!" After hearing this, several ancestors all said in surprise and envy.
The Demon Soul Ancestor was even more depressed. He was about to transform himself to the early stage of the Golden Pill, but the Ancestor Tianyou was so young that he was in the middle stage of the Golden Pill. This is how people compare themselves and they are so angry.
Cai Kaiwei walked to the center of the cave room, looked at the disciples in the cave, and then said with a majestic look: "Dear disciples, I am Cai Kaiwei, the deputy leader of Tianyou Peak. I will host this Yinling Pool Competition. The rules of the competition are similar to the small test you took a month ago, and they are still of a serious nature."
"If the opponent proposes to admit defeat, you must not use any more harsh actions! The two sides of the game are arranged according to your current cultivation level, from high to low... The one with the highest cultivation level, the one with the lowest cultivation level, the other with the lowest cultivation level, and so on... the winner can enter the Yin Spirit Pool to soak!"
"And this sect test, the list of champions of the Eight Peaks has been released. According to the cultivation level, it is arranged in sequence: Ximen Jie of the Demon Corpse Peak, Luo Jingwen of the Tianyou Peak, Deng Chao of the Tiangui Peak, Lin Zheng of the Demon Evil Peak, Wanliang of the Tianxie Peak, Wang Zihan of the Tianming Peak, Liao Wencheng of the Demon Soul Peak, Jiang Chen of the Demon Soul Peak!" Cai Kaiwei said loudly.
In fact, except for Ximen Jie and Jiang Chen, the other six people in the eight peaks are at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and the difference in cultivation is very limited. However, with the spiritual sense of these Jindan ancestors, they can naturally understand clearly.
Speaking of this, he looked at the area of Tianxie Peak and Mosha Peak, and then said in a deep voice: "Now, please join the ring by the disciples who participated in the first game! Lin Zheng, the first place in the Demonic Peak quiz, vs. Wan Liang, the first place in the Tianxie Peak quiz!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zheng and Wan Liang jumped onto the ring together.
The two of them have the closest cultivation, one is fourth and the other is fifth in the cultivation ranking. In the eyes of the ancestors, this is also the most suspenseful game, and it depends on who performs well on the spot.
"Senior Brother Wan, please show mercy! My cultivation is not as good as my senior brother!" Lin Zheng said respectfully.
"Senior Brother Lin is not saying anything! I just hoped that my cultivation is at the forefront. If you really fight, you may not be as powerful as Senior Brother Lin!" Wan Liang also said with a smile.
Both of them had the same thoughts, and wanted the other party to despise them and then give them a fatal blow in the battle. However, they obviously failed and they had to see the truth.
Lin Zheng used the sword and used the ghost flame sword technique. Wan Liang used the Blood Evil Palm. Both sides fought back and forth for dozens of rounds. In the end, Wan Liang sold a flaw, which made Lin Zheng eager to win, made mistakes in his busy schedule, and won by chance.
After Wan Liang won, he was ecstatic and could enter the Yin Ling Pool to soak. With his cultivation level that was already at the peak of the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, after soaking, he might be able to break through to the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage.
However, Lin Zheng was dejected and didn't even dare to look at his own ancestor's face. He walked back to the area where the Demonic Peak was located in a mess.
Immediately afterwards, there was another match between Tiangui Peak Deng Chao and Tianming Peak Wang Zihan and Tianyou Peak Luo Jingwen and Moyin Peak Liao Wencheng.
These two games have become a battle between men and women. Wang Zihan and Luo Jingwen are both women, and they both have the appearance of falling fish and falling geese, and are ashamed of flowers and moonlight. However, when they fought, they did not act gentle at all and were extremely cruel.
Wang Zihan actually had a zombie at the seventh level of Qi Refining Stage to help with the battle, and her own ghost fire technique also reached the third level. In this way, both melee and long attacks are strong. The only weakness is that she has poor defense, and only one early-level defensive magic weapon to resist the attack.
But Wang Zihan's body movements were very clever. Although Deng Chao attacked fiercely, he could never get close to her. However, he was entangled by the zombie.
After more than an hour of battle, Deng Chao finally lost his magic power and was defeated.
As for another game, Luo Jingwen is a monk who is good at driving ghosts to fight. She waved a black Ten Ghost Banner, her beautiful eyes flashed with her bright light, and used her spiritual sense to control the ghosts in the banner, attacking Liao Wencheng who was fighting against her from all directions.
Liao Wencheng is also a cultivator who is good at long-term attacks, but he is good at the blood-devouring fingers. On the ring, there are only gusts of cold wind and ghosts roaring. The two sides are back and forth, and from the scene, they seem to be comparable.
But Liao Wencheng suffered a loss because he did not have good defensive equipment, only a shield with a primary defensive magic weapon. However, Luo Jingwen not only had defensive armor, but also an umbrella magic weapon to resist his blood-devouring finger attack. In this way, she was invincible from the beginning.
More than half an hour later, Liao Wencheng was negligent and bitten the calf by a ghost controlled by Luo Jingwen with his divine thoughts. He was immediately covered in blood and had to admit defeat and withdraw from the battle.
These three games were also considered equal, and the strength of both sides was very close. More than 200 new disciples from Bafeng were dazzled. Several ancestors also nodded frequently, obviously satisfied with the disciples' performance.
At this time, three hours had passed. The Yin Lingchi competition reached the last game.
Cai Kaiwei looked at Jiang Chen and Ximen Jie at this time and said loudly: "For the last competition, Ximen Jie of the Demon Corpse Peak fights Jiang Chen of the Demon Soul Peak. Please go to the ring to compete!"
Chapter completed!