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Chapter 257: In terms of magic alone, our Chongzhen Temple can be called the best in the world!

Such an enthusiastic response surprised even the person in charge who was busy preparing for the ceremony and did not attend the auction.

Especially after hearing what the hidden successor said.

He looked at Xiao Chen, who came to collect his license plate, with extra care and secretly wrote down his license plate.

And decided to focus on observing the opponent's performance in the next fight.

Xiao Chen is not the only one being observed like this.

All monks who demonstrate excessive strength during the selection process will be given special attention and reported to their superiors in a timely manner.

This will make it easier for Chongzhen Temple to understand their fighting skills and take precautions in advance.

The main purpose is to prevent those unconventional methods or unconventional magic that are rarely seen in normal times.

If young disciples are not prepared, they may be unable to cope with it when they encounter it for the first time and end up in trouble.

Soon, all the license plates were distributed.

The first sixteen independent cultivators immediately stepped onto the arena that had been built overnight and began fighting in pairs.

Although many casual cultivators watched with great interest, for Xiao Chen, the process was a bit too boring.

Especially in the first round, there were good and bad opponents, and the actual strength gap between many opponents was very huge.

Under normal circumstances, the battle should be one-sided.

It should be finished quickly in a short time.

However, in reality, there are many experienced independent cultivators who deliberately suppress their own strength.

He was unwilling to use his true strength in the first round of battle.

Instead, they only performed slightly better than their opponents.

This prevents Chongzhen Temple from deliberately tampering with the draw and arranging a fight between the two strong teams to force them to reveal their cards in advance.

Regardless of whether Chongzhen Temple really has such intentions or not, doing so will undoubtedly be very beneficial to itself.

The result is that the overall duration of the fight is prolonged.

Not only does it look bad, but people behind you will have to wait longer.

"Next group, number 999!"

Finally, the referee's call sounded again.

Xiao Chen, who was bored, immediately stood up and prepared to go on stage.

At the same time, he made some preparations and decided to control the strength of his attack.

Don't get me wrong, there is really no need for him to deliberately suppress his own strength in order to win.

It was mainly the first round of selection, but there were no True Lords watching.

What Xiao Chen was worried about was that if he used all his strength, his opponent would be seriously injured or even killed on the spot.

The referee next to him, who is in the late Jindan stage, may not be able to play any role.

"How much effort should I put in? How about starting with 10%?"

Just as Xiao Chen was thinking about it, his opponent in this round, a young man in gray, shouted crisply: "Wait a minute, I give up!"

The young man had already heard the story of what happened at the auction while he was in the crowd.

Therefore, he gave up as soon as he stepped onto the ring.

"Shh~!"

There was immediate booing from all around.

This action undoubtedly disappointed the casual cultivators who had been paying attention to Xiao Chen. They had originally wanted to watch the show.

"Xiao Chen wins this match!"

The referee on the stage was straightforward: "Next group..."

The young man in gray was not affected by the people around him. He smiled at Xiao Chen and jumped off the stage.

Um, okay, this is one way.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen no longer needed to worry and went straight back to the bamboo house to practice.

Today is only the first round, so he doesn't need to wait any longer.

the next day.

Everyone arrived at the ring area early again, and everything followed the same procedure.

"Next group, number 699!"

After hearing the referee's announcement, Xiao Chen went on stage again.

This time, the opponent he drew was a middle-aged man in brocade robe who was in the early stage of Jindan.

The other party immediately bowed and saluted: "Friend Daoist Xiao, I have admired your demeanor since I was on Tinglang Island a few days ago..."

Then there was a lot of flattery.

"Stop talking!"

Seeing that he was busy talking, the referee urged him, "Time is limited. Get ready and start the fight."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in brocade robes bowed again and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao is truly a rare talent. I am ashamed to be inferior to him..."

This time I didn't wait for him to finish the rest of his words.

The referee announced directly: "Xiao Chen wins this match!"

"The next group..."

The middle-aged man in brocade robe still felt a little unsatisfied.

However, Xiao Chen did not stop and went straight back to the bamboo house.

Day three.

Come to the ring area again.

Boring waiting.

The opponent concedes defeat.

Return to the Bamboo House.

On the fourth day, the scene repeated itself.

"Hi~!"

Xiao Chen felt as if he was under an illusion.

He seems to be going back and forth between three points every day, experiencing repetitive things.

Fortunately, on the fifth day, the situation was different.

After several days of elimination, only the last 197 independent cultivators were left.

In other words, as long as you win today, you can get 20,000 spirit stones and qualify to participate in the challenge.

And it started from the last round.

In order to obtain the spirit stone reward, some cultivators have already begun to show their true abilities.

Therefore, it can be predicted that today's fight will be more intense and more exciting.

Thinking of this, the remaining seven Foundation Establishment cultivators prayed in their hearts that they could meet opponents who were also at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Of course, there are also independent cultivators in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, who are secretly hoping that they can draw an opponent in the Foundation Establishment Realm so that they can easily win this round.

"Due to the number of people in this round, one lucky person will have a bye."

The host came on stage again and took out a small ball with a name written on it from the lottery box.

"Congratulations to young friend Zhang Qingshan for directly receiving 20,000 spirit stones and the qualification to participate in the challenge!"

Coincidentally, the one who got a bye happened to be a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

And in the next draw.

Of the remaining six foundation-building cultivators, four were taken away by those in the early Jindan stage, and two were taken away by those in the middle Jindan stage who had performed mediocrely before.

Even more coincidental.

The six late Jindan cultivators who had performed well previously almost all encountered opponents who had performed equally well in the previous round.

When this result came out, several people cursed in their hearts.

Ranking based on strength alone, they are definitely among the top 100, but now they still need to fight for qualification.

But the clever thing about Chongzhen Temple is that they only arranged six special matches in total.

Everything else is truly random.

Therefore, outsiders cannot find any fault.

"Next group, number 101!"

Xiao Chen heard the referee's call and slowly walked onto the stage.

The opponent he drew this time was a sturdy young man in the late Jindan stage.

In the last round of selection, he defeated his opponent who was also in the late Jindan stage with his outstanding performance.

These days, the casual cultivators who watched the battle argued with each other and ranked three versions of the top ten strongest men.

This sturdy young man is recognized by all the casual cultivators as having the combat power to rank among the top ten, and he ranks among the best in all three versions.

On the contrary, everyone has been arguing over whether Xiao Chen should be ranked in the top ten.

Some people think that since he comes from a prominent background, he must be quite powerful.

But some people also think that many young men from wealthy backgrounds have been spoiled since childhood, and have a certain level of cultivation but no corresponding combat power, and are nothing but fools.

Some people countered that the major forces have countless secret techniques.

Especially those legendary heavenly-level techniques, mastering any one of them is enough to crush ordinary cultivators.

Some people disagreed, believing that Xiao Chen must not be that old judging by his appearance.

Having reached the late stage of the Golden Core at such a young age, he certainly has no time to delve into magic.

……

In short, everyone has different opinions and no one can convince anyone else.

There has been no conclusion for several days, and the argument has only gotten more intense.
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"Phew, there will definitely be no problem this time!"

After the drawing of lots was over, the person in charge came down from the stage and put the lottery box containing the secret into the storage ring.

From the moment Xiao Chen was recognized, he became the target of close scrutiny.

However, because his previous opponents always admitted defeat, Chongzhen Temple still had no idea of ​​his strength.

For this purpose, the person in charge specially arranged such a game and carefully selected an active young man.

Generally speaking, young people love to save face.

Not to mention that such a young person in the late Jindan stage would definitely not admit defeat and embarrass himself.

Therefore, the person in charge believed that he would be able to find out Xiao Chen’s strength today.

When he heard number 101, he immediately activated his spiritual eye technique and looked at the arena.

That sturdy young man was indeed different from others.

Seeing Xiao Chen come on stage, he not only did not retreat, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit.

We are all in the late Jindan stage, so who is worse than who?

He even took the initiative to greet her: "I am Chen Qingsong, a wandering Taoist from Tingtaohai. Your reputation has spread like wildfire these days."

"Today, I will learn from your superior skills."

it is good!
The person in charge on the side was secretly happy in his heart, this was exactly the scene he wanted to see.

The rest of the wandering cultivators also became excited.

Everyone stared at the sixth ring with their eyes wide open, wanting to watch this most special showdown.

They are all very curious.

Can Xiao Chen, who has come all the way here by relying on his opponents to admit defeat, defeat the strong young man who has won easily all the way?

"My name is Xiao Chen, and I don't have a Dharma name for now."

Hearing the other party defending his own home, Xiao Chen also clasped his fists in return: "Hello, Fellow Daoist Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you."

After the two men exchanged greetings, the referee on the ring, under the urging of the person in charge, waved his hand and activated the defensive formation.

At the same time, he threw the red cloth ball in his hand into the air and jumped off the ring.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen immediately thought of the three main rules of this battle. First, the battle begins when the red ball lands on the ground.

Second, if one party admits defeat, is knocked off the stage, or is on the stage but has fallen to the ground and cannot get up, they will be directly judged as the loser.

Third, during the competition, it is prohibited to use fourth-level talismans, fourth-level strange poisons and other external objects that are beyond the ability of Jindan cultivators.

Otherwise, you will be directly judged as losing.

So Xiao Chen stared at the falling red cloth ball while secretly gathering his energy and blood, preparing to sprint.

In a fight on a fixed arena like this, under the same circumstances, the ability of physical cultivation is definitely the most useful and convenient.

Of course, the most important thing is to fight in a physical way, and it is best to control your own strength to avoid causing unnecessary casualties.

"Boom~!"

The red cloth ball fell on the ring, Xiao Chen kicked his feet, and shot out instantly.

Chen Qingsong happened to have the same idea.

His strong physique is the result of years of physical training.

So in an instant, the two of them collided with each other.

"Well!"

Immediately, a muffled groan was heard, and a figure flew backwards at an even faster speed, falling to the ground from the ring.

Everyone hurriedly looked closely.

The person who was knocked away was actually Chen Qingsong!

"What! Senior Chen actually lost directly?"

"Look, everyone, look at me. What did I say yesterday? How could this worldly heir be a fool?"

"Oh my goodness, Senior Xiao is so strong!"

"From now on, I believe that Senior Xiao is the number one among the top ten masters!"

The foundation-building cultivators were shocked, but some of the golden elixir cultivators looked at each other in confusion.

"Hiss~, this isn't right. Fellow Daoist Chen is a physical cultivator, yet he's actually at a disadvantage in terms of strength?"

"I'm also surprised. They're both in the late Jindan stage, but they can't even take a single blow?"

"You guys think there's something fishy going on here, right?"

"I don't know for sure. Even if it were me, I wouldn't be defeated so quickly."

They thought about the two fighting for dozens of rounds without a clear winner, and they also thought that one of them might suddenly reveal a powerful trump card.

But I never expected that the battle would end in just one encounter.

It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make any sense at all.

Not only they couldn't figure it out, but the person in charge beside them also couldn't figure it out.

You know, he came here today with a mission to observe Xiao Chen's battle and report the results afterwards.

But what should he say in this situation?
You can't say you didn't see anything, right?

But the problem is that he really didn't understand what happened at the moment when the two of them came into contact.
Even the referee in the audience was stunned.

He stared blankly at Chen Qingsong who had fallen to the ground. He didn't react immediately and realized that it was his turn to be judged as the loser.

It was not until three breaths later that he was awakened by the discussions around him.

He belatedly jumped back onto the stage and loudly announced, "Xiao Chen wins this match!"

In the final round of selection, many unusual scenes occurred one after another.

For example, Zhenren Cangjian’s swordsmanship is so superb that he surpasses his peers in the late Jindan stage.

For example, Zhang Shouquan's 1,600-foot-long ice dragon reappeared and occupied most of the arena.

For example, an old man from Kuaishou actually used his spiritual consciousness to transmit messages and persuade his opponent to give in.

However, the match that attracted the most discussion and caused the greatest controversy throughout the day was undoubtedly Xiao Chen's.

Especially as the ideas of some Jindan cultivators spread, it was like water splashing into a frying pan.

After all, many casual cultivators have only reached the foundation-building stage and do not have a clear understanding of the Golden Core True Person.

At this time, it is naturally easier to believe what the predecessors say.

In addition, gossip has always been the most popular among people, so various speculations about the reasons for Xiao Chen's quick victory quickly became popular.

"Could it be that they actually knew each other for a long time, so they deliberately let it go?"

"If you ask me, it must be some kind of extremely advanced secret technique, but we just can't see it."

"I think it might be Xiao Chen who secretly used his spiritual sense to transmit messages, leveraging his background to threaten Senior Chen. He is not a casual cultivator at all, and is not the same as us."

"What a mess! What you said is not right!"

A young man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks said proudly, "Today's incident was very simple. Senior Chen simply lacked strength and was knocked away."

"impossible!"

Someone immediately refuted him: "Senior Chen is a body cultivator, and the two of them are both in the late Jindan stage. How could there be such a big gap?"

"Huh, you guys don't understand this."

The young man lowered his voice and said, "I'll tell you a secret. This Xiao Chen is not a human at all, but a great demon in disguise!"

"I've read in ancient books that great demons are born with extremely abundant Qi and blood, so they are much stronger than physical cultivators."

……

Xiao Chen didn't really care about the rumors outside.

No matter what they say now, everything will be clear after the challenge is over in a few days.
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On the other hand, with the end of the selection, Chongzhen Temple also began intensive preparations for the official establishment of the competition.

Strengthen the defensive formations around the arena, expand the arena to accommodate large-scale spells, arrange dedicated viewing seats for Yuanying Zhenjun... and so on.

At the same time, a round of recruitment was also launched to win over the independent cultivators who had performed well in the past.

In the selection that just ended, many independent cultivators showed certain potential.

Although the overall quality is not as good as the disciples of large sects, for Chongzhen Temple, which is relatively short of manpower, accepting them as disciples is also a workaround.

After all, for many things, sending a Jindan Zhenren is more effective than a foundation-building cultivator.

Therefore, many independent cultivators were secretly interviewed.

However, Xiao Chen is not among them. After all, in the eyes of others, he is already the heir of the "Hidden Taoist Sect" and will definitely not switch to another sect.

But this does not mean that Chongzhen Temple will ignore him.

On the contrary, Master Cangjian, Zhang Shouquan, the old man from Kuaiqi and the most bizarre Xiao Chen all performed outstandingly in the selection.

Heming Zhenjun specially summoned the person in charge and several referees to listen to their reports and analyze the situation.

As a new force, Chongzhen Temple needs to prove its own strength to the outside world.

The biggest purpose of setting up eight arenas this time is to establish authority through magic!
Therefore, Master Heming specially set aside some of his energy and time to personally manage the affairs of the eight arenas.

After listening to the situation, comment on it point by point.

At the same time, he called over the disciples who were guarding and attacking the ring and gave them instructions.

"The first one is a sword cultivator. Their attacks are sharp, but as I said before, their weakness is that they can't last long. All you need to do is defend patiently and use the advantage of your spiritual shield to hold off the sharp attack."

"If anyone suffers a loss here, he will be punished by the family when he returns!"

"The second one has a 1,600-foot-long ice dragon. It is indeed a good seedling for a casual cultivator."

"Go down and contact him. If he is willing to come to the temple, you can give him the position of general manager."

For the core disciples of Chongzhen Temple, they all practiced the secret art of true essence, and there was nothing much to say about the Qianzhang spell itself.

"The third one is quite interesting. I will go and listen to his voice transmission tomorrow."

"As for the fourth one, let's see which arena he wants to challenge. For now, treat him as a physical cultivator and carry a few more talismans with you."

"Anyway, remember, there are rules and restrictions in the ring."

"In terms of magic alone, our Chongzhen Temple can be called the best in the world!"

"Don't be arrogant, impatient, or underestimate the enemy. Three days from now will be the time for our Chongzhen Temple to become famous in the Sea of ​​Mercy!"

After the arrangements were completed, the disciples immediately responded in unison: "We will remember the True Lord's teachings!"

Early in the morning of the sixth day.

A new notice was posted outside the ring area, announcing the rules of attacking the ring to everyone.

The initial champions of the eight arenas are all disciples of Chongzhen Temple.

All monks who challenge the challenge can freely choose their opponents to win their desired rewards.

However, in order to prevent repeated challenges, all monks participating in the challenge only have one chance to challenge, and the loser will automatically withdraw.

In addition, after each challenge, the champion can get a quarter of an hour of rest.

In addition, in order to attract people to actively participate.

The first person to successfully challenge the challenge will receive a fine spiritual weapon.

Xiao Chen has no interest in the so-called fine spiritual weapons.

The only things he cared about were the Infant Formation Notes and the Taiqing Infant Transformation Glass Beads.

Therefore, after reading the rules, he returned to the bamboo house to continue his training, planning to wait until the next day to make his move, so as to avoid the annoyance of being repeatedly challenged.

However, there are also independent cultivators who feel that they cannot hold on to the end.

So I went straight into the game at the beginning and tried to take away an extra spiritual weapon.

Including some true disciples with lower rankings in major forces, they all came on stage to challenge with the purpose of exchanging ideas and testing the magic of Chongzhen Temple.

However, the situation of the attack was beyond the expectations of most monks.

By the end of the first day, dozens of independent cultivators had participated in the challenge.

However, the eight major arenas are still firmly occupied by the disciples of Chongzhen Temple.

It must be said that although Master Heming was confident in his own magic, his words were not false.

The disciples of Chongzhen Temple faced a joint attack from the elite disciples sent by the other six major sects, as well as masters carefully selected from the independent cultivators.

They all showed extraordinary combat power.

The most hardworking disciple among them experienced challenges from eight monks in the morning, but with his superb water skills, he won all of them cleanly and neatly.

Even Master Cang Jian, who was recognized by the independent cultivators as being able to rank among the top five in the selection.

When he attacked the Zhengdong Arena where the Taiqing Huaying Glass Bead was located, he was blocked by his opponent with the spiritual shield and was finally defeated.

This result is obviously a bit too exaggerated.

You should know that the first batch of disciples sent out by Chongzhen Temple were not the most powerful ones among them.

In fact, it is just a touchstone used to force other challengers to reveal their cards.

However, these whetstones have directly eliminated almost half of the challengers.

Even the five major sects were shocked. After all, many of their true disciples had failed in their attempts to challenge the enemy.

What’s more serious is that according to this situation.

If the original eight disciples of Chongzhen Temple had persisted to the end, the rest of the sects would have lost all face after the news got out.

For this reason, the Yuanying True Lords of the five major sects also took it seriously.

And early the next morning, he sent out a second group of disciples to try to attack the opponent and further test the opponent's weaknesses.

At the same time, even the senior brothers or chief disciples of the sect such as Tianjian Zhenren and Piliqiang.

They also stood in the audience and watched the battle seriously.

If the situation is really unfavorable, they may all need to go on stage early, after all, the reputation of the sect is important.

But if they did that, the other party could send disciples in advance to consume their magic power.

It was almost noon the next day.

Although the eight disciples of Chongzhen Temple had consumed a lot of energy, they still performed very well with the help of spiritual objects that could quickly restore their true essence and energy, and showed no signs of decline.

Just when the other sects were about to get impatient.

There was a sudden commotion outside the arena area.

Xiao Chen, who had rested for a night, came to the scene slowly.

He walked straight up to the person in charge and said that he chose to challenge the Zhengdong Arena.

(End of this chapter)