Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 191 Two Taoist Temples
He knew his own strength when he left Yingzhou.

At that time, Jiang Xuanlian had to worry about his life all the time, so he had to carefully summarize the reasons after each battle and adjust the next battle strategy through drills.

But now, he himself couldn't believe it. It felt like just a blink of an eye had seen him make such amazing progress and become as powerful as he is today.

After the competition, he often wondered if he had used his real name, Jiang Xuan, instead of the identity of Ling Honghe, a disciple sent away from Fuzhou Martial Arts School, would he have become famous as the young master of the Jiang family in Yingzhou City?
After this five-state martial arts competition, will the Jiang family's status in the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce be improved?

After this, will the Jiang family's position in the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce rise to second place as he expected?

Through their own efforts, will the Jiang family one day be able to reach the position of the head of the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce?

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"My dear friend, my surname is Lian. I am the weapon refiner at Qixi Taoist Temple. I am here on the orders of the dean to invite you to the temple to discuss the refinement of the ninth-grade lower-grade magical weapon and its cultivation."

At Mi Cui Peak, beside the martial arts field, an elderly man in a brown Taoist robe spoke to Gao Rubang.

Gao Rubang looked back and saw the newcomer wearing a brown Taoist robe and with unfathomable strength. He immediately had a plan in mind and said with a fist: "Greetings, Senior. The matter of the martial arts performance reward has been arranged long ago. I will just follow your instructions."

Judging from the old man's expression, Gao Rubang's answer made him very satisfied. He nodded and said, "That's good."

The old man pulled out a bag from his bosom and handed it to Gao Rubang, saying, "My dear Gao, this is the reward for the peak group of this martial arts performance. It's a ninth-grade lower-grade storage bag. Please..."

"Wait a minute."

Before the old man from Qixi Taoist Temple could finish his words, a very powerful voice was heard, interrupting him.

Looking back, I saw that the man was of strong build and wearing heavy armor with patterns of giant green trees on it.

The giant tree in the pattern seemed to be burning with raging fire, appearing quite imposing.

The old man from Qixi Taoist Temple certainly knew the identity of the visitor. He frowned slightly and bowed to the man, saying, "I wish you all the best, fellow Taoist."

Upon hearing this, the cultivator surnamed Zhu smiled and bowed in reply, "Fellow Daoist Lian, have you refined any high-grade magical instruments?"

A subtle hint of displeasure crossed the face of the cultivator surnamed Lian. He said calmly, "I don't have the ability to refine a top-grade magical weapon, but Fellow Daoist Zhu has devoted himself to refining weapons all day long. I'm sure he's also gained a lot."

The monk surnamed Zhu also began to look unhappy. He turned to look at Gao Rubang beside him and said, "Young friend Gao, my surname is Zhu. I am here on the orders of the headmaster of Dianlin Taoist Temple to invite you to visit the temple for a chat."

Like the monk surnamed Lian, the monk surnamed Zhu also took out a bag from his arms and handed it to Gao Rubang.

"Although this storage bag is also of the lower grade ninth grade, its magic array is special and can hold several times more items than ordinary lower grade ninth grade storage bags." The cultivator surnamed Zhu looked at the cultivator surnamed Lian with a proud look on his face.

Faced with the storage bags given by two monks at the same time, Gao Rubang was in a dilemma.

The top of the peak group received a ninth-grade storage bag, which was the due reward for the Five States Martial Arts Competition. However, no one said who should pay for the reward and who was the person's name.

Now, two monks suddenly appeared in front of Gao Rubang. Which monk's storage bag should he accept?

Judging from the situation, the two monks were competing with each other. Accepting the storage bag from any one of the monks would be considered a rejection of the other one, which would also be equivalent to making the other monk lose face.

If that were the case, it would be equivalent to offending a monk.

Gao Rubang was not a smooth person, but he still did not dare to doubt the weight of his identity as a monk.

To offend a cultivator is no small matter. "Two seniors, this..." Gao Rubang was momentarily in a dilemma.

"Oh, my two fellow Taoists, I'm sorry for not welcoming you." Just when Gao Rubang was in a dilemma, a familiar voice sounded in his ears.

"Senior Yan." When Gao Rubang saw that the person who came was the director of Qizhou Martial Arts School, he felt that he had grabbed a life-saving straw and greeted Master Yan with surprise.

"Yeah." Director Yan responded and looked at the other two monks.

Although Director Yan has been in the Qizhou Martial Arts School for a long time and has been taking care of the affairs in the school, he is not unfamiliar with the two monks in front of him.

One is a Jade Cultivator from Qixi Taoist Temple, west of Qizhou.

The other one is a Jade Cultivator from Dianlin Taoist Temple in the northeast of Dianzhou.

Among these two monks, Director Yan seems to be more familiar with the monk named Lian from Qixi Taoist Temple.

"Fellow Daoist Lian, Fellow Daoist Zhu." Director Yan bowed and greeted the two Jade Cultivators.

"Director Yan." The two monks responded in unison.

"What are you two Daoist friends asking?" Director Yan asked knowingly and spoke first to the two Daoist friends surnamed Lian and Zhu.

"Before the Five States Martial Arts Show began, Qizhou City sent representatives to the Taoist Temple to discuss matters. If the Qixi Taoist Temple can provide the corresponding rewards for this Five States Martial Arts Show, the top three peak warriors determined from the show will be sent to the Qixi Taoist Temple to await the opening of the Jade Cultivation Passage."

The monk surnamed Lian from Qixi Taoist Temple was quite confident and spoke first.

It sounds like Qixi Taoist Temple won't gain anything from this matter.

However, for a Taoist temple, the favor of a young warrior with outstanding qualifications is a great benefit to the temple.

Gao Rubang has already become the first in the peak group of the Five States Martial Arts Competition, and his extraordinary qualifications have been undoubtedly revealed.

Not only Gao Rubang, but also Cheng Xiuyong and all the winners of the peak group of this martial arts competition are people with outstanding qualifications.

Compared with the less than one in a hundred success rates of the Jade Cultivation Channel among all top warriors, Gao Rubang's Jade Cultivation Channel success rate is no less than 50%.

The success rate of other top group winners, including Cheng Xiuyong, is no less than 20% to 30%.

This success rate far exceeds that of ordinary peak warriors, and it is difficult for the various Taoist academies to remain unmoved.

Therefore, Qixi Taoist Temple was willing to offer rewards such as ninth-grade lower-grade storage bags and ninth-grade lower-grade magic tools in exchange for outstanding warriors to enter Qixi Taoist Temple for training in advance.

"With that said, the Five States Martial Arts Competition has become Qizhou City's business?" Upon hearing this, the cultivator named Zhu also expressed his opinion.

"Where did you get this from?" asked the monk surnamed Lian in confusion.

The Five States Martial Arts Show is an important event held irregularly among the five states, and is hosted by the five states in turn.

As the venue for the Five States Martial Arts Show, the host state needs to devote a large amount of manpower and material resources and consume a lot of energy.

For example, Qizhou, which hosted the Five States Martial Arts Show, mobilized a large number of personnel from the City Lord's Mansion, martial arts halls, and even the Wu family and Gao family to ensure the smooth holding of the Five States Martial Arts Show.

(End of this chapter)