I didn't expect that I was the heartthrob.

Despite the noise, the square was still bustling. It was noisy until the sun set, and all the schools and factions showed off their best skills.

Some came riding on mythical beasts, some on wine jugs, and some flew on dice. The appearance of each school and faction was wonderful.

In other words, the competition has actually already begun from the moment it appears on stage.

Xu Fengxi, Xue Hao, Meng Xin and others opened the prizes, but got nothing and lost more than a dozen spirit stones. Later, they returned to Gu Lan dejectedly and watched the performances of other sects together.

After the performance, he sighed with envy, "We have nothing at home."

"Isn't it? Look, the Tianyan Sect also has Thousand-Leaf Lotus." Xue Hao agreed.

Gu Lan folded his arms and said nothing. Meng Xin took over the conversation, "Once we have enough spirit stones and materials, we will build a vehicle that is better than these!"

"What kind are you planning to make?" Xu Fengxi and Xue Hao became interested and surrounded Meng Xin to ask him carefully.

Seeing that the crowd in the square was gradually dispersing, Gu Lan interrupted the discussion of several junior fellow students.

I didn't practice the whole day today, so I gave my fellow brothers a break.

Before, she heard Shao Yu say that the final competition would be a melee style. She only spent time discussing with her fellow disciples how to face sword cultivators and weapon cultivators, but never discussed how to face talisman cultivators, pill cultivators, or sound cultivators.

It would be better for them to practice intensively tonight so that they won’t be so flustered when they encounter such a situation in the future.

It just so happened that she could draw talismans and knew a little music. Then she could go back and ask Baoyin for advice on the cultivation method of music. With her nine years of compulsory education, she should be able to learn something. Then, when she practices with her junior fellow apprentice, she can improve her chances of winning.

Gu Lan did what he said and led his fellow apprentices back to Linbifeng.

On the second day, at dawn, the cultivators who were arranged to come to Xuantian Sword Sect to participate in the sect competition received letters from Xuantian Sword Sect via flying swords.

So early in the morning, the square of Xuantian Sword Sect was crowded with people.

Gu Lan stood aside with his fellow apprentices. When they saw a disciple from Xuantian Sword Sect holding a tray and walking up to the stage, as if to announce something, he interrupted the conversation of several fellow apprentices and led the three of them to follow the team towards the stage.

The disciple of Xuantian Sword Sect took out the scroll from the tray and threw the tray into the air. The tray transformed into two towering steles standing beside the disciple. Then the disciple threw the scroll upwards and it automatically hung up.

The golden seal characters on the scroll continued to grow larger as the scroll unfolded, and everyone stopped to take a closer look at what was written on it.

Qiao Da was illiterate. He saw that everyone around him was reading seriously, but he was the only one who was at a loss. He could not help scratching his head and cheeks.

Seeing this, Guo Shu, who was standing by, read it out for him.

This sect competition is divided into three stages. The first stage is a trial of magic, which is mainly to see how your magic skills are practiced. As long as your magic skills meet the standards, you can participate in the second stage.

In the first stage, as long as you reach the foundation-building stage, there will be basically no problem.

The second stage is a real sword and gun competition. Sword cultivators compete with each other in swordsmanship, while alchemy cultivators, weapon cultivators, sound cultivators or talisman cultivators compete with each other. The top ten will enter the third stage.

The third stage is to shuffle the order of these dozens of people to compete, and finally the top three will win.

That is to say, no matter what you practice, once you reach the third stage, they will all be mixed together to compete. This is a huge advantage for sword practitioners, but it is very unfriendly to practitioners of other categories.

After reading the detailed explanation, many weapon cultivators, alchemy cultivators, etc. became somewhat discouraged and said that this arrangement was unreasonable, but their voices were soon drowned out by other voices.

"Now the demon world is still ready to make a move, and the demon cultivators among the cultivators are so vicious and cunning that they have committed many evil deeds around our sects. Countless people have suffered, and the tragic situation is unbearable to watch. All we see are swords and sabers, broken limbs, and rivers of blood. If we can no longer resist, we will be wiped out. Therefore, no matter whether you are an alchemy cultivator, a weapon cultivator, or a sound cultivator or a talisman cultivator, you must have the ability to kill and the ability to fight!"

The person who made these remarks was a female monk. She was standing at the bottom of the stairs, serious and calm, speaking loudly to the monks who were yelling and shouting about the injustice.

Her words instantly quieted everyone down; you could hear a pin drop in the originally noisy square.

"This young man is absolutely right."

At some point, various prominent sect leaders or elders who came on behalf of the leaders appeared on the platform, led by the new leader of Xuantian Sword Sect, Wan Jianying.

"The incident with the Heavenly Demon has sounded a warning bell for us. If we continue to cling to the heavens, live in comfort in a corner, fight openly and secretly, and covet immediate benefits, the world of immortal cultivation will surely encounter a catastrophe.

"After this incident, we have discussed this sect competition, so that all the promising cultivators in the world can participate in the competition. If they can meet the opportunity in this competition, they may be accepted as inner disciples by the major sects as an exception, so that they can improve their cultivation and help protect the people of the world!"

These words shocked everyone.

The world of immortal cultivation has been deeply rooted in the consciousness of clans for many years. Those with strong abilities will be snatched away by the big sects, and those with weak abilities have nowhere to go. They can only gather together for warmth, or they can only explore on their own.

Now the Xuantian Sword Sect says that if there is an opportunity, they will be accepted as inner disciples by the major sects. It seems that the door is open to the public, but in fact it still emphasizes that the capable will be given the position, and the essence is still to strengthen the family.

Some people who can see things clearly naturally know that they need to stick together and cling to big sects, but they don't have confidence in themselves. It is a fantasy for them to want to stand out with their mediocrity.

Some who didn't understand thought it was a good opportunity, so they were ready to go and couldn't wait for the sect competition to begin.

Wan Jianying's words sounded like a message of unity in times of crisis, but he still had selfish motives.

Most of the monks understood his thoughts.

Therefore, there were few responses.

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly asked loudly: "If you have this opportunity to be accepted as an inner disciple, will you leave your original master?"

The person asking the questions was a young man, wearing simple clothes and carrying two swords on his back.

His eyes are bright and when he looks at you, it seems as if you are all in his eyes, and he is very focused.

As soon as these words were spoken, some people with quick minds also echoed them.

If I am selected as an inner sect disciple, do I have to leave my original sect? If I have to leave my original sect, won't other small sects become more destitute? Will those small sects still agree to let their disciples participate in the sect competition?

Wan Jianying waited until the voices below died down a bit before he spoke again.

"The question raised by this nephew just now is very good. If you are selected as inner disciples, you can choose to leave your original master's sect or stay in your original master's sect. But no matter whether you choose to leave or stay, you must practice in the inner sect for fifty years and obey the arrangements. If you do not accept it, you can refuse to become an inner disciple and return to your original master's sect."

This arrangement is reasonable, Gu Lan frowned slightly.

Although they are now facing the invasion of demons and harassment from evil cultivators, it is not yet a critical period of life and death. These sects have realized the crisis and made some reforms, but it is still a little lacking.

However, it is absolutely impossible to achieve equality in this world of cultivating immortals.

Whoever has the ability is strong here.

The winner takes it all, and the strong become stronger.

As for equality, that's nonsense, but relative fairness can still be guaranteed.

After all, big sects also have to be reasonable, face is still very important, and they must be able to preside over the overall situation at critical moments and implement basic punishments and rewards.

It also stabilizes this world where the strong always get stronger.