Dear Lingshi

Seeing this, Lu Yunsheng breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two people beside him, "Let's go, it's our turn to talk."

"There are too many people. You two can go and talk. I won't go." Uncle Hu said with some fear at this time.

Lu Yunsheng didn't expect that Uncle Hu, who was usually decisive and efficient, would be stage-frightened at this moment.

"Okay, Uncle Hu, just take a good rest off the stage. Yu Shu and I are here."

Then, Lu Yunsheng pulled Bai Yushuo to a high platform among the crowd.

"Thank you all respected adults, seniors, and brothers for coming to participate in my Duobao Pavilion... (two thousand words omitted here)"

After Lu Yunsheng finished his speech, he paused for a moment, and then said to everyone: "In the past three years, all the brothers and sisters of Duobao Pavilion have worked hard. I announce that in three days, we will hold the internal competition that is held once every three years here, and the reward will be increased from one foundation-building pill to ten. I hope that all the brothers will be well prepared in advance, and we welcome all guests to come and watch the competition again."

As soon as these words were spoken, the members of Duobao Pavilion below became completely excited and clapped their hands excitedly.

Especially the people in Chixue, most of them have no salary. They have been staying in Chixue silently for the past few years just to get that foundation-building pill.

After Lu Yunsheng finished speaking, Bai Yushu officially announced the opening of Duobao Pavilion. At this moment, gongs and drums were beating and firecrackers were blasting.

Next comes the banquet.

Lu Yunsheng and the other two held up their wine glasses and toasted each guest one by one until the sunset, when the celebration came to an end.

Lu Yunsheng returned to Duobao Pavilion on Huoluo Street and lay motionless on the bed, feeling as if his entire body was about to fall apart.

In his heart, he felt that this day's busyness was more painful than going through a heavenly tribulation.

Time flies and it’s three days later.

On this day, ten arenas had been built on the lawn in front of the Duobao Pavilion headquarters, and a circle of viewing platforms had been built around the ten arenas. The viewing platforms were low in the front and high in the back, and could accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time.

Everyone sitting on this tall viewing platform can enjoy the fighting scene on the ring without any obstruction.

Since this was the first magic competition ever held in Tieshan City, it was bound to be very lively. At this time, the viewing platform was already crowded with people. Some people couldn't get a seat and even lay on the surrounding treetops to watch the battle.

At this moment, Lu Yunsheng led Jin Rong, Li Wan and other guests who came to watch the ceremony and sat in the center of the viewing platform.

Watching the sun gradually rise higher, Lu Yunsheng stood up, mobilized his true energy and announced to everyone: "Now the first internal competition of Duobao Pavilion officially begins. Please invite all groups of participants and referees to enter the venue. During the competition, just stop when you are done."

As soon as Lu Yunsheng finished speaking, the place suddenly became quiet.

During these three days, after discussion among the senior staff of Duobao Pavilion, for the sake of fairness, all the people who registered for the competition were shuffled and divided into ten groups for two-on-two duels. The first place in each group would receive a Foundation Establishment Pill, the second place would receive 5,000 lower-grade spirit stones, and the third place would receive 2,000 lower-grade spirit stones.

However, there was an embarrassing problem. In order to avoid casualties and other accidents during the competition, Lu Yunsheng decided to let the Foundation Establishment cultivators serve as referees. However, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Duobao Pavilion added up to less than ten people, not to mention that it was impossible for Lu Yunsheng, Bai Yusu and Uncle Hu to personally serve as referees.

Finally, five Foundation Establishment cultivators were borrowed from the City Lord's Mansion to serve as referees.

As the ten groups of people and referees took their positions, the competition officially began.

The cultivators participating in the competition below are basically cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining or the perfect level of Qi Refining. There are very few cultivators at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Unless some cultivators have extremely powerful trump cards, they will come to fight for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The twenty people who took the field in the first round faced each other in pairs on ten stages. Although they were colleagues on weekdays, in order to win the foundation-building pill, there was almost no room for humility.

Every move he makes is almost entirely his own unique skill.

"Look at ring number eight!" a spectator nearby shouted.

Lu Yunsheng also heard the sound and looked towards Arena No. 8, where he saw an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator activating dozens of first-level talismans in succession, forcing the Qi Refining Perfection cultivator who was fighting against him to cast spells repeatedly to resist.

No one knew how many first-level talismans this person had prepared, but under his series of intensive attacks, he actually exhausted his opponent's true energy, forcing the cultivator in the perfect realm to admit defeat.

Seeing this scene, the monks on the surrounding viewing platforms cheered loudly.

Lu Yunsheng did not prohibit the use of external objects, so it was in line with the rules for this person to win by relying on talismans.

"This person has spent a lot of money to win the Foundation Establishment Pill! He has distributed hundreds of first-level talismans in such a short time. But there are still several rounds of battles to come. I wonder if the talismans he has stored are enough!" Bai Yusu whispered to Lu Yunsheng on the side.

"Isn't this cheating? If this person is allowed to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, won't everyone in future competitions follow suit?" Uncle Hu said with an indignant look on his face.

"Uncle Hu, let's wait and see. There will be more masters as we go along. There will always be someone who can deal with this kid's talismans." Lu Yunsheng said nonchalantly.

There were more than 400 people participating in the competition, divided into ten groups, with 40 people in each group.

After twenty fierce battles, 20 winners were finally decided in each group.

It was already noon.

The next ten matches will determine the top ten in each group.

The next few matches were obviously much more intense than the previous ones, and some monks had already begun to display methods they had never used before.

And the monk who relied on talismans to win won again.

In addition to this person, there was actually another cultivator in another group who also won by relying on talisman attacks. However, this person was just the opposite. He used defensive talismans to protect himself tightly. After the opponent used all means to fail to break through his defense, he simply admitted defeat.

This person was obviously smarter because he used talismans for defense and consumed fewer talismans.

Time passed little by little, and after another round of fighting, each group finally decided the top five.

What surprised Lu Yunsheng was that the two monks who relied on talismans to win had actually made it all the way to this point.

This time, each group needs to decide the top three, and since each group has five people, a lucky person will be selected by drawing lots to enter the top three directly.

Not long after, each group of monks who drew the lucky lot directly entered the top three, and these monks were very happy.

Because they are guaranteed to get a reward of two thousand low-grade spirit stones. Although these two thousand spirit stones are nothing compared to the Foundation Establishment Pill, they are equivalent to three years' salary for them.