No hope for eternal life

"The elimination rate is about 30%." Mu Changsheng silently estimated in his mind: "According to this calculation, there will be about 7,000 people who will advance. I wonder what the content of the second round of competition will be."

The content of the first round of martial arts examinations remains unchanged in every year, but the subsequent rounds often change and are difficult to predict.

"Next one, Qingliu Town, Mu Changsheng."

"Here I come." Mu Changsheng was cheered up when he heard his name, and he quickly jumped onto the stage.

As Mu Changsheng stepped onto the stage, a strange white light enveloped the arena. This was a formation set up in advance to prevent monsters from escaping from the arena.

"It's him." When the people in the audience saw Mu Changsheng coming on stage, many of them cast their eyes over. They all wanted to see what kind of ability this person standing with Mu Xun had.

Mu Changsheng on the stage found the referee and, as usual, took out the talismans he had made and asked the referee to check that they were all homemade.

"It turned out to be the talisman master." Everyone in the audience suddenly realized, and then they didn't care much about it. It seems cool for the talisman master to bombard the opponent with talismans, but once the opponent gets close to him, it is difficult to turn the tables, especially since the use of defensive spiritual weapons is not allowed in the martial arts test, the talisman master's body appears even more fragile.

Mu Xun looked at the guys around him with disdain in their eyes, and laughed in his heart: "When you get close to Mu Changsheng, you will regret it."

In Mu Xun's opinion, Mu Changsheng's fighting style can be described as "insidious and cunning". He would first make his opponent think that the talisman master was weak, and then reveal his strong body when the opponent got close to him, catching the opponent off guard.

On the stage, the referee checked Mu Changsheng's talismans one by one, and after confirming that they were all from Mu Changsheng, he announced: "The competition begins."

Mu Changsheng's opponent is a yellow ox monster. Although the monster has low intelligence, it does not mean it has no intelligence. When it hits the edge of the ring and cannot escape, and finds itself trapped on the ring, it madly crashes into the only living person on the ring, that is, Mu Changsheng, wanting to fight a trapped beast.

Mu Changsheng calmly took out five mountain-breaking talismans and activated them at the same time. Five white streaks instantly shot out from the talismans and besieged the yellow cattle monster.

The yellow ox monster was not stupid either. When it saw the attack from the Mountain-Destroying Talisman, it immediately dodged. In the end, only one attack from the Mountain-Destroying Talisman hit its back, causing a dent in it.

"Moo!" The yellow ox monster screamed in pain. However, before it could react, five more white streaks came at it head-on. It was obvious that Mu Changsheng had activated five mountain-breaking talismans again.

"Swish, swish, swish..." The head of the yellow cattle monster was hit hard by five mountain-breaking talismans. Although its head was not shattered, it had lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

"Mu Changsheng passed." the referee announced.

Mu Changsheng nodded and walked off the stage. It was not difficult for him to kill this monster that had not practiced any secret techniques. He could kill it directly with the Mountain-Breaking Talisman. Mu Changsheng also wanted to save some money, so he only used ten Mountain-Breaking Talismans. Otherwise, if he just threw out a handful of them, he would be able to kill the opponent instantly.

"The opponents ahead are all peak Foundation Establishment cultivators who have practiced secret techniques. That's the highlight." Just when Mu Changsheng was thinking about how to deal with the peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, he suddenly heard a familiar voice in his ears.

"Everyone, please don't be fooled by this guy named Mu Changsheng. He is extremely sinister. In addition to being a talisman master, he is also a body cultivator with a strong body. He likes to lure his opponents into close range and then attack them with fists and feet."

Mu Changsheng's face instantly turned grim when he heard that. He had been trying to hide his physical body as much as possible, but now it was revealed in the first round of competition.

Mu Changsheng turned around and saw a familiar face. He immediately laughed angrily: "Qin Xuan, you really are haunting me."

It turned out that the person who publicized Mu Changsheng's trump card was Qin Xuan, Mu Changsheng's defeated general. The other party was obviously also here to participate in the martial arts test, and his cultivation had already broken through to the late stage of foundation building.

Qin Xuan saw Mu Changsheng's ugly face, smiled triumphantly, and felt secretly happy. He obviously wanted to avenge the previous punch.

When the people around heard Qin Xuan's call, they all looked surprised and asked Qin Xuan: "Brother, can you explain in detail..."

"Why not?" Qin Xuan smiled slightly and immediately started to talk about it with exaggeration. The surroundings around him were extremely lively.

Mu Changsheng's expression returned to calm upon seeing this. The martial arts test had rules that cultivators participating in the test were not allowed to fight in private, and he could not stop Qin Xuan from speaking.

Walking up to Mu Xun, Mu Changsheng said hello: "I'll go out first."

"Yeah." Mu Xun nodded slightly without asking any more questions.

Then, Mu Changsheng walked out of the fighting arena. As a participating cultivator, he could enter and exit freely with the token.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng thought to himself, "There are over ten thousand people participating in the first round of the martial arts test. Even if each person only has a few breaths of time, it will take at least three days to complete. Now that it's only been halfway through, I still have at least two days to prepare."

Thinking of this, Mu Changsheng started to set off and rush to somewhere. Now the matter of his physical body could no longer be hidden, and his cultivation and physical body could not be broken through in a short period of time. In order to be safe, he had to make some other preparations. He had already made plans in this regard before.

After two cups of tea, Mu Changsheng arrived at the door of a shop located in the corner of Qihua City. The word "Talisman" was engraved on the shop plaque. Obviously, this was a shop specializing in talismans. Mu Changsheng had passed by this place before and made a note of it.

However, this shop is deserted and obviously its business is not very good. This may be related to the fact that talismans are not very popular. In addition, in this county, there should be very few talisman masters and people who are used to using talismans.

In the shop, the boss saw Mu Changsheng coming and hurriedly walked out from the counter to greet him, saying: "Young man, you need to buy talismans. Our shop has a wide variety of talismans, including attack talismans, defense talismans, and healing talismans."

"Boss, you can sell inheritance talismans here." Mu Changsheng directly stated his purpose. The power of the Mountain-Breaking Talisman is comparable to the full-strength attack of a cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. The power can be even stronger if it is used in combination. It is enough for normal use, but it will be a little powerless when facing a cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment. Therefore, Mu Changsheng wants to prepare a more powerful attack talisman.

"Yes, yes, yes." The shop owner's eyes lit up when he heard this. Inheritance talismans are a big business, so he quickly asked, "What grade of inheritance talisman do you need, young friend?"

"I want a top-grade second-level attack talisman." Mu Changsheng said directly.

"I do have an inheritance talisman of this grade, but it's not cheap." The shop owner said tentatively, obviously doubting Mu Changsheng's financial resources.

"Boss, you can quote a price first." Mu Changsheng said calmly. He also knew that the inheritance talisman was not cheap, but he now had more than 33,000 medium-grade spirit stones in his hand, so he was quite confident.

"One price, one hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones." The shop owner quoted the price.

"Okay, but I need you to swear a great oath to guarantee the authenticity of the product." Mu Changsheng agreed directly, but he also made a request. The store was not big, so Mu Changsheng was not very confident, so he made this request. The cultivators were full of intrigues and deceptions, and it was difficult to distinguish between the true and the false. Only the great oath of the heart demon could make people believe it.

"No problem." The shop owner agreed to Mu Changsheng's request immediately. Things like inherited talismans must not be easily shown to others, lest someone steal them. Only by making a great oath can both the buyer and the seller feel at ease.

The shop owner was also a straightforward person. Then, under the witness of Mu Changsheng, he took a great oath to clear his inner demons.

A oath written in blood was placed in front of Mu Changsheng for him to read.

The gist of the oath was that after Mu Changsheng paid 150,000 low-grade spirit stones, the shop owner would hand over the second-grade top-level attack inheritance talisman to Mu Changsheng, and guarantee that it was the genuine product. If he broke the oath, his body and soul would be destroyed.