No hope for eternal life

Absorbing the opponent's strength and attacks for one's own use, even from the perspective of County Lord Gao Xuan, this is an extremely brilliant secret technique.

"Could this also be related to Yang Wuque?" County Lord Gao Xuan thought to himself. Qingliu Town was his jurisdiction, so of course he knew that there was a Yang Wuque in Qingliu Town, so he naturally linked Mu Xun and Yang Wuque together.

"I've only heard that Yang Wuque is good at the ways of the body and talismans, but I've never heard that he's good at swordsmanship." County Lady Gao Xuan was puzzled.

At the same time, there was a graceful woman in a plain skirt in the audience who also noticed the exquisiteness of Mu Xun's secret technique, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.

There was a monk with a knife on his back beside the graceful woman. He was her suitor. Seeing that the woman was distracted, he asked, "Miss Song Zhi, what's wrong?"

The woman named Song Zhi shook her head slightly, looked at the monk with a smile, and asked, "Master Guan, are you confident that you can defeat Muxun?"

"I dare not say that I will win, but I have a pretty good chance of winning." The sword cultivator named Guan said proudly.

"I'm looking forward to your fight." Song Zhi still said with a smile. She and the sword cultivator named Guan were naturally also the cultivators participating in this battle.

On the other side, Mu Xun calmly walked back to Mu Changsheng, enjoying everyone's attention, but he also knew very clearly that all this originated from the half of the Sanyuan Sword Technique that Mu Qun had passed on to him.

Mu Changsheng looked at Mu Xun beside him and felt a little strange. He was even more confused, but he didn't ask a word, just like Mu Xun never asked him what the secret body-refining technique he practiced was. Not asking about each other's secrets was also a tacit understanding between cultivators.

"Everyone has his own fate. If I am allowed to obtain the secret technique of nine transformations of the physical body, then others are not allowed to obtain such powerful secret techniques?" Mu Changsheng thought to himself, putting all those thoughts behind him. He felt that for now, it was enough to take care of himself.

In the fighting arena, after a brief collective shock, the county lieutenant announced again: "The next group will begin to compete on stage. Those who do not go on stage after ten breaths will be eliminated directly."

"Wang Xiaodong, Li Lihua..."

After the list of ten people was read out, Mu Changsheng's name was still not on the list. Even so, Mu Changsheng did not choose to practice. This third round of competition was not like the previous two rounds. It could show some of the true strength of the participating cultivators. He could take this opportunity to get to know them.

"The competition begins." The referee announced on the stage.

There was no special person in this second group, so the competition was naturally not as overwhelming as that of Mu Xun in the previous group. It could definitely be described as a melee.

The ten cultivators on the arena would team up to expel others, then turn against each other and launch a surprise attack. It was quite an exciting scene, and Mu Changsheng enjoyed watching it very much.

In the end, it was a woman named Sang Yue who won the final victory with her strategic tactics and outstanding strength.

"The third group: Mu Changsheng, Wei Wu...Bai Xuanyu..."

"It seems that my luck is not very good." Mu Changsheng touched his nose. He had just heard the name Bai Xuanyu from Mu Xun not long ago and he met him.

On the stage, Mu Changsheng finally saw Bai Xuanyu, whose name he had only heard of. Bai Xuanyu lived up to his name, dressed in white, elegant and suave, with a folding fan in his hand that he gently waved, adding a bit of elegance to his look.

The other eight people on the stage gathered together tacitly, hostile to Mu Changsheng and Bai Xuanyu.

Obviously, these eight people were not idle either, as they all knew Bai Xuanyu's outstanding performance in the second round of competition.

As for Mu Changsheng, on the one hand, it was because he was closest to Mu Xun, and on the other hand, it was because of Qin Xuan’s vigorous publicity, so he also received the same special treatment as Bai Xuanyu.

Therefore, the layout on the stage became extremely interesting: Bai Xuanyu, Mu Changsheng, and the remaining eight people stood in one position respectively, which looked like a three-way confrontation.

The referee checked Mu Changsheng's talisman as usual, and asked Mu Changsheng and others if they knew the rules of the competition. After receiving a positive answer, he officially announced: "The competition begins."

As soon as the referee's voice fell, Bai Xuanyu took the initiative to say to Mu Changsheng: "Brother Mu, how about you and I first work together to drive these eight people away, and then decide the winner?"

"Okay." Mu Changsheng replied calmly, but did not move, because in this special situation where ten people were on the same stage, it was common practice to cooperate on the surface and attack from behind. It would be better for him and Bai Xuanyu to keep a safe distance.

While Mu Changsheng and Bai Xuanyu were communicating, the remaining eight people on the stage had already discussed it. The eight people were divided into two groups of four to face Mu Changsheng and Bai Xuanyu respectively.

"Four people." Mu Changsheng raised his eyebrows when he saw this. This was good news for him. If eight people rushed towards him, he would really have a headache.

"Go." Mu Changsheng took out seven mountain-breaking talismans at once and activated them at the same time, attacking the four enemies coming from the front.

When Mu Changsheng was in the early stage of foundation building, he could control up to five Mountain Breaking Talismans at the same time for precise attacks. Now that he is in the middle stage of foundation building, he can control seven. This is the improvement brought about by the breakthrough in cultivation.

I saw seven mountain-breaking talismans quickly forming seven white streaks in the air, whistling towards the four people.

"I'll do it." A strong man among the four stepped forward and stood in the front.

"Earth Dragon Pillar." The sturdy man shouted and performed a secret defensive technique. A huge earth pillar rose from the ground and stood in front of the four people, steadily blocking the seven attacks of the mountain-breaking talismans.

The sturdy man's cultivation at the peak of the foundation-building stage, coupled with the defensive secret technique that he used with all his strength, made Mu Changsheng's seven mountain-breaking talismans all useless.

"The attack power of your talisman is too weak. I am best at defense." The sturdy man shouted proudly to Mu Changsheng.

Obviously, when they were discussing, they specifically targeted Mu Changsheng's identity as a talisman master.

"Take this opportunity to attack him." The three people behind the sturdy man took advantage of the gap when Mu Changsheng's talisman was broken and cast three spells respectively, attacking Mu Changsheng.

Mu Changsheng nodded secretly upon seeing this. These people who could reach this point were considered elites among the foundation-building cultivators. They were all smart and resourceful. The only way to defeat the four of them together was to suppress them by force.

"In that case, let me show you my golden arrow talisman in advance."

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng took out seven golden arrow talismans at once and activated them instantly. The seven golden arrow talismans instantly turned into seven sharp golden arrows in the air and shot out.

Three of the seven golden arrows blocked the three spells attacking Mu Changsheng. Although they failed to block them completely, they greatly consumed the power of the three spells. When the remaining power of the three spells got close to him, Mu Changsheng easily solved it with his fists, and his fists didn't even scratch the skin.

The remaining four golden arrows successfully destroyed the earth pillar defense carefully constructed by the sturdy man.