No hope for eternal life

Mu Xun disdains to delay time, because he has also secured his place in the top three, so Mu Xun wants to have a fair competition with Mu Changsheng, especially since both of them have now comprehended the artistic conception, this can be regarded as a kind of exchange and practice.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng and the other person, who had both improved their strength, attacked each other tacitly.

"Ding!" Mu Changsheng's fist collided fiercely with Mu Xun's sword. Mu Changsheng's fist was easily cut by Mu Xun's sword, and blood flowed out.

After this testing attack, Mu Changsheng felt the change in Mu Xun's strength, which was much stronger than during the county examination.

This is because Mu Xun has comprehended the sword intent, and also because Mu Xun's cultivation has broken through to the peak of foundation building.

Therefore, when Mu Changsheng was fighting, he needed to be on guard against the edge of Mu Xun's black sword at all times, and he could not just attack without defending like he did when he was competing with Zhang Yuxu.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Mu Changsheng and the other man fought each other, and soon they had exchanged dozens of moves.

During this period, Mu Xun relied on the sharpness of his sword to inflict many wounds on Mu Changsheng's body.

Mu Changsheng was not idle either. He found opportunities to seize the sword several times and succeeded twice, but both times Mu Xun dropped the sword in time and escaped.

Obviously, Mu Xun had prepared a lot of spare swords before the competition. Even though his sword was taken away by Mu Changsheng twice, he would not be in the embarrassing situation of having no sword to use.

Below the stage, Song Zhi, who had been watching the fight, shifted her gaze to the black sword thrown off the stage by Mu Changsheng. That was Mu Xun's sword, and it was this black sword that attracted Heizhu in the grocery store before.

Song Zhi originally judged that the black sword was extremely extraordinary, but during the county examination, the black sword had always performed mediocrely and had nothing outstanding. Now it was easily taken away by Mu Changsheng and thrown off the stage.

"Could it be that some of the power of this sword has been sealed?" Song Zhi thought to herself, but this was actually good news for her because she was worried that the black sword would affect her plan.

On the ring, the competition was still going on fiercely. After Mu Xun understood the meaning of sword, his sword skills became more bizarre and unpredictable, and his sword moves were extremely tricky. Therefore, during the battle, Mu Changsheng was mostly injured and beaten.

Mu Xun, on the other hand, was unscathed, having at most endured some of Mu Changsheng's recoil. His sword wielded lightly and he moved at the right time, and Mu Xun seemed to be very comfortable with it.

Faced with all this, Mu Changsheng was not discouraged at all, but rather became very enthusiastic. The stronger Mu Xun was, the more effective it would be in tempering him. He could take this opportunity to continue to comprehend and feel the deeper realm of the physical body.

Time passed quickly, and the battle between Mu Changsheng and the other man was both intense and dull.

The intensity lies in the fact that every move between the two is dangerous, and the dullness lies in the fact that their true trump cards have not yet been used. For this, both of them are well aware.

At this moment, Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun seemed to be competing with each other to see who would be the first to use their trump card.

In the end, the competition lasted for a quarter of an hour. The effects of Mu Changsheng's two spirit-summoning talismans began to gradually fade, while Mu Xun's power had never weakened. It seemed that Mu Xun was better in terms of the duration of the secret technique.

Faced with this situation, Mu Changsheng kicked Mu Xun's sword away, forced Mu Xun back, and temporarily distanced the two of them.

Mu Xun was not surprised but happy when he saw this. He had already felt Mu Changsheng's strength weakening. It seemed that Mu Changsheng would be the first to give up.

Just when Mu Xun thought that Mu Changsheng was going to use his last trump card, Mu Changsheng suddenly said, "I give up."

"Huh?" The referee on the stage was stunned when he heard this. As a referee, he also knew that Mu Changsheng still had a trump card that he hadn't used, so why did he suddenly admit defeat?

Soon, the referee reacted. After all, the two had fought for hundreds of rounds. It was their business whether they used their tricks or not. He had no right to interfere. So he immediately announced: "Mu Xun wins."

Mu Xun won, but he was not very happy. He asked Xiang Mu Changsheng: "Why did you admit defeat directly? Don't you have a secret technique to improve your strength?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Changsheng walked to Mu Xun's side and whispered: "My secret technique requires burning blood and qi, so it cannot be used casually."

Mu Changsheng had already secured a spot in the top three, so he didn't have much desire to win the competition and only treated it as a competition.

Moreover, due to the rules of the competition, even if Mu Changsheng defeated Mu Xun by relying on the secret technique of blood and qi transformation, both he and Mu Xun would only have lost one battle and would need to compete again.

Mu Changsheng didn't dare to use the Blood Qi Transformation Secret Art twice in a row, so it would be better for him not to use it at all. After all, the secret art burns one's own blood and qi, and even if others don't feel sorry for it, he does.

After listening to Mu Changsheng's explanation, Mu Xun quickly figured out the key point, and the knot in his heart was untied. Moreover, Mu Changsheng told him that the secret technique required the burning of qi and blood, which was also a kind of trust.

Thus, this finale competition ended in a way that started well but ended poorly.

Finally, there was a small episode. Xu Lingxi defeated Jiang Han. In this way, she and Mu Changsheng both lost two games.

Xu Lingxi lost two games to Mu Xun and Mu Changsheng, while Mu Changsheng lost two games to Mu Xun and Jiang Han.

According to the competition rules, Mu Changsheng and Xu Lingxi need to compete again to determine the second and third place.

However, before the competition, Xu Lingxi took the initiative to admit defeat. She had already competed with Mu Changsheng, and it would be a waste of her explosive energy pills to compete again. Moreover, the rewards for the second and third place were exactly the same. In her opinion, there was no need to compete again.

Therefore, the top ten in the foundation-building county exam were officially decided:

First place: Musun

Second place: Mu Changsheng

Third place: Xu Lingxi

Fourth place: Zhang Yuxu

Fifth place: Lu Chengyun

Sixth place: Lin Kun

Seventh place: Jiang Han

8th place: Xu Minghan

9th place: Tu Huan

10th place: Song Zhi

These ten people will represent Nansha County to go to the capital to participate in the Foundation Establishment Realm Palace Examination!

Then came the award ceremony. Because Duke Qi Xue Rang doubled the spirit stone reward, Mu Changsheng’s spirit stone reward was a full 10,000 middle-grade spirit stones!

In addition, in addition to the spirit stones and other items as rewards, the top three also have an opportunity to enter the county treasury to choose a treasure. However, they have to wait until the county examination is completely over and they return to Nansha City before they can enter the treasury to make their choice.

On the high platform, when the top ten foundation-building realms were being awarded, it finally caught the attention of Qi Guogong Xue Rang. When he saw Mu Xun and Mu Changsheng, he asked Sha Tongmo beside him: "Mu Xun and Mu Changsheng, are they both students of Yang Wuque?"

Upon hearing this, Shatongmo immediately replied respectfully: "Yes, and it seems that Mu Changsheng has most likely received the true teachings of Yang Wuque."