My Optimized Immortal Life

After three days of waiting, the competition finally began.

From the Linxian Pavilion, an unimaginable brilliance flowed towards Linxian City, covering the nearby sky. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to have welcomed its master and calmed down.

An old man walked out slowly from Linxian Pavilion, followed by several Yuanying Zhenjun.

Chen Qing, Xu Lingxin, and True Lord Chiyu were naturally the first to notice the unusual movements in Linxian Pavilion. They had already been standing at the bow of the flying boat and saw the old man appear.

After seeing the old man's image, Chiyu Zhenjun's expression changed and he introduced him to the two of them.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, this is the Shangyuan Daojun of the Linxian Pavilion. His cultivation is at the early stage of the Spiritualization Realm. He is truly a cultivator who stands at the top of our Southern Wilderness Immortal Cultivation Realm."

Hearing this, Chen Qing nodded and looked towards the old man, a serious look quickly appearing on his face.

In his spiritual perception, the place where the old man was was completely empty, with only the scattered spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but his eyes could clearly see the old man's face.

This is an incredible thing, especially for Chen Qing who has reached the Nascent Soul stage.

When a cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul stage, his own eyesight and magical power are enough to allow him to see through most of the hidden abilities in the world, and even the fourth-level formation can be vaguely detected.

However, now Chen Qing, with the help of his spiritual sense, could not detect the existence of this old man. Obviously, the old man's level was far beyond his.

Chen Qing mobilized his perception to the extreme, and even used the incomplete patterns of some laws he had comprehended in his practice over the years, to realize that where the old man was, there were lines that seemed to appear and disappear, and were difficult to distinguish.

This old man seemed to have completely comprehended a law and pattern, which was why he could restrain his aura and act like an ordinary person, preventing even Nascent Soul cultivators from seeing him.

Chen Qing was extremely surprised by this. After all, he could only barely see some of the Dao patterns now and couldn't even copy them. However, the Taoist Master Huashen could actually fully grasp every Dao pattern and use it for his own benefit. His level had far surpassed that of the Nascent Soul.

The old man's steps seemed slow but were actually fast, and he soon arrived above the fighting arena. He looked at the many True Lords standing at the bows of their flying boats, glanced at them casually, and then slowly spoke.

"The Central Region Competition has a long history, so I won't repeat myself. In the last competition, our Southern Region was slightly outmatched by the Eastern Region, allowing them to occupy the resources at the border between the two regions for three hundred years. This time, I hope you can win and bring glory to our Southern Region. What do you think?"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the Nascent Soul cultivators around him bowed and echoed him.

"As Daojun has said, we will do our best."

Hearing this, the old man nodded, then slowly descended into the audience seats of the fighting arena and sat on the highest seat.

Seeing the old man take his seat, the surrounding Nascent Souls of Linxian City immediately began to organize the competition and ordered the True Lords who were participating in the competition to prepare to enter.

Chen Qing and Xu Lingxin waited for a while, and seeing that neither of them had called upon the other, they continued to stand together, looking at the True Lords below who had already started fighting.

True Lord Chiyu was lucky, as he was the third one. As for his opponent, he was not someone from the alliance, but a True Lord from other sects, whose cultivation level was the same as his, also in the early Nascent Soul stage.

Seeing Chen Qing start to look at the fight in the arena, Xu Lingxin spoke.

"Husband, if you and I were assigned to the same fighting arena, then..."

Before she finished speaking, Chen Qing said helplessly.

"That naturally means I'm admitting defeat as a husband, admitting I'm no match for my wife."

Hearing this, Xu Lingxin couldn't help but smile.

"That won't do. Just admitting defeat would be too embarrassing for my husband. At least... you have to fight me for ten moves, and then pretend to be defeated."

Hearing Xu Lingxin say this, Chen Qing couldn't help but nodded.

"Lingxin is still smart."

The two chatted casually for a few minutes and then continued to watch the fight below.

Although the fighting arena in Linxian City is extremely large, with nearly a thousand fighting platforms, there are not many of them that can accommodate fighting between Nascent Soul cultivators. There are only twelve, but that is enough.

After all, there are indeed not many Yuanying stage cultivators. In the vast southern part of the Central Region, there are only about twenty Yuanying sects, and the number of Yuanying cultivators is no more than a hundred. With twelve fighting platforms, twelve True Lords can be eliminated in one round, so the speed is quite good.

On the fighting stage, the testing methods used by Yuanying stage cultivators and Jindan stage cultivators are different.

When Chen Qing was forming his elixir, he would test other cultivators of the same level by usually using ordinary fire spells. If the cultivators were very powerful, he would use high-level spells mixed with low-level spells to deal with them.

If the latter prioritizes defense, then he can directly use the Yin-Yang Reverse Light to break his defense, and sometimes even kill a Jindan cultivator instantly.

But at this time, there were very few Nascent Soul stage cultivators on the field who cast low-level spells.

Everyone holds their own natal magic treasure in their hands, and with the help of the magic treasure's amplification, they cast corresponding spells as a test.

This kind of power is much more terrifying than when the pill is formed.

Often only a small amount of magic power is mobilized, but after being cast with the help of spiritual treasures, it will be transformed into a powerful spell that is enough to cover most of the fighting platform. The power is also extraordinary. Except for physical cultivators, no cultivator is willing to take such an attack head-on.

In this case, Xu Lingxin was actually at a disadvantage. After all, the latter's natal magic weapon was promoted to a spiritual treasure only thirty years ago. The fourth-level ice spiritual material was difficult to find in Linxian City. Chen Qing waited for forty years before exchanging a fourth-level ice spiritual material for Xu Lingxin.

Then the latter completely refined his natal magic weapon into his natal spiritual treasure, and has been nurturing it for only thirty years. Compared with these cultivators who can be seen at a glance that they have been nurturing it for at least a hundred years, there is a huge gap.

After watching for a while, it was found that Master Chiyu had returned in defeat. He returned to the flying boat silently with a bad look on his face.

"That person is participating in the competition for the second time. His natal spiritual treasure has been nurtured for over three hundred years. Although his mana cultivation has not yet broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, the power of his spiritual treasure is already comparable to that of a mid-grade spiritual treasure."

He explained the reasons for his defeat, his voice full of reluctance.

After hearing this, Chen Qing and Xu Lingxin both felt it was a pity.

After all, he has been practicing for three hundred years and still hasn't broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. It can be seen that the person has encountered an extremely deep bottleneck. It is unlikely that he can make any progress in his cultivation. He can only spend his energy on nurturing spiritual treasures and using the power of spiritual treasures to show off his power.

True Lord Chiyu has only been practicing in the Nascent Soul stage for more than a hundred years. In terms of the time spent on nurturing spiritual treasures, it is definitely not as long as the former.

In addition to True Lord Chiyu, the Fairy Huanyin from the alliance also came on stage. Her opponent was a True Lord in the early Nascent Soul stage. When he saw that Fairy Huanyin had revealed her middle-stage cultivation, he immediately admitted defeat.

Chen Qing felt it was a pity that he didn't see the methods of this Fairy Huanyin.

The second round began. This time, only the sixth person was called, and it was Chen Qing's turn. After the 24th person was called, Xu Lingxin's name was not on the list.

Seeing this, Xu Lingxin couldn't help but smile.

"Husband, go quickly. Lingxin hasn't seen you fight for a long time."

Hearing this, Chen Qing smiled helplessly and slowly walked up to the seventh fighting platform.

Opposite Chen Qing was a True Lord in the early Nascent Soul stage. He had a dignified face, his hair tied up in a high crown, and his plain robe was neatly arranged. One could tell at a glance that he was a man of the righteous path.

The two of them greeted each other and introduced themselves.

"My name is Lieyu."

"My name is Xuansu."

Chen Qing casually used Lie Yu as his Taoist name. He had no fame and no identity, so he chose a simple name that would not attract attention.

As for the Taoist Xuansu opposite, he was very polite. After introducing himself, he looked at Chen Qing and spoke loudly.

"Fellow Daoist Lieyu, please use your method first."

Hearing this, Chen Qing smiled, made a hand gesture, and then pointed at Xuan Su.

Then he saw spiritual fire surging around his body and gathering in front of him to form a fire phoenix. The phoenix cried loudly, turned around and attacked Xuan Su, setting off a rolling heat wave.

Didn’t you use any spiritual treasure?

Xuan Su's face remained calm when he saw the fire phoenix coming.

He flipped his hand and took out a magic mirror. He made a hand gesture and a yellow light came out from the magic mirror, covering the attacking fire phoenix.

As the yellow light shone, the flapping wings of the fire phoenix immediately stopped, and the raised phoenix head stopped moving.

Seeing this, Chen Qing couldn't help but frown.

A stabilizing mirror? This is a bit troublesome.