Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

With the referee's shout of "Start!", the battles on the ten arenas began simultaneously.

Chu Yunfan glanced around and discovered an interesting phenomenon.

Those are the first to third competition stages, where the disciples competing are all at the Martial Venerable Realm.

The four to six arenas are for disciples with Martial Sect cultivation.

The final seven to tenth arenas are where disciples at the Martial Venerable realm are engaged in duels.

"It seems that while the opponent's choice was random, it wasn't entirely random!"

Chu Yunfan thought to himself, and then he understood the significance of the sect's actions.

The inner sect competition is not only about determining the strongest disciple.

At the same time, it also aims to discover disciples with outstanding talent and potential for development who are at a lower cultivation level.

If the opponents are truly completely random, then these disciples at the Martial Master and Martial Grandmaster levels would essentially have no purpose in participating in the Inner Sect Competition.

The inner sect competition can simply be changed to a competition among inner sect disciples at the Martial Venerable Realm.

In fact, although these disciples at the Martial Grandmaster and Martial Master levels were relatively weak, some of them were indeed promising talents with unique understandings of swordsmanship.

Even Chu Yunfan couldn't help but occasionally glance at them to learn the strengths of their swordsmanship.

"I was so focused on fighting monsters to hone my skills that I neglected to practice swordsmanship with my fellow disciples."

Only recently, upon reviewing this, did I realize how ignorant my understanding of swordsmanship actually was!

As the competition progressed, various sword techniques emerged one after another, dazzling the audience.

Chu Yunfan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

At this moment, Chu Yunfan looked at the various sword techniques on the competition stage. Like a fish returning to the sea, he desperately tried to feel the breath of the ocean and studied these sword techniques in order to learn from others' strengths and make up for his own weaknesses.

In this state of complete concentration, Chu Yunfan had forgotten the existence of time.

At a certain moment, the jade tablet in his hand suddenly began to vibrate and emit light.

He then realized that it was his turn to go on stage.

Chu Yunfan's first opponent was a disciple of Tian Shu Peak with the cultivation level of the early stage of Martial Venerable Realm.

The disciples of Tian Shu Peak emphasize using brute force to overcome skill, preferring to use heavy swords. They are strong but slow.

Against such a slow opponent, Chu Yunfan could have killed him with a single sword strike.

However, during his previous observations, Chu Yunfan had learned a lot of sword techniques and couldn't resist trying them out in a real battle.

As a result, it took Chu Yunfan nearly fifteen minutes to defeat his opponent.

Meanwhile, on the other competition stages, two or three matches had already been completed.

Therefore, in everyone's eyes, Chu Yunfan's strength can only be considered mediocre.

This scene, witnessed by Li Wujiang, the peak master of Tianji Peak, elicited the following comment:

"This kid's addicted to hiding his strength, isn't he!"

The inner sect competition has already begun, and you're still pretending to be weak while secretly being strong!

Li Wujiang silently complained to himself.

Then, his eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something interesting, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

The smile on Li Wujiang's face was seen by Yu Zhenxing, the peak master of Tian Shu Peak, who was sitting next to him.

So, Yu Zhenxing couldn't help but ask:

"Peak Master Li, what good news have you thought of that makes you so happy!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wujiang smiled mysteriously and said to Zhenxing:

“Peak Master Yu, watching the competition alone is really boring.”

How about we make a bet?

"Bet, what bet?"

Seeing Li Wujiang's mysterious expression, Yu Zhenxing immediately became interested.

Upon hearing this, Li Wujiang pointed at Chu Yunfan and said:

"I'll bet on whether my disciple from Tianji Peak can get into the top ten in the inner sect competition!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Zhenxing looked at where Chu Yunfan was. When he discovered that Chu Yunfan had the cultivation level of the early stage of Martial Venerable Realm, his brows furrowed slightly and his expression became somewhat displeased.

"Among the disciples participating in the inner sect competition, there are at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, of those at the peak of the Martial Venerable Realm."

"With his cultivation at the early stage of Martial Venerable Realm, you say he can enter the top ten of the inner sect competition? Does that mean he doesn't respect the disciples from the other peaks?"

Seeing Yu Zhenxing's displeased expression, Li Wujiang was not angry at all; on the contrary, he was secretly delighted.

Then, a flash of light appeared in his hand, revealing a golden stone.

This golden stone, though called a stone, exudes an incomparably sharp aura.

As soon as it appeared, even the nearby air hissed as it was cut, and tiny spatial cracks appeared.

It should be noted that the space of the Azure Cloud Continent is extremely stable. Only some extremely powerful Martial Kings or even Martial Emperors can break through the space and create spatial rifts.

But now, this single stone, lying here quietly, can create spatial rifts.

It has to be said that this stone is a bit too powerful.

Sure enough, the next second, a gasp came from Yu Zhenxing's mouth:

"The Stone of Geng Metal!"

In the beginning of time, Yin and Yang transformed into the Five Elements, and the Five Elements gave birth to all things.

One of the five elements is the innate metal element (庚金).

The Geng metal stone is formed after the formation of heaven and earth, when the excess innate Geng metal energy was incorporated into the stone and formed over millions of years.

The innate metal element is the sharpest thing in the world.

Therefore, this Gengjin Stone is so powerful that it can cause spatial rifts just by lying there.

As Yu Zhenxing uttered the words "Gengjin Stone," the other five peak masters who were watching the inner sect competition all turned their gazes over.

The next second, a collective gasp of astonishment rang out.

"Peak Master Li, you've really gone all out!"

They can even use a treasure like the Gengjin Stone for gambling!

However, it's rather boring for just the two of you to gamble. How about we add me to the team?

The first to speak was Jin Litian, the peak master of Kaiyang Peak.

It should be noted that Jin Litian cultivates metal-elemental spiritual power, which is known for its sharpness.

In addition, Kaiyang Peak's swordsmanship is also known for its sharpness.

Therefore, this piece of Gengjin stone was an extremely rare treasure that he had always dreamed of.

Upon hearing Jin Litian's words, Li Wujiang did not object but immediately nodded in agreement.

His purpose in using the Gengjin Stone as a wager was to lure Jin Litian into the trap, and then to further encourage the other peak masters to participate in this high-stakes gamble.

That way, he can win enough.

Sure enough, upon hearing that Jin Litian also wanted to participate in the betting, they were surprised.

The remaining five peak masters also showed expressions of emotion.

Yu Zhenxing, who had just been invited by Li Wujiang to gamble, waved his hand and three strange-looking, sword-shaped grasses appeared in his hand.

These three strange herbs, like the Gengjin Stone, also exude an incomparably sharp aura.

However, this sharp aura was not as strong as that of the Gengjin Stone, and it did not cause a spatial rift.

However, the other peak masters were immediately shocked when they saw the three strange herbs.

"This is Sword Intent Grass, which can directly enhance sword intent!"