Reversing the Milky Way

Xu Lie: "Elder Mo Yan, what are you saying? As a first-class sect in the Fire Cloud Kingdom, how can we have any objections when its elders come to Wuling Town to personally accept disciples?"

After he finished speaking, the other capable people also expressed their agreement.

Mo Yan felt relieved after hearing this, and then looked at the person: "Who are you?"

"I am Xu Lie from the Overlord Blade Sect."

"So you're a disciple of the Overlord Blade Sect. I wonder how your sect leader, Xu Yuanshan, is doing lately?"

"Elder Mo, you know my father? My father is doing well recently, and he is trying to break through to the mid-stage of the Meridian Opening Realm." Mo Yan nodded slightly after hearing this: "That's right. As a first-class sect, my Cangxuan Sect will help the Xu Sect if they need anything."

At that moment, a sharp voice rang out.

"Enough, Elder Mo Lin. This is the Wuling Town Supervisory Office, not your Cangxuan Sect. Your disregard for the rules is an insult to the imperial authority."

The speaker was none other than Liu Yuntian, and the atmosphere immediately tensed up again. "What are you saying, Inspector Liu?"

Liu Yuntian: "The participants in the Wuling Town Grand Competition can only be selected by your forces after the competition ends. I have already made the biggest concession by allowing you to see the list of participants in advance. Elder Mo, you are disregarding the rules and showing no respect for the royal family?"

Mo Yan was a little surprised that Liu Yuntian kept using the royal family's reputation to intimidate him. Although he was an outer elder of the Cangxuan Sect, he was still somewhat wary of the Huoyun Kingdom's royal family. He had deliberately given Liu Yuntian a warning before, thinking that Liu Yuntian would back down. He didn't expect that Liu Yuntian would have some backbone.

Thinking of this, Mo Lin smiled faintly, "Very well, since Inspector Liu has repeatedly upheld the principle of impartiality, my Cangyun Sect will naturally not break the rules. As the saying goes, without rules, there can be no order. Since that's the case, I'm not in a hurry for these few days. Let's meet again at the Grand Competition in three days."

After saying this, Mo Yan soared into the air and then swiftly flew away. Seeing this, the disciples from the other factions also left one after another.

At this moment, Xue Qianfu silently walked to Liu Yuntian's side and said, "Alas, even an ordinary outer sect elder of the Cangxuan Sect has the strength of the Opening Meridian Realm. If it weren't for you representing the face of the royal family, Mo Yan probably wouldn't have gotten away with this today."

Hearing this, Liu Yuntian sighed and said, "Alas, large sects like Cangxuan Sect in Huoyun Kingdom usually only search for disciples in large cities and rarely come to towns to recruit disciples. After all, large cities have underground spiritual veins, and the people there are generally much better than those outside. They rarely recruit disciples from outside unless someone has a little reputation, which can attract the attention of such a large sect."

After saying that, Liu Yuntian looked at Xue Qianfu beside him, and Xue Qianfu slowly said, "You don't need to look at me. I also thought about taking Yueling into the Xue family, but later I found out that the girl from the Bai family seemed to have some connection with that girl, so we don't need to concern ourselves with her affairs."

After listening, Liu Yuntian pondered deeply, "The Bai family?"

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Bai Cheng went to the academy to test his strength again. With his current full-force strike, he delivered a punch with a force of 13,700 jin, which is equivalent to the strength of thirteen cauldrons. It had only been about half a month since Bai Cheng entered the mid-stage of the Body Refinement Realm, and he was already very satisfied with the result. At this rate, he would reach the late stage of the Body Refinement Realm in less than two months.

Yu Qing'an: "Bai Cheng, I won't go watch. Ling'er still needs someone to take care of her."

Bai Cheng: "Don't worry, Uncle Yu, I'm determined to take first place, and I can only take the first place reward."

Yu Qing'an: "Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." After saying that, he patted Bai Cheng on the shoulder and continued, "Just do your best."

On the day of the Wuling Town Grand Competition, many disciples from nearby forces came to the town, most of them to recruit disciples. The streets of Wuling Town were packed with people, vendors were hawking their wares everywhere, and cultivators were coming and going. This was the most bustling and also the most dangerous time in Wuling Town. The Surveillance Bureau deployed all its patrol members to stand guard. They were stationed in every corner of Wuling Town, ready to rush to the scene immediately if there was any movement.

As the crowd surged, their final destination was the central area of ​​Wuling Town. There stood the Qinggang Stone Arena, hastily constructed overnight by the Surveillance Bureau. Its hard texture made it difficult even for a martial artist at the Great Perfection of the Body Refinement Realm to damage. Only cultivators capable of using spiritual power could shake the Qinggang Stone Arena, though this was impossible. This was because participants in the Wuling Town Grand Competition were limited to those at the late stage of the Body Refinement Realm. Once someone reached the late stage of the Body Refinement Realm, without the physique for cultivation, other forces would find it difficult to accept them. Even if they were accepted, they would lack the aptitude for cultivation and would never reach the Qi Condensation Realm. Sects would not accept such individuals; in other words, they were destined to be barred from cultivation.

As a gong sounded in the central street of Wuling Town, people flocked to the center of the street, and the scene was packed with tens of thousands of people who came to watch.

Due to the large number of participants, the Surveillance Bureau specially set up an array around the arena, covering the entire area. The Spirit-Trapping Array was the highest-level array that the Wuling Town Surveillance Bureau could provide. This type of array was used to deal with high-level large demonic beasts. The four array eyes were each guarded by a cultivator at the mid-stage of the Qi Condensation Realm to prevent anyone from causing trouble. As the students from the three schools in Wuling Town entered the arena, discussions arose among the crowd.

Crowd 1: "Look! It's the people from Wuling Academy coming out!"

A second member of the public said, "In the past, Wuling Academy always swept the top three spots. I wonder if Wuling Academy will do the same again this time."

Crowd 3: "Should we even mention it? I heard that both eldest sons of the Xue family are here for the Wuling Town competition. You know, the Xue family is one of the three major families in Baifeng City, a true cultivation family."

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, the students from the three academies had taken their places. In addition, a group of people from various factions were seated in the VIP section. At this moment, a man arrived, seemingly floating through the air, and sat down in one of the VIP seats, causing everyone to gasp in surprise. The newcomer was Mo Yan, this time dressed in the robes of an elder of the Cangxuan Sect, making him instantly recognizable to everyone.

Crowd 1: "My God, it's actually an elder of the Cangxuan Sect!"

Crowd 2: "Yes, I never expected that an elder from the Cangxuan Sect would come to watch this competition in person."

Bai Cheng, who was in the group, naturally saw the elder named Mo Yan. While he was marveling at the skill of flying through the air, another middle-aged man flew over and arrived at the VIP seat.

"Elder Mo, how have you been?"

Mo Yan: "Zhu Mingxuan? How come even your Crimson Soul Sect has come?"

Zhu Mingxuan: "Hey, Elder Mo, what do you mean by this? Although our Crimson Soul Sect has a bad name, we have never done anything immoral."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan scoffed dismissively. Although he and Zhu Mingxuan were both elders of their respective sects, the Crimson Soul Sect was merely a second-tier sect, which did not distinguish between inner and outer sects. The Cangxuan Sect, however, was different. Although Mo Lin was just an ordinary outer sect elder, Mo Yan did not take Zhu Mingxuan seriously.

Watching this scene from the group, Bai Cheng sighed, "Sigh, I wonder when I'll be able to cultivate to their level." Then, he looked at the students from the other two academies, and suddenly noticed a familiar figure in the Wuling Academy. "Hmm? Isn't that Zhao Bo over there? Why is he wearing half a mask?"

Bai Cheng didn't think much of it. As a floating rock slowly appeared above the arena, Xue Qianfu's figure also appeared on it. Immediately afterwards, he began to speak on the floating platform in a voice full of spiritual power. His voice immediately spread in all directions, making sure that everyone present could hear every word.

Xue Qianfu: "Gentlemen! Thank you for coming to support the triennial Wuling Town Grand Competition. The rules are the same as in previous years, but I will reiterate them here: 1. No weapons or armor brought from outside the competition may be used. 2. The use of any elixirs is prohibited. 3. The fight will continue until one side concedes defeat or is unable to continue fighting. 4. No one may interfere with the competition."

After speaking, Xue Qianfu looked at Liu Yuntian in the VIP seats and continued, "This reward is still provided by the Fire Cloud Kingdom's royal family, in order to encourage your cultivation and thus discover talents with cultivation talent..."

Before they knew it, Xue Qianfu had been speaking for almost half an hour. The crowd below, who had initially been full of anticipation, now looked completely dumbfounded.

Seeing this, some of the representatives from various factions in the VIP seats began to complain. "Damn it! Why is Xue Qianfu so long-winded? It's just a competition, why don't you start it already? What are you still doing here!"

The speaker was named Man Chong, and he came from Xuanwu Hall.

"Hey, Brother Manchong, the Xue family is one of the three major families in Baifeng City, after all. Look, those two haven't said anything either."

The speaker was named Guo Yanyang, from the Crimson Flame Hall. Upon hearing this, Man Chong looked at Mo Yan and Zhu Mingxuan sitting over there, only to see that the two of them had their eyes closed, as if they were indifferent to worldly affairs.

Seeing this, Man Chong held back and continued to speak while looking at Xue Qianfu on the floating platform.

Seeing this, Xue Qianfu knew it was about time, and nodded to Liu Yuntian. Liu Yuntian then immediately handed the competition participant list to Mo Qiuyue, the recorder beside him. Mo Qiuyue understood immediately, took out her brush, gathered golden spiritual energy at the tip, and began writing towards the sky.

Meanwhile, to everyone's astonishment, a list of competitors, condensed from golden spiritual energy, slowly appeared above the arena. Although the text was small, it was clearly visible to people within a radius of three to five hundred meters.

Upon seeing this, Mo Yan, who was in the VIP seats, couldn't help but exclaim, "This woman is extraordinary. She is only at the early stage of Qi Condensation Realm, yet she can carve characters in mid-air. She must be a master at carving talismans."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Mingxuan nodded and said, "Hmm~, Mo Qiuyue, surnamed Mo, could she be a member of the Mo family?"

Just as the two were talking, the names of all the contestants appeared in the air above the arena. At this moment, Xue Qianfu spoke up: "The competition adopts an elimination system. The winners will advance to the next round, while the losers will enter the revival round. If they are defeated in the revival round, they will be eliminated from the competition. As for the thirty contestants, they are completely randomized. Now, let's begin the grouping!"

Xue Qianfu waved his hand, and the thirty names on the list in the air instantly split into two groups, which then began to scroll continuously. As the list stopped, fifteen groups of opponents were displayed, and Bai Cheng looked up to see his opponents.

Bai Cheng: "Huh? I don't have any opponents? Yeah, if thirty people are divided into two groups, then one person will definitely get a bye. Could it be me?"

Just as I was thinking this, I heard Xue Qianfu on the floating platform say, "The list of fourteen teams has now been drawn. Since Bai Cheng from Renhui Academy is on a bye, he will advance directly to the next round."

After he finished speaking, some of the people present began to whisper among themselves. Man Chong said, "Tsk, what kind of luck does this Bai Cheng have?"

Soon, as the murmurs among the crowd subsided, the players who would be competing in the first round were ready.

Xue Qianfu: "In the first round, Fu Qiran from Renhui Academy will face Lei Che from Nachuan Academy. Please prepare to come to the stage!"

As the words fell, the golden characters in the sky slowly began to change. As the characters flashed, they gradually transformed into the names of Fu Qiran and Lei Che. Below their names were their cultivation levels and ages: Lei Che was eighteen, and Fu Qiran was twenty. After the two touched the body-measuring stones on either side of the arena and confirmed their bone ages, they both stepped onto the arena.

Immediately afterward, Xue Qianfu maneuvered the floating platform to a position near the bottom of the arena and asked the two men, "Are you ready?" As they nodded in unison, Xue Qianfu shouted, "The match begins!"

As the words fell, a flash of lightning seemed to streak across Raiche's pupils...

At the same time, under the White Moon Tree on the small island in the center of Mirror Moon Lake.

The four cultivators stood beneath the White Moon Tree, exchanging bewildered glances.

Xuan Taiming: "Everyone's here, let's go."

Xuan Molin: "Then I'll trouble you two to lead the way."

Li Yunqi: "Although this place is near the edge of Yunluo Forest, it is still at least a hundred miles away to reach the outer edge of Yunluo Mountain Range. It will take at least half an hour to fly by sword. Please follow me closely."

After saying that, the four of them summoned their flying swords and flew towards the Fallen Mountain Range.

Inside Yujia Village, Wei Ran stood on the rooftop looking towards Mirror Moon Lake.

"Have they left?" After murmuring, Wei Ran came into the courtyard, and Yu Qing'an also came into the courtyard after feeding Yue Ling her medicine. The two of them sat silently around the stone table.

At this moment, Wei Ran broke the silence by saying, "The competition in Wuling Town has already started. I wonder if Bai Cheng will be able to win the championship."

Yu Qing'an picked up a cup of tea, took a small sip, and said, "Given his current level, it won't be easy for him to get first place."

Wei Ran: "You have so little faith in him? I sparred with him a few days ago, and I was quite surprised."

Yu Qing'an was somewhat surprised to hear this: "What do you mean?"