Please give me a chance to be a straight man

Shen Xu didn't expect that he would make a breakthrough so soon, he thought he would have to wait at least a month.

Everyone in the audience was amazed at the rapid progress of Shen Xu's cultivation, and no one even noticed Lin Zhen's pale face.

Lin Zhen looked at the envious eyes of all the disciples in the audience, and Su Qian's gratified smile, and for the first time, he had the idea of ​​wanting someone to disappear.

Seeing that Shen Xu's spiritual power had stabilized, Elder Zhang announced that the competition would resume.

Lin Zhen had regained his composure at this time, and this time his moves were much more cautious than before, and the angle was more tricky, which made it difficult to deal with.

The exquisiteness of Lin Zhen's swordsmanship is well known, but because the sword manual he practices is the most basic one of Xiaoyaomen, so the moves are only a few moves.After watching it for so long, Shen Xu had memorized it by heart, so he gradually figured out how to deal with it.

Seeing that Shen Xu only knew how to dodge blindly, Lin Zhen thought that he was afraid of him, and sneered in his heart, and the foundation establishment is nothing more than that.

So the offensive became more and more fierce. At this moment, Shen Xu's movement suddenly changed so quickly that it was hard to see clearly, and then a silver light flashed an afterimage of the saber in his hand, and when Lin Zhen responded, Shen Xu's sword had already reached his Throat.

There was an uproar in the audience.

"Senior Brother Lin, you lost." Shen Xu said lightly.

Lin Zhen looked at Shen Xu with a calm face, his eyes were scarlet, he blocked Shen Xu's sword angrily, and roared unwillingly, "I didn't lose!" Then he quickly stabbed Shen Xu several times.

Shen Xu dodged calmly, Lin Zhen's sword strikes were all in vain.

Lin Zhen didn't expect this kind of result, and was about to mobilize his spiritual power again, but suddenly there was a sharp pain in his dantian, and before he could realize what was going on, he spit out a big mouthful of blood and passed out.

Seeing this, the elders hurried forward to investigate Lin Zhen's injuries, and found that he fainted because of the damage to his dantian caused by forcibly improving his cultivation base, but fortunately, there was no serious problem.

With Lin Zhen's current state, it was obvious that he was unable to fight anymore, so Elder Zhang announced to everyone that Shen Xu had won the No. 1 quiz.This time Shen Xu was really proud in front of everyone.

To say that the biggest change after the quiz was that there were no more people who dared to find fault with Shen Xu, but more people who started to get close to him.There were even a few good-looking junior sisters who secretly sent love letters to Shen Xu.Shen Xu was flattered by this kind of treatment similar to that of the protagonist.

Shen Xu wandered around happily for a few days, and was about to find a day to "visit" Lin Zhen, when he suddenly thought that his saber was cut off by Lin Zhen during the quiz, so he gave up the idea.

Shen Xu was really bored, so he rang the system. "I said the system, shouldn't we go through the plot?"

"The system update is temporarily unable to reply, please wait patiently for the host."

Shen Xu sighed, when this system is used, it is either updated or bugs are fixed, but when it is not used, it is diligent.

The first thing Shen Xu needs to solve right now is the issue of the saber, how can a monk succeed without his own saber.

So Shen Xu left for Linglong Pavilion, the largest shop near Xiaoyaomen.Linglong Pavilion is a store under the name of Luoxing Pavilion, one of the four major sects. It is divided into four floors. The products in it are suitable for monks in the Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, and Yuanying Stage from bottom to top.

Now that the foundation-building period has been completed, Shen Xu is only one step away from the golden elixir, so naturally he will not buy any more foundation-building spiritual weapons.So he lifted his foot and went to the third floor.

There are far more commodities on the third floor than on the first and second floors combined, and of course the prices are much more terrifying.Shen Xu rummaged through his storage bags, probably he couldn't afford even the cheapest item in it, so he had no choice but to leave Linglong Pavilion disheartened under the shopkeeper's meaningful smile.

After Shen Xu left Linglong Pavilion, he started wandering around the locations where the various sects released missions, to see if he could receive missions that were rewarding and not dangerous.But after a long time, the tasks Shen Xu saw were either too simple with pitiful rewards, or very dangerous. Only monks above the golden core stage could take them.

Shen Xu felt that he was hopeless today, and was about to go back, when suddenly a young man in a gray robe stopped him.

The young man looked 25 or [-] years old, with a well-rounded appearance, and like Shen Xu, he also had the cultivation base of Dzogchen Foundation Establishment. "Next Zhou Hang, a member of the Zhou Clan of Xianmen. Just now, I saw fellow Taoists staring at the bulletin board, and they must want to take on some tasks to practice. It just so happens that our family is going to hunt three green pythons in Baishou Mountain recently, and there is still a shortage of manpower. , I wonder if you would like to participate?"

Seeing that Zhou Hang's frank attitude didn't look like a liar, Shen Xu said, "It's fine for me to participate, but how will the rewards be distributed after the event is completed?"

"Five hundred middle-grade spirit stones, plus a top-grade spirit sword, what do fellow Taoists think?"

"Although the three-headed green python is precious, I don't think it should cost so much to your Zhou family, right? Could it be that there are other hidden secrets in it?"

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Zhou Hang's face, "Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid you're overthinking it. At your age, you're already at the level of Foundation Establishment Dzogchen. If you help, you should be rewarded more generously."

Shen Xu also didn't want to delve into what Zhou Hang was hiding, after all, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.What happens at that time, just see the tricks and dismantle them. If you really can't resist, there is still a system cheat.

"Excuse me, Fellow Daoist Zhou, when are we going to leave?"

Seeing that Shen Xu didn't ask any more questions, Zhou Hang heaved a sigh of relief, and then replied, "We'll be leaving tomorrow."

At this time, Shen Xu's mind once again thought of the system's notification sound. [The system update is complete, and the story will start soon.The primary task of the protagonist: Obtain the inner alchemy of the three-headed green python, and the health value is not less than 60.The protagonist now has 100 health. 】