jdhmnovel Chapter 22 Cloud Soaring Sect 5
Chapter 22 Cloud Soaring Sect 5
The final match was between Lan Yanzhe and Senior Brother Bai from Medicine King Valley. In reality, it was all about luck, though fortune was also a factor.
Nan Yanzhe received a bye in the first round of the draw.
The battle between Senior Sister Quan, a sword cultivator, and Senior Brother Hou, a body cultivator from the Wuji Sect, can be described as the strongest sword in the Nascent Soul stage facing the strongest defense in the Nascent Soul stage.
The fight was incredibly exciting. Senior Sister Quan couldn't break through Senior Brother Hou's defenses, and in the end, she actually unleashed a sword strike that shattered the arena.
If it weren't for the elder who had been watching closely and pulled Senior Brother Hou away in time, he would have almost died.
Of course, Senior Sister Quan was also severely affected by this all-out attack from a higher level, and could only withdraw from the competition for first place.
Meanwhile, Senior Brother Bai from Medicine King Valley faced off against Senior Brother An from Cloud Soaring Sect. This battle was nothing special.
Although the senior brother from Yunxiao Sect had tried his best to win in one strike, he was unfortunately poisoned when he was only one step away from Senior Brother Bai.
In fact, the younger members of Guiyuan Sect were also quite apprehensive about the next battle, after all, they had all witnessed how potent Senior Brother Bai's poison was.
Even someone like Senior Brother Huo Yan, who mainly cultivates swordsmanship, was not without physical skills, yet he was poisoned before he could even land a single blow.
It can only be said that for someone at the Nascent Soul stage, this poison technique is far too extreme.
Seeing that the four of them were nervous and not in a good mood, Senior Brother Qin suggested that they go to the sect's gambling area. That's right, there was a place where betting was held.
The first place bet is up, and not many people support Brother Nan now.
The bets placed on Senior Brother Nan were mostly from Guiyuan Sect, with a ratio of 1:165.
The others immediately objected. As disciples of major sects, they couldn't allow their Senior Brother Nan to lose too badly in this aspect.
Cheng Jiu invested 5 top-grade spirit stones, Gong Cheng and Gong Yu invested 20 each, Mao Hongsheng didn't have that much money, so he only invested 1, Qin Che invested 10, and Huo Yan invested 2.
Then their eyes were fixed on the only disciple from the outer sect.
Li Weixin looked at them and then pointed to himself, "What are you doing! Don't forget I'm from the Dragon Abyss Sect. If Senior Sister Quan hadn't withdrawn from the competition, I would definitely have voted for our Dragon Abyss Sect!"
Under the watchful eyes of his fellow gossip enthusiasts, Li Weixin had no choice but to say helplessly, "Fine, I'll bet 5000!"
The moment that top-grade spirit stone was thrown in, the odds immediately dropped to 1 to 10, much to the delight of the people betting on the sidelines. What a sucker! He's got money to burn, I hope he comes back more often.
How should I put it? After spending the money, the four of them immediately felt at ease. This must be the power of the spirit stones.
The arena was quickly repaired, and the competition officially began. Senior Brother Bai released the poison swiftly, and within a night, the arena was filled with green poisonous gas.
Senior Brother Nan immediately fell to the ground. Just as Senior Brother Bai relaxed and the elder was about to announce the victory, Senior Brother Nan suddenly sprang up and rushed forward.
Startled, Senior Brother Bai summoned his alchemy furnace and smashed it at Senior Brother Nan's face.
"Hiss!" A collective gasp rippled through the crowd below, and Cheng Jiu's face contorted in pain.
In short, it really hurts!
Although Senior Brother Nan was hit squarely, he did not lose his ability to fight and swung his sword at Senior Brother Bai.
After a fierce fight, Senior Brother Bai, who mainly cultivated alchemy, was no match for him and was sent flying by a single blow.
He staggered out of the poisonous fog, and as soon as he arrived at the Guiyuan Sect's residence, he fell face down.
The elders on the stage seemed to awaken from their daze and announced the winner.
Qin Che didn't listen to anything else. He grabbed his senior brother and ran towards the disciples of Medicine Peak, urgently shouting for help.
Cheng Jiu stopped him, saying, "Senior Brother Qin! Even the disciples of Medicine Peak might not be able to cure Senior Brother Bai's poison. Let's go to Medicine King Valley."
After all, Senior Brother Bai's poison skills are well-known, and the Danfeng disciples who came to participate this time may not be able to compare.
"Oh!" Qin Che rushed towards Medicine King Valley. Although Senior Brother Bai had been knocked unconscious, the elders of the other side were already waiting and helped him detoxify as soon as he arrived.
Although Nan Yanzhe won, the poison was too potent, and he had been in the poisonous fog for quite some time. After being detoxified, he needed to recuperate, so he did not attend the event.
There are still many cultivators at the Golden Core stage, but only the five major sects fight among cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage. After all, cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage can become the founders of other small sects or even small families.
Aside from the five major sects, where else are there disciples at the Nascent Soul stage? The Nascent Soul stage disciples of these sects have long since become elders or sect leaders.
Guiyuan Sect only sent two Nascent Soul disciples this time: Senior Sister Yuqiu from Body Peak and Senior Brother Anqi from Medicine Peak. The other sects also only sent two disciples each.
After all, they are still Nascent Soul disciples, and are basically the successors of the future peak masters.
Even if a disciple is still under the sect master's tutelage, they will eventually open their own sect or become an outer sect elder.
The most anticipated battles in the Nascent Soul stage are those fought by disciples from smaller sects, since Nascent Soul stage cultivators in their sects are mostly elders.
It can be considered the sect's most prized treasure, and it's rarely used. Moreover, watching high-level cultivators fight is extremely beneficial for one's own cultivation insights.
Therefore, the five of them were watching battles between Nascent Soul stage cultivators, since they didn't know anyone in the Golden Core stage.
Those who participated were mostly disciples from the inner or outer sects. As for disciples of the Venerable Lord level, there were none. Theoretically, as long as one breaks through to the Golden Core stage, one can leave the sect.
However, it can basically only be held in the city where the sect is located, and the training must be done in the Nascent Soul stage. Therefore, the disciples of the peak masters and the disciples of the Venerable Lords will not participate in this kind of competition.
In the Foundation Establishment stage competition, only Mao Hongsheng could be considered a disciple of the peak master. He only participated because his master went to the battlefield; otherwise, he wouldn't have participated.
"Isn't Senior Sister Yuqiu pushing herself too hard?" Cheng Jiu asked hesitantly as he watched from below.
Now she was dealing with a sword cultivator from the Dragon Abyss Sect. Senior Sister Yuqiu braved the sword lights and charged towards her opponent, then struck with her hammer, knocking him to the ground.
But there wasn't a single good piece of flesh on her body; it was covered in blood, a bloody and violent sight.
"It's not just those elders at the Dao Integration Realm of our Body Peak. Although Senior Sister inherited Body Peak as a tradition of the sect, those elders are not entirely uninterested in the position of Peak Master."
Moreover, she was very dissatisfied with her senior sister being only at the Nascent Soul stage. If it weren't for the Grandmaster suppressing her, she would have already wanted to usurp the throne. Mao Hongsheng also felt sorry for his senior sister.
"So when my senior sister was competing in the sect, she worked really hard, hoping to get a good ranking and convince the elders."
Cheng Jiu was shocked. Watching Senior Sister Yu Qiu desperately attack her opponent, he shouted loudly, "Senior Sister will win!"
Mao Hongsheng also shouted, "Senior sister will win!"
It seems that two people started it, and the Guiyuan Sect members also let loose! In an instant, the entire arena was filled with shouts for Senior Sister Yuqiu.
After Senior Sister Yuqiu made the final decision, she wiped her blood-stained face and looked somewhat proud!
Unfortunately, in the end, Senior Sister Yuqiu could only rank second. Another senior brother from the Sword Sect was really strong. Cheng Jiu felt that if he faced him, he would be in despair.
The opponent is skilled in both body and sword techniques, and has mastered both to an extremely high level. It can be said that there are no weaknesses in his body, except that his speed is relatively weak.
However, Senior Sister Yuqiu wasn't very fast either. She was naturally strong and had learned to use a hammer, which meant she relied on brute force. So, when facing this senior brother, she was no match for him.
Although the final battle was still very exciting, it was a pity that Senior Sister Yuqiu died on the spot.
Second place should be enough! After all, he came from a group of geniuses.
The third day is a two-person competition, which depends entirely on teamwork. In fact, there have been quite a few interesting teams, with players in the Nascent Soul stage not participating.
For example, the favorite to win the championship is the array medicine team composed of a senior brother from Medicine King Valley and that senior brother Bai. That senior brother sets up the array.
Trapped on the field, Senior Brother Bai created a poisonous mist. Theoretically, as long as the teamwork between the two was broken quickly enough, the team would either break the formation set up by the other senior brother or be poisoned by Senior Brother Bai's mist.
Either the senior brother who defeated Senior Brother Bai has also completed his formation, and the formation also contains Senior Brother Bai's poisonous mist, making it rather unsolvable.
Secondly, there was a pair of twins from the Sword Sect. These two had also participated in the Nascent Soul stage competition, but unfortunately, their rankings were not high.
However, in a two-person battle, the two become very strong, after all, they are twins, their minds are connected, they both know swordsmanship, and their swordsmanship can be combined.
Looking at Cheng Jiu, she was extremely envious. However, there are usually only two kinds of people who can truly understand each other: brothers and sisters, and Daoist partners.
Just thinking about the Luo family siblings makes Cheng Jiu want to vomit, and as for a Daoist partner, Cheng Jiu has absolutely no such thoughts.
After all, her master and Qingyang Venerable were also single, which leads to the conclusion that remembering the Great Dao does not require a Daoist partner.
Moreover, over the years she has been exposed to a lot of gossip about relationships in the cultivation world. It can only be said that the longer one lives, the more chaotic one's romantic life becomes, and she has absolutely no interest in such matters.
Alright, the last one is their Guiyuan Sect senior sister, Yin Xiu, and the other one is her junior sister. One of them studies the qin (a seven-stringed zither), and the other studies the flute, forming a qin-flute duo.
They worked together very well, and their music resonated with each other; it's important to understand that the resonance in their sound channels is three times stronger.
What? You say this group is unremarkable? Actually, they have the highest approval rating.
After all, they were the only pair of disciples who were both very good-looking.
Not only are the competition scenes visually appealing, but the individual contestants are also very strong. They are both beautiful and powerful, so naturally they have many supporters.
Not to mention the male disciples who support it, even female disciples like Cheng Jiu support it.
There are also many unusual combinations in the two-person competition, such as the two hammer duo who are both hammer masters, the one-sword-one-body attack and defense combination, and the formation and sound master combination.
In general, it means creating the impossible and experimenting with everything that can be combined.
Anyway, Cheng Jiu was watching with great interest. For example, this pair was also a combination of array cultivator and alchemist, but their coordination was obviously not as good as that of Senior Brother Bai's pair. The array cultivator was poisoned right at the beginning, and the alchemist didn't even realize that he had been poisoned.
The opponents on stage were still completely bewildered when they were poisoned and passed out. The outcome was that none of them survived, and they were all eliminated.
On one side of this group are two sword cultivators, and on the other side are two alchemy cultivators.
As soon as they stepped onto the stage, the Danxiu duo crawled into their alchemy furnaces.
The sword cultivators couldn't break through their defenses, nor could they cut them down. They tried to push them out, but found that the pill furnace was so heavy that they couldn't move it at all.
Then the sword cultivator broke through his defenses and started cursing outside. One of the people inside kept advising them to just admit defeat and not to torture the two combatants.
Another person, whose origin is unknown, was chanting scriptures inside.
It's fair to say that the contestants watching felt quite dejected, worried that if their opponents advanced, they might also face the same fate.
These two sword cultivators were truly conscientious; they took matters into their own hands and dragged the game out until the elders announced that both sides were eliminated.
These two swordsmen received an unprecedented welcome from the contestants; they are truly kind people!
Another dramatic turn of events was when two senior brothers decided to team up for a doubles competition, but the most dramatic part was the two women on the other side.
The purple-clad senior brother's ambiguous relationship is with the red-clad woman, who was previously the green-clad senior brother's ambiguous relationship. The white-clad woman is in love with the green-clad senior brother, but he broke up with her because the red-clad woman took the initiative, saying that she had someone else she liked. He has been holding a grudge ever since, never expecting that the person he is holding a grudge against is actually the purple-clad senior brother who is competing with him.
Then, as soon as the competition began, the green-robed senior brother attacked the purple-robed senior brother, who was caught off guard and was injured.
When the woman in red saw that her lover had been injured by the senior brother in green, she cursed him for being crazy and then attacked the senior brother in green.
The woman in white couldn't bear to see her beloved being attacked, so she retaliated by attacking the woman in red.
Upon seeing his beloved being attacked, the purple-robed senior brother immediately turned his attention to attacking the white-robed woman.
Then things got really dramatic on the field, with everyone attacking each other.
The four of them took turns fighting, and by the end they didn't even know who they were fighting anymore.
It was only in the end that the elders couldn't stand it anymore and stopped them.
These four people were eliminated, but judging from their unwilling eyes, there will probably be a big show to come.
Cheng Jiu announced that this type of person on stage was definitely the most exciting in this doubles competition, and in the end, the Medicine King Valley pair still won the doubles competition.
After all, it's really too shameless, and not everyone can train their body and reach a certain level of resistance to poison while practicing swordsmanship.
Of course, this pair was also quite lucky, as they didn't encounter a highly skilled body-cultivating combination; this is also a kind of luck.
As for Senior Brother Nan, he is still lying down.
After the two-person competition, it's time for a contest of the four arts: alchemy, weapon crafting, and array formation.
The inter-sect competition isn't urgent yet, after all, there have been several days of fighting, and some disciples have been injured and haven't recovered yet.
It would be unfair to directly hold a team competition in this situation, so a competition of the four arts was inserted in the middle.
Senior Brother Bai from Medicine King Valley truly deservedly won first place in the Pill Trial, earning Medicine King Valley a large number of points on his own.
Medicine King Valley currently ranks first among the five major sects in terms of points.
The one in charge of formations is a senior brother from the Guiyuan Sect, and the one in charge of talismans is a senior sister from the Guiyuan Sect. The one in charge of weapon crafting is a senior brother from the Yunwu Sect.
In the Four Arts, the Longyuan Sect and the Wuji Sect have always been weak, and very few disciples have been able to win the championship in the Four Arts.
After the competition ended, the sect leader of Yunxiao Sect announced a few days of rest so that some disciples could recuperate in order to participate in the team competition.
Thus, the first half of the sect competition came to an end, and what followed were the more important events.