Finally, Xu Chunniang delivered the Blood Soul Fruit and left the shop with a contract, agreeing to pick it up in seven days.
Coming out of the alley, I saw a gambling game set up in the shop opposite.
Many monks gathered outside the shop, discussing the gambling game.
"If you ask me, the first place this year will still go to the Wanjian Sect. After all, their strength is there. The first place is the Wanjian Sect. As for the second place, I am more optimistic about the Hanshan Sect. They have won the second place twice in a row."
"As for the third place, it's hard to say. The strength of Wuliang Sect, Xiaoyao Sect and Miaodan Sect are all on par with each other, but this year is the home turf for Miaodan Sect, so I'm afraid the third place will go to Miaodan Sect."
"Between Wuliang Sect and Xiaoyao Sect, I am more optimistic about Wuliang Sect. I heard that among their disciples who came this time, there is a natural Buddha who is extremely extraordinary and has the ability to compete for the third place."
"It seems that Xiaoyao Sect will be at the bottom this time."
Xu Chunniang stood aside and listened for a while, not paying much attention.
The competition hasn't started yet, so it's too early to say this now.
Seeing that it was getting dark, she stopped shopping in the market and went straight back to the Miaodan Sect.
In the following days, she did not go out again, but waited quietly for the arrival of the Five Sects Competition.
As time went by, people from the Xiaoyao Sect and the Wanjian Sect, as well as the other two sects, also arrived one after another.
The five sects competition also officially kicked off.
There are three rounds in total in the competition. The first round is to go to a spirit stone mine and collect empty spirit stones.
The ethereal stone is the raw material for making storage supplies. It is very precious and has the ability to hide itself, making it hard to find.
If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to get it even if the Sky Spirit Stone is right in front of you.
One point is recorded for each ethereal stone obtained, and the final ranking is calculated based on the total score.
After learning that the first competition was to find the Void Spirit Stone, Elder Tang, who led the Wanjian Sect, frowned slightly.
According to convention, the three competitions of the Five Sects Competition have fixed general directions, namely collecting, fighting, and cultivating the hundred arts.
This collection of ethereal stones does meet the requirements.
However, the number of ethereal stones was small, and they were also hidden, which invisibly reduced the advantage of the Wanjian Sect.
Let the five major sects stand on the same starting line.
However, they, the Wanjian Sect, are not afraid of this either.
Even if you lose some points due to bad luck, you can catch up in other aspects.
As soon as he thought of this, Elder Tang of the Wanjian Sect’s brows relaxed again.
The Wanjian Sect was confident in their strength and believed that even if they fell behind in the first match, they would be able to catch up in the remaining two matches, so they remained silent.
Elder Zuo of Hanshan Sect is not so good-tempered.
"Oh, you Miaodan Sect are really creative. It's amazing that you can come up with such a mission."
The elder of Miaodan Sect opened his eyes and glanced at him. "It's the same as before. The competition in Hanshan Sect sixty years ago is still fresh in my memory."
Elder Zuo was speechless upon hearing this. Sixty years ago when he was in Hanshan Sect, the things he collected were unique to Lingbei, and the disciples of Hanshan Sect had a great victory.
In comparison, the collection of ethereal stones set by Miaodan Sect is much fairer.
The disciples had no idea what was happening outside the mine.
After entering the mine, they dispersed and went deep into the various mine tunnels, exploring places where the ethereal stones might exist.
Xu Chunniang was no exception. After entering the mine, she randomly found a mine tunnel with few people.
Just as she was about to go deeper, she suddenly felt the little walnut in her soul move a little, and then she felt that there was a ethereal stone on her right.
She scanned the area with her spiritual sense and found nothing special.
But that feeling became stronger and stronger.
Xu Chunniang said nothing and stretched out her hand to the right.
Not long after, he touched a nearly transparent white round stone, which was indeed the ethereal stone.
Her heart was pounding. Little Walnut was able to see through the hiding place of the Void Stone and find out its true location.
Although she didn't know the reason, with the help of Little Walnut, wouldn't she definitely win this battle
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath to suppress the excitement in her heart and continued to walk deeper into the mine. Not long after, that premonition appeared again.
She dug up some of the soil on the lower left side, and soon, she got another piece of ethereal stone.
Subsequently, the third and fourth ethereal stones were found one after another.
Only when there were no more empty spirit stones in this mine tunnel did Xu Chunniang return to the original mine cave, step into another mine tunnel, and continue picking up empty spirit stones.
The ethereal stone, which is extremely difficult to find for others, is easily obtainable for her.
In just these two hours, Xu Chunniang had no idea how many Kongling stones she had picked up. She didn't count carefully, but probably about seven or eight.
It took a total of three days to collect the spiritual stones. These three days were enough for her to travel through most of the mine tunnels and caves of this spiritual mine.
By then, the number of ethereal stones will surely be even more astonishing.
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly and continued to pick up the empty spirit stones.
Three days passed in a flash, and no matter how many empty spirit stones they picked up, all the disciples had to leave the mine.
"Alas, my luck is so bad. I dug three feet into the ground, but I only found three pieces of ethereal stones."
"Only three? I got four. I wonder how many the others got."
"Don't mention it, I only got two. I think the Miaodan Sect asked us to look for the Void Spirit Stone in order to prevent the score from being too far apart."
"That can't be helped. This is the home ground of the Miao Dan Sect."
Xu Chunniang was the last one to leave the mine, and she felt a little reluctant when she left.
In just three days, she picked up a total of 137 ethereal stones, which is a huge number.
If she took out all the ethereal stones, I'm afraid everyone would be shocked.
However, since most people only got a few pieces of ethereal stones, she only needed to take out ten pieces, which was enough to get the job done.
If I really take out all the ethereal stones, it would be difficult to answer when someone asks me the reason.
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly. Before leaving the mine, she deliberately put the extra ethereal stones into the walnut world, leaving only ten pieces with her.
Thinking of this, she took out the bag of empty spirit stones and was about to hand over all the empty spirit stones when she suddenly felt her hand lighten.
Xu Chunniang suddenly had a bad feeling. When she first took it out, the bag in her hand was still very heavy, but now it was light, as if it contained nothing.
She opened the bag and was speechless. There was nothing inside.
It goes without saying that this was definitely done by Little Walnut, who actively absorbed the ethereal stones in the bag.
Xu Chunniang's spiritual consciousness probed into the walnut world and was about to take the empty spirit stone, but she got nothing.
The 127 pieces of ethereal stones that she had put in not long ago, now not a single one is left!