"The Hanshan Sect's weapon-refining technique is flexible and sophisticated, and it is truly worthy of its reputation."
Several Jindan elders exchanged their opinions and views, and quickly selected the top three spiritual weapons.
The first place winner was the golden scissors spiritual weapon of Ye Yuer from Hanshan Sect.
The second place is the flying sword from Xiao Qi of Wanjian Sect.
As for the third place, after some disputes and discussions, it finally fell to the spiritual hairpin forged by Lan Zhi of Xiaoyao Sect.
At this point, Miaodan Sect was leading the other sects by 40 points, and although Xiaoyao Sect scored two points, its total score was only 28 points, still ranking last.
The Wuliang Sect has a total score of 32, temporarily ranking second. The Wanjian Sect and the Hanshan Sect both have 31 points, tied for third.
"If someone hadn't held us back in the first game and picked up three pieces of Void Spirit Stone, we should have 31 points by now."
"Who says it's not true? She has already finished two of the four competitions in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, and she hasn't won a single point."
Listening to the discussions of her fellow students around her, Xu Chunniang felt helpless.
It's not that she doesn't want to win back points for the sect, it's just that she knows nothing about alchemy and refining.
If we force ourselves to go up, it will only bring shame to the sect.
As for making talismans, although she knows a little, judging from the results of the previous two competitions, she would probably have to refine a level two talisman to enter the top three.
Xu Chunniang sighed inwardly, she would not get any points for making talismans.
The one who has the most confidence in the talisman-making competition is the Wuliang Sect.
The Buddhist practitioners of the Wuliang Sect have to learn the art of talismans since childhood.
They believe that by learning talismans, they can understand Buddhist principles more deeply.
Therefore, in the talisman-making competition, all ten disciples of Wuliang Sect participated in this competition.
The result was no surprise, the top three places were taken by the Wuliang Sect.
After getting these ten points, the Wuliang Sect's total score reached 42 points, surpassing the Miaodan Sect and taking the lead temporarily.
Although the score was surpassed by Wuliang Sect, the leader of Miaodan Sect did not show any displeasure on his face and announced the rules of the beast taming competition.
"The beast taming competition will begin in two days. Participants will tame monsters, and the final judging will be based on the level of cultivation of the tamed monsters."
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang was slightly disappointed.
She originally thought that the beast taming competition was to test the combat capability of the contracted spirit beasts, so in that case she still had some chance.
She thought she didn't have the ability to tame monsters.
Xu Chunniang returned to the room, took Xiaojuzi and Xiaobai out of the storage bag, and spoke with some concern.
"To master the art of taming beasts, one must be familiar with the habits of demon beasts. I don't even know many spirit beasts, so how can I learn their habits?"
Upon hearing this, Little Orange rolled his eyes and made two "aww" sounds.
Many times, you don't need to be familiar with the habits of monsters, you just need to be able to subdue them and suppress them directly with force.
Xiaobai really wants to protest, but he won’t accept being suppressed by force!
But after receiving the demonstrative look from Little Orange, he finally shut his mouth obediently.
"The difference between spirit beasts and demon beasts is that spirit beasts can understand human nature. It is very difficult to tame a demon beast into a spirit beast in a short period of time. Some demon beasts are very difficult to tame. Even if they have restrained their ferocity, they still have their pride."
Xu Chunniang thought of the arrogant peacock in the Beast Mountain. Given the peacock's temperament, if it were suppressed, it would probably rather die than surrender.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Xiaojuzi strangely.
"It's strange to say that. At first you looked so arrogant and reluctant to sign an equal contract. I thought you didn't want to pay any attention to me at all."
Little Orange was even more rebellious than the peacock.
Hearing this, Little Orange felt very aggrieved. If possible, he didn't want to take care of the mole every day.
But what should I do if I am not obedient and am once again locked up in that barren land without any spiritual energy
Thinking of the days when nothing worked in the past, it shuddered all over and couldn't help but think more.
Was she testing me by saying this
The more Little Orange thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Human cultivators... were indeed cunning!
He appears friendly on the surface, but his words are full of tricks and tests.
“Oooooh, oooooo!”
What is freedom? A good death is worse than a miserable life. Only by living can you have everything!
Xu Chunniang was a little confused, "Is this really the case?"
Little Orange nodded quickly. If you don’t believe it, just let it try it and you will know.
"I feel like your method isn't very reliable."
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly. She always felt that there was something wrong with what Xiaojuzi said.
But seeing Xiaojuzi's insistence, she finally agreed.
"Okay, since you insist so much, I'll let you try the day after tomorrow. If it really doesn't work, forget it."
Xu Chunniang felt it was unrealistic for Xiaojuzi to help tame the animals.
But as the competition of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation was drawing to a close, she hadn't scored a single point.
Anyway, there is no harm in letting Xiaojuzi try. Even if it fails, there is no loss.
With this idea in mind, Xu Chunniang signed up for the beast taming competition.
Including the disciples from the Beast Taming Peak, there are a total of two disciples from the Xiaoyao Peak participating in this round of competition.
Compared to alchemy and weapon refining, beast taming is less popular and has far fewer participants.
Except for the four disciples sent by Miaodan Sect, only one disciple participated from Wuliang Sect, Hanshan Sect and Wanjian Sect.
This gave the Xiaoyao Sect disciples a glimmer of hope, and they all shouted to Guo Yun at the Beast Taming Peak.
"Brother Guo, this time it all depends on you. You have to get at least two points back!"
"The other four sects don't know how to tame beasts at all. Senior Brother Guo, if you work hard, you might be able to get five points if you're lucky!"
Guo Yun nodded cautiously. Taming beasts was his strong point and he would try his best.
As for another candidate, Xu Chunniang, although people were not optimistic about her, they did not make any more sarcastic remarks about her.
"Miao Dan Sect has used this home advantage to the fullest extent without causing any controversy!"
Elder Wu sighed slowly, his tone meaningful.
Yue Ling was silent for a moment, and had to admit that Elder Wu was right.
Among the 100 arts of cultivation chosen by Miaodan Sect, alchemy was to pave the way for its own sect, while weapon refining caused a huge fight between Wanjian Sect and Hanshan Sect, causing the top-ranked sects to fight against each other.
As for talisman making, it is a way of balance, so that the Wuliang Sect will not exit early.
Beast taming is relatively unpopular, and among the five major sects, only Xiaoyao Sect practices this art. However, there are no more than one or two people in Xiaoyao Sect who are proficient in beast taming.
The Miaodan Sect put its efforts in the areas where competition was the least, and trained several disciples to compete for the beast taming points.
This move is indeed brilliant.
"Perhaps thirty years ago, after the Miao Dan Sect lost the five-sect competition, it began planning for this competition."
Elder Wu's eyes flashed with helplessness, "If we lose this time, maybe we can learn from Miaodan Sect's approach."
Yue Ling's eyes fell on Xu Chunniang who had already come on stage, and he inexplicably felt some confidence.
“Maybe, we won’t necessarily lose.”
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