With the matter in Shushan concluded, it was finally time to return to Changliu Mountain. After all, Hua Qiangu had officially succeeded him as the head of Shushan. He was not as low-key as when he came, so there would be accidents on the way. Except for Jiang Chen and Yunyin, There are also Shushan Seven Swordsmen guarding them together.
Each of the Seven Cultivators of Shushan was a master who had achieved immortality thousands of years ago. Previously, Chunqiu Bubai attacked Shushan. If they had not suppressed the poisonous dragon in Beihai, even with Yunyi as an internal agent, it would have been difficult to succeed.
However, although everyone along the way felt as if they were facing a powerful enemy and were extremely vigilant, it was unexpectedly peaceful. Jiang Chen couldn't help but chuckle at this. He knew very well that now that the artifact guarded by the Shushan Sect had been taken away, it was much safer than other sects.
An encounter on the Shu Mountain where the Scarlet Eyes of Flowing Fire killed Qian Mo made Jiang Chen wary. After returning to Changliu, he began to immerse himself in hard training. He almost pushed the power of creation to its extreme. The energy of life and death circulated around his body, and half of it was destroyed. Half of creation, triggering incredible visions.
In the eyes of many Changliu disciples, this unparalleled genius seems to have become more and more unfathomable. Although they are still in class together, they can no longer see Jiang Chen clearly. In many cases, he even Every trace is elusive.
Later, even the teacher in class couldn't clearly see Jiang Chen's true identity, so he followed the trend and gave Jiang Chen a break, allowing him to find a place to cultivate on his own.
Jiang Chen did not refuse, and found a place with rich spiritual energy in the back mountain of Changliu, and began to practice in seclusion, trying his best to understand the changes in nature and solve the mystery of life and death.
After practicing so hard, it was not until the eve of the Immortal Sword Conference that he finally broke through. At this time, although he was still at the peak of the creation realm, he had deep magic power in his body and all five senses. He could see every wave in the sea within a radius of ten thousand miles. , every bird chirping in the sky, every whisper on Changliu Mountain, every breath, can be heard clearly, without any difference. With such magical power, looking at Changliu above and below, it is only among the three Changliu statues. Got off.
Throughout the history of the six realms, apart from the ancient era when all gods were in the same heaven, there is no one who can cultivate to such a state in a short period of time, but it is indeed unprecedented.
The Immortal Sword Conference has been held not long after the Changliu Jian Sect. At first, it was just for the purpose of exchanges and exchanges between the various branches of the same sect, and was held once every ten years. Later, as there were more and more disciples, it was shortened to five years.
Now, the demon god is about to be born, and the demons and ghosts are in power, with only a few immortals. With no time to waste, all sects and sects began to recruit disciples vigorously. What was originally meant to improve one's ability to attain enlightenment and become immortals seems to have turned into a crash course in training for immortals. As for the disciples who have been taught, all of them have only a superficial knowledge of Taoism, and they cannot even be called semi-immortals. There are even fewer who have reached the realm of knowing the subtle and ascending to the throne.
In recent years, the Immortal Sword Conference has been shortened from once every five years to once every year, and in addition to the original disciples of the sect, even members of other sects can participate.
The participating disciples are divided into two groups, those who have become disciples and those who have not become disciples. Those who have become disciples and have opened a house to accept disciples at the same time can no longer participate.
Changliu Mountain seems to be unified from top to bottom, but it has three halls and nine pavilions, with three statues at the top and nine elders at the bottom. The relationships are complicated and intertwined, and the tribes are independent.
The three emperors have been in charge for a short period of time, only more than eighty years. But the elders of the higher generation. There were no less than forty people, excluding those who did not abandon the worldly things in the mountains and go out to travel to the immortal world.
In addition, the disciples and grandsons of the nine elders all worshiped different masters. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are mostly practiced in different types of spells, so they are still divided into many tribes.
Among the three deities, Shengxiao Mo was lazy and was too lazy to recruit more disciples. Mo Yan has to be in charge of all the big and small things in the sect, and he has to go over them one by one. Fortunately, he is helped by Luo Shiyi, but he is still very busy and does not want to accept more disciples. Not to mention Bai Zihua. Although Mo Yan has been nagging in his ears about recruiting disciples for decades, he still remains unmoved.
Therefore, there are very few direct disciples of the three deities. Although everyone is paying attention to it, it is difficult to become a disciple. Most disciples still worship the apprentices of apprentices of respected elders.
In this Fairy Sword Tournament, everyone who has not become a disciple is eligible. Unless they say that they have found a good teacher and are too lazy to be in the limelight, they can voluntarily abstain from voting. But the group of apprentices was secretly turbulent and fighting for life and death.
Among the new disciples of this generation, in addition to the famous Jiang Chen, there are also the genius disciple Shuo Feng, the daughter of the Penglai Island owner Ni Mantian, the Changliu disciple and the leader of Shushan Hua Qiangu. However, their limelight has been completely blocked. Covered up by Jiang Chen.
But this time, Luo Shiyi announced early that his lord Bai Zihua would personally recruit disciples, which directly made all the disciples work hard. They wanted to show off their skills in the Fairy Sword Conference, defeat all the disciples, and become the disciples of your lord.
Among them, Nimantian and Huaqiangu are the most popular. However, with the exception of Jiang Chen, they seemed to have no hope at all.
Perhaps because a more powerful opponent appeared, Hua Qiangu and Ni Mantian are still good friends up to now, and have not become mortal enemies like in the original work.
The two stood together, looking at the increasingly unfathomable Jiang Chen with complicated expressions, and couldn't help but sigh in unison.
Over the past year, Ni Mantian has been provoking Jiang Chen, trying to test Jiang Chen's true identity through competition, but Jiang Chen never made a move with her. She could only watch as the aura on Jiang Chen's body became worse day by day. It was so deep that in the end it was impossible to measure, and I couldn't help but feel infinite frustration in my heart.
As for Hua Qiangu, she has the same thought. Brother Jiang is getting more and more powerful, and she is afraid it will be difficult for her to become his disciple!
The two of them were looking at each other when they saw Jiang Chen suddenly turning his head. A pair of sword eyes pierced the two women so hard that they couldn't open their eyes. They hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look at each other.
Jiang Chen smiled slightly and immediately turned his head. As he breathed, the energy of life and death circulated in his body. Between the infinite creations, terrifying power was derived. Just a little bit of the breath that escaped was enough to make people feel suffocated.
Around him, the disciples either feared or admired him, and they didn't even dare to look at him seriously, for fear of offending this person's taboo. If they met him in the arena, they would be sad.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
At this moment, the majestic bells in the main hall rang, and the three statues flew down from the three main halls respectively. Their clothes fluttered and landed on the high altar. They were so graceful that everyone present looked up at them.
The ceremony was followed by a grand feast, with Luo Shiyi announcing the official start of the Fairy Sword Conference.
The venue for the Fairy Sword Tournament is divided into five places, on the flat grassland, in the dense forest, in the competition hall, by the active volcano crater where Changliu sits and watches the peak, and above the sea.
The competition cannot exceed the designated venue range, no matter where it is, no landing is allowed, and the competition venue is randomly arranged by drawing lots.
Because each of the five venues occupies the right time and place for the five elements, if the wood element is practiced well and the venue happens to be in a dense forest, it will naturally be a big advantage, and so on.
Because there were so many people, the Fairy Sword Conference lasted ten days in total, with five venues taking place at the same time. Five respected elders who are not in the mountains on weekdays serve as referees.
Both groups of competitions adopt an elimination system, and the contestants are determined by drawing lots. If those who have studied under the same group are in the top 16 in previous years, they will directly enter the ranks of seed players. In the freshman group, the top four in Classes A, B, C and D will directly enter the seeding contestants.
Jiang Chen was the number one in Class A and didn't have to play in the first game. He took one step and was in front of Hua Qiangu, shocking the little girl.
Hua Qiangu looked pale and remained silent. The sugar baby told jokes in her ears and comforted her softly.
"Where's your best friend?"
Jiang Chen didn't want his host to be too thoughtful, so he quickly changed the topic.
"Going to find her parents!" Hua Qiangu felt a little sad and her voice was a little low.
Jiang Chen turned around and saw Ni Mantian falling into the group of people who had come from afar. The leader is a middle-aged man, riding a golden lion, with sword-like eyebrows and an eagle nose, and his eyes are like lightning, which makes him look very majestic. The woman with colorful auspicious clouds beside her is dignified and beautiful, with a gentle and approachable smile. They are the heads of Penglai Xiandao, Ni Qianzhang and Su Rui, who are also Ni Mantian's parents.
Ni Mantian had been coquettish in her parents' arms for a long time. The disciples under Ni Qianzhang's sect must have doted on Ni Mantian very much. They had not seen her for a long time, and they all gathered around her to care for her. Most of the disciples saw it with envy and hatred. She was indeed the daughter of Penglai, the head of the great Immortal Sect, and she was loved by thousands of people!
Penglai and Changliu are both fairy mountains on the sea, and there are famous sects in the fairy family. Penglai Island specially sent its only daughter to Changliu to practice, which is evident from the friendship between the two sects for generations.
After all, the two sects are not far apart, Penglai is slightly weaker, and there are not many particularly outstanding and strong disciples among the disciples under Ni Qianzhang. If the demon comes, the one who can be relied on the most is Changliu. The relationship between the two factions has always been good, and Ni Mantian joining Changliu's family was a diplomatic means of marriage. For the sake of the overall situation, Changliu accepted Ni Mantian as his three direct disciples. It was inevitable. How could he not make everyone envious
Jiang Chen comforted Hua Qiangu softly and promised to cheer her up under the ring when she went on stage. Hua Qiangu then broke down in tears and laughed.
With the magic power of Taoist Priest Qingxu, coupled with Jiang Chen's inheritance of the God Refining Technique, and Jiang Chen always nourishing his body with the source of creation air, he spent a short time practicing Qiangu, but he also reached the pinnacle of the realm of knowing the subtleties. There is only one final kick away from being able to break through. What's more, she also possesses Shushan swordsmanship and has accumulated more cultivation than all her disciples.
Hua Qiangu watched two other people's competitions first, and was inevitably a little nervous when it was her turn to play. But fortunately, since I belong to the water system, I learned it very carefully, and Kuchiki Qingliu taught it very well, so I am still relatively good at it. It's just that I'm not used to using the sword under my feet, and my center of gravity is slightly unstable during flight.
The first opponent was a disciple of Wang Wushan, a man in his early thirties. He thought he underestimated the enemy because he saw that the first opponent was a little kid, so Hua Qiangu won easily.
Jiang Chen nodded secretly. Hua Xiaogu's diligent training was quite effective, but why every little girl wanted to be Bai Zihua's master was really boring.
He turned his eyes, and on the other side of the arena, Ni Mantian also won the first game cleanly, proudly raising his head and looking around, like a little peacock. After a while, the little peacock happily flew into his mother's arms and talked happily, making all the disciples envious and jealous.
On the first day, Jiang Chen was just a spectator. On the second day, he finally had a chance to play. His opponent was a disciple of the Penglai Sect.
"Gulu!"
As an old neighbor of the Changliu Sect, and the fact that their head daughter Ni Mantian was studying in Changliu, the Penglai Sect knew the situation of the Changliu Sect relatively well. Therefore, this disciple recognized Jiang Chen as soon as he came on stage. Subconsciously swallowing a mouthful of saliva, the defeat was already revealed before the war started.
"Pity."
This Penglai sect disciple's cultivation level is actually not bad at all. He has even reached the level of entering the palace. He is sure to compete in the top ten, but it was his misfortune to meet Jiang Chen.
"Zheng!"
At first he heard a high-pitched sword cry, and saw Jiang Chen take action. With just a flick of his finger, a sword energy shot through the air, like a flying fire meteor, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the Penglai sect disciple.
"not good!"
Warning in his heart, the Penglai disciple hurriedly took action. As soon as he turned his hand, the immortal sword chanted, weaving into a gorgeous sword curtain. However, even so, it was still difficult to resist. He only heard a soft "puff" sound, and the sword Qi came out of the air, tearing apart the layers of sword curtains like a destructive force, and pressed against his neck.
"this... ... .."
Although he had already expected his defeat, he never imagined that he would be defeated so neatly. He was defeated by a sword energy casually issued by the other party after just one confrontation. If it was a life and death fight, he would have been defeated at this moment. He died inexplicably and became a pile of bones.
"Thank you, senior brother, for showing mercy. I lost."
Although there was a bit of bitterness in the words, it was more of admiration. However, if he lost in the end, he would inevitably leave with a frustrated look.
The surrounding disciples who were watching the battle were all horrified when they saw this. They had a better understanding and awe of Jiang Chen, the legendary genius.
Not only the disciples, but also the heads of various sects and even the giants from the immortal world who were invited at the VIP table couldn't help but look at him sideways, and secretly remembered the name "Jiang Chen" in their hearts. They all know very well that it won't be long before the Shangliu Sect will have another Supreme Immortal.
In the next few days, Jiang Chen lived up to expectations, defeating every opponent with an absolute advantage. No matter the opponent's cultivation level or swordsmanship, they couldn't even make a move in front of him.
As for Hua Qiangu, although he successfully passed five levels and killed six generals, reaching the top eight, it became more and more difficult as he went to the back. After several battles, he consumed too much spiritual power and physical strength.
Ni Mantian wasn't much better either. After many days, he was exhausted. It all depends on Ni Qianzhang's continuous input of internal energy at night. Only then can we always maintain a strong attitude in the competition.
After a few days, the top eight were divided, and Changliu occupied five of them. In addition to Jiang Chen, Shuo Feng, Hua Qiangu, and Ni Mantian, there is also Quai Yuan from Class B, and Hua Qiangu is naturally the big surprise this time. The other three are Kuocang Sect, Qi Yunshan, and Yu Disciple of Zhuofeng.
On this day, the battle for the top four began. When Jiang Chen entered the arena again, he realized that his opponent was actually Shuo Feng, the peerless talent incarnated by an artifact, and the strongest opponent he had ever encountered since participating in the meeting. He was very excited: "Very good, let me take a closer look at how powerful the ancient artifact can be."
(End of chapter)