On the third day of the Fengyun Club preliminaries, Jiang Yuebai used the same method to make a big scene at the fighting arena where Fang's disciples were.
It was a pity not to see Fang Mingyi, and because of her fame, the Fang disciples were on guard. After only five of them were defeated, the two brothers Fang Mingli and Fang Mingxin rushed to the ring.
Jiang Yuebai played a few hands with them and found that he did have some strength. In order not to expose his cards too much, Jiang Yuebai escaped early.
After winning five more games in other arenas, Jiang Yuebai successfully obtained three jade cards and exchanged them for a boundary-breaking bead.
The rules do not stipulate that if you get the Boundary Breaking Pearl, you will not be able to continue to participate in the preliminary arena battle.
So in the last two days, she appeared in various fighting arenas as Jiang Yuebai of Tianyan Sect.
On the fourth day, he won several battles against the elite disciples of the Fang family, but then lost to an unknown disciple of the Kong family. He challenged the monks of the Vajra Platform again, but was defeated in less than a hundred moves.
On the fifth day, he beat up Lu's elite disciples in several matches, went to challenge Liuyun Sect but was defeated. Finally, he found an unknown disciple of Kong Clan and fought for a full hour, making the audience below drowsy, but he finally won barely.
Afterwards, she spoke wildly, mocking the incompetence of Kong's disciples, and left in a triumphant manner.
At this point, Jiang Yuebai's reputation was reversed by herself, from brilliant to mediocre, from a rising star to just so-so.
In the past two days, she has used all the moves and magic weapons mentioned in the "Record of the Prodigies of Fengyunhui", and has not used any other cards.
In addition, someone has offered a reward of 5,000 medium-grade spirit stones to find her identity in black and mask. It is also rumored that she is the dark horse of this year's casual cultivator and the favorite to win the championship.
The fifth day of the preliminary selection has ended and the boundary-breaking beads have been distributed.
In the Foundation Establishment Stage, there are 121 people from sects, 134 people from aristocratic families, and 110 individual cultivators.
In the Jindan stage, there are 30 people from the sect, 29 people from the aristocratic families, and 22 independent cultivators.
There will be a three-day break after the preliminary election. After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, the entrance to the secret realm will be opened in the center of Kongfang City early the next morning.
Jiang Yuebai asked Yun Shang to go look at the list early, and basically all the young disciples they knew were shortlisted.
However, according to the proportion of cultivation, 70% of the people on the list are in the late stage of foundation building, 20% are at the peak of foundation building, and the younger generation of disciples, whose cultivation is basically in the early to middle stage of foundation building, only account for a small 10%.
"It's very difficult to get a ranking in Fengyun Club." Jiang Yuebai sighed.
Yun Shang comforted him, "Don't push yourself too hard. My aunt said that we are still young, and this time we mainly want to see the world and search for treasures in the maze. The rest is left to the older brothers and sisters."
Jiang Yuebai frowned, "Did your aunt really say that?"
Yun Shang nodded, "Not only my aunt, everyone thinks so, including the Fengyun Club in the past. The younger generation of disciples searched for treasures, and the older generation of disciples competed for rankings."
"What if I want to compete for a rank?"
She also had a bet with Kong, and for her own sake and for her master's, she had to win the first place.
Yun Shang looked at Jiang Yuebai, then at the list, "Then...then I'll help you win."
"After entering the secret maze, it's difficult for us to meet. How can you help me?"
Jiang Yuebai withdrew his gaze, turned and left.
Yun Shang hurriedly followed, "You can see that the secret maze has two layers, the outer layer is a maze. In addition to treasure hunting, you also need to find the teleportation array to the inner layer. Once you reach the inner layer, it is a hunting ground."
"Everyone will be teleported to one place according to their family, sect, or individual cultivators. They will defeat the guardian beasts, seize the high ground, and defend the ring as a group to eliminate other teams. The winning team will then compete in the ring to determine the ranking."
Jiang Yuebai nodded. She knew the rules. In every session of the Fengyun Club's foundation-building period final battle list, either all disciples from aristocratic families or all disciples from sects were included. Independent cultivators almost never won.
It is for this reason that separate sub-lists are set up to give others the opportunity to be on the list.
Prior to this session, the Aristocratic Family Alliance had won three consecutive victories, and the Kong family disciples had always occupied the top three in the overall battle list.
Jiang Yuebai was feeling a little depressed. If she wanted to take the top spot, she had to ensure that enough disciples from the sect could enter the inner hunting ground and defeat the aristocratic family team and the independent cultivator team first.
If the sect team fails to perform well, she alone may not be able to shake the entire family team.
Returning to Dengtong Lane with Yunshang, Jiang Yuebai saw from afar Xie Jingshan carrying a lunch box and talking to Li Shenzhi.
Li Shenzhi saw Jiang Yuebai first and raised his chin to Xie Jingshan before he turned around.
Xie Jingshan walked up to Jiang Yuebai with the food box in his hand and stuffed it in front of him. "Here, I put poison in it today, so you have to eat it all."
Jiang Yuebai opened the lid of the food box, which was filled with snacks and dishes from Jinshuilou. Ever since he lost to Xie Jingshan in public that day, he had come to deliver food every day.
"What's this?"
Jiang Yuebai took out a yellowed, old pentagonal jade plate from the food box. It looked like a very familiar ancient jade slip, just like the one by Wuwei Shanren that recorded "The Five Elements Return to Truth".
Xie Jingshan quickly handed Yun Shang a brand new jade slip, which contained the same maze diagram as the ancient jade slip.
Yun Chang smiled shyly and put away the jade slip.
Jiang Yuebai closed the food box and said, "I really envy you. If I had your family's wealth, I could handle anything. Why would I have to go through fire and water every day and practice Taoism with my head hanging on my belt?"
Xie Jingshan smiled bitterly, "My grandfather said so too, but I still feel that the path of cultivating immortals is too smooth, and I feel uneasy!"
“You don’t know how lucky you are!”
Jiang Yuebai cursed inwardly, and Yun Shang nodded in agreement.
"Ahem!" Li Shenzhi waved to Jiang Yuebai from a distance, "Junior Brother Yuebai, come here, I have something for you too."
Jiang Yuebai handed the food box to Yun Shang and walked in front of Li Shenzhi.
He also handed Jiang Yuebai a jade slip and whispered, "I heard about your bet with the Kong family. Although the possibility of you winning the championship is really mysterious, we can't give up without fighting for it once."
"You helped my master last time, so as his disciple, I must help you this time. Here is your uncle's tactical secret book. There are three main hunting grounds in the inner layer of your foundation-building period. One of them will appear randomly. If you happen to be able to go to the hunting ground I went to last time..."
Li Shenzhi raised his eyebrows and glanced at the jade slip meaningfully.
"I'm leaving now. I still need to teach my junior brother. He's always nagging me. He's not as well-behaved and sensible as my junior sister~"
Li Shenzhi disappeared in a flash. Jiang Yuebai held the jade slip and thought that Li Shenzhi was not even in the middle stage of the Golden Core, but he was able to defeat Wu Yang, who was in the late stage of the Golden Core, and become the second on the Tianyan Sect's Golden Core Battle List. He must have some extraordinary qualities.
"My mother still wants to teach me swordsmanship, so I'll go back first. See you in three days."
Xie Jingshan said goodbye, and Yunchang returned the food box to Jiang Yuebai.
"I should go back and study this maze map soon. Let's work hard together, Xiaobai."
Jiang Yuebai returned to the yard carrying the food box, but Lu Nanzhi was still not there. He didn't know where she had been living these days. Could it be at the Lu family's place
Placing the food box on the stone table in the yard, Jiang Yuebai rummaged through her storage bracelet and finally found the ancient jade slip that Wuwei Shanren had. It was indeed very similar to the one Xie Jingshan had given her.
Jiang Yuebai probed his spiritual sense into Xie Jingshan's jade slip, and a familiar maze immediately appeared in his sea of consciousness, requiring him to use his spiritual sense to explore it.
"This is similar to the maze in the Wuwei Jade Slip... Could it be that Wuwei Shanren also participated in the Fengyun Conference? But she didn't mention it in her anthology."
Jiang Yuebai was puzzled, but then he thought that if he circulated "Yuebai Diary" he would definitely cross out the important parts.
"It's possible that the Five Elements Return to Truth Technique was obtained by Wuweishanren here. It is said in the outside world that there are people in the maze who have inherited the three tribes of demons and monsters."
Jiang Yuebai took out a pen and paper and drew out all the mazes in the two jade slips. He believed that through comparison, he might be able to grasp some patterns in the changes of the mazes.
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At that time, it was a dark and windy night, with woods on the outskirts of the city.
Lu Nanzhi shouted loudly and slashed out with a sword that was as powerful as a raging wave, overwhelming the mountains and seas and destroying the heaven and earth.
Wherever the waves passed, the ground and trees froze, instantly turning into a world of ice and snow, and the cold was overwhelming.
Sweat slid down Lu Nanzhi's forehead. She was breathing heavily, and the hand holding the sword was shaking from swinging it thousands of times.
"Your killing intent is not enough."
A middle-aged woman in fox fur walked slowly towards them, her hair tied up high, and she looked graceful and elegant. Her aura seemed to blend into this world, so that Lu Nanzhi did not notice how long she had been standing behind him.
"Have you thought it through?" the woman asked.
Lu Nanzhi tightly gripped the sword, and countless laughter and joy that she could not let go flashed before her eyes, but in the end, she was still fixed on the scene of her father's tragic death and her mother's madness.
"I've thought it through!"
Decisive and without any hesitation.
The woman smiled softly, with a natural charm.
"Very good, then follow me and turn the world upside down!"
(End of this chapter)