Chapter 36 Ringing the Bell(1/2)
The ranking competition between villages is full of enthusiasm, and every competition is very exciting. The competition between experts is indeed very fierce. However, many people are a little regretful and cannot see Gongsun Xuan. You must know that the shock that Gongsun Xuan brought to people can be said to be the biggest at the entire martial arts competition.
It is very difficult to practice martial arts. Even if the island, a martial arts holy land, has pushed martial arts to an extremely high level. Over the past thousands of years, except for a few qualifications and amazing people, it took decades for any one to cultivate to the innate realm.
To advance to the innate realm, it requires a huge amount of true qi as a backing. However, the cultivation of true qi requires overnight efforts. However, some people have a much faster speed in practicing because of their advanced skills. However, no one can break through before the age of twenty. In thousands of years, the most outstanding one has only broken through at the age of twenty.
To break through to the innate realm, you must open the Ren and Du meridians in the body, and the true qi forms a circulation in it. However, the Ren and Du meridians are not so easy to open. If there is a slight mistake, the meridians will be damaged and the cultivation will be difficult to improve in the future. In severe cases, the meridians will be broken and they will be disabled from now on, and you will no longer be able to practice martial arts. I don’t know how many people have been trapped in this level.
A few days later, the competition for ranking among the villages ended. This time, Wangjia Village won the first place, the second place was Xujia Village, and the third place was Baijia Village...
Wangjia Village won the first place, which many people did not expect before the conference. Gongsun Xuan's appearance shocked everyone.
Wang Mu was the happiest person when Wang Jia Village won the first place. He looked like he was laughing, as if he had won the first place for Wang Jia Village. The reason why he was happy was because the gain this time was too great. He bet with more than a dozen villages, but there were only hundreds of pills. Could he be unhappy? Not to mention that there are many martial arts secrets in the village.
When Fatty Yan from Yanjia Village saw Jacky Cheung go to collect the pills, he looked like he wanted to tear him apart. However, due to his reputation, he handed over the pills in great pain.
There was also a village. When he saw Wang Mu going to collect the pills, he stared at him angrily. Wang Mu was not behind, and he bulged his small eyes and glared back to the other party.
The ranking competition between villages ended, which means that the martial arts competition had also ended. Those who failed to be elected were dejected, and those who were selected were very happy.
At this moment, the martial arts competition has ended. The rewards from each village will be sent by the holy land in a month. Participants from each village will also follow their respective village chiefs to return to the village. Those who have obtained the qualification to enter the holy land will also follow them back to their respective villages at this time. They only need to enter the holy land within a month to register. If they do not enter the holy land within a month, they will be deemed to have given up this opportunity and may never have the chance to enter the holy land again.
Before leaving, Wang Mu looked at Gongsun Xuan with encouragement. Gongsun Xuan knew that he hoped that he could complete the three questions smoothly and become the elder's registered disciple.
He didn't care about these. He stayed, just to see how difficult these three questions were.
Elder Mu stood on the stone platform, behind him, fifteen old men stood behind him.
He took a gentle step, came to the edge of the stone platform, and looked at the people below.
"Not bad." Elder Mu was very satisfied.
"Everyone, you all have a chance. If anyone can complete two of the three questions I have asked, and I will accept him as a registered disciple, he will follow me to the temple to practice." Elder Mu's words said to the number one master in each village.
As soon as he finished speaking, those people were very excited. Although the registered disciples were very different from formal disciples, the benefits they would gain in the future were immeasurable. For those who were the martial arts tycoons, as long as they had the opportunity to learn advanced martial arts, they would not care about anything else.
These people are the youngest, and they are still sixty years old. Originally, they were not qualified to enter the holy land. Even if they are now masters of the innate realm, they missed the opportunity for various reasons. They could only stay in their own villages, become masters, and cultivate the next generation of young people for the village.
Now, as long as you can complete two of the three questions, you can enter the holy land and become a registered disciple of an elder. This is a great joy. The old faces were very excited, ready to try.
When they are at their age, they can be promoted to the innate realm, and no one is qualified or smart. In their hearts, they all understand that they are afraid that these three questions are not so easy. However, for the sake of the dream in their hearts, they all decided to fight.
"Okay. Since you all want to try, follow me." Elder Mu turned around and leaped towards a deep valley without looking back.
Seeing Elder Mu leave, they all quickly followed and used their light skills to the limit, for fear that they would lose this opportunity if they fell behind.
Seeing these old men rushing to chase after them, without the demeanor of a number one master, Gongsun Xuan smiled bitterly.
He sighed, jumped up and followed. In his heart, he actually wanted to know how difficult those three questions were.
Deep in the valley, the terrain is undulating, and there is even more fog and weeds.
At the foot of the mountain, a stream winds by, and I don’t know where it leads to, and the water flows gurgling.
Dozens of figures flew past, just bent the half-meter-high weeds slightly, and were not stepped down.
Gongsun Xuan was very fast and soon caught up with the crowd. When he arrived, he found that these people stopped moving forward, and it seemed that they had reached their destination.
Elder Wood stood in front, beside him, a huge rock was erected by a wooden shelf. The huge rock was hung in the air. If you observe carefully, you will find that the huge rock was a little different. At the bottom of it, it was hollowed out. In other words, the one hanging there was a hollowed out huge rock. It looked a bit like a clock.
Behind Elder Mu was a pool of water, thick water vapor emerged from it.
"Today's three questions are actually very simple. That's ringing the bell."
"Ring the bell?" Everyone's heart moved, and they looked like the hanging stone. It seemed that they were about to ring this stone bell. However, there was only one stone bell here, and there were three titles. It seemed that there were other things hidden here.
These smart old guys kept their eyes rolling around.
“Is it…………”
Apart from the stone bell, there was only a pool behind Elder Mu and the fog spreading in the valley.
"Well. This stone bell is the first level. The rest are the water bell and the fog bell. As long as one of you can ring two of the three bells with his own ability, he can become my registered disciples and follow me to enter the holy land to practice." Elder Mu held everyone's expression in his eyes, very satisfied. However, his eyes were mainly shrouded on Gongsun Xuan. He wanted to know whether this stunning young man could ring more than two bells.
"Ah!" Everyone was shocked.
Sure enough, these three questions are indeed very difficult.
This stone bell is the easiest level. People here, no matter who they are, can easily ring it.
As for the water bell in the second level, someone may be able to ring it. But the fog bell in the third level is afraid that no one can ring it.
This stone clock exists as an object, which is very easy, but also very difficult. The stone clock is naturally made of stone, and with the strength of everyone present, it can easily be broken. However, now it is not about breaking it, but it is ringing. It depends on how everyone grasps their own strength.
The water clock is liquid. If you want to ring it, you must first absorb the water from the pool and then shape it into the shape of a clock. As for whether it can be ringed, I don’t know.
And as gas, it is difficult to shape the fog into the shape of a clock, let alone ringing.
These three questions are really harder than the other.
Everyone was silent.
Elder Mu didn't say anything, letting go, stood on one side and quietly watching everyone, waiting for everyone to come forward to ring the bell.
Swish, an old figure walked out. The man was wearing a white robe and straight, like a sword. He had seen this man. The master of Baijia Village, like Na Xu Zheng, had unfathomable cultivation.
Regarding Xu Zheng, Gongsun Xuan had to be amazed at his cultivation, especially under that knife, he was powerless to resist. If he hadn't suddenly entered that mysterious realm and blocked his knife with the punch, he would have been defeated by his knife.
The man walked to the stone clock, stretched out his thin hands, and his index finger and middle finger were in line with his fingers, and he lit the stone clock as fast as lightning.
"Dong."
The stone bell was actually ringed by him. Although the stone bell was ringed, it hung there without moving.
"Okay. Old Man Bai, your sword is really powerful." Someone in the crowd laughed and praised.
"I didn't expect that his sword skills had reached this level. The sword just now was really fast. Even if I met him, I was not sure to catch it. It seems that I underestimated these old guys. But why did these old guys give up fighting me so easily in the competition?" Gongsun Xuan secretly guessed in his heart.
In the competition for village rankings, he played four games in total, and the other villages gave up on competing with him. He was also confused.
After the old man Bai rang the stone bell, he did not stop. He walked to the edge of the pool and was slightly silent for a while. Then he made a move into the pool. With this move, a stream of water flew out of the pool and gathered in his hands. Holding the ball of water, Old Man Bai did not immediately shape it into the shape of a clock, but thought. It seemed that he was not sure about shaping the ball of water in his hand into the shape of a clock.
After a long time, he threw the ball of water in his hand into the air.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh for him, but they didn't expect that he would give up so quickly.
However, Old Man Bai did not leave. He raised his hand suddenly, and sword energy shot out from his fingers, piercing the soon-dispersed water mass in the air. Under the impact of countless sword energy, the thrown water mass actually formed a clock when it fell.
Taking this opportunity, Old Man Bai rose into the air and pointed at the "clock".
"bite."
A crisp sound spread throughout the valley.
Everyone looked at the falling water droplets in the air in shock.
A second after the White Old Ghost rang the "bell", the "bell" scattered everywhere. It seemed that it could not withstand the White Old Ghost's attack.
The old white ghost fell gently to the ground, but his eyes looked at Elder Mu, as if waiting for his answer.
Elder Mu looked at the Bai Laogui and nodded slightly, "No, you passed the test. With your strength, you are indeed qualified to be my disciple."
"Ah!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed secretly, his eyes full of envy. But as an old ghost who has lived for decades, his mind is very stable. He did not do anything ugly.
After getting Elder Mu's affirmation, Bai Laogui felt a little happy. But soon calmed down again. He still wanted to give this third bell a try.
As time passed, the Bai Laogui stood there, and no one else came forward to test it. It seemed that they were waiting for the Bai Laogui to ring the third bell. During this period, the Bai Laogui also raised his head and looked at the fog, as if he was about to ring, but soon there was no movement.
This third bell is much more difficult than the first two.
Water is still stylish after all, and as long as people with deep skills, they can absorb it. As for shaping it into a bell, it depends on their own skills.
And fog is just gas, and it will disperse it with a little movement. It is difficult to gather this thing, let alone condense it.
"Oh." After a long time, Old Man Bai sighed, shook his head, and walked into the crowd.
He gave up like that.
Seeing Old Man Bai give up ringing the third bell, many people were a little disappointed. They all wanted to learn from Old Man Bai's experience. However, although Old Man Bai did not ring the third bell, he met the conditions. Some people couldn't help but want to try it out.
Shortly after Old Man Bai returned to the crowd, a short but strong old man walked out.
The old man had a mustache and was swaying when walking, with his face facing up, as if he was a very arrogant person.
He walked to the stone bell, swung the big palm fan, and slapped the stone bell with a slap.
His palm rubbed against the air, and he heard a faint sound of friction, which showed how powerful the palm was.
"Dong."
The stone bell rang, but it was not broken. None of the stone chips fell off.
As the sound came, the stone clock was slammed by this palm and shaking it.
"Crack, creak." The wooden rack was shaken and there was a sound.
Seeing that he had succeeded, the old man raised his chin at everyone, laughing loudly, and was very proud.
"This old man Yun still has such a bad temper. It depends on how your bell rings." Someone in the crowd was very upset when he saw the old man Yun's proud look.
Old Gui Yun walked to the edge of the pool, raised his hand, and a ball of water flew into his hands. He imitated Old Man Bai, threw the ball of water into the air, and quickly emitted a series of palm winds with his palms, trying to gather the ball of water into a clock. However, under his palm wind, the ball of water scattered everywhere, forming water droplets and falling from the air.
"Ah!" When Yun Laogui saw this, he was shocked and was splashed on his body by water droplets on the spot. His face was completely wet.
"Ah, haha. I'm so laughing." Someone suddenly burst into laughter in the crowd.
To be continued...