The night passed by in a hurry.

At dawn, the person who took them to rest yesterday came over and informed them that the formation competition was about to begin.

Everyone walked all the way to the stone-paved square where they had just entered Jielu Hall.

Jielutang is the center of power in the entire ancient martial arts world and is also a sacred place.

Historically, those at the peak of foundation building have chosen to die here. Very few people leave here and return to their families when their longevity is approaching.

Judging from the information received from Elder Sima Yi yesterday, Huang Chuyang estimated that there should be no more than fifty masters in the foundation building stage, and this also includes some elders who have not shown up in seclusion for decades or hundreds of years.

There were already many people standing in the square.

Among them, sitting on the middle elder's seat are the hall master and deputy hall master that Huang Chuyang met in the hall yesterday.

There were five, six, seven or eight people on both sides. Judging from their reserved eyes and thick auras, they were obviously elders of the Jielu Hall.

The only people Huang Chuyang knew were Sima Yi and Huangfu Yunlang, who led them in yesterday.

Judging from the situation, the host was Huangfu Yunlang. He was standing in the middle of the square, staring at the people participating in the competition who were walking in the distance.

After everyone came closer, Huangfu Yunlang cleared his throat and said:

"I believe everyone knows the rules of this competition. However, in order to ensure the fairness, fairness and openness of the competition, I will say it again."

"This big score consists of three competitions at three levels."

"The first game is a first-level array master competition. Representatives of the five major family array masters will draw lots and compare them in pairs. The winner will advance."

"The second round is a competition between level two formation mages, and the third round is a competition between level three formation mages. The rules are the same."

"Next, I announce that the formation competition is about to begin."

As soon as the voice fell, the first-level formation mages from the five major families stepped forward.

A second-level qi-training formation master from the Wang family is named Wang Huan.

The Zhao family is a three-level qi training master named Zhao Lijian.

The Sima family is a fourth-level qi training master, Sima Dandan.

The member of the Huangfu family is a formation master at the fifth level of Qi training, Huangfu Sande.

Finally, the one who walked out of the Cheng family was the young master of the Cheng family, who was at the fifth level of Qi training. He was pushed to the top, and with Huang Chuyang's encouragement, he became a first-level array mage in just one month.

Everyone in the Cheng family cheered, as the young master of the Cheng family turned out to be a genius formation master who was rare to see in a century.

Huangfu Yunlang pointed to the table beside him. There was a bamboo stick on it with five bamboo sticks in it.

"Five of you come forward and each of you draws a lot."

The fat man stepped forward quickly, reached out and took out a bamboo stick from the bamboo stick.

I don’t know if the fat man was lucky or just too lucky, but he got a bye in the first round.

The bamboo sticks are empty, without any numbers or characters.

The fat man, who had planned to show off his skills, was extremely depressed.

But in the eyes of other contestants, this fat man was probably just lucky.

With envy and jealousy in their eyes, they all took out their bamboo sticks.

Apparently their bamboo sticks have numbers on them.

The results of the draw were the Wang family versus the Zhao family, the Sima family versus the Huangfu family, and the Cheng family directly received a bye to advance.

After Huangfu Yunlang announced the reference objects, everyone else stepped back, leaving a kilometer-wide space in the middle as a trial area for formation comparisons.

The first match was between Wang Huan of the Wang family and Sima Dandan of the Sima family.

The competition is divided into two types: forming formation and breaking formation.

Arrangement means completely arranging the designated formation within the corresponding time.

The formation they are going to set up this time is a formation called Bi Tao formation that Huangfu Yunlang extracted from the commonly used first-level formations.

The Bitao Formation is a relatively simple first-level formation. It should be relatively easy to set up within an hour. To determine the winner, the main thing is to see who takes the shorter time.

The two people who were comparing did not waste time. They took out four formation flags and began to outline the formation pattern on the formation flag. As long as the formation pattern was successfully outlined, the first step of setting up the formation was completed.

Although Wang Huan is also very skilled, after all, he only has the second level of Qi training and his level is insufficient, which makes him relatively slow in drawing the formation patterns.

No surprise, Sima Dandan sketched the formation pattern in half an hour, but Wang Huan spent a few minutes longer.

The result of the formation competition was that Sima Dandan won by a few minutes.

In the area where the Cheng family was, the fat man said, "I don't think Wang Huan lost unjustly. After all, he is only at the second level of Qi training, while Sima Dandan is at the fourth level."

Hall Master Xin Qibin nodded and said: "Young Master is right, there is no skill in arranging the Bi Tao Formation, it is mainly reflected in the outline of the formation pattern, and the outline of the formation pattern itself is closely related to the spiritual power of the person setting up the formation."

"Yes, so in the next formation-breaking competition, if nothing else happens, the Wang family should be the first to be eliminated." Huang Chuyang also agreed with the two of them.

The rule of breaking the formation is that both sides of the competition are required to set up a first-level formation that they are good at within an hour, and then enter each other's formation. The first one to break the formation wins.

An hour later.

What Wang Huan has arranged is the Diamond Formation, which is said to have been created by a Buddhist and Taoist master. It can be said to be a first-level peak formation capable of both offense and defense.

He also completed the layout by stepping on the spot. Looking at him constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead, it is not difficult to see that this is his limit.

Perhaps due to his lack of realm, he finally chose this diamond formation that was both offensive and defensive, hoping to trap his opponent for a longer period of time.

What Sima Dandan arranged was a trapping formation, a beast-locking one-word formation. This was created by an formation master when the ancient martial arts world was first established. It was mainly used to deal with the warcraft at that time. Until now, basically the ancient martial arts world has

All formation masters know this formation.

Obviously, Sima Dandan underestimated the enemy, but she did have this strength.

Although Wang Huan's Diamond Formation was stronger than Sima Dandan's Locking Beast Formation, the gap in realm was too great and it still could not change the outcome.

Under Huangfu Yunlang's announcement, the Wang family's first-level formation contestants were officially eliminated.

Next is Zhao Lijian of the Zhao family versus Huangfu Sande of the Huangfu family.

Similarly, they also competed in setting up the Blue Wave Formation.

In the aspect of setting up the formation, Huangfu Sande easily won with his absolute superiority.

There was no suspense including the subsequent formation breaking, and Huangfu Sande won in the end.

The Zhao family became the second first-level formation contestant to be eliminated.

The second round of drawing lots began, and this time Huangfu Sande was the first to draw lots.

Maybe there is some law, Huangfu Sande, who was the first to draw lots, also drew a bye lot.

The duel between Sima Dandan and Cheng Jiahe, with one of them practicing at the fourth level and the other at the fifth level, may be more interesting than before.

Even the people at the elders' table also opened their eyes, which had fallen asleep.

This time they competed with a simplified version of the Sancai Formation. Although it was a simplified version, it was more complex than the King Kong Formation that Wang Huan had deployed before, and the power was not the same.

Fatty grew up in a hurry under Huang Chuyang's irrigation, so compared to Sima Dandan, one can tell which one is stronger and which one is weaker based on the techniques.

Half an hour later, Fatty slowly caught up. After all, the talent was there.

Just when the hour was about to end, Sima Dandan had arranged the formation. When she looked up, she discovered that a wretched fat man also turned his head and smiled playfully at her.

It turns out that both of them finished it at the last moment.

In this way, the two are considered to be tied.

The next step to break the formation is the key.

After Huangfu Yunlang announced the start, Fatty said to Sima Dandan, "Sister, let's see how I beat you next."

The formation he is going to set up this time is the dragon-binding formation that Huang Chuyang taught him. Of course it is a simplified version. Otherwise, given the level of the dragon-binding formation, Fatty would not be able to understand it at all.

The fat man casually took out a few soul formation stones, but before he could start carving them, an elder at the elders' table exclaimed.

"Soul formation stone?"

The old man who spoke was none other than Huangfu Zhentian, the only fifth-level formation mage in Jielu Hall. The other one was of course Sima Yi.

Seeing Huangfu Zhentian's dumbfounded expression, Sima Yi despised him in his heart, but he forgot that he had the same expression when he saw Huang Chuyang using the Soul Formation Stone for the first time.

Huangfu Yunlang was not an array mage, and he didn't know what an array soul stone was. He was just thinking in his heart, what would Elder Zhentian do to a black stone?

If he asked Huangfu Zhentian, he would definitely say that a hundred people...

The fat man heard Huangfu Zhentian's voice, raised his head and glanced at the other person, and saw an unknown old man, just when he was about to continue.

But Huangfu Zhentian flew down and came to Fatty Cheng's side.

"Cheng Jiahe, is this the Soul Formation Stone in your hand?"

The fat man didn't care, "I guess so. Is there any problem?"

Huangfu Zhentian kept arguing, but he still said patiently: "Since it is a soul formation stone, we know how precious it is. It would be too wasteful to use such a simple formation."

Without waiting for the fat man to speak, he continued: "How about I change it to a high-level formation flag for you. The high-level formation flag can outline formation patterns very quickly. How about that?"

After saying that, he looked at the fat man with a hopeful look on his face. The look in his eyes made the fat man get goosebumps all over his body.
To be continued...