The Ji family has ten major training sects under its jurisdiction. Every year, the genius disciple battle is held by the ten sects in turn. This year it happened to be the turn of the Demon Suppressing Sect.
At this time, the Demon Suppressing Sect was very lively.
Especially the valley surrounded by seven peaks inside the gate.
There is a giant arena in the middle of the valley, with three circles of spectator seats around the perimeter.
The people sitting in these three circles of auditoriums are all high-level leaders of the major spiritual sects, such as the sect leaders, elders, deacons, etc.
According to regulations, all disciples of the sect stood behind the auditorium and watched the battle.
However, there were also some disciples who disliked standing in the crowd and not being able to see the battle clearly, so they chose to watch the competition halfway up the seven peaks.
Anyway, Yuan Qi has various effects, and enhancing vision and hearing is one of them.
So even from such a distance, you can still clearly see the battle situation in the arena.
At this time, the Ji family members have not arrived yet, so the competition cannot start, so the heads of the ten sects gathered on the ring to discuss some matters.
The elders and deacons in the audience, as well as the disciples standing outside, were all whispering to each other.
"Senior Brother Xiao Nan was ranked second last year. If Senior Sister Ye Qiuling does not participate in the battle this year, he will definitely be ranked first."
"I estimate that this year's ranking will be pushed up one spot from last year's ranking, and there will be no other changes."
"That's not necessarily true. I heard that Senior Brother Yao Shaobai of the Tianyuan Sect broke through to the peak of Qi Condensation Realm some time ago. If he steps forward one step, he will definitely squeeze the others down."
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"Senior Brother Zhang successfully reached the peak of Wuluo Realm yesterday and is estimated to be among the top ten disciples of Wuluo Realm!"
"Senior Brother Zhang is so lucky? I thought he would have to wait for a while to break through."
"It's really good luck to break through before the battle. If you get a good ranking, you can get a lot more rewards!"
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There are two genius disciple battles in total. The first battle involves disciples from the Wu Leak Realm, and the second battle involves Qi Condensation Realm disciples.
Therefore, everyone present has different concerns. Some are arguing about who is stronger and who is weaker among the disciples of Wuluo Realm, while others are talking about the disciples of Qi Condensation Realm.
However, among all the discussions, no one mentioned Lin Yu's name.
Because no one is interested in Lin Yu's ranking.
Some time ago, everyone talked about Lin Yu mainly because at that time Lin Yu had just made a great contribution and received generous rewards, attracting the envy of countless people.
But now four months have passed, the heat has long passed, and everyone has completely forgotten Lin Yu's existence.
After all, Lin Yu is just a warrior, no matter how hard he practices, he will be like that.
No one will care about a person with no future unless that person touches their own interests.
Lin Yu was so happy that he and Xia Honglie stood outside the auditorium waiting for the competition to begin.
Although one of them is the supreme elder of the Chiyang Sect and the other is the supreme sect leader of the Chiyang Sect, their sects are martial arts sects after all.
Therefore, I am not qualified to sit down in this competition of cultivation sects, I can only stand and watch the battle like the disciples.
The main reason is that the two people are too weak.
Corresponding to the fact that practitioners are only equivalent to the Qi Condensation Realm, naturally they will not attract the attention of the organizers of the genius battle.
Besides, Xia Honglie came uninvited, and Lin Yu participated in the battle as a registered disciple of the Tianyuan Sect. It was normal not to have a seat.
"Junior brother, there are two battles between talented disciples in this competition. The first one is between the disciples of the Wu Leak Realm, and the second one is between the disciples of the Condensing Qi Realm. Each battle is divided into the first half and the second half."
"The first half is a points competition, and everyone is ranked according to the points they get. The second half is a free challenge, mainly to determine the top ten."
Xia Honglie explained to Lin Yu the rules of the genius battle.
"Disciples who are sure to finish in the top ten will generally not participate in the first half, but will choose to abstain and directly participate in the second half."
"So this second half is the most competitive and exciting."
"At that time, there will be a winner on the ring. Any participating disciple can challenge that person. If the challenge is successful, he will be the one to hold the ring. If the challenge fails, he will lose the qualification to continue the challenge."
After finishing speaking, Xia Honglie asked: "Junior brother, it is no problem to break into the top ten with your strength. What are you going to choose later?"
"Brother, if you say so, then I will not participate in the first half." Lin Yu replied: "I will directly challenge the person who defends to the end in the second half."
"Okay! As expected of my junior brother, he is very ambitious!"
Xia Honglie instantly understood what Lin Yu meant. He wanted to win first place in this genius competition.
As soon as he finished speaking, several crackling sounds suddenly came from the air.
Everyone present raised their heads and looked towards the sky.
I saw four figures standing in the sky, two in black, one in green, and one in white.
Among them, the man in white clothes has a particularly outstanding temperament. He has a childlike face and fair hair, and has an air of immortality.
"The ancestor is here!"
"It's Ancestor Tianyun!"
The senior sect leaders present immediately recognized the old man in white clothes and white hair, while most of the disciples were in a state of confusion.
Xia Honglie pointed to the air and introduced Lin Yu: "Junior brother, have you seen that? That is Ji Tianyun, the ancestor of the Ji family. He has lived for more than a thousand years, and his strength far exceeds your imagination. He is one of the eight strongest people in the world.
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"Really?" Lin Yu nodded slowly and stared at the old man in white.
Xia Honglie added: "I just don't know why he came to watch the battle in person. It stands to reason that a competition of this scale would not be able to catch his eye. This is the first time."
"Could there be special circumstances this year?" Lin Yu guessed.
"It's possible." Xia Honglie said solemnly.
At this time, the ten masters of the cultivation sects in the arena flew into the sky and went to pay their respects to Ji Tianyun.
Upon seeing this, Xia Honglie said to Lin Yu: "Junior brother, I will go to pay my respects to my ancestor first."
After saying that, he flew out like an arrow and quickly joined the ten leaders of the practice sect.
The place was quiet, no one dared to make a sound, they were all staring at the sky quietly.
The ancestor is here, who dares to talk nonsense at this time?
You must know that the status of the ancestor is much higher than that of the sect leader.
In fact, let alone the ancestor of the Ji family, no one would dare to neglect even a random person from the Ji family.
After all, strictly speaking, people like myself are disciples of the Ji family.
The reason why the ten major cultivation sects are divided is firstly to facilitate management, and secondly to facilitate the slaying of demons.
The Ji family has jurisdiction over twenty-seven vassal states in the eastern region of the Dawu Dynasty. It has a vast territory and ten major spiritual sects are distributed among these vassal states. As soon as a strange incident is discovered, the nearest sect can be arranged to send people to exterminate it.
In the air, the major sect leaders and Ji Tianyun talked for a while, and then fell to the ground one after another.
Ji Tianyun took a seat in the main seat, and Ji Wuzhe and three other people accompanied him.
The patriarchs returned to their respective positions.
However, the leader of the Demon Suppressing Sect did not find a seat to sit down, but came directly to the ring.
After all, this year's competition was held by the Demon Suppressing Sect. As the top person in charge of the Demon Suppressing Sect, he naturally could not sit back and watch the show like other high-level sects.