Just when Luo Hong and the two were searching the Qingyang City treasure house, there was no accident on Chenyang's side. With his kindness and power, and the support of Gu Qianxun, Qingyang City was soon under control.
Afterwards, Luo Hong and Han Li continued to stay in Qingyang City, studying Xuan Wen with the help of Taoist Xie, as if nothing had happened.
A whole year has passed like this. Luo Hong, who was meditating on the "Tiansha Prison Suppressing Technique" in the Baisheng Tower, slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a breath, and showed a smile.
"Boy Luo, you seem to have gained a lot from looking like this! Is this technique really so beneficial?"
Silver Fairy, who was previously responsible for protecting Luo Hong, flew over and couldn't help but ask.
"This skill is indeed the number one skill in the Demon Realm when ancient Xuan Dao was prosperous. It is indeed extremely extraordinary.
Ordinary Xuan Dao skills, no matter what the level, are from the shallower to the deeper, and the further you go, the more difficult it is to practice.
But Tiansha Prison Suppressing Technique works in the opposite direction. The first three levels are its most essential parts. It is quite difficult to get started, but it is easier to practice later."
Luo Hong originally thought that he had only obtained half of the technique, and even if he gained something this time, it would only be a deduction that could help him break through the eighth turn.
But I don’t expect that the first three levels of the Tiansha Prison Suppressing Technique are its essence. As long as you practice them to perfection, you can lay a solid foundation.
The next nine levels are just building blocks on this foundation, and are of course less difficult to practice.
After fully understanding it, Luo Hong discovered that the reason why he could not continue to deduce the Nine-turn Xiaolong Kung Fu he practiced was because the foundation was lacking.
"What you gained this time is really the key. Luo is confident that he will perfect the Nine-turn Xiaolong Kung Fu, and he also asks the fairy to continue to protect Luo."
Luo Hong bowed her hands towards Silver Fairy.
"You can just leave it to me, this fairy!"
Silver Fairy immediately patted her chest and said.
On the other hand, Han Li immediately started practicing the Heavenly Evil Prison Suppressing Technique.
With the help of the star pool left by Du Qingyang and the large number of Xuan-level beast cores given to him by Luo Hong, his Xuan Dao cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds.
Ten years passed in a flash, and the time for the Five Cities Competition was approaching.
Outside Baiyan City, the team led by Chen Yang was already waiting at the city gate, while he, Gu Qianxun, and Han Li met Luo Hong in the castle.
Since they are all one of his own, Luo Hong no longer pretends to be pretentious at this moment. Da Ma Jin Dao sits on the main seat, looks at Zhu Yan and others in the hall and says:
"I have received news that this five-city martial arts competition is unusual. Not only are the rewards extremely generous, but they are also related to a major event. You must let your people get as high a ranking as possible."
"Ten years ago, Zhu had followed Brother Luo's instructions and focused on cultivating the potential profound practitioners in the city. If the information is correct, at least half of them will be able to enter the top eighteen."
Zhu Yan was the first to speak.
The rules of the five-city martial arts competition are very simple. Each city will send out twelve Xuanshi, and Xuancheng will send out twelve more, for a total of seventy-two people to compete in a one-on-one battle.
As long as you enter the top 18, that is, survive the first two rounds, you can get good rewards.
The Xuanshi from each city are selected by the city lord, and there are almost no restrictions on their cultivation level, as long as they do not exceed the Daluo realm.
Therefore, Zhu Yan's guarantee means that at least six people from Baiyan City can enter the top 18 of the martial arts competition.
"Chen cannot guarantee anything else, but at least Fellow Daoist Bone and Fellow Daoist Li can both enter the top ten."
After the top 18, there will be three rounds. In the first round, the winner and the loser group will be divided into nine people each. Then there will be two rounds of intra-group competition, with five people from each group entering the top ten.
Since a large number of experts in Qingyang City are die-hard loyalists of Du Qingyang and have been killed by Chen Yang to scare the monkeys, the Xuanshi selected by Chen Yang this time are all average in strength. They can only rely on Gu Qianxun, who has a good ranking in martial arts in the past.
And now Han Li, whom he can't see through more and more.
"Well, when you go back, try to motivate the Xuanshi under you. As long as you can survive the first round, you will get the Xuanwei specially refined by Luo for this martial arts competition."
Luo Hong has the memory of the original time and space, so he naturally knows that the eighteen strong people in this martial arts competition will be taken to the Great Ruins by Na Ebo. Naturally, the more of his own people among these people, the better.
"Zhu/Chen understand."
Zhu Yan and Chen Yang replied at the same time.
Afterwards, the two city lords took Fang Chan and Gu Qianxun out of the hall respectively to make final preparations for departure.
"Junior Brother Han, how is your cultivation going?"
After she and Old Mo Han were alone in the hall, Luo Hong asked directly.
"The time is too short. I have only cultivated more than two hundred mystical orifices. I am still far away from the late Taiyi stage. However, in terms of combat power, I am confident that I will not lose to the late Taiyi mystical masters."
After all, it was too short a time to obtain the Tiansha Prison Suppressing Technique. With the blessing of various resources, Han Li could only improve his profound Tao cultivation to a small level.
However, relying on the increase in combat power brought by the True Spirit Bloodline, he can still fight head-on even against the Xuanshi at the peak of Taiyi.
"Well, Junior Brother Han doesn't need to pursue the ranking of martial arts. Try to hide your strength, especially the true spirit bloodline. It's best not to use it until critical moments."
Luo Hong reminded with a solemn expression.
In the original time and space, Han Li actively participated in the Five Cities Martial Arts Competition because only the top ten could obtain the Tianlin Meteor Crystal in exchange for Madam Liuhua removing the Black Tribulation Insect from his body.
But now that the black calamity bug in his body has been solved by Luo Hong, of course there is no need to show up in the martial arts arena.
"Senior Brother Luo, what kind of cultivation level does the lord of Xuancheng City, Ewei, deserve for us to be so careful?"
Although Han Li agreed with Luo Hong's opinion of letting him hide his strength, it also aroused his curiosity about Ewan's strength.
"This person's Xuan Dao cultivation is not trivial. I think that with my current strength, I can only fight against him by using secret techniques, so I have to try my best to avoid a head-on confrontation with him."
The only person Luo Hong is afraid of now is Ehuang. This guy has opened thousands of mysterious orifices, and his profound cultivation has broken through the middle stage of Daluo. He has also practiced many secret fighting skills, and his strength is unfathomable.
As for the equally famous Puppet City Lord Sha Xin, Luo Hong is not too worried. After all, her puppet power consists of puppets and charm spells, and the latter has basically no impact on Luo Hong.
"In addition, junior brother, you need to pay more attention to Chen Yang. Although his strength is inferior to yours, I suspect that he has some connection with Puppet City."
After a pause, Luo Hong reminded again.
"I also have doubts about this, and I will keep an eye on him."
When Han Li heard this, he immediately thought of the fact that he was inexplicably caught peeping by Chen Yang. Logically speaking, Chen Yang, as a Xuanshi, could not have such spiritual cultivation, but if he had colluded with Puppet City, it would make sense.
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Xuancheng is not close to the four affiliated cities, and the once-a-thousand-year-old Five Cities Martial Arts Competition is also the largest tribute paid by the four cities to Xuancheng. There are too many beast chariots, so the speed of travel cannot be too fast.
Therefore, it was not until two years later that the convoy formed by the merger of Baiyan City and Qingyang City arrived near Xuancheng.
Xuancheng is built on a mountain range, and its core is still sheltered from the wind, so it looks no different from Baiyan and Qingyang cities, but the difference in scale is huge.
After passing through the last section of plains filled with smoke and dust, everyone arrived at the gate of Xuancheng.
Luo Hong looked at the towering city wall and saw that it was made of large pieces of black rock and inlaid with huge pieces of white animal bones.
These animal bones were different from those Luo Hong had seen before. Their surfaces were all glowing with gleaming luster, and it was obvious that the power of the stars was flowing through them.
Luo Hong was not surprised by this, because he had seen utensils with similar characteristics in the private treasuries of Sun Tu and Du Qingyang.
Those things are called star weapons, and they were the only treasures in the Jilin Sky Realm that could harness the power of stars before Luo Hong arrived.
Although mysterious weapons and star weapons both use the power of stars, the methods are different.
The former directly mobilizes the power of the stars in the beast's core, while the latter mobilizes the power of the stars in the surrounding heaven and earth.
This makes the Mysterious Weapon much simpler to refine than the Star Weapon, but its power is somewhat inferior.
"All the star weapons are refined by Mrs. Liuhua. Unlike me, this person has really developed a line of weapon refining skills. After entering the city, I can communicate with her."
Thinking like this, Luo Hong had already sat on the elephant-shaped black-scaled beast and arrived in front of the city gate.
Xuancheng's city gates are all three side by side, with a larger main gate in the middle and smaller secondary gates on both sides.
The main entrance is usually not open, but today is obviously an exception.
"It turned out to be the Lord of Casting City and the Lord of Morning City, and they came together.
I am Tong Song, who is responsible for welcoming you all. I also ask the two city lords to bring the Xuanshi who are participating in the martial arts competition and go to the city lord's palace with me."
The thick-browed young man stood among a group of soldiers and announced his family background.
"Fellow Taoist Tong, you're welcome, but I wonder if everyone from the other two cities has arrived?"
Chen Yang returned the gift and asked.
"The distinguished guests from Tongyu City and Xuanzhi City have arrived. When you are welcomed to the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord will probably meet you immediately."
Tong Song replied with a kind smile.
"Without further ado, here is Fellow Taoist Lao Tong."
Chen Yang said very politely.
Tong Song responded and ordered his subordinates to arrange the rest of the people. He himself led the way for Luo Hong and others.
The buildings in Xuancheng are basically made of black rocks, and the style is rough and simple. It is cleaner than Qingyang City and Baiyan City, and there is not so much smell of animal blood in the air.
However, when he arrived at the city lord's mansion, Luo Hong's eyes lit up. He saw that there were many rare plants in the Jiling Sky Realm in the mansion, and it was built like a gorgeous garden.
There are many black stone sculptures lining both sides of the road in the mansion, including human figures, animal shapes, and some weird half-human and half-animal gods.
The entire city lord's palace is a huge palace.
After being led by Tong Song for more than an hour, everyone arrived in front of a stone temple.
After stepping into the stone hall, Luo Hong immediately saw many people. They were sitting in front of the table, or sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, or drinking and having fun. It was Tongyu and Xuanzhi who had arrived at Xuancheng before them.
The Xuanshi of the city.
"City Master Fu, City Master Qin, long time no see. How are you?"
Chenyang took a step forward at this time, and raised his hands to a middle-aged man with a short stature and a dark nose, and a tall and thin middle-aged man with a pale face, who looked like a tuberculosis man.
These two people are Fu Jian, the lord of Tongyu City, and Qin Yuan, the lord of Xuanzhi City.
"Hmph! Lord of the City, how come you got together with this traitor?"
Fu Jian snorted coldly at Chen Yang, then looked at Zhu Yan and asked.
"On the way."
After just replying with two words, Zhu Yan led the people from Baiyan City towards the deserted table.
"Ahem, Master Luo, I don't know when the next batch of earth-level mysterious weapons will be refined. Qin has already prepared the required earth-level beast cores."
Qin Yuan ignored Chen Yang and cupped his hands towards Luo Hong.
"Haha, it's easy to say. It just so happens that Luo doesn't go on stage to compete. When you meet Lord Ebo, you can just send those earth-level beast cores."
Luo Hong smiled and replied that if someone gave him an earth-level beast core, he would certainly welcome it.
On the other side, although Chen Yang was frustrated, he did not show any anger.
Anyway, these affiliated cities are not allowed to attack each other. As long as Xuancheng recognizes his identity, he is not afraid of any problems with his position as city lord.
Shortly after everyone in Qingyang City sat down, there was suddenly a sound of heavy footsteps outside the palace door. A middle-aged man of medium build and ordinary appearance stepped over the threshold and walked in. Behind him were a man, a woman, and two men.
A man wearing bone armor.
This middle-aged man has slightly frosty temples and some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He looks really ordinary, no different from a farmer.
On the contrary, there were two people behind him, one with a majestic appearance, the other with a beautiful face and a cold temperament. The bone armor they wore were also carved with exquisite patterns, exuding waves of the power of the stars.
When they saw the visitor, the four city lords immediately took the lead and stood up, and then everyone saluted them and said:
"See the Lord of Eva City!"
"Haha, everyone, please sit down."
The middle-aged man first came to the main seat and sat down, then with a gentle smile on his face, he pressed his palms twice and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"There are a lot of new faces this year, which is good. This shows that our Xuancheng is full of talents and full of vitality."
E Pang's eyes swept over the crowd, especially lingering on Zhu Yan and Chen Yang for a moment, and his tone was gratifying.
When Qin Yuan and Fu Jian heard this, they both slandered Zhu Yan. Although Sun Tu's death was strange, it was probably him who had the wrong idea first.
But Du Qingyang was betrayed and killed by Chen Yang in the city. If such behavior could be acquiesced, their future life would not be easy.
However, Eva ignored their dissatisfaction and continued to speak:
"In recent years, the strength of Puppet City has grown extremely fast. Although it has never had a large-scale conflict with us, it has repeatedly caused small-scale frictions.
Fortunately, Master Luo joined us in Xuancheng and refined a large number of mysterious weapons, allowing us to firmly gain the upper hand.
Otherwise, I will have a headache."
"Your Majesty, the City Lord, is ridiculous. Since Luo has joined Xuancheng, he should do his best."
Luo Hong waved his hand with a humble attitude.
"Haha, Master Luo, there is no need to belittle yourself. If you have merit, you should be rewarded. I will send someone three heaven-level beast cores to you later."
E's eyes were full of admiration, and he immediately said boldly and authentically. ()