In the Zhou family's 400th anniversary celebration, the heaven-sacrifice ceremony is important, but not many monks can actually attend the ceremony.
But the "Treasure Hunting Conference" is different.
The Zhou family has no restrictions on the cultivation level of the monks who participate in the "Treasure Hunting Conference". Any monk under the age of sixty can sign up to receive a number plate as long as he pays a symbolic payment of a low-grade spirit stone, and then according to the number plate drawn,
Come to pair up and compete individually, and the winner will advance to the next round until the top twenty are determined.
By the time Zhou Yang and other important figures came from Chihu Mountain to the competition ground specially prepared by the Zhou family at the foot of the mountain, more than 20,000 immortal cultivators had gathered here.
"This competition ground has been reinforced by the formations arranged by Zhou Guangxiang, the head of the Zhou family and the fourth-level formation master, and is protected by special formations. After you monks go to the competition ground, you can use all your skills to your heart's content.
Fight with spells and magic weapons."
"However, I need to remind all fellow Taoists that during the fighting, although there will be foundation-building monks from my Zhou family to take care of you, there is no guarantee that you will be rescued in time, so if you find out
If you lose to your opponent, it's best to take the initiative and admit defeat."
"Once one party voluntarily admits defeat, the other party must not take action again. Otherwise, not only will the results be immediately canceled and the qualifications will be deprived of the competition, but the Zhou family will also be listed as a person who is never welcome and refused to enter any oases and markets of my Zhou family!
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"Also, second-level spiritual talismans can be used in the fighting competition, but it is strictly prohibited to use third-level spiritual talismans and third-level puppet beasts that exceed the strength of the Qi training period. Violators will have their results cancelled, and will be deprived of their qualifications to participate!"
"Finally, although we will not conduct a bone age test on the winners now, if the top twenty monks want to receive the reward from my Zhou family, they must pass the bone age test and prove that their age does meet the requirements.
Rewards will be given, and those who try to muddle through will be punished by having their cultivation level revoked, so if any of you are lucky, it’s best to hand over your license plate now!”
In a huge square competition field covered by an earth-yellow mask, Zhou Tongming, the deputy leader of the Zhou Family Battle Hall, was announcing the rules of fighting to those who signed up to participate in the "Treasure Hunting Conference" outside the field.
According to Zhou Yang's request, the two "Treasure Hunting Conferences" will be held first without any identity restrictions, and then it will be the turn of the Zhou family monks.
This arrangement is, of course, so that the monks of the Zhou family can increase their own fighting experience by watching the fighting of outsiders, and understand their own shortcomings, so that they can perform more brilliantly in the following fighting.
Not long after Zhou Tongming announced the rules of the fighting, due to the arrival of Zhou Yang and others, the "Treasure Hunting Conference" competition officially began.
The number of monks who originally signed up for this "Treasure Hunting Conference" was more than 12,000, but after Zhou Tongming's final warning, as many as a thousand lucky people were scared into giving up.
Got the number plate in hand.
To verify whether a person is over sixty years old, all the foundation-building monks need to do is cast a specialized third-level low-grade spell called "Bone Touching Technique".
These people who gave up originally thought that it was impossible for the Zhou family to conduct a "bone-touching" test on everyone, so they just wanted to take a chance and thought that even if they were discovered, they would just insist that they might have remembered it wrong.
Age is enough, the most it will do is disqualification.
However, they never expected that the Zhou family would punish those who tried to get through by deceiving others by having their cultivation levels revoked.
For a cultivator, there is probably no punishment more serious than this, and no one really dares to risk their lives.
At this time, Zhou Tongming announced the start of the "Treasure Hunting Conference" and immediately read out the names of the first team of monks based on the lottery numbers.
"Zhang Meng, No. 1312 in Group A, versus Yang Fei, No. 421 in Group B!"
Immediately, a tall and powerful middle-aged man on the seventh level of Qi training and a good-looking middle-aged female cultivator on the eighth level of Qi training walked into the martial arts field through the formation shield, and then each reported their names and origins.
They immediately released their magic weapons and started fighting.
Because the monks in the Qi training stage have low magic power, the fighting time will not be too long. In addition, there are restrictions on the venue, so even if someone wants to delay the time by moving, it will not work.
Therefore, within thirty seconds, the mighty and tall Zhang Meng was pierced through the defensive shield with a gold hairpin by the middle-aged female cultivator Yang Fei, and the needlepoint was pressed against his chest.
"Fairy, good tricks, Zhang surrenders!"
Glancing at the golden hairpin on his chest with an ugly look on his face, the mighty man Zhang Meng didn't waste any more time. He simply admitted defeat, put away his magic weapon and walked out of the ring.
Next, the second team of monks whose number plates and names were read out immediately jumped onto the arena to fight.
Although, in the eyes of Zhou Yang and other Zifu monks, the fighting skills of these low-level monks during the Qi training period were full of errors and omissions, not worth mentioning, and a bit boring.
But the Qi-training monks in the audience watched it with gusto, and cheers came from time to time. It could be said that they couldn't get enough of it, and they didn't care about the passage of time.
After two days of this, all the monks in the first round were finished competing, and more than 5,000 people qualified.
Then another day passed, and the second round was also completed, with more than 2,000 people qualifying.
Another day passed, and after the third and fourth rounds, there were only about 600 people who were still eligible to continue competing.
By the time half of the sixth day of the competition was over, the top twenty were finally selected.
As expected by Zhou Yang, among the first twenty monks, sixteen were from various cultivating families, and there were only four monks from casual cultivating backgrounds.
Naturally, these monks who can enter the top twenty are all at the ninth level of Qi training.
Because they had been fighting for five consecutive days, these twenty people were mentally exhausted, so they were given two hours of rest before the finals.
But at this time, Zhou Yang, who had not spoken much, suddenly looked at Chen Pingan and other monks and smiled: "Fellow Daoist Chen, Daoist Nie and Daoist Yan, who do you three think will be the first place this time?"
The three people he named are all the patriarchs of the Zifu family, and their respective families have descendants who have reached the top twenty. Among them, the Chen family and the Yan family have two people each.
"Although there is a suspicion of self-promotion, Yan believes that the person who won the first place in the end must be Yan Shuanghua from my Yan family!"
While Chen Pingan and Nie Qiufeng were still thinking about how to respond to Zhou Yang's words, the head of the Yan family, Yan Nantian, was confident in supporting his children.
Speaking of which, Zhou Yang had also dealt with the Yan family in Fire Fox Ridge.
When he was still in the foundation-building stage, he was summoned by Xiao Bufan, a monk from Huangshamen and Zifu in the sea of sand, using the "Seven-Colored Cloud Smoke" for help. He once joined hands with a Yan family monk named Yan Yunfei.
After fighting, they were later recruited together by Xiao Bufan to the Chihu Mountain Oasis to guard the Huangshamen here.
Unfortunately, Yan Yunfei was unlucky and died here when the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle attacked the Chihu Mountain Oasis.
According to age and seniority, the current Yan Nantian should still be the nephew of Yan Yunfei.
"Yan Dao is friendly and confident, but Chen is also more optimistic about my Chen Yunsheng from the Chen family."
Chen Pingan came to his senses at this time and stood up for his junior with a smile.
"Nie is not as confident as the two fellow Taoists. From the previous battle, Nie has already seen that with the strength of my Nie Hansha, whether he can enter the top three depends on luck. He cannot compare with the two fellow Taoists.
What a genius!”
Nie Qiufeng shook his head, and whispered these words with a hint of bitterness on his lips.
This Zhou family's "Treasure Hunting Conference" has attracted the attention of the younger generation of monks in the entire Boundless Sand Sea Immortal World. These families also want to take advantage of this opportunity to allow their outstanding descendants to come out and see the world. By the way,
See if you can get the Foundation Building Pill reward.
It's just that the younger generation that his family has high hopes for is obviously lagging behind the other two younger generations from the Zifu family in terms of strength. This makes Nie Qiufeng feel better.
Although strength does not mean everything, in today's "Treasure Hunting Conference", those who are weak will lose an opportunity to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill and lose an opportunity that may affect their entire life.
At this time, Zhou Yang who asked the question smiled calmly and said: "Those fellow Taoists might as well make a bet with Zhou. We will each give a third-level treasure as a bet to a monk. If who wins in the end, the bet will be
How about treating it as a special reward for that monk?"
"Oh, then who does Zhou Daoyou want to keep?"
Chen Ping'an's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhou Yang with bright eyes and asked.
"Don't say that Zhou doesn't give face to a few fellow Taoists, Zhou will win first place over that casual cultivator Li Hong!"
A smile flashed across Zhou Yang's face, and he didn't shy away from saying who he liked.
"This person is a casual cultivator, but he can be so valued by fellow Taoist Zhou. It seems that Chen made a mistake earlier!"
Chen Ping'an's eyes flashed with surprise, and he looked at a middle-aged man in black robes who was closing his eyes and concentrating below the competition arena. That man was none other than the casual cultivator Li Hong mentioned by Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang, however, refused to say anything more and just asked with a smile: "How is it? Do any of your Taoist friends want to bet?"
"It's just a third-level treasure. Since fellow Taoist Zhou has such a taste for it, Chen will naturally be happy to accompany it."
Chen Ping'an withdrew his gaze, nodded slightly, and immediately agreed.
Then Yan Nantian also said with confidence: "Yan also made a bet."
"Although Mr. Nie is not optimistic about the younger generation of my family, but for everyone's contention, it's just a third-level treasure, so Nie will naturally not be disappointed." Nie Qiufeng pondered for a while and agreed with a smile.
"Okay, let's wait and see."
Zhou Yang smiled with satisfaction and made the decision on the spot.
Then he glanced slightly and looked at another person not far away who had been silent. That person was Zhang Yunpeng, the current head of Huangsha Sect.
This "Treasure Hunting Conference" also had monks from Huang Shamen participating, but they were just ordinary disciples with little strength. None of Huang Shamen's truly powerful Qi-training monks came here.
The reason, Zhou Yang also knew, was that Zhang Yunpeng didn't want those people to come.
There is no shortage of foundation-building pills in Huangshamen now. As long as monks with some talent can now obtain foundation-building pills relatively easily from the sect.
As far as Zhou Yang knows, in the past twenty years, the number of monks who have successfully built a new foundation in Huangshamen has reached 30, which shows how much money Zhang Yunpeng spent to enter.
"Families and sects are different after all. Even if the Huangshamen declines, they can still open their doors to attract outside talents to join, without fear of anyone having different intentions and turning their backs on the family."
"On the other hand, families like ours have to be careful even when recruiting a guest monk, for fear of attracting an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."
"In this Treasure Hunting Conference, many young and independent cultivators with good abilities have emerged. Our Zhou family can take advantage of this opportunity to recruit more people to increase the number of combatants among the lower-level cultivators in the family."
Zhou Yang's heart moved, but another idea came up, and then he immediately sent a message to the clan leader Zhou Guangxiang, asking him to gather all the female cultivators in the family who were interested in recruiting a son-in-law. After the "Treasure Hunting Conference" was over,
This is an opportunity to hold another son-in-law recruitment meeting to see if we can attract a few potential husband-in-laws.