Finally, Xu Chunniang handed over the Blood Soul Fruit and left the store with a contract, agreeing to pick it up after seven days.
Coming out of the alley, you can see a shop opposite and a gambling bureau.
There were many monks surrounding the shop, talking about the gambling game.
"If you ask me, the first place this year should go to Wan Jian Sect. After all, where is the strength? The first place is Wan Jian Sect. As for the second place, I am more optimistic about Hanshan Sect. They have been ranked second twice in a row.
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"As for the third place, it is hard to say. The strength of Wuliang Sect, Xiaoyao Sect and Miaodan Sect are all close to each other, but this year is the home field of Miaodan Sect, I am afraid that the third place will fall to Miaodan Sect.
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"Between the Wuliang Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect, I am more optimistic about the Wuliang Sect. I heard that among their disciples this time, there is a natural Buddhist who is extremely extraordinary and has the ability to argue for the third place."
"It seems that Xiaoyao Sect will be at the bottom this time."
Xu Chunniang stood aside and listened for a while without paying much attention.
The competition has not started yet, so it is too early to say this.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, she did not visit the market anymore and went directly back to the courtyard of Miaodan Sect.
In the next few days, she did not go out again, but quietly waited for the arrival of the five competitions.
As time went by, in addition to Xiaoyao Sect and Wanjian Sect, people from the other two sects also arrived one after another.
And the five-sect competition officially kicked off.
There are three competitions in total. The content of the first competition is to go to a spiritual stone vein and collect empty spiritual stones.
Ethereal stone is a raw material for making storage products. It is very precious and has the ability to hide itself, making it difficult to find traces.
If you don't search carefully, you won't be able to find the ethereal stone even if it is right in front of you.
Each ethereal stone obtained will be counted as one point, and the final ranking will be based on the total score.
After learning that the first competition was to find the Void Spirit Stone, Elder Tang, led by Wanjian Sect, frowned slightly.
As usual, the general direction of the three competitions of the Five Sects Competition is fixed, namely collection, fighting, and cultivating immortals.
This collection of ethereal stones does meet the requirements.
It's just that the number of ethereal stones is not large, and the second is that it has the characteristics of concealment, which invisibly reduces the advantage of Wanjian Sect.
Let the five major sects stand on the same starting line.
However, Wanjian Sect is not afraid of this either.
Even if you are unlucky and lose some points, you can still catch up in other places.
At this thought, Elder Tang of Wanjian Sect's brows widened again.
Wan Jianzong maintained his own strength. Even if he fell behind in the first game, he could still catch up in the remaining two games, so he remained silent.
Elder Zuo of Hanshan Sect is not such a good-tempered person.
"Oh, your Miaodan Sect is really ingenious. It's hard for you to come up with such a task."
The elder of the Miaodan Sect opened his eyes and glanced at him, "Both and each other, the competition in the Hanshan Sect sixty years ago is still fresh in my memory."
Elder Zuo couldn't help being speechless when he heard this. Sixty years ago when he was in the Hanshan Sect, the things he collected were unique to Lingbei. The disciples of the Hanshan Sect were victorious.
In comparison, the collection of ethereal stones set by the Miaodan Sect is actually much fairer.
None of the disciples knew what was going on outside the mine.
After they entered the mine vein, they spread out and went deep into the various mine tunnels, searching for places where the ethereal stone might exist.
Xu Chunniang was no exception. After entering the mine, she randomly found a tunnel with few people.
When she was about to go deeper, she suddenly felt the small walnut in her soul move a little, and then she had a feeling that there was a ethereal stone on her right.
She scanned the area with her consciousness and found nothing special.
But that feeling became stronger and stronger.
Xu Chunniang remained silent and stretched out her hand to the right.
Not long after, I touched a nearly transparent white round stone, which was really an ethereal stone.
Her heart was pounding. Xiao Walnut was actually able to see through the hiding place of the Sky Spirit Stone and find out its true location.
Although she doesn’t know the reason, with Little Walnut’s help, wouldn’t she definitely win this battle?
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath to suppress the excitement in her heart and continued walking towards the depths of the mine. Not long after, that premonition appeared again.
She dug a little bit of the soil on the lower left side, and soon, she got another ethereal stone.
Subsequently, the third and fourth ethereal stones were also found one after another.
It wasn't until there was no more empty spirit stones in this mine tunnel that Xu Chunniang returned to the original mine, stepped into another mine tunnel, and continued to pick up the empty spirit stones.
The ethereal stone, which is extremely difficult for others to find, is within her reach.
In just these two hours, Xu Chunniang had picked up an unknown number of ethereal stones. She didn't count them, but they probably amounted to seven or eight yuan.
It took a total of three days to collect the ethereal stones. These three days were enough for her to visit most of the tunnels and caves of this spiritual mine.
By then, the number of ethereal stones will surely be even more astonishing.
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly and continued to pick up the ethereal stone.
Three days passed by in a flash. No matter how many ethereal stones were picked up, all disciples had to leave the mine.
"Oh, my luck is really bad. I dug three feet into the ground, but I only found three ethereal stones."
"Did I only get three yuan? I got four yuan. I don't know how many others got."
"Don't mention it, I only got two pieces. I think the Miaodan Sect asked us to look for the Void Spirit Stone in order to prevent the score from widening too much."
"That can't be helped. Who said this is the home stadium of the Miaodan Sect?"
Xu Chunniang was the last one to leave the mine, and when she left, she was still a little reluctant to leave.
In just three days, she picked up a total of 137 ethereal stones, which is a huge amount.
If she took out all the ethereal stones, she would probably shock everyone.
However, when most people only get a few ethereal stones, she only needs to take out ten, which is enough to make a deal.
If you really want to take out all the ethereal stones, it will be difficult to answer when someone asks you why.
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly. Before leaving the mine, she deliberately put the extra ethereal stones into the walnut world, leaving only ten pieces with her.
Thinking of this, she took out the bag containing the ethereal stones and was about to hand over all the ethereal stones when she suddenly felt a lightness in her hand.
Xu Chunniang suddenly had a bad feeling. When she first took it out, the bag in her hand was still very heavy, but now it was light and airy, as if it contained nothing.
When she opened the bag and took a look, she was speechless. As expected, there was nothing inside.
You don't need to think about it to know that this must have been Xiaowalao's hands and feet, and he took the initiative to absorb the ethereal stone in the bag.
Xu Chunniang's spiritual consciousness penetrated into the world of walnuts, and when she was about to take the empty spirit stone, she took it empty.
Of the one hundred and twenty-seven ethereal stones she put in not long ago, not a single one is left!