There are a total of six people participating in the Soul Gathering Competition, five from the inner sect and one from the outer sect.
They are Liu Tianlin, Deshan, Shangguan Yan, Shi Hao, Qian Yu, and Zhang Hai. Among them, only Qian Yu and Liu Tianlin are fifth-grade spiritual gathering masters, while the other four are fourth-grade.
It was early in the morning, and the sun was rising. The warm sunshine shone on the bluestone square, leaving a warm light. Gu Ye and the honest monk stood on the steps with their hands clasped together, looking at the disciples competing below, smiling and looking very happy.
kind.
There were only six people participating in the competition, but there were more than twenty people watching. Among them, all the outer disciples came, and all the inner disciples came.
"Brother Qian, please give in later." Zhang Hai said with a smile to Qian Yu. He came here just for training. Because he is Gu Ye's disciple, no matter whether he wins or not, there will be no chance.
Change.
"Qianyu, you will become my defeated general." Liu Tianlin spoke.
"Brother, don't you know that a proud soldier will be defeated?" Liu Yiyi said in the audience.
"When a man talks, why does a woman interrupt?" Liu Tianlin glared at Liu Yiyi, with dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Donor, we meet again." Deshan clasped his hands to Qianyu and recited a Buddhist chant.
Qianyu responded with a polite smile and couldn't help but sigh, Nanhuang is so small and you can meet acquaintances wherever you go.
Among the participating disciples, Gu Ye had the highest expectations for Qianyu. Because yesterday he competed with Qianyu in the spirit gathering technique. Strictly speaking, Qianyu's spirit gathering technique was better. It's just that he was unlucky. Three blood coagulation seals, but...
I chose one that didn’t work well.
"My fellow disciples of Tianxuan Sect, I am Gu Ye. The purpose of this Soul Gathering Competition is for everyone to compete in the Spirit Gathering Technique. Through the competition, we can discover our own shortcomings and make timely corrections to improve our Spirit Gathering Technique.
Floor. Competition comes second, friendship comes first. No matter what the result is, please don’t hurt the harmony." After Gu Ye finished speaking in a soft voice, the honest monk helped bring up six tables of herbs and placed them in front of the six people.
"What we are refining this time is not the elixir, but the Suyuan Seal."
"This is too simple." Shi Hao was a little dismissive.
"Haha, of course it's not that simple." Gu Ye smiled, "Everyone looked at the herbs on the table. There are a hundred herbs in total. Among these hundred herbs, only three herbs meet the requirements. These three herbs
They are Su Yuan Grass, Gu Yuan Vine, and Vein Protector Flower. You must first find these three herbs among a hundred herbs."
"The appearance and properties of these three medicinal herbs are different. They are very easy to identify and not difficult." Shangguan Yan said with a chuckle.
"What about their smell?"
"Smell?" Shangguan Yan recalled carefully and said, "The smells of these three herbs seem to be the same, with a faint fragrance."
"That's right. This time, please cover your eyes, find three medicinal herbs in half a stick of incense, and successfully refine the Suyuan Seal, it will be considered a success."
"How can you find this when you are blindfolded?" Shi Hao said doubtfully.
"What is your nose for?" Liu Tianlin replied.
"Smell with your nose? The smells of these three herbs are the same, how can I smell them?" Shi Hao complained.
"If you don't have this ability, don't come to Senior Gu's place to embarrass yourself." Liu Tianlin said sarcastically. He covered his eyes with black gauze. Zhang Hai, Qianyu, Deshan and Shangguan Yan all followed suit.
"No, I can't smell it. Can I abstain?" Shi Hao asked.
"Okay." Gu Ye smiled and let Shi Hao sit in the audience seat.
"Idiot." Liu Tianlin said contemptuously.
"Who are you calling a fool?" Shi Hao's anger suddenly rose. He glared at Liu Tianlin, as if he wanted to beat him up.
"What do you want to do?" Liu Luoxing was also in the audience. He suddenly stood up and confronted Shi Hao.
"Liu Luoxing, stop minding other people's business!" Shi Hao knew Liu Luoxing, and Liu Luoxing said, "Brother Lin is a member of Huang Hu's sect, and his business is my business. What's going on?"
"Is he also from the Huanghu Sect?" When he heard about the Huanghu Sect, Shi Hao gave in. Those who understand current affairs are heroes.
"Hmph, if you speak rudely again, I'll beat you up." Liu Luoxing was arrogant and did not take Shi Hao seriously.
"Game start!"
The honest monk burned incense as usual.
Half the stick of incense has been lit.
The remaining five people began an intense time of smelling herbs. Liu Tianlin and Zhang Hai made rapid progress. Their noses were very sensitive and they had undergone similar training, so they selected quickly.
After yesterday's training, Qianyu gained a new understanding of the spirit-gathering technique, gained some experience in selecting herbs, and carried out the process in an orderly manner.
Shangguan Yan and Deshan were more in difficulty. They rarely smelled the smell of medicinal herbs and usually selected them with their eyes. Now they were in trouble. They took the medicinal herbs and smelled them again and again, and found that the smells were almost the same.
, I have the heart to give up.
"After selecting three herbs, you can take off the gauze and start refining the Suyuan Seal." Gu Ye announced in time when he saw that Liu Tianlin and Zhang Hai had finished selecting.
There are still ten plants left for Qianyu. Shangguan Yan and Deshan are in a mess, and they are getting more and more panicked.
"I abstain." Shangguan Yan didn't want to continue.
"I also abstain." Deshan also gave up.
"Senior, there are only two herbs needed to refine the Su Yuan Seal, Su Yuan grass and Guyuan vine. Vein guarding flower is a dispensable herb. Should we put it in?" Liu Tianlin asked.
"Haha, ask yourself." Gu Ye smiled but did not answer.
Liu Tianlin fell into deep thought and thought, Gu Ye is a sixth-grade spiritual gathering master. He asked me to use these three herbs. He must have his intention, so I will do it. Anyway, adding the pulse-protecting flower will not affect Suyuan.
If the seal has too much impact, the efficacy of the medicine can still be guaranteed.
As Gu Ye's disciple, Zhang Hai had some understanding of Gu Ye's character. When he saw the three herbs appearing, he began to think in his heart whether he should refine all three herbs like Liu Tianlin, or abandon the pulse-protecting flower and just use the pulse-protecting flower.
Refining Su Yuan Grass and Gu Yuan Vine?
At this time, half of the stick of incense was left.
"There is still enough time. I can refine two copies of the Suyuan Seal, one with the pulse protection flower and one without adding it. This will give me the best of both worlds." Zhang Hai thought very carefully. He combined the Su Yuan Grass with the Gu Yuan Seal.
Cut the vines in half, and first refine the Suyuan Seal without adding the Vein Protector Flower. Then use the remaining herbs to refine the Su Yuan Seal with the Vein Protector Flower added.
"I'm done!"
At this time, Liu Tianlin showed off his Suyuan Seal very confidently, putting pressure on Zhang Hai and Qianyu who had not yet completed refining it.
Zhang Hai has actually finished refining it, but he only refined one part, and another part with the Pulse Guard Flower added is in the process of refining. He found that the Pulse Guard Flower is very fire-resistant, and refining it is a waste of time.
, looking at less than half of the incense left, he regretted it a little.
Will there not be enough time?
Qianyu was also thinking about this problem. He spent too much time selecting herbs, and it was only now that he finally untied the black veil. Seeing the three isolated herbs, he quickly thought about a question.
Does the refining of Suyuan Seal require the Pulse Guard Flower?
In his impression, there are only two raw materials for Su Yuan Seal, Su Yuan Grass and Solid Yuan Vine. Did Gu Ye remember it wrong? It should be impossible. How could a sixth-grade spirit gathering master make such a low-level mistake?
However, refining the Pulse Guard Flower is very time-consuming. Judging from Qianyu's refining speed, if he adds the Pulse Guard Flower, he will definitely lose.
"Forget it, no more!"
Qianyu only took the Su Yuan Grass and the Solid Yuan Vine, and completed the refining under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Half of the incense stick has just burned out.
"All three have been successfully refined, which is very good." Gu Ye smiled in admiration, "It is already very difficult to select three suitable herbs from fifty herbs with similar smells. However, it is really difficult.
It depends on refining."
"I believe that the three of you have discovered that the Pulse Protecting Flower is generally not used in refining the Suyuan Seal. Why do I ask the three of you to find the Pulse Protecting Flower?" Gu Ye asked.
"The pulse-protecting flower can protect the meridians of the cultivator. The Suyuan Seal is to speed up the circulation of vitality in the meridians of the cultivator and increase the speed of practice. The pulse-protecting flower plays a protective role." Liu Tianlin answered fluently and his thoughts were clear.
Gu Ye smiled and said nothing, looked at Zhang Hai and said: "Zhang Hai, you have been learning the spirit-gathering technique with me for a while, please tell me what you think."
Zhang Hai hesitated for a moment and replied: "Master, that's what I think. Generally speaking, the pulse-protecting flower does not need to be added to the Suyuan Seal, but this time the master specifically requested it, which must be your intention. Therefore, I
Cut Suyuancao and Guyuanteng into two parts, one without the vein-protecting flower and the other with the vein-protecting flower."
"You are very thoughtful." Gu Ye nodded. He walked to Qianyu and saw the unused Pulse Protecting Flower. He asked: "Qianyu, I clearly requested that the Pulse Protecting Flower be used. How about you?"
Why wasn’t it implemented?”
"There is no special reason. It is simply because there is not enough time, and the refining of the Pulse Guard Flower will exceed the competition time." Qianyu told the truth.
"If I allow you to refine it again now and give you enough time, will you add the Pulse Protecting Flower?" Gu Ye asked.
Qianyu shook his head.
He said: "I didn't think clearly just now, but now I understand."
"What do you understand?" Gu Ye asked with interest.
"Senior Gu, you were wrong." Qianyu said with a smile.
"Where did I go wrong?"
"The refining of Su Yuan Seal only requires Su Yuan Grass and Solid Yuan Vine, and does not require the Vein Guard Flower at all." Qianyu said decisively.
"Haha." Gu Ye laughed, "I, a sixth-grade spiritual gathering master, could actually make a mistake in the raw materials of a Suyuan Seal?"
"You are also a mortal, and human beings are bound to make mistakes."
"Haha, that's good!" Gu Ye laughed, looked at Liu Tianlin and Zhang Hai, and said slowly: "In this Soul Gathering Competition, the competition is not about the Soul Gathering Technique, but your firmness in the Spirit Gathering Technique."
Heart."
"There are countless difficulties and obstacles along the way to Juling. If you cannot be firm in your ideas, it will be difficult to go long in Juling. Dare to face authority and firmly put forward your own ideas. This is the focus of this competition.
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"Liu Tianlin, you are a qualified spirit gathering master. If you teach it carefully, you will be successful in the future. But your shortcoming is that you have no own thinking about the spirit gathering technique. You will only follow the footsteps of your predecessors and surpass the convenience.
There is no way to talk about it." Gu Ye made the criticism to the point, and everyone present was shocked. He is indeed a master.
"Junior has learned a lesson." Liu Tianlin accepted it humbly. This was his biggest shortcoming.
"Zhang Hai, you are a spirit gathering master who wants to innovate but dare not break the tradition. You are in the middle zone. To put it bluntly, you are indecisive. You want to move forward and retreat at the same time. You have no opinion of your own. I only have eight suggestions for you.
Words: Don't forget your true heart, don't ask anything about the West or the East." Regarding Zhang Hai, Gu Ye's words were very straightforward and not polite at all. Zhang Hai's face turned red and he lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Master's teachings, disciples will keep them in mind." Zhang Hai bowed his hands and saluted.
Gu Ye came to Qianyu. Qianyu smiled and listened to the teachings. Gu Ye reached out and patted Qianyu's shoulder gently and said: "Qianyu, I see the shadow of the princess in you. Come on, I am very optimistic about it."