I saw beside the clear water pool, the giant water unicorn that had been sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up, turned its head fiercely, its huge eyes revealed an endless fierce light, the hair on its back stood up, and it opened a blood basin
The big mouth revealed two long and sharp fangs, and it actually assumed an attacking posture. And its target was clearly the Qingyun Sect disciples standing on the steps.
This water unicorn is a prehistoric spiritual species, an ancient strange beast. As soon as it showed its power, the wind and clouds suddenly changed color. The originally blue sky actually darkened in an instant. As it took the first step towards the stairs, it was originally calm.
The mountain wind turned into a violent wind, whistling sharply, rolling over the top of the sky-reaching peak. In the blue water pool closest to Shui Qilin, the water surface changed even more. From the waves being as flat as a mirror, they began to tremble, and then suddenly violently rotated, and the entire
The pool water rotated rapidly, and a deep vortex emerged around the center. From the depths of the vortex, there seemed to be a rumbling sound. After a moment, everyone only heard a loud noise, and a water column suddenly shot into the sky from the depths of the vortex.
It was as thick as three people hugging each other, and it was condensed without breaking up. It spun around in mid-air, folded down in the air, and landed in front of Shui Qilin, as if driven by something. It looked like a swimming dragon, crystal clear,
Spin and swim in the air.
At this time, none of the Qingyun disciples standing on the steps, including Qi Hao and others who were the most advanced in cultivation, could no longer remain calm. They all changed their colors, and some even turned pale and trembled slightly.
The reason why Shui Qilin was able to help Patriarch Qingye eliminate demons and subjugate demons thousands of years ago, and has been highly respected by Qingyun Sect for thousands of years, is that its strength was fully revealed at this moment. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth
Among the five elements, the water unicorn is the best spiritual creature of the water system. Just look at its ability to control water out of thin air. Without any help, it can summon water pillars that are thick and condensed, and even hover in mid-air and swim endlessly without any difficulty.
The expression, the strong spiritual power, and the pure power of thoughts have long been far superior to those of ordinary cultivators in the world. Even in the Qingyun Sect, where there are many masters, they can do this not only with the power of thoughts, but also with the help of magic weapons.
There are not many people at this level.
At this moment, the sky and the earth were darkened, the wind and clouds were turbulent, and all the disciples of Qingyun Sect saw the spiritual master Shui Qilin burst out with a thunderous wrath that had never been seen in more than a thousand years.
The water unicorn roared incessantly, its eyes widened, and the look of rage and hatred in its eyes became more and more intense. It seemed that it sensed something that had deep hatred or extreme hatred, and wanted to fight it to the death. It hovered in front of this giant beast.
The thick water column swam faster and faster, and suddenly there was a loud noise and a "boom", and the huge water column, with endless momentum, hit the Qingyun disciples on the steps overwhelmingly.
At this critical moment, I heard a cry from mid-air: "Spirit Master, calm down!"
A dark green figure, as if appearing out of thin air, suddenly appeared in mid-air between Shui Qilin and Qingyun disciples. It was Daoxuan Zhenren, the head of Qingyun sect. After five years of not seeing him, his crane-bone fairy style has not changed at all, except for his brows at the moment.
Wrinkled, he was obviously very puzzled by Shui Qilin's sudden attack, but the situation was urgent. Behind him were dozens of the best young disciples of Qingyun Sect, and in the water column roaring in front, there were waves of light, and various shapes were faintly visible.
The shadow of a ferocious beast is obviously the beast that was killed by the water unicorn in the past. After death, the soul was taken into the body by the water unicorn and could not be reborn. At this moment, it was driven by the water unicorn into the water column, increasing its power and power, and using Tao Xuan.
One can't help but be frightened by the real person's ability to reach heaven and earth.
Seeing the water column approaching, Daoxuan could not avoid it, so he had to take a deep breath and recite: "Infinite Heavenly Lord!" He raised his hands, holding the ball in the air, and formed a sword-pointing formula with his left and right hands, which seemed slow but was urgent, in front of him.
Xu drew a Tai Chi diagram. For a moment, the pattern glowed in the sky, bursts of white light, and filled with auspicious energy. Then Daoxuan turned around, and his dark green Taoist robe swelled in the wind. Suddenly, it floated down from his body, and the Tai Chi diagram in the air immediately
If he was driven, he rushed to the Taoist robe and imprinted it on the Taoist robe. This dark green Taoist robe seemed to be a treasure of the Immortal family. After receiving the Tai Chi diagram, he let out a "whoosh" and grew taller when he saw the wind. In an instant, he grew ten times bigger.
No more than that, lying in mid-air.
"Wow", there was a loud sound, and the water column of the Shui Qilin Imperial Envoy hit the enlarged dark green robe. He heard roars in the water column. It seemed that the souls of the monster beasts were shouting furiously. Under the heavy blow of the dark green robe, they immediately rushed towards
After retreating several feet, the center of the Taoist robe where the water column hit it bulged out, showing the huge force.
The young disciples of Qingyun who were standing on the steps were almost dumbfounded. They felt that a huge wind was coming suddenly, and they were all unsteady on their feet. Except for a few who were more advanced in cultivation, they could barely hold on. Most of them fell down from left to right. Everyone couldn't help but feel that they were standing on the steps.
They were all eclipsed. If Master Daoxuan hadn't taken action to block Shui Qilin's thunderous strike, I really don't know what the consequences would have been.
Zhang Xiaofan looked pale and was unsteady on his feet, so he fell to the side. Lin Jingyu saw it from the corner of his eye. He was about to reach out to help him, but unexpectedly, his body tilted, but he also fell to the other side, too busy to take care of himself.
Zhang Xiaofan was shocked and turned pale. He subconsciously let go of the hand holding the "fire stick" in his arms and stretched out desperately trying to find a place to support him. He didn't notice at all that as soon as his hand left the fire stick, the feeling
The cold feeling disappeared without a trace.
In the air, Master Daoxuan looked solemn and was ready for battle. Behind him, "Brush, brush, brush" sounded a few times, and more than a dozen figures appeared, standing behind him in the air. The leader was Master Cangsong, and the rest were
Among them were the leaders of the six branches and the elders of each branch, Tian Buyi and Suru, all of whom looked serious.
All the masters of the Qingyun Sect are here at the moment. Looking at the world, no one will be afraid of this kind of formation. However, this water unicorn is not afraid at all under the gaze of the first elders of the Qingyun Sect, who are highly skilled in the practice.
However, under the gaze of everyone, Shui Qilin's originally angry eyes suddenly calmed down, instead showing a strange look, as if he was confused, and the huge water column in front of him also slowly shrank, and finally disappeared.
He controlled it and fell to the ground, making a "crash" sound, making the ground wet.
At this time, the water unicorn had no power at all, but its huge body stood on the spot, still quite terrifying. It ignored the elders in mid-air, and only stared at the young disciples on the steps, looking around.
, sniffed the air with his nose again, and it seemed that he couldn't smell anything. After a while, after repeating this weird behavior many times, the water unicorn seemed to finally give up and shook its huge head.
, turned around, waddled to another open space, lay down, leaned his head on his legs, squinted his eyes, and after a while, he heard snoring again.
Everyone in Qingyun Sect looked at each other, dumbfounded.
Taoist Cangsong came to his senses quickly, quietly moved to the side of Master Daoxuan, and said in a low voice: "Senior Brother, it is not appropriate for the disciples to stay here longer."
Daoxuan woke up, glanced at Cangsong, nodded, and said: "You take the disciples up first, and I'll go see what's going on with the spiritual master?" After saying that, he turned around and flew towards the water unicorn.
Cangsong turned around and said loudly: "Just now, the Spirit Master made a joke to everyone. Don't be nervous. Now all the disciples who participate in the martial arts test should go to the Yuqing Hall one by one."
All the disciples responded in unison, restored order, and walked up. However, in their hearts, seeing the thrilling blow of the water unicorn just now, I am afraid that not many people would believe that it was a joke.
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Following the crowd, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu walked into the majestic and spacious Yuqing Hall. Standing in this hall, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly felt that the memories of the past five years were being turned over one after another.
"Jingyu." Zhang Xiaofan suddenly whispered.
"What?" Lin Jingyu looked at Zhang Xiaofan.
Zhang Xiaofan said in a low voice, "I suddenly remembered something. Have you seen Uncle Wang in the past few years?"
Lin Jingyu's face suddenly dimmed, and then he shook his head and said: "No, today is also the first time I have returned to Tongtian Peak. Three years ago, I asked Senior Brother Qi Hao about Uncle Wang's situation, and I heard from him that he was still that crazy.
, I have been running around on Tongtian Peak all day long, but with Senior Brother Nagato taking care of me, there should be no problem."
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a while and said: "After this competition is over, I want to go see him, will you go?"
Lin Jingyu nodded and said, "Okay, I also want to see him."
At this time, above the main hall, a green shadow suddenly flashed, and it was Master Daoxuan who flashed in from the outside. The eyes of the elders of Qingyun Sect fell on him. Cangsong Taoist walked forward and asked: "Brother, head master,
Spirit Master..."
Daoxuan raised his hand to stop and winked at him. Master Cangsong immediately understood and kept silent. Immediately, Master Daoxuan turned around as if nothing had happened and greeted the dozens of young disciples of Qingyun Sect standing in the main hall with a pleasant look.
He said: "Everyone, come here, okay, okay."
All the disciples bowed and saluted together, saying: "I have seen the real master."
Master Daoxuan smiled slightly, walked back to his seat, and glanced at Taoist Cangsong. Taoist Cangsong immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Everyone, you are all the leaders of the younger generation of Qingyun Sect. I, the Qingyun lineage, have been in the sect since
It has been more than 2,000 years ago, and he is actually the orthodox and righteous leader of Taoism. But the ancients had a saying: industry thrives on hard work, and waste comes from play. There is also a saying: sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. I have sent all the ancestors to warn future generations.
People, and guided young disciples, passed down the grand event of the Seven Meridians Martial Arts Competition, which has now been held for twenty years."
"Ah", there was a burst of exclamation from the disciples of Qingyun Sect. Twenty times, calculated as a period of one year, it lasted one thousand two hundred years.
Cangsong Taoist looked at everyone's reaction with satisfaction and said: "Today, under the leadership of Brother Daoxuan, the leader of our Qingyun Sect, it is prosperous and prosperous, far better than in the previous life. There are countless outstanding people among the younger generation. Therefore, this time we will be the leader.
After discussing with the leaders of each lineage, senior brother has specially increased the number of people for the grand examination to sixty-four to avoid the regret of leaving a pearl in the ocean."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but look towards Tian Buyi. He saw Tian Buyi sitting under Daoxuan Zhenren, with an expressionless face but a look of impatience in his eyes. After all, the increase in the number of people competing was said to be related to the leader of each lineage.
After discussing it, in fact it is not Master Daoxuan and Master Cangsong who have the final say.
I heard Cangsong Taoist continue: "This time, the number of people in the big test has doubled, so there are some changes in the drawing of lots. Please take a look," he said, pointing to the open space on the right side of the hall, everyone looked at
When I went there, I saw a large mahogany box placed there. It was square and had only a small hole on the upper side that could fit an arm in.
"In that mahogany box, there are a total of sixty-three wax pills. Each of them contains a note with numbers from one to sixty-three written on it." There was a sudden noise among the disciples, but Taoist Cangsong ignored it and continued.
: "After the drawing is completed, the competition will be based on numbers, with number one versus sixty-four, two versus sixty-three, three versus sixty-two, and so on. In the second round, the number one versus sixty will be the same.
The four winners versus the winners of No. 2 and No. 63, and so on, until the final battle. Do you understand?"
The Qingyun Sect disciples standing in the hall were silent for a while, and suddenly someone said loudly: "Excuse me, Master Cangsong, there are obviously sixty-four people, but why are there only sixty-three wax pills?"
Cangsong Taoist seemed to have been prepared for this problem. He coughed dryly and said: "The rules of this competition are that each of the seven branches of Qingyun Sect has nine people, and Nagato has one more person. However, ahem, because there is one
The Mai Tongmen only sent eight disciples in total, so there was one less person, so there were only sixty-three."
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on the face of Tian Buyi, the leader of Dazhu Peak. A look of anger flashed across Tian Buyi's face, but he sat upright and did not move at all. The Qingyun Sect disciples below suddenly started to make noises and discussions.
After everyone calmed down a little, Master Cangsong said seriously: "But this is not a difficult task. Among the sixty-three wax pills, as long as any disciple wins the number one, he will be extremely lucky, because
There is no opponent No. 64, so he gets a bye in the first round."
As soon as this statement came out, there was another uproar among the Qingyun Sect disciples. However, Qingyun Sect is a famous sect after all and has very strict upbringing. Although this method seems quite funny, no one objects to it.
Master Daoxuan stood up and looked around. He, the leader of the sect, suddenly became silent. Master Daoxuan nodded and said: "In that case, let's go and draw lots."
Above the main hall, everyone's eyes fell on the mahogany box. First, nine disciples from the Nagato lineage walked out, walked to the box one by one, and each took out a wax pill, and then the Dragon Head Peak
A disciple of the same lineage.
Lin Jingyu said hello to Zhang Xiaofan and walked out. Zhang Xiaofan glanced at his back, and then looked at the seven leaders and elders sitting at the top. Among these people, from Master Daoxuan down to
He had met Taoist Cangsong, Taoist Tianyun, Shang Zhengliang, Zeng Shuchang and other leaders of each lineage five years ago. Only the female Taoist nun sitting on the last chair on the right had never met him. But looking at it like this,
He was probably the first Shuiyue Master of the famous Xiaozhu Peak.
Zhang Xiaofan often hears his senior brothers mention this uncle. He heard that Xiaozhufeng is the only branch of the Qingyun Sect that only accepts female disciples. Master Shuiyue himself is also very profound and well-known in the Qingyun Sect. And Xiaozhufeng
The disciples who came out of the school also performed well in the previous Seven Meridians Martial Arts Examination.
Zhang Xiaofan took a few more glances at Master Shuiyue and saw that she was about thirty years old, similar to Master Suru. She had an oval face, thin eyebrows and moist nose, a pair of bright almond-shaped eyes, and she was wearing a moon-white Taoist robe.
She was actually very graceful. But behind her, there was no elder standing, but a female disciple, dressed in white as snow, with a very beautiful appearance, carrying a long sword on her back, with a scabbard and a full hilt.
Sky blue, bright color, and faint flowing light, you can tell it is a fairy treasure at a glance.
While he was looking at him in trance, the young woman suddenly turned her head as if she felt his gaze, her eyes were like lightning, and she stared at Zhang Xiaofan coldly. Zhang Xiaofan was shocked, as if he was being shocked by electricity, and his eyes seemed to be stabbed.
It was like pain. He was startled and his face was slightly red, but when he saw that the woman's face was expressionless, but there was a hint of contempt in her eyes, he quickly lowered his head. At this embarrassing moment, someone next to him suddenly reached out and pulled him.
Tian Linger's voice said: "Xiaofan, why are you in such a daze? It's time for us to draw lots."
Zhang Xiaofan said quickly: "Yes, yes." After saying that, he did not dare to look at Master Shuiyue anymore, turned around and followed Tian Linger towards the mahogany box. At this time, only Dazhu Peak and Xiaozhu Peak were left in the main hall.
The two majors had never drawn lots before. Everyone in Dazhufeng, headed by Song Daren, walked to the box one after another, took out the wax pills, and then walked back to the hall. Afterwards, when everyone was checking to see what number they had drawn, Xiaozhufeng
Eight female disciples Wen Min walked out of the pulse, and the woman in white standing behind Master Shuiyue bowed her head and said something to Master Shuiyue. Master Shuiyue nodded and said: "You can go too."
The woman in white responded, walked among the girls at Xiaozhu Peak, smiled with Wenmin and others, walked to the mahogany box together, and took out the last nine wax pills.
At this moment, in the main hall, all the disciples were checking the wax pills one after another, and the elders of each lineage sitting at the top could not help but become nervous. Their eyes were fixed on the disciples of this lineage, hoping that the disciples would draw good lots. If they got the words,
The note of "one" is naturally perfect.
As if responding to the mood of the teachers, the young disciples of the Qingyun Sect in the hall spoke out one by one:
"Ah, I'm twenty-six."
"I'm thirty-three. Hey, how old are you?"
"Oh, I'm forty-seven. I don't know what number my opponent is. Let me do the math..."
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I just watched the disciples talk for a long time, but no one said that they had drawn the precious number one note.
Taoist Cangsong frowned, coughed twice, and said loudly: "Who drew the No. 1 lottery?"
His voice was loud and loud, suppressing all sounds for a while. There was silence in the hall. For a long time, a small voice suddenly came from the crowd, with a hint of surprise and caution, and it seemed that even he himself did not believe it, and said: "
Go back and report back to Master Cangsong, here, at my place."
Everyone looked together and were shocked to see Zhang Xiaofan standing in the crowd, holding a note in his hand, standing there blankly, but looking at Tian Buyi, timidly speaking.