An hour later, the Ming Yue Sect branch stronghold.
Shi Mu sat at the wooden table, looking at the black meteorite knife and short stick in his hand, and couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.
After some attempts just now, he found that the venom of the golden lizard had no reaction at all against the current meteorite iron knife and stick.
As a result, although my two handy weapons became indestructible, their power was also reduced a lot because they could not be engraved with talisman formations.
Just when he was considering whether to buy two more high-grade magic weapons, black smoke appeared in front of him, and Yan Luo appeared again, and a sweet female voice sounded in Shi Mu's mind:
"Lend me your stick."
"There...is something wrong with the stick." Shi Mu hesitated and replied.
Yanluo's eyes flashed with purple soul fire, as if he didn't understand what Shi Mu meant.
"The talisman array on the stick is gone, and it is no longer a magic weapon." Shi Mu said.
"It doesn't matter! Just give me the stick."
"Yanluo, are you..." Shi Mu's heart moved and he asked.
He couldn't help but think of the first time Yanluo borrowed the iron black rod.
However, before he could finish speaking, a gust of wind swept past him, and the black iron rod in his hand disappeared.
Lifting his head, Yan Luo was holding the meteorite black stick in front of his eyes and looking at it.
Yanluo didn't see any movement. A layer of dark black light appeared on the surface of the black meteorite rod in his hand. Wherever the black light was diffused, the space seemed to be distorted.
The black light disappeared in a flash, and everything returned to calm, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
Shi Mu stared at the meteorite black stick in stunned silence. When the black light appeared just now, he really felt an aura that was far stronger than the money sword.
"Where is the spirit stone?" Yan Luo's eyes were filled with soul fire, and he seemed to be quite satisfied with the meteorite black stick in his hand, and said again.
Shi Mu seemed to have expected it, and he took out a bag containing a thousand spirit stones from Chen Miao Ring and threw it to Yan Luo.
"More!"
"...How much does it cost?"
"Four more bags."
The corners of Shi Mu's eyes twitched. This bag is worth a thousand spirit stones, and five bags are worth five thousand spirit stones. But Yanluo said it lightly.
"give or not?"
"I can give it to you, but you tell me first. Do you know this meteorite material? Also, how did you consume all the spiritual energy in the stick?" Shi Mu asked two questions in one breath.
"This...I don't know either. I just know that this feeling is very familiar." Yanluo rubbed the black iron rod in his hand and said with soul fire in his eyes.
Hearing this, Shi Mu pondered for a moment, but followed the instructions and took out four bags of spiritual stones and threw them over.
Yan Luo stretched out his hand to take the spirit stone bag, and black smoke surged from his body before disappearing into the void.
After Yan Luo left, Shi Mu stared blankly at the black meteorite knife in his hand, his face becoming uncertain for a while.
Judging from what Yanluo said, combined with its ability to absorb spiritual energy and increase its weight, this meteorite iron material should be quite extraordinary. Otherwise, with Yanluo's current strength, why bother to borrow it?
As soon as he thought of this, he felt a little excited, and immediately began to study the black meteorite knife in his hand unwillingly.
As a result, I spent a whole day and tried many methods, but I still couldn't find a solution.
He had no choice but to give up for the time being, but his interest in the meteorite sword and stick did not diminish at all, and the idea of going out to buy magical weapons was abandoned.
In the next two days, he continued to lock himself in his room and draw talismans, intending to take advantage of the craze before the competition and sell them at a high price.
As a result, in the evening of the second day, the Mingyue Sect General Forum suddenly issued a notice. The competition was carried out in advance and officially started early the next morning.
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At dawn the next day, Shi Mu and others were gathered together and left the stronghold under the leadership of a deacon of the church.
Since Hussere received the news from Shi Mu yesterday, he naturally rushed over early in the morning and followed Shi Mu.
At this moment, no one is walking around in the city, and it seems that the Ming Yue Sect's advance competition has not been announced in the city.
While walking through the streets, Shi Mu and others gradually merged with other teams.
Not long after, these competing disciples gathered into a huge torrent, and everyone walked toward the west of the city silently, led by the deacon of the sect.
The venue for the competition was not located in the city as previously rumored. After a meal, everyone was taken to a very huge building in the west of Quyang City, which looked like an athletic venue.
This athletic venue is extremely large, with a huge open-air arena in the middle and spectator seats surrounding it. However, it seems to be a bit shabby because it has not been repaired for a long time.
Looking around, the open-air arena is several miles in radius. A total of more than 10,000 winners of the first round of competition are all standing on the arena at this moment, and it doesn't look crowded.
Shi Mu stood in a corner near the ring, looking at the sky around him.
The gray sky looked no different than usual.
It's just that he frowned slightly. For some reason, he felt a little uneasy since morning.
Husserey stood beside him quietly, but there was no sign of Cai'er.
"Brother Mu." A voice came, and Yu Yi walked over with a smile.
There were two people following him, one was a young man with a maroon complexion, and the other was a young woman, wearing a light green shirt, tall and average in appearance.
Shi Mu glanced at the other two people and waved to say hello to Yu Yi.
"Brother Mu doesn't seem to have gone out these days. Could it be that he is drawing talismans behind closed doors?" Yu Yi said with a smile, his attitude more enthusiastic than before, with a hint of flattery.
Shi Mu once went out to sell talismans, and Yu Yi accidentally learned about it. After knowing that Shi Mu was a talisman master, he became more and more enthusiastic about Shi Mu.
"Haha, I have been short of money recently and really need to earn some spiritual stones." Shi Mu replied with a haha.
Yu Yi chuckled, looked at Hussere standing aside, and asked:
"This friend looks a little unfamiliar, maybe?"
"This is my friend Husserei, and this is Taoist fellow Taoist Yu Yi." Shi Mu briefly introduced.
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Yu. Nice to meet you." Husse Lei said with cupped hands.
Yu Yi also bowed his hand, and then introduced the two people beside him to Shi Mu and others.
Both of them are warlocks, the red-faced young man’s surname is Luo. His cultivation is at the early stage of the star level, while the other young woman in green shirt is surnamed Yi and is a peak spiritual level warlock. Shi Mu and Husse Lei exchanged a brief greeting.
The two of them didn't seem to have much interest in Shi Mu, who deliberately suppressed his cultivation at the spiritual level. They silently returned the gift.
"Brother Yu, you are well-informed, do you know what the content of today's competition is?" Shi Mu asked.
"I'm ashamed to say that I've made inquiries in many places, but the sect seems to have taken very strict precautions. So far, I haven't found any useful information." Yu Yi shook his head and said.
"Then just wait and see what happens." Shi Mu nodded and glanced around.
The auditorium near the venue was empty, with only a few Ming Yue Sect disciples standing in front of a dome building.
In the building, Liu An stood with his hands behind his hands, his face a little solemn, and his junior sister, the girl in red shirt, stood beside him.
"Elder brother, how come Luo Tian Ghost King was seriously injured in the sect altar?" the girl in red shirt asked with her beautiful eyebrows furrowed.
"This matter is a little strange. According to what he said, it was done by a guy who was possessed by white armor. He was the same guy who attacked Palace Master Tang's crystal skull. Luotian Ghost King has not yet recovered his vitality. If Palace Master Tang hadn't been eager for revenge this time,
If you stand in front, it may not be as simple as serious injury." Liu An said in a calm tone.
"Now the war is intensifying. But the Tang Palace Master died unexpectedly. It's true that misfortunes never come singly." The girl in red shirt sighed softly.
While he was talking, the door was pushed open. Difeng, a big man with red eyebrows, walked in.
"How is it?" Liu An asked.
"The situation is not good. In the past few days, the Tongtian Immortal Sect and Tianmo Sect's attacks have become more and more fierce. Now they have penetrated deep into the hinterland of our Xixia Kingdom. If this continues, I'm afraid they will reach Quyang City in less than a day." Di Feng
A pair of red eyebrows frowned and said.
"Where are the Right Protector and the others?" Liu An asked again.
"His old man asked you not to be distracted. Everything will go according to the original plan. He personally guarded the main altar, and Huo Qing and others went directly to the west coast." Di Feng said.
"Senior Brother Di, you will make arrangements later. As long as someone wins this round, they will be sent to the beach immediately. They will be arranged to board the boats one by one, one by one." Liu An pondered for a while and said to Di Feng.
"Where are those who lost?" Di Feng hesitated and asked.
"Bring them directly to the main altar, and leave some in Quyang City. Let them buy time for those who go to sea." Liu An said in a calm tone, with unusually cold eyes.
Di Feng looked into Liu An's eyes, his heart trembled, and he nodded.
Di Feng turned his head and glanced at the people in the venue outside. The corner of his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it.
"It's almost time, let's get started." Liu An said, walking towards the outside of the hall.
Di Feng and the girl in red shirt responded and followed.
The three of them walked to a high platform. The people in the ring below quickly became quiet and looked towards the high platform where the three of them were.
Shi Mu was among the crowd and his eyes flickered when he saw Liu An's figure.
He had basically understood Liu An's identity these days, and he was not surprised that he would appear here today.
"My fellow disciples, today we will have the second competition for overseas selection." Liugan said loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a buzz of discussion in the venue, and most people looked excited.
"Before the competition begins, I will announce one thing first. That is, those present who have reached the middle stage of star level or above the middle stage of Xiantian level do not need to participate in this round of competition. After having their cultivation level inspected by a dedicated person, they can directly enter the third stage.
Three rounds of competition." Liu An continued.
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience burst into uproar.
"This..." Hussere's eyes widened with a look of astonishment.
Yu Yi and the other three also had surprised expressions on their faces. Shi Mu looked at Liu An and the others on the high platform and frowned.
At this moment, some people whose cultivation met the conditions, with excited eyes, stepped out of the crowd one after another, walked out of the ring, and were led by nearby Ming Yue Sect members to a building near Liu An and others.
Husseile looked at Shi Mu. He knew that Shi Mu's martial arts cultivation had reached the middle stage of Xiantian.
Shi Mu's face was calm, thoughts were swirling in his mind, but his body did not move. (To be continued.)