After the game of leading the old students ended, the highlight of the demon-slaying event also came.
There are a total of nine new generation disciples from the three Taoist academies participating in the competition. They will fight hard for themselves and the Taoist academies on this huge arena.
This time in the middle of every year is also the time when the elders of various Taoists evaluate the strength and talents of these new disciples.
On the high platform in the west, sitting beside Jiang Lingyan were the elders of Yuyang Taoist Temple.
After seeing that their Taoist temple was one point behind others before the competition officially started, these elders also looked slightly unhappy, but they did not show it on their faces.
One of the elders said in a worried tone: "I don't know how strong the disciples sent by the two Taoist academies of Shenji and Xuanguang are this time..."
"Those six disciples are all at least at the Huayuan Realm in terms of individual realms. In comparison, none of the disciples in our Taoist Academy are at the Huayuan Realm. Although Su Xing's strength is outstanding, the gap in realm is always a flaw.
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"And now that we are one point behind, it will be difficult to get back this point later."
The last wish of these old people who have lived for a long time in their lives is to see their Taoist temple rise again and stand at the top of Wanjian Sect again.
But as year after year passes, their expectations of that vision are getting lower and lower.
Most people sighed silently in their hearts at this time. It seemed that this year was not a lucky year for their Yuyang Taoist Temple.
Even Dean Jiang Lingyan, who had always behaved calmly, was frowning slightly at this moment, and her complicated eyes were thinking about something.
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In the first round of the competition, Yuyang Taoist Academy sent Zhao Yiyun as everyone expected, while the other two Taoist Academy sent disciples Lin Shiwei and Feng Yuan who started with Su Xing respectively.
Seeing Feng Yuan's shadow standing on the ring from a distance, Su Xing raised his eyebrows.
He must have relied on the elixirs from Xuanguang Taoist Academy to recover from his injuries in just two months.
"Feng Yuan, who is praised as extremely talented by Xuanguang Taoist Academy, is actually the first to play? Does this mean that Guan Yan'er and Fang Xueyu are both stronger than him?"
There is an unwritten rule at the Demon-Slaying Festival, that is, the three major academies must send out disciples from the weakest to the strongest. Therefore, the disciples who appear in the first round are actually of the same nature as cannon fodder on the battlefield.
Unexpectedly, someone as powerful as Feng Yuan was the least powerful among the participating disciples of Xuanguang Taoist Academy. This really surprised Su Xing slightly.
Since the three major courtyards sent out the weakest disciples in the first round, the process and excitement of the competition naturally did not attract much attention. For such a competition, it would be good to know the final result.
The ferocious beasts trapped in the cages were continuously pulled out from behind the scenes, put on the stage, and then killed by the contestants with swords. After this process continued for as long as a stick of incense, Sun Ling
Holding a piece of white paper, he walked on the ring.
"Now we announce the scores after the first round: Yuyang Taoist Temple has nine points, Xuanguang Taoist Temple has 12 points, and Shenji Taoist Temple has 14 points."
"The individual points are: Zhao Yiyun has five points, Feng Yuan has seven points, and Lin Shiwei has nine points."
After Sun Ling finished speaking, the meeting place in the west became dead, and all the disciples of Yuyang Taoist Temple had very ugly expressions.
Even if everyone has no hope for Zhao Yiyun, the results of three level four ferocious beasts and one level five ferocious beast are somewhat unjustifiable.
At this time, people couldn't help but think of the arrogant and arrogant Jiang De, recalling that he insisted on challenging Su Xing even though he had already confirmed his place in the competition, but ultimately failed.
Otherwise, their Yuyang Taoist Academy would not be so far behind at this time.
"I hope our Taoist temple can make a breakthrough next year..." A disciple couldn't bear to close his eyes. This was already the fourth demon-slaying event he had participated in as an audience.
In the previous three consecutive demon-slaying events, Yuyang Taoist Academy had never won first place, and this time it seemed that he no longer had hope.
"Next year? I wonder if we can still find disciples like Jiang De, Li Feiyao and Su Xing next year. In my opinion, this Taoist temple will be like this." Another disciple couldn't help but sneered.
At the preparation table of Yuyang Taoist Temple, Du Jia covered his face with melancholy, sat lonely on a wooden chair, and sighed deeply.
At this time, Sun Ling's Gao Lang's voice came from the distance, informing him that the second round was about to begin.
Lin Qi, who had been silent since returning to his seat, suddenly said: "Junior Sister Li, the rest is all up to you!"
Facing the encouragement from this hypocritical elder brother, Li Feiyao stood up with a cold face and did not respond to him, but looked at Su Xing aside.
She asked calmly: "If I can save you from your current disadvantage, are you confident that you can get the first place back?"
"What are you going to do?" Su Xing asked.
"It's nothing," the girl lowered her eyes, feeling a little depressed, "I just want to make sure you are sure?"
"I..." Looking at Li Feiyao, who was depressed but very determined, Su Xing suddenly recalled what Zhou Qinghan had said to him a long time ago.
When he first entered the academy, Zhou Qinghan once told Su Xing that Li Feiyao was discriminated against because of his weak strength and was squeezed out by the Xuanguang and Shenji Taoist academies. It was the disciples of Jiang Lingyan and Yuyang Taoist Academy who tolerated Wu.
He helped her and gave her a place she could call home.
Therefore, Li Feiyao's deep feelings for Yuyang Taoist Temple cannot be compared with others.
Thinking that a woman who was not very powerful was willing to stand up when the Taoist Academy was facing a crisis, Su Xing felt a little guilty. It was not just when his life was at stake that Jiang Lingyan invited her to join the Wanjian Sect and gave her to the Wanjian Sect.
Did he provide a sanctuary?
So he returned the other party's eyes with the same resolute look, and said with a very certain tone: "Yes!"
"good."
After hearing the affirmative answer, Li Feiyao smiled faintly at Su Xing, turned around and walked towards the ring.
Under the huge arena, Li Feiyao's back looked very small. On that slender figure, Su Xing actually felt a sad but unyielding aura.
It looks very out of place with the lifeless seat behind it.
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The order of playing in the game is determined by drawing lots. In the second round, Li Feiyao was ranked last.
In this round of competition, Shenji Taoist Academy sent Duan Fei, while Xuanguang Taoist Academy sent Guan Yan'er.
The appearance of Guan Yan'er means that the biggest weapon of Xuanguan Taoist Temple is actually Fang Xueyu, whom Su Xing doesn't know.
Guan Yan'er, who was the first to appear, had secretly glanced at Su Xing, who was sitting in the preparation table, before the game officially started. After seeing the encouraging look he cast towards her, she turned her head with satisfaction.
, told Sun Ling the ferocious beast he was planning to challenge.
Guan Yan'er's sword was a spiritual sword forged from spiritual gold. The sword body and scabbard were both a dazzling golden color, which looked very dazzling under the scorching sun.
As contestants in the second round of the competition, each Taoist academy expects these disciples to score at least twelve points.
As a genius alchemist of Xuanguang Taoist Academy, Guan Yan'er lived up to expectations and looked very relaxed and proud when facing the inevitable scores of level four and level five ferocious beasts.
When choosing a level six ferocious beast, for the sake of safety, she chose a ferocious beast that could earn three points for the challenge.
When facing the first level six ferocious beast, her performance no longer seemed so smooth, but she took great effort to kill it.
Even the sixth-level ferocious beast with the lowest score was stronger than the water-swallowing beast encountered in Duanyang Forest that day.
Later, when challenging the second level six ferocious beast, Guan Yan'er had to use her last resort as an alchemist. After taking four pills in a row, she managed to kill it.
When Sun Ling asked her if she wanted to continue the challenge, she chose to quit.
At this point, Guan Yan'er's personal score has been fixed at fifteen points.
The next person to appear is Duan Fei from the Shenji Taoist Academy. As a disciple who has been practicing in the Shenji Taoist Academy for a year, although his talent is not high, he has full practical experience.
He also passed all the way and killed two level six ferocious beasts. When Sun Ling asked him if he wanted to continue the challenge, he also chose to quit.
Everyone knew that he was thinking about himself. Although Duan Fei still had some energy left, according to regulations, if he failed to challenge the sixth-level ferocious beast, one point of personal points would be deducted.
Therefore, in order to ensure that his personal score did not fall behind others, he chose to withdraw.
His final score was the same as Guan Yan'er's, fifteen points, which was considered unsatisfactory in the eyes of the disciples of Shenji Taoist Academy, and the disciples reluctantly accepted his choice.
After all, Shenji Taoist Temple is still far ahead.
Finally, it was the turn of Li Feiyao, a disciple of Yuyang Taoist Academy.