Chapter 154 – The Great Competition Begins
Chapter 154 – The Great Competition Begins
While Xu Chuniang was refining her spirit weapons and preparing for the Outer Sect Grand Competition, the other cultivators who were interested in participating in the Grand Competition weren’t idle either.
The Outer Sect Grand Competition was the most important thing for almost all Outer Sect disciples.
Becoming one of the top ten in the Grand Competition would result in receiving the Foundation Establishment Pill.
With the Foundation Building Pill, one possessed the possibility of building a foundation.
In the midst of the many outer sect cultivators’ day and night drudgery, the new Outer Sect Grand Competition, finally kicked off.
There was a long line on the practice field, all of them were cultivators who came to register for this year’s Grand Competition.
Most of them were cultivators at the ninth level of qi cultivation, with the occasional few at the eighth level of qi cultivation and qi cultivation consummation among them.
The crowd was either energized, confident of victory, or apprehensive.
“This is already the sixth Outer Sect Grand Competition I’ve participated in, if I don’t succeed this time, I probably won’t be able to wait for the next time.”
A white-haired, hale and hearty old cultivator spoke softly, a look of determination in his eyes.
Twice he had even entered the top fifty, but in the end, he still lost.
Next to him, a cultivator who had enrolled together laughed at him, ”Old man Song, I heard that you had a chance to enter the inner gate back then, is it true or not? If you really got in, I’m afraid you’d have built your foundation by now. Hahaha, do you regret it now?”
Someone frowned and spoke righteously and straightforwardly, “Senior Brother Song Wen’an has lost five times, yet he has lost repeatedly, isn’t this kind of spirit worth learning from? Those who cultivate the Dao are precisely those who must face up to dismal defeats and defy hardships. I think senior brother Song is very worthy of admiration!”
“That’s right, some years ago there were Senior Sister Xiao Frost and Senior Brother Gu Feng, both of whom won the top ten of the Outer Sect and won the Foundation Establishment Pill by their own strength. After that, they even succeeded in building their foundations and became inner disciples, I don’t think you’re as good as senior brother Song!”
One of the people who spoke earlier was a bit embarrassed, “I admit that Senior Sister Xiao and Senior Brother Gu are powerful, but like their kind of Heaven’s Pride, there was no comparison in the first place.”
“Senior sister Xiao Frost is a three spirit root, senior brother Gu is even a five spirit root, if this kind of spirit root qualification is also considered a heaven’s pride, then wouldn’t it be that even you and I are heaven’s prides?”
“This …… even so, but examples like Senior Sister Xiao and Senior Brother Gu are really a few, I think it’s better to enter the inner gate as a squire to be reliable.”
“No one is stopping you from going if you are willing to go, it’s someone else’s business if they don’t want to. Unfortunately, the inner sect senior brothers simply can’t see you.”
The man was left speechless and red-faced, and after signing up, he hurriedly left before the argument between the several people came to an end.
Xu Chuniang withdrew her gaze, and had respect for that white-haired senior brother Song.
Having lost five times and still having the determination to fight again and again, this kind of heart is really rare.
I hope that this time, senior brother Song will be able to go farther in the Outer Sect Competition.
Xu Chuniang listened to the other people’s conversations while waiting in line, and finally, after a quarter of an hour, she reached the front of the line.
Sitting at the top was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, she looked quite young, it was just that a lot of Foundation Establishment Cultivators would be using Face Residue Pills, so I didn’t know if her real age was also so young.
She glanced at Xu Chuniang and spoke in a faint voice, “Name, cultivation level.”
“Xu Chunniang, ninth level of Qi cultivation, registering for the Outer Sect Grand Competition.”
“B ninth ring, number sixty-seven.”
With that, the Foundation Establishment female cultivator handed her a bamboo tablet.
Xu Chuniang took the bamboo tag and glanced at it, the front of the bamboo tag read B9, and the word ‘Sixth and Seventh’ was written on the back, meaning that she was assigned to the ninth ring of the B battle area, and was the sixty-seventh applicant for the B9 ring.
She already knew the rules of the Outer Sect Competition by heart.
During the preliminaries, the disciples would be divided into four war zones, A, B, C, and D, and the top 100 disciples would be selected from each war zone.
There were ten rings in each region, and when divided equally, almost every ring would select ten of the best. That is to say, one would have to win three or four matches in a row in the qualifying rounds in order to become one of the top one hundred, and be qualified to participate in the next competition.
Xu Chuniang put away the bamboo cards and didn’t go back to the cave where the journey was farther, but instead went to the Hall of Instruction to find a room and quietly waited for the start of the Grand Competition.
Three days later, the Outer Sect Grand Competition officially kicked off, the four major war zones of A, B, C, D, and D, and simultaneously started the competition in full swing.
During the Great Competition, countless outer sect disciples had suspended the matters at hand and came to watch the battle.
The practice field was crowded and bustling.
Disciples discussed the candidates who were expected to compete for the top ten, their eyes were fiery, looking forward to the day when they, too, could stand out in the Grand Competition like these senior brothers and sisters.
“Senior Sister Lan Wei’s competition has begun, I heard that she’s been assigned to the A-6 ring, quickly go and catch a glimpse of Senior Sister’s elegance.”
“Senior Sister Lan originally had hopes of becoming a top ten in the last Outer Sect Grand Competition, but unfortunately her luck was too bad, she encountered strong opponents one after another, suffered serious injuries, and lost by a single point in the final contest.”
“Senior Brother Xia Changge signed up late and was assigned to the Ding fourth ring. I heard that his first match was scheduled for tomorrow, so I’m afraid that we won’t be able to wait for Senior Brother Xia to show up today, so let’s simply go to the C3 ring and see Senior Brother Gan Yiqiu.”
“Very good, very good, we have to go quickly to take up a spot, otherwise if we go late, we won’t be able to squeeze in.”
At the B9 ring where Xu Chuniang was located, there weren’t any very well-known experts, so the number of disciples watching the battle here was a bit smaller than some of the popular rings.
The fights were according to serial numbers, and with her serial number, she would have to wait for more than thirty matches before she could take her turn.
Therefore, she purposely came late, and when she arrived, it was the sixty-first and sixty-second participants in the B9 ring that were taking part in the competition, and it would be her turn soon.
Xu Chuniang unhurriedly pinned the small bamboo tag onto her clothes, and it was only then that the disciples watching the battle on the side realized that there was a participant sitting around them.
“Number sixty-seven, that’s going to be coming off the field in a while ah, I remember that this senior sister doesn’t seem to have been here for long.”
“Maybe people are confident, look at her calm demeanor, not nervous at all. Some senior brothers and sisters are so nervous that their foreheads are sweating before the battle, and their hands are even trembling so much that they can’t even hold their swords steady.”
“What confidence? I see that she is very unfamiliar, rather like she came here to try her luck. Anyway, for them, losing is normal and winning is an unexpected pleasure.”
While the few disciples around were discussing, the two in the ring had already split the victory.
“Number sixty-seven, Xu Chuniang, versus number sixty-eight, Wu Shen.”
As the words of the Foundation Establishment Senior Uncle fell, Xu Chunniang stood up and walked towards the direction of the ring.
At the same time, a burly black-faced cultivator walked towards the ring, from the other side.
There was an uproar below the ring, “It’s actually Senior Brother Wu Shen, I once followed his team deep into the Hundred Demons Mountain Range, not only is Senior Brother Wu’s cultivation profound, but he is also born with divine strength, his opponent is going to be out of luck.”
“With Senior Brother Wu Shen’s strength, not to mention the top ten of the Grand Competition, at least the top one hundred is secure, it seems that this battle will end very quickly.”
Listening to the words under the ring, Wu Shen’s eyes flashed with a hint of a smile and rushed at the opposite female cultivator, “This senior sister, swords have no eyes, I won’t be merciful when it comes to moving in a while, so you have to be careful.”
Wu Shen appeared to be kindly reminding, but in reality, he was pressurizing the other party, making people shy away without fighting.
But his calculations failed here in Xu Chuniang’s case, she nodded, “Thanks for the reminder, senior brother, please be more careful as well.”
Wu Shen choked, it seemed that this senior sister did not place him in her eyes.
It was just a matter of letting her see how powerful she was in a moment. Let her know that cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Practicing is nothing, it is just the threshold for the Great Competition.
With the order of the Foundation Building Senior Uncle, Wu Shen instantly moved.
(End of Chapter)