Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

At this moment, the situation on the ring suddenly changed.

Lin Maoshan slashed out with a sharp sword light, but it was instantly dissolved by the opponent's Yuanying power. Instead, the opponent seized the opportunity and slapped him on the chest. Although Lin Maoshan dodged in time, he was still swept by the palm wind, and the whole person flew out and fell heavily on the edge of the ring.

Fang Shixin's face became ugly, and he was about to say something.

Li Mu just smiled faintly and said: "Fighting is the best teacher. Let him understand it himself."

On the ring, Lin Maoshan struggled to stand up. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and was about to perform the Five Elements Escape Technique to dodge. The Yuanying disciple did not give him a chance to resist and blasted him off the ring with a Dragon Flame Technique.

"Chen Yang, win, Lin Maoshan, lose!"

With the announcement of the host referee, the ring fell into a brief silence around, and everyone's eyes were focused on the young figure who had just been blasted off the stage.

"Golden Core vs. Nascent Soul, it's too much of a stretch after all!"

"Lin Maoshan, I know who he is, he's one of the sect master's disciples."

"It turned out to be him, he practices all five elements, no wonder he can be on par with Senior Brother Chen at the Golden Core level."

...

Discussions around the arena rose and fell, some lamented the gap between Golden Core and Nascent Soul, some praised Lin Maoshan's strength,..., and Lin Maoshan himself struggled to sit up, recalled the battle just now, looked at Chen Yang on the arena, his eyes full of regret.

The defeat in this battle had little to do with the gap in his cultivation level, but more to do with the lack of strategy to deal with the enemy and the lack of combat experience.

Lin Maoshan turned his head to look at his master who was sitting in the main seat of the venue, and coincidentally met his master's gaze, and couldn't help showing a trace of shame on his face.

Li Mu smiled slightly and sent a telepathic signal: "Retreat! You have tried your best in this battle. Just practice well in the future."

Li Mu's telepathic message flowed into Lin Maoshan's heart like a clear spring, calming his originally depressed mood. He took a deep breath, stood up, bowed respectfully to Li Mu, and then walked silently to the ring to watch other disciples fight.

There were two Yuanying disciples fighting in each of the eighteen rings.

Soon, Lin Maoshan saw several familiar figures, namely Zhao Tianchen, Ji Hao, and Su Hongxiu, who worshipped Li Mu as their master at the same time as him.

A hundred years have passed, and they have all successfully advanced to the Yuanying stage.

Zhao Tianchen is a gold-attributed spiritual root, Su Hongxiu is a fire-attributed spiritual root, and Ji Hao is an earth-attributed spiritual root. With their respective spiritual root talents, they have made rapid progress on the road of cultivation and entered the Yuanying realm earlier than him. They have reached the middle stage of the Yuanying and are not far from the next realm.

The Yuanying disciple who fought against Zhao Tianchen was in the late Yuanying stage. He was good at wood magic. At the beginning of the battle, he used a large-scale magic - green wood entanglement.

On the stage, countless green vines emerged from the ground, like living things, covering Zhao Tianchen and entangled him.

However, Zhao Tianchen remained calm and responded calmly, holding a golden long sword, which was extremely sharp. Countless green wood spirits rose in an instant, and fell like rain.

Zhao Tianchen seemed to be a natural sword cultivator. His sword heart was clear and his sword intention was sharp. Any changes of the opponent were like nothing in front of him. His figure was like the wind, and he shuttled freely among the vines. The golden sword light drew beautiful arcs in the air, and the sword light flashed, accompanied by a crisp slashing sound.

The Yuanying disciple who was good at wood magic changed his face. He repeatedly used various magics but failed to succeed. Obviously, he did not expect Zhao Tianchen's swordsmanship to be so sharp.

The Yuanying disciple hurriedly released a defensive magic weapon, activated the wooden seal magic weapon, mobilized the spiritual power in his body, condensed the Qingyuan magic cage, and tried to trap Zhao Tianchen.

However, Zhao Tianchen had already seen through his intentions. He moved his body, swung the golden sword in his hand fiercely, and a dazzling sword light went straight to the Yuanying disciple.

The Yuanying disciple was shocked and hurriedly used the wood escape technique to avoid it.

But Zhao Tianchen's swordsmanship was too sharp, and the sword light followed him closely. In the end, with a scream, the Yuanying disciple was hit by the sword light and fell on the ring.

Zhao Tianchen put away his sword and stood up, looking at his opponent lying on the ground calmly, and bowed lightly: "Junior brother, thank you."

"Senior brother Zhao is powerful, I am convinced of my defeat!" The other party smiled bitterly, stood up and bowed.

"In this battle, Zhao Tianchen wins, Qing Mingzi loses!" The referee elder who presided over the comparison announced with a master.

"Awesome! Senior Brother Qing was defeated. This Senior Brother Zhao will definitely be among the top three."

"This Senior Brother Zhao is so unfamiliar! Is he new to the sect?"

"Senior Sister Ning, you don't know this. This Senior Brother Zhao is also from the sect master's lineage and has never been active in the sect."

"Yes! Several senior brothers and sisters from the sect master's lineage are so amazing. It is said that they all achieved the Nascent Soul Realm in a hundred years. By the way, except for Junior Brother Lin, who practiced all five elements at the same time. He was a little slower, but he was also in the middle stage of the Golden Core."

"So amazing? They all took a hundred years to achieve the Nascent Soul Realm!"

" Of course, Senior Sister Su on the 3rd stage, Senior Brother Ji on the 6th stage, and Senior Brother Xiao who is waiting to go on stage on the 11th stage, they are all from the lineage of the sect master! "

"Yes! When they became disciples, they were only in the Qi Refining Stage, but now they have all reached the Nascent Soul Stage, which is really enviable to us."

...

The disciples watching the battle under the stage talked a lot, marveling at Zhao Tianchen's strength and sharp swordsmanship. Some disciples who had no contact with Zhao Tianchen on weekdays looked at him with admiration. At the same time, the topic gradually turned to the Qixuan Sect - the lineage of the sect master.

The several disciples of the sect master's lineage performed extremely well in this disciple competition. The number of true disciples is already scarce, and I am afraid that a large part of them will be occupied by them.

"The sect master, you really have a good way to teach. In just a hundred years, Lin Maoshan, who practiced all five elements, has advanced to the late Jindan stage, and Zhao Tianchen, Su Hongxiu, Liu Yuqian and others have also advanced to the Yuanying stage. Each of them is extremely excellent. In another hundred years, Zhao Tianchen should be able to advance to another realm, and it won't take too long to achieve the transformation of the spirit." Fang Shixin stroked his long beard lightly, looked at Li Mu and praised sincerely.

Li Mu nodded his head lightly, without a clear response. After all, this matter was not his credit, but taught by several incarnations of the transformation of the spirit.

However, Li Mu also saw that several incarnations of the transformation of the spirit had taught him several skills, such as the Soul Devouring Health Technique, the Nebula Visualization Method, and the Xuantian Sword Formation. Some signs can be seen from the signs of Zhao Tianchen, Ji Hao and others fighting with their opponents.

However, they only have the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Realm, and the power of these high-level techniques has not been revealed, and their cultivation is not yet complete.

Seeing this, Li Mu frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with the leakage of this technique, but the incarnation of the spirit is a part of his original body, and what they have learned and know comes from his own knowledge. If they don't teach these, they really can't teach these disciples.

Forget it! It's too late to blame now.

These techniques are high-level and difficult to practice, so they will be passed on. Let's see how far they can go!

Many thoughts flashed through Li Mu's mind, and he continued to pay attention to this disciple competition, watching the surprises that several disciples showed him on the stage one after another.

Time flies, and three days have passed in a blink of an eye. The Seven Xuan Sect disciples' competition is getting better and better, and it has entered the final battle of the top twelve.

The finals finally kicked off. The six disciples representing the sect master's lineage - Zhao Tianchen, Su Hongxiu, Liu Yuqian, Ji Hao, Xiao Qingyun, and Zhong Yuling - all entered the finals. Their opponents were all the strongest from the seven main peaks.

Zhao Tianchen held a sharp-gold sword, the tip of the sword trembled slightly, and the sword intent was majestic. The nebula visualization method he practiced had already shown considerable results. The sword energy carried a unique rhythm that people dared not underestimate. He suppressed his opponent's inability to fight back, and he had the upper hand at the beginning of the battle.

Ji Hao was dressed in black. He had already reached a certain level in the Soul Devouring Body-nourishing Technique. With a black heavy sword and skilled earth escape techniques, he moved quickly on the ring. Sword Qi crisscrossed and added gravity to make his opponent exhausted. It was only a matter of time before he won.

Zhong Yuling was dressed in white. The technique she practiced was mainly illusion, supplemented by ice techniques. On the ring, she was like an elegant dancer, with every step accompanied by the flickering of ice crystals and the changes of illusions. Her opponent gradually lost his way and was at a loss under her illusion, while Zhong Yuling took the opportunity to launch ice techniques, freezing her opponent in ice and easily winning the game.

Zhong Yuling, who studied under Xue'er, showed her strong strength and talent. She skillfully combined illusion and ice techniques to create a dazzling fighting method.

Su Hongxiu wore a red skirt and was good at controlling fire. Her fire techniques were as warm and blazing as a fire phoenix. On the ring, she was like a goddess controlling fire, her red skirt fluttering in the wind, and fire dragons emerged one after another. She used the Nine Dragons Immortal Killing Formation to drive the opponent into the formation and successfully defeated him in one fell swoop.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the fire dragon and the sword energy intertwined, bursting out a dazzling light. Under this blow, the opponent was swallowed by the flames and completely defeated.

...

Time flies, and Li Mu's six disciples performed extremely well on the ring. With their respective talents and skills, they defeated their opponents one after another and won the game.

"Xiao Qingyun Hongxiu vs. Zhao Tianchen!"

"Zhong Yuling vs. Ji Hao!"

"Liu Yuqian vs. Su Hongxiu!"

As the first six finals were decided, Fang Shixin, the host of the competition, announced loudly.

"Master, I am no match for Senior Brother Zhao, I admit defeat!" Xiao Qingyun glanced at Zhao Tianchen and gestured to Li Mu helplessly.

"Master, I am no match for Senior Sister Zhong, I admit defeat!" Ji Hao put the black heavy sword on his back and asked Li Mu for instructions resignedly.

"Master, uh, my skills were restrained by Senior Sister Su, I admit defeat!" Liu Yuqian asked Li Mu with embarrassment. She thought she could continue to advance, but she didn't expect to meet Su Hongxiu.

"Master, this!" Fang Shixin was dumbfounded. He didn't expect to encounter this situation. He looked at Li Mu for his decision.

"You guys don't need to compete. Zhao Tianchen is first, Su Hongxiu is second, Zhong Yuling is third, Ji Hao is fourth, Xiao Qingyun is fifth, and Liu Yuqian is sixth! Do you have any objections?" Li Mu looked at the six people and arranged.

"Master, wise!"

The six people responded in unison. They knew very well that the ranking given by the master was fair and reasonable, and was ranked completely according to the strength of their strength. The master was worthy of being the master. He saw through their details at a glance.

"Elder Fang, let's leave it at that. Let them decide the other two places later." Li Mu looked at Fang Shixin and ordered.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu's mind moved, and he took out a large number of spiritual tools and spiritual objects from the Jiuzang Lingzhu: nearly a hundred fourth- and fifth-level spiritual swords of different colors, hundreds of fourth- and fifth-level combat puppets, dozens of fourth- and fifth-level spiritual talismans, hundreds of bottles of spiritual pills, ..., the spiritual light was shining, colorful, and immediately attracted the attention of all the disciples.

After advancing to the Void Refining Realm, the fourth and fifth level spiritual talismans, elixirs, and spiritual weapons are no longer of much use to Li Mu. Taking advantage of this disciple competition, Li Mu plans to distribute them as rewards to his disciples.

"Elder Fang, these spiritual weapons and spiritual objects are the extra rewards I have prepared for the disciples of our sect this time. It is up to you to arrange them!" Li Mu looked at Fang Shixin with a smile and gestured.

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Fang Shixin took the spiritual weapons and spiritual objects handed over by Li Mu with a look of surprise on his face, put them into the storage ring, and said respectfully: "I will allocate these reasonably according to the performance and needs of the disciples. award."

"Why are you standing there in a daze! Why don't you thank the sect master!"

After speaking, Fang Shixin turned to look at the disciples of the sect and gestured.

Hearing this, all the sect disciples were shocked and bowed to Li Mu in unison, shouting: "Thank you, sect master, for the generous gift!"

The faces of the Yuanying disciples of the Seven Lineage Sects were filled with excitement and gratitude. Although these spiritual weapons and spiritual objects were no longer of great use to Li Mu, they were undoubtedly extremely precious cultivation resources for them. Their enthusiasm was high. I am extremely grateful to Li Mu for his generosity.

Li Mu smiled and nodded, his eyes swept over the disciples one by one, and finally stopped at Zhao Tianchen and the other six, and said: "As the best in this competition, you six are the hope for the future of the sect. I hope you can cherish this opportunity, practice well, and bring honor to our sect.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianchen and others stepped forward one after another, bowed deeply to Li Mu, and said: "This disciple must live up to the high expectations of the sect master, work hard to cultivate, and bring glory to the sect!"

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, turned his gaze to Lin Maoshan, who looked lonely in the corner, and ordered a few people: "Maoshan has been practicing hard and has little experience due to his martial arts. You need to give him more guidance after practicing."

Hearing this, Zhao Tianchen and others turned to look at Lin Maoshan in the corner. They knew that Lin Maoshan cultivated all five elements. Due to his special skills, he rarely went out to practice, which also made him slightly lacking in combat experience.

"Disciple, obey the order!" Zhao Tianchen and others responded in unison.

Lin Maoshan originally looked lonely, but after hearing Li Mu's words, a hint of surprise and gratitude flashed in his eyes.

Li Mu smiled and nodded, turned to look at Fang Shixin, and signaled: "Elder Fang, I leave the sect's trivial matters to you. Next, I have something to do and need to leave for a while."

"Sect Master, please rest assured, I will make appropriate arrangements." Fang Shixin replied respectfully.

Li Mu nodded, then disappeared in a flash. (End of chapter)