Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Not long after Zhou Yang and the others made their bet, the final of the "Treasure Hunting Conference" began.

After two hours of recharging their energy and recharging their energy, the twenty ninth-level Qi-training monks were alive and well again, showing the strongest combat power in this realm.

Among them, Chen Yunsheng from the Chen family, Yan Shuanghua from the Yan family, and Li Hong, the loose cultivator whom Zhou Yang valued, were obviously stronger than the others, and they easily eliminated their opponents and entered the top ten.

On the other hand, other monks who also made it to the top ten were promoted after a hard fight, and some of them were injured and suffered some minor injuries.

After the top ten appeared, they didn't give the monks who were injured any further rest time, and immediately entered a new lottery.

Coincidentally, when Zhou Yang entered the fifth round, Li Hong, the loose cultivator whom Zhou Yang valued, happened to be drawn by Nie Hansha from the Nie family.

Nie Hansha, as a highly valued young genius of the Nie family of the Zifu family, naturally has high-quality magic weapons in his hands, and there is no shortage of various second-level magic symbols on his body. Even now, he has not suffered any injuries on his body.

But Li Hong's method, which Zhou Yang valued, was even more powerful.

This person only has two second-tier high-grade magic weapons, which are a silver machete and a pale gold bell. The machete is the main attack, and the little bell is the main defense. Since his debut, no one has been able to force him to use the third piece magic weapon.

Of course, although these two instruments of his are also high-quality goods, they are not worthy of Zhou Yang's attention. What Zhou Yang really values ​​is this person's grasp of combat opportunities and his proficiency in gold and earth spells.

The competition has continued until now, and the others have more or less relied on the help of the magic talisman to get to the present, but this Li Hong didn't even use a single talisman, relying on the magic weapon and his own spells to get to the present.

Nie Hansha came from a big family in the Purple Mansion, so his eyesight is naturally not bad. Li Hong's relaxed posture in defeating his opponent earlier made him feel great pressure.

Therefore, after the two entered the field, instead of harassing and probing with the flying sword magic weapon like he did with other opponents before, he directly sacrificed a gourd magic weapon that can release yellow sand to trap the enemy, releasing yellow sand all over the sky. Covered half of the arena.

The yellow sand covered half of the martial arts arena, and Li Hong was naturally also shrouded in it. Although the yellow sand did not cause any harm to him, it blurred his vision and greatly interfered with his consciousness, causing him to lose consciousness. It is impossible to see the situation of Nie Hansha outside.

But Nie Hansha, as the master of the magic weapon, can clearly see Li Hong in the yellow sand area through the yellow sand.

So when he saw Li Hong trapped by Huang Sha, he was overjoyed, and quickly took out several second-order high-grade magic charms to inspire and hit Li Hong.

After he saw Li Hong's strength, he knew that it was impossible to defeat Li Hong with his own strength alone.

Even if he wins in this way, it is easy to be criticized for his incompetence, but compared with the first award for Jidan, how could Nie Hansha care about this little criticism.

After all, in the martial arts competition rules stipulated by the Zhou family, it did not say that it is not allowed to use magic talismans to fight.

But something that horrified him happened.

When he activated the magic talisman and shot it out, Li Hong, who was clearly invisible in the yellow sand and could not reveal his consciousness to see his movements, seemed to have the ability to predict the future. The moment after his magic spells were activated, Then he left the place with a sudden burst of speed, and in addition to the "Golden Light Body Protection Technique" originally released on his body, he released a second-level top-grade earth-type defensive spell "Rock Shield".

Immediately, the five magic talismans activated by Nie Hansha, except for the two magic talismans with area damage effects that hit Li Hong and broke the outer rock shield, the rest of the attacks were in vain.

Then before he could launch a second wave of attacks, a silver scimitar instantly cut through the yellow sand and slashed towards his position.

With a clear sound of "铛", the silver scimitar was blocked by Nie Hansha's yellow shield, and retreated into the yellow sand area with a sound of gold and iron clashing, but Nie Hansha did not dare to stand in the original place again. He stayed there, and quickly changed his position and stopped again.

"I still don't believe it, die to me!"

With a sharp look in his eyes, Nie Hansha reached out to pat the storage bag again, but took out another magic talisman.

"Second-rank top-grade Thunder Talisman, Fellow Daoist Nie is really willing to spend the money!"

Zhou Yang focused his eyes, but he saw the origin of the talisman in Nie Hansha's hand at a glance, and then looked at Nie Qiufeng with a slight displeasure and said something.

"Cough, cough, although the Thunder Talisman's power is greater than that of the same rank, but it is indeed a second rank, so it doesn't violate the rules of the competition!"

Nie Qiufeng coughed unnaturally, and explained with a dry smile.

Thunder Talismans have always been the most sought-after treasures. The second-level top-grade Thunder Talismans are not treasures that can be obtained by casual practitioners during the Qi training period. Only the Zifu family like the Nie family can get this kind of treasure and hand it over to the family. Self-defense among those outstanding juniors.

Back when Zhou Yang traveled from Yuquan Lake Oasis to Baishahe Oasis for the first time, Zhou Minghan, the old patriarch of the Zhou family, gave him such a thunder talisman for self-defense, and successfully helped him destroy a escaping Qi training nine in one blow. layer sand bandits.

Nie Qiufeng handed over such a treasure to Nie Hansha to use in the "Treasure Hunting Conference", but it was really bullying.

It's just like what he said, although it's a little bullying, it's not a violation, so Zhou Yang didn't say anything more.

After all, although he is optimistic about Li Hong, a mere irrelevant monk in the Qi training period is not worth offending a Zifu monk for him.

However, what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations.

There was a flash of thunder, and after the thunder talisman in Nie Hansha's hand was activated, with the swift speed of the lightning spell, he indeed hit Li Hong in one go.

However, after this thunderbolt hit him through Li Hong's defensive golden bell and body protection golden light, it did not immediately make him lose his resistance as Nie Hansha thought.

Those cultivators in the qi training period who were obscured by the yellow sand could not see clearly what happened, but the cultivators from the Purple Mansion, such as Nie Hansha and Zhou Yang, could clearly see that when the thunder and lightning struck Li Hong, there was a sudden explosion on his body. There was a layer of faint khaki aura.

It was this layer of fleeting earth-yellow aura that eliminated most of the lightning power, and the remaining power did not even burn the clothes on Li Hong except for making Li Hong's body tremble.

"This is impossible!"

Nie Hansha couldn't believe what he saw, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

The power of thunder magic has always been the highest among spells of the same level. The power of second-level upper-level lightning spells is by no means something that ordinary ninth-level Qi training monks can block.

The thunder talisman in his hand was originally used to compete for the first place, and he was forced to use it just now, which made him feel extremely regretful. As a result, after using the hole card he relied on the most, he didn't get the slightest result. How could he accept this fact for a while.

However, as soon as he shouted, a sharp stone thorn suddenly drilled out from under his feet in the arena, instantly sending his whole body flying.

Earth-type second-tier high-grade spell "Earth Thorn".

Nie Hansha was protected by a defensive shield, and the stone thorns could not injure him.

But before he was knocked into the air, a silver scimitar flew over in an instant, cutting through the shield on his body that had consumed most of its power, and almost ripping him open.

The reason why it was said to be almost, is because at the last moment, Zhou Guangqing, the foundation-building monk of the Zhou family who was in charge of saving the field, mobilized the power of the martial arts formation in time to form a shield to cover him.

But in this way, he also lost the game.

"Wonderful!"

"This Li Hong dares to participate in the competition, and he must not be over sixty years old. At this age, he has not only raised his cultivation base to the ninth level of Qi training, but also cultivated a body training method to the limit of the Qi training period. Brother Jiqi's body is still strong, it's really surprising!"

"What's even more surprising is that he is also so powerful in the use of spells. The use of second-level top-grade spells does not take more than three breaths. If it is not that he has worked hard on this spell for more than ten years, it is that he is very good at spell practice. The savvy is astonishing, no matter what it is, it is shocking at his age!"

It was not Zhou Yang who had been optimistic about Li Hong before, but Yan Nantian from the Yan family who exclaimed.

In the eyes of these purple mansion stage monks, there is no secret about Li Hong's methods.

When the pale yellow aura emerged from Li Hong's body earlier, several cultivators of the Purple Mansion period could tell at a glance that it was a defensive spell attached to some kind of body training technique after reaching a certain level of practice.

And from the fact that Li Hong returned to normal after being hit by a thunder spell, it can be seen that his current physical strength must be much stronger than that of ordinary foundation-building monks.

"You Daoist Zhou wouldn't have discovered that this person's physical body was abnormal long ago, right?"

Chen Ping looked at Zhou Yang in amazement, but he helped Yan Nantian ask unfinished questions.

"There are indeed some discoveries, but I didn't expect this person to be able to practice a low-level body training technique to great success at this age!"

Zhou Yang nodded slightly, and admitted with a smile on his face.

Hearing his words, Nie Qiufeng, who was deeply depressed because of the failure of his younger generation, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "The mana cultivation base has reached the ninth level of Qi training, and the body training skills have also been practiced to great success. Judging the fighter's ability by listening to the sound, it seems that the first place in this treasure hunting conference is really going to be taken away by an unknown casual cultivator!"

When Chen Ping'an and Yan Nantian heard his words, their eyes flickered for a while, but it was rare that they did not refute.

Although they were confident in their juniors, the strength displayed by Li Hong really made them feel uncertain, and they no longer dared to speak boldly, otherwise they would be slapped in the face at that time, and it would be embarrassing for them.