Drunk Immortal Gourd

It only took two years after returning from Chaotic Demon Valley that Chen Biwang successfully broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining and advanced to the inner courtyard of Qingfeng Hall. Now five years have passed and Chen Biwang's cultivation has already broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining. The level is much higher than Qingyang's cultivation level.

As for Qingyang's other friend Lu Dingshan, he received the three hundred spirit stones given by Chen Biwang. He has been cultivating over the years and has no shortage of elixirs. A large part of Qingyang's refined Qi Gathering Pills was sold to Lu Ding at a low price. Mountain, so Lu Dingshan’s cultivation has not fallen too far behind Qingyang. Qingyang went to the outer courtyard to find him once a few months ago. At that time, his cultivation had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, and he has been doing it recently. Preparations for a breakthrough, it is estimated that it won't be long before we see him in the inner courtyard.

Seeing Qingyang coming out, his aura seemed to be very different from before. Chen Biwang couldn't help but was stunned, and then said with a look of disbelief on his face: "Eighth level of Qi refining? Junior Brother Qingyang has made a breakthrough again? It has only been a few years. Have you caught up with me in cultivation?"

When they went to Yongzhou together nine years ago, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan were only at the third level of Qi refining, while Chen Biwang was already at the fifth level of Qi refining, two full levels behind him. In nine years, Qingyang has caught up with him. It's really infuriating that people are so different from each other.

Chen Biwang even secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he went to participate in the trial of Chaotic Demon Valley and broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining in Chaotic Demon Valley. Otherwise, wouldn't his cultivation level be completely left behind by Qingyang? Now he is over fifty years old, and he is not particularly old among the many disciples in the inner courtyard. If he is lucky enough, he still has a chance to break through to the foundation building stage.

Qingyang smiled and said: "You just broke through. How can you compare with Senior Brother Chen? You broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining more than a year ago, and you are probably close to the ninth level of Qi Refining now, right?"

"I'm still very early in reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining." Chen Biwang said modestly. Seeing Qingyang mentioning his cultivation level, Chen Biwang also looked smug. In any case, his cultivation level is still higher than Qingyang's, and he will definitely have a slight advantage in the inner court competition two years later. .

Qingyang let Chen Biwang into the reception room. After they both sat down, he asked: "What does Senior Brother Chen want from me?"

Chen Biwang said: "I just took over an inner courtyard mission in the service hall, and I'm going to leave soon. I wonder if Junior Brother Qingyang would like to go with me?"

Qingyang shook his head and said: "The inner court competition will be held in two years. I plan to use this period of time to fully improve my cultivation. Even if my cultivation cannot reach the ninth level of Qi Refining in the end, one more point will give me more strength." I’m not sure, so I don’t plan to take on any missions from the inner court in the near future.”

After hearing Qingyang's words, Chen Biwang couldn't help but sigh: "Junior brother Qingyang is really working hard. He started thinking about the Foundation Establishment Pill so early. Senior brother, I feel ashamed. The competition in the inner courtyard competition is extremely fierce. Don't look at it. I am now at the eighth level of Qi refining, and I am not sure at all about this competition. My goal is twelve years later. By then, my cultivation will definitely have reached Qi refining perfection, and I will be more confident about winning the Foundation Establishment Pill. Some."

It's not that Chen Biwang has no confidence, but because the competition in the inner court is too difficult. With his current cultivation level, among the thousands of disciples in the inner court, he can only be ranked below the average level, and almost none of them have obtained the foundation building pill. possibility. Only by waiting until the next session, when one's own cultivation has reached the perfection of Qi refining and has overcome those powerful disciples, can there be any hope.

Of course, in terms of age, Chen Biwang will be in his sixties and close to seventy in another twelve years. That is almost his last chance, and he will be a benevolent person if he doesn't succeed.

Qingyang had also considered this issue, but twelve years was too long, and Qingyang couldn't afford to wait. And no one can guarantee that they will be able to win the Foundation Establishment Pill in the next session. If there is another mistake, won't it mean that we have to wait for another ten years? The advantage of your age will be lost little by little, ten years after ten years, there are so many ten years, and time will pass by in such a waste.

So no matter what, Qingyang decided to give it a try, even if it was unsuccessful, he would accumulate some experience for the next time and be more confident when encountering the inner sect competition in the future.

Qingyang didn't speak, but Chen Biwang could tell by looking at his expression what Qingyang was thinking in his heart. Didn't he think the same way himself? It's just that the strength is there. It's useless to think about it. After a moment of silence, Chen Biwang said again: "Junior Brother Qingyang probably doesn't know yet. The Qingming Sanren, the head of the inner courtyard, just issued an order some time ago. This is what happened before the competition. Anyone who has not done any inner court mission within three years will not be allowed to participate in this inner court competition. Otherwise, I would not run out to do any mission at this critical moment. "

Tasks are the main way for disciples in each academy to earn extra spiritual stones. Each academy will release a large number of tasks for the disciples in the academy to choose from based on their strength and abilities. However, whether you do it or not is completely voluntary, and the sect will not make it mandatory, so Not all disciples will accept the mission.

For example, for people like Qingyang, who usually have no shortage of spirit stones, or for people like Qin Ruyan and Ouyang Jing, who have strong family background support, there is no need to waste time for those spirit stones. Qingyang is promoted to the inner court. It has been seven years and I have never taken over a task. I did not expect that this time the inner court would break this rule, which is surprising.

"Why is this?" Qingyang asked doubtfully.

Chen Biwang sighed and said: "Isn't it because of the recent unrest? Many strange and bizarre things suddenly appeared on our Jiuzhou Continent. The entire world of immortality seems to be in troubled times, and various things happen frequently. But the Inner Courtyard University The competition is approaching, and many disciples have devoted their energy to preparing for the competition. Few people have taken up the tasks, so there has been a large backlog of tasks in the inner courtyard, and the leader Qingming Sancai had to issue this order. "

The Inner Court Competition is about to begin, causing a backlog of tasks in the Inner Court. Qingyang can understand that this happens every time the Inner Court Competition approaches. The tasks of each courtyard are divided according to strength. The tasks of the inner courtyard are generally only suitable for the disciples of the inner courtyard, because the disciples of the outer courtyard and the miscellaneous courtyard are too weak to handle them and can easily cause a lot of damage. If the foundation-building monks do it, Not only is the pay low, but it's also a bit overqualified. Without anyone to share the work, it can only create a backlog of tasks.

However, even if there was a backlog of tasks in the past, it was not mandatory for everyone to take them, because after the competition, when the disciples were free, these tasks would gradually decrease. Qingyang has been practicing in seclusion these years, barely leaving home, and rarely interfering with the outside world. Could it be that so many major events have happened in the outside world that Qingming Sanren have to force everyone to do tasks?