Strange mountains and rivers

"Who determines this ranking?" Chen Huaisheng pondered: "How does justice and fairness appear? We are inferior to Baishimen and Lingyun Sect. What is the reason?"

"There is a standard, Golden Elixir, Zifu, and Foundation Establishment. These are the most important standards..." Xu Tianfeng explained: "If there is a Zifu Immortal in the sect, basically the overall ranking will be among the top three. Ten, if you can enter the top twenty-five in the sect rankings, if you have the golden elixir, you can probably only enter the top ten."

Chen Huaisheng asked in surprise: "Did all the Jindan Patriarchs from the top ten sects show up?"

"How is that possible?" Xu Tianfeng shook his head, "In fact, the top fifteen, the strength of each sect can only be estimated secretly, the number of Zifu is secretly hidden by each sect, and they will not be exposed unless absolutely necessary. How could this happen? Expose the ancestor of Jindan? To put it bluntly, even if the ancestor of Jindan in the original sect has gone to the west, there is a high probability that he will have to hide it to avoid being noticed..."

"Then why can they be ranked in the top fifteen?" Yuan Wenbo couldn't help but ask.

"The secret, or the bits and pieces that were gradually exposed in the past." Xu Muyang took a long breath, "There are local informants in the official family and the Taoist palace, mainly to grasp the strength of each sect and aristocratic family. As well as their relationships with cultivation sects outside of Great Zhao, they can naturally make judgments based on these news clues, and of course there are also some news that these sects themselves proactively broke."

Zhao Sitian rubbed his chin for a long time and then said: "According to this, it is not necessarily a bad thing for this sect to be ranked at the back. The closer it is to the front, the more countless people are watching, wanting to challenge you. Once the challenge is successful, they can replace you. position and receive generous rewards, why not?"

"That's not necessarily true. Officials and Taoist palaces must have taken this into consideration. Starting from the 30th year of Jingzhen, all sects that enter the top fifty will receive special preferential treatment. For example, the top fifty sects and aristocratic families will all receive special preferential treatment. You are qualified to be a representative in the Tao Palace and participate in the formulation of rules in the Tao Palace. At the same time, the official family will give these sects the qualifications to obtain new lands..."

A new place? Everyone was silently chewing on the news they had just learned.

I have to admit that living in a small corner of Yinan, it is difficult for you to understand the changes in the situation of the entire country. Only when you get to Bianjing City can you know the news.

"The official family of Great Zhao seemed to be negotiating with Beirong. Beirong seemed to be at war with the Tang Dynasty, so they took the initiative to give in and offered a land thousands of miles north of the river. They were willing to allow the Great Zhao sect to preach and cultivate in this area. , but it seems that the Tang Dynasty does not allow it and does not recognize this area as the land of Beirong, but it was actually controlled by Beirong before. But now Beirong may have to face the attack of Datang and have to use their strength Turning to the west, I shared some of the land with Zhao..."

Xu Tianfeng's explanation shocked many people present. This news was something they had never heard before. It was so shocking.

Think about it, the Chonghua sect is located in the southern corner of Yi, and there are two or three counties, seven or eight prefectures, and five or six thousand miles between the north of the river and Langling. I am afraid that many people may not be able to go north of the river in their lifetime. .

Even if Chen Huaisheng traveled the farthest back then, he only went to the southern part of Jijun, and the north of the river was all north of the northern part of Jijun.

"Then are these sect families really going to the North? Is this considered as taking chestnuts from the fire?" Chen Huaisheng asked rhetorically.

After Xu Muyang, Xu Tianfeng and Zhao Sitian were startled, their faces showed thoughtful expressions.

"I've heard that the north of the river is also covered with mountains and ravines, and there are indeed many secret realms, spiritual mountains and cave heaven paradises. However, the land north of the river has been thousands of years old since the ancient times. At that time, wars continued for hundreds of years, and everything was destroyed. No one knows what is happening to the ruins now, but if it is truly a geomantic treasure land with fertile land, how could the Beirong people easily give it to us, the Great Zhao, to share it?"

Chen Huaisheng's doubts attracted the approval of Cai Jinyang, Hu Delu and others.

However, Xu Tianfeng said: "I guess other sects and aristocratic families must have thought of this, but now the competition among sects in Da Zhao is becoming more and more fierce. The secret realm Lingshan and Dongtian Paradise have been almost occupied. Those small and medium sects, and even large sects If you want to expand, you will inevitably have to fight, maybe this is also a countermeasure of the Zhao family."

"Absolutely, that may be the intention." Zhao Sitian also agreed with this view, "It's just that for us, it seems that water from far away cannot quench our thirst for nearness."

Xu Muyang nodded heavily: "Sitian is right. Maybe this is an intention of the officials, but it is too late. For us, we still have to overcome the current difficulties."

"How about the competition between the sects? We are already behind the Baishi Sect and Lingyun Sect. They should not be qualified to challenge us." Yuan Wenbo frowned and said.

"But they will instigate sects lower than us to challenge us and attack us. In addition, although they cannot challenge us in the sect competition, their disciples can challenge our disciples, as long as they are of the same level or one level lower. ." Zhao Sitian said in a solemn tone, "This time, more than thirty people came from Baishimen. I don't know how they registered. There are also more than twenty people from Lingyun Sect. I'm afraid they are all coming from bad reasons."

This is the most realistic challenge.

The ambition of Baishimen's wolf is obvious, and Lingyun Sect may have the same mentality as Chonghua Sect. As long as he performs better than the other party, the other party may become an outcast.

"Each sect needs to sign up for at least five disciples, two for high-level Qi training, two for middle-level Qi refining, and one for first-level Qi refining. You can register more. This is the most basic..."

"The higher the rank, the more disciples are required to report. This way, there will be more room for choice in the sect competition, and there will be more room for others to challenge..."

"These are included in the list. They must not only participate in the sect competition, but also become the challenger and challenger in the personal competition..."

"The sect competition consists of seven competitions, one for foundation building, three for high-level Qi refining, two for middle-level Qi refining, and one for first-level Qi refining..."

"...If you want to challenge the top twenty in the sect battle, you will add one high-level battle and one foundation building..., if you challenge the top ten, you need to apply specifically, which will increase the number of battles at the Zifu level,..."

The rules are not complicated, but they are a bit cumbersome. Once the list of disciples is reported, it means that you can challenge others, but you also face the risk of being challenged by others.

There was silence in the flower hall.

Everyone is evaluating their own homes.

In theory, you can sign up, so you can challenge yourself from a personal perspective, but you also face challenges.

The sect battle is temporarily selected based on the registration status, but it will not be affected. On the contrary, everyone is encouraged to sign up.

But this also brings about a problem. If you sign up and fail in the challenge, it will affect the reputation of the sect.

Dispersed without results.

Everyone should seriously consider whether they should retaliate and whether they can retaliate. Xu Muyang and Xu Tianfeng should also consider who should retaliate, who must retaliate, and who should not retaliate if they can.

"The rewards are so generous, I'm afraid it's hard for many people to bear to not repay, especially those small sect disciples and casual cultivators." Cai Jinyang walked side by side with Chen Huaisheng, "I don't plan to repay."

"Oh?" Chen Huaisheng looked sideways in surprise, "Senior brother Jinyang, don't you plan to retaliate?"

"Unless Master Xu insists that I retaliate, I will not retaliate." Cai Jinyang said steadily: "Although this kind of competition has an immortal master to control the field, it will not be seriously injured or fatal, but some minor injuries are inevitable, and the injuries are minor. , being humiliated is a big deal.”

"Senior Brother Jinyang, are you so unsure?" Chen Huaisheng asked thoughtfully.

"It's not that you are not confident, but that you are self-aware." Cai Jinyang said calmly, "This time our Chonghua Sect will definitely be the target of public criticism. Both Baishi Sect and Lingyun Sect will be watching us. There is nothing we can do about the sect war, but personal challenges will definitely follow. In addition, our sect happens to be at the forty-ninth position, and the sects after the fifty-sixth position will definitely find ways to challenge it. This is unavoidable. Although it has been some time since I entered the fourth level of Qi Refining, my spells have entered the realm. It’s not enough. If I hadn’t come to the Taoist Association this time, I had originally planned to spend a year and a half improving my magic skills. Now that I’m signing up, I’m not sure.”

I have to say that Cai Jinyang is very sober and rational. Once you sign up, you will immediately be in the public eye. Countless people will try their best to understand your situation and then formulate challenge strategies.

Everyone knows that once you successfully challenge a personal battle, you will be rewarded with a thousand to ten thousand spiritual stones from the Dao Palace. For casual cultivators and monks from small sects, this reward is only one-twentieth of the amount required for the challenge. One deposit, twenty times the profit, it is simply a feast.

If you don't need it for your sect and you don't want to challenge others, then it's best not to take this name.

Of course Chen Huaisheng is not among them.

He doesn't want to challenge others for the time being, but if the sect needs it, he can go, and even challenge beyond the level is not impossible.

He now prefers others to challenge him, especially those who have already targeted him.

He really likes this feeling of pretending to be a pig and eating the evil of a tiger.

Can you even pretend to achieve a breakthrough in the competition arena?

"Huaisheng, you don't have to worry about me. Even if you don't want to sign up, Senior Uncle Xu and Senior Brother Xu will let you sign up. You are the disciple of the headmaster. How can it be justified if you don't even sign up?" Cai Jinyang was very open-minded, " I heard that the Taoist Fair will gradually become a regular event after this one, and it will be held every three years. Maybe I will give it a try next time.”

Chen Huaisheng nodded silently.

He definitely can't run away, and so do Yuan Wenbo and Tong Tong, as well as Xu Tianfeng, Yao Liwei and Zhao Sitian. But with Xu Muyang included, there are only seven people in total, which is too few and far between.

It doesn't matter whether Hu Delu and Zhao Wuyou sign up or not, but it is different for them personally and they have to consider it.

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