Strange mountains and rivers

"Chonghua faction Chen Huaisheng wins!" As the Taoist Supervisor shouted, Chen Huaisheng ended his two battles on the second day.

In the morning, Gu Zhentian from Baishimen challenged Chen Huaisheng to a higher level, but was killed by Chen Huaisheng's two consecutive Aiki combos without any tricks. He was knocked away on the spot without any suspense.

In the afternoon, Lingyun Sect Gu Yuelong challenged Chen Huaisheng. After Chen Huaisheng used his sword cultivation skills to attract the opponent's attention, he hit Gu Yuelong's waist with the fifth layer of Yin Ming Arrow that restrained the ghost energy, causing him to collapse to the ground.

The battle on the third day had been directly won. According to the news from the Dao Palace, Qi Wanxia had voluntarily abstained and lost.

After three days of fighting, Chen Huaisheng proudly qualified with five wins.

Starting from the 15th day of the first lunar month, the sect family ranking challenge competition will also be launched in an all-round way, and will be held at the same time as the individual challenge. This also requires each sect family to be flexible in arranging events to avoid collisions.

In the following two days, the events that the Chonghua faction participated in were also mixed, but overall, it was still exciting.

In Zhao Sitian's six battles, only one was a draw, and the other five were wins.

Xu Tianfeng had four games, two wins, one loss and one draw, Yao Liwei had one win, two losses and one draw, Yuan Wenbo and Tong Tong both had three wins, one draw and one loss, Lu Wenshen and Hu Delu both had one win and two losses.

Zhuo Yixing maintained a record of winning three games, while Zhao Wuyou lost all three games.

It should be said that in this battle, those who should win basically won. For example, Zhao Sitian, Chen Huaisheng, Yuan Wenbo and Tong Tong, as well as Zhuo Yixing, who was at a lower level, basically maintained a complete victory or a big victory record, even if Xu Tianfeng's performance also exceeded expectations. On the other hand, Yao Liwei and Lu Wenshen's performance was not satisfactory, but it was within an acceptable range. After all, those who came to challenge were not soft persimmons.

The performance of Hu Delu and Zhao Wuyou is irrelevant, if they lose, they lose.

As for the issue of external challenges, Zhao Sitian and Chen Huaisheng took the initiative to challenge externally, while the others were temporarily reserved to prepare for the sect's challenge.

If the Zongmen Challenge involves Zhao Sitian and Chen Huaisheng, the Zongmen side of the competition needs to be prioritized and the number of matches should be adjusted appropriately.

"The rules of the Zongmen Family Challenge have changed. The challenges after the 30th place will be changed to five games, one for foundation building, two for the high level of Qi refining, one for the middle level of Qi refining, one for the beginning of Qi refining, and those before the 20th to 30th place. The challenge is seven games, adding one foundation building and one foundation building mid-level. Between the tenth and twentieth place, there are three more games, one Zifu, one foundation building, and one Qi refining high level. Among them, one game in Zifu is equivalent to two games. ,..."

Xu Muyang introduced the rules.

"What about the top ten?" Chen Huaisheng asked curiously: "What if the eleven or two people want to be in the top ten, or the top ten who are not satisfied with the ranking want to challenge the ranking?"

"The ranking challenge between the top ten will be discussed separately, but it is estimated that this kind of challenge will be relatively rare. After all, the outcome of the challenge will have a great impact on both sides. No matter which side it is, it must be carefully considered. It is estimated that it will not be awarded until the end of the month. There will be results.”

The ranking of the top ten has such great influence that even officials and Taoist palaces dare not easily determine it, and even the slightest carelessness will cause an uproar.

Originally, it was just to encourage all parties in the cultivation world to work hard, but if it failed to cause internal disputes, internal strife, and even splits and chaos, it would have lost its original purpose.

What's more, the influence of the official family and the Taoist palace on this kind of matter is still limited, especially if the doubts and dissatisfaction are too big, it will be difficult for the official family and the Taoist palace to persuade them.

After all, the official family of Great Zhao is a nominal co-owner. It is the cultivation sect that supports Great Zhao to compete with foreign enemies such as Datang, Beirong, and Nanchu. The strength of the powerful families is ranked second.

Without the support of these sects, or even losing the support of some sects, Zhao would face the crisis of being overthrown by Datang, Beirong and Nanchu.

Of course, Datang, Beirong and Nanchu also had internal troubles and problems of one kind or another.

"There are only two families that challenge us..." Xu Muyang pondered for a moment, "The first is the Taiyuan Sect of Huai County, ranked fifty-one, and the second is the Wu Family of Qiao County, ranked fifty-four."

"If we hadn't performed well in the early individual challenges, I'm afraid we would have encountered more challenges than just these two companies." Xu Muyang added: "In comparison, Lingyun Sect and Weijun Qi ranked 50th It is said that every family has encountered five challenges.”

Needless to say, Lingyun Sect, the Qi family is one of the three great families in Wei County, and Wei County has always had strong folk customs and strong cultivation forces.

Xuanjing Sect, as the largest local sect in Wei County, is ranked sixteenth in the entire ranking list, while Huanzhen Dao, the largest sect in Yi County, is only ranked thirty-sixth. This shows the huge gap between the two sides.

Similarly, the Qi family, one of the three major aristocratic families in Wei County, ranked fiftieth, while the Zhu family and Lian family of Yi County were ranked seventy or eighty later.

Everyone gasped.

This shows how many people want to be in the top fifty.

The first fifty is the most critical threshold. Only those who enter the first fifty are qualified to have a voice in the future Taoist Palace Deacon Council, and are qualified to allocate the future secret realms north of the river, the Cave Paradise, and the Lingshan Treasure. Have the right to speak.

But it doesn't mean that people have to accept the challenge. If the person being challenged is unwilling, they can only accept challenges from two at most.

"In addition, we also need to discuss whether it is necessary to challenge other sects." Xu Muyang finally said.

There were only seven people participating in the discussion this time: Li Yu, Xu Muyang, Wang Yao, Xu Tianfeng, Yao Liwei, Zhao Sitian and Chen Huaisheng.

There is no need for people to talk too much.

Logically speaking, Chen Huaisheng is not qualified, but his outstanding performance of winning five games, coupled with his various considerations and suggestions after entering Beijing, won the unanimous approval of Xu Muyang, Zhao Sitian and others, so he was allowed to participate as an exception. This negotiation.

"Let's talk about dealing with the Taiyuan Sect and the Wu family first." Li Yu nodded, "Everyone should know about the situation of the Wu family. Although it is in Qiao County, it is separated from Huozhou by a river and from Baishimen. They have been in contact with each other for a long time, and the ranking of the fifty-four probably made him a little ambitious, so Taiyuan Zong was a little surprised."

"It's not a surprise. Taiyuan Sect is stuck at the position of fifty-one. Anyone who replaces him will have to give it a try. Each sect only has one chance to challenge. But why didn't Taiyuan Sect choose the Qi family? I guess it should be I think I can’t squeeze in.” Xu Muyang smiled and said, “I still think our persimmon is the softest.”

A sect's challenge is different from an individual's. There is only one chance, which means that you can only choose one target as a challenge. No matter you win or lose, you are no longer eligible to challenge.

As long as an individual wins the challenge, he or she will always be eligible to challenge, but there are only five challenge opportunities at most.

The challenge method designed by Daogong has taken some thought. For example, there are five competitions and two high-level Qi refining sessions. Then the challenger can choose any one of the peak Qi refining level, the ninth level Qi refining level, the eighth level Qi refining level, and the seventh level Qi refining level. There are levels for registering disciples, but you cannot select a specific disciple. However, if the challenged party at this level only registers one disciple, then only this disciple can challenge.

For example, Xu Tianfeng, who is at the peak of Qi Refining in the Chonghua School, does not have the ninth level of Qi Refining, Yao Liwei, who is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and Zhao Sitian, who is at the seventh level of Qi Refining. There is only one person at each level, so they can only choose one of the three. Both of them, and neither will change.

In the middle stage of Qi Refining, the only disciples registered by the Chonghua Sect are Chen Huaisheng and Lu Wenshen who are at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Then the opponent can only choose the fourth level of Qi Refining. The Chonghua Sect can choose either Chen Huaisheng or Lu Wenshen to fight.

Also in the first stage of Qi refining, they can choose the third level of Qi refining. Then either Yuan Wenbo or Tong Tong can choose to fight, or they can choose the second level of Qi refining. The Chonghua faction can send Zhuo Yixing, Hu Delu, Zhao Wu Any one of the three worries will go out to fight.

Among the foundation building, there are only Xu Muyang's second level of foundation building and Wang Yao's first level of foundation building. Choosing the second level of foundation building and the first level of foundation building will basically directly determine who will fight.

In other words, as long as the middle and initial stages of Qi Refining can ensure victory, the Chonghua Sect will have a great chance of winning the challenge.

After all, among Xu Tianfeng, Yao Liwei, and Zhao Sitian, no matter which two of them the opponent chooses, Zhao Sitian and Xu Tianfeng are stronger, but Yao Liwei is slightly weaker, so they only need to win one game, and the foundation building competition will be It doesn't matter anymore.

"The Taiyuan Sect still has some strength. Although it is still thousands of miles away from our Langling, it is actually just across the Yiyang Mansion. They don't challenge the Lingyun Sect, but come to our Chonghua Sect. I think they are like this I'm afraid the sect leader may still be a little unconscious." Wang Yao said coldly: "The sect leader of Taiyuan Sect, Qu Ye, has reached the peak of foundation building and is also seeking to enter the Zi Mansion. There are also eight or nine foundation building members in the sect. The situation is different. We are basically similar. We are based in Guangzhou Prefecture in Huai County. At the same time, it is close to Queyang Mansion and can be considered as its sphere of influence. However, Queyang is the foundation of the Yang family in Huai County, so the conflict between the Taiyuan Sect and the Yang family is deep..."

Li Kunyang also added: "There are fourteen disciples of the Taiyuan Sect who have signed up this time, two for foundation building, two for peak Qi refining, one for the ninth, eighth, sixth and fifth levels of Qi refining, and one for the seventh and fifth levels of Qi refining. There are two people each at the fourth level, and one person each at the third and second levels of Qi refining. Among them, Cao Dingrong, who is at the peak of Qi refining, Qi Yuanbao, who is at the seventh level of Qi refining, and Yue Wenjun, who is at the fourth level, are all outstanding performers. All challenges were victorious,..."

Chen Huaisheng laughed, "That means Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Zhao and I can't run away."

"It should be so. Cao Dingrong is very accomplished in water-based magic, Qi Yuanbao is the master of swordsmanship, Yue Wenjun is very talented, and is only in his early twenties. He should be about the same age as Huaisheng. She seems to be especially good at puppetry. This This point needs special attention." Li Kunyang did a very detailed investigation, "Yue Wenjun challenged four games and won with a perfect record, but the only one where he actually used the puppet technique was against the Chixia Sect of Huai County. Disciple, and then win, her puppetry skills are quite exquisite, and she can skillfully combine wood, metal, and earth puppets."