The Path to Immortality

Half a month later.

Fang Ping, exhausted, flew back to Tiandu Peak on his sword.

Although there were some twists and turns in this trip, it was generally smooth. After finding the monster that had just entered the third level of Qi training, two scorching sun true fires were used to easily kill it, and almost no other means were used.

"Next, I can finally have more than two months of peaceful training time."

After bathing and changing clothes, Fang Ping relaxed for a moment, then cheered up and practiced the Five Elements Sutra, preparing to launch an attack on the fifth level of Qi training.

On the second day after he came back.

Fang Ping, who was practicing with all his strength, suddenly heard noise and discussion coming from the outer courtyard.

The noise was not obvious at first, but it soon spread, making the outside of the courtyard extremely lively.

"Could it be that the matter of surveying the new spiritual vein has finally been leaked? But why is there no movement in the previous menial tasks?"

Fang Ping looked solemn and walked out quickly.

After listening to some discussions, he was surprised to find that it was not a survey of spiritual veins at all, but that Luoyang Sect's Jiang Wendao Sect Master had just issued a decree that a competition involving almost all the cultivators of the sect would be held in a hundred days!

The decree was posted on the decree tablet of the outer sect courtyard.

"If I remember correctly, the last sect competition was at least thirty years ago, and the scale was limited, involving only cultivators below the foundation building stage."

Thinking of this, Fang Ping felt that this competition was not simple, and hurried to the decree tablet.

At this moment, the decree tablet, which was rarely visited, was surrounded by countless outer sect disciples who had heard the news.

Fang Ping spent a lot of effort to squeeze through the crowd and see the full text of the decree.

"…An ancient sage once said, 'Diligence brings success, while laziness brings failure,' and this is also true for cultivation."

"The sect master feels that the disciples in the sect have been comfortable and lazy in recent years. If things continue like this, there may be a risk of subversion and unpredictable danger. In order to alert and spur the disciples to practice, he has decided to hold a sect competition in a hundred days."

"All disciples, whether they are practicing Qi or building foundation, or in the outer sect or inner sect, except those who are in seclusion to break through the realm, must participate."

"At the same time, in order to commend and promote disciples with excellent Taoism and hard practice, the sect has also prepared generous rewards for the winners of this competition."

"The specific competition rules and rewards are as follows..."

After reading it at a glance, Fang Ping finally had a preliminary understanding of this sudden competition.

The competition is divided into two rounds, the inner sect and the outer sect.

The inner sect competition has nothing to do with Fang Ping at the moment.

He just took a quick look and focused on the outer sect competition.

According to the above rules, outer sect disciples are divided into the top list and the second list, mainly according to the number of years they have joined the outer sect.

The top list is limited to disciples who have been in the late stage of Qi training or have joined the outer sect for no less than 20 years.

The second list is open to all other disciples in the middle stage of Qi training.

As for the cultivators in the early stage of Qi training, the sect does not make any requirements.

Those who are confident in their own strength or want to come up to broaden their horizons can sign up on their own. Those who are not sure or afraid of getting hurt can choose not to participate.

Anyway, the sect will not send all the disciples in the early stage of Qi training out as cannon fodder just because a spiritual stone vein is exhausted.

"Well, considering the disparity in the number of years of entry, the rules of this competition are quite reasonable."

If you don't care and throw them all together and randomly divide them into groups, the realm gap will be too large, and many matches will be completely one-sided, and the competition will lose its meaning.

In addition, the battle is carried out in the form of a ring, and various spells and magic tools can be used normally, but consumable external objects such as elixirs and talismans cannot be used.

Otherwise, the outcome of the battle will be entirely determined by the number of spirit stones, and the competition will also lose its meaning.

After reading the rules, Fang Ping looked at the rewards given by each list.

He was surprised at the first glance!

Foundation Building Pill!

"The first prize for the top list is actually a [Foundation Building Pill], plus the qualification to be promoted to the inner sect as an exception?"

Hiss~!

For outer sect disciples who fail to enter the fifth level of Qi training within ten years of entering the sect, it is almost impossible for them to join the inner sect, which is almost equivalent to losing the hope of building a foundation.

Unless by chance, they can make great contributions to the sect; or by another opportunity, they can cultivate to the tenth level of Qi training before the age of sixty.

But even if they can enter the inner sect by chance, with the extremely limited production of foundation building pills in Luoyang Sect, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to compete for one.

Either they have outstanding qualifications, such as double spiritual root immortal seedlings.

Or they have extremely deep connections behind them.

Or they must make greater contributions.

Now, as long as you win the first place in the outer sect competition, you can get a foundation-building pill and the qualification to be admitted to the inner sect as an exception?

Fang Ping can almost imagine how tragic and even bloody the fight will be among the best outer sect disciples, such as Senior Brother Liu Wuchen in the trade fair.

Scary!

"What is the madness of the sect leaders? They are playing such a big game!"

Even if the first place foundation-building pill is put aside, the subsequent rewards are still extremely generous.

The second place can also be promoted to an inner sect disciple as an exception, plus a [Purple Sun Pill], which is not as effective as the foundation-building pill, but can also increase the success rate of foundation-building by nearly 10%.

The third place is the qualification of an inner sect disciple, plus a top-grade magic weapon.

Starting from the fourth place, the rewards have obviously dropped a level. But even so, there are all kinds of mid-grade magic weapons, Jade Barrier Breaking Pills to help break through bottlenecks, and Yuan-nourishing Pills to improve cultivation, etc.!

"Well, even if it's the first place in the outer sect, it has nothing to do with me."

Fang Ping retracted his lingering gaze and looked at the secondary list related to himself.

Unlike the first list where only the top ten had rewards, as long as one could enter the top fifty of the secondary list, one could get spiritual stone rewards related to the ranking.

Disciples from the top fifty to the forty-first could get ten spiritual stones and one bottle of Condensation Pill.

Disciples from the forty to the thirty-first could get twenty spiritual stones and two bottles of Condensation Pill.

And so on.

If the first few dozen could only get some spiritual stones and pills as rewards, then after entering the top ten, the rewards for those on the list would be greatly increased.

Outer disciples ranked between tenth and fifth could get fifty spiritual stones, five bottles of Condensation Pill, and one low-grade magic weapon.

Fifth and fourth place, in addition to low-grade magic weapons, spiritual stones, and Condensation Pill, each person could go to the second floor of the outer sect's Sutra Pavilion to exchange for a fine spell for free.

Third place, on the basis of fourth place, could get an additional medium-grade magic weapon.

The second place winner, on top of the third place, can get another bottle of Pei Yuan Dan, which is more valuable, and two opportunities to listen to the lectures of the outer sect foundation building elders alone.

As for the first place on the vice list, on top of the second place, he can get a chance to temper his body in the spirit pool!

The spirit pool is naturally grown, and the water in it is full of spiritual energy and the essence of the earth veins. After adding stalactites of sufficient age and other precious spiritual medicines to make golden juice and jade liquid, cultivators can temper their bodies and nourish their physical meridians.

After the cultivators who have tempered their bodies in the spirit pool, they will not easily damage their foundations when fighting in the future, and they can recover faster after being injured, which is of great benefit to the cultivators' practice and even future foundation building.

For the physical cultivators who are refining their bodies, it is an opportunity that cannot be sought.

Even in Luoyang Sect, only a very small number of true disciples can enjoy this treatment.