Chapter 249 First Victory

"This time, the reward includes the Heavenly Grade Gold-Returning Jade Pill."

"So everyone should try their best to win."

At this time, Dean Zhong spoke again.

After hearing this, everyone's eyes became hot again.

The Heavenly Grade Gold-Returning Jade Pill is a treasure that is hard to beg for.

Especially for the people present, many of them are already in the late stage of foundation building.

They have already started to prepare the things for forming the pill.

Perhaps, they participated in the competition this time just for the Heavenly Grade Gold-Returning Jade Pill.

Zhou Ling's heart was also hot, and with such a reward, he was more determined to win the championship.

"It's not that easy to win the championship. Now there are six peak foundation building cultivators. Who among us here can guarantee to defeat them?"

At this time, Ximo shook his head and said.

"Yes, among all the thirty-two disciples who participated in the competition, only Senior Brother Cang ranked fifth."

Another disciple echoed.

I don't know what the basis of this ranking is.

Zhou Ling, who originally won the championship of Xuanyuan Daoyuan, was only ranked thirteenth.

He was behind Cang Zhi and Ximo.

However, Zhou Ling did not take it to heart. He guessed that it might be because Cang Zhi and Ximo gave up because they were too exhausted in that battle.

"Although it is a bit difficult to get the championship this time, everyone should strive for the top four."

"The reason why our Xuanyuan Daoyuan wants to participate in this kind of competition is to show the combat power of the disciples of the Daoyuan."

"Of course, this competition has the Tianpin Jinhuanyu Pill as a reward, so the foundation-building disciples of other Daoyuans will go all out."

"And they will also get the greatest support from the Daoyuan."

"In addition, the higher the cultivation level of the cultivator, the more they rely on their own magic power."

"So by then, the runes, treasures, puppets and other means in everyone's hands may not have so many advantages!"

Dean Zhong said slowly again.

Hearing this, everyone was a little helpless. After all, they were all technical masters. It was reasonable that they were not as good as other Daoyuan disciples in terms of actual combat power.

Afterwards, Dean Zhong also briefly introduced the situation of these six peak foundation-building cultivators to everyone.

Everyone else listened carefully.

Only Zhou Ling had already understood their situation through [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis].

So he didn't listen carefully.

He just sat cross-legged in meditation, closed his eyes, and practiced at ease.

The others looked at him, although a little surprised, but didn't pay much attention.

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Not long after, the spirit boat landed on the Tianxia Taoist Square.

The square was very large, with eight spacious competition platforms in the middle.

At this moment, it was already crowded.

After getting off the spirit boat, Dean Zhong took them to the rest area of ​​Xuanyuan Taoist Temple.

Zhou Ling's eyes swept over and he could feel that the concentration of spiritual energy here was a few points richer than that of Xuanyuan Taoist Temple.

In the other three rest areas around, there were participating disciples from the other three Taoist temples.

Each of them had a strong aura.

Basically, they were in the late and peak stages of foundation building.

Not to mention the early stage of foundation building, there was no middle stage of foundation building.

Of course, this situation is normal.

After all, as a master of skills, he has to invest a lot of time and energy to practice skills. It is reasonable that he is a little slower in cultivation.

After a simple check, Zhou Ling no longer paid too much attention to it. He found a cushion and sat cross-legged.

Wang Xin and Sun Dajie also came to him.

"Brother Ling, your ranking outside this time is expected to be less than the top eight!"

"I don't know who ranked it!"

"It's a pity that the four academies are prohibited from opening outside this time, otherwise they can make some money."

Sun Dajie said with a smile.

Although the opponent he faced this time was strong, Zhou Ling was not easy to mess with.

It would definitely be difficult to win the championship.

But in his opinion, there should still be a great chance to enter the top eight.

"This time, the opponent is indeed not weak, but it's not that bad that he can't enter the top eight."

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

"I know that you can probably enter the top five!"

Sun Dajie nodded and said seriously.

"Top five!"

Zhou Ling shook his head and said nothing more. This kid has no confidence in himself!

But think about it, none of the disciples from the other three academies are easy to deal with.

And according to the rules of the competition, there will be three rounds of competition today.

Two rounds in the morning and one round in the afternoon.

With his cultivation in the early stage of foundation building, he is facing opponents in the late stage of foundation building. Even if he can win by chance, he will face huge consumption.

So in the eyes of most people, Zhou Ling can survive two rounds, which is already the limit.

Wang Xin, on the other hand, is very confident in Zhou Ling. She sat down next to Zhou Ling without saying a word and waited patiently.

"Okay, disciples participating in the competition, follow me to the judges' seat to draw lots."

As Dean Zhong's voice sounded, the eight disciples participating in the assessment walked towards the judges' seat.

When they arrived at the judges' seat, the disciples from the other three academies, led by their respective team leaders, lined up in a straight line and stood on the judges' seat.

"President Huang! Haven't seen you for a while."

"President Gong! You are so polite!"

"President Qi!"

President Zhong and the other three team leaders bowed and saluted.

The other three also returned the salute one by one.

Zhou Ling looked around and saw that on the left side of their team, from left to right, it was still the Feilong War Academy.

Dean Huang is a burly, middle-aged man with a square face and an imposing manner.

The second one was Jiutian Sword Academy. What surprised Zhou Ling was that the dean of Jiutian Sword Academy was a woman with beautiful appearance and good temperament. She seemed to be twenty-seven or eight years old.

However, to be able to achieve the position of dean, Zhou Ling estimated that he would have to be in his early fifties.

On the far right is Dean Qi of Tianxia Taoist Academy, an old man with a goatee who looks amiable.

Obviously these four deans are the judges of this competition.

Of course, this kind of combat strength test allows the use of auxiliary means.

Therefore, their main job is to prevent accidents in the competition.

The four deans exchanged brief greetings.

It was time for the disciples to draw lots.

Since there is only one woman, the palace director, she presides over the draw.

In front of her, there were thirty-two jade tablets floating in the air.

"Disciples, the drawing of lots begins now. The jade cards have numbers A, B, C, D and numbers one to eight."

"If you draw A-1, you will play against B-8, C-1 will play against D-8, and so on."

"Disciples from the same Taoist academy will not meet each other in the first round."

The Palace Dean's voice was soft and slightly magnetic, and he glanced at everyone and said calmly.

"Okay, now starting from the disciples of Tianxia Taoist Academy, everyone will come over one by one to draw lots."

As the words fell, eight disciples from Tianxia Taoist Academy went over to draw lots.

Soon it was the turn of Xuanyuan Taoist Academy.

Zhou Ling got the jade plaque, and then he looked at it and saw Bingsan written on it.

His opponent should be Ding Wu.

Of course, he didn't care who his opponent was.

No matter who it is, just give it your best.

With the talents of [Restore as before] and [Elixir Stress], he can recover much faster than others.

This continuous competition is not only not a disadvantage for him, but an advantage.

"Okay, let's get A1 to A4, C1 to C4, and their opponents, and start preparing."

"The first round of competition will begin after one stick of incense!"

After checking the jade tokens in everyone's hands, Dean Palace announced.

Zhou Ling saw that his jade card was Bingsan, but he played in the first round.

Then he was about to step off the judges' bench.

"Deputy Zhou, please wait!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ling was stunned for a moment.

Outside the Tiangong Division, few people called him that, so he almost didn't react for a while.

Then he looked at Dean Palace and saw that she was looking at him with a smile.

Immediately he cupped his hands and said, "Dean Palace, do you have any advice?"

"I didn't expect that Deputy Chief Zhou would come to participate in this kind of competition!"

Dean Gong looked at Zhou Ling and smiled.

A deputy is in Qingyun Fairy City, and he is also a powerful figure.

However, she did not expect that Zhou Ling was only in the early stages of foundation building.

How did this deputy chief executive get involved?

In the Dao League, even if you are born into a famous family but don't have the strength, don't expect to be able to get into such a position.

And it is said that Zhou Ling is a disciple of casual cultivators.

When the other two deans heard what Dean Gong said, they also looked at Zhou Ling curiously.

They had almost the same doubts as Dean Gong.

"How did this kid become the deputy chief of the Tiangong Department?"

"I want to get rid of you and refine a batch of swords. After this competition is over, I will find a time to talk to you in detail!"

Dean Gong glanced at Zhou Ling with his beautiful eyes and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll take care of you, Dean Laogong!"

After hearing this, Zhou Ling cupped his hands and replied.

I didn't expect that I would be able to accept orders under such circumstances.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling walked down from the judges' table.

Knowing that he is Zhou Ling, who is now known as the most talented person in Qingyang Immortal Domain.

The other disciples participating in the competition couldn't help but look at him.

Zhou Ling was also helpless. He didn't want to be the center of attention.

But following the words of Dean Gong, the focus of the audience was suddenly focused on him.

Not only those disciples, but also many spectators in the square.

"This is Zhou Ling, who is said to be the most talented in techniques. Why is he so young?"

“And it’s only the early stage of foundation building?”

"A heavenly guard in the early stage of foundation building? How is this done?"

"With such amazing technical talent, how come he comes to participate in this kind of combat prowess competition?"

"It is said that he directly crushed many of the geniuses in Qingyang Fairy City's skills in Qingyang Fairy City!"

"Excellent technical talent does not mean that the combat power is equally outstanding."

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In the audience, many disciples started talking curiously.

Obviously, Zhou Ling's identity and cultivation brought a huge contrast between them.

"Congratulations to Dean Zhong, Xuanyuan Taoist Academy has produced such a genius!"

Dean Gong sat to the left of Dean Zhong, looked at Zhou Ling's information, and said with a smile.

"Haha, this guy Zhou Ling is really surprising!"

Dean Zhong chuckled, and although his tone was modest, he was quite content.

You know, Qingyun Immortal City has not had a Heavenly Guard for many years.

"Dean Zhong, if I read it correctly, he is at the third level of foundation building. Although he is building a five-element foundation and his magic power is pure and strong, the need to refine a third-level treasure is really confusing to me! "

Dean Qi of Tianxia Taoist Academy was also quite curious. He touched his goatee and asked with a smile.

"This kid has a unique talent in weapon refining that cannot be measured by common sense!"

Dean Zhong said with an unpredictable face.

In fact, even though he often saw Zhou Ling refining weapons, he still didn't understand that Zhou Ling could refine a third-level treasure weapon at the third level of foundation building.

"You are so talented in weapon refining, why do you want to participate in this combat strength competition?"

"This kind of competition is not a weapon refining competition. If you get injured, you will lose more than you gain!"

The burly Dean Huang said in a loud voice.

Of course, in his opinion, Zhou Ling, who was only at the third level of foundation building, might have a unique talent in weapon refining.

But in terms of actual combat, you may not even be able to pass the first round.

"Of course it is to show the strength of our Xuanyuan Taoist Academy and win the reputation of the Taoist Academy."

Dean Zhong said with a smile.

Although based on his understanding of Zhou Ling, he was probably here for the generous rewards.

But we still have to establish a good reputation for Zhou Ling.

In the future, he will become an example for other Taoist disciples to follow.

Clang!

With the quaint bell ringing.

The top eight competition has officially begun.

Zhou Ling is located on the second competition stage in the south.

"He Rui of Tianxia Taoist Academy!"

A young man standing opposite Zhou Ling cupped his hands towards Zhou Ling.

"Xuanyuan Taoist Academy Zhou Ling!"

Zhou Ling also cupped his hands.

The Tianxia Daoist disciple in front of him was in the late stage of foundation building, and he was also a swordsman, so he was very powerful.

Ranked 12th among the thirty-two disciples.

No more, no less, one place higher than Zhou Ling.

Of course, Zhou Ling is naturally not afraid of sword cultivators.

"Please give me some advice from fellow Taoist Zhou!"

After He Rui raised his hand, a second-level black top-quality sword shot out from his body like black lightning.

He set off a thunderous sword energy and slashed towards Zhou Lingpu.

In an instant, thunder rolled.

Thunder roared.

Now, Zhou Ling knew why this person was ranked ahead of him.

Not only is he a sword cultivator, but he is also a lightning attribute sword cultivator, which is extremely rare.

It is equivalent to his combat power being several times stronger than that of monks of the same class.

"Hey, I wanted to see more of Zhou Ling's performance, but I didn't expect to meet He Rui in the first round. It seems there is no chance!"

"Yes, He Rui won fourth place in the Tianxia Taoist Competition last year and almost entered the finals!"

"His Thunder Dragon Sword Technique cannot be blocked by ordinary foundation-building monks."

"I can't help but say that Zhou Ling is in the early stage of foundation building, and even in the late stage of foundation building, it is difficult to do it!"

Seeing the thunderous sword energy filling the sky on the competition stage, the disciples in the stands also exclaimed and commented.

They all thought that Zhou Ling might not be able to block this powerful thunder dragon sword energy.

But what happened next was shocking.

Zhou Ling stretched out his hand and two swords shot out from his body.

A blaze of fire rose up, and between the slashes, the Fire Cloud Sword Qi came out.

A golden light bloomed, and the whistling sword energy was accompanied by the faint sound of dragon roar. The sword energy condensed into a golden dragon sword light, which also slashed down.

Zhou Ling paid great attention to his opponent. He activated two third-level swords at once and attacked at the same time.

Boom!

Under the fierce bombardment of Huoyun Sword Qi and He Jinlong Sword Qi, He Rui's Thunder Sword Qi was continuously defeated.

For a moment, he was completely on the defensive.

He Rui's expression changed and he exclaimed, "In the early stage of foundation building, how is it possible to control two third-level swords at the same time?"

Of course, he was not the only one who had this question, other viewers also exclaimed.

"Are these two third-level natal swords?"

"How do you control two third-level swords at the same time?"

"Is this the sword-controlling technique of the Jiutian Sword Academy?"

And as the audience continued to comment.

He Rui became more and more frightened as he fought, and could only shout helplessly, "I give up!"

This thunder sword is his natal sword.

At this moment, under the bombardment of two third-level swords, it was on the verge of collapse.

Once destroyed, he will undoubtedly suffer heavy losses.

I have no choice but to admit defeat.

The opponent's sword control skills far exceeded his expectations.

It was so powerful that he had no power to fight back.