Chapter 280 The Competition Begins

Tiangong Division, a side hall.

"I didn't expect you to enter the late stage of foundation building so quickly, so congratulations!"

On the main seat, Qin Zhizheng took a sip of spiritual tea and congratulated Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling's progress in cultivation really surprised him.

There was still some worry in his heart, whether he had taken any shortcuts in order to compete.

If such a foundation is frivolous, the gains outweigh the losses.

But he felt relieved when he felt that Zhou Ling's aura was not messy at all, but more vigorous.

With Zhou Ling's talent, as long as he works steadily, he will definitely achieve great results in the future.

There is no need to rush and take the wrong approach.

"I accidentally obtained a few high-grade elixirs this time, and this was my lucky break!"

Zhou Ling replied modestly.

Generally speaking, even if there are ten Black Flame Fruits, it is impossible to progress so fast.

After all, Zhou Ling still relied on the two talents of [Elixir Stress] and [The more frustrated he becomes, the braver he becomes].

It is difficult for ordinary monks to achieve this effect even if they have sufficient Black Flame Fruit.

Qin Zhizheng nodded with a look of surprise on his face. Zhou Ling's potential was more powerful than he expected.

Lu Yunxi on the side was also shocked.

You know, when she went to Lingxia Fairy City, Zhou Ling was only at the fifth level of Qi training.

But in just a few years, it has reached the late stage of foundation building.

And she had just entered the late stage of foundation building.

Such talent is truly astonishing.

From now on, my future in Tiangong Division will really depend on Zhou Ling.

"How confident are you in this competition?"

Qin Zhizheng asked again.

Li Feng and He Shenke are both difficult to deal with.

Zhou Ling has no advantage over the two in terms of technique.

In terms of cultivation, it is much lower.

"Don't worry if you are upright, I will do my best! As for the chance of winning, I can't say for sure!"

Zhou Ling said with a relaxed expression.

He also knew in his heart that these two competitors, one was in the late stage of Jin Dan and the other was at the peak of Jin Dan, and they had stayed in Tiangong Division for many years.

Although they are still third-level technical mages, they obviously have the strength of fourth-level masters to be able to compete for the position of righteousness.

The key to why he had this opportunity was because Tiangong Si Tianwei was the leader of the assessment.

If the two of them could refine a fourth-grade treasure, he would probably have no chance.

"There's no need to be too stressed!"

"This time the senior management of the Tiangong Division has also set the tone. As long as your performance is no less than the two of them, the position of leadership will be yours!"

Qin Zhi smiled and said something good that Zhou Ling didn't expect.

"Zhizheng, do you mean that as long as I can refine a third-level high-grade treasure, I can win?"

Zhou Ling looked confused.

If the Tiangong Division intends to let him take over as the official, then why bother to engage in such a competition?

If you don't really win, others won't accept it either!

Zhou Ling frowned. After all, in order to convince others in the Tiangong Division, you still need to have real talent and practical learning.

"Well, it's mainly because of your status as the leader of the Heavenly Guard. The original intention was to let you hone your skills for a while."

"After all, you are not very young, and I am afraid you are not mature enough in all aspects of your temperament."

"But after I insisted, the higher-ups decided to have a competition."

"In addition, as long as you can win this time, there will be another reward!"

Qin Zhizheng explained to Zhou Ling.

"award?"

Zhou Ling also looked happy when he heard this. He thought that for the top management of Tiangong Division, the reward would definitely be high.

"I know that your family is still leasing the spiritual veins of Xuanyuan Taoist Academy."

"So this time I applied for a fourth-level spirit-gathering array bead as a reward for you."

"As long as we have this Spirit Gathering Bead and set up the Spirit Gathering Formation, there is a chance that the Zhou family's spiritual veins can be raised to the fourth level in the future!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ling blinked.

He felt more and more grateful to Qin Zhizheng in his heart, and even thought about the matter of gathering the spirit beads for himself.

You must know that the fourth-level spirit-gathering beads cannot be found in the market at all.

Even if he is still a Tianwei, he cannot exchange it.

This shows how precious these fourth-level spirit-gathering beads are.

"If you can win this time, in addition to the spirit gathering beads, there will also be a reward of two thousand points."

"If you can't, you can only get one thousand points."

Qin Zhi said with a smile on his face.

"Is there a reward for defeating?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ling looked surprised and was amazed in his heart.

The three of them originally competed for the position of Zhizheng, but Qin Zhizheng fought for this reward.

There is a reward for defeating, which is surprising.

"With my current level of spiritual consciousness, coupled with the talent of [Six Transformations], it won't be a big problem to refine a third-level top-grade or even top-grade treasure."

Zhou Ling is very confident in himself.

With the cultivation level of the two opponents, there is no problem in refining the third-level top-grade treasure.

If you compete with them, your chances of winning are really low.

But what he majored in was the Lingxiao Sect's Earth-level Divine Soul Cultivation Technique, the Three Pure Creation Techniques, and the extremely pure power of the Divine Soul.

He is also a Sanqing soul body, able to condense three souls to assist in refining the imprint.

What's more, there is also the [Sixth Transformation] talent, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of refining the imprint.

Therefore, in his opinion, even if the opponent is strong, he does not have no chance.

"You don't have to take victory or defeat too seriously!"

"Given your situation, it is certain that you will become an official in the future!"

Qin Zhizheng said with a smile again.

"Yes, enforce justice!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

In order to obtain more resources, the sooner he takes the position of authority, the better it will be for him.

"Both Li Feng and He Shen are now able to refine third-level treasures. If He Shen is lucky, he can also refine fourth-level treasures."

"However, according to the meaning above, as long as you can refine a third-level top-grade treasure, you will win!"

Qin Zhizheng said to Zhou Ling again.

Hearing this, Zhou Ling felt relieved.

If the opponent can refine a fourth-level treasure, he has a 10 to 20 percent chance of winning at most.

After all, where his cultivation realm is, it is already very difficult to refine the third-level top quality under many factors.

Zhou Ling's two major reliances now are the Three Pure Creation Techniques and talents such as [Six Transformations] and [Meticulousness].

But these two people are veteran third-level weapon refiners from Tiangong Division, and they also have trump cards in their hands.

"Zhizheng, if they can refine a fourth-level treasure and I refine a third-level treasure, wouldn't I lose?"

Zhou Ling asked again.

If there are no accidents, it will take at least ten years for an administration to be completed.

Although he is young now and has plenty of opportunities, this situation is completely different.

What's more, the next step is to prepare the resources for his wife to form a pill, which is not an easy task.

"Don't worry, as long as you can refine the third-level top-grade treasure, as the leader of the Heavenly Guard, you can't escape your position of being the rightful one."

Qin Zhizheng smiled when he heard that Zhou Ling seemed quite confident in refining the third-level top-grade treasure.

After hearing this, Zhou Ling felt relieved.

Next, Qin Zhizheng explained some key points of refining third-level treasures to Zhou Ling, focusing on the refining method of third-level swords to Zhou Ling.

After all, among many treasures, the sword is the most powerful in actual combat. If it can be successfully refined, the chance of winning will increase.

After Zhou Ling learned about some third-level sword imprints, he asked Qin Zhizheng about some information about the fourth-level sword imprints.

Although Qin Zhizheng was about to be transferred and had a lot of various matters, he still introduced them to Zhou Ling carefully one by one.

It was not until dusk that Chen Ling left the Tiangong Division.

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Three days later.

The square of Xuanyuan Taoist Temple was crowded with people.

The competition between Zhou Ling and two Jindan monks to compete for the position of head of the Tiangong Division also attracted a large number of monks to watch.

Because it might be necessary to use Taoist fire, the competition will still be held in the Taoist square.

Of course, the reason why the Taoist Academy was chosen was also to allow many disciples of the Taoist Academy to watch the competition and gain some insights.

After all, the three people participating in the assessment this time are all third-level weapon refiners, and the opportunity is rare.

As for the judges, there are three people, Dean Zhong, Qin Zhizheng and a senior executive from the Tiangong Department of Qingyang Fairy City.

Cheng Pu is a fourth-level top-notch weapon refiner.

At this moment, the three of them were already sitting on the judges' bench.

Dean Zhong and Qin Zhizheng were sitting on the left and right sides of Cheng Pu respectively, which showed that this person's status in the Tiangong Department was not low.

I saw him looking elegant and easy-going, smiling, and talking in a low voice with Dean Zhong.

On the competition stage, Zhou Ling and the other three people were already seated.

The three of them formed a horizontal line.

Zhou Ling is on the left.

In the middle is a tall, middle-aged man with a dignified appearance. He is He Shen, who is at the peak of the Golden Core.

Seeing Zhou Ling glance over, he smiled and nodded slightly to Zhou Ling.

He knew in his heart that no matter whether he won or lost in this competition, Zhou Ling's future achievements would definitely be higher than his.

Zhou Ling also bowed slightly.

On the right, a middle-aged man with fair skin and ordinary appearance sat quietly. His expression was slightly solemn, and he was concentrating with his eyes closed.

"Master will win!"

"Teacher Zhou will definitely win!"

A famous Taoist disciple shouted and cheered to Zhou Ling.

Sun Dajie and Bai Ji were sitting in the front row.

All of them had excited expressions.

If Zhou Ling could become the head of the Tiangong Division, it would also be of great significance to them.

Their identities will also be very different.

Compared with their excited expressions, Zhou Ling, who was involved, had a calm expression. After meeting He Shen, he closed his eyes and rested, waiting for the competition to begin.

clang!

A quarter of an hour later, the melodious and simple bell rang.

"Three of you, this Tiangong Division's official competition is about to begin."

"The treasured weapon refined this time is a sword. As for the properties of the sword, you can choose by yourself."

"All kinds of materials are equipped on the test bench."

"This competition is a matter of deciding the outcome."

"It took three hours to finally refine it. Whoever's sword has a higher grade will be the winner!"

"Ben Zhizheng, Cheng Zhizheng and Dean Zhong will be the judges."

"Okay, the competition officially begins!"

Qin Zhi was standing on the judges' bench, looking at the three of them, and said loudly.

As his voice fell.

A light mask was raised on the competition stage, covering Zhou Ling and the other three.

The seal on the jade platform in front of Zhou Ling also opened.

He glanced over and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

There is a lot of material inside.

There are forty to fifty pieces of third-level materials alone, each with different properties.

There are even some fourth-level materials.

Obviously, this competition also supports the refining of fourth-level treasures.

However, with Qin Zhizheng's original reminder, Zhou Ling would naturally not fearlessly choose to refine the fourth-level sword.

After all, the current success rate of level 4 swords is still a bit low.

The risk is too great!

"There are even third-level Thunder Wood. This Tiangong Company is really rich!"

Looking at the materials, Zhou Ling praised.

Among the materials, there are common five elements, as well as rare thunder, wind, space, etc.

In short, since there is no regulation on what kind of attribute sword to refine.

So seeing the materials, the real competition has already begun.

After all, the choice of materials is also very critical.

Although they are all third-level, the power of the swords refined by materials with different attributes is also very different.

Thunder and space attributes are the most difficult, followed by fire and gold, and finally other attributes such as wood, water, and earth.

In addition, this is only a competition between three people.

So in the end, it is also very simple to see who refines the most powerful sword. A direct head-on confrontation is enough to see.

"This time refining the sword has undoubtedly further narrowed the distance between me and the two of them!"

While checking the materials through [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], Zhou Ling thought in his heart.

After all, his current sword cultivation of the third realm and second step is not low.

Even if they are Jindan cultivators, many people may not be able to enter the third realm of swordsmanship.

However, He Shen and the others have entered the third realm of swordsmanship, but they are only the first step of the third realm.

So Zhou Ling is not at a disadvantage in refining swords.

"According to the five elements sword meaning I have comprehended now, refining the five elements sword is definitely the most advantageous!"

Zhou Ling continued to analyze in his mind.

According to the current materials, it is undoubtedly the most powerful to use Thunder Wood to refine the third-level Thunder Sword.

And to beat Thunder Wood, you can only choose the fourth-level materials.

Refining into a fourth-level sword.

However, the success rate of the fourth-level sword is too low.

If you choose this way, the risk is too great.

Obviously it is unnecessary.

As for choosing Thunder Wood, its own thunder attribute sword meaning has not reached the third realm.

After refining, the power will definitely not be satisfactory.

After a comparison, the five-element sword is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Of course, it is not so easy to refine the five-element sword.

After all, the materials to be refined are much more than others.

Fortunately, the time is three hours, which should be enough.

In addition, when fusing the five elements sword seal, it is also a big difficulty.

After all, the five elements are mutually restrained, and a slight mistake will definitely fail.

However, Zhou Ling has the assistance of the five elements spirit flame, plus the talent of [meticulous], which still has a great advantage in this regard.

After deciding on the plan to refine the five elements sword, Zhou Ling began to choose materials.

Some of these materials also have some flaws, and if you don't choose carefully, you may make mistakes.

They look roughly the same, but the situation after fusion is quite different.

This is also a test of the refiner's eyesight.

Of course, Zhou Ling used the talent of [intermediate observation], so these naturally could not be hidden from his eyes.

Soon, he selected the ten pieces of five elements attribute materials he needed.

After determining the five elements sword seal, he selected the materials.

The next step is to refine the materials and condense the sword embryo.

This is already a piece of cake for Zhou Ling.

As the refining furnace emerged, pieces of ore fell into it.