Journey to the head

On October 10, 407 of Jiashen year, outside Meihuafang, in the deep valley, there was a roar of voices reaching the sky.

The wilderness was crowded with people, the streets were empty and blocked, but the once bustling Meihuafang was now deserted and the streets were empty.

Because the battle for innate spiritual energy begins today!

The 48,000 seats had already been sold out, and many monks arrived late and did not even have tickets, so they had to fly into the air and overlook the scene in the valley from above the outside of the canyon.

The best seats for watching the game in the valley are naturally the ones carved out of the rock walls, but if you fly up and look far away, you can really see the valley floor. However, the line of sight is limited and the details cannot be seen clearly.

But, who told them they didn’t get the tickets? Besides, isn’t it nice to have free tickets?

Soon, even the sky above the canyon was filled with escaping lights, and flying magic weapons were hanging in the air. The monks called their friends and talked loudly, having a great time.

The Xuanwei Sect did not drive away these spectators who did not buy tickets. Instead, it sent some disciples to maintain order and remind them not to get too close to avoid being accidentally injured by the golden elixir's power.

When the Chen hour arrived, bells and chimes rang together, and the ceiling was covered with rain. In a rainbow light that descended from the sky, a brilliant jade throne appeared. The leader of Cangzhou, Miaomiao Xuanjun, sat on it, with his long hair hanging down and fluttering, like an immortal descending to the earth.

Behind him, there stood a Nascent Soul Spirit Lord, holding a sword on the left and a whisk on the right.

A loud bell rang from the sky, ringing nine times in a row, solemn and dignified. When the bell rang again, everything was silent, and tens of thousands of cultivators focused their attention on Lord Miaomiao Xuan, holding their breath and listening attentively to his instructions.

The elites of Cangzhou are all in your hands, and visitors from all directions gather under your command.

Talents from all over the world, listen to my command!
At this moment, the surge of pride and excitement filled his heart. The taste of power made people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves. Miaomiao Xuanjun had not experienced this feeling for a long, long time.

So much so that the opening manuscript, which had been prepared years in advance, revised over and over again in the Jingpai school, and was already full of gems, was torn to pieces by the sudden surge of heroic spirit.

Thousands of words, but summed up in one sentence -

"Let the game begin!"

It was so concise that the two Nascent Souls behind him were stunned.

The valley was silent for a moment, and then there was a thunderous cheer. Miaomiao Xuanjun stood up, waved to tens of thousands of cultivators, and then turned into a rainbow of light, led his attendant Yuanying, and went straight to the best and most luxurious viewing seat on the valley wall.

The battle for innate spiritual energy begins!
Lu Qian and others were sitting in a huge box with several Danxia envoys including Akabane Zhenren. As contestants and important figures in the northwest of Cangzhou, they naturally enjoyed the best viewing seats.

The other Yunshan disciples who were allowed to leave the mountain to watch the game did not have such good treatment, but they also bought tickets in advance. Now they all sat in the same area, staring intently at the deep valley.

In the first match of the competition, one of the four sects in Cangzhou, the Spirit Beast Sect, showed its prowess. This first match was more or less an experimental demonstration. And in the second match tomorrow, it would be the turn of the Yunshan Sect to appear.

The first to enter were the opponents from the Spirit Beast Sect.

Three golden elixir lights shot straight into the valley like a long rainbow amid the cheers of the audience. Then, the three real people did not gather together, but suddenly dispersed, and disappeared after landing.

Akabane Zhenren chuckled: "Oh, are you preparing for a hidden ambush?"

Lu Qian nodded. These three Jindan belonged to different sects, one was in the late Jindan stage, one was in the middle stage, and one was in the early stage. The gap between their strength and that of the Spirit Beast Sect was too great. This tactic might be the only one that could produce some effect.

Boom!

The next moment, a golden mountain came down and smashed heavily into the valley. In an instant, the earth shook and rocks flew everywhere.

With a croak, a golden toad as big as a hill crouched at the bottom of the valley. The trees in the forest beneath its belly were as fragile and bent as grass leaves. Its pair of blood-red vertical pupils scanned around, searching for its prey.

The third golden elixir of the Spirit Beast Sect was standing on the back of the golden toad with a calm expression, and the Taoist Xi Chan yawned loudly.

"Brother Chan, don't take it seriously. Although this competition is exciting, the opponents in this competition are ordinary."

The golden toad responded with a croak, which was like thunder echoing in the valley.

Such amazing momentum instantly made the audience excited.

Before the game started, there were actually some controversies and doubts about the Spirit Beast Sect's participation.

Some cultivators believe that the Spirit Beast Sect cannot bring spirit beasts to participate in the competition, because the spirit beasts themselves are often more powerful than the cultivators. One Jindan Zhenren in the Spirit Beast Sect represents the combat power of two Jindan Zhenren.

In this way, fighting side by side with the spirit beast in the ring is simply a matter of outnumbering the minority.

Another group of cultivators believe that raising spirit beasts is actually a means of cultivating the Tao. The cultivators of the Spirit Beast Sect have lived with their spirit beasts since childhood and put all their energy and efforts into taming the beasts. Other means such as taming instruments, spells, talismans, etc. are often neglected. This can be considered another kind of balance.

Moreover, the purpose of the competition is to hone skills and simulate actual combat. Can we still ask the beastmasters not to release their spirit beasts if they meet on the battlefield?

At this moment, the debate has been answered!
Just from the perspective of Jindan combat power, it directly becomes six to three!

Generally speaking, cultivators who come from small families and have little background will definitely not be able to resist.

Listening to the excited and noisy discussions of the audience, Lu Qian shook his head slightly. It seemed that the only effect of the opponent's three golden pills hidden ambush tactics was that they would not fail so quickly.
While thinking this, the three golden elixirs of the Spiritual Beast Sect discovered that the opponent had disappeared without a trace and also knew the opponent's tactics. This deep valley was ten miles in radius. If Lu Qian was asked to deal with it, the three of them should not disperse, but move slowly in a group, and with the help of the spirit beasts, gradually compress the opponent's range of action, and finally force the opponent out for a decisive battle.

But Taoist Xichan waved his hand lazily, and two fellow disciples who had achieved perfect golden elixir jumped up from the back of the golden toad.

One of them stretched out his hand and a finger-sized jade mantis flapped its wings from his sleeve and flew out, becoming several dozen feet tall. Its sharp blade-like feet waved like a flash of light, its triangular head rotated left and right, and its mouthparts with huge fangs made a clacking sound, which made people shudder. It moved its body and popped forward with a rumble. Those with lower cultivation could only see an afterimage.

The other man shook his shoulder, and a snow-white bird of prey soared into the sky with a sharp scream. Its body changed and enlarged, and its wings spread out to a hundred feet. It had five claws, a crown on its head, and wings hanging down to the sky. Its feathers were like sharp swords. It was a roc!
The great roc flapped its wings, the wind howled, the trees below were torn to pieces, and a rolling hurricane came towards them, creating large waves on the protective formation in front of the audience seats.

The golden toad leaped again, making a loud rumbling sound in the valley. The terrain that the Xuanwei Sect had painstakingly created was mostly destroyed in the blink of an eye, causing the monks of the Xuanwei Sect to frown.

The three Jindan of the Spirit Beast Sect did not stick together at all, but dispersed in three directions and carried out the search in a swaggering manner, showing that they did not take the other party seriously at all!
A moment later, three rays of light suddenly lit up in a deep valley, which was where the golden toad was.

The Spirit Beast Sect's Tuoda dispersed, and the three hidden Golden Dan sneaked secretly, found the right position, and now jumped out brazenly to besiege Taoist Xichan!
Lu Qian shook his head and sighed. Li Da behind him asked in confusion, "Master, among the three cultivators of the Spirit Beast Sect, only Taoist Xichan is in the late Jindan stage, and his combat power is slightly inferior. Now the other three Jindan have seized the opportunity, outnumbered the enemy, and created a local advantage. This is the only chance to win. Master shook his head and sighed. What's wrong with that?" Before Lu Qian could answer, True Man Chiyu smiled and said, "You are a good tactical analyst, but unfortunately you haven't developed a good vision. This Taoist Xichan is not simple. Although he is in the late Jindan stage, he is the strongest and toughest among the three."

Li Da opened his eyes wide in surprise. A powerful wave surged up at this moment. It was a magical power!
Although the three golden elixirs of the Spirit Beast Sect are scattered, they are confined to the deep valley and are only a few miles apart from each other, so they can arrive in an instant for the golden elixirs.

Therefore, the three golden elixirs of the other party surrounded Taoist Xichan and the alien golden toad at this moment, without any attempt at all, and attacked with all their strength right from the start.

Various magic weapons lit up with brilliant light, and swords, flags, seals, pots, forks, etc. drew long rainbows, carrying all kinds of power, killing, binding, penetrating, stabbing, and weakening. They crossed the sky with amazing power.

At the same time, the golden elixir in Dantian vibrated, shining brightly, and three different magical powers exploded.

A Jindan raised his hands, and the raging flames and the wind weaved into a huge millstone, with the fire on top and the wind on the bottom moving in opposite directions. The light was so bright that it had the power to devour and destroy everything. With a loud bang, it fell on Taoist Xichan's head.

A Jindan roared like thunder, his body shook, and expanded instantly. From the audience's perspective, the figure that was only the size of a bean was suddenly taller than the hill-like golden toad. His feet were deeply sunk in the valley, and he opened his palms and fanned towards the golden toad with the sound of rumbling wind and thunder.

A beam of green light spurted out of the mouth of another golden elixir, and went straight into the sky. Suddenly, wind blew up clouds, and from the layers of clouds above the heads of Golden Toad and Taoist Xichan, a long river of icy cold air slammed down with tremendous force that was difficult to resist.

With all kinds of magic weapons and supernatural powers, the three Jindan masters are going to capture Taoist Xichan in a moment!

Forty-eight thousand spectators took a deep breath in unison. If they were in their shoes, how would they respond?

Some gamblers shouted in surprise. The difference in odds between the two sides when betting before the game was so huge that it was really enviable.

If you try hard, your spiritual weapon will become a spiritual treasure! Therefore, many people gritted their teeth and pressed down on their opponents from the Spirit Beast Sect, just to hope for a one-in-a-lifetime chance of turning over and becoming a superior person overnight.

And now, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has arrived!

The Spirit Beast Sect was too arrogant and conceited, and Taoist Xichan's downfall was imminent—

A brilliant golden light suddenly rose up, and auspicious aura rushed into the sky!

Taoist Xichan lay on the golden toad's back and waved his hand lazily.

A cloud of gas suddenly rushed out from the Baihui point above his head, and in the cloud, a fat, round virtual image of a golden toad condensed, carrying a sense of auspiciousness, which was completely different from the ferocious alien golden toad below his body.

Amidst the auspicious light and auspicious air, the virtual image of the golden toad opened its mouth and spit out brilliant golden light that shot up into the sky, meeting the various magical weapons that were coming down like thunder.

At the same time, the mountain-like alien golden toad opened its mouth wide, and a brilliant rainbow light spread out like mercury on the ground, sweeping towards the three golden elixir masters.

Magical power: chaotic golden light!
Magical power·Breaking the rainbow!
As the golden light shone, the six magic weapons that the three golden elixirs had sent were instantly suspended in mid-air. As the golden light rushed again, the six magic weapons flickered in a volatile state, and even their owners could not control them. They began to spin around randomly as if they had lost their direction!
In the audience, exclamations rolled like waves!

Lu Qian's eyes were fixed, is this Taoist Xichan's own magical power?

The rainbow light swept across, and the Wind and Fire Mill and the Ice Dome River fought against the rainbow light. Then they kept disintegrating and shattering, and dissipated before they fell on Taoist Xichan's head.

Lu Qian was shocked, this feeling was similar to his own five-colored divine light!
But when the Law-Breaking Rainbow swept across the golden elixir that had transformed into a giant, the golden elixir just shook slightly, and the two palms did not stop at all, still smashing down with a bang.

Lu Qian has already understood. It seems that this long rainbow that can break the law cannot work on the magical power contained in the physical body. It is naturally inferior to the five-colored divine light that can break anything.

The chaotic golden light held up the six magic weapons, and the long rainbow of breaking the law wiped out two magical powers, but the two palms that were rolling with wind and thunder had already hit Taoist Xichan and the golden toad!
At this moment, another dazzling light shone from the body of Taoist Xichan.

Lu Qian took a deep breath, and Akabane Zhenren raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Five magical weapons of different shapes and extraordinary powers rose from the body of Taoist Xichan, shining brightly and hitting the giant with a loud bang!

Even if the giant had condensed his magical powers, how could he withstand the attack of five magical weapons? He screamed and fell backwards, leaving deep cracks at the bottom of the valley.

A huge roar resounded everywhere, and the audience was in an uproar.

While unleashing his magical powers, Taoist Xichan could actually use five magic weapons. This kind of magic is truly unheard of!

Master Cang Feng murmured, "This is truly a miraculous skill. An average Jindan can only use two or three magic weapons. It is not easy to use two more magic weapons at the same time as using a magical power."

"And now Taoist Xichan can use five magic weapons. This..."

Lu Qian was unable to see through the mystery. Yang Jiye once practiced the secret Purple Qi Tianluo, which allowed him to use the Qi belt as his arms and control multiple spiritual tools. However, those were only spiritual tools that did not need to be nurtured and could be used right away. However, the magic tool that Xichan Taoist used required a lot of effort to nurture and its power was incomparable!
How did he do it?
Moreover, Taoist Xichan may not be using his full strength now. If I fight him in the future, can I win?
In a flash of fighting, Taoist Xichan fought against three people alone and seriously injured one of them!
The Jade Mantis and the Snow-Winged Peng also arrived at this moment, and the outcome was decided.

The opponent Jin Dan chose to admit defeat immediately. When the referee announced the victory of Lingshou Zong, a tsunami of cheers swept through the audience, covering up the wailing of a few gamblers who could not see the situation clearly.

The game started in just a few minutes and the winner was decided, but that did not affect the fact that it was an amazing game.

The 48,000 spectators were in high spirits, and their shouts and discussions filled the sky.

In such a noisy environment, Lu Qian, who was trying to guess the Taoist Xichan's true strength, suddenly felt his consciousness move.

After he studied the secrets provided by Fang Hui, his consciousness became more tenacious, delicate and sensitive. At this moment, he only felt a little obscure, evil, and a wave full of despair and terror rippling beside him.

Lu Qian suddenly looked up and saw a cultivator with a red talisman in his mouth turning his gaze towards him from a box not far from his home.

He is the "Silent True Man", one of the three forbidden things in religion.

The two men's eyes met, and Master Buyu was slightly stunned, then looked at Lu Qian deeply.

At this moment, the voices of the audience slowly gathered together and turned into a unanimous shout that shook the sky.

"Game 2! Game 2! Game 2!"

This match ended too quickly, and the 48,000 spectators were not satisfied, and they all demanded that the second match be held earlier! (End of this chapter)