Cultivation of Immortality: Starting from Fu Cultivation

Chapter 545: The New Generation of Powerful People in Xingluozhou

"Village Chief, I'm sorry to disappoint you!"

Outside the Ziyan Prefecture City where Liujia Village is located.

The first round of eliminations in the Qi Refining Realm Competition had just ended when Li Lan came to Liu Laosan with a dejected look to admit his mistake.

As one of the only two mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators from Liujia Village participating in the competition, Li Lan was full of confidence before participating in the competition. He had boasted in front of Liu Laosan many times that he would enter the finals and win glory for Liujia Village.

What Li Lan himself did not expect was that he did not even make it through the first round of the Qi Refining Competition, and was directly defeated in the defending battle in the final stage of the elimination round.

Liu Yuan, on the other hand, was lucky enough to advance in the first round of eliminations in Ziyan Prefecture and qualified to go to the county city to participate in the second round of eliminations, but he was also hit hard at this time and no longer had the confidence he had before.

Looking at Li Lan, who was dejected and had a hint of unwillingness in his eyes, Liu Laosan shook his head slightly and comforted him:
"This is not your fault. You have done a good job. There is no need to blame yourself."

Although Li Lan lost in the first round of eliminations and did not reach the finals as Liu Laosan had expected, Liu Laosan did not feel dissatisfied at all.

Because before this, not only Li Lan was too arrogant, but even Liu Laosan was also a little narrow-minded and underestimated the strong younger generation of Xingluozhou.

They thought that with Li Lan and Liu Yuan's cultivation in the middle stage of Qi Refining Realm, they would have a chance to enter the finals of this Qi Refining Realm competition.

But this time, there were dozens of mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators eliminated from Ziyan Mansion in the first round alone.

Even Liu Yuan, if he had not relied on his mastered primary spell Qingfeng Sword Technique to defeat his opponent at the last moment, he would probably have failed to advance in the first round of eliminations.

This is also the main reason why Liu Yuan successfully advanced but suffered a setback and his self-confidence was undermined.

At this time, Liu Yuan was very doubtful about his ability to barely advance to the first round of eliminations. Did he really have a chance to make it to the finals?
Thinking of this, a trace of confusion appeared in Liu Yuan's eyes.

On the contrary, those people in Liujia Village who were at the early stage of Qi Refining and whose talents were only one or two types of spiritual roots did not suffer too much of a blow.

Although the morale was somewhat low due to being eliminated, they did not suffer a setback and fall into self-doubt.

After all, they are already at the bottom of the cultivation world, and they know their own limitations. They don't hold out any hope of advancing in this Qi Refining Realm Competition.

So compared to Liu Yuan and Li Lan who were full of confidence before, they are more adapted to this failure.

Liu Laosan noticed the confusion in the eyes of the silent Liu Yuan, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Not to mention Li Lan and Liu Yuan, after seeing the overall strength of the younger generation of Xingluozhou, even Liu Laosan himself felt frustrated, didn't he?
The figure who had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm and appeared in the first round of eliminations in Ziyan Mansion emerged in Liu Laosan's mind, and a hint of bitterness appeared in his heart.

After practicing hard for most of my life, I was caught up by others who only practiced for less than ten years.

Comparing yourself to others can really make you angry.

Although he was also hit hard, Liu Laosan looked at the silent and confused Liu Yuan and spoke to comfort him:

"Liu Yuan, you don't need to doubt yourself. You and Li Lan have already surpassed many people by breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining at this age."

"This time, it's the village chief's fault. I underestimated the younger generation of cultivators in Xingluozhou."

"However, it may not be a bad thing to use this competition to let you recognize your own strength among the younger generation in advance."

"What's more, we are now in a great era of cultivation. As long as you continue to practice unremittingly, you may be able to catch up in the future and surpass your current opponents in one fell swoop."

After saying this, Liu Laosan looked at Liu Yuan and Li Lan with a slightly encouraging look.

When the two heard Liu Laosan's last words, their bodies shook slightly and they got rid of their negative emotions.

After taking a deep breath, the two of them looked at each other with sharp eyes and spoke at the same time:

"Village Chief, we won't let you down."

Seeing this, Liu Laosan burst into laughter and said with great satisfaction:

"Okay, hahahaha, the village chief is already satisfied as long as you can get rid of the blow you suffered this time."

In fact, Liu Laosan did not deceive Liu Yuan and Li Lan. When their cultivation level is improved and they are qualified to enter the Green Demon Realm to hunt, they will indeed have a chance to surpass others.

However, what Liu Yuan and Li Lan didn’t know was how slim the chance of getting this so-called opportunity was.

His eyes flickered slightly, Liu Laosan looked at Liu Yuan and continued:

"Liu Yuan, you have successfully advanced this time. The village chief and the contestants from Liujia Village will follow you to the county city to participate in the second round of eliminations. In this second round of eliminations, you don't have to think about making it to the finals, just do your best."

“When competing with your peers, if you can find your own shortcomings and make up for them, that will be the biggest gain of your trip.”

Hearing Liu Laosan's words, Liu Yuan subconsciously clenched his fists and nodded vigorously:

"Yes, Village Chief, I understand."

Afterwards, Liu Laosan led a group of people from Liujia Village to Ziyan Prefecture City to wait for the strong men from Dongxuan City to lead them to the county city to participate in the second round of eliminations.

In fact, it’s not just Liu Laosan and his group.

After the first round of eliminations in the Qi Refining Realm of Xingluo State ended, the strength displayed by many new representatives of Xingluo State shocked many of the older generation of cultivators in Xingluo State.

Before the competition, they knew that there were special cases called "geniuses" in the world of immortal cultivation, but they did not expect that there would be so many so-called "geniuses" in their eyes.

But this is normal.

After all, before Ye Qingxuan unified Xingluo State and held a competition for Qi Refining Realm cultivators in the entire Xingluo State, most of the cultivators in Xingluo State only focused on their own little piece of land and knew very little about the new generation of the entire Xingluo State.

Some monks are even so busy with their own cultivation that they have no time to pay attention to juniors who have nothing to do with them.

Now Ye Qingxuan has gathered most of the new generation of cultivators in Xingluo State to hold a Qi Refining Realm competition that affects the entire Xingluo State. This is equivalent to exposing the new generation of cultivators in Xingluo State directly to everyone's eyes.

This naturally broke many people's previous limited understanding of the new generation of cultivators in Xingluozhou, causing them to fall into self-doubt.

One day later, the first round of eliminations of the Qi Refining Realm Competition among more than 300 prefectures in Xingluo Province was successfully concluded.

Under the command of the strong men from Dongxuan City, the ten victorious Qi Refining Realm cultivators from each prefecture rushed to their respective county towns.

Among the more than 3,000 new generation cultivators who advanced to the second elimination round of the Qi Refining Realm Competition, all of them were cultivators above the early stage of Qi Refining Realm.

In addition to the contestants whose cultivation level is in the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm, there are nearly two hundred powerful people whose cultivation level has reached the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm or even the peak of the Qi Refining Realm.

The overall level of cultivation revealed by the new generation of Xingluozhou shocked many people and also attracted a lot of attention.

"So there is such a genius in our Xingluo Province? He has reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm in less than ten years? I was just sitting in a well and looking at the world."

"Interesting, interesting. Even the new generation of people in the late Qi Refining Realm and even the peak of the Qi Refining Realm have appeared. This is worthy of being the new generation competition in the entire Xingluo State."

"Qi Refining Realm Competition? Xingluozhou's new generation? The cornerstone of my Dongxuan City's future? It's worth it for this old man to come out of seclusion to take a look." "Xingluozhou's new generation? Perhaps it's more appropriate to say that they are Dongxuan City's new generation of cultivators. Sigh, if I had known earlier, I should have joined Dongxuan City directly."

"This Dongxuan City has a good method. It has gathered the young generation of cultivators from the entire Xingluozhou. If it continues like this, how deep will the foundation accumulated by Dongxuan City be in a thousand or hundred years?

But without the wormhole channel, can the development speed of Dongxuan City, which is hiding in Xingluozhou, really catch up with the forces in other large states?"

Some cultivators from Dongxuan City who were not interested in the first Qi Refining Realm Competition in Xingluo State, independent cultivators, and even some spies from other forces who were deliberately left behind when they evacuated Xingluo State.

After the information about the first round of eliminations in the Qi Refining Realm Competition spread, people began to look at the Qi Refining Realm New Generation Competition held in Dongxuan City with various strange eyes.

Many independent cultivators from Xingluo State and spies left behind by other forces have already set out for the nearest county town to watch the second round of eliminations of the Qi Refining Realm Competition.

Even some cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm and Purple Mansion Realm who stayed in Dongxuan City to practice in seclusion showed great interest in the first Qi Refining Realm Competition in Xingluo State, and walked out of their secluded caves one after another.

However, although these cultivators from Dongxuan City have come out of seclusion, they have no intention of leaving for other county cities. Instead, they are waiting for the arrival of the Qi Refining Realm Competition finals in Dongxuan City.

As low-level cultivators of Dongxuan City, although they are not strong, they have the sense of superiority brought by Dongxuan City.

Only the Qi Refining Realm cultivators who have made it through the elimination rounds and come to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals are qualified to come out and witness the showdown between the new generation of Qi Refining Realm cultivators.

As time passed, on the battle stage outside the twenty county towns of Xingluo State, the second round of eliminations in the Qi Refining Realm was in full swing.

The competition format of the second round of eliminations in this Qi Refining Competition is different from that of the first round.

Although there were more than 3,000 monks who advanced to the second round of eliminations, when spread out among the 20 counties, there were only less than 200 people in each county.

In order to select the truly strong ones to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals, this second round of eliminations was much more rigorous.

Although it was also a random two-on-two duel at the beginning, the winner would advance.

However, the losers will not be eliminated directly. The loser group will randomly fight against each other again.

If you lose two games, you will be eliminated directly.

If you win three games in a row in the loser group, you can enter the winner group again to compete.

This cycle continues until the ten strongest people are chosen, and these ten people will then fight one-on-one.

The winner gets one point and the loser gets no points deducted.

Only the monks who rank in the top five in the final points will have the opportunity to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals.

However, due to the large number of battles in the cycle, this second round of eliminations will last about half a month.

For a full half month, the monks in the second round of eliminations fought round after round, and many new generation strong men made certain breakthroughs in their cultivation or spells during the battle.

After rounds of fighting, Liu Yuan from Liujia Village had been eliminated long ago, and was now watching the fight between other cultivators with the people from Liujia Village in the audience.

Although he failed to advance to the finals, Liu Yuan gained a lot from this trip.

I believe that after he returns, he will be able to make certain improvements in both his cultivation and magic.

In addition, in other county towns.

There are new generation strong men like Shi Huang who was born in Shi Village, Yuan Qingcheng who was born in Yuanqing Prefecture City, Li Taibai who was born in Taibai Prefecture City, Wang Teng who was born in Taiyuan County City, Xiao Yuexian who was born in Liyan County City, etc.

In the elimination matches in their respective counties, they swept away one strong opponent after another.

Half a month later, at the end of the second round of eliminations, some of them remained undefeated, while others lost one or two games due to a slight difference in strategy.

But without exception, they all qualified to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals of the Qi Refining Realm Competition.

On the open-air fighting stage outside Taiyuan County City, Shi Huang stood on the stage with bare hands, looking somewhat embarrassed. His spiritual power was exhausted and he was no longer able to fight.

"In the last match, Yue Xiling won."

"The Taiyuan County City elimination round has officially ended. Those who have qualified to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals are:
Taiyuan County·Yue Xiling, Taiyuan County·Zidutian, Xueyou Mansion·Lengren, Diyuan Mansion·Zhang Xinghao, Shicun·Shihuang! "

Nowadays, all the villages, towns, and cities in Xingluo Province are directly under the jurisdiction of Dongxuan City, so there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates between Shi Village, the prefectural city, and the county city.

Therefore, in this Qi Refining Realm Competition, the contestants are all named with the village, town, or city they came from as a prefix.

Hearing the final announcement, Shi Huang felt relieved, but at the same time, he felt a little bitter as he looked at the beautiful figure not far away.

In the knockout round in Taiyuan County, although his cultivation had made a breakthrough and reached the eighth level of Qi Refining Realm, he still lost two games.

The first match was before his cultivation level broke through, and he was defeated by Leng Ren from Xueyou Mansion.

The second match was after he had a breakthrough in his cultivation, but he was finally defeated by Yue Xiling from Taiyuan County City.

Taking a deep breath, the slight bitterness in Shi Huang's heart instantly dissipated, and his eyes returned to their original calmness.

It’s just a Qi Refining Realm competition.

Moreover, he is the youngest among the Taiyuan Prefecture City elimination rounds.

Give him time and he will naturally surpass all powerful enemies.

Huoyuan County.

There was no expression on Yuan Qingcheng's delicate face. She held a spear in her hand and glanced at the contestants from Huoyuan County, with a sense of pride rising in her heart.

There was no other reason, it was just because she won all the games in the elimination round of Huoyuan County.

None of the contestants in the entire Huoyuan County were worthy of her all-out fight, so she easily qualified to go to Dongxuan City to participate in the finals.

She is determined to win the first place in this new generation Qi Refining Competition.

Taiyuan County City.

Wang Teng stared with a gloomy face at the figure holding a long sword on the fighting stage, fighting the enemy calmly, and a hint of gloom appeared in his eyes.

He thought the first place in the final of the Qi Refining Competition was a sure thing, but he was defeated in the second elimination round.

The person who defeated him was currently fighting on the fighting stage in the final round of the second elimination match.

Nangong Ji from Nanyu Mansion, a pure swordsman.

(End of this chapter)