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Chapter 205 Luotian Dajiao ends, award ceremony

Early the next morning.

Yesterday, after Lin Bei finished discussing with Mentor Victor, the elders on both sides humbly encouraged each other and then left.

Dean Isaac and Mentor Victor also stayed temporarily on Longhu Mountain under the arrangement of the old Taoist priest.

After a night of peace, it was the sixth day of the entire Luotian Grand Ceremony.

Originally, according to the arrangement of the entire Luotian Grand Ceremony, the entire Luotian Grand Ceremony should have lasted for a full seven days, with preliminaries on the first day, the top 32 on the second day, followed by the top 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and until the final on the sixth day.

Then the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the entire Luotian Dajiao will be held on the seventh day.

However, Lin Bei had already told the old Taoist priest long before that the champion of this Luotian Dajiao competition would definitely be Zhang Chulan. In addition, although Zhang Chulan won the match against Zhang Lingyu yesterday, he also suffered serious injuries.

Therefore, Lin Bei simply gave up today's final in advance.

In fact, all the disciples in Tianshi Mansion were very dissatisfied with Lin Bei's decision, and they didn't understand it. They really didn't want Zhang Chulan to become the successor of Tianshi Mansion.

Although Zhang Chulan had fully proved his strength in the battle with Zhang Lingyu yesterday, his reputation as an unshakable person had already spread far and wide throughout the world of extraordinary people and was deeply rooted before that.

Even though Zhang Chulan displayed amazing strength yesterday, it only made people add a prefix of "strong strength" before his reputation as a good person.

She became a powerful and unyielding Bilian.

Therefore, it is natural that the disciples of Tianshi Mansion would be resistant to Zhang Chulan. Just thinking about the fact that Tianshi Mansion has such a successor to Tianshi makes them feel a little frightened.

However, although they collectively protested to the old Taoist priest and Lin Bei, it was of no use. The matter had already been decided long ago. Not to mention them, even if the ten bosses opposed it together, it would be useless.

The only thing that made these Tianshi Mansion disciples feel a little comforted was probably that Zhang Chulan had proved himself yesterday and did not become the champion simply by being shameless or using inside information.

Otherwise, the thousand-year reputation of their Tianshi Mansion would probably be ruined.

And because of Lin Bei's early withdrawal, the final on the sixth day was naturally cancelled. Tianshi Mansion couldn't let everyone wait for a whole day until tomorrow to present the awards, so they simply shortened the Luotian Dajiao process by one day and moved the closing ceremony and award ceremony forward by one day.

Therefore, today the old Heavenly Master specially put on a simple yet majestic Heavenly Master robe, wore a lotus crown, and dressed quite solemnly, and took Lin Bei and the others to the Luotian Grand Ceremony venue.

At the same time, Lu Jin, Wang Ai, Lu Ci, Feng Zhenghao and other ten leaders also dressed quite formally and came to the scene to participate in the award ceremony together.

Dean Isaac and Mentor Victor were arranged to watch the ceremony on the side stands.

Compared to these big guys, the number of ordinary audiences at this award ceremony was relatively small. After hearing that there was no competition today and that Lin Bei gave up Zhang Chulan and won directly, most of the audience chose to leave in disappointment.

There were very few ordinary audiences in the entire venue who came to watch the award ceremony. There were only a few dozen spectators watching in the huge stands.

This was in stark contrast to the bustling scene at the beginning of the Luotian Grand Ceremony.

Before the closing ceremony began, Tianshi's disciple Rongshan loudly announced the final result of the Luotian Grand Ceremony and gave a speech to thank the guests for watching. Finally, it was the turn of the final process - the award ceremony.

The old Heavenly Master and several of the Ten Lords stood in the middle of the venue as the main witnesses. Then Zhang Chulan, the final winner of the Luotian Grand Ceremony, walked into the venue after being called out by Rongshan.

After Zhang Chulan walked into the venue, the first person to take action was Old Man Lu Jin. Because one of the prizes for the first place in the Luotian Grand Ceremony was the Tongtian Talisman contributed by him, so naturally he came in person when the award was presented.

"Zhang Chulan, come here."

Lu Jin stood in front of the Ten Bosses and greeted Zhang Chulan.

When Zhang Chulan came to Lu Jin, Lu Jin said seriously:

"According to the previous agreement of the conference, this Tongtian Scroll now belongs to you."

After saying that, Lu Jin took a tray from a little Taoist priest beside him. On the tray was a black booklet with golden patterns. This was the Tongtian Lu that everyone in the alien world dreamed of!
Lin Bei, who was watching the ceremony on the sidelines, looked at the Tongtian Scroll in Lu Jin's hand with some curiosity in his eyes. To be honest, if Lu Jin hadn't taken this thing out today, Lin Bei almost forgot that there was another Tongtian Scroll as a reward for this Luotian Dajiao.

As one of the Eight Great Skills, the pinnacle of talismans, it is impossible for Lin Bei to say that he has no thoughts about the Tongtian Talisman.

However, he now has the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements to practice, so he doesn't have a strong desire for the Tongtian Talisman, he is just simply curious.

And since he had chosen to give up the championship of Luotian Dajiao, Lin Bei was naturally prepared to not get the Tongtian Talisman.

After all, he is not Zhang Lingyu, and the old Taoist priest will not speak for him like in the original plot and give him the Tongtian Lu to learn.

However, what Lin Bei didn't expect was that although the old Taoist priest didn't speak, Zhang Chulan, the champion winner, spoke up:

"Well, Mr. Lu Jin, it's like this. I know my own limitations. Because I wasted a lot of time before, I haven't even mastered my own methods, the Golden Light Curse and the Thunder Method. I still understand the principle of biting off more than you can chew. I really don't have the extra energy to practice the Tongtian Scroll.

However, it was agreed beforehand that the Tongtian Talisman would be the prize for the champion of the competition, and I couldn't refuse it. But it would be a pity to just leave it there after accepting it, letting such a treasure gather dust.

So I want to ask the old man, can I give this Tongtian Scroll to someone else to practice?"

Hearing Zhang Chulan's words, Lu Jin was stunned at first, then laughed heartily and said:

"Hahaha, kid, you say you don't want it, but you don't want to return the Tongtian Scroll to me, right?

However, it has long been agreed that this Tongtian Lu will be the champion prize of the competition, so I will naturally not take it back. And since I have awarded it to you, you can naturally give it to others to practice.

But let me be clear in advance, since you are going to give the Tongtian Lu to someone else to practice, you can no longer practice it yourself, and you can only give it to one person to practice.

Let me guess, do you want to give this Tongtian Talisman to Lin Bei? Or to the girl named Feng Baobao? "Zhang Chulan held the tray containing the Tongtian Talisman and answered with a silly smile:

"Hehe, the old man is really discerning. Sister Baoer doesn't like these fancy abilities, so I plan to give this Tongtian Talisman to Lin Bei to practice. I wonder if it's okay?"

Lu Jin laughed when he heard this, patted Zhang Chulan on the shoulder and said loudly:

"Haha, sure. With Lu Bei's talent, he is indeed qualified to practice the Tongtian Talisman."

After receiving Mr. Lu Jin's approval, Zhang Chulan smiled and thanked him:

"In that case, thank you very much, old man."

Compared to the happy mood of Lu Jin and Zhang Chulan, the expressions on the faces of Wang Ai and Lu Ci, who were standing with the old Taoist priest behind Lu Jin, were not very good.

The reason they insisted on coming to participate in the Luotian Grand Ceremony this time was not just for the source of the Qi in Lin Bei's body and the Tongtian Talisman that Lu Jin gave as a reward?

As a result, when they were plotting to find the source of Qi body, they were beaten up by Lin Bei and lost face. Now even the Tongtian Talisman is about to fall into Lin Bei's hands, making Lin Bei even more difficult to deal with. It would be strange if these two people looked happy.

However, the two thought about it from another angle. Now that the source of the Qi body and the Tongtian Talisman are both in Lin Bei's body, it means that as long as they can deal with Lin Bei, they can obtain two of the Eight Wonders at once, which is a good thing.

It's just that Lin Bei's strength is a bit tricky. At the age of eighteen or nineteen, he can already hold his own against the combined forces of the two of them. If he continues to grow, he will definitely become an old master-level figure. By then, it will be difficult to obtain the source of Qi and the Tongtian Talisman from Lin Bei.

"It seems that after this, I have to consult Lao Lu/Lao Wang about what to do."

At this moment, although these two old guys, who were equally bad, did not speak, their thoughts coincided with each other.

After the Tongtian Lu was awarded, the old Heavenly Master came out to give a final speech. This was the end of the Luotian Grand Ceremony.

Afterwards, the strange people who came to participate in the Luotian Grand Ceremony began to leave Longhu Mountain one after another, leaving only Lin Bei and his group, Lu Jin and his family, and some people with bad intentions.

After the award ceremony, the old Taoist priest, as the host, needed to preside over the closing work of the Luotian Grand Ceremony and bid farewell to the old seniors who came to watch the Luotian Grand Ceremony, such as Dean Isaac, Lu Ci and Wang Ai.

Therefore, after the ceremony, Lin Bei and the others temporarily separated from the old Taoist priest and returned to their residence on Mount Longhu to take a rest.

After all, Zhang Chulan still had injuries on his body.

After returning to the room, Zhang Chulan casually threw the Tongtian Talisman, which he had just received and was not even warm yet, directly to Lin Bei.

Lin Bei was startled by Zhang Chulan's action. He reached out to take the mysterious booklet, and then asked curiously:
"Chu Lan, you're just going to give me this Tongtian Talisman like that? Don't you want to take a look at it yourself?"

Although Lin Bei had heard Zhang Chulan say at the award ceremony that he would give him the Tongtian Talisman to practice, he really didn't expect Zhang Chulan to give it to him so readily.

Is Zhang Chulan not curious about this Tongtian Talisman at all?

After hearing Lin Bei's question, Zhang Chulan shook his head indifferently and said:
"Why should I look at it? You heard it before. I promised Mr. Lu that after I give you the Tongtian Talisman to practice, I can no longer practice it myself. It's not appropriate for me to look at it.

Besides, once you have learned the Tongtian Talisman, I will have plenty of time to learn more about it. There is no need to be curious now."

Lin Bei really admired Zhang Chulan's free and easy spirit. To use Feng Zhenghao's evaluation of Zhang Chulan in the original novel, Zhang Chulan always knew what he wanted most at the moment.

At this time, Zhang Chulan continued:
“Moreover, I now understand that these so-called Eight Wonders are simply a hot potato.

We have already gotten into so much trouble because of the source of Qi that we haven't even seen its shadow. Now that we have obtained the Tongtian Talisman, we are afraid that there will be even more trouble in the future.

If you weren't so incredibly strong and seemed to be interested in the Eight Great Skills, I wouldn't have accepted the Tongtian Scroll today and would have directly rejected it with Mr. Lu."

Hearing Zhang Chulan's words, Lin Bei suddenly remembered something and asked curiously:
"Speaking of the origin of Qi, Chu Lan, didn't Feng Baobao tell you that Master had left something with her and asked you to take it? Did you get the thing? Does it have anything to do with the origin of Qi?"

Zhang Chulan didn't expect Lin Bei to suddenly ask this. After a pause, he sighed deeply and replied:
"I did get the things my grandfather left behind, but how should I put it? This thing really confuses me."

Afterwards, Zhang Chulan, who was originally resting on the bed, sat up, crossed his legs, and said to Lin Bei in detail:

"After we separated, I followed Sister Baoer back to the headquarters of Nadutong North China Region, and then Sister Baoer gave me the things that my grandfather left behind.

However, although it is called a thing, in reality it is just an inexplicable ball of Qi and a simple exercise.

The Qi ball was sent directly into my Dantian by Sister Baoer. Now it only moves restlessly occasionally when I am practicing, and I have no idea what it is used for at other times.

As for the exercises, there are only a few simple Qi-activating formulas."

Afterwards, Zhang Chulan told Lin Bei the martial arts that Feng Baobao taught him without reservation. It was indeed as Zhang Chulan said, this martial arts method only had a few simple Qi-circulating formulas. Not to mention the source of the Qi body, it was not even like an ordinary martial arts method. It was really too brief.

Lin Bei tried to circulate his Qi according to this technique, and found that although this technique was simple, its effect was quite magical. It could directly increase Lin Bei's cultivation speed!

The improvement effect is about 10%, which may not seem like much but is actually quite abnormal.

But if you say that this mantra is the source of Qi body, Lin Bei feels that it is totally unlike. It would be really funny if the source of Qi body, which is said to be the end of the art, only has the effect of accelerating the speed of cultivation by 10%.

Seeing that Lin Bei had not discovered anything about this formula, Zhang Chulan sighed and said:

"Well, to be honest, I actually doubted whether these formulas were the source of Qi, and I asked Sister Baoer, but Sister Baoer said she didn't know either, as she hadn't practiced this technique.

She only knew that the practice of this technique was to plant the innate Qi in the Dantian like a seed, and then wait for it to blossom and bear fruit, so she called this technique the Old Farmer's Technique."

(End of this chapter)