Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 177: Arena Competition
"Why do we still have to fight?" Kang Dabao felt it was odd.

It seems that this old guy Huo Bing is not as easy to bully as his uncle and Tie Liuyun said. Kang Dabao felt a little regretful.

"Maybe the Taoist has offended a foundation-building person badly this time."

"In the early, middle and late stages of Qi training, each side will send out one player, and the game will be played with two wins out of three. Only victory or defeat is decided, not life or death. You are not allowed to use cross-level magic tools, talismans, spirit pets, spirit insects, and puppets."

Tie Xishan explained the rules of the duel, which turned out to be quite simple and without any new ideas.
"When will Commander Tie send someone?" Kang Dabao first calmed down the somewhat excited Jiang Qing and asked Tie Xishan.

"My uncle meant that Tie will fight in the initial stage of Qi training, and the next two matches will need to be arranged by Sect Leader Kang."

"Well?" Seeing Kang Dabao hesitate, Tie Xishan presented the handwritten cloth by Hei Lu Taoist at the right time. When the former opened the cloth, he was scolded by the words on it: "Just fight, what are you afraid of?"

After being scolded by his uncle, Sect Leader Kang had no intention of backing down. He would just fight. What was there to be afraid of? He was quite good at beating the Huo family, especially the Huo family's son-in-law.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and the duel began quietly and silently at the Dantong Cliff of the Kuai family.

The person in charge of the Huo family who stayed in the clan territory was a white-haired old man. After entering the venue, he didn't even say hello, but just barged into the Kuai family with a group of people with a frown.

Perhaps because the Huo family had taken a heavy bite and made a lot of profit when the Niu family in Xuanwei was confiscated, the Huo family became more and more unruly shortly after the Earl of Nan'an came to Yunjiaozhou.

Although his family had an old foundation-building master like Huo Bing to support them, their family had only been prosperous for a short time and was considered the lowest among all the foundation-building forces.

In other words, before Kuang Liuting came to Yunjiaozhou, Huo Bin was just a foundation-building version of Xie Fu in the eyes of other foundation-building true practitioners. He could only show off his power in front of the minor Qi-cultivating practitioners and had no say in front of people of the same level.

Since even Huo Bing was like this back then, the other cultivators in the Huo family naturally had to behave themselves.

But now, most of them have learned to take advantage of others’ power and look down on others wherever they go.

"Start, start. After the fight, don't delay my family from taking over the mineral vein." The old bastard who is the head of the Huo family was like this. As soon as he came in, he started cursing and gesticulating.

"Then let's begin." The person invited by the two families to act as the arbitrator was a rare independent cultivator in Yunjiao Province. He was not annoyed when he saw the Huo family's impatience, but urged Tie Xishan to hurry up and get on the stage.

After all, if the fight was over sooner, he could go home earlier. In his eyes, the fight between young Qigong practitioners might not be any more interesting than children playing.

"I am Huo Yuanyi from the Huo family, please give me your guidance." The handsome young man of about fourteen or fifteen years old opposite him bowed and said loudly.

"Tie Xishan." Tie Xishan, with graying temples, raised the corners of his mouth and spoke softly.

The two men had just finished greeting each other, and the casual cultivator who was building his foundation swung his magic sword, while Huo Yuanyi took the lead and summoned a silver flying sword, aiming directly at Tiexishan's face.

The latter was not panicked even though he had taken the initiative. The talisman under his feet lit up immediately. He easily avoided the attack and then dodged it with his backhand. He slapped out a gold brick and smashed it directly on the flying sword in mid-air. There was a continuous roar, which caused the sharp light of the sword to dissipate a little.

Huo Yuan was not panicked when he saw the flying sword was damaged, which showed that he had already made plans.

But just as he calmly recalled his flying sword, his expression suddenly changed. The hard earth and stone tiles under his feet suddenly exploded, revealing a sharp spike protruding from the ground. At the same time, Tiexishan's gold brick magic weapon also hit him head-on.

Huo Yuan used some unknown skill to lift up a layer of cloud from under his feet, and the spikes were narrowly avoided. However, the gold bricks coming from Tiexi Mountain on the opposite side immediately changed direction and came towards him, very close.

At this time, Huo Yuanyi's eyes focused, the magic spells in his hands changed several times, and the energy was gathered in his chest, and his entire chest swelled up. Then a red mysterious light spurted out of his mouth, and he knocked the gold brick away with one blow.

As soon as this red mysterious light was exhaled from Huo Yuan's mouth, the swelling on the jade-faced young man's chest instantly subsided, and it was able to be retracted and relaxed freely and in moderation.

"This young man is amazing, he can refine evil spirits in his belly." Someone standing next to him praised him, and Kang Dabao nodded subconsciously. After all, this kind of skill is difficult to learn for ordinary cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training.

But the head of the Kang sect immediately became angry. Damn, am I standing in the wrong place? Which side! Looking back, the anger that had just arisen disappeared in an instant. Kang Dabao's face immediately changed to a smile. It turned out that the people standing beside him were the Black Shoe Taoist and Tie Liuyun.

"Didn't you two say you couldn't come?" Kang Dabao asked doubtfully after greeting his fellow disciples.

"There are some interesting things in the spiritual stone mine in Tanggu County. As long as the foundation builders in the counties have time, they will gather here as soon as they get wind of it. But it's not the time yet, and everyone has nothing to do, so they all came to see the excitement here."

The Taoist priest in black shoes explained slowly.

"Another incident at the Lingshi Mine?" Kang Dabao exclaimed in surprise. How many more incidents could possibly happen at a Lingshi Mine in Tanggu County? Couldn't they just close it?

"It's nothing serious," Tie Liuyun answered casually. Seeing that Kang Dabao wanted to ask more questions, he stretched out two fingers and pinched them in the air. An invisible spiritual power gently clamped Kang Dabao's upper and lower lips. The latter was so panicked that his eyes widened and he could no longer make a sound.

"Don't talk too much. Look carefully. Xishan is about to exert his strength."

The gold brick from Tiexi Mountain was hit by the evil spirit exhaled by Huo Yuan, and a crack appeared on its surface. Its spirituality was greatly weakened, so he simply threw it away.

He narrowly avoided the blade of Huo Yuan's flying sword, and Tie Xishan threw out a handful of talismans. Golden spears, water arrows and fireballs were shot everywhere in the arena, making it very lively.

However, the robe of the jade-faced young man opposite him only ejected a thin spiritual shield to protect him. Even though this spiritual shield was shaking continuously due to the talismans and magic from Tie Xishan on the opposite side, it remained motionless and isolated all the magic from outside.

Tie Xishan never thought that the exquisite talismans he brought from home did not have much effect.

However, he had rich experience in fighting, so he took the opportunity to catch his breath, picked up the gold brick and threw it forward. The spiritual shield in front of Huo Yuanyi's eyes shattered, and the gold brick also lost its spiritual light and shattered and fell to the ground.

Before Huo Yuanyi could recover from the fatal blow from Jin Zhuan, several spikes appeared under his feet. The young man followed suit and easily avoided them with the rising clouds.

But when he was about to jump over the last spike, he saw a colorful spirit seed jump out of the soil at the tip of the spike. In just an instant, it grew into a thick sharp thorn, wrapped in blue flames, and quickly wrapped around the boy's ankle, binding him tightly and pulling him to the ground.

In just a short while, Huo Yuanyi's robe was burnt to a crisp, and the skin underneath the robe was entangled and exploded by the huge force of the thorns.

The sharp wooden thorns had penetrated the robe and pierced into the muscles under his skin. Large amounts of blood flowed out, making the blue flames on the thorns sizzle.

"Yes, your nephew's technique of combining the five elements is quite ingenious." The Taoist in black shoes' eyes lit up and he praised from the audience.

"Xishan's spiritual roots are too inferior, and the path of the five spiritual roots is blocked, so we have to find another way." Tie Liuyun had a proud look on his face, and he did not hide his admiration for his nephew in his words.

Master Kang was a little surprised. He knew how high the vision of his uncle was. Even He Dezong was only described as worthy of cultivation in his mouth.

How could this unknown Tie Xishan actually earn a "good" salary? The Tie family has produced quite a lot of talents in this generation! Kang Dabao immediately began to think about whether he should deepen his relationship with his "good brother".

"Hey," something happened on the stage, and everyone in the audience exclaimed. Huo Yuanyi was suddenly trapped, and the flying sword that was attacking the enemy turned back and slashed directly at the thorns arranged by Tiexi Mountain. It was full of sharpness and cut most of it in just a moment.

As soon as Huo Yuanyi broke free from the restraints, the flying sword emitted a sharp light and turned rapidly to take Tiexishan's head.

Tie Xishan had no choice but to take out a low-grade shield for protection, but he heard a "thump" and Huo Yuan was half-kneeling on the ground. Before he could get up, he felt a tingling sensation from his feet to his head, and only a moment later, his eyes went dark.

With a "clang" sound, the flying sword fell down before it hit Tiexishan's shield, and was inserted diagonally in the middle of the ring.

Huo Yuanyi showed an unwilling look on his face. He held on for a while but failed to stop the spread of the poison in his body. He could only groan and fall to the ground.

"In the first match, the Kuai family wins." The Foundation Establishment cultivator who was the arbitrator raised a small flag and looked towards Tiexishan with appreciation.

"What a pity, how come he only has five spiritual roots." Tie Liuyun secretly sighed, smiled and went down the ring to greet Tie Xishan, then threw a bottle of antidote to the head of the Huo family who had a grim face.

Although Tie Liuyun and Huo Bin did not get along well, he did not want to ruin the lives of his descendants in public.

Having been the commander of the Demon-Snatching Division for so many years, Tie Liuyun had many secret ways of killing people behind the scenes, so there was no need to make it so grandiose. The Kuai family came on stage to clean up the ring and carried Huo Yuanyi to the Huo family formation. The head of the Huo family felt distressed when he saw the injured Huo Yuanyi, and glared at the Kuai family servants who were carrying him, but did not take any action.

The foundation-building referee said loudly that the second game would begin in two quarters of an hour, and then he went off the stage to take a rest.

The two little girls sent by the Kuai family to serve him are really good. One glance at them and you can tell that they are still virgins, but they have learned a lot of good seductive skills.

When I leave, I'll see if the Kuai family understands what's going on.
During the break, Kuai En also looked around: "Hey, why are there more and more people standing below the ring? No, why can't I see any of them? Wait, this aura, damn, these uninvited people are all foundation-building!"

"Haha, Commander Tie, congratulations on your success."

"Well done, that old man Huo Bing is going to die!"

"Friend Shen, long time no see, thirty years ago"

"Fellow Daoist Hei Lu, I have long heard of your great name. I am honored to meet you today."

Many foundation-building monks appeared in the small courtyard one after another and started to greet each other.

Kuai En, a countryman, had never seen so many foundation-building exercises in his entire life, and he was immediately frightened to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat.

Kang Dabao was considerate enough. Although feeling uneasy, he asked the Kuai family to bring out some tables and chairs, and put out tea and fruit plates. After finishing all these, he moved back behind the Taoist Heilu. The words came to his lips, but he hesitated for a long time without saying them out loud.

"Don't worry, these people are all here for the spirit stone mine. They come here just to see the excitement, and no one will do anything that breaks the rules." Taoist Hei Lu revealed Kang Dabao's worries in one sentence.

"Second brother, when you go up, try to protect yourself first. Don't try to be stubborn. If you lose, you lose." The words of Master Kang made Yuan Jin, who had just received encouragement from Jiang Qing, laugh and cry.

"Brother, which sect leader's disciple would say such discouraging words before a fight?" Yuan Jin joked, but was slapped on the back of the head by Kang Dabao.

The Taoist priest with black shoes rolled his eyes and stopped the two from fighting. He then said to Yuan Jin, "My elder brother also studied the White Ape Sutra with me in the past. At that time, my cultivation was shallow and I could not see its depth. Now that I think about it, the White Ape Sutra passed down by Chongming Sect must be a fragment, which has lost its fundamental mental method, and thus has shortcomings that affect its mind.

Although there are some disadvantages to practicing this sutra, in my opinion, you have studied the White Ape Scripture for nearly thirty years and have made great achievements. I am afraid that your Ape Demon Cannon Hammer has already reached the state of perfection. Not to mention the peers of the middle stage of Qi training, even among the late stage cultivators of the Huo family, there are very few who can say that they can win against you. Don't listen to your useless senior brother, just fight with peace of mind and win neatly and come back."

Yuan Jin smiled foolishly, but Sect Master Kang was secretly complaining: "The old man was willing to give away even the core technique of the sect, the White Ape Sutra, to Uncle Hei Lu for reference. No wonder he treats me like a father now."

Two quarters of an hour passed in a flash. Yuan Jin walked onto the platform, and the opponents from the Huo family also came up.

The person sent by the Huo family this time was not a member of the Huo family, but a tall and thin son-in-law with an ugly appearance. The name was a bit difficult to pronounce, and Kang Dabao didn't hear it clearly.

However, in the competition that concerns face, they can only send the son-in-law to compete. This is enough to show that the Huo family is really in a period of transition and has no one available.

Yuan Jin gave a silly smile to the tall and thin son-in-law, while the latter treated him as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

In the early years, Yuan Jin had a certain reputation among the low-level cultivators nearby because of his Ape Demon Cannon Hammer. The tall and thin son-in-law had once had the honor of seeing him and was deeply impressed.

Unlike his senior brother who was of average ability, he only had the reputation of "bullying women" after all these years.

The tall and thin son-in-law did not dare to be negligent. He raised a copper gong and struck it four times. The piercing sound of the gong transformed into four kinds of weapons: a knife, a spear, a sword, and a halberd, and stabbed Yuan Jin directly.

This was not enough. After four more sounds, four kinds of magical instruments, including a shield, a shield, a flag and a streamer, appeared in front of him to protect himself.

The tall and thin son-in-law only used the bronze gong hanging in the air as a magical instrument to summon up a huge array of eight magical instruments.

The head of the Huo family stroked his beard and admired, with a look of satisfaction on his face. He thought that this tall and thin monk was worthy of being the first-class son-in-law of the Huo family, who was no less than Luo Heng.

This kind of method is unrivaled among the disciples of the Huo family. I think today it will bring great honor to the Huo family.

Yuan Jin was amused when he saw the tall and thin son-in-law casting a spell. This method was so lively and lively. It was very similar to the Bai family man he captured back then who worked for Dai Yuanjiang. However, they both had the same problem.

"Fancy."

Yuan Jin's white ape steps moved rapidly, making his originally strong body just like an agile and nimble monkey. He dodged the fierce swords, spears, and halberds one by one with his quick moves.

Without slowing down his pace, he raised the Tiger Evil Staff, and a vicious wind blew, and evil spirits filled the air. The evil spirit gathered at the head of the staff was almost condensed into substance, and he hit the tall and thin monk mercilessly.

Just this one move made the tall and thin son-in-law so frightened that he quickly activated four kinds of magical instruments, including shield, shield, flag and streamer, to protect himself.

"Hey!" The foundation-building referee who was watching the two of them was anxious, and secretly sighed for the tall and thin son-in-law. Is the son-in-law of the Huo family this kind of person? There is a huge difference between the two. What's the point of competing?
But Yuan Jin stopped and put away his Tiger Demon Staff. Before the tall and thin son-in-law could be surprised, he heard an extremely sharp sound of breaking wind. It turned out that Yuan Jin had set up the Ape Demon Cannon Hammer and was about to hit him.

Although the four types of magical weapons that were originally used to resist the Tiger Evil Staff were still there, the tall and thin son-in-law had no time to dodge Yuan Jin's famous skills.

The tall and thin son-in-law watched helplessly as the four types of defensive magic weapons summoned by the sound of the gong were broken by the fierce punches and blows, and he screamed in horror.

He was about to flee without even having time to retract the bronze gong magic weapon floating in the air, but as soon as he took a step forward, he was met with the icy cold eyes of the head of the Huo family below the stage. His heart trembled, and he had to take the half step back.

This delay slowed him down. Yuan Jin kept putting away his fists and taking out the Tiger Staff again. The bronze gong magic weapon in the air was dimmed by the evil spirit.

The tall and thin son-in-law had no time to feel sorry, because he was watching Yuan Jin's tiger-killing stick coming at him rapidly, about to chop him on the head. If he was hit on the top of his head, he would die even if he had nine lives.

In the face of crisis, he had no choice but to raise a steel whip to block it.

The Tiger Evil Staff was a fine magic weapon made by the bandit leader Zhao Gu with great effort. After Yuan Jin succeeded in obtaining it, he cultivated it over the years to make it even more powerful than before. It was certainly not something that the tall and thin son-in-law could block with the mid-grade magic weapon he casually took out for emergency use.

The two collided, and the difference in strength was immediately apparent. The steel whip broke with a sound and fell to the ground.

At this critical moment, the tall and thin son-in-law turned his head and avoided the fatal blow of the tiger-killing stick, but his right shoulder was hit by the stick. He screamed in pain and half of his body collapsed.

It was not until Yuan Jinhu's staff was about to take someone's life that the referee intervened and said, "The second match, Kuai family wins!"

Kang Dabao happily accepted the congratulations from his own cultivators, while the Huo family was in a gloomy mood.

The face of the head of the Huo family was extremely cold. He didn't even look at the tall and thin son-in-law who was defeated. The favor he once had for him disappeared into thin air!

"The food rations allocated by the tribe were really all thrown away!"

I never thought that I wouldn't even have a chance to turn the tables in the third round. The mineral veins were one thing, but how could I explain to the ancestor that the Huo family's prestige had been tarnished? !
The head of the Huo family closed his eyes and said in silence for a while, "Commander Tie, can we have another match?"

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