After coming out of the teleportation array, Zhu Jiu felt a little calmer and put aside all the doubts for the time being.
After chatting and joking with Su Xingchen for a while, the two made an appointment to see each other again. Su Xingchen waved his hand gently with a smile, turned around and walked away like a fairy.
He actually didn't ask a single word about the panic and abnormality that Zhu Jiu had just experienced when he escaped from the depths of the cave.
Zhu Jiu never expected that this little girl was so considerate, and that her intelligence was as outstanding as her appearance. She remembered that she had held Su Xingchen's hand in panic when she escaped from the cave, and her heart felt slightly rippled.
Zhu Jiu then went to the place previously agreed with Yan Kai Weiou and his middle-aged senior brother.
After meeting, I asked the middle-aged senior brother many times, but after many speculations, I still couldn't figure out what was the cause of the abnormality in the trial cave?
The middle-aged senior brother also received the news about the Ghost-Eating Stove by accident, and he was not very clear about the secrets in the cave.
After showing the three people the nine-hole ghost-eating furnace they had obtained, all three looked ecstatic. Zhu Jiu suppressed the questions that had been lingering in his mind and said:
"According to the previous agreement, if you need this furnace to practice ghost training, you can come to me at any time, but your first priority is to break through the existing unity realm. Your current mana cannot promote the operation of the ghost-eating furnace."
The three of them nodded in agreement, and after a while, the three of them left one after another.
Zhu Jiuduan sat on the chair, holding the ghost-eating stove in his hand and looking at it carefully.
This small stove looks like it is made of bronze. There are nine holes in the top cover. When you gently input magic power, the nine holes will make a strange sound like the low roar of a ghost.
It's a pity that I don't have evil spirits on hand to refine the ghost voodoo, otherwise I can try it right away to see how much help the ghost voodoo refined in the ghost-eating furnace can help and how effective it is?
Thinking about the process of obtaining this furnace, I always feel a bit strange. It seems that I will explore the No. 3 trial cave again if I have the opportunity.
In the next few days, Zhu Jiufeng heard that many trial disciples died unexpectedly in Cave No. 3. The sect raised the trial level and no more disciples in the Appearance Realm were allowed to enter.
The competition among the four sects is getting closer and closer, and the Corpse Divine Dao will conduct an intra-sect competition to determine the specific candidates for the main peak competition.
All disciples who have advanced to the realm of manifestation can be exempted from the intra-sect competition and directly participate in the four sect competitions, so this small competition within the sect actually has little to do with Zhu Jiu.
Half a month before the grand competition of the four sects, the competition within the sect was held among the many disciples of the outer hall and the cultivation hall. This was also the day when the masters of the main halls and the seventeen elders of the sect selected their disciples.
Zhu Jiu was currently retreating in the practice room to accumulate magic power and warm up the talisman.
After several days of warming up the talisman, Zhu Jiu's understanding of the realm of manifestation has deepened. Not only has the manipulation of spells been greatly improved, but the use of the talisman has also become more unpredictable.
This day was already the last day of the competition within the sect. Zhu Jiu had perfected his practice, and his mental and physical strength were at their peak. With nothing to do, he planned to go to the Dou Fa Hall to see the excitement.
After coming out of the practice room, Zhu Jiu walked all the way to the Dou Fa Hall, which was bustling with people. Wei Ou's sharp eyes on the second floor of the stands saw Zhu Jiu coming in, and immediately waved his hands frequently, calling him to come over and sit with him.
Today, the first and second floors of the Dou Fa Hall were filled with many people from other sects who had been invited to watch the ceremony. There were more than ten thousand seats, and there were few empty seats.
Zhu Jiu came to the second floor and looked around among the crowd on the second floor, but found no trace of Su Xingchen. He thought it was normal for her not to join in the fun because of her temper.
There was a fight going on on the fighting stage. Zhu Jiu glanced at it and found that the two people fighting on the stage were both at the middle level of the Unity Realm. Their spells were quite satisfactory and nothing new, so he stopped paying attention.
He turned around and looked around in the crowd, and suddenly felt several eyes focused on him.
When he looked up, he saw that the little girl Su Xingchen was on the third floor. She found that her eyes had turned and she blinked slightly.
Su Xingchen looked like he had been called over by some high-level sects. He was standing with several other expatriate disciples invited by other sects to watch the ceremony. He was surrounded by some old guys laughing and joking.
Su Xingchen looked helpless, occasionally turning his eyes and showing a smile to Zhu Jiu.
The second look also came from the third floor. It was a tall young man standing next to Su Xingchen. When he saw Su Xingchen and Zhu Jiu smiling at each other, the guy glared at Zhu Jiu fiercely.
The third look was somewhat surprising to Zhu Jiu. It was the old servant in black who always followed Yan Yaksha. When the old guy saw Zhu Jiu, he turned his head and winked at Zhu Jiu with a smile.
Zhu Jiu followed the old servant's eyes and found that people from the Sky Tower were also invited to watch the ceremony and gathered in an independent stand on the third floor.
Several of the young disciples who had met Zhu Jiu stared at Zhu Jiu with hatred on their faces, with deep-seated hatred in their eyes.
Zhu Jiuda lamented that he was unlucky and didn't care at all about the hatred of several people. However, one of them, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy, made Zhu Jiu slightly shocked.
The young man's eyes were bright and full of fierce murderous intent. Zhu Jiu's eyes met with his, and he immediately felt a slight tingling feeling. He became alert in his heart. This young man's magic power was probably still greater than his own.
Standing next to the young man was the Sky Tower girl who had been arguing with Zhu Jiu many times. She noticed that Zhu Jiu looked over and opened his mouth to say something. The shape of his mouth seemed to mean wishing Jiu good looks.
Zhu Jiu thought to himself that this was really a bad time to go out because all he saw were enemies.
He turned around and smiled at Su Xingchen, turned around and sat upright, never looking anywhere else.
After a while, it was Yan Kai and Wei Ou's turn to play respectively. These two guys are both high-level cultivation in the Unity Realm. Since the game has reached the last day, the rest are not mediocre.
Among them, Wei Ou's opponent had slightly higher magic power than him, but Wei Ou endured and persevered, and finally turned around when he was at a disadvantage, winning applause from the audience. He was spotted by a tall and thin elder of the Corpse Shinto, and he became the elder's disciple as he wished.
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Yan Kai's fighting style is quite tough, with the ruthlessness to hurt both sides. After a hard battle with his opponent, he finally penetrated the opponent's defense, narrowly won a move, and was selected by an elder with a red face.
The battles between the two ended in tragic victories. Although they each defeated their opponents, they were both injured. Although it did not affect their actions, they were unable to use their magic power in the short term and were unable to compete in the four-sect competition half a month later.
Yan Kai and Wei Ou were full of excitement when they came back. They didn't care about losing the qualification for the competition. It was their goal to go to the main peak to watch the ceremony.
In the end, he was chosen by the two elders as expected and became an entry-level disciple. These two guys were quite happy.
Turning around, he saw Su Xingchen walking down from the third floor with brisk steps. Yan Kai, who was beside Zhu Jiu, looked at him and immediately stood up and gave up his position.
Su Xingchen sat calmly next to Zhu Jiu under the gaze of the people around him.
Zhu Jiu looked at Su Xingchen happily and asked quietly:
"Xingchen, why are you sitting next to me so strangely?"
Su Xingchen looked slightly red and said:
"Well! There is a very annoying guy up there. I actually have some bad intentions when I sit here. If someone challenges you later, don't blame me."
Zhu Jiu turned around and glanced at the third floor. The tall young man who had been standing next to Su Xingchen and was full of hostility towards him looked over with a red face, like a little fighting cock.
It was easy to guess what was going on. Zhu Jiu asked in a low voice:
"Today, the sect's competition allows outsiders to challenge the disciples within the sect?"
Su Xingchen nodded and responded:
"The elders in the sect said that other sects that watch the rituals can challenge us at will, and give them some color to see. This is also an opportunity to show the strength of the sect."
Yan Kai and Wei Ou looked at Su Xingchen with admiring expressions on their faces across Zhu Jiu, and asked:
"Senior Sister, is that guy above harassing you? He is too courageous and wants to compete with Senior Brother Zhu..."
Seeing Zhu Jiu glaring over fiercely, the two of them temporarily changed their words and said:
"If this kid dares to challenge Senior Brother Zhu, shouldn't Senior Brother Zhu kill him? He's really short-minded."
Su Xingchen's face turned red, and she pretended not to hear the meaning of their words, and said softly to Zhu Jiu:
"That guy doesn't know how to restrain himself. He said a lot of big words up there just now. He's very annoying. If he challenges you later, you can teach him a lesson for me."
Zhu Jiu chuckled sinisterly and nodded in agreement.
Yan Kai and Wei Ou sighed and turned to look at the idiot boy in the third-floor stands.
At this time, it was announced on the fighting platform that the competition within the sect was over, and the next step was to enter the challenge phase. All disciples in the sect who were called to challenge by those who were watching the ceremony were not allowed to evade, except those who were injured in the previous fighting.
The tall young man who was pestering Su Xingchen on the third floor stood up immediately and shouted:
"Mo Siyang of our Shanhe faction wants to challenge him."
As he spoke, he pointed at Zhu Jiu. This guy was quite interesting. He didn't even ask clearly who Zhu Jiu was or what his name was, so he stood up to challenge him. I don't know if he was stupid or bold, or if he was confident.
Zhu Jiu stood up slowly and was about to accept the challenge when another voice came from the third floor stand and said slowly:
"Wait a minute, I want to challenge Zhu Jiu too, please stay back!"