Zhang Zhiyan, who was watching the competition in the audience and secretly sweating for Bai Qingzhou, finally breathed a sigh of relief and showed a bright smile.
"Bai Qingzhou wins!"
After the middle-aged foundation-building monk announced the results, Bai Qingzhou cupped his hands to Zhuo Ruyun, who was still standing on the spot, turned around and jumped off the competition platform.
Seeing this, the confused Zhuo Ruyun finally came to his senses, his confused eyes slowly turned into shame, and he left the ring dejectedly.
Until now, he didn't understand why he was defeated suddenly. He had obviously been chasing him all the way, but how he was defeated by him without paying attention was very baffling.
The audience watching the battle also had puzzled faces. They did not expect Zhuo Ruyun to lose so neatly and did not react for a moment.
Only a few casual cultivators who had suppressed Bai Qingzhou's victory began to cheer loudly. Although the result of the game was unexpected, as long as they could win, they wouldn't care so much.
Li Yuyun looked at the proud Bai Qingzhou and praised: "That's right! Your move of showing weakness to the enemy really fooled him."
"With a strong enemy ahead, this disciple can only think of this way." Bai Qingzhou touched his nose and secretly rejoiced.
His original strength is very solid. Even if he confronts Zhuo Ruyun head-on, he will not be in such an awkward situation.
However, he took advantage of his opponent's mentality of underestimating the enemy, hiding his own strength first, and then launching a sudden attack when he was careless, thereby winning the victory.
"Brother Bai! That's awesome! Another leapfrog battle!" Ruan Xiuqi came over with a smile.
"Hehe!" Bai Qingzhou chuckled, "It seems that our discussion was very effective..."
The two have been competing against each other all year round. Whether it was due to their talent in martial arts or their hard work, they actually made rapid progress. At this time, both of them were far stronger than the monks of the same level.
"Qingzhou, congratulations."
A slightly joyful voice came from the side, it was Zhang Zhiyan.
Hearing that Zhang Zhiyan no longer called herself Junior Brother Bai, but Qingzhou, Bai Qingzhou panicked slightly, scratched his head and said vaguely: "Thank you, Senior Sister, Senior Sister will definitely be able to win."
Zhang Zhiyan bit her lower lip, nodded and turned her head to look at the ring. Her smiling face turned expressionless.
I thought to myself: This idiot...
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The competition in the arena continues. Although there are not as many monks in the middle stage of Qi refining as there are in the early stage of Qi refining, there are still thirty-five people. Except for one person who has a bye, a total of seventeen competitions are required.
Although the number of games has been reduced by half, because there are many different tricks in the competition in the middle stage of Qi Refining, it is not as quick as the early stage of Qi Refining to determine the winner. In the end, the time spent was almost the same, and the game lasted for more than two hours, which was very surprising.
Feast your eyes.
When the last competition in the middle stage of Qi Refining was over, the middle-aged foundation-building monk rose to the sky and announced loudly: "Fellow Taoists, it's getting late today, so the competition ends here, and we will continue tomorrow at twilight hours."
He directly announced the end of today's competition, and everyone was not surprised. After all, every Fangcheng Arena competition takes almost three days.
Although for monks, they can see clearly at night and it does not affect the progress of the game, but for monks in the Qi refining period, they must eat and rest and cannot live without food.
Many casual monks dispersed in a hurry, and some monks who had made a lot of money from betting today began to call friends.
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Friends were invited to have a dinner together to celebrate, but some monks who were so hot-headed that they lost all their money left with despair.
"Elder Nie and I are going to the banquet. The three of you will eat on your own. After that, you can return to Xuan Qiang's restaurant to rest and prepare for tomorrow's competition."
"yes!"
After Li Yuyun gave the order, he and Nie Fang rose out of thin air and flew towards the tallest building in Shuiyingfang. There was also a gathering among their heads.
After the three of them agreed, they looked for some stalls selling food in the surrounding area and carefully selected them. Unexpectedly, after today's competition, Bai Qingzhou and Ruan Xiuqi actually gained a little popularity, and many passers-by paid attention to them.
Pointing and pointing, some monks approached to say hello.
This made Ruan Xiuqi very proud.
But Zhang Zhiyan took the trouble to go back, but couldn't help it. Under Ruan Xiuqi's reluctant expression, the three of them quickly bought food and walked to the restaurant.
Back at the restaurant, Bai Qingzhou and Ruan Xiuqi finished their food and began to review the day's fight with great interest. The two kept summarizing their experience and skills and exchanging ideas until late at night before they went back to their rooms and fell asleep.
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Early the next morning.
The competition started on time.
Since yesterday was the first round of competition in the early and middle stages of Qi refining, today's kickoff was the competition in the late stage of Qi refining, which resulted in a lot more onlookers than yesterday.
After all, fighting in the later stage of Qi refining is bound to be more exciting, and you can learn more skills. Many casual cultivators come to watch and learn.
Not long after the sun rose, the fight started on the ring.
Various magical weapons and endless spells were constantly attacking each other in the arena. The strange movements and surprising spells were constantly impacting, leaving many monks in the audience dumbfounded.
Off the field, Bai Qingzhou and Ruan Xiuqi also exclaimed that it was wonderful and gained a lot of knowledge. They watched the fight on the field and kept talking to each other.
As the competition in the later stage of Qi refining continued, Bai Qingzhou also saw two acquaintances.
One is Meng Yangyu from the Qingshan Sect. I haven’t seen him in two years. He actually reached the eighth level from the sixth level of Qi Refining. He was holding a simple knife of unknown quality, and he actually slashed his opponent until he vomited blood, causing him to vomit blood.
Bai Qingzhou and Ruan Xiu looked at each other in confusion.
After all, he was almost hacked to death by Meng Yangyu at the gate of Qingshan Sect that day.
Another one was the young master of the Iron Bone Sect, Lu Jingyi. With his ninth-level Qi-refining cultivation, he faced a disciple of the eighth-level Qi-refining sect, holding a black iron rod in his hand, and actually defeated that disciple with just a few moves.
The disciples of the sect were defeated.
When he was defeated, Bai Qingzhou discovered that he actually gave Zhang Zhiyan a proud look next to him. When Bai Qingzhou saw this, he was so angry that his teeth itched, and he became even more unhappy with him.
It was after another competition.
"Next!" The middle-aged foundation-building monk took a look at the list in his hand, "Xuan Yangmen, Zhang Zhiyan! Battle! Loose cultivator, Miao Shun!"
Following the singing of the Foundation Establishment monks, it was finally Zhang Zhiyan’s turn to take the stage.
When Bai Qingzhou heard the word "Rogue Cultivator", he couldn't help but feel relieved. If he fought against "Rogue Cultivator", he would have a great chance of victory.
After all, the life of a casual cultivator is already very difficult. You have to run around every day for a living, and it is difficult to find time to practice. Moreover, the quality of the magical instruments and the number of spells are very different from those of the sect disciples.
Without saying much, Zhang Zhiyan gracefully appeared on stage.
I saw her wearing a Xuanyangmen gray robe gently fluttering in the wind. Her face was crystal clear and her skin was as shiny as snow. She was holding a light blue long sword and said nothing.
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Fa, just by standing casually, he looked slim and dazzling. As soon as he appeared, he aroused the cheers of many casual cultivators, and immediately made the slightly dull martial arts arena lively and noisy.
Zhang Zhiyan's opponent was a young casual cultivator at the seventh level of Qi refining. Facing Zhang Zhiyan's beauty and beauty, the young casual cultivator seemed a little cautious. Even before the competition, he was already three points weaker.
Following the order given by the foundation-building monk who presided over the competition, the competition officially began.
Zhang Zhiyan was not careless at all. As soon as she started, she waved her jade hand, and an earthy yellow shield appeared around her delicate body. It was an [Earth Shield Talisman]. Then she raised her jade hand again and the long sword in her hand turned into a
A startling rainbow flew towards the opponent.
The casual cultivator obviously didn't expect Zhang Zhiyan to be so fast, but he didn't hesitate, stretched out his hand and pulled out a talisman, turning it into a blue-green shield to wrap his body. Holding the magic weapon in his hand, he dragged it
A ray of light started fighting with Zhang Zhiyan.
The two yellow-level medium-grade magic weapons kept clashing in the air, fighting endlessly.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that young casual cultivators are at a disadvantage.
Sometimes Zhang Zhiyan was as light as a swallow, raising her sword, and sometimes she was as sudden as lightning, dancing her long sword, and the sharp sword energy kept scraping the ring shield. After a while, the young casual cultivator had several wounds on his body.
Zhang Zhiyan's cultivation had originally reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. Now she was fighting against a seventh-level Qi Refining disciple with a rather shabby net worth. Naturally, she had a huge advantage.
After only a few rounds, it became increasingly difficult for the casual cultivator to resist. Seeing that his defeat was certain, he took back his magic weapon, admitted defeat calmly, and then flew out of the ring.
Zhang Zhiyan won without any suspense, causing thousands of monks at the scene to burst into cheers. Zhang Zhiyan calmly took back the sword in her hand, removed the [Earth Shield Talisman], and flew away from the competition ground.
This caused all the monks in the audience to shout that they had not seen enough.
Returning to the spectator seats, everyone in the Xuanyang Sect was full of smiles. This time they won the first battle. The three members of the front, middle and late members of the sect successfully passed the first round. In front of many casual cultivators, the Xuanyang Sect's reputation increased greatly.
Momentum.
Since there were not many participating monks in the later stage of Qi Refining, there were only sixteen people. In less than an hour, eight games were played and eight monks were successfully selected.
Then the middle-aged foundation-building monk announced the end of the first round of competition.
After taking a short rest, he invited the elderly foundation-building monk who had delivered the opening speech to come out and conduct a public drawing of lots.
In order to maintain fairness and justice, the old foundation-building monk still stood directly in the air to draw lots in front of everyone. The list was quickly confirmed and the order of appearance for the second round of competition was determined.
And soon after the official confirmation of the order of appearance, the latest strength ranking booklets began to be distributed among the crowd.
This surprised Bai Qingzhou. He didn't expect the monk in charge to be so efficient and print it out so quickly.
Naturally, Ruan Xiuqi would not miss this ranking booklet, so he immediately ran out to buy a copy and gave it to everyone to take turns to watch.
Half of the more than one hundred people have been eliminated, and the booklet has become much thinner, leaving only a few dozen names.
There are a total of fifty-seven people who have advanced, including thirty-one people in the early stage of Qi refining, eighteen people in the middle stage of Qi refining, and eight people in the late stage of Qi refining.
What people didn't expect was that Bai Qingzhou and Ruan Xiuqi were also on the list, and it was no longer just a simple name and cultivation level.
Bai Qingzhou ranks fifth in the middle stage of Qi refining.
Ruan Xiuqi ranked fourth in the early stage of Qi refining.
Being ranked fourth among thirty-one people made Ruan Xiuqi laugh out loud again.