Chapter 229: Battle of the Top 100
In the lobby, Leng Ningyu and Xiao Mian sat opposite each other.
"Since this set of Five Spirit Swords belonged to your master, and you helped him reincarnate, I will not take it back. But you must tell me where the treasure cave of Yuan Yuan is!" Leng Ningyu returned the Five Spirit Swords to Xiao Mian with a serious look. Xiao Mian also knew that the other party would not take back the Five Spirit Swords, so he took it out. After all, the Five Spirit Swords had been sacrificed by Xiao Mian. If Leng Ningyu took it back rashly, it would be too inhumane. Putting away the Five Spirit Sword, Xiao Mian smiled and said, "What about the Yuanci Divine Iron?"
"Don't even think about it!" Leng Ningyu glared at Xiao Mian fiercely and said unhappily, "Since you already have the Five Spirit Sword, why do you need the Yuanci Divine Iron?"
"May I ask Master: Why did the Bai family insist on giving our Five Elements Sect a piece of the Seventh-level Yuanci Divine Iron? Master just said that they want to disgust us on purpose! That day, I was grateful to my master for explaining the Five Elements Dao to me. At the end, my master sighed: My Five Elements Sect has indeed studied the Five Elements magic very deeply, but it is biased in the Dao. This is not only the limitation of the sect disciples' practice, but also the limitation of the limit of the secret art. If the enemy prepares the treasure to prevent the Five Elements magic in advance, my Five Elements Sect cultivators will be in trouble when fighting. I am at a disadvantage!"
"... Did your master really say that?"
"Of course!" Xiao Mian lied with his eyes open, and said seriously: "So I plan to seek a new path outside the Five Elements Avenue!"
"You want to practice sword?"
"Please help me, Master!"
"..." After a moment of silence, Leng Ningyu looked at Xiao Mian in front of him for a long time without saying anything, and then sighed for a long time and said kindly: "This matter is serious. After all, it is related to a seventh-level spiritual material. I have to discuss it with your head master before I can make a decision!"
"Thank you, Master! I don't dare to expect the sect to give the seventh-level spiritual material for free. Here is a box of seventh-level exquisite gold silk, which I am willing to offer to the sect as compensation!"
As he spoke, Xiao Mian had already taken out a soul-sealing box and handed it to Leng Ningyu respectfully. After Leng Ningyu took it and opened it, it was indeed filled with seventh-level exquisite gold silk. Although the amount was not too much, it was enough to refine two or three flying swords.
After taking a look at Xiao Mian, Leng Ningyu nodded with satisfaction.
After all, Yuan Yuan Zhenren's treasure cave is still a sect asset. Xiao Mian's donation of the location to the sect can only be regarded as meritorious, but those things cannot be regarded as Xiao Mian's private property.
Even if Dan Qiusheng and Leng Ningyu are husband and wife, if they are too biased in the assets of the sect, they will be criticized.
Now with this box of seventh-level exquisite gold silk, things will be much easier.
Leng Ningyu naturally knows the characteristics of exquisite gold silk, and the Five Elements Sect cultivators have very few single-attribute spiritual roots after all. Most of them are mixed with dual or triple attributes. If they want to refine flying swords, they need to integrate spiritual materials of different attributes.
Exquisite gold silk is much more useful to the Five Elements Sect than Yuanci Shentie!
In this way, Leng Ningyu has room for mediation and an excuse.
If Leng Ningyu knew that the exquisite golden thread in her hand was also taken out from the treasure cave of Yuan Yuan Zhenren, and the weight had been seriously reduced, I wonder what she would think?
Of course, at that time, Xiao Mian was probably far away from the Five Elements Sect. After all, with so many scattered cultivators gathered in the Five Elements Sect, the Five Elements Sect would definitely not activate the treasure cave. Xiao Mian also calculated this point, so he dared to discuss this deal with Leng Ningyu.
After that, Xiao Mian told Leng Ningyu where the small valley was, and Leng Ningyu also agreed to give Xiao Mian the Yuanci Shentie, which was a happy occasion.
After Leng Ningyu left, Guitou couldn't wait to show up.
"You are really blessed! Yuanci Shentie should be one of the rare spiritual materials even in my time!" Just now, it was Guitou who secretly reminded Xiao Mian to get the Yuanci Shentie at all costs. Xiao Mian smiled slightly upon hearing this, but asked in return: "Is this Yuanci Divine Iron really that mysterious?"
"The flying sword made from Yuanci Divine Iron alone is just a Yuanci Spirit Sword. Although it is unique, it has no magical effect except that it does not belong to the Five Elements. But if you add the Tianyun Star Crystal you got before, it is not an ordinary Yuanci Spirit Sword! Yuanci Divine Iron is a natural treasure produced from the abyss of the earth's core in the depths of the Nine Earths, and Tianyun Fire Spirit Crystal is obtained from the outer meteors outside the Nine Heavens. If the two can be refined into one sword, it will be the harmony of heaven and earth, the mutual assistance of yin and yang, and it can be called a treasure!"
Xiao Mian was stunned upon hearing this, and then he was ecstatic.
Although Guitou's memory is incomplete, his vision has always been high, and there are very few things that he can call a treasure.
But now that the Yuanci Divine Iron has not been obtained, Xiao Mian will naturally not do anything that is too ambitious. He calmed down and meditated peacefully, waiting for tomorrow's top 100 competition.
The next day, July 21st.
The central place of the Five Elements Sect, Hou Tuping.
The Nanyue Province New Cultivator Sword Fighting Competition Top 100 Competition begins!
However, before the start of the Top 100 Competition, the head of the Five Elements Sect, Dan Qiusheng, made a temporary announcement: In view of the huge number of cultivators participating in the Sword Fighting Competition, the cultivators who entered the top 100 continued to have cultivation above the high level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. Such strength is also considered elite disciples among the major sects and forces. Therefore, as long as the cultivators enter the top 100, no matter what the final ranking is, the Five Elements Sect and other major forces have decided to reward each person with a high-level magic weapon as an additional reward.
When this news came out, the crowd was excited, and many cultivators who were unable to participate in the sword fighting meeting due to their age or cultivation level were even more regretful.
For Xiao Mian, the high-level magic weapon seemed to have been thrown into the corner of the storage bag and left to gather dust; but for most casual cultivators, they didn't even have a high-level magic weapon on their bodies. Even the sword cultivator Jing Chu, although he had a top-level magic weapon-level Wushang Sword, had nothing else.
For ordinary casual cultivators in the foundation-building period, if they could have a high-level magic weapon, they would have been doing quite well. Most of them were still using mid-level magic weapons.
For example, Huangfu Ying and Xiahou Ming were both disciples of aristocratic families, and they were considered to be doing well, but Xiao Mian's high-level magic weapon-level flying sword made them overjoyed.
This is also the biggest reason why casual cultivators of the same cultivation level cannot face off against sect disciples. If the equipment is not up to par, it is useless even if the cultivation level is high within the same level.
Of course, there are also accidents.
For example, Wei Laohei and the Liu brothers were both independent cultivators with considerable wealth, but they all made their fortunes by robbing and pillaging, so they are naturally not comparable.
According to the previous agreement, the first few rounds of the top 100 competition will continue to use the elimination system. On the one hand, if the top 100 are all in a round-robin competition, it will take too long. If all the top 100 cultivators are to fight each other, it will take nearly 5,000 matches; on the other hand, there are still many water in the top 100, and it is not worth the round-robin competition; of course, the most important thing is that for most of the participating cultivators, as long as they can enter the top 100, they can get a high-level magic weapon, and the ranking is secondary.
The top 100 were invited to the high platform where Dan Qiusheng preached before. Most of the top 100 were independent cultivators, and of course Xiao Mian also saw many acquaintances here.
The Xiang brothers of Luohua Valley stood with four beautiful maids.
Wan Dongyao, Hu Ying, Duan Shuiliu and a sturdy and strong boy from the Demon Shadow Sect, in addition to that, of course, there was Lu Chengzhi with a cold and lonely look.
Bai Zhenzhen was alone with a white-clothed boy who looked a bit like her, and there were many young talents of the same age around her.
Ding Kaishan was alone, and it was obvious that the casual cultivators of Wanzongyuan kept their distance from him.
As for the Five Elements Sect, Xiao Mian saw Huangfu Ling and Fu Qingqiong, and of course there were a few other fellow disciples he didn't know, who were obviously participating disciples from the other four sects. What surprised Xiao Mian was that he also saw his younger sister Xiao Chuqing.
This girl was only at the initial stage of the foundation-building period, how could she successfully enter the top 100?
Thinking of this, Xiao Mian had already stepped forward and greeted Huangfu Ling and others one by one.
"Little Junior Sister seems to have good luck!"
Xiao Mian's words made Xiao Chuqing, who was quite excited about the completion of the book, look unhappy. Huangfu Ling looked at her funny and patted her shoulders gently.
Now Xiao Chuqing is tall. Although she is not as tall as Huangfu Ling, she is almost as tall as Fu Qingqiong. It is impossible to rub her head casually.
“Although Junior Sister is only at the initial stage of the Foundation Establishment Period, her strength should not be underestimated! She has the Ice Crystal Bracelet for attack and the Ice Silk for defense, as well as various talismans bestowed by Master. Ordinary opponents would be defeated before they even get a chance to touch Junior Sister!” As he said this, even Huangfu Ling himself laughed out loud. Xiao Chuqing, who had been looking somewhat smug, suddenly stopped and looked quite depressed. Fu Qingqiong chuckled and said, "Why should you be sad, little sister? Magical weapons are also part of strength. Otherwise, why are so many cultivators pursuing stronger magic weapons and flying swords?"
"That's right! It's great to be able to enter the top 100!" Seeing that Xiao Chuqing was in a bad mood because of his words, Xiao Mian quickly interrupted: "In the next top 100 competition, there may be many cultivators with top-level magic weapons. You have to be careful. If things are impossible, admit defeat as soon as possible. Master asked you to participate in the competition without expecting you to get any ranking. He just wanted you to gain some experience through fighting with other cultivators. Don't hurt yourself!"
"Hmph! I don't want you to care!"
As Xiao Chuqing said this, she didn't even look at Xiao Mian, but two blushes rose on her face. Xiao Mian was stunned when he heard the words, and then shook his head and smiled bitterly. Huangfu Ling also laughed a lot, but Fu Qingqiong, after a pair of beautiful eyes turned to Xiao Mian, was silent.
After a brief meeting, the top 100 competition began.