Chapter 398: Martial Arts Competition Part 3

In the previous battle, Song Qingming hid his body with the Soul-Bewitching Banner and hid in the Green Water Bell at first. When the attack from above weakened slightly, Song Qingming found an opportunity to sneak out from under the Green Water Bell, and then hid his body in the smoke with the Hidden Spirit Shirt.

The old man in yellow had been focusing on attacking the Green Water Bell, and did not notice that Song Qingming's body had moved. In the end, he chose to attack the Green Water Bell rashly, which was exactly what Song Qingming wanted. A sudden close-range attack directly broke the black bronze mirror that had been protecting the old man in yellow.

After being hit by Song Qingming, the old man in yellow had not been defeated, but he temporarily lost the black bronze mirror, a powerful protective magic weapon. In the following battle, Song Qingming did not give him another chance, and used the Green Water Bell's powerful defensive ability to directly attack it at close range.

The old man in yellow had only a second-grade defensive magic weapon of very ordinary quality, except for the black bronze mirror. After being attacked by Song Qingming with a black silver knife, he was soon at a disadvantage. He was unwilling to give up and persisted for a while, but was defeated. He watched Song Qingming defeat him and got a place in the top ten.

After defeating the old man in yellow, Song Qingming didn't expect that he would enter the top ten. In fact, the old man in yellow was his last opponent, and his real strength was not much weaker than Song Qingming. This time, Song Qingming was able to win the final victory mainly because of the sharpness of the magic weapons in his hands.

Another point is that in order to reflect the real combat level of all cultivators, this sword-fighting conference prohibits all participating cultivators from using spiritual talismans and elixirs, which have a greater impact on the outcome of the battle. As a cultivator proficient in magic, the old man in yellow must be a master of driving talismans, and he will indeed suffer a little loss in this regard.

After Song Qingming finished the battle, it was soon the turn of other cultivators to play. He quickly retreated to the side to watch the battle and patiently watched the fights of other masters.

In the following competitions, the fighting level of the cultivators who played had almost reached the late stage of foundation building. Being able to watch the fights of cultivators of the same level up close was also a rare opportunity for Song Qingming to improve his fighting skills.

After more than a dozen fights, the round of the sword competition was finally over. Among the ten winners, in addition to Song Qingming himself, there was an old acquaintance he knew, Fang Wuqian, whom he met in Jinyun Pavilion before.

This time when Fang Wuqian came to Tuoyun Mountain, his cultivation level had also advanced to the eighth level of foundation building. Because he had dealt with Fang Wuqian before in Fuyun Mountain Range, Song Qingming also knew something about his strength. Song Qingming was not surprised that Fang Wuqian could enter the top ten.

What Song Qingming didn't expect was that Huang Shengxin, who had reached the peak of the ninth level of foundation building for many years, actually lost to an ordinary casual cultivator who was only at the eighth level of foundation building in the last duel and failed to enter the top ten.

From this battle, Song Qingming also saw some clues. If it was put 10 or 20 years ago, with Huang Shengxin's strength, even if the opponent's skills were somewhat restrained against him, he would never lose to his opponent in the end.

Although Huang Shengxin still looked ruddy and energetic on the surface, his life span was not far away, and his own vitality had obviously begun to slowly deplete. It is estimated that after another four or five years, Huang Shengxin's strength may not even be able to beat ordinary opponents in the middle stage of foundation building.

After selecting the top ten of this sword-fighting conference, the next step was to fight for the top three. This time, Song Qingming was a little unlucky. He ran into a strong man who performed exceptionally well in the previous rounds of competitions, Lin Yutian, an inner disciple of Xiaoyao Sect at the ninth level of foundation building.

Lin Yutian came to Tuoyun Mountain with his master Chu Fengping this time. Song Qingming had recognized him since he appeared behind Chu Fengping on the first day.

Song Qingming had seen him at a Tiandan League auction many years ago. At that time, Lin Yutian had a little conflict with the Ma family cultivators from Tiexian Valley in order to compete for a talisman that appeared at the auction, but in the end, the cultivators sent by the Ma family had more spiritual stones and got the talisman.

Facing this opponent who was obviously stronger than himself in terms of skills, cultivation and magic weapons, Song Qingming was quickly suppressed by the opponent and fell into a disadvantage in the following battle even though he had tried his best. In order to save himself some energy, Song Qingming thought about it and simply gave up in advance.

Like Song Qingming, Fang Wuqian was unlucky enough to meet the strong competitor of the top three in the Sword Discussion Conference, Fairy Qiudie.

However, Fang Wuqian was not content with only being in the top ten. Although he knew that his opponent was stronger than him, he still fought with Fairy Qiudie with all his strength. Although he was defeated in a rather embarrassing way, he still received cheers from many monks watching the battle.

After several rounds of fierce competition, the top three places in the sword-fighting competition were Lin Yutian, Fairy Qiudie and a tall and fat old man who was a casual cultivator. These three monks also got their wish and were rewarded with a second-level high-grade magic weapon, which really made others envious.

Song Qingming, Fang Wuqian and other cultivators who entered the top ten were not surprised. They each received a Moon-Watching Pill. Although the Moon-Watching Pill was much less valuable than the rewards for the top three, for Song Qingming and others, participating in a sword-fighting conference and getting a second-level middle-grade pill worth 500 spirit stones for free was enough to make them satisfied.

After the sword-fighting conference ended, the Tuoyun Mountain Trade Fair immediately entered its final stage. The Jinyun Pavilion also directly took out a batch of the finale spirit objects and placed them directly on the high platform on the third floor.

Among these spirit objects, there were three foundation-building pills alone. In addition, there were many second-level high-grade spirit objects that were rarely seen in normal times. Even the third-level spirit object that was extremely rare, such as the Barrier-Breaking Pill, Song Qingming saw several in a row.

However, these spirit objects cannot be bought with spirit stones casually. Ancestor Chen, a Jindan cultivator who has practiced for hundreds of years, naturally will not lack these thousands or tens of thousands of spirit stones. What he wants are those spirit objects that can be useful to him, the Jindan ancestor.

It is the same as what Song Qingming had seen before. As long as you can take out a spiritual object to impress him, no matter it is the Foundation Establishment Pill or other spiritual objects, you can directly exchange it. Of course, if the value of the spiritual object you take out is not equal to the spiritual object you want to exchange, both parties still have to take out spirit stones or other spiritual objects to make up the difference.