Chapter 115 : Preparations Before the Sect Competition
Chapter 115 : Preparations Before the Sect Competition
"Boom!" The powerful recoil almost knocked Chu Sang to the ground. The next second, the thunderous roar was truly earth-shattering. Several demon cultivators were blown away on the spot.
The chain of explosions was unceasing. Mountains collapsed, the earth split, the ground shook, and mountains trembled!
The demons present all had their pupils quake. What kind of devilish thing was this, so terrifying?
The triple impact on psychology, vision, and body was too explosive, leaving the demon cultivators unable to react. They could barely protect themselves, let alone have the energy to chase and kill Chu Sang's group.
The demon elders' faces turned ugly as they took out defensive demon tools. By the time the dust settled, Chu Sang and her group had long since disappeared without a trace.
As they ran, Tantai Ming couldn't help but marvel, "Little Junior Sister is truly a robust and formidable woman!"
Who could be as fierce as her, carrying a large cannon with one hand?
He simply admired her too much!
"...It's not working. More and more demon cultivators are coming. We few can't handle it," Mo Baizhou said in a low voice.
Although they had temporarily shaken off the Harmony Sect and Ten Thousand Demons Sect groups, Yan Wangxing had issued an ultimatum to the entire demon world. Plus, the commotion they just caused was too big, attracting more and more demon cultivators. The situation didn't look optimistic.
They could barely handle a dozen or several dozen demon cultivators, but when the main demon forces arrived, with thousands or tens of thousands of demon cultivators coming to catch them, even if they grew wings, they couldn't fly out. They would only await death.
However, perhaps because they had escaped with Little Junior Sister so many times, everyone didn't feel very panicked.
Chu Sang stroked her chin, a flash of inspiration striking her. She snapped her fingers, "I have a way to lure them away."
Tantai Ming, seeing the young woman's smiling eyes, couldn't help but swallow. Whenever Little Junior Sister smiled like this, someone was bound to be in trouble.
"Let's not run forward anymore. Let's run back."
Anyway, there were demon cultivators in all directions. They couldn't escape by running, so they might as well run back to confuse their pursuers.
Mu Chihuai said slowly, "What do you want to do?"
Chu Sang had them all put on human skin masks. The show was about to begin.
She disguised herself as that elder from the Harmony Sect, and had Mo Baizhou disguise himself as the elder from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect.
Both could use demonic energy. Chu Sang could also use Divine Transformation stage demonic energy a few times. Although she couldn't use too much or she would faint, it was enough.
Next, Chu Sang, wearing the human skin mask, went to attack the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, while Mo Baizhou, disguised as the Ten Thousand Demons Sect elder, went to sneak attack the Harmony Sect. After maximizing the hatred between both sides, the two would then lead these two major sects to meet, igniting the spark of love.
"Old Zhang, you old codger, do you have something against me? You dare to sneak attack our Harmony Sect?? See if this old lady doesn't skin you alive!"
"You dog, you've practiced your technique for so long you can't even tell if you're male or female!" The Ten Thousand Demons Sect elder spat in disgust, cursing, "You bunch of dead perverts are not only disgusting to look at but also despicable and shameless. You sneak attack us and then dare to turn the tables on us?! Slandering us!"
"In my opinion, the demon spy rumored recently must be from your Ten Thousand Demons Sect, sneaking attacks on our Harmony Sect, helping those human cultivators escape! Is your next step to collude with those despicable human cultivators and attack our demon race?"
"Hehe, you're quite good at accusing others of your own crimes. Today we'll exterminate your entire Harmony Sect and claim credit with the Demon Lord. Prepare to die!"
The five major sects of the Demon Realm were already at odds, each with their own grudges and frictions. Now, with the two major sects exchanging words, what started as a war of words evolved into a real fight.
The commotion of the two sides fighting became bigger and bigger, with more and more demon cultivators joining the battlefield.
Many demon cultivators who arrived later thought they had caught human cultivators and were fighting a big battle with them. They all joined the fight indignantly.
The scene became chaotic, with friend and foe indistinguishable.
The five took advantage of the chaos to slip away.
The demons fought passionately for three days and three nights without catching a single human cultivator. In the end, they realized they had been fighting their own kind all along. Their faces turned green.
When Yan Wangxing heard this news, he was so angry his lungs nearly exploded. He kicked a demon attendant flying. "Bunch of useless trash! You can't even stop a few small Golden Core cultivators. What use are you?!"
The demon soldiers and generals didn't dare to breathe. "Then, My Lord, should we go to the cultivation world to hunt them down?"
"Hunt what?!"
Yan Wangxing was so angry his hair stood on end. His big demon palace had been blown up again. He didn't even have a place to sleep. Of course, he needed to quickly dispatch people to repair his demon palace!
Next time.
He would definitely teach these despicable human cultivators a lesson!!
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Meanwhile, on the other side, Chu Sang and her group fled back to their sect without stopping. As soon as they returned to the sect, their master brought them good news—
Fourth Senior Sister, who had been in seclusion for over two years, had finally emerged!
Not only had her cultivation reached late Golden Core stage, but her five spirit roots had also successfully transformed into a Chaos Spirit Root, with a cultivation speed comparable to a Heavenly Fire Spirit Root.
"Fourth Senior Sister, congratulations!"
Chu Sang was genuinely happy for Si Kou Qiu. What they had obtained back then was a Chaos Lotus Seed, not a Chaos Blue Lotus.
To convert five spirit roots into a Chaos Spirit Root required using one's own bloodline as a guide to cultivate a Chaos Lotus Seed into a fully mature Chaos Blue Lotus. The effort and energy expended in this process was unimaginable. Fortunately, Fourth Senior Sister had succeeded. It was truly a cause for celebration!
"It's all thanks to you, Little Junior Sister, for helping me obtain the Chaos Lotus Seed back then. Otherwise, I would still be an unremarkable five spirit root cultivator now,"
Si Kou Qiu said with a smile.
After not seeing her for over two years, she had become somewhat thinner, but her aura had settled. A blue lotus mark had appeared on her forehead, giving people a profound feeling when they looked at her.
Immortal Chanyu looked at the group of little disciples chatting and laughing. She clapped her hands and said with great satisfaction, "Alright, alright, that's enough talk. I just counted, and the numbers are right. There's just under two months until the Sect Competition. I'll take you to register and get your entry tokens first."
The Sect Competition had rules. All cultivators participating in the competition must go to the Eight Great Immortal Sects to register their identities and obtain entry tokens at least one month in advance to get qualification to participate.
If participating under a sect's name, the sect's ranking must be within the top 500, and the sect leader must lead them to register.
The Sect Competition held every ten years was the grandest event in the cultivation world, bar none.
Only outstanding young disciples under fifty years old who had broken through to the Golden Core stage were qualified to participate. To put it bluntly, each Sect Competition gathered the new generation of geniuses from the cultivation world. Various forces kept a close eye on this competition, and even the demon and beast races would send spies to gather information.
Five days later, arriving at the registration site, Chu Sang looked at the vast crowd of people and couldn't help but exclaim, "So many people!"
How long would they have to queue?
With disciples from major and minor sects, various family clans, and all kinds of rogue cultivators, at a glance, there were at least ten thousand people.
Competing with ten thousand people for those few spots, one could imagine how cruel the competition would be.
Although Immortal Chanyu was usually not very reliable, at this crucial moment, she didn't forget her duty as a master. While queuing, she took the opportunity to explain the rules of the competition to them.
"The Sect Competition consists of three major assessment stages."
"The first stage is the elimination round, which screens out less than a thousand people from over ten thousand participants to enter the second stage assessment. It's extremely brutal."
"The second stage is the individual arena battles. You should be quite familiar with this. It's a draw to pair up for arena duels. Winners can gain points. The higher the points, the higher the ranking. The top ten sects in total disciple points ranking can enter the third stage of team competition."
"What you need to note is that because of your different cultivation methods, the first and second stages' elimination rounds and individual competitions are divided into different competition areas for fairness."
"Pill refiners compete with pill refiners, tool refiners with tool refiners, talisman makers with talisman makers... while sword cultivators, saber cultivators, body cultivators, music cultivators, and other attack-oriented cultivators will be placed in the same venue to compete. This latter track is also the one with the most competitive pressure. You must do more homework before the competition, learn more about other opponents' strengths, and never underestimate your enemies or act rashly."
Chu Sang nodded and sighed, "I didn't expect Master to be so serious when you get serious."
Immortal Chanyu glared at her. "Nonsense, when have I ever not been serious?"
Amid their chatter and laughter, the sun was setting in the west, but the queue had hardly moved.
Chu Sang yawned, wanting to ask Seventh Senior Brother to hold her place in line while she went to lie down for a while nearby.
However, a group of people not far away caught her attention.
Wow, so bright...
Such bright bulbs... no, heads!
"Those are disciples from the My Buddha Sect," Mu Chihuai also said with some curiosity. "The My Buddha Sect's cultivation methods are different from ours. They cultivate orthodox Buddhist techniques."
"Although the My Buddha Sect is also one of the Eight Great Sects, their disciples usually live in seclusion, hidden from the world. It's rare to see them normally... We're quite lucky today to encounter them at the competition registration site."
Ah, Buddhist cultivators.
Chu Sang couldn't help but look a few more times. It definitely wasn't because of their shiny bald heads.
She had encountered all sorts of cultivators like music cultivators, talisman makers, and tool refiners, but this was the first time she had encountered Buddhist disciples.
The Buddha's Light Protection on her body should have come from Buddhist cultivators, specifically countering ghosts and demons.
Not long after, they encountered another group of familiar people.
It was the disciples from the Eight Trigrams Sect.
"Chu Sang, I knew you would come to participate in the Sect Competition. I'm looking forward to crossing hands with you," Cui Xiu said to her with a slight smile.
Chu Sang met his expectant gaze. Although she didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, she still answered honestly, "Sorry, I'm not participating in the talisman makers' competition."
"Not participating in the talisman competition? Where are you going?" Cui Xiu asked in surprise.
Chu Sang patted the long sword at her waist and grinned, "I've said it before, drawing talismans is just my part-time job. My main profession is sword cultivation!"
Hearing this, Cui Xiu also fell silent for a moment. The young woman's achievements in talisman making were extremely high, even surpassing most of the Eight Trigrams Sect's personal disciples. He had almost forgotten that her main profession was indeed that of a sword cultivator.
However... whose part-time hobby was almost surpassing their full-time professionals??
It was simply not letting others live!
Lin Jing couldn't hold back his anger and cried out, "Damn, are you crazy to participate in sword cultivation? Haven't you seen this huge crowd of people are all sword cultivators? It's insanely competitive. Only fools would rush over there!"
Compared to the thousands upon thousands of sword cultivators, the number of talisman makers, pill refiners, and tool refiners combined didn't even amount to a tenth of theirs.
With Chu Sang's strength participating in the talisman makers' competition, forget about the top ten, she would probably have no problem taking the top three.
Chu Sang glanced at the group of talisman makers, which numbered just over two hundred, and pouted uninterestedly, "Too bad, I'm the kind of person who likes to be difficult. I prefer challenges."
"......"
Cui Xiu seemed to want to persuade her further.
Lin Jing quickly stopped him, whispering in his ear, "Big Senior Brother, are you crazy? Why persuade her? It's better for us if she doesn't come to our talisman makers' side. The first place in talisman making will definitely be yours!!"
Cui Xiu cast a very regretful look at Chu Sang. Seeing that the young woman's mind was made up, he only sighed and didn't try to persuade her further. He just smiled and said,
"To each their own. Then I wish us to meet at the peak."
"Alright."
The Eight Trigrams Sect group directly bypassed them and went forward to register.
Tantai Ming was shocked. "Hey, how can you cut in line!"
Lin Jing raised his chin and sneered, "We're not like you small sects. We are disciples of the Eight Great Sects. The elders at the registration desk all know us, of course we can use the back door."
Tantai Ming and Chu Sang were furious.
So these were the benefits of being disciples of the Eight Great Sects.
No way! It's decided! Their goal this time is to make Lingqing Sect one of the Eight Great Sects too. As for which one to kick out? Let's kick out this Eight Trigrams Sect. Next Sect Competition, they'll cut in front of them!
After suffering for another hour, it was finally their turn.
After registration, the sword cultivators were assigned to a unified venue.
Chu Sang really had a talent for encountering acquaintances. Shortly after entering, she met the Tianyan Sect disciples. Qin Xixue, Mo Qingchen, and Lou Qing had all come. Lou Qing even greeted her.
Strange, Chu Sang raised an eyebrow. Hadn't this Qin Xixue been caught?
The female protagonist's halo was indeed powerful enough. She hadn't been judged?
However, she still had doubts in her heart. Finding an excuse to talk to Lou Qing alone, she asked, "Did you give that sound recording stone to your Sect Leader last time?"
"Sound recording stone..." Lou Qing asked in confusion. "What sound recording stone? Was it important?"
"......"
Indeed, it had been tampered with.
The plot would never allow such a situation to occur, so it would prevent and remedy it in every way possible.
Chu Sang's heart sank slightly, but fortunately, she had been cautious before and had prepared for such a situation—she had made two copies of the memory stone.
However, from the current situation, it seemed that with her power, it was still too early to bring down Chang Yu and Qin Xixue. She would keep the other memory stone for now and use it when the time was right.
"The elder is looking for you. Who are you talking to?"
Mo Qingchen came to look for Lou Qing and was also stunned when he saw Chu Sang. After Lou Qing left, he didn't leave but instead asked her, "What were you two talking about just now?"
Chu Sang took two steps back to distance herself from him and glanced at the black-clad young man before her. After a few months of seclusion, his cultivation had indeed advanced rapidly again. He was now at mid Nascent Soul stage, the disciple with the most potential to win first place among sword cultivators in the Sect Competition.
"Just some girl talk. What, do you want to hear too?" She smiled playfully.
Mo Qingchen frowned, the tips of his ears turning red. He took a deep breath and turned his head away. A moment later, he turned back to look at her and said in a low voice, "I heard from other disciples in the sect recently that when Lou Qing and the others went to investigate evil cultivators in Fanpan Village last time, they encountered you. Is that true?"
"Were you there at that time?" he asked.
"Yes, I was."
Chu Sang didn't know why he suddenly brought up this matter. "What's the matter?"
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