Chapter 838: Freedom From War

The three of Shu Youjin followed the crowd and walked several miles deep in the valley. After passing through palaces and pavilions, they finally came to the depths of the valley, a naturally formed tiankeng.

Shu Youjin looked towards the tiankeng, and found that it was a huge sinkhole with a diameter of a thousand feet long and a depth of a hundred feet. There were nine solitary peak pillars distributed in the pit, each of which was more than a hundred feet high. Tiankeng Zhang Xu.

Among them, eight pillars are connected in a row, surrounding the tallest pillar in the middle, and the distribution of positions coincides with the direction of the eight trigrams.

On the eight pillars, there is a wide platform, each of which is a hundred feet wide, which seems to be used for martial arts.

At this time, the outside of the tiankeng was already full of spectators who had come to attend the ceremony.

Dozens of them are children of various ethnic groups who participated in this competition, and they were specially placed on the left side of the tiankeng.

Shu Youjin and Fang Zhen walked to the left side of the tiankeng, while Anhua stayed where they were, waiting for the start of the competition.

Fang Zhen kept scanning the stone pillars in the tiankeng, and saw dozens of purple-red carved wooden chairs arranged on a stone pillar in the center of the Bagua pillar, which was already full of people.

"Brother Shu, is the viewing platform up there?" Fang Zhen asked with one hand pointing to the stone pillar in the center for watching the battle.

"That's right. Speaking of which, this ceremony is really grand. Not only the elders from the Dilong and Qinggui clans, but also those other clans who haven't been born for a long time but have deep roots are also dispatched. It is said that the Dilong clan will do a lot for this matter." Don't prepare much, their young master will also come to participate in the selection in person, and he is still the most popular candidate this time." Shu Youjin nodded.

Fang Zhen stood aside, but did not answer. He just stared at the white-browed old man on a seat on the right side of the viewing platform.

"Is that the patriarch of your purple-eyed demon cow clan?" Shu Youjin followed Fang Zhen's gaze and asked.

Fang Zhen sighed lightly and nodded.

At this time, many people watching the ceremony around, even those standing on the left side of the tiankeng, most of them cast their fiery eyes on the position close to the center line of the viewing platform.

Sitting there was a young woman wearing a water-green gown and a light veil, but she was the new saint of the Tianfeng clan, Zhao Lingxiu.

On her right side, Zhao Xuanji, dressed in a golden robe, with creamy skin and a radiant complexion, leaned against her ear and whispered something softly, the relationship between the two seemed quite intimate.

Listening to her words, the saint nodded her head from time to time in agreement, and occasionally frowned, showing a little smile.

However, even though he showed his whole face, under the face covered by a light veil, with every frown, smile, and different appearance, it still aroused the admiration of everyone around the Tiankeng.

On the left side of the saint, there is also a woman wearing a phoenix crown and a seven-color feather coat. She looks quite serious. Seeing that the conversation and laughter between the two have attracted the attention of the onlookers, she reminded her One sentence.

After the two listened, they immediately suppressed their laughter and sat up straight.

In addition, Granny Jinfeng and Mrs. Zhen of the Tianfeng clan, Wu Yun, the elder of the Pangui clan, and Di Feng, the god-level power of the Earth Dragon clan, were also impressively listed.

"Mr. Shu, I think it's almost time. I'm afraid the competition is about to start. Mr. Shi, he might not be able to catch up." Fang Zhen raised his head and looked at Chu Yang, who was slowly rising, and said worriedly.

"Brother Shi has always been very measured in doing things, so he shouldn't miss the business. Thinking about it, he should be there soon." Shu Youjin said this and that, but his brows frowned slightly.

Apparently he was also a little surprised that Shi Mu had been missing since early morning, and he hadn't arrived yet.

About half an hour later, Shu Youjin and Fang Zhen still did not see Shi Mu.

"Brother Shi may really have something important to deal with, we just need to work hard together." Shu Youjin glanced at Shitai and said.

"Okay." Fang Zhen responded quickly.

At this moment, a red-haired old man wearing a red brocade robe finally stood up on the viewing platform, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone has worked tirelessly and spared no effort to go to our clan to celebrate the Holy Maiden with me." The blessing of taking over has made our clan flourish. The old man Zhao Zhutong, on behalf of the Tianfeng clan, sincerely thank you for coming."

The red-haired old man was hale and hearty, his voice was like a bronze bell, and the aura exuding from his body was very powerful. He was unexpectedly a strong man in the early stage of the divine realm.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was refreshed, and the audience fell silent.

"Looks like it's about to start." Fang Zhen looked at Zhao Zhutong and whispered.

"It's almost time, it's just a little strange." Shu Youjin said with some doubts.

"Brother Shu, what do you think is strange?" Fang Zhen asked in surprise.

"Look at the three stone chairs in the middle of the viewing platform. Such a grand ceremony, plus the purpose of the three major clans taking this opportunity to gather power, the chiefs of the Tianfeng, Qinggui and Dilong clans will definitely come in person." Shu Youjin said said,

"Yes, those three stone chairs should be the main seats for the three of them, why are they still empty?" Fang Zhen was startled.

"I believe everyone knows. Before the official ceremony of the saint's succession, it is necessary to conduct several rounds of competitions to select the saint's dual cultivation partner. Due to the importance of this event, it is the first time for many of the contestants Coming to Suzaku Star, I am afraid that there are still many people who are not used to the environment here. The saintesses in my family are sympathetic to everyone's hard work, and hereby postpone the start of the competition by one hour." Zhao Zhutong continued.

When he said these words, the dozens of children from various ethnic groups who participated in the competition on the left side of the Tiankeng looked at each other and were at a loss.

"Everyone can first go to the Eight Diagrams Martial Arts Stage to familiarize yourself. After an hour, the competition will start on time." Zhao Zhutong said with a little embarrassment.

"Shu Gongzi, this... what should we do next?" Fang Zhen was still a little confused about the situation for a while.

"They were waiting for the three major patriarchs to arrive, so they delayed for an hour, but this is a good thing for Brother Shi." Shu Youjin said with a smile.

After hearing this, Fang Zhen nodded in agreement.

Among the dozens of participating children, most of them looked at each other in dismay, only a few flew onto the Eight Diagrams Martial Arts Arena, and really became familiar with the arena.

...

Somewhere in the blue space, a ray of light flew from a distance, and in the blink of an eye, it came to the front, and Shi Mu's figure appeared.

At this moment, his face was gloomy, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.

He has been flying in this blue space for a while, looking for a way out, but he has not found anything.

The only thing he understands is that this blue space is astonishingly large. He has been flying for so long, and there is no sign of it ending.

At this moment, Cai'er flew out of the spirit beast bag, her complexion was much better than before, but she hadn't fully recovered from her injuries.

It looked around a few times, and said in surprise: "Hey, where is this place? Where is the guy in the blue robe? Stone, you killed him."

Shi Mu nodded casually, a little absent-minded.

"Shitou, you are getting better and better!" Cai'er looked at Shi Mu with a surprised look.

"You don't need to flatter me. Now we have to think about how to get out of here." Shi Mu said lightly, with a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

At this moment, it is estimated that it is already dawn outside, and the ceremony is probably about to begin.

"I've been wondering since just now, what the hell is this place? It doesn't look like it's inside a formation restriction." Cai'er said.

"If my guess is correct, this should be the inner space of a magic weapon." Shi Mu said.

"What, magic weapon space?" Cai'er asked in surprise.

"As far as I know, some magic weapons of the spirit treasure level may have a space inside." Shi Mu said in a deep voice.

"Then how can we leave, break through here with brute force?" Cai'er asked.

"The owner of this magic weapon has been killed by me. As long as we find the core restriction of the magic weapon and refine it, we should be able to get out, but I have been searching for a while, but I can't find any traces of the formation restriction here." Shi Mu shook his head and said.

There is also a simpler method, which is to ask Yan Luo to summon Shi Mu to the Necromancer Interface, so that he can leave this space.

However, after he arrived at the Necromancer Interface, Yanluo's space coordinates in the Tianhe Starfield disappeared. It would be more troublesome for Shi Mu to come to Suzaku Star again, but it would be more convenient to refine this magic weapon.

"It doesn't matter. In terms of eyesight, I'm better than you. If you can't find it, I will definitely find it!" Cai'er said confidently, using her spiritual powers to look around.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Shi Mu said.

Cai'er's supernatural powers are indeed superior to his, and they will definitely find some clues together.

...

An hour passed quickly.

On the stone pillar viewing platform in the middle, the three central positions are still vacant.

At this time, several elders of the Tianfeng clan gathered around Granny Jinfeng, seeming to be talking about something.

After a while, the red-haired elder named Zhao Zhutong came back to the stage and said loudly to everyone: "The time has come, this selection competition is about to start, I will inform you of the detailed rules of the competition."

As soon as these words came out, the scene became quiet again, and everyone's eyes fell on the central stone pillar in unison.

After Shu Youjin glanced around, he let go of his spiritual sense and searched in all directions for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "I thought, with the buffer of this hour, Brother Shi might be able to come in time, but now it seems , Brother Shi may have encountered something urgent."

Fang Zhen nodded silently upon hearing this.

"In this selection, there are a total of seventy-four candidates. Among them, the children of the original Bahuang Ancient Clan and the children of the famous families in our Galaxy Star Region, according to their own strength and the preciousness of the gifts submitted by the family, A total of ten people will be selected, and they will be exempted from fighting for two rounds, and will directly advance to the last two rounds." Zhao Zhutong said loudly.

After all, with a wave of his palm, a golden light curtain immediately appeared in mid-air, on which were written ten names in ancient seal characters, among them were Fang Zhen's elder brother Fang Ce, and the widely favored place known as "Dragon and Phoenix Match". Di Xiang, the young master of the Dragon Clan.

"What? You still have the right to be exempted from fighting?" Fang Zhen stared at Fang Ce's name, and said through gritted teeth.