Chapter 1876 Suspense

"You know, you have already failed twice!" The leader's indifferent voice continued to remind.

"If it wasn't for Qingxia that time on Cuizhu Island, I would have succeeded in killing him!" Taoist Luo Liu said in disbelief.

"It was also the same last time. That Tao Ze was the master of the Dianjiao Peak. He activated the great formation in the holy hall, otherwise I could forcefully kill Ye Tian!" A voice in the white light group also said hastily, which sounded obviously That Taoist Zixiao.

"Five hundred years from now, Master won't listen to your excuses!" Said the indifferent voice, "Then Qingxia, Tao Ze, and Lu Wenbin are also targets that must be killed. Complete these tasks within the time limit, and give yourself... some leeway!"

"If they all stay in their respective peaks, what should we do?" Taoist Luo Liu asked in a deep voice.

"Then touch the great array of the Holy Church," an old voice said: "Of course, this is a last resort. Don't use it until the last moment!"

"Then find a way to get them to leave the holy hall voluntarily, and then wait for the opportunity to kill them!" Taoist Zixiao said.

"That's the only way!" Taoist Luo Liu nodded.

"Okay, let's stop here. You can discuss the details yourself. I'm going back to the mountain!" said the indifferent voice in the golden light group.

"Congratulations, sir!" Taoist Luo Liu saluted the golden light group, and the same voice came from the other white light groups.

These voices echoed in the hall, and the golden light gradually dissipated.

Then the rest of the white light clusters disappeared one by one.

Soon, Taoist Luo Liu was the only one left in the hall.

She let out a long breath, looked at the dim hall ahead, and a trace of Ling Ran flashed in her eyes.

"Ye Tian..."

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...

After reaching the peak of Void Return, Ye Tian's cultivation stopped.

Three years later, everyone found that Ye Tian hadn't made any progress.

Two or three years later, nothing has changed.

Soon, it was already the ninth year, and Ye Tian was still at the peak of returning to the void, and there was no change from nine years ago.

For high-level monks, it is normal for them to have no progress in cultivation for hundreds of years.

It is common to even stop suddenly and stop improving for a lifetime.

But Ye Tian's previous expectations for people were too high, so it became a surprise that Ye Tian didn't improve his cultivation in less than ten years.

However, the accident didn't last long, because it's really impossible to talk about it according to common sense.

Because at this point, it has completely changed the way of cultivation, from self-cultivation to Taoism.

Although there are people who collectively refer to the path of cultivation as cultivating the Tao, only when one reaches the peak of returning to the void can one begin to truly practice the Tao.

When the monks at the peak of returning to the void comprehend the Dao of heaven and earth, and figure out their own way, they are considered to have truly entered the period of inquiry.

The improvement of the questioning period is also a process of improving the mastery of the Tao. When the Tao is completed, it is the time to attract the immortality and heavenly calamity.

In short, the matter of Ye Tianxiu's stagnation did not arouse the excitement of the previous level.

It only calmed down for a short time, and another news about Ye Tian came out.

Ye Tian is going to participate in the assessment to become a teacher in the church, and officially transform from the status of a deacon to a teacher in the church.

And Ye Tian is now a Void-returning cultivator. Passing the assessment means he has become a formal teacher and has the qualification to wear a red Taoist robe!

In fact, in the past few decades, no one has regarded Ye Tian as a little deacon who can only wear black robes.

Whether it's cultivation or what he's doing, Ye Tian is almost a real teacher, but he doesn't have a red Taoist robe on his body, and he doesn't have his own independent mountain.

But after all, this is the first example of a deacon in the history of the church wanting to become a gentleman, so it must have attracted a lot of attention.

Thousands of years ago, there was a precedent for a deacon who suddenly became enlightened and became an inner disciple, but that disciple finally stopped at the late stage of Jindan for his whole life, and he was still far away from becoming a god, let alone becoming a god. , and then pass the assessment to become Mr. Templar.

And Ye Tian now, regardless of his own cultivation, his reputation among the disciples, and his decades of experience in teaching inner disciples, after the news came out, almost everyone thought that Ye Tian was a Mr. , and even the position of teaching is settled.

What everyone urgently needs to consider now is that after Ye Tian becomes a teacher, he will be able to open up his own independent mountain.

At that time, Ye Tian could also start recruiting real disciples, but in this case, what about the inner disciples in the holy hall who have already entered their respective peaks?

Previously, although Ye Tian taught his disciples as a deacon, although his name was unfair, there were no restrictions at all, and excuses such as discussion and discussion were justified.

But if Ye Tian had his own mountain, there would be no problem for other mountain disciples to visit, but things like asking for advice would be very, very sensitive.

So there are only two ways, or don't look for Ye Tian again, just practice in your own peak with peace of mind.

Or, they think that Ye Tian is better than their own as a teacher, and want to continue to learn and practice with Ye Tian, ​​then they will withdraw from the mountain where they are, and formally worship under Ye Tian's sect as a real disciple.

People like Shi Yuan and others who haven't returned to their own mountain for nearly twenty years and have been staying on the Dianjiao Peak, as well as some disciples who are in a very bad situation, will naturally choose the second option.

In addition, almost the vast majority of disciples fell into hesitation.

When these disciples started to struggle and hesitate, Ye Tian also had to face a problem.

"You should have no problem in the competition, but after that, going out for practice and assessment will be a bit tricky," Tao Ze said, "Without the protection of the Holy Temple Mountain Formation, they are very likely to take the opportunity to attack you at that time."

"I know, this should be the reason why they didn't care about my status as a deacon, and they directly passed the request to participate in the assessment," Ye Tian nodded and said.

"Yes, it stands to reason that you need to take the entrance examination to become an inner disciple first, and then take the master's examination." Lu Wenbin said: "Now they have saved you this process directly, they just can't wait for you to leave the holy hall to the outside world."

"But knowing this, you must still participate in this assessment," Ye Tian said: "This is an attempt that must be made to find the truth about luck!"

"This time the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Court Meeting will be held soon. According to the usual practice, this time the assessment experience will be to represent the Holy Church to participate in the Ten Thousand Nations Court Meeting." Lu Wenbin said.

Ye Tian nodded, he already had a comprehensive understanding of the world of Nine Continents through the massive collection of books in the temple.

Therefore, he is no stranger to the Ten Thousand Nations Court Meeting.

As the name suggests, the Wan Guo Chao Hui is a grand gathering on the Nine Continent every three hundred years.

Although it is said to be all countries, in fact, apart from all countries, there are also some famous and powerful forces that are also eligible to participate.

According to the usual practice, the venue of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Court Meeting is generally in Youzhou, the northernmost of the Nine Continents.

Jiuzhou is vast and boundless, but Youzhou is the largest continent among them. It is bordered by Beihai in the north and Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Zhongzhou and Yongzhou in the south.

It can be said that it occupies the north of the entire Nine Continents world.

The practice of the Wan Guo Chao Hui began ten thousand years ago.

At that time, Shenzong had no way, the world was in chaos, and killings and deaths filled the world.

Rise towards the mountains and seas, and confront Shenzong.

When Shenzong was still there, there was a clan of monsters and barbarians living in the northern North Sea. They were afraid of Shenzong's power, bowed their heads and worshiped Shenzong, and worshiped Shenzong.

As a result, Chao Shanhai gradually gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Shenzong.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that the temple in Youzhou was destroyed by Chaoshanhai and no longer controlled by the power of Shenzong's incense, the Yaoman clan took the opportunity to go south, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil.

He even wanted to seize the opportunity of Chaoshanhai and Shenzong's confrontation, destroy both, and monopolize the mainland.

However, after Chaoshanhai destroyed the first temple, they were already unstoppable. They destroyed all the other temples one by one. After defeating Shenzong, they turned their heads and severely injured Yaoman. North Sea.

But the monsters still exist. In order to prevent the monsters from going south again, Xiandao Mountain began to hold the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Meeting in Youzhou. Various countries and forces organized teams to attack the monsters.

Over time, a routine was formed, and the time was set at every three hundred years.

This is the origin of the Ten Thousand Nations Court Meeting.

Every time the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Pilgrimage Church will send people to participate, and if this time collides with the assessment of Mr. Shengtang, the content of going out to experience will be changed to participating in the Ten Thousand Nations Pilgrimage.

This time should be no exception.

"This kind of assessment is usually led by a teacher from the academy. Of course, the purpose is not to protect, but to monitor the performance of the participants." Fairy Qingxia said: "In this case, I can propose to lead the team this time." To teach you to protect you, they can only agree, if you don't agree, Ye Tian, ​​you just give up participating in the assessment."

"They have no shortage of strong men. If you join, it will be nothing more than letting them send more powerful monks to deal with us, and you will be in danger!" Ye Tian shook his head and said.

"More people are more powerful, so let's decide," Fairy Qingxia said. Although her tone was calm and gentle as always, there was an unquestionable feeling.

Tao Ze and Lu Wenbin also knew that they were not strong enough in this situation, and it was best to stay in the church.

However, they also believed that Ye Tian was in possession of good luck. Among them, he was the person closest to good luck, and also the most crucial person without dispute. .

In the end, Ye Tian didn't refuse any more. Fairy Qingxia definitely couldn't drag him down, and her strength was strong enough, so it wouldn't be a good choice for her to go with her.

...

Soon, it was time to start the assessment of Mr. Shengtang.

In the first part, the monks who have reached the stage of transforming gods will compete with each other, and the first three will pass to enter the second part of the outing experience.

The competition started at Xiange Mountain as usual.

With Ye Tian's current strength, no one thinks that he can't pass this competition.

Of course, there are no mediocre people participating in the competition. To become a disciple of the temple, one is already a genius among geniuses, not to mention the need to practice until the stage of transformation.

The most important thing is that only the top three are selected for each assessment. This number is too small, so there will be many people who have participated several times but have never been successful.

In the long run, the pressure of competition will increase, and there will naturally be more and more strong players who fail to pass.

It is said that they are qualified at the stage of transformation, but in fact, there are very few people who actually participate in the competition in the early and middle stages of transformation.

Most of them are in the late stage of transforming gods, or even at their peak.

It is not that there have never been people who have reached the void return stage, but are still participating in the competition.

That person participated in the competition at the peak of Transformation God, but after failing, he broke through to the void return stage during this period, and he passed it directly the second time. After the experience was over, he became Mr. Temple and went straight to the red-robed teacher.

From this point of view, it seems that Tao Ze and Lu Wenbin were able to obtain the qualifications to go out for experience through the competition with their initial cultivation base in the incarnation. It is indeed very powerful.

But someone like Ye Tian who has reached the peak of Void Return is unprecedented.

In the late stage of transformation and the peak of transformation, the peak of returning to the void is really like a high mountain, and there seems to be no suspense at all.

The rules of the competition are very simple, two-two battles, the loser is out, and the winner stays to enter the next round.

Until the final three are determined.

Ye Tian's opponent in the first match was a peak incarnation disciple from Ximing Peak, one of the Sifang Peaks.

If Ye Tian hadn't appeared, with this disciple's cultivation base, there was already a great possibility that he could compete for the top three.

It's a pity that I met Ye Tian.

After knowing that his opponent in the first round was Ye Tian, ​​this person knew that he was completely hopeless this time.

However, out of curiosity about Ye Tian, ​​this disciple did not give up. The purpose was very simple, to see how strong Ye Tian was.

Naturally, there is no need to go into details about the results. For this kind of opponent, Ye Tian can easily win by relying on the suppression of spiritual energy, and it is only one move that makes the opponent admit defeat.

The disciple Ye Tian met in the second scene was a late-stage god transformation in an ordinary mountain peak.

What is surprising is that this disciple even took the initiative to go to the Dianjiao Peak to ask Ye Tian for advice.

Ye Tian solved the opponent's problem, which made this disciple full of politeness to Ye Tian before the start of this competition, and even saluted Ye Tian as a disciple.

Of course, there was no surprise in the result, Ye Tian just slapped out with a palm, and after the powerful force smashed the opponent's attack and defense, the latter surrendered on his own initiative.

When Ye Tian defeated his opponent neatly and waited for the next round to start, the rest of the duels had just begun, and everyone was basically fighting each other with similar strengths.

But Ye Tian found that besides his side, there was another duel not far away that had ended.

The one who lost was a disciple of the Southern Star Peak in the Sifang Peak, whose strength was at the peak of turning into a god.

He was bound to be a strong contender for the top three, but unfortunately he ushered in an overwhelming defeat.

This disciple really did not expect such a situation to happen at all. He looked at his opponent with a pale face full of disbelief.

"Who are you!?" The disciple asked angrily.

Yes, he didn't know the winner.

The sanctuary is huge, with dozens of mountain peaks, and countless disciples practice in it, even if they don't know it, it's normal.

But the problem was that not only did the defeated disciple not know his opponent, but even the onlookers were curious about who this person was.

And no one can answer for a while.

This person looks like a young man in his twenties or thirties, with a handsome face, a tall figure, and a blue Taoist robe of an inner sect disciple.

"In Xiali Bancheng." Hearing the question from the person opposite, the person said softly with no expression on his face.

When the disciple on the opposite side heard the name, he first showed a puzzled expression.

After pondering for a moment, he seemed to suddenly remember.

"It's you!?" The man said in surprise, "Li Bancheng from the Academy of Fire back then!?"

"It seems that after so many years, my reputation is still there," Li Bancheng nodded, admitted the words of the disciple opposite, and said without anger.

"But why are you here? Didn't you leave the holy hall and join Xiandao Mountain after reaching the stage of transformation five hundred years ago?"

The man's voice spread, and most people in the venue still maintained puzzled expressions on their faces, but a few people finally remembered after being reminded.

"It turned out to be him!"

"The former genius of the Fire Academy has been designated as the person who will take over as the teacher of the Fire Academy in the future!"

"It's just that he refused to stay in the holy hall after reaching the transformation of the gods, but joined Xiandao Mountain!"

"Compared with Xiandao Mountain, the holy hall is still less attractive!"

"How did he come back?"

"It is true that there is no rule that prohibits a person from Xiandao Mountain from returning to become Mr. Shengtang, but since this person has already stayed in Xiandao Mountain, why did he return to the holy hall?"

"This Li Bancheng was already in the stage of transforming gods five hundred years ago, and now he has defeated the powerhouse at the peak of transforming gods, but he hasn't even fully revealed his cultivation. Presumably, his true strength is at least above the late stage of returning to the void!"

"Isn't it a question?"

"That might not be the case, after all, it is the Immortal Dao Mountain..."

"..."

...

Originally, in this competition, whether it was strength or fame, Ye Tian was undisputedly the strongest, and the attention he received was unparalleled.

However, the appearance of Li Bancheng, who was a genius in the temple hundreds of years ago, joined Xiandao Mountain, and now suddenly and quietly, immediately attracted the attention of most people.

Regardless of his previous fame, his experience in joining Xiandao Mountain, or his current strength, he is really eye-catching enough.

However, in Ye Tian's view, there are some problems with this person's identity from Xiandao Mountain and his sudden appearance.

Shaking his head slightly, Ye Tian retracted his gaze, turned around and searched for a place of tranquility, and went to meditate silently.

Here, Li Bancheng's gaze swept across the field, and finally landed on the back of Ye Tian who was leaving in the distance.

He shook his head lightly, hiding the fear that flashed in his eyes, then turned and walked off the stage.

...

Undoubtedly, Li Bancheng's sudden appearance added a bit of suspense and interest to this competition that should have been without any suspense.

Because Ye Tian must have crushed it easily all the way.

But judging from Li Bancheng's current combat power, when he defeated his opponent, he showed a suppressive ability that was no less than that of Ye Tian.

In addition, Xiandao Mountain is of a higher level than the holy hall, which makes Li Bancheng have such a high-ranking aura in everyone's eyes.

So although Ye Tian had already created an astonishing record and was extremely popular among his disciples, Li Bancheng who broke into the city suddenly gained a lot of supporters in an extreme time.

This is people's belief in Xiandao Mountain.

But after the battles in the morning and one in the afternoon, today's competition is temporarily over.

Early the next morning, the third round of competition began.

Both Ye Tian and Li Bancheng easily defeated their respective opponents, with the same ease, but also did not show their respective cultivations at all.

Three rounds passed, and after proper bye rules, there were only four players left on the field.

In addition to Ye Tian and Li Bancheng, there are also two disciples who are incarnation peak cultivations from different schools.

However, the final pinnacle battle that people were looking forward to could not happen, because Ye Tian and Li Bancheng met in advance in this battle.

...

On the square at the foot of Xiange Mountain, around the stone platform used for competitions, people who watched the battle surrounded them tightly.

People are looking forward to what kind of actual combat power Li Bancheng, who was a genius in the temple hundreds of years ago and is now a strong man in Xiandao Mountain, can show.

At the same time, I look forward to what kind of combat power Ye Tian, ​​who has spent twenty years cultivating from the early stage of returning to the void to the late stage of returning to the void at an unbelievably terrifying speed, will possess.

As we all know, twenty years ago, Ye Tian, ​​who was still in the early stage of returning to the void, defeated Si Wenhan by leapfrogging, and even forcibly withstood two attacks from Taoist Zixiao.

After the unimaginable breakthrough in practice, will the current Ye Tian be stronger and more dazzling, or will he overdraw all his potential on the breakthrough in practice.

On the stone platform, Ye Tian and Li Bancheng stood facing each other.

Ye Tian could tell that Li Bancheng's cultivation was the same as his own, and he was also at the peak of Void Return.

In fact, he was already sure that Li Bancheng, who appeared suddenly, had the same mission as Si Wenhan before.

All to test their own strength.

In contrast, the goal of Li Bancheng's appearance is obviously clearer.

Because after passing the assessment, Ye Tian will leave the holy hall and go to Youzhou to participate in the Wan Guo Chao Hui experience.

This time, Li Bancheng was sent to test out his strength first, and then he waited for an opportunity to kill him outside the temple.

There are countless strong men in the temple, but within the rules of this competition, there is no monk who still maintains his status as a disciple.