Chapter 199 The Competition Begins
On the Jiuye Mountain, the trunk of the white fir tree is extremely thick, like a pillar that reaches the sky, straight up to the clouds.
The white fir's spiritual leaves are also very outstanding, one cluster after another, emitting emerald green spiritual light.
What is amazing is that there are one or two huge spiritual leaves every hundred meters, like a spiritual platform for cultivation. Nine spiritual leaves have created nine enlightenment platforms that are built every ten years.
All the cultivators who went up the mountain stopped to look into the distance, amazed at the vastness of the white fir tree and the mystery of the enlightenment spiritual platform, and they are looking forward to today's Nine Leaf Competition.
Lin Shiming was among them, along with Xie An and Lin Xianzhi.
The Nine Leaf Competition was held on the hillside of Jiuye Mountain, but this place belongs to the territory of the Spirit Beast Sect. Unless you are a Purple Mansion cultivator, you can only climb the mountain on foot.
There were surprisingly many cultivators coming and going. In addition to the prosperity of Jiuye City, it was also related to the large number of cultivators from Tianhe Province who retreated to Jiuye City.
The cultivators of Tianmo Sect and Lianshi Sect could attack the city at any time. Naturally, the number of cultivators practicing in seclusion became increasingly scarce, but the number of people who came to watch the Jiuye Competition also increased.
The three of them rushed to a huge square without hurrying. There were many beast fighting platforms built in the square. These were usually used by the Spirit Beast Sect to control beasts and fight beasts. Today, they were all empty.
The viewing platform was also full of cultivators.
In addition to the viewing platform, there were towering viewing pavilions above.
The viewing platform was a place for all disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect and foundation-building cultivators from other sects to watch, while the viewing pavilion was prepared for the Purple Mansion cultivators.
And Lin Shiming also took the number plate that Xie An had applied for him in advance and registered with the Spirit Beast Sect deacon.
This time, there are 32 foundation-building cultivators participating in the Nine Leaves Competition. The number is not large, but you should know that the Nine Leaves Competition requires foundation-building cultivators before the age of 60, and to stand out, you must be at least a foundation-building cultivator before the age of 60.
After breaking through the foundation, it is not like practicing Qi, where you can break through every few years. If you are not talented enough, you often cannot break through the foundation-building middle stage for 30 or 40 years.
Just like Lin Shiming's father, Lin Houyuan, who broke through the foundation for nearly 20 years, but he has not even achieved the condensation of true essence.
So even if it is a sect cultivator, if it is not talented, there are not many who break through the foundation-building middle stage before the age of 60.
Among them, there are even fewer cultivators who have confidence in themselves and are willing to fight hard. There are only 32 people, and it is because of the wars this year, and the frequent appearance of the purple mansion prototypes on the enlightenment platform last time, that there are 32 people.
Of course, the 32 people participating this year are all very strong. Among them, there is only one cultivator from the foundation-building family, Lin Shiming, and there are only five cultivators from the purple mansion family. The remaining 26 people are all sect cultivators.
Lin Shiming stood on the viewing platform, observing the other cultivators. Among them, only three were highly respected, Chen Yuan from the Spiritual Beast Sect, Xu Hao from the Spiritual Talisman Sect, and Ye Changyuan from the Ye Family.
Among the three, Chen Yuan put the most pressure on Lin Shiming. He also relied on the golden-winged mantis and the red-haired demon monkey, and the latter probably had more spiritual beasts than him and was also stronger.
Next was Ye Changyuan. The cultivators of the Ye Family were also very famous in the Qingxuan Sect, and this one was the best among them.
"Okay, welcome everyone to the Nine Leaf Mountain of the Spiritual Beast Sect. I am Sanye, and my master is Master Baishan!" On the high platform, a cultivator wearing a three-leaf Taoist robe walked out.
The words of Sanye Sanren also made all the cultivators in the square look in the direction of his voice.
"This Nine Leaf Conference is still managed by me. Anyone who has built a foundation and is no older than 60 years old can participate. In the end, two people will be selected to obtain enlightenment. Our sect does not charge any fees, but those who successfully obtain enlightenment need to do something for the Spirit Beast Sect within their ability and participate in resisting the Demon Sect for at least three years in Nine Leaf City..." Sanye Sanren continued to introduce.
Since Xie An had mentioned it in advance, Lin Shiming was not unfamiliar with it. As for participating in the resistance against the Demon Sect, he had to resist here because of the relationship with the Qingxuan Sect.
"Okay, let's not talk too much nonsense, just draw lots and start!" Sanye Sanren took the labels representing their respective names from the deacon, and then waved his hand.
I saw those labels combined in pairs in the sky, and then they went to the empty beast arenas.
These beast arenas are where the disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect usually fight and control beasts, and each one has a reinforced formation.
There are also 32 names on the 16 beast arenas.
Lin Shiming was on the fifth beast fighting stage, and his opponent was a cultivator at the peak of the middle stage of foundation building from the Lingfu Sect.
After Lin Shiming came on stage, a deacon from the Lingshou Sect also came out to act as a referee.
With his wave of his hand, the two began to fight.
The young cultivator opposite took out three talismans and pressed them down suddenly. The first one was a third-level top-grade talisman, the earth shield talisman, the second one was a third-level top-grade wood binding technique, and the third one was a third-level top-grade gold sword technique.
As soon as the young cultivator released them, he was extremely proud. Once his three talismans came out, even a cultivator at the late stage of foundation building could fight.
Not to mention facing a cultivator from a small family.
And Lin Shiming hadn't even made a move yet!
The wooden vines in the sky began to entangle Lin Shiming, followed by a golden sword with a bright light. The young cultivator was proud and took out a top-grade flying sword and slashed at Lin Shiming.
However, at this time, Lin Shiming finally took action. He started with the Purple Wood Xuantian Sword Formation. The nine swords in the formation turned into a sword curtain, cutting all the vines completely and forming a sword formation, instantly blocking the golden sword talisman.
The young cultivator was instantly horrified, but he soon sneered.
With the cultivation level of the middle stage of foundation building, controlling nine magic swords was almost the limit, so there was no chance of defense at all.
With a sneer, the young monk raised his hand slightly, and the luxurious talismans unique to the Lingfu Sect emerged one by one, a total of ten, and all of them were third-level high-quality talismans.
Fire Snake Technique, Golden Sword Technique, Wood Binding Technique, Ice Arrow Technique, attacked Lin Shiming from four directions, and countless ground spikes surged up from the ground.
Instantly, the spiritual light shone brightly, and all kinds of spells filled the entire arena, drowning Lin Shiming.
A group of spectators also sighed repeatedly, especially those from the foundation-building families, who said it was a pity.
Lin Shiming's formation sword was indeed elegant, but it also had many shortcomings. With his cultivation in the middle stage of foundation-building, how could he control it, not to mention that sword cultivation originally needed thunder attacks.
Not only was the Lingfu Sect monks snatched the initiative, but he also didn't release the spiritual shield!
However, to everyone's surprise, a huge shield suddenly appeared in front of Lin Shiming, and the surging starlight blocked all the spells.
The sword formation cut off almost all the vines and came towards the Lingfu Sect monk.
"Impossible!" The Lingfu Sect monk shouted in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.
Lin Shiming not only had the strength to control the formation sword, but also the ability to control the top-grade spiritual shield. In his opinion, this was simply a fantasy.
This required at least the consciousness of the late stage of foundation building, and Lin Shiming's cultivation was only the middle stage of foundation building.