Chapter 147: Thousand Islands Competition, Chu Ning Goes to the Battle

"Eighteen?"

Chu Ning opened his mouth slightly when he heard this.

"Could it be that this Fairy Cen has been practicing since her mother's womb?"

He is twenty years old this year, and he feels that this speed is ridiculously fast to the point of perfection in Qi Refining.

With the Yinmu Spirit Body, he can practice Qingmu Changchun Gong very quickly.

And after refreshing the Source Talisman Spirit Body, he obtained a lot of resources through the talisman making technique.

In the past few months, he has quickly completed the eighth to ninth level of Qi Refining with the help of the spiritual energy.

And this Fairy Cen is already a foundation-building cultivator at the age of only eighteen.

It really shocked Chu Ning.

The key is that the other party is also known as the first formation master of Qianhu Qiandao, and the formation is the most difficult among the Danfuqi formation.

Even if he was in Qingxi Sect before, he had never heard of such a genius.

"Isn't it incredible?" Jiang Lan's face showed a hint of pride at this time.

"In this Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, no male cultivator can match her.

It is said that she has a natural spiritual root, and a Jindan cultivator from a major sect wants to accept her as a true disciple.

But Fairy Cen said that she wanted to stay in this Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, but the Jindan cultivator still accepted her as a disciple and taught her the supreme Taoism."

Perhaps because Fairy Cen stood up for them female cultivators, Jiang Lan's tone was full of pride when she said these words.

Chu Ning couldn't help but smile slightly after hearing this, and didn't ask any more questions.

And the noise outside gradually quieted down after the foundation-building cultivator spoke.

"My fellow island masters and fellow Taoists, I am Cen Wenquan, the head of the Cen family, and also the rotating leader of the Thousand Island Alliance.

I am very happy to welcome the Thousand Island Contest held every five years.

In order to promote the exchange of Taoism between the islands and enhance the overall cultivation strength of the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, we have launched the Thousand Island Contest in recent decades, and the effect is very good.

Everyone knows the rules, so I won't say more.

After the challenge is successful, the jurisdiction of the island can be exchanged, and the loser of the challenge is responsible for the three-year harvest of the other island.

Now, please propose the island you want to challenge and directly organize the contest."

Cen Wenquan went straight to the point. The Taoist temple, which had been quiet, was in a commotion again after he said this.

"The minimum number of contestants on each island is not less than three, and the maximum number is not more than ten.

Both parties in the contest must not harm each other's lives..."

Cen Wenquan is still talking about the rules of the contest.

At this moment, many island high-level prohibitions have already sent out sound transmission notes.

On the high platform, the younger generations of each family, including Fairy Cen, collected them.

What caught Chu Ning's attention was that several sound transmission notes flew up from the crowd below.

"Are these the cultivators who formed a team to directly seize the island's jurisdiction?"

Chu Ning remembered the casual cultivator who invited him to form a team before, and he guessed roughly in his heart.

Just a moment later, Cen Wenquan's words rang again.

"Now I will announce the application for challenge competitions, and then organize competitions one by one."

"Huaguan Island challenges Ziyan Island"

"Xingyue Island challenges Baofeng Island"

...

Cen Wenquan read out thirty or forty groups of challenges in a row. Chu Ning listened roughly. There were some first-level islands challenging second-level islands.

There were also second-level islands challenging top-ranked second-level islands.

However, there seemed to be fewer first-level islands challenging each other.

It seems that cultivators on first-level islands are relatively more stable and conservative because the first-level spiritual veins may not be much different.

At this time, Chu Ning also paid attention to Jiang Hongguang's expression, and found that after hearing Cen Wenquan read so many names without Feihong Island, his originally worried expression eased a lot.

But at this moment.

"Jingquan Island challenges Feihong Island"

"Beilin Island challenges Feihong Island"

"San Xiu Si Guangliang teams up to challenge Feihong Island."

Cen Wenquan read three challenges in a row, and they were all Feihong Island.

This instantly made Jiang Hongguang's face change drastically, and even Cen Wenquan seemed to have a hint of doubt in his voice.

Even the many cultivators in the square below were in an uproar at this moment.

"Why are there so many people challenging Feihong Island?"

"Isn't Feihong Island a first-level spiritual vein island? Why are there so many people challenging it suddenly?

Is there something good there?"

...

Cen Wenquan was still reading the rest of the list, and everyone's attention was quickly diverted.

Chu Ning looked at Jiang Hongguang at this moment and asked:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, how come so many people suddenly challenged, did some news leak out?"

Jiang Hongguang's face changed several times, and he sighed unhappily:

"It seems so. When the spiritual vein was discovered, there was indeed a low-level cultivator and a spiritual farmer on the island.

I had repeatedly asked them to keep the secret, but now it seems that the news has finally leaked out."

After hearing this, Chu Ning sighed in his heart. He had originally thought that he could find a place to settle down in a cave safely.

Unexpectedly, this kind of thing happened.

So, he asked the other party again:

"What is the strength of these islands?"

Jiang Hongguang smiled bitterly, and then said with a serious face:

"Jingquan Island and Beilin Island are among the strongest islands with first-level spiritual veins.

Both islands have cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining. That was a few years ago. Now they may have broken through to Qi Refining Perfection."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hongguang sighed.

Jiang Lan, who was standing aside at this moment, asked anxiously:

"Brother, what should we do?"

"Let's see, if it doesn't work, we can only admit defeat."

Jiang Hongguang shook his head helplessly at this moment.

Yu Yuanxiu, who was standing aside, heard this and patted him on the shoulder, saying comfortingly:

"Don't worry too much, my husband. We have been practicing on the first-level spiritual vein island.

Even if we admit defeat, we will just practice on another island."

Jiang Lan looked dejected.

"How could this happen? If we had known that the news had spread, we should have recruited a more powerful helper.

Now the list of each island has been reported, but it can no longer be changed."

Hearing Jiang Lan's seemingly unintentional but implicit words at this moment, Chu Ning did not take it to heart, but said calmly:

"Why are the three Taoist friends so anxious to admit defeat now? It's better to wait and see."

The three looked at Chu Ning, their eyes were a little puzzled.

Chu Ning was really afraid that the island master Jiang would choose to admit defeat out of disappointment, and then he would have no place to practice.

So at this moment, he said:

"Daoyou Jiang, if there are opponents above the ninth level of Qi Refining, let me deal with them."

"..."

Hearing Chu Ning's words, Jiang Hongguang and the other two looked at him in surprise.

Their eyes were full of disbelief.

After a while, just when Jiang Lan was about to say something, Jiang Hongguang immediately stopped her, and then asked Chu Ning with a serious face:

"Daoyou Chu, are you serious?"

Chu Ning nodded and said:

"If there is a ninth level of Qi Refining, let me go directly. If I lose, Daoyou will not lose anything, right?"

Hearing Chu Ning's words, Jiang Hongguang also made up his mind and said:

"Okay, Daoyou, if you can really save Feihong Island, I will never let Daoyou Chu suffer a loss."

Chu Ning smiled and did not reply, which was considered to be a response to Jiang Hongguang's promises.

During the time when the few people were talking, Cen Wenquan had already read out the list of challenges.

This time, there were 52 challenges.

Cen Wenquan had already started to announce the list of contestants.

The first one was a contest between two first-level islands.

Each side sent four cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, but the highest level among them was the same as Jiang Hongguang, only at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

There were also two cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

The fight between the few people was naturally not very exciting. Although some talismans and magic tools were used, the level was not too high.

The best was two intermediate magic tools, and no advanced magic tools appeared.

In the end, the island contest that initiated the challenge won.

After announcing the result, Cen Wenquan immediately organized the next round of contests.

The contests between the islands were one after another, and Chu Ning now had a general understanding of the level of the cultivators in Qianhu Qiandao.

In terms of fighting experience, these cultivators are better than those disciples of Qingxi Sect at the beginning.

However, in terms of the power of spells and magic tools, they are a little worse.

This is normal. After all, this kind of cultivator who is relatively close to a casual cultivator cannot be compared with the cultivators of a sect.

Even if Qingxi Sect is not a particularly large sect.

In the past half day, the most popular atmosphere on the scene was the competition between the two second-level islands.

Among the two sides, the challenging side only sent out six cultivators, while the challenged side sent out eight cultivators one after another.

This is also allowed by the rules. If there are more high-level cultivators, it also represents a kind of strength.

However, in the same game, the defeated cultivators can no longer stay on the field, while the winning cultivators can.

As a result, an early foundation-building cultivator on the challenging side defeated two early foundation-building cultivators on the other side, and had the spare strength to defeat a perfect Qi-refining cultivator.

This move also helped this island to establish a victory in one fell swoop, and the challenge was successful.

With the existence of this game, although the subsequent challenge competitions were still exciting, the heat on the scene was naturally not as high as before.

"The next challenge is for the independent cultivator Si Guangliang to challenge Feihong Island."

Cen Wenquan's voice rang out, and immediately, two people came to the competition platform in the middle of the dojo.

This was also because Feihong Island had reported four defending cultivators before, so according to the rules, because the other party did not have an island, only two people could be arranged to participate in the challenge.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, these two are both Qi Refining Level 8 cultivators, let us go forward to deal with them first."

Jiang Hongguang stood up and said at this moment. After all, as the master of an island, he naturally still had a little self-esteem.

The challenge of two independent cultivators teaming up was naturally not timid.

Hearing this, Jiang Lan, who was eager to try, immediately flew out, rushed out of the high platform, and flew to the competition platform.

Then, the other party sent out a middle-aged Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator.

Although Jiang Lan seemed a little reckless, she was still strong. What surprised Chu Ning a little was that she also practiced the gold-attributed skills and spells known for attacking.

And from the battle, it seems that their understanding of magic is quite good.

However, there is still a level difference between the two.

Although Jiang Lan is holding an intermediate magic weapon, the person opposite is also holding an intermediate magic weapon, and it is an earth attribute magic weapon with defense as the main purpose.

After Jiang Lan failed to defeat the opponent after several spells, he became a little impatient and gave up defense, trying to use his magic weapon to attack with all his strength.

As a result, he was directly defeated by the middle-aged monk.

However, Jiang Lan did consume a certain amount of this person, so Yu Yuanxiu easily defeated him later.

When it was the turn of the monk behind, Jiang Hongguang did not let Yu Yuanxiu stay on the field, but took action himself.

Jiang Hongguang also used gold-attributed skills and spells, and his attainments were deeper than Jiang Lan.

Although the water-attributed spells of the monk named Si Guangliang on the opposite side were not bad, after some stimulation.

Jiang Hongguang defeated the monk named Si Guangliang.

This was the first challenge of Feihong Island, and he successfully defended the ring. However, the competition also allowed everyone to see Jiang Hongguang's strength clearly.

When Jiang Hongguang returned to the high platform of Feihong Island, the monks watching the battle below also discussed it out loud.

"The strength of Feihong Island is too average. When they compete with Jingquan Island and Beilin Island, they have almost no chance of winning."

"Not only do they have no chance of winning, I think they will admit defeat directly."

"It's strange. The spiritual veins of Jingquan Island and Beilin Island are supposed to be better than Feihong Island. Why would they choose to challenge Feixiao Island?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. News will naturally leak out tomorrow."

...

Such discussions naturally reached the ears of Jiang Hongguang and others.

For a while, on the high platform of Feihong Island, except for Chu Ning, the faces of several people were not very good.

Although Jiang Hongguang was still a little suspicious at the moment, he turned his head several times to look at Chu Ning's expression.

Seeing that the latter looked very calm, he also held a glimmer of hope in his heart.

According to the rules of the competition, if an island is challenged multiple times, only one competition will be arranged on that day.

Feihong Island has already accepted Si Guangliang's team challenge today, and the challenges of the two islands will be counted later.

Chu Ning and others watched the battle for half a day, and only dispersed when night fell.

On this day, 18 groups of challenge competitions were completed.

If the pace continued, all the competitions would be completed in three days.

The next morning, Chu Ning appeared in the dojo on time again.

And below, many monks who were watching the excitement had already arrived.

Seeing Chu Ning flying to the high platform of Feihong Island, there was a lot of discussion again.

"Have you heard? It is said that Feihong Island discovered a second-level hidden spiritual vein."

"Is it true? A second-level spiritual vein? No wonder Jingquan Island and Beilin Island want to challenge."

As soon as these discussions came out, a fat monk in gray said:

"There is news, it should be true. Feihong Island was originally under the jurisdiction of the Jiang family. I know them.

The young monk just now should be a new helper. If it is only a first-level spiritual vein, or the small first-level spiritual vein before, there should be no need to ask for help."

However, when the fat monk in gray said this, it attracted people around him to speak out.

"An eighth-level helper is useless!"

"Jingquan Island and Beilin Island may have perfected Qi Refining. Feihong Island is likely to admit defeat."

...

Bursts of discussions came into the high platform restriction. Jiang Hongguang in the restriction looked at Chu Ning, who was still calm.

He moved his mouth, but he didn't speak after all.

At this point, he seemed to have no choice but to completely trust Chu Ning's move.

The people from the Thousand Islands Alliance also appeared at this time. Without the formalities of yesterday, after Cen Wenquan announced the names of the two parties in the competition, today's competition started directly.

After three rounds of challenges, the challenger won two games and the defender won one game.

The overall winning rate is similar to yesterday.

In fact, those who dare to challenge are more or less confident. After all, if the challenge fails, they will have to bear the responsibility of handing over the harvest for three years.

"In the next round of competition, Jingquan Island will challenge Feihong Island. Please send monks from both sides."

Cen Wenquan's voice sounded in the dojo at this moment.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were cast in the direction of Feihong Island.

At this time, the fact that Feihong Island has a second-level spiritual vein has already spread throughout the dojo.

Many islands were secretly regretting that they were not well-informed and did not participate in the competition.

Everyone was also very concerned about whether Feihong Island would admit defeat, and who would win or lose the next contest between Jingquan Island and Beilin Island.

Because according to the rules, when the defending party loses, if there is another challenger, they must compete with the winner.

As Cen Wenquan's voice fell, six cultivators stood up on Jingquan Island immediately.

Unlike the previous teams of independent cultivators, the participants from each island had already been reported to the Thousand Islands Alliance.

After the six cultivators appeared, one of them flew down from the high platform.

He was a short cultivator about 46 or 47 years old, and his cultivation had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"Ye Guoxin from Jingquan Island, please teach me, fellow Taoist from Feihong Island."

On the high platform of Feihong Island, Jiang Hongguang and others were naturally not very happy when they saw that the other party had actually sent out a cultivator of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, seeing that Chu Ning had taken the initiative to stand up at this moment, Jiang Hongguang finally squeezed a smile on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, this Ye Guoxin has been in the ninth level of Qi Refining for a long time, so be careful."

After hearing this, Chu Ning smiled and nodded, then flew directly from the high platform and landed on the competition ring.

"Hey, who is this?"

"It seems like Feihong Island's new helper."

"Jingquan Island sent a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator. The Island Master Jiang on Feihong Island didn't even show his face. It seems he has really given up."

…

Chu Ning's appearance made the already noisy dojo become even more noisy at this moment.

Everyone's eyes fell on Chu Ning. There were those who were curious, those who were gloating, and those who were full of doubts.

Chu Ning didn't pay much attention to it, and cupped her hands towards the other party.

"Feihong Island Chu Ning, please give me some advice from fellow Taoist."

After saying that, Chu Ning patted it casually and took out a magic weapon from the storage bag.

When he saw the thorn in Chu Ning's hand, there was an uproar at the scene.

Because what Chu Ning was holding at the moment was a primary magic weapon.