Chapter 1079: Cold Valley
Ma Xingchen's eyes swept over all the team members. Seeing that the stick of incense was about to burn out, he finally found a suitable candidate. First, he selected two strong, mature and steady ones from among the remaining four veteran team members. , and then picked Old Man Zhi and Qingyang.
The old man Zhi is not low in strength, and he also has the unique skill of paper-cutting, which may be useful. But Qingyang was deeply impressed by what happened last time, and he still remembers that when he was in Mai Town, Qingyang once I have said that I am relatively resistant to beatings and can be used as a human shield at critical moments.
Ma Xingchen has just selected team members, and the entrance to the valley over there has been opened. Several teams of candidates who are relatively close have already led people into the deep valley. Under the supervision of more than a dozen foundation-building monks from Shangguan Tong and Qingteng Sanren, no one dares to cheat. No matter how rich the family is, they can only bring four Kaimai Realm guards. Even Shangguan Tong's daughter Shangguan Yan is no exception.
In addition to the conditions mentioned by Shangguan Tong before, the pre-selection of the Holy Son also has requirements for age and cultivation. The age must be under forty years old, and the cultivation level must be above the Qi refining period. However, all candidates have been reviewed when they sign up. , Shangguan Tong stopped being verbose just now.
Among the more than a hundred candidates, Shangguan Yan, Bai Qing, and Sang Yuan are the most powerful, and they are all at the sixth level of Qi refining. There are about a dozen or so who are at the fourth and fifth levels of Qi refining, and the rest are all practicing In the early stage of Qi refining, most of them are on the third level of Qi refining, and there are also a lot of people on the second level of Qi refining. There are even a few on the first level of Qi refining, whose strength is lower than Ma Xingchen's. It's not that these people's family backgrounds are not as good as Ma Xingchen's, it's just that Because by chance, other people in the family were not in suitable condition, so I had to send them to try their luck.
The conditions for choosing ten out of more than one hundred are very harsh. However, if the competition does not go to the end, no one dares to admit that they will definitely lose. This preselection of the Holy Son is a good thing that has not happened once in many years. If you miss it, you will lose. It's such a pity, I have to give it a try no matter what.
Seeing other people entering the valley one after another, Ma Xingchen also brought Qingyang and others to the entrance of the valley. The entrance of the valley is usually closed by a formation. It will only be opened when someone wants to go in for training. The only way to open it is The county leader knew that if other people wanted to get in, they could only use brute force to break through. However, it was very difficult to break through, and the foundation-building monks also had to spend a lot of energy.
Just after entering the formation, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped by several levels. There was a cold wind blowing from the side, making people feel cold from the inside out. Even the sky seemed a little darker and the visibility was very low. It's almost impossible to see the person on the opposite side from a distance of tens of feet.
In fact, the original deep valley was not so serious, that is, the formation had been closed for a long time, and the ghostly energy emitted by the underground Yin veins could not escape. Coupled with the proliferation of zombies, it became like this.
The entire deep valley is very large. It is said that the length is more than a hundred miles and the width is at least dozens of miles. Hundreds of monks are scattered in it, which is not conspicuous at all. That is to say, when I first came in, I saw a few groups of monks who had no time to leave. The person quickly disappeared into the deep valley.
Hundreds of monks had just walked through this part of the valley. Not to mention that there were no zombies here. Even if there were, they would have probably been scared away. It is useless to stop here. You must search forward.
This competition only lasted for three days. Ma Xingchen did not dare to waste time here. He chose a direction and hurried forward. In the end, he only walked four or five miles when a group of people suddenly jumped out in front. He stood in front of their team.
This team is none other than Kuwahara and his bodyguard. Not to mention Kuwahara’s sixth level of Qi training, he is the highest among all the candidates, and all four of his team members are also open. The Pulse Realm is perfect, and all of them are wearing special armor, and the weapons they hold are all high-grade magic weapons. If four people go together, Ma Xingchen may not be a match.
Seeing these people standing in front of them aggressively, obviously with bad intentions, Ma Xingchen's momentum immediately weakened by three points, and said: "Senior Brother Sang, what do you want to do?"
Sang Yuan glanced at Ma Xingchen and Qingyang, and sneered: "Can't you see what I want to do? Half a month ago, your guards were ungrateful. They not only ruined my good deeds, but also made me stay in front of Junior Sister Yan. I’ve lost all face in front of you, and now I’m here to collect the debt.”
I haven't seen any movement from Sang Yuan for half a month. Ma Xingchen thought that Sang Yuan didn't care for Shangguan Yan's sake. He didn't expect that the other party would choose to attack at such a critical moment. If the other party did something bad, he would be in trouble this time. The sub-preliminary selection was ruined. Looking at the other party's good-natured eyes, Ma Xingchen said with an inward look: "Senior Brother Sang, we are currently undergoing a trial. This is a major event assigned by Dry Tomb City. You are destroying the competition by targeting us like this. It's fair, if Lord Shangguan and Senior Qingteng pursue it, you will definitely not get any good results. "
Sang Yuan saw through Ma Xingchen's lies at a glance, and said coldly: "Do you think I will be afraid of your threat? My father is outside. He has known the Lord of Shangguan County for more than a hundred years, and our Sang family is famous in Tongcoff County. Our big family, even the Qingteng Sanren, have to give some face, do you think they will cause trouble for my Sang family over this trivial matter?"
Seeing that the other party was determined to cause trouble, Ma Xingchen also risked his life and said: "I don't know whether Shangguan County Lord and Senior Qingteng will cause trouble for you, but if you insist on having your own way, I will accompany you to the end, and the worst is possible. I am definitely not a match for Senior Brother Sang, but if the five of us unite to attack only these four guards of yours, we can’t say the number of kills. The damage is certain. Then you will be the only commander left. Let’s see how you complete this Holy Son. Pre-selection.”
Ma Xingchen's words made sense. If the five of them focused on dealing with his four men, Sang Yuan might not be able to protect them. If his four guards were injured, it would be difficult for him to get a good ranking in the preliminaries of the Son of God.
And what Sang Yuan feared most was not this. He was afraid of angering Ma Xingchen. If the other party felt desperate about the preliminaries of the Son of God and gave up, and kept following him to make trouble for the next three days, he would not be able to kill zombies at ease. That would be difficult to deal with.
With the Qi-refining monks interfering behind him, it would be unlikely for Sang Yuan to get a good result. There was only one quota, what if he failed? Face was secondary. The key was that the preliminaries of the Son of God were too important. His father would definitely not let him off easily. It would be a loss.
Thinking of this, Sang Yuan's expression suddenly changed. He smiled and said, "Why are you so nervous, Junior Brother Ma? Half a month ago, you said that you knew nothing about this matter. Why would I cause trouble for Junior Brother Ma? Every grievance has its perpetrator, and I will only settle accounts with you, the guard."