Chapter 1105: Hundred Refining Tower
At this time, less than three days had passed since the start of the preliminary election of the Son of God. The candidates from Tongguan County had gradually ended their retreat. Perhaps the last incident had inspired everyone. The effect of this retreat was unprecedentedly good. Everyone's strength had improved to some extent. The biggest change was Shangguan Yan, who directly broke through from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining and became a late-stage cultivator.
The day before the competition began, Qingteng Sanren came over and brought back a frustrating news. He had reported the matter of the monks from Tongguan County being attacked halfway to the city lord, but he was troubled by the lack of evidence. Tiegu County refused to admit it, and the people sent out in the end did not find out the reason. The city lord could not favor Tongguan County, so he could only warn the people from Tiegu County a few words, and the matter was left unresolved.
Hearing this result, many people were angry and even planned to settle accounts with the people from Tiegu County, but they were all stopped by Qingteng Sanren. The preliminary selection of the Holy Son is about to begin. This is the top priority of Kuzhong City during this period. Going to seek revenge now will only make the city lord unhappy.
Moreover, after the last incident, there are only about thirty people left in Tongguan County, and Tiegu County has not suffered much. If we go there like this, won’t we only suffer losses?
Helplessly, everyone can only choose to admit defeat. The incident has already happened. There is definitely no chance to get back in a short time. We can only see if we can turn the situation around in the future.
Under the comfort of Qingteng Sanren, the people of Tongguan County quickly calmed down and began to make final preparations for the next day's competition. There was no conversation overnight. Early the next morning, Qingteng Sanren gathered the ten candidates and took them to the center of Kuzhong City.
In the center of Kuzhong City is a huge square with a radius of more than ten miles. Even so, the outside of the square was surrounded by monks who were watching the excitement. Only a large open space was left in the middle, which shows how many monks there are in Kuzhong City.
In the middle of the open space is a tower-shaped building, more than 100 feet wide and hundreds of feet high, with a total of nine floors. It looks extremely magnificent from a distance. This tower is called the Hundred Refining Tower. It is the landmark building of Kuzhong City and the place where the disciples of Kuzhong City practice. Even the monks of Kuzhong City can't tell who built this Hundred Refining Tower. Anyway, it has existed for many years.
There are countless illusion arrays arranged inside the Hundred Refining Tower. As long as a monk enters, many monsters and enemies will appear around. Only by defeating them can you enter the next level, which is exactly the same as a real battle. The monks can practice in it to improve their strength and combat experience. At the same time, there is no danger in practicing in this Hundred Refining Tower. In critical moments, as long as the jade talisman issued when the true energy is input into the tower, it can be instantly teleported out, and there will be no worries about life.
In theory, the Hundred Refining Tower should be a great place for the monks of Kuzhong City to take trials, but because the illusion array requires a large amount of spirit stones to provide energy, if anyone wants to enter the trial, they must pay a large amount of spirit stones as fees. In fact, not many people in the entire Kuzhong City have the financial resources to go in for trials regularly.
Because of this, the Hundred Refining Tower is rarely opened. It is usually only open once a year, and each time it lasts for only one month. Anyone who wants to take the trial can only enter at this time by spending spirit stones.
The entire Hundred Refining Tower has a total of nine floors. It is said that the strength of the enemies on each floor is different. The strength of the enemies on the first floor is equivalent to the early stage of Qi training, the second floor is equivalent to the middle stage of Qi training, the third floor is the late stage of Qi training, and so on. The ninth floor is equivalent to the late stage of Jindan. Because the enemies on each floor are not one or two, but a large group, it is almost impossible for monks of the same level to get through. It is said that the lord of Kuzhong City, Jiao Mu Zhenren, who is at the fifth level of Jindan, can only get to the seventh floor of the Hundred Refining Tower.
Since Qingteng Sanren brought everyone here this time, it seems that he is going to use the Hundred Refining Tower as the preliminary selection for the Son of God. It costs a lot to start the Hundred Refining Tower once, and Kuzhong City is also going all out this time.
Qingteng Sanren led the people from Tongguan County into the crowd, and then he found that they were not the first to come. Nearly 200 people had gathered in front of the Hundred Refining Tower. Guards were not allowed to be brought to the preliminary selection for the Son of God this time. All the candidates who came were from various regions. Kuzhong City was divided into more than 30 regions in total, with ten people in each region, which meant that more than half of the people came.
People from various regions gathered together, clearly divided. Just a glance could show the overall strength of that region. For example, in the leftmost region, among the ten candidates, four were in the middle stage of Qi Refining, six were in the early stage of Qi Refining, and the weakest one was even only at the first level of Qi Refining. According to Qingteng Sanren, these people came from Caoxi County, the poorest county in the entire Kuzhong City.
There is a region in the middle that is much stronger than them. Among the ten candidates, three are at the seventh level of Qi Refining, five are at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and the remaining two are both at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Their overall strength is more than a little stronger than others. According to Qingteng Sanren, they are all from a certain region of Kuzhong City.
In an area not far from them, there are also ten candidates. The strongest are two cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining. There are also two cultivators at the fifth level of Qi Refining, five cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and one cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining. Their overall strength is similar to the ten people initially selected from Tongguan County.
Without Qingteng Sanren's introduction, Shangguan Yan and others also recognized them. They must be from Tiegu County, because the way these people looked at the people in Tongguan County was different from others, full of contempt and provocation, and even a hint of gloating.
Looking at the team from Tongguan County, a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator in front couldn't help but laugh, "Sister Shangguan, where did you get this team from? There are old, weak, sick and disabled people. How can they come to participate in the preliminary selection of the Son of God? I guess people would believe them if they said they were fleeing from famine."
The sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator next to him echoed, "Yes, I see that two of them have white beards. How can they be less than 40 years old? Is Tongguan County cheating?"
The previous man said, "It's not a fraud. With the people from Kuzhong City, Tongguan County shouldn't be that big. Courage, I guess it's because Tongguan County lacks talents, they have no choice but to temporarily pull a few people to make up the numbers, didn't you see there is a cultivator in Kaimai Realm among them? "
Another person laughed and said: "If Brother Chunyu hadn't said it, I really wouldn't have noticed that the boy behind the team is not very old, but his cultivation is pitifully low, I'm afraid he is not even in the middle stage of Kaimai Realm? Even such a person was sent, it seems that Tongguan County is really in decline. "
"I think it must be this guy who thinks the preliminary selection competition of the Saint Son in Kuzhong City is too monotonous, and deliberately comes to entertain everyone." Another person laughed.