Your Opponent Is Xiao Chen!

I have to say, Esteem Truth Temple's trick is really effective.

At least Xiao Chen is very curious about what the rewards are for winning the challenge.

It's a coincidence.

Five Great Sects actually took out a Dao Comprehension Crystal with different attributes, plus a Fourth-Order Spirit Fruit with corresponding attributes, and a bonus of one million Spirit Stone.

It can be seen that they must have discussed it in advance.

Among these things, the only ones that can arouse Xiao Chen's interest are Wood Element Dao Comprehension Crystal and Hundred Emerald Spirit Fruit brought out by the Ink Barrier Sect.

Looking further down, there are two strains of Cloud Pattern Purple Ginseng given by the Illuminating Void Sect, plus one million Spirit Stone.

Cloud Pattern Purple Ginseng is another main material of Breakthrough Spirit Pill, which is pretty good for ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

However, for Xiao Chen, he already has this.

Written at the end is the ultimate prize given by Esteem Truth Temple.

The first is Purple Sun True Monarch and Crane Cry True Monarch, Nascent Soul Handbook written by each.

Then there was a mouthful of Golden Light and a sparkling Small Sword, with mysterious and complex runes engraved on it. It was a Fifth-Order Talisman Treasure.

Then there is a Fourth-tier Mysterious Item--Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl that is inherited from Ancient Times and has an effect on monk Nascent Soul Formation.

In the end, as usual, there is a prize of up to two million Spirit Stone.

In this place, Esteem Truth Temple deliberately played a trick.

It deliberately wrote the two arena rewards it was responsible for together.

In this way, at first glance, others will see that he is the most generous among Seven Great Sects and gives the most Spirit Stone.

However, in fact, the prize money for each arena is the same, so even if other sects learn about it, they cannot say that he deliberately increases the price to pressure others.

At most, the disciples below were not doing things well, which caused misunderstandings.

Of course, such a single hint is actually of little use.

However, if the plan goes as planned, Esteem Truth Temple Disciple will defeat the other six major sects and win the eight major Arena King.

This will become another evidence that Esteem Truth Temple is stronger than other sects.

However, Xiao Chen didn't care about the bonus. His eyes fell on the reward in front of him.

Nascent Soul Handbook is easy to understand, it is some insights written by people who have experienced it.

It doesn't seem to be very important to say it is important, but it seems to be able to guide the way forward for monk Golden Core Great Perfection.

Considering that there will be a free sermon at the end of the ceremony, this notebook is more like a supplement like Fourth-Order Spirit Fruit.

As for the Fifth-Order Talisman Treasure, although the type is not specified.

But from a structural point of view, it most likely belongs to the offensive type.

It is quite good for other Golden Core cultivator, and can be used as a trump card.

However, it has almost no meaning to Xiao Chen.

He doesn't expect to rely on the talisman to fight Nascent Soul True Lord, so he can directly exclude this item.

As for the last Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl, this was the first time he encountered it, and he was not sure what the use of this High Antiquity wonder was.

Fortunately, Esteem Truth Temple has also taken this into consideration and specially introduced it below.

This Glazed Pearl is derived from Ancient Times, an extremely talented Super Prodigy.

It is said that when he was born, black and yellow auspicious clouds descended from the sky and entered his body, forming the name Mystic Yellow Spirit Body.

It only took thirty years to realize Nascent Soul.

However, the little Junior Sister who grew up with him was unable to advance to Nascent Soul after spending three hundred years due to his limited understanding.

So in order to help little Junior Sister, the genius who had already achieved Spirit Transformation Venerable at that time, specially borrowed Great Powers and hundreds of different Nascent Soul Secret Method from all over the world.

Although it is inevitable that there will be a little disturbance in the middle.

But in the end, I successfully obtained the Secret Method copies of each major sect.

Then he used Supreme Clarity Method as the main one and blended it with the other Secret Method to get the best of it.

Created a strange object that can help Golden Core Great Perfection monks experience the Nascent Soul Formation process for themselves.

And even if this process fails, the monk himself will not suffer any damage.

Although the manufacturing method was later accidentally lost, some High Antiquity forces still have a lot of legacy left.

That's right, that strange object is none other than Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl!

"Experience it yourself?"

Xiao Chen looked at these four words, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

First of all, the genius sounds very powerful, and then this effect sounds like it is also very useful.

According to his understanding, this is equivalent to a mock exam.

Although it cannot directly help you succeed Nascent Soul Formation, it should help you accumulate experience and check for deficiencies.

"Good stuff!"

Xiao Chen immediately became interested and patiently re-read the notice from the beginning to understand the rules of this competition.

Since Esteem Truth Temple actually did not prepare to select casual cultivators at the beginning.

Therefore, this temporarily added rule is also very simple and crude.

Within the next day, all casual cultivators can sign up to participate by midnight tomorrow night at the latest.

At that time, lots will be drawn randomly from the casual cultivators who have registered to compete in the first round.

After that, the lottery continues, repeating the second round, the third round... and so on.

Until the final number is controlled to less than one hundred people, the remaining casual cultivators can all advance to the formal attack.

In order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, Esteem Truth Temple also dedicated three million Spirit Stone.

When the final round of selection is over, all promoted casual cultivators will each receive 20,000 Spirit Stone as a reward.

Those casual cultivators who failed can also receive 10,000 Spirit Stone as comfort.

Don't think that ten thousand Spirit Stone is not much.

You must know that for casual cultivators, they do not have a fixed income.

Even if you have been promoted to Golden Core, ten thousand Spirit Stone is not a small amount.

Moreover, according to the rules, in theory, up to two hundred casual cultivators can receive Spirit Stone.

This probability is not small.

After all, although nearly 100,000 monks have gathered on the island, the number of those who have actually arrived at the Golden Core Realm is only a few hundred in total, less than a thousand.

That is, leaving aside the particularly unlucky draw.

As long as the casual cultivators participating in the selection are at a mid-range level, they can try to get Spirit Stone.

At the same time, monks who are not good enough in actual combat can also try to bet on fortune.

If you can draw Foundation Establishment Cultivator several times in a row, you might be able to make some money.

Therefore, after reading the notice, the casual cultivators on site were gearing up to participate in the selection.

There were so many people signing up at one time that there was even a queue.

Fortunately, Esteem Truth Temple has set up a separate registration point for Golden Core True Person.

Therefore, Xiao Chen did not have to squeeze in with others, and a dedicated disciple directly completed the registration with the help of him.

He is not the first batch of applicants. Judging from the list, more than a hundred Golden Core cultivator have decided to participate in the selection.

"It looks like I have to stay here for a few more days."

Xiao Chen thought about it in his mind. After the selection, there will be a formal attack, so the ceremony will definitely not end for a while.

According to the current situation, time may be tight.

But I shouldn't delay myself enough to participate in the Cangran Secret Realm, which will be launched in two months.

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"Every fellow Daoist who is passing by, take a look over here!"

As soon as he walked out of the banquet area, Xiao Chen heard a loud shout, "The lowest price ever. As long as 10,000 Spirit Stone, you can take away one Mutated Demon Core."

"Fellow Daoists who need Demon Core should seize the opportunity."

"We only sell it for a few days. If we miss this village, we won't have this store!"

Looking up, I saw an Golden Core cultivator wearing a navy blue Wide-sleeved Robe, slightly fat figure and a round face, making a loud sales pitch.

Xiao Chen couldn't help but wonder, how could he sell this Demon Core so cheaply?

If he remembered correctly, the market price of Mutated Demon Core should be thirty thousand Spirit Stone each.

Previously at Hundred Herbs City, this is a price recognized by everyone.

Curious, he turned around and walked to the stall.

"This fellow Daoist, the best Mutated Demon Core, guaranteed to be fresh!"

Seeing the guests coming, the round-faced monk hurriedly said, "You can go check it and make sure there is no problem."

"It doesn't matter whether you use it for yourself or take it back to train the younger generations in your family. It's your choice."

While he was talking, two more monks walking together walked up next to him.

The man in blue clothes asked curiously, "Hey, fellow Daoist, this Demon Core of yours does not look like a fake. How can it be sold so cheaply?"

Another man in red squatted on the ground and inspected it carefully.

"Alas~!"

The round-faced monk sighed, "My fellow Daoist, I don't know, but an old friend lent me a large sum of Spirit Stone before, but he has been delaying paying it back."

"I am really in need of money now, so I would rather lose money and get some Spirit Stone back."

As he spoke, he even shook his head and waved his hands angrily, obviously a little depressed.

"It sounds like it's true, but I think it's not necessarily the case."

Suddenly there was a crisp sound from behind.

Xiao Chen turned around to look back, and saw a pretty, very young-looking girl in purple walking towards her.

She put her hands behind her back and reached out, her chin tilted slightly. "As far as I know, starting from five years ago, the number of Golden Core Sea Fish in the Compassion Sea began to increase."

"Since the second half of last year, the number of Sea Fish on the east side has doubled."

"Since Sea Fish is growing so fast, naturally the price of Demon Core cannot continue to maintain its original price."

"Your batch of Demon Core should be the latest ones shipped back from the east side."

When the round-faced monk heard what she said, his face immediately turned ugly. "Fellow Daoist, you can't talk nonsense without evidence."

Being dismantled on the spot, anyone who comes will be furious.

If he hadn't been concerned about the other person's possible background, he would have wanted to draw his sword at him now.

"Why am I talking nonsense?"

Unexpectedly, the girl in purple clothes refused to give up and immediately replied, "These things were all told to me by my elder brother. What he said must be true."

Huh?

Xiao Chen was shocked by her logic.

The monk in blue next to him also asked in surprise, "Um, girl, who is your elder brother?"

The girl in purple also introduced her cheerfully and proudly, "You don't recognize my eldest brother even if I tell him his name."

"But the ceremony on the island is held for my eldest brother. He now calls Dharma Name Purple Sun True Monarch."

Hiss~!

The four of them took a deep breath.

Especially the round-faced monk immediately put away his dissatisfied expression.

At the same time, I was glad that he was not impulsive. If he had just spoken harshly, he might have stayed with Red Flower Island forever.

Xiao Chen also understands, no wonder this girl dares to cause trouble like this, it turns out that this is her confidence.

"Now you are willing to believe me."

The girl in purple concluded. "It must be that the price of Demon Core in the east has been reduced again. In less than two months, the news will spread."

"At most half a year, wait for the Demon Core over there to be shipped by big ship."

"Everyone should be able to buy the cheaper Demon Core in the market."

Hearing this, the monk in blue immediately thanked him, "That's it, thank you fellow Daoist for reminding me!"

"Then we will wait until the price is lower in half a year before buying."

The red-clothed monk who was originally squatting on the ground also stood up and thanked him, "Fortunately, a Daoist friend reminded me, otherwise we would have spent Spirit Stone more."

The girl in purple nodded with satisfaction. "You're welcome, I just don't want anyone to lie to you."

Xiao Chen opened his mouth but stopped talking.

After a moment of silence, he thanked him and left.

Only the round-faced monk was left standing there crying without tears as he watched all his guests run away.

This... this... this, businessman's business, can that be called cheating?

Then there was a burst of murmuring in my heart, about being nosy, being unreasonable...

"Hey, fellow Daoist, why are you back?"

His eyes suddenly widened and he saw Xiao Chen walking back again.

"Bring me twenty Demon Core."

Xiao Chen picked up Blank Storage Bag from the ground, separated 200,000 Spirit Stones from Divine Sense and handed it back. "They are all here, you count."

Since he has to stay on the island for a few more days, he can't relax about his cultivation.

For him, absorbing Demon Core can quickly Condense True Essence, and there is no need to wait half a year to save money.

As the saying goes, buy early and enjoy early, and buy late and get discounts.

The reason why he just left first was because he didn't want to get entangled with the purple-clothed girl in person.

"Thank you fellow Daoist for your support!"

The round-faced monk counted Spirit Stone clearly and felt as if he had found them again. He was overjoyed.

He unexpectedly picked up two more Demon Core and handed them to Xiao Chen: "Here, take these two too, just think I buy ten and get one free."

However, this scene still fell in the eyes of the girl in purple who turned back from a distance.

She was just halfway through when she suddenly realized that if the round-faced liar was allowed to continue setting up his stall, other monks would be deceived.

However, she had something else to do and couldn't stay there to remind the monks coming and going.

The best way is to solve the problem at its source and drive the liar away from the island.

So, the girl in purple turned back and saw the two people trading from a distance.

Suddenly I felt very angry.

He paused in his steps and muttered in a low voice, "I've already warned you, but you secretly came back to give money to the scammer!"

She carefully dug out Xiao Chen and felt that some people were really hopeless.

Demon Core is not a life-saving urgent need, so you can't wait for half a year?

She suddenly remembered the teachings of her third uncle in Lineage: "Some people just can't keep their money."

"I know you have good intentions, but you can't stop it today, but you can't stop it tomorrow, so just let them go."

The girl in purple now feels the same way about this statement.

Not only tomorrow, there will be fools coming back to give Spirit Stone just now.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, staring at Xiao Chen and muttering, "People like you deserve to be deceived Spirit Stone."

"I don't care whether you live or die. If a bunch of fools are deceived, then they will be deceived."

After saying that, he simply turned around and left, not intending to drive away the round-faced monk.

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On the south side of Red Flower Island, some smart monks have seized the time and set up a simple Bamboo Hut for sale.

One room only sells for ten yuan Spirit Stone, and is specially provided to those monks who can't take care of setting up stalls, or are too lazy to build their own houses.

"Huh~!"

In one of the simple Bamboo Hut, Xiao Chen opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of hot white gas.

The white air was three feet away from the body, but it still condensed and did not disperse.

It floated to the edge of Bamboo Hut and hit Returning Goose Formation before being directly resolved by the formation.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes, with a smile on his lips, "As expected, the absorption speed has become much faster."

He had also taken Demon Core before in Hundred Herbs City.

However, at that time, in order to avoid excessive loss of Yang Qi in the body, one could only absorb one pill a day.

However, now as Xiao Chen breaks through Late-stage Golden Core on the way to Body Refining, the qi and blood in his body are getting richer and richer, and Yang Qi is also getting fuller.

Therefore, when refining Mutated Demon Core, the speed will naturally increase a lot.

From the original three hours, it was directly shortened to one and a half hours.

And the benefits brought by Body Refining's progress are not just that.

Since Xiao Chen is now full of Yang Qi, after refining the first Demon Core, his recovery speed is doubled.

You can continue to refine the second Mutated Demon Core after taking a break.

In other words, he can now absorb two Mutated Demon Core every day, thereby increasing the six paths of true energy.

What is this concept?

Ordinary Early-stage Golden Core monks can only reach this speed after a year of hard training.

In other words, with the dual blessing of Demon Core and Hextech.

Xiao Chen can obtain Cultivation Speed three hundred and sixty times that of ordinary monks!

You know, the ones used for comparison here are the kind of monks who practice more diligently.

If they are the kind of monks who only practice half a day a day, or fish three days and dry nets two days, then one day can equal their two years' achievement.

"Very good!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen felt more motivated to practice. "At this rate, it won't take long for Cultivator of Magic to break through Late-stage Golden Core."

"If Closed-door cultivation can be continued."

"Before Cangran Secret Realm is opened, Cultivator of Magic can also reach Mid-stage Golden Core perfection along the way."

Of course, he is about to participate in the selection and competition, so he definitely won't have that much time to practice.

But it's just a slight delay of a few days.

It happens that Xiao Chen is still thinking about it, so go to the Cangran Secret Realm to look for Wood Element Dao Comprehension Crystal.

Before Flawless Golden Core broke through Minor Bottleneck, he adopted the method of using Purple-Gold Bodhi to understand Dao Comprehension Crystal.

That's when the old trick can be repeated.

Minor Bottleneck broke through Cultivator of Magic, Mid-stage Golden Core to Late-stage Golden Core in one fell swoop.

"It's a pity that in this challenge, I will definitely choose Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl."

Xiao Chen slapped his mouth. "Then there will be no chance of the Wood Element Dao Comprehension Crystal that Ink Barrier Sect brought out."

However, this choice is obviously not difficult to make, and Glazed Pearl is definitely more valuable to him.

Although he has not passed the selection yet and is qualified to participate in the attack.

But Xiao Chen is not worried at all about the upcoming fight.

A group of opponents whose highest level is no more than Golden Core Realm are all casual cultivators.

No joke, he can hit ten now.

No matter which monk draws him, they can only count themselves as unlucky.

"It's almost time, go there early to draw lots."

Xiao Chen stood up, stretched, and put away the surrounding Spirit Gathering Array Disk with a wave of his hand.

Then he waved his hand and put away the Defensive Formation outside.

Since he was swallowed into the belly of a bird last time, he has developed the habit of turning on Defensive Formation in advance when practicing and resting.

Although this is a bit of a luxury, with Xiao Chen's ability, he can still afford this expense.

As for why the formation is not retained to protect Bamboo Hut, it is because it is completely uneconomical.

After all, this broken house itself is worth ten yuan Spirit Stone.

In order to make room for Eight Directions Arena, a small slope outside the banquet area was directly leveled and a new Great Plaza was built.

It was already midnight on the third day, and the registration and lottery ended last night.

Therefore, not long after Xiao Chen arrived, the person in charge at the scene started calling out names.

"Zhang Qingshan is here or not, your assigned opponent is Li Liushui!"

"Wang Rulong is here or not, your assigned opponent is Zhao Potian!"

Wait!

Who?

While waiting, Xiao Chen suddenly heard Zhao Potian.

He immediately looked up curiously.

A young man in black attire came out and took away her number plate.

Taking a closer look, the opponent only has the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

That's okay.

"Wang Liancheng is here or not, your assigned opponent is Zhang Shouquan!"

Oh?

Is he here too?

Xiao Chen had heard of Zhang Shouquan's name before, but he didn't expect that he would also come to Red Flower Island and participate in this selection.

Although for Xiao Chen, he is not afraid even if he encounters Zhang Shouquan.

But for other monks, this undoubtedly means that the remaining quota will be reduced by one.

Many monks present had obviously heard of the name of this casual cultivator who had recently become famous.

At this time, everyone raised their eyes to stare, so Xiao Chen's gaze was mixed in the crowd and did not attract Zhang Shouquan's attention.

The chief said his name for a while.

Finally, he shouted, "Liu Feiyang is here or not, your assigned opponent is Xiao Chen!"

Upon hearing the shouting, Xiao Chen also walked out and received his own battle number.

Due to the limited arena, only eight competitions can be held at the same time.

Therefore, the monks participating in the selection need to judge when they should play based on the number plate.

"Look! It's him!"

Xiao Chen had just walked in front of the principal when an exclamation came from behind.

"It turns out his name is Xiao Chen. It's such a rare surname. It's really not that simple!"

"Oh, he will also come to participate in the selection. Isn't this a direct loss of one spot?"

As the continuous exclamations spread, more monks looked this way.

"Brother Liu, look, he is the Hidden Sect Successor who spent more than eight million Spirit Stone on Listening Wave Island!"

"What, why does he look so young?"

"Hey~, luckily I didn't draw him, otherwise I would have been eliminated in the first round."

Originally, Xiao Chen was in the Compassion Sea, but he was actually not that famous, and not many people knew him.

However, this ceremony attracted many monks from the auction.

In addition, there were reminders at the scene, so more and more monks recognized Xiao Chen.

Even the monks who had not participated in the auction before, their eyes widened in surprise when they heard the price of more than eight million Spirit Stone.

What the hell?

Didn't you say an extra ten thousand words?

Of course it is impossible for so many people to be wrong about everything.

Therefore, after a brief reaction, these monks who did not recognize Xiao Chen at first couldn't help but exclaimed.

Suddenly, the whole square was filled with exclamations one after another.