The next day, early morning.
At the entrance of the Immortal Martial Arts Field of the Crane Immortal Sect,
Lin Xuankong, Li Xiaohu, Hu Shuo, and the others looked around.
Near the entrance to the Martial Arts Field, cultivators riding various exotic beasts and spirit birds were surging towards the Martial Arts Field.
Today is the official disciple recruitment competition of the Crane Immortal Sect. The number of cultivators gathered here is even greater than what Lin Xuankong saw at the Crane Immortal City auction a few days ago!
Not only did the cultivators who were preparing to participate in the disciple-acceptance ceremony come, but also a lot of their attendants, servants, relatives, and friends!
Those cultivators who pass the initial test for accepting disciples of the Crane Immortal Sect are at least at the late stage of the ninth level. Such cultivators are not mediocre in terms of strength or influence, and naturally they have many friends gathered around them!
Of course, those who can come here, even if they are servants of cultivators, have low cultivation levels, or are just watching the show, are at least at the sixth or seventh level!
after all,
Entering the Crane Immortal Sect's Martial Arts Field to watch the competition isn't free.
Every cultivator who wants to enter must submit one Rank 1 Profound Truth Jade Stone.
Cultivators with low strength and little influence would never be willing to spend a single Grade 1 Profound Truth Jade Stone to merely admire it. The value of a single Grade 1 Profound Truth Jade Stone could buy several pieces of Amulet Equipment!
at this time,
Li Xiaohu looked up at the magnificent, towering gate of the Martial Arts Field, which stood over ten zhang tall, then glanced at the countless cultivators densely packed around him, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
He clicked his tongue in amazement and said:
"As expected of one of the strongest immortal sects in the Western Region of the Central Divine Dynasty, the Crane Immortal Sect is truly astonishing! This Martial Arts Field, covering hundreds of thousands of acres, is simply breathtaking! Before coming to Crane Immortal City, I never dreamed of such a massive and majestic building! The work of immortals is indeed beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators!"
Looking at the scene before him, Lin Xuankong felt a surge of emotions.
He possessed the wondrous Eight Gates Heavenly Eyes, allowing him to clearly see the entirety of this enormous Martial Arts Field from this vantage point.
This enormous Martial Arts Field covers tens of thousands of acres and is roughly circular in shape, similar in design to the massive stadiums Lin Xuankong had seen on Earth in his previous life. The sloping viewing platform is spaced out with tens of thousands of extremely large jade seats.
Of course, the scale of this Martial Arts Field is many, many times larger than the largest stadium of the Blue Star people in my previous life!
Moreover, the dozens of training platforms in the center of the Martial Arts Field were covered with mysterious runes, which were obviously formations used to reinforce the field and prevent damage!
Actually, it's quite normal for the Immortal Sect's Martial Arts Field to be this large.
The stadiums in Lin Xuankong's previous life mostly hosted various track and field events, basketball, and football, and the participants were all humans. How could they compare to the upcoming competition for ninth-level cultivators!
A cultivator at the late stage of the ninth level, even with only a piece of Amulet Equipment, can still have an attack range of seven or eight hundred feet, no matter how ordinary their strength is. If they have a magic weapon, their attack range can reach thousands or even tens of thousands of feet, and their attack power can be terrifying!
An attack range of thousands or even tens of thousands of feet is equivalent to an attack range of tens of miles. If the Martial Arts Field is too small, the ninth-level cultivators simply cannot unleash their full potential!
Besides, the cultivators who came to watch the battle at this Martial Arts Field were at least at the sixth or seventh level of cultivation. Their eyesight was far superior to that of ordinary people. Although they were far from being comparable to Lin Xuankong, who possessed the Eight Gates Heavenly Eyes, they had no problem seeing the situation on the arena from more than ten miles away!
That's why the Crane Immortal Sect's Martial Arts Field was built to be so large!
Li Er shook his bald head vigorously and laughed, "Brother Little Tiger, it's not just you who hasn't seen a scene like this. If we hadn't followed our Adoptive Father, how would we have had the opportunity to grow to where we are today, let alone come here!"
Little Tiger nodded repeatedly, looking at the endless stream of people around him, and sighed:
"The number of cultivators attending the Crane Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment competition this time is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands!"
Wow, one entry ticket per person for a Grade 10 Profound Truth Jade Stone. Just from this one event, they could probably earn hundreds of thousands of Grade Profound Truth Jade Stone.
If they held this event several times a year, I wonder how many Xuanzhen Jade Profound Truth Jade Stone the Crane Immortal Sect would earn!
With so many high-grade Profound Truth Jade Stone, even a single Ghost Doll Pouch probably couldn't hold them all! Good heavens, if someone were to rob the Crane Immortal Sect's treasury, they'd probably need hundreds of Ghost Doll Pouch to carry away their treasures!
Hearing Li Xiaohu say this, Hu Shuo, Han Lu, Yang Shan, Li Er, and the others were all speechless.
The cultivators passing by were equally dumbfounded upon hearing Li Xiaohu's words, staring at Li Xiaohu as if he were a madman.
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This is the territory of the Crane Immortal Sect! How dare someone claim to have robbed the Crane Immortal Sect? They're either incredibly audacious or absolutely obsessed with the Profound Truth Jade Stone!
Seeing that this guy was talking nonsense again, Lin Xuankong couldn't help but laugh and pat Little Tiger on the head.
"You rascal, have you gotten too cocky after acquiring a few treasures?"
Dozens of Earth Immortals of the Crane Immortal Sect —how could a little tiger like you possibly dare to covet them? You should try to join the Crane Immortal Sect first!
Li Xiaohu scratched his head and chuckled, "I was just expressing my admiration for the wealth of the Crane Immortal Sect! If I were really asked to rob them, I wouldn't dare even if I had a hundred lives!"
Lin Xuankong gazed at the majestic Martial Arts Field and the endless stream of people before him, and shook his head slightly, saying:
According to Xiao Lan, the Crane Immortal Sect's Martial Arts Field is mostly used for disciples to spar, and has never been used for a disciple-acceptance ceremony!
The reason why the Crane Immortal Sect's disciple-acceptance ceremony attracted so many people this time was due to a special reason.
Under normal circumstances, when the Crane Immortal Sect recruits disciples, it only selects outstanding talents within the territory of its members. The number of disciples recruited each year is no more than a hundred, and it is impossible to attract so many people every time!
The Crane Immortal Sect can't possibly earn so many Grade-1 Profound Truth Jade Stone every year through its disciple recruitment ceremony. Do you really think everyone is a rich tycoon who doesn't value Profound Truth Jade Stone?
If the Crane Immortal Sect could collect so many Grade-1 Profound True Profound Truth Jade Stone every year just from its disciple-acceptance ceremony, it would probably already be the undisputed number one immortal Crane Immortal Sect in the Western Region of the Central Divine Dynasty! That's hundreds of thousands of Grade-1 Profound Truth Jade Stone; even a Medium Grade Earth Immortal might not be able to produce that much!"
"They've really struck it rich this time!" Li Xiaohu exclaimed.
Han Lu stood next to Li Xiaohu, his face also beaming with excitement.
"This is just the outer Martial Arts Field of the Crane Immortal Sect. I really don't know how big the Crane Immortal Sect's main campus is, or what kind of magnificent structure it is!"
Upon hearing his words, Lin Xuankong and the others all turned to look eastward.
In the far distance in that direction, countless wisps of spiritual mist swirl, and an enormous, transparent light shield envelops that vast, uncharted territory!
That is the location of the Crane Immortal Sect, and at the edge of the light barrier lies the equally majestic and enormous Crane Immortal City!
Lin Xuankong glanced at it a few times and said:
"If all of us can win this competition, we will all be able to enter the Immortal Mountain Sect of the Crane Immortal Sect and see for ourselves what the Immortal Mountain, Immortal Sect, and Immortal Yuan Cave Mansion are really like!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaohu and the others' eyes once again revealed a hint of anticipation.
"Hmph, you make it sound so easy. There are a full eight thousand genius cultivators participating in the Crane Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment competition this time. They are all top geniuses from various dynasties, and there are also a large number of geniuses from various small and medium-sized immortal sects!"
Even I, Chang Li, wouldn't dare say I'd definitely be the victor among these eight thousand geniuses. You few cultivators from the remote Great Xia Dynasty, where does your confidence come from?
A voice suddenly came from not far away.
Lin Xuankong turned his head and saw a red cloud floating over and stopping near them. Standing on the red cloud was Chang Li, the Second Prince of the Xianluo Dynasty.
At this moment, Chang Li was squinting at Lin Xuankong with hostility on his face. In front of him stood Duan Flame Saber Duan He of the third rank, whose body was surrounded by illusory flames!
Besides the two of them, there were more than a dozen other cultivators who also appeared to be extraordinary. These cultivators were all dressed in long, golden robes embroidered with red flames, and each of them held a strange magical artifact shaped like a flame.
Upon hearing Chang Li's words, a cold glint flashed in Lin Xuankong's eyes.
Hu Shuo, Yang Shan, Li Er, Han Lu, Li Ruofeng, Li Ruoqing all turned ashen-faced. If Chang Li had only targeted them, Hu Shuo and the others would have been able to tolerate it. However, Chang Li was showing no respect for Lin Xuankong in front of countless cultivators, which made it difficult for them to bear!
Li Xiaohu was the youngest, and although he was intelligent, he was ultimately impulsive. How could he tolerate others criticizing Lin Xuankong?
Even sensing the terrifying immortal energy fluctuations emanating from Duan He Flame Saber Duan He, Li Xiaohu stubbornly stared at Chang Li, "Whether we can win or not, and who will emerge victorious in the end, is not up to you! What, does the Crane Immortal Sect belong to your family?"
Upon hearing this, the Second Prince Chang Li's face immediately darkened. He sneered, "Fine! I hope you don't run into me at this competition, otherwise, I'll definitely have to learn a thing or two from you!"
"Hehe, what do you want to ask? I won't teach you!" Li Xiaohu tilted his head.
Seeing Li Xiaohu so stubbornly resisting his opponent, Hu Shuo, Yang Shan, and the others couldn't help but show a hint of worry in their eyes, and each of them secretly activated their True Qi.
Chang Li, who was floating in mid-air, heard this and his eyes blazed with murderous intent.
Flame Saber Duan He glanced at Li Xiaohu and sneered, "So arrogant in front of the cultivators of my Fire Spirit Sect? It seems that my Fire Spirit Sect has killed fewer people in recent years, and everyone has forgotten the methods of my Fire Spirit Sect!"
However, if I, Flame Saber Duan He, were to personally take action, others would probably laugh at me for bullying the weak!
Since you're so confident, there's no need to wait for the grand competition. How about a disciple of my Fire Spirit Sect challenges you now?
As soon as Flame Saber Duan He, uttered these words,
The dozen or so cultivators dressed in flame-patterned robes standing beside the Second Prince Chang Li immediately activated their True Qi, and one of the tallest cultivators leaped down from the clouds.
He gently stroked the flame-shaped magic weapon in his hand, stared intently at Li Xiaohu, and said, "I am Yang Ding, the 109th generation disciple of the Flame Sect. Since this fellow Daoist is so confident, why don't we have a spar to determine who is better and to decide who lives and who dies!"
After saying that, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and his true True Qi suddenly fluctuated violently. A large amount of light red True Qi immediately appeared around his body. That True Qi carried a terrifying high temperature, which baked the surrounding air so hard that it became distorted. The ground also quickly hardened and crackled repeatedly from the high temperature!
Lin Xuankong's expression shifted, and he was about to protect Little Tiger behind him when...
Li Xiaohu shook his head at Lin Xuankong, " Adoptive Father, if this Fire Spirit Sect cultivator insults you, then he insults me, Little Tiger! You can swallow this insult, but Little Tiger absolutely cannot tolerate it! Let Little Tiger fight him. I want to see if the Fire Spirit Sect's methods are stronger, or my Yin Talisman Lightning Thunder!"
Lin Xuankong looked closely at Li Xiaohu and saw that his eyes were firm and his face was full of fighting spirit.
Thinking that he now had two complete sets of the Immortal Capturing Array, and that Little Tiger and the others each possessed immortal artifacts, and that the Great Samsara Technique was sufficient to guarantee Little Tiger's safety, Lin Xuankong felt reassured.
Last time at the Crane Immortal Sect auction, Duan He and Chang Li planned to deal with Xiao Lan!
This feud was already established, and he was determined to eliminate Flame Saber Duan He. Letting Little Tiger spar with the disciples of the Fire Spirit Sect would allow him to probe the characteristics of the Fire Spirit Sect Sect's techniques!
Thinking of this, Lin Xuankong nodded slightly to Little Tiger, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Be careful, stop when you've made a move, and don't take lives carelessly."
Li Xiaohu chuckled, "Don't worry, Adoptive Father!"
Upon hearing this Yang Ding, the Fire Spirit Sect disciple opposite, couldn't help but sneer, "Such arrogance! You won't harm me? Come on, let's see if you can hurt me!"
Li Xiaohu had already decided to take action, so naturally he wouldn't waste any more words with him.
He reached into his waist and pulled out a ninth-tier longsword-shaped magical artifact.
This was given to Little Tiger, Hu Shuo and the others by Lin Xuankong. Although Little Tiger and the others all had low- Early Stage Immortal Artifact, it was impossible for them to use their trump cards immediately when they encountered an opponent. Of course, they had to try out the opponent with Ninth Tier Magic Tool first!
Upon seeing that some cultivators were about to make a move, the cultivators who were continuously flying towards the entrance of the Martial Arts Field all stopped.
In the blink of an eye,
At the entrance to the Martial Arts Field of the Crane Immortal Sect, thousands upon thousands of cultivators had gathered.
Upon seeing the immortal energy fluctuations emanating from the Flame Saber Duan He floating in the clouds, the cultivators all showed expressions of apprehension. They dared not approach to observe, instead gathering together several hundred feet away, whispering amongst themselves.
now,
Yang Ding, a disciple of the Fire Spirit Sect, channeled his true True Qi into the fiery magic weapon in his hand, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
In an instant, the flaming artifact transformed into a flaming cauldron over sixty feet in size, its body covered with flaming runes. Above the cauldron rose crimson flames tens of feet high, which continued to condense and gradually transformed into a strange creature in the shape of a Flame Sparrow tens of feet long!
At the same time, Li Xiaohu continuously channeled his True Qi into the longsword in his hand. In the blink of an eye, the lightning longsword grew to a hundred feet in size, lying horizontally above Little Tiger. Hundreds or even thousands of bright lightning bolts swirled around the sword. These lightning bolts constantly darted about, making crackling sounds, and causing the surrounding air to explode and emit a burnt smell!
Yang Ding, the Fire Spirit Sect disciple who had initially been filled with murderous intent, couldn't help but show a greedy glint in his eyes upon seeing this scene.
"Oh, a hundred-foot-long sword. I didn't expect this little thing from a remote country to actually possess a Ninth Tier Magic Tool. Not bad, not bad at all. It just so happens that I once cultivated lightning magic! After I kill you, I can take this Ninth Tier Magic Tool and make use of it!"
The magic weapon in the hands of this Fire Spirit Sect disciple could only grow to a size of about sixty feet, which was obviously only a seventh-order magic weapon. Now that he suddenly saw Li Xiaohu use Ninth Tier Magic Tool, he naturally felt a little itchy!
The thousands upon thousands of cultivators gathered in the distance all paled when they saw the Ninth Tier Magic Tool in Li Xiaohu's hand, their eyes filled with envy.
For Lin Xuankong, who has Xiao Xiuyi's help, even a large number of Early Stage Immortal Artifact can be easily made. Of course, he wouldn't take a Ninth Tier Magic Tool seriously. Little Tiger now has four immortal swords given to him by Lin Xuankong, so he also wouldn't consider Ninth Tier Magic Tool as some kind of extraordinary treasure!
However, the thousands of cultivators around them had hardly ever seen any immortal artifacts, or even ninth-order magic artifacts!