Evil Emperor Zun

Chapter 5 The world is hot and cold

The next day, the autumn air was crisp and the sky was blue.

At this time, there are still two days before the official start of the sect competition.Ye Shuo and the consultant tidied up casually and set off.

The Dingtian Mountain Range is connected by mountains, continuous and endless, and the Xuantian Sect is located in the northwest corner of it.Since the news of the sect competition was released, the Dingtian Mountain Range has been extremely lively in the past few days.In front of the Xuantian sect's mountain gate, there is a long and narrow avenue paved with green mountain slabs, which seems to go straight to the sky.As far as the eye could see, there was a rush of people everywhere on the steps.

"The two people who walked past just now seem to have only a period of spiritual energy fluctuations. They dare to come to the competition at this level? Am I wrong?" Among the two walking not far from Ye Shuo, someone suddenly gave a startled beep. , cast a curious line of sight.

"You're new here, so it's no wonder you don't recognize them. The one on the left wearing coarse cloth is called Ye Shuo, but we Xuantian sent a famous waste wood. After more than ten years of beginners, he can't even memorize the formulas well, so he can only do odd jobs." .Looking at how poor they are, they are all dirty, they must have just rushed over after finishing chores." The other person did not hesitate to say that Ye Shuo was right next to them, and explained loudly for his companion.

"Oh, so that's the case." The companion looked at Ye Shuo with a look of jokes. "It doesn't matter if the strength is a little bit, but if I were him, I would never go to the martial arts competition to make a fool of myself in the name of storing energy."

The two talked and laughed loudly, and they went far away after a while.

On the road that followed, I heard a lot of similar things again, and the consultant looked at Ye Shuo worriedly.

Ye Shuo put his hands behind his head, quietly looked at the white clouds floating above his head, and said nothing, as if he had something on his mind.After a while, he seemed to be comforting the consultant again, and said: "I knew it would be like this, I should have agreed with Senior Brother Chu to pick us up, and I don't need to be looked down upon by these guys."

"Forget it, it's fine if you don't come. If we can become core disciples as we wish this time, we will still be self-reliant in the sect in the future. We can't rely on him for everything." The advisor was obviously depressed.

At the end of the stone steps to the sky, there are two stone pillars that go straight to the clouds.There is a plaque between the stone pillars, and the three big characters of "Xuantian School" are engraved on it, which is simple and thick.Just looking at it from a distance, one can feel a burst of fierce aura rushing towards the face, like a sharp sword ready to go out.

A few disciples stood in front of the mountain gate, all in excellent equipment, leading the guests in.

Ye Shuo stared at the tall mountain gate, feeling vaguely lost in time and space.The first time he came here, he was just a child who was carried up the mountain in his infancy, and he had already lost his memory.The only thing he remembers is that when he left here, he was carrying a messy bag, biting his fingers, and looking back at the magnificent mountain gate step by step.Amidst the yelling and chasing away of the deacon disciples, he ended his status as an outside disciple of the Great Spiritual Cultivation School, and became a cheap handyman on the side of the mountain.At that time, he was still ignorant, thinking that he just changed his place to live.It wasn't until later that he grew up and that scene gradually became clear in his memory that he truly felt the pain of falling from the clouds to hell.

"Stop! You must pay two spirit stones before entering the mountain gate!"

Ye Shuo was in a daze when he was suddenly pushed forward, and then he saw the ferocious gatekeeper disciple in front of him.

Lingshi is a low-level currency commonly used among spiritual practitioners.Since there is a certain amount of spiritual power stored in it, holding it in your hand during cultivation can speed up the absorption of spiritual energy and realize the effect of spiritual skills.

Although I've never heard of such a rule when entering the house, Ye Shuo didn't care, and still agreed to dig out.

"Wait." The consultant stopped Ye Shuo, turned his head and stared at the two gatekeeper disciples coldly, "As far as I know, outsiders only need to pay spirit stones to visit the competition. We are the disciples of the Xuantian sect, why should Hand over this spirit stone?"

"Don't be so long-winded, just hand it over if you tell me!" The gatekeeper's eyes sharpened, and when he saw Ye Shuo at the side, there was a playful look in his eyes again, "You are dressed so shabby, I just said who it is, it turns out it is Junior brother Ye Shuo who has accumulated energy for a rank! Anyway, even if you hold this spirit stone, it’s useless, you might as well use it as a tribute to me, senior brother, maybe I can improve a rank or two before the martial art competition."

"If you really had the ability, you wouldn't stay here to guard the mountain gate now." The consultant sneered, "I think you are just trying to enrich yourself."

"I'll give it to you. It's true that it's useless for me to hold it, but even if I give it to you, brother, you'll just take it back as a display." Ye Shuo said indifferently.

"You! How dare you mock me!"

While several people were arguing, a familiar voice sounded.

"It's really a narrow road to Yuanjia! Look who is here?"

Several people glanced at the same time, and saw Yuan Ji and Fan Cheng walking down in a big way.

"It's you?" Ye Shuo got angry and said, "Aren't you in confinement? Why did you come out to make trouble again?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Yuan Ji's face turned red with anger.He spat viciously, and said: "It's not all thanks to you, a little bastard, that caused us to suffer from the scorching sun for so long on that day's Mingfeng Peak! Today we will settle the old and new scores together!"

"Looks like I haven't learned enough from the lesson last time." Ye Shuo smiled slowly, his whole body seemed to be chilled, and a layer of black air was wrapped around his body.

Seeing his lack of timidity, Yuan Ji shuddered when he thought about the situation last time. Then he suppressed the unreasonable fear and shouted angrily: "Shut up! It was just your luck last time, really Dare to show it off. Watch me break your legs!"

The two gatekeeper disciples were taken aback for a moment, completely unaware of this unexpected turn of events, but then they all retreated to the sidelines to watch the battle in a good mood.Although Yuan Ji and Fan Cheng were not very strong, they were notoriously bullying and fearful of temper tantrums in the sect.When low-level disciples encounter them, they can only consider themselves unlucky.Later, if these two little juniors were beaten black and blue, they would not mind pretending not to see it all.

"Ye Shuo, forget it, Senior Brother Chu Tianyao might still be waiting for us." The advisor said, it is definitely not a good idea to have a conflict with the other party in front of the Xuantian Sect's mountain gate.The incident happened last time in the small bamboo forest, and no one saw it, so it's alright if the elders don't pursue it.This time, he was fighting at the door of someone's house again, and there were still a few guarding disciples standing beside him, making it clear that there would be no good fruit to eat.

Ye Shuo looked at the consultant, then at Yuan Ji and Fan Cheng, but he didn't stop.

Just when the battle was about to break out, another beautiful voice sounded: "Self-fighting is prohibited during the sect competition, do you all want to be punished by my father?" Everyone followed the voice, and a young girl came slowly.A crimson long dress wraps her exquisite figure, with dazzling orchids pierced between her eyebrows, and a purple tassel inserted obliquely, her big watery eyes are blinking nimbly.It is Qi Dingsha, the daughter of the master uncle of the Xuantian School.

This girl is like a burning flame, different from the elegant and beautiful Yan Xuemeng, but each has its own merits.

With the appearance of Qi Dingsha, the tense atmosphere immediately relaxed a moment ago.The people who were watching and booing suddenly became respectful.

Qi Tingsha lazily responded to everyone's greetings, frowned and said, "I seem to have heard someone mention Chu Tianyao's name just now." Her eyes flicked past everyone, and finally settled on Ye Shuo.Noticing Ye Shuo's attire, Qiong's nose shrugged, and her eyes flashed the disgust that Ye Shuo had been accustomed to seeing for so many years.

"It's true that anyone dares to participate in the competition. It doesn't matter if you don't want to hand in the spirit stone, but you even use Chu Tianyao's name to cheat!"

Following her sharp sarcasm, Ye Shuo and the consultant's expressions darkened one after another.

Yuan Ji and Fan Cheng were very happy watching, and they laughed together next to Qi Dingsha: "Little Junior Sister, how will we deal with them when we see it!"

Qi Dingsha snorted: "That will have to wait until they pass the preliminaries! If they are eliminated in the first round, then there is no chance to teach them a lesson."

"Thank you very much. Junior sister is so competitive. If she has time to trouble us here, it is better to go back and practice hard. Be careful not to be dismissed in the first round, otherwise it will not look good in the eyes of Chu Tianyao. "Ye Shuo replied neither humble nor overbearing.

When Qi Dingsha heard the consultant mention Chu Tianyao, a blush quickly flashed across her face.He stomped his feet in shame and annoyance, and said angrily: "Anyone can say big words, so I want to see your strength!" After speaking, he left surrounded by a group of disciples.

After this episode happened, no one stopped Ye Shuo and the others from asking for the spirit stone.The two were taken to a very poor house. There was one room for every ten people in the house, which was extremely crowded.

Ye Shuo watched as some of his brothers and sisters in the same room were practicing with their eyes closed, some were making formulas with their hands, and some were swallowing elixirs and refining them in a hurry, each preparing for the upcoming competition.In contrast, only myself and the consultant have nothing to do and will not do anything.

"Senior brother, may I ask..." Ye Shuo cautiously walked up to a kind-looking disciple, and asked carefully.After asking several times, the disciple closed his eyes and ignored him.Ye Shuo had no choice but to walk up to another disciple.Still said the same thing, before the question was finished, the disciple suddenly widened his eyes and shouted angrily: "What are you arguing about? I had a rare realization just now, and I almost broke through to the fourth stage of storing energy. How dare you?" You interrupted my opportunity to upgrade, if you don't let me go, believe it or not, I'll beat you so that you don't have to participate in the competition?"

Ye Shuo apologized in a low voice, and pulled the consultant back to the corner.The two looked around, and finally Ye Shuo had a whim, and whispered a few words in the consultant's ear.

"No way! You!" The consultant looked surprised.

"I was just thinking, although I defeated Yuan Ji and Fan Cheng before, and cut down the trees on the back mountain, but... I can't control this power by myself, what if I suddenly can't use it in the ring competition What?" Ye Shuo explained in a low voice.

In the dark night, it seems that boundless thick ink is smeared in the sky.Under the night, two figures quietly walked out of the room and walked quickly on the quiet path.

According to Ye Shuo's thinking, there must be a lot of secret books of exercises in the core area of ​​the sect.If you can learn a kind of magic skill temporarily, it will be a little more likely to pass the martial art competition.Even if it is not the case, there must be many disciples in the sect who are practicing at night, go and see them.

Dive into the hinterland of the sect and learn from the teacher!This is Ye Shuo's bold decision!

The two hid in the shadow of the tree and groped forward along the path, but as they walked, the road became darker and darker, but there was no one to be seen.

Although Ye Shuo felt a little uneasy, he didn't want to return without success, so he continued to move forward with the consultant.

As the path turned into the avenue, a hall loomed in front of it, and dim candle shadows appeared on the window frame of the hall.

Ye Shuo and the consultant hurriedly tiptoed over.The shadows of the candles were mottled, Ye Shuo almost had his head on the window, but he still couldn't see anything.

When Ye Shuo was thinking about whether to change another room to check, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps from behind!

The footsteps sounded from far to near, and they were already very close. The two hurriedly dodged behind the pillars of the corridor, and almost just hid, a gleam of light shone on the corridor.

It's a night patrol disciple!

The night patrol disciple was walking forward at a constant speed, but slowed down in front of the pillar where Ye Shuo was hiding.

Ye Shuo and the consultant watched him pass by, they were so nervous that they didn't dare to take a breath.

"Who is it?" Suddenly, the disciple sensed something, turned around with a lantern and walked towards Ye Shuo and the others.

Ye Shuo held his breath, sweat dripped from his forehead, and more than 1000 excuses were already running through his mind.

get lost?Sleepwalking?Hungry in the middle of the night, looking for something to eat?

Thousands of reasons were circling in Ye Shuo's head, but they all disappeared when the sound of footsteps approached. Ye Shuo's mind went blank, and he watched helplessly as the shaking lights shone on his toes!

(End of this chapter)