Lonely Immortal

After the deacon of Wanji Sect said this, the third-rate small sects at the bottom had to go up and draw lots, including Qingxuan Sect. Of course, this was a routine, and not many people were discussing it. However, the appearance of Qingxuan Sect naturally attracted some attention, because everyone knew that Qingxuan Sect was at the bottom this year, and everyone had actually heard that Qingxuan Sect had one more foundation-building cultivator this year. However, everyone still felt that Qingxuan Sect would definitely be eliminated this year, which was more unfortunate than being eliminated when there was only one foundation-building cultivator, Taoist Zhang Wensheng. In fact, Zhang Zhiwen could also hear these statements. In public, whoever said something could be heard clearly by others.

Taoist Zhang Wensheng didn't react much, because he had already been desperate yesterday, and after a person has been desperate, he will definitely change his mentality. So when Taoist Zhang Wensheng went up to draw lots, he didn't forget to say hello to some people around him, and seemed to be quite calm. In fact, only Zhang Zhiwen knew very well that Taoist Zhang Wensheng was going to risk his life. Zhang Zhiwen was helpless about this matter, and he couldn't change Zhang Wensheng's mind.

Soon, the result of the draw came out, but the result seemed to be okay. Qingxuan Sect was drawn to compete with a third-rate small sect with two foundation-building monks. In fact, this result could not be too bad. Anyway, there are not many third-rate small sects with three foundation-building monks, and the third-rate small sects with three foundation-building monks basically do not have monks with second-level foundation-building cultivation. Now there is only one third-rate small sect that is the most conspicuous among the draws, and it seems to have attracted a lot of attention. That is Yueshui Sect. Yueshui Sect has three foundation-building monks, and one of them is at the second level of foundation-building cultivation. With such strength, I am afraid that this year it should be expected to be promoted to a second-rate small sect, because Yueshui Sect also has one more foundation-building monk this year. Even if it cannot become a second-rate small sect this year, it is expected to become a second-rate small sect in the future.

So when the draw results came out, everyone was not surprised. Anyway, the first game was a competition between third-rate small sects. In the end, they would all play once, and who would be eliminated would be determined by the number of wins and losses, rather than who would be eliminated directly after being defeated once. Of course, there are some differences in who you are fighting with. Fighting with a weaker one will definitely have less risk and a greater chance of winning, which is considered winning a game. Fighting with a stronger one, it is better to admit defeat and save strength, so that you can continue to fight the next game. Otherwise, there will always be sects that lose, and it is obviously unreasonable to be eliminated if you lose.

Therefore, although Qingxuan Sect only drew a third-rate small sect that also has only two foundation-building cultivators, the opponent has a second-level foundation-building cultivator. Qingxuan Sect's winning rate is very low. Even if it wins by chance, it will still encounter such a third-rate small sect in the next game. How can Qingxuan Sect still win? Therefore, everyone thinks that Qingxuan Sect is likely to lose in the first game and is unable to participate in the subsequent competitions. Therefore, elimination is a high probability event.

In short, after all, it is strength that speaks, and there can be no adulteration. If Qinghong Sect had not merged with Jinlan Sect, then there would still be a third-rate small sect at the bottom to accompany Qingxuan Sect to play. Anyway, they are just competing to see who is worse, and whoever is worse will be eliminated.

In this way, the foundation building competition officially began, but the first match was not between Qingxuan Sect, but other third-rate small sects. They are also third-rate small sects with only two foundation building cultivators, but these two third-rate small sects have cultivators at the second stage of foundation building, so the result of their competition is hard to say.

At this moment, two foundation-building monks have come to the arena. Both of them are at the first stage of foundation-building. It can be seen that both sides let the first stage of foundation-building go on the field first. The battle is about to start. Both sides use the art of controlling weapons to fight. One is a top-level spiritual weapon like a gourd, and the other is a top-level spiritual sword. Moreover, both sides seem to be miscellaneous cultivators. The so-called miscellaneous cultivators are those who do not have a proper Taoist tradition, such as the Way of Water, the Way of Fire, the Way of Ice, and other minor Taoist immortal methods. Often, those who practice such immortal methods are cultivators with ordinary spiritual roots. Sure enough, once the two sides start fighting, it is actually quite boring. The spiritual weapons fight back and forth, and the fire and earth magic powers burst out. The power is indeed much stronger than that of the Qi-refining monks. Moreover, they fight in the air from time to time. After all, they are all foundation-building monks, and they are not bound to fight on the ground. Anyway, the fight is to see who has more combat experience. In terms of strength, the two are almost the same.

In Zhang Zhiwen's opinion, he did not expect that the foundation-building cultivators would actually fight in this way. Although the power of this weapon-controlling technique was much stronger than magic, it seemed quite monotonous. However, as the fight went on, both sides began to play tricks and threw out talismans from time to time. The power of these talismans was quite amazing, and the arena was bombarded with rumbling sounds. However, this arena was obviously protected by an array formation. No matter how loudly the explosions made, it remained motionless, and the people watching outside were not affected at all.

However, during the fight between the two foundation-building monks, Zhang Zhiwen did not see any power of the Tao. It was estimated that the protection of the formation took effect, and some of the power of the Tao could not be leaked out. But it seemed that the two sides were fighting back and forth, and they were also having a lot of fun. At this time, one of the foundation-building monks obviously had the upper hand, because his weapon control technique seemed to suppress the weapon control technique of the other foundation-building monk. From this, Zhang Zhiwen saw something. It should be some kind of power suppressing, because the mana of the foundation-building monks is endless, and it is impossible for the mana to be exhausted. So it seems that the talismans are not the ones who decide the victory or defeat, but the talismans. The attack power of the weapon control technique determines the strength of both parties, and what determines the attack power of the weapon control technique is nothing more than spiritual roots, Tao roots and cultivation. The cultivation of the two is similar, so there may be some differences in the spiritual roots, and there may also be some differences in the Tao roots, which leads to the gradual emergence of a victory or defeat between the two parties. As for the spiritual roots, they are the determining factor in releasing mana to generate attack power, just like when releasing spells, the stronger the spiritual roots, the greater the power of the released spells. Tao roots are the foundation of the acquired nature, and what is fought is the Tao intention, that is, the power of the Tao intention. The power of the Tao intention can be obtained by absorbing rare treasures, or by perceiving and practicing, and the power of the Tao intention is to improve the intensity of mana attack.

Therefore, if one of the two foundation-building monks has a stronger spiritual root or a stronger Taoist root, or both, he will eventually gain the upper hand, and the weaker party will admit defeat, because the weaker party also feels that it is no match for the opponent, so there is no need to waste time, because if the fight continues, if he gets injured, or even seriously injured, it will not be worth it. After all, losing a game is nothing, and he can continue to fight with other third-rate small sects.

In this way, the losing first-level foundation-building monk retreated, and the losing sect had a second-level foundation-building monk come up, and the battle between the two sides started again. This time, the losing sect was different. The second-level foundation-building monk was definitely far superior to the first-level foundation-building monk in terms of cultivation, so the sword-controlling technique knocked the opponent's spiritual weapon away on the spot and only took the vital points. At this time, the opponent's foundation-building monk directly admitted defeat.

Seeing this result, Zhang Zhiwen roughly understood that the strength of a foundation-building cultivator is basically determined by two factors, external and internal. The external factors are naturally magic tools and talismans, etc., and the internal factors are spiritual roots, Tao roots and cultivation, that is, their own conditions.

From the previous fight, for such low-level ordinary cultivators, cultivation seems to be the key to victory or defeat, and it takes decades to improve the cultivation of a small stage, so don't underestimate the difference in cultivation of a small stage, and it is possible for a second-level foundation-building cultivator to fight two or three first-level foundation-building cultivators. As for one-on-one, under normal circumstances, a first-level foundation-building cultivator has basically no chance of winning against a first-level foundation-building cultivator.

Of course, even in the battle between the second-level foundation-building cultivator and the first-level foundation-building cultivator just now, they only had spiritual tools and no magic tools. From this, it can be seen that magic tools are obviously also quite precious things, and not every foundation-building cultivator has one.

In this way, the duel continued. This time, both sides were fighting against each other at the second stage of foundation building, and the situation was obviously more stalemate than before. They were both second-stage foundation building cultivators, and the fighting was almost the same. What they were fighting for was the strength of spiritual roots and Dao roots. The two sides were bound to fight each other. Everyone seemed to be used to this situation, so everyone was quietly waiting to see who was stronger in spiritual roots or Dao roots. Once there was a sign of gaining the upper hand, the battle would basically be over, because this was just a foundation building competition, not a life-and-death battle, so there was no need to fight desperately, and they also needed to save their strength for the next game.

In this way, the two sides fought for a while, but not too long, and the two sides became unbalanced. After all, one side still had some advantages in spiritual roots and Dao roots, and the side at a disadvantage quickly recognized the situation and admitted defeat. In this way, the first duel ended.

Then came the second duel, and this second duel seemed to attract more interest from everyone, because this second duel was participated by Yueshuimen, who had three foundation-building cultivators, two of whom were at the second stage of foundation-building. This strength was indeed quite strong, and the third-rate small sect that fought against him was actually not weak either, with three foundation-building cultivators, but only one at the second stage of foundation-building. It seemed that the result of this duel should be very clear.

But both sides did not seem to be in a hurry to decide the winner, and both let the first-stage foundation-building cultivators go first, which should be to let the first-stage foundation-building cultivators practice, and this opportunity was quite rare.

These two third-rate small sects were the best among the third-rate small sects in this duel, both of which had three foundation-building cultivators, including a second-stage foundation-building cultivator, and their strength was not inferior to that of the Qinghongmen and Jinlan Sect after the merger, even though Jinlan Sect also had a second-stage foundation-building cultivator.

Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but look at the steward of Wanji Sect. He knew very well that if it weren't for this guy, Qinghong Sect and Jinlan Sect would probably not be able to compete for the middle-level Tianshui Order even if they merged. But if this guy interfered, then there would be some chances. Of course, these were not what Zhang Zhiwen really cared about.

In this way, the duel between the two sides began again. At the beginning of the duel, Zhang Zhiwen also saw that even the more powerful small sects among these third-rate small sects actually had a mixed tradition and no proper tradition. Instead, they were not as pure as Zhang Wensheng's alchemy tradition. It was just that the situation was not as good as others, and there was nothing he could do.