Destiny is ashes

Chapter 337 Special Market Competition (13)

The black market, or as it is now called, is the special market competition in Xuanye City, which is divided into two levels: youth group and adult group.

The youth group is at the level of major middle schools. Most of the contestants are at the peak of spiritual enlightenment. Occasionally, there are one or two who have just started to refine Qi, but at most they are only at the third level of Qi refinement.

The situation is different in the adult group, as most of its contestants are students from the preparatory courses of various academies. The minimum qualification for the competition is the intermediate level of Qi Refining, which means the starting point is the fourth level of Qi Refining. In fact, the vast majority of contestants are at the sixth level of Qi Refining, or even have broken through to a higher level and are cultivators with spiritual awareness.

Nian Quan's strength has recently advanced to the point where his energy is like a tide and he has reached the peak of spiritual awakening.

For a person with a natural spiritual root, this is natural. His previous backwardness was just due to a lack of resources and no one to teach him.

Now, Nianquan has mastered the sword intent and has a strong cultivation base, so he has basically no rivals in the youth group.

Even if they met some young geniuses with the same talent as Nian Quan but who had already broken through to the Qi Refining stage, most of them were no match for Nian Quan who was blessed by the sword intent.

In the final analysis, the advantage of Qi Refining over Internal Breathing is that they can master spiritual power and activate all kinds of real techniques that are lethal and threatening, and even have various means of flying with the wind and adding golden light to protect the body, rather than just minor techniques that can only use their own essence.

But the sword intent itself is the awe-inspiring divine thought, which is concentrated through the use of a weapon. The 'sword energy' derived from it is itself a special kind of spiritual evil. It is very useful even in the foundation-building period. It can cut through spells and barriers, and is even helpful for advancing to the foundation-building stage.

The advantages of the initial stage of Qi Refining do not exist for Nianquan at all

With this, Nianquan won the first place in the individual group of the joint examination of ten schools, which greatly brought honor to No. 3 Middle School. The principal He Yongzhi did not break his promise. According to the contract, he gave Nianquan extremely rich training resources, and various prizes were also exclusively for him.

The only thing Nianquan had to do was to assist No. 3 Middle School in various publicity activities and participate in various competitions that No. 3 Middle School required him to participate in.

The Xuan Ye City special market competition is also included in the contract.

“I may not be able to take first place this time.”

In the shuttle, Nianquan and Principal He sat in the back seat.

Looking out the window at the gradually shrinking streets and tall buildings, with no one else around, Nian Quan spoke more simply and directly: "Everyone in No. 1 Middle School is either a natural spiritual root or a descendant of the Purple Mansion Immortals. They have basically all practiced Qi Refining, and their cultivation has crushed mine."

“At the very least, their families have foundation-building cultivators to guide them and provide them with resources… Even if I have sword intent, they also have advanced skills.

If it were any other small competition, Nianquan would definitely try his best to fight for his own cultivation resources and would not say anything that would destroy his own morale.

It should be noted that in various competitions, there have been cases where the third-stage Qi Refining was defeated by the Kailing. Although that was because the Kailing had the blood of the True Spirit, it also shows that the gap between the initial stage of Qi Refining and the Kailing is not so big that it cannot be crossed.

But the students in No. 1 Middle School are not in the same league as those in other schools.

Xuanye City No. 1 Middle School brings together the most talented people in the entire Xuanye City. Every student has a family secret technique, and has his or her own unique talents and skills. In the past, they did not participate in any examinations or various competitions.

This is not only because the rewards from those competitions and tests are probably not as much as their family's pocket money, but also because each of them is a proud child with high aspirations. All their goals are to be admitted into the four major Taoist academies and become the nominal descendants of the four Yuanshen Zhenren of the Tianyuan Realm. Naturally, they will not waste time.

But if they play, they will basically crush the other teams in general competitions without any suspense. However, according to past interviews, the students from the No. 1 Middle School would be very disappointed even if they won the championship. They believed that participating in the competition was a waste of time and was not as good as their school's internal examinations and could not provide them with the pressure they wanted.

They shouldn't have taken the special city tournament seriously.

But this time, in order to restore popularity, the special market took out a spiritual weapon, and big figures from the Jiantian Bureau and Luofu also appeared.

The students of No. 1 Middle School could not ignore such a generous reward.

"You don't need to be first."

Principal Gu had obviously thought about this issue. He narrowed his eyes, and his eyes were shining. He was obviously communicating with people and collecting information: "Top ten. This time, the mission only requires you to enter the top ten and show your "heart sea sword intent". This should not be difficult for you." "Your heart sea sword intent is of a very high nature. It comes from the enlightenment of your spiritual roots. As long as you can make the big shots above pay attention to you, whether it is the Tianjian Bureau or Luofu, it will definitely be worth it for you and me."

"Yeah." Hearing this, Nian Quan lowered his eyelashes. His eyes were deep and did not reveal any emotion.

The Sky Monitoring Bureau...

The fastest way to defeat an opponent or destroy an organization is definitely not to fight against it. A powerful organization, even if it is corrupt, can still use huge resources and power to destroy opponents, and sufficiently powerful opponents may even allow it to rise from the ashes.

If you really want to defeat the opponent... you must get inside.

The Tianjian Bureau and Luofu... this is indeed a good opportunity to join them openly.

While they were talking, Nianquan and Principal Gu had already arrived at the special market.

The abandoned urban areas and unfinished buildings around the special market have been razed to the ground and completely rebuilt. This place is still a shadowy place that is difficult for spiritual consciousness to escape, but the Bureau of Sky Monitoring has already understood that instead of ignoring it and letting it become a nail for other forces to insert into Xuan Ye City, it is better to completely control this place in their own hands and then do some things that are not easy to do openly.

Human testing, experimental drugs, irresponsible transformation, magic weapons, assassination commissions... On the surface, there are too many things that cannot be done. In this case, it is better to let the "black market" and the special market become a gray area.

Here, people can buy instruments and resources that are not available in the general market at cheap and tax-free prices... Similarly, here, many things that theoretically violate the "Tao Law" can be done freely.

Nian Quan watched the shuttle slowly land at the shuttle docking point. The teachers, director of the Third Middle School, and other contestants were all waiting here for the arrival of the commander and the principal.

"Captain Nian is here!" "Hello, Principal!"

As soon as the shuttle came out, there was a slightly noisy sound of young people.

As the main player of No. 3 Middle School, Nianquan has consolidated his position by winning several championships. At this point, even those who looked down on him in the past have to admit that he is strong and unique.

Not to mention the male and female students who have become his fans, even the children of big families, although secretly jealous, will still put on a smiling face on the surface to welcome his arrival.

Nianquan didn't care about them continuing to slander and insult him behind his back, just like he didn't care about the barking of dogs. He didn't even care about the cheers and welcomes, which were too vulgar. He matured too quickly and had passed the stage of being influenced by the voices of people he didn't care about.

Even his opponents on the field enjoyed this indifferent attitude. Every time Nian Quan knocked his opponent to the ground with a sword, he never said anything more, nor did he make any move to support the opponent. Instead, he turned around and walked off the stage directly, or the referee raised his hand and announced the victory.

Some people think that Nianquan is too arrogant and cold, which is not a good thing, but others think that a swordsman should be sharp and indifferent, which is what a person who has understood the sword meaning at a young age should behave like.

"Captain Nian, can you practice with me later?" "Captain, do you have time later? Can we go shopping in this new market together?"

"Yes. No time." The team headed towards the fighting arena on the fifth underground floor, and Nian Quan responded indifferently to the words of other team members.

The special city competition has two competition systems: team competition and individual competition. The results of the three teams in the team competition are average, but not bad. Sometimes, in order to hide the trump card, the results of the team competition may be strategically given up. The highlight will still be the individual competition half a month later.

In fact, the teammates of No. 3 Middle School have long been accustomed to Nian Quan's personality of not being able to answer a single question even if asked ten times. But no matter what, it is better to have Nian Quan as the captain than having those children from big families as captains and then ordering everyone around like dogs. So even if Nian Quan has a cold face, they can only sigh that he is really elegant.

But suddenly, Nianquan stopped halfway through his walk.

For a moment, the three teams marching around him also paused slightly.

Nianquan looked at a figure not far away in a daze. He sensed a familiar breath, but was not sure.

On the other side, An Jing also felt something, raised his head and looked in the direction where Nianquan was.

(End of this chapter)