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Chapter 690: An unexpected encounter, the competition begins

After three rounds of drinking.

"Alas! In fact, the elders of the eighteen tribes in the Qingtian Mountains do not want to see the current situation."

"But the temptation of the Holy Stone is too great."

Huang Yue sighed and spoke slowly to Qin Ming.

"Once the news leaked, many tribes outside forcibly rushed into the Qingtian Mountains, causing chaos. Many tribes were displaced and conflicts arose with the human race on the border, with rivers of blood flowing."

“These are not what we want to see.”

"So the high priest also wanted to stop the continuation of this disaster as soon as possible, so he came up with the idea of ​​fair competition among all races."

"Our 18 tribes in the sky are located in the eastern area close to the Tianji Mountains of the three tribes of humans, demons and monsters. After hearing the news, the alien tribes over there are also ready to make a move."

"We might as well just resolve this matter all at once."

"And the high priest had reached a ceasefire agreement with the human leaders of Liaohuo City a few days ago."

"The human race has agreed to temporarily accept some of the displaced giants, and we agree that they can also participate in this matter."

"Anyway, it's an open competition, and it all depends on your ability."

"This matter was all caused by the Holy Stone. It would be best if it could be resolved peacefully."

After listening to Huang Yue's words, Qin Ming also nodded.

From the intelligence he asked Baili Hui to investigate, he found out that the giants were not actually warlike, but peace-loving people just like him.

Unless encountering special circumstances, they will not actively invade or attack other races.

Even in the history of the spiritual world, the human race and the giant spirits had exchanges with each other, but in the last few thousand years, each practiced their own cultivation and the relationship became indifferent.

Unexpectedly, the emergence of this Chaos Yang Gold caused a bloody struggle among the surrounding forces and even triggered conflicts on the border.

So, Qin Ming asked him again: "Brother Huang, are there a lot of 'holy stones' that appeared this time? Enough for so many people to share?"

"Brother Panshi, in fact, we in the Qingtian Mountains have never imagined that the spiritual mine at the intersection of the eighteen peaks would actually produce such a heaven-defying spiritual object as the Holy Stone." Huang Yue explained.

"According to the high priest, there is only one large piece of holy stone produced this time, but it can be evenly cut into more than ten pieces, so it is enough for the top five tribes to share."

Qin Ming nodded secretly when he heard this. He had not expected that the Giant Spirit Clan's Qingtian Mountains were such a Feng Shui treasure land. Not only were they rich in Star Marrow Spirit Minerals, but they even had sixth-rank spiritual objects like Chaos Yang Gold.

"Brother Panshi, since you are here for this purpose as well, why don't you come to help our Shanyan tribe? As the young master of Tianquan Peak, my words still count." Huang Yue invited again.

Qin Ming thought for a moment and did not agree directly to the other party. Instead, he asked: "What is the strength of the other peaks?"

Huang Yue looked slightly embarrassed when he heard this, and immediately told him the truth.

"Among the eighteen peaks, the Heavy Rock Division of Tianji Peak is the strongest. Their main peak has inherited a gravity star core, which can control three gravity domains at the same time. It is extremely powerful in battle. They also have three late-stage gods. The second strongest is the Lava Division of Kaiyang Peak where you and I are now. The totem rune is the power of fire."

After Huang Yue's introduction, Qin Ming also had a general understanding of the situation here.

Fortunately, other large tribes of the giants are not interested in this place, otherwise, if a giant above the Nascent Soul stage comes, they will be in trouble.

'This should be the only chance to obtain Chaos Yang Gold.'

After Qin Ming considered it carefully for a moment, he nodded and agreed to Huang Yue.

In his opinion, no matter which peak he joined to compete, he had to be in the top five.

And I heard from Huang Yue that the higher the ranking, the more Chaos Yang Gold you can get.

"Hahaha! That's great! With a strong man like Brother Panshi helping us, maybe our Shanyan tribe can get a place."

After hearing that Qin Ming agreed to join, Huang Yue was extremely happy.

To be honest, he had been trying to recruit foreign aid at the foot of the mountain during this period, but no one was willing to join their tribe, which was ranked at the bottom of the rankings.

After the two talked and finalized the matter.

Huang Yue warmly invited Qin Ming to visit their Shanyan tribe.

"Haha! Brother Panshi, even though our Shanyan tribe ranks last here, our tribe's totem runes are inherited from the ancient 'Mountain Soul Seal', which can strengthen the body by absorbing the power of mountains and rivers."

"But you also know that those top sacred mountains and sacred peaks are controlled by large tribes. A small tribe like ours, which is located in a remote corner, is not worthy of controlling powerful mountains and rivers. Therefore, we have never been able to produce powerful giants. At most, we are at the perfect state of incarnation."

When Qin Ming heard this, his eyes flickered a few times imperceptibly. He now has a Leici Divine Mountain and a Yuanji Divine Mountain in his hands. If he could absorb the divine power from them, what would happen?
However, he was just thinking about it, after all, he was a human, not a giant.

The two races have different natural constitutions.

Now, Qin Ming is about to complete the restriction of the Thunder Magnetic Divine Mountain. With the birth of the True Spirit Kunpeng, he can start to refine the True Spirit Five Pole Mountain, the treasure of Return to Void.

Moreover, with the pure essence and blood of Kunpeng True Spirit, he could start practicing the sixth level of his Demon Infant Body Refining Technique "Demon True Spirit Sutra".

Kunpeng is an ancient true spirit. Although he was born not long ago, his physical strength alone is stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage.

The reason why Qin Ming was not in a hurry to practice martial arts was because Xiaoqing had just been born and he had to let it recuperate first.

'When I have completely refined Kunpeng's blood, I will then refine the sixth level of the Demonic True Power Art and transform myself into a giant Kunpeng that is three thousand feet long. With just the power of this physical body, I'm afraid even a Void Refining Stage cultivator would be crushed to pieces!'

"I will develop another powerful trump card! !"

In the realm of Xiao Ling.

The dark blue Kunpeng, transformed into the size of a calf, was running behind the Sky-Eating Rat, watching them tending to the spiritual plants and chasing bees and butterflies, looking so happy.
But what it didn't know was that its cheap master was already thinking about how to drain its blood.
Perhaps Xiaoqing was sensing something, her plump body shuddered suddenly, and then in panic, she jumped directly into the Linghu Lake with a "plop".

The Sky-Eating Rat held a few weeds that he had just cleared in his hands, and looked at the lake in confusion. He then looked at the Little Silver Fox and the others, and muttered, "Why did this guy change his temper today?"

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The Qingtian Mountains, Tianquan Peak, and the Rocky Mountains.

Qin Ming followed Huang Yue and entered the clan territory of their lineage, where the other party treated him very warmly.

He also solemnly introduced himself to the people of the Shanyan tribe.

After all, Huang Yue had finally managed to recruit such a great helper in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

The chief of the Mountain Rock Tribe is a burly old man with gray hair, over two meters tall, and skin that has the texture of crystallized basalt. He looks quite similar to Huang Yue.

"I am Huangshan from the Shanyan tribe. This time I will trouble you, Panshi, to help me. If you can win the competition and make our Shanyan tribe one of the top five, our tribe will always keep its promises and will never break our word to you."

"Besides that, our Shanyan tribe will have other opportunities to offer."

Qin Ming cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Chief Huang. I will do my best!"

As soon as Patriarch Huang finished speaking, his eyes flashed with brilliance, as if he wanted to find out Qin Ming's true strength, but he was blocked by the crystal wall of divine consciousness released by Qin Ming, making it impossible for the other party to tell the truth.

Huangshan also looked a little surprised and nodded slowly, acknowledging the strength of this foreign aid.

"My dear Panshi, you can go around our tribe's territory. Huangyue will notify you in advance when the time comes."

After a brief greeting, Chief Huang ordered his men to arrange a good cave for Qin Ming to rest.

After Qin Ming left.

Patriarch Huang raised his hand and set up an isolation barrier, and the father and son began to communicate alone.

"Father, what do you think of this man?" Huang Yue asked.

The blue pupils of Chief Huang shrank slightly, and then he sighed and said, "Alas! Yue'er, I'm afraid that in this battle among the Eighteen Peak Tribes, our Mountain Rock Tribe will most likely be at the bottom."

"Although this person seems to be in the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm, I am afraid he is still not good enough to compete with so many masters in ten days."

"The tribes in the other peaks have a long tradition. The Starry Sky Tribe and the Tidefall Tribe have two extremely talented tribesmen. It is said that Manshan from the Starry Sky Tribe can even communicate with and control the tribe's sacred weapon, the 'Sky-Splitting Giant Axe', and his cultivation has reached the late stage of the Spiritualization."

"There are also members of the Cangling tribe who have successfully communicated with the 'Ancient Mother Vine'. They are all people who should not be underestimated."

"The other tribes have also won over the divine transformation external aid from the three tribes of humans, demons and monsters. They are all powerful and tyrannical. This time they are competing for the holy stone, and I am afraid that there will be a fierce fight between dragons and tigers."

"Without any magical power to show off, it would be hard to even make the top ten, let alone the top five."

Huang Yue, who was standing by, couldn't help but fall into deep thought after hearing this.

He also didn't expect that the fight for the Holy Stone would be so difficult.

“But if we don’t fight for it, after the other tribes obtain the Holy Stone, although the probability of a breakthrough is very low, it is not ruled out that someone in the Void Refinement Stage will be born. Then our tribe will become even weaker in the Qingtian Mountains and will never be able to raise its head,” Huang Yue said helplessly.

"My son, let's go down the mountain and try our luck to see if we can win over someone with powerful magical powers."

After the father and son discussed for a while, they left.

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the other side.

Led by his servant, Qin Ming took a tour around the Shanyan tribe.

He found that this tribe was really in a rather poor state. Except for Huang Yue and his son who were in the Spiritualization Stage, the others were all low-level tribesmen. No wonder they were ranked last among the Eighteen Peaks. When he first arrived at the foot of the Lava Division of Kaiyang Peak, he saw many giant spirits with high cultivation levels.

In contrast, it is almost impossible for the Shanyan Division to make it into the top five.

While visiting the Shanyan Department, Qin Ming was surprised to find that the libraries inside were open to the public.

Qin Ming became interested and immediately immersed himself in studying the book.

Among them, there are even many historical records about the giants, including basic methods of absorbing the power of mountains and tempering and strengthening the body.

After reading some ancient books, he found that the giants were able to communicate with mountains, rivers and star cores only by constructing and practicing certain rune totems.

These totem runes are also the core heritage of the giant tribe.

……

Time flies by.

A few days later.

The competition among the Eighteen Sky-Bearing Peaks has finally begun.

This treasure hunt conference is held on the highest peak of Lieyang Peak in the Qingtian Mountains.

When Huang Yue came to call Qin Ming to come over, he found that the other side had actually found three or four foreign aids. It was estimated that the Shanyan tribe was also trying to take a gamble and put all their assets on the line.

One of the people who came to help was even a cultivator who had reached the perfect state of transformation, with a pair of evil green eyes.

No one knew what conditions Huang Yue agreed to, but he actually persuaded this cultivator who had reached the perfect state of spiritual transformation to come and help.

"Brother Panshi, let me introduce you. This is Brother Youtong from the Yinghuo Department. Today's matter depends entirely on the performance of the two of you." Huang Yue introduced the few people to each other.

The cultivator named Youtong just nodded slightly as a greeting.

He obviously looked down upon Qin Ming and the others, and secretly sent a message to Huang Yue: "Brother Huang, regarding the treasure-grabbing competition, only I can take action. To be honest, I just saw the other foreign players you invited, and I'm afraid they will be defeated before even an incense stick of time."

“Brother Youtong, I am just being prepared. After all, each tribe has to participate in five games. You can’t take on all of them by yourself, right?” Huang Yue said helplessly.

Youtong said calmly: "As long as the price you pay is enough, it's not impossible."

Huangyue: "."

Qin Ming, who was following behind, listened to the secret conversation between the two people without missing a word, and also figured out some clues.

After all, in front of his spiritual power comparable to that of the Void Refinement Stage, some disguise methods have nowhere to hide.

The giant from the Mars tribe named Youtong in front of him was apparently a demon cultivator in disguise.

Qin Ming's body had been baptized by the true devil's energy several times. Even in the ancient demon world, this energy was only mastered by the saints of the demon world. Therefore, the lower-level demons could sense the devil's energy hidden in his body as soon as they approached.

This person secretly disguised himself as a member of the Giant Spirit tribe, and obviously he had some ulterior motive, but Qin Ming just waited and watched.

Not long after.

Led by Huang Yue, several people came to a huge platform on Lieyang Peak, on which there was an independent rune restriction.

At this moment, many members of the Giant Spirit tribe were entering a teleportation restriction on the platform, and one figure after another disappeared into it.

Qin Ming also stood up with the crowd, and after a moment of trance, his eyes became dazed.

When they opened their eyes again, they found that they had arrived at an extremely wide plain, stretching for thousands of miles.

I guess this must be an independent space in Lieyang Peak.

After all, once the giants activate the power of rune totems, they can transform into giants thousands of feet tall. If the space is too small, they won't be able to use their fists and feet.

When Qin Ming arrived here, the arena was already filled with tribesmen from the Eighteen Peaks of the Giant Spirit Clan.

In the center of the field were the monks who were participating in the competition, standing around the competition arena in the central area.

however.

When Qin Ming glanced at the crowd.

The figure of a human monk in white clothes caught his attention.

"Brother Su!!"

The person Qin Ming saw was none other than Su Yuqing, an old acquaintance from the human world.

At this moment, he was following one of the giant tribes with several human gods from Liaohuo Immortal City. It was obvious that they had reached some kind of agreement.

Even several silver-armored star guards from Tianxing City were among them.

Qin Ming had previously heard from Diao Yunsou that after Su Yuqing became a Silver-Armored Star Guard, he was sent by the higher-ups to the frontline to support the mission.

Still worried about his situation.

He didn't expect that he would meet the other party here again.

Su Yuqing's cultivation at this time has already broken through to the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. It seems that he will have some opportunities and encounters after ascending to the spiritual world.

However, Qin Ming was in disguise at the moment, so it was not easy for him to recognize him.

As if she noticed someone was looking at her, Su Yuqing, who was not far away, frowned and looked towards where Qin Ming was.

Seeing this, Alliance Leader Fang couldn't help but ask him, "What happened, Master Su?"

Su Yuqing shook her head with a puzzled expression, then turned around and said lightly: "It's okay."

Qin Ming and his group also followed Huang Yue and his son into the venue and stood still in the mountain rock area.

At this time.

Not far away, two teams of monks came and stepped into the competition arena.

Everyone's eyes fell on them.

A man in a fire robe flew towards this side, and beside him were several demon cultivators and monster cultivators who were in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

These people have an unusually powerful aura and are obviously not ordinary people.

When passing by the Mountain Tribe, he saw that Huang Yue had actually recruited several foreign aids, including two cultivators in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

The young man in the fire robe couldn't help but laugh and said, "Huang Yue, I didn't expect you to actually find helpers to help you."

"Be careful or you might lose everything that your Shanyan tribe has! Hahahaha!"

Seeing the other party's arrogant and domineering attitude, Huang Yue was so angry that his teeth were chattering.

"Hmph! Kui Hai, we'll see you in the arena later!"

"Oh! You're still so confident. I will get you out as soon as possible. Do you think your Mountain Rock Tribe can get their hands on a spiritual object like the Holy Stone? It's just wishful thinking!" The young man in the fire robe replied mockingly and left without looking back.

This is just a small episode.

After everyone arrived, an old man in a gray robe and walking with a cane appeared. He had white hair, beard and eyebrows and looked very respected.

Qin Ming glanced at him. The aura on his body was unfathomable. He should be the high priest that Huang Yue mentioned.

In charge of all the tribes on the eighteen peaks of the Qingtian Mountains.

"Okay, I won't say any more."

"Before you came here, I think you all already understood the rules clearly."

"For the top five tribes in this competition, the first place will receive five holy stones, the second place will receive four, the third place will receive three, and the fourth and fifth place will receive two. That's it."

"All the holy stones are here now. You don't have to fight over them anymore."

"Whoever has the better skills gets it. If anyone still refuses to accept it, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Next, each tribe will start drawing lots!"

The high priest waved his hand, and then several giants came on stage with five trays.

There is a stone box on each of them. When the seal is opened, a dazzling orange light blooms from inside, and a spiritual energy rises into the sky!

A burning breath hits you in the face!

Make the void become distorted.

Qin Ming's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he saw amber crystals the size of eggs, covered with Taoist patterns and running runes. This must be the 'Chaos Yang Gold' that the monks here were fighting for.

When the monks present saw this scene, even though they were very skilled in keeping a low profile, their breathing became rapid.

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(End of this chapter)