If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 99 Qianzhou Competition
After a round of fighting, Li Yanmo finally lost.

Although the spiritual energy recovered extremely quickly, Leng Ningshuang's basic panel as a foundation-building cultivator was too high. Without using any sword techniques, he relied purely on his physical strength to chase Li Yanmo, who was jumping up and down.

"Brother Li, I guarantee that you are invincible below the Jindan level!" Leng Ningshuang wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave Li Yanmo a very high evaluation.

Li Yanmo just curled the corners of his mouth with difficulty, and was not proud of it.

After all, what this world has the most is people who are willing to challenge and play against opponents of higher levels, such as Leng Ningshuang in front of him.

Li Yanmo was not sure that if Leng Ningshuang used the sword technique, he could probably only hold out for a few moves.

But what Li Yanmo was really worried about was something else.

"So am I practicing Qi or building a foundation?"

Faced with Li Yanmo's question, the others looked at each other in confusion. Finally, Mo Zhanxian scratched his head and started complaining.

"Anyway... there's no conflict between your two practices, so just practice both."

Others also nodded.

Li Yanmo was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and had to accept this subtle result. He continued to practice Qi while repairing the building foundation.

Soon the day of the Qianzhou competition arrived.

The giant ship rented from Tiexin Chamber of Commerce was filled with Qi-cultivating monks from all over the place. There were even quite a few merchant ships from other states, almost all of them were Qi-cultivating monks, all for the chance to taste the spiritual fruits that Qingshan Sect used to entertain guests.

Naturally, those famous monks from the sects would not bother to board such a public giant ship.

There was still half an hour before the Qianzhou Competition began, but the sky was already filled with flying ships of all sizes. The flags of the sects and families competed for attention, creating an extremely spectacular and lively scene.

In comparison, Risheng City was much quieter. Everyone deliberately avoided Risheng City in order to convey their implicit flattery and stance to the Taoist sect.

Feng Shouyun and Mo Zhanxian sat under the pavilion of the prefectural governor's mansion, drinking tea, not affected by the coldness of Risheng City at all.

"I originally thought that Sect Leader Li was simply concerned about the people, but I didn't expect him to be so resourceful," Mo Zhanxian shook the teacup in his hand. "Expanding the Qianzhou Grand Competition seems to have reignited the enthusiasm for cultivation, but it has also aroused the greed of the aristocratic families. They are no longer willing to compete as sects. They enter the arena with flags, showing off their heritage and demonstrating their abilities to the Taoist sect... Heh—"

Mo Zhanxian laughed disdainfully, "They want to become a new sect."

Feng Shouyun shook his head and sighed, "From now on in Qianzhou, aristocratic families are aristocratic families, and sects are sects. If a sect wants to receive a powerful disciple, it can only rely on luck~"

"We, the Dayu Dynasty, should treat such a talented person who cares about the people and doesn't seek fame or fortune well." Mo Zhanxian raised his head and drank the tea in his cup in one gulp. "After the Qianzhou competition is over, if no one buys that heavenly-grade magic weapon, I will buy it. With my military achievements, it won't be difficult for me to pay tens of billions of low-grade spirit stones."

"General, you are righteous, but that heavenly-grade magic weapon has already been reserved," Feng Shouyun raised his teacup and took a sip. "It is the original text of the Legalist tradition, the tome 'Han Feizi,' which uses the law to enter the Tao. It is a heavenly-grade magic weapon that can shake the laws of the Dayu Dynasty. Is the Xiantian Sect already eager to pay for it?"

Mo Zhanxian raised his eyebrows. "Wouldn't that only be able to shake the first edition of Dayu's Law? Now it's the seventy-eighth edition, what can it still do?"

"So we have to sell it quickly," Feng Shouyun chuckled. "The Xiantian Sect is dying of greed for the Legalist inheritance compiled by the fifth-generation Emperor Yu. We directly asked them for 50 billion, and the Xiantian Sect agreed without even blinking an eye. These super sects are really rich."

Mo Zhanxian tutted his tongue unwillingly, "It's too cheap."

"It's only the first time, so next time I'll have experience. I heard they're going through the warehouse, sorting out the junk they haven't had a chance to sell, and then they'll slowly sell it out," Feng Shouyun shrugged. At this moment, Li Yanmo was standing in the line of cultivators, looking back and forth like a curious baby.

There are not many people who can fight with different cultivators. The Qianzhou competition is so lively that Li Yanmo can't help but feel itchy. Even Shen's parents are interested in joining in the fun. It's a pity that his eldest disciple Jian Xin chose to practice seclusion and not join in the fun on the grounds that his cultivation level was too low, and the second disciple Shen Ziqing also refused on the grounds that he needed to entertain important guests.

There were many monks coming, but the sky island was larger, and soon birds came down and dropped spiritual fruits to each monk.

The Shen family's parents, who were already feeling like vomiting from eating so much spiritual fruit, naturally ate slowly. However, other Qianzhou Qi-cultivating cultivators had no chance to touch spiritual fruit. When they got the spiritual fruit, they were like Zhu Bajie swallowing a ginseng fruit. Not only did they chew the core into pieces and swallow it, they also kept licking their fingers, wishing they could polish them.

This allowed Li Yanmo to see another channel to consume spiritual fruits, but Li Yanmo was not in a hurry to do so.

Soon, a large ship with the word "Tao" floating on it arrived right above the Sky Island. The originally bustling Sky Island suddenly became silent.
Several red silks hung down, and the Taoist messenger Hong Chang stepped on the red silks and landed. Seeing the huge crowds of people on Sky Island, Hong Chang nodded with satisfaction, raised her hand and threw it in the direction of Mei Chai Shao.

"Thank you, Elder Mei. These are the rewards for this Qianzhou competition—"

Mei Chai Shao's eyes lit up, and he took the flying storage bag and put it in his arms. His movements were so smooth and natural that Hong Shang didn't react for a moment, thinking that she had not given the reward for this Qianzhou competition to Mei Chai Shao.

This person...could it be possible that he wants to take all the rewards from the Qianzhou Competition for himself?!

Hong Chang coughed and reminded him.

"Ahem—Ancestor Mei, I think you should share the rewards from this Qianzhou competition with everyone to motivate them."

Under Hong Chang's urging, Mei Chai Shao reluctantly took out the storage bag.

"...Okay, let me see. Here are some techniques, some spirit stones, some spirit medicines, some magic weapons, some spirit fields, and some spirit springs. Over."

After saying that, Mei Chai Shao put the storage bag back into his pocket and whistled.

The monks below were speechless after hearing what Mei Chai Shao said.

Hong Chang had no choice but to take the initiative to introduce, "This time, the Qianzhou competition is divided into Qi Training Group, Foundation Establishment Group, Golden Core Group, and Nascent Soul Group, and the points system is used."

"The top three in the Nascent Soul group will each obtain the Bean-Summoning Soldiers, one of the Thirty-Six Celestial Powers, the Earth-level Palm Technique, the Eight Desolate Palms, and the Earth-level Sword Technique, the Ghost Sword Three Slashes."

"The first three Jindan stages can obtain the seventy-two earth-level evil powers: covering the sun, taking the clouds, and corpse transformation."

The cultivators in the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages all gasped.

Supernatural powers are different from ordinary skills. They are the real way to communicate with gods, and the Taoist sect actually used them as rewards in the Qianzhou Competition.

Afterwards, Hong Chang also introduced the rewards for other realms, personal project points, and the ranking of total points.

The aristocratic families present were all rubbing their hands in anticipation. If they could win a place, they would not only be able to enter the vision of the Taoist sect, but also gain enough foundation to allow the aristocratic families to make further progress. Seeing the aristocratic families' high enthusiasm, the sect side was gritting their teeth.

They have been focusing on training children from aristocratic families over the years, but who would have known that a Qianzhou competition would expose the true colors of these children from aristocratic families, leading to a large-scale exodus of their disciples below the Jindan level.

The highlight of this Qianzhou competition is the total points!

(End of this chapter)