Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 72 Dojo Competition
A day passes in a flash.
In the majestic city of Chang'an, on a flat and wide square, thirty-six finely carved jade beads stand proudly.
This place is called Yangxin Terrace.
On weekdays, this is where the monks of Daxia hold small competitions.
This time, it became the arena for the dojo competition.
The Yangxin Terrace is not closed and even has special seats for spectators.
After all, this place was originally built for fighting, so the corresponding facilities are naturally complete and standardized.
At this time, many cultivators from Chang'an City and cultivators from the region who came from afar had gathered around the Yangxin Terrace.
There were even quite a few wealthy monks from foreign lands who, knowing that there was something interesting to see today, used the cross-domain teleportation array to go straight to Chang'an to watch the Taoist competition.
As time went by, the number of monks gathering around continued to increase, and their number had already exceeded ten thousand.
The origins of these monks watching the battle are different, and the Taoist competition is also divided by domains.
So they divided themselves into groups and naturally formed seven groups of monks.
The monks from the East Region gathered in a group here, and the monks from the West Region gathered in a group there...
There are many jade screens erected around the Yangxin Terrace, which are the "broadcast screens" for watching the game.
The abilities of Nascent Soul cultivators are already quite amazing, and it is impossible for a small arena to satisfy the needs of a fight, so the real venue of this Taoist competition is located in the small world.
The thirty-six jade pillars in Yangxin Terrace are extremely famous mountain and sea pillars.
Inside each mountain and sea pillar, there is a small world with completely different scenery.
There are grasslands, deserts, volcanoes, stone forests, swamps, etc., which completely simulate the situation of monks fighting, and the world appears randomly.
There is always a small world you like, and there is always a small world you don’t like.
Under the watchful eyes of the surrounding monks , a group of monks flew in from afar and stopped outside the Mountain and Sea Pillar.
"That's 'Eight-Armed Vajra' Yan Fei, the second on the Yellow List, from our Western Regions!"
One of the monks watching the battle pointed at the burly male monk at the front of the group, and then looked back.
"In addition, there is the 14th on the Yellow List, 'Barbarian Bull' Sha Manzi, and the 27th on the Yellow List, 'Blood Killing Blade' Ye Mo...
The ten highest-ranked cultivators in the Western Region on the Yellow List are all here!"
While the monks watching the battle in the Western Region were still in shock, another team of monks entered the venue.
"We are from the Northern Territory. They are Yu Li, the ninth on the Yellow List, 'Duobao', and Wang Yan, the thirteenth on the Yellow List, 'Feng Youshen'..."
Before one crisis is over, another crisis arises.
Teams of monks entered one after another, and each of them was a well-known figure on the Yellow List.
The fourth on the Yellow List is "One Knife Cuts Water" Li Feng, the sixth on the Yellow List is "Dead Wood Thunder" Lu Wuwei...
The thought of these Yellow List geniuses, who are rarely seen in daily life, competing against each other in the Dojo Competition makes the monks watching the competition excited.
As for the Yellow List monks who were participating in the competition, they were equally agitated.
Their ranking was determined by Tianji Temple based on their battle records.
However, there have been very few direct confrontations between them, so if the ranking difference is not too big, neither of them will admit defeat.
Just because you're ahead of me, does that mean you're better than me?
It's just that I'm more low-key and don't cause any trouble!
To tell whether you are strong or not, you have to fight with each other!
Many people have already foreseen that after this dojo competition, there will definitely be significant changes in the rankings on the Yellow List.
Another group of monks entered the venue, led by an old man.
This team of monks instantly became the focus of all the monks present.
Because, this is a cultivator from the Eastern Region.
No matter when, the first one always attracts the most attention.
The Eastern Region has Ji Chuan, who is ranked first on the Yellow List and known as "Haoran Sword", and Lu Qingshan, who is ranked third on the Yellow List and known as "Jian Jue".
There is no doubt that the Eastern Region is the imaginary enemy in the minds of the monks from the other six regions who are watching the battle.
"We've finally arrived at our Eastern Region." The monks from the Eastern Region who had been watching the battle, and who had been holding their breath for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the monks from the other six regions bragging.
"What 'Eight-armed Vajra' and 'One Knife Cuts Water' are better than our ' Haoran Sword' Ji..."
"Where is Ji Chuan?" The next moment, the group of monks watching the battle in the Eastern Region started to make a commotion because they didn't see Ji Chuan.
"Even Lu Qingshan is not here..." Soon, someone else discovered this fact.
"What's going on? 'Haoran Sword' and 'Jian Jue' are not participating in this dojo competition. How can we in the East Region win?"
"Is the Sword Sect going to give up the Snail Dojo?" Someone was puzzled, incredulous, and even resentful. "This is a dojo competition that concerns the welfare of the cultivators in the entire region. As the sect of our Eastern Region, the Sword Sect actually doesn't take it seriously?! They don't take the many cultivators in our Eastern Region seriously..."
Not only were the monks watching the competition talking about it, but even the monks on the Yellow List from various domains who were participating in the competition were looking at the Eastern Domain monk team in surprise and discussing in low voices.
The cultivator leading the team from the East Region was none other than Xi Xiang.
He was standing in the venue with a calm expression, as calm as a breeze and clouds, not happy or sad because of anything else.
"I am so angry, so angry ! You are not a human being..."
Only "Frost Sword" Xue Hanfeng, who was standing behind Xi Xiang, heard the low curse from his uncle-master.
…
Amidst the noisy discussions, a gentle voice reached everyone's ears.
"Quiet."
There seemed to be infinite power hidden in the voice, which made everyone quiet down immediately.
Immediately afterwards, a cultivator with ordinary appearance appeared above the Yangxin Terrace.
Daxia, the Green-browed King.
"Now that everyone is here, the dojo competition is ready to begin! Let me read out the rules of this competition again." The Qingmei King stood with his hands behind his back and said slowly.
"The rules are very simple. First, I will draw lots and randomly select one person from among your seventy Nascent Soul cultivators as the defender."
"The other sixty-nine monks can freely choose to attack the arena, and the monk defending the arena cannot refuse the attacks of other monks."
"If no monk is willing to take the initiative to attack the arena, the monk defending the arena can freely designate one person to attack. Similarly, the person designated cannot refuse the designation of the monk defending the arena."
"The monk who loses the duel will be eliminated and will not have a second chance to fight. The victorious monk cannot leave the arena and must prepare to welcome the next monk to challenge him."
"This will continue until all sixty-nine cultivators have failed. The last cultivator left on the stage will be from whichever region that region. That region will win the Dojo Competition."
"After each fight, the winning monk will have two hours of rest time."
The two-hour rest period is neither long nor short.
This will prevent the winning monk from recovering to his best condition and sweeping the entire field alone.
Nor will it allow a strong monk to be defeated too early in a round-robin battle.
This is indeed a rule that can more reasonably reflect the comprehensive strength of the young monks in each domain, but for the six domains that have already reached cooperation, it allows them to target the Eastern Domain without any hindrance.
If the defender is a cultivator from the Eastern Region, they will choose to take the initiative to challenge him.
If the defender is a cultivator from the Six Regions, the others will not choose to challenge him actively, and will wait for the cultivator from the Eastern Region to take the initiative to challenge him.
Or, he could wait until no one challenges him, and then the monk guarding the arena would designate a monk from the Eastern Region to take the stage.
This is also why the old sword practitioners of the Sword Sect still feel unsure even with the two trump cards of Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan in their hands.
After all, this is ten people against sixty.
Not to mention, Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan are not present now.
As for Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan, who are the most feared by others, since they did not participate in this competition, will the alliances of the other six regions also be disbanded?
It's impossible. Now that the alliance of interests has been formed, it will not dissipate easily.
Xi Xiang was mentally prepared to be the first to leave the East Region.
"The Dojo Competition begins now!" King Qingmei read out the rules and then said, "I will now draw the first defender to come on stage."
The quiet scene suddenly became tense.
Everyone knows that in a dojo competition under these rules, the first defender is undoubtedly the most unlucky one and a complete cannon fodder.
All the monks watching the battle were praying that the unlucky guy came from another domain.
"The first defender is: Western Region, 'Blood Killing Blade' Ye Mo!"
