Seeking the Way of Immortality

You should know that Wu Zheng's full-strength attack is something that even the great cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage have to take seriously, how can it be compared to the black lotus controlled by the Nascent Soul.

After the nose-ball sword succeeded in one strike, Wu Zheng forcibly condensed the scattered consciousness in the sea of ​​consciousness to form a "Soul Condensation Needle" again, and shot it at the black long sword in the middle where the Nascent Soul of the black-clothed man was hiding.

At the same time, the five fingers of his left hand gathered together, and black light shone from his five fingertips, entwining the remaining 48 black long swords.

The Nascent Soul of the black-clothed man roared in the middle long sword, but Wu Zheng ignored it. The "Ghost King Seal" that had been nurtured in his body for a long time instantly penetrated his body and directly absorbed the black long sword in the middle into the space of the Ghost King Seal to suppress it.

Without time to think about it, Wu Zheng grabbed the body of the black-clothed man and shot away into the distance.

At this time, the rotten bone fluorescence on his right hand has spread to his right forearm. If it is not treated in time, it will probably spread to his entire right arm, and the speed of spread is getting faster and faster.

At this time, the sky is already bright.

Liu Qian has rushed to Pingyang City and informed the Liu family of what happened in Qingmu Hall.

At this time, the whole Pingyang City is boiling. The martial arts competition that Pingyang City has not had for several years is about to begin. The leaders of the major forces have come to the martial arts field of the City Lord's Mansion. Under the careful arrangement of the Liu family, the entire martial arts field is full of majesty.

There are seats for several Yuanying period cultivators on the rostrum. Liu Shan sits in the middle. Next to him are Xie Yanyu of the Xie family, Li Yang of the Li family, and Kong Fanming of the Kong family. The leaders of the other major forces are sitting behind them, and their eyes are shining with excitement.

In addition to the Liu family, there are 21 other forces in Pingyang City. Excluding the He family and the Yang family who did not participate in the competition, there are 19 other forces. If each force sends three people, there are 57 people participating in the battle, and there are also many monks from Pingyang City who come to watch the battle. Fortunately, the martial arts field of the City Lord's Mansion is very large, enough to accommodate thousands of people at the same time, so it doesn't seem crowded.

Zhou Pingsheng went to deal with all matters of the Li family. The competition was hosted by Yang Yanda, and Liu Qian was secretly investigating the Xie family. Liu Xiao and Liu Chan stood in an inconspicuous place in the martial arts field, observing the movements around them and learning their fighting skills.

After all, neither Liu Chan nor Liu Xiao had ever really experienced a life-and-death battle, and their fighting skills were not as good as those monks who often licked blood on the edge of a knife.

"Everyone, this competition is hosted by our City Lord Mansion. The purpose is to select the next City Lord Mansion. From today on, Pingyang City is no longer a force under Qingmu Hall. The position of the City Lord of Pingyang City will be decided by our Liu family." Yang Yanda's voice resounded throughout Pingyang City. Whether it was the cultivators who participated in the competition or the cultivators who did not participate in the competition, they all heard Yang Yanda's voice.

"What? Pingyang City belongs to the Liu family?"

"No way! How could Qingmu Hall give up Pingyang City?"

"Since Pingyang City already belongs to the Liu family, why do they want to move away?"

"Yes! And they have to select the next City Lord? Isn't this bullshit!"

"No, there must be something we don't know." A middle-aged cultivator's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, as if he thought of something.

"Well, what this fellow Taoist said is true. Last night, the Li family had already begun to gather resources and prepare to leave Pingyang City!" Another cultivator said with a smile.

"Li family, how is it possible? What does the relocation of the Liu family have to do with their Li family?" Several cultivators asked in confusion.

"Brother, you don't know that the Li family is actually the power of Qingmu Hall, and they are mainly supervising the Liu family in Pingyang City." Another cultivator said in a low voice.

"What? Could it be that what Senior Yang said just now is true?"

"Yes, it is probably so."

"No, I think the news that the Liu family will move to another place is unreliable, and the matter of selecting a new city lord is full of weirdness." A green-shirted cultivator thought for a while and said.

"I think so, but why does the Liu family want to select the next city lord, and the forces of his Liu family did not participate, which is really confusing."

"Could it be that the Liu family wants to hide behind the scenes?" Another cultivator thought for a while and said.

"It's hard to say! From the Liu family's move, to the competition to select the next city lord, to the fact that Pingyang City now completely belongs to the Liu family, and the Li family, the power planted by Qingmu Hall in Pingyang City, is about to move away, the story behind all these things is probably not simple!" An old monk sighed.

As soon as he finished speaking, this person turned around and left the martial arts arena, walking outside the city lord's mansion, which stunned the surrounding monks. Some monks seemed to have heard something from the old man's words, and also turned around and walked to another place. Most of the monks who had just gathered together to discuss left in the blink of an eye, as if they had thought of something terrible.

"Please be quiet." Yang Yanda's voice resounded throughout the martial arts arena like rolling thunder.

As Yang Yanda's voice fell, the entire martial arts arena could hear a pin drop, and thousands of monks opened their eyes wide and looked at Yang Yanda, waiting for the next words.

"Everyone, there are a total of 19 forces participating in this Pingyang City competition. The Li family withdrew halfway through, and there are still 18 families. Each family will send three people. There is no limit to the cultivation level. The competition will end when the points are reached, and no one's life may be injured."

"The contestants will draw lots to decide the order of the competition. The cultivators who draw the same number will be grouped together. The cultivators who draw the jade card with the word 'zero' will be given a bye. The cultivators who draw the same number from the same faction will advance directly, and will start one by one according to the numbers on the jade cards from small to large." Yang Yanda said, and a white jade cylinder was placed on an empty table on the rostrum. Inside the cylinder were 57 jade cards with numbers ranging from one to twenty-eight, and there was a jade card with the word 'zero' engraved on it, representing a bye.

"Those who draw the number one, two, and three jade cards will start the competition in the first, second, and third fields respectively."

"Participants enter the field."

With Yang Yanda's order, the first to appear were the Huang family and the Miao family, the Loose Cultivator Alliance and the Zhao family, the Sun family and the Tong family. Almost no one from the same faction drew the same number.

Under the deliberate arrangement of the Liu family, it is impossible for the same force to draw the same number. The reason for this is that there are still many people who don't understand, and an explanation is necessary. This also shows the fairness and justice of the Liu family, adding a bit of fairness to this competition.

Three competitions were held at the same time. The cultivation of the cultivators participating in the first competition was mostly the same, all of them were in the Jindan period. They had a common characteristic, that is, they were all young cultivators, and they were all the best in their respective forces.

Otherwise, they would not be qualified to participate in such a competition.

Of course, in fact, most forces understand that the position of the city lord is absolutely out of their reach, but the Liu family has already said that as long as they get a good ranking in the competition, they can give priority to the resources left by the Liu family.

This alone is enough to make them excited. Nothing is more attractive than these resources!

The competition was going on in an orderly manner, with several Yuanying-stage cultivators in charge. No one would provoke trouble at this time. According to the rules of the competition, they would stop when they reached a certain point, and no one would really fight to the death, because before participating in the competition, they had received hints from the leaders of their respective forces. In fact, their competition was only for the cultivators of Pingyang City to see, and the Liu family was the one who really decided who would be the city lord. Although the Liu family said that it was magnificent on the surface, in fact, the mentality of the Liu family had changed the moment Pingyang City completely belonged to the Liu family.

All of the people present were quick-witted, and they could not understand the intentions of the Liu family. Therefore, each of them was just walking around for a long time, giving the Liu family a face, and also giving an explanation to tens of thousands of cultivators in Pingyang City, so as to end this sudden farce of the Liu family.

They thought very simply, we work for your Liu family, at least on the surface, your Liu family should give us some benefits! Not to mention really asking for your Liu family's resources and power, at least in future interactions, you will always remember today's kindness!

Unfortunately, they didn't know that all these changes originated from one person, and this person was the one who truly decided the ownership of Pingyang City. The Liu family no longer had the qualifications to decide Pingyang City. In this farce, the Liu family was just a pawn.