119: Chapter 119 Outer Sect Competition

Of the eleven Golden Core powers back then, only nine remain now, and most of the remaining Golden Core powers were severely injured.

Among them, the most severely injured was Tianyan Sect; two of its four Golden Core Masters died, and the remaining two either had too low cultivation or were extremely heavily injured.

The casualties suffered by Yuxu Sect and Biluo Palace were by no means small.

Yuxu Sect lost three Golden Core Masters and a town-suppressing Magic Treasure, while the old Palace Master of Biluo Palace was casually killed by a Tier 5 Great Yao King with a single move in this battle.

As for Medicine King Valley, its situation was much better; not a single Golden Core Master died, though quite a few Disciples under its command died on the battlefield.

Precisely because of this, many forces began to stir restlessly, taking advantage of the fact that those Golden Core powers were now severely injured. Some of them had their clans annihilated, while others, having reached a certain stage in their cultivation, attempted to break through the blockade of Yan Country's Golden Core powers, thus jointly establishing the Anti-Immortal Alliance.

Yan Country now looks peaceful on the surface, but in reality, undercurrents are surging beneath the surface.

Today's Yuxu Sect Outer Sect was much livelier than usual, because the Outer Sect trial held by the Sect every five years was about to begin. The original intention of this trial was to give Outer Sect Disciples a chance to enter the Inner Sect while selecting talents for the Sect.

Because Yuxu Sect is divided into the Inner Sect and Outer Sect, only Disciples who enter the Inner Sect are truly considered Yuxu Sect Disciples, and they can enjoy status and resources that Outer Sect Disciples cannot compare to by far.

Therefore, every Outer Sect Disciple aims to become an Inner Sect Disciple.

Even for Yuxu Sect, it did not possess many foundation establishment pills; at most, dozens of foundation establishment pills were produced every decade. With thousands of Inner Sect Disciples alone, they were simply not enough to go around. Although a portion of Inner Sect Disciples had already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, this portion of Disciples actually accounted for a small proportion, only numbering in the hundreds.

There were countless Outer Sect Disciples, and Foundation Establishment spiritual items like foundation establishment pills were even less likely to flow into the Outer Sect. Therefore, for these Outer Sect Disciples wishing to achieve Foundation Establishment, entering the Inner Sect was practically their only option.

However, how could entering the Inner Sect be simple? Firstly, the Sect recruited only one hundred Inner Sect Disciples every five years; secondly, there were tens of thousands of Outer Sect Disciples. That is to say, less than a few hundredths of a percent of Disciples entered the Inner Sect every five years.

Of course, it wasn't actually that exaggerated, because there were conditions for entering the Inner Sect.

For example, the cultivation level of those participating in the spell combat trial every five years must be at Qi Condensation 7th Layer or above, and their age must be under sixty.

Such conditions both guaranteed fairness for the Outer Sect Disciples and selected suitable Geniuses for the Sect.

Outer Sect Grand Plaza.

On the ten martial arts platforms, many Cultivators were engaging in spell combat to determine the winners and losers.

Meanwhile, Chen Lingjun and Chen Lingyu, who were down off the platform, were also Outer Sect Disciples, but it was not yet their turn.

Both of them possessed Four Spiritual Roots. Under the cultivation of resources from the Family and the Sect, although the two were around twenty-five years of age, their cultivation was already at the Qi Condensation 7th Layer.

"Fourth Brother, that Cai Jun is extremely powerful. Do you have any certainty when meeting him in the first match?" Chen Lingyu asked worriedly.

If the two of them failed to enter the Inner Sect this time, they would have to wait another five years.

Five years was neither long nor short to speak of, but how many five years could a Qi Refining Cultivator have? Especially since they possessed Four Spiritual Roots. Within the Family, their talent could not allow the clan to allocate a foundation establishment pill to them first; within the Sect, it was even more so. However, the Family had also considered this situation, which was why they sent them into Yuxu Sect.

"His cultivation is at the 8th Layer of Qi Refining. In terms of cultivation, I am indeed inferior to him. However, this kind of trial mainly looks at overall capability. Even if I lose to him, it doesn't necessarily mean I won't make it into the top hundred," Chen Lingjun shook his head and said.

"There are three thousand Qi Refining Disciples participating in this trial, and as many as four hundred have reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. Fortunately, most Disciples at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining are over fifty years old; otherwise, if we were given another five years, we really might not be able to enter the Inner Sect," Chen Lingyu sighed softly.

"That is true," Chen Lingjun nodded.

"Hey, Brother, it's your turn," Chen Lingyu hurriedly reminded.

Chen Lingjun looked in the direction pointed out by Chen Lingyu, where a middle-aged man was already standing.

He was precisely Cai Jun, with a cultivation of the 8th Layer of Qi Refining, Four Spiritual Roots, forty-seven years of age, skilled in using a pair of short halberd Magical Artifacts, and possessed formidable strength.

Looking at him, information about him emerged in Chen Lingjun's mind.

"Fellow Daoist Cai, please," Chen Lingjun went onto the stage and made a polite gesture.

"Fellow Daoist Chen." Cai Jun also smiled slightly. Judging by his appearance, he was also very familiar with Chen Lingjun, presumably having secretly investigated him behind the scenes.

"The trial begins," shouted a deacon Disciple.

The two immediately cast out their own Magical Artifacts.

A pair of short halberds floated beside Cai Jun, slashing out heavily. A terrifying momentum instantly enveloped Chen Lingjun.

Chen Lingjun hurriedly cast out the Black Iron Shield, quickly blocking in front of him. Then, he turned to cast out a qingyang sword as well, which closely followed and slashed toward Cai Jun.

After Cai Jun's twin halberds were blocked, he immediately recalled them to deal with the qingyang sword attacking him.

Then he took out several Grade 1 Medium Grade Talismans and threw them all at Chen Lingjun at once.

Seeing this, Chen Lingjun urged the Black Iron Shield to block in front of him.

Following a series of explosive sounds, his vision was blocked, and the surrounding sounds were replaced by the explosions.

Feeling a bad premonition in his heart, he was just moving the Black Iron Shield away when sure enough, Cai Jun's Magical Artifact struck right before his eyes—a crescent saber was spinning rapidly as it rushed toward him.

He hurriedly placed the Black Iron Shield horizontally in front of him.

As a result, that crescent saber actually made a turn, dodging the front and striking Chen Lingjun from the side.

"Watch out!" Seeing this, Chen Lingyu felt extremely anxious in her heart and shouted quickly.

Hearing this, Chen Lingjun was about to shift the Black Iron Shield to another position to block it, but he was once again delayed by the Talismans thrown by Cai Jun.

Puff!

That crescent saber instantly pierced through Chen Lingjun's body, bringing up a trace of fresh blood.

"Brother!" Chen Lingyu cried out worriedly.

The corners of Cai Jun's mouth curved into a mocking expression, and the crescent saber in his hand continued rushing toward Chen Lingjun.

Feeling the burning, excruciating pain inside his body, Chen Lingjun had no time to check his wounds. Seeing that the crescent saber was heading straight for his Dantian, he hurriedly cast an earth escape talisman, instantly escaping ten zhang away.

However, Cai Jun had long since seen through Chen Lingjun's intention and continued to urge the crescent saber to slash at Chen Lingjun.

"I concede," Chen Lingjun hurriedly shouted.

That crescent saber immediately stopped, halting right in front of Chen Lingjun's forehead.

Just now, Cai Jun genuinely wanted to kill him right here. Why? Although such spell combats always had some accidents, how could he dare?

Others were also somewhat puzzled by Cai Jun's behavior.

Yet Cai Jun only gave a cold laugh, no longer showing the gentle and refined appearance from the very beginning.

Instead, his face carried a distorted anger, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you want to ask why, right?"

Hearing this, Chen Lingjun looked at him in confusion.

"Unfortunately, I just won't tell you, hehe." Cai Jun let out a loud laugh, with mockery in his eyes, and then slowly left the stage.