mtlumby2d Chapter 235 The competition begins
Chapter 235 The competition begins
Mingliu City became famous because of a weapon refining competition, and the Li family of Mingliu City has also become a hot topic in the entire Tianyan Continent in recent days.
At this time, a gorgeous small flying boat was flying through Mingliu City, with two middle-aged male cultivators standing on the deck of the flying boat.
Beside one of the middle-aged male cultivators, a furry four-tailed fox was listlessly chasing its own tails, chasing one tail after another.
If Lin Xia were here, she would definitely be able to recognize the identities of these two middle-aged male cultivators.
These two middle-aged male cultivators were none other than the elders of the Shangguan family. One of them was an old acquaintance of Lin Xia - Shangguan Hong, and the other was also an elder of the Shangguan family's inner courtyard, named Shangguan Zhi.
And that four-tailed fox was Ling'er, who was sent back to the Shangguan family by Lin Xia with the help of the Mission Hall.
Looking at the bustling city gate and the endless stream of flying boats not far away, Shangguan Zhi snorted with a hint of sarcasm, "Oh, I heard that the Li family in Mingliu City is holding some kind of weapon refining competition. They're just a half-baked weapon refining family, how can they compare with the Huangfu family?"
As he spoke, Shangguan Zhi put his hands behind his back, looking down on the Li family. "This Li family, do they really think that holding a weapon refining competition can improve the skill of their weapon refiners? They even want to recruit some great talent? What a dream! In my opinion, these people are probably just here to join in the fun."
Ha! You all think you can compare with the Shangguan family? The Shangguan family is the number one formation family in Tianyan Continent.
Shangguan Zhi knew that some powerful weapon-refining families, such as the Huangfu family, had not sent their own disciples at all, and it was obvious that they looked down on the weapon-refining competition held by the Li family.
It was nothing like when their Shangguan family held a formation exchange conference, the top families in the entire Tianyan Continent sent people to participate.
The people participating in the weapon refining competition held by the Li family are either from third-rate families or just casual cultivators. What kind of talent can there be?!
Shangguan Hong lowered his head and looked at the four-tailed fox beside him, as if he was not listening to what Shangguan Zhi said.
"Hmph!" After a long time without receiving a response, Shangguan Zhi shook his sleeves, snorted coldly, and returned to his room on the flying boat.
After Shangguan Zhi's figure disappeared from the deck, Shangguan Hong raised his head, glanced at Mingliu City which was getting farther and farther away in his sight, and sighed silently.
Shangguan Zhi actually couldn't see clearly that their Shangguan family was no longer the same Shangguan family as before.
Instead of ridiculing others behind their backs, they should think carefully about how to deal with it if they meet Yun Weitian this time.
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This is not entirely consistent with what Shangguan Zhi said.
The garden prepared by the Li family for the refiners who came to participate in the refinement competition - Qirui Garden, is not small in size.
Rows of courtyards are neatly connected, and just looking at the appearance of the entire building is already extremely exquisite and very grand.
Not to mention the decoration inside, which is also fully equipped.
On the last day of registration, the garden was already filled with weapon refiners who came to participate in the competition.
Being able to live here means that these weapon refiners have passed the Li family's initial screening.
The Li family has already done statistics and found that there are about 13,000 weapon refiners. If the disciples of the Li family who are going to participate in the competition are added, the number can reach 14,000.
There were only ten days left before the preliminary round began. After the registration was closed, the Li family began to reveal the details of the entire equipment refining competition process.
This weapon refining competition is divided into preliminary rounds, promotion rounds and finals, and the entire competition lasts for a full year.
The preliminary round tests the refiner's knowledge of refining, including refining materials, weapon patterns, magic weapon classification... etc. It is not a practical operation, but is conducted in the form of an exam paper.
The weapon refiners who rank in the top 3,000 in points can successfully enter the promotion round.
The Li family will set the questions for the promotion round, and provide the same refining materials to all participating refiners. All refiners will be required to refine the same magic weapon.
Then, the Li family members will score the magic weapons based on their level, appearance, characteristics, etc. The refiners with the top 100 scores will enter the finals.
The one hundred weapon refiners who entered the finals, except for the original disciples of the Li family, can directly enter the Li family weapon refining hall and become inner court disciples of the Li family if they want to join the Li family.
The Li family has not yet revealed how the finals will be held. They only said that in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, they will wait until the list of refiners who have entered the finals is announced before entering the competition venue.
The top ten will be selected in the finals, and the top ten weapon refiners will receive rewards prepared by the Li family.
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Although the entire Qirui Garden was home to more than 10,000 weapon refiners, it was very deserted, with almost no cultivators coming and going in the garden.
The tens of thousands of weapon refiners who entered the preliminary round stayed in their own yards every day and did not go out, starting to prepare for the preliminary round.
Although this preliminary round tests a weapon refiner's knowledge and insights, and there will be almost no improvement in just ten days, no weapon refiner dares to relax.
Tianyan Continent is full of talented people, and it is not easy to stand out from more than 10,000 weapon refiners.
Even the disciples of the Li family who participated in the competition were the same, including Ren Ziyou and Li Huan.
It would be a huge shame if you couldn't even make it to the preliminary round of a competition at home.
Ten days passed in a flash.
Before the preliminary round began, the outer courtyard disciples of the Li family came to invite the weapon refiner living in Qirui Garden to go to the competition venue.
The preliminary round does not require practical training and is held in the central square of Mingliu City.
The qualifying rounds and finals will require going to the Li family’s newly built equipment refining site.
Taking into account the many cultivators who came to Mingliu City to join in the fun, in order to make these cultivators feel involved and to promote the reputation of the Li family's weapon refining competition, the Li family deliberately chose the open central square as the venue for the preliminary round.
A protective formation has now been activated in the central square of Mingliu City. The cultivators watching the excitement outside can only see the scene inside, but have no way to communicate with the weapon refiners participating in the competition.
At this moment, at the front of the central square sat the elders of the Li Family Weapon Refining Hall.
The weapon refiners who participated in the preliminary round sat down in order. Lin Xia, who used the alias Su Xia, was among them. The competition was about to begin.
Ever since he learned that the weapon refiner named Su Xia had refined fine iron of perfect quality, Li Zhufeng had become restless. If he had not been concerned about his status as the number one person in the Li family's weapon refining hall, Li Zhufeng would have wanted to go and ask for advice when Lin Xia just moved into Qirui Garden.
Of course, in addition to Li Zhufeng, the elders of the Li family's weapon refining hall who saw the piece of perfect quality iron that night all had the same feeling.
Therefore, today, when the preliminary round began, Li Zhufeng came personally to host it. On the one hand, it was to show that the Li family attached great importance to this competition, and on the other hand, he also wanted to meet Su Xia.
Let’s take a look at who the weapon refiner is who can produce fine iron of perfect quality.