C21 Sect competition

Inside the cave, Han Yan was sitting on the praying mat cultivating, when suddenly, a sound transmitting flew in. Han Yan opened his eyes, holding onto the sound transmitting, the runes on it burned on its own, Zhou Tong's voice sounded out slowly: "Han Yan, open the cave immediately." The barrier outside the cave was not strong, it was not because Zhou Tong did not have the ability to break it, but because there was a rule within the sect, no matter what happened, he had to report in advance and not barge in. If, at the moment of cultivation, his disciple were to go berserk, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Han Yan immediately kept the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal s and quickly walked to the front of the cave. When the cave opened, two people appeared in his line of sight.

Zhou Tong stood at the very front, and there was a white clothed disciple beside him. That disciple's spirit energy was not strong, but his body had formed a cycle, which showed that he had just reached Qi Disciple level 1. When Han Yan saw the other party's appearance, he was slightly startled and said in shock, "Xie Hu, why have you come?" This white clothed disciple was none other than Xie Hu, who had been separated for more than three months. He did not expect this guy to also reach Qi Disciple level 1 and become an official disciple.

When Xie Hu saw Han Yan, he was also startled, but immediately laughed and said: "If you can become an immortal, we can as well, it's an accident!"

Han Yan was indeed surprised, but he could not get too excited in front of the elders, and said: "Elder Zhou, what are you here for?"

Zhou Tong coughed lightly, and said slowly: "Listening to Xie Hu, the spirit energy in his cave suddenly disappeared, this old man has come to investigate."

Hearing this, Han Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he said: "Elder Zhou, please come in." Even if he did not allow them to enter, Zhou Tong would still enter to investigate. Rather than that, it would be better to just let them in to prevent them from suspecting anything.

Zhou Tong nodded his head, then quickly entered the cave. After looking for a while, he did not find anything wrong. The spirit energy in Han Yan's cave was not strong, and was no different from any other cave. Walking out of the cave, Zhou Tong said to Han Yan: "There was something abnormal with you just now, for example, the spirit energy suddenly disappeared?"

Han Yan said: "Disciple has been training the entire time, and did not discover that the spirit energy had disappeared."

Zhou Tong thought for a moment, then said to Xie Hu: "Open your cave, this elder will personally go take a look." As for Xie Hu's words, he was not at all sure, but this matter was extremely important, and he had to investigate thoroughly.

Arriving at Xie Hu's cave, he realised that it was not like what he had said, the spirit qi was gone and the faint spirit qi was still echoing in the cave.

Zhou Tong's face sank, his gaze swept across the cave once, and said: This is the Spirit Qi you're talking about, completely gone?

Xie Hu's face was filled with puzzlement, he cupped his hands and said: "Elder Zhou, this disciple truly did not have any spiritual energy at all when I left." He couldn't understand. He clearly didn't have any spiritual energy before he left, but how did the spiritual energy come back in such a short time?

"Humph!" Zhou Tong coldly snorted, and said, "Since you say that there is not the slightest bit of spiritual energy, then what is the meaning of this?"

"This, this …" Xie Hu didn't know how to answer, and simply couldn't explain what was happening before him.

As an elder, Zhou Tong didn't have the time to waste time talking with a Qi Cultivation stage disciple. He said in a deep voice: "Continue with your cultivation here. After he finished speaking, he did not even look at Xie Hu. His figure flashed, and transformed into a streak of light that tore through the sky, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

Xie Hu was depressed, but he laughed bitterly: "What's wrong, why did the spiritual qi appear one moment, and then disappear the next?!"

Han Yan understood that the spirit energy in Xie Hu's cave had been absorbed by the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal. Who would have thought that there would be disciples who would come to such a poor place! Regarding the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal, we can't tell Xie Hu anything, but Xie Hu is his brother after all, so he had to be consoled for a bit. Thus, he said: "Xie Hu, there might be another reason why the spirit energy suddenly disappeared, didn't something strange happen in our room that night?"

Xie Hu thought that it was true, and threw this question to the back of his mind and said excitedly: "Brother, I didn't think that you were really here."

Han Yan was startled, and said: "You know I'm here?"

Xie Hu laughed, pointed to the cave and said: "Let's go, us brothers will talk inside."

It turned out that after Han Yan left the outer court, he found that there was spiritual energy in his body, and it was extremely rich. He was, after all, a three star spiritual root, and his talent was far greater than Han Yan's. After a month of non-stop activation, he finally reached the first level of the Refinement Stage. Xie Hu was a smart person, so he took out all of the money he had and changed his runes. In the end, he saw an elder and took out the runes to show to him. Rune forms were useless to the elder, but when the elder saw Xie Hu was such a good person and also met the criteria of taking him in as a disciple, he accepted him as a disciple.

After becoming an official disciple, Xie Hu found out about Han Yan's whereabouts, and in the end, found out that he was cultivating at Falling Leaf Peak, so he applied to come here.

When Xie Hu's master heard that he was coming here, he immediately gave his approval without thinking. He felt that this disciple was a bit stupid, running all the way to the peak with the lowest spiritual energy for a brother. However, there were countless disciples like Xie Hu. That elder did not even put Xie Hu in his heart. With a few simple words, he had a disciple send him to the Fallen Leaves Peak. Because his Master had not prepared a gift for him when he came, Zhou Tong naturally could not arrange a cave for him, and so he sent it here.

After listening to Xie Hu's experience, Han Yan laughed bitterly and said, "You know that the spirit energy in Fallen Leaves Peak is extremely thin, why are you still coming?"

Xie Hu laughed and said: "Elder Brother Han, with my aptitude, where would it be different? Although Cang Shi's spiritual energy is slightly better than this place, it's not by much.

Han Yan was somewhat touched, he had really made his brother his son. He sighed: "Xie Hu, what plans do you have for the future?"

Xie Hu laughed and said: "What plans do you have? Continue cultivating! With my cultivation, I will not be able to participate in major matters of the sect. "

"A big matter?" It had been three months since Han Yan left the cave. Before he came, he did not ask about the matters within the sect, nor did he know anything about the major events within the sect.

Xie Hu laughed mischievously, and said: "Brother, seeing you like this, it's been a long time since you went out to chat with your seniors and juniors!"

Han Yan laughed bitterly as an awkward expression appeared on his face.

Xie Hu seemed to like to inquire about this matter as he said excitedly: "There are two major matters in the sect. One is the competition for the new King in half a year, any disciple who has entered the sect within a year can compete for it. As for the other major event, it will be the competition for the position of Eldest Brother in three years' time.

With regards to these two matters, Han Yan was not interested, and said: "With our cultivation, what is the use of participating?"

Xie Hu knew that participating in the competition would be useless, no matter which competition, he would not be able to get a placing, but he was still excited as he said: "It doesn't matter if we participate, at that time, we can go watch, all the Qi Cultivation stage disciples in the sect are going to participate, it will be very lively, and we can even learn a little combat experience through the competition."

This point was not bad. However, his cultivation was lacking, so what if he learned a little bit of combat experience?

Seeing the excited expression on the other party's face, Han Yan could not help but ask, "You really want to participate?"

Xie Hu patted his chest and said excitedly: "Of course, I've already applied. Will you go? If you want to go, I can help you register. Before the competition, you can do it every month. "

Han Yan had never thought of participating, and did not plan to participate either. He waved his hand and said, "No, the competition will definitely take a long time, with this time, I might as well use it on my cultivation!"

Xie Hu looked at Han Yan with a great difference, especially when Han Yan talked about cultivation, he looked extremely confident, but he was even more doubtful now, and said: "Elder Brother Han, if it wasn't me who had shocked you, it would be very difficult for you to break through with your current talent." He already knew about Han Yan's aptitude, and there had been a lot of rumors within the sect recently, all of them relating to Han Yan.

Han Yan's face was calm as he said: "When I was young, Sir Liushu always said that the stupid bird would fly first. Although I don't have the qualifications, I hope to become a stupid bird." He stood up and quickly walked out of the cave.

Looking at Han Yan's lonely back, Xie Hu felt a little upset. His mouth moved a few times, but he didn't say a single word.

Returning back to the cave, Han Yan took out the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal and started to think. If he used Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal s to cultivate, he would have absorbed all of the spirit energy in Xie Hu's cave. Xie Hu was the first brother he had ever been to Tianming Sect, and he could not bear to do such a thing. Since the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal could use its consciousness to control the release of spirit energy, he wondered if it could control the range of spirit energy it could absorb.

Thinking about that, Han Yan used his consciousness to cover the entire Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal, at the same time, he sent out an order in his heart, telling him not to absorb Xie Hu's spirit energy anymore. As soon as the order was given, the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal seemed to understand his words and started buzzing. Then it started to absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi. At the same time, Han Yan also sat cross-legged and entered into cultivation.

If the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal could understand his words, it would definitely not absorb the spiritual energy in Xie Hu's cave. If not, Elder Zhou would definitely come looking for him again, at that time, he would decide whether or not he should use the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal again. In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, and in three days, Elder Zhou did not appear. Han Yan knew that the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal could understand his words, and thus did as he said. As for this, he heaved a sigh of relief and put his heart into cultivating.

Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. Through the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal's miraculous ability, Han Yan's cultivation speed was shockingly fast, reaching the peak of Qi Disciple level 2 in one go. After reaching the peak, he was unable to absorb any spiritual energy at all, so Han Yan had no choice but to cultivate gale technique at the same time.

On this day, Xie Hu came into the cave, and just as he entered, he said to Han Yan: Elder Brother Han, you did not go watch the Rookie King competition, it is truly a loss, do you know who's in first place?

"Who is it?" Han Yan was not interested in the matter at all, but since Xie Hu had told him, he did not mind not asking him about it.

He sat down cross-legged and excitedly said, "He has the same surname as you, Han Fei. This person has nine star spiritual roots, and in just a year's time he has reached the 3rd level of the Qi Cultivating Stage. His speed is so fast that it's rarely seen in a hundred years. I heard that Sect Leader even bestowed him a top-grade flying sword!" His eyes revealed a hint of envy. He clearly wanted a high quality magic tool.

The magic tools were divided into four categories: low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade. The power of magic tools of different grades was also different. With the same cultivation level, a top-grade magic tool could easily defeat the owner of a low-grade magic tool. When every disciple becomes an official disciple, their master will give them a bag of holding with a flying sword inside.

Han Yan's heart tightened, and thought: "It's him."

Seeing that Han Yan did not say a word, Xie Hu immediately looked towards Han Yan, his divine sense sweeping over Han Yan's body, and immediately opened his mouth wide, startled: "You, you, you …."