Sect Competition, Eight Sects Martial Arts Competition

Just as everyone was filled with anticipation,

First Elder Su Tianming suddenly said, "Xiao Ming's performance is truly astonishing. From the incident at Lei Family Fortress, it's clear that although Xiao Ming has just advanced to the Danhu Realm, he possesses formidable strength capable of rivaling and even slaying those in the late Danhu Realm."

"From this perspective, Xiao Ming has a very high chance of taking first place in the upcoming Sect Competition!"

"That's right, I also have high hopes for Xiao Ming," another elder beside him nodded slightly.

Li Changfeng pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's put Xiao Ming's matter aside for now. We should continue discussing the Sect Competition."

"This competition is extraordinary!"

"This is a competition our Spirit Sword Sect holds only once every ten years, to select the top three most outstanding disciples, and then... you all understand."

Hearing this, the elders were both expectant and nervous.

Holding a Grand Competition every ten years to select the top three outstanding individuals is a rule of the Spirit Sword Sect.

And the Spirit Sword Sect has held many such competitions.

The reason for this is that it is a requirement of the Qingtian Sword Sect.

The Qingtian Sword Sect is a Three-Star Sect located five thousand miles away, specializing in the Way of the Sword, with an extremely vast influence. Under the Qingtian Sword Sect, there are many branch forces, and the Spirit Sword Sect is one of them.

Besides the Spirit Sword Sect, there are seven other Two-Star Sects, all of which are also branches of the Qingtian Sword Sect.

Including the Spirit Sword Sect, there are a total of eight.

After each of the eight sects holds its own competition and selects its top three outstanding individuals, they then collectively proceed to the Qingtian Sword Sect to participate in an inter-Sect Competition.

This is commonly known as the Eight Sects Tournament!

Having their excellent disciples participate in the Eight Sects Tournament, and then emerge victorious, overpowering the other branches, that is the ultimate goal of the Spirit Sword Sect!

If any sect can overpower the other branch forces in the Eight Sects Tournament, it will not only greatly enhance its own sect's prestige and reputation but also receive numerous rewards from the Qingtian Sword Sect.

In other words,

the Tournament not only involves matters of face but also affects tangible benefits.

And if some branch disciples perform exceptionally well, they might even be able to join the Qingtian Sword Sect, thereby enjoying even more abundant cultivation resources!

Therefore,

both the eight major branch forces and the young disciples participating in the Tournament attach great importance to the Eight Sects Tournament.

No carelessness can be afforded!

"For this Sect Competition, we must be fully prepared and select the most outstanding disciples to participate in the Eight Sects Tournament!" Li Changfeng said with a solemn expression in the Sect Great Hall.

"In the past thirty years, every time our Spirit Sword Sect participated in the Eight Sects Tournament, we were suppressed by the other branches, practically becoming the last-ranked sect among the eight branches."

"It was a complete loss of face!"

Speaking of this, Li Changfeng was both angry and furious, saying, "Therefore, this time we must strictly control the selection. Not only must we choose the most powerful disciples, but we must also adjust them to their peak condition!"

"If we are suppressed and mocked by the other branches again in this Tournament, then I, Li Changfeng, will have no face left!"

...While Li Changfeng and others were discussing the competition matters,

Xiao Ming had already arrived at the residences of the true disciples.

However, he did not return to his own home but first circled Lin Feng's small courtyard.

Lin Feng's door was still tightly shut, and at the same time, strong energy fluctuations emanated from within.

"The intensity of this aura... has already reached the late Yuangang Realm."

Xiao Ming was slightly surprised.

He hadn't expected Lin Feng's cultivation speed to be so fast, advancing to the late Yuangang Realm in just a few days.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming got up and left.

He walked towards the Inner Sect Disciples' residences.

He had just heard that Wang Hao, who had his Divine King Bone dug out, had been exceptionally accepted by the sect as an Inner Sect Disciple.

Moreover, a sect elder had even boasted that in at most one or two months, Wang Hao would become the most powerful existence among the Inner Sect Disciples.

In the future, he might even become a true disciple of the sect!

Naturally, the other Inner Sect Disciples were extremely displeased with the sect elder's boast.

They had long been Inner Sect Disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect and had cultivated for many years, so how could they possibly lose to Wang Hao, a newcomer who had just joined?

However,

Xiao Ming actually deeply agreed with the elder's conclusion.

After all, Wang Hao's fortune was extremely astonishing. Like Lin Feng, they were both Children of Fortune and could not be judged by ordinary standards.

However,

after arriving at the Inner Sect Disciples' residences, Xiao Ming did not find any trace of Wang Hao.

After discreetly asking around, he learned that Wang Hao had also gone into seclusion and was currently attempting to break through to the late Yuangang Realm.

"When I went down the mountain a few days ago to obtain the Five Elements Source, Wang Hao was only in the late Xiantian Realm, right? It's only been a few days, and he's already attempting to break through to the late Yuangang Realm?"

"He skipped an entire major Cultivation Level?!"

"Such terrifying cultivation speed is not much worse than mine!"

Xiao Ming secretly sighed.

However, Xiao Ming was already accustomed to such things.

After all, he had an even more unbelievable anomaly at home!

Shaking his head,

Xiao Ming headed straight for his own residence.

Upon returning to his small courtyard and pushing open the main door, a pure and charming figure entered Xiao Ming's sight.

"Young Master? You're back?" Hu Yunxi's eyes lit up, and she walked over happily, her small white legs moving quickly.

"Little Yunxi? How did you change so much?!" Xiao Ming was slightly startled!

The Hu Yunxi before him had undergone a dramatic change compared to a few days ago!

First, Hu Yunxi's height. At this moment, she was no longer a little girl but had grown to about 1.6 meters, like a young girl of seventeen or eighteen who had just reached adulthood.

Her pair of fair, delicate small white legs were like white jade, pure and fair.

Furthermore,

Hu Yunxi's temperament had also changed quite a bit!

The original Hu Yunxi was pitiful and a little naive, but now, her temperament was ethereal and aloof, with a refreshing purity within that aloofness.

Within that purity, there was also a hint of captivating beauty and charm!

The mixture of so many temperaments, instead of making people uncomfortable, greatly increased Hu Yunxi's allure!

Also,

Hu Yunxi's face had also changed quite a bit.

Originally, she had a bit of baby fat, but now, her delicate cheeks had become a standard oval face, and with every frown and smile, there was an irresistible charm.

Subconsciously, Xiao Ming thought of a poem:

In the North, there is a beauty, peerless and independent.

One glance topples a city, another glance topples a nation!

A peerless beauty!

A beauty that could topple cities and nations!

This little girl has grown up...