Chapter 497: The Triennial Martial Arts Competition!

Chapter 497: The Triennial Martial Arts Competition!

Seeing the unparalleled confidence in Ling Feng's eyes, Elder Yao clenched his fists in excitement.

Six months ago, Ling Feng already possessed the strength comparable to a Transformation Realm expert. Although he still remained at the Pulse Formation Realm today, his power had become incredibly formidable.

At the very least, he was no weaker than the sect leaders of the Liuyun Sword Sect and the Qiankun Sect!

Elder Yao had tried to estimate Ling Feng's strength optimistically, but he would soon realize that his imagination was limited by his own talents. The terrifying potential of a true genius was beyond his comprehension!

"Three days from now, huh." Ling Feng nodded slightly, thinking to himself. After resolving this triennial martial arts competition, I will head south to the Nanjiang demon domain!

"Tell me the specific rules," Ling Feng said calmly.

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

Elder Yao nodded and promptly explained the detailed rules of the triennial martial arts competition. The rules were quite simple. The competition was divided into a disciples' battle and a sect leaders' battle.

In terms of resource allocation, the sect leaders' battle accounted for about seventy percent, while the disciples' battle made up thirty percent.

According to the rules, anyone under the age of thirty, including inner sect elders or stewards, could participate in the disciples' battle.

The sect leaders' battle, of course, was a direct contest between the leaders of the three sects.

In previous years, Lin Canglang ranked in the middle among the three sect leaders, and the disciples of the Wenxian Sect were also quite strong, so the sect consistently held the second place among the top three sects.

However, this time, due to the elite inner sect disciples like Jing Wuxue being crippled by Ling Feng and most members of the Iron Blood Alliance leaving Wenxian Sect, the disciples in this triennial martial arts competition seemed to be at a significant disadvantage.

New talents like Luo Jianying and Jiang Wanqing had progressed rapidly in the past six months, but the time they spent cultivating was too short. Given another year or two, the situation would have been much better.

Elder Yao honestly described the sect's situation and selected ten members for the disciples' battle, most of whom were at the seventh or eighth level of the Pulse Formation Realm. There wasn't a single one at the tenth level of the Pulse Formation Realm.

With such a lineup, the chances of winning the disciples' battle were less than twenty percent.

"Oh, no, it's nothing." Su Hongxiu's cheeks flushed. She then turned to Lin Xian'er and gently asked, "Sister, there's more hot soup in the kitchen. I'll get you a bowl too."

"Oh, um... thank you, Junior Sister Su." Lin Xian'er nodded. Although she was talented and intelligent, she had never dabbled in cooking.

"Huh? How did you know my surname is Su?" Su Hongxiu's eyes widened. Sect Leader has only called me Hongxiu.

"Hongxiu, you have met her before. Have you forgotten?" Ling Feng touched his nose and smiled faintly. "When we took down the Iron Blood Alliance together, Miss Lin was also there."

"Ah?" Su Hongxiu blinked, carefully examining Lin Xian'er for a while before exclaiming, "You are t-that very beautiful Lin Feng? Y-You're actually a woman!"

"Yes, it's me." Lin Xian'er squinted her eyes and smiled. "For certain reasons, I had to disguise myself as a man. I apologize, Junior Sister Su."

Su Hongxiu stuck out her tongue. "There's nothing to apologize for, hehe."

After a short while, Ling Feng finished the lotus seed soup, placed the jade bowl back on the tray, and said with a smile, "Now that I've eaten and drunk enough, it's time to get to work."

With that, Ling Feng strode out of the main hall. His wings of true qi spread out behind him, lifting him into the air.

In the next moment, Ling Feng formed a hand seal, and from his storage spirit ring, a long and narrow spirit ore vein appeared, spanning across the sky and blocking out the setting sun's last blood-red light.

This technique was something Ling Feng had learned after much effort from the despicable donkey.

Originally, when Ling Feng saw the despicable donkey extracting an elemental ore vein, he became intrigued and asked the donkey to teach him the method.

The despicable donkey looked down on Ling Feng, saying his true qi was insufficient to lift such a heavy ore vein. In response, Ling Feng unlocked his third Primordial Lock, unleashing a burst of true qi that silenced the donkey.

This technique of transporting ore veins was named the "Heaven-Flipping Hand Seal" by the donkey. The despicable donkey smugly demonstrated the hand seal once, saying that it would take Ling Feng at least six months to master such a complex seal.

However, Ling Feng, using his Heavenly Dao Eye, mastered the seal after just one observation.

Despite this, due to his realm's limitations, Ling Feng could only transport the smallest of the ore veins. Even so, this left the despicable donkey in shock, who then proceeded to call him a freak!