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Chapter 308: The Master-Disciple Arrangement in the Martial Arts Competition

In the Wuji Palace, the Seven Star Soul Sealing Array has been set up, with True Man Lieyang sitting at the center of the array to guard the stars, True Man Shangqing at the head of the array, True Man Qianyuan at the end, and the rest of the True Men occupying one star each.

True Man Zhao Ming, along with the elders and their chief disciples, set up the Eight Extremes Heavenly Gang Formation to protect the outside of the Wuji Palace, while some other disciples were guarding outside the formation.

According to Master Lieyang, it was Master Wuwei who had told us to take away the Dust-peeking Mirror. If so, there must be a mystery, but it is just that we cannot comprehend it yet.

True Man Zhao Ming always felt a little uneasy. After all, Patriarch Wuwei would not separate the two spiritual treasures he had refined for no reason. He must have anticipated some crisis and made such an arrangement.

But what did the clan calculate?

Most of Yuanqing's disciples were assigned to guard Wuji Hall, so the entire Yuanqing was naturally left empty. In addition to some disciples guarding their own temples, there were some outer disciples and some inner disciples who had returned from training.

And those who participated in the martial arts competition organized by Lingxiang were these disciples.

Zhenren Zhaoming was originally against Lingxiang's plan to hold a martial arts competition in the dojo outside Wuji Palace, but she said that this could be considered as building momentum for her fellow brothers and Zhenren Lieyang, and that it could help her fellow brothers seal their spirits successfully through motor transport, which was a good thing.

After listening to Lingxiang's statement, True Man Lieyang and True Man Shangqing thought it would be a good idea for their disciples to compete with each other, so they agreed to this idea before entering the formation. True Man Zhaoming had no choice but to let her do it.

Forget it, just pretend you can’t see it. Out of sight, out of mind.

The competition is divided into three parts: one is martial arts, two is talisman formation, and three is magic formula. Each side sends three disciples to each part, and they compete in the ring three times. The side whose disciples lose all first will be judged as the loser of that part of the competition.

Lingxiang emphasized again and again that no matter which part of the competition, no irregular techniques should be used. Techniques and footwork such as Stepping on the Clouds are not allowed to appear in martial arts competitions.

Hui Yan had no objection to this. Although this was somewhat inconvenient for the disciples going on stage, it was a competition after all, so it was reasonable to set rules.

It was a coincidence that on the day of the competition, Cheng Yu also returned to Yuanqing.

Ordinarily, Cheng Yu should have returned to her family long ago, but she was really worried about her family. After all, Cheng Danruo was still young, and the family's escort agency was in a state of disrepair with many affairs to attend to, and she was always afraid that she could not handle it all by herself.

However, Cheng Yu's worries were somewhat unnecessary.

Not to mention that after Cheng Danruo had gone through everything and listened to Banxia's advice, his heart would have been relieved long ago. In addition, he grew up in the escort agency since he was a child, and was influenced by it, so he was able to handle all matters with ease.

Besides, there are many escort masters in the escort agency, and there is also Cheng Xi and Cheng Danruo's childhood master, who is an old lady. With her in charge of all the decisions of the escort agency, the agency will naturally not fall into trouble, and Cheng Danruo will not suffer any loss.

Seeing that all affairs in the escort agency were in good order, Cheng Danruo would be more steady, so Cheng Qi left with peace of mind.

Cheng Xi's arrival solved Ling Xiang's temporary difficulties.

Among Yuanqing, most of the disciples of the elders focused on practicing magic, and only a few of them practiced talismans and formations. As for martial arts, most of them seldom made progress after refining their bodies. They just practiced diligently in the evening classes every day so as not to waste their years of hard work.

But Chengqi is different.

In terms of overall cultivation, Xinyi is a good choice. But on the one hand, he has a strong burst, but lacks a long-term battle, so he is a little stretched for the ring competition. In addition, his body movement is mostly dependent on the blessing of the Lu family's secret method. If it is a simple martial arts competition, his body movement may not have an advantage, but if it is a magic contest, he will hardly win with one move.

Cheng Yu grew up in the escort agency. He is good at physical skills and can master various weapons very quickly. He also has a unique understanding of martial arts. Naturally, he is the best choice for this martial arts competition.

Since Master Lieyang did not bring any outer disciples with him this time, Huiyan suggested that they should not invite Yuanqing's outer disciples. Lingxiang could not deny it.

In Lingxiang's opinion, although most of the outer disciples practiced internal cultivation of morality and body building, and their skills were not all the authentic teachings of the sect, some disciples were indeed excellent. It was just that they lacked luck when performing martial arts, and their character also needed some tempering, so they were placed in the outer sect by the sect.

You can't say that outer disciples are inferior to others, right?
After the Huiwu incident, Lingxiang once told her disciples that they should not accept their fate just because of where they are. Some difficulties are only temporary, while others are merely trials for reaching the pinnacle.

Although the sect has established inner and outer sects, it never discriminates between people. The purpose of establishing them is to allow these disciples who are interested in Taoism to make up for their current deficiencies. If they can temper their character and strengthen their will here, they will be able to achieve great success in the future.

In this world of suffering, even living beings in the gutter can still look up at the stars, let alone those who practice cultivation?

For the first martial arts match, Lingxiang planned to let Long Qi, Chengqi and Xinyi fight. Firstly, what they practiced were mostly physical skills, and secondly, she knew them relatively well, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to handle the first match.

Xinyi felt that it was somewhat unreasonable for the Supreme Sect to send two inner disciples to participate in the competition, while the three of them were all disciples of the master. Lingxiang said that this selection was very appropriate. "What do you mean by disciples of the master? I find it strange. Since you and Long Qi are my personal disciples, let me ask you, my Qingwei Peak alchemy skills are unique, have you two learned a thing or two?"

Hearing this, Long Qi and Xin Yi both shook their heads.

Sect Master Yuan Qing and the eight elders all have their own strengths. Except for the two elders Danyang and Danzhu who have never accepted disciples, the other elders personally teach their disciples and have learned one or two of their respective masters' skills.

Take Cheng Yu for example. Master Zhao Ming specializes in formation techniques. Although Cheng Yu is good at weapons and martial arts, he also learned a lot of formation secrets from his master. Even his Thunder Stick Technique was incorporated with a lot of formation techniques.

But what about Long Qi Xinyi?

For Lingxiang, she was not good at martial arts. It was okay for Long Qi, because he was the one who stayed in Youran Ju at the beginning, so Lingxiang accepted him reluctantly. But Xinyi and Rendong were different.

At the beginning, Lingxiang realized Xinyi's life experience and his relationship with Bai Wuchang. In order to untie Xinyi's knot and prevent him from going astray and harming Yuanqing, she decided to take him into Qingwei Peak. One reason was to keep Xinyi by her side for easy monitoring, and the other was that Lingxiang always felt that the extermination of the Long, Lu and Qiao families was because of her mother, so she felt guilty and wanted to make some compensation.

As for Ren Dong, they were in the same boat. When the Wuji Palace examined the spiritual roots of fifteen disciples, only Ren Dong fell behind. According to his pseudo-spiritual roots, he was not only mediocre, but also unlucky. Although Ren Dong did not show it on his face, his eyes dimmed at that moment. Ling Xiang saw it and felt the same way, so she accepted him into Qingwei.

Lingxiang did not teach the three people blindly, but chose a method suitable for each person based on their personal strengths.

Long Qi was good at strength, and the heavy sword was an inheritance from his ancestors, so most of what he was taught was the method of guiding the spirit into the weapon; Xinyi was good at surprise attacks and had swift movements, but was lacking in magic, so Lingxiang asked him to study the theory of magic; and as for Rendong, Lingxiang put a lot of thought into it, making the magic weapon himself and teaching it to the old man with the bamboo stick, so Rendong had the skills he has today.

It must be said that Lingxiang is a good master when it comes to teaching others.

Can……

"Then let me ask again, you said I was your master, then when you first entered my Qingwei Peak, did you kowtow to me?"

Long Qi Xinyi shook her head again.

"Did you offer tea?"

Xinyi shook her head again, while Long Qi looked surprised - wasn't this the excuse he used to fool Patriarch Wuwei?
"Then I am confused. Not only have you not learned any of my special skills, but you have also not performed the etiquette of offering tea and bowing to your master. How can you be considered a disciple of Qingwei Peak?"

This was indeed true, and even Xinyi could not refute it.

Ever since the three of them moved into Xianyunju, they had been interacting with each other in the capacity of friends. Although Lingxiang usually bossed them around, he had never acted like a master.

To say that they were disciples was unreasonable no matter who looked at them. If one really wanted to know what status they had when they went to Qingwei Peak, now thinking back, they seemed more like servants - the three of them did all the work, and Lingxiang was happy to stand by and give orders, without even moving a muscle.

Back then in the Wuji Palace, Lingxiang ignored the opposition of all the elders and insisted on taking the extremely qualified Long Qi and Xinyi away. In addition to compensation and surveillance, she actually did want to make them do hard labor, but Lingxiang never said this explicitly.

Are you kidding? If other people knew about this, would she still be able to maintain her reputation as Elder Fu Cang?
Thinking of this, Lingxiang couldn't help but sigh in her heart - what a damn vanity she has!

To avoid exposing her inner thoughts, Lingxiang quickly shrank her head and said with a serious face: "Since you are not considered a disciple of my Qingwei Peak, and you have not worshipped under other elders, then you are an inner sect disciple. Although you did learn skills in my Qingwei Peak, you are only temporarily taught by me and cannot be considered my disciples. Those inner sect disciples were taught by the headmaster himself. Can they still say that they are the direct disciples of Shangqing Zhenren of Yuanqing Sect when they go out?"

Besides, when they were in the Wuji Palace, Zhenren Qianyuan had said, in order to avoid trouble, that he would temporarily hand the two over to Lingxiang, not make them his subordinates. It was just that seeing that the three had made great progress in their cultivation and no other elders mentioned the matter, they had just left it alone.

Lingxiang is following the instructions of her boss, she is very obedient!
Hearing this, Long Qi was full of admiration. As expected, this was the woman he had chosen. She was very good at twisting the truth and making nonsense. After all her twisted logic, there was really no mistake at all.

Cheng Yu had a look of astonishment from beginning to end, with only one thought in his mind: How can this be done by making up stories?
What could an honest man like him know? Lingxiang was playing more than just this! It was just that he had not spent much time with Lingxiang and had not yet seen her true "ability".

Cheng Qi was still surprised when he heard Ling Xiang say in a reasonable tone:

"Since you haven't overstepped the line, what are you waiting for? Get ready for the fight. If you lose and bring shame to Yuan Qing, I won't forgive you!"

I want to update another chapter, but I have work to do, so I don't know if I can make it in time...

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