The villain is right beside me

The furnace explosion left everyone with lingering fears, and they once again experienced the horror of the legendary master's alchemy. I'm afraid it will become a psychological shadow for them.

But no one is paying attention to this matter now.

Because the Jinchi Conference is coming soon.

After repairing the sect, Piaomiao Sect is about to hold a grand competition. This is different from the usual small competitions on the mountain. This competition will be attended by all the outer disciples of the sect, and will select the contestants who will participate in the Golden Pool Conference.

The higher their ranking, the more rewards the sect will give them, which can provide them with an extra layer of protection on the road to promotion.

After all, there were only ten people who could finally get the chance to practice in the Golden Pool. Among these ten people, how many were disciples of the Piao Miao Sect, and how many were disciples of other sects?

Not to mention the Zi Dao Sect that has been competing with them, other lower-level sects are also ready to make a move.

However, Piao Miao Sect made some changes to this competition, which was to allow the awakening disciples from subordinate sects to come to the sect, participate in the competition, and take part in the election.

In the past, subordinate sects basically did not have this qualification, simply because they were too weak.

After Piao Miao Sect announced this news, the four subordinate sects were surprised and delighted. However, this would probably be the largest number of participants in the history of the competition.

However, there are only ten people who can represent the sect to attend the Golden Pool Conference.

It can be said that thousands of people are competing for those ten places, and it is foreseeable how brutal it will be.

Originally, some outer disciples in Piaomiao Sect who had been practicing for several years or even decades were already dissatisfied. Not only did they have to fight to the death with their fellow junior brothers and sisters, but now the outer disciples wanted to interfere. The hope of building the platform was already slim, not to mention the cleansing in the Golden Pool Conference.

Most of the participants in the competition are disciples who are in the late stage of enlightenment or in the full stage of enlightenment. The other disciples are just joining in the fun. But no one can guarantee that they will not capsize in the gutter, nor can they guarantee that a dark horse will emerge.

All the disciples are ready to go. Even those from lower-level sects hope that they can perform well and be appreciated by the higher-level sect and become its disciples.

"This moment has finally arrived. This time, I will definitely impress everyone! After more than ten years of hard training, today is the day!"

"So what if I'm a member of the sect? I will definitely be one of the top ten!"

The four sects of Piao Miao Sect and their four branches are sword taming, beast taming, talisman refining, and elixir refining. These are the characteristics of Piao Miao Sect, and the struggle among them is intensifying.

Mu Qing took everything he could use and headed out of the mountain gate. On the way, he could see many outer disciples flying in the same direction.

Why is the competition held outside the mountain gate?

There were already huge crowds of people at the foot of the mountain, not only the outer disciples of Piaomiao Sect, but also some outer disciples who were standing in a team with distinct characteristics.

"Look, that's Luo Tong, the most outstanding outer disciple of Lingjian Sect. It is said that his strength is no less than any Qilin disciple in the sect."

"So what? Can he compare to Senior Brother Bai Xian from Yujian Peak?"

"Many disciples with great cultivation talents have appeared in these subordinate sects, and they all want to replace the Qilin children of our various peaks."

"It's ridiculous. The resources in the lower sect are scarce. What can we cultivate? They are geniuses, but we are just mediocre."

The relationship between the four branch sects and Piaomiao Sect is actually a bit awkward, just like the former is a remote and poor village, while the latter is a skyscraper. Even if they are both in the same country, no top student would be willing to be sent to a remote mountainous area where no one lives.

In fact, these subordinate sects were specially arranged by Piaomiao Sect to "go to the countryside to teach". These disciples had no future and could not build a platform in the future. Therefore, the sect arranged a way out for them, which was to build subordinate sects. Because of this, the quality of subordinate sects became worse and worse.

I really don't know why the master and the others have such intention?

Some outer disciples of Piaomiao Sect thought so. Some were grabbing rice, some were eating porridge, and some were following behind to beg for food.

At this moment, someone exclaimed, and the sky seemed to be sprinkled with brilliant golden light, which pushed aside the clouds and mist, like a golden bridge reaching the sky.

Mu Qing was a little surprised. Isn’t this the bridge board used for getting started?

Countless bridge planks formed a ladder that seemed to lead to the sky, to a gate to heaven.

At this time, several masters appeared and said, "The trial begins. The top 100 disciples who can finally step onto the sky bridge will be selected for the next trial."

Climb the sky bridge and you will reach the immortal road.

If you can get there, you will be eligible to be among the top ten disciples, and you will be one step closer to the Platform Building Stage!

"superior!!!"

Countless disciples rushed up, and some suddenly knelt down on the stairs before taking two steps.

There are restrictions on this!

They couldn't fly. Every step they took felt like a thousand pounds of force was pouring into their legs, making it impossible for them to lift them.

Swish!

A figure was walking on the ladder with ease, as if the restrictions on it were nothing to him. He was Si Minghai!

"Sure enough." Si Minghai took a few steps and found that the first level was the pressure of the first level of awakening, and the second level was the pressure of the second level of awakening. This was no pressure for him at all.

It would be amazing if a cultivator could withstand the pressure of one third of his own cultivation. This is bestowed by the superior. If he could directly withstand the pressure of his entire cultivation, this would be extraordinary.

Afterwards, the second, third disciple... also quickly surpassed everyone else. From this we can see that the gap really exists.

Mu Qing stepped on it, feeling his shoulders were a little heavy, and he caught up slowly.

When Si Minghai reached the twentieth floor, even he couldn't help but feel a lot of pressure. He estimated that the next floor would be the pressure of the platform-building realm!

"The sect can't possibly design a level that we can't pass, which means I can pass it." Si Minghai took a step forward, and suddenly there was a roar above his head. All of a sudden, his hair stood on end. Si Minghai jumped up and crossed several meters from where he had just stood. As a result, a blazing beam of light appeared behind him and exploded with a bang.

As soon as he landed on the ground, arcs of electricity moved and crackled, and strings of sparks appeared in the air, like a silver snake coiling around.

I go!

Si Minghai rushed out again in a hurry, and the area behind him exploded again.

Click!

Then, a bolt of lightning came across the sky and struck right in front of him. If he was a step slower, he would have been hit.

What was going on? Why did thunder suddenly fall? Si Minghai looked up at the sky. For some reason, thick clouds gathered in the sky, and lightning fell and hit the overpass.

"This is another restriction... Oh my God! You can't play it like this!"

There are eighty-one floors in total on the sky bridge. The first twenty floors are just ordinary restrictions and pressures. The lightning formation that follows is to test the disciples' on-the-spot reaction and speed. If they are struck by it, they will not be killed, but at least they will be burnt to death.

There will be various restrictions next, and their performance at this time can all be seen clearly by the masters standing on the top of the mountain.

"Si Minghai is good. He is the fastest under this restriction. It seems that he must be the first." Master Gu touched the back of his bald head with a lazy look.

This suspense is really boring.

"Others also performed well. That one is Brother Luo from the Spirit Sword Sect, right? He really seems to have some talent. He is actually ranked behind Brother Si, and he may overtake him at any time." The White Eyebrowed Patriarch of the Sword Cultivation Sect exclaimed. Everyone tried their best, and the most popular Qilin disciples before the competition all rushed to the front. Yixuan from the Fu Cultivation Sect, Baixian from the Sword Cultivation Sect, Qu Shuhuan from the Alchemy Cultivation Sect...

“After the lightning field, there is the illusion field. There is a place that tests the disciples’ state of mind. If you cultivate the immortality without cutting off worldly thoughts and keeping a firm heart of Tao, how can you achieve great things?” The black-clothed old man from the weapon cultivation lineage looked at the first ten disciples intently. Among these people, which one can really make it to the end?

The four major sects of Piao Miao Sect are sword cultivation, spirit cultivation, beast control cultivation, and elixir cultivation. Among them, there are also talisman cultivation, formation cultivation, weapon cultivation, and poison cultivation. It can be said that Piao Miao Sect is a sect that combines the strengths of hundreds of sects. However, why the sect focuses on these four sects and has four different cultivation methods is probably because of one thing - the inheritance of Dao patterns.

Mu Qing, the only one who knew the Dao patterns, walked on the ladder as if it were flat ground, and stopped from time to time to look. When he entered the sect, Lao Wang inadvertently reminded him that these ladders were all covered with spiritual patterns. However, when Mu Qing looked at these spiritual patterns again, he found a strange phenomenon.

The spiritual patterns on each level of the stairs remain continuous.

It can be said that these steps are originally a whole, or should be said to be a whole huge magic weapon. If you want to count carefully, there are countless spiritual patterns like this on the entire bridge. Even if there is only one layer of steps, there are dozens of spiritual patterns!

Mu Qing was sure that if he dug a piece off the bridge, it would be enough to crush a cultivator at the Platform Building Stage to death!

Mu Qing was shocked. If that were the case, there should be more than a hundred spiritual patterns on the entire bridge! These patterns were quite strange. They seemed to have nothing to do with each other, but they could be pieced together like a puzzle to form a complete picture. It was as if what he was stepping on was not a golden bridge, but a whole mountain and river. What he stepped on was not a staircase, but a series of majestic mountains and ridges!

Mu Qing felt more and more that the sect was extraordinary in every aspect. This was not just a bridge at all, it was clearly a bridge to the sky, a road to heaven!

Dao patterns are hidden under the ancient Lingwen Tower. The sword monument covered with frost and history carries the will of countless predecessors. And this golden bridge seems like a whole world.

Mu Qing began to frantically memorize the patterns on the map. While everyone else was running for their lives, he alone kept walking and stopping, as if he was strolling on the street.

Indeed, the pressure here had no effect on him at all, perhaps because his true strength had exceeded the twentieth level.

After memorizing most of the spiritual patterns, Mu Qing was now lagging behind and was at the last place.