Chapter 358: Geniuses Competing

Xu Qing saw the Red Woman and recognized her.

The Red Woman also saw Xu Qing, her eyes beneath the mask calm without the slightest ripple.

She did not know Xu Qing, and she cared even less about Xu Qing's appearance.

From childhood to adulthood, she had seen too much of the ugliness of human nature and clearly knew that appearance was just a skin. Even if they were good-looking, if they provoked her, the way they rotted after being killed would be the same as those who were ugly on the outside.

No difference.

And the next moment, as her ghost sickle transmitted a divine sense, cold light instantly appeared in her calm eyes.

"Ghost Hand and Mad Dog are both here. Ghost Hand is on the pillar in front, and Mad Dog is in the crowd below watching the fun."

The Red Woman revealed a silent sneer, looked deeply at Xu Qing on the pillar, and withdrew her gaze.

The rules here did not allow killing, so she planned to find an opportunity in secret to find a way to kill the other party.

Xu Qing's gaze was equally cold. At this moment, he let go and his body fell from the one-thousand-zhang position of the Taisi Daozi Pillar.

And the moment his body left the Taisi Daozi Pillar, strands of strange light erupted from this Taisi Daozi Pillar.

The abundance of this light caused everyone here to be shocked, their expressions horrified, and many even exclaimed.

"Those lights!"

"My god!"

"This is too outrageous!"

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"Truly worthy of being Chen Erniu's Junior Brother. Awesome. How about we call him Xu Sanniu from now on!"

You must know that before, Xu Qing had reached one thousand zhang, becoming the first among the participants this time, and the crowd watching below only discussed it with each other, without exclaiming.

But now, they could not help but be shocked.

Because the light emanating from the Taisi Daozi Pillar was truly too outrageous.

When others climbed the Taisi Daozi Pillar, they could get at most two or three strands, and if they were unlucky, none at all, because the rewards of the Taisi Daozi Pillar existed with a certain probability.

Although the higher the position climbed and the more souls of resentment dispersed, the greater the possibility of rewards appearing, the number of light strands emanating at this moment was exactly sixteen.

Sixteen light clusters, each emanating brilliant light, attracted all eyes and shook their minds.

Xu Qing was not surprised.

He had discovered before that as long as the souls of resentment in his sea of consciousness were shattered, the Taisi Daozi Pillar would transmit divine sense fluctuations of rewards.

And the number of souls of resentment he shattered was exactly sixteen.

So he was prepared for this in his heart and had thought about how to deal with it.

After all, this matter could no longer be explained purely by luck. The people here were not fools; someone would definitely speculate, and rather than letting people guess, Xu Qing felt it was better to give a direction himself.

So he raised his right hand, and suddenly more than seventy Battle Spirit Seals appeared in his hand, circling all around, forming a heaven-shaking battle intent that roared through the heavens and earth.

Once these Battle Spirit Seals appeared, they caused an uproar again.

In the crowd, a plain-looking middle-aged man with a pockmarked face opened his eyes wide after seeing this scene, silently felt the more than forty he had formed in his body, and was a bit dazed.

At this moment, amidst the crowd's exclamations and the circling battle seals, the sixteen strands of light emanating from the Taisi Daozi Pillar rushed toward Xu Qing. After circling around him, they turned into clusters of mist of various colors and fell into his hands.

In these mists, Xu Qing felt three strands of Shangzhang Geng Metal Qi, while the others were other types of Qi, such as Zhanmeng Qi and Chongguang, etc.

But unfortunately, there was no cultivation technique inheritance inside.

This was understandable; after all, the rarest thing on the Taisi Daozi Pillar was cultivation technique inheritance.

After all, since this fierce weapon appeared, for countless years, batches and generations of human cultivators had climbed here, and it had only appeared more than three hundred times.

And often those people were at a height above one thousand zhang when they obtained the inheritance opportunity.

However, for Xu Qing, these sixteen strands of aura were also excellent items, especially the Shangzhang Geng Metal inside.

As for the other auras, he could also take them to trade with others.

So, amidst the crowd's shock and envy, Xu Qing leaped to the ground and left this place.

He knew that his spirit seals could cover the attention of ordinary cultivators, but they could not deceive the Sword-Holding Court. However, even if this matter were investigated deeply, he was actually not afraid.

His Ghost Emperor Mountain shadow came quite legitimately. At the same time, he had some sensations while climbing before; many of the runes and totems on that pillar were already in a withered state.

The state was consistent with the rune totems after he shattered the souls of resentment.

Clearly, a similar scene had appeared before this.

So Xu Qing was at ease in his heart and headed straight for the station amidst the awe of the disciples of various sects.

After returning, he immediately called the Little Mute and asked him to go out to find cultivators who wanted to exchange for these strange auras, with the requirement that they must use Shangzhang Geng Metal Qi for barter.

Although the Little Mute could not speak, he naturally had his own way of communicating. After nodding, he immediately went out to search.

Xu Qing sat down cross-legged, refining the Ghost Emperor Mountain within his sea of consciousness to gradually restore it from its depleted state, while simultaneously performing another refinement on the black iron skewer.

Just like this, time passed, and ten days quickly went by.

During these ten days, discussions about Xu Qing continued to spread in Taisi Daozi City, especially the more than seventy Battle Spirit Seals he finally released, which made many cultivators think that this might be the reason for increasing the rewards.

Of course, there were other speculations, but most were empty, so the rumor that Battle Spirit Seals could increase rewards slowly spread.

And coincidentally, someone searched the classics and found that seven hundred years ago, someone had a similar incident here. At that time, that person was also a Heavenly Palace Golden Core cultivator, climbed to a higher height, directly reaching over fifteen hundred zhang, and obtained more than twenty rewards.

At that time, the other party also released more than sixty Battle Spirit Seals.

And after this person successfully became a Sword-Holder in the assessment, as his cultivation base continued to improve, he climbed higher many times later. Although there were still rewards, they were not that exaggerated, just a bit more than others.

As for the specific identity, the classics did not record it.

As a result, a portion of people became more and more convinced of the saying that the perception of Battle Spirit Seals could increase the probability of rewards, which also triggered a craze for perception.

Until... on the tenth day after Xu Qing finished climbing, a red-clothed woman walked over and began to climb the Taisi Daozi Pillar. Her appearance also attracted the attention of many people because of her extraordinary identity.

Saintess of the Litu Sect, Qingqiu.

Her speed was even more astonishing. Moving forward all the way, she eventually reached a height of one thousand zhang, surpassing Xu Qing, causing an uproar. When she did not end, she continued to climb.

Until finally, she reached a height of fifteen hundred zhang, becoming the first among the participants this time, and only then did she let go and give up, obtaining two strands of light descending.

And the successive first places of Xu Qing and Qingqiu seemed to stimulate those disciples of various sects who had not participated in climbing before. So in the following days, some disciples who hid their own combat power appeared one after another like bamboo shoots after rain.

There were many who surpassed six hundred zhang, some who surpassed eight hundred zhang, and even seven or eight people who surpassed the one-thousand-zhang height.

Among these seven or eight people, three came from small sects, and the others were from large sects, such as the Litu Sect, the Eight Sect Alliance, and the Taisi Immortal Gate.

The one from the Litu Sect was a youth. The one from the Eight Sect Alliance made Xu Qing a bit surprised; it was Sima Ru from the Lieyi Sect. This woman seemed to have been in seclusion at the station before and had not revealed herself. Now that she appeared, she reached a height of one thousand zhang.

As for the cultivators from small sects, there was a teenager who looked sixteen or seventeen years old. The height he climbed reached fourteen hundred zhang, second only to the Red Woman Qingqiu.

But the Red Woman Qingqiu was no longer the first.

The first position was occupied by a middle-aged cultivator from a small sect. This middle-aged cultivator was plain-looking and liked to discuss with others in the crowd on weekdays, especially liking to talk about the friendly matters between Xu Qing and his Senior Brother Chen Erniu.

So his climbing initially caused a lot of laughter.

But soon the laughter gradually disappeared.

After he reached one thousand zhang, the laughter turned into shock.

Until he reached fifteen hundred zhang, the shock turned into horror.

And finally, his height actually reached nineteen hundred zhang.

This position caused everyone who saw it to be horrified, and some even began to question this person's age and cultivation base, after all, he looked middle-aged.

But the rule here was that those who participated in the Sword-Holder trial afterwards could not be over twenty-five years old, and there was no rule that climbers could not be over it.

With his ranking surpassed, the Red Woman Qingqiu chose to climb again. This time, although she did not surpass him, she reached over eighteen hundred zhang.

Others also climbed many times one after another.

For a time, geniuses stood like a forest, and the entire Taisi Daozi City was bustling with noise and excitement.

And it was precisely at this time that the Ghost Emperor Mountain in Xu Qing's sea of consciousness was thoroughly refined by him. The cracks on it disappeared, the entire body became more real, and the appearance was seven points similar to Xu Qing.

Especially the Dao charm on his body spread out and permeated Xu Qing's sea of consciousness, causing Xu Qing's soul to be nourished by it, becoming stronger and stronger, and his gaze became more spirited.

And the sacrificial refining of the black iron skewer also went smoothly. Although the Little Mute had not completed all the exchanges, he had exchanged seven strands of Shangzhang Geng Metal Qi for Xu Qing.

This caused the cracks on the black iron skewer to disappear completely, and it was in the state of nourishment towards advancing to a magic treasure.

Seeing this, Xu Qing's eyes revealed sharp light, and he prepared... to climb the Taisi Daozi Pillar again.

"Strive to obtain enough Shangzhang Geng Metal Qi this time!"

With such thoughts, Xu Qing moved.

And his departure rapidly attracted attention. After all, everyone had been waiting for Xu Qing's climb again these days, wanting to see if he could return to the first place.

Not only did ordinary disciples have this thought, but those geniuses who had rankings on the Taisi Daozi Pillar during this period also had this thought, and one by one they locked onto Xu Qing.

So, while Xu Qing came to the Taisi Daozi Pillar and leaped up to climb, these geniuses also moved.

The Red Woman was the first to rush out, heading straight for the Taisi Daozi Pillar, engaging in another way of competition with Xu Qing.

Other geniuses were also like this, and all those who exceeded one thousand zhang came to participate.

It also included that plain-looking middle-aged cultivator. After blinking, he also leaped up and began to climb.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of all cultivators in Taisi City and also attracted the gazes of the ancestors of various sects. Even the Sword-Holding Court in the sky gazed at this.

This is geniuses competing! ===== CHAPTER 359 =====