Chapter 545: The new generation of cultivators in the Star Fall Continent

"The Dongxuan Academy assessment competition in three days, and the Qi Refining Realm cultivator competition in seven days. As the largest village in the Star Fall Continent, Liu Family Village, I, the Village Chief, don't ask you to take the top spot, but you must squeeze into the top hundred for me. Do you hear me clearly?"

In Liu Family Village, thousands of miles away from Dongxuan City, Liu Liu Laosan was sternly lecturing more than a dozen Qi Refining Realm teenagers in front of him.

Hearing Liu Liu Laosan's words, these Qi Refining Realm teenagers were also full of confidence and said in unison:

"Yes, Village Chief, we heard clearly!"

Among the two teenagers at the head with their heads held high and chests puffed out, one of them said with a proud face:

"Village Chief, don't worry! I don't have much confidence in the academy exam, but Liu Yuan and I will definitely make it into the top ten in the Qi Refining Realm competition."

Liu Yuan beside him also raised his head slightly and said: "Li Lan is right, my Clear Wind Sword Art has already reached perfection; this Qi Refining Realm competition is the time for me, Liu Yuan, to make a name for myself in the Star Fall Continent."

Looking at the two whose confidence was extremely inflated, Liu Liu Laosan was speechless for a while, his face sank and he said: "Having confidence is a good thing, but you must also have self-knowledge. There are fully ten thousand Qi Refining Realm cultivators participating in this competition; I would be burning high incense if you could squeeze into the top ten."

However, facing Liu Liu Laosan's reprimand, although Liu Yuan and Li Lan did not refute, the look of disapproval on their faces exposed their inner thoughts.

Looking at the expressions of the two, Liu Liu Laosan also muttered in his heart: "Still haven't experienced the beating of society! I hope you can still maintain this confidence after this competition."

These dozen or so Qi Refining Realm cultivators were all personally cultivated by Liu Liu Laosan from the children born with spiritual roots in Liu Family Village over these ten years.

Although among these dozen or so Qi Refining Realm teenagers, most were only at the early stage of Qi Refining, only Liu Yuan and Li Lan had broken through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining and reached the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

But because this was the first Dongxuan Academy exam, and also the first Qi Refining Realm cultivator competition among all villages, small towns, and cities in the Star Fall Continent.

To ensure a certain degree of fairness, Dongxuan City required that all cultivators participating in this academy exam and Qi Refining competition must be teenagers who had detected spiritual roots and stepped onto the path of cultivation within these ten years.

So don't look at the fact that the Qi Refining Realm cultivators cultivated by his Liu Family Village were not high in realm, but among the Qi Refining Realm teenagers in other villages, small towns, and cities, except for a very few geniuses, the cultivation bases of most of the new generation of cultivators were not much higher either.

Therefore, Liu Liu Laosan had great expectations for the Qi Refining Realm teenagers cultivated by his Liu Family Village, especially for Liu Yuan and Li Lan, the two teenagers who had already stepped into the mid-stage of Qi Refining, hoping that they could squeeze into the top hundred of the competition.

But to say that Liu Yuan and Li Lan could fight to the end and rank in the top ten of the new generation of Qi Refining Realm cultivators in the Star Fall Continent? Liu Liu Laosan would not believe it no matter what.

How could the top ten of the new generation of cultivators in the entire Star Fall Continent be so easy? In Liu Liu Laosan's view, this was nothing more than wishful thinking.

To fight to the top ten, at the very least, one would have to reach the late stage of Qi Refining, right? "Alright, I'll take you to Dongxuan Academy to participate in the exam first. After the exam, we will set off directly to the prefecture city to prepare for the battle."

"Yes, Village Chief!"

Subsequently, Liu Liu Laosan took these Qi Refining Realm cultivators from Liu Family Village and flew toward the prefecture city of Yuanqing Prefecture where Liu Family Village was located.

The entire Star Fall Continent had fully twenty commanderies and over three hundred prefectures.

This time, the new generation Qi Refining Realm competition in the Star Fall Continent would first hold the first round of elimination matches in the prefecture cities, and then the top ten of each prefecture would head to the commandery city to participate in the second round of elimination matches.

Then after the second round of elimination matches ended, only the top five of each commandery would be qualified to head to Dongxuan City to participate in the final competition.

Now all the prefecture cities and commandery cities in the Star Fall Continent were established by the strongest batch of Purple Mansion Realm cultivators in the Star Fall Continent.

The batch of Qi Refining Realm teenagers with the highest cultivation bases from each prefecture city and commandery city were also the most favorable competitors for this Qi Refining competition.

Anyone who obtained the qualification to head to Dongxuan City to participate in the final competition, whether it was the Qi Refining Realm cultivator himself, or the village chief, town mayor, or city lord who cultivated these Qi Refining Realm cultivators, could receive rewards from Dongxuan City.

The higher the final ranking, the more generous the rewards obtained.

This was also the reason why Liu Liu Laosan hoped that Liu Yuan and Li Lan could squeeze into the top hundred of this competition.

Only by being in the top hundred of the Qi Refining competition would one have the opportunity to head to Dongxuan City to participate in the final competition and receive rewards from Dongxuan City.

Otherwise, the many village chiefs, town mayors, and city lords who applied to establish villages, small towns, and cities in Dongxuan City could only receive the most basic contribution point salary and the basic rewards obtained for every child with spiritual roots born.

These harvests were far too different compared to the rewards for the top hundred in the competition.

Sweeping his spiritual sense over Liu Yuan and Li Lan behind him, a look of expectation appeared in Liu Liu Laosan's eyes, and he secretly said in his heart:

"Whether I, the Village Chief, can accelerate the speed of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and upgrade Liu Family Village to a small town depends on whether you two are capable."

At the same time, on the highest pavilion in the center of Yuanqing Prefecture City.

A heroic-looking young lady holding a long spear overlooked the entire Yuanqing Prefecture City and said domineeringly: "The first place in this Qi Refining Realm competition, this young lady is determined to win!"

While speaking, the aura erupted from this young lady had clearly already reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm.

She was named Yuan Yuan Qingcheng, the daughter of Yuan Yuan Mingzhi, the City Lord of this Yuanqing Prefecture City, and a possessor of six-element spiritual root talent.

Just as Yuan Yuan Qingcheng said this, a figure with a slightly scholarly temperament ascended the pavilion, looking at Yuan Yuan Qingcheng's back with a look of satisfaction and doting, nodding slightly and saying: "Good, as expected of my daughter, Yuan Yuan Mingzhi. With your cultivation base and combat power, Yuan Qingcheng, the chance of taking first place in this Qi Refining Realm competition is very high."

However, hearing her father's words, Yuan Yuan Qingcheng frowned slightly and said somewhat unconvinced: "Hmph, so does Dad mean that there is still someone who is my opponent in this competition?"

Hearing his daughter's unconvinced tone, Yuan Yuan Mingzhi shook his head slightly and walked forward. After arriving beside his daughter, Yuan Yuan Mingzhi looked into the distant horizon and said faintly:

"Yuan Qingcheng, the Star Fall Continent is too big; our Yuanqing Prefecture is just one of over three hundred prefectures in the Star Fall Continent."

"The cultivation base at the peak of Qi Refining Realm, although it already belongs to the top tier among this new generation of cultivators, it does not mean you have no opponents."

"Among the new generation of cultivators in the entire Star Fall Continent whose cultivation bases have already reached the peak of Qi Refining Realm and are listed in the first tier, even your father doesn't know how many there are. I hope you are mentally prepared."

Hearing this, Yuan Yuan Qingcheng waved the long spear in her hand inadvertently, a look of confidence appearing in her eyes: "Contending in the same realm, I, Yuan Yuan Qingcheng, fear no one!"

Taiyuan Commandery, one of the major commanderies in the outer region of the Star Fall Continent.

In the majestic commandery city, a middle-aged man wearing a purple-red robe looked at a high-spirited young man not far away and praised slightly:

"Teng'er, you have the aptitude of Void Penetration; the position of champion in this Qi Refining competition belongs to no one but you!"

Hearing his father's praise, the young man raised his head slightly, suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to curl up, and said faintly: "Father, don't worry! I have been invincible in the world since I was born; even with my hands behind my back, I can suppress all heroes!" "Hahaha, good, good, my son has the aptitude of Void Meditation!"

Hearing the young man's boasting, the middle-aged man not only did not advise or warn him, but instead couldn't help laughing loudly, with a tendency to praise his son to the heavens.

Stone Village, a small village in the outer region of the Star Fall Continent.

At this time, a young man was saying goodbye to a white-haired old man at the entrance of the village: "Village Chief Grandpa, you go back! The prefecture city is a bit far from our Stone Village, I'll set off first."

Hearing this, the white-haired old man asked somewhat worriedly:

"Little Stone, do you really not need me to send you? This is your first time traveling far."

The full name of Little Stone in the white-haired old man's mouth was Shi Huang, the only new generation cultivator in Stone Village, who was about to represent Stone Village to participate in the Qi Refining competition in Dongxuan City.

Facing the old man's inquiry, Shi Huang shook his head slightly and smiled lightly: "Village Chief Grandpa, don't worry! I know the direction of the prefecture city, I'll come back after participating in the final competition."

The nearest Dongxuan Academy was also near the prefecture city, and Stone Village was too far from the Dongxuan Academy near the prefecture city, so Shi Huang didn't have enough time to study at Dongxuan Academy usually.

So this time Shi Huang gave up the academy exam in three days and prepared to directly participate in the Qi Refining Realm competition in seven days.

With Shi Huang's current cultivation base at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, it was no problem to make it into the final competition of this Qi Refining competition.

Looking at the somewhat thin Shi Huang, the Stone Village Chief said somewhat regretfully: "It is our Stone Village that dragged you down, otherwise with your aptitude, three years should have been enough for you to break through to the peak of Qi Refining Realm."

Although the Qi Refining Realm competition was held once every ten years, Shi Huang had only started to step onto the path of cultivation three years ago.

Plus, Stone Village's resources were scarce, so compared to others, Shi Huang not only lacked seven years of cultivation time but also lacked sufficient resources to supply his cultivation.

However, compared to the Stone Village Chief's regret, Shi Huang, who was dressed in simple clothes, shook his head with a smile:

"Stone Village is my home, how could Shi Huang feel that Stone Village is a drag? If it weren't for everyone's love and shelter, Shi Huang would have starved to death long ago."

"Village Chief Grandpa, you don't need to regret, the slowness of a moment doesn't count for anything, the path of cultivation ahead is still long!"

For Shi Huang, who had been an orphan since he was a child, knowing how to be content could allow him to maintain a normal state of mind, so Shi Huang's temperament had always been very peaceful and natural.

Before Dongxuan City completely controlled the Star Fall Continent, the order of the entire Star Fall Continent was not as stable as it was now.

Commoner residents living in various parts of the Star Fall Continent, whether facing some wild beasts or encountering the aftermath of battles between cultivators, were very easy to lose their lives.

This was also the reason why commoner residents usually chose to live under the protection of cultivators.

Even after Dongxuan City completely controlled the Star Fall Continent, the order of the Star Fall Continent was stable, but that was relative to most cultivators.

Many commoner residents, when going out to work, were very easy to die if they encountered attacks from wild beasts or demonic beasts.

Even if there were cultivators protecting them in villages, small towns, and cities, cultivators could not look after all commoner residents all the time.

Cultivators sitting in various places could regularly take action to clear out nearby wild beasts and demonic beasts, which was already considered doing their best; it was impossible for cultivators to delay their own cultivation to patrol day and night to protect the commoner residents under their command.

Unless it was a large city like Dongxuan City, which opened up farmland within the city, could it ensure the peace of all commoner residents.

And Shi Huang's parents died accidentally while working outside shortly after Shi Huang was born, and Shi Huang, who became an orphan, grew up eating from a hundred families.

Fortunately, when testing for spiritual roots three years ago, Shi Huang rarely detected a seven-element spiritual root talent.

It was precisely by relying on this seven-element spiritual root talent that Shi Huang was able to break through to the current seventh layer of Qi Refining in just three years in the resource-poor Stone Village.

Looking at Shi Huang, who was overly sensible, the Stone Village Chief said somewhat heartbroken: "You child, but you don't need to worry, after you graduate from Dongxuan Academy and officially join Dongxuan City, you can narrow the resource gap with others."

Hearing the "Dongxuan City" mentioned by the Village Chief, there was finally a slight fluctuation in Shi Huang's eyes, and a feeling of yearning rose in his heart.

If this competition went smoothly, then he would also have the opportunity to follow the strong experts in the commandery city to head to Dongxuan City to participate in the competition and see the legendary Dongxuan City with his own eyes.

As his thoughts flowed, the smile on Shi Huang's face became even brighter, and he responded: "Understood, Village Chief Grandpa."

Looking up at the sky, Shi Huang said again:

"Village Chief Grandpa, it's getting late, I'll set off first, goodbye Village Chief Grandpa!"

"Okay, have a safe trip, pay attention to safety!"

"Okay, Village Chief Grandpa!"

Watching Shi Huang's departing back, the Stone Village Chief felt a sigh in his heart and did not leave for a long time.

Unlike other villages established by Dongxuan City cultivators, Stone Village originally existed in the Star Fall Continent.

Ten years ago, after Dongxuan City completely took charge of the Star Fall Continent, quite a few Dongxuan City cultivators came to recruit the commoner residents in Stone Village, but they were directly rejected by the Stone Village Chief.

Although Stone Village was a commoner village, the Stone Village Chief had cultivation, although he was only a mere mid-stage Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

However, because the rules and order set by Ye Ye Qingxuan existed.

Stone Village, located in a non-combat zone of the Star Fall Continent, although it had gone through quite a few lures from Dongxuan City cultivators, no Dongxuan City cultivator dared to violate the rules and order set by Ye Ye Qingxuan to coerce Stone Village.

Later, after the Stone Village Chief learned about Dongxuan City, in order for Stone Village to survive better in the Star Fall Continent, he chose to take the initiative to join Dongxuan City and became one of the outer members of Dongxuan City.

As an outer member and also with a Qi Refining Realm cultivation base, he naturally had the qualification to establish a village in the Star Fall Continent.

So Stone Village also logically fell under the command of Dongxuan City later, and while receiving the protection of Dongxuan City, the new generation of cultivators in Stone Village also had the qualification to enter Dongxuan Academy to study and sign up to participate in the Qi Refining Realm competition.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 546 =====