Chapter 126: Gathering

Seven days later, in the Taishui Mountain Range, seven hundred miles northeast of Jingzhou City, flying boats of various sizes flew into it one after another.

In the center of the Taishui Mountain Range, in a basin surrounded by three big mountains, a huge martial arts arena was newly built.

The ground of the martial arts arena was built with gray-white stones and was several acres in size. Around it were inserted banners, as many as thirty or forty. In places further away, high platforms were built, also as many as thirty or forty.

Some stone platforms were already full of cultivators, while some stone platforms had few people.

Among the stone platforms with only a dozen people, the cultivators were clearly divided into two groups standing on both sides, and the atmosphere between them was tense.

On one side, the leader of the cultivators was an old man with a crane-like face and a child's complexion, wearing a feather shirt and hands behind his back.

On the other side, the leader was a middle-aged man with a full face of illness, but he was carrying a black wine pot in his hand, and his whole body exuded the smell of alcohol.

"Fellow Daoist Xin, I heard that your Xin family specially spent a high price to invite a Thousand Bamboo Sect inner sect disciple as a guest elder for this competition. Isn't it a bit too much to do this?" The old man with a crane-like face sighed and asked the man with some drunkenness on the opposite side.

"There is no other way, Bi Lao. You also know that our Xin family makes a living by brewing spirit wine. If there is no spirit vein land, how can we grow the spirit fruits and spirit rice for brewing spirit wine? Moreover, didn't your Bi family also invite the famous Qingge Jushi from the market?" The drunken man replied indifferently, then lifted the wine pot and took a sip.

"Hehe, without a spirit vein, your Xin family will at most plant some spirit fruits for brewing wine later. But our Bi family's spirit fish fry, if there is no spirit domain water to nourish them, I am afraid they will die out soon, so our Bi family must get one of these spots." The old man said with a gloomy face.

"Hehe, it's useless for you to say this to me alone. As far as I know, the helpers found by the Mi family and the Fang family this time are not simple either. The head of the Fang family even took out his precious daughter, who is famous for her beauty, to recruit helpers.

What's more, which of the other small families doesn't have clansmen cultivating in the sect? Just the inner sect disciples are no less than a handful, not to mention those clansmen who have stayed in the outer sect for many years, although they are old, they have already cultivated to the late stage of Qi Refinement or even perfection.

Although these outer sect disciples are a bit old, their mana is thick and their fighting experience is rich. When they really start fighting, those inner sect disciples may not necessarily win steadily." The drunken man said with a light laugh.

"Qi Refinement perfection? You said that disciples at Qi Refinement perfection also want to participate in this competition." The old man with a crane-like face was shocked upon hearing this and couldn't help but ask.

"This should be possible, oh... it may also be that I am drunk and talking nonsense." The drunken man hiccuped and said with a smile that was not a smile.

Seeing this, the old man with a crane-like face frowned, seemingly wanting to say something, but behind him, a big man wearing leather armor and carrying a bronze long halberd suddenly said coldly:

"Those who don't dare to impact the Foundation Establishment realm at Qi Refinement perfection, what is there to be afraid of? Fellow Daoist Bi, don't worry, leave it to me."

Upon hearing this, the drunken man looked at the big man with drunken eyes, then suddenly smiled and cupped his hands:

"So you are the famous Qingge Jushi. Xin has long heard of your name, but has never seen the real person. It is really disrespectful."

Qingge Jushi looked at the head of the Xin family and replied indifferently:

"I have long heard that the Thousand Bamboo Sect is good at teaching according to aptitude, and the disciples in the sect are also proficient in many secret techniques. I hope that the person invited by the Xin family head will not disappoint me."

"Giggle, what a big tone. When we get to the stage later, I will let Fellow Daoist Qingge see the secret techniques of this sect." Before the drunken man could reply, a thin woman's voice suddenly echoed above the stone platform, but the sound was sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, and the real speaker could not be found at all.

This scene shocked the Bi family members, including the old man with a crane-like face, and they couldn't help but look at the Xin family members on the opposite side.

But the Xin family members were all sturdy men, and their faces were expressionless, and no abnormality could be seen at all.

"Hmph, pretending to be a ghost. When the competition comes, I will let you know that these small tricks are useless in the face of real strength." Master Qingge snorted, full of disdain.

Seeing Master Qingge so confident, the Bi family members, including the old man with a crane-like face, felt a little relieved.

The drunken man turned a blind eye to this, but just poured a few more sips of wine into his mouth.

Just then, a black iron boat flew above the square and landed on a stone platform on the side where only three people were standing. Four people walked down from it, a woman and a man in front, and two old men behind.

The three men on the stone platform saw this and actually greeted them.

"Family Head Yu, does your family also intend to participate in this spirit vein contention?" Yin Linglong, who was walking in front, was surprised when she saw the middle-aged man in a soap robe coming to greet her.

"Circumstances change. If the Yu family was still a medium-sized family, there would naturally be no need to contend. But now..." The Yu family head cupped his hands at Yin Linglong and replied with a bitter smile.

"Is that rumor true? Did your family ancestor really fall on the way to retreat?" Yin Linglong's jade face changed slightly upon hearing this.

"I can only say that our Yu family was too unlucky. Seeing that we were about to retreat to Jingzhou, we encountered the true disciple demon girl of the Joy Palace. In order to cover our clansmen, the ancestor could only drag the other party to death.

But even so, many Yu family clansmen were still involved in the battle, and more than half of them failed to escape." The Yu family head's face turned pale, seemingly recalling something bad again.

Yin Linglong was speechless for a while upon hearing this, and at the same time felt secretly lucky.

Back then, the Yu family sent a letter inviting the Yin family to go together, but fortunately, it was denied by Wang Yu. Otherwise, wouldn't they have ended up in the same situation as the Yu family?

"Family Head Yu, please mourn." Yin Linglong could only say this.

At this time, Wang Yu was looking at a steady and determined youth behind the Yu family head, who was Yu Xiaoming, who had fought a battle with Wang Yu back then.

After the two entered the sect together that year, Yu Xiaoming had been staying in the outer sect, and the two had never seen each other again in these years.

But Wang Yu scanned the youth with his divine sense and saw that he was still at the sixth level of Qi Refinement and had not advanced to the late stage of Qi Refinement.

That year, when Wang Yu was at the early stage of Qi Refinement, Yu Xiaoming was already at the mid-stage of Qi Refinement. Now, only a few years had passed, but he had been caught up by Wang Yu.

Yu Xiaoming's gaze also swept across Wang Yu, and his face changed slightly.

Clearly, he also noticed that Wang Yu's mana fluctuations were already about the same as his.

Just then, Wang Yu's gaze fell on another man behind the Yu family head. ===== CHAPTER 127 =====