Chapter 636: Start

Although the earthquake just now seemed a bit strange, they still managed to calm everyone down.

Elders, everyone is here, let's begin.

Please!

Please!

The heads of each family flew into the air, with the Inner Gate elders in front, the Outer Gate elders behind, and the guests standing in the middle, looking down at the disciples at the edge of the plaza.

Please, Ancestral Master, reveal your power and open!

As the three Inner Gate elders shouted in unison, their spiritual energy boiled; in an instant, the great sun in the high sky radiated golden light, and countless golden flowers drifted down.

Immediately, the flowers across the sky turned into tiny spirits, swirling in midair to form a golden dragon that let out a long roar; spiritual energy rippled like water waves in all directions—this is precisely the Paolong Sacred Land's emblem, the 'Dragon Roar'!

Wow!!

This is too beautiful.

What are those little things?

They seem to be Golden Flower Fairies—spirits formed from the flowers in our garden.

Oh.

Many female cultivators also watched with sparkling eyes; these tiny, adorable Golden Flower Fairies hit their aesthetic sweet spot, and they wished they could take a few home to raise.

Afterward, these little spirits swooped down at high speed and smashed into the plaza!

Ouch!

How did these little spirits commit suicide?

What suicide? Look how nice they are!

The surrounding cultivators glared at some female cultivators, and the plaza instantly filled with a kind of golden-tinged flower resembling narcissus.

From among these flowers stepped a golden illusory figure!

The people in midair immediately descended, clasped their hands, and said, 'Greetings, Ancestral Master.'

The disciples of Paolong Sacred Land around also hurriedly bowed and said, 'Greetings, Ancestral Master.'

This golden illusory figure was actually the founding ancestor of Paolong Sacred Land!

Hmm, cultivators should be diligent and strive for excellence. Let's begin!

We will obey the Ancestral Master's command!

As the phenomenon faded, the three Inner Gate elders walked to the center of the plaza and looked at the disciples all around:

Today, the Outer Gate disciples of Paolong Sacred Land will compete—begin!

Whoooooa!!!

The Outer Gate competition does not distinguish life or death, only victory or defeat. Fellow disciples, having studied diligently without cease, you should display your prowess and raise the prestige of our sacred land...... The competition rules are as follows.....

After the competition rules were announced, the formal Outer Gate Grand Competition began.

First, those who sign up to compete; the Outer Gate competition of Paolong Sacred Land does not distinguish cultivation realms—if you register, we will assign you an opponent.

As for who that is, it depends on your luck.

So as soon as they took the stage, they saw a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator facing a Golden Core early-stage cultivator; both were stunned upon meeting, yet the Foundation Establishment late-stage disciple still chose to accept the challenge!

If you lose, you no longer have the right to continue participating in the competition.

Therefore, those who truly have confidence and strength to sign up are almost all Golden Core cultivators; Foundation Establishment cultivators are rarely seen.

Of course, after these people fight, there is also the arena's challenge mode; in short, if you want to fight, you can.

Moreover, the top three in the Grand Competition can directly enter the Inner Gate, so the disciples' rivalry is extremely fierce.

Although the spectators on the viewing platform are stronger than these disciples, they came to observe not to mock or belittle, but to see the caliber of Paolong Sacred Land's disciples.

Generally speaking, the difference between Paolong Sacred Land cultivators and those elsewhere is that they dare to act against opponents with higher cultivation, not losing their morale.

What good is that? They can't spend their whole lives just sparring inside the sect; they must go out and face the world. If they clash with a vicious person who attacks regardless of identity, can they still guarantee such combat ability?

Isn't that all future talk? Who can guarantee smooth sailing in their cultivation journey?

Some people, while agreeing that these disciples have high spirit, also think they are merely sparring with fellow sect brothers, each holding back so as not to fight to the death, thus unable to test true strength.

Of course, it's just an Outer Gate disciple competition, so there's no need to be so particular.

Just looking at these disciples' combat ability, whether in spell combat or the use of artifacts, their methods are quite rich—indeed, they are worthy of being cultivators from a sacred land.

And at this moment.

Ye Lin stood in the crowd watching the battle, feeling quite excited.

Yang Yunshu stood to the side, looked around, and asked, 'Where is the Hall Master?'

He seems to still be contemplating some cultivation technique, having entered seclusion and not come out.

This guy, does he not know what day it is today? Yang Yunshu expressed some dissatisfaction, saying broadly that he doesn't understand the rules, and narrowly that he doesn't understand social interaction.

But thinking that Yan Buji is not that sort of person, Yang Yunshu asked, 'How could he choose this time period to contemplate a cultivation technique?'

Ye Lin thought: 'Originally the Hall Master also said he would come to watch, but it seems he encountered some problem and kept trying to solve it, possibly causing a delay.'

Yang Yunshu shook his head: 'Never mind, Ye Lin, you don't need to go up this year, but the next Outer Gate Grand Competition will be your turn to shine.'

Ye Lin smiled: 'I know.'

Immediately, Ye Lin looked around. The stewards and some disciples were maintaining order, while the disciples cheered the splendid battles on the plaza; for many, this is not only a good opportunity to gain fame, but also a chance for others to learn much.

All right, I'll go over first—I still need to help maintain order. Yang Yunshu laughed.

Ye Lin chuckled: 'It couldn't be that the Hall Master didn't come to help you keep order, so.....'

Yang Yunshu rolled her eyes and turned away.

Ye Lin waved his hand and continued watching the battle.

After a while, Ye Lin saw someone on the plaza using a very secretive technique, and he wondered curiously: 'What technique is that?'

'Concealed Edge, a technique that can hide spiritual energy fluctuations, even directly mask one's own magical power fluctuations, used specially for ambush.'

Huh?

The person on the square suddenly released a technique, cleanly defeating the opponent. Seeing this, Ye Lin turned his head in surprise toward the youth beside him and asked, "Senior brother, who are you?"

"I'm not from your Paolong Sacred Land; I just came to observe the ceremony, but I don't like staying up there, so I wandered around." The youth chuckled and gave Ye Lin a few glances.

Immediately, the other party frowned and said, "Young man, cultivators need not be utterly emotionless, but it's best to exercise some restraint."

"Restraint? What are you talking about?" Ye Lin said, looking bewildered.

"The aphrodisiac scent on you is too strong."

Ye Lin's face flushed instantly, and he hurriedly explained, "I-I-I... I'm not, I don't have it, I'm using it for training!"

"You still practice evil arts?"

"What evil arts? I'm practicing a body-refining cultivation method!" Ye Lin explained, but then suddenly came to his senses: "Who are you again?"

"Me? I'm just here to observe the ceremony; you don't need to worry about it." The youth chuckled.

"By the way, is your body-refining cultivation method called Profound Tyrant Body?"

"How do you know?" Ye Lin asked in astonishment.