Chapter 398: Sword Discussion Sparring III

In the previous battle, after Song Qingming used the Soul-Bewitching Banner to hide his figure, he was indeed hiding in the Bishui Bell at first. After the attack from above weakened slightly later, Song Qingming found an opportunity to sneak out from under the Bishui Bell, and then used the Hidden Spirit Shirt to hide his figure and kept hiding in the smoke.

This old man in yellow robes had been focusing on attacking the Bishui Bell later, and didn't notice at all that Song Qingming's main body had changed positions. Finally, he chose to rashly attack the Bishui Bell, which was exactly what Song Qingming wanted. A sudden close-range attack directly broke the black copper mirror that had been protecting the old man in yellow robes.

After suffering a blow from Song Qingming, although the old man in yellow robes had not yet lost, he temporarily lost the powerful protective magic tool, the black copper mirror. In the subsequent battle, Song Qingming didn't give him another chance, and used the powerful defensive ability of the Bishui Bell to directly launch a fierce attack on him at close range.

Besides the black copper mirror, the old man in yellow robes only had a second-tier low-grade defensive magic tool of very average quality. After being attacked at close range by Song Qingming holding the black silver knife, he soon became overwhelmed and fell into a disadvantage. Unwilling, he persisted for a while, but still lost the battle, watching Song Qingming defeat him and directly obtain a seat in the top ten.

After defeating the old man in yellow robes, Song Qingming didn't expect that he would enter the top ten just like this. In fact, as his last opponent, the old man in yellow robes' real strength was not much weaker than Song Qingming's. This time, Song Qingming could win the final victory mainly because the few magic tools in his hand were relatively sharp.

There was another point, in order to reflect the real fighting level of all cultivators, this Sword Discussion Assembly prohibited all participating cultivators from using consumable spiritual items like spiritual talismans and elixirs that had a greater impact on the battle results. The old man in yellow robes, as a cultivator proficient in spell techniques, must also be a master of driving talismans, and he would indeed suffer a small loss on this.

After Song Qingming finished the battle, it was soon the turn of other cultivators to take the stage. He also hurriedly retreated to the spectator seat on the side and patiently watched the fights of other experts.

In the subsequent competitions, the fighting level of the cultivators who took the stage had basically reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Being able to watch the fights of cultivators of the same tier at close range was also a rare opportunity for Song Qingming to improve his fighting level.

Finally, after more than a dozen fights, this round of the Sword Discussion Assembly finally ended. Among the ten winners, besides Song Qingming himself, there was also an old acquaintance he knew, who was Fang Wuqian, whom he had met in Jin Yunge before.

This time coming to Mount Tuoyun, Fang Wuqian's cultivation base had also gone a step further to the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment. Because he had dealt with Fang Wuqian in the Fuyun Mountain Range before, Song Qingming also knew something about his strength. Song Qingming didn't feel surprised that Fang Wuqian could enter the top ten.

What Song Qingming didn't expect was that Huang Shengxin, whose cultivation base had reached the peak of the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment for many years, actually lost to an ordinary rogue cultivator at only the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment in the last match and failed to enter the top ten smoothly.

From this battle, Song Qingming also saw some clues. If it were twenty years ago, with Huang Shengxin's strength, even if the opponent's technique restrained him somewhat, it was absolutely impossible for him to lose to his opponent in the end.

Although Huang Shengxin looked ruddy and energetic on the surface when he went out this time, his lifespan was not far from the limit, and his own vitality had obviously begun to slowly lose. It was estimated that in another four or five years, Huang Shengxin's strength might not even be able to beat an ordinary mid-stage Foundation Establishment opponent.

After selecting the top ten of this Sword Discussion Assembly, the next step was the battle for the top three. This time, Song Qingming was a bit unlucky. As soon as he came up, he encountered a powerhouse who had performed exceptionally well in the previous rounds of competition, Lin Yutian, an inner disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.

Lin Yutian followed his master Chu Fengping to Mount Tuoyun this time. From the first day he appeared behind Chu Fengping, Song Qingming had actually recognized him.

Many years ago at a Tiandan Alliance auction, Song Qingming had seen him once. At that time, in order to compete for a talisman treasure that appeared at the auction, Lin Yutian had a little conflict with the Ma family cultivator from Tiexian Valley. However, in the end, the cultivator sent by the Ma family had more spirit stones and obtained that talisman treasure.

Facing this opponent whose technique, cultivation base, and magic tools were all obviously stronger than his own, Song Qingming still tried his best in the subsequent battle, but was soon suppressed by the opponent and fell into a disadvantage. In order to save some energy for himself, Song Qingming thought about it and simply surrendered in advance.

Like Song Qingming, after Fang Wuqian went up, he was also unlucky and encountered a strong competitor for the top three of the Sword Discussion Assembly, Fairy Qiudie.

However, this guy Fang Wuqian was not willing to only enter the top ten. Although he knew in his heart that the opponent's strength was stronger than his, he still went all out and fought a big battle with this Fairy Qiudie. Although he was defeated somewhat embarrassingly in the end, he still received cheers from many cultivators watching the battle on the scene.

Finally, after several rounds of fierce competition, the top three of the Sword Discussion Assembly fell to Lin Yutian, Fairy Qiudie, and an old man with a high fat figure from a rogue cultivator background. These three cultivators also got their wish and each received a reward of a second-tier top-grade magic tool, which really made others envious.

Song Qingming, Fang Wuqian, and other cultivators who entered the top ten also had no surprises and each received a Wangyue Pill. Compared with the rewards of the top three, although the Wangyue Pill was much worse, for Song Qingming and others, participating in a Sword Discussion Assembly and getting a second-tier mid-grade elixir worth five hundred spirit stones for free was enough to make them satisfied.

After the Sword Discussion Assembly ended, this Mount Tuoyun Trading Society immediately entered the final stage. Jin Yunge also directly took out a batch of final spiritual items and placed them directly on the high platform on the third floor.

Among these spiritual items, there were three Foundation Establishment Pills alone. Besides this, there were many second-tier top-grade spiritual items that were hard to see on weekdays. Even third-tier spiritual items like the Barrier-Breaking Pill, which were extremely rare on weekdays, Song Qingming saw several of them in a row.

However, these spiritual items could not be bought with spirit stones casually. A Jin Dan cultivator like Chen Laozu, who had cultivated for hundreds of years, would naturally not be short of these thousands or tens of thousands of spirit stones. What he wanted were those spiritual items that could be useful to him, this Jin Dan ancestor.

It was still the same as what Song Qingming had seen before. As long as you could take out a spiritual item to move him, whether it was a Foundation Establishment Pill or other spiritual items, you could exchange for them directly. Of course, if the spiritual item you took out and the spiritual item you wanted to exchange were not of equal value, both sides would still have to take out spirit stones or other spiritual items to make up the difference.

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