Chapter 71: Nine-foot-long scroll of mountains and rivers The final venue for the martial arts performance was set at the dojo outside the Hufeng Hall. Many outer disciples had swept away the gloom from the previous martial arts performances, and everyone was ready to go - after all, success or failure depended on this one move! Huayu San was very effective. Although only two days had passed, the bruises on Long Qi's face had almost disappeared. There were only a few marks left, which were invisible if you didn't look closely. At the sound of a bell, Shangqing Zhenren and the elders walked out of the Hufeng Hall. The disciples quickly quieted down from the noise and chatter, and all bowed on the steps. When the disciples stood up, Qianyuan Zhenren received a signal from Shangqing Zhenren and stepped forward to speak. Basically, after this martial arts performance, the daily performance of the disciples and the results of the previous two martial arts performances will be combined to decide who will be promoted to the inner sect. The disciples who are not promoted can stay or leave, and the sect will not force them. If they do not want to stay, they can hand in their name tags and choose a day to go down the mountain. If they still wish to practice, they will be re-divided into new houses. It is hoped that these disciples can concentrate on their practice and succeed in the promotion exams in the future. Lingxiang was so bored that she looked like she was about to doze off even while standing. Master Fuyin hurriedly tugged at her sleeve and whispered to her not to be careless. Zhenren Qianyuan finally finished speaking, then turned around, bowed to Zhenren Shangqing, and returned to his original position. At this time, Han Yang came out of the hall holding a scroll, bowed to the elders, then presented the scroll to Master Zhao Ming, and then turned around and told the disciples below the steps about the martial arts performance. For this martial arts performance, all the disciples will enter the map of mountains and rivers that was just handed to Master Zhao Ming. The map of mountains and rivers is a magical treasure left by the ancient great powers. It contains tens of thousands of illusions, presented in the form of paintings, such as snow caves, barren lands, abyssal swamps, misty fantasy forests, etc. The disciples will enter the already set levels in groups of four from their respective dormitories. As long as they can crack the mystery, they will succeed. However, there will be more or less strange beasts appearing in each level, and several groups of disciples may fall into the same level, and the secret of each level can only be obtained by one group. At that time, it is up to the disciples to decide how to get out of the level.
The time limit for this martial arts performance is one hour. Those who have not passed the level after one hour will be deemed to have failed. As soon as Han Yang finished speaking, Master Zhao Ming began to recite the secret. The scroll in his hand slowly rose into the air. When the last word of the secret was uttered, the scroll suddenly opened and a painting appeared in front of everyone. The painting was several feet long, and the scenery in it was lifelike, with flowers, birds, animals, rain, snow, and flowing water all moving. As Master Zhaoming uttered the word "Appear!", a light array appeared under the scroll. At the same time, a light array also appeared under the feet of the disciples. Master Zhaoming shouted "Enter!" and the disciples disappeared immediately. But a number of small figures appeared in the painting. Those figures looked extremely surprised. Upon closer inspection, they were the outer disciples who had just disappeared! "I didn't expect that just a martial arts performance would require the map of mountains and rivers to be taken out." Lingxiang said as she sat down. She had been standing for such a long time that her feet felt a little sore. Master Fuyin smiled and shook his head, then bent down to check her legs and feet. He saw that the injured parts were actually a little red and swollen, and he couldn't help but frowned. "Didn't I tell you to rest well? Why have you been playing around these past few days? How did you get your legs like this?" As he said this, he took out a medicine bottle from his waist, poured some of the medicine on his hands, and gently rubbed Lingxiang. Lingxiang didn't dare to say anything else. It was not good to tell them openly that it was because of teaching Zhao Wuyang and Banxia. She just said that she had been standing like this for half a day, repeating the same old cliché, and then glared at Master Qianyuan. Zhenren Qianyuan just tilted his head while talking to Zhenren Shangqing, pretending that he didn't see Lingxiang's look - if this little girl really caught him, she might blackmail him again! Although the mountain and river map is an illusion, the feelings are real. Some disciples fell on the snowy mountain, and the bone-chilling cold made them want to retreat. But before they came in, Han Yang had made it clear that unless they found the secret mechanism, they would have to wait for an hour before they could leave. Lingxiang never expected that these old foxes would use the mountain and river map as a test for the martial arts performance. Maybe it was because she interfered with the second martial arts performance last time, or maybe the two old men told her the secret, so these old antiques came up with this countermeasure. Thinking of this, Lingxiang glared at Zhenren Qianyuan again. Zhenren Qianyuan was frightened by the stare and wondered secretly how he had offended this little ancestor again. In fact, it's not really the fault of Master Qianyuan. The question for this martial arts test was originally the mysterious and magical formation set up by Master Zhaoming. The Xuanling Huanzhen is a sophisticated weapon formation. The original intention was to send all the disciples into the formation for training. However, a few days ago, someone broke in here at night and destroyed the center of the formation, so the elders hurriedly took the map of mountains and rivers. Yesterday, Master Shangqing spent half a day fortune-telling, but in the end, all the hexagrams were incoherent. He had no idea what kind of magic the visitor had used to deceive his astronomical art. If the Hun Tian Yi had not shown any signs, this martial arts performance would have had to be cancelled. But this does not mean that the matter has been exposed. Yesterday, a group of elders had carefully watched the situation that day in the Dust-peeping Mirror. Although they still cannot know who did it, they can be sure that it was done by someone from the sect. Zhao Ming Zhenren originally thought that maybe his cultivation level had declined, so he let the thieves succeed again and again, and he even checked all the mountain formations, but they were all intact. Now it seems that the previous attack by the demon clan was probably the same as this time, there must be a traitor in the sect! However, although the matter had been confirmed, it was still unknown who had done it, so Shangqing Zhenren sent Han Yang to lead the elders and their trusted followers to make careful arrangements overnight, and the matter was not publicized. Since that person has done bad things once and twice, and there is a demon behind him, I think there will be more moves, and then we can take him down in one fell swoop. If Lingxiang knew about this, she would be extremely happy - she was worrying about how to hide the matter of Xinyi, but she didn't expect that someone would appear out of nowhere to take the blame. However, if Lingxiang's idea were known by the elders, especially Master Zhaoming, he would probably be so angry that even an old man would jump up and down.
While everyone outside the formation had their own thoughts, the map of mountains and rivers was already bustling with activity. Speaking of cultivation, luck is indispensable. After a quarter of an hour, some disciples entered the map and are still safe and sound, but some disciples encountered trouble as soon as they entered. If there are people with extremely good luck in the world, there must also be people with extremely bad luck, just like Miaozhi from Meiyuan. Last time, she was knocked unconscious and entangled by the monsters from Yinyu Peak not long after she entered the battle formation for martial arts performance. This time, she fell into the rootless sand dune. As soon as she stood still, a giant sand shark came out. They have been chased until now, and they are still on the run. Being so unlucky, he can be considered a chosen one... (End of this chapter)