My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 39 Sword Trial Conference
Three days later.

Zhu Houcong put the Xuanshui Foundation Technique in his hand back into the box, preparing to return it to the Xie family after the sword trial meeting.

The secret method of foundation building has been completed.

At this moment, even without the Foundation Establishment Pill and the accumulation of calamity power was not complete, Zhu Houcong was [-]% sure of breaking through the Foundation Establishment.

This is already very high for ordinary monks.

But it was not enough for Zhu Houcong.

In the past three days, under the control of the Xie family, Murong Liang was handed over to the current head of Qingshan Sect, Murong De, for personal processing.

Not only did he return the property of Zhao Yaoyao's family, but he also married the daughter of the Murong family who was originally promised to the Zhao family as promised.

Of course, it's the kind without spiritual roots.

Zhao Yaoyao was also transferred to the outer sect because of this matter, which was a blessing in disguise.

For the Murong family, success is also a big deal.

As for Zhu Houcong, a young man who was brave enough to do justice, he was even mentioned by Murong De himself and wanted to meet him, but the Xie family elder declined because he was preparing for the sword test competition.

Are you kidding me, this is an elite talent who will most likely be able to build a foundation within two years.

How could you give it up when you are about to succeed?

"It's time to experience the so-called sword trial..."

Zhu Houcong stood up. Outside the door, several descendants of the Xie family who were also attending the conference had been waiting for a long time.

In addition to Xie Lingyun, there were two other people, a man and a woman. The man was named Xie Linfeng and the woman was named Xie Lingyun.

He is the grandson of Xie Daoling, the current elder of the Xie family.

One of the three people practiced Qi at the seventh level, and the two practiced at the eighth level.

Is this the best the Xie family can do?
No wonder--

When everyone boarded the fairy boat and arrived at the sword trial meeting, they saw young heroes from various sects and families in Wuzhou Kingdom.

Most of them are in the later stages of Qi training.

Sects such as Hehuan Valley and Tianyin Pavilion, which are second only to the Qingshan Sect, are led by monks who have perfected their Qi training.

Not to mention the Murong family, the younger generation has four monks under the age of 30 who have achieved perfect foundation.

Among the ten Qi Perfection monks sent by the Qingshan Sect, they account for the largest proportion of family influence.

Zhu Houcong is well aware of the current situation of the younger generation of the Xie family.

"Although there are many disciples in other sects, except for Tianyin Pavilion Ji Ying, the probability that others can actually break through the foundation building is very low——"

After all, only the Qingshan Sect has the right to refine and distribute the Foundation Establishment Pill. In Wuzhou, whoever refines it privately is tantamount to treason.

This is one of the reasons why many sects in Wuzhou Kingdom have to rely on the Qingshan Sect.

Xie Lingyun on the side whispered in Zhu Houcong's ear.

It seemed that he was aware of Zhu Houcong's gaze.

Ji Ying looked back at Zhu Houcong and smiled kindly.

"The test begins—"

Following the order given by an elder named Wang from the Qingshan Sect.

Everyone cheered up.

Everyone wants to take this opportunity to become famous.

Zhu Houcong was not interested in this.

According to Zhu Houcong's own estimation, he can be said to be able to crush the average Qi-cultivating Perfection cultivator at present.

After several rounds of clichéd slaps in the face to defeat the enemy with one move, everyone was shocked.

Zhu Houcong reached the finals easily.

At this time, Ji Ying, whose name was specifically mentioned by Xie Lingyun, was looking solemnly at Murong Zong, the overlord of the Wuzhou Kingdom, the chief disciple of the Qingshan Sect, and the son of the head of the Qingshan Sect.

Compared to the other party's nervousness, Murong Zong had a calm expression on his face.

"I have long heard that all three generations of the Qingshan Sect's Murong family are true inheritors of the Golden Elixir. Ji Yingte came to pay a visit."

Without waiting for Murong Zong's reply, he launched the attack first.

A white light flashed in his hand, and it turned out to be a halberd made of northern cold iron.

Holding it in Ji Ying's hand, it actually emitted several red auras symbolizing joy.

It turned out to be a psychic treasure.

"It is said that this treasure was given to him by a monk who traveled to the West and stayed at his home when he was born. After the Ji family obtained it, he repeatedly practiced it. It is said that it is comparable to ordinary foundation-building magic treasures."

However, facing a magic weapon that was comparable to a foundation-building weapon, Murong Brown's expression remained unchanged.

Just passively dodge.

Constantly consuming the opponent's mana.

"It is said that this chief was the son of the sect leader before he changed his name, and a female cultivator from Tianyin Pavilion. Later, he went out for training and was hunted down by the enemy. It was not until recent years that he was brought back to the sect. He is extremely talented and is the leader of Qingshan Sect. The leader of a generation.”

"Oh……"

Listening to Xie Lingyun's slightly admiring words next to him, Zhu Houcong looked at the calm and calm Murong Zong on the stage. For some reason, the battle between the two always felt more and more strange the more he looked at it.

asked subconsciously.

"Has the sect master changed his name?"

"Of course, the Murong family, a large clan that migrated from a barbaric land, has these unknown rules. As long as a clan member becomes the sect leader, he must change his name. The head of our Qingshan Sect for three consecutive generations in the past 200 years has been named Murong De."

Xie Lingyun replied without doubting that he was there.

Zhu Houcong stared at the stage.

Strange, so strange!

Ji Ying's every blow seems to be calculated by the opponent. Others may think that this is Murong Zong's outstanding talent.

However, the gift of a certain evil god made Zhu Houcong particularly sensitive to combat at certain moments.

Something's wrong!Something is very wrong!This cannot be explained by a sentence of extraordinary talent or profound cultivation!
It’s like a prophet who predicts the future!
Zhu Houcong was horrified in his heart, but pretended to be calm on the surface and asked.

"Then do you know the original name of the sect master?"

"Um...it seems to be called Murong Tong?"

Xie Lingyun replied.

As if he had noticed something, Murong Zong, who was on the stage, glanced at the crowd unintentionally.

At that moment, their eyes met.

interesting……

Zhu Houcong barely understood his mouth movements, but the answer made him feel cold all over.

In the ring, Murong Zong seemed to have had enough fun.

He finally started to exert force.

Ji Ying in front of her obviously had no intention of giving up.

"The frozen world——"

She clasped her hands together. Although she already knew that she was defeated through her performance just now, and she had tried her best, she could not even touch the corner of the opponent's clothes.

She felt slightly frustrated.

But then, he cheered up.

He unleashed his strongest blow.

"I've long heard that Ji Ying of Tianyin Pavilion has a rare ice-attribute spiritual root in hundreds of years. I didn't expect that he could even master the foundation-building secret method of the Snow Mountain Sect, the former overlord of Wuzhou. He is indeed extremely talented!"

Xie Lingyun said excitedly from the side. It could be seen that she admired Ji Ying very much.

Not only her, Zhu Houcong found that many female cultivators had a special affection for Ji Ying.

Just like the star-chasers Zhu Houcong had seen in his previous life.

Perhaps even though it is a world of cultivating immortals, most of the female cultivators in this world are not living a satisfactory life.

Because female cultivators in this world are inherently deficient compared to men. Although they are freer than ordinary people due to cultivation, their benefits are limited.

The white wind and snow covered everything.

At this time, everyone is expecting a miracle to happen.

Looking at Xie Lingyun's expectant eyes next to him, Zhu Houcong was not optimistic about this rare female genius.

And the results were not beyond expectations.

When the wind and snow cleared, Ji Ying knelt down on the ground in embarrassment, covering her obviously dislocated left shoulder, and whispered.

"Chief Qingshan Sect, he truly deserves his reputation!"

"There are dragons and tigers hidden in the mountain gate. I am just the one who was lucky enough to be pushed to the stage."

Murong Zong said, everyone thought he was being modest, only Zhu Houcong and Xie Lingyun beside him saw it.

When he said this, his eyes always glanced in Zhu Houcong's direction intentionally or unintentionally.

Playful expression.

(End of this chapter)