Chapter 306: Chapter 286: Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage! (4K)
Lu Changsheng, though he had been continuously cultivating recently, had not neglected his disciples.
He knew that Shen Xiaoyao’s biggest opponent in the Star Pavilion’s martial arts tournament for marriage was Zhang Sheng, the Young Sect Leader of the Dragon Tiger Sect, who was at the seventh layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
Currently, Shen Xiaoyao was at the fifth layer of the Void Refinement Realm, two realms behind Zhang Sheng.
Shen Xiaoyao possessed the Pure Yang Body, while Zhang Sheng also had a special physique.
As the Young Sect Leader of the Dragon Tiger Sect, Zhang Sheng surely lacked neither magical treasures nor cultivation techniques, undoubtedly making him a formidable enemy.
Lu Changsheng could lend the treasured “Nirvana Flames Red Lotus” to Shen Xiaoyao, but with Shen Xiaoyao’s cultivation level, his True Qi was insufficient to activate the Nirvana Flames Red Lotus which could instead harm him.
The most suitable magical treasure for Shen Xiaoyao at the moment was a middle-grade Immortal Artifact.
At present, he could only reward Shen Xiaoyao with a lower-grade Immortal Artifact, rewarding him with a middle-grade Immortal Artifact was not possible without repayment from the disciple.
However, Lu Changsheng had his own strategies.
“Qingzhi, I will give you a few magical treasures to pass on to your junior brother.”
Lu Changsheng took out the middle-grade Immortal Artifact “Mysterious Fire Mirror.”
Lu Changsheng had once relied on this magical treasure to kill a Demon General whose cultivation was higher than his.
The Mysterious Fire Mirror was still not to be underestimated even now, but Lu Changsheng had so many magical treasures that the Mysterious Fire Mirror just gathered dust inside him.
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Lin Qingzhi with the middle-grade Immortal Artifact “Mysterious Fire Mirror,” obtaining a hundredfold reward return: a high-grade Immortal Artifact “Nine Yang Fire Mirror.”]
A new circular magical mirror appeared within Lu Changsheng, similar in shape to the Mysterious Fire Mirror. What was different was the red, thin plate embedded in the center of the jade ring, with an ancient and simple Sun Totem carved in its center.
Compared to the world-destroying scorching aura of the Mysterious Fire Mirror, the Nine Yang Fire Mirror was much gentler, and the power of the Mysterious Fire had transformed into Pure Yang power.
“And also this Opening Sun Sword.”
Lu Changsheng bestowed the Opening Sun Sword from the Seven Star Sword Formation.
After Lu Changsheng created his own Sacred Tier swordsmanship, the middle-grade Immortal of the Seven-Star Sword Formation became somewhat unnecessary to him, better to reward it to his disciples and receive a return of higher-level sword formations and Immortal Swords.
The Opening Sun Sword was a Pure Yang Sword, suitable for Shen Xiaoyao.
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Lin Qingzhi with the middle-grade Immortal Artifact “Opening Sun Sword,” obtaining a hundred thousand fold reward return: a Human Ultimate Treasure Fragment x1.]
Oh? Is the system starting to return Ultimate Treasure fragments again?
Lu Changsheng had not seen an Ultimate Treasure fragment for a while.
Even in the Immortal Realm, such treasures must surely be rare.
Lu Changsheng continued collecting Ultimate Treasure fragments to prepare for ascending to the Immortal Realm.
“And this lower-grade defensive Immortal Artifact ‘Vajra Indestructible Pagoda’, which comes with Vajra Indestructible Skills.”
Lu Changsheng took out a pagoda and directly rewarded it to Shen Xiaoyao.
Having obtained the “Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda,” an ordinary treasure pagoda was not very useful to Lu Changsheng, so he decided to reward the other pagodas to his disciples.
[Ding, you have rewarded your disciple Shen Xiaoyao with the lower-grade Immortal Artifact “Vajra Indestructible Pagoda,” obtaining a hundredfold reward return: a middle-grade Immortal Artifact “Golden Relic Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda.”]
This magical treasure seemed quite good. Who knew what level of treasure you would end up receiving if you kept rewarding them?
The magical treasures Shen Xiaoyao now had included the Mysterious Fire Mirror, the Opening Sun Sword, the Vajra Indestructible Pagoda, and the Enlightenment Daoist Robe.
While in seclusion at Qingyun Peak for a hundred and forty years, Lu Changsheng had taught Shen Xiaoyao cultivation techniques such as “Divine Sword Commanding Wind Art,” “Free and Easy Wandering Skills,” “Primordial Sword Scripture,” “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step,” “Soul Searching Skills,” “Penglai Sword Song,” among others.
The cultivation techniques Shen Xiaoyao was exposed to were by no means inferior to those Zhang Sheng could access, and were even more diverse in categories.
“These eighth and ninth tier Elixir Pills and Talismans, give them all to you, just do your best to be victorious,” said Lu Changsheng as he took out a batch of high-grade elixirs and talismans.
These included Dragon Blood Returning Yuan Pills, Life and Death Reincarnation Pills, Heavenly Fragrance Life Renewal Pills, Golden Crow Divine Fire Talismans, Within Reach, Ends of the Earth Talismans, and Divine Thunder Exorcism Charms.
Anyway, during Lu Changsheng’s seclusion in Qingyun Peak, the system had returned countless high-grade elixirs and talismans, so he casually took out a bag of elixirs and a stack of talismans.
Lastly, Lu Changsheng performed a power-infusing initiation for Shen Xiaoyao, returning 80,000 days of Heavenly Cultivation.
Shen Xiaoyao, before the marriage tournament, deeply moved by Lu Changsheng’s substantial support, kowtowed earnestly, “For my master’s grace, this disciple will never forget as long as I live.”
“Take this opportunity to spar with geniuses from various regions to increase your experience, which is also good,” Lu Changsheng knew that Shen Xiaoyao was the Son of Fortune, and if nurtured well, the day might come where he, as his master, would need to rely on Shen Xiaoyao’s Great Fortune.
“Yes.”
Shen Xiaoyao was rubbing his hands together with eagerness. With his master’s support, he felt even more confident in his ability to confront Zhang Sheng and was no longer worried about retaliation from the Dragon Tiger Sect.
There were only a little over seventy young geniuses participating in the marriage contest.
The Pavilion Master of the Star Pavilion had set rather strict conditions, only transcendent talents who had reached the Void Refinement Realm within three hundred years of cultivation were qualified to take part in the marriage contest.
Furthermore, participants could not already have a partner.
“My son, you must defeat the geniuses from all the big regions, marry Tang Ling’er from the Star Pavilion so that our Dragon Tiger Sect might have a chance to glimpse the Sect-Defending Skills of the Star Pavilion. This is a rare opportunity, and eventually, our Dragon Tiger Sect might even replace the Star Pavilion to become the first major sect in Zhong Zhou,” said Zhang Qinglong, the Sect Master of the Dragon Tiger Sect, to his son Zhang Sheng before the marriage contest began, equipping him with middle-grade Immortal Artifacts and also preparing various Elixir Pills and Talismans.
As the second largest Sect in Zhong Zhou, the Dragon Tiger Sect naturally lacked none of these resources.
The marriage contest this time involved an alliance between the two super sects, the Star Pavilion and the Dragon Tiger Sect, making failure unacceptable.