No hope for eternal life

Chapter 180 Special Competition

After a long speech, Hu Tiandu finally got to the point: "Over the years, our Shenhu Kingdom has been leading the countries and resisting the Xuansha Sect. It is now in need of people. For you, it is both a crisis and a great opportunity. The significance of holding this Tianjiao Conference is to recruit talents from the world. As long as you are willing to serve as officials in our dynasty, all kinds of cultivation resources will be open to you. Even if you, like Mu Changsheng, have some grievances with our Shenhu Kingdom, we promise to put aside the past grudges."

Mu Changsheng listened carefully to every word that Hu Tiandu said, and thought seriously in his heart. After all, his cultivation required a lot of resources. It would definitely be difficult to fight alone. Relying on a force from one side was an option.

While Mu Changsheng was considering it, many people had already been moved and stood up one after another to express their loyalty.

"Let's wait and see." Mu Changsheng said to himself, but he was not in a hurry to express his opinion. He knew that this event was still a long time away from ending.

Hutiandu smiled and nodded to those who expressed their opinions, and he did not rush those who did not express their opinions, like Mu Changsheng.

After no one expressed their opinion, Hu Tiandu continued, "A banquet without music is a little lacking in meaning. However, ordinary vocal music seems a little vulgar to us cultivators. I have a suggestion. Please have a competition with the two friends, but you must abandon all secret techniques and magic power, and only judge by the skills of both sides. This way, there will be no harm to the relationship. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun's faces suddenly became strange. Didn't this just hit the muzzles of their guns? One of them was fed by Yang Wuque, and the other was fed by Mo Lianyue. In terms of skills alone, they were almost invincible at the same level.

At the same time, someone immediately stood up and praised: "This is such a wonderful thing. I am not talented, but I am willing to sign up."

The person who stood up was named An Xiangnan. He was previously tied for third place with Mu Xun and was also a figure that should not be underestimated.

However, Mu Changsheng was more concerned about An Xiangnan's identity. This man was the son of the Marquis of Shenhu Nation Champion. Now he and Hutian were singing the same tune, which was obviously a pre-planned agreement. Therefore, Mu Changsheng was not in a hurry to stand up and see what the other party was planning.

Seeing this, Hu Tiandu smiled and nodded, saying: "Okay, you'll be one of them. I wonder which friend will accept the challenge. In addition, I will pay for it myself. The winner can get three top-grade spirit stones as a prize."

Although the three top-grade spirit stones seemed scarce in number, their value exceeded 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones. This was very attractive to the Jindan realm cultivators present. Moreover, the other party settled the bill directly with top-grade spirit stones instead of mid-grade or high-grade spirit stones, which was also a display of financial strength.

Mu Changsheng roughly understood the purpose of this banquet.

Money is a great motivator, and soon someone stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Junior Sun Ziyuan is willing to contribute to the event."

Sun Ziyuan was also the genius who was previously tied for third place, but he was not a cultivator from the Shenhu Kingdom, but from the Shennan Kingdom.

"Okay, I hope you two can fight well." Hu Tiandu waved his hand, and two halos fell into the bodies of An Xiangnan and Sun Ziyuan respectively. Before the two of them could panic, Hu Tiandu took the initiative to explain: "This is a forbidden ring, which can temporarily seal your cultivation. In this way, even if you want to use secret techniques, you can't use them, and it can also ensure the fairness of the competition."

Then, at a command from Hutiandu, the competition between An Xiangnan and the other man began.

One of them used a sword while the other used a knife. Without the support of secret techniques and magic power, it was just like two armed children fighting. The only difference was that both of them had good combat experience and amazing reaction speed, so the speed of the fight was not much slower than a real battle.

In just a few breaths, the two had exchanged dozens of moves.

"Sun Ziyuan is going to lose." Mu Changsheng judged in his heart. He saw that An Xiangnan must have received special training in this area, and Sun Ziyuan used to practice with the help of magic power. Now that he has lost his magic power, it is difficult for him to adapt for a while. Therefore, Sun Ziyuan has been suppressed. The situation is completely one-sided, and defeat is only a matter of time.

As expected, a moment later, Sun Ziyuan was killed by An Xiangnan's sword.

However, the magic power of both of them was sealed. Even if the Jindan peak cultivator did not practice physical training specifically, the physical body could reach a certain strength, so this sword to the throat did not cause any substantial harm to Sun Ziyuan.

It seems that this is indeed a more elegant way of competition.

"Thank you." An Xiangnan said, holding the sword.

Sun Ziyuan returned the gift with his sword in his hand: "I am not as skilled as you, and I am convinced."

"Hahaha, this kind of competition is indeed unique and exciting. This is your prize." Hu Tiandu said with a smile while throwing three top-grade spirit stones to An Xiangnan.

The deep purple top-grade spirit stone drew a graceful arc in the air, which was extremely attractive to the vast majority of cultivators present.

Hu Tiandu continued, "The competition continues. If anyone can defeat this young friend An Xiangnan, the prize will be doubled."

The prize became six top-grade spirit stones, which indeed attracted quite a few people, who volunteered to line up to challenge An Xiangnan.

An Xiangnan didn’t need to rest at all due to his physical strength at the peak of the Golden Core Realm. He defeated challengers one by one and still maintained his status as the “champion”.

After many competitions, everyone realized the reality: although top-grade spirit stones are good, one must have the ability to get them.

So, An Xiangnan soon had no rivals.

Seeing this, Mu Xun felt itchy and wanted to take action, but he looked at Mu Changsheng first, asking with his eyes whether Mu Changsheng wanted to take action. The two of them were equally capable in this regard, and if Mu Changsheng took action, there would be no need for him to take action.

Mu Changsheng shook his head slightly, signaling Mu Xun not to rush into action. He felt that this competition was not as simple as it seemed, and the rewards for guarding Tiandu would increase as time went on, so it might be better to take action later.

Although Mu Xun was a little confused about this, he still followed Mu Changsheng's advice.

Hu Tiandu had been watching all the little movements of the people present, including Mu Changsheng and the other two, but he did not pay much attention to it. Instead, he focused his attention on Zhuang Beihai and said, "My dear Zhuang, I know you have no shortage of spirit stones, but the atmosphere is a little cold now. Could you please help me, my nephew An, so that I can know that there are always people better than you."

Zhuang Beihai stood up upon hearing this, bowed respectfully to Hu Tiandu and said, "Senior, you are too kind. I am only the weakest outer disciple in the sect. Facing this kind of competition, I dare not say that I will definitely win. If I win, it will be my luck. If I lose, it is because I am not good enough in my skills, and it is definitely not the fault of the sect's teaching."

"Of course, my friend, feel free to do it." Hutiandu said with a smile, and at the same time sealed Zhuang Beihai's cultivation.

Therefore, the two sword masters, Zhuang Beihai and An Xiangnan, started competing in an alternative way.

Zhuang Beihai was indeed worthy of his reputation. His performance was much better than that of Sun Ziyuan and others before him. The competition between him and An Xiangnan was evenly matched.

Although this kind of battle did not have any fancy external performances, it was indeed exciting. While everyone was drinking and having fun, they watched the sword dance-like competition between Zhuang Beihai and the other man, which attracted many people to applaud.

In the end, Zhuang Beihai was better and defeated An Xiangnan.

Hu Tiandu was not worried about this but happy. He immediately sent six top-grade spirit stones to Zhuang Beihai and applauded, "Well done, you are worthy of being a disciple of Lingshan Sect. Your reputation is well-deserved. Let's continue the competition. Whoever can defeat young friend Zhuang will double the prize again."

Before Hu Tiandu finished speaking, Hu Pingzhi, who was ranked second with Zhuang Beihai, stood up and said, "I am willing to learn the skills of the disciples of Lingshan Sect."