C16 Three-courtyard large competition

Tomorrow was the start of the competition, and only the topmost layer of the chrysalis had yet to produce the markings. It was best to resolve this matter, or else he would have to split his mental energy to supply the chrysalis during the competition.

Yi Zhou took out a Spirit-Replenishing Pill and activated a secret technique to remove all the impurities within the pill. The moment the pill entered his mouth, a burst of mental energy arose from the stress in his mind.

Ning Yun had given him the Spirit-Restoring Pill. A few days ago, Ning Yun sent someone to look for him. It turned out that the Pill Dao Guild had refined a set of Face Nurturing Pills that were used for more than ten years and had sent them to the Residence of Duke Wei. Meanwhile, Duke Wei Palace had taken over Ning Yun's auction house.

Yi Zhou removed the impurities from all twenty of the pills. Ning Yun immediately sealed them with a secret technique, saving them for ten years.

However, Yi Zhou told Ning Yun that after the Three Courtyard Tournament, they would decide how to give the pills to the Duke Wei Residence.

Yi Zhou planned to turn the tables on these medicinal pellets should he clash with He Zhen intensely during the competition.

The Spirit Replenishing Pill was something Ning Yun had given Yi Zhou to recuperate his exhausted spirit. Although it was far from being comparable to the Spirit Concentrating Liquid, it was still precious enough.

The chrysalis's body was finally covered in veins. Eh, it was condensing into a cocoon!

Yi Zhou saw that circles of spirit threads had actually formed a cocoon around the chrysalis and wrapped it up.

Ah, the Martial Soul is awake! Thank God.

Suddenly, he felt that the Martial Soul had woken up. Yi Zhou was overjoyed.

He didn't bother returning to his dorm and sat cross-legged on the floor. He started using the Tian Yuan Art to condense his Qi.

Tomorrow was the competition, and they were actually gathering their qi at this time. Hopefully they would make it in time.

Si Qi, who was attracted by the gathering of the nature's spirit energy, shook his head with a bitter smile.

But until the dawn of the next day, Yi Zhou's Qi Gathering process was still in progress.

The Three Academies' celebration officially began!

There were all kinds of competitions within Qingyang City. There were Martial Dao competitions, alchemy competitions, refining competitions, formation competitions, and even the chicken fight and horse races that the silkpants liked, all of these could attract a lot of spectators.

However, the most famous event was still the Large Competition between the three academies of Qingyang City.

The entire Eastern Xuan Continent was a martial arts arena, and Martial Dao s were always the most popular tournament.

As the year old of the three academies, it was a delicacy feast before the new year.

Those who were able to enter the three academies to study were all the young geniuses of the Azure Sun Empire with astonishing talents.

Moreover, most people were either rich or noble, and rarely showed themselves in front of others. They all had a mysterious veil covering their faces, attracting people to try and see their true appearance.

At this moment, a large patch of flat land had already been cleared in the east of Azure Sun City. This was where the annual competition of the three academies was held.

The great competition of the three courtyards would be held for a total of seven days. The single elimination stage would be used. The winner of each match would enter the next round, while the loser would be eliminated.

On the surface, the Three Academies would be jointly hosting the competition by the principals of the three academies. The entire competition would be monitored, and there was no possibility of cheating.

Therefore, in this kind of competition, there were both factors of strength and luck.

Even the stronger players might be able to get relegated early. In here, luck also belonged to the category of hidden strength.

Currently, there were a total of thirty-two makeshift arenas. Each arena would have two matches in the afternoon, meaning that there would be four matches per day.

In just one day, all 128 contestants would be on stage. The top 64 would be decided, and the contestants would then participate in the second day's competition.

Around the competition grounds, there were already a sea of people. Although the initial few days of the competition could not fill up the entire Qingyang City, it still attracted a large number of people to come watch the competition.

Around the competition area, all sorts of small vendors had already set up their stalls. Every year, the great competition between the three academies would be held during the sales season.

Brother Wang, did you bet on being able to get first place this year, do you remember that you bought it every year?

I bought it, but it's not reliable, so I didn't hit it. This is a huge test of my luck. It was still the last day, when the two of them were competing for the championship.

At that time, even if he won the bet, it wouldn't be too much to win. Right, there seems to be a one in a hundred ratio one. Azure Sun Academy seems to have a Body Refinement Realm person participating this time.

Yeah, he seems to be called Yi Zhou, the only one in the Body Refinement Realm. If there was a bet on who would be eliminated in the first round, this Yi Zhou would definitely be the hottest target.

Yeah, everyone's really going all out for the rewards this year. In the past, there were quite a few participants at the 9th Body Refinement Layer. This year, they were only at the Body Refinement Realm, and the rest were at the Qi Gathering realm.

On the tall viewing platform, Azure Sun Academy's Principal, Du Wei, was currently conversing with the Hidden Dragon Academy's and Iron Martial Academy's Principal with a light smile. Let's not talk about the relationship between the three academies in private. On the surface, it would seem that they were getting along harmoniously.

That stinking brat Yi Zhou, had only started gathering energy the day before the competition. With regards to the use of all sorts of Martial Skill and Spiritual Energy, could he quickly adjust it? He hasn't finished gathering his Qi before I came today. He can't be late for the match, can he?

Du Wei was a little worried for Yi Zhou.

It was a good thing that they drew the match this afternoon. There was still a bit of time, so they hoped that they could make it in time.

Yi Zhou was still in the process of condensing his Qi.

He could feel that a long time had passed, and the sky outside had turned from dark to bright. It seemed that the day of the Three Academies' Tournament had arrived.

Senior Brother Si Qi was right beside him, and he seemed to be waiting for him a little anxiously, but he did not speak up or urge him.

Yi Zhou's current situation was very special. If he were to miss out on the Three Academies' Tournament this time, he would not regret it.

After all, the Three Courtyards' Tournament was held once a year. It was hard to say whether or not his current condition would appear again in the future.

The human body had nine spirit veins. When gathering energy, it absorbed the spirit energy of the heaven and earth, combed the spirit vein, and entered the dantian through the spirit vein.

The nine spirit veins contained filth from the Pre-Sky Realm, and they could only be entered after the spirit energy had been purged from them.

The difficulty of cleaning up the filth in the spirit vein was different. Most people would choose the easiest way to do it, and from the simplest to the most simple way, they would first enter the Qi Condensation stage.

Because Yi Zhou had once entered the Qi Gathering Stage before, one of his spirit veins had already been cleaned. After the spirit qi entered, it quickly filled his dantian, and Yi Zhou had already reached the first level of the Qi Gathering Stage.

Just as Yi Zhou was about to end the Qi Gathering, he suddenly realised that the Spirit Qi in his dantian was beginning to seep into his other Spirit Veins!

Moreover, it was seeping towards all eight of the spirit veins!

What was going on? Yi Zhou was shocked.

The nine spirit veins in the human body were said to have their own attributes, namely Yin, Yang, Light, Dark, Movement, Jing, Void, Real and Time.

The opening of each spirit vein could only be cleared from the outside by the corresponding spiritual energy in the world.

The spirit energy that entered the dantian through each spirit vein would actually have its own attributes, so it wouldn't affect the spirit veins of the other attributes.

Yi Zhou carefully observed the spirit energy in his dantian. He could feel that the spirit energy that entered his dantian through the first spirit vein was slowly cleansing the spirit veins in his dantian along with the spirit energy in his dantian.

Although the progress was slow, it was definitely real.

Could it be that the spiritual qi my first spiritual vein absorbs is all attributes?

The only thing Yi Zhou could think of was this.

However, the first time I entered the Qi Condensation stage, it was clearly because of the fire element's spiritual energy. It should be positive, but my first spiritual vein is a Yang meridian.

While Yi Zhou continued to absorb the spirit energy of the heaven and earth, and saturated his dantian as much as possible, thereby increasing the cleaning of the other eight spirit veins, he was also considering the reason for the change in his spirit veins.

Could it be that because I used the Devil Transformation Art, I fell from Qi Condensation to the Qi Condensation stage and triggered the mutation?

After thinking about the process of his growth, Yi Zhou thought about what had happened when he fell from the Qi Gathering Realm to the Refinement Realm.

At that time, Yi Zhou had met He Zhen for the first time. In order to escape, he forcefully used the Devil Transformation Art on a He Zhen guard who was in the same realm as him, causing his cultivation level to drop.

Because he was unable to store the spirit energy within his body at that time, Yi Zhou could feel that the spirit energy that was originally gathering in his body had turned into liquid and seeped into the inner wall of his dantian before disappearing.

Perhaps, that was the reason.

Yi Zhou was very happy. In the future, every Spirit Gathering Realm cultivator would have their spirit veins opened at the same time, both inside and outside.

Compared to the other people who could only clear the spirit vein from the outside, the speed at which it was being cleared would probably be more than doubled!

One had to know that others could only open up spirit veins one at a time. Yi Zhou, on the other hand, had eight spirit veins working on clearing them at the same time!

Yi Zhou revealed a smile, his Qi Gathering Stage cultivation, would be a smooth journey!

Brother Liu, you won the lottery, but you have to treat us if you win!

Luck, luck!

Liu Xin from Hidden Dragon Institute couldn't help but grin when faced with the envious gazes from the surroundings.

The competition notice in his hand stated his participation today.

Stage 17, first match of the afternoon.

Contest participant, Yi Zhou.

The only body refining Martial Cultivator out of all the participants, and the body refining ninth level Yi Zhou!

After knowing that his opponent was Yi Zhou, Liu Xin could not hide the joy in his heart. If it was against someone else, he might need to ask about his opponent's strength, but for Yi Zhou, there was no one who did not know.

Yi Zhou was the person with the lowest realm among all the participants, and was the opponent that the majority of the audience dreamed about.

If one were to ask ten people, it was estimated that nine of them would say that Yi Zhou would be eliminated in the first round.

The remaining one might say that there might be a miracle.

But Liu Xin did not believe in miracles. He was not one of those level 1 Qi Condensation contestants who had just barely managed to make a breakthrough by relying on various medicines.

He had entered the first level of Qi Condensation very early on. He was a veteran Qi Condensation expert.

This time, he wanted to try breaking through to the second level of Qi Condensation, but he didn't expect that the difficulty would be higher than he expected.

Even if I am at the first level of Qi Condensation, I still have a chance to win against those at the second level. The opponent for this round's first round was Yi Zhou. It was no different from an empty wheel.

Liu Xin didn't watch the morning match carefully. Most of the time, he was just adjusting his state.

Lion against rabbit, with all his strength.

Liu Xin knew this. Even though there wouldn't be any accidents, he didn't want to waste too much time in the match.

If he was to go all out, it would be best if he could finish the battle within ten moves.