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"sink……"
As a result, just as he stepped into the lane, a familiar voice came from not far away.
Shen Luo raised his head, looked to the second floor of a restaurant at the corner beside him, and saw Bai Xiaotian holding a wine glass in one hand, leaning out half of his body, smiling and waving at him.
Just as he was about to reply, another head popped out beside Bai Xiaotian, with a smile on his face.
"Xiaoyun?" Shen Luo asked in surprise.
"Brother Shen, come up quickly." Bai Xiaoyun greeted warmly.
Shen Luo smiled, turned around and entered the restaurant, and quickly came to the second floor to sit down.
"Brother Shen, it seems like we haven't seen each other since our farewell in Jianye back then?" Bai Xiaoyun poured Shen Luo a glass of wine and said with emotion.
When Shen Luo thought about it, it seemed that it was true. When he saw Bai Xiaoyun later, it was all in a dream.
The Bai Xiaoyun in front of him is much more mature than when he was in the Bai family in Jianye, his face has lost all childishness, and he looks much calmer, but he really doesn't match up with the ancestor of the Bai family in the dream.
Looking at his appearance, Shen Luo was also a little lost in thought for a while.
"What are you thinking..." Bai Xiaotian patted him on the shoulder and cursed with a smile.
"In a blink of an eye, Xiaoyun has grown up a lot." Shen Luo suddenly came back to his senses, and said after a moment of stupefaction.
Hearing this, Bai Xiaoyun's face froze, and he said speechlessly, "Brother Shen, no matter how I say it, I'm already over 100 years old, don't treat me like a brat..."
"Haha...Brother Bai, aren't you retreating and preparing to break through? Why did you come out so soon?" Shen Luo smiled when he heard this, and turned his head to ask.
"The last time I was about to break through the barrier, I suppressed the barrier and came out early to see you. I broke the barrier not long after that, and Xiao Yun also came back, so I took advantage of the situation and left the barrier again. What about you, The last time it was not a message that the Spring and Autumn Temple was reopened... Eh, speaking of it, I should call you Lord Shen." Bai Xiaotian said seriously.
Hearing this, Shen Luo stretched out his hands to straighten his clothes, sat down with Dama Jindao, and looked straight at Bai Xiaotian.
Bai Xiaotian was taken aback for a moment, a little unresponsive.
"Brother, Big Brother Shen just wants you to visit the temple master." Bai Xiaoyun suppressed a smile and covered his mouth.
Only then did Bai Xiaotian come to his senses, he glanced at Shen Luo resentfully, and actually got up and saluted.
After all, he was also a disciple of Chunqiu Guan.
"What do you want me to do, come back when you have time, just burn incense." Shen Luo pretended to be surprised, and said with a smirk.
Bai Xiaotian suddenly felt a little stuffy, sat down and spread out his folding fan, and fanned it quickly, causing Bai Xiaoyun to burst into laughter.
"Couldn't you be going back to Chang'an this time to join in the fun and watch the Three Realms Martial Arts Competition?" Bai Xiaotian asked after a pause.
"It's not watching, it's participating." Shen Luo nodded and said.
"You want to participate in the Three Realms Martial Arts Competition?" Bai Xiaotian frowned, and his voice rose unconsciously.
Bai Xiaoyun on the side also frowned and looked over.
"What's wrong, is there something wrong?" Shen Luo asked doubtfully.
"Why do you want to participate in this?" Bai Xiaotian asked puzzled.
Shen Luo had already heard that Bai Xiaotian didn't want him to participate in the martial arts meeting. Although he felt a little strange, he still explained: "It's not that I want to participate, it's because people from the sect of Xiaomao Mountain came to me..."
After listening to Shen Luo's narration, Bai Xiaotian's expression was still not relaxed, and he asked, "How much do you know about the Three Realms Martial Arts?"
Shen Luo frowned, and told him what Xiaomaoshan had told him.
"You, you, you have been tricked." Bai Xiaotian put away his folding fan, put down his wine glass, and said with a serious expression.
"What do you mean, does this Three Realms Martial Arts Association have other inside stories?" Shen Luo asked doubtfully.
Bai Xiaotian shook his head and said, "It's not really any other inside information, it's just that some news is only circulated inside some sects, and those guys in Xiaomaoshan obviously deliberately concealed it and didn't tell you."
"What news?" Shen Luo frowned.
"About the detailed schedule of this martial arts competition, they didn't mention it, right?" Bai Xiaotian asked.
"They said that because this is the first martial arts competition, the formulation of all the rules has a far-reaching impact, and the differences between the various ethnic groups are relatively large, so the specific rules and regulations of the competition will not be determined until later." Shen Luo nodded.
"That's where the problem lies. In fact, counting the time it takes for them to notify you, all the rules have actually been formulated, but they have not been announced to the world. The most important one is that this martial arts will sign a certificate of life and death. Once entering the secret realm, life and death are at your own risk," Bai Xiaotian said.
"In the past, most of the martial arts meetings ended at the end. Although there were occasional accidents that caused casualties, I had never heard of such a life and death certificate being signed in advance. Could it be that in the rules of this martial arts meeting, there is a saying that fighting is encouraged ?” Shen Luo asked after thinking for a while.
Chapter 1062
"In the promulgated rules and regulations, there is no explicit encouragement to fight, but there are many hidden rewards in this trial. Those who enter will definitely fight for it with all their strength. With the life and death certificate signed in front, the fight must be fierce." Bai Xiaotian Said.
"I don't think it's as suspenseful as my brother said. This trial in the secret realm didn't say that you have to fight each other until one person wins, but that someone can find and seize the key hidden in the secret realm and open the exit of the secret realm as a condition. .At that time, as long as they can survive, they will all get good rewards." Bai Xiaoyun disagreed with Bai Xiaotian's opinion.
"In that case, as long as you avoid fighting after entering, it's okay to wait until the trial is over." Shen Luo said in a deep voice.
"How can it be that simple? It's possible to survive like this, but the amount of rewards you can get is directly related to the number of points you have. If you want to get points, you have to kill others and earn points to accumulate." Bai Xiao God shook his head.
Hearing this, Shen Luo couldn't help frowning.
Like him, there are some people who were foolishly tricked into participating, but more people should know the rules and choose to participate actively. Their purpose of entering the secret realm is self-evident, so how could they not kill others?
I'm afraid it's very difficult to stay safe and not fight with others.
"By the way, are all the contestants the same as me, Mahayana monks?" Shen Luo asked.
"This martial arts competition, the upper limit for participation is the late stage of Mahayana, and the lower limit...no." Bai Xiaotian said.
"There is no lower limit?" Shen Luo asked in surprise.
"Although there is no lower limit, it is impossible for monks in the Qi-refinement period to run desperately to die, so most of the participants are monks in the Mahayana period, and it is said that in this reward, there are those who are required to break through to the real immortal in the late Mahayana stage. Pills and talismans, so it is very likely to attract late Mahayana monks." Bai Xiaotian said.
"I didn't expect this first Three Realms martial arts meeting to be so lively..." Shen Luo sighed.
"It is precisely because this is the first time that there are so many unexpected rules and regulations. It is said that the future martial arts of the three realms will be held in turn among the various races of humans, immortals and demons, but the general form will be determined by this martial arts. Come down." Bai Xiaotian said.
"So this Three Realms Martial Arts Tournament is a test of the waters for all forces, and unfortunately, I am the fish that was caught by Xiao Maoshan to test the waters." Shen Luo sighed, a little speechless.
"It's not wrong to say so. The original intention of the establishment of the Three Realms Martial Arts Association is itself a game between the forces of the Three Realms, and it's not just the contestants who are affected." Bai Xiaotian continued.
"It's not difficult to understand that Xiaomaoshan must have benefited from such a deliberate effort to lure me in. So if I can win, the status of Xiaomaoshan's lineage in the orthodoxy will also be improved a lot, right?" Shen Luo said with a smile.
"This is natural. If you can win the key to the secret realm and become the winner who opens the exit of the secret realm, you will be able to get the support of the four races of humans, immortals, demons and demons. When the time comes, you will be granted the mountain top, magic treasures, exercises and so on. Not to mention, Chunqiu Temple can even leap from a small sect to a mid-level sect. Xiaomaoshan, as the supreme sect, naturally benefits a lot." Bai Xiaotian unfolded the folding fan again, and said lightly.
"Speaking like this, it makes me want to win, why don't I go for it too?" Shen Luo stroked his chin and said slowly.
"It's not that easy. Although the four clans of the three worlds, the demons and the immortals have formed an alliance, they are not of the same race after all. There are still various disputes between them, but due to the limitation of the alliance relationship, large-scale conflicts cannot directly occur. , That's why the Three Realms Martial Arts Conference was established. Therefore, the winning party of the Three Realms Martial Arts Conference will have the right to lead the disputes of various races within the next hundred years, which is equivalent to obtaining an arbitration right." Bai Xiaotian said.
"It turns out that there is such a deep meaning behind it. If this is the case, among the ten people from all ethnic groups participating, there must be the existence of each party as the trump card to win the championship." Shen Luo frowned.
"Yes, among our human race there is a late Mahayana monk who has been in seclusion for many years. He was born in Fangcunshan. He was slightly injured, but he has been in seclusion for the past few decades, trying to break through the bottleneck and enter the real fairyland." Bai Xiaotian said.
"Brother, what you're talking about...couldn't be the senior brother Huang Yi who beat you up?" Bai Xiaoyun asked dryly after hearing the words.
"I'm talking to you Brother Shen, don't interrupt." Bai Xiaotian said angrily, his face froze when he heard this.
"What's the situation, you actually beat you, Brother Bai?" Shen Luo became very interested when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked.
"As soon as you talk about my embarrassing things, you will cheer up." Bai Xiaotian was a little speechless.
"I know this well. That time my brother and the elders of the temple went to Fangcun Mountain to participate in the debate on Buddhism and Taoism. At first, we just listened to the scriptures and watched the teachers discuss the Tao. The unstoppable disciples decided the winner outside first. My brother singled out Fangcunshan's nameless disciple. When the limelight was in full swing, that senior brother Huang Yi made a move. As a result, my brother was beaten hard. Beat up." Bai Xiaoyun said with excitement on his face.
"Brother Bai, I didn't mean you. You are still so arrogant in other people's territory. One person singled out several people in a row. I can't blame them for taking care of you." Shen Luo laughed.
"That's because Fangcunshan disciples provoked first, so I made the move, okay? If it was in Huasheng Temple, I might still take into account the friendship of the landlord and let them get three points, but in their territory, I can't be bullied anymore, okay?" Say something?" Bai Xiaotian raised his eyebrows.
After finishing speaking, he said resentfully: "But to be honest, that guy Huang Yi is indeed very strong."
"Since it's our human cultivator, it's a good thing to be stronger." Shen Luo laughed when he heard this.
"This guy has a withdrawn personality and acts weirdly. If you meet him, you'd better walk around." Bai Xiaotian warned.
Shen Luo smiled and nodded in response.
"The Three Realms Martial Arts Association was first established, so I don't know if it's good or bad." After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Brother Shen, in fact, this is already considered good. According to the original intention of the Demon Race and the Yao Race, it is best to fight directly with your life. The contestants fight each other to the death. In the end, only one person can survive. Enjoy everything as the winner. An honor." Bai Xiaotian said.
Shen Luo frowned, a trace of disgust rose in his heart.
"Fortunately, the human race clearly opposed it from the very beginning. After all, compared with the three races of immortals, demons, and demons, the human race is inherently weaker, and it is not as aggressive as the monsters. In the end, the immortal race also expressed their opposition, and then switched to the current plan. "Bai Xiaotian continued.
"After this encounter, I want to fight for the position of the winner." Shen Luo said.
"Why, Xiaomaoshan made a move, thinking to take this opportunity to expand the Spring and Autumn View, and make up for it?" Bai Xiaotian laughed.
"After all, the Spring and Autumn View is in the Xiaomao Mountain lineage. It's fine to seek compensation or something, but you can't be restrained by it anymore." Shen Luo said seriously.
Chapter 1063 True Purpose
"You really want to fight for the winning position?" Seeing that he really wanted to fight, Bai Xiaotian couldn't help but worried.
After all, there is only one winner, and the degree of fierce competition is not difficult to predict. Although Shen Luo is not weak, it is still very difficult to defeat the late Mahayana monks in terms of current cultivation.
Besides, among the monks of various races participating in the competition, there must be some like Huang Yi among them. If Shen Luo wants to compete, the risk is not small.
"Don't worry, I'm not a fledgling stunned young man, so I don't know what's right and wrong? After I get in, I'll play by ear, and I won't be reckless." Shen Luo slapped him and smiled.
"Hey, this time Master expressly forbids me to join in the fun, otherwise I will just go in with you." Bai Xiaotian said with a sigh.
"Brother, your master didn't let you go, but my master didn't say he wouldn't let me go. Brother Shen, how about I..."
"No."
Before Bai Xiaoyun finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian at the same time.
"You're only in the middle of your body now, why are you joining in the fun and rushing to give away the head?" Bai Xiaotian said angrily.
"Listen to your brother, I'll be fine." Shen Luo added with a smile.
"All right……"
When Bai Xiaoyun saw that one of Shen Luo was singing red face and the other bad face, their attitudes were indeed obvious, and he immediately lost interest in arguing.
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Time flies, half a month has passed.
More and more news about the Martial Arts of the Three Realms came out, and it was very popular in Chang'an City.
The monks and common people who came to see the excitement in and out of the city chatted all about the news about the Three Realms Martial Arts. Many chambers of commerce in the city had already opened markets, attracting people to bet on which family of monks would eventually become the winner of the first Three Realms Martial Arts.
Among them, the least favored ones are naturally the human race.
In Yongyang Square in the south of Chang'an City, there is an inconspicuous Qingfengguan. The gate of the temple is closed all year round and is rarely opened to the outside world.
At this moment, outside the red lacquered wooden door, a man in green shirt pressed the bronze animal title ring on the door with his forehand, and slapped it a few times.
A burst of hurried footsteps came from inside the door, followed by a "squeak" sound, and the wooden door was quickly opened.
"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, Senior Brother Shen, please come in." A childish Taoist boy came out of the door, slapped his head with his palm, and said.
"You recognize me?" The man outside the door was Shen Luo, a little surprised.
"Our Qingfeng Temple does not entertain guests on weekdays, and usually no outsiders will come. Moreover, the master told you the day before yesterday that you would come." Daotong explained.
Shen Luo understood, didn't say anything more, and followed Daotong to the courtyard.
The Qingfeng Temple was built in Chang'an City, where every inch of land is expensive. It does not occupy a large area, but although the sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs. There are many Lingguan Halls and Sanqing Halls.
Under the guidance of Dao Tong, Shen Luo quickly came to the Sanqing Hall behind, and at a glance he saw Chen Shiyuan, the purple-bearded Taoist who was offering incense to the Patriarch of the Sanqing.
Earlier, he was the one who went to the Spring and Autumn Temple and told Shen Luo that he was going to participate in the Three Realms Martial Arts Conference.
Beside Chen Shiyuan, there was a thin old man in Qinghui Daoist robe, with a respectful expression, he seemed to be the owner of the Qingfeng Temple.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, please come in quickly." Chen Shiyuan finished offering incense, turned around, and greeted Shen Luo standing outside the door.
The corner of Shen Luo's mouth twitched, and he walked in.
"Guanzhu Yu, this is Fellow Daoist Shen Luo who resumed the Spring and Autumn Temple."
After Chen Shiyuan introduced the skinny temple master, he said to Shen Luo, "Daoist Shen, this is Yu Hai, the temple master of Qingfeng Temple. If you are always in Chang'an, you can move around more in the future."
"Fellow Daoist Shen, I have admired you for a long time. Speaking of which, Daoist Luo of your Spring and Autumn Temple and I are still brothers, and we once followed Daoist Baishan to practice Taoism together." A smile filled Yu Hai's face, and he took the initiative to get close.
"Really? Master Luo also taught me back then, but I never heard him mention it." Shen Luo just bowed his hands politely and replied.
When Chunqiuguan was in trouble, why didn't you come to make friends?Returning to my brother... Shen Luo was slandered in his heart.
Hearing this, Yu Hai smiled awkwardly.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Shen, I know you have resentment in your heart, that... About the Three Realms Martial Arts, I really shouldn't have deliberately concealed it before, and I will make amends here first." After speaking, Chen Shiyuan clasped his fists and saluted Shen Luo.
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