This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 598 - : 72nd Chapter: The Grand Tournament at the Taoist Temple

Chapter 598: 72nd Chapter: The Grand Tournament at the Taoist Temple

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

In the towering city of Chang’an, a flat and open square was adorned with thirty-six exquisitely carved jade columns standing proudly.

This place is known as the Nurturing Heart Platform.

On ordinary days, this is where Great Xia cultivators have their minor competitions.

This time, it has become the battleground for the grand tournament of the Taoist Sect.

The Nurturing Heart Platform is not closed off and even has dedicated spectator stands.

After all, it was built for magical combat, and the corresponding facilities are naturally complete and standardized.

At this moment, the area around the Nurturing Heart Platform is already surrounded by many cultivators from within Chang’an City as well as cultivators from afar within the domain.

There are even quite a few wealthy and imposing cultivators from other domains who, knowing that today would be worth watching, have traveled directly to Chang’an via cross-domain teleportation formations to watch this grand competition of the Taoist Sect.

As time went on, the number of cultivators gathering kept increasing, and the count had already surpassed ten thousand.

The origins of these watching cultivators vary, and the grand tournament of the Taoist Sect is also split by domain boundaries.

Thus, they grouped together and naturally formed seven clusters of cultivator crowds.

Cultivators from the Eastern Domain gathered here into a group, while those from the Western Domain gathered there into another group…

Around the Nurturing Heart Platform, many jade stone mirrors stood erect, serving as “broadcast screens” for watching the battle.

The abilities of Nascent Soul cultivators are already quite astonishing, and it’s impossible for a mere small stage to meet the needs of magical combat, so the real venue for this grand competition of the Taoist Sect is located within a minor realm,

The thirty-six jade columns in the Nurturing Heart Platform are the very famous Mountain and Sea Columns.

Within each of the Mountain and Sea Columns lies a small world with completely different scenery.

There are grasslands, deserts, volcanoes, stone forests, swamps, and so on, all simulating the situations of cultivators in combat, with the worlds appearing randomly.

There will always be a small world you like, and always one you don’t like.

Under the watchful eyes of the spectators, a team of cultivators flew from afar and stopped outside the Mountain and Sea Columns.

“That’s ‘Eight-armed Vajra’ Yan Fei, ranked second on the Yellow List, a man from our Western Domain!” one of the spectators pointed out, his gaze then sweeping towards those following behind.

“Apart from him, there’s also ‘Savage Bull’ Sha Manzi, ranked fourteenth on the Yellow List, and ‘Blood Slaughter Knife’ Ye Mo, ranked twenty-seventh on the Yellow List…

All of the top ten cultivators from the Western Domain with the highest rankings on the Yellow List have actually all come here!”

While the spectators from the Western Domain were still marveling, another group of cultivators made their entrance.

“It’s our people from the Northern Domain, there’s ‘Treasure Trove’ Yu Li at ninth on the Yellow List, and ‘Wind Traveler’ Wang Yan at thirteenth on the Yellow List,…”

Wave after wave, excitement was brewing.

One after another, teams of cultivators kept entering, each one of them a renowned figure on the Yellow List.

‘Water-cutting Saber’ Li Feng at fourth place on the Yellow List, ‘Withered Wood Lightning’ Lu Wuwei at sixth place…

The thought of such Yellow List prodigies rarely seen in ordinary times now clashing in the grand tournament of the Taoist Sect was enough to make the spectators’ blood boil with excitement.

As for the Yellow List cultivators participating in the grand tournament, their hearts were equally restless.

Their rankings were determined by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion based on their achievements in combat.

But very few had ever faced each other head-on, so if the rankings were close, none would accept the other as superior.

You’re ranked ahead of me, so you must be stronger than me?

That’s just because I’ve been more low-key, not stirring up trouble!

Strength, after all, must be proven through combat!

Many could already foresee, after this grand tournament of the Taoist Sect, there would undoubtedly be significant changes in the rankings of the Yellow List.

Then, another group of cultivators made their entrance under the lead of an elder.

This group of cultivators instantly became the focus of all cultivators present.

Because they were cultivators from the Eastern Domain.

No matter when, it’s always the first place that attracts the most attention.

The Eastern Domain boasts the leader of the Yellow List, ‘Vast Righteousness Sword’ Ji Chuan, and at the same time also has Lu Qingshan, ranked third with the title ‘Sword Absolute’.

Without a doubt, the Eastern Domain was the hypothetical archenemy in the hearts of the watching cultivators from the other six domains.

“Finally, it’s our turn from the Eastern Domain.” Those who had long been stifling their anticipation while listening to the other domains boasting could now breathe a sigh of relief.

“What ‘Eight-armed Vajra’, ‘Water-cutting Saber’? They can’t compare to our ‘Vast Righteousness Sword’ Ji…”

“Where is Ji Chuan?” In the next moment, the Cultivators from the Eastern Domain who had come to watch the tournament burst into chaos, for they couldn’t see Ji Chuan anywhere.

“Lu Qingshan is also absent…” Soon, someone else noticed this fact.

“What’s going on? With both ‘Vast Righteousness Sword’ and ‘Sword Jue’ not participating in this Daoist Sect tournament, how are we from the Eastern Domain going to win?”

“Is the Sword Sect giving up on the Snail Daoist Arena?” Someone asked in confusion, unable to believe it, even feeling resentment, “This is a Daoist Sect tournament concerning the welfare of Cultivators from an entire domain, and the Sword Sect, being our Eastern Domain’s Taoist Sect, is treating it so lightly?!”

“They’re not taking the many Cultivators of our Eastern Domain seriously at all…”

It wasn’t only the spectating Cultivators who were discussing this; even the Nascent Soul Cultivators from various domains participating in the tournament cast surprised glances toward the Eastern Domain Cultivators’ team, whispering among themselves.

The Cultivator leading the Eastern Domain’s team was Xi Xiang.

He stood calmly in the arena, as composed as the breeze and the clouds, neither overjoyed by external factors nor saddened by personal losses.

“I’m infuriated, I’m infuriated! Shame on them, not behaving with any filial piety…”

Only ‘Frost Sword’ Xue Hanfeng, standing behind Xi Xiang, heard his own uncle-master muttering curses under his breath.

…….

In the midst of the various discussions, a gentle voice reached everyone’s ears.

“Quiet.”

The voice seemed to contain infinite strength, silencing everyone immediately.

Following that, a rather ordinary-looking Cultivator appeared above the Nurturing Heart Platform.

Great Xia, King Qing Mei.

“Now that everyone is assembled, the Daoist Sect tournament is ready to begin!

Let me announce the rules of this tournament once again,” King Qing Mei said with his hands behind his back, speaking slowly.

“The rules are quite simple; I will draw lots to choose one amongst you seventy Nascent Soul Cultivators at random to be the first defender.”

“The remaining sixty-nine Cultivators may choose freely to challenge the defender, and the defending Cultivator must not refuse any challenges.”

“If no Cultivator wishes to challenge voluntarily, the defending Cultivator is free to appoint someone to challenge.

Similarly, the appointed Cultivator must not refuse the defender’s nomination.”

“Those who fail in Magical Combat will be eliminated, with no second chance to fight.

The victor must not leave the platform, preparing to face the next challenger.”

“It will continue like this until all sixty-nine Cultivators have been defeated, and the last one remaining on the platform will determine which domain wins the tournament.”

“After each Magical Combat, the victorious Cultivator will have two hours to rest.”

Two hours of rest time is neither long nor short.

It’s not enough to allow the victorious Cultivator to recover to peak condition and sweep the competition.

Nor will it allow powerful Cultivators to fall too early because of successive battles.”

This rule indeed seems to be a reasonable reflection of the comprehensive strength of young Cultivators from various domains, but for the six domains that have already formed an alliance, it allows them to target the Eastern Domain unhindered.

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If the defender is a Cultivator from the Eastern Domain, they choose to challenge proactively.

If the defender is from one of the six-domains alliance, then the others do not challenge actively, waiting for an Eastern Domain Cultivator to initiate the challenge.

Or waiting when no one challenges, for the defender to nominate an Eastern Domain Cultivator to fight.

This is why the old Sword Cultivators of the Sword Sect, even with the trump cards of Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan in hand, still felt uneasy.

After all, it’s equivalent to ten against sixty.

Not to mention that now, Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan are both absent from the scene.

As for why the most dreaded Ji Chuan and Lu Qingshan did not participate in this tournament, would the alliance of the other six domains d isband?

Impossible. Once an alliance of interests is formed, it will not dissipate easily.

Xi Xiang had already prepared himself to be the first from the Eastern Domain to leave the field.

“The Daoist Sect tournament begins now!” After King Qing Mei finished reading the rules, he declared, “Now I will draw the first defender to take the stage.”

The quiet scene suddenly tensed up.

Everyone knew that in a tournament with such rules, the first defender was undoubtedly the most unlucky, a true cannon fodder.

All spectating Cultivators were praying that the unfortunate one would come from another domain.

“The first defender is: from the Western Domain, ‘Blood Slaughter Knife’ Ye Mo!”

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