The news of the cave abode left behind by a Martial Honorable immediately attracted countless Martial Masters, Martial Grandmasters, Martial Kings, Martial Emperors, and Martial Saints from tens of thousands of kilometers around the Emperor Qin's Kingdom.
As the restrictions and formations protecting the cave abode were very powerful and could not be broken by brute force, many of the experts who came to the ruins temporarily stayed in Dongshan City, waiting for the Formation Masters to break the protective formations of the cave abode.
With so many experts staying in Dongshan City, the security of Dongshan City became a big problem.
After all, the higher the cultivation and strength of an expert, the more they did as they pleased. Some of the secular laws could not restrain them at all.
Therefore, it was obviously not suitable to continue holding the Sect Selection in Dongshan City. In the end, after a discussion between seven top forces and fifteen first-rate forces, the Dongshan County Selection was temporarily held in another city.
In fact, Dongshan City's geographical location did not have any advantages in Dongshan County. However, it was able to become a county city mainly because it was the location of the Sect Selection.
Now that they had the opportunity to hold the Selection, although it could not change the level of the city, it could improve the local martial arts and increase the local reputation, attracting more experts to come for training and exchange.
Therefore, in the face of the opportunity to hold the Sect Selection, the thirty-eight City Lords under Dongshan County began to show off their skills to compete for the right to hold the Sect Selection.
As the competition was too fierce, and each City Lord was either a collateral member of the Emperor Qin's Kingdom's Qin Clan or a meritorious official who had outstanding military achievements, it was not good to be obviously biased. In the end, Emperor Qin decided to use the drawing of lots to decide.
Originally, the City Lord of Ping Yang City did not have any hope in the beginning of the competition.
Among the thirty-eight cities, Ping Yang City's geographical location was very remote, and its economy and martial arts were the most backward. Therefore, he did not participate very enthusiastically. He only followed the usual practice and submitted his opinions and ideas on holding the Sect Selection.
Even when he drew lots, he had the idea of joining in and did not have any hope in his heart.
However, who would have thought that he, who had the least idea, would be lucky enough to draw the right to hold the Sect Selection.
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Yu Clan, Jingya Pavilion, Cultivation Room!
Yu Haoran, who was sitting cross-legged on a cattail hassock, slowly opened his eyes and then slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi.
There was neither joy nor sorrow on his face!
In ten days, with the help of the Peiyuan Pill and Víctor's ability to accelerate time, he had successfully broken through to the ninth grade of Martial Disciple nine days ago and reached the peak in a very short period of time.
Over the next few days, he consolidated his cultivation while practicing the martial arts techniques that he had practiced in his previous life.
The cultivation experience from his previous life allowed him to quickly cultivate these martial arts techniques to the Great Accomplishment Stage, and he was not far from the Great Accomplishment Stage. However, the Astral Dou Art that he exchanged with Thaling was progressing very slowly.
At the moment, he had barely managed to reach Novice Mastery, so there wasn't much of an effect on the strengthening of his physical body and his fighting prowess.
The slow advancement of the Astral Dou Mantra was not due to his lack of aptitude, nor was it due to the flaws in the body tempering techniques given to him by Thaling. It was because recently, the area within a few hundred miles of Ping Yang City had been covered in dark clouds. The stars were faintly discernible, and it was difficult to guide more power from the stars to cultivate the Astral Dou Mantra.
This was exactly what he was worried about.
He was not worried because the advancement of the Astral Dou Arts was slow. Instead, he was worried that an uncontrollable change would occur.
During the time when the sect selection competition was held in Ping Yang City in his previous life, the sun shone brightly during the day and the stars filled the sky at night.
Now, the sky was covered in dark clouds during the day and gloomy at night!
He stopped practicing, got up, and left the Technique Refinement Room.
Looking up at the sky, Yu Haoran realized that the sky did not show any signs of clearing up. He could only shake his head helplessly and then walked towards Jingsi Pavilion.
Perhaps it was because the secret regarding the Crown Princess of the Emperor Qin Kingdom was very important, or perhaps it was because the Ninth Elder had secretly warned him that the Great Elder, who he originally thought would act out of desperation, would take advantage of the fact that everyone in the clan was preparing for the sect selection competition and had no time to pay attention to the internal affairs of the clan to launch a sneak attack on Yu Siqi.
In order to use Yu Siqi's safety to threaten him not to reveal the secret regarding the Crown Princess. However, the final outcome was that everyone was at peace with each other. Yu Haoran could not help but wonder if he was overly nervous and if he had imagined the Great Elder to be too crazy!
Walking slowly to Jingsi Pavilion, Yu Haoran discovered that Yu Siqi, who had been cultivating with all her might, was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, relaxing.
"Sister!" Perhaps it was because of Yu Siqi's relaxed state of mind that Yu Haoran, who had been in a nervous state, could not help but relax. He even greeted her with a smile.
"Little Ran, you're here!"
Turning to look at Yu Haoran, Yu Siqi greeted him and then waved her hand, indicating for him to enter the pavilion.
As he walked towards the pavilion and passed by a cluster of flowers, a sense of impending death instantly enveloped his heart.
"Yu Haoran, be careful of the assassin in the cluster of flowers!"
In his sea of consciousness, Thaling, who had been quietly healing himself, had already discovered the source of the danger when Yu Haoran sensed it and hurriedly warned him.
Although the aura of death descended upon him in an instant, Yu Haoran did not panic in the slightest due to his experience of being ambushed for a hundred years in his previous life.
Using the Gale Steps, which had just entered the realm of great success, he dodged the assassin's fatal strike like a breeze.
At the same time, his body quickly retreated.
"Damn it!"
Hiding at the top of a nearby willow tree, Lin Yun's attention had been focused on Yu Siqi. He did not immediately discover the assassin hiding in the cluster of flowers, so he could not help in time.
At the same time, he secretly blamed himself for his negligence and carelessness. He did not even know when the assassin had snuck into the cluster of flowers.
Seeing Yu Haoran dodge the assassin's fatal strike in time, Lin Yun roared in a low voice. After appearing, he went straight to the assassin who continued to assassinate Yu Haoran.
After using the Gale Steps to dodge the assassin's fatal strike, Yu Haoran discovered that the assassin's cultivation was not high. He was barely at the early ninth grade of Martial Disciple.
Perhaps it was because he had cultivated some kind of secret technique that could conceal his aura and was good at camouflage, so he did not immediately discover him.
Thinking of the Great Elder's cunning and changeable methods, it was impossible for him to only arrange for an early ninth grade Martial Disciple assassin to carry out the mission. Therefore, after seeing Lin Yun rushing over, Yu Haoran's first reaction was to let him protect Yu Siqi.
"Lin Yun, go protect my sister. I have a way to deal with this assassin!"
Although he wanted to protect Yu Haoran, when he thought of the agreement between the two of them and Yu Haoran's calm appearance, Lin Yun finally forced himself to turn around and rush towards the wind pavilion where Yu Siqi was.
The reason why assassins were feared was not because of how strong they were, but because they hid in the dark and had the means to launch sneak attacks that were impossible to guard against.
But if an assassin was exposed, then the means they had were even worse than ordinary martial artists.
After using the Gale Steps to retreat a few meters and avoid the opponent's poisonous sword that was approaching like a viper, Yu Haoran directly mobilized fifty percent of his yuan qi and then used the Gale Steps to close in.
Seeing that his fatal strike had missed, the assassin knew that his sneak attack had failed. The assassin's code of conduct made him immediately choose to retreat and directly retreat to the cluster of flowers where he was hiding.
But he underestimated Yu Haoran's speed. Just as he retreated less than three meters and was two meters away from the cluster of flowers where he was hiding, Yu Haoran, who had used the Gale Steps to close in, had already rushed in front of him.
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