The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1513

Chapter 1513: Chapter 1509: Three Competitions Chapter 1513: Chapter 1509: Three Competitions “Che Qingtian, right? You want to challenge the position of the City Lord?” The Nameless Elder looked at Che Qingtian with a stern face and asked in a deep voice.

“This is not something you can decide. We'll talk after your City Lord comes out of seclusion.” Che Qingtian spoke slowly and methodically.

“If you want to challenge our City Lord, first pass the 'Three Trials of Tianji'.” Elder Fu said angrily.

“Three Trials of Tianji?” Che Qingtian raised his eyebrows, clearly interested.

“The Tianji City sets up three trials, each guarded by an elder. You too must send three people to tackle these trials. As long as you can win two out of the three, you will have passed.” Elder Fu explained.

“Fine, but what are the rewards and punishments after winning the three trials? Surely you won't have us fight for nothing.” Che Qingtian looked around and asked with a shrug.

“If you can win… you can join the Elder Assembly of Tianji City and participate in the decision-making.” The Nameless Elder paused before speaking.

“Hehe, the Elder Assembly? What use is that? I want the position of the Master of Tianji City!” Che Qingtian laughed.

“Once you join the Elder Assembly and become the Chief Elder, you will then be qualified to challenge the City Lord. If you don't dare, then please feel free to leave. We won't see you out.” The Nameless Elder slowly said.

“Fine, I accept your terms.” Che Qingtian pondered for a moment and replied.

“You don't even ask what the contests entail, yet you dare to accept?” The Nameless Elder frowned and asked.

“In the field of Yan techniques, you can't win against us.” Che Qingtian did not show any arrogance; his expression was calm as if he was stating something extremely obvious.

“Hmph, a bunch of barbarians living outside also dare to boast so arrogantly.” Elder Manbo snorted coldly.

“What are you talking about? Who are you calling barbarians?”

“We are the legitimate ones, you are the disloyal thieves!”

Upon hearing this, several people on the opposite side became enraged.

“The three matches will consist of Soul Combat, Tool Combat, and Yan Combat, with each side sending three participants.” The Nameless Elder didn't let them continue arguing, but spoke up instead.

“What are Soul Combat, Tool Combat, and Yan Combat?” Che Qingtian raised one hand, stopping his followers from further cursing, and asked.

“Soul Combat, as the name suggests, involves the contestants competing with the strength of their Divine Souls to determine the winner.” The Nameless Elder explained.

“For a Yan master, the strength of the Divine Soul is a significant metric to determine superiority, challenging in this aspect does indeed make sense, not bad.” Che Qingtian nodded in agreement.

“Tool Combat involves comparing the expertise of Yan masters in their own profession, refining their armors. As for Yan Combat, it involves Yan masters personally entering the arena to control their armors in combat.” The Nameless Elder continued explaining.

“Good, we'll do as you say.” Che Qingtian responded.

“If so, then from tomorrow onwards, each day there will be one combat, to decide the winner and loser. Before that… please move the Mechanism City outside the City.” Elder Fu said with a displeased expression.

“Ridiculous, we're going back to our own sect, how can there be a reason to be driven out?” The White-haired old woman grew angry again.

“Everyone, whether who is right or wrong has not yet been determined. Suspended above the City Wall, the Mechanism City is indeed quite inappropriate. Why not temporarily lower it to the Northern Garden, how about it?” The Nameless Elder intervened, halting Elder Fu, and spoke up.

Che Qingtian thought for a moment upon hearing this and nodded.

“Then please follow me.” The Nameless Elder said and led the way.

Elder Fu and Elder Manbo both snorted coldly and turned to leave. Seeing this, the Nameless Elder just sighed inwardly without arguing with the two.

Only Elder Mo Wang followed behind him, leading Che Qingtian and his companions towards the Northern Garden.

The Northern Garden, to the north of Tianji City, is an open landscape garden. Next to the lake in the garden, there is a large open area where Che Qingtian lowered the Mechanism City and settled there.

“Daoist Che, to avoid unnecessary trouble before tomorrow's competition, I hope you all can stay here and rest well,” the Nameless Elder advised.

“Rest assured, Tianji City will eventually be mine, I am not in a hurry to do anything unnecessary,” Che Qingtian said calmly.

“I'm relieved to hear that.”

After speaking, the Nameless Elder bid them farewell and left with Elder Mo Wang.

However, no sooner had they walked away than a round-faced girl holding a jade green lotus seedpod, named Qinghu, chased after them.

“Daoist Qinghu, is there something you need?” the Nameless Elder asked with a frown.

“Nothing much, I just wanted to come and apologize,” Qinghu said with a smile.

“What do you mean by this?” Her apology seemed to confuse both the Nameless Elder and Elder Mo Wang.

At this point, the girl covered her mouth with the back of her hand and whispered, “I'm really sorry, Hou Shan that guy is often rude, and Nurse Yu is also used to having a temper. I hope you can be generous and not take it to heart.”

After saying this, the girl waved at them and turned to leave.

Seeing her lively and innocent, the two elders felt slightly less displeased.

After leaving the Northern garden, the Nameless Elder immediately called the disciples of Tianji City and ordered them to increase surveillance here.

“Should I keep an eye on this area tonight?” Elder Mo Wang asked.

“Not for now. We just need some disciples here on the surface to let them know we are restricting their movements, setting a line. If there's any unusual activity, we'll have a reason to take action. Still, send out the order to be ready for battle at any time,” the Nameless Elder instructed.

“So, the reason you let them enter the city and settle down was also for better control, wasn't it?” Elder Mo Wang said with a smile.

“If only Elder Fu and Elder Manbo were half as inclined to think things through as you, I wouldn't be so frustrated. For safety, we should first blockade the Upper city, and we should also stay in the temporary mansion in the Undercity,” the Nameless Elder said after contemplating for a moment.

While they were talking, they simultaneously looked in one direction with a change in expression.

They saw a great burst of golden light in the sky nearby, flickering continuously, accompanied by strong fluctuations of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi.

But soon, that aura quickly converged and vanished.

“Who is breaking through their cultivation in seclusion?” the Nameless Elder wondered.

“That direction… seems to be Shen Luo,” Elder Mo Wang pondered with a slight frown.

“Oh, it seems he was attempting to advance to the True Immortal Middle Stage, but it looks like he was not successful,” the Nameless Elder remarked, nodding.

After saying this, the two did not pay much attention to this matter and continued on their way back, as the situation was somewhat complex and they had to discuss tomorrow's Three Trials of Tianji with Elder Fu and the others.

At the same time, Shen Luo was drenched in sweat, sitting cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and feeling the lingering sensations from his cultivation just now.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes.

“It seems it still won't work, the time is too short, even with the help of the Red Lotus Fire Pill, I can't break through immediately. However, fortunately, the bottleneck has loosened a bit, I believe it won't be difficult after some more time,” Shen Luo thought to himself, a smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

Immediately, a clean breeze wrapped around him, and mist steamed, his clothes soon becoming clean and dry.

He stood up from his spot, strolled outside for a while, and after learning that the Little Master was still in seclusion making the jade pillow, he planned to continue cultivating in seclusion the next day, trying to break into the True Immortal Middle Stage before the jade pillow was repaired.

However, when he heard that Che Qingtian and his group were challenging Tianji City, and that the Three Trials of Tianji would take place tomorrow, his interest was piqued, and he planned to go and watch.