Yes, Wang Xianmao's lotus foot has every flower that is good-looking but useless.
It looks cool, like the effect of some mystical technique, but this thing is more like fashion in online games; it's only good-looking and doesn't make any numerical changes.
However, that's enough.
The guardian monk Mu Chunze was also practicing Wood Law, so he understood that Wang Xianmao was showing off. Could he say it directly?
He couldn't, they all came from the same system and there would be no direct contradictions until they had to completely break face.
Is Mu Chunze an idiot, trying to embarrass someone by overdoing it just because of others' showing off?
No, if he were that stupid, he would have been unable to bear being a wimpy son-in-law long ago.
This guardian monk was able to reach his position today because he could endure what others could not bear!
The only one who can see that Wang Xianmao is showing off is Mu Chunze, who doesn't speak up. The other base-level Wood Law practitioners who came to watch are inferior to Wang Xianmao, so they naturally cannot figure out what's going on.
All the spectators, except for the foundation-level cultivators like Mu Chunze, only felt that the Wang family was somewhat extraordinary.
Moreover, considering that Master Mengxiang had cultivated to the level of Golden Dan, the Wang family also had a foundation-level cultivator who received the true transmission of Hongdao, and Wang family's outer lineage disciples could all reach the foundation stage. They felt even more reverent.
Certain members of ancient celestial clans, such as the second elder of the Gu family who came today, have taken an interest in the Wang family.
In the VIP room, the second elder of the Gu family standing between Wu Jinyan and Mu Chunze remembered some records within his tribe.
The Wang family of Anbei Kingdom. If I'm not mistaken, this family has been passed down for at least a thousand years, right?
A millennium-old foundation-level celestial clan with such profound accumulation has a great chance of producing someone who will ascend to the Purple Palace in the future.
Considering that Mengxiang becoming a Golden Dan, it's necessary to report to the tribal chief and show Wang family great favor.
"Now, let's welcome the second referee, Grandmaster Mu Chunze of Qingxi Pavilion, a disciple of Red Lantern Dao and the guardian monk of the pavilion! "
As Zhen Ningyao's words fell, Tang Nianqiu, who was attending to the VIP room, also reminded Mu Chunze that it was time for him to appear.
As he walked out of the VIP room and looked around at the crowd on the stage, Mu Chunze thought back to Wang Xianmao's moment of showing off just now.
He leapt into the air, wielding his power and transforming into a white spirit deer.
The spirit deer leaped from the sky, radiating an aura of vitality and prosperity of life, which was the mystical ability Mu Chunze mastered — Body Transforming into a Lucky Deer.
With the transformation of the deer, Mu Chunze completely lost the features of a human. His white fur shone faintly, and his green antlers left behind traces of shadows in the air.
His eyes were as bright and brilliant as rubies, and red might be associated with blood and evil in people's minds. However, as he transformed into the auspicious deer, Mu Chunze allowed everyone to feel the growth of life and the embrace of nature.
Thus, the auspicious deer slowly walked towards the center of the stage.
However, as Mu Chunze was about halfway, he noticed something was off.
Not right.
Way too wrong.
Although he couldn't pinpoint where the problem was, he was certain something was wrong.
Huh? Zhou Yingxi, why have you stopped playing the guqin?
Finally, Mu Chunze has found the problem!
Just now when Wang Xianmao was on the stage, Zhou Yingxi played the guqin as background music for Wang Xianmao. Now her father has come on stage, but she has stopped playing!
In this display of arrogance competition, due to the absence of background music, Mu Chunze has already lost one round.
In frustration, Mu Chunze landed by Wang Xianmao's side, simultaneously regaining his human appearance.
Then, he began nodding his head to the sides as a gesture of respect – Wang Xianmao was showing deference, while Mu Chunze merely nodded.
Xianmao, no matter how grand your show, I will still be one step ahead of you!
Although it was an unnecessary comparison, it made Mu Chunze play with the heart of competition.
However, after just disengaging from the Auspicious Deer form, Mu Chunze was still in a state where his mystical abilities were at their peak. In this state, his spirit awareness was several times more powerful.
His spirit awareness, which had been strengthened after this, was something he could not fully control. After all, each time he transformed into the Auspicious Deer, his spiritual power was consumed, which affected his cultivation. Therefore, he never tried to actively control this enhanced spirit awareness.
As a result, Mu Chunze unknowingly overheard the comments from the audience again.
"Is he a human or a monster?"
"It's hard to say. Maybe it's a half-human being. Look at his deer's penis, Oh, don't speak in vain, don't speak in vain."
Mu Chunze's face is now greener than Wang Xianmao's.
He originally wanted to use his powers to put on a big show, but why does everyone focus on such a trivial matter... lowly!
This time, it was just two Qingyi-period cultivators who spoke out - Mu Chunze knew that these little cultivators knew nothing.
His reason told him not to take these foolish words to heart, but emotionally, it was difficult to calm down.
As a foundation-level cultivator with innate abilities, let me show you the strength of my cultivation. If you can't recognize my capabilities, it's nothing to me - I'm just a shallow-minded thing.
But you call me half a person! But you actually... I don't even want to mention it!
If you were not just Qingyi-level cultivators, I would have you killed by Gao Jian after this!
He hadn't been able to outdo Wang Xianmao in showing off, and now he was being called a half-man by others. Mu Chunze's heart was cold.
"Chunze Daoist friend's abilities are truly extraordinary, truly extraordinary."
Wang Xianmao and Mu Chunze exchanged a few words briefly, and Wu Jinyan also entered the scene in a low-key manner.
As the third character to appear, he felt no pressure at all.
Mu Chunze, disciple of the Purple Palace, and a true disciple of Red Lantern Dao.
Wang Xianmao, foundation-level cultivator from a great family, with profound mystical laws.
Wu Jinyan did not believe he had the qualifications to compare himself with these two.
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"Now, let's begin the preliminary round of the competition. Please, all symbolists, enter the stage!"
Under Zhen Ningyao's guidance, the symbolists took their positions one by one.
They were presented with a simple table in front of them, which was to be their competition ground.
The rule of the Qingxi Pavilion Charmist Master's Tournament is simple.
The preliminary round, simply eliminate half of the contestants with relatively basic content.
Advanced round, half of the symbolists who win the preliminary round will be blindly drawn titles based on their spiritual root type.
Each spiritual root type has its corresponding multiple-choice creation of symbols, after blind drawing, choose the one you are most skilled in from it.
Since all the competing symbolists are in the Qingyi period, their types of symbols are often correlated with their spiritual root types. In a multiple-choice scenario, if they still can't choose a type of talisman they are skilled at, they should naturally be eliminated.
Under the watchful eyes of the three foundation-level cultivators, no one dared to cheat.
Facing the challenge of creating a large number of basic Yinling symbols within the required time, the symbolists were sweating profusely while drawing.
Many had already forgotten how to draw Yinling talismans on hemp cloth, but these were often the symbolists with the highest skill levels. Therefore, they could quickly adapt to the requirements of the competition.
Moreover, these symbolists are often those with relatively higher symbol-crafting skills, and their ink pens and experience are very abundant.
Even if they start slow, they will quickly catch up to the lagging progress later and simultaneously draw high-quality Yinling talismans.
For the competitors, the only way to win is to draw more in a short period of time.
Finally, the scores will be assigned based on the quality of the Yinling talismans, and half of the participants will be eliminated after the scores are assigned.
Yinling talismans are the foundation of most symbols. Drawing good Yinling talismans is the key to becoming an excellent symbolist.
This is a completely reasonable challenge for the preliminary round.
Watching the symbolists drawing quickly on the yellow hemp cloth, Zhou Yingxi was somewhat impressed.
"You Wang family indeed has its own idea. This kind of competition not only saves spiritual stones but also quickly tests out their level."
The yellow hemp cloth can be made by ordinary people, as it is rather coarse in texture. It also happens to meet the need for refining symbol-crafting skills, so it is widely used by symbolists and weapon refiners in the process of teaching their disciples.
"Be frugal and spend wisely. The rewards for the winners are the real prize. There's no need to waste spiritual stones on preliminaries."
"In the semi-finals, we will indeed provide the corresponding symbol-crafting materials."
Yu Lou smiled as he explained, "We've made such a big show, it wouldn't be right to end with a whimper."
It can be said that every aspect and process of the Charm Master Competition have been optimized thoroughly.
