Only 130 people signed up for the competition for the ten inner disciples. These 130 people were all winners from the initial selection trials.

  It can be said that everyone who has made it this far has their own unique strengths!

  Those who can make it to this point are either the descendants of large aristocratic families. These long-standing aristocratic families are equivalent to a small school in themselves. Various martial arts, divine abilities, spiritual instruments, and elixirs are all readily available. In such an environment, personal growth will naturally be much faster.

  There is another type, namely those loose cultivators who originated from the Jianghu. These loose cultivators were usually former high-ranking martial artists of a certain Jianghu sect or Taoist priests of a certain Taoist temple, who unintentionally obtained some ancient cultivation methods and thus embarked on the path of immortality. These loose cultivators generally have very strong combat power during the Qi Refining stage. Because battles in the Qi Refining stage are actually very similar to the struggles of high-ranking martial artists. Those low-level magic techniques like fireball techniques, in the eyes of these loose cultivators from Jianghu, are nothing more than a special type of hidden weapon.

  And these wandering cultivators from the jianghu often look down on those young masters from aristocratic families, thinking that they only relied on piling up dan medicines to achieve some cultivation, and relying on having more spiritual instruments to gain some combat strength.

  But Lu Yingjie was absolutely not a young master of such a family! In terms of cultivation, he had to win over the cultivators present! In terms of combat experience, he didn't lose to these scattered cultivators either!

  Lu's family in the secular world also supported some Jianghu factions! Lu Yingjie, at the age of 13, was trained in the secular world's factions, under the pseudonym Lu Jian, with a reputation for his swordsmanship, and even had an alias "Disease Rain Sword" in Jianghu.

  Just now on the stage, defeating Ding Yuan, Lu Yingjie also left his hand, and did not show his true strength at all! The sword isolated the enemy in mid-air, but it was just a new attempt to integrate his swordsmanship into the sword. His real trump card is still swordsmanship!

  This point is somewhat similar to Yuan Huaoren's in the past, but Lu Yingjie's swordsmanship is far inferior to Yuan Huaoren's at that time!

  Li Hui didn't know this naturally, but he also saw that Lu Yingjie hadn't gone all out just now, so he still wasn't in a hurry to go on stage!

  Then several masters came on stage to challenge Lu Yingjie, but one by one they were defeated in a row, and no one could even last for three rounds!

  For a time, no one dared to go up and challenge on the stage under Lu Yingjie! Lu Yingjie stood on the stage, but he was not proud or restless, his expression remained unchanged.

  One quarter of an hour has passed, and still no one has come on stage to challenge. The referee's countdown has already begun. If no one comes on stage to challenge within half a time unit, Lu Yingjie will successfully defend his title!

  "It seems it's time for me to make a move!" Li Hui had watched several of Lu Yingjie's matches in a row, and he also had a general idea of Lu Yingjie's strength.

  If he doesn't use his inner spiritual power and Qingming Sword, he will definitely lose!

  "Finally found a worthy opponent for you to come out of your sheath!" Li Hui said to himself, gripping the Qingming Sword in his hand.

  Li Hui's body suddenly rose into the air and gently floated down onto the stage.

  "Under Li Hui, I also ask Lu Daoyou for guidance!" Li Hui said calmly with a bow.

  Lu Yingjie's eyes lit up, this Li Hui... is a formidable opponent! He had also heard about Li Hui's previous matches, that unpredictable and elusive footwork was indeed very troublesome. Moreover, the sword in his hand hadn't even left its scabbard yet!

  "I've long heard of Li Daoyou's great name, and I'm honored to have the chance to exchange blows with him!" Lu Yingjie said with a bow, his eyes shining with excitement that he couldn't hide.

  Li Hui was taken aback, he was in the Western City competition area, and this Lu Yingjie was a person from the Eastern City's Lu family, so he should be in the Eastern City competition area. The opponent actually knew him too, it seemed that his reputation had spread quite quickly! However, this Lu Yingjie had even analyzed possible opponents beforehand, not to be underestimated.

  Unconsciously, Li Hui and Lu Yingjie actually had a few points of mutual affection!

  "Clang!"

  Li Hui has already drawn the Qingming Sword in his hand! This is not only because of Lu Yingjie's strength, but also a kind of respect for his opponent!

  "Good sword!" Lu Yingjie exclaimed, apparently understanding Li Hui's meaning. He patted his storage bag and a white light flew out, transforming into a three-foot-long sword. Lu Yingjie grasped the hilt of the sword, its tip slanting towards the ground.

  Li Hui's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Lu Yingjie was also a master swordsman? His excitement grew by several degrees.

  "Hiss!"

  Lu Yingjie made the first move, his sword flashing as if it had flown in from the sky, its elegance accompanied by a sharp and unmatched sword intent. In an instant, Lu Yingjie, along with his sword, was already standing in front of Li Hui.

  "Hehehe!"

  The sword's momentum changed again, the tip of the sword trembled slightly, and the sword light transformed into three, then nine, like lotus flowers blooming, and also like fine rain falling from the sky!

  "What a great swordsmanship!" Li Hui's heart was filled with excitement and a sense of meeting a worthy opponent, like a pleasant encounter between old friends. He didn't expect Lu Yingjie to have such high attainments in swordsmanship.

  Qingming sword shook, Li Hui also held up his sword to meet him.

  "Hiss!"

  Li Hui's sword was like a gentle breeze in the pine forest, swift and fleeting, like the wind blowing over the wheat field, surging up layer upon layer of wheat waves!

  "Ding ding ding!"

  The two swords quickly intertwined, like spring breeze entering fine rain. The two swords continued to collide, and even the sound of the two swords intersecting was like a subtle rhythm.

  The people below were stunned, but these two at this moment did not seem to be fighting, instead they seemed to be dancing together with swords. They only felt that the two cooperated seamlessly, complementing each other. However, their swords were aimed at each other's vital spots, only to be resolved by each other every time.

  Lu Yingjie's nickname "Rain Sword" is precisely because of this set of "Rain Swordsmanship", and Li Hui's current swordsmanship is also "Wind Shadow Sword".

  "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

  Suddenly, Lu Yingjie's swordsmanship accelerated, no longer like the gentle patter of spring rain, but like a torrential downpour on a summer day, with heavy raindrops falling one after another.

  "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

  Li Hui's swordsmanship suddenly accelerated, just like a sudden gust of wind, flying sand and walking stones.

  The swordsmanship of the two was like a raging storm, and people outside could no longer see their figures, only seeing the sky filled with sword lights and the continuous sound of clashing swords.

  Suddenly, like a gust of wind and a pause in the rain, Li Hui and Lu Yingjie's figures parted, each holding a long sword, separated by a distance of several feet, looking at each other.

  "I lost!" Lu Yingjie's mouth curled up in a wry smile. "But being able to cross swords with Brother Li is truly one of life's greatest pleasures." As he finished speaking, the disappointment on his face vanished, replaced by a sense of satisfaction and joy at having met a worthy opponent.

  "It was just a lucky win against Lu Xiong's one move, let alone that Lu Xiong has not yet used his magic, this victory and defeat are still undecided!" Li Hui also had a very good impression of Lu Ying Jie, feeling a sense of camaraderie.

  "Losing is losing, those three-legged cats' moves won't be shown to Brother Li again!" But Lu Yingjie just smiled freely: "In the future, you and I will still be fellow disciples, only then, when I see you, I'll probably have to call out 'Brother Li'."

  Lu Yingjie lost this match, entering the Bi Xiang Gate inner gate is hopeless now, but he can still become an outer gate disciple. Outer gate disciples and inner gate disciples have vastly different statuses, if they meet again in the future, Lu might really have to call him "Li Shixiong".

  Li Hui also had some regrets in his heart, if Lu Yingjie hadn't met himself, entering the top ten would have been no problem. However, he didn't have any regret in his heart, appreciation is just appreciation, and Lu Yingjie running into Li Hui could only be said that he was unlucky.

  At this time, he clasped his fists and said: "In the future as fellow disciples, I also hope to interact with Brother Lu more often!"

  "This is of course! I'll ask Brother Li for more advice in the future!" Lu Yingjie said, finishing his sentence and jumping down from the stage.

  The audience under the stage was bewildered at this time. These two people were clearly fighting fiercely, but suddenly they separated, and the outcome had already been decided? Li Hui and Lu Yingjie's swordsmanship was really too fast, and very few people below could see it clearly.

  However, Li Hui's "lucky win" was also a humble phrase. From start to finish, Li Hui did not use the spiritual energy in his body, only using his physical strength and swordsmanship to compete with Lu Yingjie. Moreover, Li Hui's swordsmanship far surpassed Lu Yingjie's realm, but it was rare to meet a skilled swordsman, so Li Hui suppressed his own swordsmanship. Based on Lu Yingjie's swordsmanship characteristics, he chose one of the many basic swordsmanship left by Yuan Huo Zhenren, "Dì Fēng Huàn Yǐng Jiàn" (Rapid Wind Phantom Sword) to counter him.

  Li Hui revealed his true swordsmanship skills, and Lu Yingjie couldn't last more than three moves!

  Although the people under the stage didn't quite understand the details of this fight, one thing was clear: neither Lu Yingjie nor Li Hui were opponents they could beat.

  Kidding! Can't even see the movements when others are making a move, how can you fight with people? Rely on spiritual energy? Lu Yingjie's flying sword in his hand and the technique of controlling the sword are both top-notch. Rely on magic? Lu Yingjie's magic is also good enough. But with Lu Yingjie's strength, he still lost. So what makes him dare to challenge Li Hui?

  For a time, Li Hui's arena became deserted and nobody paid attention to it.

  There are still nine more stages! Can't every stage have such strong people?! Many monks who wanted to challenge had this thought and went to other stages!

  Li Hui's Qingming sword had already been sheathed at this time, and he stood calmly on the stage.

  One minute has passed! Nobody comes up to challenge!

  Another minute has passed, and still no one has come on stage to challenge!

  Half a time period has passed, and the judge stands up to announce: "Li Hui, successfully defended! Will become an inner disciple of this sect!"

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