"What?" Han Yufeng was immediately surprised when she heard what Xiao Pang said, and asked hurriedly: "Even the dean's daughter is going to participate in this competition?"
"Yes, not only Hongying, but also the children of other big figures in the sect, as long as they are in the Xiantian realm and have reached the strength of the tenth layer, they must participate in this competition, and they are all strictly ordered to get the top ten." Xiaopang said seriously: "So the competition this time is very fierce. The children of those big figures have top-grade magic weapons in their hands. In addition, they are all arrogant and look down on others. If they meet someone who is in a bad mood, they might be hurt. So I think it's better for you not to participate!"
"If that's the case, then of course I'd better stay away from those guys, but the question is, why is that?" Han Yufeng asked puzzledly: "Didn't they not participate in the past?"
You know, the so-called ten-year competition of Xuantian Branch Court is just to test the cultivation level of the disciples. Of course, those with good results have the opportunity to enter the inner gate and receive valuable rewards. However, those things are fun for ordinary disciples, but they are not in the eyes of the children of the bigwigs in the inner gate.
In fact, these rewards are mainly to give ordinary disciples a chance. Therefore, some inner disciples with certain status are secretly asked not to participate. And Hong Ying, the daughter of the dean, has almost everything she wants. She should not participate in this matter. If she participates, she will only be laughed at. It's like a rich person begging with beggars, which is a very shameful behavior. So Han Yufeng was very confused about this matter.
Xiao Pang hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The sect will announce to the outside world that this is a century-long competition, and we will give young people a chance, but everything will return to normal in the future!"
"Announce to the public?" Han Yufeng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she said hurriedly, "Then there must be some news inside, right? Did you hear something?"
"Yes!" Xiaopang nodded and said, "Last month, the dean's wife taught me how to refine Binghuo Shenlei. During that time, she once told me about this matter. She wanted me to try my best to get into the top ten, because there is a great opportunity hidden in it!"
"Great opportunity? Can you tell me about it?" Han Yufeng immediately asked curiously.
"This," Xiaopang said with some embarrassment, "This matter is a top-level secret, and my wife won't let me tell outsiders casually!"
"Fatty, I'm like this, and you still treat me like an outsider?" Han Yufeng immediately twisted her slender waist to wrap around the fat boy, and then said resentfully: "Do you have a conscience?"
Xiao Pang was so pestered by her that he could only smile bitterly and said, "Alright, alright, there are already many people who know about this, so one more person won't make a difference. But, don't go out and tell anyone nonsense. If my wife finds out that the news leaked out from me, I won't be able to face anyone!"
"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of nagging woman!" Han Yufeng said hurriedly.
Xiaopang still trusted Han Yufeng very much. The two had maintained a secret relationship for many years, and there was no news outside. It can be seen how tight-lipped Han Yufeng is. In fact, as a princess of a country, she is not a vase with a beautiful brain. In addition to being a little naughty, she is also very calm. So Xiaopang told her this not-so-important secret, which can be regarded as deepening the relationship between the two.
It turned out that while Xiaopang was practicing the Binghuo Shenlei, the dean's wife told him a very important secret, which was that behind this competition was also related the ownership of a kind of spiritual fruit.
This spiritual object, called Xuanling Fruit, is a very rare special spiritual fruit in Cangmang Mountain. There are only seven or eight Xuanling Fruit trees in the Cangmang Mountain with a radius of one million miles, growing in a hidden place.
The reason why the Xuanling Fruit is so important is that it has a powerful ability to expand and strengthen the meridians of the cultivators. You know, when a cultivator is practicing, all the spiritual energy must flow through the meridians. The stronger and wider the meridians are, the more spiritual energy will pass through at one time, and this directly determines a person's practice speed.
According to calculations, the Xuanling Fruit is completely ineffective for cultivators who have established their foundation or above. However, it can expand the meridians of cultivators in the Xiantian realm by one tenth and increase their strength by more than 30%. As a result, the cultivator's cultivation speed increases by about 20%, which means that the achievements that originally took 100 years of cultivation can now be achieved in just 80 years.
You know, at a later stage, especially after reaching the Golden Core stage, cultivators would have to practice for a hundred years or even several hundred years to advance, and the time saved by this 20% was calculated in hundreds of years. It was very likely that those who were about to die but had not yet advanced would be able to take advantage of this opportunity to advance and thus extend their lifespan by several hundred years.
And this is just the effect of one Xuanling fruit. It is said that you can eat up to 3 of this fruit. Although the effect is weaker each time, it is still helpful when added together. It is said that after eating three Xuanling fruits, the total effect can reach 30%.
In addition, although the Xuanling Fruit is useless for high-priced cultivators if taken directly, it is said to be of some help to them if it is mixed with auxiliary materials by alchemy masters and refined into elixirs.
Obviously, everyone would covet such a treasure. Therefore, since this thing was first discovered, there have been many fights over its ownership, which eventually affected the entire Cangmang Mountain. Regardless of good or evil, all the cultivators were crazy about it.
This war lasted for hundreds of years, and several Nascent Soul cultivators were killed in the battle. As for the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators, the total casualties were probably over 10,000. In the end, both the good and evil sides, and more than a dozen major sects were frightened by the tragic casualties, and finally they had to sit down and negotiate to resolve the dispute.
The result of the negotiation was that the Xuanling Fruit Tree was guarded by both the good and evil sides. As for the Xuanling Fruit, there was really no way to distribute it properly. The complicated relationships between the dozen sects, plus the small groups that formed gangs, made them like a tangled mess, and it was impossible to reach a unanimous conclusion.
Besides, the Xuanling Fruit bears fruit once every hundred years, and the quantity produced each time is different. They can't quarrel over the distribution issue every hundred years, right?
Therefore, in desperation, the various factions had to adopt a relatively novel way to distribute these things.