Nine days passed, New Year's Eve, and there is still one day before the Eternal Night Competition.

On this day, the weather was rare and sunny. As usual, Pu Zixuan was meditating in the Damo Cave, the sound of Chen Shuqing and Zhu Yuanliang calling him came from outside the cave.

"Xiao Qi!"

"Pu Zixuan!"

The stone slab that blocked the entrance of the cave was slowly pushed away. After Pu Zixuan faced the wall for 69 days, he finally officially left the empty place and came out of the cave. Chen Shuqing finally met Xiaoqi who was thinking about it day and night after waiting for 69 days.

The day after entering the cave, Pu Zixuan looked depressed and felt extremely depressed. On this day, when the three of them met, Pu Zixuan gave the two a bright smile and said calmly: "Xiaojiu, Fatty, let you wait for a long time."

Chen Shuqing originally planned to give him a big hug when he waited for Pu Zixuan to leave the cave. Unexpectedly, he saw a Pu Zixuan who had no clean area on his body and even had a stinky smell. He frowned and covered his nose and asked, "Oh, why did you look like this?"

Pu Zixuan smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm used to it. If you don't like it, just dress me up in a clean outfit."

Chen Shuqing refused, "It's useless. You will stay away from here tomorrow and participate in the Eternal Night Competition. Su Sanniang just sent a message to me, saying that Taoist Li Shengqing of Zhongyue Temple asked the eight contestants to report to him today. Once they are too far away from me, won't they have to turn back into this sloppy look?"

Zhu Yuanliang looked into the Damo Cave curiously and said in confusion: "Have you really never come out? What should you do if you solve your problem? Have you pulled it inside?"

Pu Zixuan shrugged and said, "I have never come out. I don't know why. In that hole, I naturally don't feel like I want to get rid of my hands."

"Come on, ask such a disgusting question!" Chen Shuqing gave Zhu Yuanliang a blank look and speculated, "Didn't the abbot say it? Everything in this cave is empty, and the essence of the grain will automatically become empty."

Zhu Yuanliang asked again: "So, what have you experienced in it for so long? Have you practiced any powerful martial arts moves?"

Pu Zixuan said with a nude mouth: "No, either."

Zhu Yuanliang said disappointedly: "Oh, Yu Xiangdi practiced the demon-controlling sword technique every day, and his strength has reached a higher level. He was too lazy to even ask for the fragments of the "Huanyue Jue" given to him by Chen Shuqing. I also thought, if you were isolated from the world for so long in the Damo Cave, you might get the true teachings of the Damo Patriarch, practiced some peerless martial arts with peace of mind, and then came out of the cave to surprise us... As a result, you were wasting so much time here!"

Pu Zixuan grimaced and said, "Anyway, we are companions. Whoever wins the championship can win that treasure. Since Yu Xiangdi is so confident, it is also a good thing for us."

"Tsk! Let me tell you, we have all become stronger over the past few days. If you don't believe it, you can try hitting me..."

Zhu Yuanliang pointed at his head and wanted to say something. Chen Shuqing looked at Tianse and said, "Okay, let's talk slowly after you have something to do. Xiaoqi and Yu Xiangdi have already taken a step to Zhongyue Temple. You should go back to Shaolin Temple to take a shower, and then go and meet them."

"Hehe, okay, then I'm going!" After saying that, Pu Zixuan summoned the Dragon King of Star River and decisively flew to Shaolin Temple at the foot of the mountain.

At the entrance of the cave, Zhu Yuanliang looked at Pu Zixuan's back as he walked away, and some monk was confused, "This guy seems to be something wrong..."

Chen Shuqing was stunned, "Oh? Is there something wrong?"

"The feeling of being indescribable is like... it's like a different person."

"Haha, is that? How come you feel this way?"

Zhu Yuanliang scratched his head and said, "He and I grew up and are so familiar with his virtues. Under normal circumstances, he should come out to show off a few words to us, then fight with us and talk jokes, but his calm appearance just now made me feel that I almost stopped knowing him."

"Hahaha..." Chen Shuqing laughed loudly and said with relief, "It seems that you still don't know much about your childhood friend. In fact, although he didn't say anything, I have explored his purification power just now. The breath has been stronger than two months ago. Just like you said, at critical moments, he never sucks his diarrhea. This is the real Xiaoqi, the real Pu Zixuan."

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In the afternoon, Zhongyue Temple located in Taishi Mountain was extremely lively. Under the auspices of Li Shengqing, eight purifying envoys, including Pu Zixuan, Su Sanniang, Yu Xiangdi, Huo Zhizhang, Yang Zipeng, Zhou Zaicheng, Meng Ting and Li Lingwei, gathered in the conference hall to learn the rules of the competition and decide their respective entrances by drawing lots.

Li Shengqing said in a righteous voice: "All the levels of this competition are not difficult. They are just walls, bridges, and battles with wild monsters. Everything is just a test of the competition's completion speed, and the fastest player to reach the center area is the champion. However, in order to prevent unfairness caused by ability attributes, we have made some restrictions. In the competition, each player will be equipped with a walk-in examiner, and only allows forward with foot strength. Once you find that you are moving forward with flying, ground escape or instant movement, it will be considered a foul and their competition will be cancelled. In addition, if the contestants encounter each other in the middle, we allow competition through fighting, but it cannot exceed the necessary limit. Once the opponent is killed, it will also be considered a foul. Not only will the qualification for the competition be cancelled, but the entire game will be terminated immediately. Other players will go to the uniform to kill the murderer and send it to the government. Okay, do you have any questions?"

Yu Xiangdi raised his hand and said, "Master Li, I have a problem."

"Speaking."

"Why is this competition called the 'Eternal Night Competition'?"

"I'm sorry, this question is not available for the time being. After the game, I can tell you slowly."

Amid the laughter of everyone, Yu Xiangdi nodded and stopped making a sound.

Pu Zixuan raised his hand again and said, "I have another problem."

"Speaking."

"Can we communicate our thoughts in the field?"

"Haha, this question can be answered. You came late, so I don't know much about it. The exam room was designed specially. In order to prevent the contestants from contacting the outside world, or to be destructed by monsters, I planted a circle of small-leaf red bean trees around me. So once you enter, you cannot contact the outside world. However, there are no small-leaf red bean trees inside the exam room, so the contestants can send voices to each other, which is also to ensure everyone's safety."

"Okay, thank you for the answer, I have no problem."

Li Shengqing asked again: "Does other people have any questions?"

After waiting for a while, seeing no one answered, Li Shengqing announced: "Okay, then we will start drawing lots now."

On the stage where Li Shengqing was located, there was a wooden box. According to the lottery rules, the purifier needs to draw a piece of wooden strip with one of the gossips written from the box.

In the order of coming first and then coming, Pu Zixuan had no choice. After the first seven people finished drawing lots, he took out a wooden strip with the word "Xun" written on it from the box and displayed it to a young Taoist priest in charge of the examination.

The little Taoist priest recorded the results of the eight people's lottery on paper one by one and presented them to Li Shengqing.

Li Shengqing took the lottery results and looked at them carefully. After a while, he announced, "The lottery results are as follows: Huo Zhizhang entered from Ganmen, and the examiner was Guangyue Sanren; Meng Ting entered from Duimen, and the examiner was Zhen and Taoist; Yu Xiangdi entered from Limen, and the examiner was Jinyangzi; Li Lingwei entered from Zhenmen, and the examiner was Wumeng; Pu Zixuan entered from Xunmen, and the examiner was Caiyunzi; Yang Zipeng entered from Kanmen, and the examiner was Mr. Gu Jing; Zhou Zaicheng entered from Genmen, and the examiner was Quanqizi; Yang Yuniang entered from Kunmen, and the examiner was Wuchen."

As the contestants implemented their respective entrances and examiners, the atmosphere of the Eternal Night Competition became tense unknowingly.

"Dear contestants have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow, we will meet at the mountain gate, go to the carriage parking point together, and take the carriage to the examination room. The meeting will be over." After Li Shengqing announced that it was completed, there was nothing else to do. The contestants and examiners went back to the wing room and were ready to go.

It was midnight, and the bells to welcome the New Year were ringing at the same time at Zhongyue Temple and Shaolin Temple, which resounded throughout the silent night sky.

Pu Zixuan and Chen Shuqing walked out of their respective wing rooms at the same time, looked at the stars in the sky, and gave each other a blessing in their hearts.
Chapter completed!