Chapter 70

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Everyone knows that the disciples of Heavenly Sword Mountain have the most powerful flying swords. By proposing such conditions, she is clearly trying to secure benefits for her sect.

The Blood Refinement Sect has only nineteen people, a few of whom are seriously injured. Even so, they are required to send fifteen people to compete, which shows that Hu Xiangzhen is determined. In contrast, Heavenly Sword Mountain can select fifteen people from over forty, so each one is naturally not simple.

"This condition is quite harsh, but our Golden Buddha Temple can agree!" Fayong nodded after a brief thought.

With this, everyone’s gaze turned to Qiao Chun.

Qiao Chun thought for a moment, then glanced at Wu Hongfei, who finally nodded.

"Alright, although the condition is indeed harsh, we also agree. However, our Blood Refinement Sect only has nineteen people, and many are injured, which is clearly disadvantageous. The first match must be a bye!" Qiao Chun said.

"You proposed the conditions, so this isn’t fair!" Hu Xiangzhen said without backing down.

"I only proposed ten matches. If you agree, I will be the first to step down," Wu Hongfei said.

"Ah! Both sides, stop arguing. Let’s do it this way. Our Golden Buddha Temple will take a slight disadvantage and send someone first. As for you, let’s leave it to chance!" Fayong said.

"How do we leave it to chance?" both sides asked simultaneously.

"I will send out the first disciple, and you guess whether his age is odd or even. If you guess correctly, it will be a bye!" Fayong said.

"Alright!" Both sides agreed, and Hu Xiangzhen naturally accepted immediately.

On the Blood Refinement Sect side, seeing that the other party clearly did not want to give them an advantage, Qiao Chun could only nod in agreement.

Guessing the age does indeed require some luck.

Although cultivators can use their divine sense to determine the other party’s approximate age, just by looking, they can only guess the general age, with a difference of two or three years being quite normal. Using this to gamble is relatively fair.

"Fawu, you go!" Fayong said to a monk in his twenties after both sides agreed.

The monk, upon hearing this, immediately stepped forward and politely bowed to both sides.

After he stepped out, both sides had no time to return the bow and immediately began observing the monk. Fawu felt countless divine senses scanning him, making him feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Twenty-two, even!" Hu Xiangzhen called out first.

Hearing her speak first, Qiao Chun smiled and said, "Since you said even, we will choose odd!"

"Fawu, how old are you?" Fayong asked directly after they made their choices.

"Senior Brother, I am indeed twenty-two years old. The lady guessed correctly!" Fawu answered sincerely.

Hu Xiangzhen’s lips curled into a smug smile upon hearing the answer.

Qiao Chun, seeing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he then patted his storage bag, and an ancient-looking scroll flew out.

After grabbing the scroll, he said, "The competition is about to begin, but to prevent the losing party from reneging, I think we need some restrictions. This is a Soul Pact, which will bind us all once it is established."

The Soul Pact has a function similar to a blood oath, but unlike a blood oath, which is supported by the swearer’s own bloodline and will not disappear as long as the bloodline does not dry up, the power of the Soul Pact comes from the pact itself. Although it is difficult to remove the oath effect with external force after the oath is made, the power of the pact will gradually diminish over time, and the binding force will also weaken until it completely disappears. Therefore, in many situations, the Soul Pact is used more frequently than a blood oath.

Of course, the specific situation depends on the power of the pact and the number of signatories.

Fayong looked at Hu Xiangzhen, and Hu Xiangzhen looked back at Fayong. The two of them stared at each other, waiting for the other to make the first decision.

"All participants must sign!" After a long while, Hu Xiangzhen finally made her decision.

Hearing this, many people thought Hu Xiangzhen had ulterior motives. Although the Soul Pact has a strong binding force, if dozens of people sign it at once, the power of the pact will be dispersed, and no one knows how much power will remain.

"I can only have up to ten signatories. Each sect can send three people, and I, Fayong, and Miss Hu must sign!" Qiao Chun, fearing they would argue, directly stated his decision and included himself, showing his resolve.

After saying this, he stared intently at Hu Xiangzhen and Fayong, waiting for their decision.

"Since Mr. Qiao says so, this poor monk has no problem!" Fayong did not hesitate this time and immediately agreed.

Seeing that he had agreed, Hu Xiangzhen could not back out and had to agree as well.

"Alright, since that’s the case, let’s have the people who will sign the pact step forward. I will write the content of the pact, and then each of you will leave a drop of essence blood on it!" Qiao Chun said.

"Fayuan, Fawu, shall we sign this pact?" Fayong looked at Fayuan for his opinion.

"I haven’t done this before, let’s give it a try!"

The Golden Buddha Temple decided, and Qiao Chun looked at Wu Hongfei and Lin Haoming, saying, "Junior Brother Wu, Junior Brother Lin, will you join me?"

Lin Haoming had guessed that he would be asked to swear, as the competition was his idea. He could not refuse at this point and could only nod in agreement.

Qiao Chun wrote the pact and showed it to the three sects, and Lin Haoming naturally saw it as well.

When he held the Soul Pact, he vaguely felt that this thing contained an indescribable power, somewhat mysterious, and surprisingly similar to the Merit Bead.

Lin Haoming could not understand why he had this feeling, as these two things should be completely unrelated.

He did not know what material the Merit Bead was made of or its true origin. As for the Soul Pact, it is usually made from the skin covering the head of a magical beast. As for the one in his hand, Lin Haoming did not know which magical beast it came from.

Unable to figure it out, Lin Haoming did not dwell on it and carefully read the terms. After reading, he did not find any obvious loopholes and then gave it to the people from the Golden Buddha Temple.

After everyone had read it, the nine selected people each squeezed out a drop of essence blood and dropped it on the Soul Pact.

When the essence blood dropped on the Soul Pact, it emitted a layer of dark light.

This dark light seemed like a terrifying beast with an indistinct appearance, swallowing the essence blood in one bite.

After the nine people’s essence blood was dropped, Qiao Chun cast a spell, and the Soul Pact immediately began to burn. It then suddenly transformed into a seemingly illusory demon head. Before anyone could see clearly, the demon head shattered and turned into nine dark lights, each with a hint of blood color, shooting towards the nine people who had dropped their essence blood on the pact. (The novel "The Defiant of the Demon Sect" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, along with 100% lottery gifts for everyone! Now open WeChat, click the "+" in the upper right corner to "Add Friends," search for the public account “dd” and follow it. Hurry up and do it now!)

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