Unlike the birds singing and flowers on Wanjuanshu Mountain, Mingshan is in a cold place in the northeast, with snow covering about a foot of snow all year round. The mountains are full of scenes unique to the snow country.

The teleportation array closest to Mingshan is more than 300 miles, and the distance is also of particular importance.

Near the foot of Mingshan are dozens of larger villages. Although they are bitter and cold all year round, they do not accumulate snow all year round like on the mountain. There are crops that can survive in spring and summer. In addition, some wild game in the mountains will be purchased by merchants from far away, so life is pretty good. At least it is stable. Even if evil spirits are rampant in various places before, it will not be affected.

Moreover, there is a big market near Mingshan, and many things in it depend on the output of the villages at the foot of the surrounding mountains. Human resources can be said to be interdependent.

Over time, Mingshanzong and the villagers at the foot of the mountain became familiar with each other.

In the words of the common people at the foot of the mountain, the monks and men on the mountain are kind, and anyone in the village has any illnesses and pains, so they are looking for these monks to help treat them. Even occasionally, the monks and men attacked them. The favors have been received for generations. Every household has offered good cards to the monks and men in the mountains, praying for the blessing that the monks and men have the same cultivation skills as the sky!

Two months ago, the villages at the foot of Mingshan received news from Mingshan that a large gathering will be held in Mingshan on the ninth day of the ninth month. At that time, monks from all directions from the Jingji Dynasty gathered here, and then stayed on Mingshan for at least five days before leaving. During this period, disciples of Mingshan Sect would come to various villages to guide them, and at the same time coordinated and maintained the village from excessive influence of monks from all sides. Notifying them in advance also made the people in the village mentally prepared.

This is not the first time. The villagers at the foot of Mingshan were prepared, and even prepared many things early, waiting for this big gathering in Mingshan to make a lot of money for their family.

There are monks from other places? Although there are rumors that there are good and bad things, at the foot of Mingshan, there are monks on Mingshan to take care of them, so even the children in the village will not be afraid.

What's more, although Mingshan is big, it can't tolerate thousands of people, or even tens of thousands of people, which is absolutely impossible to tolerate. Even if the big market in Mingshan is next to it can't tolerate it. According to past experience, there will always be many foreign monks who come to Mingshan who cannot go up the mountain, so they gather at the foot of the mountain to hold a party for a few days.

People always have to eat and drink when they get together. The monks and men are all good-for-moneys. This place is hundreds of miles away from the city and is also a bitter and cold place. It is normal for melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables to be more expensive. It is acceptable for men to change four or five times.

As for wine, homemade fruit wine has always been easy to sell. If you pay more attention to finding two jars of spirits, it will definitely be sought after.

Every grand event of Mingshan Sect is also a grand event for the villages at the foot of the mountain. They even form associations and deal with this good opportunity to make money together.

However, no matter whether it is Mingshan Sect or the people in the village at the foot of Mingshan, they would not have thought that this grand event was completely different from previous sessions from the beginning.

Just ten days ago, some monks who were far away had already begun to appear around Mingshan in scattered areas. These were all monks who were not qualified to go up the mountain. Either they came from small sects that were not well-known, or were disciples of the sects who had not received a quota for going up the mountain but wanted to join in the fun and try their luck.

After these monks came, most of them were keen to discuss who was the most popular in the next sword test conference, as in previous sessions, and who could finally win the top spot in the conference? How many top experts will take action at this sword test conference? And so on.

However, all these cultivators who were chatting enthusiastically were casual cultivators and those disciples of small sects who were not in the right position. The disciples who came to join in the fun and tried their luck did not talk about these topics as they did before. On the contrary, they just found a place to stay at the foot of Mingshan, and then basically wandered around the market to try to find a place to go up the mountain, and there was no other move.

Some people at the foot of Mingshan who delivered food even felt that these monks and masters who were not gathered together were not very good in their faces, and they always frowned as if they had any worries.

In addition, this sword test conference stated that the number of sects and number of participants to participate was much higher than in previous sessions, and it was even the largest in hundreds of years. Especially for first- and second-rate sects, there were teams of twenty or thirty to come up the mountain. There were also many third-rate sects, and almost all sent people to the limit of the quota given by Mingshan Sect. They did not use the quota to resell a few as before.

This incident also made many keen people in Mingshan Sect notice and tasted some flavor from it. In addition, Mingshan Sect arranged the eyeliners and news channels in various sects, and then summarized the news from Wanjuanshushan, the matter was actually intact.

There is only so much meat in the pot. If you want to scoop a few more spoons of meat for yourself, you will definitely make a few spoons of meat in other people's bowls. Eating more will depend on whether your arms are thick enough and your fists are hard enough. Otherwise, you will have to vomit as much as you eat. If you are not lucky, you have to vomit out with blood.

However, both Mingshan Sect and Wanjuanshushan claim to be strong, not to mention that they are still walking together. This time, even if the sects below are preparing to gather to cause trouble, they will have the confidence to deal with it. And as long as the momentum that is raised below is taken back this time, it will be much more peaceful later and they will have more room for exercise.

Sure enough, as the ninth day of the ninth lunar month approached, more and more sect disciples gathered here, and there was a clear trend of distinction. The first, second and third sects gathered more than before, and the less-affiliated sect disciples or casual cultivators did not come over to make things boring.

This added a piece of ice to the bustle, and gradually made the uninformed people feel that this sword test conference will be different.

And until the eighth day of September, there were variables.

Suddenly flags flickered at the foot of Mingshan Mountain, and teams of monks who were marching in military formations drove down the official road and camped fifteen miles away from the gate of Mingshan Mountain. From the flying flags, the famous Golden Sword Camp of Fenghong Villa in Jingjiuchao came, and the scale was quite large, so half of them were here.

Leading the army was the head general of the Jinjian Camp and the foreign affairs deacon Shen Hao. In any case, there were several flags belonging to the Xuanqingwei Black Flag Camp outside the Jinjian Camp, which indicated that the Xuanqingwei Black Flag Camp also sent people outside the Jinjian Camp.

What is this to do?

Although the sword test conference will also invite people from Fenghong Villa or Jingji Dynasty to watch the ceremony as usual, there has never been a precedent for dispatching the Golden Sword Camp. And is it too close to camp fifteen miles away? The sharpness makes people frown.

In order not to cause trouble, the monks who were close to the Jinjian Camp's tent quickly avoided it, which made the nearby villagers who were originally planning to make some money at the conference and were stunned.
Chapter completed!