Chapter 98 First Round Screening

  Ye Chen was slightly stunned, and immediately knew that Xiao Xianfeng had reached the outside through the Hunyuan Sacred Mark. But how could she know what was happening outside through her own Hunyuan Sacred Mark space? Ye Chen was a bit puzzled, but didn't think much of it. Xiao Xianfeng was very mysterious, and just her past alone made people unable to guess, like a myth, a legend.

  The sky was still early, but the streets of Ying City were already crowded with people. Many cultivators and civilians were heading to the Central Arena, some to participate in the selection competition, others to watch the event, making it a lively scene.

  Ye Chen and others followed the crowd to the Yingcheng Arena. When they arrived at the arena, it was already packed with people. The huge arena was filled with tens of thousands of people, densely packed and noisy.

  The arena was packed with crowds on all sides, and in the center stood a wide competition platform three to four meters above the horizontal line. On it stood ten men and women, divided into five groups, from the Four Great Lucky Lands and the City Master's Mansion.

  The four lucky land owners stood at the four corners of the arena, while the city lord was an old man standing in the center of the arena, looking around at the surroundings.

  The four major blessings are located in different positions, each with a sign indicating the blessing they are in. Ye Chen's eyes swept over the crowd, looking at the competition stage, and one by one scanned the places where the people of the four major blessings were.

  Although they were hundreds of meters apart, Ye Chen could still feel the pressure emanating from them, a kind of pressure that came from the depths of their souls, like a great mountain weighing on his heart.

  Divine Blessing Land, Dragon Vein Blessing Land, Misty Blessing Land, Spiritual Spring Blessing Land. Among them, except for the Spiritual Spring Blessing Land, the other three major blessing lands each have only two people: an old man and a young disciple. The Spiritual Spring Blessing Land has three people: an old man, a young man, and a young woman.

  For the other three blessed lands, Ye Chen's gaze only stayed for a moment before moving away. This time, his and Ye Yan's goal was the Lingquan Blessed Land, so Ye Chen focused his attention on the three people in the Lingquan Blessed Land.

  In the blessed land of Lingquan, that young man was emitting a powerful aura all over his body. This aura made Ye Chen feel like an ant. The man wore a purple robe and had a handsome face, but his eyebrows were filled with arrogance. On the other hand, the old man looked about fifty years old, with a calm expression, looking just like an ordinary old man. Ye Chen couldn't sense even a hint of a strong aura from him.

  The elderly of the Four Great Blessed Lands all looked the same, just like an ordinary person.

  What caught Ye Chen and Ye Yan's attention was the woman in Baiyue Fudi, who wore white clothes as snow, with her sleeves fluttering. She stood there, with several ribbons lightly flying around her, as if she were a fairy descending from the ninth heaven.

  Ye Chen looked at her, the strongest feeling was coldness, followed by indifference. The woman's face was absolutely beautiful, whether it was her appearance or figure, both were perfect to the extreme. Her black hair fell on her shoulders, her eyes were very indifferent, as if everything in the world didn't matter to her, with a calm and elegant temperament.

  Ye Chen only glanced at her a few times before involuntarily withdrawing his gaze. The woman somehow gave people a strong feeling of being untouchable. Ye Chen turned his head to look around and saw that the others in the arena were the same, their gazes only briefly stopping on the woman before moving away, as if looking at her for a few more seconds would be an insult to her.

  "Big brother, that sister is so beautiful!" Little Xian Shuang blinked her big eyes and pointed at the woman in Lingquan Fudi, saying, "She's as beautiful as Yan sister!"

  Ye Chen and Ye Yan were both stunned for a moment, then they both laughed. The little girl had actually learned to flatter too.

  However, Xiaoxian's words made Ye Chen's gaze fall on the woman again. Ye Chen was slightly stunned to discover that the woman wasn't standing on the ground. Her skirt almost covered her jade-like feet. Ye Chen saw clearly that she was floating in mid-air, three inches off the ground. Her jade-like feet were crystal clear and flawless, like beautifully carved jade, with not a single imperfection, perfect to the extreme.

  The arena was crowded, and it seemed extremely noisy. The old man in the center of the competition platform suddenly spoke up, his voice like thunder on a spring day, thick and long-lasting, spreading to every corner of the arena.

  "Everyone be quiet!" The old man in the city master's mansion looked around, his loud voice went out, and the entire arena immediately fell silent.

  "After the registration period, more than 3,000 people came to participate in the selection. These 3,000 people must go through two rounds of screening before they can qualify for the competition. The first round of screening is about to begin!" The old man from the City Lord's Mansion said calmly, but with a hint of excitement on his face. It was an honor to host this grand competition, and today he would witness several or even dozens of talented individuals being discovered by the wealthy and powerful, thereby securing their future and bringing glory to Ying City."

  The scene was quiet and still, with an air of anticipation hanging over the crowd as they waited for the first round of eliminations to begin, wondering what form this first round would take.

  "The first round of selection on the Refining Realm, all those who have not reached the 8th stage of physical body above 16 years old and below 25 years old will lose their qualification for selection. Those above 25 years old who are below the Secret Realm of Life will also lose their qualification for selection."

  Wow!

  The scene below was in an uproar, and countless complaints erupted instantly.

  "Why is it unfair? We didn't make it into the top eight because we didn't have enough elixir to support us, but that doesn't mean we don't have potential. It's just too unfair."

  "It's unfair. With this kind of screening, aren't the only ones who qualify those disciples from wealthy families and powerful sects? They have a large amount of spiritual medicine to support them, how can we lone cultivators or people without power compare to them?"

  Many of the men and women who were eliminated in the first round shouted loudly below the field.

  "Quiet, everyone quiet, don't make a racket." The old man from the City Lord's Manor immediately shouted to stop them, but those who had lost their qualifications were emotionally agitated and didn't listen.

  "You want us to be quiet? We came from thousands of miles away to participate in this selection, just to have the chance to enter the blessed land for cultivation. But before the competition even started, we've already lost our qualification."

  "Not bad, although we didn't enter the eighth dan in flesh, it doesn't mean we are worse than those in the eighth dan."

  "It's unfair, why do I lose my qualifications just because I'm over 25 years old? At the age of 25, I reached the peak of eight segments. Even compared to those family disciples who are supported by spiritual medicine every day, I am far superior. We can't compare with them."

  The scene was somewhat out of control, the old man from the City Lord's Mansion was sweating profusely. This time, he was in charge of hosting this grand competition for the four major lucky lands. If things didn't go well, he would definitely be blamed by the City Lord. However, at this moment, he deeply felt a sense of powerlessness, as those people simply wouldn't listen to him.

  "Everyone, be quiet!"

  A voice came from the place where Longmai Fudi was, the sound was not loud, but every word seemed to be striking people's hearts, all sounds stopped abruptly. The old man in Longmai Fudi looked at the scene below with a faint glance, and that one glance made people feel as if a great mountain had pressed down on them, almost suffocating, breathing uneasily.

  "You want fairness? There's no such thing as fairness on the path of cultivation. You don't have any backing, but with a single unyielding and never-giving-up heart, you can reach our first wheel standard without relying on worldly family or sect support. If you can't reach it, it only means you're not qualified."

  Ye Chen stood among the crowd below, nodding his head unconsciously as he listened to the old man's words. The old man from Longmai Fudi was right; with a strong and resilient heart, even without the support of a family behind him, what was to stop him from searching for spiritual medicine himself? In this mortal realm, ordinary cultivators didn't need much spiritual medicine anyway. The four great blessed lands selecting disciples, thousands or tens of thousands competing for just a few spots - those who were capable would get them, and there was nothing to complain about.

  The people who were eliminated on the scene suddenly stopped making a sound. The people of Longmai Fudi spoke, and no one dared to show dissatisfaction again.

  The scene below quieted down, the old man of Longmai Fudi looked at the old man of Chengzhufu, and the old man of Chengzhufu immediately understood, saying loudly: "Now the second round of screening is about to begin. All those who have signed up and were not eliminated in the first round should come to the empty space in front of the arena."

  In an instant, countless heads shook, and one by one, young cultivators walked out of the crowd. The empty space in front of the arena was quickly filled with selected young cultivators. After the first round of screening, more than 3,000 people were left with only over a hundred people remaining.

  Over a hundred people, each with an anxious heart, did not know what kind of screening method would come next. They all looked at the old man in the central castle of the competition stage.

  The old man of the castle looked at the more than 100 people below the stage, cleared his throat and said: "Second round of screening, Blood Qi Stone test."

  As soon as the words fell, one person in each of the four major lucky lands waved their hand, and four huge white stones, one meter high, appeared out of thin air and landed steadily on the competition platform with a loud crash. The four stones stood side by side, smooth like jade, with five round mirrors on top.

  "Do you see those four stone pieces? That's the Blood Energy Stone. You just need to put your hand on the Blood Energy Stone, don't think about anything, and fully mobilize the blood energy in your body. At that time, the Blood Energy Stone will test the strength of your blood energy. The top five circular holes will emit light, the more light, the stronger the blood energy, and the greater the potential of the flesh."

  After finishing, the old man of the city master's mansion looked at the more than 100 people and said: "The separation test for the eighth and ninth segments, on the platform there are four blood gas stones. The left side tests the physical body of the eighth segment, and the right side tests the physical body of the ninth segment. The blood gas stone will automatically adjust according to your cultivation realm, so don't worry about the ninth segment taking advantage."

  With that said, the young cultivators who had reached the eighth stage let out a collective sigh of relief. They had been worried about the test being indistinguishable between the eighth and ninth stages. If that were the case, how could those at the eighth stage possibly compare to those at the ninth stage in terms of their blood energy?

  "Now the test begins, four people come up each time, and they will be tested in order." said the old man of the City Lord's Mansion.

  The second watch is delivered, and the third watch at night will be on time at 8 o'clock.