Chapter 99: Hot Hands

  The crowd below was filled with anticipation, and the Bloodstone Test had once produced an extraordinary genius who, at just 23 years old, had reached the pinnacle of ninth-grade cultivation and even activated two and a half circles simultaneously.

  Will this time still be able to produce such a potential figure, people are eagerly waiting, staring at the stage with bated breath.

  The remaining hundred or so people stood in four places, respectively on the four sides of the arena, and as soon as the second round of testing was announced, someone immediately walked onto the arena.

  Two eight-stage cultivators and two nine-stage cultivators walked towards the Blood Qi Stones on both sides.

  Four people's eyes were filled with confidence, especially the two young nine-segmenters, whose eyebrows seemed to hold a hint of arrogance. The four stood in front of the Blood Qi Stone, slowly extending their right hands to stick them onto the stone.

  Got it.

  The first circle of the four pieces of Bloodstone began to glow, and after the first circle of the two eight-year-old young men's Bloodstone lit up, the second circle also started to flash with a faint light, but in the end it didn't light up, only flashing a few times before disappearing.

  "Alright, you two can go down now. The test results show that your blood and energy are superior to the first rank." The old man from the City Lord's Manor said, while recording it down.

  Nine-stage Blood Qi Test, among them, one person was like the two eight-stage cultivators, the first circle lit up, the second circle flickered a few times and went out, the test result exceeded the first grade. And another nine-stage cultivator actually lit up two circles, although the light of the second circle was still flickering, but the light was very strong, finally gradually stabilizing.

  "Two rounds have been lit, you see, that's Young Master Shangguan Linfeng of the Shangguan family. I've long heard that Shangguan Linfeng is exceptionally talented and can be considered the number one among the younger generation in recent years. Indeed, he's not ordinary, having lit two rounds."

  "Ah, look quickly, the third one, the third one has also started to glow. Heaven, he won't be able to activate three circles, will he? In Ying City, there has never been anyone who can activate three circles. There was once someone who activated two and a half and was already hailed as the number one person in Chu land for a thousand years. How unexpected that Shangguan Linfeng actually has such talent, such vigorous blood energy."

  "Genius, I heard that the young lady of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Ziyuan, was exceptionally gifted and was admitted to the inner courtyard as a disciple due to her rare physique. Now, unexpectedly, another genius has emerged from the Shangguan family! It seems that Shangguan Linfeng's entry into Fude City is a certainty. Two people from the same family can enter Fude City? The Shangguan family's future status will be unparalleled in Lincheng."

  Everyone was talking and exclaiming in surprise, the referee on the competitive stage had a satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth, listening to the exclamations from the people below, he felt extremely pleased.

  Not just the people in the arena, but even those from the four major blessed lands were now looking at Shangguan Lingcheng, expecting him to activate the third circle.

  "At least it's a quasi-spirit body, I didn't expect that in this city of Ying, apart from Shang Guan Ziyan, that upper spirit body, there would actually be another quasi-spirit body." The old man said calmly, with a hint of delight flashing in his eyes.

  Ya Ling's body is relatively rare even in the cultivation world. Once such a physique enters the Minghai Secret Realm, it can directly become an inner courtyard disciple. As for Shangguan Ziyuan's Upper Spirit Body, it is even rarer and considered top-notch among spirit bodies. Once entering the Minghai Secret Realm, one will directly become a core disciple and receive focused cultivation.

  The elderly of the four major blessed lands all nodded slightly, apparently quite satisfied with the emergence of a quasi-spirit body in this selection.

  Shangguan Linfeng's forehead was already beaded with sweat, the third circle couldn't stabilize and kept flickering, finally bursting into a brilliant light before suddenly extinguishing.

  The third circle went out, but Shangguan Linfeng was not disappointed. Others had just activated one circle, while he had almost activated three. This was a huge difference, and his sense of superiority arose naturally.

  "The test is complete, and the result shows that your blood gas strength exceeds second-class." The old man in the city lord's mansion announced while recording.

  The eyes of the four old men from the Four Great Blessed Lands lit up, and the third circle suddenly brightened, indicating that the young man in front of them had surpassed the quasi-spirit body and was a true spirit body. Spirit bodies are rare, and for the various blessed lands, they are also objects to be fought over. The four old men each had their own thoughts, all thinking about how they could get Shangguan Lingfeng to join their own blessed land.

  Testing wave after wave, the vast majority of people only have super first-rate goods, with two people reaching second-rate goods, but compared to Shangguan Linfeng, there is still a significant gap. Five rounds, the more to the end, the harder it is to stimulate, and the required blood gas strength is also growing exponentially.

  For example, the vitality required to activate the third circle and the fourth circle is a full four times stronger. It can be seen that the gap is so large that even in the cultivation world, there are only a few people who can activate the fourth circle. Those who can fully activate the third circle and make the fourth circle flash with light will be directly accepted as direct disciples by the blessed land, and will be cultivated without reservation.

  Of course, there are people who can activate the fourth circle, but such people are not what the four major lucky lands can have. Those geniuses among geniuses have all been taken away by top forces.

  Another batch of testers walked down from the competition stage, and another batch of testers walked up to the stage. There were still thirty or so eight-stage cultivators who had not been tested, while only two nine-stage cultivators remained, namely Ye Yan and Ye Chen.

  "Yan Jie, I don't know how many circles you can activate, but I think three should be no problem," Ye Chen said with a smile, his voice whispering in Yan's ear, the warm air spraying on her face, causing her skin to flush red.

  "Three? You really think sister is a genius, being able to activate two is already pretty good." Ye Yan gave Ye Chen a glance, then walked up to the competition stage and directly came in front of the nine-segment test stone, slowly placing her slender hand on it.

  A white light flashed, extremely dazzling, the first round of blood jade in front of Ye Yan's face lit up, and it was different from others, not one of the five colors of gold, green, red, blue, and brown, but a white light, like a fairy light that pierced people's eyes so they couldn't open them.

  The old man of the Four Great Fortunes suddenly had a look of shock on his face, with eager light flashing in each of his eyes.

  The first circle lit up, followed by the second circle starting to flash, and soon the second circle also emitted a bright white light. Then the third circle began to flicker, flashing on and off.

  The scene was in an uproar, and another genius like Shangguan Linfeng appeared. He also activated two circles, and the third one was flashing with light. People's faces were filled with shock, and many looked at Ye Yan on stage, only to find that it was a strange face they had never seen before. It was absolutely impossible for him to be from Yingcheng, otherwise how could such a genius go unrecognized?

  The old man of the Four Great Lucky Lands was so excited that his whiskers were all trembling. Just as the third round of light on the Blood Qi Stone in front of Ye Yan's face was about to stabilize, the old man of the Lingquan Lucky Land spoke up, "Little girl, stop here, you don't need to test anymore. I, Lingquan Lucky Land, am willing to take you as my disciple. As soon as you join Lingquan Lucky Land, you will become a direct disciple. Are you willing?"

  Wow!

  The scene suddenly burst open, direct disciple? This is simply a pie in the sky, a direct disciple in Fudi's low-ranking respected position, even with the core courtyard's elder not distinguishing between high and low. Although people don't know much about the four major Fudi, they have also heard that Lingquan Fudi directly wants to take that woman as a direct disciple, instantly countless eyes cast over, admiring, jealous, of course, there are also cold ones.

  Shangguan Linfeng stood at the bottom of the stage, his eyes cold and gloomy. Among the selected people this time, he should be the one in the spotlight, but now all the glory has faded, overshadowed by the beautiful woman in pink on the stage, which made him resentful.

  "What does Lingquan Fudi mean, is this blatant robbery of talent?" The old man from Longmai Fudi suddenly became displeased, and the old men from Shenxi Fudi and Yunxia Fudi also glared with anger.

  "Hehe, no need to get excited." The old man from Lingquan Fudi smiled and then looked at Ye Yan with a kind face, saying: "Girl, what's your name?"

  "Little girl Ye Yan, has seen all the seniors, brothers and sisters." Ye Yan slightly bowed, directly calling those disciples of the four major blessed lands as brothers and sisters.

  "Heh heh, Ye Yan, now all four of our blessed lands are willing to take you in as a direct disciple. You can freely choose which one to enter." The elder of the Dragon Vein Blessed Land said, adding at the end, "If you're willing to enter my Dragon Vein Blessed Land, I'll gift you with a third-grade superior spiritual soldier."

  Ye Chen's mouth twitched, a third-grade superior spiritual soldier? Although he didn't know what kind of strong cultivator had refined the third-grade superior spiritual soldier, he was clear that its power far surpassed that of a first-grade spiritual soldier by countless times, making it a treasured item. Yet, Ye Mu had offered to give it to Ye Yan just like that. What kind of physique did Ye Yan have, to be so sought after, that the four great blessed lands would go to such great lengths to get?

  Those who didn't know about the Spirit Soldier on the scene weren't too surprised, but those who had heard of it were shocked, their eyes red with envy. Especially Upper Official Lin Feng, who was consumed by jealousy at this moment. Upper Official Zi Yan was a disciple of the Divine Blessing Temple's inner courtyard, so Upper Official Lin Feng naturally had some understanding of the Spirit Soldier. A third-grade top-quality Spirit Soldier was something that only super-strong individuals in the Divine Blessing Temple could possess. Just activating a thread of its power could instantly kill someone who had reached the ninth level of the Secret Realm of the Vast Ocean's Nine Springs. It was terrifying and an absolute treasure.

  Not to mention the people in the arena, even the few disciples of the Four Great Lucky Lands were shocked and amazed. Immediately, a fiery color flashed through their eyes. They were all direct disciples, but only a handful of people could possess a top-grade spirit soldier. Among the direct disciples, only a few people possessed a top-grade spirit soldier.

  Top-grade spiritual soldiers are also top-notch treasures in various blessed lands, but they will not be easily bestowed upon disciples. One must either obtain them through coincidence or make great contributions to the sect; otherwise, it is impossible to get one. Now, however, it is being used to entice someone into joining...

  Third watch, asking for flowers, asking for noble guests hehe.