C318 Pass
C318 Pass
After a pause, the second middle-aged martial artist took out a namelist and read it over again.
Then, the third middle-aged martial artist repeated the same list, "First place, Di Chuan City's Xiao Mei, three hundred spirits. "Come up on stage immediately!"
The three martial artists had announced their names three times, showing how much importance they attached to the statistics.
A gentle and graceful woman in violet clothes parted the crowd and walked up the arena.
Chen Yu was a bit surprised when he heard Xiao Mei's name, but he calmed down after a brief moment of thought.
Xiao Sheng participated in the competition at Yun Ling, and won six hundred Spirit Stones. After getting rid of the hundred Spirit Stones that she gave to Chen Yu, she used three hundred Spirit Stones to get her sister Xiao Mei to the first rank.
Rank 1 did not have any additional rewards, but it could garner the attention of the higher ups of the Ruling Spirit Sect. As long as one's talent was not bad, he or she would have a bright future.
"Second place, Mighty Elephant City's Peng Zhen, 120 Souls!"
"…"
A tall and sturdy Martial Cultivator of the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage stepped onto the stage, but Chen Yu didn't have much of an impression of him.
"This person is the leader of Giant Elephant City. He spent 120 spirit stones to send himself to the second place. Very few people of his race can pass. This person is too selfish!" Ye Qing said with a chuckle beside Chen Yu.
"Third place, Zhao Zhixuan from Bifang City. Ninety-eight souls!"
"Fourth place!"
As the names were read out one by one, the warriors that were participating in the City Battle Trial s walked up onto the stage. Chen Yu shockingly discovered that other than the number one, Xiao Mei, the rest were all top people from the 72 cities. As for these people, they evidently did not calculate the amount of spirit energy needed to pass the City Battle Trial rankings, or it could be said that they had calculated it before, but each of them did their best to rank at the top.
Very quickly, at the 27th place spot, the first disciple from the sub-school appeared.
"Twenty-eighth place, Xie Yun of the East Tomb City, 45 Souls!"
Hearing this name, Chen Yu couldn't help but be surprised. Then, sure enough, he saw Third Young Master Xie who he had exchanged blows with in Evil Dragon Cave walk up the stage in large strides, with a very calm expression.
The list continued on.
Rank 50, Branch Sect Yuan Zhen, twenty-seven.
Fifty-first place, branch sect Feng Xuan, twenty-six spirits.
The 52nd place, Branch Sect Chen Daolin, 25 Spirit Stones.
53rd, Branch Sect Situ Lan, 25 Spirit Stones.
When the names of the disciples from the branch sects were read out one after another, the Outer Sect elder who had an unfathomable strength had already started to frown. The martial artists behind him also whispered to each other, revealing strange and strange expressions on their faces.
From the 50th to 170th place, apart from a dozen or so secular disciples, the rest were all disciples of the sub-schools. Moreover, these disciples all had similar results, and the 170th place was only the 23rd spirit realm.
However, after this point, the names of the sub-school disciples no longer appeared.
Gongsun Hao was ranked 183rd for his 21st spirit soul. After him, there were seven other people who were his followers and had the same amount of Spiritual Qi as him.
Then, after reading the names of the five twenty year old warriors, he finally read Chen Yu's name.
"One hundred ninety-first, Minglan City Chen Yu, twenty spirits, enter the stage immediately!"
Chen Yu stood up and walked towards the stage.
"Elder Chu, Elder Ji, this junior has something to say!" Just as Chen Yu was about to step onto the stage, one of the disciples standing together on the high platform walked out and spoke in a loud and clear voice.
Chu Zhengyan was slightly surprised and turned his head to look at the person who spoke.
That person was actually Mo Huang from Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage.
"What are you trying to say?" Chu Zhengyan obviously did not like Mo Huang's behavior. He glared at him and said coldly.
"Reporting to Elder Chu, this Chen Yu, he has thousands of spirits in his possession and yet he purposefully refuses to take them out. He must have some sort of ulterior motive!" Mo Huang said loudly, "Please enlighten me, Elder Chu!"
The Outer Sect elder was shocked, and the few warriors behind him also revealed looks of shock.
Following Mo Huang's words, many of the law enforcement disciples in the plaza also went into an uproar. On the contrary, the warriors who were waiting on the square for the results to be announced were not too surprised.
Most of the candidates had seen the great competition between the ordinary practitioners and disciples of Cloud Ridge. The battle of Chen Yu defeating Feng Xuan and winning two thousand spirits was already witnessed by many people. Therefore, compared to the surprised law enforcement disciples, they were not surprised at all.
Chu Zhengyan frowned as he coldly glanced at Chen Yu, who was slowly walking towards the stage, and said, "I know. This has nothing to do with you, and it doesn't violate the rules of the selection. You can withdraw!"
Chu Zhengyan's tone was blunt and did not allow any rejection.
Mo Huang's forehead was covered in sweat, but he did not step back. He continued: "There is one more thing, Chen Yu has the Ice and Fire Spiritual Soul, and this is known to everyone. I wonder why he wasn't detected and instead took over the spot of a Outer Sect disciple? In regards to this, we, the disciples of the branch sects, are all very puzzled, so we ask Elder Chu to thoroughly investigate this matter! "
Chen Yu had already reached the edge of the high platform, so he couldn't help but stop in his tracks.
It had to be said that Mo Huang had a vicious heart. Two thousand spirit stones was a very large number and it would definitely attract many Spirit Accumulation Stage practitioners to covet it. Of course, this was not a secret, but at this moment, it was revealed without any concealment!
As for Mo Huang's mention of Chen Yu having both fire and ice damaged, it was only creating trouble for Chen Yu. Although they were not very willing to see Chen Yu directly become an inner disciple, Feng Xuan and Mo Huang were extremely intelligent people. They knew that Chen Yu did not deliberately mention to the law enforcement disciples that Chen Yu had the twin souls of ice and fire, so they guessed that Chen Yu was not willing to become an inner disciple directly.
However, Mo Huang and the other disciples of the sub-school did not expect Chu Zhengyan to have such an attitude!
Hearing Mo Huang's words, Chu Zhengyan finally revealed a surprised expression.
"Is this true?" The Outer Sect Elder finally could not hold it in anymore. His body flickered and rushed towards Chen Yu who had just went up the stage. He extended his hand and grabbed towards Chen Yu's pulse.
Chen Yu's back arched and he looked like an exploding Vicious Beast.
But in just a split-second, Chen Yu suddenly relaxed. His expression became calm, and there was even an innocent look on his face.
Facing a Profound Dark Stage warrior like the Outer Sect Elder, Chen Yu knew that he didn't have any room to resist, not to mention Chu Zhengyan's presence.
Chen Yu only felt his wrist sink as the Outer Sect Elder had locked his meridian. Then, a strand of extremely pure brown spirit energy with a heavy and ancient feel entered his meridian and flowed along his meridian.
Seeing the Outer Sect Elder's old face close at hand, Chen Yu concentrated, controlled the starlight in his heart to converge, and at the same time, controlled the blood flame to hide in the river-like blood.
At this moment, Chen Yu felt as if he was being roughly rubbed naked, making him feel uncomfortable and humiliated.
However, Chen Yu still had an innocent and blank expression on his face and did not make any unusual movements.
The brown spiritual energy coursed unbridled through Chen Yu's meridians.
From top to bottom, thousands of eyes were focused on Chen Yu.
Chen Yu's heartstrings were already taut to the extreme.
Chu Zhengyan took a step forward and arrived in front of Chen Yu. However, he didn't intervene.
Very quickly, there was an odd expression on the Outer Sect Elder's face. He did not let go, but frowned instead. A formless spiritual will that was like water was released from his body. In an instant, it enveloped Chen Yu and kept seeping into the depths of his body.
Chen Yu's heartstrings were already taut to the extreme, but his expression didn't change at all.
Chen Yu was not sure if he could avoid this Outer Sect Elder's peep, but in this kind of situation, he had no other choice.
"There is indeed the aura of the fire and ice spirits remaining in the flesh and blood, but we did not find any Spiritual Soul!" Finally, Chen Yu felt the consciousness that was like water suddenly recede, and that strand of spirit energy also drilled out of his meridian at the same time. The Outer Sect Elder released his hand, and said with a deep voice.
"The remaining Qi is not from the Spiritual Soul?" Chu Zhengyan frowned slightly as he asked in doubt, "If it's an attack from a Spirit Treasure, how can there be some Qi left without any hindrance?"
The Outer Sect Elder shook his head and turned to look at Mo Huang.
Mo Huang was dumbstruck, the sweat on his forehead became even thicker, and then he hurriedly said: "That's impossible, he relied on the Ice and Fire Spiritual Soul to kill many of our fellow disciples, and most of us disciples can testify to that. Elder Ji, you must have been mistaken! "
The Outer Sect Elder snorted, and said sinisterly: "You mean to say, my eyesight is too bad?"
Mo Huang's face turned slightly pale. Even though he was a genius disciple of a branch sect, he was not worth mentioning in front of the Profound Dark Stage experts.
Outer Sect Elder Ji turned his head towards Chu Zhengyan, and said: "It is indeed a little strange. This child's vital energy and blood is incomparably majestic, almost not inferior to us!"
Chen Yu let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
The secret of the Star Soul and the Blood Flame was not revealed, so Chen Yu was naturally fortunate. However, Elder Ji's spiritual will was indeed incomparably strong, and he was already able to see through some clues.
"It seems he cultivated a powerful body tempering cultivation technique!" Chu Zhengyan didn't mind and said: "As for the Spiritual Soul …"
Halfway through his sentence, Chu Zhengyan seemed to recall something. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Chen Yu's wrist.
Chen Yu was spied on by his Divine Sense once again.
However, this time, Chu Zhengyan focused more on Chen Yu's internal organs.
Chen Yu's heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
"Chen Yu, honestly speaking, have you ever obtained a Spiritual Soul?" Chu Zhengyan released his hand and asked Chen Yu sternly.
Chen Yu was at a loss for words. Then, he pretended to be gloomy as he nodded his head.
"Where is the Spiritual Soul?" Chu Zhengyan showed an expression that suggested it was true and asked again.
When Elder Ji saw Chen Yu nod his head, he was stunned for a moment before becoming thoughtful.
"I don't know!" Chen Yu shook his head, revealing an unwilling and dispirited expression, he said: "I did obtain Flamingo s, but they suddenly disappeared, as if they left my body!"
Chen Yu knew that he had no way of hiding the matter regarding obtaining the Ice and Fire Spiritual Soul. As long as Chu Zhengyan and Elder Ji could investigate it, he would be able to find out.
Just when Chen Yu thought that he would have to explain more, Chu Zhengyan didn't seem surprised at all. He didn't ask any further and directly said: "Alright, go stand with the team!"
Elder Ji also revealed an expression of regret. He lost all interest in Chen Yu and turned around to walk to the side.
Mo Huang did not expect such a result. He was shocked and at a loss.
Not only Mo Huang, Feng Xuan and Chen Daolin were also confused.
On the plaza below the stage, countless low murmurs of discussion resounded. Everyone was baffled.
No matter if it was Chu Zhengyan or Elder Ji, they both seemed to understand what was going on. However, other than the two of them, no one else knew.