Deduct 1 for merit. I am really not a child of luck.

Chapter 83: Appearance! The geniuses of the ninth level enlightenment platform!
"How can we call young people if they are not full of energy?"

Senior Brother Li smiled and continued:
"In fact, I personally support Ye Chen's behavior. There is only one chance to challenge, and not everyone has the courage to challenge the top ten on the Immortal Ranking!"

I believe you!
Senior Brother He complained in his heart.

After Ye Chen's brain seizure that day exposed himself, Senior Brother Li convened a team leader meeting overnight and revised the already established ring battle rules.

According to the original rules, the first stage of the ring battle is not a melee, but a one-on-one fight.

Now that it has been changed to a melee, you still need to get 10 points to enter the next stage, but the difficulty has increased a lot.

Fortunately, Ye Chen managed to pass the test in the end.

After seeing Ye Chen pass the test, Senior Brother He felt relieved.

Very good, as long as we pass the first level, we will have a chance to enter the second stage of the challenge.

At this time, the leader next to him asked curiously: "Brother He, does Ye Chen really want to challenge Lin Mo? Is he so sure?"

"Yes, although Lin Mo's scores in the first round of tests were average, he still scored full marks in the Immortal Examination Secret Realm, so his strength should not be too weak."

"In terms of luck, he has opened two orange-light secret treasures, one of which is an immortal foundation-building method. This is something that has rarely been seen in Qinzhou in the past hundred years!"

“Immortal-grade Taoism, wow, even if Lin Mo’s aptitude is ordinary, his cultivation level after building the foundation will be able to improve by leaps and bounds.”

"..."

The immortal-grade foundation-building Taoist method is the most advanced Taoist method even among the nine major Taoist academies, and its number is extremely limited.

Although they are all disciples of the Taoist Academy, most of them do not have the opportunity to practice the immortal foundation-building method.

Only the truly top immortal seedlings of each session, such as Chu Wange, Chen Xuanzhi and others, will be selected in advance by the bigwigs in the Taoist Academy before the immortal examination and become eligible to practice immortal Taoist magic.

And even so, except for Chu Wange and Lin Mo, the other geniuses in this year's freshmen only practiced the [Basics of Taoism] of the immortal Taoism. The formal chapters can only be learned after they truly enter the door and become apprentices.

Therefore, in their eyes, Lin Mo, who possesses the immortal foundation-building method, can be regarded as a true prodigy of the Taoist Academy.

Even though Ye Chen became a sword servant, he was only a top-notch disciple among the ordinary Taoist disciples. Compared with the Taoist geniuses on the ninth floor, he was still much inferior.

Facing everyone's doubts, Brother He smiled and said:

"Junior Brother Lin's luck is indeed good, but his strength...may still be a little lacking."

“After all, his spiritual roots are only five-element spiritual roots, and his progress in practicing the foundation-building method may be much slower than Ye Chen’s.”

Senior Brother Li frowned and said, "Is Lin Mo really a five-element spiritual root?"

Senior Brother He nodded: "Confirmed."

The team leaders were silent for a while.

Honestly speaking, it is a very rare thing for a person with five elements of spiritual roots to be admitted to one of the nine academies.

Now Lin Mo not only came in, but also stood at the tenth position on the Immortal List.

It’s incredible!
"If that's the case, Junior Brother Ye Chen does have a good chance."

Senior Brother Li said so.

The other team leaders did not refute his words.

No matter how powerful the immortal Taoist magic is, it can only be effective after the Taoist foundation is completed.

Now it seems that with Lin Mo's aptitude, even a hundred days of martial arts may not be enough to lay a good foundation for the Tao.

Perhaps he would have to stay at the Enlightenment Cliff for two or three years before he could consolidate his foundation and ascend to the spiritual world.

Not to mention his future achievements, for now, Ye Chen's strength may actually be much higher than Lin Mo's.

After all, Ye Chen already possessed the sword bestowed by Senior Brother He Lian of Qingshan Sect. Even if it had not been fully refined, it still possessed a small portion of the killing power bonus that belonged to a sword cultivator.

Just when everyone was thinking this, Zhuang Weiwan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "That may not be the case."

Everyone turned their eyes towards her in the corner.

"Oh?"

Senior Brother He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does Senior Sister Zhuang have any opinions?"

Senior Sister Zhuang shook her head and said:
"Anyway, Junior Brother Lin is not as weak as you say. I am more optimistic about Junior Brother Lin!"

Senior Brother He frowned, as if he had thought of something, but in the end he didn't say much, just said:
"Then wait, there will be results soon anyway."

The leaders of other Taoist temples also noticed that the atmosphere was not right. It seemed that Qingshan Sect was also unstable...

……

The number of people who signed up for the first stage of the ring battle was just under 900, and the battle was divided into nine rounds in total.

The order of the battles is completely random and will not be based on rankings.

Amid heated discussions among the team leaders and the audience, the first stage of the ring battle progressed quickly.

The fastest ones can complete a round in less than ten minutes, and the slowest ones can't exceed the twenty minutes limit.

In a little more than an hour, the nine rounds of the first phase of the ring battle were over.

At the same time, the 50 winners from the first stage all sat in the waiting seats.

On average, the number of winners selected in each round is far from 9, but less than 6.

This group of qualifiers are definitely the best among this year's immortal seedlings.

"Shh!"

A talisman light flickered in the mirror, and the Taoist robe host transformed by Senior Brother Li appeared on the stage again. A voice rang out in the empty and deserted stage:

"Congratulations to all the junior brothers and sisters for successfully advancing to the second stage. Enough of small talk, let's start the second stage now!"

At this moment, the attention of both the audience and the players on the field was immediately focused.

I only heard Senior Brother Li continue:
"Of course, before the challenge officially begins, we need to enter the player selection phase first!"

"Now let me reiterate the rules. The challenger can choose any freshman who ranks higher than himself to challenge."

"And once the number of people chosen by the challenger exceeds three, they can conduct a counter-election and choose their own challenger."

Having said this, he paused deliberately and said:

"Also, before the selection process begins, let me introduce today's special guest to you—"

"The top geniuses on the ninth level of the Enlightenment Platform!"

As the words fell, the pitch-black area outside the arena suddenly lit up in the mirage.

Several beams of light descended from the sky, illuminating the dark auditorium.

The first person that caught everyone's eye was Chu Wange, who was sitting in the center.

Then there are Chen Xuanzhi, Feng Ji, Cang Qianhao...

Lin Mo, Long A, Zhang Cai...

On the ninth floor of the Enlightenment Platform, all the geniuses in the top 20 of the Immortal List appeared on their seats.

The seats are also arranged according to the Pu team pattern of the Wudao Platform, with clear front and back and staggered layout.

As for their seats, they are much higher than the waiting seats on the other side.

Under the illumination of the special light beam, from a distance it looked like twenty banished immortals sitting alone in a high place.

Such an appearance directly shocked the audience in front of Mirror Flowers and Water Moon.

"Oh my god, it's Chu Wan Ge!!!"

"Wow! Feng Ji, my idol!"

"Chen Xuanzhi! The pride of Jibei Province!"

"Murong Taotao, what a cute one!"

"..."

The sudden appearance of the top geniuses immediately ignited the atmosphere on the scene.

It turns out that these top geniuses have been watching the battle in the mirror and water from the very beginning, and their presence has only been revealed now.

Ye Chen, who was sitting in the waiting seat, looked downcast when he saw Lin Mo, who was dazzling under the beam of light opposite him, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Lin Mo, you wait.

Soon that spot will be mine!
(End of this chapter)