Chapter 562: 561. Chapter 556: The Results of the Contention Dao Class

561. Chapter 556: The Results of the Contention Dao Class

The moment Seeing Ji Xing, Zhuo Qi, Fan Qingsi, and Long Xiyue followed the crowd of cultivators into the entrance of the magical-combat elimination tournament, a powerful surge of Dao resonance force slammed over them.

Cultivators whose immortal essence wasn't condensed were swept straight out, eliminated on the spot.

Seeing Ji Xing and the others all felt secretly relieved—if they hadn't spent this period cultivating under Dao Master Ding, they would have been among the very first batch hurled out.

Their immortal essence was condensed now; this kind of force slamming into them couldn't even tear open their immortal-essence shields, let alone shake their bodies.

They were also among the first batch of cultivator-students to withstand this Dao resonance force and charge inside.

On the Grand Dao Corridor plaza, everyone was watching the first round of the magical-combat elimination tournament.

As one cultivator-student after another was swept out of the magical-combat elimination tournament, some onlooking cultivators who had been keeping an eye on the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy began to wonder if they were seeing things.

Thousands had already been eliminated—yet not a single cultivator-student from the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy had been seen being thrown out?

Fortunately, it wasn't long before two cultivator-students wearing the uniform of the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy were swept out.

A female cultivator who had been staring for quite a while let out a breath of relief: "I told you—how could there be no Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy cultivator-students being eliminated? Good, now there finally are.

They're eight people, right? Six of them still haven't been eliminated—that doesn't look like the trash of the Contention Dao Class."

"Looks like they really did put in the effort after joining the Contention Dao Class; the improvement is obvious. Too bad the effort came a little late."

……

Hearing these comments, one Dao master finally couldn't hold back:

"Would you all please look more carefully? These two eliminated cultivator-students may be disciples of the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy, but they're not from the Contention Dao Class—they're from the Mystic Dao Class."

Only now did the crowd's divine senses realize that these two eliminated Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy cultivator-students were indeed not among the eight from the Contention Dao Class.

Everyone fell silent; what each person was thinking in their heart, no one knew.

Originally, if those eight had been the first batch eliminated, they could still have enjoyed the show.

Now this much time had passed—even if they were eliminated, they wouldn't count as the bottom batch, so what's there to enjoy?

As cultivator-students were eliminated one after another, every time a cultivator-student in Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy uniform appeared, the most divine senses landed on them.

The magical-combat elimination tournament lasted a full half-day.

Because the cultivator-students of the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy's Contention Dao Class performed so strikingly and were never eliminated, more and more onlookers gathered at the magical-combat venue.

"Rankings are out." The moment the magical-combat elimination tournament ended, someone saw the rankings appear on the massive formation screen.

First place: Seeing Ji Xing, ninety-seven point three-two-one, Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy.

Second place: Mu Wuwei, ninety-seven point one-zero-six, Western Wastes Dao Law Academy.

Third place: Long Xiyue, ninety-six point eight-eight-two, Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy.

……

How could this be?

In the elimination rankings, the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy occupied four of the top ten. Not only that, two of the top three were from the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy.

"Is there a mistake?" someone finally asked aloud.

"It can't be wrong—the elimination tournament uses a top-grade immortal artifact; no one could falsify anything inside it."

Not only the onlookers—even the academy deans, the alliance leader and immortal lord presiding over the competition, all thought the rankings were wrong.

But they checked the process and results over and over, and indeed there was no mistake.

Those four Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy disciples in the top ten had all relied on genuine ability.

"Has the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy really become this powerful?"

"I don't know whether the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy is really this powerful, but those four cultivator-students in the top ten are all from the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy's Contention Dao Class."

"Is it possible the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy deliberately sent outstanding disciples to the Contention Dao Class to draw attention?"

"Bai Chi, then you try doing the same and see if you can grab four spots in the top ten, with two of them in the top three."

Yuan You rubbed his eyes hard, and his divine sense also checked repeatedly.

No mistake—after the elimination tournament ended, the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy occupied four of the top ten.

They were, respectively, first place Seeing Ji Xing, third place Long Xiyue, sixth place Zhuo Qi, and tenth place Fan Qingsi.

"Haha…" Gu Min laughed heartily and walked up to Yuan You:

"Dean, this time I've recruited an outstanding Dao master for our academy. No matter how the later results turn out, just this magical-combat elimination tournament alone is enough to make Dao Master Ding famous across the Grand Dao Corridor."

Yuan You felt a vague unease in his heart. Just as he was about to reply to Gu Min, he heard a burst of commotion.

His and Gu Min's divine senses swept out and saw that the first-round elimination tournaments for Array Dao, Talisman Dao, and Artifact Dao had also ended.

The reason for the commotion was that Li Yunmu had taken first place in the Array Dao elimination tournament, and second place was Lin Zhenruo—both were from the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy.

In Talisman Dao, Qian Xun Haoyi took second in the elimination tournament.

In Artifact Dao, Lei Zuocheng also took second place in the elimination tournament.

These results……

"Dao Master Ding actually brought the Contention Dao Class to this height?" Yuan You muttered to himself, and suddenly felt a twinge of regret over his earlier intention to secretly spy on Ding Huan.

After this Dao Law Academy competition, Ding Huan would surely be a Dao master every academy would scramble to recruit.

Yuan You rubbed his brow, racking his brain for a way to break the deadlock and build a good relationship with Dao Master Ding.

With a Dao master like this, why would he need to spy on anyone's secrets?

Gu Min didn't notice the change in Yuan You's mood; he excitedly clenched his fist.

He hadn't misjudged.

As long as Ding Huan stayed at the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy for a few years, even the title of Holy Dao Master might not be beyond his reach.

The thought that the Wild Wastes Divine Powers Academy might produce a Holy Dao Master made Gu Min unable to contain his excitement.

"Dean Gu, let me ask you something—does Dao Master Ding leaving our academy this time have anything to do with you?"

Although Yuan You was happy in his heart over his academy's rankings, he was even more worried about the future.

Fortunately, he hadn't yet moved against Ding Huan; otherwise, Ding Huan could have joined any top Dao Law academy, and they'd have plenty of ways to deal with Yuan You.

He asked Gu Min this because he feared Gu Min had betrayed Ding Huan last time.

Gu Min blinked, then shook his head and said, "How could that be? After I recruited Dao Master Ding Huan into the academy, I was swamped with affairs and never had time to visit Dao Master Ding."

It wasn't until just before the competition that I went to see Dao Master Ding—he had already left the academy. Dao Master Ding Huan must have left for some matter; he'll return to our academy once he's done."

"That's good, that's good," Yuan You hastily repeated those three words.

Merely from the elimination round, the status of the eight cultivators from the Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy's Zhengdao Class had become utterly different.

Even before the formal competition began, a crowd had already gathered around these eight.

The most common question they asked was: Who was their Dao Master?

At this moment, Ding Huan's name was repeatedly mentioned.

Only Lei Zuocheng and Qian Xunhaoyi had slightly lowered moods.

They had lost first place in the Talisman Dao and Artifact Dao categories.

…

Yongzhou Xiancheng.

Although the elimination round was still ten thousand miles away from determining final rankings, Yongzhou Xiancheng had already erupted in chaos.

The Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy had never before drawn such attention—first place in both the Dueling and Array elimination rounds had been taken by Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy.

Moreover, second place in both the Talisman Dao and Artifact Dao elimination rounds also belonged to Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy.

Such a dazzling achievement had never occurred since Yongzhou Xiancheng's founding.

As the dominant immortal clan of Yongzhou Xiancheng, the Long Clan naturally learned of the news at once.

When Long Yizhun heard that the Long Clan's direct descendant Long Xiyue had secured third place in the Dueling elimination round, his hand froze mid-air.

Wasn't Long Xiyue banished to the Zhengdao Class?

Long Yizhun immediately recalled that not only had Long Xiyue been banished to the Zhengdao Class, but she had also shamelessly signed up for the Dao Law Academies' Grand Competition.

This had not only shamed the Long Clan, but also shamed Long Yizhun himself.

Because of this disgrace, he had expelled Long Xiyue and even forbade her from returning to the immortal clan.

Moreover, he had driven out Long Xiyue's brother, Long Xiyu, from Yongzhou Xiancheng.

Long Yizhun suddenly stood up—he must hurry to the Great Dao Corridor Plaza to soothe Long Xiyue.

This was no disgrace; this was the Long Clan's greatest pride.

He couldn't let Xiyue harbor resentment toward the Long Clan.

"Send someone—immediately notify Long Xiyu to return to Yongzhou Xiancheng," Long Yizhun ordered as he stepped out.

…

Bei Shenxianjiao.

Zuo Shanhui, now completely rid of his poison, sat by the Immortal Flower Pond, drinking wine and admiring the flowers with Han Qiqi—utterly blissful.

On the surface, Zuo Shanhui now radiated confidence; every gesture exuded powerful self-assurance.

But only he knew how anxious he truly was.

Zuo Shanhui understood better than anyone that even after his poison was gone, he must swiftly gain Han Qiqi's approval, win her heart, and become her Dao Partner.

Only then could he secure the Immortal Sovereign promotion slot in the shortest time.

Because he knew Ding Huan would never let him off.

Ding Huan hadn't come after him yet only because his power was insufficient.

Once Ding Huan's power reached sufficient levels, he would absolutely come to Bei Shenxianjiao.

Bei Shenxianjiao carried a grand name, but Zuo Shanhui knew that name meant nothing—neither to him nor to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan had wiped out the demon clans, exterminated the demon tribes, and slaughtered the divine race clean—would he care about Bei Shenxianjiao?

He was a complete madman, afraid of nothing.

No matter what, he must ascend before Ding Huan; once he reached the Immortal Emperor realm, he'd see if he could kill Ding Huan.

If he couldn't kill him, he'd immediately leave the Great Dao Corridor.

From his recent behavior, it seemed Han Qiqi's affection for him was not far off.

Han Qiqi increasingly felt Zuo Shanhui was unlike ordinary cultivators—his demeanor, his insights into the Dao, and his vision were far beyond those of any ordinary cultivator.

Every time she discussed the Dao with Zuo Shanhui, her gains far surpassed those from teachings by top Dao Masters.

In just a few months, she was slowly falling under the spell of Zuo Shanhui's strength and tenderness.

As the atmosphere grew increasingly intimate, Zuo Shanhui raised his cup and moved closer to Han Qiqi—when a cold, sharp voice rang out: "Zuo Shanhui, report immediately to the Bei Shenxianjiao Enforcement Hall."

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