Chapter 293

Palace Examination!

The Ranking of Thirty-Three!

A single stone stirs up a thousand waves.

At the same time, the cultivators who received this information were almost all stunned in place.

Zhu Xuanji's heart was greatly shaken: "Palace Examination?!"

His first thought was: "By passing the Palace Examination, is it possible to obtain the position of Palace Master?"

He is a Divine Catcher, famous throughout the country, with a meticulous mind; as long as there is key information, he can deduce many things.

"The mechanism of the Molten Xian Gong has one standard: the criteria for selecting a successor will rise and fall along with the state of the Xian Gong."

"Now, the Xian Gong is heavily damaged, so this mechanism has been triggered, thereby starting the Palace Examination!"

"This Palace Examination is highly likely to select the next Palace Master."

"The information is very clear—the Palace Examination list has a total of thirty-three people! In that case, my main opponents are the other thirty-two people."

Zhu Xuanji began to carefully study this list.

He first saw his own name.

Regarding being ranked first, he was not surprised. Because after he finished repairing the mechanical demon general, seeing that he had no hope of retrieving the True Scripture of the Demon Path in a short time, he handed it over.

He therefore obtained a huge amount of merit.

This is also why, not long ago, he took out the Golden Phoenix Mirror to give to Ning Xiaohui.

"The second is Shu Zhongjun."

"All-Book Pavilion, huh..."

Zhu Xuanji's gaze was deep. This large neutral sect, without making a sound, had already progressed to this step.

If not for this ranking list, Zhu Xuanji would not have known that Shu Zhongjun had disguised himself so well and had already made such huge progress, yet everyone seemed to have forgotten him.

The third is Zheng Danlian.

"Zheng Danlian himself had long been entering and exiting the Molten Xian Gong, so the accumulation of his own merit began very early."

"He not only has an old foundation, but now he has an extra sharp weapon for slaughter in his hands."

"That Night Rain Demon Soldier of his is very unusual, helping him to slay the most Jin Dan-level Red Flame demonic beasts recently, and thus he has a large amount of merit credited to his account."

"Being ranked third is understandable."

Zhu Xuanji looked at the fourth, fifth, and sixth again.

These three positions were also occupied by Jin Dan cultivators, but the names were quite unfamiliar.

Zhu Xuanji sneered, his heart very clear: these three, including the few after them, were all reinforcements brought in by the Meng family.

Don't look at the names, origins, cultivation techniques, etc., which have no connection; from their actions and performance, Zhu Xuanji had already determined their camp.

The names of these people are not important; in Zhu Xuanji's heart, they automatically turned into Meng Family Jin Dan A, Meng Family Jin Dan B, Meng Family Jin Dan C, D, E...

After this, Zhu Xuanji saw Zheng Shuanggou, Zhou Nongying, saw a few Jin Dan rogue cultivators A, B, and C, and saw Ning Jiufan.

"Ning Jiufan's ranking is low, which shows that the time he entered the Molten Xian Gong was not long ago."

He also saw the Jin Dan true disciple of the Purple Firmament Pavilion, Zhu Zhen, and Song Fuli.

It is not strange that the Jin Dan true disciple of the Purple Firmament Pavilion is listed among them.

Zhu Zhen himself possesses mechanical attainments; he came to assist Zhu Xuanji, absolutely giving his all. Therefore, he also obtained a lot of merit. From this ranking list, it can be seen.

The reason he is ranked behind is just because he has not been here for long, and compared to other Jin Dan cultivators, he does not have their old accumulation.

Song Fuli is the same, suffering from the disadvantage of having no old accumulation, so his ranking is low.

Zhu Xuanji noticed that among this group of Cloud Merchants, it was not just Song Fuli who was selected as a Jin Dan, but also two others.

The names of these two people were also automatically replaced by Zhu Xuanji with: Cloud Merchant Jin Dan A, Cloud Merchant Jin Dan B.

The last of the Jin Dan cultivators is Yang Chanyu.

Seeing this name, Zhu Xuanji snorted coldly in his heart, and a sharp glint could not help but flash in his eyes.

"Empty Gate, Yang Chanyu, I will definitely do my best to bring you to justice!"

He looked further down.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's ranking was right next to Yang Chanyu.

"Didn't expect it to be this kid who became the top among the trial disciples. Where is Meng Chong?"

Zhu Xuanji smiled slightly.

Although he was a bit surprised, he was not too surprised. After all, he had previously deeply understood Unlike Ning Zhuo's mechanical attainments.

This junior Unlike Ning Zhuo was recognized by Li Leifeng when he was in his childhood. He has had amazing talent for mechanical arts since he was young!

Zhu Xuanji looked down and found that there were still several people between Meng Chong and Unlike Ning Zhuo.

These few people were all at the Foundation Establishment stage, and were some mechanical cultivators with a slight reputation in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng.

It is worth mentioning that many of these people were on the screening list that Zhu Xuanji had once set up.

"In general, the Jin Dan cultivators firmly occupy the forefront on the entire ranking list, closely packed together, with no Foundation Establishment or Qi Refining cultivators in the middle."

Cultivation base is still the primary factor.

"Secondly, the main force of the second echelon is the members of the Four Directions Modification Team. The identity of a trial disciple is still very useful."

"Finally, there are some Foundation Establishment mechanical cultivators; some are members of the four major forces of Fire Persimmon Xiancheng, and some are rogue cultivators. These people are the fewest in number, and basically all have old accumulation."

"If the Palace Examination had appeared later, their rankings would have been squeezed down by the trial disciples."

"Hmm?"

At the very end, Zhu Xuanji fixed his gaze on the "Entry Standard."

His complexion gradually became ugly.

Elsewhere.

A burly youth was staring with his tiger eyes: "What is going on with this ranking list?!"

"Among all the trial disciples, I am actually not the first!"

Meng Chong felt very surprised.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo?"

"This guy is actually ranked higher than me. Interesting, find an opportunity to meet him!"

Since Meng Chong left the trial level and entered the Xian Gong, he has been brave and diligent, and his merit has been rising steadily.

He personally possesses immortal aptitude, has powerful strength, and has the entire City Lord's Mansion as a strong support; he was originally full of confidence in his progress, but when the ranking list came out, it completely slapped his face.

While surprised, he quickly accepted this fact and developed a strong competitive spirit toward Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Finally.

Meng Chong saw the "Entry Standard."

"How come there is an 'Entry Standard' here too?" Meng Chong's mouth twitched, and he just wanted to laugh.

But the next moment, his smile froze on his face.

He was stunned, then counted the list carefully, and found that the ranking list had a total of thirty-three people, and there were thirty-two people besides the "Entry Standard."

That is to say, this "Entry Standard" is actually the name of a person?!

"This Palace Examination ranking is like this, so what about the ranking list in the trial level?"

Once he thought of this, Meng Chong immediately threw the previous Unlike Ning Zhuo to the back of his mind.

His nasal breathing quickly turned coarse, his chest bulged, his breathing became heavy, and bloodshot eyes appeared in his eye sockets.

"I've been played!"

"I've been played!!"

"So, on this line of soul entering the Xian Gong, from beginning to end, I have been the second place?!"

"The first place is this damn 'Entry Standard'!"

From childhood to adulthood, Meng Chong had never been so humiliated.

Once he thought about how he had been complacent many times, feeling satisfied with his "first" ranking result, he felt a strong sense of shame and annoyance.

"A good 'Entry Standard,' I want to fight this person."

"How despicable, how insidious! Treating me like a monkey, are you?!"

"Don't let me catch you, don't let me catch you!!" Meng Chong clenched his fists, his whole face flushed red, like an angry bull.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's ranking was higher than Meng Chong's, but this status quo soon became unremarkable.

Zhou Zhu and Zhou Zeshen were also discussing.

"Didn't expect that, in the end, Unlike Ning Zhuo still became the first among us Qi Refining cultivators. This result both surprises me and doesn't surprise me." Zhou Zeshen sighed.

Zhou Zhu echoed in a muffled voice: "Others, first, I don't accept. But Unlike Ning Zhuo, he is indeed powerful and helps many people."

"People from the Zhou family and Zheng family have all been promoted by him and quickly obtained positions."

"He is this."

Saying this, Zhou Zhu raised his thumb.

Because of his all-out management, Unlike Ning Zhuo's own reputation among the three families' modification teams had reached a certain peak!

Zhou Zeshen's complexion immediately turned gloomy: "The problem now is, is this last place 'Entry Standard' the one we saw on the five stone pillars in the trial room!"

Zhou Zhu thought for a while, nodded slowly, his complexion and mood were both very heavy.

Zhou Zeshen gritted his teeth: "I have the same thought as you. In that case, our three families, together with the City Lord's Mansion, have all been played by this 'Entry Standard'!"

"He should be Sun Lingtong."

"Hmph, eight or nine out of ten!"

"The Empty Gate has been deeply cultivated for many years; didn't expect them to penetrate the Molten Xian Gong to such a degree!"

"To be able to change names like this, this is completely cheating; it's really cunning. Too cunning!!" Zhou Zeshen stomped his feet in hatred.

Whoever discovers that they have been deceived so miserably will not feel good.

And the real "Entry Standard," Unlike Ning Zhuo, breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this ranking list, he was also scared into a cold sweat.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's own ranking just barely reached the last spot.

"My Buddha Heart Demon Seal represents one-third of the power of the Molten Xian Gong, so it will definitely be rewarded with heavy merit."

"But didn't expect that after handing it over, my merit was still ranked behind Zhou Zhu and these people."

"It can be seen how big the pit was when I blew up the demonic beast tide and destroyed the History Pavilion before!"

"In addition, the passing of Ning Xiaohui and Zheng Jian is also a key factor. If they were still alive, I would highly likely have been squeezed out of this list."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was very fortunate that he had eliminated some competitors in advance.

This was not his original intention.

It was purely due to luck.

"Perhaps, this is also because I planted the Human Life Hanging Thread on them early, and the fate is with me."

Fortunately, the ring reminded him in time, otherwise Unlike Ning Zhuo would have really missed this only opportunity!

"Brother Zheng Jian, thank you." Unlike Ning Zhuo secretly thanked him.

"Looking at it this way, even if I handed over the Buddha Heart Demon Seal, the name change is already a fact, so the name has not changed."

For Unlike Ning Zhuo, this is undoubtedly relatively good news.

The one bearing his "Unlike Ning Zhuo" name is Sun Lingtong.

This is the arrangement Unlike Ning Zhuo made before.

"Will the public's wrong perception of this be beneficial to my subsequent Palace Examination?"

"An extra layer of hiding doesn't seem like a bad thing!"

Elsewhere.

Yang Chanyu stared at Sun Lingtong: "So, the Entry Standard is you?"

"How on earth did you change your name?"

Sun Lingtong smiled: "This is my secret. Do you know now why I have the confidence to come and compete for the Molten Xian Gong?"

Yang Chanyu shook her head: "I only know that you played with the entire high command of Fire Persimmon Xiancheng. You are in trouble; they must hate you to the bone. Later, you must not be caught by them."

Sun Lingtong's smile couldn't help but stiffen for a moment.