Chapter 289: The Second Step of Mount Wudao Opens

The courtyard where he lived.

Lin Chen stood in the courtyard, pondering.

The United Wu Yuan ranking tournament would be held in three months.

Han Guo united with several other countries to pressure Daliang.

But except for Zheng Guo, which was determined to follow Han Guo, the other countries only had to obey Han Guo, but they were also observing. If Daliang could contend with Han Guo, these countries would naturally lift the blockade on Daliang.

To put it bluntly, blockading Daliang was not a good thing for their own countries.

And the United Wu Yuan competition in three months was a contest between Daliang and Han Guo.

For this Wu Yuan ranking tournament, the Imperial Court had also made full preparations, opening up the supply of cultivation resources for Wu Yuan disciples.

"Within three months, I must reach the Ninth Turn of Ranked Tier. Only once I reach the Ninth Turn of Ranked Tier can I compete with those Heaven List powerhouses, and these Heaven List powerhouses are also the standouts in their respective Martial Academies."

There were ten people on the Wu Yuan's Heaven List, five of whom came from the Wu Yuan.

According to the realm announced by the Wu Yuan, all those who made the Heaven List had already stepped into the Eighth Rank. In Senior Pei's words, his current strength could barely hold a fight against an ordinary Eighth Rank martial artist, but if he faced those genius Eighth Rank martial artists, he had almost no chance of winning.

Only by completely entering the Ranked Tier would he have the strength to fight the other party.

Although the Dean didn't ask him to achieve a good ranking in this competition, Lin Chen knew in his heart that the Dean didn't say it just because he didn't want to give him pressure.

In the Dean's heart, there were also expectations for him.

"What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Qing's voice came from behind. Lin Chen put away these thoughts, turned back, and smiled: "Jiang Jiang Shijie came just in time. I have some things to give you."

Lin Chen walked into his room and soon took out a handful of ice-blue beads from inside.

"Canglan Beads?"

"Jiang Jiang Shijie recognizes this item?"

"As a disciple of Canglan Wu Yuan, how could I not recognize Canglan Beads."

Lin Chen:...

"Did you take this from the Canglan Sea Race treasury?"

"Yes."

Regarding his raiding of the Canglan Sea Race's lair, Lin Chen had briefly mentioned a few sentences to his Jiang Jiang Shijie on the way to the Great Hall.

"Canglan Beads are helpful for Martial Way will. Right now, you need this item more than I do."

Jiang Qing didn't accept these Canglan Beads. It wasn't difficult for her to enter the Ranked Tier, and she didn't need to rely on Canglan Beads.

"Jiang Jiang Shijie, on the way back, I ate Canglan Beads like sugar beans. There's not much difference between having a few more or a few less."

Lin Chen smiled slightly. He wasn't being humble. With over a thousand Canglan Beads, he had eaten them all on the way. Eating a dozen more or less really didn't have much impact.

"Really?"

"Jiang Jiang Shijie, when have I ever told you a lie?"

As soon as this was said, Jiang Qing snorted, but didn't say anything.

She had her own sources of information. The reason Lin Lin Shidi jumped to eighth on the Earth List this time was because he represented the Dan family in the Four-Clan Competition in Lin Hai County, Zhao Guo.

The number one beauty in Lin Hai County was the Dan family's young lady. In addition, Lin Lin Shidi also had a good relationship with the young lady of the Liu family in Zexi.

However, she wouldn't ask Lin Lin Shidi for an explanation. She had enough confidence in herself.

In the end, Jiang Qing accepted the Canglan Beads given by Lin Chen, but only took ten away.

After staying with Jiang Jiang Shijie for a while, Fang Zhan also came soon after. Lin Chen gave Fang Zhan five Canglan Beads.

"Practice hard. With your potential, it's time to enter the Ranked Tier."

"Yes, in the next three months, I will go into seclusion to practice until I break through to the Ranked Tier."

Fang Zhan nodded. He had the confidence to enter the Ranked Tier within the next three months.

After sending Fang Zhan away, Lin Chen whispered: "Panel."

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Realm: Organ Cultivation Realm Perfection】

【Nine Turns Organ Cultivation: 7/9】

【Spirit Tier: Third Tier】

【Wind and Cloud Palm: Perfect】

【Violent Wind Leg: Perfect】

【Zhen Yue Pu: Body Tempering: 4.1】

【Title: Perfect to the Extreme (Only after breaking the limit is it perfect. Wearing this title can fuse similar limit-breaking realm techniques into the perfect level)】

【Title: Medicine Jar Sick Body (When absorbing energy, pain is reduced, but pain will not disappear, only delayed. After absorption is complete, feel double the pain)】

【Title: Lin Lin Shixiong (As a Lin Lin Shixiong, whether it is Martial Way strength or talent, he is the first of his generation) Note: Identity and status must be reached for this title to be enabled】

【Fate: 【Water to Channel Completion】: Extreme Martial Way First Realm, persevere, proceed step by step, break through like bamboo, no bottleneck trouble.】

Looking at the panel, Lin Chen pondered.

He had just encouraged Fang Zhan to hurry up and enter the Ranked Tier. This applied to himself as well.

But the problem currently in front of him was how to carry out the last two turns.

Although the Dean said that for the Wu Yuan ranking tournament in three months, the Imperial Court would open up the supply of Martial Way resources for these Wu Yuan disciples, his situation was special. Daliang might not be able to gather the nine different energies required for the Nine Turns Organ Cultivation.

Perhaps the only...

Lin Chen took out everything in his arms.

A token given by his future mother-in-law, the Canglan Token, the Long Yinggong, the Martial Way Seal, and the Wu Yuan identity card.

Finally, Lin Chen's gaze fell on the Martial Way Seal.

Senior Zhu of the Qingtian Sect had re-refined his Martial Way Seal, but he had been busy rushing back to Canglan Wu Yuan during this time and hadn't tested what new changes the Martial Way Seal had.

Holding the Martial Way Seal in his hand, Lin Chen moved his mind, and the Martial Way Seal floated above his head, dropping a light shield that enveloped him within it.

And in Lin Chen's eyes, the surrounding scene changed again.

The three steps of Mount Wudao appeared before him again, but this time the first step directly turned into a sealed state and could not be stepped on, while the second step lit up.

"I can climb the second step now?"

Without any hesitation, Lin Chen walked toward the second step.

And the moment he stepped on the second step, a panel appeared before him.

In an instant, Lin Chen subconsciously felt that his panel had been revealed, but after a closer look, he realized that this panel was different from his.

This panel was more concise.

【Name:】

【Sect:】

【Mount Wudao Ranking List: Not Ranked】

【Mount Wudao Points: 8 points】

There were only four columns, and the first two were blank.

And as the panel appeared, a piece of information also appeared in Lin Chen's mind. After absorbing this information, a sharp light appeared in Lin Chen's eyes.

This second step of Mount Wudao was actually connected to the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao.

"Mount Wudao was created by the Founding Emperor... Could it be that the Founding Emperor also knew about the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao?"

Lin Chen thought of what Senior Zhu of the Qingtian Sect had said—that Mount Wudao was created with the help of the Qingtian Sect's supernatural powers, but it was incomplete.

A bold guess appeared in his mind.

The Founding Emperor built this Mount Wudao by imitating the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's Mount Wudao.

It was just that the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's Mount Wudao was aimed at the entire Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's sphere of influence, while the Mount Wudao built by the Founding Emperor was only aimed at Daliang and could not connect with the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao.

The Founding Emperor might have seen the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's Mount Wudao, or the Founding Emperor learned about the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao from ruins similar to the Snow Region among the nine countries, knew about the existence of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's Mount Wudao, and used this as a reference to imitate Mount Wudao. Lin Chen moved his mind, and soon his name appeared on the panel.

【Name: Lin Chen】

【Sect: Canglan Sect】

The moment Lin Chen confirmed the sect as Canglan Sect, a majestic voice appeared on the steps.

【Canglan Domain Canglan Sect detected, identity verification initiated.】

At this moment, Lin Chen only felt a wave of energy scanning his whole body. Under this energy, all his privacy was scanned clearly.

【Sect identity matches...】

【Name: Lin Chen】

【Sect: Canglan Sect】

【Mount Wudao Ranking List: Not Ranked】

【Points: 8 points】

【Identity information recorded successfully, challenge can be initiated.】

【Match opponent?】

Lin Chen chose 【Yes】 without hesitation.

He now understood the purpose of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's Mount Wudao. Unlike Daliang's Mount Wudao, which required challenging those geniuses who left their names on the steps.

The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's Mount Wudao was a real-time battle against real people, matching opponents of relative strength based on the ranking situation.

The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao's territory was vast, and this Mount Wudao was spread all over the place. Almost every moment, countless martial artists would enter Mount Wudao.

Ten-odd breaths later, Lin Chen saw the steps change again. This time, he appeared in a vast plain area.

In front of him appeared the figure of a youth.

The moment their eyes met, their figures almost simultaneously disappeared from where they were and headed toward each other.

Lin Chen already knew the rules of the Mount Wudao challenge platform through the information.

On the Mount Wudao challenge platform, both sides could not communicate, and any sound made would be eliminated.

In Lin Chen's view, the reason for such a rule was likely to prevent people from using words to offer conditions for opponents to concede, cheating to brush up their own ranking.

*Boom! *

The sound of Lin Chen's Wind and Cloud Palm was like thunder, one move after another, and under the disbelieving eyes of the youth opposite, he directly punched through his figure.

After defeating the opponent, there was no joy on Lin Chen's face, because his ranking was still not ranked.

The Mount Wudao ranking list only recorded the top 100,000.

Similarly, even the points didn't change. Only by defeating the geniuses in the top 100,000 would the points increase.

"Continue the challenge!"

Fifty matches in a row!

Lin Chen finally stopped. It wasn't that he was defeated, but that he was a bit tired.

After exiting Mount Wudao, looking at the sky that had already dimmed, Lin Chen walked back to the study and started copying the "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie".

By now, he had already confirmed that the "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie" could accelerate the recovery of the spirit.

Copy five times.

Refreshed.

Lin Chen entered the Mount Wudao challenge platform again.

Thus, three days later.

【Ranking challenge requirements met, start challenge?】

Hearing the majestic voice, a bright light appeared in Lin Chen's eyes. In these three days, he had fought fiercely for nearly five hundred matches, and now he finally had the qualification to fight against the geniuses ranked around 100,000th.

Lin Chen didn't rush to choose to start. These five hundred fierce battles had opened his eyes.

The techniques used by these opponents were much more exquisite than the techniques of the nine countries. Among them, there was an Organ Cultivation opponent who actually erupted with Ninth Rank strength in the Organ Cultivation realm.

After waiting for nearly a hundred breaths, Lin Chen moved his mind and chose 【Start】.

The scene before him changed again. Lin Chen, who appeared on the plain, looked at the youth holding a sword opposite him.

The youth looked at Lin Chen, a trace of disdain in his eyes.

The next moment, the youth raised his hand and swung his sword. The sword light broke like a cold star, and the biting sword Qi cut through the air, leaving residual marks on the plain transformed by Mount Wudao.

The sword-wielding youth's figure was as elusive as a crane, and the blue blade in his hand twisted out nine sword lotuses. Each petal was interwoven with condensed sword Qi, strangling down toward Lin Chen.

In an instant, all areas around Lin Chen were sealed off.

Lin Chen's pupils contracted slightly. He was worthy of being a ranked genius, but he wasn't afraid. As his toes lightly tapped, the Zhen Yue Pu operated violently, and pale golden blood *gang* sprayed out from his pores. When the opponent's sword Qi hit the golden blood *gang*, it sparked blinding sparks.

Seeing that his sword Qi couldn't break Lin Chen's surrounding protective *gang*, a trace of shock appeared in the youth's eyes. Lin Chen took the opportunity to press forward, and his right palm, carrying the momentum of wind and thunder, fell suddenly.

The youth sneered and changed his move, a sword light stabbing toward Lin Chen's palm.

The moment the youth changed his move, Lin Chen also followed suit, changing his right hand from a palm to a finger. The Canglan Finger pointed out, and an ice-blue light burst from his fingertip, colliding with the sword light.

The sword light instantly dissipated. At the same time, under the youth's disbelieving eyes, Lin Chen's left hand slapped onto the other party's chest.

*Puff! *

The youth's figure flew backward, turning into light spots in mid-air and dissipating.

Lin Chen stood still and looked at the Mount Wudao ranking for the first time.

【Name: Lin Chen】

【Sect: Canglan Sect】

【Mount Wudao Ranking List: 99985】

【Points: 23】

Seeing the number on the panel, a trace of surprise appeared in Lin Chen's eyes. He had originally thought he had encountered the 100,000th genius, but he hadn't expected to advance fifteen places. No wonder the youth's eyes carried disdain when he first looked at him.

Don't look at the difference of only fifteen places, but with the number of geniuses in the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, it was feared that every place was fiercely contested.

The other party must have seen that he had no ranking, which was why he was so disdainful.

As for why the other party could see whether he had a ranking or not, Lin Chen now knew that when he entered the ranking, a layer of halo appeared on his body, but it was a lighter cyan halo.

From 10,000th to 100,000th, there would be a cyan halo on the body.

If one could enter the top 10,000, the halo would turn golden.

"Strike while the iron is hot, continue the challenge!"

Lin Chen didn't give up the challenge because he had a ranking, but chose to continue the challenge.

Seven days later.

Lin Chen finally stopped the challenge.

【Name: Lin Chen】

【Sect: Canglan Sect】

【Mount Wudao Ranking List: 97000】

【Points: 3008】

In seven days, his ranking had improved by more than two thousand places.

But what made Lin Chen most happy was that in these seven days, he had fought against many geniuses of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, and his actual combat had improved again.

Just as Lin Chen was about to leave the Mount Wudao steps, the voice of Mount Wudao sounded again.

【3,000 points detected, start Mount Wudao point exchange?】

Lin Chen:?

Can Mount Wudao points be exchanged?

Without any hesitation, Lin Chen chose "Yes".

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 290 =====