Chapter 801: Quest

However, Qin Feng and Lin An did not intend to argue about the truth of these rumors.

It was enough to treat all these messages as true, to pay attention to them, to cultivate, and to catch up.

As for what to do when they actually encountered these geniuses, that was a matter for after they met.

It was just that, given Qin Feng and Lin An's current strength—

let alone reaching the Dao, they hadn't even reached the Entry to the Dao stage.

Wanting to fight their way into the top 100—

the possibility was effectively zero.

However, fortunately, they still had more than two months.

By putting their all into cultivation for over two months, although they likely couldn't compare to those geniuses who had already reached the Dao,

if they gave it a shot, there was still some hope of reaching the top 100.

Right now, for Qin Feng and Lin An, their biggest advantage was that they had arrived at a decent time.

There were still over twenty days until the start of the Kaiyuan Assembly.

And things like lectures were of no use to Qin Feng and Lin An at their current stage.

Therefore, they could completely skip attending them.

For nearly two months, they could shut themselves off from the outside world and focus solely on cultivation.

And after the lectures ended and the martial competition began—

during the 30 days of competition, the first ten days were set aside for the preliminary selection.

During the preliminary selection, there was only one battle to participate in each day.

As long as they could survive the preliminary selection, they would have another ten days to cultivate.

Adding this all up, it came to over two months.

For Qin Feng, who had only been cultivating in this world for a total of two or three months,

two-plus months was enough to cause earth-shaking changes in his cultivation base.

A full 50 days.

Qin Feng and Lin An did nothing but hole up in their inn, burying themselves in cultivation.

Their powerful mental strength allowed them to break through realms without any obstacles.

In less than two months, they reached the fourth level of Entry to the Dao.

Of course, this was based on their financial ability to use crystals for cultivation without interruption.

If they had relied solely on their own talent to absorb the Qi of heaven and earth,

in two months, let alone reaching the fourth level of Entry to the Dao,

they would have at most just entered the Dao.

Although they were still far from the second level of Reaching the Dao, the strength of the fourth level of Entry to the Dao

should be enough to handle the ten days of the preliminary trials.

And after ten days, they would be even stronger.

For the rogue cultivators who came to sign up for the Kaiyuan Assembly as individuals,

the preliminary selection lasted for ten days.

Thousands of arenas were set up.

Two people per match, anyone could go up.

The winner left their name, the loser left,

and this first round of preliminary selection only lasted for three days; after three days, no new registrations from cultivators were accepted.

Those who left their names after winning would be recorded in the register and randomly arranged for battles.

Each battle, the winner stayed, the loser left, until only about a hundred people remained.

Once the number of people reached about a hundred,

they would no longer engage in one-on-one duels, but instead conduct a hundred-person melee.

That is, about 100 cultivators would be in an extremely spacious arena, engaging in a chaotic battle.

The final fourteen people standing would be the ultimate winners.

They would be able to participate in the competition against various academies and factions,

to fight for those 100 spots to enter the Secret Realm.

Ding-dong, congratulations to the player for triggering a quest.

【Quest 1: Please participate in the Kaiyuan Assembly and pass the preliminary selection.】

【Quest Reward: Blue Crystal *1.】

【Quest 2: Please complete team formation. Members 2/7】

【Quest Reward: Group Skill—Soul Chain.】

【Quest 3: Please obtain a spot to enter the Kaiyuan Secret Realm.】

【Quest Reward: One Mysterious Key. Thunderstorm Pill *3.】

【Quest 4: Please find the Flame Sun Fruit Tree and obtain Flame Sun Fruit seeds.】

【Quest Reward: Map of the Flame Sun Underground Palace.】

Ding-dong, congratulations to the player for triggering a main quest.

【Main Quest: Please find the Flame Sun Token and bring it out of the Kaiyuan Secret Realm.】

【Quest Reward: Blue Crystal *10. Shadow Badge.】

The first day of the Kaiyuan Assembly martial competition could be described as a sea of people.