Chapter 177: Grand petitios

  "Have you heard? This time, the sect leader won't preside over the inner-drand petition. Instead, it will be overseen by Elder Gu He," someone said.

  "Elder Gu He?"

  Upon hearing this he disciples of Yu nearby immediately showed a look of reveren their faces.

  In Yu, the status of Dan King Gu He was almost on par with Yunyun, the sect leader.

  Therefore, when they learhat Elder Gu He would preside over this gra, some inner-door disciples not only felt no disappoi but were also inspired.

  The disciples of Yu khat the sect leader had no iion of accepting new disciples anymore.

  Even if they performed well in the inner-door petition, they couldn't bee the sect leader's disciples.

  But Elder Gu He was different.

  During this period, every time Gu He went out, he brought back a disciple.

  This earned him the reputation of being a "good mentor" that gradually spread throughout Yu.

  This also gave many proud disciples of Yuhe fidehat they could also bee his disciples.

  Moreover, Elder Gu He was a sixth-grade alchemist.

  If one could catch the eye of Elder Gu He, it would be like asding to the heavens.

  "I also heard that Elder Gu He not only presides over this inner-drand petition but also allows his disciples to participate."

  "What? Are you saying that Senior Liu Ling and Junior Sister Xiao Yi Xian, they are also participating in this inner-drand petition?"

  "Aren't they alchemists? Why would they think of participating in the inner-door petition?"

  "I'm not sure about that... but, when it es to alchemy, I'm definitely no match for Senior Liu Ling, but in martial arts, Senior Liu Ling may not necessarily defeat me."

  Before the ranking petitioarted, the inner-door disciples on the square were already buzzing with discussions around several arenas.

  The subjects of these discussions were her than the renowned figures among the inner-door disciples.

  As the host of this grand petition, Elder Gu He's disciples also became the subject of discussion among some disciples.

  However, it was clear that none of them sidered them on the same level as those renowned figures, let alone parable to Nan Yanran, who was known as the number one genius in Yu.

  In the specution about the oute between Liu Ling, Junior Sister Xiao Yi Xian, and Nan Yanran, most inner-door disciples seemed to lean towards Nan Yanran and others.

  "Look, Senior Yun, Senior Lin, Senior Zhang... these elite inner-door disciples have already arrived."

  Suddenly, there was a otion among the inner-door disciples on the square.

  Sure enough, the elite inner-door disciples participating in the ranking petition had already walked towards the square.

  Apanying them were several elders and stewards led by Yu's Grand Elder Yun Ling.

  In the open space betweeform and the arena, there were no ordinary disciples. The elite inner-door disciples went directly into this vat area.

  Each elite inner-door disciple had a tached, ranging from 1 to 1016 based on their cultivation level.

  The elders and stewards who came with the elite disciples ehe square and walked to the stands on the east side of the eight arenas.

  Grand Elder Yun Ling, apanied by two other elders, approached the front of the elite disciples. In this area, there were long tables with a long box on each table.

  "Has Elder Gu He not arrived yet?"

  Yun Ling swept his gaze and, with some doubt, asked the sed elder beside him.

  The sed elder shook his head helplessly.

  Seeing this, Yun Ling's brows slightly furrowed, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

  In his heart, he had long been dissatisfied with Yunyun's decision to let Elder Gu He oversee the inner-drand petition.

  Acc to reason, even if the sect leader couldn't preside over the petition, he, as the Grand Elder, should have been the oo do it.

  When did it bee Elder Gu He's turn?

  Of course, even if Yun Ling was dissatisfied, he dared not say much.

  After all, Elder Gu He was a sixth-grade alchemist, and Yun Ling didn't want to offend him over such a trivial matter.

  "Elder Gu He has arrived!"

  Just then, a otion arose in the crowd. When Grand Elder Yun Ling looked over, he saw Gu He, dressed in white, floating over.

  Behind him were three figures: Junior Sister Xiao Yi Xian, Nan Yanran, and Liu Ling.

  "Grand Elder, This Gu He is a bit te. Please five me." Gu He took a step forward, came to Yun Ling, and apologized with a geitude.

  Even if Yun Ling was dissatisfied in his heart, he dared not show it in front of Gu He. A fttering smile appeared on his old face, "Elder Gu He, o apologize. The grand petition hasn't started yet; there's no such thing as being te."

  Gu He nodded slightly and said, "Since everyone is here, let's begin. The Grand Elder should be familiar with the process. I'll trouble the Grand Elder to annouhe rules."

  Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder Yun Ling smiled and nodded.

  After Nan Yanran and the others received their numbers, the Grand Elder then came to the side of a box and shouted loudly towards the square, "The rules of this inner-drand petitiohe same as in previous years, and I believe everyone already knows them."

  After saying that, the Grand Elder poio the box in front of him, "In this box, there are numbers for all participating disciples. Now, starting from number 1, we will draw the number of your oppo from this box for the petition. The winner advahe loser is eliminated. I hereby annouhat the inner-drand petition is now underway."

  As the voice of Grand Elder Yun Ling fell, the disciple numbered 1 walked out.

  Gu He looked at the disciple numbered 1 who walked out of the crowd. He was a young man in white, around sixteen or seventeen years old.

  Gu He had seen this young man before; he seemed to be the grandson of the Grand Elder, named Yun Luo, and was sidered a promising talent in Yu.

  Unfortunately, he didn't meet the standards fu He to accept as a disciple.

  At this moment, Yun Luo walked to the front of the box and reached in to pull out a token, handing it to Grand Elder Yun Ling.

  The Grand Elder took the token and announced loudly, "First round, first match, Yun Luo, number 1, against Huang Tao, number 799, on the first arena."

  Among the elite disciples, a seventeen-year-old young man was suddenly shocked. His number was 799, and he was the one who would be fag Yun Luo, number 1.

  Undoubtedly, Huang Tao's luck was extremely bad. Being drawn against Yun Luo, number 1, meant he would likely lose in one move. In the first round, he would be eliminated and could only pete for a ranking beyond 508.

  Yun Luo and Huang Tao proceeded to the first arena. Immediately after, the sed disciple, number 2, walked out, drew a number from the box, and ha to the Grand Elder.

  The Grand Elder announced, "First round, seatch, Zhang Long, number 2, against Li Yuan, number 833, on the sed arena."

  "First round, third match, Lin Hao, number 3, against Zhao Pu, number 468, ohird arena."

  "First round, fourth match, Lin Wuying, number 4, against Xie Dong, number 1003, on the fourth arena."

  "First round, fifth match, Li Yig, number 5, against Ding Yongsheng, number 941, on the fifth arena."

  "First round, sixth match, Liang Zhong, number 6, against Lou Jiaxiang, number 988, on the sixth arena."

  "First round, seventh match, Ma Tao, number 7, against Wentao, number 563, on the seventh arena."

  "First rouh match, Gu Xi, number 8, against Gao Li, number 497, on the eighth arena."

  From number 1, 2, 3... to 8, oe inner-door disciple after another drew a number from the box to determiheir oppos. The drawn disciples all had oar fighter cultivation. There were a total of 549 disciples at this level. After the first round, only 82 remained, all of them at the seventh level of cultivation.

  These 82 would engage in battles within the same cultivation level, with 41 having the ce to win and advao the round.

  The number of geniuses capable of super fights was scarce. The majority of disciples could only pete within the same cultivation level to determine victory or defeat.

  The ones drawn first would either face oppos with cultivation levels below three stars or pete against those with three or two-star cultivation levels. The likelihood of them advang to the round was almost zero.

  So, the disciples who were drawn as oar Dou Practitioners couldn't help but feel disheartened, while those who hadn't been draw were secretly delighted but also anxious, fearing that the draw could be their own.

  ...

  The petition proceeded quickly. Without exception, the oar Dou Practitioner disciples drawn earlier either ceded upon stepping onto the arena or were swiftly defeated by disciples with three-star Dou Practitioner cultivatiher.

  When it came to the three-star Dou Practitioner disciples' draw, the previously drawar Dou Practitioner disciples also met swift defeats. It wasn't until the draw for the two-star Dou Practitioner disciples that, although the oar Dou Practitioner disciples still faced defeat, they could at least put up some resistance against the two-star Dou Practitioner disciples, and the battles started to prolong, slowing down the petition.

  ...

  ...

  "First round, match 466, Ling Ling, number 466, against Gu Jiang, number 689, on the sed arena."

  After more than an hour, match 466 finally began.

  Liu Ling and the others had received retively low numbers sihe Grand Elder had to distribute the remaining o them. After waiting for so long, it was finally Liu Ling's turn to draw.

  He walked up to the box, pulled out a token with the number 955 on it, and ha to the Grand Elder.

  The Grand Elder loudly announced, "First round, match 467, Liu Ling, number 467, against Qu Xiang, number 955, ohird arena."

  Upon hearing this, Liu Li directly to the third arena. His oppo, Qu Xiang, was already oform.

  Around the third arena, many disciples were attracted to watch.

  As a direct disciple of Elder Gu He, Liu Ling also piqued the i of these inner-door disciples. They wao see what made this alchemy genius so special.

  Step by step, Liu Ling asded the arena.

  On the opposite side, Qu Xia a bit nervous aed. Nervous because Liu Ling was well-known and a disciple of Alchemy King Gu He, causing him some apprehensioed because if he could win against Liu Ling, his reputation would undoubtedly soar, and catg the eye of Alchemy King Gu He would be a tremendous opportunity.

  With these thoughts in mind, Qu Xiang became more excited. He bowed with his sword and said, "I am Qu Xiang. Senior Brother Liu Ling, please advise."

  Upon hearing this, Liu Ling raised his hand and said, "Please."

  Qu Xiang preteo be modest and said, "Senior Brother Liu Ling, please make the first move."

  Liu Ling smiled faintly and preteo be arrogant, saying, "Junior Brother should make a move first. Otherwise, once I make a move, you won't have a ce to do so."

  Upon hearing this, Qu Xiang's eyes twitched slightly. Feeling sed by Liu Ling, a fme ignited in his heart.

  Sihe petition had begun, Qu Xiang no longer hesitated. He bent his legs slightly, suddenly pushed off, and his entire body, like a cheetah, sprinted forward.

  A yellow-ranked superior teique, Leopard's Step.

  With a fsh of light, Qu Xiang's sword was drawn in an instant. The radiant sword light, like lightning, thrust forward directly towards Liu Ling's chest.

  "Good—!"

  Qu Xiang's move was like a cheetah's assault, swift as lightning, and smooth as flowing water. It was harmonious, transf from stillo motion. Before one could react, the sword had already struck.

  Qu Xiang's sword was swift, and in the blink of a had reached Liu Ling's chest.

  The disciples below the arena stared ily, how Liu Ling would hahe situation. Among them were mae disciples who had already pleted the first round of matches.

  Watg this se, Liu Ling remained calm, a faint smile. With a whirlwih his feet, he swiftly moved aside.

  High-level Profound-tier martial skill, Wind Treading!

  This was a martial skill that Yun Yun had gifted to Gu He, ter bestowed upon Liu Ling by Gu He himself.

  While evading with Wind Treading, Liu Ling activated the Purple Eagle Fme within his body. With a screech resembling that of an eagle, a purple fme shot out from Liu Ling's fiips, directly heading towards Qu Xiang.

  Yellow-ranked high-level martial skill, Fme Palm!

  The Fme Palm was exceptionally fast, and Qu Xiang had no time to dodge. He was directly hit by the Fme Palm and rolled on the arena.

  Liu Ling used only thirty pert of his strength in this attack; otherwise, with Qu Xiang's level of strength, Liu Ling could have defeated him with just a palm.

  After being hit by the Fme Palm, Qu Xiang suffered severe injuries and excimed, "I cede, Senior Brother Liu Ling. I cede."

  Liu Ling smiled calmly and gracefully left the arena.

  On the Elder's ptfu He watched Liu Ling's performah a twitch at the er of his mouth.

  This little brat was quite good at pretending, wasn't he?

  The news of Liu Liing his oppo with a single move quickly spread, earning him siderable fame.

  , Xiao Yi Xian and Nan Yanran took their turns oage.

  There was no suspense. Following Liu Ling's example, both Nan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian swiftly defeated their oppos with a single move.

  With their current strength, the inner disciples were no match for them.

  As the inner-door petitiressed, time quickly passed, and in the blink of ahree days had gone by.

  At this moment, the inner-door petition had reached the third round.

  In the end, o elite disciples remained, including Senior Sister Nan and the others.

  The final results were obvious. Once again, the top three spots were dominated by Liu Ling and the other two.

  Xiao Yi Xian, with a cultivation level of a four-star Dou Grandmaster, secured a position among the top partits.

  Liu Ling, with a cultivation level of a ar Dou Master, took the sed position.

  Senior Sister Nan, with a cultivation level of a Six-star Dou Master, cimed the third position.

  This oute was difficult for both the inner disciples and the elders to accept.

  Two alchemists took the top two spots?

  Senior Sister Nan only rahird?

  (End of this chapter)

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