If I upgrade, I can win prizes

Chapter 486 Blind Selection

One by one, the geniuses stepped forward, and spiritual plants flew into the air.

A clear score would be displayed above each spiritual plant. The fourth-level ones would have between three hundred and one thousand points, the fifth-level would start at five thousand points, and the highest would be thirty thousand.

Next to each score there are comments from the Taoist Master of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, who give detailed explanations of the scores based on many aspects such as the grade of the spiritual plant, degree of completeness, medicinal properties, spirituality, practicality, etc. When all the scores are added together, the scores are clear, fair and unbiased.

The best performer in this round was Dongfang Hao from the East Emperor Palace. He directly took out a sixth-order spiritual bamboo, which was worth 180,000 points. He directly crushed the whole field and took first place.

It has to be said that the Wood Spirit Root Taoist Body has too much advantage in this round of trials, which makes people suspect that the organizer of this trial is the Taoist sect, not the Brahman sect.

Lu Ang also saw with his own eyes how this Dongfang Hao Daozi intertwined his spiritual power with the sixth-rank spiritual bamboo. It took him three full days and three nights to finally tame it.

Quite a few people had seen it, but they were all rational and knew that offending the number one sect in the world of immortal cultivation, the East Palace, would not end well. No one dared to disturb or even obstruct. Even the other two favorites to win the championship did not take action, but instead tried to challenge the sixth-level spiritual plant monster several times.

Unfortunately, they were only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, two major levels apart. The gap could not be made up by their superior talent. It was not a difference in quantity, but an essential difference in power. As expected, both of them returned empty-handed and had to continue looking for spiritual plants at the late or peak stage of the Spirit Transformation stage to bully.

The promotion of Lu Ang's fake body was also very smooth. His five spiritual plants were all carefully selected by Lu Ang from the storage bag of the Divine Blood Clan. They all reached the God Transformation Stage, and one of them even reached the middle stage of the God Transformation. The scores were all good. In the end, he ranked 42nd, becoming the only little Karami among the 64 promoted geniuses who was apparently only a Golden Core.

The others could only return to Jinfofan City with the spiritual plants they had picked with great effort, to face the scolding from their elders and masters and to be unwilling spectators.

Yes, this time the Brahma Sect did not give any compensation, not even the "Nine Return Pills". Those spiritual plants were just prizes. It was a pity for those poor people who had their storage bags snatched away and were eliminated. They traveled hundreds of millions of miles to come here, but ended up with nothing.

Fortunately, there are not many of these unlucky guys. Those who are a little smarter know that they cannot win and will be eliminated, so they have already activated the Pure Land Talisman and left calmly, leaving no time for others to snatch the spiritual plants.

However, the third round was not held immediately because some of the qualifiers were injured in the final battle for spiritual plants, some seriously, and needed time to heal and recover, so the third round was scheduled for seven days later.

During the seven days of rest and recovery, the sixty-four advanced players were not allowed to return to the Golden Buddha City. Instead, a lotus platform of four to five hundred square meters was condensed for each of them to live in.

These lotus platforms float in the air and are arranged in a circle from top to bottom according to their ranking. The lotus leaves on the platforms can also be controlled to close, forming a fully enclosed lotus flower that blocks the sight of others and blocks the noise outside.

Lu Ang did not suffer any injuries. He was holding back throughout the entire trial, using only the simplest thunder attacks, which consumed almost no energy. After meditating for a while, he recovered to full condition. The same was true for his fake body, which had spent most of its time deep underground and had not fought any battles, so there was no energy consumption at all.

However, although the lotus platform is spacious and full of spiritual energy, and is of fifth-grade upper quality, it still makes people feel very uncomfortable, especially when the lotus leaves are closed, as if one is being monitored and imprisoned.

Could it be that these Hedao masters saw something? [Time Stop] According to the classification of the cultivation world, this is the highest-end Dao of Time, one level higher than the Dao of the Void. I saw in the general history before that it didn't say that Hedao Daojun possessed the power of time, so he should not have been discovered...

Amid the nervousness of others and Lu Ang's uneasiness, the seven days of rest passed in a flash. Soon, the sky brightened and all the petals of the lotus pedestals were forced to open.

Three huge figures were floating in the air. They were the Long-browed Bodhisattva of the Brahma School, the Jianmu Taoist Lord of the Taoism School, and the Taibai Wenjun of the Qinglian Sword Sect of the Confucian School.

The long-browed Bodhisattva was all smiles, and spoke first: "I've already mentioned this third round, it's an arena duel, two-on-two. However, as everyone knows, this simplest duel is also the easiest to go wrong. Many people, even the two Taoist friends, may have suspected that our Brahma Sect would do something about the grouping and ranking, so that the two families' geniuses would fight each other, and our Brahma Sect would reap the benefits."

"Here, I can tell you two Taoist friends, and also tell all the audience, that I, the Brahma Sect, will not and do not bother to do such a thing, so this time the grouping will be in secret order! I, the Brahma Sect, will not participate, but let you two Taoist friends do it yourself!"

Without waiting for the two people beside him to speak, he continued, "How do we divide them? It's very simple. I will close all the lotus pedestals and randomly change their order. Don't worry, these lotus pedestals are specially made by my Brahma Sect. I can guarantee that even Hedao Zhenjun can't see the scene inside!"

"Once the shuffling is complete, you two Daoists can each choose a seat as the first duelist. I, Brahma Sect, will only be responsible for shuffling the seats, and the selection of the players will be entirely up to you two Daoists. This way, we can completely guarantee fairness and justice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the Golden Buddha City below.

Before, everyone had been speculating that the Brahma sect would make some moves and create trouble in the competition arena, but they didn't expect that they would do something like this.

It was obvious that their purpose was very simple. They wanted to avenge the fact that when the Confucian School hosted the last Yin-Yang competition, they arranged the geniuses of the Brahma School and the Taoist School together in the second round of the final competition. They wanted to mock the Confucian School for not being able to accept the defeat and making small moves.

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, this grouping mode is also more entertaining to watch. Almost no one knows who the next two opponents will be, not even the players themselves.

In addition, because the lotus platform is closed and isolates the inside and outside, the non-participating contestants don’t even know which round they are in, or who won in front or behind them. This highlights the information isolation and maximizes randomness.

It has to be said that not all the members of the Brahma sect are stubborn people who have been trained by rules and regulations all day long. There are still people with lively minds in the sect, who understand the art of yin and yang, how to create expectations, and who are good at marketing.

"Okay, now that the rules are clear, let's get started." As he said this, the Bodhisattva with long eyebrows took out a golden bowl from his arms, and with another wave of his hand, within a few breaths, all the lotus leaves on the lotus pedestals were closed.

The golden bowl emitted a large amount of golden light. The lotus pedestals that were swept by the golden light suddenly shrank and were then absorbed into the golden bowl. After a few sweeps, all the lotus pedestals disappeared.

There was only infinite golden light coming out of the golden bowl, and it was impossible to see the scene inside.

Suddenly, the golden light burst out again, and the sixty-four lotus platforms formed a circle again, rotating around the shadows of the three great masters of Hedao.

"My two Taoist friends, start choosing."

Daojun Jianmu and Wenjun Taibai looked at each other, then looked at the circling lotus pedestals for a few seconds. Finally, Daojun Jianmu reached out his hand first and chose one of the lotus pedestals seemingly at random.

The lotus platform quickly floated up. Taibai Wenjun didn't waste any words and pointed casually, and an identical lotus platform also floated up.

"Okay, this is the first round." The long-browed Bodhisattva curved his eyebrows and made hand gestures. The two lotus platforms opened up, revealing two figures inside. One was Zhang Yunling, a Taoist from the Pure Yang Taoist Palace. He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with a milky white lightsaber floating behind him.

The other one was a beautiful female cultivator in blue clothes. She was Xie Bian’s teammate, Zhuang Miaomiao from the Shuiyue Sect. In her hands were two floating blue hydrangeas, with ribbons behind them like waves.

The two lotus platforms got closer and closer, and finally linked together, blending into each other, and the lotus leaves connected, finally becoming a flat arena of one or two thousand square meters.

"In the arena competition, those who leave the arena, fall off the arena, faint or die, or voluntarily admit defeat will be judged as losers! All magical powers, magic weapons, talismans, elixirs and formations are not restricted and can be used at will! Let's begin!"

With the announcement of Long-browed Bodhisattva, the first game began.

Zhuang Miaomiao's face looked unhappy, but after all, he was also a genius of a major sect, a favored child of heaven with natural spiritual roots, and he did not admit defeat easily. Instead, he aroused some ruthlessness.

She didn't waste any words and directly poured a bottle of unknown medicine into her mouth. Countless waves of light on the hydrangea were stimulated, forming one huge wave after another, forming an overwhelming force, pressing towards Zhang Yunling who was not far away.

It's a pity that the gap in strength between the two was too big. Zhang Yunling showed no sadness or joy on his face. He didn't even stand up. He just stabbed straight ahead with his sword, splitting the huge waves with one sword, as if there was no obstacle at all.

There was a flash of white light, and the flying sword stopped straight on Zhuang Miaomiao's shoulder, stopping her body.

Feeling the fierce sword energy of Chunyang Wuji coming from the sword tip, Zhuang Miaomiao swallowed his saliva, and finally raised his hand dejectedly: "I give up."

The first game started and ended quickly. In just a few seconds, Zhuang Miaomiao was moved out of the lotus platform holding a small jade bottle given by the Long-browed Bodhisattva.

The fused and enlarged lotus platform closed again, carrying the victorious Zhang Yunling to a higher position.

The rest of the process was the same: Taoism and Confucianism were responsible for selecting the people, Buddhism was responsible for assembling the arena, and the geniuses were responsible for fighting, and everything went on in an orderly manner.

The entire ranking is indeed very disordered, with strong against weak, strong against strong, and weak against weak. It is indeed not as fierce as the fight between Taoism and Buddhism in the previous session, or the situation where Confucianism played a civil war in a friendly match.

A fight between the strong and the weak is not a good look and usually ends very quickly, with the winner often decided in a flash. The audience cannot react in time. If it weren't for the Bodhisattva Changmei who deliberately created a light curtain to slow down the action, they might not even understand the situation.

The battle between the strong was more unexpected. For example, in the fifth round, a Taoist genius fought against another Taoist genius. However, before the two even started fighting, one of them raised his hand to admit defeat, which disappointed the audience who wanted to see the fight between dragons and tigers.

The most interesting fight is actually the one between the weak and the weak. All of them are geniuses with natural spiritual roots, and are in the early or middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Their sect skills and magical powers are also similar. No one wants to fail and be eliminated easily, but the fight is very exciting, with all kinds of magic weapons and trump cards, all kinds of intrigues, and full light and shadow special effects. With the light curtain of the Long-browed Bodhisattva at full speed, the audience below exclaimed from time to time, and the experience was maximized.

The first round consists of thirty-two matches. Even the most evenly matched fights will not last long on this small arena and will usually be over within the time of an incense stick.

Soon, Lu Ang's lotus seat opened, and Lu Ang saw his opponent clearly.

That's Xie Bian.

Yes, I don’t know what happened, but in this random sorting, the fake “Xie Bian” met the real “Xie Bian”.

Fortunately, Lu Ang was not a fool. When the grouping rules were announced before Changmei Bodhisattva, he activated [Time Stop], released Xie Bian from the magical world, changed his body back to its original position, and took care of all the details of cleaning up the mess.

Obviously, Xie Bian, who had just woken up, still didn't understand the situation and looked around blankly. He didn't look like the leader with full charisma who commanded his subordinates in the secret realm before.

This is normal. After all, he was suddenly imprisoned by two incarnated dragons for more than a month and could not escape no matter what. He thought he would die at the hands of the monsters. Suddenly he fell into a coma. When he woke up, he saw three huge shadows. When he saw a stranger not far away, he felt very confused.

However, no matter how confused he was, Lu Ang would not give up.

The moment Changmei Bodhisattva announced the start of the fight, Lu Ang mobilized all his strength, pulled the Houyi bow, put out a fourth-grade top-grade flying sword, and shot it directly forward.

Xie Bian is indeed a genius of a great sect. Although his mental state is in chaos, his fighting instinct is still there. After quickly confirming that he cannot avoid this attack, he immediately begins to mobilize magic weapons and prepare to defend.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that the magic weapon on him had been re-refined by Lu Ang long ago, and had completely turned into Lu Ang's appearance. How could a magic weapon that had consumed better quality thunder magic power look down upon the mediocre Five Thunder magic power?

By the time he discovered that there was something wrong with the magic weapon, it was already too late to block the arrow. He could only rely on the remaining magic power in his body to cast spells for defense.

Lu Ang did not use thunder, which was his best skill, but he was born with divine power, had a Taotie tattoo, a body of a Kui Niu, and a void stomach. With the blessing of countless spiritual foods over the years, his strength had long since reached an unknown level. After being concentrated by Hou Yi's bow, the power was definitely not inferior to his thunder attack when he used all his strength.

As expected, the effect of the Pure Land Talisman on Xie Bian was directly activated, and his entire body was wrapped in white light, completely isolating him from external harm.

This poor guy ended up in this genius competition inexplicably.

Lu Ang was not afraid of him telling others. The most he knew was that he was imprisoned by the dragon clan and all the magic weapons on his body disappeared. He knew nothing else.

At most, they could just ask the elders in the sect to come out and do divination. Lu Ang also wanted to know whether this talent [Not in Chess] had any effect.

The enlarged lotus platform closed again, just like Lu Ang’s frown.

Was this grouping intentional or accidental?
(End of this chapter)