Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 345: Imperial Clan Emblem, Martial Arts Ceremony

After Xun'er left, the other members of the Ancient Clan naturally did not stay and quickly left the venue.

"Stop talking, the ceremony continues..."

A plain voice came from the void, and along with it, a captivating pressure swept through.

In just a moment, the noisy venue seemed to stand still, and turned into silence and solemnity again... The soft whispers of the strong were enough to touch people's hearts, while no one cared about the weak's shouting at the top of their lungs.

At this moment, Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly, lowered his head, and tried his best not to let anyone see his burning eyes.

"Thunder Clan, Lei Dong... I will remember your offense against Xun Er today."

Deep in his heart, he was roaring, raging, and at the same time determined... He must gain strength as quickly as possible, strength that is not inferior to Lei Dong's, strength that is not inferior to Hun Feng's, strength that is enough to declare to the world "I am the one Xun'er loves."

However, he currently lacked strength and couldn't even utter his own voice.

A heavy pressure weighed heavily on Xiao Yan's heart.

On the side, seeing Xiao Yan forcibly suppressing his emotions, Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and put away the power gathered in his palm, ready to be used for "emergency avoidance".

"Xun'er, Xiao Yan may be more rational than you think."

With a smile on his face, Lin Yuan's gaze shifted slightly and focused again on the solemn altar in the center of the square.

On the altar, after hearing the familiar voice, Lei Dong quickly collected his thoughts, turned around, and looked solemnly at the three elders in front of him.

At this time, the Ninth Elder also sorted out his mood and announced loudly: "Lei Dong, the mighty general of the Cloud Cavalry Army, a five-star Dou Zun, a divine bloodline, is granted... an imperial clan emblem!"

There was a hint of excitement in the calm voice.

After saying this, he stretched out his hands respectfully under the expectant gazes of the Thunder Clan members, and then gently clasped them in the air in front of him.

As he closed his hand, a blood-red dragon pen suddenly appeared in his hand.

On the stands, looking at the dragon-shaped brush shining with blood-red light, Mang Tianchi exhaled lightly and murmured to himself: "Is the Emperor Pattern Brush finally used again..." His eyes were shining with excitement.

On the altar, the Ninth Elder held the Emperor Pattern Pen in his hand, staring at Lei Dong. Upon seeing this, the latter slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing this, the Ninth Elder took a deep breath and his expression suddenly became solemn.

As his mind moved, tremendous fighting spirit surged out from his body and gathered towards the Emperor Mark Pen. Deep blood-red lightning bloomed at the tip of the pen. The hand holding the Emperor Mark Pen suddenly tightened, and then began to dance quickly.

As the Emperor Pattern Pen danced, mysterious blood-colored lines quickly took shape and fell on Lei Dong's forehead.

At the same time, the Ninth Elder's expression became more and more solemn, and the hand holding the pen could not stop shaking. The fighting spirit in his body also receded rapidly like a tide...

Feeling the fighting spirit in his body disappearing rapidly, the Ninth Elder's eyes became stern, and he quickly focused his mind, accurately controlling the trajectory of his pen.

ten minutes later.

The last stroke was finally put into place, and the drawing of the imperial clan emblem was finally completed successfully.

At this moment, even with the strength of a semi-saint, the ninth elder could not help but have beads of cold sweat on his forehead. However, although this time the consumption was extremely great, his eyes were not only not tired, but full of excitement.

In front of him, Lei Dong slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, the blood thunder clan pattern on his forehead suddenly burst out with an intense blood-red light!
A pressure coming from deep within the blood suddenly attacked all the members of the Thunder Clan present.

However, suppressed by this pressure from their bloodline, instead of feeling unhappy, everyone’s faces were filled with joy... The more of this happy "trouble", the better, the stronger the better!
At least at this moment, all the glory of the Thunder Clan is concentrated on Lei Dong's body.

In the distant sky, a few faint laughters of relief suddenly sounded in the void: "Haha, the imperial clan emblem has finally reappeared in our clan. Now that we have the seeds, we just have to wait for time for them to germinate!"

The laughter was fleeting, and in just a moment, it completely dissipated. The powerful auras in the void also completely dissipated in this moment...

In a corner of the square, at the seats where the Soul Clan members sat.

"Divine bloodline, the Lei clan is so blessed." Hun Yun looked at Lei Dong with a twinkling gaze, with a faint cold light flashing in his eyes.

“But it doesn’t matter! Once the plan starts and the Thunder Clan is wiped out, this person with divine blood will be a perfect choice, whether he is thrown into the blood pool as firewood or as a sacrifice to continue the Doudi bloodline of our clan. Hehehe…”

As if sensing the unfriendly gazes from the Soul Clan, Lei Dong turned around and looked in the direction of the Soul Clan with a cold face.

Looking at Rong Ruo and the other members of the Soul Clan in the shadows, he showed a defiant smile and glanced at Hun Feng provocatively.

"Divine bloodline?"

Hun Feng tapped the armrest of the wooden chair with his fingers, a hint of amusement flashed in his dark pupils: "Well, defeating him should greatly increase my reputation in the clan! Lei Dong of the Thunder Clan, it is your honor to be my stepping stone, hehehe..."

With a grim smile, he looked back without showing any weakness. At the same time, he slowly stretched out his thumb and suddenly stretched it downwards.

Even though Lin Yuan was far away, he could smell the smell of gunpowder from the tit-for-tat confrontation.

However, Lin Yuan was not very interested in their fight. After just a glance, he quickly retracted his gaze. His mind recalled the blood thunder released by the Emperor Pattern Pen, and his thoughts quickly diverged.

"That blood thunder is of an incredibly high nature. It could really be the power of the Emperor's Thunder! If it is used in conjunction with the Nine Profound Golden Thunder to cleanse the Xuandan Ancestor, maybe..."

While he was thinking, Lei Dong, who had completed the ceremony, walked down the venue amid the cheers of the crowd.

And after the thundering ceremony, the First Thunder Ceremony, which was the finale, it was time to enter the next stage... the martial arts ceremony.

Realizing this, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became stagnant, and an inexplicable burning atmosphere began to spread.

"Thank you all for coming to our tribe to watch the ceremony."

The corners of the Ninth Elder's mouth curled up slightly, and he said in a loud voice: "The time that belongs exclusively to the young generation of our clan has ended. The next time belongs to all the young geniuses on the continent! It is getting late today, everyone go back and rest, and enjoy our clan's festival."

He took a deep breath, and his tone became more solemn: "Starting tomorrow, the martial arts ceremony will begin! There have been many changes to the rules and rewards of this martial arts ceremony..." "The first two lists of heaven and earth will each select sixteen people to compete! These thirty-two people can all obtain a set of high-level earth-level skills and fighting techniques."

"Those who advance from sixteen to eight can enter our clan's Xuanyuan Spirit Pool and soak once."

"Those who advance from the eighth to the fourth can obtain an eighth-grade six-color pill."

"Four advance to two..." The Ninth Elder paused for a moment, his eyes becoming more solemn: "Everyone can obtain a Heaven-level fighting skill! The winner of the second Heaven and Earth Ranking will receive another Heaven-level technique!"

Upon hearing the Ninth Elder's announcement, the vast majority of people present took a deep breath at the same time - even among the ancient ancestral bloodlines, the number of people who practiced Heaven-level techniques and Heaven-level fighting skills was extremely small.

Although each ancient clan has many treasured high-level skills and fighting techniques, they are also managed extremely strictly and are not readily available.

After all, the allocation of resources is one of the most core pillars of the operation of power.

However, heavenly-grade fighting skills and heavenly-grade techniques are considered the top-level resources even among the many resources of the ancient clan. How could they be easily granted to others?
Even the ancient clans would not easily pass on heavenly-level fighting skills and heavenly-level techniques to their successors.

Otherwise, even without mentioning the possibility of leaks, for a force, unfair rewards and punishments will lead to the rapid decay of the organization.

For example, in the Ancient Clan's Black Annihilation Army, even the top-level fighting skill that is relatively common among the general public - the Emperor's Seal, is not available to everyone. Instead, it is only distributed one by one after possessing a certain bloodline, status, achievements, and strength.

Even Gu Xun'er, the daughter of the clan leader, could only give two seals of the Emperor's Seal to Xiao Yan when her cultivation was still weak.

As for the heavenly-grade fighting skill Great Nirvana Finger, there are only a handful of high-ranking members of the Black Annihilation Army who are qualified to practice it. This is even more true for the more precious heavenly-grade techniques.

Of course, there will be exceptions if there are elders who love you very much but don’t take rules too seriously.

In the square, many disciples of the Thunder Clan were eager when they heard this, and the people from various sects in Zhongzhou took a deep breath, with a strong fiery look in their eyes - even if there were half-saints and fighting saints in the sect, heavenly-level techniques and heavenly-level fighting skills were far from enough.

Generally speaking, heavenly-level techniques and fighting skills were all created by saints, and those in the world who possess the talent to create techniques... are quite rare.

Even if there are Douluo Saints in charge of the various sects in Zhongzhou, they are basically only one-star or two-star Douluo Saints. If one can complete a perfect heavenly-level technique in his lifetime, he can be said to be blessed by heaven.

Therefore, even if there are saint-level forces with heavenly inheritance, most of them only have a few inheritances.

Nowadays, once you participate in the martial arts ceremony and win the championship of the Heaven Ranking or the Earth Ranking, you can obtain the Heaven-level martial arts and Heaven-level fighting skills at the same time, and you can also get the endorsement of the Thunder Clan. You don’t have to worry about being chased back in the future. It is simply a great opportunity.

However, after seeing the powerful younger generation of the ancient clan and their eager expressions, the people from the sect couldn't help but fall into dejection.

Competing with the children of the imperial family, it seems that our own disciples will not have even the slightest chance of winning.

After all, this martial arts ceremony is just a venue for competition among the imperial clans and has nothing to do with other forces in Zhongzhou...right?

Many dejected gazes slowly shifted around, and finally, focused on the indifferent young man, transforming into an inexplicable look of expectation... Medicine Lord Lin Yuan, the number one prodigy in Zhongzhou, how far can he go on this stage belonging to an ancient clan?
However, these gazes filled with complex emotions, whether admiration, jealousy, or amusement, did not have any effect on Lin Yuan.

He tilted his head and asked Mang Tianchi beside him: "Dean, what is the Xuanyuan Spirit Pond?"

"Xuanyuan Spirit Pond?" Mang Tianchi lowered his voice and explained briefly: "It is a place of opportunity for our clan. It consumed a lot of resources to build it. The energy in the pond is extremely pure. After soaking in it, there is a chance to improve your one-star cultivation to the Dou Zun stage."

"After Mr. Xuan expanded the scale of the ceremony this time, the higher-ups were very interested and specially added a lot of rewards... This time the rewards are much richer than before!"

He suspected that some high-level officials wanted to see the level of this generation of each race, so they offered tempting enough rewards.

These prizes, not to mention the heavenly-grade skills and heavenly-grade fighting techniques, just the opportunity to enter the Xuanyuan Spirit Pool and the eighth-grade six-color elixir, are enough to tempt young people of all races.

However, Mang Tianchi did not intend to tell Lin Yuan about the matters between these imperial clans.

He patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said gently, "Little guy, although your chances of winning the championship are slim, you can still strive for the top eight on the Earth Ranking. Soaking in the Xuanyuan Spirit Pool can save you a lot of time in hard training, so your trip to the Thunder Clan won't be in vain."

Although he was very optimistic about Lin Yuan as a student, he did not think that his student could win the championship, so it was better for him not to have any psychological pressure.

"Try to get into the top eight?" Lin Yuan tapped the armrest with his fingertips and chuckled.

He did not say much on this topic, but talked about another matter: "Dean, I have something to ask. If it does not have any negative impact on you, I hope you can help me..."

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Mang Tianchi waved his hand and said generously: "Just tell me what it is. You are my favorite student, so it's no problem for me to help you."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Dean!"

Then, he looked at the Ninth Elder who was introducing the rules, and then glanced in the direction of the Medicine Clan, and said meaningfully: "Please help me arrange it. I want to insert a warm-up program before the martial arts ceremony, a warm-up program for the alchemists."

After setting up a soundproof barrier, Lin Yuan informed Mang Tianchi of his detailed plan while Mang Tianchi was looking surprised.

After listening to Lin Yuan's narration...

"Are you really planning to do this?" Mang Tianchi stared at Lin Yuan in surprise, and said thoughtfully: "You know, although most of the guys in the Medicine Clan have annoying personalities, their alchemy skills are really amazing. Do you really plan to fight them?"

Lin Yuan waved his hand casually, smiled confidently, and said: "There will be one sooner or later. Since it happens to be this grand event, why not help everyone to have fun!"

Realizing that the young man was not joking, Mang Tianchi's expression turned serious.

"Since you are so confident and Old Man Xuan allows you to do so, then I will not stop you! Old Man Xuan and I can make the final decision on this matter. With his trouble-making personality, he will definitely not reject your proposal."

"Besides, I am the host of the Earth Ranking Competition of the Martial Arts Ceremony. You can do what you want, and I will help you smooth things over."

After a short pause, he patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Come on, little guy! Use your alchemy skills to teach that arrogant kid a lesson... Heh, relying on his alchemy skills to put on an arrogant attitude that makes people hate him."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly and said confidently: "Don't worry, Dean, leave this matter to me, I will not let you down!"

As he spoke, the Ninth Elder on the altar finished explaining the matters concerning the martial arts ceremony and said in a loud voice: "This conference will determine two undisputed 'firsts'! Everyone, look forward to it..."

(End of this chapter)