The road is vague

Chapter 57 Chen Yu (Happy New Year)
"Lu Cuicui wins!"

After Lu Cuicui walked down from the stage, many disciples from aristocratic families came to congratulate her.

Li Mo also came over and gave his blessings to Lu Cuicui. After seeing Li Mo, Lu Cuicui could no longer suppress her excitement.

"That was truly dangerous just now. His magic weapon was too powerful. If I hadn't mastered the Spirit Thread Secret Technique two months ago, I would have been eliminated!"

"But in the end, you won the victory. Congratulations!"

Because there were so many disciples from aristocratic families who came to celebrate for Lu Cuicui, Lu Cuicui had to deal with them. Just as Li Mo was about to return to the Alchemy Hall to continue refining the Thunder Crystal, he saw Lu Cuicui's brother Lu Shun, who was comforting Ye Xunhuan.

"Brother Xunhuan, don't be angry."

"You fat guy, humph!"

Ye Xunhuan shook off Lu Shun, his face gloomy as he walked away alone. Many disciples from aristocratic families seemed to be accustomed to this.

Ye Fuhu shrugged and walked over.

"Lü Shun, don't be angry with him. He's just like that, a little stingy, but he doesn't hold grudges. It will be fine after a while. Lü Cuicui, don't mind it."

Lu Shun laughed, of course he knew.

"I'm fine. Just let him set up a table when the time comes. It's not the first time anyway."

Lu Cuicui also laughed and said, "I'm fine too."

Although it was just a small episode, it allowed Li Mo to see a side of these disciples from aristocratic families that was unknown to outsiders. He then left the Divine Tree Square and returned to the Alchemy Hall to continue refining the Thunder Crystal.

Same as last year.

Although there were more people in the first and second grade groups, the year-end assessments were almost finished after the afternoon twilight hour.

The second-year students were whispering to each other and talking about it with great interest.

The first-year students were dejected.

As for the third-grade group's final examination, although the number of participants was halved, the first round of preliminary competition was finally completed at midnight, and the competition was extremely fierce.

It is said that there were two equally outstanding disciples, both of whom were capable of competing for the top three, but they met in the first round of the preliminary competition.

The battle between the two sides lasted for a stick of incense.

During the fight, both sides used several high-grade magic weapons in succession, launched many powerful spells, and threw low-level talismans around like they were free. No one was willing to give in, and the intensity of the fight was incredible for the first and second year disciples, who were really enjoying the sight.

The next three days.

Li Mo's luck was very good and he never encountered a strong enemy.

All his opponents were defeated by his mid-grade magic weapon, the Thunder Sword, and he made it into the top 32 list, attracting a lot of attention.

It was not until the fourth day of the assessment that he finally encountered a strong enemy.

Chen Yu from the Chen family!
Among his good friends, Ma Ling, Niu Li and Lu Tianyou also made it to the top 32. What made him most regretful was that Wang Feng failed to achieve good results again. In the competition for the top 32 places, he was defeated by Zhou Zheng.

There is also Yang Guang.

He was extremely lucky in his first year, but unfortunately he met Ye Fuhu in the second year end assessment and was eliminated in the top 128. What surprised Li Mo the most was that Wang Zhu was eliminated so early, but he did not seem to care about it and still had a confident attitude.

"What happen to you guys?"

Li Mo came to Shenshu Square and noticed that Ma Ling and Niu Li looked a little depressed, so he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

The two did not respond.

Yang Guang couldn't help laughing.

"Their assessment was arranged into a group, and they will be the next after you and Chen Yu."

"what?"

Li Mo was stunned and speechless.

Yang Guang looked at Li Mo and said, "How about you? Are you confident in dealing with Chen Yu? I heard that he's usually quite arrogant. Unlike Ye Xunhuan, he's inherently arrogant and often says things to our faces that look down on us Sanren disciples. Several of us Sanren disciples have clashed with him."

Li Mo had only come into contact with Chen Yu once.

That was the end-of-year assessment for the first grade. At that time, Li Mo went to the Alchemy Hall for the assessment as requested by Master Chen Rong. He met Chen Yu and Chen Lan. At that time, Chen Yu also said some unpleasant words and was later severely reprimanded by Master Chen Rong.

This kind of person is really difficult to get along with.

"It shouldn't be a big problem."

Li Mo's words made Yang Guang chuckle, and then he revealed a piece of news that made Li Mo stunned.

"By the way, there's also your good friend Lu Tianyou. He's so unlucky that he got matched up with Ye Fuhu this time."

Li Mo was speechless when he heard this.

His thunder crystal is about to be condensed. After today's test is over, no matter what powerful enemy he encounters in the future, he will have absolute confidence to deal with it.

The competition for the top 32 to the top 16 officially began, with the first match being between Ye Fuhu and Lu Tianyou.

"Referee, I surrender."

Lu Tianyou was very decisive and directly announced that he would give up and admit defeat.

Some people were surprised, while others were snickering. The referee uncle didn't say much and nodded immediately.

"Ye Fuhu wins!"

Yang Guang sighed, seeming a little disappointed.

"Hey, I thought I could see a good show."

Li Mo rolled his eyes.

"Lu Tianyou is my friend, do you want to see him being tortured a second time?"

"Haha, don't be angry, calm down, I was just joking."

After a few more games, it was finally Li Mo's turn to play.

Wang Feng brought Zhu Yidan and Zhao Xiaonan to cheer for Li Mo. Wang Zhu and Lu Tianyou also came to support him. What surprised Li Mo a little was that Tian Fen also came.

"How is it? Is it condensed?"

"Almost there, should be able to catch up tomorrow."

Tian Fen nodded at Li Mo's response, but he also warned: "If you can avoid it, try not to use it. Don't become dependent on it."

After a while.

Li Mo stepped onto the stage. The noise outside gradually faded away. He looked at Chen Yu opposite him.

Chen Yu looked very clean and capable, with a white silk dress under his dark grey cloak, an antique jade hanging around his waist, and a jade flute in his hand, held behind his back. He looked up at the Qingling sacred tree at a 45-degree angle with an arrogant and contemptuous attitude, not taking Li Mo seriously at all, and seemed not to want to say a word.

Li Mo looked at him and felt a little unhappy.

Since the other party had no intention of bowing to show goodwill, Li Mo naturally would not make things difficult for himself. He simply stood in the other corner of the ring with the Thunder Sword in his hand and waited silently.

However, the referee uncle, who had always seemed invisible, became unhappy after seeing this.

If Li Mo remembered correctly, this should be Uncle Mo from the Training Hall.

His skin looked a little loose, there were some crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, his head was slightly bald, with a few scattered hairs. He usually had a good relationship with Ding Wei.

He issued a cold warning.

"You two are both disciples of the Lingmu Sect's Advanced Training Hall. This battle test is an open competition within the sect. If you dare to be rude to each other like this again, I will sentence you both to defeat, and both of you will receive a bye in the next round!"

A good man never suffers a loss in front of him. Upon hearing this, Li Mo was the first to salute.

Chen Yu snorted and returned the greeting reluctantly, but still looked arrogant, which made Li Mo even more unhappy.

"start."

At the referee's command, Li Mo and Chen Yu moved simultaneously. Chen Yu placed the jade flute to his lips. As the flute melody rang out, Li Mo felt an invisible current gathering above him. He summoned the Thunder Sword and, with his spiritual eyes, peered upwards, faintly catching sight of a vortex forming.

"what is this?"

Just as Li Mo was surprised, a suction force came from the invisible vortex, covering him and the Thunder Sword below. Then he felt his magic power began to drain away continuously.

The Thunder Sword also looked a little weak. If it wasn't a mid-grade magic weapon, if it was a low-grade magic weapon, its spiritual power would have been crushed and it would have fallen to the ground.

"I see."

He rushed forward quickly, leaving the coverage of the mysterious vortex, and used his hands to inject more spiritual power into the Thunder Sword.

Crackling!

The Thunder Sword flashed with lightning and made a deafening explosion.

The mysterious vortex in the sky was indeed dispersed by the lightning and thunder characteristics of the Thunder Sword.

A hint of surprise appeared in Chen Yu's eyes. He played the jade flute again, and transparent sound waves bombarded Li Mo.

Li Mo used his spiritual eyes to judge the trajectory of these transparent gas bombs, and avoided them in an orderly manner with his light body movements.

Seeing this, some disciples from aristocratic families in the audience exclaimed in surprise.

"He actually possesses such physical skills!"

"Humph, I've heard that those four guys' martial arts skills are quite impressive."

"These martial artists will have a significant advantage in the year-end assessments for the first and second years. Chen Yu used to be quite disdainful of martial arts disciples, but today he has met a formidable opponent..."

As the Thunder Sword slashed through the air, a black shield came up to meet it.

There was a harsh sound of metal collision between the two sides.

Li Mo frowned slightly. This shield was obviously a mid-grade magic weapon.

Chen Yu's eyes were about to pop out of his head.

You should know that his black scale shield was a magic weapon given by his family, and it was a top-quality mid-grade magic weapon. However, it showed weakness under the opponent's flying sword attack.

How could this not leave him dumbfounded?

Although it is easier for disciples from aristocratic families to obtain cultivation resources than individual disciples and they have many advantages, it is by no means what some individual disciples imagine, that they are living in a honeypot from birth. In fact, there is also competition among disciples from aristocratic families. Different levels of support and training will be given according to spiritual root qualifications, talents and understanding. It is often only every seven to eight years, or even more than ten years, that they will devote all their efforts to cultivating an outstanding disciple who is the apple of everyone's eye.

For example, Jiang Sheng of this session is such a disciple.

Most people are like Ye Xunhuan, Lu Shun and him. After they become adults and enter the sect, they will receive a one-time subsidy of varying amounts of resources, usually ranging from two to three hundred spirit stones to seven to eight hundred spirit stones based on their performance evaluation. As for whether they choose elixirs, magic tools, spirit stones, or materials, it all depends on their own preferences.

After that, you can also perform some tasks within the family, but other than that you can only rely on yourself.

of course.

In addition to family support, some disciples from aristocratic families can also obtain support from within their own families. This depends on the specific circumstances of both parents. After all, the circumstances of each family are different.

"Could it be that this guy really has a high talent for alchemy as my aunt said, and has made a fortune from it?"

The thundering sword changed direction and slashed again, and the black shield blocked again.

The two sides kept colliding, making frequent metallic vibration sounds. The spiritual power of the black scale shield continued to dissipate, and it was all up to Chen Yu to maintain it at all costs. His face became increasingly ugly.

"Even if his magic weapon is also a top-grade mid-grade magic weapon, we should be evenly matched. Why am I struggling so much? Could it be that this guy..."

With Li Mo's cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi training, he continuously launched powerful attacks with the Thunder Sword, but Chen Yu was still able to resist it. It can be seen that his cultivation level is definitely not low, and the shield only retreated slightly by half an inch.

You should know that in the competition a few days ago, a second-year disciple used a defensive magic weapon, but it was forcibly defeated by his three swords.

At this time.

Thunder exploded in front of Li Mo, and he summoned two thunder slaves in one breath, which pounced on Chen Yu from different angles.

Everyone outside the venue exclaimed.

Especially Tian Fen, who personally taught Li Mo this elementary advanced spell, had a look of astonishment in his eyes. He just vaguely realized that Li Mo's cultivation seemed to have reached above the seventh level of Qi training.

Chen Yu's expression was slightly solemn.

While summoning the fire turtle, he drew out the talisman and summoned a wind bird, which started fighting with the two thunder slaves on the ring.

"You can actually summon two Five Elements Spiritual Power Summoning Creatures at once?"

Chen Yu finally couldn't help but speak. Although he couldn't accurately judge Li Mo's cultivation level, the pressure Li Mo brought to him had already faintly exceeded the level of the sixth level of Qi training. This made it a little difficult for him to accept. He looked at Li Mo with eyes full of disbelief.

"It seems I underestimated you!"

This is what Li Mo wanted to say.

Just now, Chen Yu's magic power was stretched to its limit after continuous spellcasting. Li Mo was shocked when he saw that he had reached the late sixth level of Qi training.

Lu Cuicui and Ye Xunhuan are only in the early stage of the fourth level of Qi training and the late stage of the fifth level of Qi training respectively.

Before this, in Li Mo's mind, Chen Yu was just an arrogant person with a high opinion of himself. Now that he saw with his own eyes the cultivation level of this person in the late sixth level of Qi Refining, Li Mo did not dare to be arrogant anymore, for fear of a setback.

After all, the other party is from a noble family, and God knows what other tricks he has up his sleeve.

The Thunder Sword and the Black Shield continued to collide, making a sound of metal friction.

Seeing Chen Yu playing the jade flute again, Li Mo immediately cast a lightning shield to resist. Then he slapped the storage bag on his waist, and a palm-sized puppet appeared in his hand. He threw it out after reciting the magic formula.

After the puppet landed on the ground, it expanded rapidly and turned into a humanoid puppet that looked like a paper doll in a mourning hall.

After Chen Yu took a peek with his spiritual eyes, he took a breath of cold air.

"you!"

This was actually a beginner-intermediate puppet. He gritted his teeth and looked at Li Mo with shock in his eyes.

"You're also practicing puppetry!"

Li Mo naturally had no intention of answering, and he made hand gestures to urge the puppet to launch an attack.

As an initial intermediate puppet made by the monks of the Re-Creation Sect, the strength of this humanoid puppet is indeed not low. It was evaluated by He Ping as having the strength of a seventh-level Qi training monk. Li Mo had personally verified that it was indeed not an exaggeration.

Chen Yu gritted his teeth and took out a few low-level talismans.

Fire bombs, ice cones, wind blades, and wooden needles were shot out in sequence.

But these are low-level primary talismans and do not pose much threat to the humanoid puppets. They can only provide a temporary barrier.

Li Mo took the opportunity to perform the Thunder Bullet Technique, which landed on the giant black shield and actually produced some paralyzing effect. Unexpectedly, Chen Yu was almost taken advantage of by the Thunder Sword, but was finally blocked by the light shield of the jade pendant on his waist.

Chen Yu was startled.

His expression became increasingly ugly. He kept scanning the battle situation on the field, trying to use the jade flute to break through the lightning shield, but it was difficult to succeed in a short while.

at this time.

The humanoid puppet approached Chen Yu at an astonishing speed, and swept a sword against the wind, but was blocked by the black shield. The thunder sword attacked again, but was still blocked by the flash of the black shield. The humanoid puppet took this opportunity to suddenly launch a ray of spiritual light. Chen Yu was unable to split himself and let out an unwilling cry.

With a flash of white light, Chen Yu disappeared into the barrier.

Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

This person's strength was far beyond his expectations. It seemed that he had the ability to be so rebellious.

Thinking this in his mind, Li Mo also walked down from the stage.

Congratulations were heard all around. The strength displayed by Li Mo obviously exceeded many people's expectations. Although the two sides fought for less than a quarter of an incense stick of time, the intensity was extraordinary.

After agreeing, Li Mo turned around and looked at Ma Ling and Niu Li who were competing on the ring.

The fight between the two was also very interesting to watch. They exchanged martial arts while casting spells and using magical weapons to fight each other, with various combination moves emerging one after another.

After the two sides fought for a long time, Niu Li suddenly defeated Ma Ling with one move.

(End of this chapter)