The road is vague

Chapter 80 Ye Qing
Li Mo originally thought that the assessment could start at Youshi, but it was not until around 2:15 of Xushi that it was finally his turn.

After entering the barrier, the sounds outside disappeared instantly.

Li Mo looked at Jiang Tao, who was more than twenty feet away.

This was a man with a kind and honest face. His skin was slightly dark, and he behaved calmly and properly, not as unbearable as Su Wenqi did yesterday.

The two men saluted each other, and Jiang Tao spoke first.

"Let me experience Brother Li's true strength today!"

Li Mo smiled lightly when he heard this.

"That depends on whether you have the ability."

Jiang Tao frowned.

"Senior Brother Li actually looks down on me like this. He is too arrogant."

"This……"

Li Mo shook his head.

Different mindsets lead to completely different views on things. What he considers to be matter of course may be seen as derogatory and disdainful by the other party. However, this is a competition arena, and ultimately, strength is what matters.

Since we don't agree, there's no need to say more.

"Game start!"

With the referee's command, the test officially began and the two of them moved at the same time.

Jiang Tao let out a low shout and summoned a flying knife. Li Mo did not make any unnecessary movements and still summoned the mutant wolf king.

In Li Mo's opinion, since the other party wants to see his true strength, he must at least defeat the mutant demon wolf king.

"go."

Following Li Mo's order, the pitch-black mutant wolf king once again displayed its terrifying oppressive force and explosive power, and rushed towards Jiang Tao with big strides.

Jiang Tao's strength is indeed not comparable to Su Wenqi's.

He first tried to attack with a mid-grade flying knife, but when he saw that it was difficult to hurt the demon wolf king, he took out a bronze mirror to resist.

The defensive power of this bronze mirror is pretty good.

Under the mutant demon wolf king's rampage, the bronze mirror was able to withstand the mutant demon wolf king's attack, but it also left several claw marks.

Seeing that the spirituality of the bronze mirror was severely damaged, Jiang Tao, who had been dodging continuously, put it away with great heartache.

Only then did he realize that the spirit beast that he had only seemed slightly powerful on the stage before was actually much stronger than he had expected, and was not a seventh or eighth level Qi training creature at all.

"How did he manage to train such a powerful spirit beast in just one year? Could it be that he didn't even use his full strength last year?"

Jiang Tao continued to throw flying knives to try to stop the mutant demon wolf king, while casting various spells, but unfortunately none of them could pose a threat to the mutant demon wolf king.

Li Mo stood at the other end of the ring, watching the game quietly.

It seemed that the two sides of the competition were not him and Jiang Tao, but the mutant wolf king and Jiang Tao, and he was constantly commenting on Jiang Tao in his heart.

"The casting direction of this swamp spell is slightly off. It should be about half a meter to the right."

"The water blast ray is quite powerful, but unfortunately the distance is not well controlled. If I use the flying knife magic weapon to confuse myself, and then use my body skills to get close to the mutant wolf king, and release it at close range, I might be able to cause some damage to it."

"Why are you still using the Multiple Water Arrows spell, a spell used to deal with human cultivators..."

Jiang Tao was soon forced into a desperate situation by the mutant wolf king.

His various spells had almost no effect on the Demon Wolf King.

Jiang Tao then realized how ridiculous his previous words were. After all, he had witnessed the battle between Li Mo and Jiang Sheng last year, and they were definitely not people who relied solely on spirit beasts.

So he shouted loudly and tried his best to launch the flying knife, temporarily forcing the mutant wolf king to retreat. Then he bit the tip of his tongue and used the power of his essence and blood to launch a secret technique.

Li Mo sensed something and opened his spiritual eyes to observe carefully while secretly complaining.

"When you are young, you don't know the value of your essence. When you are old, you will suffer a shortened life and shed tears in vain. Alas."

A huge swamp vortex suddenly appeared on the ground, and a strange-looking mud giant rose up, which seemed to have almost the spiritual strength of a humanoid puppet.

"It's indeed a five-element creature with a mixture of water and earth attributes. Quite interesting."

But unfortunately, there is nothing worth learning from this for Li Mo. He only has a single thunder attribute spiritual root and cannot develop in the direction of mixed magic.

If this kind of single-attribute spiritual root were born in Ling Country, following the way of Wuji and constantly breaking through the limits, it would be a happy thing.

But if you are born in the Daqian Kingdom, you will have fewer choices. If you follow the way of the most intelligent creatures, then relatively speaking, the more spiritual roots you have, the better.

The mutant demon wolf king tilted its head and made a "Woo" sound. It had never seen anything like this before.

Then it pounced on it without any hesitation.

During the close combat between the mutant demon wolf king and the swamp giant, mud and water kept splashing in all directions, turning into water spiritual power and earth spiritual power and dissipating. Roars from both sides were frequently heard in the swamp, and the splashing mud and water quickly turned into earth spiritual power and dissipated.

It only takes a moment.

The mutant demon wolf king tore the five-element creature into pieces completely, and continued to pounce on Jiang Tao as he watched in despair.

"what!"

Jiang Tao yelled, triggered the refuge talisman, and disappeared into the barrier of the graduation examination arena.

"Li Mosheng!"

Li Mo recalled the mutant demon wolf king, gave a brief response to the people who came to congratulate him, and then returned to the Alchemy Hall to condense the thunder crystal.

Next two days.

Li Mo still hasn't met a decent opponent, but he doesn't feel too much about it.

After all, for him, this assessment no longer posed any challenge. He just kept summoning the mutant wolf king out of inertia, and then watched it defeat all opponents like a bystander.

night.

Ye Qing, the head of the training hall, walked with heavy steps towards the main hall of the training hall.

The four days of assessments and battles made her feel that something was not right. The reason was that many outstanding disciples who deserved attention had encountered strong opponents one after another and were eliminated early, failing to obtain a good ranking.

This also resulted in the assessment duration in recent days being significantly longer than in previous years.

Especially Ye Yimeng!

During the four days of assessment, every opponent she encountered was the best among this class of disciples.

Song Xiang on the first day, Chen Yu on the second day, Zhao Huaxue on the third day, Zhou Zheng on the fourth day...

"Something's not right."

When she carefully recalled the fighting methods of others, she felt that something was wrong.

"Jiang Sheng's opponents are also not weak. On the first day it was Lü Shun, on the second day it was Wang Feng, on the third day it was Qi Zhenyong, and on the fourth day it was Tao Ran."

It was precisely because these powerful disciples were eliminated one after another that some disciples she had little contact with made rapid progress and entered the top 16 list.

Puzzled and bewildered, Ye Qing arrived at the main hall. Over a dozen Foundation Establishment disciples were meticulously sorting through today's assessment files for future storage. Each one had a serious expression and was meticulous in their work.

"Has the list of opponents for tomorrow's final exam been released?"

"Reporting to the Hall Master, he has come out."

A female monk heard this and responded respectfully.

Ye Qing said calmly, "Bring it here for me to see."

"Yes."

As Ye Qing took the list, she only took a glance at it and her pupils suddenly shrank in disbelief.

"Is this really a list you picked at random?"

The female cultivator in front of her responded calmly upon hearing this.

"Reporting to the Hall Master, this is indeed the list of opponents we randomly selected according to our past practice."

Ye Qing looked around and paced back and forth with the list in her hand.

As the head of the training hall, she could naturally force these people to rearrange themselves into a new battle list, but this could easily lead to unpredictable consequences. Now was a critical period in the battle between the disciples from the aristocratic families and the independent disciples, and Chen Shouyi was only one step away from forming a fetus.

Although she is not the core figure in this fight, she should stand on the side of the disciples of the aristocratic families and must not cause trouble at this time.

After thinking about it, Ye Qing snorted in her heart and returned the list to the female cultivator in front of her.

"Pass my order. From tomorrow on, you must wait until I arrive before you can begin the drawing of lots for the final exam!"

"Yes!"

Everyone was shocked and responded one after another.

Ye Qing quickly left the main hall and was about to return to her private cave, but she felt that this matter was quite strange, so after a little hesitation, she turned slightly and walked towards a cave next to her.

After a sound transmission note was sent, a five-colored spiritual bird flew out of the cave.

After confirming Ye Qing's identity, it flapped its wings lightly and landed on a rock, looking at her quietly.

Ye Qing bowed respectfully to the spiritual bird and continued to wait silently.

After a while.

Ye Yimeng walked out of the cave wearing a mask.

"Master Ye, I was just practicing the Great Circulation. It's so late. What's going on?"

Ye Qing didn't care what the other person called her.

"Yimeng, I just looked at the list of candidates for tomorrow's assessment. After thinking about it, I feel like something is not right."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yimeng was stunned for a moment, then looked thoughtful.

"Now that I think about it carefully, there was indeed something wrong with this assessment."

Ye Qing sighed.

"I've already ordered that starting tomorrow, the draw can only begin when I'm present in person. However, I can't change the match list that's already been drawn up for tomorrow. Your opponent is Jiang Sheng. This must be a deliberate arrangement by someone to eliminate all the elite disciples early."

After hearing this, Ye Yimeng suddenly smiled softly.

"If there's a conspiracy, I think that person's strength must be neither too strong nor too weak. He's probably here to get the top three spots, to participate in the Zhongshan Kingdom exchange meeting, or to get the foundation-building pill after the final examination, or to leave an elite disciple file in the court?"

"Most likely the latter."

Otherwise, Ye Qing really couldn't understand who would go to such great lengths for a mere Foundation Establishment Pill or an exchange meeting, and even get involved in the assessment and ranking of the Continuing Education Hall.

This is not something that one or two foundation-building cultivators can do. It is most likely that group of people are behind this.

Ye Yimeng nodded.

"Well, since my opponent tomorrow is Jiang Sheng, I'll admit defeat and give him the chance."

Ye Qing was shocked.

"That was not what I meant!"

However, Ye Yimeng didn't care.

"Master Ye, there's no need to say more. I know that's not what you meant, but you should also know that my status isn't suitable for going there. In that case, does this assessment ranking still have any meaning for me?"

"This……"

After Ye Qing pondered for a moment, she suddenly smiled.

"That's fine! I'll stay here and thank you Miss Li for your kindness. As for who is behind this and who is being helped to take the stage, we'll know after this assessment is over!"

At the end of her speech, Ye Qing's voice grew colder.

"But no matter who it is, he must never be allowed to hold a key position within the sect. Those guys... are becoming increasingly outrageous!"

She always believed that even if the two sides were fighting openly or secretly, they should not violate the sect rules, and should not affect these disciples in the Qi training stage.

This was the rule agreed upon by both parties.

In the past, she could turn a blind eye to the Justice Council.

After all, she also knew that many disciples from aristocratic families had been spoiled since childhood and had done many dirty things. In order to avoid being bullied, the independent disciples naturally had to rely on a big tree. In addition, the Justice Society was relatively safe and did not do anything too out of line, so she had always acquiesced.

But this time, it had already exceeded her bottom line and she could no longer endure it.

"We must make an example of someone to scare the monkeys!"

So Ye Qing made up her mind that no matter who was pushed to the stage by those guys in this assessment, she would personally take action to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!
After saying goodbye to Ye Yimeng, Ye Qing returned to her cave and continued to recall the order of battles on the list.

If it's Jiang Sheng and Ye Yimeng alone, it's definitely impossible, and if it's Yang Zhiman versus Ye Fuhu, it doesn't seem likely either.

"As for the others, could it be that Li Mo?"

After Ye Qing had a suspicious target in mind, her face suddenly turned cold.

But then she frowned and shook her head, rejecting this guess.

"That's not quite right. The strength displayed by this Li Mo is simply unimaginable among third-year disciples. Such a monstrous person hasn't appeared in the Advanced Training Hall in recent decades. Not to mention Jiang Sheng, even Li Yimeng is probably no match for him. With his strength, it seems that there is no need for deliberate arrangements."

She took a deep breath and then let out a long sigh.

"How strange! It seems their real target is someone else. Who could it be?"

The only thing she could be sure of was that since those people were so dedicated, even if she stopped the tampering with the drawing, they would definitely think of other ways to ensure that person was in the top three.

He will never give up just because I suddenly intervene!

This way.

"The one with the most unexpected ranking and the biggest change in strength among the top three must be their carefully planned target, humph!"

After another cold snort, Ye Qing waved the dust cloud and the cave flag formation quickly closed.

(End of this chapter)