The Long Journey to Immortality

The Zhengyi Sect is a large and powerful sect with many disciples. There are quite a few hidden talents like Han Lu and Wen Erya who were not selected for the "treasure hunters" list.

Yesterday's competition saw five of the seven remaining champions defeated.

The seven main champions accepted a total of eleven challenges. In addition to Han Lu, two other champions also made a successful comeback and temporarily took the throne of the main champion.

Among those two was Jing Jin, whom Han Lu and Wen Erya had met before.

Jing Jin won three consecutive matches as the reigning champion, but lost in his first challenge.

But he did not give up. Instead, he fought with increasing vigor and defeated the challenger three times in a row. On the afternoon of the first day, he challenged the champion again.

This time, he finally won, achieving a comeback just like Han Lu.

The other one was Lu Liangcai, Han Lu's defeated opponent.

Although Lu Liangcai appeared as fragile as a Daoist novice in front of Han Lu, his exceptional poison and illusion techniques, which were considered superb among Qi Refining cultivators, still allowed him to stand out from the crowd in this selection competition.

After easily defeating three challengers, Lu Liangcai defeated another main champion in just one round, bringing himself back into the seven-person list.

Such a huge change was within Han Lu's expectations.

She knew that, given the format of the selection competition, the competition for spots would be most intense on the first and last days, while the middle days would be less intense.

When Han Lu went to find Wen Erya again, Wen Erya was already standing on the stage, waiting for the champion, who had just finished a match, to recover her spiritual power.

Han Lu took a closer look and almost burst out laughing. This time, standing opposite Wen Erya was none other than Yin Yixing, whom Han Lu had met before.

Why did Yin Yixing, who clearly needed seven days to recover before being able to fight, only rest for one day before making a comeback?

This was all thanks to Yin Yixing having a good master. In order to leave Yin Yixing with a glimmer of hope, he provided Yin Yixing with excellent healing pills and personally helped to dissolve the extreme cold spiritual energy remaining in Yin Yixing's body.

Although she was defeated by Han Lu yesterday, Yin Yixing, as a former champion who failed to qualify, still has one more chance to participate in the selection competition and challenge for the top again.

After a day of healing and adjusting her mindset, Yin Yixing was scheduled to take the stage for the first round of challenges on the second day.

Having been a key player on the roster, Yin Yixing, though far inferior to Han Lu, still possesses considerable talent.

After defeating his opponent and seizing another spot as the reigning champion, Yin Yixing felt that he had washed away the humiliation of being instantly defeated yesterday.

However, in Han Lu's opinion, the moment Yin Yixing, a cultivator at only the eleventh level of Qi Refining, unfortunately faced off against Wen Erya, his good luck had already run out.

Han Lu's reasoning for this judgment is quite simple.

She felt that it would take her at least dozens of rounds to defeat "Taoist Duobao" Wen Erya.

Based on this calculation, Yin Yixing, who was instantly killed by her, would naturally be no match for Wen Erya.

Wen Erya did not disappoint Han Lu in the audience.

She didn't even use the three magical artifacts she had acquired less than half a month ago. Instead, she used an old method from half a year ago and defeated Yin Yixing again in just twenty breaths.

Yin Yixing, who lost the match, was carried off the field on a stretcher.

Wen Er Ya would not show any mercy to a complete stranger in such an important selection competition.

Han Lu clearly saw that Yin Yixing, who was lying on the stretcher, was crying.

She couldn't guess that Yin Yixing was regretting participating in the competition the next day, and happened to run into Wen Erya.

Or was he simply grieving for missing this grand event in the ancient cultivation realm?

[Author's Note] I played a game where I could play Dota 2 with a silver-haired, red-eyed giant and a rich second-generation beauty.

Chapter 170 Wen Er Ya's Selection Competition (Part 2)

Compared to fellow cultivators like Han Lu and Wen Erya, Yin Yixing, who was selected for the list of fourteen, was much closer to the heart of the matter of the ancient cultivation secret realm.

At the last moment, two predictable defeats brought an end to two years of hard work.

If someone is a little psychologically fragile, it's normal for them to shed a few tears.

Although she looked pitiful, Han Lu felt no sympathy for Yin Yixing whatsoever.

Although the phrase "the victor is king, the loser is villain" is not popular in the cultivation world, it is absolutely true in this matter.

Even if Yin Yixing cried more intensely, Han Lu would still prefer to see Wen Erya continue to stand on the ring and smile.

After Yin Yixing was taken away, Wen Erya stepped down from the stage, reached out her hand, and gave Han Lu a high five in celebration.

Han Lu took the initiative to praise, "Senior sister, those moves you just made were really beautiful."

"So-so," Wen Erya said modestly, "I'm still a bit inferior to my junior sister."

The first few magical artifacts that Wen Erya possessed were all of medium to high quality.

The effects, power, and supernatural abilities produced by these magical implements when used at the fifth level of Qi Refining are completely different from those produced at the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

Like the "Ink Shadow Scroll" that Wen Erya possessed, Wen Erya could only summon one ink beast from the scroll at a time, and the ink beast was not very strong and had a limited variety.

But when Wen Erya advanced to the twelfth level of Qi Refining, reaching the pinnacle of the Qi Refining realm...

This painting gives her many more options, and she can even summon two ink beasts to fight at the same time.

If the scroll in Wen Erya's hand wasn't just a replica, then the ferocious monsters and spirits at the end of the scroll were simply painted with ordinary ink.

Han Lu felt that with Wen Erya's current cultivation level, it was entirely possible for her to unleash one-tenth of the power of these demonic beasts and true spirits by wielding the genuine scroll, which was in the possession of an unknown person, to defeat the enemy.

Unlike Han Lu, activating a large number of magical artifacts to defend against enemies would require Wen Er Ya to consume a significant amount of spiritual power.

After a brief celebration with Han Lu, Wen Er Ya swallowed two pills to aid in the recovery of her spiritual energy. She returned to the arena and began meditating to restore her spiritual energy, preparing to face the challenges from her fellow disciples as the defeated champion.

Compared to the first day, the cultivators who challenged the champions on the second day were of varying strengths, with their average strength being slightly lower.

Among them are outstanding cultivators like Yin Yixing, who possess considerable strength and are capable of occupying the position of the defeated champion.

However, many more cultivators of average skill, unable to escape the ranks of mediocrity, stepped onto the arena.

Like Wen Erya, the three challengers she faced after becoming the reigning champion were all of average strength.

These mediocre cultivators, who were only interested in participating, were not only weak, but also unprepared psychologically and physically for the bloodshed and injuries that would occur during the selection process.

In the three selection matches, just as Wen Erya began to use her skills and before she could put pressure on her opponents, the three cultivators lost their will to fight and hurriedly surrendered before they could be injured.

This situation left Han Lu feeling somewhat inexplicably depressed.

She wasn't upset that she hadn't encountered such an ordinary opponent on the first day; she was just upset that, despite finally being a spectator, she hadn't had the chance to watch Wen Erya unleash her full power on the stage and couldn't evaluate Wen Erya's current strength from an outsider's perspective.

After winning three consecutive matches, Wen Er Ya became the first defeated champion to gain the right to challenge on the second day.

After studying the information provided by Zhong Wencheng, Wen Erya already had an answer in mind regarding which of the main champions was weaker and who she was more suitable to challenge.

Including Han Lu, all seven main champions are quite strong, and each has their own unique style.

Han Lu was able to defeat Lu Liangcai with a complete dominance, partly because she chose the right opponent.

Although Wen Erya didn't expect to win as easily as Han Lu, she still wanted to avoid too much trouble and complications in this matter.

Ideally, one challenge should be met with a victory, and the reigning champion position should be held until the very end.

When the Golden Core cultivator in charge of Arena No. 4 asked Wen Erya who she was challenging, Wen Erya gave a name that was almost exactly the same as what Han Lu had thought: "Wen Shuyi".

Wen Shuyi is the only female cultivator among the seven officially selected champions, besides Han Lu.

He was the correct champion who was selected and challenged the most times during the first day of the selection competition.

Compared to the other main champions, Wen Shuyi is not particularly outstanding, and her strength is not particularly remarkable.

However, as the eldest daughter of one of the top cultivation families in the Southern Dynasty, Wen Shuyi, like Wen Erya, possesses numerous magical artifacts.

These magical artifacts were the guarantee that she could sit firmly in the position of the main champion on the first day, and also the main reason why Wen Er Ya chose the document utensil as her opponent.

One of the principles for choosing an opponent is to use their strengths to attack their weaknesses.

Wen Er Ya chose the document maker as her opponent based on other criteria. She thought she could win by relying on the document maker's greater quantity and higher quality, leveraging her own strengths, and attacking the opponent's weaknesses.

In Wen Erya's view, if it were simply a contest of magical artifacts, Wen Erya had no reason to lose.

Han Luyi thought so too.

Similar to Lu Liangcai's choice, Wen Shuyi, the main champion, waited for Wen Erya for quite a while before finally arriving at the fourth arena.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

This is a very basic psychological warfare tactic that anyone can use; whether it will be effective is another matter.

Like Han Lu, Wen Erya's name was also known within the sect.

Although Wen Erya came in second place in the last Dongshan Academy competition, behind Han Lu.

However, Wen Erya, who had a halo of prestige and a prestigious worldly title when she entered the sect, was still more famous than Han Lu at this time.

Both main characters are present, and a great battle is about to begin.

Just as the atmosphere was about to reach its climax, a paper sword suddenly flew in front of Han Lu, disturbing her interest.

Seeing that the paper sword was made of the academy's special paper, Han Lu could guess what was written inside.

The hype has only just begun, and it's quite normal for challengers not to be intimidated by Han Lu and to choose to challenge her.

There was no other way; as the official champion, Han Lu had to make this trip to deal with the challenger whose name she didn't know, but who was certain of how powerful he was.

Eager to watch the match, Han Lu didn't waste any time with the challenger on the ring.

Faced with her opponent who introduced himself and took the initiative to exchange pleasantries, Han Lu simply replied, "Are you ready yet? Let's get started."

After the countdown ended and the word "start" was heard, Han Lu once again unleashed her "Thousand Miles of Ice Seal" divine power on the arena.

In the blink of an eye, the No. 3 arena, which had just been rebuilt less than half a day ago, once again became a world of ice and snow.

However, this time, thanks to Han Lu's deliberate actions, the arena did not collapse again.

Immediately afterwards, Han Lu casually unleashed a burst of spiritual energy, pushing her opponent, who was still unaware of what had happened but had already been turned into an ice sculpture, off the stage.

Upon hearing the result that "Han Lu from Dongshan Academy has won," Han Lu showed no intention of lingering on the stage for even a moment longer.

She quickly shifted the battlefield and returned to the arena where Wen Erya was.

When Han Lu returned to the fourth arena, Wen Erya and Wen Shuyi had just introduced themselves, and the referee's countdown had only reached "2".

Han Lu, who quickly defeated a challenger, did not miss the good show.

[Author's Note] September is here in the blink of an eye. Any free monthly passes or death threats?

Chapter 171 The Battle Between Daoist Duobao