Chapter 260 Elder Yan: Don’t blame me for being cruel

Dan City, Square.

All the monks watching, including the monks in front of the light curtains of various domains, held their breath and waited.

The seven-day competition has finally ended, and now it’s time to announce the scores and rankings.

The jade slips of Chu Ning and others have already been taken away.

However, this time the Grandmaster in charge did not use his spiritual sense to look at each one and give a score, but disappeared from the spot with the jade slip.

Obviously, the scores of this round of competition need to be judged by the three grandmasters of Danta Association who are in charge of this rookie competition.

"Old man Li, you are the one who came up with the questions this time, so I'll leave it to you to grade them."

Huang Ruyuan said with a smile, "I am not interested in the other little guys, but I am somewhat interested in Chu Ning. Let me have a look at Chu Ning's jade slip."

With this rating given by a grandmaster alchemist, no one in the entire Alchemy Domain, including the sects behind these contestants, would not be angry.

"Old Huang, are you interested in that little guy?"

Another old master asked, Huang Ruyuan shook his head and said, "It's not that I like him, I just think this little guy is quite interesting. He could have won first place, but he gave up the chance to win first place in order to vent his anger on his senior brother from the sect."

"Do you think he can definitely beat Tong Shouxian? Instead of taking this opportunity to give up the competition with Tong Shouxian?"

Huang Ruyuan narrowed his eyes slightly: “When the old man asked, there was confidence in the little guy’s eyes.”

"Whether you really have the ability or not will be revealed in the results of the second round of competition."

Li Shuwu threw one of the jade slips towards Huang Ruyuan and said, "This is Chu Ning's jade slip."

Huang Ruyuan put his consciousness into it, and after a while, the gleam in his turbid old eyes became brighter, and he smiled and said: "Sure enough, you didn't disappoint me, this little guy is still quite capable."

"If you can make Old Huang say that it has the real stuff, then it must be something extraordinary. I'll take a look too."

Wan Jiren took the jade slip and scanned it with his spiritual sense. When he saw the answer given by Chu Ning to the last question, he burst out laughing.

“That’s an interesting answer.”

For a master to say "interesting" is already a very high evaluation.

"What Chu Ning answered made both of you feel very satisfied. I want to take a look as well."

As the main examiner of the second round, Li Youxia was also attracted by Chu Ning's answer. After he read Chu Ning's answer, he frowned.

"Why? Old Li, are you not satisfied with Chu Ning's answer?"

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied, but I have a problem now."

Li Youxia gave a bitter smile: "Before I read the jade slip of this little fellow, I already had a candidate for the first place in my mind. Now that I have read it, I am in a dilemma as to who should be given the first place."

"Oh, who did you choose as the first one, Lao Li?"

"The little guy from the Lu family."

Li Youxia gave Lu Sizhong's jade slip to Huang Ruyuan and Wan Jiren. After reading it, they understood why Li Youxia was in such a dilemma.

Lu Sizhong's answer sheet was no less brilliant than Chu Ning's. For the last question, Lu Sizhong chose the Qi school.

This has something to do with Lu Sizhong's background. The Lu family was originally the Qi faction among the six factions.

There is no so-called correct answer to the last question, because even the masters cannot convince each other of the six major theories of alchemy, so how can we expect these newcomers to give a perfect answer.

Li Youxia's last question depends on the attitudes of the contestants.

Unfortunately, apart from Lu Sizhong who firmly expressed his choice of the Qi School, although the other newcomers also chose their own theories, their answers were very euphemistic and not very firm.

This made him somewhat disappointed with several other popular players. He had originally been prepared to give Lu Si the first place in the China League One.

But after seeing Chu Ning's answer, Li Youxia was in a dilemma. If Lu Sizhong was a firm supporter of the instrument school, then Chu Ning was a realist.

No matter what school it is, as long as it allows me to succeed in refining pills and improve the quality of the pills I refine, it is a good theory.

This is also a manifestation of self-confidence, and compared with Lu Sizhong, this confidence is more flexible.

"Let Chu Ning take second place." Huang Ruyuan pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke.

Li Youxia looked at his old friend with some surprise. He thought that since Old Huang admired Chu Ning so much, he would suggest that Chu Ning be given first place.

"Although Chu Ning's answer is unconventional, don't forget that I am the one who made the first place answer sheet public to all the factions. In the eyes of all the factions, Chu Ning's answer is unorthodox and will easily cause controversy."

Huang Ruyuan explained the reason with a smile, and Li Youxia and Wan Jiren understood what this old friend meant.

This is to protect Chu Ning.

If Chu Ning was given the first place, I am afraid that some of the elders of Danshan Sect would be dissatisfied, not to mention other sects.

"Then Lu Sizhong is first, Chu Ning is second, Zhang Ji is third, and Tong Shouxian is fourth. These four are the top grade."

Li Youxia made a decision, and his figure disappeared from the platform and appeared in the square again.

Swish! Countless eyes in the audience were focused on this grandmaster alchemist at this moment.

"The results of the second round of written examinations have been announced, and the first place is Lu Sizhong!"

Li Youxia paused after reading out the first place. This was the treatment that the first place deserved.

"The first among the Lu heirs, he is worthy of being the young master of the Lu family, he really has a profound background."

"Although Tong Shouxian ranked first in the first round, he only came from the Lower Realm, while Lu Sizhong grew up in the Lu family. With the background of the Lu family, Lu Sizhong's knowledge of alchemy is definitely higher than Tong Shouxian's."

Lu Sizhong, whose name was called, pursed his lips slightly. As the young master of the Lu family, his goal was to get first place in Class A, so naturally he had to be reserved to get first place.

For him, for him and Zhang Ji, just getting A grade is considered a failure. The goal of several of the popular contestants is to get first place in A grade.

"The second place should be Zhang Ji or Tong Shouxian."

Li Youxia glanced at the contestants present and continued, "The second place is Chu Ning, the third place is Zhang Ji, and the fourth place is Tong Shouxian. These four are ranked first."

When Chu Ning heard the senior read out his name, he felt countless eyes falling on him.

Although the entire square was covered with a forbidden light shield that prevented the contestants from hearing any sounds from the outside world, as Nascent Soul cultivators, they would still be able to sense when someone was staring at them.

Not only the onlookers, but also the players on the field set their eyes on Chu Ning.

Zhang Ji and Tong Shouxian got first place, which was not surprising to these contestants. It would be strange if these two did not get first place.

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But they were shocked that Chu Ning could defeat Zhang Ji and Tong Shouxian.

In the first round of assessment, Chu Ning was second in Class B, and now he is second in Class A. This means that Chu Ning's current overall ranking is, at worst, the same as Zhang Hanqing.

Before the competition, the four recognized A-class players were Lu Sizhong, Zhang Ji, Tong Shouxian and Zhang Hanqing. However, in the first round, Zhang Hanqing only got third place in A-class. If Zhang Hanqing got first place in B-class in this round, his overall ranking would be the same as Chu Ning's.

But the weight difference between the second and third place in Class A is definitely greater than the first and second place in Class B, which means that Chu Ning has surpassed Zhang Hanqing in the overall ranking.

This is a dark horse.

"I didn't expect that there would be another dark horse in this year's rookie competition."

On the high platform, many elders from various sects expressed their feelings, and at the same time looked towards the stands where the Danshan Sect was located.

Who could have imagined that a dark horse would suddenly emerge from the Danshan Sect, which could hardly recruit any outstanding disciples a hundred years ago.

Chu Ning will definitely get a B grade.

The final round is about alchemy, and those who are able to participate in the competition have all passed the alchemy assessment in their respective sects, so the gap will not be too big.

In fact, in the rookie competition, the final ranking is usually determined by the rankings in the first two rounds, and at most there will be a change of one or two places.

"I was right about Chu Ning. He will get a B this time."

Elder Chen was very happy. He started to buy the bets of Chu Ningyi and others. The eight times odds of five thousand spirit crystals was a considerable amount of money for him.

Qi Shiyun raised her lips slightly. Her disciple really made her proud by performing so well in the first two rounds.

"Old Chen, don't be too happy too soon. If Chu Ning performs so well in the third round, he will have a chance to get first place. Be careful that your spirit crystals will go to waste."

Elder Chen was stunned by what Elder Zhao said, and then he smiled awkwardly: "I have said before that if Chu Ning gets the A grade, it will be worth it even if I lose these spirit crystals."

As for whether it is really worth it, only Elder Chen himself knows.

"Compared to Old Chen, I would like to congratulate Elder Qin. Li Tao is currently ranked first in Class C. This bet is already a sure win. Now that I have the formula for Nirvana Powder, Elder Qin will have to make me a few pills of Nirvana Powder."

"No problem."

Qin Libang nodded. With the recipe of Nirvana Powder, it would not be difficult to refine Nirvana Powder.

On the Danshan Sect side, the four elders including Qi Shiyun were in a cheerful atmosphere, while the elders from the Qihuo Sect next door had very gloomy expressions.

They didn't expect that Li Tao, whom they had spent a lot of money to recruit from Danshan Sect, would be so useless.

To be precise, it is not that Li Tao is useless. The requirement of the Seven Fire Gates for Li Tao is to get Grade C. Although Li Tao was at the end of the first round, he was able to get first place in Grade C in the second round. If he works hard in the third round, he will have no problem getting Grade C.

But the key problem is that now there is a Chu Ning in Danshan Sect. In the eyes of other sects, their Seven Fire Sect is a big enemy.

The geniuses who work hard to come from outside are not as amazing as the ones who come to you on their own initiative.

If they had known this would happen, they would not have poached Li Tao in the first place. Instead, they would have chosen to ask for people from Xinhuo Palace like Danshan Sect did. Then, wouldn't Chu Ning have gone to their Qihuo Sect?

The elders of the Seven Fire Sect were depressed, while Lu Yingguang, the person involved in the bet, was angry. Nirvana Powder was a secret recipe he discovered in a secret realm. Looking at the entire Dan Realm, he was the only one who could refine it. This was his capital, but now he was going to lose to Qin Libang. How could he be willing to accept this?

It’s not that there are no strong people in the Dan Realm who can crack the recipe of Nirvana Powder, but the Dan Realm has rules. Generally, secret recipes are not allowed to be cracked and made public. Those grandmaster alchemists can crack the recipe and refine it privately, but it is absolutely not allowed to spread it out.

If Lu Yingguang was angry, then at this moment in the Xinhuo Hall, Chen An's face was ashen and his whole body exuded a cold aura.

He already had a premonition that after this competition, he would face accountability from the elders.

"Hahaha, luckily I had anticipated this and made arrangements in advance."

In Danshan Sect, Yan Chenjing had a smug look on his face when he heard Chu Ning's ranking announced. If he had not made arrangements in advance, his reputation as a fool would spread throughout the entire Dan Domain after the competition.

But now, there are people who are worse off than me.

"My dead friend is not me. Don't blame me for being cruel. I was just fooled by the Sixth Peak. You are the ones who were blind. You deserve to be blamed!"

(End of this chapter)