"That's not the case..." Hai Zian said hesitantly.
Li Ran felt a chill all over his body: "Fatty, you're not still a bottom, are you?"
When Hai Zian heard Li Ran say this, his face, which was already red for some unknown reason, turned even redder: "Get lost... Brother Ran, you have such dirty thoughts, I'm a real man!"
"Oh, then why are you reacting so strangely?" Li Ran said with disbelief, "Let me think about it. By the way, is the girl you like related to Hai Lan?"
Hai Zian felt particularly uncomfortable and said, "A little bit..."
"A little bit, what do you mean?"
"That's what I mean..."
"What exactly does that mean?"
"That's the same idea..."
"I want to fucking slap you!"
"Brother Ran, be careful of your image. It's not appropriate for you to swear like this right now... I really mean this literally..."
"Could it be that you two are in a love triangle, falling in love with the same woman at the same time, and then that woman doesn't like him but likes you?" Li Ran calmed down his inner anger and thought for a while.
Hai Zian shook his head and said, "No, that person is related to him. It's him. Oh, Brother Ran, you really like gossip!"
"I like gossip?" Li Ran's eyes were filled with disbelief. "You were the one who provoked me!"
Hai Zian sighed and said, "Brother Ran, this matter is really hard to talk about..."
"Huh... let me think about it..." Hearing Hai Zian say this, Li Ran's gossipy mentality was completely aroused.
Suddenly, Li Ran slapped her thigh and exclaimed in surprise, "Yes, your family and his have been enemies since childhood. Your parents don't get along with his parents, and you don't get along with him either, but that doesn't mean others are hostile to you. Could it be that you and his sister are in love?"
Hai Zian didn't seem to react much, just remained silent, not saying a word, which made Li Ran want to kill him directly. At this moment, the head of the Hai family appeared.
"Okay, enough talk, the second round of assessment begins, starting with the second to sixth level of cultivation!"
After the Hai family patriarch finished speaking, four or five people came forward behind him, constantly making hand seals and striking towards the same spot. Then everyone present felt that the world had changed drastically!
Although the sun was still above our heads, the ground and the surroundings had completely changed.
Li Ran swallowed. What the hell was going on?
It's not that Li Ran wasn't calm enough, it was just too stimulating. He was just in the central square of Poseidon Island, but now he suddenly came to a place similar to a duel arena. Anyone would be amazed.
The diameter of this duel arena is at least ten kilometers, and the surrounding edges are lined with rows of high-rise seats, which seem to be specially arranged for people to watch.
"Buzz..."
Just as Li Ran was marveling at himself, a blurry figure suddenly appeared on all the empty seats. Gradually, the figure became clearer and clearer. After a while, the seats that looked like countless ants were all filled with all kinds of people!
At this time, above the main stage, the head of the family gradually appeared, and some figures also gradually appeared around him.
"Haha, warmly welcome everyone to take the time out of your busy schedule to come and watch our Hai family's assessment ceremony. Please feel free to come and have any needs!" The head of the Hai family bowed to the people around him.
"Master Hai, you're too polite..."
"Haha, I also brought the younger generation here to broaden their horizons so they don't become impatient and arrogant!"
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These dozen or so people are all high-ranking powerful people in the Federation, and they were invited to watch the annual assessment ceremony.
Although the competitions from level two to level six are child's play in their eyes, this is an activity similar to a military parade, which is to show others the style of the younger generation of brothers-in-law and children of the Hai family!
Not long after, the Hai family patriarch waited for everyone to arrive before he stood up and said:
"Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to watch our Hai family's assessment ceremony. This is truly an honor for our Hai family. Without further ado, let the assessment begin immediately!"
The assessment begins and everyone starts drawing lots. After the drawing, the competition starts from the second level number 1. The winner competes again until the first place is determined. Then the third level begins. After the third level, the fourth level is completed, and the competition continues in sequence.
Each direct descendant can only send one follower to the field. Whoever wins in the end will get first place!
Although it seems complicated, it is actually not slow. Most competitions between second-level practitioners can decide the outcome in just a few tens of seconds or a minute. Even if the two are evenly matched, the spiritual energy of both sides can only last for a few minutes at most.
This is nothing like the movies and TV shows before Li Ran woke up, where they would fight for half a day and then hit each other back and forth. It is also not like free fighting, with various rules and rest times.
It can be said that a real competition, although not as quick as the martial arts competition before Li Ran woke up, will only take a few minutes at most. Of course, Li Ran is not sure that all of them are like this, but at least the second level is like this!
After seven or eight rounds of competition in the second level, the competition was quickly concluded and the first place was decided. The first place winner was the Hai Gan that Hai Zian mentioned!
Just when everyone thought it was about to end, the situation suddenly changed. The cultivator sent by Hai Gan said, "I want to challenge the puppeteer in the early stage of the third stage!"
Hai Zian, who was still watching from the preparation platform, whispered to Li Ran:
"Brother Ran, look, this is the most important step. The first place applicant applies for a higher-level challenge. If he wins, his performance in the second round will be much higher than the others. If no one else applies for a higher-level challenge, then if the points in the first round are similar, then the first place overall ranking will definitely be Na Haigan."
After hearing what Hai Zian said, Li Ran asked curiously, "But this person is already number one, with no rivals. Did your family send someone up there? This seems very unfair..."
Li Ran was a little puzzled. After all, everyone's strength was extremely different. Even if it was similar, different results might occur due to various reasons such as attribute restraint issues.
Moreover, the challenge of crossing levels at the intermediate level is definitely more difficult than that at the low level. After all, when the intermediate level reaches the fifth or sixth level, each small level improvement is more than a large realm at the low level!
Hai Zian smiled and said, "You can say yes and no, you'll know in a moment!"
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of the practitioner on the stage who applied for a higher-level challenge!
"Is this a puppet?" Li Ran asked curiously after seeing the figure clearly.
Hai Zian nodded and said, "Yes, and this puppet has no attributes, which can ensure the fairness of the assessment to the greatest extent possible!
As for the difficulty of skipping levels at the mid-level compared to the low-level, the elders will definitely take this factor into consideration when ranking. If both can skip a level, then the higher the challenger's realm, the higher the ranking! "
While Hai Zian was speaking, a cultivator in plain clothes on the stage took action first. He was a sword cultivator!
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