A few days after Ye Zhuangya's guidance, the day of the preliminaries arrived.
On this day, all the new disciples arrived at the plaza on the main peak of the academy. Of course, apart from the newcomers, there were also quite a few senior disciples.
Altogether, there were more than a thousand of them.
Although the academy didn't care about the heaviest matches, these people were still the disciples of the various instructors. Moreover, there were many good seedlings among them, so basically all the instructors were present.
Even the mysterious Dean, who was extremely mysterious to the new disciples, appeared on the plaza.
The headmaster was an old man with white hair and a beard. He looked hale and hearty, and his gait was as if he were flying.
He had a dignified face, and as soon as he stood in front of the crowd of disciples, the entire place immediately fell silent. Even without an introduction, the new disciples could tell at a glance that he was the academy's headmaster.
When the headmaster's eagle-like eyes swept over the crowd of disciples, Linlong noticed that his gaze clearly lingered on him for two breaths of time.
It was so short that it seemed inadvertent, but Linlong's powerful divine will told him that the headmaster had noticed him.
It was probably because he knew how to concoct that medicinal liquid. Linlong didn't take this to heart.
After all, apart from concocting that medicinal liquid, he didn't seem to have much talent.
After saying a few words of encouragement to the disciples, the headmaster announced the start of the preliminaries.
The preliminaries' difficulty level was very low, because they were only concocting second-grade pills.
With this level of difficulty, it was practically impossible to enter the last sixty and enter the Hearing Pavilion.
Therefore, the preliminaries were nothing more than a test the academy had for the new disciples. It had nothing to do with entering the Hearing Pavilion.
To Linlong, concocting a pill of this level of difficulty was no challenge at all. However, he didn't stand out too much either. He just behaved in an ordinary manner.
He pretended to fail twice and waited for quite a few people to successfully concoct the pill before he succeeded.
This kind of result could be considered above average. He could definitely enter the semifinals.
Two hours later, the preliminaries ended, and the names of those who entered the semifinals were soon announced.
During this process, those who didn't perform well just now were naturally frightened out of their wits.
The final result was just as Linlong had predicted. He entered the semifinals.
He also noticed that Murong Xue and Mo Tian had also made it to the semifinals.
Murong Xue was at the forefront of the list of two hundred or so contestants. Presumably, this preliminary round wouldn't be difficult for her either.
As for Mo Tian, he was much worse off. He was ranked at the very end, and was practically on the verge of being eliminated.
This was completely out of Linlong's expectations because he had interacted with Mo Tian before and knew that Mo Tian shouldn't be that bad.
Something must have gone wrong during the refining process, Lin Long thought to himself.
After announcing the name list, the teacher at the front also let the disciples leave.
Originally, Linlong wanted to turn around and go back, but he remembered that he hadn't seen Mo Tian for a long time, and that something must have happened to Mo Tian just now. Plus, Mo Tian wasn't far from him, so he walked towards Mo Tian.
However, before he could reach Mo Tian, he was stopped by a few people with unfriendly expressions.
"Mo Tian, you brat, how dare you refine better than me, causing me to lose my ranking. Tell me, are you looking down on me, Senior Wu?" a rather large young man said fiercely to Mo Tian.
"Senior Wu, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I didn't intend to succeed at first. I didn't expect my hand to slip," Mo Tian said with an embarrassed smile.
Slip? You've clearly done it on purpose.
Senior Wu was instantly enraged when he heard this. "Mo Tian, you refuse a toast and want to drink a forfeit?"
With that, Senior Brother Wu immediately raised his fist and punched towards Mo Tianlei.
However, his raised arm was immediately grabbed by someone next to him.
"Senior Wu, calm down." Senior Wu put down his fist when he heard that, but he still glared at Mo Tian. If looks could kill, Mo Tian would probably have been split into several pieces.
"Mo Tian, with your strength, you definitely won't be able to enter the last sixty. How about this, you give this opportunity to Senior Wu and let him enter the semi-finals. In the future, we won't forget your kindness," the person who stopped Senior Wu said.
"Mo Tian, it's because we're nice and don't care about what happened before."
"Of course, if you don't know what's good for you and still refuse to give this opportunity to Senior Wu, don't blame us for being impolite."
"You know who Senior Wu is, right? He's the cousin of the number one genius, Yang Jian. If you offend Senior Wu, it's the same as offending Yang Jian. Yang Jian is the young master of the Yang Clan, the number one clan in the vicinity. If you offend them, you can forget about staying in the academy in the future."
The others at the side also chimed in. Some played the good cop, while others played the bad cop. In short, they wanted Mo Tian to give this opportunity to Senior Wu.
There was no such thing as giving an opportunity in the academy. The reason why these people said that was because Senior Wu's result just happened to be at the two hundred and first place. Once Mo Tian gave up on the semi-finals, Senior Wu would be able to participate.
Hearing these people's flattery, Senior Wu raised his head proudly, as if he was the Emperor of Heaven.
"Senior Brothers, you're too enthusiastic," Mo Tian said.
Hearing Mo Tian's words, they thought that Mo Tian had agreed because of their pressure.
One of them nodded his head proudly, "Junior Mo, a wise man submits to circumstances."
Who knew that Mo Tian would say, "Unfortunately, I don't want to give this opportunity to Senior Wu."
"You're courting death!"
Senior Brother Mo and the others were immediately enraged. They immediately surrounded Mo Tian, looking as though they were about to teach him a lesson.
"What are you guys doing? This is the academy." Mo Tian frowned and hurriedly said.
The reason why he dared to reject them was because this was the academy. These people shouldn't dare to act recklessly.
"So what if it's the academy? Who dares to stop me from beating you up?" Senior Wu said with a black face.
Usually, they were used to bullying others. Those who were bullied by them only dared to be angry, so they were naturally even more arrogant.
Of course, they were also people with brains. They wouldn't provoke powerful people, but they would only provoke people like Mo Tian who looked like a shrimp.
Moreover, this place just happened to be at the edge of the plaza. There weren't many people who noticed them, so they naturally weren't afraid of threatening Mo Tian.
Turning his head to look to the side, Mo Tian's face turned a little ugly. This was because there were a few people who clearly saw this scene, but they immediately turned and left, as if they were afraid of being involved in a dispute.
"Brat, are you still not enlightened?" Seeing that Mo Tian was looking for help, Senior Mo was even more furious. He directly punched towards Mo Tian.
But then he heard a "pa" sound, and his raised fist was firmly grabbed by someone.
Looking back, he saw that it was someone he didn't know. Senior Wu's face immediately sank, "Who are you?"
Although he asked this, in his heart, he had already decided to teach this person who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson, and make him regret his actions today.
To him, someone he didn't know definitely didn't have much power, so he naturally didn't care about this person.
Opposite Senior Wu, Mo Tian's eyes lit up, because the person who grabbed Senior Wu's arm was Lin Long.
He didn't notice Lin Long at the side just now, but he didn't expect Lin Long to appear just like that.
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