As soon as Pan Qi announced the start of the test, Li Tong immediately focused all his attention on solving the questions.
He found that the difficulty of the questions increased gradually. It was easy at the beginning, but the more he went, the more difficult it became. There would never be a difficult question that suddenly appeared.
Unknowingly, he had completed twenty-five questions. At this time, he stopped to rest. After all, maintaining such a high degree of concentration was extremely exhausting.
He raised his head to observe the situation around him. What made him heave a sigh of relief was that he was now in the top ten among the hundred or so people. Apart from the two people in front of him, the gap between the others was not particularly large.
Seeing such a situation, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. Although he was talented, there were many talented people among the more than 100 people. Moreover, many of them had been on Yangning Island for a year. Compared to these people, he was far behind.
Therefore, he didn't have much hope in the first place. How could he not be excited by the current situation?
As long as he worked hard, he might be able to enter the top five! Such a thought flashed through his mind.
The rewards for entering the top five were innumerable. First, he would be able to enter the third layer of the Hidden Realm. Then, he would be able to obtain various material rewards. Finally, he would be able to receive personal guidance from the second young master, Pan Yinghao. This was personally said by Pan Yinghao in front of the disciples. Just thinking about it made him excited.
Continue to work hard! He could not help but clench his fists.
When he was about to continue solving the questions, he subconsciously shifted his gaze to Li Yunhai's row.
When he saw that Li Yunhai was actually behind him by five questions, he should be ranked outside the top twenty. His face immediately revealed an expression as if he had expected it.
As expected, you, Li Yunhai, are very weak. You can't even be compared to me, Li Tong. Previously, you were just playing some tricks and got away with it! Li Tong thought proudly in his heart.
Then, he put away his proud expression and once again focused on solving the questions.
Outside the Hidden Realm, Pan Yingwu's expression was desolate as he looked at the situation. He could not help but shake his head and sigh.
His subordinates who participated in the trial, except for Li Yunhai, were all ranked outside the top thirty. There was no hope at all. Even Li Yunhai, whom he originally had high hopes for, was only ranked in the top twenty. Entering the top five, no, entering the top fifteen was already a slim chance. How could he not be disappointed?
"Third Young Master, don't worry. I feel that little brother Yun Hai hasn't gone all out yet," an old man beside Pan Yingwu said.
This old man was called Lian Cheng, and he was considered a fifth-grade rune master. Apart from Mr. Wei, he was the person that Pan Yingwu valued the most.
After Mr. Wei left, Pan Yingwu wanted to make him the chief lecturer, but Mr. Wei rejected him politely. Pan Yingwu naturally favored this old man who did not seek fame and fortune.
Now that she heard him say this, she couldn't help but feel slightly better.
"Elder Lian, what do you say?"
Although he said so, he felt that Lian Cheng's words were just to comfort him. After all, how could Li Yunhai not give his all in a competition that would determine his future?
"Third Young Master, I don't know if you've noticed, but Little Brother Yun Hai used almost the same amount of time to answer these questions," Lian Cheng said.
"Indeed," Pan Yingwu said after thinking for a while.
"That's right." Lian Cheng smiled. "Looking at how the others answered, the questions at the beginning were easier, and the questions at the end were harder. Therefore, the further down the question, the longer it took to answer each question. However, Little Brother Yun Hai used almost the same amount of time to answer each question …"
"In other words, these questions are not difficult for Little Brother Yun Hai. He's simply handling them with ease!" Before Lian Cheng finished speaking, Pan Yingwu's eyes had already lit up.
At this moment, the originally extinguished flame of hope was reignited once again.
Of course, this reignited flame was still weak. After all, Li Yunhai was too far from the top ten. Even if it looked easy, he did not dare to hold too much hope.
On the other side, Pan Yinghao's face had a relaxed expression the entire time. Currently, eight of the top ten were his disciples. Among them, the first place Huang Tong was even ahead of his disciple by more than ten questions. How could he not be relaxed under such circumstances?
Already seated beside him, Pan Yinghui also had a very satisfied expression on his face. This was because two of his disciples were also in the top ten, and one of them even had absolute confidence in entering the top five.
"Second Brother, since we've already swept the top ten, then Third Brother is doomed," Pan Yinghui said proudly.
"Yes." Pan Yinghao softly snorted.
"Just now, when I asked him to punish Lin Li, he actually didn't listen. Has he seen a ghost now? In the future, he won't even have the qualifications to enter the cultivation room," Pan Yinghui said again.
"Third Young Master didn't listen to Second Young Master and Fourth Young Master, and actually placed his hopes on a grade three rune master. Now he's doomed, that person's disciple can't even enter the top twenty."
"How blind is Third Young Master to actually value such a person?"
"If I were Third Young Master, I'd just bang my head against the wall and die!"
…
Hearing Pan Yinghui scolding Pan Yingwu, many of the surrounding people immediately echoed.
Since Pan Yingwu couldn't enter the cultivation room in the future, his strength and status would definitely plummet. Naturally, they wouldn't mind stepping on Pan Yingwu a few more times.
Hearing such words, Pan Yingwu's face was burning, and so were the people from Pan Yingwu's camp. However, what else could they say? They could only blame themselves for being inferior.
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "This Li Yunhai is actually only ranked in the top twenty. How could he be ranked first in the assessment a while ago? You should know that Li Tong, who was ranked second back then, has already squeezed into the top ten now, "at this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly said.
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man. He was Chen Yu's friend, and because of Chen Yu's identity, he could receive many benefits. After Chen Yu's death, these benefits were all gone. How could he not hate Lin Long, who might have caused Chen Yu's death? Hence, even in such a critical situation, he still seized the opportunity to voice out his doubts.
As soon as such words came out, the crowd immediately exploded.
"That's right, this Li Yunhai is so weak, how could he be ranked first?"
"Mentor Wang Han must have revealed the topic to Lin Li and Li Yunhai in advance, and then Li Yunhai defeated Li Tong and won first place."
"I didn't expect Wang Han to do such a despicable thing."
"Island owner, please investigate Mentor Wang Han!"
…
Hearing such words, Wang Han, who was also at the scene, had an extremely ugly expression. He knew that he did not do anything shameful, but the current situation made it hard for him to explain himself.
"Mentor Wang Han, how do you explain this matter?"
After a while, the voice of the island owner, Pan Qi, rang out.
Everyone looked at Pan Qi, only to see him frowning as he stared at Wang Han.
Wang Han is in trouble! This thought immediately appeared in everyone's mind.
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