The rookie Earth ranking competition was the first battle of this batch of Tai Ah Divine City rookies.
People placed great importance on their first public appearance in the Tai Ah Divine City. They wanted to amaze the world with one brilliant feat!
These elites that came from all over were all proud. Even though they had suffered some setbacks when they first came to the Tai Ah Divine City, they quickly regained their confidence.
Especially after the past few months of training, these rookies had made great progress. They wanted to show their prowess!
At this moment, at the rookie registration area, this batch of rookies began to declare who they would challenge in their first battle. After the declaration was successful, they would receive the corresponding token.
The moment Yi Yun's token appeared, it was snatched up by many people.
And at this time, the advantage of an association was revealed. As the largest association amongst the rookies, the Hongdao Association occupied Yi Yun's token.
"Who's tired of living, to dare snatch it from me!"
The tall member of the Four Bully Lords had one foot on a stool. He held a dagger in his hand and pointed it at the people around him.
"Pa!"
A token landed in the tall man's hand. It was Yi Yun's challenge token.
In front of an association, it was indeed not easy for others to compete.
"You bunch of people, don't waste your chance by gathering here. Do you know how much that kid Yi Yun has? How many of you can take out 500 dragon scale runes? Aren't you embarrassed to bet? "Bai Duyi exited the Singing Hall to chop his mouth.
A Hongdao Association Hall Master said loudly. To rookies, 500 dragon scale runes was a huge sum.
Many of them indeed could not afford it.
But for Yi Yun, he had tens of thousands of dragon scale runes. A few hundred dragon scale runes was just a drizzle to him.
As people were engaged in a war of words, someone in the hall suddenly said, "Eh, isn't that kid Yi Yun …?"
This sentence attracted the attention of many people. They looked over and saw a youth in linen clothes leaning against a wooden railing at the entrance of the hall. He was watching with interest.
This youth had bright eyes and distinct facial features. His face had a hint of childishness. Who else could it be but Yi Yun!
"It's really that kid!"
The people from the Hongdao Association naturally recognized Yi Yun.
"The rookie competition is about to begin. We're just waiting for this kid! Look at him, he doesn't seem worried at all. "
As people discussed, Yi Yun stood up straight and greeted the Hongdao Association with a smile.
Upon seeing this scene, many people were speechless. Shouldn't Yi Yun have a deep grudge with the Hongdao Association? Yet, he still greeted them. Didn't this kid know what the Hongdao Association was up to? It was as if everything that was happening in front of him had nothing to do with him.
"Everyone, have you filled in your bets?"
Yi Yun asked the Hongdao Association's Four Bully Lords and Hall Masters.
"Bet? Hehe! " Someone laughed sinisterly and said, "Of course we have prepared the wager. For you, our brothers have already gathered a large number of dragon scale runes. We would be too embarrassed to take out anything less than 800 dragon scale runes in a wager with you."
When the people from the Hongdao Association said this, everyone gasped. Eight hundred dragon scale runes for one match!
To a rookie, 800 dragon scale runes was something that could only be earned after working hard for more than a month. Now, it was gone in one match!
They realized that most of them did not have the qualifications to fight Yi Yun. They could not even afford the wager.
Besides, Yi Yun was not a pushover. Although many of them had come forward, they did not have much confidence against Yi Yun. The wager of 800 was too exaggerated.
Yi Yun clearly lacked interest in the number 800. He shook his head and said, "Eight hundred dragon scale runes for one match? To think you have the nerve to say that. You are doing too badly. I saw many of you pawning items at the bank. Why, did you pawn them for so little dragon scale runes? "
Yi Yun said sarcastically. Zhou Kui and Song Zijun, who were behind Yi Yun, were dumbfounded. They had followed Yi Yun to watch the scene, thinking that Yi Yun was here to investigate the enemy. When the time came, it would not be too ugly.
But they never expected that Yi Yun would slap the Hongdao Association in the face. Not only did he mock them for doing badly, he even mentioned the matter of these young masters pawning items at the bank!
For these "reputable" young masters of aristocratic families, pawning items was not something to be proud of. It was only slightly less shameful than borrowing from loan sharks.
Did Yi Yun think he had not garnered enough hatred? Saying that was asking for a beating.
Indeed, the Hongdao Association members were enraged. If not for them being in a public place, they would have immediately attacked.
"Kid, don't be so boastful. Didn't you go to the bank to borrow from a loan shark!?"
Yi Yun said nonchalantly, "That's right. I only borrowed a bit, a mere 5000. That was because I was afraid that I did not have enough dragon scale runes. But now, I realize that I might have been overthinking things. I only have about 40,000 dragon scale runes on hand, but you are only betting 800 per round. When will you finish betting?"
"At my level, dragon scale runes are easy to earn. It's just a number."
Yi Yun said lightly. He had accumulated a sum of dragon scale runes from picking herbs over the past few days. It had already exceeded 40,000.
But when he said that, even Song Zijun and Zhou Kui felt that Yi Yun's words were asking for a beating, let alone the Hongdao Association members.
He was jumping up to garner hatred. He was just short of saying "all of you come beat me up".
The Hongdao Association members present were all hot-blooded youths. They were easily swayed by their emotions. Furthermore, with Yi Yun's provocation, they could not wait to fight it out with Yi Yun!
The eldest of the Four Bully Lords reached for his interspatial ring. He took it off and placed it on the table. He gritted his teeth, "I'll bet 1000 dragon scale runes and this ring!"
"Interspatial ring!"
Someone blurted out, but immediately corrected himself, "It's an Earth-ranked interspatial ring made by the Gongsun family. It's very difficult to buy it at a typical exchange!"
Everyone was secretly horrified when they saw this. Interspatial equipment was expensive. If it was made by the Gongsun family, the price would be even more ridiculous.
An interspatial ring was considered a luxury item. But to warriors, especially those who often went out to hunt desolate beasts, this piece of equipment was extremely important.
It could store weapons, arrows, supplies, protective charms and other battle necessities.
Some of the expensive desolate beast materials could also be stored in an interspatial ring.
In the Tai Ah Divine City's Ten Thousand Pagoda, there were interspatial rings for sale. The lowest quality interspatial ring was priced at 2000 dragon scale runes and above. The better ones were priced at tens of thousands of dragon scale runes and even 100,000 dragon scale runes.
But a typical Tai Ah Divine City cultivator would rarely buy an interspatial ring from the Ten Thousand Pagoda. There were too many uses for dragon scale runes. Buying a ring was too wasteful.
Their interspatial rings were usually brought from their family clans.
Family clans that could equip their juniors with interspatial rings were not bad clans. A large number of cultivators who came to the Tai Ah Divine City did not have interspatial rings, not to mention the high-grade interspatial ring the Four Bully Lords took out.
Yi Yun glanced at the ring and was very satisfied.
The Four Bully Lords were quite good. He happened to be lacking interspatial rings, and they sent them over.
Yi Yun had previously said that dragon scale runes were just a number to him, but it was just an exaggeration. He wanted to infuriate the Hongdao Association. With so many dragon scale runes, there was no need to worry about not being able to spend them.
There were many resources in the Tai Ah Divine City that required a large number of dragon scale runes to purchase.
Just Yi Yun's saber techniques were crude and needed to be improved.
If Yi Yun planned on practicing the Desolate Heaven technique, then these dragon scale runes would be spent like flowing water.
Yi Yun's current 40,000 dragon scale runes were nothing if he really wanted to spend them.
"Are there any higher bets?"
Although Yi Yun was very satisfied with the Earth ranked interspatial ring, he still gave an expression as if the ring was barely passable. This undoubtedly angered many people.
The Four Bully Lords had always advanced and retreated together. They took off their interspatial rings and placed them on the table.
This bet was four rings!
Yi Yun could bring all four rings with him. That way, there would be more space. Or, Yi Yun could exchange them for a better interspatial ring.
This bet was quite tempting!
Under Yi Yun's provocation, the other Hongdao Association members increased their bets. As a result, the rookie ranking competition became even more exciting!
This was destined to be a competition that would set off a huge wave in the rookie circle!
…
Time passed day by day. The Newcomer Ranking Competition had finally arrived!
To rookies, this was a crucial battle. This battle would largely determine a rookie's future achievements in the Tai Ah Divine City!
Those who managed to climb high on the Earth roll would often be able to climb high. In the next few years, be it the Heaven or Earth roll, they would be ranked at the top, becoming influential figures.
Therefore, every Rookie Earth Ranking Competition would attract the attention of the major factions.
Naturally, this time was no exception.
The Tai Ah Divine City did not normally allow unauthorized people to enter. However, some of the Divine City's stewards had connections with the various large factions. Some of them even came from those factions. Hence, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's factions would be the first to know the news regarding the Tai Ah Divine City.
The various large factions were most concerned about Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu.
Of these two people, one was the descendant of a Guardian Duke, while the other was the leader of the younger generation from a reclusive family clan. It was even possible for them to enter the top 1000 of the Heaven or Earth rolls within a year!
This was an impressive result. Other than the two of them, Yi Yun was also watched by many factions. The reason was because Yi Yun had earned a large sum of dragon scale runes from herb-picking, and was later challenged by a large group of people.
This was an interesting matter in this rookie ranking competition. Of course, it was just an interesting matter. A youth with a special talent in herb-picking was a talent, but it was not worth the effort of a large faction to rope him in and nurture him. (There's still the third update, but it will be later.)
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