The Prince only stayed in the Fire Cloud State for a day before leaving. His time was precious, and he still had to visit the other two states.
And on the second day after the Prince left, a notice appeared on the Fire Cloud State's main mountain's peak.
It was a thin notice, but it was like a heavy stone that had been thrown into the water. It caused the entire Fire Cloud State to no longer be calm.
This was because the notice itself represented a huge opportunity!
The notice listed the names of sixteen people. These sixteen people would be split into two batches to two places three days after the notice was published. They would undergo a short period of collective training, and after that, these two batches of people would participate in the Luo clan's most important Luo Divine Hall trials for the young disciples. It happened once every sixty years!
Less than one in a million Luo clan disciples had a chance to participate in the Luo Divine Hall trials once in their lifetimes!
There was no need to even think about outer sect disciples. The Luo clan had 196 states, and each state had hundreds of thousands of outer sect disciples and miscellaneous chores disciples. The Luo Divine Hall trials that happened once every sixty years might have two or three batches of disciples, so they could not even look up to the Luo Divine Hall trials. To them, the trials itself was mysterious, powerful, and synonymous with a carp leaping through the dragon's gate.
A carp leaping through the dragon's gate was an intense competition to begin with. Many carps leaped towards the dragon's gate, but those that could truly leap over the dragon's gate and pass the Luo Divine Hall trials were rare. And in fact, they did not even have the qualifications to become a carp.
Ignoring them, even Earth Fire Hall disciples did not have the qualifications to become a carp.
Only Heaven Fire Hall disciples, about 10% of them, had the chance to become a carp once. They went to the Luo Divine Hall trials to test how far they were from the dragon's gate.
In fact, most Heaven Fire Hall disciples who went to the Luo Divine Hall trials would not be able to obtain any results. This was because the Luo Divine Hall trials required the participating disciples to be below the age of a hundred. Most Luo clan disciples would only have one chance to participate in the Luo Divine Hall trials to ensure that they could obtain some results. They had to do it when they were over sixty years old, or even close to a hundred years old.
The publication of the notice was to select the spots to participate in the Luo Divine Hall trials. There were a total of sixteen people, so how could the Luo clan disciples not be envious of the opportunities that these sixteen people had?
Even if they knew that they were not included, they still wanted to see who the sixteen people were.
It was just like how some people in the mortal world who knew that they had no chance in the imperial examinations wanted to see who the new top scholar was.
The announcement was hung on the wall of the plaza in front of the main hall on the main peak. A group of people crowded together to see the announcement.
"Senior Brother Zishan, do you think your name will be listed on the roll at the next Luo Divine Hall trials?"
Yang Zishan from the Earth Fire Hall was one of the people surrounding the notice.
When the news of the release of the Luo Goddess Board arrived, Yang Zishan was mining for fire in the Fire Spirit Palace. Since he wasn't too far away, he rushed over immediately.
Now, Yang Zishan had to hide from Yi Yun while mining for fire. The matter of Yi Yun snatching his Earth fire from him in the Fire Spirit Palace was eventually found out by Elder Heaven Scorpio. Yang Zishan was severely reprimanded, but all he could do was obediently endure it. Later, after the reprimand was over, Elder Heaven Scorpio swept Yang Zishan out the door with a sweep of his sleeve. As a result, Yang Zishan's face was bruised and swollen. Even now, his face was still hurting.
Yang Zishan rubbed his face and stared at the lackey who had just spoken. He said stiffly, "Just look at the announcement. Why is there so much nonsense!?"
Yang Zishan was obviously unwilling to admit his inferiority in front of a good person. However, the lackey's flattery had backfired. Even if Yang Zishan was willing to brag, he did not dare brag that he would be able to participate in the next Luo Divine Hall trials. If word of it spread, he would be laughed at by his rivals in the Earth Fire Hall.
"You have to take it one step at a time. Rice has to be eaten bite by bite. I won't care about the Luo Divine Hall trials for now. I'll first enter the Heaven Fire Hall. At the Heaven Fire Hall entrance examination, I'll trample on that Yi Yun!"
Yang Zishan said through gritted teeth. It was difficult for him to even enter the Heaven Fire Hall. Previously, when Yang Zishan was trampled by Yi Yun in the Fire Spirit Palace, he was filled with hatred. He did not know what trick Yi Yun had used to snatch his Earth fire. Yang Zishan absolutely refused to believe that he would lose to a rookie like Yi Yun in every aspect. All he wanted now was to cultivate properly before finding fault with Yi Yun.
Especially in a year's time, there would be an extremely small number of Earth Fire Hall disciples that would be promoted to the Heaven Fire Hall. Yang Zishan wanted to push Yi Yun down when the Earth Fire Hall disciples were promoted to the Heaven Fire Hall. Of course, this required him to cultivate diligently. At his present level, the chances of him being promoted to the Heaven Fire Hall were slim.
"Senior Brother Zishan is right. Rice has to be eaten bite by bite. Let's first enter the Heaven Fire Hall and proceed step by step. For us Earth Fire Hall disciples to think of the Luo Divine Hall trials from the beginning is biting off more than we can chew. How is that possible!?"
After Yang Zishan spoke, a senior lackey immediately came forward to educate the junior lackey.
The junior lackey hurriedly nodded his head, indicating that the senior was right. He also expressed his endless admiration for Yang Zishan.
Only then did Yang Zishan nod his head. Just as he was about to say a few beautiful words to solidify his authority as a boss, he heard someone in the crowd discussing the ranking, "The people on this ranking … Tian Shi, Ran Yu, Gu Luo are all famous people. It's not strange to have them. How old are Luo Fengling and Bai Chen? How did they obtain the qualifications to participate in the Luo Divine Hall trials? And that last kid named Yi Yun, who is he? I've been in the Fire Cloud State for so many years, but why haven't I heard of such a person? "
Yi Yun's name was ranked last among the sixteen people.
The ranking was decided by the Fire Cloud State's Elder Consortium, but the prince had suggested a few names, and one of them was Yi Yun!
Even though the Fire Cloud State's Elder Consortium found it baffling, they could not refute the prince's request. As a prince, what was the big deal about choosing a disciple to participate in the Luo Divine Hall trials?
Although the eldest was unwilling, the Fire Cloud State's Elder Consortium still placed Yi Yun's name last.
When Yi Yun was mentioned, not many people had heard of him. However, Yang Zishan and company were dumbfounded when they heard this.
"Yi Yun!? Which Yi Yun!? "
This name was especially harsh on Yang Zishan's ears. The other lackeys of Yang Zishan also remembered Yi Yun. In the Fire Spirit Palace, he had single-handedly suppressed all of them, preventing them from mining for fire. They could only sneak into the Fire Spirit Palace to mine for fire when Yi Yun was not around.
"It's … the Yi Yun who snatched the Earth fire from us?"
A lackey asked in a daze. He could not believe that Yi Yun, who had been with them a few days ago and belonged to the Earth Fire Hall, had appeared on the Luo Divine Hall's ranking! Was this someone with the same name?
But in fact, there were 108 people in the Heaven Fire Hall, and more than a thousand people in the Earth Fire Hall. The warriors present had very good memories, so they could basically memorize everyone's name. Other than the Yi Yun they met in the Fire Spirit Palace, there was no one else with the name Yi Yun!
And although the name 'Yi Yun' was simple, the surname 'Yi' was extremely rare. It was almost unheard of among the Fey race!
"This … must be fake!" Yang Zishan said. He still could not accept the fact.
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