The examinee suddenly turned around, looking at the Li Palace clergyman, he pointed at the four examinees behind him and asked: "Can I challenge them?"
Those four examinees were the last four out of the sixty-four examinees that had passed through the River Qu, upon hearing that the examinee wanted to challenge them, not only did they not become angry, they instead revealed expressions of joy and said yes.
The Li Palace clergyman said indifferently: "Do you think the Grand Examination is child's play? I made it clear earlier, the first forty-nine examinees can choose their opponent from the last forty-nine, the winner will advance to the next round of the Duelling Trial, did you not understand? "
Silence, the examinee was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "This isn't fair!"
He looked towards the examinees that were originally at the back but had won, angrily saying in a loud voice: "My results in the Martial Trial were better than theirs, I crossed the river before them, what right do I have to challenge stronger opponents now? The Grand Examination is obviously not child's play, but don't you think this rule is unreasonable? "
The Li Palace clergyman's face remained expressionless, he indifferently said: "This can only mean that your luck is bad, who asked you to cross the river between rank 60 and 64?"
Hearing these words, the crowd burst into an uproar, they all thought to themselves, "Is luck also part of the Grand Examination's assessment? The clergyman's words were completely unreasonable.
The clergyman knew what these young cultivators were thinking, he looked at the crowd with a slightly cold expression and said: "How can there be absolute fairness in this world? On the battlefield, you're tasked with bringing up the rear and intercepting the strongest demon experts, just because you think this isn't fair, you can refuse the order? To survive, luck will always be the most important factor. "
The examinees remained silent, they still didn't agree with this argument, but didn't know how to refute it.
The examinee could do nothing but accept this sorrowful reality, the only consolation was that he at least had more options than the last four examinees.
He turned around and looked towards the woodlands once again, his gaze moving back and forth between Chen Chang Sheng and the others, unable to decide who to choose.
The area in front of the tower was silent, even the air seemed to have become chilly, dozens of examinees nervously waited for his final decision.
In contrast, those fellows by the woodlands who were supposed to be the most nervous and could only passively wait to be chosen, were rather calm and composed.
For some reason, the Li Palace clergyman didn't urge the examinee like he had before, perhaps he and the other examiners were also curious about the examinee's choice.
Finally, that examinee made up his mind. He pointed at Xuanyuan Po and said, "You."
The silence in the field was broken, and a buzz of discussion broke out. If it was any other examinee, they wouldn't know who to choose as their opponent.
Xuanyuan Po stared blankly for a moment before coming back to his senses. He said to Luoluo, "Teacher, I'm going now."
On the side, Tang Thirty-Six raised his eyebrows and said, "The word 'gone' is inauspicious. Change it."
Xuan Yuan Po ignored him, bowed to Chen Chang Sheng and said: "I'm leaving."
Logically speaking, he should call Chen Chang Sheng "Grandmaster", but although he admired and even respected Chen Chang Sheng, he still couldn't call Chen Chang Sheng by that title.
After being ignored, Tang Thirty-Six wasn't angry. He reached his hand up high and patted the Yao boy's broad shoulder. He said in a low voice, "Do you still remember what we talked about last night?"
Xuanyuan Po grunted and said, "Don't give your opponent any chance to think. Use the fastest speed to close the distance between you and him, and then directly knock him down."
Having said that, he suddenly noticed that Tang Thirty-Six's expression was a bit off, he then noticed that Luoluo and Chen Chang Sheng's expressions had also changed. Even Su Mo Yu had his mouth agape, appearing extremely shocked.
"What's wrong?" He blankly scratched the back of his head and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
Tang Thirty-Six sighed, patting his shoulder again and said: "You didn't, it's just that your voice was a bit too loud."
It was at this moment that Xuanyuan Po noticed that the area before the tower was completely silent. Everyone was looking at him, the expressions on their faces were very interesting.
His voice was loud and clear, his reply to Tang Thirty-Six's question was very natural, he didn't even think to control his volume.
Thus, he told everyone of the battle strategy that Orthodox Academy had prepared for him, including his opponent.
But then, would this battle strategy still be effective?
Chen Chang Sheng shook his head, he placed the two crystals into Xuanyuan Po's pocket and brought the waterskin to his mouth, letting him drink a few mouthfuls.
Tang Thirty-Six moved closer to Xuanyuan Po's side and said something in a low voice.
The Li Palace clergyman looked at the group from Orthodox Academy, he wanted to laugh, but didn't, saying: "Hurry up."
Xuanyuan Po, who had been urged, was a bit nervous, he almost choked on the water. Chen Chang Sheng quickly patted his back, Tang Thirty-Six even sped up his speech, reminding him to pay attention to matters during the match. The arena was a mess, Su Mo Yu, seeing this scene, couldn't help but shake his head and say: "Previously, all of you only cared about being bored and spaced out, isn't it a bit too late to be anxious now?"
"You don't understand, if I say it too early, I'm afraid he'll forget, not to mention, we don't even know who's going to fight him, how can we teach him?" Tang Thirty-Six said without turning his head.
Luoluo walked to Xuanyuan Po's side and said: "Since we're already going to win, what's there to be nervous about?"
Xuanyuan Po stuttered a bit, saying: "No … no … no other way."
Chen Chang Sheng stared into his eyes and said: "Remember Thirty-Six's words, we'll definitely win."
Xuanyuan Po forcefully nodded his head.
At this point, Tang Thirty-Six had finally finished his impromptu pre-match guidance, he punched his chest and said: "Start well."
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Xuanyuan Po stood upon the ground that was covered in yellow sand, he raised his head to look at the black eaves that formed a circle and the dark blue sky that had been cut into a circular shape, he suddenly thought of the porcelain plates used to hold vegetables in the Hundred Herb Garden.
A creaking sound could be heard from behind him, the main door of the tower once again closed.
He came back to his senses, only then did he realise that he had been distracted, he didn't panic because of this, instead, he remembered what Tang Thirty-Six had said a few nights ago, thinking to himself that this should be considered as him not being nervous anymore, right?
He looked towards the opposite side, clasping his hands in greeting towards his opponent.
At this moment, on the floor of the tower, there were only him and that examinee, no examiners could be seen, nor could any sounds from outside the tower be heard, it seemed as if there was some sort of sound-isolating formation in effect.
At this moment, an emotionless voice came from above.
"If you're ready, then we'll begin."
Xuanyuan Po looked up, he didn't see anyone, nor did he see any windows, he couldn't help but be curious as to where the examiners were hiding, he suddenly remembered what Chen Chang Sheng had reminded him of, hurriedly asking: "What … what if someone dies?"
The tower was silent, the examiner that was hiding somewhere was silent for a long time.
His opponent's expression was extremely ugly.
The examiner's voice once again sounded: "They can't be killed."
Xuanyuan Po gave an 'oh' sound, looked towards his opponent and asked: "Are you ready?"
His opponent was an examinee from Huang Shan Valley.
Huang Shan Valley was located in the South.
Not all disciples from the Southern sects were able to participate in the Grand Examination, just like how the Capital would hold a preliminary examination, the South would also hold a similar examination. This examinee from Huang Shan Valley being able to pass the preliminary examination was already proof of his ability, not to mention the fact that the time he took to pass the Martial Trial was much shorter than most, this meant that the strength of his divine sense and the amount of True Essence he possessed were both quite good.
Previously, when he was choosing his opponent, it had been very difficult, that was because Orthodox Academy's recent reputation was too great, it didn't mean that he didn't have any confidence in himself. Furthermore, he had ultimately chosen Xuanyuan Po, this meant that, relatively speaking, he had a certain amount of confidence in defeating Xuanyuan Po, or perhaps, a certain strategy.
From the moment he entered the tower until now, Xuanyuan Po had first stared blankly at the sky, then asked such a question, how could this disciple from Huang Shan Valley know that he was naturally simple and honest, he only felt that he was intentionally humiliating him. His mood was already extremely bad, he was instantly enraged, wanting nothing more than to cut this guy down with his sword.
"I've heard that you're already crippled, are you ready to lose?"
The disciple from Huang Shan Valley looked at Xuanyuan Po and sneered.
Even though he said such words, he didn't take the initiative to attack.
This was because, outside the tower, all the examinees had clearly heard, this burly yao youth had used a thunderous voice to say that he was going to attack first, to close the distance between him and his opponent.
He didn't know if Xuanyuan Po was purposely saying this to confuse him, or if he was truly prepared to do so, but after careful consideration, he obviously had to first consider retreating and increasing the distance between him and this yao youth, then relying on his exquisite swordplay, he would have a good fight with this yao youth.
Without hesitation, this disciple from Huang Shan Valley swiftly retreated, one step covering a distance of five zhang.
At the same time, his sword left its sheath, bringing with it a gust of wind, circling in front of his body, suddenly forming a defensive stance.
Seeing this scene, Xuanyuan Po was startled, he thought to himself, how did Tang Thirty Six predict everything?
Before, outside the tower, Tang Thirty Six had said to him, at the start of the battle, his opponent would definitely retreat and use a defensive stance, so he didn't have to think about anything else, from the start, he would just advance, even if he burned all of his True Essence to advance. No matter how his opponent's sword danced, no matter how his True Essence was released, no matter how impenetrable it seemed, he just had to advance!
Xuanyuan Po had indeed done so.
When he asked his opponent if he was ready, the instant his opponent began to retreat, he had already begun to advance.
When he was a little surprised at Tang Thirty Six's ability to predict everything and began to admire that guy, he had already advanced more than ten zhang.
Tang Thirty Six's predictions were very accurate, his words were close to the truth: retreating is never faster than advancing.
No one could have imagined that such a burly and big guy like Xuanyuan Po could be so fast.
Because no one knew that Xuanyuan Po had been traversing between steep cliffs since he was young, hunting those lightning fast red martens.
Retreat? Fight? Xuanyuan Po, who was taught by Tang Thirty Six, would not give his opponent this kind of chance.
The Yellow Mountain Valley disciple retreated five zhang, but he had already advanced more than ten zhang and arrived in front of the Yellow Mountain Valley disciple.
He could clearly see that his opponent's face was a little pale, and he could even see his own reflection in his opponent's eyes.
The Yellow Mountain Valley disciple screamed, his sword rose like the wind and slashed towards Xuanyuan Po. The tip of the sword brought out a bright light!
Xuanyuan Po remembered Tang Thirty Six's words, he didn't think about anything else, he only wanted to advance.
He burned all of his True Essence to advance.
The opponent's sword weaved into a curtain.
He didn't look or care, he continued to advance.
His fists moved faster than his body.
A buzzing sound.
The wind from the fist carried with it countless flashing stars, it tore apart the sword wind and landed on the face of the Yellow Mountain Valley disciple.
In his eyes, countless stars were reflected, as well as countless shock and disbelief.
Wasn't Xuanyuan Po a new student of the Starseeker Academy? Hadn't he just entered the Tradition Academy for a few days? Wasn't he at the bottom of the Honor Roll of Green Clouds? Wasn't his right arm crippled?
Then how could he make such a punch? Those stars, weren't they signs that only those in the upper stage of the Meditation Realm could have?
The Yellow Mountain Valley disciple couldn't continue to think.
Because Xuanyuan Po's fist had directly blown away his sword and landed on his body.
Boom!
The Yellow Mountain Valley disciple was like a stone, heavily smashing into the wall of the Tower of Purging Dust that was ten zhang away.
The wind blew violently, dust flew everywhere.
The Yellow Mountain Valley disciple seemed to have sunk into the wall, his clothes were torn and his body was covered in blood.
Xuanyuan Po stopped, he looked at his own fist, his expression was a little confused, he thought to himself, why didn't he block?
Within the Tower of Purging Dust came the sound of hurried footsteps.
More than ten examiners rushed to the scene, using the fastest speed possible, they began to treat the Yellow Mountain Valley disciple.
"You …"
An examiner walked in front of Xuanyuan Po, he pointed at him wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
Xuanyuan Po could tell that this examiner was the one who had spoken before, he looked at the Yellow Mountain Valley disciple who was being treated, he felt a little uneasy, he slowly asked: "I didn't do anything wrong, did I? You just said that you can't kill people, if he … if something happens to him, it has nothing to do with me. "
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(I've finally finished, I'm so tired. The next chapter is Chen Chang Sheng's appearance. This is his first fight in his life, what will it be like?)
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