Chapter 202
Nine Revolutions Meteorite Iron?
Xiao Minghuang’s heart trembled. If the old man’s words were true, then this piece of divine material from heaven and earth would indeed have unimaginable benefits for her.
Not only could it enhance her comprehension of the sword path, but the spiritual materials themselves could also be forged into magical treasures.
Moreover, the Ziwei Sacred Land held great interest in it, so she might even gain unexpected benefits!
She could never forget that when the ancient Great Xia Dynasty fell, the Ziwei Sacred Land had reaped the greatest benefits!
It was likely that more than half of the ancient Great Xia’s legacy had fallen into the hands of the Ziwei Sacred Land.
When she one day ascends to the peak of the Eastern Pole, she will never forget the enmity of her ancestors!
“Thank you for your generosity, Senior. I will not fail your expectations!”
Xiao Minghuang clasped her hands in gratitude.
“Mm, go now. Remember this: the path of cultivation is long and arduous, take care!” The old man nodded slightly and with a wave of his sleeve, a glowing portal opened before Xiao Minghuang.
“Yes, I will heed your teachings!”
Xiao Minghuang replied respectfully, then stepped into the portal.
In the next moment.
She returned to the training ground she had been on earlier.
In the blink of an eye, a figure in a white robe appeared on the field, exuding the aura of the third level of the Spirit Seed Realm.
The face of the white-robed figure was hidden beneath a hood. As soon as it appeared, its blood and spiritual energy surged rapidly, condensing into a long sword that thrust fiercely towards Xiao Minghuang.
The sword’s edge was sharp, carrying a strong destructive force!
“A mere first level of the Spirit Seed Realm is nothing to fear…”
Xiao Minghuang chuckled lightly, then pointed her fingers like a sword, sending a pure white sword light slicing through the air, instantly shattering the white-robed figure!
After the white-robed figure dissipated, within a quarter of an hour, another figure appeared.
This time, the realm had clearly reached the second level of the Spirit Seed Realm!
Xiao Minghuang’s expression remained unchanged as she waved her hand to defeat the enemy.
Her cultivation had already reached the third level of the Spirit Seed Realm, and her true combat strength was sufficient to kill those in the Nascent Soul Realm. Dealing with these ordinary enemies in the Spirit Seed Realm was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
When she once again shattered the trial enemy, a realization dawned on her.
“It seems I don’t need to wait for the trial opponents to appear on their own. I can summon them in advance to save some time.”
With that thought, she willed it, and a white-robed figure at the fourth level of the Spirit Seed Realm began to materialize…
Outside.
After entering the trial gate, all cultivators first faced the Spirit Testing Platform to test their spiritual roots and physique. After that, they would be teleported to the Trial Tower to battle the guardians within.
Once defeated, they would be teleported outside the tower.
Outside the tower, one could see the top ten thousand fastest climbers of the Trial Tower.
At this moment, on the Trial Tower, countless names were rapidly changing, indicating that talented cultivators from various regions were quickly ascending. No one’s ranking could stabilize; in just a breath, they would be surpassed by those behind them.
But as time passed, some truly talented individuals quickly entered the top one hundred, leaving the other cultivators far behind!
“100th place: Wang Fei!”
“99th place: Han Li!”
“78th place: Fang Wen!”
“70th place: Ye Ruoshui!”
“51st place: Murong Qing!”
“49th place: Lin Wanqiu!”
“36th place: Wei Chenxi!”
“12th place: Ning Weiwei!”
“7th place: Wang Yan!”
“5th place: Qi Wangshu!”
“4th place: Lin Tianyang!”
“3rd place: Su Changge!”
“2nd place: Qi Mingdao… The Ziwei Sacred Land’s Qi candidate, he’s only in second place?”
Countless people couldn’t believe their eyes.
The first trial of the Saint Academy’s test, the Trial Tower, offered no rewards, but many heirs of major forces chose to enter it to hone their combat skills in battle, preparing themselves for the second round of actual combat.
Thus, the rankings in the Trial Tower could be seen as a preview of the standings in the second round.
Qi Mingdao, the top True Disciple of the Ziwei Holy Land in this generation, was born with a Heaven-grade Five Elements Spiritual Root and inherited the legacy of a Great Emperor. He was the favorite to win this trial, the number one seed!
Yet, he only ranked second?
When they looked at the first place, they were stunned.
“Jian Chen? Who is this person?”
Everyone was puzzled.
Some frowned, having never heard of such a person before, not even the name.
“Just keep watching. The Trial Tower has just started. In a while, Qi Mingdao will surely kick this Jian Chen down!”
“Every trial, there are always so-called dark horses, but in the end, isn’t it always the direct descendants of the Holy Lands and aristocratic families who prevail?”
“Exactly. Those unknown rogue cultivators, without roots or resources, exhaust their potential early. Even if they achieve a ranking in the Trial Tower, what good does it do?”
“By the second round, these rogue cultivators will be exposed for what they truly are!”
Next, the changes in the Trial Tower rankings slowed down.
Beyond the top thousand, the competition was fierce, with one replacing another.
But within the top thousand, the changes were slow, often taking a long time for even a slight shift in rankings.
Within the top hundred, a few more obscure names appeared.
These names, like Han Li earlier, were completely unknown and seemed utterly unremarkable, as if they had emerged from some remote village.
“This year’s dark horses seem to be quite numerous,” everyone wondered.
However, an even more surprising scene unfolded.
“Have you all noticed? There’s someone named Xiao Minghuang whose ranking is rising rapidly. It seems that in just one hour, she climbed from being unranked to over nine hundred!”
“…She’s still climbing. In the time I’ve been speaking, she’s already reached over eight hundred!”
The cultivators who noticed Xiao Minghuang’s name were astonished.
The rankings displayed on the Trial Tower were based on the speed of clearing the levels.
This meant that the faster one cleared the levels, the higher their ranking.
It was possible for two or more cultivators to be on the same level, but whoever cleared it faster would rank higher.
Jian Chen, currently ranked first, was stuck on the ninetieth level, making no progress.
Qi Mingdao, in second place, was still on the eighty-fifth level.
Xiao Minghuang, climbing the tower at an astonishing speed, had already reached the fiftieth level in just two hours, closing in on the worst-performing level within the top hundred, which was the seventieth.
“Her ranking seems to be continuing to rise.”
“Who exactly is she? It feels like she might break into the top hundred!”
“Not just might, she definitely will!”
“Xiao Minghuang… I feel like I’ve heard this name before…”
“…I remember now. Xiao Minghuang is from the Southern Region, said to be a princess of a certain country.”
“A princess of a dynasty is comparable to the direct descendants of the Holy Lands and aristocratic families.”
“Fellow Daoist, you are mistaken. How can the Southern Region, such a remote and impoverished place, compare to the Holy Lands and aristocratic families of the Hundred Saints Province?”
“If we disregard the strength of their respective forces and focus solely on individual strength, this Princess Xiao is in no way inferior to the True Disciples of the Holy Lands and the direct descendants of aristocratic families in the Hundred Saints Province!”
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