"Chen hour has arrived, the competition has officially begun!"
When Xiao Tan heard this, he began to dream about how to make Chen Xinzhu and the others look good.
"You are obviously a trash, but you dare to go against me on the basis of two trash. You are really looking for death."
Just when Xiao Tan was fantasizing.
Priest He paused for a moment and then said: "Disciples who have reached the seventh level of inner energy, come to the platform."
As soon as he finished speaking, among the thousands of Sword Academy disciples in the square, a dozen of them started using Qinggong and climbed onto the platform.
As these talented disciples appeared, buzzing discussions began to resound in the square.
"Hey, when did Li Qingyun reach the seventh level of inner energy?"
"Chen Haoxuan has also reached the seventh level of inner energy?"
"One, two, three, four...sixteen, shit, sixteen seven levels of inner energy! Four more than last year."
"Liangliang, those of us with the sixth level of internal energy are here to make soy sauce."
"What year does the sixth level of internal energy not make soy sauce?"
"You have to do it even if you want to make soy sauce. Maybe the big boss upstairs will take a fancy to you and take him in as a disciple."
"So our opponents are not geniuses who have reached the seventh level of inner energy, but each other who are both at the sixth level of inner energy?"
While the disciples were discussing in the square, Xiao Tan was already a little confused.
Looking at the guy on the platform who he had always called a loser, Xiao Juan wondered if he was dreaming?
This trash has reached the seventh level of inner energy? What went wrong?
Xiao Tan couldn't believe it and said to the people around him: "Please help me see if that is Chen Xinzhu, that loser."
His friends also saw Chen Xinzhu and were equally confused.
One of them swallowed his saliva and whispered back: "Master Xiao, he seems to be really that Chen Xinzhu..."
…
The atmosphere is somewhat depressing.
Xiao Tan actually knew that he was deceiving himself. Reason told him that Chen Xinzhu, a useless person, had surpassed him in cultivation, and he had to accept this fact.
But Xiao Tan's sensibility cannot accept this. Chen Xinzhu is a weak waste. This concept has been deeply ingrained for more than ten years.
Now he was told that Chen Xinzhu was not a waste but a genius. Isn't this as absurd as saying that salt is sweet?
Of course, there is another most important reason why Xiao Tuan cannot accept this fact, and that is that he is the sixth level of inner energy cultivation.
Isn’t this not as good as Chen Xinzhu? Not as good as trash? Who is the trash?
Just when Xiao Tan's mind was in a state of confusion, one of them said with some uncertainty.
"With his character, even if his cultivation reaches the seventh level of inner energy, he will not be our opponent, right?"
Hearing this, there was a bang in Xiao Tan's head, and his chaotic thoughts were sorted out again.
That's right, what's the use of reaching the seventh level of inner energy with that useless character?
I am not an ordinary sixth-level inner qi person. Since three years ago, I have been going out to practice several times every year.
He has already killed more people in the world than he can count on his hands, and he has killed countless beasts of all kinds.
With his Baiyun Sword Technique, which had been cultivated to perfection after countless trials, he faced off against that useless sword technique.
Even the sixth level of inner energy can defeat the seventh level of inner energy!
When the time comes, as long as you defeat him, you might even get Priest He to look at you differently.
Thinking of this, Xiao Tan felt a strong motivation in his heart, and the belief in his heart became even more firm.
…
In fact, it was not just Xiao Tuan who was shocked by Chen Xinzhu. It could be said that all the disciples of the Luoshan Sword Academy who knew Chen Xinzhu were shocked by him.
How should I put it? In everyone's perception, he is an ordinary disciple of the fifth level of inner energy, with a weak and introverted personality and a weak sense of existence.
Now he has suddenly become one of the top dozen among thousands of disciples. It is difficult not to be shocked by this contrast.
Even Zhou Chengwu and Lu Yunxuan only knew that he had cultivated to the sixth level of inner energy. As for the seventh level of inner energy? They had never thought about it.
If the cultivation base can be broken through from the sixth level of inner energy to the seventh level of inner energy in just three months, the huge Luoshan Sword Academy will not only have a dozen disciples with the seventh level of inner energy.
You must know that there are only more than a hundred disciples who have reached the seventh level of inner energy cultivation during the Sword Academy period in Qinzhou every year.
Precisely because they clearly understand the difficulty involved, people who know Chen Xinzhu are so surprised that his cultivation has reached the seventh level of inner energy.
"Look, isn't that Chen Xinzhu?!"
"Really? He has also reached the seventh level of inner energy?"
"I can't believe it..."
Similar words came from some people's mouths.
Lu Yunxuan looked at Chen Xinzhu on the platform with surprise and joy.
"I didn't expect that Brother Chen's cultivation has reached the seventh level of inner energy. It's really great!"
Zhou Chengwu also nodded quickly, his face full of excitement.
"Now, Brother Chen also hopes to win the spot of Huashan Outer Disciple."
"Yes, but this year there are fully sixteen people who have reached the seventh level of inner energy. The competition is much greater than in previous years."
"All we can do is cheer for Brother Chen."
…
With Chen Xinzhu's soul perception, he could naturally hear the surrounding discussions clearly.
But he didn't care about this. His tennis career in his previous life made him understand a truth.
Many times, you don’t need to fight back against some malicious intentions.
There is only one thing you need to do, and that is to concentrate on defeating the opponent in front of you.
When the opponents in front of you fall one after another, the rumors and rumors will be defeated, the malice will fade away, and the glory will return.
It's the same now, the essence remains unchanged. Saying a thousand words or ten thousand words is not as good as a sword in your hand.
So there is only one thing to do now, recharge your batteries, adjust your state, and then explode with 200% strength to win the top spot.
Priest He looked at the sixteen people on the platform and nodded.
"According to the rules of the competition, disciples who have reached the seventh level of inner energy will directly enter the finals. The sixteen of you will go to the second floor on the right to wait."
"yes"
After sixteen people, including Chen Xinzhu, left the platform, Pastor He spoke again.
"The rules of the preliminaries are the same as in previous years. Only disciples who have reached the sixth level of inner energy are eligible to participate."
At this point, Priest He paused and then said: "Now, disciples who have reached the sixth level of inner energy, come to the platform."
This time there were more people moving, more than two hundred people, including Zhou Chengwu and Lu Yunxuan.
After everyone came on stage, Pastor He spoke again: "All participating disciples will draw numbers and divide them into four groups for a melee. The remaining four will advance to the finals."
"Start drawing numbers now."
As soon as he finished speaking, ten teachers from the Sword Academy each held a bamboo box, started their Qinggong skills, and flew down from the second floor.
After a while everyone has finished drawing.
Priest He spoke again: "Those who drew No. 1 will stay, and the others will go downstairs and wait."
Soon there were only about forty people left on the field, and Lu Yunxuan was also in the first group.
Seeing this scene, a new disciple in the audience said in confusion.
"Hey, why are there only more than 40 people? There are 236 people in total. Shouldn't there be 59 people in each of the four groups?"
An old disciple next to him heard this and replied.
"They are not evenly divided into groups. In fact, there are a total of 400 numbers in the bamboo box of the teachers, one hundred each for 1, 2, 3, and 4. However, only 236 people actually drew the numbers, which means that there are four groups of people.
It all depends on luck."
Having said this, the old disciple couldn't help but continue to preach.
"Actually, there are a lot of things to consider in the preliminaries. If you want to stand out from the preliminaries, strength and luck are essential."