ridian Refining Master Association!
Regarding the events happening at the headquarters of Lianyun Mountain and Demons Mountain, Yun Xiao at this mont is naturally unaware, as after a month of cultivation, he has thoroughly consolidated his breakthrough to the later stage of the Seeking Origin Realm.
And as the ti after this month arrives, the headquarters of Lianyun Mountain is becoming more lively, the sight of two or three friends sparring, drinking, and having fun together can be seen everywhere.
Of course, these are so of the friendly branch leaders from various city branches. As for the younger generation of disciples of Lianyun Mountain, they are naturally eager and excited, taking the annual competition very seriously.
Not only does it offer substantial resource rewards for the top few ranks, but it also provides an excellent opportunity to improve one's ranking on the "Refinent Cloud Battle Ranking".
Lianyun Mountain is divided into the Heavenly Poison Academy and Heavenly dicine Academy, each having its own ranking in terms of the level of ridian Refining. However, the dical and poison disciplines are distinctly separate, and a genius from the Heavenly dicine Academy certainly cannot compete with a genius from the Heavenly Poison Academy in the Poison ridian Skill and contend for its ranking, right?
Only the Refinent Cloud Battle Ranking is the overall ranking of the young generation throughout the ridian Refining Master Association. It doesn't compete for the dical Pulse Technique nor the Poison ridian Skill but for each refining genius's true ridian Qi combat power.
As a cultivator on the continent, having a strong ridian Refining Technique can indeed earn so respect, but to firmly establish oneself on the continent, one's combat power must also be formidable.
Take Yun Xiao for instance, his Power of Soul is outstanding, and his ridian Refining is far beyond that of ordinary refining geniuses. But why are so many people still causing trouble for him? The reason is all because of the seemingly low-level ridian Qi cultivation.
Talents like Ye Ku and Bai Wushuang, who are at the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm, have nobody daring to provoke them easily. This also indirectly shows the importance of ridian Qi cultivation combat power, exemplifying the saying, "The iron needs to be tough to strike.".
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"Boom!"
As Yun Xiao pushed the door open from the courtyard and headed towards the arena hall of Lianyun Mountain headquarters, another courtyard erupted with a powerful aura.
"Ha! Hahaha!"
A wild laughter ca from within the courtyard, containing a hint of excitent, a touch of confidence, and a mysterious aning that no one could explain.
Creaaaak!
The courtyard door was pushed open as a young man with an elegant deanor stepped out. If Yun Xiao were here, he would have noticed this person was none other than Bai Wushuang, the top genius of Heavenly dicine Academy, confined by Qian Sanyuan for a month!
"Yun Xiao, you probably never imagined that I could break through to the half-step Earth Realm within this month of confinent, right?"
As Bai Wushuang walked out of the courtyard, his smile remained, and hearing his muttering, it was clear that the strange energy wave just now was not aningless; rather, it marked a small step forward from his foundation at the peak of Seeking Origin Realm.
Half-step Earth Realm, though strictly speaking, still falls under the category of the peak of Seeking Origin Realm, but a cultivator at this level when fighting against ordinary peak Seeking Origin cultivators, would likely very easily gain victory.
The gap between Earth Bending Realm and Seeking Origin Realm is a vast watershed, one involved with inducing Earth Essence for personal use, while the other fully controls Earth Power, commanding Earth Power or Earth Essence according to one's will.
These two concepts are distinctly different, and the half-step Earth Realm is a transitional phase from inducing to mastering Earth Essence, marking the verge of truly becoming an Earth Bending Realm expert. Just one step more, and one can break through to Early Stage of Earth Bending Realm.
Initially, due to Yun Xiao's performance in Treasure Mountain at the Refining Treasure Hall, Bai Wushuang wasn't confident he could defeat Yun Xiao in solo combat, as that guy was a ruthless individual who had dealt with low-level Ninth Rank Strange Spirits.
But now, thanks to a stroke of luck during this one month of confinent, Bai Wushuang utilized certain special Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and forcefully broke through to the half-step Earth Realm. He gained boundless confidence in defeating Yun Xiao.
Yun Xiao wants to kill Bai Wushuang instinctively, but the latter feels the sa way. Although their enmity has only just ford in over a month's ti, it clearly has reached an irreconcilable level.
"Yun Xiao, this ti, I will not let you leave the arena alive!"
A low and venomous voice ca from Bai Wushuang, and his figure quickly disappeared into the distance, heading towards the direction of the main arena hall of Lianyun Mountain.
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Lianyun Mountain Main Arena Hall!
The Arena Hall today was already packed with people. Besides the nurous young talents and deacon guardians from the headquarters of Refining Cloud Mountain, branch chairn from various cities had also occupied positions with good views early on, unwilling to miss any battle of the annual tournant.
This is the most lively event of the year at Refining Cloud Mountain, and many of the young talents from the headquarters have cultivation far surpassing that of the branch chairn from the various cities. For them, it's also an opportunity to observe and learn.
In one area, the branch chairman of Shiyun City, Ge Buqi, had a sowhat somber expression. His eyes continuously scanned a figure not far from him, seemingly having made a secret decision.
"Chairman Liancheng, dare to bet with once more?"
Upon seeing a figure in coarse clothing slowly walking in from the hall's entrance, sensing the person's cultivation at the Late Stage of Origin Seeking Realm, Ge Buqi imdiately decided and then called out in a deep voice, attracting the attention of many cultivators around him.
These people were all branch chairn from various cities, and several of them had witnessed the bets between Ge Buqi and Lu Liancheng previously, so upon hearing Ge Buqi's low call, they all showed a hint of interest.
"Oh? What does Chairman Ge wish to gamble on?"
Lu Liancheng turned his head, a glimr of strange light flashing in his eyes. He didn't imdiately agree to Ge Buqi's proposal, but asked with interest. After all, he had already won an Earth Void Thunder Pearl; if there was a chance, he wouldn't mind winning another round.
"Just bet whether Yun Xiao can achieve top three... no, win the championship this ti in the annual tournant. How about it? Dare to bet?"
Ge Buqi originally intended to say "top three," but felt it was sowhat uncertain, so directly changed it to champion. Upon this declaration, the observers couldn't help but smirk, inwardly noting the old fellow's audacity.
One must know at this mont, everyone could already sense that Yun Xiao, who had just entered the Arena Hall, had only Late Stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivation.
Although in just over a month he had broken through from Early Stage to Late Stage Origin Seeking Realm, which was quite astonishing, they still did not believe Yun Xiao could win this annual championship.
After all, talents like Bai Wushuang and Ye Ku, the top geniuses of both major institutes, had already reached the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm, super demons amongst others. The geniuses erging from Refining Cloud Mountain were likely invincible in the sa tier.
Although Yun Xiao had shown extraordinary performance in disciple selection trials, ridian Qi Cultivation Combat Power and ridian Refining Technique are entirely different domains. Excelling in one doesn't necessarily an dominance in another.
The branch chairn from various cities certainly heard about Yun Xiao's achievents in defeating the Special Envoy Xia Yong of the Spirit Fighting Comrce headquarters and the Seven Killings Guardian Zheng Qiming of the Killing Heart Sect, but in their view, it must have been due to unexpected tactics.
After all, on this continent, cultivators capable of battling across levels are extrely rare, especially against top-tier talents like Bai Wushuang and Ye Ku from Refining Cloud Mountain.
For Yun Xiao to achieve top three in this year's tournant may not sound too far-fetched to so, but the champion position has long been set for Ye Ku or Bai Wushuang, Yun Xiao ultimately cannot compete against these people.
Perhaps Ge Buqi thought of this point just now, hence changing "top three" to "champion," becoming much more cautious after having suffered once.
"I wonder if Chairman Ge still holds good items like the Earth Void Thunder Pearl on him?"
Just as everyone thought Lu Liancheng would never agree to Ge Buqi's bet offer, from his mouth ca a sentence that made everyone thoughtful.
The others might not understand Yun Xiao, but Lu Liancheng certainly does. One must know that night he hid in the shadows and saw how Yun Xiao turned situations upside down, eventually soaring away.
Although Zheng Qiming at that ti was only at the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm, don't forget, Yun Xiao only had the Peak of Qi Seeking Realm back then.
Now Yun Xiao's strength has greatly increased, reaching the Late Stage Origin Seeking Realm. Facing cultivators at the Peak of Origin Seeking Realm, even if they are the top talents from Refining Cloud Mountain, Lu Liancheng never considered Yun Xiao would lose.
Precisely because Ge Buqi brought this upon himself, what reason does Lu Liancheng have not to accept the challenge? His main concern is what Ge Buqi can offer as a stake for their wager this ti.
"Bet on the Earth Void Thunder Pearl you won from . If I win, you return it to . If I lose, I'll... willingly beco an ordinary elder at your Lushan City branch of ridian Masters, how about it?"
Ge Buqi seems to have prepared his statent long ago. Although he wasn't certain Lu Liancheng would definitely agree to his bet, he still expressed his thoughts at this mont.
Upon abruptly hearing this proposal, so branch chairn not aware of the background found it quite novel. However, several branch chairn who witnessed the first bet between Lu Liancheng and Ge Buqi showed a peculiar look, sensing familiarity in those words.
Their first wager was based precisely on this sa stake, yet back then none of the branch chairn expected Lu Liancheng to win. Who could have guessed Yun Xiao would ultimately secure first place in the Refining Cloud Mountain disciple selection?
This ti, the stakes seem reversed, with the Earth Void Thunder Pearl now in Lu Liancheng's possession. Would the branch chairman of Lushan City agree to Ge Buqi's wager this ti? Everyone eagerly awaited the decision!
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