"He is at the ninth level of the Huajin Stage, and his cultivation is pretty good. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have no problem making it to the knockout rounds. However, it is unlikely that he will make it to the finals and win the championship to become a consort."
The old man smiled and glanced at Xu Lian, "Among the top talents in the imperial capital, several have already reached the Grandmaster level, and as far as I know, some Grandmaster talents from major forces have also come to participate in the election."
Xu Lian was shocked. You know, when he didn't show his strength, even the head of the Jiang family couldn't sense his cultivation level. Only the white fox could. This old man could actually sense his cultivation level, which showed how unfathomable he was.
"Thank you for your guidance, I will try my best."
Xu Lian bowed and saluted.
The old man said nothing more, put his hands behind his back, and walked into the city gate.
The officers and soldiers at the city gate saluted and called him "Sir Shangshu".
Xu Lian's eyes widened as he finally understood that this old man was a member of the court of the You Dynasty. He held a high position as the Minister of Six Ministries. He must be an official of the first or second rank at least.
Xu Lian and three others followed him into the city.
Came to the street on the first floor.
Now that they had arrived in the imperial capital, Xu Lian was not so anxious anymore. He also did not want to neglect the three women in order to run for the imperial concubine election, so he first found an inn and settled down.
First, I took Miao Yueyue to cultivate favorability, which increased from 80/100 to 85/100. It turned out that traveling together is very suitable for cultivating favorability. No wonder there is a honeymoon.
Then I tried to cultivate my favorability with Huo Xin'er, but unfortunately it didn't increase and it remained at 75/100.
Finally, when Xu Lian noticed Jiang Yunyan's eager look, he knew what was going on, so he had to cultivate his favorability with her. The result surprised Xu Lian, and his favorability increased from 90/100 to 91/100, allowing him to gain another advancement point.
Name: Xu Lian
Level: Ninth level of Huajin period
Skills: Holy Spirit Atlas (complete edition of Immortal Techniques), Wind-Breaking Sword Technique (volumes 123), Seven Styles of Xian Gang (complete edition), Short Fight - Chasing Shadow...
Props: Sword of Destruction (not worn)
Note: You currently have two free advancement points to be used.
Before, he had obtained the secret manuals of martial arts from three families in Pingyang County. There were so many skills included that he was too lazy to check them all. Among all the skills, the Holy Spirit Atlas was enough, and the others could be ignored.
"Rank, give me some points."
Xu Lian muttered to himself.
He needs to know what raw materials are needed to advance to the Grandmaster level so that he can buy them all at once and make full preparations for future advancements.
After the rank points are added, add a spirit enhancement pill to advance to the first level of Grandmaster
After knowing the raw materials, Xu Lian left the inn, asked someone about the place that sold the spiritual supplies, and then went to buy them.
In a place like the Imperial Capital, I estimate that most of the spiritual resources can be sold, after all, it is the capital of the entire You Dynasty.
Arriving at the place where spiritual supplies were sold, Xu Lian asked, and found out that they were indeed for sale. He bought about 500 spiritual enhancement pills in one go.
But the price made him feel a dull pain in his heart. Each piece cost 40,000 spirit stones, and it cost him more than 20 million spirit stones.
He received more than 12 million spirit stones in gifts from the thirteen clans, and embezzled 17 to 18 million from the confiscated properties of three families in Pingyang County. He finally had a fortune of more than 30 million spirit stones, and he spent two-thirds of it in one go.
After putting more than 500 soul-enhancing pills into the storage bag, he was not in a hurry to add ingredients to advance to the Grandmaster level. Instead, he decided to participate in competitions. It would not be too late to advance to the Grandmaster level after reaching the knockout rounds. He could catch his opponents off guard... and be number six.
"I want to fight."
Arriving at an arena on the first floor street, Xu Lian signed up.
The official in charge of registration pointed at the stage and signaled that he could go up.
Xu Lian walked up.
at this time.
There are already seven people standing on the ring, and with him, there are eight people in total.
After a while, two more came up, making a total of ten.
The qualifying rounds are like this, ten fights... and only one can win.
Except for Xu Lian, the other nine people were alert and kept a distance from each other to prevent being attacked.
There were huge crowds of people under the arena, too many people were there to watch the fun, but not all of them were there to watch the fun, there were also some people selling snacks... This was a business opportunity.
"start."
The registration official and referee announced,
There are 3,700 levels of arenas for the preliminaries and preliminary rounds. Xu Lian knew that he could not waste any time. He had to fight in hundreds of arenas every day to make it to the knockout rounds before the start of the knockout rounds.
He stretched out a hand, and the golden energy was like flame.
The faces of the other nine people changed drastically, and they turned around and jumped off the stage in a hurry as if their butts were on fire... They were only in the Bone Refining Stage, and here came a man in the Energy Transformation Stage, and they were still fighting!
The whole audience was silent.
Then, there were bursts of whispering sounds.
"He is only 17 or 18 years old and at the Huajin stage. He must be a descendant of a powerful force. Why is he here to participate in the preliminaries?"
"It may be that they are the direct descendants of a fallen power. They did not get a place to directly enter the knockout rounds and can only start from the preliminaries."
"How can others fight him? Once he comes on stage, they can only admit defeat. There is no strength at all."...
Xu Lian walked down the stage and came to the official at the registration office. "I won. Please give me the competition token for the second-level street stage."
The official smiled and handed him a token, pointing to the street above. "With your strength, it will be no problem for you to go directly to the knockout round. However, I am of low rank and my words do not come easily. I can only let you skip the first nine levels of the preliminary round."
Xu Lian took the token and saw the word "Ten" written on it, which meant that he could go directly to the arena on the tenth floor street to participate in the competition.
He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you."
"Young man, please stay."
The officer stopped him.
Xu Lian turned around and asked, "Anything else?"
The official smiled and said, "I have a daughter who is ready to get married. She is pretty. Are you interested in getting to know her? I don't want her to be my principal wife, but a concubine."
"..." Xu Lian said "sorry" and left, walking towards the street above.
The official was not angry, as he had not held out much hope in the first place. He knew that such a genius would definitely look down on the daughter of a minor official like him. He just asked casually, what if the girl was young and full of vigor... wouldn't he have a genius son-in-law
Xu Lian came to an arena on the tenth-floor street, took out the tenth-floor competition token, registered, and stepped onto the arena.
Wait until all ten people are gathered.
The showdown begins...
Just like before, golden energy appeared in his palm, and the other nine people were so scared that they turned around and jumped off the ring.
The officials here also gave him a token for "ten consecutive jumps".
that's all.
Xu Lian quickly moved up to the ring.
At the end of the day.
The arena has been elevated to more than a thousand floors on the main street. The contestants here have already reached the Ming Jin stage or above, but they still have to admit defeat. The gap between them is too big, and there is no way they can fight.
Xu Lian returned to the inn.
Miao Yueyue asked about the competition.
Xu Lian took out the competition token with more than one thousand layers and explained the rules of "promotion".
He took Huo Xin'er, Jiang Yunyan and Miao Yueyue downstairs for dinner. After dinner, they went out to stroll along the bustling streets of the imperial city to cultivate their favorability.
Seeing that it was getting late, he returned to the inn.
There was a lot to talk about that night... Needless to say.
The next day.
Xu Lian continued to compete, and "promoted" more than a thousand levels, reaching the three thousandth level, and entered the preliminary round.