Chapter 141 – The Group by the Woodlands Undisturbed (2/2)
The doors to the Tower of Purging Dust continuously opened and closed, the oil on the door’s hinges seemed to diminish due to the constant closure, eventually letting out a creaking sound; under this sound, the first round’s matches quickly progressed, not taking long for dozens of matches to finish; some matches resulted in the higher ranked examinee winning, but the lower ranked examinees also won many.
The upper-half examinees had the right to choose their opponent, they could pick the opponent they deemed to be the weakest, but these young cultivators had prepared for an entire year in other to enter the Grand Examination, therefore, their information, or impression, would have been long outdated, making it difficult to determine who was strong or weak, let alone who would win or lose.
The previous update to the Proclamation of Azure Clouds had become the best source of information on examinees, firstly, the proclamation had sufficient authority; the Council of Divine Ordinance’s evaluation had a high credibility; secondly, the update was only done recently, therefore, the ability of those upon the proclamation would not have undergone any drastic changes in such a short time-frame; cases such as Xu You Rong and Luo Luo were not a regular occurrence.
Therefore, no examinees chose Su Mo Yu as their opponent; 33rd on the proclamation, apart from the first 15 examinees or the group from Scholartree Manor, amongst the remaining people, his strength was well within the top 5. As for Orthodox Academy, no one bothered with; only those who are insane would choose Her Highness, as for Tang Thirty-Six… even the scholar from Scholartree Manor didn’t choose him, who would be stupid enough to draw him into a match?
Even Xuan Yuan Po didn’t have anyone daring enough to choose him, though he was last upon the proclamation, he was still ranked; not to mention, yao cultivation is evidently different from that of humans, making their talent hard to gauge. Some of the upper-half examinees chose to pick someone ranked higher upon the proclamation than risk choosing him.
Yet, interestingly, or perhaps strangely, even Chen Chang Sheng, who was not listed upon the proclamation, didn’t get chosen by anyone.
All the examinees knew that Chen Chang Sheng had yet to complete his Purification at the time of the proclamation’s update; even if he was to experience some sort of miracle and had luckily managed to complete his Purification, with such a short period of cultivation, it definitely would not have been enough for him to make any dramatic advances; he should have been the weakest person present, yet… no one chose him.
The area outside of the tower was very crowded, the woodlands in comparison were quiet and lonesome.
Luo Luo was hugging Chen Chang Sheng’s arm, at his side, on the verge of falling asleep.
Xuan Yuan Po yawned a few times, his mouth opened wide enough to fit in an entire haunch of venison.
Tang Thirty-Six was busy speaking to Su Mo Yu, unknown as to what, but Su Mo Yu’s face was full of astonishment.
The youths from Orthodox Academy were bored beyond belief.
Luckily, according to the rules, this boredom had an eventual end.
The doors to the Tower of Purging Dust once again creaked open, the young girl from Ci Jian Temple came out, her small face filled with tears of joy over her victory.
She threw herself into the arms of her senior sister, hoping to be coddled a little, but found that the current atmosphere was a little strange, she wiped away her tears and looked towards the match grounds.
An examinee walked to the match grounds with heavy steps, looked towards the Western side of the Tower of Purging Dust’s paved area, towards the woodlands; their face turned a little pale.
There were only five people left; he currently had to choose an opponent from amongst these five.