“Dang!” Mo Wuji had just finished his extraction not long ago when a bell sounded. This bell sound was like a substance that bombarded Mo Wuji’s mind, causing Mo Wuji’s mind to buzz.
Immediately after, Mo Wuji could smell a burning odour, and because of this bell sound, the very few dan masters who had yet to complete their purification declared that their purification had failed. Mo Wuji was secretly happy in his heart, fortunately he was that little bit early and didn’t bother to try and carry out the second purification, otherwise, he would be dead.
This Five Elements Dan Bi could really be half-hearted, directly using such rude means to stop the dan master from continuing with the purification.
Ming Ning once again walked on top of the round altar and said aloud, “Time for the first competition, please ask all the dan masters to cover up their dan furnaces and at the same time place the jade bottle on top of the dan furnace.”
She didn’t even need to tell those Dan Masters who hadn’t finished purifying to stop, as that bell had already caused the Dan Masters who hadn’t finished purifying to fail.
Mo Wuji covered the dan furnace and then carefully placed the jade bottle on top of it. He seemed to have seen the Ming Ning Dan Master’s gaze sweep over his right hand, but Mo Wuji didn’t care. If the alchemy competition was further regulated, he couldn’t be disallowed from being injured in the alchemy, could he?
A few alchemists who were close to Mo Wuji really couldn’t help but laugh out loud when they saw Mo Wuji’s right hand. It was the first time they saw an alchemist alchemising pills and alchemising his hand like this.
Mo Wuji acted as if he didn’t see the gazes around him, still staring at his jade vase with his old mind, his jade vase number was 632.
It was only after about two minutes that Mo Wuji felt a slight breeze blowing by, and then the jade bottle that he had placed on the dan furnace was already taken away by the breeze.
A few moments later, he saw more rows and rows of jade bottles on the round altar’s judging table. Behind this judgement table, there were four people seated, plus the Ming Ning Dan Master standing on the round altar was exactly five people.
It was only at this point that Mo Wuji dared to take out the healing pills and swallow them. His hands were injured by the fire, and the Third Grade Human Spirit Pill he had on him was able to quickly bring these injuries under control, and started to improve and recover after a few minutes.
After collecting the jade vials, Master Ming Ning Dan also walked behind the judging table and sat down. The five judges opened the jade bottles and one by one, they checked the medicinal liquid inside.
It only took the five people less than an hour to check all of the more than a thousand jade bottles. Three hundred of the jade bottles were selected and placed aside.
Master Ming Ning once again stood up and walked to the middle of the round altar, and at this moment all the people were paying attention to her. This was because she was about to report out of her mouth the three hundred dan masters who were qualified to participate in the second round of the competition.
Dan Master Ming Ning’s gaze swept from the more than a thousand Dan Masters under the round altar before she said aloud, “After the first round of the Dan competition, the top three hundred have now been decided. The Dan Masters whose numbers I have reported please stay, and those who have not reported their numbers please leave the grounds.”
“No. 18, No. 39, No. 176, No. 98, No. 244 ……” Every time the Ming Ning dan master’s number was reported, the hearts of the dan masters present jumped as they looked forward to having their numbers reported.
Mo Wuji was in the same mood, he was also looking forward to having his number reported. However, as more and more numbers were reported by the Ming Ning Dan Masters, Mo Wuji’s heart sank more and more.
After all, he had the worst cultivation, and in the end, he still relied on frying the medicine to purify the Iron Heart Bodhisattva Fruit, as for the purity of the purification Mo Wuji was not sure at all, everything he had at that time was focused on the purification.
“No. 34, No. 711 ……” The Ming Nging Dan Master was still reporting the numbers, Mo Wuji’s hands were trembling slightly, there were only the last dozen or so slots left now.
“No. 491, No. 56.” Ming Ning Dan Master’s number reporting finally stopped.
Mo Wuji’s fists clenched and cackled, the wound on his right hand that hadn’t fully recovered was torn, he didn’t hear number 632.
Just when Mo Wuji was about to despair, he seemed to feel the Ming Nging Dan Master’s gaze land on his side. Before Mo Wuji could react, Master Ming Ning Dan’s chiming voice sounded once again, “No. 632, No. 21, No. 2, No. 80 ……”
Mo Wuji didn’t listen to the numbers that followed at all, he only heard a number 632. He had succeeded, as long as the number was reported by Master Ming Ning Dan, it meant that he had successfully passed the first round and achieved the top 300 rankings. As for why Master Ming Nging Dan had to wait for a period of time before announcing the number, it was completely ignored by him.
When Mo Wuji calmed down again from his excitement, he heard Dan Master Ming Ning continue, “…… The Dan Masters whose numbers I reported stayed for the second round of the Dan Competition, the rest of the Dan Masters please leave the field.”
Those Dan Masters who did not have their numbers reported to them all exited the Dan Competition venue with an incomparably despondent expression.
Zhen Shaoke, who was watching from afar, clenched his fists and swung them hard, Mo Wuji had succeeded. Surprisingly, he managed to stay amongst the top 300, only he knew clearly how difficult it was for Mo Wuji. A third grade human dan master who was only at the Pulse Expansion realm, actually surviving the test of refining the Iron Heart Bodhisattva Fruit, this was nothing short of a miracle.
“Hehe, that person isn’t ……,” A woman in the crowd saw Mo Wuji and instantly ejaculated in shock. Before, with over a thousand people, Mo Wuji was not conspicuous when he was sandwiched inside. At this moment, when eight or nine hundred were eliminated and only three hundred people were left, she recognised Mo Wuji at a glance.
“Wan’er, amongst those dan masters, there are people you recognise?” Standing beside Qu Wan’er was a black-bearded old man, who hurriedly asked when he heard Qu Wan’er’s shocked expression.
It was important to know that the dan masters who were able to rush out in the first round were not simple people. For Wan’er to be able to recognise one of these dan masters, that would definitely not be a bad thing for them.
Don’t look at the fact that the Celestial Extremity Hall was a first-class sect in the Star Han Empire, and was even a Protectorate Sect. However, the Heavenly Extreme Hall was not outstanding when placed in the entire Lost Continent. What’s more, the Heavenly Extreme Hall was not a sect based on alchemy. The earthly dan masters it possessed were more old guys over a hundred years old, and in terms of cultivating dan masters of the younger generation, the Heavenly Extreme Hall was simply inferior to some earthly dan sects. The Five Elements Desolate Domain Dan Competition, on the other hand, was the world of young genius dan masters.
Qu Wan’er nodded, “Counting acquaintances, this person was merely a mortal at first, because he had an indomitable character, so I casually stepped in to help him twice, this was a half year ago.”
Qu Wan’er truly didn’t expect Mo Wuji to appear here for the Five Elements Dan Competition and even pass the first round. When she said that she had helped Mo Wuji twice, the first time was when Shao Feng tried to make a move to kill Mo Wuji when he was forcibly stopped by her and Qin Zhen. The second time was in Changluo City when Mo Wuji wanted to buy pill refining equipment, she found an excuse to help Mo Wuji once more.
“You’re saying he’s a mortal?” The black-bearded old man also asked in a shocked voice.
Qu Wan’er hesitated slightly before she added, “It’s not really a mortal, he has a spiritual root, it’s just a very poor spiritual root. When I saw him kill two six-legged thunder crocodiles, he should not have cultivated and relied entirely on desperation to succeed.”
When she asked Mo Wuji in the beginning, Mo Wuji didn’t say that he didn’t have a spiritual root, he just said that his spiritual root was poor. Therefore, Qu Wan Er didn’t know that Mo Wuji was a true mortal root mortal.
The black-bearded old man nodded and said with some instructive tone, “Wan’er, your mind is still a little too simple. Do you think that a person who has not cultivated can kill two six-legged thunder crocodiles by fighting for his life? Do you think that someone who hadn’t cultivated a half a year ago could stand here to participate in the Five Elements Wilderness Region’s Dan Competition, and even rush through the first round?”
“Master, are you saying?” Qu Wan’er looked at the black-bearded old man with some disbelief.
The black-bearded old man said with certainty, “Not only has he cultivated, he also has his own secrets. It’s precisely because he didn’t want the secret to be known that he posed as an ordinary mortal. But how many of my generation’s cultivators who have made it to the top don’t have their own secrets?”
Qu Wan Er was a little sceptical of her master’s words, when she saw Mo Wuji back then, Mo Wuji didn’t seem to be pretending to be down and out. However, the difference between Mo Wuji now and back then made her feel that what her master said was not without reason.
“Wan’er, if that person can enter the top 100 in the Dan Competition, can you ask him out to meet you?” The black-bearded old man added.
“Master, are you trying to get him to help me get a spot?” Qu Wan’er understood her master’s meaning.
The Dan Dao of the Heavenly Extreme Hall was originally not considered very powerful, and there were individual powerful young dan masters who could kill their way into the top 100, and there were also too many monks and not enough porridge. This was because the Heavenly Extreme Hall was originally an immense and incomparable sect, with numerous factions within the sect and countless talented disciples. It wasn’t easy for Qu Wan’er to ask for a spot to enter the Traceless Wasteland.
The black-bearded old man nodded, ”If he can kill his way into the top 100, even if we can’t ask for a quota, it’s still good to pull a good relationship with him. This kind of young dan master must have an immense future.”
Qu Wan Er pursed her lips and didn’t say anything, when she had given Mo Wuji hundreds of thousands of gold coins for borrowing a spirit herb, it was indeed because of Mo Wuji’s indomitable nature, a heartiness that she appreciated. There was not without a little bit of pity in it, unwilling to see a man she appreciated being overwhelmed by a mere several hundred thousand secular world gold coins.
Things were unpredictable, how long had it been before she demanded to come over Mo Wuji’s head, even Qu Wan Er herself had never thought about it.
At the moment, there was a feeling in her heart that was hard to tell, for a moment she even hoped that Mo Wuji wouldn’t rush into the top 100, in that case, she wouldn’t have to lower her head to ask Mo Wuji for anything. Even if she met up with Mo Wuji to catch up on a few old times, she didn’t want to beg Mo Wuji to give her any quota.
It wasn’t just her pride that was at play, but more importantly, she knew that it would be difficult for Mo Wuji to come up with a quota for her even if he won the rankings on his own. This was because Mo Wuji was bound to be representing a certain clan to participate in the Five Elements Dan Competition, and once he won, I’m afraid that it wouldn’t be Mo Wuji’s turn to allocate this quota.
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At this moment, the eliminated dan masters left the field and Mo Wuji and the others were brought to a place to rest. The dan furnaces in front of the round altar were quickly cleared away, and in just a short period of time, there were three hundred more flower beds of general appearance.
Dan Master Ming Ning once again stood out and said, “Please ask the dan masters participating in the second round of the competition to each stand in front of the pill altar that belongs to their number.”
It turned out that this thing was called a pill altar, Mo Wuji quickly found the 632nd pill altar.
Master Ming Ning saw all the dan masters standing before he said, “The second competition of the Five Elements Dan Competition begins ……”
