The five judging dan masters, including Dan Master Ming Ning, were travelling between the three hundred pill altars as they were scoring the True God’s Flower cultivated by each dan master.
There was hardly a weak person who could participate in the Five Elements Desolate Domain Dan Competition here and break into the top three hundred. There were almost no True God’s Flowers that had not sprouted from the three hundred pill altars, not to mention the ones that had not sprouted, even the ones that had only cultivated the True God’s Flowers to a height of ten centimetres like Mo Wuji’s were extremely rare.
After about an hour, the five dan masters once again returned to sit on the round altar. Dan Master Ming Ning stood alone in the middle of the round altar.
All of them knew that the results of the competition were out, and they were even holding their breaths in preparation to listen to the selection results that Master Ming Ning Dan was about to announce.
Dan Master Ming Ning nodded to the many dan masters before saying aloud, “The results of the second round of the dan competition have come out, based on the superimposition of our two rounds of scores, the dan masters who achieved the top one hundred and fifty places are number 81, 711, 1021, 98, 34 …… ”
Even though he knew that he was out, Mo Wuji still counted the numbers reported by the Ming Ning dan masters with a sense of what-if expectation.
Not just Mo Wuji, all the Dan Masters were like Mo Wuji, expecting to hear their numbers.
“No. 113, No. 632, No. 2 ……”
Ming Ning Dan Master finally finished reporting the one hundred and fifty numbers, Mo Wuji’s face was filled with loss. It should have taken a while for the one hundred and fifty numbers to be reported, why did he feel that it was finished very quickly?
“Congratulations to the Dan Masters who passed the previous two rounds of the Dan Competition, at the same time, please ask the Dan Masters who did not report their numbers to leave the competition venue, we are about to proceed to the third round of the Dan Competition.” Dan Master Ming Ning’s voice was clear and incomparable, travelling into every Dan Master’s ears.
“That’s not fair, fellow Dan Master seniors, I know that it’s too arrogant of me to say this. But I didn’t say this because I was eliminated. It’s because the second round of judging is not fair in any way at all.” An abrupt voice interrupted the silence in the square.
All eyes fell on the person who spoke, a very young looking dan master, who at the moment had unfairness and dissatisfaction written all over his face.
No one dared to chastise the five Sixth Grade Earthly Dan Masters participating in the evaluation in this kind of Dan Competition occasion, because the vision of these six Earthly Dan Masters would definitely not be faulty, nor would they look at them incorrectly.
Now that someone had come forward to chastise them, was there really an unfairness? If there really was an unfairness, even if the prestige of the Inquiring Heavens School Palace was even higher, this Five Elements Desolate Domain’s Dan Competition Plaza would instantly be in an uproar. Even the Five Elements Dan Ratio, which was jointly developed by many forces, would have ended completely, and would never have been able to continue.
Mo Wuji was also shocked as he looked at Qu Fei Yang, he simply didn’t expect that Qu Fei Yang would actually be so ballsy as to dare to say something unfair at this time? Could it be that this guy thought that he would definitely be able to pass the second round? He was about to exit the Dan Competition venue when Mo Wuji paused because of Qu Fei Yang’s suggestion of unfairness.
As soon as his feet stopped, Mo Wuji felt as if he had overlooked something.
Before Mo Wuji could even think about what he had overlooked, Dan Master Ming Ning said coldly, “Are you questioning the level of our five Sixth Grade Earthly Dan Masters, as well as the fairness of the Questioning Heaven Academy?”
Qu Fei Yang seemed to have broken the pot as he took a step forward, clasped his fists and said, “I don’t dare to, it’s just that I’m well aware of number 632. His first round was the last few to finish, and then he entered the top 300. Because I didn’t know the purity of the drugs he purified in the first round, I didn’t dare to speak. The True God’s Flower he cultivated in this second round can be said to be the worst of the three hundred dan masters, yes, that True God’s Flower that was only a palm’s width was cultivated by him. It was such a dan master that made it into the top one hundred and fifty. I would like to ask, where is the fairness?”
The moment Qu Fei Yang said this, the entire square exploded. Qu Fei Yang’s words were justified and definitely not nonsense. If Qu Fei Yang wasn’t bullsh*tting, the only possibility was that it really wasn’t fair. The crowd slowly surged and even tended to blow up.
“All the people on the Five Elements Dan Competition Square keep quiet, right and wrong will be explained by Master Ming Ning Dan.” A thick voice with killing intent spread down from the sky, this voice almost fell on top of everyone’s heart, making those somewhat restless feet instantly quiet.
Mo Wuji was also startled by this voice, and his mind became completely clear. He finally realised what he had neglected, he had only focused on counting whether or not the one hundred and fifty slots had been reported or not before, but he had neglected the fact that he was number 632 itself. The fact was that number 632 had already been reported, it was just that he hadn’t noticed for a moment that number 632 was, in fact, his name.
A belated excitement filled Mo Wuji’s entire body, as for Qu Fei Yang’s words, they were directly ignored by him. Even if the Five Great Dan Masters had made an error in their selection, it wouldn’t be brought up by Qu Fei Yang. If that was the case, then the prestige of the Five Elements Dan Ratio would definitely fall in the future. No wonder Qu Fei Yang had brought up the unfairness, this guy couldn’t wait to kill himself immediately. Now that he himself had passed and this guy had not, he must be shocked and cynical.
Master Ming Ning stared coldly at Qu Fei Yang before he said aloud, “Fellow Daoists and all the participating dan masters, regarding Dan Master #632, even if no one brings it up, I will still say it later on. As a matter of fact, I have been concerned about Dan Master #632 for a long time, and for the first time, when he was purifying the Iron Heart Bodhisattva Fruit, he was the slowest. The purity of the Iron Heart Bodhisattva Fruit that he purified with just the Red Flame Stone Flame within the stipulated time reached seventy-one per cent, ranking him in the top ten.
This achievement was very impressive for the average fourth grade earth elixir master, and it was even more impressive for him. Do you know why I said that? Because he is only a cultivator who has only reached the Pulse Opening realm. For a cultivator of the Pulse Expansion realm to become a Third Grade Human Pill Master would have been a miracle, and not only did he become a Third Grade Human Pill Master, but he also used the Red Flame Stone Flame to purify the Fourth Grade Iron Heart Bodhisattva Fruit.”
Master Ming Ning Dan’s words caused a burst of chatter in the crowd, and it was clear that they all felt that what Master Ming Ning Dan said was a bit outrageous.
“Perhaps some people feel that what I said is a bit outrageous, if someone knew how he got this achievement, then they wouldn’t say that. I’ll tell everyone that he fried it by hand. As a dan master, as long as he isn’t completely injured, it’s worthwhile to fry a top ten result by hand in this kind of competition.
Let’s put aside the fact that ten fingers are linked together, what kind of heart-rending pain it is to sear your hand in the red flame stone fire, and what kind of perseverance it takes to persevere. Let’s just talk about common sense in alchemy, all dan masters are well aware of how damaging this kind of hand-frying of herbs can be to the hand. Once the hand caused unrecoverable consequences, then his alchemy career would be completely over. I believe that a Third Grade Human Dan Master does not have that kind of supreme recovery elixir.”
When Dan Master Ming Ning said this, the square had fallen silent once again. There were many Dan Masters present, not to mention that none of them dared to be sure what grade they could obtain by frying medicines with their hands. Even if they knew that they could pass the screening, it was estimated that no one would be willing to do it.
The first was that, like what Dan Master Ming Ning said, the losses would outweigh the gains. In case it caused permanent damage to the hand, then the alchemy career would be finished not to mention the cultivation career would also be completely finished. Secondly, even if you pass, this is only the first round, and there is no guarantee that you will definitely be able to enter the top 100 later on.
Master Ming Ning continued in a deep voice, ”This is not the place where I appreciate this dan master the most, the place where I appreciate him the most is that after the purification of the medicinal liquid was over, he endured the burns on his hands and forcibly didn’t swallow any pills. Initially, I didn’t understand what was going on, and then I realised after putting the medicinal liquid away. He should have not quite understood the rules of the competition and was afraid that it would be against the rules to take pills during the competition, which is why he forcibly held back from taking any pills.
This is a dan master who is devout to the Five Elements Dan Competition, and his devout dedication and desire for the Five Elements Dan Competition exceeds that of all the people here. In order to gain a ranking, he even went so far as to think that he might be destroyed for it.”
Qu Wan Er from afar sighed in her heart as she looked at Mo Wuji, this person was indeed as desperate as ever. While others were sceptical of Master Ming Ning’s words, she was absolutely convinced. She had once seen Mo Wuji’s desperation with her own eyes, when he was almost dying from being struck by lightning, he still couldn’t stop him from rushing up to fight the lightning crocodile for his life.
Dan Master Ming Ning purposely paused when she said this, as she landed her disdainful gaze on Dan Master Qu, ”But all of this is just for me to admire him, as a judge of dan masters, I definitely won’t be going to give him points just for the sake of taking care of it. But I can tell you for sure, if I had known that there was a Dan Master who was so devout and so eager for the Five Elements Dan Competition, and whose cultivation was so low, to participate in the Dan Competition, I would have proposed to change the topic to one that required a bit less cultivation.
There is no if, this second round of the competition is to cultivate the seeds of the True God’s Flower, a round that, in addition to requiring a high level of understanding of spirit herbs, requires a higher level of cultivation. Of the three hundred participating dan masters present, one hundred and sixty-three dan masters chose the wood attribute Flower of the True God. There were ninety dan masters who chose the fire-attribute True God’s Flower. There were also forty-six Dan Masters who chose the Flower of True God seeds of the earth, water, and gold attributes.”
Dan Master Ming Ning’s gaze swept over all the people in the square as he said in an increasingly raised tone, “Of the three hundred Dan Masters, apart from one, there was no second person who chose the Flower of the True God of the Heterogeneous Attribute. This I can understand, because Dan Masters with different attributes are rare and cannot be found at all. On top of that, I have to tell you another reason. The difficulty of cultivating True God’s Flowers of Different Attributes is more than several times the difficulty of cultivating True God’s Flowers of Five Elemental Attributes ……”
At this moment, all the people in the plaza had their gazes on the group of dan masters, no one recognised who number 632 was, but all of them knew that what Dan Master Ming Ning was talking about was definitely number 632, and that number 632 was definitely in this group of dan masters as well.
Seeing the gazes of the crowd, Dan Master Ming Ning’s tone was put a little gentler, ”Everyone guessed correctly, this Dan Master who chose the seed of the Flower of the Heterogeneous Attribute True God is number 632. The Thunder Attribute True God’s Flower he cultivated is already a palm width wide, and his results, although not considered the best here, are definitely among the top ten.”
Dan Master Ming Ning once again fixed his gaze on Qu Fei Yang and asked sternly, “Do you still think that several of our judging competitions are faking now, and that the Five Elements Dan Competition is unfair?”
“I, I …… was the one who didn’t get it right ……” Qu Fei Yang’s mind completely regained its composure, the cynicism that he had previously felt towards Mo Wuji’s selection had long since disappeared, and at the moment, there was only a deep fear. He hated Mo Wuji for making him lose his senses and impulsively stand out in that moment.
“If every single person questions our Five Elements Dan Competition like you do, then there’s no need for the Five Elements Dan Competition to go on ……”
Master Ming Ning Dan’s voice was a little cold, and after Master Ming Ning Dan’s voice fell, a huge fist shadow suddenly fell from the sky.
“Boom!” This fist shadow landed on Qu Fei Yang, and Qu Fei Yang didn’t even have the chance to beg for mercy before he was blasted into pieces.
