Although the first question of the Dan King Competition was extremely difficult, it was extremely simple for the judges, as long as the answer was based on the number of herbs.
The crowd waited for less than an hour before Shen Yanqing, the Dan King of Dan City, stood at the top of the judging platform and announced in a loud voice, “The first round of the Dan King Competition has ended and the top 100 Dan Masters and Dan Kings with outstanding results have been decided. For those who have not signed up, please withdraw from the stage and you will still have the opportunity to work with many sects after the competition.”
With Shen Yanqing’s words, both the cultivators and sects watching the competition and the participants fell silent. Especially the participants, even if they could not enter the top fifty, but if they could leave their names in the top one hundred, it would not only be an honour, but also a great help to their future.
Shen Yanqing did not put down the ranking card in his hand this time without a glance, but read out the ranking card: “Yu Dan Sect Ninth Grade Spiritual Dan Master Jia Youtian 43.5 points, 100th place, Dan City Ninth Grade Spiritual Dan Master Wang Xiao Sa 43.9 points, 99th place …… Heavenly Medicine Lake First Grade Dan King Hou Xibao 55.2 points. 72nd place, Feng Ling, the First Grade Dan King of the Heavenly Star Sect 56 points, 71st place ……”
Some of the Dan masters or Dan kings whose names were reported had already had people come to congratulate them, although the congratulations were only whispered, the kind of honour that came to their clans had already made their clans satisfied, and the Dan kings or Dan masters whose names were reported were even more hesitant. Entering the top 100 meant a great reputation.
Feng Ling of the Heavenly Star Sect could not even believe it when he heard that he had scored 57 points, or 71st place. Although he was very proud, but this was the Dan King Competition, for him just entering the top 100 would have been very satisfying. He did not expect that he had exceeded this task completely, not only entering the top 100, but also 71st place.
Although he was on top of the stage, he could already imagine the surprised expression on his sister Yin Pandi’s face. She certainly couldn’t have imagined that I could achieve 71st place. At this moment he actually thought of that Luo Xiaomo, whose name and that of Dan King Hu Min had not been reported, so he guessed that he had fallen out of the ranking?
Not waiting for Feng Ling to think about Hu Min falling down the list, he heard Shen Yanqing’s registration, “Qing Hu Second Grade Dan King Gu Min Qian 62.8 points, 43rd place, Yu Dan Sect Second Grade Dan King Lao Xi 63 points, 42nd place ……”
Feng Ling was stunned and no longer had the same hesitation he had before, although he did not think less of the Lake Min Dan King, he did not think he was much worse than the Lake Min Dan King, but others had entered the top 50 in the first round, while he was still in 71st place, this achievement was not worth bragging about at all. The only consolation for him was that his apprentice disciple had failed to make the list and his name was not heard.
Also in an up and down mood was Mo Youshen who was sitting in the VIP seat, he had been nervous since he heard earlier that the ‘God Weaving Pill’ was made by Ye Mo. He was worried that this Ye Mo in front of him was the same Ye Mo who had refined the ‘God Weaving Pill’, and if that was really the case, he would not only be unable to kill Ye Mo, but he would even have to worry about being killed by Ye Mo. Although his own Dan King master was powerful, if Ye Mo really excused himself to kill him, his own master couldn’t do anything with the genius who had refined the ‘God Weaving Pill’.
However, now when he heard that Shen Yanqing reported that even after thirty there was no Ye Mo’s result, he finally put his heart down. He believed that even if Ye Mo was powerful, it was impossible for a seventh grade Spiritual Dan master to enter the top thirty. Didn’t you see that all the names reported by City Master Shen Yanqing now were all clear Dan Kings, and there was hardly a single Spiritual Dan Master.
While Ning Qingxue, who was sitting in the ‘Piaomiao Immortal Pond’ quarters, completely forgot about the people around her, her eyes were just staring at Ye Mo, equally nervous as she listened to Shen Yanqing’s registration, not even knowing that her fingernails had already pinched her palms and even had blood running down them.
Although Master Fang Seed was listening to Shen Yanqing’s registration, he was paying attention to Ning Qingxue at the same time. When he noticed that Ning Qingxue’s palms were all pinched by herself, his heart was filled with confusion, he didn’t understand why Ning Qingxue was doing this, was there someone she cared about a lot among these contestants?
“Scattered Third Grade Dan King Zong Shi Dao 71.5 points, 14th place, Dan City Fourth Grade Dan King Wang Mao 71.7 points, 13th place ……” The more Shen Yanqing reported, the more silent the scene became, because all of them knew that those who entered the top thirty in the first round were the absolute elite. The Dan King Competition was different from other alchemy competitions in that the first round was a complete competition to determine the level of their respective alchemy.
But when the last ten places were announced, some cultivators slowly became a bit subdued and began to whisper speculations.
“I reckon the first place should go to Dan City’s half-immortal Dan King Xu Hanchang, he’s a fifth-grade Dan King after all.”
“Not necessarily, Heavenly Medicine Lake’s fourth-grade Dan King Ji Posting is incredibly strong and has come first in many alchemy competitions around the world, he has that strength to come first in the first round.”
“The Shengting Dan King is not bad, but can those competitions he participated in before be compared to the Dan King Competition? Not to mention the fact that the Nian Sheng Dan King of the Bi Dan Clan used the Heavenly Flame.”
“What’s wrong with the Heavenly Flame used by the Nian Sheng Dan King, the Half Immortal Dan King still uses the more advanced Extreme Geng Flame.”
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I don’t know if it was because he sensed the whispered chatter or because of something else, Shen Yanqing’s voice steeply increased: “Li Qi Liang, the Second Grade Dan King of the Hopeful School, 73.2 points, ninth place …… Qing Meng Zhai, the Fourth Grade Dan King, Qing Die, 74.1 points, sixth place, Qiu Niansheng, the Fourth Grade Dan King of the Bi Dan Sect, 74.3 points, fifth place Heavenly Medicine Lake Fourth Grade Dan King Ji Posting 74.9 points, fourth place, Dan City Fifth Grade Dan King Xu Hanchang 77 points, third place ……”
“Boom …….” Without waiting for Shen Yanqing to announce the last two names, the scene was already in complete uproar.
“How is it possible, several Third Grade Dan Kings and Fourth Grade Dan Kings have come out with their rankings, even the Fifth Grade Dan King, Half-fairy Dan King, only came third, what kind of person can achieve the top two? Could it still be a Spiritual Dan Master?”
“Yes, we need an explanation.”
“Even if there is a Spiritual Dan Master, there can’t be two of them, can there?”
“Dan City can’t let us down like this.”
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There was a lot of commotion on the scene, obviously senior Dan Kings like Xu Half Chang and Ji Posting already had an extremely large number of fans, if the fifth-grade Dan King Xu Half Chang got first place, this was normal, once even the fifth-grade Dan King Xu Half Chang didn’t get first place, then all those fans of the Dan Kings behind them would be noisy.
Although cultivators are respected by the strongest, in the deepest part of all cultivators’ hearts, they also long for a place of justice and fairness. And the reason why Dan City was so respected was certainly because it was so strong that no power could surpa*s it, but equally because it had always been a place that preached fairness and impartiality, at least on a large scale and in the open. If even this place had shady practices, then the loss in the hearts of these cultivators could be imagined.
Ye Mo was also puzzled, his Dan recipe would have been able to refine the ‘Tian Hua Dan’ and there should be no problem in obtaining the first or second place, but according to his observation, all the Dan Kings with good fire control had already been named. Some of the Dan Kings whose names had not been reported were all slightly worse at controlling fire and definitely could not make it to the top two. Or was there really an insider?
Suddenly Ye Mo thought of the cultivator he had seen earlier who used the Ignorant Fire, his speed in decomposing the pills was flowing without the slightest sluggishness, and he looked relaxed, not seeing any impatience, could there be this cultivator in the last two?
After the first wave of noise from Shen Yanqing and the rest of the crowd, there was suddenly a long whistle. The sound cracked through the air throughout the cultivator’s square, and all the noisy voices were completely silenced at this moment. The scene once again became quiet. In Dan City, or even in the Dan King Competition Square in Dan City, there was no one who dared to make a racket. Even if they knew full well the black curtain, if they dared to make a racket, they would still be dead.
Immediately after Shen Yanqing’s long whistle, an even stronger divine sense swept through the entire Dan King Grand Competition Square. Almost all the cultivators felt as if they were being seen through and through, and even more so, they dared not speak and quieted down. This was because all of them knew that the divine sense that was even stronger than Shen Yanqing’s long whistle had been sent out by a cultivator at the peak of the True Formation, and such a cultivator could kill any ordinary cultivator without having to get up at all if he wanted to kill anyone.
When the entire square had quietened down again, Shen Yanqing said aloud once again, “My Dan City has been standing in the Southern Security Continent for nearly a thousand years, and there may be some minor flaws, but in a competition like the Dan King Competition, no one dares to tamper with it. We won’t be tampering with it either. Anyone who finishes in the top three is a great thing for Dan City. Even I, or the Silver Moon City Lord, can’t specify who the top three are at the Dan King Grand Competition.”
Many of the cultivators on the scene had already thought it through, yes, this kind of obvious blackmail, if Dan City also dared to do it, then in the future, even if Dan City was still Dan City, it would not be the same kind of Dan City that had one call.
Seeing that the crowd seemed to be starting to figure this matter out, Shen Yanqing suddenly increased his voice once again, “What’s more, we still have ‘Land Weapon God’ Senior Lu Wuhu, and Grade 9 Formation Master Ji Endowment Sect Master here as honorary judges, so who would dare to do anything to the Dan King Grand Competition?”
These words completely calmed down the cultivators in the square, the name ‘Land Weapon God’ was not just a casual name, it was said that he was one of the oldest cultivators in the Southern An Continent. Even those submerged eighth-grade Dan Kings in Dan City would have to respectfully call out senior when they met the ‘Land Weapon God’, so who would dare to do anything in front of him?
“Master Yantian City, we believe in you, we believe in Dan City, go ahead and name the first and second.”
“Yes, we believe in Dancheng.”
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Shen Yanqing knew he no longer needed to continue explaining, he nodded and reported aloud once again, “Scattered Ninth Grade Spiritual Dan Master Jiu Qian, 90 points, second place ……”
Who was Jiu Qian? As soon as this name was reported, almost all of the people asked, but none of them knew who Jiu Qian was. Surprisingly, he was still a Ninth Grade Spiritual Dan Master, yet he had achieved a high score of ninety points, thirteen points higher than the third place Half Immortal Dan King, which could be said to be the largest difference in points within the top one hundred. This is the largest difference in the top 100. Normally it is quite remarkable to surpa*s two places by one to two points, but this Jiu Qian was 13 points higher than the fifth-ranked Half Immortal Dan King, Xu Hanchang.
It turned out that this person was called Jiu Qian and was still only a Ninth Grade Spiritual Dan Master. Ye Mo subconsciously looked at the ordinary dan master who used the Ignorance Fire that he had noticed before, and he felt that this Jiu Qian was definitely not a Ninth Grade Spiritual Dan Master. If he hadn’t gotten the ‘Tian Hua Dan’, it really wouldn’t be easy to surpa*s this cultivator.
The Dan master called Jiu Qian also frowned when he heard his name, he also did not expect that he was only a second place winner. 90 points was within his expectation, but the second place ranking was greatly out of his expectation. At this point he, like everyone else, was desperate to know which of the gods had won the first place in the first round.
