Chapter 808: One Hundred and Two Chapters: Swindler (Asking for some monthly votes to enter top 500)
Master Wei, standing on the cliffside, answered Cao Changqing, who had disbelief written all over his face, “Let the servant announce the rankingspletely. As for the disclosure of the process you are asking for, if there are still objections after the event ends, Master Chen will naturally satisfy them. But if you continue to disrupt the order of the bamboo forest, I will strip you of your qualifications topete and expel you from Martial Saint Mountain. Have I made myself clear?”
“Master Wei truly lives up to the reputation of being the impartial Big Arbitrator,” Cao Changqing stated as he stood with his sword, coldly addressing the servant, “Hurry and announce it. This young master can hardly wait to hear how many coins that transhuman has taken.”
If it’s only a little more than yours, the servant thought as he looked at thest two names on the scroll, announcing with a bitter smile, “In second ce, Longxi’s Tang Luo, 9,246 coins.”
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At this, not only was Cao Changqing shocked, but Tang Luo himself was stunned, never having anticipated that the top spot for the second trial would be taken from him.
But with Master Wei’s earlier warning, no one dared to interrupt the servant’s words; thus, the contestants finally heard the score of the first ce in the second trial, “In first ce, Chaochang’s Xiang Lon, 50,160 coins.”
As thest ranking was announced, the contestants finally couldn’t hold back their exmations, their gazes incessantly scanning Xiang Lon, who was gently fanning himself as if to see right through him.
Though possessing only unity of spirit and intent in cultivation, he alone had obtained a number of coins that was nearly the total sum of those ranked second to ninth. This mythical scene made one cannot but ask how exactly he had done it.
Cao Changqing, who had been wearing a cold expression since before, could hardly wait after the servant had announced the rankings, and urgently said to Master Chen on the cliffside, “Alright, now that the rankings have been announced, please, Master Chen, disclose Xiang Lon’s trial process. It would also let Cao know how this gentleman of mere transhuman cultivation obtained such an extraordinary number of jade coins!”
Aside from a few young masters of the Xiang Family, all the other sect disciples, including the sons of prominent families, made the same request towards the cliffside. They were too eager to know the process of Xiang Lon’s trial. Under the achievement of 50,000 coins, even Tang Luo’s frightening score of over 9,000 coins seemed less notable.
Master Wei, observing the fervent mood among the bamboo forest, said to Chen Menglu, “Could you trouble Master Chen to backtrack the illusion, to put these youngsters’ minds at ease?”
“You are too courteous, Master Wei,” Chen Menglu replied mildly as he activated the Illusion Dream Divine Array of Xumi Mountain. A white column of light shot out from the entrance of the trial, projecting above the bamboo forest into a grand Illusion Moon realm and disying Xiang Lon’s path throughout the trial.
This dreamlike spectacle astonished everyone. No one expected that the genteel middle-aged individual could transform a divine mountain into a formation and cast such a miracle. It secretly left them in awe.
All were captivated by the splendor of the Illusion Moon Realm, with only Tang Luo wearing an incrediblyplex expression, because everything unfolding before him was much like the open-air cinemas of his previous life, ying out a silent film.<div>
In the “film,” Xiang Lon, just like everyone else,nded beside a certain sacred altar. Unfortunately, it seemed a sacrifice had just ended there. Not only were there guards at the level of spirit officers by the altar, but there were also captains of the guard of spirit king rank.
After an intense exchange of blows, Xiang Lon was captured in defeat, yet the expression of the spirit king was extremelyplex.
He, alone, took Xiang Lon to a cloud pce atop a snowy mountain peak. Several elderly elders from the Yun n appeared in the scene, interrogating Xiang Lon.
And after just a few words, Xiang Lon was unbound, and the atmosphere in the Yun Hall changed abruptly.
Although Xiang Lon was a prisoner, she suddenly became a distinguished guest of the Yun n and Lei n. Not only was she offered fine wines, sumptuous dishes, and exquisite delicacies, but also spiritual kings were seen chatting and drinking with her enthusiastically, as if they were old friends rather than just having met.
Following that, spiritual kings from the me n, Earth n, and Water n came to the Yun Hall; each left with excited expressions after their conversations with Xiang Lon.
In the end, the Four Imperial Spirit Realms gathered hundreds of spirit handlers and more than a dozen spiritual kings, who, along with dozens of boxes of jade currency, activated a teleportation array with Xiang Lon. If it weren’t for the fact half of the amount was deducted, Xiang Lon’s final tally should have been over a hundred thousand jade coins.
Logically, after witnessing the Shuiyue Vision, the participants would have understood the process of obtaining jade coins, but theck of sound only added to their confusion.
Despite being a condemned prisoner, Xiang Lon managed to be treated as a respected guest by the Four Imperial Spirit Realms. What’s more ridiculous is that Xiang Lon stayed in the Yun Hall as if she were a significant figure, and the Four Imperial Spirit Realms were duped from beginning to end, not only gathering their powerful members but also offering a vast sum of jade coins.
The Shuiyue Illusion ended, but the doubts in everyone’s minds did not diminish one bit, until a dismissive voice sounded from among the sect disciples.
Landing in fifth ce, Lu Liangliang of Yulin Pavilion sneered at Xiang Lon, “I thought you, Xiang Lon, had some great skills, but it turns out you just unted the Yun n’s name as if it were your own banner.”
“The Yun n is already revered in Longzhou,manding respect far and wide. Xiang Lon, you must have quite the gall to make such ims. What’s even more astonishing is that the Four Imperial Spirit Realms within the illusion didn’t question it at all; didn’t they consider how someone of your cultivation could be revered as a Dao Child of a sacrednd?”
“However, I must admit, I do have some respect for the Xiang Family; ustomed to subservience, you didn’t hesitate at all in changing your surname. I just wonder whether we should continue to call you Xiang Lon or perhaps Yun Ji in the future?”
“You should feel lucky this trial realm is nothing but an illusion. If there really was such a Minor Spiritual Realm and the Four Imperial Spirit Realms found out about your lies upon exiting, the first thing those dozen spiritual kings would do is take your head. The top performer of the second trial? More like the top scam artist!”
Others might have seen the Shuiyue Illusion as a silent movie, but to Lu Liangliang, who was skilled in lip-reading, every word Xiang Lon said was crystal clear. Such a person achieving first ce thoroughly disgusted him,pelling him to reveal her dialogues in the realm to all the participants.
Xiang Lon never expected that among the participants there would be a martial artist proficient in lip-reading, and after Lu Liangliang’s string of sneers, everyone’s gaze upon her changed.
Like a magic trick that retains its mystique until the secret is unveiled, but once exposed, it’s nothing more than a maniption of information asymmetry.
The contempt and disdain nearly drove her mad, but she knew that she could only endure for now. Many of the words she used to deceive the Yun n in the Four Imperial Spirit Realms were not meant to be shared, yet Lu Liangliang had nowid them all bare.
Mockery andughter aside, it did not change the ranking of the second trial. On the cliff, Master Wei announced indifferently, “Tomorrow morning, gather at the summit of Xumi Mountain to proceed to the final trial. Rest well today, you’re dismissed.”
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