The Top Hundred

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Chen Fan withdrew the drop of crimson-gold Dao Blood, as if he had only done a trivial matter.

Without even glancing at Lu Yuan, who Petrification in place, he walked straight up, casually plucked the peerless spiritual herb that would cause a bloodbath in the outside world, and stuffed it into his robes.

Then, he put his hands back in his pockets, humming an off-key tune, and strolled away leisurely.

Lu Yuan was left alone, frozen in place as if struck by lightning, his mind blank.

Beyond the Star Domain, there was a deathly silence.

The nine mentors, who had clearly witnessed everything that happened in the valley through the Law Projection, all froze on their faces at the same time, their expressions of amusement frozen.

The Ancient Martial Arts School Old Freak Wang's fierce and fiery Divine Thought experienced an unprecedented and violent fluctuation.

A muttered phrase, brimming with endless absurdity and disbelief, stuck in his throat, impossible to utter.

"How... is this possible?"

The nine majestic phantoms remained motionless, like gods under a spell.

The drop of crimson-gold blood suspended in the projection, like a miniature Star, scorched their Divine Thought and overturned their Martial Dao understanding that they had cultivated for tens of thousands of years.

After an unknown amount of time, the Divine Thought of Old Freak Wang, the Chief Instructor of the Ancient Martial Arts School, which was filled with explosive power, finally began to fluctuate with difficulty, carrying a tremor that even he himself was unaware of.

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"

"That... that is true Undying Golden Blood! Moreover, the Dao Rhythm of Life-and-Death Cycle contained within it... is flawless, even... even surpassing any mythical form recorded in our sect's scriptures!"

His words were like a boulder thrown into stagnant water.

"In less than a year... he really did it." The Chief Instructor of the New Martial Arts School said with a heavy bitterness in his voice, "That madman Lin Xuanqing... he won his gamble."

Yes, the bet was won.

Using the future of a Federation Top Scholar and Human Race Qilin Prodigy to gamble on a one-in-a-million possibility.

He actually won the bet.

However, after the brief shock, a deeper sense of regret welled up in the hearts of the nine Chief Instructor.

"What a pity."

An ancient Divine Thought sighed softly, "Such Qilin Prodigy, if he were in my Heavenly Sword School, with his unparalleled foundation in cultivating the Way of Slaughtering Sword, he would probably already be able to contend with top students in the late stage of the Undying Realm, instead of..."

Instead of taking the dead end of the Life School, which has long been proven to be a wrong path.

Divine Thoughts intertwined, a consensus quietly formed.

Chen Fan was a rare gem, yet he was sculpted by a madman in the most wrong way.

Inside the cavern of the World Tree, Chen Fan was completely unaware of the changing world outside.

He walked leisurely with his hands still in his pockets.

Not far ahead, Divine Fire surged and laws rippled.

Two Senior Fellow Apprentice, both at the mid-stage of the Undying Realm, were fighting fiercely over a "Purple-Patterned Dragon Blood Flower" with swirling purple patterns, their immense energy leveling an area within a thousand meters.

Chen Fan only glanced at it from afar.

He then shook his head, looking uninterested.

The expression on his face was as if he were watching two three-year-old children arguing heatedly over a simple piece of candy.

He didn't even bother to get close; he simply went around in a circle and strolled leisurely along the side path.

The two Senior Fellow Apprentice, who were fighting fiercely, paused in their movements, staring blankly as the tiny figure disappeared into the forest. For a moment, they forgot to continue fighting, feeling that their desperate struggle was like a ridiculous monkey show.

Chen Fan wasn't interested in these ordinary items.

Within his pupils, a barely perceptible current of life and death swirled, like two most precise probes analyzing the most Origin Source life veins of this world.

He quickly stopped.

In his perception, an extremely pure life force was emanating from a mountain stream shrouded in thick fog ahead.

When he arrived at the entrance of the mountain stream, there were already several powerful late- Undying Realm Senior Fellow Apprentice lingering outside. Each of them had a solemn expression and stared intently into the stream, but none of them dared to cross the line.

In the middle of the mountain stream, a Jade-Eyed Golden-Pupil Beast, as large as a small mountain and covered in golden scales, was lying on a giant rock.

With each breath it took, the space trembled slightly, and the terrifying pressure of being at the peak of the Undying Realm made all those who coveted it hesitate to approach.

Under its protection, a golden herb, shaped like a lingzhi mushroom, quietly radiates an immortal glow.

"The Immortal Golden Ganoderma! A legendary treasure that can supposedly give Undying Realm cultivator 'Dao Blood quality a leap forward!"

A Senior Fellow Apprentice hissed in a low voice, his eyes filled with greed and fear.

Just then, they saw the twelve or thirteen-year-old child, with his hands still in his pockets, walking step by step toward the Jade-Eyed Golden-Pupil Beast that exuded an aura of world-destroying power.

"Junior Fellow Apprentice, don't go over there! It's dangerous!"

A Senior Fellow Apprentice instinctively cried out in surprise.

However, the next second, everyone's voices caught in their throats.

The once ferocious and violent guardian beast, upon sensing Chen Fan's approach, instantly lost the chilling, Divine Soul- chilling glint in its emerald eyes. In its place, a sense of submission and awe, originating from its bloodline and the very depths of its Life Origin, vanished.

"Roar..."

Its massive body slowly lowered, and its ferocious head, capable of shattering mountains, respectfully bowed to the child, emitting a low growl as docile as a kitten.

Chen Fan walked up to it and even reached out to casually pat its large head covered in hard scales.

Then, under the stunned gazes of all his Senior Fellow Apprentice, who looked as if they had seen a ghost, he slowly plucked the "Immortal Golden Ganoderma," examined it for a moment as if judging its quality, and finally nodded in satisfaction before stuffing it into his pocket.

After doing all this, he turned and left, never once glancing at his Senior Fellow Apprentice who were now Petrification.

The three-day deadline passed in the blink of an eye.

When all the disciples were teleported back to the initial platform, the will of the World Tree had already transformed the final rankings into a huge Light Screen, hanging high in the sky.

[First Place: Li Qiankun, Contribution Points: 987321]

[Second Place: Zhao Qian, Contribution Points: 765421]

Those at the top of the rankings were all top-tier Senior Fellow Apprentice who had been immersed in the Undying Realm for a long time and had frantically plundered a massive amount of spiritual items like locusts.

Countless eyes scanned the Light Screen frantically, searching for that highly anticipated name.

Finally, at the end of the Light Screen, they found it.

[97th Place: Chen Fan, Contribution Points: 12800]

Everyone was stunned when they saw this result.

In just one year, they actually broke into the top 100 of the schools of thought!