Dong~
Dong~
Dong~
The bell rang out melodiously from Penglai's Tianshu Peak, swiftly spreading across the Penglai Three Isles and the surrounding seas.
As Penglai's bell sounded, flying fish leaped into the air across the surrounding waters, and flood dragons emerged from the sea. The sea of clouds above Penglai tore open, letting radiant light shine through. All of Penglai's elders and disciples gathered beneath Tianshu Peak. Looking down from the peak, one could see the crowds converging like streams, finally forming a vast ocean.
Sect elders in violet robes, middle three realms disciples in azure and blue robes, and lower three realms disciples in gray and white robes all stood in clearly separated sections according to their status and cultivation realm, turning the foot of Tianshu Peak into seas of azure and blue, gray and white. Yet surrounded by these three seas of people stood not the violet-robed sect elders, but a formation of one hundred disciples.
The hundred stood in a small square formation of ten rows and ten columns. All wore matching Azure Lotus Cloudsea Robes, differing only in the jade ornaments at their waists, which represented their individual identities.
These were the prodigies ranked in the top hundred of the Penglai Sect's competition. At their head stood Pei Jinglian, known as Sword Ghost, followed by Zhang Qiao, Wang Cunyang, Zhou Huo, Jiang Jinyue, Ye Ningchu, Lin Qinghe, Xiao Jingyue, Lu Xin, and Lin Qingnong.
These top ten of the Overall Rankings stood in the first row. Ding Chan, Gu Yuanhai, Qian Yun, Mu Xueyi, Ning Yuyao, Jiang Zhaoxin, Qin Shu, Su Yiqing, Xie Zhengyun, and Lan Zhaoxu stood in the second. The others took their places according to rank, all dressed in azure robes and jade belts, brocade crowns and cloud boots.
Under Penglai's rules after