At this moment, in the vip seating!
Many elders stared at the blood jade in Lu Ren's palm and recognized it as the Tuoshe Blood Jade.
To many people with poor bloodline talent, the Tuoshe Blood Jade was their hope of rising to greatness.
As long as one obtained the inheritance of Ancient Emperor Tuoshe, there was a strong possibility of changing one's bloodline talent.
Especially for some great Lineages in Jiangyun Kingdom, in order to raise their juniors' bloodline talent, they would spare no expense to purchase a Tuoshe Blood Jade.
It could be said that every Tuoshe Blood Jade was extraordinarily precious, priceless and unavailable on the market.
Who would have thought that Lu Ren had a Tuoshe Blood Jade on him as well?
"You actually used the Tuoshe Blood Jade to block my attack just to defeat me?"
Chu Feiyang felt that Lu Ren had gone mad. That was the Tuoshe Blood Jade—once it shattered, he would not be able to enter the Tuoshe Cave Mansion.
"My goal was to defeat you and bring honor to my master. What was a mere Tuoshe Blood Jade worth?"
Lu Ren sneered and pursued him, unleashing the perfected Fierce Tiger Fist as both his fists rained down wildly upon Chu Feiyang.
Puff! Puff!
Chu Feiyang kept blocking, but the injuries on his body worsened frantically. In the end, he could no longer hold on and fell off the arena, coughing up mouthful after mouthful of blood.
The entire plaza fell silent for a moment before erupting into a thunderous roar.
"Lu Ren won! Our Qingyun Sect actually won this exchange match!"
"Hahaha, after three years, we finally won!"
Many disciples were incredibly excited. Who could have imagined that Lu Ren, whom they had believed to be the weakest, had actually defeated the Ghost Sword Successor?
Yet Chu Feiyang climbed back to his feet and said indignantly, "I refuse to accept this! This battle was unfair!"
He was the dignified Ghost Sword Successor, yet he had lost to someone with a Scrap Bloodline. If word got out, how could he still show his face in the Imperial Dao Sect?
"A loss is a loss. What was unfair about it?"
Lu Ren sneered.
"I was injured by the power of the Tuoshe Blood Jade. You were no match for me at all!"
Chu Feiyang said furiously.
"There was no rule in this exchange match saying that the Tuoshe Blood Jade could not be used, was there? The winner was the one with the final say!"
Lu Ren said with a smile.
"You..."
Just as Chu Feiyang was about to fly into a rage, Elder Xie Kuang stopped him. He could only glare venomously at Lu Ren, utterly unconvinced.
The presiding elder also recovered from his shock and announced with a smile, "I now declare Qingyun Sect the victor of this exchange match!"
For a time, the entire venue erupted in cheers, and all the disciples were beside themselves with excitement.
Three years!
For three years, Qingyun Sect had not won a single time at the exchange gathering for newly admitted disciples. Now, they had finally won—and they had defeated the Ghost Sword Successor at that.
Elder Xie Kuang's face turned ashen as he said to the First Elder, "Elder Meng, your sect's Lu Ren cultivated three Human Tier Low-grade Martial Skills to perfection in two months and even developed two sword moves. With such talent, I do not believe he has a Scrap Bloodline!"
A Scrap Bloodline simply could not achieve this. No matter what methods Yun Qingyao possessed, she could not possibly raise someone with a Scrap Bloodline to such a level.
If a Scrap Bloodline could truly be that powerful, those geniuses with Fifth-grade Bloodlines and Sixth-grade Bloodlines might as well smash their heads against a wall and die.
Therefore, he did not believe that Lu Ren had a Scrap Bloodline. He would even rather Lu Ren truly possessed a Divine Bloodline; that way, their Imperial Dao Sect's defeat would not be so humiliating.
Of course, in his view, Lu Ren was at most a Seventh-grade or Eighth-grade Bloodline. It was impossible for him to possess a Divine Bloodline.
"Lu Ren naturally cannot have a Scrap Bloodline. There must have been an error in the previous test. He is very likely to possess a Divine Bloodline!"
The First Elder nodded, saying this with great certainty.
"Then why not test him again?"
Elder Xie Kuang said.
The First Elder said to the elders beside him, "Quickly bring the True Dragon Compass!"
"Yes!"
The two elders behind him immediately departed.
At this moment, Lu Ren returned to Yun Qingyao's side and could not help asking curiously, "Master, what is the True Dragon Compass?"
"The True Dragon Compass is the treasure that guards Qingyun Sect. Aside from possessing the power to repel enemies, it can also accurately test a martial artist's bloodline!"
Yun Qingyao said.
"How accurate is it?"
Lu Ren asked.
Only he himself knew just how worthless his bloodline truly was. The more accurate the testing treasure, the more clearly it would reveal exactly how worthless he was.
When he had previously taken the assessment for a small sect, he had been tested as having a First-grade Bloodline. Yet when he came to Qingyun Sect, he had been tested as having a Scrap Bloodline.
He worried that the True Dragon Compass would test his bloodline as even more worthless.
"One hundred and ten dragon souls are sealed inside the True Dragon Compass. If one has a First-grade Bloodline, it will summon between ten and nineteen dragon souls. If one has a Second-grade Bloodline, it will summon between twenty and twenty dragon souls, and so on. If one has a Divine Bloodline, it will summon between one hundred and one hundred and ten dragon souls. The more dragon souls summoned, the stronger the bloodline!"
Yun Qingyao said.
Before long, the two elders returned, bringing another elder with them.
This elder appeared to possess extremely high seniority. Even First Elder Meng Qian stood up and bowed to him with cupped hands.
The elder's eyelids drooped as he waved his arm. The ring on his finger flashed with a fluorescent glow.
Immediately afterward, a golden compass three feet in diameter floated into the air.
More than a hundred true dragons were carved upon that golden compass, each one radiating majestic authority.
When the disciples saw the golden compass, waves of excited cries erupted from the crowd.
"That is the True Dragon Compass, the treasure that safeguards our Qingyun Sect!"
"With the True Dragon Compass here, no sect within the Eastern Profound Region would dare attack us!"
Pride appeared on the faces of many disciples.
Listening to the discussions of his senior brothers and sisters, Lu Ren asked, "Master, is the True Dragon Compass really that powerful?"
He had thoroughly studied the Disciples' Rules and knew that there were Seventy-Two Nations in the Eastern Profound Region, along with more than a thousand sects of varying sizes.
Yet Qingyun Sect was merely a second-rate sect, and even among second-rate sects, it was comparatively weak. Among the four great sects of Jiangyun Kingdom, the Imperial Dao Sect, Lihuo Sect, and Iron Sword Sect were considered comparatively strong second-rate sects.
The standard for judging whether a sect was first-rate was whether it possessed a Heavenly Gang Realm expert.
The four great sects of Jiangyun Kingdom had many Divine Sea Realm experts, but not a single Heavenly Gang Realm expert.
If a first-rate sect truly attacked a second-rate sect, the latter should have been unable to resist.
"Once activated, the True Dragon Compass can kill a Heavenly Gang Realm expert!"
Yun Qingyao said indifferently.
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ren was utterly shocked.
Wasn't the True Dragon Compass the equivalent of a nuclear bomb?
"If our Qingyun Sect can nurture a Heavenly Gang Realm expert to refine the True Dragon Compass, then Qingyun Sect can become a first-rate sect!"
Yun Qingyao said, "Lu Ren, if you truly possess a Divine Bloodline, you will definitely be able to advance to the Heavenly Gang Realm. Go on, test yourself once more!"
"Alright!"
Lu Ren nodded and walked before the True Dragon Compass.
The elder glanced at Lu Ren and said, "Place your palm against the True Dragon Compass and relax your entire body!"
"Yes, Elder!"
Lu Ren placed his palm upon the True Dragon Compass.
At once, everyone held their breath.
Especially the First Elder and the others—their hearts began to race. If Lu Ren truly possessed a Divine Bloodline, Qingyun Sect's rise into the ranks of first-rate sects would be just around the corner.
In contrast, Elder Xie Kuang of the Imperial Dao Sect felt deeply conflicted. He hoped Lu Ren had a Divine Bloodline, yet he also hoped that Lu Ren did not.
A Seventh-grade or Eighth-grade Bloodline would be best. That, they could still accept!
Buzz!
At that moment, the True Dragon Compass began to hum!
Everyone stared fixedly at the True Dragon Compass.
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