The Young Generation of the Various Powers Gathered
At this moment, Shen Ge is still in Azure Origin City. He is facing a dilemma: he wants to leave, but once he leaves, he may lose his life at any time. It's a difficult situation.
Although he could leave with Li Xue, Shen Ge was somewhat unwilling. He didn't want to rely on Li Xue, not because he was afraid of owing her any favors, but simply because he didn't want to.
Azure Origin City is indeed bustling with activity these days, but Shen Ge can only watch this excitement from the sidelines. Although he managed to snatch some Spirit Stone during the trial, Spirit Stone weren't many, since almost everyone had already invested most of their wealth before even starting the trial.
Inside the small building, Shen Ge gazed at the relatively tall building in the city center, which was Myriad Treasure Pavilion, and there was an auction scheduled there recently.
Shen Ge knew about the news, but he didn't go. It wasn't that he didn't want to go, but that he didn't have enough Spirit Stone. He only had enough Spirit Stone to qualify for entry. Although he could go in and broaden his horizons, he could only look and not buy, so there was no need to just stand there and watch.
Shen Ge now plans to stay in Azure Origin City to cultivate. Anyway, he has enough Spirit Stone to rent a good cave abode for about a hundred years. He doesn't believe that those people can wait for him for a hundred years.
In another small building not far from this one, Li Xue rested her chin on her hand, leaning against the window and quietly watching where Shen Ge was.
She's been bothered enough these past few days because her master, people from all the major sects and powerful forces, have come to visit her.
Although she was very reluctant to receive them, she couldn't really refuse. After all, these people came to give face to her master, not to her, and they were all powerful figures who held sway over their respective regions. She dared not offend them.
However, she didn't come away empty-handed. Those people gave her many good things in order to curry favor with her master, and she accepted them all without hesitation. She would just take what was offered to her and whether or not to return it later depended on her mood.
On the largest mountaintop pavilion in Azure Origin City, the vast majority of the younger generation of various sects and Lineage were gathered.
Of course, this younger generation is only at the Nascent Soul Realm. After all, a Spirit Severing Realm stage cultivator can't really have much to say to the Nascent Soul Realm stage cultivator because their perspectives are completely different. So naturally, there's not much to talk about. At most, they can act as seniors and give some guidance to juniors on their cultivation.
However, everyone who comes here is a genius, and these pointers are nothing short of scolding to them, which is disgusting. So naturally, no one would be so foolish as to call over Spirit Severing Realm.
"This trial felt somewhat superficial; it didn't truly determine the strongest person."
"Come on, look around at this one-on-one fight, who dares to say they can definitely beat everyone here? Factors like Cultivation Method counters and Law Treasure counters mean that it's difficult to truly determine a winner."
Xu Qing of the Azure Origin Palace glanced at Dao Jin with a faint smile and asked directly, "Dao Jin, I've always had a question: did you steal those purple jades yourself, or did they belong to everyone in your sect?"
These words turned the faces of the more than twenty disciples from top-tier powerful forces participating in the trial dark, and some even snorted coldly.
Their strange expressions naturally attracted everyone's attention, and they all understood at a glance that they were the ones Dao Jin had stolen from them.
That makes sense, since these twenty-odd people are all top-tier in strength, so they naturally possess a great deal of purple jade.
Looking back now, it turns out that many people who should have been on the list were not, and that's because of this unexpected turn of events.
It's estimated that those top five scorers with over 25 million points all snatched points from others present. If that's the case, then this trial doesn't seem so unfair after all.
Despite the many gazes upon him, Dao Jin remained remarkably calm. He slowly set down his teacup, glanced indifferently at the people with unpleasant expressions, and said, "I believe you've all figured it out, so I won't say any more."
Xu Qing glanced at the group of people. Although his expression remained unchanged, his heart sank. He knew he wasn't certain of victory against at least ten of them.
However, Dao Jin was able to snatch their purple jade, which shows that his strength far surpasses theirs.
The Extreme Dao Immortal Palace, Dao Jin, has now truly made a name for itself in the Heavenly Desolation Domain.
On the other side, Zhu Xiu calmly sipped her tea, but her eyes kept darting between the five people.
These five people were the first five to pass this trial: Dao Jin from the Extreme Dao Immortal Palace, Feng Jiutian from the Heavenly River Limitless Sect Feng Jiutian, Yan Fei from the Vast Sea Desert Golden Sand Sect, Hua Yuelian from the Eastern Heaven Territory Firmament Sect, and Zhantai Jiaoyang from the Tai Lineage.
These five people secured their positions in the top five with a high score of over 26 million. Regardless of whether the score was genuine or not, Zhu Xiu was somewhat eager to try his luck. He really wanted to compete against such strong individuals.
Despite Zhu Xiu's scholarly appearance, he is extremely warlike. In fact, every member of the Snow Moon Zhu Household who has practiced the Fierce Battle Method is warlike, and the stronger their opponent, the more excited they become.
Zhu Xiu was actually quite restrained; otherwise, he wouldn't have just watched.
Finally, one of the five couldn't stand Zhu Xiu's constant scrutiny any longer. Feng Jiutian's voice was like Phoenix Cry's cry as he looked at Zhu Xiu with a slight frown and said, "Zhu Xiu, you've been staring at me for so long. If you want to hit me, just say so. Stop staring at me like that."
Being directly called out, Zhu Xiu raised her glass slightly embarrassed and said modestly, "No, no, the timing isn't right."
Feng Jiutian started the conversation, and then the topic shifted to Zhu Xiu.
"Brother Zhu, I heard that you've almost reached the fifth level of your Fierce Battle Method. Is that true?"
"Speaking of this, your Zhu Household's Fierce Battle Method are simply unreasonable. Not only do you cultivate both body and magic, but the key is that your body cultivation is even stronger than those who specialize solely in body cultivation."
"Brother Dao Jin, are you confident that you can easily outmaneuver Brother Zhu?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's attention returned to Dao Jin.
Dao Jin simply took a sip of tea and didn't answer the question. Instead, he said, "You all should have met that senior's disciple by now. I think none of us here could kill her single-handedly."
"Although formations are Outer Dao, they are still a part of one's strength. The fact that she possesses formation skills capable of overwhelming all of us at such a level shows that she is an exceptionally talented individual."
Someone scoffed, "In the end, it's all just external things. Only one's own strength matters. She's strong right now, but once we reach the Body Integration Realm or the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, you'll see if her formation still has this power."
"Only by harnessing the power of heaven and earth within oneself can one change the world in the blink of an eye!"