BXBX NOVEL Chapter 85 The Top Ten
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Two hours later,
The second and third round came to a finish. Surprisingly, I was given a free pass through the third round, and now there were only thirteen of us who remained. This problem obliviously arose because they wanted to choose a hundred disciples, and not a multiple of two. I was a little interested on how they would continue the battles and choose the top ten.
"We shall now choose the top ten. Those who are selected shall remain here, while the rest shall leave and go to the sect. The top ten will continue the battles and go to the sect at a later time." the seventh elder said.
"What? They want to select the top ten? How will they select us? Based on what we showed here? But how is that fair? I didn\'t show off my full power, and neither did a lof of people here. This is so unfair." I shook my head.
But why would the elders care about what I was thinking? They started with their announcement.
"Liu Feng, Cai Lien, Chen Xiu, Chen Zhixian, Yang Haotian, Hao Shu, Zhao Ritian, Li Huan, Wang Luan, Mu Meilin. You are the top ten who are selected. The rest of you can leave now. No matter how much you want to argue, it is simple that these ten are more powerful than you." the seventh elder said.
"Elder! I can understand how the nine are selected. But this man, Liu Feng. He is just in the second layer of the Foundation Establishment stage. How is he allowed into the top ten? Anyone here above his cultivation can defeat him!" one of the men stepped forward.
"If I remember right, Sima Xin is in the fourth layer, is he not? Defeat him first, and then I shall listen to what you have to say." the elder said.
With this, the face of the man who spoke froze. He stepped back as if he didn\'t say anything at all, and became quiet.
"Gu Yurin! Take then into the sect and explain the sect rules to them. Make sure that they know how to behave." the seventh elder shouted.
"Yes master!" from seemingly nowhere, Gu Yurin appeared before the whole crowd. He glanced at me and smiled.
"It looks like my hunch was right. You are in the top ten. I think that you can do even better though, as long as you do not meet that girl from the Cai family. I think that you are from the same city, so you should know that she is much stronger than you are." he said.
"It looks like the story of me winning the martial gathering is not important enough for people here to know about it. But, oh well. I already defeated her once, so I think that I can do it again." I thought to myself.
"All the new comers, come with me. From now on, you are not only the new comers, but also the new generation of the Outer Disciples. You are officially members of the Sky Heaven\'s sect. That is important to take into consideration. You will be representing the sect when you go out, and if you tarnish the name of the sect, it will be the people next to you who will be dispatched to take off your head and bring it back." Gu Yurin pointed to the crowd.
"What a grim way to start welcoming people. Why do none of these people talk about the good things? Why do they have to start with the bad stuff, like no killing, instead of saying good luck? These people are really crazy."
The crowd of people slowly left, and it left the top ten here. I looked at Chen Xiu and Chen Zhixian, the twins. They were lucky. If they faced each other, then one of them would be guaranteed a spot in the top five. But that was not who I cared about. Everyone here knew that the strongest here, by sheer strength alone was Cai Lien. Senior brother Riyal wasn\'t here, so it was basically going to be a competition with her.
"Well then, it looks like we are already at the top ten. And it looks like this time, we have a good bunch, don\'t we?" Li Tian slowly descended from where he stood gracefully. At this moment, two things struck my mind.
Li Huan had the same surname as Li Tian, and Du Xiangling was nowhere to be seen. It was set in stone that he was not in the selection process. The only thing that I could hope for was that he did not die in the forest.
Li Tian looked at Li Huan. He winked at her, and Li Huan looked away immediately. This all but confirmed that they were related somehow, and it was just a matter of how they were related. I looked at Li Tian with a little fear and apprehension. He was a little cuckoo, that was for sure.
"As much as I want to see these battles go on here, I really want to finish this as fast as possible. So the selection of the top ten will be a little different. Whoever will last the longest will be the one to enter the inner sect. And the rankings will be set that way." Li Tian said.
"The longest to last? Last what-"
Chen Xiu\'s voice was cut off when this incredible and powerful force descended down upon us, trying to suffocate us. I felt no killing intent. This was trying to knock us out. But this was probably the force that he was talking about. I bit my lip and forced myself to stand up.
"So I need to withstand this pressure for the longest time? Lucky that I have the Iron Body art."
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