Chapter 62: Gao Jin's Challenge

  "Listen up, kid. If you don't, you'll be the one to suffer." Just as Li Yuncong turned around, he transmitted a warning to Fang Yan.

  "This guy really thinks he's all that, like he's some kind of emperor or something!" Fang Yan turned around, leaving the other person with a cold shoulder, not taking their threat to heart at all, and walked towards the area where Fu Qingxuan was.

  "You don't know how to behave, I have to teach you a lesson." Fang Yan's actions thoroughly enraged Li Yuncong, who dared to ignore him. With a smile on his face, Li Yuncong walked towards Wei Mingshan with Xia Niu, but in his heart, he was seething with anger, wanting to give Fang Yan a lesson.

  Very soon, a temporary arena was set up. On the empty land of the inner court, a large challenge platform was built. Mo Shi'an, the lord of Yanzhou City, also announced the rules of the trial, which was that any cultivator in the Qi Refining stage could come to the platform to compete and exchange blows with others. If the envoy of the Hao Han Sect took a liking to them, they would pass the preliminary selection and then the Hao Han Sect would arrange assessment tasks for those who passed. Once they passed, they could become an outer disciple of the Hao Han Sect.

  "Fang Yan, this is the Sea Selection of the Ao Han Sect. Those under 20 years old who have reached the Violent Qi Realm will directly pass through the Sea Selection. Next, you must perform well and definitely pass the assessment." After hearing the announcement by Wei Mingshan, the elder of the Ao Han Sect, Fu Qingxuan rushed towards Fang Yan.

  "I got it." Fang Yan smiled confidently, this sea election was not difficult for him at all.

  The Haohan Sect is holding a sea election to give small and medium-sized families an opportunity, hoping to dig up some talented disciples.

  "Since no one is going on stage, I, Zhang Yuan, will go on stage and make a fool of myself." The empty arena was packed with people, but no one wanted to be the first to go up, as they would become the target of everyone's ridicule. Young Master Zhang Yuan of the Zhang family took a leap forward, jumping onto the center of the empty stage and cupping his fists in greeting.

  "Haha...... I, Liu Yan, have come to meet you." The young master of the Liu family jumped onto the central stage.

  The Zhang and Liu families in Yuzhou City were two medium-sized aristocratic families, and both Zhang Yuan and Liu Yan were cultivators of the ninth layer of the Qi Refining stage, geniuses within their respective families. The two families had never gotten along, and now that they were on stage, a courteous phrase led to an immediate clash between the two.

  Before long, Liu Yan took advantage of his slightly higher cultivation and seized an opportunity to defeat Zhang Yuan.

  There were Zhang Yuan and Liu Yan, two people who threw bricks to attract jade, followed by a series of people on stage to sharpen their skills. The fight was extremely fierce, the people below were cheering and shouting, loudly cheering for their favorite person, the scene was extremely fiery. All the young talents in Yangzhou City took the stage together, it can be said that this is a rare event in ten years.

  "Mo Chengzhu, is this the strength of the younger generation in Yanzhou City? It's really weak!" Looking at the fiery scene below, the cheers and applause were getting louder and louder, Wei Mingshan frowned.

  Although this fight was wonderful, in his eyes as a master, the action was too showy and unbearable.

  In the blink of an eye, half a time had passed like this. The young and handsome men from various big families in Yangzhou City all came on stage to try their luck, but only a few people including Miao Miao passed the sea election, and the rest were eliminated.

  "Fang Yan, why don't you go on stage to try out." The Qi training competition was nearing its end, but Fang Yan had yet to take the stage, prompting Fu Qingxuan to ask curiously.

  "The opponent is too weak, it's not fun to go up. Next, there will be a challenge match, and only by defeating the masters of the Explosive Realm can we have a sense of accomplishment. Haven't you seen? These people's attacks are very flashy, but few have really passed the test. Look at the two strong disciples from the Gao family, haven't they not made a move?" Fang Yan smiled and said.

  "That's right, your strength can't be measured by common standards. The ones who are currently on stage are all under 25 years old and are at least eighth-level Qi Refining cultivators. These under-25 Wild Qi Realm cultivators also had to go through a sea of selections." Fu Qingxuan said with a smile.

  As Fu Qingxuan's voice fell, cultivators above the eighth level of Qi Refining did not go on stage to make fools of themselves. Instead, it was the turn of those under 25 years old who had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Because these people had all passed the age of 20 when they broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, they also had to participate in the sea selection.

  "Wuling wishes to ascend the stage and receive teachings from Gao Zhao, that brother wishes to ascend the stage for a battle." A cultivator with a violent aura, suddenly jumped onto the stage.

  "I, Guo Huaiyuan, will come on stage and learn from Brother Wu's high-level moves." A fierce-looking cultivator named Guo Huai jumped onto the stage.

  Both were masters of the Explosive Realm, and on stage it was a fierce battle between dragons and tigers. The competition was even more thrilling than the previous Qi Refining Realm cultivators. The audience below cheered continuously.

  "Are you Gao Wei'an, and do you have a feud with the Fang family?" Li Yuncong walked casually to where Gao Wei'an was standing in the crowd, and said indifferently.

  "What made Li Shao say such a thing?" Gao Wei'an heard this and frowned, asking tentatively.

  "Master Gao, don't get me wrong, I'm just casually asking." Li Yuncong said with a smile.

  "Li Shao, the Gao and Fang families have some past grievances, but it's not a big deal. However, the Wang and Fang families also have some unresolved issues. Just before the banquet started, Fang Yan from the Fang family crippled a Qi-refining cultivator from the Wang family." Gao Wei'an spoke in a probing tone. He was somewhat uncertain about why Li Yuncong had suddenly come to find him.

  "This kid is indeed a troublemaker. Master Gao, don't you hate Fang Yan this kid?" Li Yuncong smiled faintly and asked casually.

  Li Yuncong mentioned this, and Gao Wei'an instantly knew that Li Yuncong was not a friend of the Fang family. Suddenly, he couldn't help but say: "This little beast from the Fang family, I hate him so much I'd like to devour his flesh and blood raw. If it weren't for Fang Zhen's old dog protecting me, I would have slaughtered him long ago."

  "In that case, we share a common goal. Master Gao, would you care to step aside and have a cup of tea with me?" Li Yuncong invited Gao Wei'an.

  As Gao Wei'an and Li Yuncong left, Wang Doufu, the master of the Wang family, followed them.

  It must be said that the battle of the violent air boundary cultivators was very exciting. To reach the violent air boundary before the age of 25 is barely enough to be considered a genius. In the next few trials, the violent air boundary cultivators who took the stage had wins and losses, but in the end, both passed the sea selection.

  In the city of Yanzhou, those under 25 who had reached the Violent Qi Realm were in the minority. After two rounds of trials, some of the cultivators who hadn't passed the sea selection and were at the eighth or ninth level of the Practicing Qi stage began to get restless. They thought that if they could defeat a cultivator in the Violent Qi Realm, wouldn't they be able to pass the sea selection? This led to some people starting to take the stage to challenge the cultivators in the Violent Qi Realm.

  The cultivators of the Violent Qi Realm are not so easy to challenge, but if they can't defeat them, as long as they can hold on for a few rounds in their hands, it's still possible to attract people's attention. Two 18- or 19-year-old young talents who had reached the ninth level of the Cultivation Period were able to hold on for over ten rounds against a Violent Qi Realm cultivator before being spotted by an envoy from the Proud Cold Sect and passing the preliminary selection, making the subsequent challenge extremely fierce.

  "Fang Yan, dare to come out and fight!" Gao Jin defeated a violent Qi Realm cultivator from a small family, and before anyone could step up to challenge him, he impatiently charged in the direction of Fang Yan, shouting loudly.

  Gao Jin is now twenty-one years old, he just broke through the violent air boundary. According to the rules of this sea election, he has to show his face to participate in the trial. Originally, after defeating his opponent, he passed the sea election, but he didn't get off the stage. Fang Yan didn't go on stage to defend and launch a challenge, so he had to take the initiative to challenge Fang Yan.