Chapter 36

After the lottery, a list of matchups was quickly posted, and the disciples immediately gathered around to watch. Through this lottery method, each disciple participating in the Nine Pulse Examination would face off against two other disciples in two matches.

In these two matches, the disciples who win both matches and those who win one and lose one can advance to the next round of the competition. Those who lose both matches will be eliminated.

The reason for not determining the next round by a single match is that a single match often buries disciples with great potential and significant room for improvement.

For example, if Li Lingfeng faced Dongfang Chen, Dongfang Chen would be eliminated if he lost, but with his strength, he would not stop here.

Therefore, to avoid such situations, each disciple has two matches. Even if they lose one of the two matches, they will not be eliminated.

Of course, if someone draws a strong opponent like Li Lingfeng and is also drawn against another strong opponent, then they are just out of luck.

"Hmph! I didn't expect my second opponent to be him!" Gu Fei, mixed among the disciples, watched the posted list of the first round matchups, a smile playing on his face.

One of his two opponents was someone he knew. He didn't expect to meet him in the first round.

"Hehe! Gu Fei, this time you're doomed!" Suddenly, a sarcastic voice came from the side.

Hearing this voice, Gu Fei couldn't help but frown. He knew who the owner of the voice was without looking and didn't bother to deal with this annoying person.

However, this person was very tactless. Seeing that Gu Fei ignored him, he didn't back off but instead came closer and whispered in Gu Fei's ear, "If you're willing to return that talisman to me, I might ask Senior Brother Dongfang to let you lose with a bit more dignity, not so embarrassingly."

"Hmm?" Gu Fei suddenly turned his face, his eyes shooting out a sharp, blade-like gaze, staring at the uninvited guest, and said in a deep voice, "Wang Yuanzhi, I didn't expect you to be so shameless. Is this what a noble family's offspring is like?"

That person, intimidated by Gu Fei's sharp gaze, was already afraid. But upon hearing Gu Fei's words, his face changed, turning from surprise to anger, and his facial muscles twitched slightly due to his anger.

"Haha! Good, Gu Fei, you have guts!" Wang Yuanzhi laughed in anger, then turned and walked towards Dongfang Chen, apparently to get Dongfang Chen to take revenge for him.

The surrounding disciples had already noticed this scene and were all very surprised. They couldn't understand why Gu Fei dared to provoke Wang Yuanzhi.

In the Tai Xuan Sect, the Cui Ling Peak lineage was considered a bunch of weaklings, and this was a consensus among the disciples. Moreover, Gu Fei's cultivation had always been at the bottom among the young disciples. Why did he have such confidence this time? Wasn't he afraid that Wang Yuanzhi would seek revenge?

It turned out that the news of Gu Fei defeating Wang Yuanzhi had not spread in the sect. Wang Yuanzhi had some means to make the two disciples who were always friendly with him keep it a secret.

Sure enough, Gu Fei saw Wang Yuanzhi whisper something in Dongfang Chen's ear, and Dongfang Chen immediately looked over at Gu Fei, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

No one expected that Gu Fei was no longer afraid of Wang Yuanzhi. Wang Yuanzhi's cultivation was only at the peak of the Fifth Level of Awakening, while Gu Fei's cultivation was two levels higher. Now, Gu Fei could defeat Wang Yuanzhi with one hand. Why should he care about someone much weaker than himself?

Even Dongfang Chen was just a cultivator at the same level as him, and he had a natural advantage over other cultivators at the same level, making him stronger.

"Senior Brother, what did Wang Yuanzhi come to say to you?" Zhao Zirou, who had just walked over, asked with some concern. She knew Wang Yuanzhi's character; he was a smooth-talking person among the young disciples.

"Ha ha, nothing..." Gu Fei didn't want Zhao Zirou to know about his grudge with Wang Yuanzhi.

Just as Zhao Zirou was about to say something more, suddenly, a bell rang from the Tai Xuan Hall, and all the disciples immediately perked up. The originally noisy square instantly fell silent.

That bell also interrupted the conversation between Gu Fei and Zhao Zirou.

On the steps in front of the Tai Xuan Hall, the figure of Xuan Fa Daoist appeared. He took a step forward, looked around at the countless disciples on the square below, and said loudly, "The competition begins."

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeve and walked back to his seat, sitting down. The rumbling drumbeats immediately echoed through the sky, like the war drums on a battlefield, making Gu Fei feel a surge of excitement.

"It's starting!"

After a round of drumbeats, the disciples rushed to the nine platforms on the square. With nine platforms, eighteen people would go up for each round, and the eighty-one disciples participating in the competition would complete their first match in nine rounds.

"Senior Brother, I'm going up!" Zhao Zirou was among the eighteen people going up for the first round.

Gu Fei looked at Zhao Zirou and said, "Sure! I wish you success!"

Zhao Zirou's face inexplicably turned red, showing a hint of shyness, and then she walked towards one of the platforms.

The nine platforms were over ten feet high and about fifteen feet in diameter, arranged in a line from west to east, numbered from Platform One to Platform Nine. Zhao Zirou's match was on Platform Three.

At this time, the disciples of the Purple Bamboo Peak had already gathered below the platform. Zhao Zirou's opponent was Chu Zhan, a disciple of the Moon Peak lineage.

The disciples of the Moon Peak lineage also came to the platform to cheer for Chu Zhan.

"Master!" Zhao Zirou smiled at her master, Yan Xingyun, showing no signs of nervousness.

"Be careful!" Master Yan Xingyun instructed. Yan Xingyun was a middle-aged female Daoist with a graceful demeanor, wearing a green robe that made her look even more elegant.

In the intra-sect competition, the matches would stop once a point was made, but accidents could happen, and it was possible for an opponent to get injured.

Zhao Zirou responded, then forcefully pushed off the ground with her right leg, immediately soaring into the air and landing lightly on the platform. A ten-foot-high platform could be leaped onto without any Daoist techniques.

Zhao Zirou, with her beautiful appearance and snow-white clothes, drew the attention of the male disciples below, including those from the Purple Bamboo Peak, who were mostly male. When they saw Zhao Zirou step onto the platform, they were all captivated.

At this moment, Zhao Zirou's opponent, Chu Zhan from the Moon Peak, also leaped onto the platform. They approached each other, stopping about ten feet apart.

Zhao Zirou bowed to Chu Zhan and said, "Please, Senior Brother Chu, give me your guidance."

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