Chapter 85

"Who would have thought that a girl as outstanding as her would come to watch the preliminary selection of the Divine Kingdom, and who is she here to see? Could it be me?"

Although he thought it was unlikely, he still wondered, who else in the preliminary selection of the Divine Kingdom, besides himself, was worth paying attention to?

Even someone as accomplished as Lian Chengyu was far inferior to him.

Thinking of this, Tao Yunxiao felt invigorated, like he had been injected with a shot of adrenaline. Whether she was here to see him or just to watch the spectacle, he would put in his utmost effort to shine in this election and win the attention of that outstanding girl!

To shine, just standing here was not enough.

And what followed was exactly what Tao Yunxiao had hoped for.

Zhang Tan had only just lifted the seal on the beast bone, which was just the start of the preliminary selection. To truly pass, one had to withstand the pressure of the beast horn and continue moving forward!

Zhang Tan shouted loudly, "A bunch of cowards! You can't even withstand the pressure of a dead beast's horn! What else can you do in this world besides wasting food and producing waste? Those who can't handle it now, get lost, you're not fit for martial arts!!"

"I now announce that the standard for passing the preliminary selection is to walk within twenty steps of this beast horn using your own strength and hold your position for more than ten breaths. The pressure increases tenfold for every ten steps closer to the horn. Let's see what you're made of, the test begins now!"

Zhang Tan's voice carried for miles. At this moment, he was only a few steps away from the beast horn, and while enduring its pressure, he could still shout loudly. This alone earned him the admiration of many.

"I wonder what realm Zhang Tan has reached, perhaps... he has already surpassed the Purple Blood stage..." Lian Chengyu thought, and with a determined step, he walked towards the beast horn!

As he took his steps, Lian Chengyu's gaze drifted towards Yi Yun.

Lian Chengyu was surprised that Yi Yun could still stand there calmly. He never expected that this little brat, whose ancestors were all poor peasants, could so easily withstand the pressure of the beast horn.

Could a peasant have such courage?

Lian Chengyu felt very displeased. It was one thing that Yi Yun had good martial arts talent, but he also had good luck, having stumbled upon some great opportunity that allowed his strength to improve so quickly.

Now, this kid even had courage. Could he really achieve great things?

Lian Chengyu was unwilling to accept this. He believed he was the true heir of the Lian Clan, endowed with the accumulated fortune of generations. How could a peasant like Yi Yun compare?

With this thought, Lian Chengyu took large strides towards the beast horn, determined to prove that he could not only easily approach twenty steps but even fifteen, ten, and even touch the horn!

Lian Chengyu's steps were quick, driven by a fierce determination to prove himself.

However, after just ten steps, he felt the pressure from the beast horn increase significantly!

The shadow of the beast in the air exuded an overwhelmingly real and terrifying presence. Its eyes seemed to pierce through the soul, and its fangs seemed to have torn apart countless human warriors.

This shadow of the beast made Lian Chengyu feel uneasy.

"This is just an illusion! It's not real!"

Lian Chengyu told himself this, but no matter how much he tried, a chill still rose up his spine.

It was like a person afraid of ghosts going to the toilet alone at night, constantly telling themselves there are no ghosts, but still feeling a chill down their spine. At such a moment, if a black cat jumped out or a cold wind blew, they would be scared half to death.

Lian Chengyu had already taken fifteen steps, and at this point, another person, Tao Yunxiao, had already advanced to thirty steps.

After crossing the thirty-step mark, Tao Yunxiao felt the pressure for the first time.

"What kind of beast horn is this, to be so powerful?" Tao Yunxiao frowned. At this moment, he looked around and saw that his speed was the fastest, which made him very satisfied. No matter what, I am the first to step into the twenty-step range and the one with the strongest courage in this preliminary selection!

However, this was to be expected. Courage is a combination of one's boldness, willpower, and confidence, but it also includes strength.

A person with strong courage may not necessarily be strong, and they might even be weak.

But a person with great strength often naturally has strong courage!

Tao Yunxiao looked up at the floating airship in the sky, a smile playing on his lips.

"Beautiful lady, are you watching me from up there? I've taken the first place, though it was as easy as taking a peach from a basket, it's not worth mentioning. But this is just the beginning, and in the future, my brilliance will shine even brighter!"

Tao Yunxiao continued forward with the most fearless and heroic posture!

At this moment, on the floating airship in the sky, a young woman in white was sipping a pot of flower tea. Her movements of pouring and drinking tea were not deliberately imitating noble etiquette, yet they still looked incredibly graceful.

It was as if every move she made was a natural form of etiquette.

The young woman in white glanced out the window, but she paid no attention to Tao Yunxiao's heroic posture. She had come here today to see Yi Yun.

Compared to the beauty of the young woman sipping tea, there was a lecherous old man in front of her, greedily eating salted chicken.

This salted chicken was naturally made by Yi Yun. The old man ate while drinking wine, not using a wine cup but directly pouring from a small wine flask into his greasy mouth.

"How is that kid doing? Has he passed the test yet?"

The old man mumbled, in his view, the preliminary selection of the Divine Kingdom was not worth much attention. If it weren't for Yi Yun causing Lin Xintong's innate Yin Meridian to react, he wouldn't have bothered to come.

"Not yet, he's just standing there..."

Lin Xintong lightly frowned. What is he doing? Why is he just standing there?

Lin Xintong didn't think this test would be difficult for Yi Yun. Although she didn't believe in Yi Yun's martial arts talent... to be precise, Yi Yun had no martial arts talent.

But just based on Yi Yun's perfect physical cultivation and dragon-like pulse, walking within twenty steps of the beast horn and bone should not be too difficult, unless he had no courage at all.

Although they had only met by chance, Lin Xintong somehow didn't want to see Yi Yun perform poorly in the preliminary selection of the Divine Kingdom. This was probably because, as someone who could trigger her innate Yin Meridian, she subconsciously hoped Yi Yun was not an ordinary person. This would give her greater hope, and there might even be a slight chance of restoring her broken meridian.

"Hahaha, is that kid a coward?" The old man wiped the oil from his mouth, poked his fat head out the window, and indeed saw Yi Yun standing there foolishly.

"Ha, this kid is just standing there, watching the show!"

Actually, if Yi Yun was really a coward, the old man wouldn't be surprised. After all, Yi Yun was just a child who had never seen such a massive shadow of a beast before. It would be impressive if he didn't wet his pants.

However, in the old man's view, Yi Yun was not an ordinary child.

"This is interesting. The little thing Zhang Tan took out is the beast horn that Old Wenyun cut from the ancient beast Xiantianhu after slaying it in the Yunhuang. It was originally over ten feet long, but a Sky Master carved and reduced it a hundredfold to make it this size. Wenyun later used it as the military token for the Sixth Corps of the Jinlong Guard."

"The military tokens of the Jinlong Guard are usually in the hands of the generals for troop mobilization. It seems that with the emergence of the Purple Cloud in Yunhuang, the rash General Yan Menglong of the Sixth Corps also came to join the fun, so he brought out this military token as a prop for the preliminary selection of the Divine Kingdom."

The old man clearly had a good relationship with Wenyun, and he knew a lot about the Jinlong Guard.

"I just want to see this kid make a fool of himself. If he were to dominate, I wouldn't bother watching. It's more fun to see him make a fool of himself!"

The old man said with a gloating tone, leaving Lin Xintong speechless. She couldn't understand what the old man found so amusing if Yi Yun performed poorly.

At this moment, Yi Yun was indeed standing out in the crowd.

Those who could withstand the pressure of the beast bone had already moved towards the beast bone, while those who couldn't were either lying on the ground or running away in panic.

Only Yi Yun stood still, because... he was fully focused on absorbing the energy from the Xiantianhu beast bone.