Formation Master Wu Yu was not from the Azure Dragon Kingdom. He was from a different kingdom known as the Wan Fu Kingdom. It was almost twice as big as the Azure Dragon Kingdom and is a second grade kingdom while the Azure Dragon Kingdom is a third grade kingdom.
But even there, the Jade Lotus was as rare as it was in the Azure Dragon Kingdom. How can he not be envious of Grandmaster Wang.
At this moment, Grandmaster Wang again exploded a bomb, "Well, this Jade Lotus somehow mutated and now it is a grade four medicinal herb."
"Oh... So it is grade four med... what? It.. you just said that the Jade Lotus become a grade four medicinal herb after going through some type of mutation?" Sect Leader of the Profound Sky Sect was just repeating the words said by Grandmaster Wang when he suddenly realised that something was wrong. When he what was wrong, he exclaimed in surprise.
King of the Azure Dragon Empire was almost about to jump up from his throne like stone seat when he heard this. He could not help but look at Grandmaster Wang with some reverence.
Not only the King but all other sect leaders and even the Formation Master Wu Yu, all had the same kind of expression on their face.
Grandmaster Wang already expected this type of situation when he decided to reveal the news of Jade Lotus being a grade four medicinal herb. So, he just smiled and nodded his head at them.
"This... Grandmaster Wang, how about you sell it to me. I will give you anything you want in exchange of that grade four Jade Lotus." Sect leader of the White Snow Sect said with some expectation in her eyes.
"Grandmaster Wang, sell this Jade Lotus to me and I will but it for 100 low grade spirit stones. How about it." Sect leader of the Heaven Sword Sect also made his offer.
"Grandmaster Wang, I will buy your grade four Jade Lotus for 110 low grade spirit stones. Sell it to me." This offer was made by the Formation Master Wu.
"Grandmaster Wang, I will buy the Jade Lotus for..."
"Grandmaster Wang, Sell that Jade Lotus..."
"Grandmaster Wang..."
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All of them started to make their offers to buy the Jade Lotus that was of the fourth grade after mutation. They were already very envious when they heard that Grandmaster Wang had a Jade Lotus in his possession and after being rejected, they found it difficult to suppress their emotions. But now that they heard that the Jade Lotus actually mutated somehow and became a grade four Jade Lotus which never appeared in the history of the Azure Sky Continent, how can they not make their efforts in order this Jade Lotus in their hands.
They didn't even doubt that maybe Grandmaster Wang was lying to them. Their way of thinking was same.
How can Grandmaster Wang who was the most reputed and only Grandmaster of Alchemy of the entire Azure Dragon Country make lie just to gain their attention. It was simply impossible.
Grandmaster Wang was getting headache hearing the offers made by the five great sect leaders as well as the Formation Master Wu. And he saw that the King of the Azure Dragon Country was also about to make his move in order to get his hands on the fourth grade Jade Lotus, he immediately said, "Everyone, please forgive me for letting all of down. This is a fourth grade Jade Lotus and because it is a fourth grade Jade Lotus, I can not sell it to anyone. I already said previously that this Jade Lotus is very important to me. As for why it is important to me I can not tell."
Grandmaster Wang did not wanted the King to make an offer to him. He was the King of a country. If Grandmaster Wang rejected him, it will be very bad. Not only the friendly relationship between them will be disrupt because of being rejected, it will also make the King to feel somewhat ashamed for being rejected in front of so many people.
After hearing what Grandmaster Wang said, all of them let out a bitter laugh. They also felt awkward as they realized that they got very agitated after hearing that the Jade Lotus that Ye Xiao gave to Grandmaster Wang was actually a grade four Jade Lotus.
Ye Xiao was simply watching the battle between Lin Hao and Xu Qing with interest. He was still unaware that only one Jade Lotus that he took out from the Heavenly Pearl and gifted it to him, just caused a huge uproar between the sect leaders of the five great sects and Formation Master Wu and even the King of the Azure Dragon Country.
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Xu Qing and Lin Hao also fought an intense battle but the winner was still Lin Hao as he was simply too powerful for any participants that has participated in the competition.
Xu Qing was defeated by the same move of Lin Hao from which Ye Xiao was defeated and he was also very badly injured now.
"Lin Hao Wins." Seeing that Xu Qing was not in a condition to fight anymore, the host announced the result of the battle.
Xu Qing ate the healing pill that he brought here so that it can help him heal if by any chance, he got badly injured. And he was also right to bring a healing pill. It really came in handy in a correct time.
After eating the pill, he started meditating. This time another participant went up on the arena to challenge others.
Battle continued. Soon the second challenger was eliminated by Lin Ling. Then Lin Ling continued to fight with others lastly she loss her battle only against Xu Qing which gave everyone surprise. No one thought that a black horse will come out in the second round of the competition and this black horse is actually a beauty.
After winning against Lin Ling, Xu Qing continue to challenge others. Soon he won every fight and was officially announced as a second ranker of the competition.
And Lin Ling was ranked third as she won every fight and only lose two fight. First was against Lin Hao and she admitted defeat. Second was against Xu Qing and she lost after fighting with him.
After Xu Qing's fight, Fang Lin went on the arena and started his battle against the remaining participants that were still not yet ranked and won every fight except for one which was against Lu Li. He didn't exactly lose this fight instead this fight ended up as a draw. Lu Li was also very powerful after all.
After that, Lu Li continued to fight. She also won every battle that she fought against her opponents.
After the end of her battle, the host announced that both Fang Lin and Lu Li are going to be ranked fourth. Fifth rank will remain empty as two participants ranked fourth.
The battle continued and soon all the battle ended and top ten were decided.
The host announced the names of top ten. They were:
First rank - Lin Hao
Second Rank - Xu Qing
Third rank - Lin Ling
Fourth rank - Fang Lin and Lu Li
Fifth rank - 'Empty'
Sixth rank - Bu Fang
Seventh rank - Jiu Shen
Eighth rank - Xue Ming
Ninth rank - Mu Sheng
Tenth rank - Liu Xiufeng
After the top ten were announced, all the five sect leaders and the King talked something in themselves and then they nodded at the host.
Seeing that, the host then said in loud voice, "Now, the top ten candidates, please come forward and choose the sect that you want to enter."
Hearing this, everyone looked at the top ten rankers in excitement, waiting to see their choices.
Those young men who ranked in top ten also started looking at each other, maybe they were also waiting for someone to take the first step.
Seeing that no one was coming forward to choose the sect they want to enter, the host again said loudly, "Let's start with the rank tenth. Liu Xiufeng, please come forward and choose the sect you want to enter. You can also choose to serve the Imperial Family."
When the host said this, Liu Xiufeng, who ranked tenth could not help but curse in his heart a little and then he walked forward. After taking ten steps forward, he looked at the sect leaders of the five great sects and the King of the Azure Dragon Country.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I choose to enter the Red Moon Sect. My cousin brother is also an inner disciple of the Red Moon Sect and he said to me that if I want to enter some sect to cultivate then I should enter the Red Moon Sect. So, I choose to enter the Red Moon Sect."
Liu Xiufeng said all of this in one breath as he was very nervous at this moment.