Chapter 889: Chapter 889: Zhou Teng and Ke Anqing, The Pride of Jiaoyang Ancient Saint Chapter 889: Chapter 889: Zhou Teng and Ke Anqing, The Pride of Jiaoyang Ancient Saint “Is this still a little girl of just a few years old?”
Many cultivators couldn’t help but swallow their saliva, feeling that even if they went all out, they wouldn’t be able to withstand a single finger from Xia Wenwen.
Gong Qingqiu stood out and said,
“Wenwen is indeed our Misty Sect’s Fourth Generation Senior Sister. Today’s sect entrance examination will be overseen by her.”
Upon hearing this, the corners of everyone’s mouths twitched.
It was actually true!
“What do we do?”
“How would I know what to do!”
“If people find out I can’t even defeat a little girl of a few years, how can I show my face in public anymore?”
Many elite prospects wanted to cry without tears.
At this time, Gong Qingqiu looked around, her Divine Sense detected the cultivation levels of these tens of thousands of prospects and found that only a few dozen people had reached the first layer of the Spirit Sea Realm and were qualified to fight Xia Wenwen.
The rest were mostly in the Element Gathering Realm, and if it really came to blows, they wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single finger from Xia Wenwen.
“Wenwen, there are too few people who can defeat you, lower the requirements a little!”
Gong Qingqiu transmitted her voice.
“Okay,” Xia Wenwen nodded.
As a direct descendant of the Jiaoyang Ancient Saint and the Fourth Generation Senior Sister of the Misty Sect, she naturally knew it was good enough for teenagers over ten to be in the Element Gathering Realm.
As for the Spirit Sea Realm worthy of Demon King Level, they were extremely rare.
Without lowering the requirements, it would be impossible to recruit enough for the five hundred spots.
“Fortunately, the Sect Leader has already given me a scroll. The first five hundred who pass through this scroll will be considered to have passed the examination,” Xia Wenwen said as she pulled out a scroll from her waist.
It was only as thick as a finger and five inches long.
“Eighteen Linked Formation, activate!”
Xia Wenwen casually tossed the scroll into the air, where it quickly unfolded and expanded, transforming into a huge three-dimensional scroll.
Starting from the first archway and passing through eighteen checkpoints in the middle, exiting through the last archway within the scroll’s world would mean passing the examination.
“This is good!”
“I’ve scanned it with my Divine Sense, and even those at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm can walk through it, just very slowly.”
“My child, you must make it into the top five hundred!”
The elder generation in attendance all exhorted their younger kin.
“Begin!”
Xia Wenwen called out.
Whoosh!
The tens of thousands of elite prospects swarmed into the vast scroll world, arriving on a green grassland.
Boom, boom, boom!
The ground began to shake, and as everyone looked towards the source of the sound, they discovered countless Demon Soldier Level Ancient Beasts charging at them.
The elite prospects quickly used their spells to dodge or kill the Ancient Beasts, rushing towards the next challenge.
At the Sect Main Plaza.
Tens of thousands of the older generation were spectating the battle.
Seeing their younger kin temporarily placed among the front-runners, they were beaming with joy, looking relaxed.
Seeing their younger kin falling behind others, they sighed, frowning and looking worried.
“So boring, I’m going to play as well!”
Xia Wenwen jumped into the scroll world, starting from last place, she rushed into the plains and punched an Ancient Beast flying straight toward her.
Next was a desert.
Flying was prohibited here.
Everyone had to sprint across the constantly collapsing desert sands, and if they were too slow, they would be trapped by the desert.
Xia Wenwen bulldozed her way through, like a young Primordial Ancient Dragon in human form, swiftly passing the desert.
Subsequent challenges varied.
Climbing up the sword mountain, descending into the sea of fire, cutting down wild beasts, navigating through the mist…
All sorts of various difficult scenarios, encompassing everything imaginable.
Since Xia Wenwen was the owner of the scroll, inside it she was like the Heavenly Dao. In less than half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she had passed through the eighteen challenges and was waiting for the others at the finish line.
“What an illusionary realm, I almost got lost,” a handsome young man in white spoke softly, carrying a sharp sword on his back and holding a sword gesture with his hands, his eyes sparkling with insight as he saw through the illusions within the mist and successfully passed.
“My grandson Zhou Teng is the first to cross the Misty Area of the sixth challenge. He is certain to become a Fourth Generation Disciple of the Misty Sect,” an old man stroked his long beard and smiled.
This person was an elder from the Nine Swords Empire.
The Nine Swords Empire, a Five-Star Force adjacent to the Cangqing Forbidden Zone, had an elder whose strength was formidable, a One-Turn Quasi-Saint.
In the past, when the Celestial Clan’s Crimson Moon Gate appeared and the Celestial Berserker, Xuan Zhong, emerged, attempting to destroy the Nine Swords Empire.
That battle.
Ye Feng turned the tide and defeated the Celestial Berserker, Xuan Zhong, showcasing the strength of the Misty Sect to the world for the first time.
The first time Misty Sect became renowned throughout Shenzhou was then.
“Zhou Teng is indeed a prodigy,” another Quasi-Saint nodded.
Zhou Teng was the brightest star of the Nine Swords Empire. At only fourteen, he had broken through to the first layer of the Spirit Sea Realm, and he was naturally a Sword Dao genius with the Nine Swords Divine Body.
Gong Qingqiu was also paying attention to Zhou Teng.
“He should be able to place first,” Gong Qingqiu thought to herself.
“This level of difficulty won’t stop me!”
A charming voice rang out, and a barefooted young girl emerged from the Misty Area, placing second behind the Nine Swords Divine Body Zhou Teng.
“It’s the princess of the Five-Colors Empire, Ke Anqing.”
“I heard she has the Phoenix Bloodline?”
“No, that’s called the Five Colors Flying Phoenix.”
“Either way, it’s very impressive.”
“The Five-Colors Empire is a Five-Star Force, comparable to the Nine Swords Empire. Having a young genius like Ke Anqing, who broke through to the first layer of the Spirit Sea Realm at barely thirteen, is normal!”
People discussed among themselves.
Inside the scroll world.
Ke Anqing wore a red dress and had her hair tied in double buns. Behind her, a dazzling five-colored radiance emerged, like the wings of a phoenix.
“She’s a promising seedling,” Gong Qingqiu took note of her silently.
Before long, more and more young prospects made it through the Misty Area and began rushing towards the next challenge.
At the finish line.
Xia Wenwen lay on a rock, yawned, and fell asleep.
Scroll World.
The rankings gradually solidified.
Zhou Teng of the Nine Swords Empire, with the Nine Swords Divine Body, led the way, but his advantage was not particularly large.
Following him was Ke Anqing.
The third placer was quite far behind the two, obviously not on par with the top geniuses Ke Anqing and Zhou Teng.
Half an hour later,
Zhou Teng and Ke Anqing almost simultaneously entered the final challenge.
It was a massive archway.
Crossing the gate would mean reaching the endpoint.
Xia Wenwen, who had been sleeping on a boulder, suddenly yawned and woke up.
“Senior Sister Xia, please show mercy.”
Zhou Teng was very polite, bowing to Xia Wenwen.
“I am Ke Anqing, I’ve seen Senior Sister Xia.”
Ke Anqing performed a formal bow too, her demeanor elegant, her voice gentle, a true lady of noble upbringing.
“Attack me together then!”
Xia Wenwen smiled faintly, “I want to see if our future junior brothers and sisters can really take a beating.”
Zhou Teng and Ke Anqing exchanged glances right away.
They certainly wouldn’t underestimate Xia Wenwen.
Before the trial began, this young girl easily subdued the geniuses of the Element Gathering Realm with just one finger, unfathomable and powerful.
To underestimate her was to court failure.
“Let’s cooperate!”
Ke Anqing and Zhou Teng said in unison.
“Nine Swords Unleashed, compete with the world!”
Zhou Teng made the first move.
In the void, nine sharp swords formed a Miniature Sword Formation, cutting towards Xia Wenwen with incredible speed.
“Five-Colors Phoenix, flames burn all directions!”
Ke Anqing wasn’t idle either, she formed hand seals and fiery flames burst forth from her body, turning into five fire phoenixes mid-air, complementing the Nine Swords Sword Array, attacking Xia Wenwen.
“Hmph!”
Xia Wenwen, with her overwhelmingly powerful physical strength and profound foundation, slapped down with her palm.
Boom!
The Nine Swords Sword Array and the five fire phoenixes exploded simultaneously.
“Hisss!”
“How can this girl’s physical strength be so fierce?”
People from various forces were shocked.
On the other side,
Zhou Teng and Ke Anqing dashed out the moment after their attack, rushing past the gate while Xia Wenwen was dealing with the sword array and the fire phoenixes, leaving the Scroll World.
This meant that they had passed the trial.
“Too terrifying!”
“Thankfully it was just a trial, if it had been a fight to the death, we would have definitely perished just now.”
Zhou Teng and Ke Anqing looked back at the Scroll World, feeling frightened after the event.
Xia Wenwen was so formidable at such a young age, what sort of monster was she!
Everyone was puzzled beyond measure.
At the summit of Misty Peak,
The avatar of Jiaoyang Ancient Saint sat next to Ye Feng, grinning from ear to ear as he watched the disciples going through their trials in the Sect Main Plaza.
“Truly worthy of being my descendant, so strong.”
The avatar of Jiaoyang Ancient Saint was quite proud.
Xia Wenwen was born with a Sacred Grade constitution and possessed the Flower Fairy Physique. Since coming to the Misty Sect, she had been sampling various Spirit Dishes in the kitchen every day, accumulating more and more energy inside her.
After Ye Feng’s return, he personally used the seeds of the Purifying Green Lotus to help Xia Wenwen digest some of the energy within her.
Thus, her physical body was as strong as that of a Demon King.
Even though she was young, if a real fight broke out, Xia Wenwen could definitely beat any genius below the Fourth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm into submission.
“When Wenwen turns twelve, she can officially start her cultivation journey. Given her foundation, it won’t be difficult for her to ascend to divinity within a few years,” Ye Feng said calmly.
To ascend to divinity meant reaching the Divine Origin Realm.
“That works too. She’s still young now and not suitable for cultivating. Better wait until she’s twelve,” the Jiaoyang Ancient Saint’s avatar nodded in agreement.
“Oh, someone else is coming.”
Ye Feng noticed that in the Scroll World, the young prodigies ranked third to tenth had also reached the final challenge.
In front of the Scroll World, at the archway,
“Just go ahead!”
Xia Wenwen chose not to take action.
She had already had her fun previously, finding these junior brothers and sisters no match for herself, and did not want to trouble them further.
“Thank you, Senior Sister!”
The group of young prodigies was overjoyed, quickly passing through the gate.
Not long after,
The remaining geniuses successively reached the final challenge.
Seeing the fearsome Xia Wenwen guarding it, they felt as if they were facing a primordial ancient beast, nearly collapsing to the ground.
“Just go!”
Xia Wenwen waved them off, turning to leave the Scroll World, and thus the group of young prodigies heaved a sigh of relief.
Another half an hour passed.
The top five hundred were finally born.
Naturally, those who ranked in the forefront were the geniuses of the Spirit Sea Realm, and most of the others were high-rankers in the Element Gathering Realm.
“Ah!”
“How did someone at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm pass the trial?”
“Can this be real?”
However, someone noticed that the one ranked five hundredth was a youth holding a peculiar compass, with a cultivation level only at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm.
Among the qualifiers who were mostly high-ranking members of the Element Gathering Realm and above, his cultivation level was extremely conspicuous.
At the summit of Misty Peak,
“The Four Symbols Divine Body, no wonder.”
The Jiaoyang Ancient Saint’s avatar stared at the young man, at first startled, then he murmured softly,
“Quite interesting.”
Ye Feng showed no surprise.
From the moment the youth had appeared, he had already seen through all of his roots.