Chapter 448: Preliminaries of the Six Competitions (Two)

Because of Lou Mu Yan’s performance in the Alchemy Competition’s preliminaries, more people paid attention to her during the Array Competition.

The Headmasters of the Six Major Sects and the referees on the referee’s seats all turned their attention to her.

She reached out and picked up the array tools on the table, formed seals with her hands, then drew several spiritual runes in the air to insert into the array flag.

The array flag flew up with a dazzling cyan light and the array tools were positioned around her.

When the array flag slowly unfolded, the Initial-Level Grade 3 array linked together.

Watching Lou Mu Yan set up the first array in less than an incense stick of time, the Headmasters of each School began to consider her differently.

“Referees, I’m done.”

The two referees checked the array she had set up and announced: “Eight Extremes Sect pupil Lou Mu Yan completed the first round of the Array Competition.”

Next, she quickly completed the second and third rounds, and the time she took arranging each array didn’t exceed an incense stick of time.

On the referee’s seats.

“This girl’s array attainments are even above her alchemy skills!” The eyes of the Elder of the Array Alliance lit up.

Judging from her proficiency when arranging the array, she should be a Grade 4 Array Master.”

“This level of array attainments can be regarded outstanding even in your Array Alliance right?” The chief referee asked with a smile.

“Judging from her age, she can be considered a leader among the younger generation in the Array Alliance.”

The Elder of the Array Alliance joked with slight regret: “It’s a pity she’s a pupil of the Eight Extremes Sect, otherwise our Array Alliance definitely want her.”

“If she wasn’t a pupil of the Eight Extremes Sect, our Pill Tower wouldn’t let her go either.” The chief referee sighed.

In the past, there was still a balance of talented pupils between the Pill Tower and the Six Major Sects, but this time, the two super geniuses Bai Fei Yao and Wei Yu appeared, so they were now inferior.

If this Lou Mu Yan could make it to the finals after the semi-finals, it will really break the balance of Alchemists of the younger generation between the Pill Tower and the Six Major Sects.

The seats of the Six Major Sects.

“Headmaster Feng, I heard that a pupil of your Eight Extremes Sect is going to participate in all six competitions. It seems that it’s this Lou Mu Yan right?” A Headmaster of the Sword Sect asked tentatively.

Headmaster Feng’s expression was glowing with glee and was absolutely satisfied with Lou Mu Yan, “Indeed. She’s still young, so the Sect wants her to experience a little more in this competition.”

What he said was very flexible. If Lou Mu Yan couldn’t make it to the finals, then it would be nothing. She was sent here by the Sect to experience. Lou Mu Yan’s achievements were already pretty good for someone who wasn’t yet twenty.

Of course, if she could advance to the finals, then it would gain huge face for the Eight Extremes Sect.

“Headmaster Feng, you’re too modest. I think this girl still has a good chance of entering the finals.” The Sword Sect and the Eight Extremes Sect had a good relationship, so they had a good attitude when speaking to each other.

Huo Ling Long said with a smile: “Is there a need to say something so obvious?”

“…”

The Headmasters of the five sects knew now. This demoness came to participate in the Sects’ Grand Competition just to show off.

After the Array Competition finished, Lou Mu Yan walked to the Taming Competition.

Soon, it was her turn, and her order was also adjusted by the referees.

“The Taming Competition is divided into three rounds. In each round, you must help the person we arranged to contract a Demonic Beast. The pupils who succeed in the contracting will enter the next round, and those who fail will be automatically eliminated.

“The Demonic Beasts that everyone is assisting to contract are the same. The competition starts now.”

Lou Mu Yan walked to her place where a pupil of Sword King cultivation base stood. Beside him was a Tier 5 Ring-Patterned Lion.

Without any hesitation, she opened the cage, and when the Ring-Patterned Lion roared, she focused her Mental Energy and the Ring-Patterned Lion instantly silenced.

She placed her hand on the top of the Ring-Patterned Lion’s head and began to cast the contract skill.

This time, instead of using the Ancient Contract Skill, she used the contract technique that she leant at the Sect’s Taming Pagoda.

In less than an incense stick of time, the Ring-Patterned Lion Demonic Beast’s Crystal Core was marked with a contract seal by her.

“Drip a drop of blood essence on the head of this Ring-Patterned Lion.” She looked at the pupil and said.

The pupil replied respectfully: “Yes.”

A drop of blood fell on the head of the Ring-Patterned Lion and quickly entered, then a soft white light enveloped the one person and one beast.

After a while, the contract was successful.

The others were still communicating with the Ring-Patterned Lion, but Lou Mu Yan had already completed the contract. Those who competed with her in this round looked at her with horror.

She ignored those exploratory and surprised gazes and asked to continue to the next round as usual.

The second round was to help contract an Initial-Phase Tier 6 Demonic Beast, and the third round required her to help contract a Peak-Phase Tier 6 Demonic Beast. She completed each in an incense stick of time.

When the referee announced that she had entered the semi-finals, she got up and exited the arena. She didn’t remain and instead returned straight back to her residence.

Her performance in the three competitions just now already caused more than half the pupils to pay attention to her. She was too lazy to face those gazes, so she withdrew to wait for the remaining three competitions on the second day.

“Headmaster Feng! Just where did you find this little girl?” The Headmaster of the Spirit Tamers Sect concealed the shock in his eyes and asked with a smile.

Headmaster Feng himself also didn’t expect that Lou Mu Yan would leave behind such a jaw-dropping performance in the three competitions earlier.

“Haha, Lou Mu Yan was dug over by Elder Ao of our Eight Extremes Sect from the other Elders of your five sects during the Tian’ling Continental Tournament for Hegemony.” Headmaster Feng revealed a joyful expression and boasted.

The Headmasters of the other five sects were all stunned, obviously not expecting that there was this sort of twist and turn. They couldn’t resist complaining inwardly that the Elders who went to the Tian’ling Continental Tournament for Hegemony were incompetent.

All five of their sects were stronger than the Eight Extremes Sect, yet in the end she was dug over by Ao Rong, that damned old thing. How embarrassing!

Although Lou Mu Yan passing the three competitions attracted the attention of many people, but it didn’t cause any sensation.

After all, this was only the preliminaries. The real time to see the difference was the semi-finals and the finals.

The next day, Lou Mu Yan followed the pupils of the Eight Extremes Sect to the competition arena early in the morning.

She discovered that the pupils of the sect had a much better attitude towards her, and the sense of alienation wasn’t as strong as before.

Many even kept praising her for being so amazing, but she just smiled and said nothing.

The coming first round was the Talisman Competition. The rules were the same as the Alchemy Competition. She completed each round in less than an incense stick of time and directly entered the semi-finals.

The rules for the Smithing Competition were also the same. She still completed each round in less than an incense stick of time and passed all three rounds, entering the semi-finals.

Next was the battle of strength.

“This girl is proficient in all five specialisations!” The Elder of the Smithing Pavilion’s eyes widened and marvelled.

The Elder of the Array Alliance smiled brightly: “Last time, there was that versatile genius Chi Xiu from Heavenly Secret Palace. Could it be this time the Eight Extremes Sect will also give birth to a versatile genius?”

“I can’t judge how she is in the five specialisations yet, but her cultivation base is a little unpresentable in terms of battle strength.” The chief referee of the Pill Tower said.

The other referees nodded in agreement. Among the pupils participating in the Grand Competition from the Six Major Sects, only Lou Mu Yan was still at Peak-Phase Sword Sovereign, while the rest were all Sword Venerable cultivation bases.

I believe it’s an error on the author’s part, but the author wrote, twice, that LMY passed the preliminaries and entered ‘finals’ instead of the ‘semi-finals’. I corrected it to ‘semi-finals’ since it was mentioned earlier that each competition had 3 parts to it. If I’m wrong I’ll just come back to correct it again. Pretty sure she didn’t just skip the semi-finals, although she totally could.