Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: First Stage

“The reason the prizes are so generous this year…”

Ping Yuzi paused for a while. Then, he smiled slightly and said, “It’s because the Frost Cloud Sect has produced an incredible genius. It’s also because the Frost Cloud Sect Leader has broken through and become a Dragon God Realm cultivator!”

“What?!”

Everyone was shocked speechless.

They couldn’t care less about the so-called incredible genius. What truly shocked them was the news about the sect leader.

Dragon God Realm cultivator!

The Frost Cloud Sect was considered prestigious in a place like the Far Mountain Province, but in the end, it was still only a ninth grade sect. However, things would be different starting now. The Frost Cloud Sect Leader’s breakthrough to becoming a Dragon God Realm cultivator signified that the Frost Cloud Sect would very soon develop into an eighth grade sect.

If one took this opportunity to join the Frost Cloud Sect now, then he would be very likely to become an eighth grade sect disciple in the future!

Although the two were only one grade apart, the social standing, status, as well as treatment towards an eighth grade sect disciple were entirely different from those of a ninth grade sect disciple.

Instantly, many people started to get ready, impatiently waiting for things to start.

This was what Ping Yuzi wanted to see. Otherwise, why would he have bothered to say any of this?

“Alright.”

Seeing that everyone couldn’t wait to get started, Ping Yuzi smiled lightly and said, “Everyone who wishes to join the Frost Cloud Sect, follow me. Everyone else, wait here.”

“Li’l Su Han, good luck! Win for my sake!” Xiao Yuran’s big eyes flickered with hope.

Su Han seemed a bit helpless. It seemed like he wasn’t going to get rid of her that easily.

“Hanny, Father will be waiting for you,” Su Yunming also said with a smile.

“Su Han.”

Xiao Hengshan walked over and said sincerely, “The Xiao Clan won’t meddle in your affairs with Yuran. We saved you not because we wanted to force you to marry her. However, joining the Frost Cloud Sect would be an extremely valuable opportunity. If you can earn the first place of this competition, the Frost Cloud Sect will definitely nurture you with all of their strength. By then, your potential can also be further developed.”

“Li’l Su Han is my husband. He’s going to marry me,” Xiao Yuran mumbled, feeling somewhat wronged by her father.

Seeing her like this, Su Han couldn’t resist smiling. “Li’l girl, we can talk about our marriage if you still like me after you find those four things and become a cultivator. Alright?”

“Even if I become a Dragon Grand Realm cultivator, I’ll still want to marry you!” Xiao Yuran said as she clenched her tender fists.

…

At the same time, somewhere else in the crowd, the people from the Su Clan were looking anxious.

“Where have Minghui and Mingxuan gone? Why haven’t they returned? The competition is about to start,” Su Yunchen said anxiously.

Su Yunpeng was also somewhat angry. “These two bastards will see how I’m going to punish them if they dare to mess up now.”

Su Yunlie, who was standing in a corner, looked at them and then looked at Su Han who wasn’t too far away, feeling complicated and frustrated.

Was my decision then… truly right? Su Yunlie thought to himself.

“Father, Su Han may have left the clan, but you still have me,” a young man suddenly said. “Even if I can’t get first place this year, I will still try to do well. I definitely won’t disappoint you.”

“Alright!”

Looking at the man, Su Yunlie revealed a smile. “Mingkai, although I’m not your biological father, you are still a son to me. Do your best. No matter the results, I will celebrate for you when you return.”

“Yes!” The man nodded.

The man was Su Mingkai, Su Yunlie’s son.

More accurately, he was Su Yunlie’s adopted son.

Su Yunlie had never had a wife nor any offspring. Su Mingkai was someone he had run into and saved a month ago. After that, Su Yunlie decided to adopt him.

Before Su Mingkai joined the Su Clan, he only had five dragon veins. However, with the help of the Su Clan’s resources, he had opened another three and made Su Yunlie very happy.

Su Mingkai was almost thirty years old. However, the Frost Cloud Sect cared not about age, but about potential and willpower. Su Yunlie had high hopes for Su Mingkai. At least in terms of potential, Su Mingkai was a lot stronger than Minghui and Mingxuan.

“Let’s go!”

Right then, Ping Yuzi’s voice rang out.

Su Yunchen’s and Su Yunpeng’s expressions changed drastically. Su Yunchen yelled immediately, “Are you all a bunch of trash? You’ve already investigated for such a long time, so why have you still not found where the two Young Masters went?”

“Patriarch, we just got news that about half a month ago, the two Young Masters travelled to the Xiao Clan, and have not been seen since then,” one of the guards said.

“Hmm?”

Su Yunpeng’s expression suddenly changed. “Half a month ago? The Xiao Clan wouldn’t have…”

“The Xiao Clan wouldn’t dare to.”

Su Yunchen snorted coldly, “If it had only been Mingxuan and Minghui, they might have. However, they were with Liang Shaohui. The Xiao Clan wouldn’t dare to do anything to Liang Shaohui even if they were the most presumptuous people in the world.”

“Right. Liang Shaohui is also absent. The three of them must have gone somewhere together. Unfortunately, they will miss this year’s opportunity of joining the Frost Cloud Sect.” Su Yunpeng gritted his teeth angrily.

They were confident that nothing had happened to Liang Shaohui, not knowing that Su Mingxuan, Su Minghui, and Liang Shaohui were all resting beneath the ground at this moment.

…

A large group of a few thousand people followed Ping Yuzi, all from a younger generation.

Just the big four clans had more than a thousand people in them. Adding up the people from the other provincial cities and county cities, the number wasn’t strange.

Before the mountain lay a flight of stone stairs that ran vertically up the mountain, step by step.

To a regular person, the stairs would naturally be very tiring to climb. However, they were all cultivators and weren’t really affected by it.

After half an hour, everyone arrived at a large plaza on the side of the mountain, big enough to accommodate up to ten thousand people. A large veil of light covered the entire plaza.

“This is where the first stage will take place.”

Ping Yuzi said, “All you will enter, and a stack of high quality gold grade spirit items will be given to you. After digesting, whoever opens one dragon vein will be awarded with ten points. Two dragon veins will earn you twenty points. The more dragon veins you open, the better your score will be.”

The scoring system was only used in the first stage and not in the following two stages.

The highest scorer would naturally take this stage’s first place.

Of course, the ‘gold grade spirit items’ mentioned by Ping Yuzi were not real, only an illusion. Otherwise, if a thousand people were each given a stack of high quality gold grade spirit items, let alone the Frost Cloud Sect, even a seventh grade sect wouldn’t be able to handle that.

As people entered the plaza one by one, a humming started to ring out from the sky as large quantities of spirit items were dropped from above.

This isn’t a formation, it’s only something that’s condensed from dragon Qi that is able to disrupt willpower.

Su Han looked at the floating spirit items and thought to himself, Looks like the Frost Cloud Sect has some special items. Otherwise, even a Dragon God Realm cultivator wouldn’t have such powerful dragon Qi.

“Su Han.”

At this moment, a cold voice rang out, “Eight dragon veins. You have a lot of potential, Su Han; don’t disappoint me.”