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Chapter 317: I'll Prove that Our Linhai Mansion Has No Connection with Tian's Spear City
Chapter 317: I'll Prove that Our Linhai Mansion Has No Connection with Tian's Spear City
Yunyang Sect had already made their plans long ago.
Wen Yuanlang and Zhang Fan were collaborating to slay demons, aiming for Wen Yuanlang to achieve a good ranking.
However, it seems that multiple disciples from Linhai Mansion were also working together.
Moreover, Linhai Mansion had three disciples entering the mountain range, one more than Yunyang Sect.
Before the mountain range, disciples from various sects kept arriving.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Tong Shu San Ping had already sent another demon corpse.
In less than half a day, it was almost noon.
This round of trials had concluded.
Tong Shu San Ping directly brought back five demon corpses, one more than Yunyang Sect's Wen Yuanlang.
This place was on the north side of the capital, an inland area.
The number of demons here was not comparable to the wilderness.
Among the more than sixty disciples present, over half had not slain any demons.
In the end, they just picked some herbs and returned to make up the numbers.
There was no other way; how many demons could there be in this inland mountain range?
Moreover, they were located near the Great Zhou Dynasty's capital, and many warriors passed through.
With the slightest encounter, they would immediately slay all the demons.
The court had already arranged for people to conduct statistics.
Within two hours, the rankings were announced.
In this first round of ranking trials, Tong Shu San Ping from Linhai Mansion ranked first.
Wen Yuanlang only managed to secure the second position.
Wen Yuanlang and Zhang Fan had tried their best, but in the end, they couldn't find any demons.
On Yunyang Sect's side, Wen Yuanlang and Zhang Fan apologized to Sun Xue Rong.
Without securing the first-place ranking, the chance to challenge Su Chen was most likely gone.
Unless Tong Shu San Ping lost to Su Chen, allowing Su Chen to remain and be challenged.
This was also a possibility, but it remained to be seen what Linhai Mansion was planning.
After the rankings, the next step was to choose opponents for the trials.
As the top-ranked, Tong Shu San Ping could choose anyone.
He could even choose Wen Yuanlang, who ranked second.' instead of ' ranked second.' if the following text contains ' ranked second.' in the next 1000 characters.'
Tong Shu San Ping wasn't here to cause trouble, and his intentions were very clear.
He wanted to challenge Su Chen.
Tong Shu San Ping selected a disciple he remembered, who was still short of the Seventh Stage Perfected.
He didn't want any mistakes, ensuring his victory.
On the martial arts arena, the trial began.
Tong Shu San Ping, known as the Celestial Prodigy, indeed possessed some strength and skills.
He faced his opponent with ease.
After winning, he also gained the first choice to challenge.
If he wanted to go to the Shadowplain Battlefield, he needed to carefully plan when to challenge.
Being ranked first was absolutely inappropriate.
Even if he defeated Su Chen, he would still have to withstand challenges from other warriors.
Standing first, could he guarantee continuous victories?
Yunyang Sect also hoped that Tong Shu San Ping was aiming for the Shadowplain Battlefield and not just the ranking.
The trials continued, and on the martial arts arena, there were no upsets in the early stages.
In the latter half, some warriors were skilled, but they hadn't secured suitable rankings.
Although they were chosen, their strength was clearly superior to their opponents.
The outcome was evident.
After the first round of trials, only thirty-two were left among the sixty-plus disciples.
These thirty-two had the qualification to challenge the five Su Chen.
The spectators were quite entertained.
It was now the fourth hour of the afternoon.
However, for the major sects, the real highlight was the upcoming challenges.
The Midyear Competition and the qualification for the Shadowplain Battlefield were intertwined.
This led to an unsuitable format for this competition.
The Midyear Grand Tournament and the Shadowplain Battlefield are somewhat unrelated, and it's more about vying for the qualification to go to the battlefield.
The Crown Prince stepped onto the central arena, signaling for everyone to start arranging their order and announcing their challenge sequence.
Hearing that Situ Sanping would be the first to challenge, Sun Xuerong couldn't help but scoff.
"Linhai Mansion is really interesting. They caused trouble once, and now they're here again."
After so many arrangements, they still encountered changes.
Wen Yuanlang was the second to choose, and he selected the third position.
Whether Situ Sanping wins or loses, this second round won't continue the challenge against Su Chen. He could only choose to be the third to appear.
The disciples from other sects mainly aimed for the Shadowplain Battlefield qualification.
They didn't have any obsession with challenging Su Chen.
They wanted a suitable position, one that would give them a chance to challenge the weakest among the five.
The celestial prodigies from other sects all chose to appear in the twenties.
They felt this position was more appropriate.
After the selections, the order of the 32 people was about to be finalized.
Below the arena, Sun Xuerong stepped forward at this moment.
"Linhai Mansion insists on making things so difficult? You've already harmed Yunyang Sect once, and now you're here for a second time?
Can you tell me what benefits the Celestial Capital City has given you that you're helping them like this?
A disciple who is greedy for credit, ungrateful, and forgetful of favors, you've helped them get to this point."
Sun Xuerong's expression was serious, and her eyes glared at Linhai Mansion.
Sun Xuerong's speech was not only questioning Linhai Mansion but also questioning Situ Sanping.
She was also speaking to the surrounding commoners.
She wanted to spread the word again that Su Chen was being hyped and praised.
As soon as Sun Xuerong finished speaking, Situ Sanping had already stepped forward.
"Elder Sun, you've already made up your mind, so no matter how I explain, it won't help.
But today, I will prove myself.
I will prove that Linhai Mansion and the Celestial Capital City have no collusion."
Compared to before, Situ Sanping seemed to have become more composed.
When he spoke these words, he was extremely calm, without a hint of haste.
"If you really want to prove yourself, prove that Linhai Mansion and the Celestial Capital City have no collusion, then give up the first challenge qualification.
We have our own arrangements and don't need you to add to the trouble."
Sun Xuerong tried to persuade him.
But Situ Sanping didn't listen; he wanted to clear his name in his own way.
At the same time, he wanted to make up for last year's defeat at the capital assembly.
Without further words, Situ Sanping directly stepped onto the arena.
"I challenge the disciple of the Celestial Capital City, Su Chen."
On the Crown Prince's side, they had already guessed that he would say Su Chen.
Just as they were about to speak, Su Chen had already stepped onto the arena.
At this moment, only Su Chen and Situ Sanping remained on the arena.
"No matter what means you used, I, Situ Sanping, won't easily win against you.
Even if you can fight me to a draw, it's not Yunyang Sect's fault for misunderstanding.
But today, that kind of situation won't happen.
No matter what martial art you use or what elixir you take, it's fine."
Su Chen just looked at Situ Sanping and didn't argue with him.
He came to clear his name, and so did he.
The spectators had become completely quiet.
The younger sister, Jin Yue, and Gu Wei, their brows were tightly furrowed, and their hearts were unconsciously worried.
On Yunyang Sect's side, Liu Xingwan looked at the arena.
But after a moment, she turned back to look at the crowd.
She was still looking for Chen Su.
(End of Chapter)
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