Chapter 250 The Bet Between the Deans

"Is this guy still a dual-attribute sword cultivator?"

At the judges' table, Dean Qi couldn't help but froze when he saw Zhou Ling defeating his Taoist disciples so easily.

You know, He Rui is ranked among the top five disciples in the inner courtyard.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't block Zhou Ling's sword.

Moreover, Zhou Ling was only in the early stages of foundation building.

"Dean Qi doesn't know something, but Zhou Ling is a heavenly foundation builder!"

Dean Zhong smiled.

Even he was a little surprised by Zhou Ling's display of combat prowess.

This is an improvement by more than one level compared to last year's Taoist competition.

But it was really shocking to be able to defeat this top-ranked disciple of Tianxia Taoist Academy so easily.

In his opinion, even if Zhou Ling can win, it will still take a hard fight.

"Tianpin foundation building, I know, but this combat power is really not easy!"

Dean Qi squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Zhou Ling with doubts.

Dean Huang also looked at Zhou Ling in surprise.

Originally, they all thought that facing Xuanyuan Taoist Academy would be the best way to deal with it and they would have a greater chance of winning.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Ling, the person with the lowest cultivation level in Xuanyuan Taoist Academy, would show such amazing combat power.

With just one sword strike, the opponent was rendered helpless.

"It seems that I found the right person when I asked him to refine my sword!"

Dean Palace also said with a smile.

"Dean Gong, you are already in the late stage of Jindan cultivation, why do you want to find this little guy to refine your sword?"

Dean Zhong asked curiously.

Although Zhou Ling has been able to refine a third-level sword.

But obviously there is still a certain gap between the sword that the Palace Chief wants.

After all, although Dean Gong is in the late stage of Jindan, he has already understood the three realms of swordsmanship.

It has reached the point where man and sword merge into one, so his combat power is no less than that of early Yuanying monks.

Generally used swords are also fourth-level swords.

"Hehe, I can't explain this matter for a while."

Dean Palace said with a smile.

When Dean Zhong heard this, although he was curious, he was too embarrassed to ask any more.

"Zhou Ling is so powerful, but he is only ranked thirteenth. This is obviously underestimated!"

"I don't think there will be any problems if we enter the semi-finals!"

Dean Gong shifted the topic to Zhou Ling again.

"I don't think it's that easy. In the next round, his opponent is Li Jun from Tianxia Taoist Academy."

"Li Jun is at the pinnacle of foundation building cultivation. He ranked fourth in this assessment. He is both a rune master and an array master."

"Even if the top three disciples meet her, they are not sure of victory!"

Dean Huang looked at the information and smiled.

"It's actually Li Jun, that's really surprising!"

Hearing this, Dean Gong nodded and agreed with this.

Li Jun is also well-known in Qingyun Immortal City. In his early twenties, he is already a second-level top rune master and formation master.

The talent is amazing.

Moreover, she is from the Li family of Qingyun Fairy City. She is the sister of the talented young man Li Yu, who is in the same class as Zhou Ling and has been suppressed by him.

"On the contrary, I think Zhou Ling may have a better chance of winning against Li Jun."

Dean Zhong took a sip of tea and smiled.

It seems that he has great confidence in Zhou Ling.

Now he is naturally convinced of Zhou Ling's technical strength.

I feel that if Zhou Ling cultivates into the golden elixir, he may be able to refine fourth-level treasures.

As for actual combat, although he didn't know much about it, Zhou Ling didn't seem to have a high level of cultivation.

But this kid asked about the leader's reward on the way.

I haven't paid much attention to it yet.

Now it seems that he really came here for the leader reward.

The other three people couldn't help but look at each other in confusion. They all knew that Dean Zhong was usually a low-key and calm person.

Why is this so boastful?

"Although Zhou Ling is good at swordsmanship, in the battle just now, two swords happened to suppress He Rui."

"But it's different when meeting this Li Jun. With Li Jun's strength, she has a set of flying dragon sword talismans in her hands, which is enough to ensure that she enters the top four, and even wins the top spot in the end."

Dean Gong seemed to know Li Jun very well and said slowly.

Basically, with Li Jun's strength, among the thirty-two disciples participating in this competition.

That is the ability to definitely enter the top four.

A solid first-tier team.

"In fact, Zhou Ling will not only be able to defeat Li Jun this time, he will even become the leader!"

But Dean Zhong said something that made the other three deans stunned.

Everyone looked at Dean Zhong with disbelief.

Even though Zhou Ling had already shown considerable strength in the previous battle.

But none of the opponents behind them are fuel-efficient.

Moreover, Zhou Ling was only in the early stages of foundation building.

In the next game, if you encounter an opponent like Li Jun, your mana will probably be exhausted.

They really couldn't figure out how Zhou Ling could defeat Li Jun?

Moreover, in addition to Li Jun, there are also Wan Kun, Qin Hao, Zhao Jie, etc., but they are all geniuses among geniuses.

Those who are at the peak of foundation building cultivation have special physiques.

Already has the strength to challenge Jin Dan.

Wan Kun has fused the essence and blood of the Thunder Ape since he was a child, and condensed the acquired Thunder Ape combat body.

Qin Hao is the body of an innate fierce sword.

Zhao Jie is the Huogang spirit body.

These three people can be said to be the most powerful disciples in Qingyun Immortal City in the past ten years.

The top three this year will definitely be the three of them, the only variable is Li Jun.

In last year's Tianxia Taoist Competition, Li Jun only lost to Zhao Jie at the last minute.

The strength is considered to be between equals.

"Dean Zhong, you have to know that it has been almost fifty years, and your Xuanyuan Taoist Academy has never won the championship."

"Do you think Zhou Ling is only in the early stages of foundation building and can he become the leader?"

Dean Huang said with a slightly amused tone.

Of course, he didn't mean to look down on Zhou Ling.

With Zhou Ling's age and cultivation, he will definitely have a place in Qingyun Immortal City in the future.

Not to mention the future, even now, as the deputy chief of the Tiangong Department, he is already considered the number one figure.

"Dean Huang, how about we make a bet?"

Dean Zhong smiled.

This kid Zhou Ling must have some tricks up his sleeve.

"bet?"

Hearing this, Dean Huang frowned, then smiled and said, "Unexpectedly, Dean Zhong is so elegant, so of course I will accompany him."

"You just don't know what to bet on?"

Although Zhou Ling is not weak in strength, from his perspective, it is absolutely impossible to win the championship.

"If Zhou Ling can win the first prize, the fourth-level Requiem Bead in my hand will be yours!"

Dean Zhong took out a black bead and said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll bet on this fourth-level thunder tree!"

Dean Huang laughed, took out a piece of thunderwood, and said with a smile.

In his opinion, Dean Zhong made it clear that he wanted to give this Requiem Pearl to him.

"Both deans, are you interested?"

Dean Zhong smiled and said to the other two people.

"It's a small gambling pleasure, so I'll have a gamble with Dean Zhong."

Dean Qi nodded and took out a black sword.

Dean Zhong took out a bottle of fourth-level elixir.

As for Dean Gong, he frowned but showed no interest.

He seemed quite curious about Dean Zhong's trust in Zhou Ling.

The three of them paid more attention to Zhou Ling now.

After Zhou Ling defeated his opponent, he returned to the rest area, took out a pill, threw it into his mouth, and began to refine and absorb the medicine's power to restore his cultivation.

Even though I just used one sword, it still consumed a lot of energy.

So we still have to buy time and recover as soon as possible.

However, the next competition will start in more than half an hour, which is enough time.

The other four disciples of Xuanyuan Taoist Academy who had not yet entered the stage were surprised to see Zhou Lingsheng so relaxed.

Especially Xi Mo and Cang Zhi.

In the Taoist competition last year, they failed to fight Zhou Ling head-on due to excessive consumption.

Finally ranked second or third.

I feel quite sorry.

But look at Zhou Ling's sword just now.

They realized that even if they met Zhou Ling, they had no chance of winning.

He also has a clearer understanding of Zhou Ling's combat power.

"Brother Ling, your opponent in the next round is her, Li Yun!"

"The rune master and the formation master just used the cooperation of three second-level runes to easily defeat their opponent!"

After a while, Sun Dajie came to Zhou Ling's side and reported to him the situation he had learned from, his expression a little solemn.

In the battle just now, this Li Jun also showed the ability to crush his opponent, and his opponent was a late-stage foundation-building monk.

This fighting power is extremely scary.

I was also worried about Zhou Ling in my heart.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the soldiers come to block the water and the soil comes to cover it!"

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

Li Jun, one of the two peak foundation-builders of Tianxia Taoist Academy, met like this.

However, in order to become the leader of the competition, it will happen sooner or later.

"In addition, Li Jun is Li Yu's biological sister."

Sun Dajie said to Zhou Ling again.

"oh!"

Zhou Ling was a little surprised when he heard this.

This big family is indeed full of talented people.

With a talent like Li Yu's, he has a high probability of becoming a fourth-grade weapon refiner in the future.

His sister's talent is even higher than that of Li Yu.

However, considering that the Li family is a family that has produced god-transformation monks, it is not surprising that the Li Yu siblings are so outstanding.

Then, Sun Dajie continued to introduce Li Jun's situation to Zhou Ling.

As a guest of the Zhou family, his main task now is to inquire about information.

And in this regard, he is absolutely expert.

He found out clearly the number of times Li Jun had taken action in the past three years and the runes he used each time.

"The most powerful thing this woman has in her hands right now is a flying dragon sword talisman formation. The construction team is powerful enough to deal with the Golden Core cultivator."

"The Flying Dragon Sword Talisman Array refined last year was only a second-grade high-grade one. In the final battle, it was defeated by Zhao Jie, who had earth-grade spiritual roots and a fire-gang spirit body."

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Zhou Ling was not careless and listened carefully.

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An hour later, the second round of competition began.

Zhou Ling stood on the competition stage and bowed to the tall woman in yellow who looked somewhat similar to Li Yu.

"My brother seems to have always wanted to defeat you, but now that you are a heavenly guard, the chances of him catching up with you in the future are probably very small."

Li Jun also returned the favor to Zhou Ling and said with a smile.

"During the journey of cultivation, some people have accumulated a lot of knowledge, and some have instant enlightenment. It's hard to say who will have a high level of cultivation in the future and who will have a low level of cultivation!"

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

"You are indeed a knowledgeable person!"

"Well, how about you just admit defeat and I'll draw ten runes for you later?"

Li Jun smiled to Zhou Ling again.

Then, without waiting for Zhou Ling to answer, he said directly, "If you just admit defeat, Li Yu will not obey me obediently from now on!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ling was stunned for a moment, a little confused as to what his opponent's logic was.

Why should I admit defeat?

For ten runes?

You should know that the winner of this competition will be rewarded with a treasure like Jade Golden Pill, which is not comparable to ten runes?

And what happens between you two siblings is none of my business!

"If you admit defeat, I will refine ten swords for you later!"

Zhou Ling said with a smile.

This reward is Jade Golden Pill, no matter how strong the opponent is, he will never give up.

Although he is only at the third level of foundation building now and is still far from forming a pill, as long as the pill is properly preserved, there will be no problem for more than ten years.

"Do you think you can beat me in the early stage of foundation building?"

Hearing his words, Li Yun couldn't help but look surprised, as if he was forcibly holding back his laughter.

"About the same!"

Zhou Ling said modestly.

Li Yun's eyes widened when he heard this. He really couldn't understand where this kid got his confidence from. He shook his head and said, "You can actually become a Heavenly Guardian. It seems that you must be extraordinary."

"Then let me see your strength!"

As soon as the voice fell, a yellow rune was cast in his hand.

"Boom!"

With a loud explosion, thunder roared.

One after another, purple thunders bombarded Zhou Ling like thunder dragons.

From the bottom of the competition stage, the entire competition stage was filled with purple lightning.

The violent lightning enveloped Zhou Ling.

As thunder bombarded down.

In Zhou Ling's hand, a flaming sword light soared into the sky.

The Fire Cloud Sword slashed at the thunder light, and the vast Fire Cloud Sword Qi whistled out.

Sweeping past, instantly annihilated the thunder in the sky.

The shining thunder on the entire competition stage was completely defeated by Zhou Ling's sword.

"You are quite capable, but I want to see how many swords you can use in the early stage of foundation building?"

Li Yun raised the corner of her mouth slightly, sneered, and swung out three yellow runes in her hand.

Boom!

Three clear purple lights condensed and turned into a purple thunder dragon that shook the entire competition stage. With a light tap of Li Yun's finger, it bombarded Zhou Ling.

Obviously, she wanted to use the runes to directly kill Zhou Ling.

"Three second-grade top-grade Thunder Dragon Runes, Senior Sister Li thinks too highly of him!"

"That's right, a person in the early stage of foundation building, no matter how strong he is, can't fall in succession to Thunder Dragon Runes."

"It is said that Senior Sister Li's brother has some grudges with this person in Xuanyuan Taoist Academy. Senior Sister Li is probably trying to teach him a lesson!"

"So that's it!"

"With such a powerful Thunder Dragon Rune, I would have admitted defeat directly!"

"Being able to be defeated by Senior Sister Li's Thunder Dragon Rune, he is proud enough!"

In the audience, the disciples of Tianxia Taoist Academy were discussing.

But as soon as the voice fell.

There was a rumbling sound.

On the competition stage, sword shadows were everywhere, and three third-grade swords slashed across the sky.

Three ferocious and roaring purple dragons were instantly slashed.

"How is it possible?"

"Am I seeing this correctly?"

"How can you control three third-grade swords at the same time?"

Seeing this unbelievable scene, all the disciples of Tianxia Taoist Academy couldn't help but exclaimed.

No one had expected that Zhou Ling, who was only in the initial stage of foundation building, would have such terrifying combat power.