C27

During this period of time, he had always refused the visits of everyone because of the excuse of him cultivating behind closed doors. Even Wang Qing and Mo Lin, who had a good relationship with him, did not know that he was not in the courtyard at all, but was instead in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.

"Fortunately, Jin Yun said that he would not allow anyone to disturb me. Otherwise, my absence would have been discovered long ago." Lu Chen muttered to himself. Forget it, I will just continue to "go into seclusion" for two more days and digest the benefits I have gained from fighting with Jin Yun these past few days. " Lu Chen thought about it for a moment, then decided to not look for Wang Qing and Mo Lin and returned to his room.

"If I had attached a flame to my sword when I used the Clear Sky Slash, it would have had a surprising effect. This can be verified by the competition between Zhang Yu and Jin Yun, but the Flame Dragon Technique is not suitable for use in the selection competition. With my current strength, I can only control the Flame Dragon for a quarter of an hour, and if I used a flame like Jin Yun in the competition, I would be at a disadvantage. Lu Chen sat in his room, thinking about his battle with Jin Yun and how he would benefit from it.

"If I want to smoothly pass the advancement competition, I might as well use the Cyan Cloud Sword. Under special circumstances, with the aid of the Flame Dragon Technique, as well as the Flame Mantra, I am still unable to use them right now." Lu Chen said helplessly. It's best to take advantage of these two days to adjust to your best condition. " Lu Chen decided.

Two days of time passed by quickly, and to cultivators, what they lacked the most was time. The more powerful a cultivator's time was, the more unfathomable it was for them. It usually took them dozens or even hundreds of years to go into seclusion.

"It's already been two days. Today is the preliminaries' day." Lu Chen opened his eyes and felt the abundant energy in his body as he smiled.

"Junior brother Lu, junior brother Lu." Wang Qing and Mo Lin knocked on the door and shouted.

Although they knew Jin Yun's orders, if they didn't call for Lu Chen in time today, they were afraid that Lu Chen would miss this competition by another year.

"Junior brother Wang, do you think junior brother Lu's cultivation has increased?" Maureen asked. For the past three months, Mo Lin had been unable to find Lu Chen. Thus, when he was free, he would often go to Wang Qing and establish a deep friendship with him.

"When junior brother Lu first arrived, he was at the peak of the 7th level of the Refinement Stage. Later he broke through to the 8th level, I think in these three months he should have already reached the 9th level of the Refinement Stage." Wang Qing said.

How could three months be possible?" Maureen said. "He knew that the further he cultivated, the slower his improvement would be. The eighth level of the Refinement Stage to the ninth level was a boundary that he had taken him one year to break through, while his spiritual roots had two different types of spiritual roots. Lu Chen was about the same age as him and was at the seventh level of the Refinement Stage, so he knew that Lu Chen's spiritual roots were inferior, so how could he advance to the ninth level in three months?

"Seniors, sorry for the wait." Lu Chen pushed open the door and said with a smile.

"Junior brother Lu, are you at the ninth level of the Refinement Stage now?" When Mo Lin saw Lu Chen, he discovered that Lu Chen's cultivation was already at the 9th level of Refinement Stage. Moreover, Lu Chen's cultivation was stable and didn't seem like he had just advanced at all.

"Yes, Martial Uncle Jin, thanks to you, I have already broken through to the 9th level of the Refinement Stage." Lu Chen said with a smile.

"Junior brother Lu, I'm really envious of you." Wang Qing said. Lu Chen had only broken through to the 9th level of the Refinement Stage two months ago, while he had only broken through three years ago with the help of Lu Chen's Barrier Breaking Pellet.

"Are you two seniors here for the preliminaries?" Lu Chen said.

"Exactly, since junior brother Lu is out now, let's go." Maureen said.

"Let's go." Wang Qing said.

Thereupon, Lu Chen and the other two flew towards the Qi Yun Hall, which was about to enter the preliminaries, on their respective magical equipment.

Lu Chen and co. discovered that there were four arenas in the square in front of the palace. There were more than a hundred disciples already standing in the palace, including some seniors who had just entered the Cloudsoaring sect.

"Are there different stages to compete in the selection?" Lu Chen asked.

"Yes, the selection is for the four arenas. The disciples who want to go to the four arenas will report to their respective arenas according to their own skill level." Wang Qing said.

"Then must a 9th level Refinement Stage cultivator be reported to the Xuan Yuan Institute?" Lu Chen asked.

"If you have the ability to challenge people beyond your level, you can report to a higher level academy." Wang Qing said.

"It's like this, senior brother Wang, which academy do you want to apply for?" Lu Chen asked.

"I am from the Sky Court." Maureen said.

"I choose the Mysterious Hall. It is safer this way." Wang Qing said.

"Then Maureen, I'll go with you to the Heavenly Court." Lu Chen said with a smile.

"What?" "Junior brother Lu, you." Wang Qing was about to say something when Zhang Qiang's voice sounded.

"Pick the students from each courtyard to sign up at the respective arenas. We'll start drawing lots later." Zhang Qiang said.

"Senior apprentice brother Wang, senior apprentice brother Mo and I will be leaving now." Lu Chen said.

"Junior brother Lu, stop thinking about it?" Wang Qing asked.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Lu Chen said.

Wang Qing recalled that Lu Chen had defeated Zhang Yu, who was at the peak of the 8th level of the Refinement Stage when he was only at the 7th level of the Refinement Stage.

"Senior Martial Brother Wang, I also didn't wish for you to lose your figure in the Cloudsoaring sect in the future." Lu Chen said.

"I'll try my best. See you later." Wang Qing said.

"See you later." Lu Chen, Maureen said.

After Lu Chen and Mo Lin bade farewell to Wang Qing, they walked towards the fourth arena of the Heavenly Court.

"Senior brother, we are going to participate in the Heavenly Court's competition. Brother Luo, is that you?" Lu Chen originally wanted to register with the person in charge of the fourth arena, but that person immediately turned around and recognized the person in charge of the fourth arena as Luo You, who had competed with him in the martial arts sparring hall.

"It's Junior Martial Brother Lu. You've also come here, which is more than enough for the Heavenly Court with your abilities." said Roger, smiling. Although he regretted losing to Lu Chen, he was still very grateful towards what Lu Chen did afterwards.

"Yes, I'll be troubling you Brother Luo." Lu Chen said.

"What is there to say? I can just help you name yourselves. Who is this?" said Roger.

"I am Molin." Maureen laughed.

"I heard that you're the second winner of the ranking competition?" he asked.

"I was lucky." Maureen said humbly.

"Come here, this is your number plate." Luo You took out two numbers and gave them to Lu Chen and Mo Lin.

Lu Chen looked at himself and saw that he was number 12, while Mo Lin was number 11.

"You guys should have gone to the resting area earlier to adjust yourselves." You guys should have come earlier to the resting area to adjust yourself. said Roger.

"Thank you, Brother Luo. Then we'll be leaving first. See you later." Lu Chen said.

"See you later." Luo You.

After Lu Chen and Mo Lin finished talking to Luo You, just like what Luo You said, they walked to the resting area and sat down, waiting for the preliminaries to begin.