21: Chapter 21 Immortal Dao Conference?

"100 points secured!" Li Fan felt a bit smug inside. "A total of 140, surely that must put me straight into first place?"

So, he opened the leaderboard to check, only to find that his ranking had actually dropped, to over three thousand.

The first place was already in the four-digit range.

"As expected, there is always someone better out there." Li Fan calmly accepted his ranking; anyway, as long as he could get into a university, it would be fine.

He turned to chat with Luo Qingqian, who was by his side.

"Qingqian, how many more points do you need? The top universities will likely require a ranking within six or seven thousand."

Luo Qingqian checked her points. Li Fan had split the 200-point token he obtained in half with her, so she had exactly one hundred points, stuck at the tail end of the three-thousands.

"The ranking is enough." Luo Qingqian nodded.

Xuanzong University and Xuanzhuan University each admitted two thousand students per year, and other top universities would also be poaching people from the top of the leaderboard.

Therefore, a ranking within five thousand would be a safe bet for entry.

As long as she kept this up, it wouldn't be a problem for her to get into the top-ranked Xuanzong University alongside Li Fan.

However, Luo Qingqian was somewhat unhappy; she realized the gap between herself and Li Fan had become quite large.

Although Li Fan's Aptitude wasn't as good as hers, he had already reached Qi Refining Perfection, possessed Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, and had even grasped Spirit Reflection.

She wanted to be with Li Fan and was afraid of being left far behind, unable to keep up with his pace.

She could only secretly cheer herself on in her heart.

'Don't worry, Luo Qingqian, you have Dragon-Elephant Aptitude; once you start to Cultivate in university, you will definitely be able to catch up quickly.'

"What's wrong, Qingqian?"

Li Fan noticed something was off with Luo Qingqian, and she suppressed her emotions to speak.

"It's nothing, let's continue to obtain point tokens."

"We'll go to Xuanzong University together when the time comes."

Learning that Luo Qingqian intended to apply to the same university as him, Li Fan, who had grown accustomed to having her by his side, smiled and said:

"Alright, it's a deal."

Meanwhile, Qian Zhenzhen had once again easily obtained three point tokens.

Watching that team of Xuanxing Department Cultivators fly high into the sky after finishing the distribution of tokens, she spoke to dismiss the three people who had lost their usefulness.

"That's enough. This Young Miss is feeling merciful today and will spare the three of you. Get out of my sight immediately."

After saying this, Qian Zhenzhen didn't even spare them another glance; there were truly very few men who could hold her attention.

Opening her terminal, her points had reached 150, with a ranking around three thousand.

"I should be able to choose any university now. Which one should I pick?"

At this moment, she recalled the instructions from the old man at home.

If by Opportunity she managed to get a high enough ranking, she must choose Xuanzong University, as it was comprehensive and suitable for a student like her who was destined to go into business in the future.

"Then I'll choose Xuanzhuan University."

Qian Zhenzhen rebelliously set her goal. Originally, she had intended to ask Li Fan which university he was attending, but she no longer had the inclination to do so.

Ten thousand miles away, the old man of the Qian Family watched the official live broadcast of the school exam rankings. Seeing that his daughter had already entered the qualification rankings for both Xuanzhuan University and Xuanzong University, he secretly felt proud.

"I pretended to earnestly advise her to go to Xuanzong University before, so Zhenzhen will definitely choose Xuanzhuan University."

"This can also be considered fulfilling her mother's wish."

Qian's father nodded with satisfaction, while Qian Zhenzhen, who was in the exam Secret Realm, did not yet know that she had fallen into her father's trap.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the afternoon of the second day. Qian Zhenzhen's points had reached 300, and her ranking was stable at around three thousand.

Although the points on the leaderboard were all increasing, there hadn't been much change in the rankings, which were in a state of dynamic stability.

"Two more days until it ends," Qian Zhenzhen thought, having learned the exact end time from the Xuanxing Department personnel.

Tomorrow, there would be a unified competition covering the entire exam Secret Realm.

The people from the Xuanxing Department called it the Immortal Dao Assembly, another term she didn't know where they had heard from.

Qian Zhenzhen wasn't very nervous; having reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining early on, she wouldn't have much trouble dealing with it.

Consequently, she was quite relaxed now, but this leisure did not last long.

Suddenly, the sky within the Zhongmen Secret Realm flickered between light and dark; amidst the flashing black and white, a space rift hundreds of meters long cut across the entire sky.

"What kind of tricks is the Xuanxing Department pulling now?" Qian Zhenzhen looked up.

The disturbance around the space rift was still very intense, but it seemed to be forcibly maintained by some kind of Formation. Before long, the rift stabilized, and countless figures rushed out from it.

"A new point task?"

The rift was high up, and she couldn't see it very clearly. Just as she was planning to wait and see, a massive pressure of Spiritual Qi erupted from above.

A massive water screen appeared in the sky, which then transformed into streams of water blades, attacking the numerous figures that had just emerged from the rift.

For a moment, many figures fell from the high altitude, and then vermilion flames surged, transforming into a shrieking Phoenix that charged toward the rift.

Even though Qian Zhenzhen was on the ground, she could feel the scorching temperature of the Phoenix.

However, a figure radiating white light rushed out from the rift, and two huge phantom wings materialized behind it, blocking the Phoenix's attack.

The attack did not cease.

A golden line appeared in the sky, one end of which was constantly extending, and it crashed straight into the phantom wings in front of the rift.

The phantom wings shattered, and intense Spiritual Qi fluctuations followed.

The tremor was extremely strong; even though Qian Zhenzhen was a Qi Refining Cultivator, she couldn't stand steady. By the time she looked up again to check the anomaly in the high sky:

A golden Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect was stretched across the high sky. She recognized whose Dharma Aspect it was: Vice Minister Zhou Duan of the Xuanxing Department.

...

"Vice Minister Zhou Duan, do not go in too deep."

The golden line that had just crashed into it was Vice Minister Zhou Duan; as a Body Cultivator, he excelled at using force to meet his enemies.

Vice Minister Zhou Duan ignored the warnings from Old Zhu and Yuanming, directly unfolding his Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect, wanting to end the battle quickly.

Thus, he channeled his Spirit Reflection to manifest it.

Golden brilliance descended upon the world!

Countless strands of golden Qi descended from mid-air, drifting toward the figures in front of the rift. These strands of golden Qi looked ethereal, but the space where they passed became somewhat distorted.

The Cultivators constantly emerging from the rift hadn't even had time to scatter before they were easily crushed into bloody mud by the golden brilliance.

Meanwhile, Vice Minister Zhou Duan's Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect also made a move, striking straight out with a large palm.

"Winged Race, die!"

The Winged Race member in front of the rift did not intend to meet force with force. A withered branch separated from his hand, and then it sprouted, bloomed, and grew, repeating this process extremely rapidly.

Its roots dug fiercely into the earth of the Zhongmen Secret Realm, and its growth became even more rapid, with countless branches interlocking to cover the sky.

Although Vice Minister Zhou Duan's golden Qi and Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect were immensely powerful and destroyed the emerging branches like dry wood, the withered branch transformed into a towering tree in an instant, and countless destroyed branches immediately grew back.

The golden Qi, lacking follow-up power, was gradually worn down to nothing, and the Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect was also trapped by the constantly growing, thick branches.

"This treasure is borrowing the power of heaven and earth; you cannot outlast him."

Old Zhu saw this and reminded the other two.

"First, arrange for the students to evacuate, report the intelligence to the Shutian Academy, and let those old fogies move to trap them in the Secret Realm."

Yuanming nodded, then transformed into a pool of clear water and flew away rapidly, while Old Zhu continued to cast fire techniques to help Vice Minister Zhou Duan escape.

The crazily growing giant tree had already covered more than half of the exam Secret Realm, while the alien Cultivators in front of the rift did not take any further action, just waiting quietly in front of the rift.

When Vice Minister Zhou Duan broke free from the encirclement of the branches, two more figures radiating magical halos appeared from the rift.

Seeing this, Old Zhu sighed inwardly, thinking it was bad.

"Damn it, two more Nascent Souls."

He directly dragged Vice Minister Zhou Duan and transformed into an escape light, rushing toward the exit of the Secret Realm.

After the three Winged Race Nascent Soul Cultivators in front of the rift converged, they did not pursue the two, but instead simultaneously used their magic power to forcibly stabilize the rift.

Even so, the spatial disturbance of the rift was still very intense, and amidst those dense, tiny cracks:

A figure slowly descended, and in an instant, a powerful pressure swept across the entire Zhongmen Secret Realm.