121: Azure Lightning Summoning Technique

Chen Xuan nodded slightly and asked indifferently, "What happened to you, Fellow Daoist?"

Qin Tianxing waved his hand to indicate he was fine and continued drinking and chatting with Chen Xuan.

The appearance of Mu Wanqing and the others quickly attracted everyone's attention and scrutiny. After all, these people had come down from the floating high platform, and no one knew exactly what their relationship was with the Mysterious Realm Emissary.

Fang Wuchang, the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion, squinted his eyes and looked over, feeling curious in his heart as to what kind of results these few would achieve.

Even with the three participation rules, there were still more than five thousand participating prodigies on the Arena Stage.

It truly lived up to the saying that the Cultivation World never lacks prodigies. In the eyes of the Profound Realm, a Prodigy was merely an entry ticket for this Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony.

After the five thousand-odd people took the stage, Fang Wuchang waved his wide sleeves, and the Formation beneath the Arena Stage activated. Pale gold Formation patterns spread and climbed around the Arena Stage like living creatures.

Light converged in the center of the Arena Stage, transforming into a zhang-long golden scroll. With a light tap of Fang Wuchang's fingertip, the scroll suddenly dispersed, and countless fine golden points of light, like stardust, drifted toward the five thousand-plus participating prodigies, landing steadily into each person's Sea of Consciousness.

This medium-grade Earth-rank Divine Ability was named the "Azure Nether Lightning Summoning Art." Upon reaching Major Achievement, one could use spiritual energy to summon "Azure Nether Shocking Thunder." Several azure bolts of lightning as thick as buckets would fall from the sky, covering a range of several zhang, with power sufficient to heavily injure Cultivators of the same Realm.

As expected of a high-grade Earth-rank Divine Ability!

The moment the golden points of light entered their minds, the entire Arena Stage erupted into a commotion even greater than before.

Wild joy burst from the eyes of the five thousand-plus prodigies; they had finally waited for this day.

All their hard work, Cultivating day and night, was for the sake of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer before the age of thirty to try and comprehend this Earth-rank Divine Ability.

For these low-level Cultivators, to come into contact with an Earth-rank Divine Ability, they either needed Heaven-Defying immortal fate to find one in a Secret Realm or through a fortuitous encounter, or they had to compete in the various Holy Lands to become a Saint or Saintess. Otherwise, they would have to sell their bodies, auctioning themselves off in Wanbao City to save up hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones for a chance to bid on a scroll.

This Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony was their only opportunity, and it was without risk.

The only drawback was that they only had half a day, and it all depended on their own Comprehension Ability.

One after another, the Cultivators sat cross-legged, unwilling to waste a single moment.

At one part of the Arena Stage!

An extremely beautiful woman sat cross-legged, her black hair falling over her shoulders like a waterfall. Her beautiful eyes were fixed intently on a figure ahead, her expression somewhat solemn.

"Ye Hao!! There is truly a path to heaven you won't take, and a gate to Hell you seek out yourself. If you had stayed in the Eastern Region, you might have lived a few days longer. I didn't expect you to actually run here to participate in this Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony."

"It's impossible that you're still delusional about taking back the immortal bone and seeking revenge on me, right?"

When Ye Hao had come down from the floating high platform earlier, she had spotted her younger brother at a glance.

She was somewhat surprised, but she soon understood the reason. The only thing she didn't understand was why he had gotten involved with the Mysterious Realm Emissary.

Although the Sect had instructed not to provoke the Mysterious Realm Emissary, since the other party had pursued her all the way to this Central Region, she had to find a way to eliminate Ye Hao. While she couldn't provoke the Mysterious Realm Emissary outside, if she accidentally killed him during the competition, he couldn't blame her, could he?

Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but curl at the corners of Ye Jing's mouth.

She was already at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer Realm and had mastered three Earth-rank Divine Abilities in the Netherworld Holy Land, not to mention the Magic Treasures bestowed by her Revered Master.

Ye Jing couldn't even imagine how she could lose!

The key now was whether this dear brother of hers would dare to participate in the second stage of the Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony.

With a plan in mind, Ye Jing closed her eyes and began to comprehend the "Azure Nether Lightning Summoning Art."

On the other side.

Mo Yanya, dressed in a suit of dark, tight-fitting clothes, had a slight smile on his lips, his pitch-black pupils reflecting a Yellow-Skirts Girl.

Every frown and smile of hers caused ripples in the heart of this Blood Shadow Cult Saint that he had never felt before.

"Mo Yanya, I'm warning you. That group of people came down from the high platform above; don't provoke them."

"If you incur the displeasure of the Mysterious Realm Emissary, even if your father is the Sect's Grand Elder, he still won't be able to protect you." Chu Ming, another Saint beside him, gave a kind reminder before sitting cross-legged to begin comprehending this Earth-rank Divine Ability scroll.

Only then did Mo Yanya withdraw his gaze and snort coldly, "I know what I'm doing; I don't need you meddling in my business."

If this woman were refined into a Puppet, she would simply be a treasure!

Chu Ming didn't mind his fellow Disciple's complaints, only sighing softly, "It's a pity Zixia Holy Land was destroyed. Their Saint and Saintess have disappeared to who knows where, not even daring to participate in this Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony."

"I'll have to find a new target this time."

As time passed minute by minute, the lightning on the Arena Stage became increasingly dense.

First, a Cultivator condensed an azure lightning arc at his fingertip that exceeded five inches, creating a crisp "crackle" in the air. Immediately after, a youth in gray robes suddenly opened his eyes, and with a hand seal, he actually drew down three Azure Nether Shocking Thunders as thick as arms. When the lightning hit the ground, it shook the stone slabs of the Arena Stage until fine cracks appeared.

This scene instantly ignited the passion of the surrounding Cultivators, and exclamations of surprise rose one after another.

Those with good Comprehension Ability who had reached the threshold continued to Cultivate, while those with slightly poorer Comprehension Ability became even more panicked upon hearing the commotion.

The Cultivators watching outside the Arena Stage would let out cries of surprise from time to time!

"Look! As expected of the Saintess of Profound Moon Palace, her Comprehension Ability is simply too exaggerated. In just two short hours, she has actually grasped the basic techniques of the Azure Nether Lightning Summoning Art."

"It has to be those three Disciples from Heavenly Secret Pavilion. Not only are they fast, but look at the shocking lightning they summon—it's twice as powerful as that of the ordinary Cultivators just now. At this rate, they might fully Revered Master this Divine Ability in another hour."

"I'm so envious! Why don't I have the qualifications to participate? Heaven is unfair!"

"Why is there no movement at all from the Disciples who came down from the surrounding high platforms? Those few are sitting there like pieces of wood; it's impossible that they haven't even grasped a single clue, right?"

At Profound Moon Holy Land, Sect Master Xiao Yue, with her pure and refined appearance and silver hair reaching her waist, swept her beautiful eyes over Mu Wanqing's group.

What on earth is going on with these people?

Even the ordinary Disciples on the Arena Stage have more or less mastered some introductory techniques of the Divine Ability by now, so why is there no movement from them at all?

It would be understandable if it were just one, but for all five to be like this!

She couldn't help but raise her eyes slightly and look toward the high platform where Qin Tianxing was. "Yun Yao, what do you think the relationship is between these people and that Mysterious Realm Emissary?"

Elder Yun Yao thought for a moment and said softly, "I sent someone to inquire earlier. It's said that Senior Qin personally went to meet a group of people, led by a Man in White Robes with an extraordinary bearing. This group followed behind that Man in White Robes."

She paused and added, "I suspect they might be a force cultivated by the Mysterious Realm Emissary in this Central Region to facilitate certain matters after his departure."

Xiao Yue did not refute but continued to ask, "Then what do you think of their Aptitude?"

Elder Yun Yao's gaze scanned the Arena Stage, where crackling lightning sounds were heard from time to time, and she spoke words of sincerity: "I feel that since they were chosen by the Mysterious Realm Emissary, they certainly won't be mediocre. It's possible they don't lack Earth-rank Divine Abilities themselves and thus gave up on comprehending this Azure Nether Lightning Summoning Art."