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Chapter 200 Registration

Chapter 200: Chapter 200 Registration

"But Senior Brother, if you complete the Dao Foundation Consolidation in the contest and advance to the stage of Sacrificial Wine ..." Gu Yin Hui paused for a moment before specially interjecting:

"Forgive me, but apart from the match you’re currently participating in, none of the subsequent ones will count towards your score. Your ranking will stop at the point where you advance, and you will instantly lose the qualification to continue advancing."

"Moreover, there are quite a few Perfected predecessors overseeing the entire competition, possibly even elders from the Inner Sect, together with various arrays monitoring at all times. Concealing your cultivation is impossible. You need to be clear about this, Senior Brother Wang."

"Whether you make a breakthrough or when you will make a breakthrough is up to you to precisely grasp. After all, the moment when you fully ascend to Sacrificial Wine is when your contest ends."

Upon hearing these words, Wang Zijia’s eyes brightened. Though he was just ten or twenty days away from completing the Dao Foundation Consolidation, he figured he could just downgrade if he ran out of time, pass the contest, and then recover it afterward.

"Alright, I understood. Register for me," Wang Zijia nodded.

"Sure thing, Senior Brother!" Gu Yin Hui tinkered for a moment, then proceeded to seriously query:"I noticed that you’ve already gathered all the resources for your advancement for several months, so I need to ask for clarity. You’re still at the Child Stage in your cultivation, right?"

"Hmm!" Wang Zijia assented with an unchanged expression.

"Alright, I’ve registered for you now, Senior Brother." Gu Yin Hui, while operating, beckoned another light screen into existence and asked, "So, Senior Brother, which method do you plan to use to join the contest?"

Wang Zijia asked with confusion, "What do you mean? I haven’t checked out relevant information these past few days, what do you mean by which method to enter?"

"Here’s the thing!" Gu Yin Hui projected a light screen in front of Wang Zijia, explaining, "Since you are a Taoist Seed, your combat prowess is stronger by default. For the sake of protecting the lower-ranking disciples and ensuring fairness, so that they, too, can break out of the pack and obtain a certain reward, and also to reduce the number of meaningless battles you participate in, we’ve set up three ways for Taoist Seeds to participate."

"The first way is to register together with the other genius disciples and then automatically advance to the top thousand. Once enough participants have been selected, you can start participating in matches and fight your way up."

"There’s no restriction with this method. After you’ve registered, all you need to do is wait for notification about the contest."

"The second way is to automatically advance to the top hundred. That is to say, after you’ve registered and the top hundred ranks have been decided, you will then compete with them."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia slightly furrowed his brows, saying, "The Taoist Seeds directly entering the top hundred? That’s not fair to those who have fought their way from the massive number of disciples through the open auditions and preliminary matches. And now there are over two hundred Taoist Seeds, waiting to participate ..."

"Half the day spent fighting only to select a hundred positions, only to see two hundred spots have already been claimed, this ..."

Gu Yin Hui revealed a bright smile, saying, "Senior Brother Wang, you are really hilarious. We definitely wouldn’t be so crude. If you want to directly enter the top hundred, you need to pass an assessment."

"What kind of assessment?" Wang Zijia asked with curiosity.

"You need to participate in a contest set by the Department of Rituals. What I must remind Senior Brother Wang is that your opponent will be a Martial Uncle, a Sacrificial Wine. If you win, you can directly enter the top hundred; if you lose, well ... you lose the qualification for the top thousand as well and can only follow the ordinary disciples, fighting your way into the final circle from the advancement matches."

While looking at Wang Zijia, Gu Yin Hui explained, "And if you can defeat the Martial Uncle of the Sacrificial Wine and advance to the top hundred early, it’s only beneficial for the lower-ranking disciples. After all, it’s one less chance to encounter Taoist Seeds like you guys who challenge those beyond your levels as an everyday practice, providing them with an additional hope of advancing."

Wang Zijia: "..."

"You mentioned there’s a third way?" Wang Zijia asked.

Gu Yin Hui nodded, his smile brightening a little further, "The third way is to advance directly to the top ten, but the precondition remains the same - participate in a contest. However, the uncle in charge for this test is no ordinary Sacrificial Wine uncle. Despite being in the early stages of a wine-making process, his fighting power is somewhat stronger."

"An uncle from the Law Enforcement Team?" Wang Zijia speculated.

"Just about. Anyway, his combat power won’t be weaker. What I need to remind Senior Brother is that, to ensure fairness, those who fight their way up to become the champion can’t necessarily defeat the Uncle we deploy for the assessment of directly advancing to the top ten."

With a smile, Gu Yin Hui supplemented, "And in previous sessions, there wasn’t a single Taoist Seed who directly advanced to the top ten and ended up ranking lower than the top three."

Wang Zijia understood what they meant: to directly advance to the top ten, one had to make sure their combat power was strong enough. Otherwise, it’d be too unfair to the disciples who fought their way up, and it could easily cause a misunderstandings.

Wang Zijia pondered for a moment. He was competing for the first place, after all. And these late-night battles he had in the past few days gave him enough confidence in his strength. Therefore, Wang Zijia said, "Alright, arrange the assessment for the top ten for me."

"Sure, uh ... " Gu Yin Hui’s smiling face stiffened for a moment before he continued, "Senior Brother Wang, you’re talking about the top ten assessment?"

"Yes, top ten!" Wang Zijia confirmed with a nod.

"Well, alright. But Senior Brother, you’ll have to wait a moment. We need to temporarily bring in an uncle who meets the criteria." Gu Yin Hui talked while rapidly manipulating the light screen.

Wang Zijia nodded, asking, "About how long will it take?"

"At most, an hour!" Gu Yin Hui promptly responded.

"Alright, so where should I wait?" Wang Zijia asked.

"Just a moment!" Gu Yin Hui summoned another screen.

A disciple hurriedly emerged from one corner of the hall and approached Wang Zijia, bowing, "Please, this way, Senior Brother Wang. I’ll take you to the battle arena first. You can familiarize yourself with the environment in advance and adjust your status or something."

Hearing this, Wang Zijia stood and bowed to Gu Yin Hui before leaving the hall with the disciple. They passed through a complex of buildings to arrive at a square within the complex. In the center of the square was a reasonably-sized battle arena.

"Senior Brother Wang, your assessment will take place here. You can familiarize yourself with it early and adjust your status or something." The Junior Sister who led Wang Zijia here said respectfully, "I have to remind you, Senior Brother, this test follows the same rules as the competition. It doesn’t allow you to use magic tools, elixirs, talismans, etc. that exceed one’s level."

Wang Zijia nodded in acknowledgment and entered the battle arena.

The entire arena was the size of two football fields, which was a bit small for combat involving the power of Sacrificial Wine. Of course, as a non-life and death assessment, it was barely enough.

With the arena being enveloped in arrays, there was no need to worry about affecting the outside. Wang Zijia familiarized himself for a moment before choosing a corner to sit and meditate with his eyes shut.