Even Dali Yuantai couldn’t help but sigh, Lin Yun’s ambition was really big.
Mo Qing also couldn’t help but say, “Lin Yun, it’s really difficult for you to make it into the top three, there’s no one weak enough to make it into the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the ones who make it into the top ten are even more formidable, and even more versatile in their methods.”
“Moreover, this is the new disciples, the first time they really show their strength, everyone will be riveted to charge forward, not to mention that the rewards for the top three are that lucrative, everyone will fight desperately.”
Lin Yun smiled, “It’s fine, even if I lose, it doesn’t matter, if I dare to play with him, I can naturally afford to lose.”
Not far away.
“Hmph, insouciant thing, you’re not even as good as me, Liu Changtian, and you’re still thinking of rushing the top three?”Liu Changtian sneered.
Liu Changtian knew that Lin Yun was again a Wind Upanishad fledgling while he was an Earth Upanishad fledgling, his attributes were just enough to restrain Lin Yun, not to mention that he was still ahead of Lin Yun in terms of realm, he was confident that when he met Lin Yun, he could defeat him.
Just then, five figures descended in the air.
The ones who came were all green-clothed elders, Elder Cui and Elder Meigu were naturally among them.
After all, the Newcomers Competition was only a small-scale event, the participants were all newcomers, and there were a few hundred participants in total, compared to the tens of thousands of disciples in the outer sect, this kind of event wasn’t big.
Therefore, to be able to come and watch the match with five elders was already quite good.
This was also an opportunity for the newcomers to truly show their fighting prowess to the five elders.
The five elders, took their seats at the judges’ table.
After the five elders were seated.
“Elder Cui, I heard that you took Lin Yun, as a registered disciple?”Mei Gu asked.
“Indeed.”Elder Cui nodded.
“Old Cui, you’re too impatient, aren’t you? Even if you think highly of him, if he has the strength to step into the Inner Sect in the future, it won’t be too late for you to accept him?”
“I’ve also heard about this kid’s performance, it’s indeed good, but it’s not so bad that you’re in such a hurry to accept a disciple, Old Cui? He hasn’t brightened up to such a point, you might as well accept that Dali Yuantai, or Ximen Pu, which are definitely better than this kid.”
Several elders beside him opened their mouths.
It was rare for an elder to accept a disciple from the outer sect, let alone accepting a new disciple, so they were naturally puzzled.
In their opinion, although Lin Yun was a bit bright, when put against the tens of thousands of disciples in the outer sect, he was just that, not enough to make Elder Zhang make an exception and accept a disciple.
“I’m quite optimistic about him, even if he’s not as good as Dali Yuantai or Ximen Pu right now, and it might even be more difficult to fight with a Class A rated disciple like Liu Changtian, I believe that his future will be better than all of these people.”Elder Cui stroked his beard.
Mei Gu shook her head, “His future may be stronger than the stream of Liu Changtian, but if he wants to surpass the stream of Vigorous Yuantai and Ximen Pu, I’m afraid that it will be extremely difficult, and this will have to be left to time to prove.”
Nearly two thousand people had already gathered underneath the arena, apart from the new disciples, there were also the old outer disciples who had come to see the competition.
At this time, Lin Yun arrived at the judges’ table and came before Elder Cui.
“Disciple Lin Yun, greetings to Master.”Lin Yun arched his hand and saluted, coming to greet Elder Cui.
This scene was reflected in the eyes of all the disciples present.
“Lin Yun has gone to greet Elder Cui! He’s really been accepted by Elder Cui as a registered disciple!”
“How enviable.”
……
The disciples present sighed in awe.
Previously, although everyone was rumouring that Lin Yun had been accepted by Elder Cui as a registered disciple, there was no definitive evidence to show it.
Now, with this scene, the rumours were completely set in stone!
“Senior brother Liu, he …… he was actually accepted as a registered disciple by Elder Cui!”The roommate beside Liu Changtian, Changgen, marvelled.
Liu Changtian’s face turned blue.
“Why! On what grounds! What virtue does he, Lin Yun, have!”Liu Changtian clenched his teeth and roared lowly, his heart was ten thousand times more unwilling, his heart extremely unbalanced!
Ximen Pu’s face was equally ugly, he was this good, good enough to be ranked in the top three amongst the newcomers, and he hadn’t even managed to be taken in by the Elders, while Lin Yun had become a disciple.
Lin Yun’s treatment like this was naturally met with jealousy from many people!
On the judges’ table.
“Lin Yun, how has your cultivation been in the last half year? What position are you confident of charging into this grand competition? At least charge into the top fifteen, so you can’t disgrace your master.”Elder Cui said slowly.
“Master, disciple’s goal, top three, just now disciple has just set a bet with Ximen Pu, if I enter the top three, he’ll give me 150,000 spirit crystals, if he doesn’t make it, I’ll give him 150,000 in return!”Lin Yun said.
Lin Yun had originally planned to keep 10 and rush to 3. After setting a pact with Ximen Pu, Lin Yun removed the keep 10 and aimed straight for the top 3.
“A bet with Ximen Pu? Top 3?”
The moment Lin Yun’s words came out, the five elders on the judge’s table were all shocked.
Even Elder Cui was startled.
“Lin Yun, it’s a bit too aggressive for you to do that, your foundation is not as good as Ximen Pu’s after all, and with this kind of competition, you can’t use external objects such as magic weapons, so I’m afraid it’ll be extremely difficult for you to rush to the top three.”Elder Cui shook his head.
“Senior, disciple wants to try!”Lin Yun didn’t hesitate.
“With such determination and breaking in, good! Master supports you, if you lose, the spirit crystals you lose, Master will pay for you! If you win, my master will personally reward you with 150,000 spirit crystals!”Elder Cui clapped his hands.
In other words, whether Lin Yun won or lost, he would pay out 150,000 spirit crystals.
“Thank you, Master!”Lin Yun grinned.
“The competition is about to start, go on, perform well, these elders beside you are waiting to see the jokes for your master, you have to fight for your master.”Elder Cui with a half-joking tone.
“I will not insult my teacher’s orders!”
Lin Yun once again clasped his fists and saluted before leaving the judges’ table.
After Lin Yun left.
Several elders spoke up.
“Rushing the top three? I’m afraid he’s a little too arrogant.”
“Elder Cui, this disciple of yours is very confident, but overconfidence is arrogance, the ones in front of him aren’t good, he’s really not bad, but his realm is too low, it’s pretty good to be able to make it into the top ten, top three? He is indeed good, but the realm is too low, can enter the top ten, is quite good, the top three?
……
“You guys shouldn’t jump to conclusions too early, just watch on.”Elder Cui said.
In fact, Elder Cui also had absolutely no idea in his heart, but Lin Yun’s words about rushing the top three had already been released, and since Lin Yun was his disciple, there was no way he wouldn’t defend Lin Yun.
After Lin Yun came down from the judge’s seat, a deacon mounted the square ring.
“Disciples, the group stage will be held next, followed by the advancement and elimination matches.”The deacon announced.
Immediately after, the deacon began to announce the groupings.
Every forty people were divided into 21 groups, and after the group stage, the two with the most wins in each group advanced.
In this way, the top 42 were contested.
The top 42 people would then compete in a promotion tournament to compete for the rankings.
The top three were rewarded with super god level secret books, the fourth to tenth were rewarded with god level secret books, and the eleventh to thirtieth were rewarded with pseudo god level secret books.
Those lower than that were not rewarded.
The two people at the back of each group’s points were also subject to elimination matches, and the 20 people with the worst strength were finally screened out and demoted to miscellaneous disciples.
Once the grouping was completed, the group matches were officially kicked off.
For the sake of fairness in the group matches, the players in each group were also reasonably distributed, and would not be divided into a group with several grade A rated disciples, with a maximum of two grade A rated disciples in a group.
The group Lin Yun was in had a total of two Grade A rated new disciples, one was Lin Yun, and there was another named Qiu Liang.
Those who came out first in their group also had an advantage when it came to the advancement rounds, so Lin Yun naturally wanted to compete for first place in the group stage.
Next, the group stage officially began.
Twenty-one groups, starting the group stage at the same time.
