Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 991 Mo Wuji is Just Giving Away Points
“If there are no doubts that this person is not a descendant of the Ever River Alchemy, I will definitely pass the message to this rogue cultivator,” Shi Caihe said with a cupped fist.
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Mo Wuji was very disappointed that he, a fifth-grade God Pill King who could refine the God Jade Pill, actually failed the assessment. With his mastery of the fifth-grade God Pills, Mo Wuji could almost proudly say that in the entire God Continent, there were hardly any stronger than him.
Failing the fifth-grade God Pill King assessment, he was now only a fourth-grade Great God Alchemist. If he wanted to participate in the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment through the Dao of Alchemy, it would truly be as that rogue cultivator had said, hehe.
Because as a fourth-grade Great God Alchemist who wanted to represent rogue cultivators in the assessment, he had to go through the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. Before entering the Alchemy Dao Honor Tower, he had refused to pay God Crystals to the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. If he went out now to make up for the payment, it was likely they wouldn’t accept it, and even if they did, Mo Wuji disdained doing such a thing.
It seemed he needed another way to represent the Rogue Cultivator Alliance in the assessment.
When Mo Wuji reached the entrance of the Alchemy Dao Honor Tower's first floor, he remembered that he hadn't been teleported out but had walked out himself.
A familiar figure appeared within Mo Wuji's sight, and Mo Wuji quickly lowered his head, while simultaneously increasing the faint fire-attribute spiritual energy around his body.
He actually saw Elder Ren Fei from the Lingxiao God Sect at the entrance of the Alchemy Dao Honor Tower! This Ren Fei was a God King. With Ren Fei here, Mo Wuji was almost certain that the other party was here to find him.
Although Mo Wuji lowered his head as he walked out of the Honor Tower, Ren Fei still saw him. However, he didn't pay much attention. Mo Wuji's appearance and aura were different from when he had gone to the Lingxiao God Sect.
Originally, searching for Mo Wuji was Chi Kun's task, but Chi Kun had suddenly taken on another assignment and left the Lingxiao God Sect. Yu Ruo, who was familiar with Mo Wuji, also said she was tired and needed to cultivate in seclusion. Yu Ruo's status was extraordinary; even the Sect Leader couldn't force her to do things she didn't want to do.
This matter could only be entrusted to Ren Fei, who had only met Mo Wuji once.
Ren Fei suspected that Chi Kun was unwilling to look for Mo Wuji because he had some connection with Mo Wuji and had done things that were somewhat unfair to Mo Wuji. He didn't take it to heart, since he also knew Mo Wuji.
However, he didn't know that Chi Kun and Yu Ruo had not told him one thing: Mo Wuji had already disguised himself before even reaching Lingxiao City. Even the Mo Wuji who went to the Lingxiao God Sect had been disguised. Even though Ren Fei was a God King, his preconceived notions prevented him from recognizing Mo Wuji at first glance.
“Oh, you came out quickly? You were out in less than two hours, and you weren't even teleported out. Did you not take the assessment?” The yellow-robed cultivator guarding the outside of the Alchemy Dao Honor Tower asked in surprise when he saw Mo Wuji come out.
“I was curious about the Alchemy Dao Honor Tower, is it not allowed to enter for a look?” Mo Wuji said before turning around and leaving, not wanting to stay here for even a moment longer.
The yellow-robed man frowned as he watched Mo Wuji's back. That was strange. If you failed at the Alchemy Dao Honor Tower, you would be teleported out. How did this guy walk out?
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Mo Wuji passed the Dao of Artifacts, the Dao of Arrays, and the Dao of Talismans without entering any of them. Besides the fact that he had stepped into the ranks of Great God Array Masters in the Dao of Arrays, he was still just an ordinary Refiner in the Dao of Artifacts, and even weaker in the Dao of Talismans, where he could at most create a first-grade God Talisman.
So, after failing in the Dao of Alchemy, it was basically impossible for him to participate in the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment by earning the title of King in the various Daos.
Mo Wuji hadn't yet decided whether to take the initiative to visit the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. He was planning to go back and discuss it with Chi Bing. Chi Bing was, after all, a God King, and had far more experience here than he did.
A cloud of blood mist exploded in front of Mo Wuji, startling him and causing him to subconsciously take a few steps back.
Without realizing it, he had walked to the large plaza on the left. Once again, a cultivator had been killed on a dueling platform, and their body was kicked away, exploding right in front of him.
Dueling? Mo Wuji stopped. Since there was no other way, why not participate in dueling? The rankings in dueling could definitely not be faked; they were based on actual skill.
"Fellow cultivator, may I ask how the dueling rankings are chosen? How is this ranking determined?" Mo Wuji carefully asked a nearby Soul Nourishing cultivator.
The cultivator looked at Mo Wuji's cautious appearance and said with an amused expression, "Look, do you see that huge ranking formation display screen? There are only eighty names on it. Once the dueling is over, those whose names are still on it will automatically represent the Rogue Cultivator Alliance in the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment."
"Then how do you get your name to stay up there?" Mo Wuji asked again.
The cultivator shook his head in speechless wonder. Mo Wuji didn't have a strong spiritual aura and yet he actually thought about participating in the ranking selection through dueling. However, he still explained, "Just inscribe your name on the white jade stele in front of that formation display screen, and then go up to a dueling platform to duel. There are thirty dueling platforms here, and each person only has one chance to go up on a platform. If you win a match, you gain one point, and then someone will challenge you. When you can't hold on anymore, you either step down yourself or get defeated. The names displayed on the formation screen are all those with many consecutive wins."
"If my score is on the list and I suddenly lose a match and step down from the dueling platform, does the score still count?" Mo Wuji asked again.
"There are two kinds of losses. One is being killed, in which case you naturally get no points. The other is losing without being killed. In that case, half of your points will be deducted. If you are still on the list after deducting half, it still counts," the cultivator said before kindly telling Mo Wuji, "Fellow cultivator, you'd better not think about participating in the dueling. Do you know how many Soul Nourishing experts fall here every day? On the dueling platforms, only a few survive unharmed when they lose. Most are killed."
"If you kill your opponent, does the winner get half of the loser's points?" Mo Wuji was already preparing to go to the dueling platform. He knew these rules must be available somewhere, but he was too lazy to look for them. It was better to just ask someone.
"Don't dream about it. Even if you kill your opponent, you only get one point," the cultivator said disdainfully.
"Thank you," Mo Wuji said in gratitude before heading directly towards the ranking display screen for rogue cultivator dueling.
Seeing Mo Wuji actually go to the ranking display screen to register his name, the cultivator who had explained things to Mo Wuji shook his head even more speechlessly. He had seen people courting death, but he had never seen anyone courting death like Mo Wuji.
If it were that easy for rogue cultivators to obtain a spot in the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment, the people here would have piled up to be extremely tall long ago.
Mo Wuji reached the edge of the rogue cultivator dueling ranking formation screen and discovered that there was a red line at the very top of the formation display screen, with eight names above the red line.
"What are these eight names doing up here?" Mo Wuji muttered to himself. Those eight names didn't seem to have rankings.
"Fellow cultivator must have just arrived in Nirvana Dao City, right? No one dares to challenge those eight names. In the rogue cultivator dueling arena, if no one steps onto the stage to challenge you within the time it takes an incense stick to burn after a duel, your name goes directly above the red line. Once you are above the red line, regardless of how many points the first-place person has, those names above the red line are guaranteed to represent the rogue cultivators in the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment," explained a middle-aged cultivator beside Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood. Obviously, those eight people were extremely strong, and ruthless killers who would kill without hesitation. Otherwise, how would there be no one challenging them in a place like this?
Mo Wuji sighed. This wasn't a dueling platform at all; it was clearly a slaughterhouse. Under these rules, even those who didn't want to kill their opponents would show no mercy.
But he still had to go to this slaughterhouse and participate in this slaughter game. Either he would kill others, or others would kill him. Mo Wuji walked to the white jade stele and inscribed the words "Rogue Cultivator 2705." Now that he had stepped onto this path, there were some things he had to do, even if he didn't want to.
The name Rogue Cultivator 2705 quickly disappeared into the white jade stele.
No one paid attention to Mo Wuji inscribing his name. Although many people didn't go up on the stage to compete and didn't plan to, they would still inscribe their names, because it had no impact. Maybe they would suddenly want to go on stage.
Mo Wuji quickly discovered that after each duel on almost every dueling platform, several cultivators would rush forward to try and be the next to challenge. Only the fastest would land on the dueling platform; the others would be blocked by the restrictions.
Mo Wuji didn't have to wait long. Another cultivator was blasted down. This time, Mo Wuji displayed his movement technique and directly rushed ahead of everyone else, landing on the dueling platform. In front of a Soul Nourishing expert, his Wind Escape Technique was unmatched.
The cultivator who remained on the dueling platform was a Soul Nourishing Layer 9 cultivator. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Mo Wuji land on the dueling platform. Mo Wuji had a faint fire-attribute spiritual energy surrounding him, which meant his spiritual root wasn't very good. The strangest thing was that Mo Wuji appeared to be a cultivator who was not even at the late stage of Soul Nourishing. How could a cultivator who wasn't even at the late stage of Soul Nourishing dare to come up and challenge him?
“Fellow cultivator, please make your move,” Mo Wuji said with a cupped fist, not attacking first.
The Soul Nourishing Layer 9 cultivator shook his head and said, "Since that's the case, then take my fist!"
After saying that, the cultivator didn't even bring out his magical treasure, directly sending a punch towards Mo Wuji. At the same time as the punch was thrown, his Soul Nourishing Domain fully unfolded, directly locking onto Mo Wuji.
To him, Mo Wuji coming up here was just giving away points.
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