Chapter 45: Arrival of the Sunset Dynasty!

One day later,

Xin Hongyi successfully advanced to the later stages of the Purple Mansion Realm.

Simultaneously, even her physical body had grown significantly stronger.

This brought a smile to Xin Hongyi's face. She patted Ye Qiubai on the shoulder and said with a laugh, "I owe you a favor."

Xin Hongyi was from the Southern Domain's secretive clan, and this favor was no less valuable than Tian Cheng's offer.

However, Ye Qiubai was indifferent. "It's fine. Time is short; let's go deeper and earn more points."

Xin Hongyi nodded.

...

In the following days,

Ye Qiubai and Xin Hongyi continued hunting and killing demons incessantly.

Their points skyrocketed rapidly!

During this process, Ye Qiubai also successfully advanced to the later stages of the Purple Mansion Realm.

Moreover, aided by the demonic energy within the Qingyan Mountain Range, his understanding of the Demon Nine Swords deepened further.

By the end, Ye Qiubai's points reached 4700.

Xin Hongyi's points also climbed to 2200.

Everyone was teleported out and returned to the Northern Domain's Hidden Path Academy.

In the square,

Huo Qingming and Lin Ce walked over.

Huo Qingming curiously asked, "Ye Qiubai, how many points do you have?"

His tone carried a hint of pride.

Lin Ce rolled his eyes. "Huo Qingming encountered a nearly dying Peak Qi Sea Realm demon beast by chance, plus others, and he has 2100 points. He's here to show off."

Huo Qingming smirked; after all, he wasn't a match for Ye Qiubai, so he would be content with surpassing him elsewhere.

Xin Hongyi looked at Lin Ce and asked, "And you?"

Lin Ce shrugged. "1800."

At this moment, the people from the Wilderness also approached, just about to ask questions when an elder stepped forward.

"Everyone, hand over your point stones. We will rank them and eliminate some participants."

Upon hearing this, everyone handed over their point stones.

The Wilderness asked, "Shouldn't there be no problem?"

When he said this, the Wilderness was mainly looking at Ye Qiubai.

Ye Qiubai shrugged and said nothing.

Xin Hongyi nodded.

Huo Qingming said, "There shouldn't be any major problems."

Soon, the elder calculated the rankings.

He began announcing the results, his eyes showing some surprise.

"In the Northern Domain's Hidden Path Academy, one person eliminated. Ranked first with 4500 points is Jian Chaomian."

When the results came out, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

4500 points!

It should be noted that a mid-term Peak Sea Realm demon beast has only 10 points, and even a peak Sea Realm, at most, has 30 points.

4500 points, reflecting how many had been killed, or even how many higher-ranked demon beasts had been killed!

With Jian Chaomian's strength, it was certainly possible!

After all, he was the leading young swordsman in the Northern Domain!

"Surely no one can surpass Jian Chaomian's score, right?"

"No one can definitely surpass him."

"I heard from fellow disciples that Senior Brother Jian seems to have single-handedly killed three mid-term Peak Sea Realm demon beasts and one late-term Peak Sea Realm demon beast!"

"Senior Brother Jian himself seems to only be at the mid-term Peak Sea Realm, right? Moreover, mid-term Peak Sea Realm demon beasts can already rival late-term Sea Realm experts!"

"No wonder he's called the top young swordsman of his generation."

Countless people looked at Jian Chaomian with awe in their eyes.

The Wilderness also showed a serious look.

Zhong Wu, on the side, said, "He's a formidable opponent."

The Wilderness nodded. "I estimate I only have a 30% chance against him."

Next, the elder announced again.

"In the Eastern Domain, one person eliminated. Ranked first with 3900 points is Tian Cheng."

3900 points!

Although the score couldn't compare to Jian Chaomian's, it was still a very high score!

The elder leading the team from the Eastern Region also smiled.

This result had already exceeded his expectations.

However, Tian Cheng did not smile. Instead, his expression was serious, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"In the Western Region, one person eliminated, first in points is Zhang He, with a total of 3860 points."

The difference with Tian Cheng wasn't much.

It could be said to be extremely close.

It was also an outstanding result.

Now, everyone's gaze turned towards the Southern Region.

"Among them, the one with the highest score should be that Ye Qiu Bai from the wilderness, right?"

"Heh, I guess that wilderness is probably the only noteworthy person in the Southern Region, after all, he's the disciple of the Southern Region's dean."

"However, compared to Jian Chaomian and Tian Cheng, he's probably still a bit lacking."

As soon as the words fell, the elder announced the results.

"In the Southern Region, two people eliminated, first in points... Ye Qiu Bai, 4700 points!"

Suddenly, everyone, including those from the wilderness, looked at Ye Qiu Bai with disbelief.

Someone asked, "Who is this Ye Qiu Bai?"

Jian Chaomian also reacted, turning his head to look at Ye Qiu Bai with a hint of fighting spirit.

Tian Cheng looked complicated.

Zhang He still had a smiling face, seemingly lost in thought.

"4700 points? 200 points higher than Jian Chaomian?"

"How did he do it? This person looks like he's only at the Purple Mansion Realm, how could he possibly reach 4700 points?"

"Could it be that he picked up some leftovers?"

In everyone's eyes, Ye Qiu Bai was simply not capable of achieving this score.

However, Ye Qiu Bai didn't care.

What others said or thought had nothing to do with him.

The wilderness looked at Ye Qiu Bai with complex emotions and said, "Well done."

Huo Qingming also smiled bitterly, "I thought I could surpass you this time, but I didn't expect you to surpass me by so much."

Lin Ce also sighed, "This guy is really someone you can't measure by common sense."

Huo Qingming chuckled, "Indeed, but I didn't expect both of us to be eliminated like this..."

That's right, the two eliminated from the Southern Region were Huo Qingming and Lin Ce.

Meanwhile, the elder from the Martial Hall walked over, patted Ye Qiu Bai on the shoulder, and laughed, "Well done, young man. You've brought glory to our Southern Region Cang Dao Academy this time."

The elder from the Confucian Academy also smiled, "Keep up the good work in the remaining matches. Our goal this time is to make it into the top two."

Ye Qiu Bai nodded.

Ahead, the elder from the Northern Region Cang Dao Academy said, "Alright, let's proceed to the next round. The four domains of Cang Dao Academies will select their representatives for martial arts exchange."

With a wave of his hand, a box appeared in front of the elder.

Casually drawing two lots, he continued, "First match, Eastern Region versus Southern Region. Both sides can discuss how to deploy their representatives."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dean of the Northern Region Cang Dao Academy, Wu Deshi, arrived overhead and waved his hand.

Suddenly, a martial stage rose from the ground in the center of the square!

In front of the martial stage were ten seats.

Wu Deshi and the deans of the other three regions took their seats.

However, there was a seat left empty, the first seat remained vacant, and beside it, another seat was also empty!

This puzzled everyone.

Who could have a higher status than Wu Deshi?

Suddenly, two dragons roared in the sky!

A huge ship appeared in everyone's sight, with two golden-armored dragons pulling it forward!

It was a ship of the Sunset Dynasty!