With the ability of the Sword Bone, just a quick glance is enough to know the number of jade slips each disciple acquired, so the process is quite fast.
However, before this, Lin Chen didn't really pay attention to how many jade slips he had collected, so he wasn't entirely confident. Yet, after seeing the results of others, he estimated that he should be able to make it into the top three.
"Xuan Yan of the Red Fla Sect, jade slip value, 150 points!"
"Yun Tianxing of the Kai Yuan Sect, jade slip value, 145 points!"
"Qin Wan of the Luo Shui Sect, jade slip value, 180 points!"
"Ning Yan of the Sunlight Sect, jade slip value, 120 points!"
......
Among the crowd, it was still the outstanding disciples like Xuan Yan, Yun Tianxing, Qin Wan, and Ning Yan who led and set a distance from the results of other disciples.
Quickly it was Lin Chen's turn, Lin Chen took out a pile of jade slips, and after the Sword Bone glanced over them, he looked at Lin Chen with a smile and loudly said:
"Lin Chen of the Heaven Sword Pavilion, jade slip value, 250 points!"
"Wow!"
As soon as Lin Chen's results were announced, there was a wave of exclamations. Although everyone had anticipated it, both the disciples participating in the competition and the audience outside had expected Lin Chen to achieve outstanding results.
But many did not expect Lin Chen's results to be not only outstanding but also most likely the assured first place!
Once all the participating disciples' results were tallied, the rankings for this grand competition were finally revealed.
The first place, unsurprisingly, was Lin Chen, followed by Qin Wan in second place and Xuan Yan in third place.
As for the rest, Ning Yan, Yun Tianxing, and others also made it into the top ten. To Lin Chen's surprise, Qian Jin and Wu Lang also reached the top ten, indicating that they were quite lucky. This ans that the Heaven Sword Pavilion had three disciples make it into the top ten, while the Sunlight Sect only had Ning Yan.
This seed normal because the disciples of the Sunlight Sect were either ambushed by Lin Chen or followed Ning Yan into the battle against the Demonic Fla Black Armored Bear, which ended up wasting their ti without gaining much benefit. Therefore, their results were relatively poor, with only Ning Yan making it into the top ten.
At this mont, Ning Yan still had a sowhat pale face, indicating that his injuries had not fully healed. His eyes filled with venom as he stared at Lin Chen, as if he wanted to take a bite out of him.
There were quite a few who shared the sa sentint as Ning Yan, including Yun Tianxing of the Kai Yuan Sect, Qin Wan of the Luo Shui Sect, and Xuan Yan of the Red Fla Sect. Even Qian Jin from the sa sect looked at him with discontent, clearly still resentful over Lin Chen taking the Millennium Stone Heart Dew and directly defeating him.
Lin Chen, with his powerful Divine Sense, sensed all these strange looks but didn't care, because he knew that only by becoming stronger himself could he disregard others' opinions. And now, Lin Chen was gradually moving in that direction. In his eyes, whether it was Qian Jin or Ning Yan, they were nothing more than challenges, challenges he had already overco, and these people were no longer of any consequence to him.
After the top ten were announced, the Heaven Sword Pavilion had the most people, with three, including Lin Chen. The Sunlight Sect had one, the Red Fla Sect had two, the Luo Shui Sect had two, and the Kai Yuan Sect had two, making the Heaven Sword Pavilion the most successful, while the Sunlight Sect, which initially seed to have the most advantage, had the worst result.
In the viewing stands, Li Changfeng watched Lin Chen with a slight smile, his eyes deep and thoughtful, while the expressions of the other sect masters were less than pleasant, especially Li Yaoyang of the Sunlight Sect, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
After announcing the list, the Sword Bone didn't hesitate, and gestured for a steward to bring up the pre-prepared rewards. He then distributed the rewards starting from the tenth place, all the way to the first place, Lin Chen.
When placing the reward in Lin Chen's hands, the Sword Bone smiled and transmitted a ssage:
"You're the first to achieve this step at the fifth level of Divine Sense. Well done! There will be additional rewards waiting for you when you return!"
Lin Chen paused at the words, then smiled inwardly:
"Is this because of my demonstrated strength that they're starting to recruit ?"
Indeed, due to Lin Chen's outstanding performance, the upper echelons of the Heaven Sword Pavilion had noticed him and decided to offer him additional rewards to keep him.
But Lin Chen didn't mind, since he was already a disciple of Heaven Sword Pavilion and was quite satisfied with his training there. Hence, he wasn't opposed to these little tactics, especially since he now needed a large amount of resources for his cultivation, giving him more reason to accept.
The reward Lin Chen received was the most generous of all, especially the Soul-Breaking Pill, a precious item that could help a martial artist break through the divine realm, now safely in Lin Chen's possession.
For a mont, many disciples on the field looked at Lin Chen with so jealousy, especially Ning Yan, Yun Tianxing, and Xuan Yan; oh, and Qian Jin too. They all looked at Lin Chen with cold and dark expressions, wanting nothing more than to kill him and take his place. Of course, this was only wishful thinking, as Lin Chen's power wasn't just at the surface level of the fifth stage of Divine Sense, and these individuals were well aware of it.
Lin Chen felt no disturbance from these small-ti nuisances, yet he was surprised by one person, Qin Wan of the Luo Shui Sect.
Though she had helped Lin Chen once before, Lin Chen naturally didn't hold back during the competition. Logically speaking, Qin Wan should hold a grudge against Lin Chen, but contrary to expectations, Lin Chen didn't sense any hostility from her. In fact, her attitude toward him was rather amicable.
This left Lin Chen a bit puzzled. He thought about it for a while but then decided to put it aside when he couldn't figure it out.
With the final results announced, it marked the end of this grand competition.
It could be said that the Sunlight Sect suffered significant losses this ti. Despite entering with the most formidable lineup, only one made it into the top ten, and they ended up being eliminated one after another. The strongest, Ning Yan, was severely injured, and Li Yaoyang wore a gloomy expression the entire ti, leaving without even saying goodbye as he took his disciples away.
The people on the combat field left one after another, but before leaving, the Sword Bone specially reminded Lin Chen to visit him first when he returned to the sect. Without waiting for Lin Chen to nod, he was already gone.
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