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Chapter 432: Chapter 65: The Top 12 of White Jade Capital Chapter 432: Chapter 65: The Top 12 of White Jade Capital Half a month later.

Since the White Jade Capital Tournament was a single-elimination system, with half of the contestants eliminated after each round, after about sixteen days, only around a hundred participants remained.

Today, three rounds of the competition were to be held to determine the top twelve.

Therefore, aside from the cultivators who had left early, almost all remaining were gathered in White Jade Capital, waiting to see who the top twelve would be.

For Ling Yunpo, as long as he didn’t draw Qiu Changtian, Luo Yan, or An Zhisu, reaching the top twelve wasn’t going to be difficult-at least if he faced Xu Yinglian or Shi Liuli, he was confident in beating them thoroughly.

As to whether the other side would seek revenge from Qiu Changtian or Luo Yan, that was a matter for later; for now, it wasn’t his concern.

Luckily, drawing three out of more than a hundred people, unless his luck was atrociously bad, it seemed improbable for him to be targeted.

In the end, the result didn’t disappoint him; his opponents came from Kunlun, Shushan, and Penglai, all of whom were familiar faces from their respective sects but their strength was not worth mentioning.

Ling Yunpo easily defeated them.

After three magical competitions, Ling Yunpo confirmed his advancement to the White Jade Capital’s top twelve, and next was the ranking of specific seats.

Arriving at Senior Sister An’s competition venue, the area was surrounded by the most Shushan disciples, and An Zhisu was attacking swiftly on the stage.

Her opponent, Sima Changyan, was struggling to fend off the assaults on both flanks.

“Sima junior brother also has bad luck, just one step away from the top twelve, but then got paired with An Zhisu by chance.” Duan Fenhai said with a sigh from the second-floor stand.

“Luck is also a part of strength…

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oh, Ling junior brother has arrived.” Guan Shanyue turned and greeted with a smile, “How did it go?”
“Won,” Ling Yunpo replied.

“In that case, at least five from our Shushan are confirmed to advance to the top twelve,” Duan Fenhai nodded, “Not missing a single seat in the top five, and the sixth seat…

Sima senior brother stands no chance against Senior Sister An, so among the rest, it depends on whether Bi Sheng in the seventh seat could win.”
“She shouldn’t have any problems,” Guan Shanyue smiled and said, “Her opponent is Lin Ruohu from Penglai Yuqing View.”
“Then that’s a sure win,” Lin Duanshan nodded, “My niece’s strength is, after all, inferior to Bi Sheng’s.”
“So you mean to say, Shushan will take up half of the top twelve, right?” Ling Yunpo confirmed.

“That’s correct,” Lin Duanshan nodded, “But if the sect wants to establish its prominence with this, it’s still not quite enough…”
As if sensing something, everyone simultaneously looked up across the way.

On the third-floor stand, Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian were standing side by side, watching the ongoing battle between An Zhisu and Sima Changyan.

“The current favorite to win the tournament is undoubtedly Qiu Changtian,” Lin Duanshan sighed, “Even if we occupy half of the top twelve seats, it won’t mean much if we don’t secure the first place.”
“Qiu Changtian’s Daoist foundation is too perfect, not something that one could overcome merely with swordsmanship prowess,” Duan Fenhai also said in a heavy tone, “Given his performance in so many rounds of the magical competition, I even suspect he has already formed his Jade Mansion, possessing at least over four hundred years of Refining Mansion cultivation.”
“Second Grade Golden Core, is that it?” Guan Shanyue said with a smile, “Then why hasn’t he gone through Core Formation?”
“Maybe he’s waiting to form a First Grade Golden Core,” Ling Yunpo casually remarked.

“If Qiu Changtian really forms a First Grade Golden Core, he would truly become the number one person in the Orthodox Sect,” Lin Duanshan commented, “After that, who would dare to contend with Kunlun?”
“That won’t happen,” Ling Yunpo stated calmly.

“Why do you say that?”
“Even if Qiu Changtian has formed a First Grade Golden Core, Kunlun will certainly keep it a strict secret,” Guan Shanyue said with a smile.

“Indeed,” Duan Fenhai agreed, “The taller the tree, the stronger the wind.

Even if he has formed a First Grade Golden Core, he is just a Golden Core True Person after all.”
“What do we do when the Demon Cult Sect sends three to five Nascent Soul Elders to monitor Qiu Changtian’s movements every day?”
“I’m here.” A voice suddenly came from behind-it was Bi Sheng.

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As she came to the right side of Ling Yunpo, she looked down and asked,
“How is Sima Changyan doing?”
“Still hanging in there,” Ling Yunpo replied, “It’s just a matter of time before my Senior Sister defeats him…

Did you win?”
“I won,” Bi Sheng stated succinctly, “How many from our Shushan can make it into the top twelve?”
“Including you and me, six,” answered Ling Yunpo.

“Out of the other six, four are from Kunlun and two from Shushan,” Lin Duanshan added, “The ones from Kunlun who advanced are Qiu Changtian, Xu Yinglian, Guan Zhan, and Yan Zhitui.”
“Chief Qiu and the Phoenix Immortal, these two are not surprising,” Duan Fenhai pondered, “Guan Zhan…

Senior Sister Guan, is she related to you?”
“She’s my cousin,” Guan Shanyue responded indifferently.

“Senior Sister Guan’s cousin…

Why would she be under the tutelage of the Kunlun Sect?” Bi Sheng asked, puzzled.

“Who knows?” Guan Shanyue obviously didn’t want to dwell on the topic and skillfully diverted it, “There must be some reason.”
“As for that Yan Zhitui, he is also Qiu Changtian’s junior brother, ranking fourth, right behind Guan Zhan,” Lin Duanshan continued, “His strength is decent, but there’s a gap compared to the top tier.

It’s just that he had good luck, his opponents were relatively weak which finally allowed him to advance to the top twelve.”
“Speaking of good luck, that person from Penglai really got lucky!” Duan Fenhai laughed mockingly, “In today’s second round of the competition, forty-five down to twenty-three, she got a bye which advanced her straight to the next round; in the third round, from twenty-three to twelve, she drew another bye, directly securing a spot in the top twelve.

I even suspect that she has some kind of Art Calculation Magical Treasure interfering with the draw!”
“I watched her fight in the first round of the competition,” said Guan Shanyue suddenly, “Her swordsmanship is indeed mediocre, but she possesses a Magical Treasure called the ‘Taiwei Hook Chen Yao Po Xing Sha,’ which is both offensive and defensive, extremely difficult to deal with.”
“Junior Brother Zhang exerted all his Sword Dao Techniques, but he couldn’t break through her star sand defense, and in the end, he had to concede defeat reluctantly.”
“Putting luck aside, this person indeed has the strength to be in the top twelve,” she concluded.

“Are you talking about Zhang Chengyuan of the Immortal Sword Ranking’s seventeenth seat?” Lin Duanshan asked in surprise.

“Who else?” retorted Guan Shanyue, “How many Junior Brother Zhangs do we have in Green Bamboo Peak?”
“Does Yuqing View have another contestant?” Bi Sheng suddenly asked.

“That person’s name is Luo Yan,” Lin Duanshan responded, “He is probably Yuqing View’s biggest trump card this time.”
“How so?” Ling Yunpo asked with interest.

“Heavenly Craft Hundred Treasures Bag,” replied Lin Duanshan.

“The Heavenly Craft Workshop’s Heavenly Craft Hundred Treasures Bag?” Bi Sheng pondered, nodding thoughtfully, “It seems that if we draw him in the subsequent rounds, the best strategy is to defeat him swiftly.”
“But he definitely has some kind of defensive Magical Treasure,” Duan Fenhai objected.

Not only does he have a defensive Magical Treasure, but also the Postnatal Five Elements Great Extermination Divine Light-let’s see if you can handle that…

Ling Yunpo chuckled to himself.