Chapter 1826: Three Moves Are Too Many, One Move Will Do

Fourteen True God-level sects, sixty-four disciples gathered on the training ground.

Yet everyone's attention was on the Shadow Moon Sect, on Ye Yuan.

Yi Qingxiang felt these hostile gazes and couldn't help but feel intimidated.

"Elder Xu, they... why are they looking at us like that?"

Elder Xu said calmly, "With our strength, staying in the Shanglin Garden naturally provokes their dissatisfaction. You must know that even the Supreme Purity Sect isn't qualified to stay there. You all need to be careful later."

Yi Qingxiang and Jiang Xueyan's faces turned very ugly. These days, they had gained many benefits from cultivating in the Shanglin Garden.

But these benefits came at a cost.

This kind of preferential treatment, disproportionate to their status, easily aroused others' discontent.

This was something they hadn't considered before.

"This... this is all Ye Yuan's fault!" Jiang Xueyan said gloomily.

Yi Qingxiang also complained, "Yeah, this guy just loves to show off!"

Hearing this, Ye Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Such is human nature: when things benefit them, they take it for granted; but once problems arise, they think it's all your fault.

Bai Li Qingyan, however, wouldn't let it slide. She sneered, "Weren't you two dancing with joy when you moved in that day? If it weren't for Ye Yuan, you'd be staying in the woodshed! As disciples of a True God-level sect, is this your pitiful self-esteem?"

At this moment, Xiao Tong, holding the treasure pig, spoke in a childish yet mature tone: "You two have no shame. Did Ye Yuan beg you to stay there? Or do you think that with your strength, as long as you're not targeted, you can qualify to enter the temple?"

The two were momentarily speechless. This kid was young but didn't mince words at all.

They exchanged glances and fell silent.

Xiao Tong was right; even without being targeted, they couldn't qualify to enter the temple.

Hearing that Ye Yuan would participate in the Huangling Tournament, Xiao Tong was very interested and insisted on coming along.

Every Huangling Tournament had a fixed number of sixty-four participants.

As for the allocation of spots, the temple distributed them to the major sects based on their strength.

These spots weren't fixed, but in recent sessions, sects like the Supreme Purity Sect and the Ruyi Sect each occupied seven or eight spots.

Weaker sects had progressively fewer spots.

The Shadow Moon Sect had four spots, which seemed like a lot, but basically, they had little hope.

After all, among the sixty-four, there were only five final spots.

The Huangling Tournament was a grueling battle, lasting several months or even a year.

Participating disciples would fight in pairs, with only five matches per day, until everyone had fought everyone else.

In the end, the five with the highest win rates would qualify to enter the temple.

This protracted battle was a test for all disciples and an opportunity for all.

The disciples who came to the Huangling Tournament were all the best from the True God-level sects; none were mediocre.

Even the weaker sects should not be underestimated.

In previous tournaments, there were many examples of disciples from strong sects being defeated by those from small sects.

Moreover, over several months, some would learn from others' strengths, rapidly improving, and even breaking into the top five later on.

This had happened before.

"Alright, now everyone, inject your divine essence into this jade token. The token will automatically generate numbers for you and pair you up." Du Rufeng held a rectangular jade token and said loudly.

This Huangling Tournament was hosted by him.

Hearing this, the disciples all injected their divine essence.

For a moment, divine essence of various colors flew through the air, eventually converging into the jade token.

After everyone's divine essence was injected, the jade token suddenly shone brightly, emitting a light screen.

On the light screen, everyone's numbers were displayed.

Ye Yuan searched among them and found that his number was the last—sixty-four.

"Haha, the genius who stayed in the Shanglin Garden is number sixty-four. How ridiculous!" someone in the crowd suddenly laughed.

"Shameless! With such strength, he dares to stay in the Shanglin Garden. If I were him, I would have moved out long ago!"

His laughter drew many others to join in the mockery.

Their words were full of scorn for Ye Yuan.

Everyone knew that the Shadow Moon Sect's stay in the Shanglin Garden was entirely because Ye Yuan got along with that pig.

In fact, he wasn't even qualified to stay there!

Ye Yuan was puzzled and asked Xu Yan, "What's so funny about being number sixty-four?"

Before Xu Yan could speak, Xiao Tong cut in, "Are you not from this realm? You don't even know that? The jade token in Du Rufeng's hand is called the Mystic Realm Token. It can accurately judge your cultivation level through your divine essence. Being number sixty-four means you have the lowest cultivation among these sixty-four people! Who else would they mock if not you?"

Ye Yuan suddenly understood and realized the power of the jade token.

This thing was like a mirror that revealed everything!

Even among those at the early stage of Heavenly God First Layer, no two had exactly the same cultivation level.

Cultivation was linear; one more day of training could mean a slightly higher level than others.

Of course, cultivation speed varied due to different techniques and individual talents.

Suddenly, the light screen displayed dense text again.

Du Rufeng said, "All your matchups are shown here. The Huangling Tournament officially begins today! Those without matches can skip coming. If you miss your match, you forfeit!"

After speaking, Du Rufeng gave Ye Yuan a meaningful glance.

"Hey, that kid's match is tomorrow. His opponent is... He Yuan of the Supreme Purity Sect!" someone exclaimed.

Ye Yuan's presence was even more talked about than Yang Shen of the Supreme Purity Sect or Luo Zhen of the Ruyi Sect.

Immediately, everyone saw his first-round opponent, and their faces showed schadenfreude.

"Heh, this kid is really unlucky, running into He Yuan in the first round!"

"Although He Yuan is the last of the Supreme Purity Sect, he's still at the peak of Heavenly God First Layer, and his strength far exceeds that of cultivators at the same level from other sects!"

As everyone was discussing, a young man in purple robes came before Ye Yuan and said with a playful tone, "Genius of the Shanglin Garden, please give me your guidance tomorrow! Don't give up too quickly, or everyone will be disappointed. How about... three moves?"

"Hahaha..." Laughter erupted around them.

This young man in purple was undoubtedly He Yuan.

But he didn't come to greet Ye Yuan; he came to humiliate him deliberately.

Ye Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Three moves are too many. One move will do!"