The ten combat platforms suspended in the air held around ninety to over a hundred people each.

There were roughly over three thousand beginner students at Dongyue Mansion, and this time, more than a thousand of them wanted to pass the promotion selection to become intermediate students.

But in the end, only a hundred could pass the selection and become intermediate students.

It was rather cruel.

Of course, wanting to become an intermediate student wasn't necessarily reliant on this selection conference; there were other ways to be promoted to an intermediate student.

Like the special case of Mu Jinyu.

However, relying on other methods to be promoted was much more difficult than the selection conference.

Therefore, as the selection conference was about to take place, beginner students would generally gather to participate and quickly become intermediate students.

"Alright, is everyone here?"

Wang Yeqing looked at the more than a thousand beginner students on the platform, and then saw that none of the beginner students below made any further action.

He knew that they probably weren't planning to enter the platform.

But just to be sure, he asked once more.

Still, no one responded.

Wang Yeqing then looked at the ten combat platforms and slowly spoke: "Very well, let the selection battles for intermediate students begin!"

"Boom!!"

As his words fell.

Suddenly, intense battles erupted on the ten combat platforms.

Waves of Primordial Qi exploded, surging into the skies, causing the barriers in the void to tremble.

The beginner students participating in the selection were mostly at a cultivation level reaching the mid-late stage of the Unity Realm Stage; even if not, they were at least of the third layer strength.

With over a thousand people exerting full force at once, the power was naturally vast and unmatched.

If not for Wang Yeqing and Wei Qiankun's early preparations, setting up formations for protection, the entire Minor World might have been punctured at this moment.

"Boom!!"

"Kill!!"

The students on the ten combat platforms activated their foreign race bloodlines simultaneously, their physical bodies undergoing various transformations, followed by fierce confrontations!

"Bang bang bang!!"

Even though Mu Jinyu stood on the Martial Arts Arena without soaring into the air, he could still use his Divine Sense to watch the first combat platform where Chu Huannian was clashing with others.

Chu Huannian was truly fierce.

She hadn't even begun to activate her Fighting Spirit Tribe bloodline, yet wielding a spear, merely relying on her eighth level of the Hedao Realm cultivation, pushed back several opponents who first launched attacks at her.

Several people were even directly swept off the combat platform by her spear.

They were disqualified on the spot.

As a result, many knew Chu Huannian was not to be messed with, showing a look of apprehension, they changed targets, attacking others instead.

For a moment, not many were targeting Chu Huannian anymore.

"Has she become this strong?"

"Why is the gap this large?"

Standing in the Martial Arts Arena, still just a beginner student, Lan Yi knew she was limited in strength and did not go on the platform to fight. Seeing Chu Huannian participate, she was still unwilling.

Later, because her cultivation wasn't as good as Chu Huannian's, she was secretly hoping that Chu Huannian would fail soon, be embarrassedly chased off the platform.

Unfortunately, her shadowed thoughts were expanded to the extreme.

But Chu Huannian wasn't as disappointing as she imagined, easily driven off the platform.

Instead, she was extremely fierce.

Currently, on the first combat platform, no one even dared to provoke her.

This gave Lan Yi an immediate feeling of endless frustration and failure in her heart.

Why, why did the batch of people who entered Dongyue Mansion with her, Mu Jinyu become an intermediate student so early in advance.

And now, Chu Huannian was basically a stable intermediate student.

Only she, who was also among the top ten in the entrance training, was so far behind them?

Of course, the real answer, Lan Yi actually knew in her heart.

Both Mu Jinyu and Chu Huannian relied on their own strength to gather so many materials, exchanging for so many points.

Only then did they become the top two in entrance training.

Whereas she, relied on cheating and trickery to get so many materials, eventually even taking academic credits meant for others, completely falling out with those people.

In this way, how could she quickly catch up to Mu Jinyu and the others after entering Dongyue Mansion?

"But, what about Chen Qinglian?!"

Lan Yi comforted herself like this, but afterward, she thought of another person, feeling unwilling again.

She knew Chen Qinglian, and knew her aptitude wasn't great.

But now, astonishingly, her cultivation had reached the fifth layer of the Unity Realm Stage.

She also performed exceptionally well on the fifth combat platform.

If nothing unexpected happened, she should also persist until the last ten people and be promoted to an intermediate student.

Why was it?

She clearly knew that her previous aptitude wasn't even as good as hers!

Lan Yi understood the reason.

It was because, during the training in that Secret Realm, Chen Qinglian obtained a portion of the Heavenly Mysterious Ice Spirit Marrow given by Mu Jinyu, thus increasing bloodline concentration.

In other words, virtually improving her aptitude.

Thus, after entering Dongyue Mansion, she quickly left herself and the others far behind.

So quickly reached the fifth layer of the Unity Realm Stage.

All because of Mu Jinyu!

Lan Yi thought of how she once teamed up with Mu Jinyu but later parted ways, causing her to twice miss the chance to acquire Heavenly Mysterious Ice Spirit Marrow, her heart ached repeatedly.

If only she hadn't parted with Mu Jinyu back then, but continued to team up with him...

Would the result be different now?!

It definitely would be different!

Lan Yi was convinced in her heart.

But unfortunately, there's no "if"...

If she went back to that day, she knew she'd probably still part ways with Mu Jinyu.

This made Lan Yi feel both regretful and unwilling...

"Bang!!"

"Heh!!"

Mu Jinyu didn't know what Lan Yi was thinking. After watching Chu Huannian for a while and confirming she could basically be promoted to an intermediate student, he felt relieved.

After that, he didn't pay much attention to Chu Huannian's battle and instead looked at the other combat platforms.

Soon, he noticed Chen Qinglian on the fifth combat platform.

Although her battle wasn't as relaxed and free as Chu Huannian's, if nothing unexpected happened, she should also be among the last ten people standing.

Seeing this, Mu Jinyu couldn't help but smile slightly.

Then his gaze slowly moved downward.

When he caught sight of a young figure on the eighth combat platform, he couldn't help but pause slightly.

Because that person bore some resemblance to Teacher Chen, who had once cared for him.

Teacher Chen had left Dongyue Mansion and went to Cangyan State after the Earth Emperor Relic emerged.

And after the Earth Emperor Relic incident ended not long ago, many clan leaders of the royal clan returned.

But there was still no news of Teacher Chen.

Mu Jinyu understood in his heart that Teacher Chen was likely already in trouble.

At this moment, seeing a young man bearing some resemblance to Teacher Chen made him feel very curious.

At first, he wondered if Teacher Chen had disguised himself to attend the selection conference.

But soon, he realized.

There's no way Teacher Chen would be so bored.

Then this person was probably a junior of Teacher Chen?

He should have been able to advance more smoothly as an intermediate student under the care of Teacher Chen.

But with Teacher Chen's disappearance, he could only participate in the selection conference, hoping to become an intermediate student through this...

However, upon observing his battle performance, Mu Jinyu found him struggling and obviously unable to hold on until the end. As it stood, he feared he wouldn't be able to advance to intermediate student.