"Next, I announce that the results of this assessment are out.

The first place goes to Zhou Changwang, second place to Gao Mingyi, and third place to Gong Bai Xue..."

As soon as the words fell.

Everyone was in an uproar.

The Zhao Brothers were particularly eager, patting Zhou Changwang on the shoulder, and were equally excited.

Sharing the glory.

As Spirit Farmers from the foot of Changling Mountain.

Although it wasn’t them, having a familiar person achieve first place naturally made them excited and thrilled.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Changwang also smiled.

While he was quite confident, before the results were out, he was actually a bit anxious.

Now, he finally relaxed and felt relieved.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

Gong Bai Xue immediately offered congratulations from the side.

"Congratulations to you too!"

Zhou Changwang replied.

Being third cannot be said to be bad.

A Second-Grade Spirit Seed is worth at least a hundred Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Impossible!"

Originally brimming with confidence, Gao Mingyi suddenly exclaimed, urgently saying: "How could it be? Did you make a mistake?

How could he be first?

First place should clearly be mine."

Saying this, he hurried forward, seemingly wanting to forcibly change the ranking.

"Nonsense!"

"Are you questioning our fairness?"

Two voices spoke in succession.

Especially the second voice, which was from Yang Ping. His eyes widened, and a powerful aura instantly radiated, immediately pressuring Gao Mingyi into a pale complexion.

Cold sweat dripped heavily.

It was at this moment he remembered that these individuals before him were all elders in the Spirit Plant Hall, two Mid-tier First Grade Spirit Plant Masters, and two High-tier First Grade Spirit Plant Masters.

Especially Yang Ping. Not only a High-tier First Grade Spirit Plant Master but also a venerable elder in the Spirit Plant Hall, his strength had reached the Eighth-Layer Qi Cultivation long ago, and his status was higher than even his mentor.

Openly questioning the fairness of the other party in front of him was something even his mentor couldn’t bear.

"These results were unanimously agreed upon by the four of us and cannot be changed.

We judged Zhou Changwang as first because the Spiritual Peach he cultivated is a Middle-Grade Spirit Fruit, sweet in taste and abundant in Spiritual Qi.

This first place is well-deserved."

Fortunately, at this time, Liu Yuanqing spoke up to save him from embarrassment, but also acknowledged Zhou Changwang’s spirit plant cultivation prowess as solidly number one, indisputable.

"Middle-Grade Spirit Fruit?"

"This, how could it be..."

Gao Mingyi muttered with a pale complexion, but dared not speak further.

He realized that first place in the assessment had truly slipped away from him.

As a distinguished disciple, he knew the difficulty of cultivating Middle-Grade Spirit Fruit from a common Tier One Low-Grade Spirit Seed was immense.

Not even him; even if his mentor took action, success was not guaranteed.

Because the grade of the Spirit Seed limits the upper limit of the fruit that can be grown.

And to break through this limit could not rely on luck; it must be based on solid strength.

"Hmph!

Just a clown.

If I hadn’t looked down on the second-place reward,

would I have let him take second place?"

Just then, Gong Bai Xue also spoke in a low voice, coldly snorted.

Although her voice was low, there were quite a few cultivators around who heard it, and they couldn’t help but glance at her, each having their own thoughts.

Some believed, others did not.

However, Zhou Changwang did believe it.

Because he could see, after she matured the Spirit Fruit, she no longer cast spells, displaying a lack of Spiritual Power.

But her cultivation level was Fifth-Layer Qi Cultivation, equivalent to Gao Mingyi, and since Gao Mingyi could persist in casting until the end, she certainly could as well.

Her claim to have willingly ceded second place indeed had some truth.

Moreover, the second-place reward was the option to apprentice under a High-tier Spirit Plant Master... Given Gong Bai Xue’s extraordinary background, with such spiritual planting skills, she naturally didn’t lack a master, and looking down on this reward was very reasonable.

Thus.

The result was declared.

Whether accepted or not, it was so.

Numerous cultivators, after acquiring their corresponding Spirit Plant Master Identity Tokens and engraving their names on them, left in groups of threes and fives.

Only the top three were left behind by several examiners to collect their respective assessment rewards.

However, Gao Mingyi did not stay, directly walked away.

His second-place reward was to become a disciple.

He had already apprenticed under a High-tier Spirit Plant Master, and naturally did not need this reward, and after that commotion, he had no face to continue staying and could only leave.

Thus, only Zhou Changwang and Gong Bai Xue remained on site.

"Zhou Changwang, this is your first-place reward, Qingyuan Order.

With this token, come next spring, which is six months later, you can directly participate in the Qingyuan Sect entrance examination.

An Inner Sect Disciple can’t be guaranteed, but you can at least obtain Outer Disciple status.

Don’t underestimate an Outer Disciple; after all, we are Spirit Plant Masters, possessing a skill, and Qingyuan Sect is a major spirit plant sect. As long as you complete sect tasks on time, after enduring three to five years, you will surely enter the Inner Sect.

All forms of cultivation will become much more convenient."

Yang Ping looked at Zhou Changwang, speaking kindly.

"Thank you for Elder Yang’s guidance!"

Zhou Changwang reached out to receive the token, which felt slightly heavy in his hand, inscribed with the characters ’Qingyuan,’ with special restraints and restrictions similar in material to the Water Cloud Order he had previously acquired, both tokens of a sect.

"Zhou Changwang, I see your mastery of the Three Spiritual Plant Techniques is indeed exquisite and advanced.