Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 285 - 284 Selection and Arrival of Funds

Zhou Bai nodded his head and, after accepting Jiaojiao’s admonishment, he once again shared with her the matter of the Primordial Dao Treasury, omitting Christina’s part just like he did last time.

And the outcome was the same as before, with Jiaojiao finally saying, "I understand. Give me the coordinates, and I’ll send someone to search for Primordial Dao Treasury 03 and bring it back to East Brilliance City. After I’ve studied it with the others, we’ll decide whether or not to let you continue cultivating the Primordial Dao Treasury."

Zhou Bai breathed a sigh of relief; this time he wouldn’t have to risk searching for the Primordial Dao Treasury himself, as the experts from East Brilliance City would retrieve it for him. This was the advantage of leaning on a powerful backer.

So Zhou Bai gave her the coordinates, and then heard Jiaojiao continue, "Alright, now I’ll personally check your physical condition to see if there are any hidden dangers after your cultivation of the Primordial Dao Treasury."

Zhou Bai felt an unfathomable, mountainous and oceanic Primordial Spirit power descend from the sky, swarming in from all directions and closely adhering to his body, scanning his physical body inch by inch.

’Has Jiaojiao seen through my whole body now?’

Zhou Bai’s mind suddenly became anxious, worried that Jiaojiao would discover a problem with his body, or detect Christina’s existence.

However, fortunately, the cultivation assistance system was still very reliable, and after Jiaojiao’s inspection, she didn’t find any trace of Christina.

What Jiaojiao did discover were some peculiarities in Zhou Bai’s body.

Jiaojiao said, "Your bloodline seems to be a little different from that of ordinary people."

Zhou Bai thought to himself, ’Could she have discovered my pure human bloodline?’

Jiaojiao shook her head, "Your bloodline seems to have mutated, possibly due to the effect of cultivating the Primordial Dao Treasury. We’ll have to study it further once Primordial Dao Treasury 03 is retrieved."

"However, overall, your body is very healthy. There is no problem."

Zhou Bai was surprised, "Mutated? Has my bloodline really mutated?"

Christina said, "Zhou Bai, Zhou Bai, are you going to turn into a dog like Elsa?"

Zhou Bai shouted back internally at Christina, "That’s nonsense. How could I possibly turn into a dog?"

Jiaojiao said, "Hmm, I’ll study this in more detail. You can go back for now, and we’ll talk again after Primordial Dao Treasury 03 has been retrieved."

Then Zhou Bai returned to his dormitory to continue his cultivation while waiting for the retrieval of Primordial Dao Treasury 03.

A few days later, when he arrived at the special training class building, he saw everyone gathered in the hall and suddenly remembered that today was the bi-monthly assessment again.

He saw Ying Hui standing in the center of the hall and saying, "After today’s assessment, in another two months, the Four Great Taoist Schools competition will take place. You all know how important the competition is—it relates to the school’s honor, the future allocation of resources, and the attention from the Heavenly Court.

The team that wins the championship will also receive rewards prepared by the Four Great Taoist Schools, coveted even by cultivators above the 6th realm."

"Today’s assessment is also the selection for the competition. The top 9 from today’s special training class, along with Meng Ruocun who will return from the Heavenly Court in two months, all of you must participate in the Four Great Taoist Schools competition.

In addition, the top 9 selected today will be provided with resources for cultivating the divine chart for free over the next two months, and they will also receive an additional 1000 points as a reward. Give it your best effort today."

Hearing Ying Hui’s words, everyone’s eyes lit up, especially the students ranked from 10 to 15, who had even more determination in their eyes, clearly eager to vie for the ranking.

Zhou Bai was quite calm, as the top student of East Brilliance Dao School, he couldn’t find any rivals among the students. His gaze turned toward the two new students of the day.

Ying Hui introduced, "These two are the newcomers, Xia Li and Jing Xiu..."

Seeing that Jing Xiu and Xia Li had finally joined the special training class after nearly a year of diligent cultivation, Zhou Bai felt it was somewhat unexpected, yet somewhat reasonable.

Although Jing Xiu and Xia Li’s combat abilities had fallen far behind Zhou Bai’s and had also been left in the dust by Qian Wangsun and Zuo Dao,

after the top ten students from the regular class either died, were maimed, or advanced to the special training class, Xia Li and Jing Xiu had become the best performers in the same grade over the past few months.

Especially since they were in Zhou Bai’s study group every day, often learning from Zhou Bai, Lu Wanzhen, Qian Wangsun, Zuo Dao, as well as Zheng Wentian and Le Zhenzi, their levels were naturally improving rapidly compared to their ordinary classmates.

Jing Xiu and Xia Li introduced themselves with some nervousness, and this time Ying Hui didn’t give them a hard time but quickly started today’s challenge.

The subsequent challenges had almost everyone eager to try, and the battle for the top ten spots soon became fiercely competitive.

In the end, Zhou Bai took first place with his second-realm cultivation.

As the only fourth-realm cultivator currently in the special training class, Zheng Wentian naturally came in second.

The third place, however, was snatched by Lu Wanzhen; Jiang Weishan who had stepped into the third realm earlier than Lu Wanzhen, was overtaken.

Thus, Jiang Weishan became fourth.

Fifth place was claimed by Xu Qizhang, who, despite his unremarkable appearance, consecutively won three challenges.

Zuo Dao, with his newly achieved second-realm strength, grabbed the eighth position. His second-realm chosen Spirit Chart was the White Bone Primordial Pearl Chart, with which he crafted White Bone Primordial Pearls—among the front-running defensive magical treasures in the second realm, capable of creating a large defensive force field. Coupled with his crafted Yin Thunder Pearl, his single-round destructive and defensive power could compete with some third-realm cultivators.

In the end, Qian Wangsun, with his peak first-realm strength, took the ninth spot, securing an opportunity to participate in the Four Great Taoist Schools competition.

Throughout the assessment, only Zhou Bai and Zheng Wentian stood to the side, unchallenged.

Zheng Wentian looked around with a trace of pride, then turned to Zhou Bai who also stood aside with nothing to do, and suddenly felt a sense of kinship, "After all, Zhou Bai and I are geniuses superior to mortals. The main strength in this competition between the Four Schools will have to come from him and me."

Zhou Bai spoke to Christina in his mind, "Let me tell you, this competition between the Four Schools is just the best braggers from four schools coming together to show off. There will surely be a gathering of experts and a convergence of talents. I hope I can resolve the issue with the Primordial Dao Treasury and break through to the third realm before participating in the big competition."

Christina responded eagerly, "Let me have a chance to practice then."

Qian Wangsun turned to Lu Wanzhen and communicated telepathically, "Wanzhen, did Zhou Bai talk to you yesterday?"

Lu Wanzhen replied offhandedly, "He asked me to compile a list of light-body technique books for him."

Qian Wangsun said, wary, "You can’t talk to Zhou Bai alone, you know that? It’s too dangerous."

Lu Wanzhen rolled her eyes, "What are you talking about? What’s wrong with classmates talking to each other?"

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Qian Wangsun said, "Zhou Bai has superpowers, a few words from him and he can trick a girl into bed."

Lu Wanzhen glanced at him skeptically.

Qian Wangsun insisted, "You really shouldn’t doubt it. I’ve seen it with my own eyes, Zhou Bai said just one sentence, and he almost tricked a big guy into bed."

At that moment, a soldier came looking for Zhou Bai and communicated telepathically, "Is this student Zhou Bai? We need your assistance with something over here, concerning the Primordial Dao Treasury."

Zhou Bai’s eyes lit up, and he thought to himself, ’Primordial Dao Treasury 03 incoming?’