ASER - Chapter 216
Chapter 216: First
Since she had an idea, she naturally acted on it.
Anyway, weighing the pros and cons, the benefits far outweighed the losses, not to mention she had a foundation.
A'Diao immediately gave up on comprehension and began to focus on her mental network and nerve splitting.
At first, others couldn't tell, until A'Diao, who was first in the fourth scroll, was surpassed by Lingjiu.
Huh?
Initially, there was just suspicion, thinking this person was up to some mischief again. Even Lingjiu was a bit puzzled because his comprehension efficiency hadn't significantly improved. If he hadn't improved, then she must have slowed down.
Could it be that the section she was currently comprehending was not her forte?
It wasn't a big deal at first. After another hour, the rankings behind her began to change gradually. The main reason was that the process was like sifting gold from sand; the more difficult the questions, the more elite were those who remained.
At this point, it was no longer about knowledge reserves, which depended on background and accumulated time. It was purely a test of comprehension ability.
And the Crown Prince's faction, who had been relentlessly pursuing, also began to show their varying strengths at this stage.
Tong Huang, Dantai Liaoluo, and Taihao Zhen were clearly stronger than the other three. However, this was normal; the gap between the six could be seen earlier. And in the Primordial Era, these three were also recognized as stronger, but now the gap was widening.
Then... Baiyue Lingxi and Cang Wu, who were originally ranked lower, began to surge forward.
Baiyue Lingxi caught up to Moluo Tiangang. The Primordial Celestials and contemporary Celestials began to battle it out.
Another hour later, Dantai Liaoluo surpassed Tong Huang and the other, overtook several experts ranked ahead, and began to rapidly close in on A'Diao.
Others wouldn't know that she had completely stopped comprehending. But because she had led by so much at the beginning, only Lingjiu, whose gap with her was smaller, could surpass her. Her lead over others still remained.
However, the competition below was fierce. One wasn't comprehending, while others were chasing relentlessly. In everyone's eyes, it was Dantai Liaoluo and Taihao Zhen once again closing in on Chen A'Diao.
Previously, everyone thought they were bound to lose. They had agreed not to chase, so how come there was hope again now?
Or was this Chen A'Diao playing possum again, waiting to strike back hard?
Anyway, Dantai Liaoluo and the others had been so psychologically manipulated that they had developed a mental block and held no hope. But as Chen A'Diao was surpassed by another strong contender, Dantai Liaoluo finally realized something was amiss. He observed carefully and found A'Diao's current state: cold sweat beaded on her forehead, her face pale, and it seemed... her mental power fluctuations were considerable.
"Is she cultivating?"
"I don't know. Maybe her spiritual body has a problem. No wonder she hasn't made any progress."
"It seems because her spiritual body has a problem, she hasn't been comprehending."
These people had already found their answer. And as time truly passed, hour by hour, the original 12 hours dwindled down to only eight.
Swoosh!
Bronze Mountain Head Tong Guang reached the 6th scroll first. Then, the other three also passed the 5th scroll and all entered the sixth. Apart from Tong Guang, who consistently held first place, Baiyue Mochou and Yu Xuanji hovered between second and third, while Qu Xia'er remained in fourth, but she was a bit worried at this moment.
Glancing at A'Diao's situation, she pondered: Could Chen A'Diao be tinkering with spiritual attachment?
At this moment, swoosh, Lingjiu also reached the fifth scroll. Now, he finally confirmed that Chen A'Diao had been left far behind by him. The threat from her no longer existed. He glanced at Tong Huang, urging the latter to seize this golden opportunity and definitely surpass Chen A'Diao.
Tong Huang currently felt that if Chen A'Diao really had a problem, the ones he needed to surpass were Dantai Liaoluo and Taihao Zhen instead.
"He's about to surpass Chen A'Diao."
Tong Huang had a faint feeling, and so did others. Taihao Zhen even thought that this time, Chen A'Diao might really end up warming someone's bed.
But anyway, once surpassed, her karmic luck would definitely be lost.
And she wouldn't dare let Dantai Liaoluo monopolize the title of top genius and take most of the karmic luck, so she focused her mind and spirit to chase after him...
Dantai Liaoluo looked at A'Diao, ranked fourth, her brow furrowed, seemingly in great pain. He himself was already fifth. He lowered his eyes, and after a moment of inner turmoil, the corner of his mouth curved slightly.
Chen A'Diao, this time, you're courting death yourself.
Perhaps with sufficient motivation and abundant inspiration, Dantai Liaoluo's comprehension speed actually increased, inch by inch, piece by piece.
Soon!
When Dantai Liaoluo comprehended a difficult point, he almost thought he had closed a significant distance to A'Diao.
Suddenly.
A'Diao's fluctuating and unstable mental power suddenly erupted, like a twisted fried dough twist. Everyone even saw her mental domain explode outwards. Just as they were thinking of dodging and defending, the old man on the mountain wall also trembled, hesitated for a moment, then still acted, releasing a mental shield.
The moment the domain and the shield collided.
In A'Diao's mental world, 14 different mental networks were distributed above her mental sea. At this moment, they were all incomplete and independent because the mental threads had not yet fully connected. If they were to be fully connected, it would take at least ten days to half a month.
But A'Diao had already used the residual mutated substances in her body to stimulate her mental nerve endings, and then operated with her improved nerve attachment secret technique. To accelerate its growth speed and direction, A'Diao even placed special mental imprints on various thread ends and nodes, using the imprints to guide the direction of the mental threads' splitting and growth. Finally...
"Split, grow!"
Countless mental threads split individually and, supported by the mental sea, began to grow wildly... line after line grew and connected.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Connection after connection, finally forming completely.
12 mental networks were successfully born simultaneously. At that moment, the originally fluctuating spiritual body suddenly coiled and retracted, then the fluctuations stabilized, and the distortion disappeared.
A'Diao opened her eyes. The overlapping, densely packed Yellow Springs spirals in her eyes had become much, much more complex, as if she had entered the true Netherworld Yellow Springs, seen through space and time, and reached the end of civilization.
And when the 12 different mental networks received the remaining content of the fourth scroll, they automatically divided it into 12 sections and comprehended them separately.
At this moment, it was equivalent to 12 Chen A'Diaos comprehending separately, yet sharing the same powerful spiritual body.
What about the efficiency?
More than 12 times!
Toilet was very excited: Hahaha, the villa is built! We can start decorating~~~
Dantai Liaoluo saw his rank jump, and just when he thought he was about to surpass A'Diao, the ranks ahead of him also jumped.
Swoosh!
Actually, three names jumped.
Fourth scroll, third place, Chen A'Diao.
Fourth place, Dantai Liaoluo.
Fifth place, XXX.
Fuck! Dantai Liaoluo's heart, which had been lifted high, was smashed down by a hammer. His face froze. A'Diao turned her head, glanced at him, her tone slightly peculiar.
"Brother, doesn't your face hurt every time you look up at me?"
"Promise me, don't look up next time."
Slap, slap, slap, doesn't your face hurt?
Dantai Liaoluo, whose face had turned black from the mockery, didn't want to say a word. It was too disgusting.
Eight consecutive failed attempts to surpass her, especially this last time, he almost thought Chen A'Diao was deliberately messing with him.
But he failed again!
Again!
Eight times!
Dantai Liaoluo's stomach churned, his head buzzed, and his comprehension state became chaotic.
Others weren't as disgusted as he was, but they were also shocked.
Is she all better now?
She wasn't sick, was she? Did she tinker around for half a day just to thrash them once?
Baiyue Lingxi thought to herself: I'd rather she was deliberately thrashing people. Otherwise, it means she was working on some technique to enhance comprehension efficiency, and it seems she has succeeded.
Naturally, she succeeded. Everyone could see it because after A'Diao surpassed Dantai Liaoluo, she quickly surpassed the one in second place.
Then, first place.
Within fifteen minutes, she surpassed two people consecutively, returning to first place in the fourth scroll. Before everyone could suppress their agitation and shock, swoosh!
She passed the fifth scroll.
She jumped to just behind Lingjiu.
Fifth scroll, now only the two of them were on it.
Lingjiu, who had been in a cheerful mood after losing the threat from A'Diao, felt his heart skip a beat.
"Hello, Senior."
From Lingjiu +12 stars!
In less than a few minutes, A'Diao directly surpassed Lingjiu.
"Goodbye, Senior."
From Lingjiu +20 stars!!
Fuck!
Lingjiu's expression was extremely unsightly. He tried to catch up again, but it was as if he were welded to second place; he couldn't surpass her no matter what.
What exactly was the gap between him and her?
An hour later, he knew.
Swoosh!
A'Diao's name disappeared.
Even the old man on the mountain wall was shocked, his voice somewhat unsteady, "Sixth scroll, Chen A'Diao advances."
"Oh my god!"
"She's on the sixth scroll, the same one as the Mountain Heads!"
"Too terrifying! She finished comprehending the fifth scroll in just over an hour."
This comprehension efficiency was actually several times faster than for the third and fourth scrolls.
How is this possible?
"Could it be that her spirit mutated?"
"How could that be? I don't know what technique it is, but it's too terrifying."
Not to mention the crowd, even the three Mountain Heads were shocked.
The monarchs of the Three Kingdoms and Daoguang Jingci, who were remotely observing this comprehension trial, were also astonished.
"Your Highness, in terms of aptitude, this Chen A'Diao is probably no weaker than the Three Founders." Daoguang Jingci's maidservant couldn't help but say after her shock.
Daoguang Jingci, however, was lost in thought.
Even the Three Founders had laid their foundation in an era teeming with treasures. Now, most top-tier treasures were monopolized by the Nine Cauldrons Powers. Even Lushan had mostly expended its resources on past powerhouses, leaving not much for A'Diao. After all, Lushan's tradition was not to pamper successors with resources.
Chen A'Diao's terrifying ability had already surpassed the limits of human genetics.
Could she be...
Daoguang Jingci's heart pounded, but after being called a second time by her maidservant, she regained her composure and said calmly, "The karmic luck of the Primordial Era was immense and concentrated on them, creating many terrifying powerhouses. If only one Chen A'Diao appears in this era, it wouldn't be considered strange."
This statement was very reasonable. After all, the Primordial Era had three founders and other monstrous talents of comparable caliber.
"I just don't know if she can overcome the lack of time and surpass the three great Mountain Heads."
The maidservant was still curious, and Daoguang Jingci was curious too, looking at A'Diao and the others on the screen, a faint light in her eyes.
A'Diao moved up behind Qu Xia'er's rank, and their eyes met.
A'Diao wanted to tell Qu Xia'er her method, but the latter sent a voice transmission first: "Walls."
Have ears.
Whose ears are they trying to avoid?
Anyway, this island was mysterious, and the three Mountain Heads, Tong Guang and the others, also had secretive methods. It was best to be cautious.
A'Diao wondered if this Qu Xia'er had asked Qu Jiangnan to investigate something.
Anyway, now was not the time for a secret chat.
A'Diao continued to comprehend.
The seventh scroll was her goal, and being the first to reach 50% progress was also her goal.
A'Diao stopped blabbering to mess with others' mentality. Anyway, she couldn't shake the Mountain Heads' mentality, so she focused on comprehension.
With two hours left on the countdown.
Swoosh!
A'Diao surpassed Qu Xia'er.
Qu Xia'er was very calm. As a Corpse King, she didn't have strong emotional sources anyway.
And after surpassing Qu Xia'er, it meant she was very close to the three great Mountain Heads.
Because even the three great Mountain Heads guessed that Qu Xia'er was not far behind them—her talent was too terrifying.
Then... Yu Xuanji, currently in third place, suddenly said, "Big Sister Mochou, give me a chance. Let me surpass you, lest I be surpassed by my disciple too early. That would be so embarrassing for me."
Seemingly afraid of losing face, but actually humblebragging.
And after saying this, Yu Xuanji suddenly surpassed Baiyue Mochou. The latter frowned and glanced at Old Man Yu.
Both the old and the young were cunning. To win over Wu Mountain, he was being very decorous and polite, deliberately making people think she let him pass?
So as not to hurt her pride?
No, it was actually to give outsiders the impression that Lushan and Wu Mountain had indeed colluded.
Baiyue Mochou said nothing, coldly focusing on her own comprehension, but her competitive spirit was also aroused.
Yu Xuanji had always been profound and reserved; it wasn't strange to be surpassed by him. But if she were surpassed by Chen A'Diao, a junior... then...
Baiyue Mochou's reaction stemmed purely from the competitive spirit inherent in every cultivator. As if seizing some opportunity, the Gu spirit in her heart suddenly released a mysterious substance, making her thoughts instantly many times clearer, and her efficiency soared.
One and a half hours left on the countdown.
Baiyue Mochou successfully surpassed Yu Xuanji.
Yu Xuanji: "?"
At the same time, Yu Xuanji was surpassed by A'Diao again.
After all, he was her Master; he still deserved some respect. How could she surpass him without a polite greeting?
When A'Diao surpassed him, she even added, "The new waves push the old waves, and the old waves die on the beach. Master, are you an old wave?"
Wave your head!
Yu Xuanji was more skilled in "crafting and unorthodox tricks," which were not mainstream in the academic pursuits advocated by the secret records. It wasn't strange for him to be surpassed by the competitive Baiyue Mochou, but to be surpassed by two people at once...
His old face felt a bit swollen.
Yu Xuanji grumbled but also looked forward to when A'Diao would surpass Baiyue Mochou, and whether she could surpass Tong Guang.
This Tong Guang was an extremely formidable person.
Yu Xuanji casually glanced at the silent Tong Guang and sent A'Diao a voice transmission: "I've always suspected that Bronze Mountain's relationship with the imperial families of the Three Kingdoms three hundred years ago was extraordinary. Perhaps among the three major sects, Bronze Mountain's founder was privy to the events of that time. You can see it, right? Bronze Mountain's preparations for the spiritual energy cutoff surpassed those of Wu Mountain and Lushan. They have the most experts. Logically, Wu Mountain was the strongest back then, but now Bronze Mountain is first. Only those who received firsthand intelligence could react like this."
As a Mountain Head, Yu Xuanji also had his own sources of intelligence. He knew far more about the other two major sects than A'Diao did.
A'Diao, suddenly learning of this matter, took it to heart and then continued to comprehend.
At this moment, there was still an hour and a half left.
Twenty minutes later.
Baiyue Mochou saw her rank drop by one place.
She was third, and Chen A'Diao was second!
At the same time, Qu Xia'er surpassed Yu Xuanji.
Qu Xia'er was right behind Baiyue Mochou.
The two exchanged a glance.
Yu Xuanji looked at the two women, stroked his beard, and sighed softly, "Women hold up half the sky. This generation is truly remarkable."
In the Primordial Era, female powerhouses were far fewer than male ones. Wu Mountain alone accounted for half of the world's female powerhouses.
For this reason alone, Yu Xuanji held no ill feelings towards these sorceresses of Wu Mountain.
But this generation was very special.
He sensed an awakening among women.
Whether it was A'Diao, the Qu Xia'er sisters, or Song Ling and Shen Huajing, they were all rising against the current.
And in a world currently controlled by feudal monarchy, their rise was particularly difficult. The aptitude they displayed after rising naturally surpassed others.
Jewels polished against the current always shine brighter than ordinary jewels.
However, regardless of how Qu Xia'er and the others competed, the world was most focused on A'Diao and Tong Guang.
After A'Diao climbed to second place, Tong Guang opened his eyes and looked at A'Diao.
Their eyes met.
One was the Mountain Head of the currently recognized strongest major sect, holding high status and great power, his authority spanning the Primordial and contemporary eras. The other was a 19-year-old genius of the current era.
They were like the sharp edges representing two eras; if they clashed, sparks would surely fly, and someone would get cut.
But they only exchanged glances. Tong Guang showed no excessive emotion, remaining unperturbed. A'Diao, however, did not display youthful impulsiveness and was also surprisingly calm.
Then, both simultaneously withdrew their gazes.
It was the others whose emotions surged. The people from the imperial families of the Three Kingdoms had complex feelings; even the Dantai Imperial Clan was extremely reluctant to let A'Diao rise to the top.
There were historical reasons for this, and also because Chen A'Diao was simply too dangerous.
They didn't know if Tong Guang could suppress her.
Time passed, second by second. A cold glint gathered in Tong Guang's eyes. A'Diao, however, took a large gulp of milk tea, as if making pre-battle preparations, her cheeks puffing, chewing on sago and chewy toppings, while staring at the remaining content of the sixth scroll.
Half an hour later, swoosh!
Tong Guang's rank was surpassed by A'Diao.
Whoa!!!
The entire audience was shocked! Xia Sanlu and others who were comprehending even jumped up in fright.
My heavens!
A'Diao really surpassed the Mountain Head!
We're still running a marathon, and she's already on an interstellar journey?
The atmosphere in the entire venue heated up. The disciples of Bronze Mountain refused to believe it, and the Crown Prince's faction was also a bit stunned.
How... is she this strong?
Reached the very top? First place?
Just when everyone thought everything was settled.
A'Diao's vast and complex mental network system suddenly sensed a strange fluctuation from Tong Guang. Immediately after... swoosh!
A'Diao was surpassed again.
Everyone: "?"
A'Diao was also astonished. This person suddenly surpassed her? Could he have had a sudden epiphany?
Toilet: "Strange, was I just being too sensitive?"
A'Diao's face darkened, and she sneered, "Sensitive my ass. I suspect he had external help."
Toilet: "External help? Could it be some super treasure? But even the Eastern Emperor Bell doesn't have the ability to help enhance comprehension."
A'Diao: "Perhaps... it's the founder of Bronze Mountain. Unless he has the same methods as me, the greatest possibility is that the founder of Bronze Mountain left a strand of spiritual will hidden in his mental sea. At critical moments, it connects their thoughts to help him comprehend. The reason it wasn't revealed earlier was fear of premature exposure, afraid of being detected by Wu Mountain's founder or this old man on the mountain wall... He was only forced to act because I pushed him to this extent."
Toilet: "Isn't this cheating? They're despicable, shameless! A dignified founder acting like this, ptooey!"
A'Diao: "Not really. If they have the ability to hide it in their mental sea without being discovered, what can you do?"
If Kunlun's soul remnant wasn't so weak, she would also want to ask for his remote help, but it's not possible!
A'Diao glanced at the old man on the mountain wall, a flicker of anxiety in her heart for a second.
Just admit defeat like this? How could she compare to a founder?
However, why couldn't she compare?!
Toilet encouraged her: "So what if he's a founder? It's just an incomplete spiritual will, not his main body. Besides, no matter how awesome he was, wasn't he suppressed by Lord Changting and Kunlun back then?"
"You are Chen A'Diao, you know."
"You are Chen A'Diao!"
Toilet's encouragement was simple and unadorned, like the unwavering belief a Northeastern grandma has in her own child: You are number one, you are definitely number one! Go for it, sweetie!
A'Diao really wanted to roast this guy, but she was inexplicably stirred up.
Hmph, hmph, hmph.
Everyone was now saying she was no weaker than the Three Founders.
So what if she really benchmarked herself against them?
Surpass him, she must surpass him!
Moreover, if she didn't surpass him, the opposing founder would deduce that Kunlun had truly fallen completely or was severely injured and weakened, unable to split his spiritual will. That would be very bad for Lushan.
A'Diao had deliberately revealed the Langya Dao Tablet earlier precisely to create a mix of truth and falsehood, making it impossible for Bronze Mountain and the various imperial clans to determine the true state of Langya Kunlun.
Now, with core interests at stake, if Langya Kunlun allowed them to operate underhandedly without intervening, it would basically confirm that his condition was not good.
Pressure and motivation exerted force simultaneously. Ambition blossomed like a flower; the power of confidence was infinite.
A'Diao's mental thoughts became infinitely excited, and she began to frantically comprehend the difficult problems of the sixth scroll.
If there were two progress bars representing Tong Guang and A'Diao at this time, one could see both of them tackling the sixth scroll's progress at a speed exceeding their previous pace.
As the two comprehended frantically, others even sensed a mysterious power emanating from them.
This was not substantial, nor was it of the spiritual body, but a kind of... power derived from knowledge.
Erudition transcending mountains and seas, boundless mountains and seas connecting to the universe. Time flies like a shuttle; the birth of civilization is like a meteorite, falling into an innovative world.
75%, 76%, 79%...
98%!
99%
100%!!!
Buzz!!!
When a name suddenly jumped.
Everyone's thoughts jolted, and even those who were comprehending all looked towards the leaderboard.
The people from Bronze Mountain subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
First place, their own Mountain Head was still first.
Excellent!
"No, that doesn't seem right, holy shit!"
At this moment, the old man on the mountain wall suddenly appeared.
"Seventh scroll, Chen A'Diao enters. The first to achieve two conditions."
"Both first place and achieving the 50% comprehension standard. Congratulations, Chen A'Diao, you have been chosen."
Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!
From Tong Guang +30 stars!
From...
Mental power points surged wildly, hundreds of stars accumulated in an instant.
Surpass, be surpassed, then surpass again!
But there was no fourth reversal, because she directly jumped to the seventh scroll.
The dust has settled, hahahaha!
"Hahaha! My grand-aunt, you won! 666!" This Xia Sanlu was amazing; his mentality was incredibly smooth. From competitor to wanting to cling to a rich woman's thigh, to a live-in son-in-law, and now to 'grand-aunt,' he switched roles each time without any awkwardness.
But strangely, it seemed others were led astray by him; even the arrogant Handan Jidao and others subconsciously identified with it.
Backup option?
Am I worthy?
Definitely not worthy, but she surely needs followers like him.
Cao Juanzhi mentally filtered through the food shops within Tang Song Nation and remotely sent an order to his family's intelligence agency.
"Search for delicious food, spare no expense!"
Tong Guang was stunned for a moment, then received a message from the will deep within his soul.
"The one from Wu Mountain has come to investigate me. I must leave. Remember, do not let her leave Guixu Ruins alive, at any cost."
"This girl is terrifying."
To make a founder say "terrifying," she must be absolutely super terrifying.
A dark glint flashed in Tong Guang's eyes, and he quickly regained his composure.
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