Chapter 101: Take your time, I’ll wait for you
With a resounding copper sound, the second stage of the competition officially began.
As for the inscription of Qi patterns, Lu Feng could complete it with his eyes closed. He had already understood it in his heart, but after the first round of 'experience', he deliberately kept a low profile.
Gently, slowly, carefully... he touched the carving knife and the jade stone in his hand, pretending to be clumsy.
Lu Feng felt bored and continued to write in his hand, but his eyes involuntarily began to look at the other contestants on the field.
It's a pity that as far as the eye can see, there are all ordinary people, some of whom are even worse than Qukan, and there are only a few who can catch the eye.
Even though there was a Condensing Core Formation Master in the crowd, Lu Feng had full confidence that he would not lose to him along the way.
Due to their impressive performance in the first stage, the three supervisors had their eyes fixed on Lu Feng at the beginning of the second stage.
But after seeing Lu Feng's "clumsy" and "at a loss" performance, everyone couldn't help but sigh, with expressions of disappointment.
The impression of Lu Feng instantly became: a person with rich theoretical knowledge and extremely poor practical ability.
In layman's terms, a nerd is a bookworm.
Useless!
Lu Feng quietly paid attention to the supervisor's expression and was very satisfied with his excellent 'performance'.
There was no wave on his calm face, he was still focused on two things, looking at the arena boringly.
"Huh?" Lu Feng suddenly muttered in surprise.
His eyes were fixed on a handsome man at the edge of the fighting platform. The man was about in his early twenties, with a delicate and handsome face, and his cheeks were as red and white as a woman's.
What Lu Feng noticed was that the delicate man's hands were very white and smooth, and his fingers were extremely long and beautiful.
It doesn't look like a man's hand!
In these hands as beautiful as jade, a mysterious engraving technique is being used at this moment.
The handsome man held a carving knife in his left and right hands. The sharp carving knife in his hands was like two tiny swimming dragons, flashing on his fingertips.
Doing two things at once, engraved with formation patterns at the same time.
Originally, two carving knives were distributed on the field to prevent someone from making a mistake and destroying the carving knife as a backup, but I never thought that someone would hold the knife with both hands to carve inscriptions. This is tantamount to having twice the speed of ordinary people.
After the supervisors saw the handsome man holding knives in both hands, the three of them looked at each other and saw the surprise and confusion in each other's eyes, and then nodded to each other.
Apparently he recognized the identity of the handsome man.
The head supervisor suddenly had a sense of balance in his mind, and spoke softly to the other two people: "No matter what the person's grades are, let him advance to the next round first, so as not to bring shame on those families."
The other two supervisors nodded in agreement.
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"Time's up, stop!"
The supervisor ordered and stopped those who had not yet completed the work.
The time given by the game is sufficient. If this cannot be accomplished, it can only be said that the strength is too poor.
The supervisor counted each contestant's jade, checked all the lines and the corresponding strength of the inscriber, and made a list.
He announced loudly to everyone on the field: "In the second stage, there are a total of fifteen people who have completed the inscription. Among them, Li Qingchi was eliminated because he did not meet the specifications of the inscription pattern, and Jiang Yuyu was eliminated because he damaged two carving knives."
As soon as the supervisor finished speaking, someone in the audience was dissatisfied: "This is unfair. The rules of the competition do not state that the carving knife cannot be damaged!"
One of the supervisors headed by him glared at the person who spoke, and said in a dissatisfied voice: "It's true that it's not stated in the rules, but as an array master, you can't even control the most basic carving knife. How can you compete with those superiors?" Are they fighting?"
Jiang Yuyu blushed and stopped speaking, not because he figured it out and gave in, but because he heard the results announced by the supervisor next and knew that the other contestants were better than him.
The supervisor continued: "Wang Xiaoyun, although you did not damage half of the jade or the handle of the carving knife, you are the slowest in carving and have the lowest score, so you are eliminated."
"The following is the list of twelve people who entered the third round. Chai Tong, Su Qing... Lu Feng..."
This time, although Lu Feng successfully advanced, he obviously received much less attention, and his ranking was well controlled at the middle to lower level.
"The following is the third stage. Pairs are randomly combined and compete to pass the pattern. Those who pass the opponent's pattern will be given priority and enter the next round."
Twelve contestants were randomly combined in pairs and divided into six groups under supervision.
No one raised any objection before the assignment.
But after the assignment was completed, one of the men pointed at the people in the same group and complained: "This is unfair. His strength has reached the Condensation Level. I can't get through the formation patterns he engraved."
Lu Feng followed the voice and saw that the person speaking was a man with the same strength as him. He was also at the Soul Gathering Five Soul Realm, while the other man in the same group was at the Dan Condensation Realm.
The competition this time is to penetrate the opponent's pattern, which means to penetrate the pattern engraved by the people in the same group in the previous round.
It's no wonder that the man complained. After all, it was a bit difficult to penetrate the lines carved by the strong men of the Condensing Core Realm with the strength of the Soul Gathering Realm.
The supervisor shouted majestically: "Luck is also a part of strength. If you can't avoid bad luck, then you have to overcome it. Although it is difficult to pass through the pattern, the texture of the pattern is simple and popular, and there is no hope of breakthrough."
The man who complained calmed down a little. After seeing this, the supervisor continued: "You are not the only one who encounters you on the field. Instead of complaining, it is better to think about how to deal with it."
Lu Feng was stunned. The supervisor glanced at him clearly when he spoke.
Doesn't this mean that the strength of the people in the same group as him has also reached the Dan Condensation Realm?
Lu Feng raised his head and looked at a young man in the same group.
The young man's face showed the slightest disdain, and he did not take Lu Feng into his eyes at all. There was an indifferent smile on his lips, and he seemed to regard Lu Feng as a stepping stone to enter the next round.
The young man said arrogantly: "I advise you to give up, lest you lose too ugly."
Lu Feng smiled at him and didn't pay attention to his clamor at all.
The young man looked a little gloomy, "I'll let you get off the stage later without your hands getting warm."
Lu Feng moved his eyes to look at the handsome man who was holding knives in both hands and found that the strength of the person in his group was the weakest among the twelve people on the stage.
After the supervisor arranged their respective positions, he said: "The gong will sound and it will begin. The one who has the first priority to tattoo the opponent's jade will win. The time limit is half an hour."
In front of each person are placed two pieces of jade that the other person has engraved on them. After the gong sounds, they only need to connect the two pieces of jade, and the spiritual energy can be penetrated to complete the ceremony.
"Dong..."
With the sound of gongs, six groups of twelve people each performed their magic, and the spiritual energy continued to wrap around the jade stones in front of them.
Lu Feng put away his carelessness in the last round. After all, what he saw in front of him was the formation pattern engraved in the Condensing Core Realm, and he still needed to take it seriously.
But when he picked up the jade and inspected it, he was speechless.
"Aren't the formation patterns engraved in this Condensing Core Realm too rough and weak?" Lu Feng speculated in his mind, somewhat unwilling to believe in the strength of the people in his group.
Lu Feng's spiritual energy surged along the formation's head, like a water channel running through it. Step by section, the lines gradually became smoother under the influx of spiritual energy.
Although the jade in his hand was engraved at the Condensing Core Realm, in Lu Feng's knowledge, the quality of such formation patterns was not even as good as those at the Spirit Gathering Realm.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Feng put down the first piece of jade and raised his hand to pick up the second piece of jade.
At this time, a shouting sound came from my ears.
"Haha, did you find that you can't penetrate the formation patterns I carved? Even those in the Spirit Gathering Realm are trying to penetrate the formation patterns I carved," the young man in the same group mocked.
Lu Feng was amused, as if looking at a fool, and reminded him: "You should worry about yourself first."
The young man snorted coldly, and as he raised his hand, spiritual energy flowed into the jade carved by Lu Feng. The disdain and ridicule on his face disappeared the moment he touched the jade, and instead showed a look of fear and shock.
"This is impossible!"
"How can a mere spirit-gathering realm master engrave such a formation pattern!"
The young man suppressed his surprise and looked at the extremely perfect formation pattern in his hand. He couldn't find any faults. His eyes finally showed seriousness, and there was also a hint of unwillingness, because this pattern was actually more realistic than his own. There are too many excellent ones.
Just like, there is a huge gap between iron wire and gold wire!
There is no comparability at all!
The defense line in the young man's heart has not collapsed yet, and he constantly reminds himself, "After all, this is a pattern created by the hands of the Spirit Gathering Realm. No matter how perfect it is, I have the strength of the Condensing Core Realm, and I will definitely be able to complete the pattern."
Lu Feng had already picked up the second piece of jade, and this time the time required to penetrate the pattern was much shorter than the previous one.
The textures of the two jade stones were equally rough and simple. Lu Feng connected them effortlessly. After a moment, he slowly laid the two jade stones flat, preparing to connect the two jade stones with each other.
At this time, the young man's forehead was already sweating due to nervousness. As he was wiping it, he saw that Lu Feng had penetrated the second piece of jade and was ready to connect it.
His eyes were in disbelief as if he had seen a ghost, and he was shocked in his heart.
"Am I a Condensing Core Formation Master, or is he a Condensing Core Formation Master?"
"When did it become so easy to cross the level and clear the pattern?"
Lu Feng looked up and met his eyes, and couldn't help but smile indifferently.
"Don't be nervous, take your time, I'll wait for you."
