At this moment, Tang Piaomiao was facing a disciple from the Fan Family. His Level was comparable to hers—he was also a Nine-star Martial Master—but their strength was worlds apart. He was far weaker than she was.
After just twenty moves, he was sent flying off the stage by one of Tang Piaomiao’s punches.
This showed just how powerful Tang Piaomiao had become. Her only weakness was that her Level was still a little low.
However, once Tang Piaomiao mastered the Earth Tier Technique that Tang Yi had given her, her future Cultivation Speed would skyrocket.
After that, Tang Yi watched Tang Baijie’s and Tang Shu’s matches.
They were also performing well, especially Tang Shu. Despite her low Level, she was somehow able to defeat opponents who were many levels higher.
This genuinely surprised Tang Yi.
Tang Piaomiao had told him before that there was more to Tang Shu than met the eye, but Tang Yi hadn’t seen it for himself and didn’t believe it. Now, after watching Tang Shu’s match, he was a total believer.
Tang Shu looked sweet on the outside, but she truly had a little Demon hiding in her heart. When it came to fighting, she was shockingly violent.
As the heated competition raged on, days went by. By the fifth day, the third round was finally drawing to a close.
The Tang Family members’ results were particularly dazzling.
Tang Yi had a perfect record of forty wins; no one was a match for him, which blew everyone’s minds.
Tang Piaomiao won thirty-eight matches, losing only two. Her two losses were against Mu Xianling and Fan Wei.
Those two were simply too strong. Since Tang Piaomiao had not yet advanced to the Battle Grandmaster realm, she was no match for them.
But to everyone’s delight, Tang Piaomiao had even managed to defeat Su Four Sabers!
Ever since his loss to Tang Yi, Su Four Sabers’ performance had declined daily. When he later faced Tang Piaomiao, he performed even more poorly, allowing her to find an opening and claim victory.
Tang Baijie also won thirty matches, a respectable performance.
Tang Shu did slightly better than Tang Baijie, winning thirty-four matches. It had to be said, the young woman’s performance had truly exceeded Tang Yi’s expectations.
Over the four days of competition, the Tang Family had flourished on all fronts, making Tang Haotian practically double over with laughter.
"Your Tang Family is doing great this year! Not only have you produced a genius like Tang Yi, but you also have these young talents like Tang Piaomiao, Tang Baijie, and Tang Shu. It seems the Tang Family is poised to rise to prominence."
On the high platform, a Clan Leader from another Noble Family looked at the results of the Tang Family’s participants and couldn’t help but praise Tang Haotian in amazement.
Every high-ranking member of the Noble Families present could see it: the Tang Family’s golden age was dawning.
Tang Yi, Tang Piaomiao, Tang Baijie, and even Tang Shu, who had a low Level but was extremely resilient—all of their results were just too dazzling.
"You flatter me."
In the face of such praise, Tang Haotian simply smiled and nodded, appearing very modest.
He knew in his heart, however, that the Tang Family was indeed poised for greatness, but the reason wasn’t the number of talented juniors they had. It was the existence of a single Demon: Tang Yi.
Today was the fifth and final day of the qualification exam’s third round. By the end of the day, the exam would be completely finished.
And today, Tang Yi was scheduled to face the final two seeded contestants: Mu Xianling and Fan Wei.
Coincidentally, Tang Yi hadn’t been matched against either of them in the previous days of competition. It seemed the West Mansion had deliberately arranged it this way, saving the most exciting showdowns for last.
His matches against them had also drawn a great deal of attention.
However, just as today’s matches were about to begin, Fengyue City received a group of special guests.
The group was led by a middle-aged man with an exceptionally distinguished air. Behind him, about twenty young people stood in a line, all around the same age as the examinees from Fengyue City.
Each of these youths wore a look of arrogance. Upon their arrival, their gazes swept across the examinees of Fengyue City, their eyes filled with disdain, as if they looked down on them.
"Senior Brother Xiao, what brings you here?" Wang Zongyao recognized the middle-aged man leading the group and immediately descended from the high platform to welcome them onto the competition grounds.
Wang Zongyao knew this man. It was Xiao Bai, from the Xiao Family of Celestial Extinction City. Like Wang Zongyao, he was a Core Disciple of the West Mansion Inner Mansion. His strength was slightly greater than Wang Zongyao’s, which was why Wang Zongyao addressed him as Senior Brother.
But Wang Zongyao was quite puzzled to see Xiao Bai here.
As far as he knew, Xiao Bai had also been dispatched to another city to serve as a Chief Examiner. Logically, he shouldn’t have had time to be here.
He had no idea how Xiao Bai had come to Fengyue City, much less with so many people in tow.
"What? Can’t I come visit? I just came to check on Junior Brother Wang. I didn’t expect the exam in Fengyue City to still be going on. We finished up in Wind Rain City a long time ago," Xiao Bai said with a smile, glancing toward the Fengyue City contestants.
"Yes, our qualification exam started a little late, so it isn’t over yet. Today is the last day." Wang Zongyao replied, then glanced at the youths behind Xiao Bai and asked, "Um, Senior Brother, are these the contestants from Wind Rain City?"
"That’s right. These are the twenty contestants from Wind Rain City who earned their spots this year. What do you think? They’re quite outstanding, aren’t they?" Xiao Bai said with a smile, his eyes filled with pride as he looked at the group of youths behind him.
Hearing Wind Rain City’s Chief Examiner, Xiao Bai, introduce them, the young people puffed out their chests and stood taller, putting on their most impressive appearances.
’Outstanding?’ Hearing that word, Wang Zongyao felt a strange feeling. He could see that among the group Xiao Bai had brought, nearly ten of them were at the Battle Grandmaster Level or higher.
That was more than Fengyue City had.
Moreover, their top contestant had even reached the Level of a Five-star Battle Grandmaster. If it weren’t for Tang Yi, a contestant of that caliber could have completely crushed everyone from Fengyue City.
So, in that sense, they were indeed quite outstanding.
But...
...their Fengyue City had Tang Yi!
No matter how outstanding Wind Rain City’s contestants were, they couldn’t hold a candle to a single Tang Yi.
Now, Wang Zongyao understood why Xiao Bai had brought these people here.
To show off. It was a blatant, undisguised attempt to show off!
’That old fox!’
However, even old foxes sometimes suffer a loss.
"They are indeed quite outstanding," Wang Zongyao said, nodding insincerely.
"And what about your side? How is the competition going? Do you already have a list of candidates in mind?" Xiao Bai asked with another smile, as if trying to probe for information.
"Our contestants from Fengyue City are doing... alright. Just barely getting by. The top twenty will be decided today, and I already have a rough list in mind," Wang Zongyao replied, his tone extremely modest.
"Is that so? Well, since you already have a list in mind, Junior Brother Wang, then the spots are more or less decided. In that case, how about this? Before the official House Entrance Examination, why don’t our two groups of contestants have a little competition? We can see whose contestants are more outstanding this year—yours from Fengyue City, or mine from Wind Rain City."
Xiao Bai offered, a warm smile on his face as he dangled the bait before Wang Zongyao.

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