Everyone looked over.

They saw.

As the light dispersed, there were a full one hundred bells. These bells floated in midair, ringing with an unbelievably clear sound, as if it could penetrate space.

At the same time.

The materials of these hundred bells were also different.

Divided into gold, silver, and copper!

Just as everyone was speculating about how Su Moran would use these three types of bells to determine the top one hundred cultivators of the selection in one go, they heard her calmly say, "I have one hundred bells here!"

"Ninety copper bells! Nine silver bells! One golden bell!"

"Once these hundred bells are activated, they will fly to different places. Whoever can capture the golden bell will become the first place in this selection. Capturing a silver bell means being in the top ten. A copper bell means the top hundred. As for the rankings of the silver and copper bells, it will depend on how long one keeps hold of the bell. The longer you hold it, the higher your rank!"

Su Moran’s words.

Made the originally tense crowd widen their eyes.

"Just capturing bells?"

"Isn’t that too simple?"

"If someone gets a bell, they can just find a spot to hide, and after eight hours, they can easily win!"

For a moment.

The people present couldn’t help but start discussing.

Even Lu Yanwu nodded repeatedly on the side, whispering, "Mr. Ye, this selection doesn’t seem as difficult as expected!"

"Su Moran, being an Earth Immortal, wouldn’t use such a flawed rule," Ye Qingchen looked at the bells ringing continuously in midair, pondering, "The rules of this selection seem very simple, but the actual difficulty behind them is quite high!"

Hearing the surrounding discussions, Su Moran smiled, indeed, many had not realized the difficulty of capturing the bells. However, when she heard Ye Qingchen’s voice, a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes.

She didn’t expect that among those present, only Ye Qingchen saw the deeper implication behind capturing the bells. But she wouldn’t explain anything: "The entire selection lasts eight hours, and as for the location, it is on Celestial Secret Mountain!"

"Next, the selection begins!"

Boom!

The moment the words fell.

Su Moran had already raised her hand with a wave.

"Swish!"

In an instant.

A hundred bells had already transformed into heaven-shocking streams of light, like swift lightning, instantly sweeping into Celestial Secret Mountain with terrifying afterimages.

In fact.

The speed at which the bells flew had exceeded everyone’s imagination.

In a flash.

The people present discovered that the hundred or so bells had disappeared before their eyes.

"So fast!"

"Is this the bell capturing?"

"Celestial Secret Mountain, the bells are in Celestial Secret Mountain!"

A moment later, everyone snapped back to reality in astonishment. Without any hesitation, they transformed into streaks of light, heading towards Celestial Secret Mountain with incredible speed!

Among the countless streaks of light, two figures were even faster than the others.

Swish!

Almost before everyone had even taken off, they had already swiftly ascended into the sky, flying several hundred feet away. Their terrifying speed left everyone gasping in surprise, and they quickly looked over.

"It’s Wu Xingyun and Tuoba Ye!"

"What speed!"

"No wonder they’re Celestial Venerable Ninth Layer cultivators, no wonder they’re the top prodigies!"

"Hurry, let’s catch up with them!"

Seeing Wu Xingyun and Tuoba Ye had already rushed ahead and disappeared from sight, everyone almost without hesitation began chasing after them!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

At this moment.

On the plaza, numerous prodigies had already turned into beams of light, rushing towards Celestial Secret Mountain, unwilling to fall behind.

However.

Wu Xingyun and Tuoba Ye still held an absolute lead.

"Wu Xingyun and Tuoba Ye are indeed the top prodigies. If nothing unexpected happens, it seems the winner of this selection will come from these two."

In the sky, several examining Elders watched the scene, nodding in satisfaction. "I just wonder which of them will seize first place?"

"Indeed, besides that, I’m also curious about who the nine people are who can capture the silver bells!" An Elder stroked his chin, looking extremely interested.

Only Zhang Nanxuan said nothing, staring intently at Ye Qingchen, lost in thought.

On the plaza.

Many who weren’t participating in the selection were also full of curiosity.

Su Moran didn’t speak, she merely waved her hand, and a massive light screen appeared on the plaza. This light screen showed the entire scene within Celestial Secret Mountain.

Everyone on the plaza could watch everything happening within Celestial Secret Mountain through this light screen.

Almost as the light screen formed.

Everyone could see that Wu Xingyun and Tuoba Ye, who had been leading the way, had already descended into Celestial Secret Mountain.

Immediately after.

The many prodigies who followed closely behind them had already fallen into Celestial Secret Mountain, while Ye Qingchen was still leisurely making his way there.

"Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye, let’s hurry up!" Lu Yanwu urged anxiously, "They’ve all arrived at Celestial Secret Mountain. If we’re late, we might not be able to grab a bell!"

"What’s the rush? Getting a bell isn’t the skill; being able to hold onto it for eight hours is the skill!" Ye Qingchen said with a smile.

Lu Yanwu, hearing this, couldn’t help but open her mouth wide, "What do you mean?"

Ye Qingchen, with his hands behind his back, gazed into the distance at Celestial Secret Mountain.

Earlier.

He had been pondering the deeper meaning behind Su Moran’s bell-capturing theme, and then he suddenly realized. There was certainly some mechanism behind these bells that, once captured, would reveal one’s location to others.

Capturing a bell isn’t hard, but once you have it, you face attacks from all other bell seekers; that’s the true difficulty.

The higher the bell’s level.

The more known your location would be to others!

"So this is the true rule of capturing the bells?" Lin Shifei’s eyes almost popped out. He had previously received three Creation Lotus Seeds and naturally chose to follow Ye Qingchen.

"Why don’t we just grab a few copper bells and be done with it... As long as we hold out until the selection ends," Lu Yanwu suggested.

"That won’t do!" Ye Qingchen narrowed his eyes and said emphatically, "I came for the golden bell!"

Lu Yanwu trembled at his words. Just thinking about capturing the golden bell and possibly facing thousands of Celestial Venerables attacking like a tidal wave made her break out in a cold sweat.

Even Wu Xingyun and Tuoba Ye, with their abilities, couldn’t last eight hours against thousands of Celestial Venerables, could they?

Just as she was about to say more.

Ye Qingchen’s gaze shifted, looking towards a certain place in Celestial Secret Mountain:

"There is fighting over there!"

"It seems someone has already obtained a bell!"