Chapter 1424 The Earth Dragon Peak
“I’ll go first.”
“There’s no hurry, Zhong Chengfeng. I’ve been cultivating hard for a year. Now I’m finally going to have my cultivation tested. You’d better wait!”
“I’ll go on the stage first and set an example for you.”
“Just wait and see how I beat up the inner-door disciples.”
Many people were arrogant.
Looking at the young and vigorous outer-door disciples, the inner-door disciples wearing the same green robes smiled without saying anything.
“Do they think that they’re powerful enough to teach the inner-door disciples a lesson?”
The dozens of rings that had attracted everyone’s attention were soon filled.
The person who said that he would beat up the inner-door disciples looked arrogant, but his heart was beating violently.
“After a year of hard work, it’s time for the assessment. We’ll see whether I succeed or fail today.”
“You, you, you, you, and you!”
He randomly pointed at five people.
He recognized none of these inner-door disciples, and they didn’t need to be selected.
“You are very arrogant.”
One of the inner-door disciples stepped onto the stage first and stared at him coldly.
The air was filled with killing intent, which was like the wind after the rain, making people feel cold both physically and mentally.
The inner-door disciples often fought to the death in the outside world. How could they be the same as those outer-door disciples who were groomed in a delicate environment?
Just their momentums alone were enough to show their differences.
Swoosh!
As expected.
The inner-door disciple rushed forward, and with only half of his strength, he knocked the person who shouted to beat up the inner-door disciples out of the ring.
That person’s face was slightly pale.
“How could there be such a huge gap between us?”
“You’re not good enough. You’d better be more groveling with this little ability.”
After teaching him a lesson, the inner-door disciple left indifferently.
That outer-door disciple’s face turned slightly pale.
“I lost too quickly.
“He’s so powerful!”
At the same time, on the dozens of rings, many inner-door disciples were discussing.
“He’s too weak.”
“After a year of hard work, he’s only at such a level? I just want to say that he’s truly rubbish.”
“He can’t even withstand three moves from me. How is he going to enter the inner court?”
“The current outer-door disciples are getting worse and worse.”
“…”
Many outer-door disciples gradually became depressed.
The place became quieter and quieter. In the end, very few people spoke.
The inner-door disciples examined these people by first lecturing them that they shouldn’t think that they could pass the assessment just because they had some ability.
“It’s too hard to pass the assessment!”
“When will there be a winner?”
Many of the rather famous outer-door disciples in this city were defeated one after another.
However, there were quite a few people who truly had some tricks up their sleeves, and they didn’t rush to fight against the inner-door disciples.
That was because they knew that during every term’s inner-door assessment, many inner-door disciples liked to abuse outer-door disciples first.
That was to say, if they were to challenge the inner-door disciples first, there was a high chance of them losing.
Gradually, the outer-door disciples seemed to have discovered this.
None of them was willing to go on the stage.
Many rings had been emptied.
The chief supervisor on the side said in a cold voice, “If you don’t even have the courage to fight, how would you be qualified to enter the Ling Sea Sword Sect?”
At this time, anyone who stepped onto the stage would become the center of attention.
If someone won against an inner-door disciple, they would enjoy endless glory, and even the chief supervisor would treat them differently.
Zhang Han didn’t try to be the center of focus.
He remained in the same spot in silence.
Finally, there was someone who couldn’t hold back.
“Let me have a try.”
A white-robed young man jumped into the ring and quickly pointed at five inner-door disciples. “Senior Brothers, please go easy on me.”
“It’s Han Qianmeng.”
“It’s him. If he can’t win, then this assessment will be too… too… unreasonable.”
There was a lot of discussion in the crowd.
One of the several inner-door disciples went up to the stage.
“I’ve heard of you. You’re doing pretty well here, but I won’t hold back.”
“It will just be a knock between us.”
Han Qianmen chuckled, and a long sword appeared in his right hand.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
It was a fierce battle with his opponent.
In just fifteen seconds, the inner-door disciple stepped back more than ten meters with surprise in his eyes.
“Not bad. You can defeat me while I use sixty percent of my strength. You’ve passed my test.”
“Thank you.”
Han Qianmen made an obeisance by cupping one hand in the other before his chest, looking humble.
The outer-door disciples gradually began to talk more and more.
Many people fixed their eyes on Han Qianmen.
He won against all the four other outer-door disciples.
The first disciple who had defeated all his opponents in the inner-door assessment of this city had appeared, and his name was Han Qianmen.
For a moment, he had endless glory, and countless envious words were heard frequently.
“Amazing.”
Meng Ling’er ran to Zhang Han and said with a chuckle, “I can pass the test as well, but you… I don’t think you will, nerd. Why aren’t you worried at all?”
Zhang Han ignored her.
Meng Ling’er was unwilling to give up.
“Can’t you be a bit emotional?
“Hey, have you ever said anything since you got here?”
“What…”
Zhang Han exhaled and said, “Go up there.”
He ran his power slightly.
Meng Ling’er could sense an irresistible force, and she was immediately thrown into the ring.
“What the hell?”
Meng Ling’er was dumbfounded.
“What’s going on?
“This man… Damn it, he’s powerful!”
“Why are you waiting for? Choose your opponents now.”
One of the inner-door disciples urged Meng Ling’er.
She glared at him. “What’s the rush? I’ll choose you! Come here and I’ll kill you!”
She continued to pick out the other four.
Her battles had begun.
She had a tough fight in the first round, but she still won in the end.
Finally, she won four rounds and lost one round. She passed the test.
As time went on, more and more disciples passed the test.
The attacks from the inner-door disciples were not as fierce as before.
This made the disciple who had first jumped into the ring feel extremely annoyed. “I shouldn’t have gone up there so soon!”
At last, only a few dozen people were left.
“Hurry up and get on the stage. The results of the assessment will be released immediately,” the chief supervisor urged.
Zhang Han followed the crowd to a ring.
He pointed to the five people closest to him.
Swoosh!
As soon as the first person stepped into the ring, Zhang Han gently threw a punch before he could stand firm.
Seeing this, the inner-door disciple did not draw his sword but met the attack with a punch.
Bang!
He stepped back for dozens of meters and left the edge of the ring.
“What…”
His pupils constricted. “This person definitely has the strength of an inner-door disciple.”
A friend next to him mocked, “Did you go easy on him?”
He jumped into the ring and threw a punch before Zhang Han could make a move as if to prove that he was better than the man just now.
Bang!
Zhang Han made another punch.
The second inner-door disciple stepped off the stage at a faster speed.
“What?”
The person who left the stage was taken aback. “I’ve used seventy percent of my strength, but I still failed to defeat you.”
The third one flashed into the ring. In less than three seconds, he got off the ring.
“Can I pass now?” Zhang Han asked.
“Yes.”
“I’ll stop fighting then.” Zhang Han was not interested in the test, so he went straight to the crowd where the advanced disciples were.
Meng Ling’er stood aside and said, “You sure have a personality.”
However, the inner-door disciples looked at each other.
Someone asked a question that they were curious about and shocked them.
“Do you think that Zhang Hanyang used all his strength just now?”
“Damn!
“Who knows?
“His strength is unfathomable.
“This is shocking even if he has faked his performance.”
“Now, I’ll announce the list of the ones who have advanced.”
The chief supervisor, who was in charge of this place, glanced at Zhang Han before he glanced ahead and announced, “For those who have lost, you will get a score from each of the five inner-door disciples who have fought against you. Each of them has 10 points. There are 50 points in total. Those who have more than 30 points will be addressed as inner-door disciples.”
Clatter!
Instantly, the scene fell into an uproar.
This was an opportunity for the outer-door disciples who had lost.
There was no such a good thing in the last inner-door assessment.
The list of the advanced ones was announced.
The number of people who were finally promoted to inner-door disciples was settled.
“All of you, follow me to the sect.”
The ones who had advanced took the transport spaceships. Flying at a high speed, they arrived at the inner court in two hours.
There were several large cities around the inner court.
At a glance, Zhang Han knew that the inner-court area was filled with ancient buildings on mountain peaks.
Generally speaking, this was the case for the sects that had been passed down.
“You’ll rest in the guest rooms today and choose the peaks tomorrow.”
More than a dozen spaceships arrived at the center of several buildings. The inner-door disciples entered the buildings and checked into the rooms that had been arranged.
From a distance, one could see that there were people coming and going in every building not far away.
The passing rate for the inner-door assessment was roughly 10%.
However, the number of people who passed was still so many. It could be imagined how many outer-door disciples there were.
The major sects naturally attracted many people.
Zhang Han checked into a guest room and had a good understanding of the peaks.
The easiest way to get to the fifth war zone was to go to the Earth Dragon Peak, a peak that specialized in formations.
Even the newly recruited disciples could take on tasks and go to the war zone to assist in setting up the Heaven-earth Formation or set up some formations on the defense line of the sect’s territory.
They could walk around.
The next day, when the sun had just risen, the peak meeting began.
There were excellent disciples from the various peaks, with the lowest being the chief supervisors and the highest being the protectors.
They personally introduced the characteristics of their peaks. In order to attract disciples, they also put in a lot of good words for their peaks.
For example, someone gave such an introduction.
“There are too many female disciples in Flower Sea Peak, especially the beautiful ones. There are more ladies than men at our peak. Therefore, we hope that some male disciples can come. Well, many female disciples have said that they want to date and get themselves a Cultivational Partner.”
“That’s despicable!”
“They even dare to use this kind of trick!”
Many of the peak representatives were furious.
“Our Pellet-refining Peak has a vast territory. Each disciple can receive three medicinal pellets for cultivation every month.”
“Crimson Training Peak needs fresh powers. Join our peak and you can get a spirit treasure.”
It sounded very tempting, but they didn’t say what level the medicinal pellets and the spirit weapons were.
However, everyone also knew that what the Ling Sea Sword Sect would offer was not bad.
The most aloof one was a disciple from the Sword Edge. When he spoke, a sword light gathered from the sky, representing the will of the sect.
“In the sect, the Sword Edge is the strongest. We specialize in battles. Cowards are not allowed to enter.”
He sounded cold and indifferent.
However, he received thousands upon thousands of responses, and the roars shook the heavens and earth.
Most of the people who came to the Ling Sea Sword Sect were going to the Sword Edge.
Seeing this, the representative of the Sword Edge added, “Sword Edge has recruited three hundred thousand people this time. Too many have signed up, and they need to be selected through the second examination.”
Those people all wanted to go to the Sword Edge, but it wouldn’t take all of them.
Every year, millions of people would succeed in the inner-door assessment. These people were the elites of the younger generation in the Astral Domain of Vast Heaven.
It sounded like there were a lot of them, but in fact, the success rate was very low.
However, Zhang Han was not attracted to those forces at all.
He went straight to the Earth Dragon Peak. Without taking the exam, he directly joined the sect.
The selections went on for the whole day. Except for the Sword Edge, all the other peaks had finished their selections. When the second assessment of the Sword Edge was over in a few days, they could still take in a batch of disciples.
