Chapter 16 The assessment begins and it’s a blockbuster

With more than 30,000 taels of silver in his arms, Luo Xiu once again came to the shop selling formation devices.

Because he had been hunting and fighting in Shuiwu Mountain in recent days, Luo Xiu's clothes were torn in many places, and he was incompatible with the richly dressed people who came in and out of this shop.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a first-order spirit gathering array device." Luo Xiu walked into the store and said directly.

The middle-aged shopkeeper behind the counter was slightly startled, "Sir, do you really want to buy it? The first-level spirit gathering array costs ten thousand taels of silver."

Obviously, the shopkeeper didn't think this ragged young man could afford it.

Luo Xiu didn't say much, took out the banknote and threw it on the counter.

Seeing the thick stack of silver notes, the middle-aged shopkeeper suddenly smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, sir, please wait a moment, I will get it for you right now."

After a while, the middle-aged shopkeeper came out holding an exquisite round wooden box and said: "Sir, this is the first-order spirit gathering array you want."

The wooden box is opened, and inside is a disc with complex patterns engraved on it. In the center of the disc, there is a card slot. In addition, there are simple instructions for use on the lid of the wooden box.

"You want to use the vitality stone to open it?" Luo Xiu frowned.

"Haha, you may not know this. Most of the auxiliary formation devices require vitality stones to be opened. Only some combat-type formation devices are a little different." The store manager said with a smile.

"Snapped!"

Luo Xiu took out another 10,000 taels of silver notes and threw it on the counter, saying, "Do you have any vitality stones here? Give me a few."

The middle-aged shopkeeper was overjoyed. He had no idea that the humble young man in front of him would be so generous, and he quickly ordered someone to fetch the vitality stone.

Soon, another wooden box arrived, containing twenty round ore stones the size of a palm, scattered with a milky white halo.

Luo Xiu put away his things and was about to leave when two people walked into the store.

These two people are a man and a woman. The man is wearing white clothes. He looks like a rich man at first glance, with a condescending arrogance on his eyebrows.

The woman is wearing a blue dress, has bright eyes, white teeth, attractive red lips, slender figure, and fair skin.

Luo Xiu was slightly startled when he saw these two people. They were Liu Yuxin and Xu Fei.

"Luo Xiu?" Liu Yuxin was a little surprised to see him, because as far as she knew, Luo Xiu couldn't afford any formation device in this shop based on his conditions.

"Humph, your clothes are in such tatters, how dare you come here to embarrass yourself?" Xu Fei snorted with disdain on his face.

However, Luo Xiu ignored Xu Fei and walked past them and left the shop.

Seeing Luo Xiu dare to ignore him, Xu Fei's eyes turned cold, "Stop!"

"What's wrong with you?" Luo Xiu looked back, frowning, a little impatient.

"Didn't you hear me talking to you?" Xu Fei said coldly.

"Why should I hear it?" Luo Xiu smiled disdainfully, turned around and left.

"Bastard!" Xu Fei was furious, but Luo Xiu had already gone away and ignored his meaning.

Xu Fei wanted to teach this poor boy a lesson, but with Liu Yuxin by his side, he had to maintain his grace, so he could only endure it.

"The annual assessment is only half a month away. I want to see how you can be that Zhang Hai's opponent!"

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After walking out of the formation shop, Luo Xiu went to the weapons shop again and sold Wang Yun's sword and Zhang Hun's bow and arrows, giving him more than 800 taels of silver.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Xiu went to the elixir shop and spent fifteen thousand taels of silver to buy a bottle of Qi-nourishing elixir.

However, Luo Xiu did not return to the Martial Palace, but walked out of Qingyun City and came to Shuiwu Mountain again.

The mountains and rivers here are beautiful and there are a lot of vegetation. For Luo Xiu, it is more suitable for him to practice than in the Martial Palace.

Finding a secluded place, Luo Xiu sat cross-legged. He first took out the spirit-gathering array disc device and put a vitality stone in the central groove. The lines engraved on it suddenly lit up and emitted a faint light. .

Luo Xiu could clearly sense that the vitality of the nearby heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force and quickly gathered towards his location.

This is the magical function of the spirit gathering array, which can condense the vitality of heaven and earth and speed up the cultivation speed of warriors within a certain range.

Luo Xiu immediately took out another Qi-nourishing pill, put one in his mouth, then closed his eyes, and performed the muscle-changing and bone-strengthening technique on the meridians and acupuncture points in his body.

The vital energy of heaven and earth, the essence of plants and trees, the power of elixirs, and the pure internal energy are condensed in the body, turned into the polar energy of life and death, and refined into the internal organs.

Unknowingly, the sky became dark, and Luo Xiu had been practicing here for a day.

Luo Xiu could clearly feel that his heart was beating more powerfully, and the power contained in his body was getting stronger and stronger.

boom!

A surging power emerged in his body, and Luo Xiu suddenly opened his eyes with a happy face.

"Success, seventh level of body refining!"

It was getting dark now. Luo Xiu stood up and stretched his muscles, feeling that his strength had improved a lot.

Luo Xiu also didn't expect that it only took him one day to break through the bottleneck of the seventh level of body refining. As far as he knew, other people of the same age, especially those disciples from aristocratic families, had better training conditions than him, but they also had to use It would take half a year, or even longer, to achieve this step.

"It should be that the Life and Death Pearl improved my body, so it doubled my cultivation speed countless times." Luo Xiu thought this way.

This practice consumed two Qi-nourishing pills, and the first-level spirit-gathering array consumed two vitality stones. In addition to the vegetation essence absorbed by inhalation and inhalation, this power would have taken others at least several months. Only time can refine it.

However, Luo Xiu can refine it in a very short period of time, so his cultivation level can be improved so quickly.

Of course, apart from the impact of the Life and Death Pearl on the body, the effect of his improved Yi Jin Bone Strengthening Technique is even better than the third-grade internal power.

In the following time, Luo Xiu never returned to the Martial Palace. He always practiced in Shuiwu Mountain. He went out to hunt during the day, tempered himself by fighting monsters, and devoted himself to hard training at night.

Unconsciously, time passed quietly, and Qingyun City Martial Hall ushered in the annual assessment.

Students who reach the age of fourteen in the junior class and seventeen in the intermediate class must take an assessment. If they pass the assessment, they will be promoted. If they fail the assessment, they will leave the Martial Palace.

In the vast martial arts performance field, there are thousands of martial arts students gathered together, in small groups, talking and noisy.

On the competition stage that is more than three meters high, a table is placed in the center, with a crystal-like sphere on the table.

This crystal ball is a formation device used to test cultivation. As long as the inner energy is poured into it, the crystal ball will emit light. Based on the brightness of the light, the cultivation level can be roughly determined.

Many students who are about to take the assessment are anxious, but those who meet the requirements are calm and composed.

Luo Xiu also rushed back from Shuiwu Mountain. He first went back to his residence to take a shower and changed into clean clothes, and then came to the assessment location.

Many Martial Hall students are naturally familiar with Luo Xiu. It is said that as early as two months ago, he had reached the fifth level of body refining and could defeat the students in the intermediate class. Passing this assessment will naturally be no problem. .

But the fight between Zhang Hai and Luo Xiu has been known to everyone for a long time, so when they saw Luo Xiu coming over, many people started talking.

"This Luo Xiu is so courageous. Zhang Hai is a genius in the intermediate class. I heard that he was in retreat some time ago and has reached the eighth level of body training!"

"Who says it's not the case? If Teacher Lu hadn't protected this Luo Xiu, Zhang Hai would have beaten him into a disability long ago."

"I heard that Zhang Haixiu has reached the eighth level of body training and should be promoted to the advanced class. However, in order to avenge his brother, he did not plan to take part in this assessment. He waited for Luo Xiu to advance to the intermediate class and then gave him a harsh lesson. ”

"This Luo Xiu has disappeared for a long time. He must have been afraid, so he hid."

For most people, no one thinks that Luo Xiu can be Zhang Hai's opponent.

But Luo Xiu faced the comments, ridicules, and questions around him, but he was calm, relaxed, and comfortable. People couldn't help but wonder, doesn't this guy know that Zhang Hai is already at the eighth level of body refining?

"Quiet!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the martial arts field.

Everyone followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe standing on the competition stage, scanning the surroundings, "Those who participate in this year's assessment, come out!"

Many martial arts students stopped talking and making noise, and figures, including Luo Xiu, stepped out.

Among the crowd behind, cold eyes stared at Luo Xiu's back.

"Brother, he will be a student in the intermediate class after passing the examination. When the time comes for you to compete with him, Teacher Wu Dian will have no reason to stop him from intervening. You must help me teach him a lesson!" Zhang Hao said through gritted teeth.

Zhang Hao felt even more humiliated whenever he remembered that he had been severely beaten by a poor boy whom he had always looked down upon.

"Don't worry, I would rather not be promoted to the advanced class this time, but I will definitely help you get revenge!" Zhang Hai nodded and said.

Although it is said that the eighth level of physical training is already qualified to advance to the advanced class, Zhang Hai is only fifteen years old this year and is not in a hurry. Even some of the benefits that can be enjoyed by the advanced class can be easily obtained with the background of the Zhang family.

The elder Wu Dian who presided over the assessment had a list in his hand and said indifferently: "The first one, Yuntong!"

"yes!"

A girl from the junior class came out, stepped onto the competition stage, and placed her palm on the crystal ball.

"Buzz!"

Along with a wave of tremors, the crystal ball bloomed with brilliant brilliance.

"Yuntong, if you pass the assessment at the fifth level of body refining, you can be promoted to the intermediate class!" The elder in charge of the assessment announced with a smile and a nod.

Upon hearing the confirmation from the assessment elder, the girl named Yuntong breathed a sigh of relief. There were many envious eyes in the audience, especially those who were not sure of passing the assessment.

Immediately afterwards, the assessment elder read out the names one by one, and more than a dozen people came to the stage for assessment, including those from the beginner class and some from the intermediate class. However, there were only three people who passed the assessment, and all the others were eliminated. Pack your things and leave the Martial Palace within three days.

As more and more people failed to pass the examination, the atmosphere became a little tense. Those students who failed the examination could only cry and look sad, while those disciples from aristocratic families not far away who were divided into groups had expressions on their faces. Disdain, ridicule, and schadenfreude.

"Next, Luo Xiu!" On the competition stage, the assessment elder read out this name.

In an instant, countless eyes focused on the young man in black.

The name Luo Xiu was quite popular in the martial arts palace some time ago. His cultivation level soared to the fifth level of body refining in a short period of time, and even the students in the intermediate class were no match for him.

Stepping onto the competition stage, Luo Xiu looked at the crowd below and saw Zhang Hai and Zhang Hao beside him. Behind the two brothers stood Lu Feng and others, looking at him with eyes filled with excitement. With a chill.

Especially Zhang Hai's eyes were filled with arrogant disdain and indifference. For him who had already broken through to the eighth level of body refining, even if Luo Xiu could pass this test, he was destined to be destroyed by himself and then be killed. Expelled from the Martial Palace!

A sneer appeared at the corner of Luo Xiu's mouth. He wanted to see what these guys' expressions would be like when they saw that their cultivation had reached the seventh level of body refining.

He slowly raised his palm and placed it on the crystal ball, pouring the energy of life and death into it.

"Buzz!..."

A bright light suddenly lit up, more dazzling and eye-catching than the light caused by anyone before!