#973 - Targeting and double standards

The first stage of the assessment, the realm test, was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The examinees undergoing the test were mostly Half-Step Saint Realm cultivators, with only a few Early Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm cultivators, and occasionally, one Mid Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm cultivator.

The long line in front gradually shortened, and Jun Wuxie moved with the crowd, soon to be his turn.

"Tang Shan, Late Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm!"

The realm tested by a young man in green robes caused many people present to show surprise.

This was the first examinee today to possess the Late Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm in the test, becoming the person with the highest realm among the thousands of examinees.

Immediately, Tang Shan became the focus of attention, with some people envious, some jealous, and some even showing a bit of admiration.

"Everyone, you're too kind."

Tang Shan was full of smiles, high-spirited, and walked towards the crowd, quietly waiting for the second stage of the assessment.

He stood there with his hands behind his back, his face filled with indescribable confidence.

"Zhao Xi, Late Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm!"

Whoa!

People exclaimed, unexpectedly two consecutive Late Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm cultivators!

These two attracted the attention of the Peak Masters on the cliff, who couldn't help but reveal satisfied smiles.

"It seems that there are still some disciples with good talent in this year's recruitment. At such a young age, without the support of a sect, to have such a cultivation speed is truly rare."

The Sect Leader, Qing Xuan Zhenren, stroked his green beard and nodded slightly.

"Xu Lin, Mid Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm!"

"Zhang Guan, Mid Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm!"

… …

Afterwards, six or seven people were tested in succession, all of them in the Mid Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm.

This was something that the deacon responsible for testing and registering information had not expected, and it was also beyond the expectations of the Peak Masters.

"Good, good."

The two elders also stroked their beards and smiled, so much so that the anger they had felt after hearing about what happened in the courtyard earlier had temporarily disappeared.

Only the last person remained in the queue for testing.

Jun Wuxie looked at the empty space in front of him, feeling several gazes from the cliff looking at him.

Among them, there was a very gentle gaze. He knew that it came from the Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak. In that gaze, he felt a hint of expectation.

There were also two very cold gazes, which came from the two elders.

Jun Wuxie stepped forward and came to the front of the testing crystal ball, extending his palm towards the crystal ball.

"Hold on!"

His hand had not yet touched the crystal ball when a cold shout came from the cliff.

"You don't need to test." The speaker was a certain elder, who looked down condescendingly with cold eyes, "This elder announces that you are stripped of your testing qualifications and entry qualifications!"

Instantly, everyone present was stunned for a moment, and then many people showed expressions of schadenfreude.

They knew that it must be because of the incident in the courtyard yesterday that the elders had been忍着 (enduring), and now they were finally going to punish that Yue Wuxie.

Jun Wuxie retracted his palm, looked up at the cliff, and said: "May I ask, Elder, on what basis are you stripping me of my testing qualifications, and on what basis are you stripping me of my entry qualifications? Which sect rule have I violated, or what regulations have I broken? If there are any, please tell everyone publicly so that I and everyone else will be convinced."

"Even now, you still don't know how to repent? In front of the Sect Leader and the Peak Masters, do you still want to quibble?" The elder's face was full of anger, and he said: "What did you do in the courtyard yesterday? Don't you know yourself?"

"Of course I know what I did in the courtyard. Everyone participating in the assessment knows. I crippled the young masters of certain families and dozens of people who passed the preliminary selection. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"You still have the nerve to be so confident?" A flash of cold light flashed in the elder's eyes, and his eyes twitched slightly, scolding: "Your methods are cruel and ruthless. With a small conflict, you crippled people's dantians, and even gouged out the eyes and peeled off the tongues of several people! Such behavior is no different from a demon! How can my Qingyun Cave Heaven accept someone like you as a disciple?"

"Elder, that's not right. Before completing the entry registration, we are not considered formal disciples of the sect, so there is no violation of sect rules. And in the courtyard, wasn't it you who tacitly allowed us to fight each other? Is it just because I won that I am unforgivable? Dozens of them besieged me. If my strength was insufficient and they crippled my cultivation, would the two elders settle the matter peacefully, or would they publicly strip them of their qualifications like now?"

"Sophistry, today, even if you have a silver tongue, you can't possibly reverse black and white and distort right and wrong. My Qingyun Cave Heaven has existed for ten thousand years, and no examinee has dared to publicly provoke it!"

Speaking of this, the elder looked at the deacon guarding near the crystal ball and said: "Deacon He, take him down! In the future, hand him over to the family elders of those people, which can be considered an explanation to them!"

"Hold on!"

Jun Wuxie shouted sternly, his entire person revealing his brilliance at this moment, like a precious sword about to be unsheathed, giving people a shocking sense of sharpness.

"Elder, are you saying that you can't win with reason, so you want to use power?" Jun Wuxie sneered, and said loudly: "Today, the Sect Leader and the Peak Masters are all here. Everyone knows in their hearts whether I have violated the rules or not. What is the purpose of Qingyun Cave Heaven recruiting disciples? Isn't it to absorb fresh blood?"

"Those people have already been crippled and have no value to Qingyun. I, Yue Wuxie, can replace the value of all of them alone, more than enough!"

As soon as these words came out, the Qingyun high-level executives on the cliff showed different colors.

This was the first time they had seen such a confident young man, which was rare among the examinees in ancient times.

The Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak, Cheng Yuan Zhenren, had a smile on his face. He liked this kind of energy.

"What a joke, how dare you speak so wildly! Is value determined by your own boasting? Take him down!"

"Wait!" Just as the elder's voice fell, the Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak spoke: "Since he says that his value can replace dozens of people, then give him a chance to see what he is capable of."

Hearing this, the elder looked embarrassed and cast his eyes on the other Peak Masters and Sect Leader Qing Xuan Zhenren.

"What? Are my words no longer effective?"

The Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak's face sank, and the Zhenwu sword intent surged out, like an invisible mountain range pressing on the elder's body, causing his body to tremble violently, his feet sinking into the soil, and his face changing drastically.

"Junior Brother Cheng Yuan is right, what harm is there in us taking a look?"

The Sect Leader spoke, naturally unwilling to refute the face of a Peak Master on this matter.

"Yue Wuxie, the opportunity is given to you, you should grasp it well, now continue the test."

The Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak said, and at the same time withdrew the sword intent. The elder only felt the pressure on his body suddenly disappear and was already covered in cold sweat.

At this time, all eyes were focused on Jun Wuxie, wanting to know what realm he was in.

The examinees had personally witnessed him sweeping away dozens of people, and they were all a little afraid of him in their hearts.

The second stage of the assessment was about to begin, so naturally they wanted to know what level his realm had reached.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Jun Wuxie's palm landed on the crystal ball.

The blood energy in his body circulated slightly, and the runes on the crystal ball lit up in an instant.

"Yue Wuxie, Early Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm."

Deacon He announced loudly, causing everyone present to show a look of astonishment.

"It's only the Early Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm?"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Yesterday, this Yue Wuxie swept away dozens of people, including several Early Stage Lesser Celestial Saints.

Those people were in the same realm as him, but they were not his match at all, without even a chance to resist!

Body cultivators are very strong, and it is difficult to meet opponents of the same realm, but that is in a one-on-one situation. One person against several people, and still able to easily crush them, is really a bit terrifying.

They originally thought that Yue Wuxie should at least be a Mid Stage Lesser Celestial Saint. Relying on the advantage of his realm and the advantage of his body cultivation, it would be normal to be able to crush several Early Stage Lesser Celestial Saints, but they did not expect… …

The most shocked and surprised was none other than Cheng Yuan Zhenren, the Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak.

"Early Stage Lesser Celestial Saint Realm?"

When he first saw Jun Wuxie, he carefully observed him for a period of time, vaguely seeing that his realm was not high in the Saint Realm, and it was very likely that he had not reached the Mid Celestial Stage.

But in his opinion, it should at least be the peak of the Lesser Celestial Stage, or even Great Perfection.

Otherwise, how could he have killed those high-level executives of the Yuan family?

Although the Yuan family was only the lowest-ranked family on the border of Qingzhou, and those high-level executives had very low talent growth, with the highest only in the King Realm, the realm was still there after all.

"Looking at how easily he killed the high-level executives of the Yuan family at that time, if he can do this with his realm, then his talent growth intensity has at least entered the Myriad World King Realm, and may even have reached the Mid Stage of the Myriad World King!"

The Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak was very shocked in his heart. The Mid Stage of the Myriad World King is relatively rare even in the Saint King Realm, let alone the Saint Realm.

The five Peak Masters of their Qingyun are only Myriad World Kings.

To be able to become a Peak Master, they were all the most outstanding among all the direct disciples in those years, and no one has been able to surpass them for thousands of years.

Now, the only one who has surpassed them is the number one direct disciple of the current generation, Sect Leader's proud disciple Qin Yi, who successfully entered the Legend Realm when he stepped into the Saint King Realm, and is the person with the highest talent in Qingyun in 100,000 years!

"Well, judging from his realm, he doesn't seem to be outstanding. At his age, his cultivation speed is considered slow."

Yun Yin Zhenren, the Peak Master of Yunhai Peak, said.

"What outstanding qualities can the person that Senior Brother Cheng Yuan has taken a fancy to have?"

Benlei Zhenren, the Peak Master of Benlei Peak, was slightly sarcastic. He just didn't like Zhenwu Peak and always felt in his heart that Zhenwu Peak had been dragging Qingyun back for so many years, and Cheng Yuan Zhenren was still stubborn and unwilling to make changes.

Hearing this, the Peak Master of Zhenwu Peak felt a surge of anger in his heart, but he did not argue with Benlei Zhenren.

He couldn't help but sneer inwardly, 'If you knew his talent growth intensity, you probably wouldn't say that.'

It's just a pity that he's a solitary cultivator, making future cultivation extremely difficult.

This was what he found most regrettable.

"The first stage of the assessment is over. Now, the second stage of the assessment will begin. I must remind you that the second stage of the assessment, entering the sword formation, can be dangerous if your strength is insufficient. Especially those below the Saint Realm, it's best not to try if you lack confidence. Now, those who want to give up the second stage of the assessment, please step aside."

The crowd was silent for a moment, then people began to step out one after another.

The number of people remaining in place dwindled until no one else left, leaving only a hundred or so people.

These hundred or so people were all in the Saint Realm, not a single one was a Half-Step Saint.

After all, the sword formation assessment was designed for those newly entering the Saint Realm. There was a huge gap between a Half-Step Saint and a Saint, a chasm that was difficult to cross.

Deacon He looked at them, waved his sleeve, and jade tokens flew out, landing steadily in each of their hands.

"Now, wear the jade tokens on your chest and prepare to enter the sword formation area."

Everyone put on the jade tokens, hanging them on their chests.

The jade tokens were made of ordinary jade, with some sword dao runes inscribed inside.

Jun Wuxie saw through the trick at a glance.

The sword dao runes in the jade tokens had something in common with the runes in the sword formation area. Wearing the jade tokens into the sword formation area would cause the sword formation to attack them.

However, the material of the jade tokens was very ordinary and couldn't withstand a single blow from the sword energy. It was easy to shatter. Once shattered, it meant failure in the assessment.

Therefore, throughout the entire process of passing through the sword formation, one needed to protect the jade token with all their might, which greatly increased the difficulty for the examinees.

"Now, everyone, enter the edge of the sword formation area and prepare for the assessment!"

As Deacon He's voice fell, the hundred or so people moved forward together, stepped into the sword formation area, and stopped at the edge.

The entire sword formation area was several thousand meters away from the peak of the cliff.

Such a distance seemed not far, but it was different within the sword formation.

Except for Jun Wuxie, everyone's expression was solemn, and they adjusted their state to the peak, wrapping layers of thick true energy around the jade pendant on their chests.

"Begin."

On the cliff, Real Person Yunyin waved his hand, and the sword dao runes all over the ground lit up, evolving into sword energy that soared into the sky.

The dense sword energy surged like water waves, galloping between heaven and earth, looking like a moving sea of clouds.

At the same time, the elders on the cliff lit half a stick of incense.

"Charge!"

Tang Shan was the first to rush out.

Rumble!

Within the sword formation, the sea of clouds surged, and countless sword energies rushed out, the sound of swords ringing throughout the eight wastelands, overwhelmingly killing Tang Shan.

He waved his fists to shatter the sword energy, but there was too much sword energy, and it was endless. He had no choice but to push forward with both hands, condensing a true energy barrier, resisting the sword energy attack, and greatly reducing his forward speed.

The others also rushed towards the cliff, but they were all blocked by the sword energy. Under the impact of the sword energy, they struggled to move forward.

Jun Wuxie had not rushed out far when several figures appeared in front of him and on both sides at the same time, blocking his way.

These people were the last batch of people in the test, including Zhao Xi, who was in the late stage of the Saint Small Celestial Realm, and Xu Lin and Zhang Guan, who were in the middle stage of the Saint Small Celestial Realm.

They did not rush towards the cliff, but joined forces to surround Jun Wuxie, resisting the sword energy while preventing him from moving forward.

"Get out of the way!"

Jun Wuxie said coldly, his body flowing with crimson, crystalline blood energy, shattering all the attacking sword energy, and looked coldly at Zhao Xi, Xu Lin, Zhang Guan, and the others.

These guys did not attack him, but they blocked him, not letting him move forward a step.

Obviously, they had discussed it in advance, wanting to cooperate with Tang Shan to win the first place, and regarded him as the greatest threat, so there would be such actions.

"Those few people know how to exploit loopholes, and it can be regarded as flexible response in the competition, which is not considered a violation of the rules."

An elder on the cliff stroked his beard and said.

In the second stage of the assessment, as long as they did not attack their fellow disciples, in his opinion, it was not considered a violation of the rules.

"Well, Senior Brother Chengyuan, the person you are optimistic about may not be able to reach this cliff."

The head of Benlei Peak smiled and glanced at the head of Zhenwu Peak.

The head of Zhenwu Peak did not look good.

He did not expect that those disciples would use such a method to block Yue Wuxie.

In the current situation, how can Yue Wuxie break through the encirclement and continue to move forward?

"Yue Wuxie, you should stay here with us. When Brother Tang Shan arrives at the cliff, we will give way to you, hahaha!"

Zhao Xi said with a smile, with a playful smile on his face.

"You are overestimating yourselves."

Jun Wuxie saw that Tang Shan had already rushed to the center of the sword formation field. His eyes turned cold, and his crimson, crystalline palm swept out.

Rumble!

The space erupted with a violent roar, and crimson blood energy, like a river of blood, impacted all directions along the trajectory of the palm.

The people surrounding him were shocked and quickly defended.

With a bang, they were shaken back, their bodies' qi and blood churning. After landing, they staggered back, and then they were hit by the sword energy, blood splashing, and a cracking sound came from their chests.

"You dare to attack!"

They were furious, quickly resisted the sword energy attack, blood flowing from their mouths, their faces pale, and their bodies were covered in scarlet bloodstains.

Looking down, the jade token was shattered by the sword energy, which made their faces instantly gloomy, and they were so angry that they almost vomited blood!

Jun Wuxie defeated those who blocked the way and rushed towards the cliff, braving the sword energy.

"Bastard!"

At this time, a deep shout came from the cliff.

The two elders above had gloomy faces.

They were originally shocked by Jun Wuxie's strength, being able to easily defeat people with higher realms than him.

They thought that since it had not caused serious consequences, they would just let it go.

But they suddenly realized that Yue Wuxie was using his physical body's blood energy.

He was a physical cultivator!

The upper limit of physical cultivators is very low. No matter how outstanding he performs now, no matter how strong he is, what's the use?

It is difficult to break through the realm, and within a few years, he will be left behind.

Moreover, physical cultivators consume too many resources, so in their opinion, Yue Wuxie has no value at all.

"You dare to commit violence during the assessment, you are truly incorrigible!"

One of the two elders directly reached out, his true energy surging, evolving into a palm, descending from the sky across a distance of several thousand meters, grabbing towards him.

Jun Wuxie's eyes turned cold, not expecting that the elder would be so two-faced and attack him in public, which made his anger boil.

"Stop!"

Just as Jun Wuxie's eyes were cold and he was about to fight back, an old man with a clear face and immortal demeanor appeared in the sword formation and shattered the true energy palm with a flick of his sleeve.

"Elder You, what do you want to do?"

The head of Zhenwu Peak looked at the elder who made the move, his gaze was very cold, causing a chill to rise in the elder's back, and he could not speak for a while.

"Senior Brother Chengyuan, as the head, personally entering the arena is a bit undignified." The head of Benlei Peak said with a沉着脸: "Elder You is only maintaining the order of the assessment, what is wrong with that?"