Author: Shanniao doesn’t like to eat fish

Buzz…

The crystal ball fluctuated and emitted a faint light.

"First pass, passed!"

An elder in charge of monitoring nodded and announced in an indifferent tone.

This crystal ball is specially designed to test the spiritual power of the ninth level monks.

Judging from the amount of light it emits, Duan Cheng's results are quite satisfactory.

The second level is the actual combat level.

There are thirty puppets refined by the elders in this level. As long as you can survive their siege for one stick of incense without being defeated, it will be considered a success.

Of course, if you can defeat them, you will get better results.

Duan Cheng took a deep breath and stepped into the second level of the formation with a heavy heart.

Buzz…

A dark shadow flashed before his eyes.

The next moment, thirty puppets surrounded him.

"Xuanjian style!"

"Drawing sword style!"

"Sword Swinging Style!"

The long sword in Duan Cheng's hand collided with the puppet, making bursts of sonorous sounds.

The material of the puppet is very hard, and the long sword can only leave some small marks on it.

At the beginning, Duan Cheng could barely withstand the siege of thirty puppets.

But as time went by, he gradually became unable to do what he wanted.

There were some wounds on both arms, feet and chest.

"It looks like I can't hold it any longer!"

"Duan Cheng is practicing middle-grade yellow-level martial arts, and he is not very proficient in it, nor is he very proficient in body skills. I think it is a bit unreasonable to stick to a stick of incense for a long time!"

"There is hope, but there will definitely be a heavy price to pay."

Several outer sect elders stood together, looking at Duan Cheng in the field, and commented one after another.

If he can't hold on, Duan Cheng can choose to give up.

If his life is in danger, the elders will come to save him, but this also means his complete failure!

Time passed minute by minute.

During the field, Duan Cheng had more and more wounds on his body, and traces of blood spilled from the corners of his mouth. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was struggling to support himself.

"Time's up, qualified!"

finally.

A sound of salvation sounded, and the puppet stopped attacking.

At this moment, Duan Cheng's arms were already broken, but he didn't care. Instead, his face was full of excitement.

After taking a short rest, Duan Cheng dragged his tired body to the third level.

A simple stone tablet about one foot high stands in the center.

Duan Cheng silently came to the stone tablet and placed his hand on it.

Buzz…

A hazy light fell from the stone tablet and enveloped him.

Soon, four golden characters appeared on the stone tablet:

Top quality!

“Excellent quality, qualified!”

When the two monitoring elders saw this scene, they looked at each other and nodded gently.

Talents are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, top-grade, super-grade...

Each grade is divided into three levels: inferior, medium and superior.

The lowest level of talent level is the lowest requirement.

If the talent is lower than this, it is considered a failure!

When Duan Cheng heard the voices of the two elders, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he stared at the stone tablet in front of him.

Half a cup of tea had passed, but nothing had changed on his body.

He failed to comprehend any martial arts skills, and Duan Cheng couldn't help but leave in disappointment.

"The challenge is over and the comprehensive assessment has passed!"

"Duan Cheng is promoted to inner disciple!"

One of the monitoring elders took a step forward and announced loudly.

“Although I’m almost stuck at the minimum level, I’m still qualified.”

"It's a pity that I couldn't understand the skills and martial arts from the mysterious stone tablet..."

"This result is already pretty good. Even though there are so many outer disciples, at least half of them don't even have the chance to participate in the outer disciples' trials!"

"The outer sect trial is the last chance given by Taixuan Sect to us middle-level disciples, but not everyone can grasp it!"

"..."

Many disciples commented on Duan Cheng's achievements.

They were not surprised by this result. Most of the disciples who participated in the outer sect trials had such results.

There are even many outer disciples who have reached the ninth level of Qi Gathering and failed!

"Next, Wang Yan!"

…

The trial continues.

Dozens of outer disciples came on stage one after another, but none of them had any outstanding results.

Among them, three outer disciples failed.

"Next, Liu Yang!"

When the monitoring elder called out this name, many of the outer disciples who were watching fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, an uproar broke out.

"It's coming, it's finally coming!"

"The show has begun, Senior Brother Liu Yang finally appears!"

"Hahaha, guess how long Senior Brother Liu Yang can last under the siege of puppets?"

"How long? You should ask him how long it will take to defeat those puppets!"

"No more than a quarter of an hour, I guess!"

"A quarter of an hour? I don't have more than a cup of tea!"

"..."

With the appearance of Liu Yang, the atmosphere in the field suddenly reached its peak.

As one of the few recognized geniuses in the outer sect, Liu Yang is still very famous among the outer sect disciples.

"Liu Yang is a very good guy, but I don't know if he can comprehend the Xuan level exercises and martial arts."

"Great hope!"

"Hey, why didn't Lao Wu come? Doesn't he value Liu Yang very much?"

"Old Wu has been in seclusion for a long time, and now he may be at a critical moment of breakthrough."

"Huh? Is he about to break through again? This old immortal is one step faster than me again!"

"..."

Elder Xie, Elder Wang, Elder Li and the two elders responsible for monitoring stood together, looked at Liu Yang below, and spoke one after another.

For these talented disciples of the outer sect, the elders of the outer sect will more or less make some investments.

It is most cost-effective to invest in these talents before they have grown up.
To be continued...