In the blink of an eye, Chu Mu had stayed in the Sword Phase Hall of the Phaseless Palace for ten years.
Ten years was nothing to a Great Emperor Realm cultivator. Perhaps, it would pass in a single seclusion. To a Sovereign Realm expert, it was even more insignificant.
After Elder Jian Xuanzi brought Chu Mu back to the Sword Phase Hall, he never appeared again because he went into seclusion.
A core disciple was naturally very important to the Sword Phase Hall, but it didn't require constant attention. It could be said that the majority of the disciples of the Phaseless Palace weren't those who fought fiercely. They preferred to study array dao. Even if it was a competition, they would use array dao to compete.
Although ten years was very short, to Chu Mu, it was a huge transformation.
Originally, he only knew how to set up some simple arrays. It had nothing to do with profound and profound. Even if he reached the eighteenth floor of the Phaseless Sky Pagoda and his array dao attainments increased by a lot, it was still mainly to increase his ability to decipher arrays. Decipher arrays was only the simplest part of array dao attainments.
In the ten years in the Sword Phase Hall, other than cultivating the Truth Seeking Technique normally, Chu Mu also maintained the rhythm of a few rounds of basic sword techniques every day. The rest of the time was spent on array dao.
He could not eat, drink, or sleep. His powerful cultivation and high realm were enough to support him to study non-stop at all times.
In ten years, Chu Mu had learned all the formations he could learn in the Sword Phase Palace. Moreover, he had a very deep understanding of them. Of course, he could continue to learn, but because his disciple rank wasn't high enough, he was limited.
"It's time to raise my disciple rank." Chu Mu thought to himself.
After ten years of seclusion, he finally walked out of the cave.
In the Phaseless Palace, there was more than one way to raise a disciple's rank. For example, challenging the Phaseless Sky Pagoda was one of them. Of course, challenging the Phaseless Sky Pagoda was the simplest way, but there was no guarantee that the disciple's rank would be raised after passing it. After all, the Phaseless Sky Pagoda's test was only to decipher arrays.
Chu Mu directly submitted an application to the Sword Phase Hall for the esoteric disciple assessment.
Chu Mu's application, not long after, caused a commotion, and directly alarmed the elders of the Sword Phase Hall. Coincidentally, Jian Xuanzi came out of seclusion, and after hearing the news, he was even more surprised.
"This core disciple called Chu Mu reached the eighteenth floor of the Non-Phase Covering Sky Pagoda ten years ago." Jian Xuanzi said.
"In other words, he has only been a core disciple of our Sword Phase Hall for ten years."
"Ten years to apply for the Esoteric Disciple test? Isn't that too fast?"
All the Elders were astonished because this had never happened before in the history of the Phaseless Palace. Even the first place on the first black stone tablet of the Phaseless Sky Shrouding Tower, the peerless genius of the Array Dao who was able to reach the twenty-fourth floor of the Phaseless Sky Shrouding Tower, was unable to increase his Array Dao cultivation by an entire level in such a short period of time.
Yes, from a core disciple to an esoteric disciple, that was not only an increase in the disciple's rank, it was also an increase in the Array Dao level. It was equivalent to advancing from the Earth level to the Heaven level. Every Elder was clear of the difficulty, because they had all come from that time, and each of them had used at least a hundred years to advance from the Earth level to the Heaven level.
Now, a cultivator who came from the outside world and joined the Sword Phase Hall midway, and had only studied in the Sword Phase Hall for ten years, and he wanted to apply for the esoteric disciple assessment. Wasn't this kind of leap too frightening?
"It's only been ten years, and you're already applying for the assessment. You don't pass." An Elder said angrily. He felt that this kind of attitude wasn't good, and he didn't have the spirit to study the Array Dao at all.
"Don't pass."
"It's only been ten years, it's too hasty."
"Wait, I think he should pass." Jian Xuanzi raised a different opinion: "Chu Mu was specially recruited by me ten years ago. His cultivation is at the Young Dominator Realm, I think highly of him."
Jian Xuanzi's position in the Sword Phase Hall was very high. Among the Elders, his words had a lot of weight. Therefore, when he spoke and made a decision, the other Elders didn't object. However, not objecting was one thing, and not agreeing in their hearts was another.
Soon, Chu Mu received a notice that the esoteric disciple assessment would be held three days later. Three days were left for Chu Mu to prepare.
In fact, three days was very short. After Chu Mu adjusted his breathing, he left the cave and headed to the assessment location. Xue Yinling was in seclusion, sorting out her Void Sword Dao.
In ten years, they had gradually adapted to the Formless World's Heavenly Dao, and the suppression they received had weakened a lot. Now, their cultivation had recovered to the Young Dominator Realm, Dacheng's level.
The assessment location was at a corner of the Sword Phase Peak.
"Chu Mu, are you confident?" Jian Xuanzi asked with a smile.
"I'm somewhat confident." Chu Mu said, neither servile nor overbearing. However, in the eyes of the other Elders, it was clearly not practical enough.
"In front of us is the esoteric disciple assessment location. It's called the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road." Jian Xuanzi pointed to the front. It seemed to be shrouded in endless clouds and was extremely mysterious: "After passing the fourth section of the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road and entering the fifth section, you will be considered to have passed the esoteric disciple assessment and become an esoteric disciple."
"I understand." Chu Mu nodded and strode towards the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road. Soon, he walked into the fog and disappeared.
"Jian Xuanzi, do you really think he can reach the fifth section of the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road?" An Elder said.
"I don't know." Jian Xuanzi laughed: "But I hope he can."
"We also hope that he can. However, ten years is still too short. He should calm down and study for at least fifty years before coming back." Another Elder also said. The other Elders nodded their heads.
Towards Chu Mu, they didn't dislike him, nor did they have any prejudice against him. However, they felt that he had only been in the Sword Phase Palace for ten years, yet he wanted to apply for the secret disciple exam. This was too careless, and they happened to dislike this attitude. To a formation dao cultivator, carelessness was a fatal flaw.
"I only hope that he can clearly recognize his own abilities. In the future, he will calm down and study the Array Dao. He might have extraordinary achievements in the future." An Elder sighed. The other Elders also thought so.
He was not afraid of setbacks, but he was afraid that he would not be able to recover after a setback. He only hoped that this person would not.
Chu Mu did not know what the Elders were discussing. When he walked into the clouds, it was equivalent to walking into the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road and beginning his journey.
"The Myriad Formation Heavenly Road can't really have ten thousand formations, right?" Chu Mu secretly guessed. His guess was not wrong. In the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road, there were indeed ten thousand formations, and each formation was different.
Chu Mu stepped into the first formation. It was a complete formation that was currently in operation. Chu Mu instantly recognized that it was an ordinary formation, and also a trapping formation among the various formations. As the name implied, it was only used to trap the target and did not possess any killing power.
To Chu Mu, breaking an ordinary formation was not difficult at all. In an instant, he succeeded and stepped into the second formation.
The second formation was still a cracking formation. He continued to crack it and continued to move forward.
The difficulty of the formations in front was not high. They were only ordinary formations. To Chu Mu, it was not difficult at all.
The Myriad Formation Heavenly Road was not only used for the assessment of esoteric disciples. The assessment of core disciples, true disciples, and even elite disciples could all be carried out in the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road. However, to become an esoteric disciple, one had to completely pass through the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road. In other words, as long as one could pass through the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road, they could become an esoteric disciple.
Chu Mu continued to charge through the formations. One by one, he passed through the formations on the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road.
This kind of charge had a different meaning from the Phaseless Shrouding Sky Tower. The Phaseless Shrouding Sky Tower required one to constantly crack the formations. The Myriad Formation Heavenly Road required one to break through the formations. One also had to follow the requirements of setting up the formations, perfecting the formations, and so on.
The difficulty of perfecting the formations was higher than setting up the formations. After all, the formations were incomplete and needed to be perfected. If one was setting up the formations themselves, then it would be fine. But if it was someone else setting up the formations, then the setting up techniques and so on would be different. This required in-depth research before it could be perfected.
The Myriad Formation Heavenly Road had a total of ten thousand formations. Each formation was continuously distributed forward. It could be divided into five sections. The first section had four thousand formations, which corresponded to the level of ordinary disciples. The second section had three thousand formations, which corresponded to the level of elite disciples. The third section had two thousand formations, which corresponded to the level of true disciples. The fourth section had eight hundred formations, which corresponded to the level of core disciples. The fifth section had two hundred formations, which corresponded to the level of esoteric disciples.
The Myriad Formation Heavenly Road was countless times more valuable than the Phaseless Shrouding Sky Tower. Every disciple who broke through the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road could be regarded as an elite disciple of the same level. They could even be considered as the top ones.
Chu Mu easily passed through the first section and entered the second section. The time he spent was very short.
"That's fast."
"It's indeed fast."
The elders outside could feel the situation inside the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road. Each and every one of them was very surprised because Chu Mu's speed of passing through the first section was really too fast. After searching through their memories, they found that this speed could definitely be ranked in the top three.
"With such a fast speed, perhaps he can reach the fifth section."
"I hope so."
There were more than three hundred core disciples in the Sword Phase Hall, but only forty esoteric disciples. It was very few. One more esoteric disciple was a good thing, especially those esoteric disciples with amazing potential. It was even better.
The second section belonged to the level of elite disciples. There were three thousand formations in total. For Chu Mu, it was not the slightest bit difficult. The time he took to pass through it was no less than the first section. Soon, he entered the third section, which caused the elders to exclaim again.
The third section of the Myriad Formation Heavenly Road corresponded to the level of true disciples. The difficulty of the formations had already increased significantly. There were more than two thousand formations. An ordinary core disciple would need to spend a lot of time to pass through, but Chu Mu was still fast.
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