"For the next ten years, you will be receiving guidance from the two Elders of the Ancestral Land."
Elder Angus, who led the group, led the six selected people to the two Elders of the Ancestral Land. At the same time, he said respectfully, "Elders, I'll have to trouble you with these six little fellows. Their identities have been fully verified, and they are absolutely trustworthy."
After saying that, he secretly glanced in the direction of Tsing Hui, "In addition, among these six little fellows, one has cultivated a perfect body."
"He cultivated a perfect body through his own efforts?"
One of the two Elders glanced at Tsing Hui and nodded secretly, "Okay, I understand. You may leave."
"Yes, then I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, Angus left and handed the six people to the two Elders of the Ancestral Land.
Of the six people, only four were actually selected by the martial arts arena. The other two were obviously seeds with potential that were secretly cultivated.
One of the two Elders of the Ancestral Land stepped forward and looked at the four people indifferently, "You can call me Chen Zhao. I'm mainly responsible for guiding your cultivation. The other one is Elder Wuyan. He's responsible for teaching you how to survive better."
"Survive?"
The six people looked at each other.
"That's right, survival. No matter how talented you are, if you can't survive and die prematurely, only death awaits you. Dead geniuses aren't geniuses, they're just idiots. Not to mention, in my eyes, you guys aren't geniuses at all. Every ten years, I've seen so many so-called geniuses like you guys, but how many of them can really stand out?"
Chen Zhao said and added, "Follow me!"
After saying that, he led the group of six straight to a valley in the mountain range.
The entire valley was filled with all sorts of restrictions and formations. However, in this world, they took the form of mysterious runes. These runes imprisoned the valley and even the trees and rocks in the valley, making the trees and rocks extremely sturdy and miraculous.
However, Tsing Hui couldn't see the specific use of these runes. He could only rely on his powerful senses to determine the changes in their quality.
In the valley, there were dozens of small courtyards that were very far apart. They were scattered all over the valley with a diameter of nearly 100 km. Some old people lived in these courtyards, but there were also many young people. Judging from the exclamations of An Ya, who was also selected, from time to time, it was not difficult to guess that these young people were the outstanding geniuses who had been selected to enter the Ancestral Land in the previous big competition held every 10 years.
As soon as Elder Chen Zhao arrived, he immediately began to gather the other young people in the courtyard.
Not long after, there were more than forty young people gathered in front of Tsing Hui. Among these forty young people, the weakest was at least Gold rank, and more than half of them were at least Platinum rank. This fully demonstrated the depth of the An Family's heritage.
"Today is the day when the newcomers arrive. At the same time, it is also the day when the unqualified will be eliminated. If you want to stay in the Ancestral Land, you can only be the true pillar of the An Clan in the future, the leader who can support the growth of the An Clan. Many of you clearly do not have this qualification.
As Elder Chen Zhao spoke, he began to call out the names. Not long after, six people were selected.
The six people who were chosen had gloomy expressions on their faces. Shame and unwillingness could be seen on their faces.
"Your performance in the past ten years has disappointed me. Now, you can pack your things and go back. The An Family's precious resources won't be wasted on trash."
Elder Chen Zhao's words were merciless.
However, in the eyes of An Ya and the others, this scene was rather unbelievable. Because among the six people who were eliminated, four of them were at the Gold Rank, and two of them were even at the Platinum Rank. If they were placed in the outside world, they would be able to dominate a region. But now, from the looks of it, they were kicked out like trash by Elder Chen Zhao. This naturally formed a strong impact on them.
If a Platinum rank who was less than three hundred years old was like this, then what about them, the Gold rank juniors?
"The ancestral land has a unique cultivation environment formed by the accumulation of all the An Family's resources. In ten years, as long as you put in enough effort and diligence, even if your talent is trash, you can still break through a small realm. If you can't break through, then you'll be kicked out like them in ten years."
Elder Chen Zhao announced the mechanism without hesitation, "The rules of the ancestral land are like this. You must break through a small realm every ten years when you're Gold rank, and the time limit is extended to thirty years when you're Platinum rank. Only then can you continue to stay in the ancestral land. If your performance doesn't satisfy us, then you don't have the qualifications to become a guardian of the ancestral land and enjoy the An Family's best resources, just like them …"
The six cultivators who were kicked out immediately looked ashamed.
The remaining thirty or so young people all looked nervous.
"Survival of the fittest. The weak don't have the qualifications to enjoy rich resources. This is the first lesson I'm teaching you. Take them away!"
Elder Chen Zhao waved his hand as he spoke, and the elders came forward to take the six people who were eliminated away.
"You've all cultivated the Gold Body, but the Gold Body is only the beginning of the Gold rank …"
Chen Zhao's voice echoed in the field, but Tsing Hui didn't pay much attention to it. Most of his attention was focused on sizing up the ancestral land.
Unfortunately …
Even if he was one of the most powerful people in the world, and his battle strength wasn't any weaker than the Demon God's incarnation, his experience and knowledge were too little. Even if he knew that the ancestral land hid a great secret, he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary.
'Looks like … if I want to get in touch with the core secrets of the ancestral land, I'll have to first obtain a high enough position. Fortunately, I've always been a genius in the past hundred years. Since I've been nurtured by the ancestral land's resources, I won't attract too much attention no matter how much of a genius I am.'
Tsing Hui calmed down as he thought about it.
After Chen Zhao gave a lecture, he quickly brought the six people, including the twenty or so 'seniors' who were still in the Gold rank, into the cultivation course.
The first place they were brought to was a huge smithy. This smithy had a large furnace with a diameter of ten meters. Through smelting gold, precious herbs, and ferocious beast corpses, a large amount of golden liquid was extracted. The first step was to smear the golden liquid all over their bodies.
During the smearing process, the golden liquid seeped into their bodies. While it brought them excruciating pain, it also strengthened their bodies and tempered their cells.
With his powerful senses, Tsing Hui could clearly see how precious this resource was to a Gold rank cultivator.
After understanding the amplification effect of the golden liquid on a Gold rank powerhouse, Tsing Hui made sure that his body showed enough improvement every time he completed his cultivation. Under such circumstances, he rose from the beginner Gold rank to the intermediate Gold rank in just two years of cultivation, which was the minimum requirement for the ten years of cultivation.
This result surprised Elder Chen Zhao a little, and the guidance he gave him after that was obviously more biased.
The results that Tsing Hui deliberately showed did not disappoint Elder Chen Zhao. In less than three years after breaking through to the intermediate Gold rank, he advanced again and stepped into the advanced Gold rank.
In just five years, he had broken through two small ranks. Not only did it make other cultivators of the same rank envious, but it also alarmed more elders.
In the next five years, Tsing Hui continued to work hard. Under the surprised gazes of several elders, he broke through again and rushed to the peak Gold rank, completing the three-level leap in just ten years. It seemed that the Platinum rank was just around the corner.
Tsing Hui, who had shown such talent, finally gained the attention of the elders of the Ancestral Land. Following that, Elder Wuyan personally gave him one-on-one special training that lasted for ten years.
In these ten years, Tsing Hui could clearly feel that Elder Wuyan was not only guiding him in his cultivation, but also finding ways to establish his worldview. From their worldview, it was not difficult to see that they were hostile to the supreme Eternal Shrine.
Behind the Eternal Shrine was the Burning Blood Overlord. Being hostile to the Eternal Shrine was almost equivalent to being hostile to the Burning Blood Overlord.
In this regard, while Tsing Hui was secretly shocked, he naturally did his best to show his loyalty to the Andersons. As long as the Andersons' interests were violated, even if they were members of the Eternal Shrine's Priest Council, he would not hesitate to kill them.
After ten years of observation, she confirmed that Tsing Hui's worldview was correct. In addition, he had broken through to the Platinum rank three years ago. To prevent further observation from wasting his talent, Elder Wuyan finally led Tsing Hui into the valley. After passing through a layer of disguised spatial barriers that resembled an auxiliary world, they arrived at a huge underground space.
This underground space was hundreds of kilometers wide, and there were many people living in it. However, most of them were elderly, and they behaved mysteriously.
Under Elder Wuyan's lead, Tsing Hui quickly arrived at a place that resembled an academy.
As Tsing Hui carefully sensed, the number of cultivators in the academy with terrifying energy hidden in their bodies broke through the double digits. In addition, there were about a dozen cultivators who looked rather young, but their cultivations were at the Platinum, Astral, and Moonlight ranks.
"I've finally come into contact with the core."
Tsing Hui secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
He did not expect that he would still have to go through a twenty-year-long assessment despite having such a clean background.
"An Yi? You're the little fellow who Wuyan and Chen Zhao strongly recommended over the years, the one who they said had the best talent? Come, don't be afraid. Follow me. "
The academy's dean, Eclipse, was an elder who similarly contained terrifying energy. He smiled as he led Tsing Hui into the academy.
"Before you enter the academy, you must first pay your respects to our An Clan's progenitor … This progenitor isn't the progenitor who founded the An Clan in the Mortal Plane. Instead, he's an even more ancient and mighty existence.
As Eclipse spoke, he led Tsing Hui deep into the academy, in front of a large statue that was about thirty meters tall.
The instant he saw the statue and sensed the remnant aura on it, Tsing Hui held his breath.
Heretic God!
The statue was actually an Heretic God!
No!
Or rather …
It was a Chaos lifeform.
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