"Boom!"
Just as Xiao Chen was thinking hard, there was a resplendent firework in the dark sky of the Lingyun Mountain Range. The dazzling firework reached an altitude of ten thousand meters in the blink of an eye.
When the firework exploded, it turned into the appearance of the Heavenly Saber Pavilion's founder, the Saber Emperor. It gathered in the night sky. In the next instant, the Saber Emperor's figure scattered. Thousands of meteor-like lights flew in all directions.
Some of the meteor-like lights flew for thousands of meters before falling. Some flew for tens of thousands of meters, but they did not dissipate. In an instant, they spread throughout the entire Great Qin Nation.
"The Saber Emperor's Convening Order!" Xiao Chen exclaimed in shock as he looked at the scattering firework in the sky.
This was the Heavenly Saber Pavilion's second Convening Order. It was second only to the Heavenly Saber Convening Order that the sect sent out during a calamity. It covered the entire Great Qin Nation.
As long as it was a disciple wearing the Heavenly Saber Pavilion's identity token, regardless of where they were in the Great Qin Nation, they would rush back as soon as they received the Convening Order.
In the past thousand years, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion had only used the Saber Emperor's Convening Order twice. During the Demonic Calamity twenty years ago, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion did not use it.
What exactly happened this time for the Heavenly Saber Pavilion to use the Saber Emperor's Convening Order? Like Xiao Chen, countless people in the Great Qin Nation sank into deep thought.
Early the next morning, Liu Suifeng and Xiao Chen rode the Green Bird to the drill grounds of the Heaven Viewing Platform. This time, Liu Suifeng did not make the mistake of losing his sense of direction. In less than an hour, they arrived at the drill grounds.
Originally, Liu Suifeng thought he was early enough. Who knew, the eighteen inner disciples who passed the test had already been waiting for a long time. Not only that, the spectator stands were filled with people.
When Liu Suifeng looked around, he saw a dense crowd. A rough count gave at least three or four thousand people. Most of the Heavenly Saber Pavilion's inner disciples were present.
Aside from the inner disciples, there was also a large group of core disciples and true inheritors. They were all seated in their own pavilions. The atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
Xiao Chen did not understand. He asked Liu Suifeng in a soft voice, "What's going on? Why are there so many people here today? There are more than twice as many people as the previous time."
Liu Suifeng also whispered, "Did you see the Saber Emperor's summoning order last night?"
Xiao Chen nodded and said, "I saw it. However, the Saber Emperor summoned us. What does this test have to do with us?"
The Saber Emperor's Convening Order was indeed a big matter. To put it in perspective, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion was one of the top sects in the Great Qin Nation. If they used the Saber Emperor's Convening Order, it would be a big deal in the Great Qin Nation.
But what did this have to do with their assessment? The foundational stage had already ended in advance the last time. Today's assessment only consisted of the arena stage. In Xiao Chen's opinion, it wouldn't be a problem for him to take first place among the twenty people.
Although the fight with Zhang Lie and Mu Heng was delightful, Xiao Chen had yet to bring out his full strength. If it was a one-on-one fight, he was confident of ending the fight in ten moves.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be many people watching an arena battle with a predetermined outcome. However, not only were there no fewer people today, there were even more people than three days ago.
Liu Suifeng suddenly understood and said, "That's right, you have been cultivating bitterly for the past three days. You have no idea what is happening outside. You will understand after I explain it to you."
"On the second day after the last test ended, the Heaven Viewing Platform made an announcement in advance. The Main Hall will be recalling all the core disciples undergoing experiential training outside. Today, there will be a ranking battle to choose the ninety strongest core disciples. Hence, we are not the main characters today."
What exactly is going on? Why do I have to find all the core disciples? Xiao Chen thought suspiciously. He was not worried that these people would not be able to make it back in one night.
In every big city in the Great Qin Nation, there were relay stations that connected directly to the Heavenly Saber Pavilion. As long as one spent a considerable amount of Spirit Stones, they would be able to rush back to the Heavenly Saber Pavilion within half a day.
However, Xiao Chen could not figure out why the core disciple ranking battle would be on the same day as the ordinary inner disciple exam.
Xiao Chen asked, "Did the announcement say why they would be choosing the ninety strongest core disciples?"
Liu Suifeng shook his head and said, "They did not say. It should be a very important mission. Otherwise, they would not have used the Saber Emperor Summoning Order to summon them so urgently. Those who did not return within a day after receiving the summoning order would all be severely punished."
As they spoke, many black dots appeared in the sky above the drill grounds. As the black dots got closer, everyone discovered that these black dots were actually ferocious flying Spirit Beasts.
The Spirit Beasts quickly descended. When they were a hundred meters in the air, some cultivators jumped down from them. "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! "Their feet landed heavily on the ground; they were not injured at all.
After they landed, these people headed for the pavilion specially prepared for the core disciples. The core disciples who had not gone out for experiential training were already waiting there.
"That is Qianduan Peak's Lin Yun, ranked eighteenth on the Wind Cloud List. He cultivates a pure fire-attributed True Yang Art. His Saber Techniques are very tyrannical. After not seeing him for half a year, his strength seems to have increased again. He is now a peak Superior Grade Martial Saint."
"Ranked tenth is Jade Maiden Peak's Yun Kexin. I wonder what layer her Soft Music Art is at."
"Ranked second is Tianyue Peak's Ye Lingfeng. He has not returned for more than a year already. Unexpectedly, he is a Medial Grade Martial Saint now."
"I wonder if the first ranked Murong Chong will arrive. He was already a peak Inferior Grade Martial Saint last year. I wonder how strong he is now."
As more and more people jumped off the Spirit Beasts, someone immediately recognized these people. They were all core disciples in the top hundred of the Wind Cloud List. When they came out one by one, they all exclaimed in surprise.
The twenty people on the drill grounds also focused their attention on this group of people. Xiao Chen casually glanced around and discovered that this group of people was indeed very strong. Every one of them had a very strong aura.
Furthermore, most of them were Inferior Grade Martial Saints. Furthermore, a small number of them were peak Inferior Grade Martial Saints. It looked like the top ninety core disciples were most likely chosen from the top hundred of the Wind Cloud List.
The top ten already have such an aura. In that case, how strong would the first ranked person be? Xiao Chen thought to himself.
"Hu Chi!"
Suddenly, there was a sonic boom in the air. A black dot flew over quickly from afar. Its speed was close to the speed of sound. As it moved through the air, it gave off sonic booms that reverberated in the air above the drill grounds.
"Bang!"
The person who arrived was still a thousand meters away. The intense sonic booms were still reverberating in the air when the figure landed on the ground. He was dressed in moon-white robes.
He had handsome and exquisite facial features. He held a saber in his right hand and his aura was withdrawn. He had an indescribable charm as he slowly walked towards the pavilion.
"Murong Chong! Murong Chong is really back! This is a flying Martial Technique. I can't see through his strength at all. " The crowd in the spectator stands cried out in surprise. Many of the female disciples blushed and their eyes lit up. They jumped up cautiously.
When Xiao Chen saw this person, he could not help but reveal a grave expression on his previously calm face.
Although the top ten core disciples that Xiao Chen saw earlier were very strong, if they were to fight, Xiao Chen had a fifty percent chance of victory.
If Xiao Chen could go all out, he would even have a sixty percent chance of victory against the second ranked Ye Lingfeng. Only this person gave him a feeling that he could not defeat him.
Among the younger generation, Xiao Chen had only experienced this feeling from Liu Ruyue back then. Could this person be compared to Liu Ruyue back then?
The reason why it was not the current Liu Ruyue was because Liu Ruyue was already very close to becoming a Martial King. She was only a step away from reaching the realm that everyone in the younger generation looked up to, unrivaled within the same cultivation realm.
Although Xiao Chen could not see through this person's cultivation realm, from his aura, he could roughly guess that he was a middle stage Superior Grade Martial Saint. He was still a distance away from peak Superior Grade Martial Saint.
"Which Peak's inner disciple is Murong Chong from? Why have I not heard of him before?" Xiao Chen asked out of curiosity.
When Liu Suifeng heard this, he had an uncomfortable expression on his face. He said, "He is a free person, he does not belong to any Peak."
Xiao Chen observed Liu Suifeng's expression and knew that Liu Suifeng still had something to say. "Free person? What do you mean? "
After anyone entered the Heavenly Saber Pavilion's inner sect, the first thing they had to do was choose a Peak. After that, they could customize their identity token and become a true inner disciple. How could there be someone who did not belong to any Peak?
If he did not belong to any Peak, then why did he come to the Heavenly Saber Pavilion? Could it be just for the dense Spiritual Energy of the Lingyun Mountain Range? No one would find it strange.
Since he could enter the inner sect, naturally, he would place more importance on the high ranked Martial Techniques and Cultivation Techniques of the various Peaks. An environment with dense Spiritual Energy would always be secondary.
Liu Suifeng paused for a while, as though he had made a decision. He sighed and said, "I'll tell you the truth. Murong Chong used to be a disciple of our Qingyun Peak. There is also Wang Rong, whom I met in the library. He used to be a disciple of Qingyun Peak as well.
"Murong Chong and my elder sister are fellow disciples. They grew up together. Two years ago, after he failed to woo my sister, he left Qingyun Peak in a fit of anger."
Xiao Chen was somewhat surprised. He did not expect there to be such a story. He could not help but take a few more glances at Murong Chong, who had already walked up to the pavilion.
After all the core disciples arrived, the chief examiner slowly appeared on the drill grounds. He looked at Xiao Chen and the others and said, "Each of you will have to participate in fifteen battles. Every victory will give you one point. Defeats will not give you any points. The person with the most points after the battles will be the number one core disciple. He will be rewarded with a thousand Inferior Grade Spirit Stones and an Inferior Grade Earth Ranked Spirit Weapon.
"The remaining nine will receive the same rewards. Five hundred Inferior Grade Spirit Stones and a Superior Grade Profound Ranked Spirit Weapon. At the same time, your ranking in the Ranking Hall will automatically increase by a hundred."
The rewards were indeed more than five times more than the previous years. Unfortunately, Xiao Chen did not care about any of it. Regardless of whether it was a Spirit Weapon or Inferior Grade Spirit Stones, he did not need too many of them.
What he needed the most now were Rank 6 Body Tempering Medicinal Pills or natural treasures that could temper the physical body. Next were high ranked Cultivation Techniques that could temper the physical body.
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