Lin Buzheng's face was as black as the bottom of a wok.
He had just registered for the first round of the assessment, and had yet to even take a single step forward. Yet, these people were already blocking his way, claiming that he would definitely not pass the assessment, and that he would be kicked out of the outer sect in a month's time. Even though they came with good intentions, it still infuriated Lin Buzheng.
However, even though Lin Buzheng was unhappy, he did not lose his temper at these people. Instead, he kept the invitations they handed over and politely returned their greetings. After he was done with the proper etiquette, he turned around and left.
The true Divine Might Sect was located above the Nine Heavens, on an endless stretch of divine mountains, high up in the clouds, untainted by the dust of the mortal world. The vast territory outside of the outer sect was governed and governed by a few of the local superpowers.
These people who came to recruit Lin Buzheng were from these superpowers.
Compared to the Divine Might Sect, these superpowers were incomparably insignificant. They were formed from thousands of years of disciples who failed to pass the outer sect's assessment. However, if one looked down on these superpowers because of this, thinking that these superpowers were insignificant, it would be a big mistake.
Although these superpowers could not touch the Divine Might Sect's outer sect, they occupied the vast territory outside of the outer sect, and had countless connections with the inner sect of the Sect. Many outer sect missions were issued by these superpowers. Without the cooperation of these local bullies, one would not be able to complete a mission no matter how resourceful one was.
Furthermore, if these superpowers did not like an outer sect disciple and secretly caused trouble for him, it would greatly affect the disciple's outer sect points. It could even cause the disciple to drop to the bottom of the outer sect rankings, and there was a possibility of being kicked out of the Sect.
So, no matter how haughty and arrogant an outer court disciple was, they would be courteous and didn't dare be disrespectful in the slightest when they saw the emissaries that represented these powers, as they were deeply afraid of offending them in the slightest, and they wouldn't even know how they were plotted against in secret and expelled from the sect.
In short, interacting with these people was a great way to train one. Even if one's talent was insufficient and could not be promoted to the inner sect, as long as one was on good terms with these people, one's future would be bright.
Lin Buzheng activated the outer sect map in his identity token, shuttled through the endless buildings, and soon arrived at the Scripture Pavilion.
"Gasp, what a huge depository!"
Lin Buzheng exclaimed in admiration. As he had seen, the Mighty God Sect's outer sect's scripture depository was several hundred zhang wide, and there were more than ten levels to it. It was like a small city towering between the heavens and earth, giving off an incomparable visual impact.
Rumble!
Not only that, but Lin Buzheng also faintly sensed that the Scripture Depository was filled with many Martial Intents. Without a doubt, they were all emitted from the Cultivation Methods in the Scripture Depository.
Some of these Martial Intents were incomparably small and almost undetectable. Some were ancient and could even resonate with the Reincarnation Imperial Sutra. They were like Heavenly Emperors and Ancient Sages that sat in the world, causing one to involuntarily feel the urge to bow and worship them.
In the next moment, Lin Buzheng retracted his Dao Heart, and the Martial Intents instantly disappeared from his senses. He calmly approached the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion.
Buzz!
Outside the Scripture Depository, there was an extremely powerful boundary power. This power was even more terrifying than the formation power that enveloped the resting area of the outer sect disciples. It was connected to the Spirit Vein in the depths of the outer sect. Once it was activated, the terrifying power that would be released was comparable to a full-powered attack from a Sage!
Buzz!
However, in the next moment, as Lin Buzheng approached, his identity token emitted a wave of energy, and the boundary protecting the Scripture Depository opened up, allowing him to enter.
The main hall of the Scripture Pavilion was very wide and endless. Not far away from the main entrance, Elder Lei was sitting on a rattan chair. He held an ancient book in his hand and was reading it seriously. He turned a blind eye to the outer court disciples that came and went in front of him.
However, Lin Buzheng believed that if there was someone who shouldn't have entered mixed in with these outer court disciples, Elder Lei would definitely be able to discover him at the first possible moment and expel him.
"Disciple Lin Buzheng greets Elder Lei!"
Lin Buzheng quickly walked up and bowed to Elder Lei. His attitude was respectful and respectful, not daring to show the slightest bit of disrespect.
"Get up."
"You're here to look up the information on the first round of the assessment, Floating Like Dream, right?"
"Walk along the path in front of you until you reach the end. It's on your right."
"Those are the most basic information. As for the more detailed information, they're all placed on the second floor. You'll need to spend a certain amount of outer sect points to read them."
Elder Lei seemed to have seen through Lin Buzheng's thoughts and gave him pointers. From the beginning to the end, his gaze never left the ancient book in his hands.
"Thank you for your pointers, Elder Lei!"
Lin Buzheng bowed to Elder Lei once again, then followed the latter's instructions and walked deeper into the first floor of the Scripture Depository.
"… I've forcefully suppressed your outer sect ranking to the last. You must have thought that I'm biased towards Chu Fantian and purposely targeted you. You must have a lot of resentment towards me."
"However, you've already experienced the outer sect's nine major trials when you followed Su Lie around the martial world. There's no need for you to accumulate as much experience as the other outer sect disciples."
"I'm just giving you a little pressure. I hope you won't waste too much time in the outer sect and advance to the inner sect as soon as possible. Only then will you be a true disciple of the Divine Might Sect!"
"I hope you won't disappoint me in the assessment in a month's time!"
Elder Lei's gaze shifted away from the ancient book and stared at Lin Buzheng's departing figure as he mumbled to himself. He then retracted his gaze and continued to focus on reading the ancient book in his hands, as if nothing had happened.
"So many secret manuals!"
Lin Buzheng mumbled as he looked around curiously.
The path under his feet was at least a hundred zhang long. Bookshelves lined both sides of the path, each containing at least ten thousand secret manuals. He walked for close to a hundred breaths' time before reaching the end.
On the right-hand side of the path were rows of antique bookshelves with ancient books on them. They looked no different from the other bookshelves.
However, Lin Buzheng randomly picked up a book from one of the bookshelves and flipped through it. The contents were all related to Floating Like Dream's assessment.
Following that, Lin Buzheng flipped through a few more books and gained a basic understanding of Floating Like Dream's assessment.
It turned out that Floating Like Dream's assessment was a test of a cultivator's mental state. The assessment method was that the cultivator would enter a pocket dimension, and apart from their mental state, all other abilities would be rendered useless. Only their Dao-heart would be unaffected, and they would be able to resonate with the mysterious energy in the pocket dimension, producing an unimaginable phenomenon.
The outer sect's higher-ups would judge the disciple's mental state based on the phenomenon produced during the assessment, as well as whether they passed or not.
"So difficult!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
