A day later, in a radius of thousands of miles, the participants from the various small tribes arrived at the Tao tribal clan one after another.
After a night of rest, the Kingdom's selection officially began!
The selection's location was a flat plain outside the Tao tribal clan's city.
The plain was large, and the ground was covered with black ironstone, as if it was specially paved with tiles.
More than a thousand participants were neatly lined up on the plain, with each tribe as a unit.
In the middle were the young elites of the Tao tribal clan. There were about six to seven hundred of them, more than the participants from the dozens of small tribes combined!
Not only was there a lot of them, their quality was top notch. Even if they were just there to make up the numbers, their strength was much stronger than the people from the Lian tribal clan's warrior preparation camp.
Yi Yun saw the Tao tribal clan's third young master, Tao Yunxiao, standing right in front of the group.
As for the first and second young master, they did not show themselves. According to the rules of the Kingdom's selection, the first round was a preliminary selection. It eliminated those who did not have the strength. As long as they reached the Purple Blood realm, there was no need for them to participate in the preliminary selection. They could go straight to the final selection.
Actually reaching the Purple Blood realm was equivalent to being guaranteed entry into the Jin Long Wei. The final selection was just a formality. A Purple Blood warrior before the age of twenty-eight, even if they were in the early stages of Purple Blood, had proven their talent and was qualified to become a member of the Jin Long Wei.
In the entire Tao tribal clan, other than the first and second young masters, there were seven Purple Blood warriors below the age of twenty-eight. These nine people had already reserved the nine spots for the Kingdom's selection.
The remaining one thousand people would compete for the remaining eleven spots!
At this time, a group of cavalry arrived on horseback. Leading them was the Jin Long Wei's Thousand Households, Zhang Tan.
He was also the host of the Tao tribal clan's selection.
Zhang Tan gently reined in his horse's head and dismounted, "Now, I will announce the rules of the first preliminary selection!"
Zhang Tan did not beat around the bush. Without even looking at his self-introduction, he went straight to the point, "The first round of the selection will test your Spirit!"
"Spirit?"
The participants were stunned. They thought that the preliminary selection would test their strength, which was the easiest and simplest. But to test Spirit? What was Spirit? How was it tested?
"Spirit is the aura you have and the courage to do things! A person with a strong spirit is decisive, capable, and courageous. No matter what difficulties they face, they will not retreat. No matter what temptation they face, they will be firm and move forward bravely! "
"The path of martial arts is filled with dangers! There are many secret realms where one might lose their life after entering. Without courage and insight, one wouldn't dare to enter at all. "
"Other than that, fighting with powerful desolate beasts and protecting human cities requires courage and boldness. Just having strength is not enough. If one were to be timid before the battle against those primordial desolate beasts, they would not be able to use 50% of their strength. How are they to fight then!?"
"In order to break through to the next realm in the martial way, one has to defeat their inner demons, and one has to break through all momentum and willpower. Those who have cultivated to become peerless experts will face the endless temptations of the world. Who knows how many powers will try to rope you in, promising you glory, wealth, treasures, and beauties. They want to corrupt you and make you work for them! If you lose yourself in these temptations and are unable to strengthen your resolve, then your martial path will come to an end! "
"So if a warrior has a future, not only does it depend on your talent, it also depends on your Spirit!"
Yi Yun was deeply impressed by Zhang Tan's words. A strong Spirit was a quality needed to achieve great things.
The heroes of ancient China, once they had a goal, they would overcome all obstacles and move forward bravely. Be it difficulties or temptations, nothing could stop them!
This Spirit was known as "Qi" in ancient China!
Those who knew the "Qi Viewing Technique" could see a purple glow above a person's head. This purple glow was known as the Son of Heaven's Aura. In novels, it was known as the King of Heaven's Aura.
What was the Son of Heaven's Aura? In a nutshell, it was the ability to achieve great things!
Zhang Tan carried on, "Whether you have Spirit or not depends on your overall qualities. A simple test will not be able to cover everything. Let's begin. All of you, form a large circle around me. The nearest person has to be at least fifty steps away from me!"
With Zhang Tan's words, the crowd began to move. There were more than a thousand people present, but there was no unified command. Furthermore, Zhang Tan's orders were extremely vague, so the movement was a mess.
Seeing this situation, a few people, including Tao Yunxiao and Lian Chengyu, began to display their leadership qualities.
"People of the Tao tribal clan, listen to my command. We will hold hands and form a circle. With Thousand Households Zhang as the center, we will spread out!"
The Tao tribal clan had the most people. By holding hands and forming a circle, they could avoid chaos.
The other tribal clans followed suit.
"Yi Yun, what are you standing there for? Quickly go to the other side. Can't you see there are so few people on the other side!" Lian Chengyu shouted at Yi Yun. He felt that maintaining order in the midst of chaos was a way to display Spirit. If he performed well, he could attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Jin Long Wei.
This was an opportunity for him.
Yi Yun was after all a member of the Lian tribal clan. If Yi Yun did not listen to the command and ran around, he would lose face and appear incompetent.
Yi Yun coldly stared at Lian Chengyu and said, "Just take care of your lackeys."
Yi Yun's words made Lian Chengyu's eyes turn cold, "Let's see how long you can be arrogant. You do have martial arts talent, but this first test of Spirit. You are just a lackey who scrapes for food. Your family has been poor beggars for nine generations. Your life is the standard of a slave's life. Do you think you have Spirit?"
Spirit was the ability to achieve great things. Only a person with leadership qualities could have it. As for the Lian tribal clan, who was the leader? It was obvious!
"We'll know once we try." Yi Yun shrugged, "Speaking of which, Young master Lian, have you recovered from your injuries? It won't affect you when we test your Bravery later, right? "
Yi Yun specialized in hitting people's faces. When he scolded people, he would expose their shortcomings.
When Lian Chengyu broke through to the Purple Blood realm, he had vomited blood due to his failure. This was the most shameful and tragic memory of his life.
Being mentioned by Yi Yun, Lian Chengyu's face sank.
"Little bastard, let's see how long you can be arrogant! Sooner or later, you will fall into my hands. I will let you know what it means to live a life worse than death! "
Lian Chengyu lowered his voice and said this, then turned around and walked in another direction.
Yi Yun chuckled and thought nothing of it. He moved slowly with the crowd and occasionally glanced at Zhang Tan. He saw Zhang Tan touch his interspatial ring and take out a black box that was more than three feet tall.
This black box was made of black metal. Its surface was covered in patterns and looked ancient and mysterious.
When everyone stood in a circle around Zhang Tan, Zhang Tan looked at the crowd and said coldly, "The preliminaries are about to begin. Let me give you a piece of advice. Don't try to be brave. If you don't think you have enough Spirit, stand further away to avoid getting injured."
When Zhang Tan said that, no one moved. Instead, Tao Yunxiao, Lian Chengyu and company took a few steps forward and stood closer to Zhang Tan to show their Spirit.
Zhang Tan smiled and opened the box. From the box, he took out a black object that was three feet long. It was a curved spike with spiral patterns on it, like a machete.
Yi Yun could tell that this black object was a horn left behind by a behemoth!
After Zhang Tan took out the beast horn, it slowly floated in the air, as though gravity was nothing.
This was something that tested one's Spirit?
Everyone was at a loss for a moment. They didn't know how the assessment would proceed, but strangely, they all felt a faint sense of unease when facing this beast horn.
This uneasiness was baffling. It was like a seed had been planted in their hearts …
"I'll say it again. Those without confidence, it's best you take a step back. If not, this test will crush your confidence, making it difficult for you to improve in the future."
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