In the Sunrise City, the Lifire Palace's selection test officially began. Yi Tian and Xia Minyu also lined up, holding onto their jade tokens as they entered.
After passing the first test of cultivation level and bone age, the cultivators who came to participate in the selection did not show any deviations. Occasionally, there would be a few cultivators whose bone age exceeded 30 years. The Li Flame Palace's outer sect disciples would walk up and escort them out without a word.
The disciples who came to supervise were at least at the Jin Dan stage. There were even Yuanying stage cultivators like Niu Renjie in charge. Naturally, they would not allow those low level cultivators to have the chance to act presumptuously.
However, Niu Renjie's gaze would occasionally sweep past Yi Tian and Xia Minyu. His expression was calm, but he was secretly considering if he should secretly help them.
However, when the crowd passed by him, he heard a secret voice transmission. Niu Renjie raised his eyebrows and was delighted. The person who transmitted the voice was the Li Flame Sect's new Sect Master. Previously, when he was escorting the two of them, he had heard his voice. Niu Renjie believed that he would never forget this voice.
However, when he heard the voice transmission, Niu Renjie's expression changed slightly. He naturally revealed a puzzled expression. However, that voice was authoritative and unquestionable. As a sect disciple, he naturally did not dare to have any thoughts of going against it.
After a while, Niu Renjie hurriedly called for his subordinates to take his place. He then flew towards the City Lord's residence. This time's selection was naturally not something he could handle with his cultivation level. Hence, to complete the Sect Master's task, he had to find the person in charge. At this moment, Niu Renjie had an additional jade token in his hand. On it was a simple flame symbol. And this symbol was unique to the Li Flame Palace's Sect Master.
The cultivators present naturally did not know what was going on. They just followed the Li Flame Palace's arrangements and entered the venue to participate in the selection. Soon, hundreds of thousands of people arrived at the city's main venue. It was a spacious drill ground.
Seats had already been arranged on the drill ground, and every cultivator who entered was assigned to a separate compartment. The space was about 5 feet wide and in the middle was a stone futon. After the contestants entered, they had to insert their identity jade tablet into the groove in front of the stone futon and then sit cross-legged on it.
When the cultivator sat cross-legged on the praying mat, the surrounding area would light up with a white membrane of light, isolating the cultivator from the outside world. In this way, it would also eliminate the possibility of being affected by others.
Yi Tian and Xia Minyu entered their respective seats next to each other. After the white light film restriction was raised, they could no longer see the outside world. However, a purple beam flashed in Yi Tian's eyes as he easily saw through the surrounding barriers. Very quickly, his gaze swept past the rostrum in the distance. He saw that the chief examiner was dressed in the Li Fire Sect's inner disciple robes.
Looking at his appearance, Yi Tian vaguely remembered that he had once met an elite inner sect disciple in the sect's main hall. This person's name was Duan Weiqi, and he was among them at that time. Thinking about it, if he saw his name, he wouldn't hesitate like Niu Renjie and would immediately recognize him.
Not long after, Niu Renjie rushed over and cupped his hands towards Duan Weiqi, who was sitting in the main seat. Following that, the two of them began a private conversation. After three seconds, the chief examiner, Duan Weiqi, had a look of surprise in his eyes. Although his expression didn't change, his hands trembled slightly. Such a small detail did not escape Yi Tian's eyes.
Following that, Duan Weiqi extended his hand to take the jade talisman. After scanning it with his spiritual sense, he nodded slightly. After a while, his spiritual sense scanned the entire venue. Finally, he scanned his and Xia Minyu's seats twice before retracting his spiritual sense.
As for those Foundation Establishment cultivators, they naturally couldn't sense the changes around them. Yi Tian couldn't be bothered with such matters. After all, Duan Weiqi had taken over his Jade Fu Zhao, so he knew how to deal with it.
After a short while, after all the participating cultivators had taken their seats, Duan Weiqi stood up and said, "The second round of the entrance selection will now begin. The result of this round will be decided by a single round, and the test will be a trial of the Dao Heart. Only the first 100 people to awaken will be selected. Those who awaken can inject their spirit force into the jade token under their seats. Someone will come to receive them. The hourglass in front of me has a time of four hours. Those who exceed the hourglass will be eliminated. Thus, there won't necessarily be 100 people in this selection. Okay, let's begin. "
Just as he finished speaking, Duan Weiqi waved his hand and activated the formation with his spirit force. In an instant, a bright formation pattern appeared on the ground of the drill ground. Following that, a white barrier of light slowly rose up and covered the entire venue.
After doing all this, Duan Weiqi slowly returned to his seat. However, his gaze was locked onto a certain spot in the venue. Yi Tian sat in his seat and felt his vision blur for a moment. Then, his surroundings changed. With a snap of his fingers, his surroundings returned to normal.
His gaze swept over and saw that Duan Weiqi, who was in the main seat, was staring at the position where Xia Minyu was. His fingers trembled slightly, and at the same time, the formation pattern faintly flashed with a golden light before disappearing in an instant.
Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on Yi Tian's face. In his talisman order, he had mentioned that he wanted the main examiner to increase the difficulty of Xia Minyu's trial of the Dao heart by more than three times that of ordinary participants.
This time, the sect would naturally send a disciple who was proficient in formations. This shouldn't be a problem for Duan Weiqi. As long as he secretly made a move, he would be able to easily increase the difficulty of the Dao heart test. He wanted to see if Xia Minyu's Dao heart was tough enough to match his future cultivation.
The main examiner placed a gigantic hourglass in front of him. The white sand in the hourglass rapidly flowed down, causing the entire examination hall to turn silent. Even the Lifire Palace's disciples who were standing guard in the surroundings retracted their thoughts and started to survey the situation. Among these people, there might be a hundred who would be selected. But they would only be able to enter the outer sect. For those elites who could truly enter the inner sect, they would still have to pass many more tests.
But once one became an inner sect disciple, their future would naturally be limitless. Even if they were just outer sect disciples, they would still be comparable to those core disciples of mid-sized sects.
Through the light barrier, Yi Tian could see that Xia Minyu's brows were tightly furrowed as beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. His expression kept changing as though he had encountered some trouble in the Dao heart test. This was no wonder. Under normal circumstances, the Dao heart test of three times the difficulty would naturally far surpass those of the same level. Basically, it was equivalent to the Dao heart test of the Jin Dan Realm. No wonder even the head examiner, Duan Weiqi, hesitated when he heard of this arrangement.
Very swiftly, there were people who woke up from the Dao heart test. After activating the jade medallion they were sitting on, disciples of the sect came to receive them.
Within two hours, more than ninety of the hundred spots had been claimed by people one after another. When the crystal screen in front of the head examiner showed the number 99, Yi Tian discovered that Xia Minyu suddenly trembled. After that, he woke up and stretched out his hand to activate the jade medallion he was sitting on.
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