Chapter 290

And that stick of high incense finally burned out at this moment.

As the blue smoke drifted toward the sky, Zhongli and the others slowly opened their eyes.

A loud bell rang, making everyone quiet down.

The power of peace carried in the bell sound also dissipated some of the restlessness in these people's hearts.

Zhongli looked around at the crowd below, stood up, and cupped his hands toward the sky.

"The acting Peak Master of Shushan's Dragon Head Peak, Zhongli, requests the Sect Leader and the Shushan ancestors' decree. The assessment officially begins!"

A streak of light streaked across the sky and fell into the center of the Heart-Asking Array.

Zhongli looked at Venti and Alice beside him and nodded.

The three instantly stood at the three corners of the Heart-Asking Array, sitting cross-legged in the void.

Zhongli looked at the crowd below without joy or sorrow, his expression calm with a hint of seriousness.

"Everyone, please enter the array!"

As the words fell, the crowd below instantly became restless.

Many people ran toward the array quickly.

Furina looked at Clorinde beside her, took a deep breath, and said seriously:

"Clorinde, come on, we must enter Shushan!"

"Yes! Ms. Furina!"

"Finally waited for this day. This Hall Master must learn the corpse-driving technique in Shushan! From now on, never let Qiqi steal this Hall Master's business."

"Dunyarzad, wait for me! I will definitely find a way to save you from Shushan!"

"Collei! Persist in yourself, you can definitely do it!"

"Haha! Chongyun, your aunt is watching you. If you can't join Shushan, just wait for your aunt to clean you up!"

"I know! You take care too."

"Shushan... I, Childe, am coming!!!"

The group didn't hesitate anymore, instantly showing their abilities, crossing the crowd, rushing to the front, and stepping into the Heart-Asking Array.

When the last person stepped into the array.

Zhongli and the others raised their hands, and surging true energy poured into the four stone pillars.

Dim light and mist appeared out of thin air, and everyone's eyes went black, as if falling into an abyss, constantly falling downward.

Finally...

they entered the world constructed by the Heart-Asking Array.

The Heart-Asking Array side instantly became quiet.

Zhongli and the others were busy maintaining the Heart-Asking Array, and from time to time they had to pay attention to whether anyone was trapped too deeply, so they couldn't chat.

Ningguang and the others, however, gathered together with interest, pointing at the crowd below.

"Does Sister Ganyu think that among these people, who is more likely to become an inner sect disciple?"

Yae Miko, who was bored, played with her hair. With her Heavenly Charm Body activated, she was like a peerless enchantress, every move and gesture filled with natural charm.

A single glance could make people dizzy.

Even Ganyu, who looked at Yae Miko suddenly, was a bit dazed.

Qingluan blocked Ganyu angrily.

"Bad woman! Don't use charm on Sister Ganyu!"

Ganyu instantly came back to her senses, rubbed Qingluan's head, and looked at Yae Miko with some annoyance.

The latter spread her hands helplessly.

"Sorry, Sister Ganyu, I can't control the Heavenly Charm Body yet."

"It doesn't matter. The Sect Leader can remain unmoved when facing you, Sister Miko, but I have such a reaction, which shows that my own state of mind cultivation is not enough."

Ganyu mentioned pointedly, and Yae Miko felt helpless in her heart.

Ever since her Heavenly Charm Body awakened, because she often looked for Jiang Yan, she had been targeted by Ganyu.

Ganyu, who was usually gentle and kind, was exceptionally serious when facing such things.

But...

Yae Miko really didn't have any other thoughts, at least not at the beginning. As for now...

That's hard to say.

Just like ordinary people, and even some cultivators, who couldn't resist the natural charm of her Heavenly Charm Body.

Jiang Yan's peak-stage Spirit Returning to Void cultivation, and the life aura of his Innate Dao Body,

were also not something ordinary people could resist.

Yae Miko often looked for Jiang Yan to know how to control the Heavenly Charm Body.

At first, she could control herself to talk about business, but later...

She would go to tell Jiang Yan about some small gossip and chat with him.

Yae Miko had to admit that when chatting, she didn't pay attention to what Jiang Yan said at all; her heart was full of Jiang Yan's gentle and handsome smile.

Thinking about it, Yae Miko was shocked in her heart.

She hurriedly suppressed this thought.

Ganyu was still there; if she saw the problem, she would definitely get angry with her.

This kind of thing...

Better to think about it privately for now.

And Yae Miko could also see that Jiang Yan had more expectations and hopes for her.

As for favor...

Maybe not much.

Jiang Yan only wanted to stabilize and strengthen Shushan as soon as possible.

He was a man with a strong career heart, and such a man...

was the most charming.

No, no!

Can't keep thinking about it!

Yae Miko forced herself to forget this topic and looked at Ganyu.

"Sister Ganyu hasn't said yet, who do you think has a chance to join the inner sect?"

Others also gathered around curiously.

They didn't care about outer sect disciples.

Although inner and outer sect disciples were both Shushan disciples, their identities were different, their limits were different, and their futures were different.

Ultimately, they wouldn't have much intersection.

The only ones inner sect disciples would value were other inner sect disciples.

Ganyu thought for a moment, and her eyes condensed with true energy to look over.

The spiritual light on the heads of these millions of people was different, but ultimately, they were limited.

Unlike when she observed Ningguang and the others, the spiritual light that shot into the sky from their heads.

It showed that the aptitude of these millions of people was average.

But to say it was good, there were indeed a few people who were particularly good.

Ganyu withdrew her true energy, was silent for a moment, and then pointed to a few people at the front.

"In terms of aptitude, they have the highest probability."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and as expected, they were the people who had just been chatting, such as Beidou and Yelan.

"But the current Shushan no longer looks entirely at aptitude."

Ningguang shook her head, feeling a bit lucky that she joined early.

"Although the Sect Leader didn't say it explicitly, it can be seen that if there is no particularly powerful physique, like the divine bodies of Lumine and Paimon,"

"or the Heavenly Charm Body of Yae Miko which is not a divine body but is close to one,"

"the Sect Leader will require them to walk through the Heart-Asking Array."

"For cultivators, aptitude determines the lower limit, and character determines the upper limit."

"Like Senior Brother Baizhu, who relied on his Dao heart to go against the current, and actually broke through to the mid-stage of Essence Refining in just one month."

"This is enough to show the importance of character."