Chapter 123: Entering the Land of Assessment, Inside Shenfeng City

"Ding, Wang Yu Yao's cultivation has broken through."

"Supernatural Ability Point +1, Golden Attribute Point +1, Silver Attribute Point +1, Attribute Point +2000."

Just as Wang Jianqiang was preparing to enter the space aperture, a system notification sound suddenly arrived.

Wang Jianqiang paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.

Wang Yu Yao's breakthrough this time was quite timely; it happened to be right before entering the Assessment Secret Realm.

As for Mu Lingxi, there had been no movement from her yet.

However, Mu Lingxi's breakthrough speed was slow, second only to the Five-Element Spiritual Root, and he had long anticipated this.

Shaking his head, he walked into the space aperture.

The next moment, the space aperture closed and vanished in the blink of an eye.

……

While Wang Jianqiang entered the Assessment Secret Realm, similar scenes were playing out in many places within the Tianhuo Domain.

In a sect filled with sword Qi.

A young woman in a pale green dress, peerlessly beautiful and elegant, carried a long sword on her back and calmly stepped into the Space Channel.

In a pool of blood.

A bewitching woman walked out from the blood-like pool.

A body of such exquisite beauty that it would drive countless people mad was exposed to the air without the slightest reservation.

She looked at the space aperture above her head, a red light flashed over her body, and a blood-colored dress draped over her.

The blood-colored dress formed a sharp contrast with her abnormally fair and tender skin.

A pair of delicate jade feet remained completely uncovered.

She took a step, instantly appeared before the space aperture, and then vanished into it.

In a desolate mountain range.

A young man was sitting cross-legged in a mountain cave.

Pale purple flames were burning outside his body.

The flames were extremely scorching, with a temperature that even a Golden Core Stage cultivator would find difficult to resist; yet, the young man seemed not to feel the slightest heat and showed no reaction at all.

A moment later, the pale purple flames gradually converged and finally retracted completely into the young man's body.

The young man slowly opened his eyes, a look of joy appearing on his face.

"This Ten Thousand Fire Art is truly miraculous; it actually allowed me to absorb such a violent spirit fire!"

Just as the young man finished speaking, a wisp of light smoke drifted out from the ring on his finger and transformed into a stunning figure.

She looked at the young man, a satisfied smile appearing on her beautiful face.

"Originally, with the power contained in this spirit fire, it would have been enough for you to reach the Golden Core Mid Stage. To think you were able to resist the temptation of a breakthrough and forcibly suppress your cultivation to the Golden Core Initial Stage—that is truly rare."

The young man smiled, "A momentary breakthrough is nothing; stabilizing the foundation is what matters most."

Just then, a spatial fluctuation suddenly came from outside the cave.

A desolate and ancient aura was transmitted outward.

"This is..."

"The entrance to the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace Assessment Secret Realm!"

Her eyes immediately lit up.

There are two ways to participate in the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace assessment.

One is to be transported directly via a Spirit Token issued by the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace, and the other is for random transport channels to open, where lucky cultivators can enter upon encountering an entrance.

The former is aimed at large cultivation forces in various regions.

The latter is aimed at rogue cultivators and small forces that do not qualify for a Spirit Token.

To think their luck was actually this good!

"Lingyun, quickly enter the Space Channel outside the cave; your great opportunity has arrived!"

……

Just as countless heaven-gifted geniuses and lucky individuals like Ye Lingyun were pouring into the Assessment Space, Wang Jianqiang had already appeared in a city.

At the same time, a piece of unfamiliar information flooded into his mind.

A flash of realization crossed his eyes.

Every person who enters the Assessment Secret Realm receives this piece of unfamiliar information.

It contains the content of the assessment and a brief description of this Assessment Space.

According to the information, it is known that:

This Assessment Space is an Ancient Battlefield Fragment.

Its area is vast, comparable to the size of a domain.

The Assessment Space is divided into Nine Great War Zones, each corresponding to the Nine Great Realms of the outside world.

The area he is currently in is the Red Flame War Zone; all examinees from the Chiyan World will be randomly transported to this area.

The city before him is called Shenfeng City, one of the nine great cities within the Red Flame War Zone.

After examinees of the Red Flame War Zone are transported into the Assessment Space, they are randomly sent to the wilderness.

The wilderness is filled with various powerful demonic beasts and dangerous locations.

Participants must enter one of the nine great cities within one year to qualify for the next round of the assessment.

As for Wang Jianqiang, a Specialized Cultivator, combat power and survival ability are not within the scope of his assessment; he does not need to participate in the slaughter of the wilderness and was sent directly to Shenfeng City, one of the nine great cities.

Of course, being sent to Shenfeng City does not mean he can pass the first assessment directly.

He still needs to pass a test.

Thinking of this, he could not help but look up at a towering pagoda in the distance and a lofty Pavilion in another direction.

Those two buildings were the Pill Tower and the Artifact Pavilion, respectively.

As a Specialized Cultivator, he had to choose one of them to undergo the assessment.

The choice for the first assessment would determine his future assessment path.

If he chose the Pill Tower, he would be assessed as an Alchemist from then on, and the assessment content would all be related to the Pill Dao.

Conversely, if he chose the Artifact Pavilion, all future assessment content would become the path of Artifact Dao.

A single examinee cannot choose multiple specialties.

From this, one could also see the attitude of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace: valuing refinement over diversity.

Besides the Pill Tower and the Artifact Pavilion, other specialty assessment venues such as Array and Puppet were also established within Shenfeng City.

But those were not within the scope of Wang Jianqiang's considerations.

He pondered carefully for a while and finally decided to participate in the assessment as an Alchemist.

Having made up his mind, he flew directly toward the Pill Tower.

Just as he was flying toward the Pill Tower, figures flew up from every corner of Shenfeng City, each rushing toward those assessment grounds.

These were all people who, like Wang Jianqiang, had entered the Assessment Space as Specialized Cultivators.

Although the quota for Specialized Cultivators was small, with only a dozen or twenty spots per region, the total number across thousands of regions in a realm was quite astonishing.

Even when distributed among the nine cities, the number of people in each city was still quite considerable.

Wang Jianqiang looked around and made a rough estimate; there were at least a thousand Specialized Cultivators in Shenfeng City at this moment.

Pill Dao and Artifact Dao were both popular types of specialties.

When Wang Jianqiang arrived in front of the Pill Tower, he discovered that a large number of figures had already gathered there.

The number of people had already exceeded two hundred.

However, because the Specialized Cultivator assessment did not involve fighting or killing, everyone was currently quite harmonious, and no one resorted to violence.

Of course, although the scene appeared calm, one must always be on guard against others.

Wang Jianqiang deliberately landed behind the crowd, walking toward the interior of the Pill Tower while remaining vigilant of his surroundings.

Just as he was about to enter the Pill Tower, his gaze inadvertently swept past his side.

A beautiful figure suddenly came into view.

Seeing this figure, Wang Jianqiang's eyes brightened.

Truly worthy of being an Immortal Palace Assessment where heaven's pride experts gather; he had not expected to encounter such a Superior Grade girl just after entering the assessment grounds.