Chapter 43: Eight Bell Tolls! Mountain Opening Completed

Next up was Ning Yan's test.

Ning Yan, like everyone else, walked eagerly to the Nine Tripods.

The master kept saying over and over how his talent was.

The Flame Yang Holy Body's ranking was so high, and now he finally had a chance to test it himself.

He just didn't know how many rings he could produce.

As the elder said, one who rings five times is a heavenly pride talent.

He believed he was absolutely not inferior to that person.

The old man inside the necklace also looked forward to it; such a supreme treasure would surely measure accurately.

If Yaner could make a stunning debut, he would be valued by the sect.

With such a great sect behind him, his bodily reconstruction was surely assured!

Ning Yan stopped thinking, circulated his qi, and threw a punch.

"Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong!"

The Nine Tripods rang exactly eight times before stopping.

"Holy crap! Eight rings!"

"How can we, who only managed two rings, bear this!"

"Yeah! It's four times ours!"

I thought that five-ring talent would be enough to crush them, but who would have expected an even stronger one to appear.

Who is this person? He's so fierce!

Everyone on the field stared in shock at Ning Yan, thinking he was no ordinary tough guy who had sprinted up the first level's Illusory Heavenly Ladder!

With a resolute mind, perseverance, and such peerless talent, it would be hard for him not to soar!

"Good, Elder hasn't misjudged you."

The first person to quickly pass the Heavenly Ladder, he had just used his divine sense to scan thoroughly, discovering that this child possessed a powerful special constitution.

Thinking that this child's talent in the second level test would certainly not be low, he just didn't expect him to ring eight times!

"The One Who Rings Eight Times."

"A Great Emperor's talent—he will surely become a Great Emperor in the future!"

Elder Ye Bai said.

"Holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap!"

As the elder's words fell, the already shocked crowd became even more shocked!

What an exalted existence a Great Emperor is!

They had never even seen a lofty saint before, and a Great Emperor was an existence they dared not even imagine.

This sudden telling by the elder—that this person… no, is a senior brother, a senior brother who will surely become a Great Emperor—makes one imagine how great an impact this would have on them.

"Elder, what kind of disciple is this eight-ring Great Emperor talent?"

Ning Yan asked eagerly.

He imagined the sect discovering his talent and beginning to cultivate him vigorously.

"Hmm, eight rings… but still in the Outer Sect!"

"Alright… then I'll climb up step by step relying on my own strength."

Hearing the elder's words, Ning Yan felt no disappointment; he stepped forward steadily—just get it done!

From his cultivation beginnings to the awakening of his holy body, hasn't it always been like this?

Next, the testing continued.

However, with Ning Yan's eight rings before, any later four or five rings paled in comparison.

Next up was Qin Han's test.

Qin Han stepped forward, touched the Nine Tripods, felt the Dao resonance coming from above, and was shaken.

He had originally planned to just go with the flow into the sect, even preparing to circulate the Great Emperor Law to suppress his realm and talent.

But upon entering, he found that with such a powerful sect, who wouldn't be dazed?

Given his strength and combat experience, he should have been first in the Outer Sect, but now a rival has appeared—he cannot be taken lightly.

So he couldn't hide his weaknesses; any sect likes disciples with high talent and strong strength.

Being an ordinary, steady Outer Sect Senior Brother wouldn't do!

If he were to be a Senior Brother, he'd have to be one with outstanding talent and great strength.

His once-faded sharpness flared up again.

"Eight rings? I don't know how many rings this Emperor can produce."

Qin Han casually threw a punch at the Nine Tripods.

"Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong!"

The Nine Tripods again emitted eight rings.

Eight rings again!

A Great Emperor's talent—he will surely become a Great Emperor!

This person… no, also a senior brother; this senior brother actually also rang eight times.

Two eight-ringers had already left the crowd numb with shock!

Fortunately, they are all people of resolute mind.

If someone with an unsteady Dao heart stood here, they might very well have their Dao heart shattered!

We're both people, yet they have eight rings while you have only two—truly a case of comparing people to people, enough to make one furious!

"Sure enough! This person deliberately slowed down on the first stage!"

Ning Yan thought secretly.

He had suspected it back then; this person is definitely not ordinary!

Then, with a look that said I had already seen through you, he gazed at Qin Han.

These one thousand people quickly finished the test.

Of them, only four hundred were assigned to the outer sect, six hundred became menial disciples, and outer sect disciples made up less than half of the total.

You might think four hundred geniuses is a lot, but you have to look at the base number!

From among hundreds of millions, only four hundred in the vast Spirit Prefecture have become outer sect disciples; one can imagine the difficulty.

Of course, only half of the first stage has been tested, and there are still a full ten days left.

……

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the end, two thousand people emerged from the hundreds of millions.

Of them, six hundred became outer sect disciples, and one thousand four hundred became menial disciples.

Among the younger generation of the affiliated Lin family, ten became menial disciples and five entered the outer sect.

Those near vermilion become red; those near ink become black. They constantly looked up to the main sect, relying on their love for the main sect, and stood out from among tens of millions.

This is the result of Qingyun Sect's recruitment drive this time.

Someone said, "How high is his talent! Yet he still couldn't get into Qingyun Sect."

If you can't even pass the first stage, what use is high talent?

Qingyun Sect's recruitment drive emphasizes "better to lack than to excess".

Those who didn't pass also returned dejected; they had come full of anticipation, imagining life after joining the upper sect, but now returning to reality, they returned disappointed.

Qingyun Dian

【"Congratulations host, you have completed the recruitment mission; rewards have been issued."】

【"Congratulations host, you have obtained the Qingyun Sect-exclusive cultivation method, Qingyun Immortal Method."】

【"Congratulations host, you have obtained the Qingyun Sect-exclusive martial art, Qingyun Thunderbolt Palm."】

【"Congratulations host, you have obtained the sect-protecting grand formation, Qingyun Purgatory Formation."】

Qingyun Immortal Method: Qingyun Sect-exclusive cultivation method, tailor-made for Qingyun Sect disciples, the basic cultivation method of Qingyun Sect.

Qingyun Thunderbolt Palm: an immortal technique; when combined with Qingyun Immortal Method it exerts maximum power, the palm strikes like a rushing thunder, agile like drifting clouds, one strike fells the enemy; it is a basic martial art of Qingyun Sect.

Qingyun Purgatory Formation: a sect-exclusive grand protective formation; when activated it can withstand any attack below the level of a Great Emperor; intruders fall into purgatory, life and death uncertain.

As soon as the recruitment ended, the system rewards were credited.

At this moment, Feng Qingyang was examining the interface of these disciples.

He is the Sect Master; although the elders handle the matters, for such a major affair as recruiting disciples, he still needs to pay attention.

"A golden-fingered old grandpa, a reincarnated Great Emperor."

"Interesting!"

At this moment, the system interface displayed the information of Ning Yan and Qin Han.

Two eight-echo geniuses.

I didn't expect that in Spirit Prefecture, besides my own disciples, I could also recruit such talent.

This is truly an unexpected joy.

"Master!"

Just then, Shi Hao, Lin Bai, and Hua Qingyu walked in.

"You three, instead of cultivating, you come to find me, Master—what's the matter?"

Feng Qingyang, seated in the chief position, asked in surprise.

"Master, after we three discussed it, we decided to go out together for some training."

Shi Hao was the first to speak respectfully.