In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was just turning white, people began to arrive in the assessment square, although many people did not choose to leave last night.
However, due to the postponement of the assessment, some people who had not caught up originally finally had the opportunity to take the assessment again.
On the high platform, Xiao Fei looked at the darkness below, unable to see the crowd at the edge, and was deeply shocked in his heart.
"It's estimated that there are no less than 100,000 people?!"
Xiao Fei muttered softly.
"Haha, it must be more than that. The number of people who came yesterday alone was already as many as 110,000. After such a delay, the number of people who can come on time today will definitely exceed 150,000!"
Huang Wuji answered from the side.
"Boss Xiao, you have to work hard! Fifteen thousand people are vying for thirty places. The competition is not ordinary. How about you join the Tianjian Sect with me as a follower? Anyway, I didn't bring a follower."
Fatty Li also chimed in.
Xiao Fei glanced at him sideways, "What? You have no confidence in me?"
Fatty Li waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no. Aren't I afraid that your injury will not heal and it will affect your performance?"
"Okay, don't worry about him. Now we should think about how to recover from the injury quickly. After all, this assessment only lasts for ten days. If we can't get back to the top, we will drag Brother Xiao down in the qualifying competition.
It’s on its hind legs.”
Cheng Xing interrupted the two of them, but still gave Xiao Fei an encouraging look.
"Sir, let's have breakfast first."
Just at this moment, the new student came over carrying several bowls of porridge.
He heard about what happened yesterday afternoon. When he learned that Xiao Fei almost died for him, he felt extremely grateful in his heart.
Secretly vowed to practice hard in the future and repay Xiao Fei's kindness in the future...
A few people were not polite, each of them took a bowl of porridge and started drinking it.
"By the way, where are Miss Wang and the others?"
Xiao Fei asked while drinking porridge.
After everyone had a chat last night, the three girls went back to the small building to rest. Even the new student and Er Gouzi were driven back by Xiao Fei.
"They are also eating breakfast, and they cooked this porridge."
The freshman replied respectfully, maybe because he was an ordinary person, he always acted a little nervous every time he faced Xiao Fei.
At this time, he was a little nervous facing the four people. Looking at the only bowl of porridge left, even though he wanted to drink it, Xiao Fei didn't speak, so he could only look at it dryly.
"Oh, that's how it is."
Xiao Fei replied casually, then finished the porridge in the bowl in a few big gulps, handed the bowl to the new student, and said to him at the same time, "When the assessment starts, you stay here with Ergouzi, don't run around.
I will come back when the assessment is over."
"Okay, sir."
The new students bowed and agreed.
Xiao Fei stood up, stretched his muscles, and inadvertently noticed that there was still a bowl of porridge on the tray that the freshman had just brought.
At that moment, he couldn't help but asked in confusion, "Why don't you eat?"
"This...little man is not hungry."
Xinsheng suppressed the hunger in his belly and said without changing his expression.
However, although he behaved normally, Xiao Fei could clearly see the desire in his eyes.
He couldn't help but chuckle, patted the new student on the shoulder and said, "Okay, hang out with me, don't be so formal, I don't like it. From now on, you should eat and drink, and you don't need to ask my opinion."
Then he thought of something again and asked, "Are you out of money?"
As he said that, he took out a storage bag, which contained a thousand middle-grade spiritual stones.
Xiao Fei threw the storage bag to the new student, "Take it, you can spend these spirit stones first. If you don't have enough, come to me for them. By the way, during my absence, don't forget to give Er Gouzi something to eat. Then
The little guy is quite good at eating, and he needs hundreds of kilograms of meat a day. Anyway, now you can enter and exit this formation freely, so remember to buy food for Ergouzi every day."
"Okay, sir, I remember."
The new student hurriedly bowed to express his thanks. With Xiao Fei's order, he did not delay.
It happened that Huang Wuji and the others had finished their porridge at this time, took the bowls of porridge from the three of them, and turned around and ran to the small attic. While running, they drank the remaining bowl of porridge.
…
"Brother Xiao, this guy is pretty good. From the looks of it, he seems to be very sincere towards you."
Looking at the freshmen walking away, Huang Wuji approached Xiao Fei and asked in a low voice
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road.
"Don't mention it, it can be considered a kind of fate." Xiao Fei had a strange expression and immediately told everyone about the new life.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this.
"Repay kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred. I like it, hehe..."
Fatty Li chuckled.
"Oh, why can't I meet such a sincere subordinate?"
Huang Wuji sighed and looked at Xiao Fei with envy.
Cheng Xing said coldly, "If you don't cultivate immortality, you will all be ants. In a hundred years, it will be just a slope of loess."
Cheng Xing's words were very rude, but they were true. After all, this world still focuses on cultivation, with the ultimate goal of seeing through the world of mortals and ascending to the immortal world.
Mortals are just a speck of dust in the long river of time, and they will eventually disappear into nothingness.
Only by constantly practicing and strengthening yourself is the right path!
…
"Okay, they'll just ask a few of them to take care of me. It's almost time and I should go down."
Xiao Fei said to several people. As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped directly and jumped off the high platform.
"Boss Xiao, come on!"
Fatty Li's excited shouts came from behind.
"hehe…"
He turned his head and showed a confident smile to a few people. Then he walked into the crowd without looking back.
"Haha, do you think Brother Xiao can win the first place?"
Huang Wuji smiled at the two of them and asked with a relaxed expression.
"Isn't that nonsense? Boss Xiao is so strong. If he can't win the first place even with his strength, then there is something wrong."
Fatty Li gave his answer without hesitation. In his heart, Xiao Fei was simply invincible.
Although they were all unconscious when Xiao Fei killed seven Jindan monks with one sword.
But afterward, they were shocked when they heard Xiaowen and his two daughters telling them the whole process. And they also knew that Xiao Fei's strength had long been far superior to the three of them.
They were not worried at all about whether Xiao Fei could get the quota, but were more curious about whether Xiao Fei could directly win the first place.
"Let's see, the Tianjian Sect's assessment has never been based on strength. The most important thing is to assess the disciple's state of mind, understanding and qualifications. Combat strength has become secondary."
Cheng Xing said lightly, he believed that his combat power was indeed not as strong as Xiao Fei's. However, he was still dissatisfied with Xiao Fei's mentality, understanding, and qualifications, and always wanted to compare with him.
"Little Douya, things have come to this and you are still not convinced? I think you are just jealous that Boss Xiao is better than you!"
After hearing what Cheng Xing said, Fatty Li immediately stopped and said bitterly.
"Damn fat man! Who are you scolding? Do you want to fight?!"
Cheng Xing immediately retorted. With his character, he would not spoil anyone. Even though he had a life-long friendship with Fatty Li, he still couldn't do it.
"well…"
Huang Wuji sighed and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly when he saw the two of them arguing again.
Even though Cheng Xing usually looks cold, arrogant and withdrawn, once a quarrel breaks out, he is unambiguous.
…
Time passed, and soon the number of people gathered in the square was almost the same, just as Xiao Fei and the others thought.
There are definitely more than 150,000 examinees gathered in the center of the square now.
Fortunately, the central square of Tianshui City is quite huge, so even if there are hundreds of thousands of people standing there, it won't seem crowded.
Moreover, a large open space has been isolated on the periphery, which is reserved for those who watch the excitement.
At this time, the outside of the formation barrier was also crowded with people. No one knew how many there were specifically. Anyway, with Tianshui City as a big city with a permanent population of hundreds of millions, there must be many people coming to watch the excitement.
Even the buildings around the square were full of people.
Naturally, there will be noise when there are many people. If it weren't for the existence of the formation barrier, which blocks the outside sounds. It is estimated that people like Xiao Fei who participated in the assessment would have been disturbed to death by the chatter of these people before the assessment started.
Then why are you still in the mood to take part in the assessment...
"Dong...dong...dong..."
Not long after Xiao Fei went down to the high platform, three long bells sounded from the small building not far away.
As soon as I remembered the sound of the bell, the hundreds of thousands of people present immediately fell silent. They all looked excited and looked in the direction of the high platform expectantly.
The moment the bell rings
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, everyone knows that the assessment is about to begin. This exciting moment has finally arrived.
Even Xiao Fei in the crowd couldn't help but feel a little competitive. After all, it was not an easy task to stand out from hundreds of thousands of people and get one of the thirty places.
"Hmph, this is what cultivating an immortal should be like."
I was thinking secretly in my heart, but my eyes were staring at the high platform without blinking.
In Xiao Fei's eyes, a group of people were slowly approaching.
This group of people is naturally the elders of the Tianjian Sect who are responsible for this assessment, and the leader is Fu Ming.
Behind him were more than a dozen elders. Xiao Fei had seen all of these people yesterday, but he didn't recognize any of them.
…
"Everyone, the Tianjian Sect's assessment meeting is about to begin!"
Fu Ming said loudly. His voice was not loud, but it could be clearly heard in the ears of everyone present.
Everyone looked excited when they heard this, and the originally quiet square suddenly became noisy.
People kept chatting in low voices, and everyone was eager to try and full of confidence in the next assessment.
Looking at the noisy crowd, Fu Ming did not stop them immediately. Instead, he allowed them to chat quietly. It was not until a few minutes passed that Fu Ming raised his hands and pressed twice on his chest.
Seeing Fu Ming's gesture, everyone tacitly stopped talking, widened their eyes, and stared at Fu Ming on the high platform without blinking.
"Hmm~ Not bad."
Looking at the suddenly quiet and silent crowd, Fu Ming nodded happily.
Then he continued, "I think if you can come to participate in this assessment, you should already understand the assessment rules."
"I won't explain it in detail here, I'll just give you a few general points."
"First of all, the assessment is divided into three rounds. In each round, as long as the requirements are met within the specified time, you can advance to the next round. Until the third round, the final thirty people are determined!"
"Secondly, once anyone is found to have violated the rules, he will be treated as cheating and will be disqualified from the assessment. He will not be allowed to join our Heavenly Sword Sect in this life!"
"Finally, the eliminated ones must exit the formation and cannot stay. Otherwise, you must bear the consequences..."
Fu Ming said the last sentence very seriously. Everyone present was shocked by Fu Ming's powerful momentum, even Xiao Fei was not an exception.
Immediately, Fu Ming's expression changed again, and he said calmly, "Okay, no more nonsense. The first round of assessment will begin today."
"Let me talk about the requirements and precautions for this first round of assessment."
"The first round of assessment is called - Climbing the Ladder to Heaven. Climbing the Ladder to Heaven is to assess everyone's state of mind."
"There are a total of 999 steps on the ladder to heaven. If you can reach the 600th floor, you will pass the test and you can enter the next round."
"Of course, if you reach the 800th level, no matter whether you can join the Heavenly Sword Sect or not, you will be rewarded by our Heavenly Sword Sect."
"The higher the level, the better the reward. If you can reach the 900th level and become a member of the Heavenly Sword Sect, you will not only get rewards from the sect, but you may also be favored by the elders and be accepted as a disciple, and you will directly become a disciple.
Disciple!"
"Wow..."
As soon as Fu Ming finished speaking, there was an uproar below.
Next to Xiao Fei, he could even hear the excited murmurs of several people. They were nothing more than, I must climb to the 900th floor, join the disciples of the elders, and other words of self-encouragement.
Xiao Fei was a little disdainful of this. After all, among the people around him, the ones with the highest cultivation level were only at the third level of foundation building. Most of them were at the eighth or ninth level of Qi training.
Xiao Fei would naturally disdain him for wanting to join the elder's sect with this level of cultivation.
It's not that he looks down on these people, it's just that their strength is too low.
One can imagine the difficulty of the competition among hundreds of thousands of people vying for thirty spots. In his opinion, thirty people were selected from hundreds of thousands of people, although not all of them might be at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment or even at the Golden Core stage.
But if you want to get a quota, your cultivation level must be at least the fifth level of foundation building to have any chance.
For people like these who are in the Qi training stage, or even at the second or third level of foundation building, it is extremely lucky to be able to worship the Tianjian Sect. As for becoming a disciple of the elder, it is simply a wishful thinking!