Amazing success rate

A loud explosion echoed from one of the caves in the cliff wall, drawing the attention of everyone outside. A figure slowly walked out from the cave.

"It's actually an Inner Sect Disciple assessment."

People exclaimed in surprise. That cave was located in the middle of the cliff, and its entrance was slightly larger; it was precisely the location for the Inner Sect Disciple assessment.

"It's Ling Hao."

Tang Waner grabbed Long Chen's large hand, saying excitedly. Her pretty Face was full of smiles, and her beautiful eyes rippled with emotion, filled with undisguised excitement.

"Hehe, that's right, congratulations, congratulations."

Long Chen used both of his large hands to gently stroke Tang Waner's jade-like hand. It was definitely not Long Chen's style to not take advantage of a bargain, especially one that was delivered right to his doorstep.

"Bastard, you…" Tang Waner only then realized she had lost her composure and had actually been taken advantage of. She withdrew her jade-like hand as if electrocuted, feeling both shy and angry.

"My, how did these hands grow? They're so slender and smooth, soft as if holding a ball of milk, making one feel comfortable deep in their heart," Long Chen secretly praised in his heart.

Just as Long Chen was looking intoxicated and Tang Waner was so angry she wanted to hit someone, Ling Hao returned: "Young Miss Waner, I, Ling Hao, have fulfilled my promise. I have returned alive."

"Good, hurry up and rest," Tang Waner nodded and said.

At this moment, Ling Hao was covered in blood, and his shoulder had been pierced by something unknown, exposing the bone, with blood flowing freely.

"Thank you for your concern, Young Miss. Ling Hao will be going now."

Ling Hao nodded, took the severed head over to exchange it for an Inner Sect Disciple Nameplate, and then went to heal his wounds with Guo Ran.

"Very good, well done, Ling Hao. You've made a great start," Long Chen nodded and praised.

Tang Waner sighed and said: "This Ling Hao's Aptitude is not considered very good. It is truly astonishing that he was able to obtain an Inner Sect Disciple spot."

"Aptitude does not represent everything. Heart-Nature, perseverance, Luck, and wisdom—any one of these things is extremely important and sufficient to change a person's life," Long Chen said.

But in his heart, he was thinking: "I don't have any Aptitude myself, a 'three-no' person without even a Spiritual Root, yet can't I still stand here?"

As the two were talking, another guy covered in blood ran over with an excited Face, completely disregarding his own injuries, holding a severed head and shouting excitedly: "Young Miss Waner, I succeeded!"

Following his appearance, more and more people came over, all carrying severed heads in their hands, their eyes filled with excitement. This left Tang Waner deeply moved.

Their success was actually to fulfill their promise to her. Tang Waner secretly glanced at Long Chen and saw that his expression was calm, as if he were long accustomed to such scenes. His eyes were constantly scanning the caves at the very top.

In less than an hour, the assessment for Tang Waner's own faction had completely ended, with a total of three Inner Sect Disciples and seventy-six Outer Sect Disciples.

In the original team of one hundred people, a portion had died on the way to the assessment, and eight others had failed to fulfill their promise and died inside the caves.

However, this result was already extremely astonishing, far exceeding the normal casualty rate. Even the Elders were taken aback; this success rate had already surpassed the glorious achievements of any previous faction.

A nearly ninety percent pass rate moved even these old fogies, and Tu Fang was even lost in deep thought.

"Young Miss Waner, please do not be sad. Those brothers who did not return have already witnessed their youth with their hot blood. Everyone has to die; like fireworks blooming, although the time is short, it is still much more beautiful than a mediocre life," Qing Yu held Tang Waner's hand and gently comforted her.

Among the three Inner Sect Disciples, Qing Yu was the only woman. However, it had to be said that Qing Yu's combat power was quite good, she was steady in character, and basically did not make mistakes.

Seeing the super high pass rate on Tang Waner's side, the other factions no longer probed and began to charge into the assessment on a large scale.

Over on Ye Zhiqiu's side, there was a talented person who followed suit, vowing that he absolutely could not let the goddess in his heart feel sad, and desperately boosted morale.

However, it was clear that the Ice Beauty was not very good at cooperating; there was not the slightest expression on her Face, which made the person boosting morale very embarrassed. Watching from the side, Long Chen could not help but be speechless.

"Ye Zhiqiu, you have to give people some Face. Even if you can't act it out, you could at least cover your Face with your hand; at least that would give people some infinite reverie."

But regardless, the goddess's halo was still very useful. After those people were encouraged, their Aura increased significantly, and at least they were not as fearful as before.

"Long Chen, you should go and take the Inner Sect Disciple assessment in a while," Tang Waner had now returned to normal and said to Long Chen.

Long Chen was stunned, then immediately understood. Tang Waner was concerned about him. From these Outer Sect and Inner Sect level assessments, one could see how cruel this assessment was; she did not want Long Chen to take risks.

Because when they came, their families had given them countless instructions: the Core Disciple assessment was the highest-level assessment in the branch, and its difficulty far exceeded one's imagination, so they were to go all out and not hold anything back.

Even for a Core Disciple, a moment of carelessness could lead to death. Although she knew Long Chen's combat power was strong, if he also chose the Core Disciple assessment, the probability of him dying was too high.

"I'm a person who is relatively afraid of death. I think I'd better choose the Outer Sect," Long Chen shook his head and said with a worried expression.

"Bastard, I'm talking to you seriously," Tang Waner said, unable to help but be annoyed.

"Let's just wait and see then," Long Chen looked at the cliff and said.

He knew that the difficulty of the Core Disciple level must be extremely perverse, but he was fearless in his heart. That was not arrogance, but self-confidence.

That was the confidence honed from countless life-or-death battles, and even more so, an invincible will. As long as others could pass, he definitely could too.

Originally, he only wanted to quietly collect the medicinal herbs needed for the Yuheng Pill in the branch and condense the Yuheng Star as soon as possible.

But after entering the branch, his thinking had changed. The resources in the branch exceeded his imagination. In the assessment map, he had already obtained so many good things that his heart began to become restless, as if there were countless treasures in the branch beckoning to him.

If he obtained the status of a Core Disciple, he would gain more resources and obtain more convenience.

But that would be too showy. If he accidentally exposed the secret of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art and was targeted by someone, that would be terrible.

Although he was confident, he would never be arrogant enough to think he was invincible in the world. Any one of those old men present could kill him as easily as crushing an ant.

Although they were all Elders of the branch and appeared to be of high age and noble character, treasures could tempt people's hearts. If he were targeted, he would be in big trouble.

If he didn't use his full strength, he had no confidence in passing the Core Disciple assessment. So this was a very difficult choice, and Long Chen hadn't yet made up his mind whether to take the Core Disciple assessment.

Over an hour passed, and more and more Disciples passed the assessment, but more and more were also killed. A large area of the cliff was dyed red with blood.

Long Chen knew that this was done intentionally by the branch, and this was also the purpose of the assessment: to guide everyone from shallow to deep.

At the beginning, before the assessment, they killed a few imposters to intimidate everyone, letting these Geniuses know that the academy was not your home.

When entering the assessment map, they arranged some second-order Demonic Beasts, letting everyone know that the assessment was not a game and that they could die if they were not careful.

And as they went deeper into the map, the death rate became higher and higher, telling everyone that risks and opportunities coexisted; if they wanted to get better things, they had to take greater risks.

As they went deeper step by step, when they reached the final assessment, they directly challenged the fear deep in people's hearts in the most cruel and bloody way.

After layers of screening, those who could make it to the end were relatively much more mature in terms of strength, Heart-Nature, and wisdom. Only such people were qualified to be cultivated.

However, it seemed that the Disciples in this assessment were really of uneven quality. When it came to the final assessment period, there were still idiot Disciples appearing—that was the guy who took the first assessment and ended up dying miserably, which was why Tu Fang was so angry that he cursed.

However, after many twists and turns, the Disciples who could survive and obtain the Nameplate had experienced life-or-death training. Both their Heart-Nature and perseverance would be greatly improved; they were no longer flowers in a greenhouse, but saplings that had just experienced wind and frost.

Long Chen had to admit that the Xuantian Branch's procedure for selecting Disciples was still very perfect, but such harsh methods were absolutely not suitable for all Sects.

Even knowing that the Xuantian Branch's assessment was so harsh, there were still so many factions that risked their children's lives to send their own Geniuses over. One didn't need to think to know that what they valued was the Xuantian Branch's benefits.

As more and more people charged into the assessment, the assessment gradually came to an end, because there were only so many sets of Nameplates, and the opportunities were limited.

In addition to the five major factions, quite a few people passed the assessment. Among these people, many obtained the Nameplates through purchasing.

For such people, no one went to mock them; on the contrary, they had deep respect for them.

Not having the ability to collect the Nameplate meant that their strength was not strong, but those who were not strong but dared to challenge it, putting life and death aside, this heroism was truly admirable.

After experiencing so many bloody scenes, no one was reckless anymore. After calming down, being able to still make such a choice showed that they really possessed a heart of a strong person.

This was also the reason why the branch did not pay any attention to these matters of openly buying and selling Nameplates; this was the reason.

In this world, there is no such thing as fairness. If you want fairness, you need to fight for it. For those who are willing to risk their lives to fight, the branch would naturally leave them a path.

The assessment proceeded very quickly, because this was not a performance, but a real life-or-death struggle. Often, life and death were revealed in an instant.

In just three short hours, except for the group of monster-level powerhouses, basically everyone had finished the assessment. It could be said to be very tragic.

On Lei Qianshang and Qi Xin's side, almost more than half of the people died. However, what was shocking was that they actually had seventeen people who obtained Inner Sect Disciple Nameplates.

Long Chen snorted coldly. These two people were truly ruthless, using the lives of their subordinates to fill the gap. Such a high death rate was inevitably related to the difficulty of the challenge.

In any case, Outer Sect Disciples had no meaning; he could just go and recruit ready-made ones later. They only lacked high-end combat power, so that they would have a greater advantage in future competition.

The pass rate of Yue Zifeng and Ye Zhiqiu's side was quite good, at around seventy percent. However, the number of Inner Sect Disciples was much smaller, seven and six respectively, and the rest were all Outer Sect Disciples.

Calculated this way, although Tang Waner's side had the highest pass rate, their overall strength was the lowest, with only three Inner Sect Disciples.

"I'm going."

Tang Waner stared intently at the cliff with her beautiful eyes and had already walked out.