Chapter 206: Assembly, Alliance

The next day…

The day of the Inner Sect Disciple selection finally arrived.

And Xiao Fan ultimately failed to make it in time for registration…

During this time, Nangong Lingxuan even personally went to Xiao Fan's Immortal Cave, but discovered that he was not there at all.

The competition began early in the morning…

The rules for the Inner Sect Disciple selection were very simple; it would be a single-round elimination tournament.

All Disciples would enter a Secret Realm within the Jixian Sect's Outer Sect, where they would fight each other, and everyone was a competitor.

It would last for seven days.

Everyone participating in the competition would have a teleportation token; if the token shattered, the person would be teleported away and eliminated.

If one encountered an opponent and could not win, one could crush the token themselves, which would be considered giving up on the competition, and the person would be teleported out of the Secret Realm.

Defeating an enemy and forcing the opponent to voluntarily crush their token would allow one to obtain all of the opponent's victory points.

Defeating an opponent, seizing their token, and crushing it oneself would also eliminate that person and grant one all of their victory points.

Killing an opponent and then retrieving the token from their body to crush it would result in the same outcome.

Each token represented one victory point… which meant that by defeating one person, one would obtain at least one victory point!

Whoever crushed the token would receive the victory points!

Inside the Secret Realm, life and death were irrelevant, and one was not protected by sect rules!

Rankings would be determined solely by the final victory points.

Therefore, every year, quite a few Disciples died inside!

Once the seven days were up, the Secret Realm would open, and the top three hundred individuals with the highest final victory points would be promoted to Inner Sect Disciple.

The top ten Disciples would have the opportunity to enter the Marrow Cleansing Pool.

This Marrow Cleansing Pool could cleanse a person's marrow, remove Impurities from the body, and improve one's Aptitude!

It was of great benefit to young Disciples.

Previously, it was because Xiao Tian had entered the Marrow Cleansing Pool of the Piaomiao Immortal Palace that his cultivation Breakthrough reached the Tongtian Realm after he came out.

As for the top three with the highest final victory points, they would also enter the Marrow Cleansing Pool, but their positions would be closer to the spring!

Here, one could better receive the baptism of the Marrow Cleansing Pool, and the benefits obtained would be several times greater than elsewhere!

Furthermore, the first-place winner would receive a grade 5 pill, the poe pill…

This Medicinal Pill was incomparably precious, and the Materials used to refine it were even more precious!

It was refined by Kong Ping himself, and after consuming it, one's cultivation would skyrocket…

It was useful for all Cultivators below the Tongtian Realm, and it had no side effects!

Of course, any hidden Cultivation Technique or hidden Magical Artifact would be ineffective here…

Moreover, after being teleported in, everyone's location would be randomly assigned.

In other words, if an extremely powerful Outer Sect Disciple were to be swarmed here, they might also be eliminated and lose the chance to enter the Inner Sect.

At this moment, more than five thousand Outer Sect Disciples participating in the assessment were gathered densely in front of the Outer Sect main hall.

These Disciples were all wearing blue robes; some had solemn expressions, some appeared excited and agitated, and others had expressions that were exceptionally grave.

These Outer Sect Disciples were basically all gathered in groups, with some situations even involving dozens of people standing together.

They were all Disciples who had entered the Outer Sect in previous years and were very familiar with the rules for participating in the Inner Sect assessment.

Therefore, they planned to form an Alliance after entering to cope with this assessment together.

After all, there were three hundred spots in the end, and by sticking together, the chances of promotion were greater.

Although the locations were randomly assigned, the Disciples from previous years were very experienced; after entering, they would immediately head to the agreed-upon location to meet up.

This was the reason why, in the past, it was very difficult for newly entered Disciples to successfully enter the Inner Sect.

Nangong Lingxuan was all alone; her personality was arrogant, and there were very few people among her peers who could catch her eye.

Shan Yanghui was also alone; they had just joined the Outer Sect not long ago and did not know many people.

He cast his gaze toward Nangong Lingxuan, hesitated for a moment, and walked over to her side.

"Nangong, do you want to form a temporary Alliance after we go in? I think you know the rules of this selection."

Shan Yanghui spoke first; after entering the Outer Sect, his strength had improved, and he was now at the ninth level of the Huaqi Realm.

But relying on this cultivation to become an Inner Sect Disciple was still too difficult.

Among the people participating in this Inner Sect Disciple selection, there were dozens just in the Tongtian Realm!

"You?"

Nangong Lingxuan glanced at Shan Yanghui and said calmly, "You are too weak; you are not worthy."

Shan Yanghui was furious, but there was nothing he could do; he could only snort coldly and turn to leave…

Among them, the curvaceous Hu Rui was also in the crowd. She was currently surrounded by seven or eight female Cultivators, each of whom was powerful, and she spotted the solitary Nangong Lingxuan in the crowd.

Assessing the other person's cultivation, Hu Rui smiled and walked forward:

"This Junior Sister, your cultivation is quite good; do you want to join us?"

Hu Rui extended a warm invitation to Nangong Lingxuan, and Nangong Lingxuan turned around to look.

Discovering that the other person's cultivation was higher than her own, she could not probe the other person's cultivation. After glancing at Hu Rui's companions, she hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.

She had actually gone to look for Xiao Fan because she wanted to team up with him…

But it turned out that fellow was not there.

Hu Rui had a hot figure and a straightforward personality, while Nangong Lingxuan was icy and taciturn.

The two of them together immediately attracted the gazes of many men.

But they only glanced briefly; no one dared to look too much, as their lives were important after all…

The surrounding crowd of watching Outer Sect Disciples and Utility Disciples was surging…

Basically, the entire Outer Sect's Disciples had come; there were countless people, and at a rough glance, there were at least over one hundred thousand…

Every year, the Inner Sect Disciple selection was a big day within the Jixian Sect.

Not only would the Outer Sect Master, Sect Master Xu Yongnian, preside over the scene, but the Inner Sect Master, Sect Master Wu Xinjue, would also come.

There were also many Elders from the Inner Sect who would all come to watch this selection.

Sect Master Xu Yongnian, Sect Master Wu Xinjue, and the Elders were all floating in mid-air…

Their expressions were all very unnatural…

As if they had something on their minds.

They were transmitting their voices to each other…

Sect Master Wu Xinjue: "Where has that little fellow Xiao Fan reached?"

Sect Master Xu Yongnian: "I just used voice transmission to ask Jiang Yushan; they are on the way and will arrive in an hour."