Chapter 263: The Effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pool

The Marrow Cleansing Pool was a Holy Land within the Jixian Sect.

It was located deep within the Jixian Sect's Inner Sect.

Ordinarily, it was left unguarded, but a Restriction always existed there, making it impossible for ordinary Disciples to approach.

Sect Master Xu Yongnian led the ten people, including Xiao Fan, as they flew through the Void Realm…

While everyone was still in a daze, the group had already arrived at the Inner Sect!

Sect Master Xu Yongnian flew the group down to a massive pool of water and gave a casual wave of his hand…

Xiao Fan and the others landed on the ground together…

Each of them looked shocked as they surveyed their surroundings.

This was Xiao Fan's first time in the Inner Sect, and his first impression was that the Spiritual Qi was terrifyingly dense.

It was many times denser than in the Outer Sect…

A thick Celestial Mist was constantly rising from the spring water…

For Spiritual Qi to turn into mist, it had to reach a truly staggering level.

"This Spiritual Qi…"

An Outer Sect Disciple took a deep breath, looking intoxicated, and blurted out.

Xiao Fan also felt the density of the Spiritual Qi here…

"Country Bumpkins…"

At that moment, an abrupt voice rang out.

Xiao Fan and the others looked over together. The Outer Sect Disciple who had just been mocked turned red in the face, looking like he wanted to explode in anger!

However, once he saw who had spoken, he immediately withered!

Xiao Fan and the others looked over and saw that Inner Sect Master Wu Xinjue was also there, not far from them.

Behind him stood over thirty young men dressed in purple robes.

Purple robes!

The attire of Inner Sect Disciples.

Xiao Fan was startled… He hadn't expected to see so many Inner Sect Disciples here.

They had just arrived and were so focused on sensing the surrounding Spiritual Qi that they hadn't had time to look around.

The young man who had just mocked them had a face full of arrogance.

Xiao Fan ignored him; it had nothing to do with him anyway.

Judging by their auras, these Inner Sect Disciples were roughly at the fourth or fifth stage of the Tongtian Realm.

There were even a few in the crowd with powerful aura fluctuations, indicating they were experts at least at the sixth stage of the Tongtian Realm!

Sect Master Wu Xinjue and Sect Master Xu Yongnian glanced at each other.

Sect Master Wu Xinjue stepped forward a few paces and then looked toward the massive pool.

With a flick of his finger, a beam of golden light shot into the spring water.

The spring water, rich with Spiritual Qi, began to churn…

Steaming…

The surrounding Spiritual Qi became even denser, making it look like a fairyland.

An invisible curtain of light appeared over the spring, flickered a few times, and then vanished…

"This is a Restriction…"

Xiao Fan murmured… His eyes were filled with surprise; this was the first time he had seen such a method.

"Another Country Bumpkin…"

The person who had just been mocking them spoke up again.

But this time, the target of his ridicule had changed to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan frowned and shot a cold, sideways glance at the man.

This person's cultivation was at the fourth stage of the Tongtian Realm, which was quite strong…

But being pinned by Xiao Fan's icy gaze still made a chill run through his body… and startled his heart.

It felt like an ordinary person being stared down by a ferocious beast.

It made him extremely uncomfortable!

After a moment of daze…

Anger also flared in the young man's eyes as he sized up Xiao Fan's cultivation.

He discovered that the other party was only at the Half-step Tongtian Realm.

Immediately, he became even more furious!

A weakling who hadn't even reached the Tongtian Realm dared to glare at him?

More importantly, he had actually felt a sense of danger!

"You!" the young man shouted.

Xiao Fan's eyes turned cold, but before he could speak…

"Noisy."

Sect Master Wu Xinjue barked, shooting a cold look at the male Disciple at the fourth stage of the Tongtian Realm.

The male Disciple was instantly startled…

He naturally knew how high Sect Master Wu Xinjue's prestige was in the Inner Sect and how strict he could be…

He immediately lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.

He was full of shock and rage and wanted to lash out, but with both Sect Master Wu Xinjue and Sect Master Xu Yongnian present, he didn't even dare to fart.

Sect Master Xu Yongnian smiled, glanced at the Disciple, and then at Xiao Fan with a wry smile.

Sect Master Wu Xinjue withdrew his gaze from the Disciple and looked at Xiao Fan.

Completely different from his cold gaze just now, his expression was full of appreciation…

Especially since he discovered that Xiao Fan's cultivation had already reached the Half-step Tongtian Realm.

The look of appreciation in his eyes grew even stronger…

When the surrounding Inner Sect Disciples saw this, their eyes were filled with astonishment…

The way Sect Master Wu Xinjue was looking at Xiao Fan…

It was something they had never seen before.

Xiao Fan naturally noticed Sect Master Wu Xinjue's gaze, which made him feel uncomfortable all over…

It was like a single old man looking at a young widow…

Xiao Fan cupped his fists and bowed to Sect Master Wu Xinjue, paying his respects.

After all, the other party had previously given him Yinglong Essence Blood…

It had been of great use to Xiao Fan.

Sect Master Wu Xinjue nodded slightly, then scanned the rest of the group and spoke in a deep voice: "Today is the day the Marrow Cleansing Pool opens. The top ten Outer Sect Disciples from this session and the outstanding Disciples from the Inner Sect will enter together."

Xiao Fan and the others realized…

They understood what was going on.

In the Outer Sect, only those who placed in the top ten of the Inner Sect Disciple selection were eligible.

Once in the Inner Sect, there were other opportunities to enter the Marrow Cleansing Pool.

The Inner Sect Disciples looked calm; it seemed they had known for a long time.

And Sect Master Wu Xinjue's words were also meant to explain things to Xiao Fan and the others.

At this point, the speaking was left entirely to Sect Master Wu Xinjue. Sect Master Xu Yongnian stood quietly to the side with a smile on his face, not saying a word.

The Outer Sect was his responsibility, and the Inner Sect was Sect Master Wu Xinjue's; their division of labor was clear.

"The Marrow Cleansing Pool has the effect of cleansing the marrow and refining the essence. A person can only enter three times in their life. It expels Impurities from the body and improves one's Aptitude…"

"While inside, you must continuously draw the spring water from the Marrow Cleansing Pool into your body to flush yourself out, letting the spring water wash over you…"

"The more spring water you absorb, the better the cleansing and sublimation effect will be. Do you understand?"

Sect Master Wu Xinjue's words were very concise, and his voice was low…

"There are ten people who will enter the Spring Eye area. Step forward!"

Upon hearing this, seven people from the Inner Sect Disciples stepped forward, each with a cultivation level at the fifth stage of the Tongtian Realm or higher.

Among them were a few who gave Xiao Fan an extremely dangerous feeling.

From the Outer Sect Disciples' side, Xiao Fan, Hu Rui, and Ji Bofeng also stepped forward.

Seeing Xiao Fan step forward, the Inner Sect Disciples were all stunned…

Half-step Tongtian Realm?

He actually made it into the top three?

What kind of joke is this…