Chapter 28

While Lu Yichen was sizing up Gu Chen, Gu Chen was also sizing up the people on the viewing platform.

When he saw Lu Yichen's pretty face, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled at her.

"It's him! Looks like he's succeeded! "

Lu Yichen was sure that the handsome young man was Gu Chen, and she was happy for him.

Since he was here, it meant that his life and death experience had paid off, and he was very confident about today's battle!

At that moment, Lu Yichen's heart was filled with anticipation. Looks like today's Rising Dragon Ceremony will be very interesting!

"That kid, has he really awakened?"

At the end of the viewing platform, Elder Nangong opened his eyes and muttered to himself. He looked at Gu Chen with a complicated expression.

"Let's cut to the chase. Today is your best chance to perform. Make good use of it... Rising Dragon Orifices Pagoda!"

Faction Leader Wang Yuezhi gave a simple introduction. As soon as he finished speaking, the ground of the drill ground began to rumble, and a small exquisite pagoda rose from the ground!

Every year, the Rising Dragon Ceremony was divided into three rounds. The first round was to fix the orifices, the second round was to test the strength of the hammer, and the third round was to compare notes on martial skills!

The purpose of the Rising Dragon Ceremony was to select the disciples with the most potential. What was the simplest way to judge an inner disciple's potential?

Of course, it was by the number of unlocked acupoints!

On the Kunlun Continent, the essence of cultivation was the continuous transcendence of the physical body, and the number of unlocked acupoints directly determined a cultivator's future potential!

The number of treasures unearthed from the human body meant a great future!

The Wuchen Sect provided a huge amount of cultivation resources to the inner disciples every year, and it was time to test the results!

"Go through the examination of the Rising Dragon Orifices Pagoda in order. Wenbai, you take the lead."

The Eldest Senior Brother of the inner disciples, Lei Wenbai, nodded and stepped out of the crowd.

He looked a little nervous, but his heart was filled with anticipation.

He knew that this was an opportunity given to him by his master. If he performed well in the first round, it would be enough to leave an impression on the distinguished guests of the True Martial School.

Although they were here for Ye Qingshuang, as long as he performed well, there was still a chance that he would be accepted into the True Martial School.

Lei Wenbai quickly arrived in front of the Rising Dragon Orifice Pagoda and looked up.

There were a total of two hundred Fixation Stones embedded in the body of the pagoda, and there was a groove on the stone platform in front of the pagoda door.

As long as one placed one's hand into the groove and injected a bit of elemental energy, the Rising Dragon Orifices Fixing Pagoda would automatically sense it and analyze the total number of apertures that one had unlocked.

Lei Wenbai took a deep breath and stretched out his hand. His palm was trembling slightly.

Although he already knew his own strength, today was a very important day, so he couldn't help but have many wild and fanciful thoughts.

Xiao Chen placed his palm on the groove and infused his Origin Energy into it. Before the gazes of the crowd, the Fixation Stones on the pagoda slowly lit up one by one.

Seven crystals, eight crystals, nine crystals …

Nine lit up meant that the nine basic apertures had been opened, and it was a piece of cake for the Eldest Senior Brother of the inner sect.

Almost without a pause, the Fixation Stones lit up continuously, and soon, there were more than 75 of them.

Many disciples on the Drill Ground began to exclaim, but the big shots on the viewing platform remained calm.

When the total number of lit up exceeded thirty, the Sect Leaders of the thirteen sects nodded their heads.

This level of strength was considered pretty good in Feng Lin Prefecture.

The number of lit Fixation Stones finally stopped at 84. Lei Wenbai's face flushed red, and he tried to break through to 95, but it was a pity that he didn't succeed.

He was a little disappointed and subconsciously turned his head to look at the viewing platform.

"He almost unlocked 95 apertures. Teachers, this disciple of mine should be pretty good, right?"

Sect Leader Wang Yuezhi shamelessly recommended him to the two teachers of the True Martial Academy.

The lady in green, Xu Yun, smiled but didn't say anything, and the purple-robed Wu Mo was expressionless.

Wang Yuezhi instantly felt awkward. He knew that the two of them didn't think highly of Lei Wenbai.

Lei Wenbai also noticed the reactions of the two big shots. He was extremely disappointed in his heart and walked down the stage dejectedly.

Soon after, the inner disciples went up the stage one by one.

As the Eldest Senior Brother for the past three years, Lei Wenbai's talent and strength were second to none. Compared to him, the performance of the others was simply too horrible to look at.

Some of the inner disciples lit up a few Fixation Stones, but they were clearly still at the 3th Level of the Physical Body Realm. The better ones only lit up more than 65.

This was very normal in previous years, and their performance this year was already not bad. However, with the arrival of the distinguished guests from the True Martial Academy today, it seemed a little shabby.

The purple-robed Wu Mo looked at the Fixation Stones that lit up, and a look of impatience gradually appeared on his face.

"When will the Martial Saint Physique appear?"

In fact, they were only here today for the Martial Saint Physique, and they didn't have any hopes for the other disciples of the Wuchen Sect.

In her opinion, the aptitude of these disciples who went up the stage was so bad that it made people's hair stand on end. They couldn't even be compared to the standard of the average person in the Middle Earth Empire.

If it was possible, they could just directly test Ye Qingshuang's physique and take her away. Why would they need to socialize so much?

"Teacher Wu, what's the hurry? Just watch."

Teacher Xu Yun spoke up at this moment. She was gentle and polite, and only then did the awkwardness of Wang Yuezhi, who didn't know how to respond.

Soon, almost all the inner disciples finished their tests, and there were only two people left who hadn't gone up.

One of them was naturally Ye Qingshuang, and the other was Gu Chen.

Such a conspicuous action immediately caused a discussion among the disciples on the drill ground.

"Eh? That Gu Chen still isn't going up to take the test. Doesn't he know that it'll be very embarrassing to take the test next to Ye Qingshuang? "

"Tsk, you probably don't know this, but one or two months ago, there was a rumor in the sect that Gu Chen would defeat Ye Qingshuang in the Rising Dragon Ceremony!"

"Is that a fool's dream? Although I heard that he would be able to enter the inner sect from the outer sect in a very short period of time, unlocking an acupoint requires the most time to accumulate. He has no chance of winning at all! "

"He's also a pitiful person. I heard that the two of them were originally engaged, but Ye Qingshuang probably didn't want him because she thought his talent wasn't good enough. That's why he said those words out of indignation."

The discussions among the disciples were endless. The appearance of a former engaged couple, with the smell of gunpowder, was already a very attractive topic.

Even the bigwigs on the grandstand noticed this kind of discussion.

"That young man and the Martial Saint Physique are engaged?"

Xu Yun asked curiously. Her gaze fell on Gu Chen, and she only felt that he was a good-looking young man who looked very spirited.

"Not anymore. That Gu Chen is a good-for-nothing. How can he be worthy of Qingshuang?"

The Great Elder anxiously retorted, feeling a little angry in his heart.

These disciples were really too much. Why were they talking about this at this time!

That Gu Chen was even more despicable. He deliberately didn't take the test and wanted to tie himself to Qingshuang!

If this stain affected Ye Qingshuang's admission to the True Martial Academy, it would be a huge loss for the Wuchen Sect!