The First Volume of Divine Land: Chapter 98 - Inner Gate Assessment (Part 2)

  "Yes, Chu Feng Shixiong can also super challenge, but he always looks down on people with a condescending attitude. Wherever Chu Feng Shixiong goes, the fellow disciples in that place are all cautious and don't even dare to breathe loudly. It's completely different from Huang Shidi, who doesn't have any airs about him at all. Being with Huang Shidi doesn't give you any pressure."

  Sun Yiqiu said excitedly, it can be seen that he has great respect for Xuan Tian.

  "Gu Qianrou analyzed: 'Chu Feng Shixiong's cultivation was far beyond ordinary people from the start. At the age of 18, he entered the Xiantian realm, and at the age of 20, he reached the third level of the Xiantian boundary. He comprehended the sword intent, and in terms of cultivation, he surpassed Huang Shidi by a lot. In the future, he will definitely surpass all the inner sect elders and become a strong Di Jie realm cultivator. No disciple can compare to him, no wonder he is so arrogant. Huang Shidi, on the other hand, started as an outer sect disciple and slowly made his way up, experiencing everything that Chu Feng Shixiong did not. Moreover, Huang Shidi is not fond of showing off and has a low-key personality, so naturally, their attitudes towards people are vastly different.'"

  Sun Yiqiu said: "Either way, it's more respectful to look at Huang Shidi."

  Feng Bu Zhi Dao said: "Huang Shidi doesn't want to show off and wants to keep a low profile, but it's probably impossible now."

  "What?" Gu Qianrou and Sun Yiqiu looked at Feng Buzhi together.

  Feng Bu Zhi Dao: "Have you forgotten about Jian Ge?"

  The two suddenly realized, Sun Yiqiu said: "Before becoming an inner door disciple, you must first pass the assessment. The 'assessment' is to break through the Sword Pavilion. Huang Sheng can kill the ghost shadow swordsman and break through the second layer without any problem. At that time, a new inner door disciple suddenly appeared in the second tier of the inner door disciple ranking, it's hard not to be sensational."

  "Jian Ge" is a landmark building of the Tianjian Sect, located in front of the main peak of the Tianjian Sect, the Tianjian Peak, and in the center of the Tianjian Plaza.

  Jianmen Gate is divided into seven layers, with a height of 100 meters and a length and width of 30 meters.

  Disciples who enter the Xiantian realm will be transferred from the outer gate to the inner gate and become inner disciples. Before becoming an inner disciple, they must undergo an assessment.

  Inner door disciples, core disciples, outer door elders. Inner door elders, all assessments are held in the Sword Pavilion.

  Outer door disciples are also divided into elite and ordinary disciples. Every year, a ranking competition is held to determine the strength ranking of the disciples. The purpose is to create competition among outer door disciples and strive for excellence.

  Became an inner disciple, as a central force of the sect, the sect's assessment of the strength of inner disciples is even more important.

  So, each name of the inner disciples was posted on the first layer wall outside the Sword Pavilion facing the Tianjian Hall.

  The ranking of Inner Disciples is divided into four levels based on the number of floors in Chuanjian Pavilion.

  Those who have not passed the first layer of Jianmen, although they have entered the Xiantian realm and become inner disciples, are undoubtedly at the bottom of the four levels, ranking fourth.

  Those who have passed the first level of Jianmen but not the second are ranked above the fourth echelon, as the third echelon.

  Those who have passed the second level of Jianmen but not the third are listed above the third echelon, as the second echelon.

  Having passed the third layer of Jianmen, the name is ranked above the second tier and below the first tier.

  As for the fourth to sixth floors of Jian Ge, that is the assessment site for core disciples and outer sect elders. Inner sect disciples who have passed through the third floor of Jian Ge are considered to be at the top.

  Jian Ge has seven layers, each corresponding to a different level of strength: Xiantian Realm First Layer to Seventh Layer. Cultivation in which realm, breaking through which layer is not difficult, but there are also a few disciples whose combat power can't keep up after reaching the cultivation, and need to go through a period of tempering before they can break through.

  Xuān Tiān returned to the Heavenly Sword Sect and met with Huáng Shí. In three months, Huáng Shí's cultivation had broken through the Seventh Realm of the Martial Path, and he had enough elixirs to support his practice. The potential within Huáng Shí's body was gradually being unleashed, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the Seventh Realm of the Martial Path, not far from breaking through to the Eighth Realm.

  Then, Genya went to the Outer Gate Personnel Hall to report and prepare for his transfer to the Inner Gate.

  The assessment of new inner disciples is not random, but has a fixed date. Every first month of each season, there will be an assessment of new inner disciples. Xuan Tian returned home for more than three months, and this time he returned to the Tianjian Sect, it was just the beginning of April, seven days later, it would be the day of the assessment.

  This is the second assessment of inner disciples after the outer disciple ranking competition, and the first one was in mid-January. However, at that time, none of the outer disciples had broken through to the Xiantian realm, but during these three months, four people have already broken through to the Xiantian realm.

  Yang Dingjun, Bi Zhanhe, Lin Wuying, Ma Tao, and Xuan Tian, a total of five people, will participate in the assessment seven days later.

  Xuantian returned to the sect, his cultivation had already broken through the first level of Xiantian, and the news that he would soon participate in the inner disciple assessment was spread like wings throughout the outer sect. Even though it had been three months since Xuantian left the sect, the story of how he won first place in the Outer Sect Disciple Ranking Competition was still being told among the outer sect disciples. Now, discussions about Xuantian were even more lively and widespread.

  In just over three months, he went from being a ninth-level Martial Artist to a first-level Pre-Heavenly Master, becoming a legend among the outer sect disciples.

  Seven days passed quickly, and Xuan Tian arrived at Wai Men Ren Duo Tang as scheduled.

  Yang Dingjun, Bai Zhanhe, Lin Wuying, and Ma Tao, the four of them arrived a step ahead of Xuan Tian. When they saw Xuan Tian enter, the eyes of the four people turned to him simultaneously.

  The eyes of the four people were all filled with surprise, but Lin Wuying and Ma Tao's eyes had a hint of admiration, Bai Zhanghe was purely astonished, while Yang Dingjun's eyes contained anger.

  "March didn't see, and Brother Huang shocked me again. It seems that after entering the inner door, Brother Huang is still invincible." Lin Wuying smiled at Xuan Tian, the two having had a hand in the ranking competition, and were quite familiar with each other.

  Xuan Tian smiled slightly and said, "Lin Shidi has entered the Pre-Heavenly stage, his swordsmanship must be even faster now."

  Bai Zhanhe and Ma Tao looked at Xuan Tian, both smiled slightly. They exchanged friendly greetings, and Xuan Tian responded with a faint smile.

  Lin Wuying said with a hint of embarrassment: "Compared to Master Huang, I have some self-awareness. I wonder if Master Huang can pass the second level of Jianmen?"

  Xuantian walked up to Lin Wuying's side and said, "Give it a try with all your might."

  "Hmm!"

  Yang Dingjun hummed softly and said, "Huang Tian, I have cultivated my Nine Turns of the Profound Yang Technique to the second level. Once you reach the Pre-Heaven Realm, you won't be a match for me. During the Sword Pavilion assessment, I'll let you know the gap between us!"

  Jiuzhuan Xuan Yang Gong is a renowned Xuan-level cultivation method of the Tianjian Sect, suitable for cultivators who have achieved the Great Perfection realm through pure Yang cultivation.

  Jiuzhuan Xuan Yang Gong is divided into twelve layers, the first four layers belong to the lower level of Xuan Jie, the middle four layers belong to the middle level of Xuan Jie, and the last four layers belong to the upper level of Xuan Jie.

  Essentially, the Nine Turns of Xuan Yang Gong is a top-grade gong method in the Xuan stage, only with a slightly lower level than the previous one. Therefore, its power is much stronger than that of the same-level gong methods, just like the Pure Yang Gong in the Huang stage's top-grade gong methods, it is a top-notch existence.

  Yang Dingjun had cultivated the Nine Turns of Xuan Yang to the second layer, although he only had a cultivation base of one layer in the Pre-Heaven realm. However, the thickness of his Pre-Heaven true energy was not at all weaker than that of a martial artist with two layers of Pre-Heaven realm. His strength was already comparable to that of a martial artist with two layers of Pre-Heaven realm.

  Bai Zhanhe and others looked at Yang Dingjun with a glance, their eyes all had a surprised look, apparently unaware that Yang Dingjun, who had entered the pre-heavenly realm for less than three months, had actually cultivated the "Nine Turns of Xuan Yang" to the second layer.

  It seems that Yang Dingjun, even after reaching the Pre-Heavenly realm, can still issue a super challenge. The former number one expert of the outer sect, his reputation is indeed not in vain.

  "I wonder if Huang Tian has reached the Xiantian realm, can he still surpass Yang Dingjun? Both of them are so terrifying!" Bai Zhanhe, Lin Wuying and Ma Tao thought to themselves.

  Xuantian smiled slightly at Yang Dingjun's provocation, and didn't bother to look at him.

  Xuan Tian didn't respond, and Yang Ding Jun felt like his fist had hit a cotton ball, very unsatisfying. Just as he was about to say something else, Hu Yi Ming, the deputy master of the Personnel Hall, walked out.

  Hu Yiming's gaze swept over the five of them, saying: "From today on, you are all inner disciples of our sect. Follow me, I'll take you to the Inner Sect Personnel Hall to report your arrival."

  Xuantian Wu followed Hu Yiming to the Inner Gate Personnel Hall for registration, and then Hu Yiming returned to the Outer Gate. The elder of the Inner Gate Personnel Hall, Ma Zhenru, took Xuantian Wu to the Sword Pavilion in the central square of Tianshan Peak.

  Tianjian Square is very spacious, with a length and width of over 200 meters. The Sword Pavilion is located in the center of the square.

  Up to 100 meters, it looks very tall and magnificent.

  The gate of Jianmen faces the east of Guangchang, and on the giant plaque above the gate, there are two huge characters "Jianmen" with a size of 10 meters.

  The strokes are bold and powerful, with iron brush and golden hooks, like dragons and snakes flying and walking, swords crossing the sky, at a glance, it gives people a sense of surging energy, as if thousands of swords are dancing.

  Xuān Tiān looked at the two words "Jiàn Gé" and thought to himself: "The person who inscribed these two words must be a strong swordsman of the Earthly Realm, with sword intent lingering for a long time. It's likely that they have reached at least 60% or more."

  Ma Zhenru stood on the steps in front of the Sword Pavilion gate and said, "In the Sword Pavilion, each floor is a 10-meter-wide and 20-meter-long passageway. In the passageway, there are three puppet swordsmen, all with Xiantian realm cultivation. The boundary and the number of floors are the same, and their strength is average for that boundary. Your assessment is to rush through the attacks of the three puppet swordsmen and reach the other side of the passageway, which counts as completing the challenge. One puppet swordsman has no spiritual intelligence, don't try to risk your life, it won't show mercy, do you understand?"

  " Bright nose!" The five of them exclaimed in unison.

  "Come with me!"

  Ma Zhenru turned around and came to the front of the Jian Pavilion gate. With a push of her palm, the gate slowly opened.

  Xuantian Wuren followed Ma Zhenru into the Sword Pavilion.

  Entering the Sword Pavilion, it is a space of about 20 meters left and right, and about 5 meters front and back. Five meters in front, walls stand on both sides, directly connecting to the top of the first floor. Between the two walls, there is a passageway that is 10 meters wide and 20 meters long.

  In the middle of the passageway, three black puppet swordsmen stood about 1.8 meters tall, one in front, about five meters into the passageway, and two side by side in the back, about fifteen meters into the passageway.

  On both sides of the first floor, there is a five-meter passage that can reach the other side. However, during the assessment, it's not about walking through the safe passage on either side, but rather to rush through the middle passage blocked by puppet swordsmen.