Nine Yang Sword God

The outer court disciple test was held once a year, and it was a grand occasion for the outer court disciples.    

    

The stronger outer sect disciples wanted to use this opportunity to enter the inner sect. The weaker outer sect disciples wanted to make more friends and obtain more points and treasures.    

    

In order to encourage the outer sect disciples to train hard, there was a reward for the outer sect examination.    

    

All the outer sect disciples who could fight their way into the top three thousand were rewarded with three hundred points; those who could fight their way into the top one thousand were rewarded with a mid-grade magic tool; those who could fight their way into the top one hundred were rewarded with one thousand points each.    

    

Of course, the real competition was within the top 100, and the competition had only just started. The people who had enough strength to enter the top 100 all headed towards the inner court.    

    

Each disciple who entered the top twenty-five would be rewarded with a high-grade magic tool; those who entered the top ten, as long as they met the conditions to enter the inner sect, could enter the inner sect to cultivate after the competition and become an inner sect disciple from then on.    

    

Of course, the top ten disciples also had to compete for the ranking, because the top three disciples in the rankings would receive an even bigger reward, and that was that they would have the chance to become a direct disciple of an inner court elder.    

    

It was also because of this that many outer sect disciples who already had the strength to enter the inner sect had to continue cultivating in secret. They only hoped that one day, they would be able to get a good result in the top three of the outer sect disciple exam.    

    

Although the top ten could also enter the inner sect, there was a huge gap between entering the inner sect as an ordinary disciple and entering the inner sect as a direct disciple under an inner sect elder.    

    

At the time of the morning, the square outside the outer sect was already filled with people.    

    

The outer sect had a total of two squares. One was the four courtyard square that was surrounded by the four courtyards, and the other was the outer sect square, which was situated right in front of the outer sect's Dao Hall.    

    

Because the outer sect disciple exam was a very important competition, the people that held the exam had a very respectable status.    

    

First of all, all the outer sect elders would be watching from the high platform, and even the outer sect's deputy, Jiang Yuming, would be watching.    

    

More importantly, because they had to choose ten people to enter the inner sect, the inner sect would also send an elder to watch the battle and record all the information of the outer sect disciples that entered into the top ten.    

    

In a few minutes, the thirteen outer sect elders had gathered on the high platform. The vice sect master, Jiang Yuming, also escorted Patriarch Nine, Hong Bie He, who came to watch the fight from the inner sect, to his seat.    

    

After Hong Bie He sat down, he smiled and said to Jiang Yuming: "Vice Sect Leader Jiang, I've come this time with a mission in mind."    

    

Jiang Yuming laughed, "Is it because Elder Jian asked for it?"    

    

Hong Bie He laughed, "Vice Sect Leader Jiang is really quick-witted. You could have guessed it right away. That's right, the Sword Elder said that he does not have the time to watch the battle right now, and wanted me to help him check out the sword techniques of a disciple named Chen Chang He, and said that he wanted to take Chen Chang He as his disciple and teach him well. I was a little surprised. That sword madman never paid attention to anything other than training with the sword. Why does he think so highly of an outer court disciple this time? It is because of this that I am filled with curiosity towards the outer sect disciple exam that is about to begin. I really want to see what's so special about this outer court disciple who has been chosen by the sword madman. "    

    

Hearing that, Jiang Yuming started to laugh: "Seems like Elder Jian really likes Chen Chang He." To be honest, although I have heard many rumors about Chen Chang He, I have never personally witnessed him fighting before. Today, you and I shall see for ourselves what exactly is so special about him! "    

    

The two of them were talking animatedly at the center of the stage, the Great Elder had already stood out and presided over the outer sect disciples' assessment competition.    

    

The Great Clan Elder shouted, "Because the outer sect disciples' competition is a voluntary competition, and the disciples are willing to participate, those who do not want to participate can still not participate. Thus, even though there are more than twenty-six thousand outer sect disciples, there are only eighteen thousand participants. If you want to pick the truly strong, then you need a great wave to look for gold, and the best way to do so is to use the formation as the foundation to organize a knockout competition. "    

    

Although there were only eighteen thousand people participating, the number of disciples in the plaza definitely exceeded twenty thousand.    

    

Many of the new disciples who had just entered the outer sect did not want to participate, because they were not familiar with the environment here, and did not dare to participate in this type of large-scale competition. There were even some old disciples who had been in the outer sect for many years, and thought that they did not have the strength to get a good ranking, so they decided not to compete as they pleased.    

    

However, the disciples who did not participate did not mean that they could not watch the competition, so there were many spectators in the plaza. There was a huge crowd of people all around.    

    

The square was filled with voices, but every word that came out of the Great Elder's mouth was clearly heard by everyone. It could be seen how profound his skills were.    

    

The Great Elder said loudly, "In this elimination round, we will still use the Rank 4 Formation – the Myriad Manifestation Map. When there are only three thousand people left, the array will automatically stop operating and the elimination round will automatically end. "    

    

As the top three thousand competitors could get 300 points, the Myriad Manifestations Map would automatically end when there were only three thousand people left.    

    

When all of the disciples were ready, the Great Elder formed a seal with both of his hands and shouted out. A terrifying energy fluctuation began to surge in the plaza.    

    

The next moment, the entire plaza shook. A black light rose up from the ground and rushed into the sky, straight into the clouds.    

    

"Quickly enter the light pillar, quickly enter the formation!"    

    

The Great Elder's voice was filled with dense spiritual energy that struck at the heart.    

    

Eighteen thousand contestants, all of them rushing towards the black pillar of light. All of the contestants that touched the beam of light were instantly sent into the array formation.    

    

Whoosh.    

    

Eighteen thousand people rushed towards the black pillar of light. It looked like layers of ants were sprinting towards a piece of dessert. The sight was so dense that it made one's scalp tingle.    

    

A quarter of an hour later, the square finally became empty. The eighteen thousand contestants had all entered the array, and the black pillar of light had finally dissipated.    

    

After which, the Head Elder waved his hand, and four gigantic light screens appeared between the sky and the earth. On these light screens, the scenes of the formation were displayed.    

    

Relying on these four screens, the audience on the square, as well as the masters on the high platforms, could all see the performance of the contestants in the array.    

    

On the high platform, Hong Baihe asked, "Vice Sect Leader Jiang, which one of you is the Chen Chang He that Sword Elder has his eyes on?"    

    

Jiang Yuming said, "There are too many contestants right now, so even I can't tell which one of them is Chen Chang He. However, if he truly has talent, he should be able to enter the top three thousand ranks in the first round of eliminations. Otherwise, he would not be worthy of the Sword Elder's attention, right? "    

    

Hong Bie He laughed, "Then we will wait and see. Let's see if a lowly cultivator like Chen Changsheng can make it into the top three thousand through the elimination round."    

    

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