Chapter 158: Selection (Part 1)

  Ye Chen and Liu Yu'er came out of the hall, and Liu Yu'er directly took Ye Chen with her to hurry away. After all, today was already the day of selection, if they were any slower, Ye Chen would probably not make it in time for the selection!

  Liu Yu'er took Ye Chen with her at an extremely fast speed, like a shooting star in the sky, rapidly heading towards Lianyun Sect.

  "Yu'er, can you go a bit faster?" Ye Chen said with a slight frown.

  Liu Yuer listened to Ye Chen's words, her small mouth pouted, and she said coquettishly: "Now you know it's too late? Hmph! What were you doing earlier? Weren't you showing off in Tianyu Town?"

  "What's so smelly about me?!" Ye Chen said with an embarrassed smile.

  Liu Yuer lightly laughed and said, "Who was it that just said they wanted to keep a low profile? Seeing someone erected a statue of you, I reckon you're so pleased you can't even find your way north!"

  "Ah!" Ye Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "Yu'er, let's hurry up! I'm afraid we really won't make it on time!"

  Liu Yuer looked at Ye Chen's embarrassed expression and smiled slightly, then suddenly accelerated a few points on the flying sword, rapidly flying towards Lianyun Sect.

  At this time, the vast empty space outside the Lianyun Sect was already packed with people. Although there were many people, most of them had come to watch the excitement, and only about forty or fifty people were actually participating in the selection. Of course, among these people, at least twenty or more were cultivators who had reached the Gathering Qi realm, while the others were at least at the tenth level of the Fragmented Body realm. As for those at the ninth level of the Fragmented Body realm, there were a few, but not many! After all, if one's cultivation was much weaker, participating in the selection would be nothing but asking for trouble!

  In the middle of the venue stood a man over fifty years old, behind him were ten young disciples. They were all inner sect disciples selected for outer sect recruitment, specially chosen from the inner sect.

  The elder swept his gaze over the crowd with a cold expression, then spoke in a majestic tone: "Today is the day of selection for outer door disciples! Whoever passes the selection can enter the inner door! As for the conditions of the selection, it's the same as before - all disciples who have registered will be called up one by one according to their names! The ten people behind me are inner door disciples, all of whom are cultivators at the Gathering Qi Second Layer. If you can withstand a single blow from any of them, you can become an inner door disciple! As for those who have already reached the Gathering Qi realm, there is no need for a trial - they can directly become inner door disciples!"

  The disciples present at the selection, listening to the old man's words, had extremely rich expressions on their faces. Some were joyful and some were worried. The joyful ones were naturally those who had already reached the Gathering Qi Realm, while the worried ones were those who had not yet reached the Gathering Qi Realm. They were all secretly thinking about how they could resist the attacks of the Gathering Qi Realm cultivators and become inner disciples!

  "Big brother, why hasn't lao si come yet?" a young man whispered to the sturdy young man standing beside him.

  "It should be coming soon!" The burly young man furrowed his brow slightly and immediately looked into the distance.

  "Don't worry, Old Fourth is definitely a cultivator in the Gathering Qi Realm. Coming late won't be a problem, as long as you arrive, you can directly enter the inner gate!"

  "That's right!"

  The four people who were speaking were none other than Ye Chen's sworn brothers Wang Zhan and Mo Tian!

  At present, the three of Wang Zhan, Mo Tian and Huo Feng have undergone three months of tempering. The awkward and inexperienced air on their bodies has long since disappeared, replaced by a steady and mature aura emanating from them. Their cultivation has also become that of Qi gathering realm cultivators, with Wang Zhan even facing the bottleneck of breaking through to the second level of Qi gathering! Becoming an inner sect disciple is now a matter of course!

  As for Zhuge Wu Xin, who was standing beside the three of them, his current cultivation had already reached the seventh level of Fragmented Body. With the addition of having the method to refine the Nurturing Liquid in his hands, becoming an inner sect disciple was already a certainty!

  However, Ye Xin and Mu Bing did not come to watch the battle. It was not that they were not worried about Ye Chen, but because they trusted Ye Chen too much. In their opinion, it was only natural for Ye Chen to become an inner disciple. Instead of coming here to watch the battle, it would be better to prepare some delicious food in Ye Chen's courtyard and celebrate when he returns!

  The people around looked at Wang Zhan and the four of them, all subconsciously taking a step back. After all, the four people in front of them were already high above in their eyes. Of course, there were also some cultivators who had condensed their aura, but they didn't have any fear towards them, and even had a hint of hostility!

  The reason is that all the other cultivators of the Gathering Qi Realm are Xu Feng's henchmen!

  In the midst of the crowd, there was also a young man wearing black clothes, with vigilant eyes constantly looking around at the surrounding people, as if trying to see something!

  This young man was the one they met when they just came down from the mountain, that is to say, this young man in front of them was one of those who slaughtered Wangjia Village back then!

  "The selection begins! Now all of you who have signed up, step forward. The rest of the disciples who are not involved, take a step back!" The old man shouted at the crowd with a stern face.

  Immediately, more than 40 people divided into two sides and walked over from the crowd. One side was all Qi-gathering realm cultivators, while the other side was all Shattered Body realm disciples who were about to participate in the trial.

  The elder looked at the crowd walking out and continued: "Those who have already reached the Gathering Qi Realm, come here to register first, you don't need to participate in the trial later! Those who haven't reached the Gathering Qi Realm, stand still on the spot, I'll call your names one by one later!"

  "Yes!"

  Everyone chorused in unison and respectfully replied to the old man.

  Immediately afterwards, more than 20 cultivators in the Gathering Qi realm walked towards the old man in an orderly manner. Of course, the young man they met when Ye Chen and others came down the mountain was also among them!

  As for Zhuge Wu Xin, he didn't need to come over. His becoming an inner door disciple was already a settled matter! As long as the selection ended today, he could move directly into the inner door!

  Not long after, the cultivators of the Gathering Qi Realm who had registered with the old man stood respectfully to one side, quietly gazing into the arena. After all, although they no longer had any business here, the selection was not yet over!

  The rest of the disciples in the field also instantly fell silent, their eyes focused on the center of the field, quietly watching, after all, the next part was the most interesting.

  The old man looked around and saw that everyone had quieted down, then walked up and read from the list in his hand: "The first one to come on stage is Zhao Wu!"

  Immediately, a young man with a gloomy face slowly walked up to the old man from below, bowed respectfully and said in a low voice: "Elder! I am Zhao Wu!"

  The selection has begun!

  At this time, Liu Yuer had already taken Ye Chen on a quarter of the way, and it wouldn't take long to reach Lianyun Sect. The only thing she didn't know was whether the selection would have ended by the time Ye Chen arrived...