Asura Mad Emperor

"Hmph, nothing but a bumpkin from a remote small town, yet he dares to vie with this young master for a woman, overestimating himself!"

Wu Shanhe snorted coldly, his eyes filled with disdain, not taking Qinchuan seriously at all.

"The Young Sect Master must absolutely not be careless, this lad is very strange, with an extremely high talent, and his strength is also quite remarkable. The Young Sect Master should know that I have previously been defeated by his hand."

"Moreover, it's not just me, even Zhuo Bufan, who has recently advanced to the Second Layer of the Meridian Opening Realm, was also miserably defeated by this person just now. This person's Martial Arts talent is extremely high, and he has even comprehended the mood and condensed his aura, he is not an ordinary person at all."

Liu Qingyu spoke when she heard this.

Wu Shanhe raised an eyebrow, then scoffed with pride, "Hmph, however high his talent may be, can it be higher than this young master's?" Enjoy new chapters from empire

Liu Qingyu instantly smiled, "The Young Sect Master is the Formless Precious Body, a rare occurrence through the ages, not much inferior in Root Bone Talent even compared to the number one direct disciple of the Divine King Body of the Taixuan Sect. Naturally, Qinchuan can't be compared to the Young Master."

"However, this person ultimately has an engagement with Junior Sister Zhou Xi. If he truly enters the Sect, if the Young Sect Master wants to be with Junior Sister Zhou Xi, it's not guaranteed that there won't be criticism..."

"Hmm?"

Hearing Liu Qingyu's words, Wu Shanhe instantly frowned, his gaze becoming somewhat sinister.

"Hmph, what you've said does make some sense, if we really let this person enter the Sect, there indeed may be some trouble, I don't want to hear those gossips and whisperings!"

Wu Shanhe snorted coldly, his tone somber, "Since it's so, then don't let him enter the Sect!"

Having said that, Wu Shanhe summoned a flying mount and rushed towards the mountain base.

Liu Qingyu's mouth curled into a cold smile, thinking to herself, "Qinchuan, no matter how much talent you have, you'll still not be able to enter the Sect!"

...

Outside the gate of the mountain, on the wide square.

Qinchuan gazed at the disciples who had been selected and passed the Root Bone check, his gaze slightly furrowed.

Among those who passed the first round of Root Bone assessment, at least two-thirds of the people didn't meet the original recruiting standards of the Congyun Sect.

Even so, among the more than a hundred thousand people who came to participate in the assessment, still more than eighty percent failed to pass.

Right now, all those people had faces filled with dejection, and some emotionally fragile young girls were even covering their faces and sobbing.

While those who passed the Root Bone assessment were all wearing faces of joy.

Qinchuan glanced over those disciples who passed the assessment and shook his head, "When did the threshold of the Congyun Sect become so low? This kind of Root Bone, back in the day, wouldn't even qualify to be a servile disciple."

"It seems the Congyun Sect has indeed fallen, no wonder now even the small Shanhe County cannot dominate and reign supreme; it is almost being squeezed out of the ranks of the six Superior Sects."

"What exactly is Wu Yong that lad up to?"

"Could it be that something unexpected happened to Wu Yong as well?!"

Suddenly thinking of something, Qinchuan felt a slight sinking in his heart.

"Alright, those who have passed this round of Root Bone assessment, now follow me up the mountain!"

Elder Yuan swept his large sleeves, and a glow surged in front of the mountain gate.

The disciples who passed the first round of Root Bone assessment one after another passed through the light screen, officially entering the Barrier of the Congyun Sect, heading towards the mountain.

Qinchuan led Qin Xiaoyu, walking at the very front with Elder Yuan.

As soon as he passed through the light screen and entered the gate of the mountain, Qinchuan was overwhelmed by a dense and hard-to-dissipate spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the scene in front of his eyes suddenly became much fresher, with the spiritual fog drifting ethereally like an immortal realm.

The path up the mountain was not a narrow, winding trail but a very wide staircase that stretched down from the pale spiritual fog.

Qin Xiaoyu followed Qinchuan up the mountain, curiosity brimming in her bright eyes.

A moment later, the group arrived at the mountainside.

There was also a huge square on the mountainside, the assessment site for the second challenge.

"Elder Yuan, you've finally arrived, I've been waiting for a long time," the elder in charge of the second challenge said to Elder Yuan with a laugh.

"Elder Cheng, these disciples are now in your hands for the second challenge's assessment," Elder Yuan said.

"Qinchuan, Xiaoyu, you two come with me to continue up the mountain," Elder Yuan said to Elder Cheng as he gestured towards the disciples behind him.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Elder Yuan then intended to keep leading Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu up the mountain.

Glancing at Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu, Elder Cheng's eyes flashed. "Wait," he said.

"Elder Yuan, aren't these two here for the assessment? Where are you taking them?" he asked.

A fervent smile appeared on Elder Yuan's face. "With their Root Bone Talent, they no longer need to go through the remaining assessments. I shall personally guide them to meet the Sect Master!" he said and then proceeded to lead Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu up the mountain.

"Hold on!"

"Elder Yuan, every disciple who wishes to join our Congyun Sect must follow the rules and be assessed. Only those who pass all the assessments can enter our Sect's inner world," Elder Cheng said.

"Yet you want to directly take them to the inner world to meet the Sect Master. This is against the rules. Elder Yuan, do these two have some relationship with you?"

"Even if they are indeed related to you, bending the law for personal gain in this fashion is going too far," Elder Cheng said, blocking Elder Yuan's path.

Upon hearing this, Elder Yuan's expression changed and he said with a stern voice, "Elder Cheng, you misunderstand, I have no relation to these two. However, their circumstances are special, hence why I want to directly lead them into the Sect and meet the Sect Master."

"Special circumstances?"

Elder Cheng's demeanor remained calm as he glanced at Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu and said indifferently, "In my eyes, there are no special cases. Everyone must follow the rules and pass the assessments to join the Sect!"

"You..."

Seeing Elder Cheng's stubbornness, Elder Yuan's expression grew stern.

He had wanted to bring Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu to meet the Sect Master alone to claim all the credit, thus he had not shared with Elder Cheng about their exceptional talents.

But now, Elder Cheng was blocking him from taking Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu up the mountain.

Elder Yuan was about to speak when Qinchuan glanced at him and shook his head, "Elder Yuan, let's follow the rules."

With how sharp his mind was, how could he not see through Elder Yuan's eagerness to take them into the Sect to see the Sect Master of the Congyun Sect and his underlying intentions?

Hearing what Qinchuan said, Elder Yuan had no choice but to yield. He snorted coldly at Elder Cheng and said, "In that case, we will follow the rules. Elder Cheng, please start their assessment for the second challenge."

A smile crept into Elder Cheng's eyes as he looked at Qinchuan and Qin Xiaoyu, and a hint of intrigue emerged in the depths, "Qinchuan... could he be the one the Young Sect Master mentioned?"