Chapter 2949 Beginner Stage Assessment: Arrogance and Prejudice

The village is actually some distance away from the entrance of the Demon Dragon Sword Court. Initially, Ling Xiao was worried that Qi Qi wouldn’t be able to keep up, so he tried to walk slower.

Later, he discovered that even when he fully unleashed his Magic Dragon Illusion Body Technique, Qi Qi could still effortlessly keep pace behind him, like taking a leisurely stroll.

This gave him a sense of defeat.

"Damn it, it looks like I must quickly improve my cultivation and acquire new martial arts, otherwise being inferior to a child would truly be terrible."

Ling Xiao never forgot his goal.

This Xuanwu Continent is just a small step in his endeavor to restore the Human Race.

He mustn’t linger here too long.

Even on the Xuanwu Continent, in order to meet the Moon Lady quickly, he must hasten to become stronger.

The Moon Lady said she could wait for him for three years.

But he didn’t want to keep the Moon Lady waiting for three years.

Because the longer the time, the greater the unforeseen changes.

Soon, the two arrived at the entrance of the valley, which is also the entrance to the Demon Dragon Sword Court.

Just at the entrance, one could feel the abundant nature’s spiritual energy constantly rushing into their body, and even without cultivation, the Cultivation Sea was slowly improving.

Moreover, the demonic aura became more and more noticeable.

"I suppose this demonic aura is probably what Qi Qi mentioned as being released by the Dragon Tortoise."

Ling Xiao thought to himself.

There were a lot of people at the entrance, extending all the way to the village and continuing to spread further.

Ling Xiao looked into the distance with his Tai Chi Eye, and could roughly see the number of people.

There were definitely more than 300,000.

Moreover, each person’s cultivation level was stronger than his.

To select 100 people out of 300,000.

The odds were incredibly slim.

Even at this moment, Ling Xiao wasn’t very confident.

But unless he tried, he wouldn’t know the outcome, so Ling Xiao absolutely wouldn’t easily give up.

While he was thinking about these things, suddenly a bell rang from the direction of the Demon Dragon Sword Court.

Then, over ten thousand figures flew out from the Demon Dragon Sword Court.

These people were all wearing uniform attire and were clearly disciples of the Demon Dragon Sword Court.

Their cultivation levels were all between the late stage of the First Cycle of Yin-Yang Realm Fourteen-Level Hell to the early stage of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm, 15th Layer Hell.

None was lower, nor was anyone stronger.

Ling Xiao calculated and determined that he could barely defeat martial artists at the peak of the Fourteenth Layer Hell cultivation level.

But it would definitely be a hard-fought victory.

And when facing martial artists of the Fifteenth Layer Hell, it would be completely hopeless.

Of course, being hopeless simply meant unable to win, but it didn’t mean he would die.

The strength disparity wasn’t something to despair about.

Possessing a strong physical body, along with various pills and abilities like Life Retrospection.

He had many ways to ensure he wouldn’t die.

So if anyone underestimated him, they’d definitely suffer.

The massive group quickly began handling the registration work.

The registration involved documenting the information on the identification tokens and the cultivation level.

It also acted as the first screening process.

Ensuring no one was sneaking in, expelling martial artists that didn’t meet the criteria.

300,000 people were divided into 5,000 teams, with each team comprising 60 people.

The ten thousand disciples of the Demon Dragon Sword Court were paired up, forming 5,000 groups.

Simultaneously conducting registration and inspection tasks.

While waiting, Xiao Qi Qi began explaining some of the Demon Dragon Sword Court’s rules regarding disciple recruitment to Ling Xiao.

"This test is both for recruitment and counts as a competition.

So the final 100 disciples will receive Spirit Stone rewards, with each receiving 100,000 Middle-grade Spirit Stones!"

Ling Xiao noticed that after reaching the Nine Supreme Forces, low-grade Spirit Stones appear to be used purely as ordinary currency.

In sects, the Spirit Stones used for trade and cultivation are typically middle-grade Spirit Stones.

million low-grade Spirit Stones might take over ten years to gather for a martial artist with a cultivation level in the Thirteenth Layer of Hell.

Whereas 100,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones equate to 10 million low-grade Spirit Stones, making it a hundred-year endeavor for a First Stage of Hell Realm, Thirteenth Layer Hell cultivation martial artist.

And there’s more to the reward than that.

The entrance test has three stages, and the first place in each stage will receive a reward of 100,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones.

If they win across all stages, that’s a total of 400,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones.

Equivalent to 40 million low-grade Spirit Stones.

The Demon Dragon Sword Court truly is generous. Such lavish rewards must be to attract real talents to join.

Even for someone as wealthy as Ling Xiao, this is a huge temptation.

He had previously obtained quite a few middle-grade Spirit Stones, but many were consumed when setting up the Array Formation in Thunder City.

With every breakthrough in cultivation level, middle-grade Spirit Stones are simultaneously consumed.

If he didn’t have middle-grade Spirit Stones in his Storage Ring or Mountain and River World, even if his Cultivation Sea was full, he couldn’t achieve a breakthrough.

Spirit Stones play a crucial role in breakthroughs.

"Ling Xiao!"

After a while, Ling Xiao heard his name being called, so he stepped forward and handed over his identification token.

"First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm, Fourteenth Layer Hell Early Stage Cultivation? Just reached the conditions! Really, I wonder why someone like you is even here, absolutely a waste of time."

The Demon Dragon Sword Court disciple in charge of examining the identification token waved his hand impatiently, "You can go in."

Though he spoke disdainfully, the rule is the rule, and since Ling Xiao met the criteria, he was eligible for the test.

So he had no choice but to let Ling Xiao enter the valley.

After passing, Ling Xiao didn’t immediately leave but stayed inside the valley entrance waiting for Xiao Qi Qi.

Right behind him stood Xiao Qi Qi.

In contrast to his disdain, the Demon Dragon Sword Court disciples had complete admiration for Xiao Qi Qi.

"Astonishing, with the early stage of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm, 15th Layer Hell Cultivation! Only eleven years old! My goodness! A genius, a rare talent, we’ve truly struck gold!"

Not only was this Demon Dragon Sword Court disciple astonished.

Even other martial artists cast envious glances at Xiao Qi Qi.

After passing, Xiao Qi Qi was about to find Ling Xiao but was stopped by a martial artist.

This person was also quite young, probably around fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Little sister, let’s go play together, follow brother, there’ll be candy to eat."

"Hey, isn’t that Lin Feiyang?" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

"What, that’s Lin Feiyang? The prodigious young man who cultivated to the pinnacle of the First Cycle of Yin-Yang Realm, Fourteenth Layer at the age of fourteen and defeated a martial artist with the early stage of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm, 15th Layer Hell Cultivation!"

"No doubt, it’s him! Plus, his sister is one of the Demon Envoys at the Demon Dragon Sword Court, extremely formidable, probably having reached the peak of the First Cycle Yin-Yang Realm, Fifteenth Layer Hell Cultivation!"

"In terms of talent, he might not be as impressive as Xiao Qi Qi."

"That’s true, but Xiao Qi Qi obviously looks like a child with no combat experience, really encountering a fight, won’t be able to fully utilize her strength."