Chapter 56: Ranked Jade Disc

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  The iron gate opened, and a majestic black shadow with great oppressive power walked out.

  Moo!

  A dark shadow looked up at the sky and let out a loud roar, it was a demon cow with its entire body covered in black armor, with two horns as sharp as blades. The demon cow's shoulders were high and its legs were 2.5 meters long, its eyes shone like bronze bells, and its nostrils emitted a swirling airflow. On its hooves grew sharp claws, curved and sharp like knife edges, emitting a cold glow.

  "Hei Jia Niu is the most powerful of these three demonic beasts, born with divine power and extremely high defense. It's very difficult to defeat it!"

  "It's estimated that it can only hold on for a short while longer."

  Everyone clearly didn't think Ye Chen could defeat Hei Jia Niu, after all Hei Jia Niu's defense was something that even some inner sect disciples couldn't break through in a short amount of time, let alone Ye Chen who had just entered the Condensing Reality Realm.

  Unlike the Ironclaw Mirewolf, the Blackhide Bull did not immediately charge. Instead, it pawed the ground with its right hoof, its copper-colored eyes fixed intently on Ye Cang, its massive body slightly crouched low.

  Tap tap tap tap...

  The black armored bull's body suddenly rose with a dark grey aura, the thick aura wrapped around it tightly, only revealing two blood-red eyes. Then it swung its four hooves and charged at Ye Chen with a terrifying oppressive force, wanting to knock him dead with one blow.

  At this time, Ye Chen moved, his right arm muscles bulged, his fist clenched, and his palm faced forward.

  When the Black Armor Bull was only half a meter away from him, Ye Chen let out a low growl and threw a punch that pierced through the demonic energy, heavily smashing onto the Black Armor Bull's forehead.

  Bang!

  The hard rocky ground cracked and sank, the massive body of the black-shelled turtle was suddenly pressed in, seven holes bleeding, limbs convulsing.

  One punch kills Black Shell Ox.

  Hiss!

  The inner disciples watching the battle sucked in a breath of cold air, their eyes wide with shock.

  "What kind of pervert is this!"

  After a long while, the elder examiner praised: "Well done! With your potential and talent, it won't be difficult for you to make a name for yourself in the Jianghu world in the future. Who knows, maybe you can even rival the geniuses of other sects and bring honor to our Flowing Cloud Sect."

  Ye Chen's face was not red and he wasn't panting, just now he had only used seven or eight parts of his strength, it couldn't be considered exhausting. At this time, hearing the words, he said: "Elder is overpraising."

  "No matter if there's a reward or not, everything still depends on one's own efforts. Otherwise, even with great talent, achievements will be limited. In the past twenty years, I've seen many unknown disciples soar to great heights, and also seen many talented geniuses slowly fall. I hope you're not the next one." The Assessment Elder had placed his hopes in many people before, but unfortunately, very few were able to live up to them. Ye Chen was someone he thought highly of, and he sincerely hoped that he would grow and become a great figure on his own.

  "Alright, now that the assessment for inner disciples is over, you three follow me to receive your waist badges and uniforms, everyone else can disperse!"

  ……

  Assessment Hall Annex

  "Choose three sets of inner disciple uniforms that fit you, and if they get damaged later, you can come here to exchange them at any time." The examination elder opened one of the cabinets in a row and said to Ye Chen and the other two.

  Ye Dusting fixed his eyes on it, the wardrobe was very large, divided into twelve grids, each grid had dozens of sets of moon-white robes, in different sizes, with clothing sizes marked outside.

  The three of them were very familiar with their own sizes and quickly made their selections.

  Next, the elder led the three men to the armory and had them choose their preferred weapons.

  Ye Chen chose a four-foot-long treasured sword named Yun Yin, which was as famous as the Bian Xue knife of Bei Xue Mountain Villa and the Liu Li sword of Fei Cui Valley. They were all rare and sharp weapons. Wang Xue Mei chose two short purple knives called Zi Lu. Another disciple was not good at using weapons, so he casually picked up a dagger that could cut through iron like mud.

  At this time, the assessment elder took out three dark blue tokens from a box beside him, which looked neither iron nor wood and were somewhat heavy.

  "Remember, the inner disciple token cannot be discarded at will. It represents your identity and is proof of your training outside. In case of danger, you can show the token, which may just save your life. On the other hand, if you lose the token and are killed by someone, it would be difficult for our sect to handle. This point must be remembered." The examining elder warned.

  "Yes!"

  Three people nodded.

  He picked up a token and tested the elder's internal energy with his finger, but instead wrote on the back of the token. The true energy rubbed against the token and emitted a faint blue smoke.

  The first token was written, and Elder Examiner continued with the second token...

  Soon, all three tokens were written with names, and it was useless for others to take them away.

  Taking the token, Ye Chen subconsciously used six parts of his strength to test its hardness. To his surprise, there was no mark on the token. Unbelieving, Ye Chen combined his true energy with his powerful force and poured it into his fingertips, pressing down with all his might.

  Delicious!

  A faint white smoke dispersed, and the tablet remained intact without any damage.

  The true energy dissipated, and Ye Chen couldn't help but admire the elder's profound cultivation. With a light stroke of his brush, he wrote down the names of the three on the token. If this finger fell on him, it would have pierced through his body without any suspense.

  "Come with me to the Jade Token Ranking now! That's a place every inner disciple must go."

  Ranking Jade Pendants?

  Three people have heard of this place, but they've never been there before.

  The main hall in the middle of the mountain waist is called Tengyun Hall, where inner door disciples receive tasks from the sect. Outside the hall is a huge square paved with Han white jade, and on one side of the square stands a jade tablet, 1.8 meters high and 1 meter wide, with a pale blue glow all over its body, and wooden plaques are hung all over it.

  At this time, many inner disciples were standing under the jade tablet, all of whom looked up to see the position of the wooden plaque and the name on it.

  "Zhang Haoran actually climbed another ten places and is now 285th."

  "Wu Zongming wasn't bad either, he was ranked 333rd."

  "The most impressive is still Shifu Xu Jing, who suddenly rose from the 23rd core disciple to the 8th and finally entered the first row of Yu Bei!"

  Among the crowd's discussion and debate, Ye Chen and his two companions followed the examiner elder to arrive under the Jade Tablet.

  "Old Tang, are these three newly promoted inner sect disciples?" The examiner elder was an outer sect elder, but his strength was extremely powerful, not inferior to the inner sect elders in the back, and he was kind and gentle, very respected and admired by people.

  The elder nodded and smiled: "You must work hard, some of them have great potential, I estimate they will not be ranked below 400."

  "Hehe, we're working hard every day, Elder Tang can rest assured."

  Ye Chen didn't pay attention to other people's conversations and carefully observed the tall jade pendant.

  The surface of the jade tablet is densely covered with wooden plaques, roughly divided into twenty-nine rows, each row can hang up to twenty, on which are written different names, among them Wu Zongming and Zhang Haoran are listed, respectively in the seventeenth row third and fourteenth row fifteenth.

  The first and second rows were the wooden plaques of the core disciples, which were a deep red color, bright and dazzling, towering above everyone else. The third row was the top ten inner door disciples, with wooden plaques in a light red color, representing their strength to challenge the core disciples and take their place. The fourth row and beyond were the largest number of inner door disciples, with wooden plaques in a dark blue-green color, similar to the command tokens of the inner door disciples.