Chapter 33: Assessment First (Two Updates Seeking Recommendation)

  "First place." Long Jing Tian gazed at the name that topped the list, the most eye-catching and highest-ranked one - Gu Yan! A cold smile formed in his heart.

  "Kill them, the more the better!" Looking at Gu Yan's name constantly jumping, Long Jing Tian said in a low voice.

  After a while, Long Jing Tian flew down and landed in a deserted courtyard overgrown with weeds. The weeds in the courtyard were as tall as a person, it seemed that no one had lived here for a long time.

  Long Jing Tian came to this courtyard and walked towards the fake mountain in the corner of the courtyard.

  Under this artificial hill, there is a secret room, which is exactly where Long Jing Tian broke through his cultivation.

  Long Jing Tian brought the nine-tailed heavenly cat to the underground secret chamber.

  "Huh? Boss, look!" After arriving at the secret room, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Cat let out a surprised cry and pointed to the stone wall of the secret room.

  Long Qingtian looked around and saw that on the stone walls of this secret room, there were carved many diagrams of exercises.

  "This is the Quanzhen Swordsmanship of Tongtian Sword Sect!" The nine-tailed heavenly cat said after a closer look.

  "Tongtian Sword Gate?" Long Jing Tian Dao.

  "Not bad, the Azure Continent has six superpowers: the Martial God Temple, the Tongtian Sword Sect, the Wan Beast Sect, the Tai Xuan Academy, the Qian Kun Academy, and the Gui Xu Academy." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Cat said: "Collectively known as one temple, two sects, three academies, the six superpowers. The Martial God Temple is the strongest, followed by the two sects, and the three academies are at the bottom."

  Long Jing nodded and came to the stone wall of the secret room, looking at the swordsmanship paintings on the stone wall. This Quanzhen Swordsmanship has a total of eight moves, with sixty-four pictures, which should be a low-level heavenly martial skill.

  Long Jing swept his gaze over the sky and then withdrew his attention.

  It seems that the previous owner of this courtyard should be a disciple of Tongtian Sword Sect, and his strength is not low. These sword charts were all drawn with sharp swords by people, with sword energy everywhere. Without imperial-level or higher strength, it's definitely impossible to do so.

  This secret room has a set of sword diagrams carved on the stone wall and a stone bed in the corner.

  Long Jing Tian arrived in front of the stone bed, flew down and sat down cross-legged.

  "Boss, this time the inner temple assessment only has seven days left, will you make it with your cultivation?" The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Cat spoke up.

  "Don't worry, I've got it under control." Long Jing Tian said, knowing what the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Cat meant. The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Cat was worried that Long Jing Tian's cultivation would be delayed and affect this inner temple assessment.

  The nine-tailed celestial cat saw this and didn't say anything else, then went aside to replace Long Qing as the heavenly guardian.

  Although this secret room is hidden, it's not absolutely safe.

  The dragon engine turned on, and the "Primordial Great Luo Heaven" emerged. Instantly, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged.

  Time flies, five days have passed.

  At this time, in the grand hall of Zixiao Palace on the Qitian Mountain Range, many outer and inner disciples of the Martial God Temple had gathered, including even some elite disciples.

  The wall of the main hall of Zixiao Palace also has a list of this inner temple assessment.

  Of course, this list only shows the names of the top 100 before the imperial examination.

  "This ancient bronze body is indeed worthy of being a peerless demon with the body of an ancient copper war god, it seems that this time's inner temple assessment first place will be his!"

  "When he first came in, he knocked out a third-level iron-armored beast with one punch. Just the other day, he broke through to become a Grand Master. With his current strength as a first-rank Grand Master, it's entirely possible for him to kill a fourth-level demon beast. He'll have no problem taking first place in this inner temple assessment!"

  "Killing a fourth-level demonic beast? That's an exaggeration! Even now, the average inner disciples don't have this kind of strength!"

  "How can ordinary disciples of the Inner Temple compare to this ancient Brahman? After passing the assessment and entering the Inner Temple with his strength, he should be able to contend for the Heaven and Earth List!"

  "Inner Temple Heavenly Earth List?!"

  The disciples around discussed and marveled, most of them discussing the first-ranked Gu Yan, except for Gu Yan, the second-ranked Lou Qiang, the third-ranked Murong Qian, the fourth-ranked Ouyang Xue, and the fifth-ranked Fu Chen were also hot topics.

  Five days have passed since the assessment in the inner temple, and within those five days, many names among the top 100 have been constantly changing. However, the top five rankings have never changed, which means that Gu Yan has been at the top of the list from day one.

  "Look, Gu Yan's name has turned green!"

  In the great hall, a disciple suddenly cried out.

  Everyone looked over and indeed, the name of Gu Yan at the top of the list suddenly turned green.

  Every time the inner temple is assessed, when the score reaches a very high point, the name will turn green, that is to say, Gu Yan has killed many half-demons in these five days!

  Of course, it is also possible that some of them are robbing other disciples' points.

  "The name has already turned green, and there are only two days left. At this rate, Gu Yan's points will probably be doubled several times, and his name might even turn red!"

  "The inner temple assessment, the name turned red, it's been over a decade since it last appeared. If this ancient mantra can reach 10,000 points, even the sect leader might be shocked!"

  The inner disciples of the Grand Hall couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

  On the top of Zi Xiao Peak, two old men in green robes stood upright in mid-air.

  "Dragon Old Man, are you really going to take this Gu Yan as a disciple? I remember it's been over 600 years since you last took a disciple, and back then you said you wouldn't take any more disciples!" One of the two men, an old man with a goat-like beard, spoke up.

  "Did I say? Did I ever say?" Another tall and slender old man spoke up with a smile, "Yang Lao Tou, this time you can't compete with me."

  The old man with a goat-like beard blew his beard and said, "Alright, alright, you've already said that ten or more times from earlier till now."

  The tall and majestic old man who was called Dragon Old Man nodded in satisfaction at last.

  "Lately, the demon clan has been active, I'm afraid the peace on the Sky Blue Continent won't last much longer!" At this time, the old man with a goat beard sighed and frowned.

  "Hmph, those demon brats from the Demon Clan. Last time I didn't even get to enjoy killing them enough, this time they dare to come, I'll kill them with relish and crush every last one of them!" The old dragon's face was filled with hatred as he coldly snorted.

  The old man with a goat-like beard laughed and said: "Didn't you enjoy killing enough last time? How is it, the palm that the Demon General of the Demon Clan gave you, has it healed?"

  The old dragon was taken aback, his old face slightly red: "That, at the time it was my carelessness, otherwise, how could that demon master have been able to hurt me?!"

  The old man with a goat beard heard this and burst out laughing.

  Time flies, six days have passed.

  The inner temple assessment has been over for six days.

  In the ancient city ruins, a figure flashed by, and with a flash of the knife's edge, several half-demons emitting demonic energy were torn to pieces.

  "Seven thousand three hundred and sixty-five points!" The figure hovering in mid-air muttered to himself.

  It was that ancient Brahman.

  "Tomorrow, the last day of the assessment in the inner temple, there should still be hope to reach 10,000 points!" Gu Yan put away the jade token and swept his gaze around, his eyes narrowing as he sneered: "I didn't think that kid was hiding so tightly, I've been searching for six days and couldn't find him. I thought he could be my opponent at first, but it seems I overestimated him, not even ranking in the top 100!"

  "He might have already died at the hands of the half-demon, what a pity that he didn't get to kill him personally!"

  What is referred to as "ancient Brahman" in the mouth of Gu Yanwu, naturally refers to the dragon supporting heaven.

  At this moment, Long Jing Tian was still in the secret room, his whole body surging with spiritual energy, surrounded by lightning that flowed continuously around him, obviously, he had reached a critical point of breakthrough.