Chapter 40: One Cry Surprises People

  Originally, Fang Tian Nan was prepared to learn more about the new Outer Sect disciple assessment from Gu Xiao Fan. After all, judging from what Gu Xiao Fan had said earlier, his identity would not be simply that of a newly promoted Outer Sect disciple. Moreover, for those with exceptional talent, a 17-year-old who has reached the Hua Jin boundary is indeed not impressive, but for the vast majority of ordinary disciples, he is a "genius" like existence.

  If Fang Tian Nan hadn't accidentally absorbed the energy of the Light Source Stone, he would probably have been worshiping Gu Xiao Fan's achievements.

  Alas, just as Fang Tian Nan was about to have a good chat with Gu Xiao Fan, the referee on the stage had already called out his name.

  At this moment, Fang Tian Nan suddenly knew it was his turn to go on stage and accept the test.

  At the same time, from the other side of the stage, another person walked up, who was none other than Wu Yunbao, who had a past encounter with Fang Tiannan. Moreover, Wu Yun's appearance on stage caused a commotion among the onlookers. Fang Tiannan caught a glimpse of it and seemed to see that many people were extremely surprised by Wu Yunbao's arrival.

  Even Gu Xiao Fan, after seeing Wu Yun Bao take the stage, also whispered a sentence: "What's going on? Why is Wu Yun Bao executing the test for new disciples? ... This time, it's probably really fun. I don't know how Fang Tian Nan offended Wu Yun Bao either. Hopefully Fang Tian Nan won't lose too badly..."

  There were also martial artists who, like Fang Tian Nan, were newly promoted outer sect disciples and showed confusion towards the crowd's astonishment.

  Immediately, people would tell them that Wu Yunbao was a well-known figure among the outer sect disciples. Moreover, generally speaking, the assessment of new outer sect disciples was carried out by martial artists in the early stages of their Qi Refining Realm. Otherwise, those newcomers who had reached the Qi Refining Realm before the age of 20 and become outer sect disciples would not have been able to achieve almost equal scores with the assessors. And Wu Yunbao? He was a mid-stage Qi Refining Realm martial artist.

  From the initial stage of the boundary to the middle stage, although there is no crossing in the boundary, but in terms of strength, it has made a leapfrogging improvement.

  If it weren't for this, among all the outer sect disciples of Qingyun Sect, there wouldn't be a special distinction made between those who have reached the later stages of the Huan Jin realm, let alone the peak. This is because once a martial artist's strength reaches the Huan Jin realm, any further improvement in their cultivation path becomes extremely difficult.

  Throughout the entire continent, the vast majority of martial artists can only remain at the stage of transforming their inner energy for their entire lives.

  To put it simply, anyone who is willing to cultivate and has a diligent attitude can basically reach the level of Ming Jin, An Jin, or even enter the realm of Hua Jin. The only difference is the amount of time spent in this process. However, after entering the realm of Hua Jin, diligence in cultivation becomes relatively less important.

  Otherwise, why would a sect like Qingyun Sect specially treat those with exceptional innate talents and directly recruit them as their disciples?

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  On the stage, Wu Yunbao looked at Fang Tiannan's eyes, full of playful meaning, as if with a few points of ridicule, or disdain for Fang Tiannan.

  Fang Tian Nan looked at Wu Yun Bao with a calm face.

  Just as the referee was about to announce the start of the match, Fang Tiannan suddenly heard someone shouting at him from under the stage: "Tiannan, if you feel that things are not going your way, you can directly admit defeat."

  Listening to the sound, there was a sense of familiarity. Fang Tian Nan looked in the direction of the sound, his mouth slightly curled up.

  I thought that Xiao Ruo and Di Jianming would not appear in the trial arena today. But who knew, at this moment, Fang Tian Nan clearly saw that Di Jianming was standing beside Xiao Ruo, shouting towards him. Apparently, they were also worried after noticing that Fang Tian Nan's opponent was Wu Yun Bao.

  Fang Tian's heart warmed slightly as he nodded at them and then shifted his gaze towards the executor.

  "Let's introduce ourselves first, then we can begin." The attendant stretched out his hand and gestured.

  "Hehe, no need for introductions between the two of us." Wu Yunbao suddenly smiled and said, "You're right, Fang Tian Nan?"

  "Yes." Fang Tian Nan also nodded in agreement, "Indeed, there's no need for that."

  Immediately afterwards, Wu Yunbao made a provocative gesture, hooking his finger at Fang Tiannan. Instantly, it caused another commotion among the crowd of onlookers below the stage. It can be said that Wu Yunbao's action gave many newly promoted outer sect disciples a very bad impression. No matter what, Fang Tiannan was also a newly promoted outer sect disciple. If Wu Yunbao relied on his own strength to defeat Fang Tiannan, even if Fang Tiannan lost miserably, everyone would only say that Fang Tiannan's strength was not up to par.

  But Wu Yunbao's arrogant behavior at this moment actually hurt the hearts of most new outer door disciples.

  Even the deacon who temporarily acted as a judge on the stage subconsciously frowned.

  Fang Tiannan, however, did not consider so much. After seeing Wu Yunbao's actions, Fang Tiannan even had the heart to ponder whether Wu Yunbao would still have this kind of mood and arrogant attitude after the battle was over.

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  When a newly promoted outer sect disciple is taking the test, they can use their own weapon that they carry with them, or choose one from the training weapons available in the testing arena. When arranging the testers, Qingyun Sect generally follows the principle of matching the energy attribute of the newly promoted outer sect disciples.

  For example, Fang Tiannan is a warrior of yang attribute energy, then the one who will fight against Fang Tiannan will also be a warrior of yang attribute.

  It's just that Fang Tian Nan's energy attribute is relatively special, and when receiving the identity badge, there was no special explanation. Who let Fang Tian Nan exchange for the identity badge with a cumulative 1,000 contribution points? At that time, the executor would not have carefully considered that Fang Tian Nan had an energy attribute talent.

  At that moment, when Fang Tian Nan rushed towards him under the provocation of Wu Yun Bao and launched his first attack, there was a hint of surprise in Wu Yun Bao's eyes.

  Fang Tiannan's sword moves were not unusual, and even his attack speed was nothing special in the eyes of Wu Yunbao. It could be seen through at a glance. The only thing that exceeded Wu Yunbao's imagination was Fang Tiannan's strength. As soon as they started fighting, Wu Yunbao naturally felt the flow of internal energy within Fang Tiannan, and his strength had actually reached the early stages of transforming his internal energy.

  Fortunately, Wu Yunbao had previously dared to speak out and let Fang Tiannan lose badly in the test of the new outer door disciples, so he had the capital to be proud of.

  It's worth noting that Wu Yunbao's strength had reached the middle stage of the Transformation Realm.

  With the strength of the middle stage of the Qi Refining Realm, going to fight against Fang Tian Nan's early stage of the Qi Refining Realm, especially with Wu Yun Bao's fighting experience, it would be even more obvious that he would be stronger than Fang Tian Nan. Wu Yun Bao pondered, even if he wanted to lose, it would be extremely difficult, right?

  Wu Yunbao's surprise was directed at Fang Tian Nan's calm demeanor.

  As a newly promoted outer disciple, Fang Tian Nan was different from most newcomers. He was extremely calm and composed, with no signs of excitement or nervousness. The provocation by Wu Yun Bao earlier, the unfamiliarity of being an outer disciple, and other factors seemed to have no effect on his mood. Fang Tian Nan's gaze towards Wu Yun Bao was as if he was looking at a ferocious beast, or an enemy!

  This made Wu Yunbao feel a sense of foreboding in his heart.

  Subconsciously, Wu Yunbao became a bit more serious.

  "Clang——" A long sword was the weapon used by Wu Yunbao. To be exact, most of the disciples in Qingyun Sect used long swords as their weapons. Firstly, long swords were relatively more convenient to purchase or refine; secondly, the auxiliary exercises that mainly relied on sword moves were also the most common ones.

  The two long swords clashed, and as soon as they parted, Fang Tian Nan's figure slightly stumbled, his face flushing red. It was clear that Fang Tian Nan had used the internal energy circulation technique of the middle dantian in his first move, a technique that only a Ming Jing realm martial artist could execute.

  For Fang Tiannan, this was just a probing move, and also the foundation for Fang Tiannan to challenge himself with actual combat against Wu Yunbao, to see if he could fully execute the three sword techniques that belonged to the Hua Jin realm martial artist.

  Wu Yunbao, on the other hand, felt a massive power surging from the sword, which almost pierced through his body and inflicted considerable damage. Although Wu Yunbao did not stumble backward like Fang Tian Nan, his physical condition was undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

  "Could it be attribute energy?" Wu Yunbao muttered to himself.

  Looking into Fang Tian Nan's eyes, Wu Yun Bao still had a few points of incredulity.