Chapter 29: Copper Man Formation

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  Among the five people around him, four were at the ninth level of body refinement, and even at the peak of the ninth level of body refinement. It's not surprising that they can hold on to the end!

  How about Zhou Heng?

  It's just the late stage of the 7th layer of body refinement, relying on the eruption of potential, it can indeed be reached within three minutes after he arrives, but to say that one step is not different from closely following, this is also too difficult for people to believe.

  And it seems this kid hasn't reached his limit yet!

  What kind of freak is this? The accumulation of true yuan energy is truly terrifying!

  Yu Dongcheng was overthinking, Zhou Heng didn't have such a deep accumulation of true yuan force, but rather the Fei Yun Step could borrow the power of nature, saving too much true yuan force!

  If it weren't for physical limitations, he could sprint at full strength for another hour without any problem.

  Twelve layers of body refinement, indeed a step-by-step process, with completely different physical strengthening! Zhou Heng looked at Shen Xinqi and the other three, although they were somewhat short of breath, but none of them were as exhausted as he was.

  There's no way around it, these four are all at the peak of the 9th layer of Body Refining, with a tempering effect two layers higher than Zhou Heng. In terms of physical strength, they are on a completely different level.

  "What's your name?" Yu Dongcheng suddenly asked Zhou Heng.

  Seeing the examiner only asking Zhou Heng's name, Shen Xinqi and the other three people all showed a hint of discontent, but now they didn't dare to offend the examiner, so they had to hold back their dissatisfaction.

  "I'll be there next week!" Zhou Heng replied respectfully yet confidently.

  "Uh-huh!" Yu Dongcheng nodded, committing the young man's appearance to memory. As he spoke, more and more people came running over from behind, their faces flushed red and breathing heavily like bellows.

  Bang, bang, bang, these people ran to the finish line and immediately fell to the ground, but they also knew that directly sleeping after digesting a large amount of power was harmful and useless, so they struggled to get up and practiced qigong to restore their true yuan power.

  By the time they reached the final moment, they had already exhausted their true yuan power and were completely relying on physical strength to run, which was almost like a desperate struggle.

  Three minutes passed quickly, and Yu Dongcheng said without hesitation: "Let's go!"

  He turned around, facing a huge mountain gate, bowed respectfully and led the crowd of young people up the mountain steps. After that, any late-coming youngster was blocked by an invisible force and could only gaze longingly.

  Many people thought they would be sent out with great fanfare by their families, but without even passing the first test, they suddenly burst into loud crying. This seemed to be contagious, and the mountain gate was instantly filled with cries.

  Those who missed this opportunity would have to wait another five years for the Jiuling Sect to open its mountain gate again, and by then they would be over twenty years old, making it impossible for them to participate. And not being able to join one of the three major sects meant that they would never have a chance to ascend to the heavens in this lifetime, isn't that a crushing blow?

  At the mountain gate, there was a mysterious power that could block people from entering, but it didn't block these sounds. Listening to the crying voices coming from behind, the remaining people also felt a sour taste in their hearts, because this was only the first test, who could guarantee that they wouldn't be eliminated next!

  This mountain is very large, with rows of houses built from the foot of the mountain, and the higher you go, the larger and more beautiful they become. It can be certain that the higher a person's status, the higher up they live.

  "Is this everyone who is taking the assessment this year?"

  "Doesn't look so good!"

  "The highest cultivation is the Nine Layers of Body Refining, but none can directly enter the Inner Gate!"

  As they walked along the way, a group of young men emerged from the houses on both sides, ranging in age from 14 to 20 years old, and their cultivation levels ranged from the fifth layer of Body Refining to the ninth layer.

  There are actually so many ninth-level cultivators!

  Zhou Heng was slightly surprised, wanting to know that Shen Xin Qi and the four were actually geniuses who stood out from among hundreds of small towns under Feng Yu Cheng's jurisdiction, truly one in ten thousand, so why were they a handful in the Jiuling Sect?

  However, upon hearing the obvious disdain in these young men's words, everyone present revealed a look of anger. In their own small towns, they were all absolute geniuses; who had ever looked down on them like this before?

  Yu Dongcheng didn't bother to reason with him, and his figure floated swiftly, soon arriving at the middle of the mountain, leading everyone into a very grand hall.

  "Lao Yu, are these the ones who passed the assessment?" Another middle-aged man walked over, tall and thin in build, with a gentle smile on his face, seeming to be easy-going. "One, two, three, four, five, six... there are only forty-seven in total, sigh, new recruits are getting worse year by year!"

  Twelfth layer of body refinement!

  Zhou Heng was shocked in his heart, and it was indeed the lord of a region. If he could refine his body to the 12th layer and place it on the original stone town, that would be an unparalleled master. The Zhou family could only produce one! However, in the Jiuling Sect, refining the body to the 12th layer seemed to be just for doing trivial matters, and it was not worth anything at all!

  Others are much better than Zhou Heng, they have heard of the reputation of Jiuling Sect since childhood, and know that this sect has such a terrible background, so they will even sharpen their heads to get in!

  Yu Dongcheng nodded and turned to the crowd of young men, saying: "This is the examiner in charge of your second assessment, named Zhu Xun. Those who pass the second assessment will be able to follow Zhu Xun to find the third examiner, while those who fail... will come outside to find me!"

  After finishing speaking, he strode forward and walked out of the gate, standing upright like a javelin.

  "Alright, follow me!" Zhu Xun clapped his hands and led the crowd deeper into the main hall, passing through a martial arts training ground before stopping in front of a long corridor.

  The corridor is very wide, about three meters in width and over a hundred meters in length, empty and deserted.

  "This is your second assessment, very simple, walking out of 50 meters is considered passing, and after that, every additional 10 meters walked forward will earn one point, the top three people with the highest points will receive a certain reward!" Zhu Xun said calmly.

  No one would be naive enough to think this corridor is that easy to pass through, there must be countless mechanisms in it!

  "You now have half an hour of rest time!" Zhu Xun was quite humane, and did not immediately start the second assessment. Instead, he gave everyone a fairly sufficient rest time. "I will demonstrate where the difficulty of this corridor lies!"

  Everyone had only recovered some of their true yuan power, and upon hearing this, they all hastily sat down in the lotus position to continue recovering. Meanwhile, Zhu Xun strode into the corridor with large steps.

  Boom!

  He had just stepped in, only to see the walls on both sides suddenly crack open, revealing a pair of copper men. Then, with a series of loud clangs, more and more copper men popped out from the walls. Whoosh, whoosh, the first two copper men that appeared were dancing with their arms as they charged towards Zhu Xun, their powerful gusts of wind at least reaching the level of Seventh-Order Body Refining!

  Zhu Xun flipped his hands and easily knocked open the two bronze men, he was a master of the 12th layer of body refinement, so it was naturally easy for him to knock back the two bronze men who were only at the 7th layer.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  He walked all the way forward, fighting against the bronze men on both sides, but none of these bronze men could slow down Zhu Xun's footsteps. However, when Zhu Xun walked out for 50 meters, the bronze men here became significantly stronger!

  Refine the body into eight layers!

  Further ahead, Refine Body Ninth Layer, Tenth Layer, Eleventh Layer, Twelfth Layer!

  In the last twenty meters, even Zhu Xun couldn't cope calmly, and although he forced his way through, he was in a sorry state, with sweat dripping from his forehead.

  How scary!

  Luckily, as long as I can get through the first 50 meters, I'll be fine!

  Many young people were shocked and also breathed a sigh of relief.

  Zhu Xun didn't say another word, and after pressing a mechanism on the wall, all the copper men were withdrawn. He walked back and waited quietly. Before long, half an hour had passed, and the young people got up one after another. After such a long time, everyone had more or less returned to their peak state.

  "Let's start!" Zhu Xun didn't waste any words, casually pointing at someone and restarting the mechanism. "You, first one!"

  Everyone has recovered from their previous state, and there is no big difference between who goes first or last. That person didn't dare to disobey Zhu Xun anymore, protesting why they had to be the first one, hastily stood up, and carefully entered the corridor.

  Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters, he parried the copper man's attack while charging forward with all his might. However, there were too many copper men, and they surrounded him from front to back, sealing him in tightly. Boom boom boom, he was constantly being bombarded, and even his physique at the seventh level of Body Refining couldn't withstand such an impact. His mouth suddenly spewed out a large amount of blood.

  He fell heavily on the ground about forty meters away.

  Zhu Xun immediately slapped the wall, and all the copper men stopped moving and retreated back into the wall.

  "Failure!" he said coldly, walking over to pick the man up and toss him aside like trash, then pointing at another person, "You, second one!"

  Everyone involuntarily looked at the loser, only to see that he was beaten quite badly. Fortunately, his bones were not broken, just external injuries, which would be easy to recover from.

  They finally breathed a sigh of relief. If they failed to break through and had to pay the price of injury or even life, everyone would have to reconsider whether to continue or not.

  Zhu Xun restarted the mechanism and began testing on a second person.

  Also at the 7th layer of body refinement, there is a significant gap in strength. The second person was much more powerful and successfully broke through 50 meters, but he didn't show off and immediately stopped to ask to leave.

  "Passed!"

  "Passed!"

  "Failure!"

  Time slowly slipped away, more and more people entered the corridors of government agencies, facing the test of the bronze man, with a pass rate of less than 50%, and only two people were able to get points, and that was just one point!

  Zhu Xun swept his gaze over the last five people, four of whom were at the ninth level of body refinement, the strongest among those who participated in this assessment. And the last one... was only at the late stage of seventh-level body refinement, but he didn't know why Yu Dongcheng had specifically instructed him to pay extra attention to him in secret.

  He thought for a moment, pointing at Shi Qingfeng, saying: "Next one, you!"

  Shi Qingfeng was taken aback, and a hint of gloom appeared on his face. Why was it him? With his strength, he should have been the last to make an appearance! He didn't dare show anger towards Zhu Xunsheng, so he darkened his face and entered the corridor, secretly deciding to go all out and let everyone see just how terrifying his strength was.

  "Let's start!"

  Shi Qingfeng took a big step forward, boom boom boom, the copper man jumped out one by one, but was easily crushed by him. Soon he rushed past the minimum requirement of 50 meters - for a cultivator of the ninth layer, this was naturally easy and effortless.

  "Haha, I will definitely get first place!" He let out a loud laugh and began his charge towards the last fifty meters of the copper man formation.