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  Next, Li Hui was taken to a multi-storey building, and the foundation repair monk who brought Li Hui over casually opened a room on one floor, settled Li Hui down after instructing him for a few sentences, and then left.

  There are hundreds of houses like this, with only one bed and one square table in the house. A simple protective device is set up, but it can only serve as a sound insulation and alarm function.

  According to the monk's introduction, when the Seventh Garrison of the Eastern City was first established, it was stationed in this building. Later, as the scale expanded, the camp also expanded several times, and here was abandoned. Only occasionally, there are special tasks, such as members from other camps coming here, or during the annual recruitment of new members, will they be placed here.

  This building looks quite old and has a history of many years, but the buildings built by the cultivators are all made of extraordinary materials and have formations to support them, standing for thousands or tens of thousands of years without collapsing is nothing unusual.

  Li Hui didn't pay much attention to the situation of the house and sat down on the bed, falling into deep thought.

  From the conversation with Ryū Enshō, and from the words of the monk who guided him earlier, it can be seen that taking the entrance examination for this city's guard is by no means a simple matter.

  As for entering the Divine Wind Camp, it's probably even more difficult.

  Those who dare to sign up for the city guard assessment are probably not ordinary people, and they probably all have some special means.

  As for himself, although he was still in the early stages of foundation building, his dual cultivation of magic and body, combined with the special properties of the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique, made him capable of killing ordinary mid-stage foundation building cultivators with ease.

  Even when facing a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, as long as they don't possess some special treasure or cultivate a unique technique like himself, Li Hui has the confidence to annihilate them!

  When Li Hui had just established his foundation, he could only flee when facing the three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators of Lie Tian Sect. At that time, Li Hui's physical cultivation was only at the level of Hunyuan Body Great Completion, and he hadn't even cultivated the Sword Controlling Technique yet, so he could only attack in close combat and was no match for them.

  But now is different from the past, having cultivated a body of red gold, and also practiced various sword techniques, creating three moves of his own unique killing moves, whether in close combat or long-range attack, not weaker than a late-stage foundation-building cultivator.

  I don't know what the content of this year's city guard assessment will be, but according to that monk who led him here, it seems that every year's assessment is not quite the same.

  Li Hui shook his head and stopped thinking about these things. No matter what the assessment was, he would naturally know when the time came. He simply closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

  ……

  Five days before the assessment began, Li Hui suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from his meditation. According to what Zeng Que had said, today should be the day when the registered cultivators would undergo a re-examination.

  Li Hui immediately stood up and walked out of the room after opening the lock.

  The review was held in the Military Affairs Hall, which is where Lyu Yanzhao met with Li Hui.

  Along the way, Li Hui saw many monks with different attire coming out of his own building, apparently also here to sign up for the City Guard assessment.

  Some monks were chatting and greeting each other, they must have known each other outside too. Some were walking silently alone, with an air of "don't come near me".

  Li Hui would certainly have no acquaintances here, and kept some distance from others as they walked into the military affairs hall together.

  Hundreds of monks who came to sign up had gathered in the hall, but they were all quietly lined up in rows, with no one daring to make a sound.

  Li Hui casually found a row of queue at the end and stood quietly waiting.

  Lü Yanzhao sat upright in the center of the main hall, exuding an aura of authority without being angry. He looked down at the registered cultivators below, while on both sides of the hall sat five city guard cultivators who had reached the foundation stage, including Zeng Team Leader whom Li Hui had met when he signed up.

  After a moment, dozens of monks walked in and lined up. At this time, the first Jichu monk sitting on the right side of Lü Yan Zhao stood up, his eyes solemn, and his spiritual sense scanned the hall before turning to face Lü Yan Zhao, bowing and saying: "Reporting to Commander, a total of 263 people signed up, and 263 people actually arrived."

  Lü Yanzhao nodded slightly: "It can begin now."

  "Underneath, Zeng Que and ten other foundation repair officers stood up together and responded: 'Yes, sir!'"

  The sound is neat and powerful, the action is uniform, this momentum makes Li Hui and other monks move.

  Next, five Jikishi monks on the left side of the hall stood up from their seats and each took out a compass-like ritual instrument in their hands.

  "You each line up in order and come over for re-examination, then stand at the end of the line, advancing one by one. Don't disrupt the order! Let's begin!" a cultivator who was in charge of re-examination said solemnly.

  Li Hui only then noticed that the formation they were in was exactly the Five Elements, and those foundation-building cultivators' artifacts in their hands were also similar to what he had seen when Bi Xiangmen recruited people.

  Then one by one, the monks came forward for re-examination.

  "Qiguo Yuan, Zhujizhongqi, Tumu Shuanglinggen."

  "Kang Wenbo, mid-term foundation building, water attribute single spirit root."

  ……

  The method of re-examination is simple. The five foundation-building cultivators hold a round, hand-held instrument and scan it to confirm the cultivation base, physical quality, and other information. The cultivator in charge of the inspection reports it out, and the five cultivators on the right side of the hall record it down.

  The review speed was extremely fast, and Li Hui felt more and more shocked. The monks who came to sign up were all extraordinary, most of them had true spiritual roots, and there were even a few with single spiritual roots. Those with three spiritual roots were very rare, and as for those with four or five spiritual roots, not one appeared. As for the heterodox spiritual root, it hadn't appeared yet either.

  The cultivation is mostly in the middle period of foundation building, and there are also many in the later period of foundation building.

  "It seems I'm going to be another unusual one." Li Hui had a hint of bitter smile in his heart, as his Five Spirits Root constitution and foundation-building cultivation at the initial stage would probably shock everyone again.

  "The building is windy, the foundation is in the middle period, and the golden attribute is a single spiritual root."

  This building was unexpectedly a cultivator who ranked before Li Hui, looking quite young, yet another mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root.

  It was finally his turn, Li Hui walked forward and stood up straight, handing over the jade slip he had received on the first day of registration.

  The expressionless foundation repair monk opposite him scanned the jade slip, and a white light shot out from the compass-like artifact in his hand, shining on Li Hui's body. After scanning the compass, his face changed slightly, his eyebrows furrowed, and he looked at Li Hui with a hint of surprise, but immediately returned to normal.

  "Li Hui, at the beginning of building the foundation, all five elements of spiritual roots are complete."

  The monk in charge of checking the tone couldn't hear any change, but the scene was a burst of noise. Even the monk in charge of recording looked at the monk in charge of checking with some uncertainty, and only after getting a nod of confirmation did he pick up the jade slip that recorded Li Hui's information to record it.

  Lyu Yanzhao, sitting in the center of the hall, also had a slight movement in his heart. When he first met Li Hui, he found that he could actually withstand the pressure of a Golden Elixir cultivator without showing any fear or weakness, which gave him a slightly favorable impression. On an impulse, he gave Li Hui his own token of trust, but unexpectedly, Li Hui's innate talent was so poor and his cultivation was also average.

  However, the number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures produced in the Wild Beast Swamp is unknown. The level of cultivation here far surpasses that of Chu State. Having a Five Spirits Root as a foundation is not too difficult either. Although Lü Yan Zhao was somewhat astonished, he wasn't overly surprised. Being able to successfully establish a foundation with a Five Spirits Root also shows that his temperament is quite resilient.

  The monks below, however, began to whisper among themselves, their eyes all fixed on Li Hui.

  These monks mostly came from noble families, and their qualifications, skills, and cultivation conditions were all excellent. At this time, a monk with five spiritual roots and foundation-building period suddenly appeared, which was naturally extremely curious.

  "Silence!" Lyu Yan's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he let out a low shout, his voice carrying a hint of intimidation.

  Everyone present felt a chill in their hearts and fell silent.

  Li Hui walked back to the team's rear with an expressionless face.

  Very soon, the entire review was over.

  Out of 263 applicants for Master's degree, 71 were in the early stage of foundation, 135 in the middle stage and 57 in the late stage.

  PS: The first update is seeking collection, and there's another one!