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  In the seventh camp of the city guard, a tall and majestic fortress stood on the east side of the camp, with a huge plaque hanging above it, inscribed with three bold characters: "Tianji Formation".

  More than 300 monks stood in neat rows on the square in front of the fortress, including Li Hui and 263 new recruits, as well as 50 city guard reserve members.

  These fifty city guard reserve members have handed over all the equipment issued by the city guard and only brought their own private weapons, looking no different from Li Hui and others who newly signed up for the assessment.

  Today is the day when the city guard team conducts selection and assessment.

  In front of the fortress, a platform about ten feet high was set up. Lü Yan Zhao sat in the middle of the platform, with five foundation repair monks sitting on either side of him.

  The Seventh Battalion has a total of 200 foundation period members, who are divided into ten small teams on weekdays. Each team consists of twenty monks, and these ten people are the captains of each team.

  On either side of the platform stood ten ordinary city guardsmen at attention.

  The recruitment of each battalion of the City Guard is decided by the commander of each battalion, and the content of the assessment is different for each battalion.

  Lü Yanzhao's gaze swept across, confirming that all participants had arrived, and he spoke calmly: "Yu Cheng, tell them the rules of the Sky-Storming Array, and then we can begin."

  "Yes sir!" A young squad leader behind Lyu Yan Zhao responded loudly.

  "Today's assessment is the first pass of the Sky Piercing Array. In the array, you will face 36 puppets with strength at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. These puppets have no human consciousness but can use some simple combination attacks. As long as you can break through their obstruction and reach the other end of the large array, you can be transmitted out from the transmission array in the array." Yu Cheng said without any emotion.

  "Thirty-six puppets of the initial peak of the foundation-building stage launch a siege!"

  At this moment, many people below changed their faces, and there was almost no chance of winning.

  Li Hui also slightly furrowed his brow, with a few doubts in his heart.

  Yu Cheng seemed to understand what was on their minds and continued, "The bodies of the puppets in the formation have all reached mid-grade spiritual artifact level, and the weapons in their hands are all high-grade spiritual artifacts. Don't think about defeating or destroying these puppets completely; with your current strength, you can't do that yet. No matter what method you use, just try to pass through the blockade of these puppets as quickly as possible and reach the transmission array at the other end of the formation."

  Everyone finally felt a sense of relief in their hearts, and their faces all showed relaxed expressions. If it were just breaking through the puppet's siege, they would still feel full of confidence.

  After all, puppets don't have spiritual wisdom and are quite different from real human cultivators or demon beasts. Once you find the rules of their activity, it's relatively easy to escape.

  Li Hui felt that it wouldn't be that simple, since it was used for training members of the city guard, there must be something special about it.

  "That being said, these puppets will not show any mercy when attacking, so we will give each of you a transmission token as you pass through the levels. If you encounter danger that cannot be avoided, crushing this token will allow you to transmit directly back to the entrance." He paused for a moment, his tone becoming more severe: "Of course, crushing the jade token also means failure in passing the level. However, when encountering danger, do not stubbornly cling to life. If you lose your life or are seriously injured inside, all consequences will be borne by yourself."

  Everyone listened to Yu Cheng's words, and there was no change on their faces, but in their hearts, they all had a few points of disregard. It was just a matter of passing through some puppet locks, not wanting to defeat these puppets completely, what great danger could there be?

  Li Hui's face showed no unusual color, but he remembered all that Cheng Shuo had said.

  "Reporting to General Tong, the examination rules have been explained. Please instruct further." Yu Cheng turned around and said to Lü Yanxiang.

  Lü Yanzhao nodded: "Yu Cheng, Zeng Xin, this assessment will be hosted by you two, let's begin."

  "Understood." Yu Cheng and another squad leader replied in unison.

  "All participating assessment masters, follow me and the two of us into the Tianji Formation."

  Cheng Qing let out a soft drink and immediately followed the team leader named Zeng Xin towards the fort in front of them.

  Li Hui and more than 300 other cultivators followed in a queue behind the two of them, entering the Tianji Formation together.

  More than 300 people left in an instant, and the front of the viewing platform suddenly became a bit empty. Lü Yan Zhao smiled at the eight remaining city guard captains on his left and right: "Let's go, we'll go to the first pass to see how these little guys perform."

  ……

  This is a huge palace, with more than 300 people inside still feeling very empty. In the front of the hall are several dozen square eight-sided stone pedestals, each engraved with various mysterious symbols. There are ten such pedestals in total.

  In the center of the great hall, there is a super-large stone platform that can hold dozens of people standing on it.

  Although it looked grand enough from the outside, Li Hui still felt a slight shock when he came in.

  In the middle of the great hall, a circular stone platform was surrounded by ten monks. Seeing Yu Cheng and Zeng Xin lead people in, one of the monks stepped forward: "Subordinate to Captain Yu, Captain Zeng."

  Yu Cheng nodded: "These people are all here to break through the Tianji Formation's first pass, you wait and send one hundred people into the formation first."

  "Understood and obeyed!"

  Then the remaining nine monks in the middle stone platform all walked over, took out a piece of jade token from their storage bags, and distributed them to the first hundred people in the team.

  "These jade tokens are transmission tokens. If you encounter danger in the formation, crush this token and you can be transmitted back here directly. You must remember, in urgent situations, don't try to hold on, quickly crush the token." Yu Cheng said with a somewhat solemn expression.

  Li Hui was ranked behind for a while, looking calm and composed as he watched everything unfold, waiting for the next round to make his move.

  "The hundred people who have received the jade tokens will be divided into teams of ten and come forward." The cultivator distributing the jade tokens shouted.

  Immediately, those ten city guards each led ten participating monks to stand before the ten stone pedestals.

  Then under the guidance of those city guards, one by one the monks walked onto the stone platform and were instantly transported away with a flash of white light.

  More than 200 remaining cultivators understood in their hearts that the hundred people were probably already transported to the formation at this time, and they also looked at the ten transportation arrays with some tension.

  "The remaining people will wait in place, and after this group of one hundred is finished, the next group will start again." Yu Cheng turned his head to Li Hui and others and said, then he also said to Zeng Xin: "Captain Zeng, I'll wait here, you go to the exit."

  Zeng Xin was indeed the Captain Zeng that Li Hui saw when he first signed up. Upon hearing Yu Cheng's words, he nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll go."

  After finishing speaking, he walked to the center of the grand hall and stepped onto that giant circular stone platform. With a wave of his hand and a chant of an incantation, a white light flashed and he was transmitted away.

  It seems that all these stone pedestals in this grand hall are actually teleportation arrays.

  Li Hui found that this transmission array was especially prevalent in the Xiàzhōu Cultivation Realm after arriving in Xiàzhōu, which was not seen during his time in Chǔzhōu.

  The construction of the transmission array is complex and expensive, and only in places like Xiazhou where various heavenly materials and treasures are abundant will it be so widespread.

  At the other end of this heavenly machine array was a large hall that was almost identical in scale and structure.

  The only difference was that in this great hall, there was an additional three-tiered stone platform, on which Lv Yanxiang sat upright, with four squad leaders sitting on either side of him.

  The circular large transmission array in the temple flashed white light, and Zeng Xin's figure appeared in the array.

  Lü Yanzhao was chatting with other eight team leaders when he saw Zeng Xin approaching, and smiled to ask: "Has the assessment started?"

  "Reporting to the commander, the first batch of one hundred people has already entered the formation and started the assessment." Zeng Xin replied seriously.

  Lü Yanzhao nodded: "You've had a hard time, it's still early now, come up and sit down to rest for a while."

  Zeng Xin's expression remained unchanged, and he replied seriously: "As a subordinate who has been ordered to preside over the examination, I should do my best to fulfill my duties, and rest only after it is over."

  Lü Yanzhao nodded in approval, as among the ten team leaders under him, Zhen was the most diligent and meticulous in handling matters.

  Zeng Xing immediately arrived in front of the ten small transmission arrays, sat down behind a stone table, and poured out a pile of jade slips from his storage bag to stack on the case.

  "See Captain Zeng!" The ten cultivators guarding the transmission array all turned around and saluted Zeng Xin.

  "Hmm, have you all recorded the time it took for these 100 people to enter the formation?" Zeng Xin asked, nodding slightly.

  "Reporting back to Captain Zeng, the entry times of all ten people into Array No. 1 have been recorded separately."

  ……

  Ten cultivators guarding the transmission array replied in turn.

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