“Everything is still uncertain.” Lin Xuanzhi lightly said, “As for the confirmation, Uncle Zhu will naturally be more attentive than us. Since those people have so much power and are so mysterious, they’ll be unwilling to reveal their ident.i.ties. I’m afraid that we won’t find out why even if we ask other families again, so we can only wait for answers from Cloud Summit.”

　　Yan Tianhen agreed, “It’s the only way.”

　　The next day, Yan Tianhen and Lin Xuanzhi returned to Profound City. They stayed in the city for a few days, waiting for the subordinate sent by Qing Zhu to deliver the things on Esteemed Huai Yu’s list that could be bought. The two talents walked towards Profound Sky Sect.

　　Profound Sky Sect had just finished their first round of examination.

　　The first round was very simple. It was only a test before the actual examination. The disciples who needed to sign up to enter Profound Sky Sect pa.s.sed the sensing stone test one by one. They could only be qualified for the examination after reaching the standard.

　　Profound Sky Sect’s requirements weren’t the highest, but they weren’t the lowest among the five celestial-level sects. Those who pa.s.sed the examination were required to be under the age of 25, have at least three spiritual roots, and have already reached the third layer of the Refining Qi stage in order to enter the sect.

　　As a result, some people were caught.

　　Meanwhile, the disciples of the Lin family had all successfully entered the official examination.

　　In the second examination, the disciples entered a training ground at the same time so that a thousand of them could s.n.a.t.c.h a hundred clearance cards simultaneously. This was a way to see which people became part of the one hundred or less who could make it out alive with the clearance cards.

　　This kind of examination method was the most commonly used and most effective in the sect. In most cases, the people who managed to capture a clearance card would be the most talented and practical, but there were also quite a number of people, though they lacked talent, were extremely resourceful and well-connected.

　　For the rest, they were neither smart nor well-connected, and only got a clearance card through sheer luck.

　　Although this luck was illusory, for cultivators, it was very important to see this invisible and seemingly mysterious luck. They believed that a person’s luck was related to his good fortune. Everyone wanted to be with a lucky person so that they could rub off of their luck and good fortune as well.

　　Luck was also a kind of strength.

　　Examinees engaged in fights, openly and secretly, for a brief period that lasted anywhere from a day or two, or even up to ten days and half month in the training ground with hidden dangers everywhere. The elders and disciples of Profound Sky Sect would watch their experiences from various angles outside, using a huge sky mirror where they could see them.

　　In this process, the elders or peak masters would select the disciples worthy to enter their doors directly and leave some of them to be delineated first before the next round of examination.

　　Examination was cruel. Regardless of life or death, at least one-tenth of the examinees would always stay in the training field, while at least half of them were injured.

　　However, the law in the cultivation world had always been so cruel so they could only accept it and try their best to survive.

　　After returning to Sinking Sword Peak, Lin Xuanzhi met his master first, then went to Profound Sky Sect’s big square where the sky mirror was hung to look for his senior martial brothers and sister. Today, there was a special kind of buzz in the air. All of the disciples were watching the examination and making various comments. However, apart from the two disciples from a reclusive family, the most noticeable among the people in this examination was actually a child.

　　When Lin Xuanzhi came to the viewing area of Sinking Sword Peak, he heard many disciples talking about the child one after the other.

　　“This kid’s tricks look really powerful. He just cut a five-star snake into three segments with just one sword! And this is not the first time he’s done this. He also killed a young man who wanted to rob his clearance card. ”

　　“Wah, isn’t the child just ten years old? He’s smaller than my chest. “

　　“Yes ah! I don’t see a ten year old at all.”

　　“This boy is really talented. He doesn’t form a team with anyone. Moreover by taking advantage of his stature, he always kills others by surprise. He’s also ruthless. Basically, he kills by a single shot. Tsk, it’s like he’s been doing it since he was young. It’s really frightening.”

　　“Of course, didn’t you see the jade plate hanging around his waist? Isn’t it the brand of the Yuan family?”

　　“I’ve seen all the disciples of the Yuan family who came to take part in the examination before. How could I not know that there was such a tiny one?”

　　“This… I don’t know, but this boy must be from the Yuan family.”

　　Lin Xuanzhi came over to stand at the front. Seeing his disciples from Sinking Sword Peak, he gave them a half salute to show respect.

　　As soon as Zhan Fengting turned around, he saw Lin Xuanzhi and was pleasantly surprised. “Xuanzhi is back!”

　　Hai Kuanglang also withdrew his eyes from the sky mirror and raised his brows at Lin Xuanzhi, “Did you have fun playing with your brother?”

　　Lin Xuanzhi answered, “It’s okay. The time spent together is always short.”

　　Wan Yitong looked around and touched Lin Xuanzhi with his shoulder. “Where’s Ah Hen? Why didn’t you bring him?”

　　Lin Xuanzhi replied, “When he came back, he went to Broken Sword Peak. Martial Uncle Huai Yu suspected him that he had run wild when he went down the mountain, so he’s holding him at the peak.”

　　Wan Yitong said with fear, “Martial Uncle Huai Yu is still so terrible. Fortunately, I was not cheated by him to Broken Sword Peak, otherwise, I’d be suffocated to death.”

　　“How did he cheat you?” Hai Kuanglang asked curiously.

　　“Before, Martial Uncle Huai Yu said that, if I followed him, I could improve my cultivation in my dreams and that I’d never have to worry about the lack of spiritual Qi.”

　　Lin Xuanzhi smiled, “Other things are not clear, but it’s true that dreams can improve one’s cultivation.”

　　Simultaneously, the three men looked at Lin Xuanzhi and seemed to inquire with their eyes.

　　Lin Xuanzhi said, “According to Ah Hen’s personal experience, the recitation lessons a.s.signed to him by Martial Uncle Huai Yu are unlikely to be completed if he didn’t remember them in his dreams.”

　　Wan Yitong: “…d.a.m.n!”

　　Terrifying.