The disciples of the inner gate are studying and cultivating hard all the time, so as not to be surpassed by the reserve disciples of the outer gate, and the reserve disciples of the outer gate are even more crazy because they want to take back everything they have enjoyed.

In such an environment of survival of the fittest, Zhang Fan was also quite nervous in his heart, and at the same time secretly decided in his heart that in each year-end assessment, as long as he maintained medium grades, he would not expose himself too much, if he was too good, he would definitely be jealous, and if he just barely passed, he would be targeted by the reserve disciples of the outer door, he was not willing to bear these troubles, so the average score was the best, not obvious and not leaky, and better yet, there was no trouble.

But this is not to say that he slacked off his cultivation, on the contrary, when he knew that the competition was so cruel, he had completely put aside the idea of messing around with the silver, and he was just starting out for the safety of his family and a subsidy of a little silver every month.

As long as he has maintained medium grades and has always been an inner disciple, then his family will live better and better, because every year the silver of the inner disciple will rise, if he can maintain the position of the inner disciple in the door for five consecutive years, he will be able to receive a monthly subsidy of fifty taels of silver, and he will become a real senior inner disciple, and at the same time, the Martial Secret Pavilion is unconditionally open to him, and he can also choose to go to the outside to serve and become a real small head of the Jianghu forces, which is the so-called scene person.

Speaking of this silver alone, what is the concept of 50 taels of silver? It is enough for a family to live for most of their lives without doing things, and if they live a tighter life, they can even live on this 50 taels of silver for the rest of their lives.

The silver alone is enough to make Zhang Fan practice harder in terms of courses, he has devoted all his time to courses and martial arts, his nominal master, has never appeared in front of him in the past half a year, it seems that for Zhang Heng, it seems that as long as he completes the task and receives the so-called elixir reward, as for Zhang Fan, Zhang Heng is lazy to care whether he lives or dies.

In Medicine Valley, everyone is very hard and serious, and they don't have enough time, where is the time to teach others.

He didn't ask anyone about the questions he encountered in advanced courses and martial arts, because if he asked, he would expose his true level, and he also knew that even if he asked, no one would help him answer them, so he only relied on his own slow groping, referring to his own body, to verify the knowledge of the human body in the books, and he cultivated slowly.

In this way, after another three months, the cultivation of the fifth layer of his cultivation period began to show signs of breakthrough, and at the same time, the flesh and blood energy hidden in various parts of his body also began to become weird, and they gathered in the dantian one after another, becoming a little white mist-like energy, this faint energy loomed, and if he didn't carefully observe it internally, he wouldn't be able to find it at all.

What is this? Zhang Fan was curious in his heart, trying to slowly run this white mist-like energy, but it was difficult to mobilize, the books did not talk about these things, he didn't dare to move again, for three whole days, he didn't cultivate his internal strength, so that he could carefully observe what trouble the white mist-like energy would bring him.

But he didn't find anything suspicious, nor did he find any discomfort caused by this energy, but it made him obviously feel that his spirit had become better than before in the past three days, as long as he lay on the bed, he could fall asleep, and his facial features became more sensitive.

Since it did not bring trouble and problems to himself, but brought benefits to himself, there is no need to worry, Zhang Fan now spends every quarter of an hour on cultivating internal strength, and the advanced courses cannot be mastered for a while, so first cultivate the things that he has mastered, and on the things that cannot bring him knowledge and strength for a while, Zhang Fan will not waste time to study, it is easier to master, but it will help to relieve the mood, and at the same time, it can also break through the bottleneck.

After cultivating so hard, another half a year passed, and finally, it was time for the assessment in the door.

At this time, he had already begun to master some of the advanced courses, and his internal strength level had also reached the realm of the eighth layer of the cultivation period!

Such a realm has surpassed some of the fifth-generation uncles and uncles, and if the people in the door know his current true level, I am afraid they will be shocked.

In just one year, Zhang Fan has reached the level of a second-rate powerhouse in the rivers and lakes from a child with only one brute strength, if he counts his skills in treating diseases and healing injuries, he is already a first-class player in the rivers and lakes, and all factions are rushing to get all-round talents!

However, Zhang Fan did not have the slightest complacency and pride, there is a good saying, the more you know, the more you don't know, after he reached the realm of the eighth layer of the cultivation period, the mist energy at the dantian also began to gradually become richer, every time he practiced cross-legged, he faintly felt as if some tiny points of light appeared in the air and kept merging into his body dantian, and the mist energy seemed to be absorbing these points of light.

He didn't know what this mist energy in his body was, and he wouldn't use it, but he knew that since this mist energy became more and more intense, he became more and more able to understand the advanced courses in the books, his learning and comprehension ability became stronger and stronger, and the logic in his brain became clearer and clearer, and he began to have a faint feeling that the innate realm was not the peak of strength, and there would definitely be more powerful power and a more advanced realm.

Therefore, he was not complacent with his achievements, and his boring cultivation seemed to have become his best entertainment, because deep down he really wanted to see what the real peak was, and what the feeling of the peak was.

At the same time, he also deeply understands the truth of "shooting the first bird with a gun", so when he stood in front of the examiner, he behaved very ordinary.

A year has passed, and today is the day of assessment.

A middle-aged man with a bearded face and a resolute face stood in front of the sixteen disciples of the Medicine Valley, among these sixteen disciples, all of them were children who had just started this year, all of them were about twelve or thirteen years old, some of these children were scared, some were hesitant, and some looked confident, through subtle observation, he found that the legs of the children closest to him trembled slightly.

He knew that counting his total of sixteen disciples of the Medicine Valley, they were all people who passed the selection and assessment of the inner disciples this year, and the time between him and his arrival was less than three days, if he was brushed down in this first inner door assessment and became a reserve disciple of the outer gate, the gap in his heart must be extremely difficult to bear, every disciple who entered the inner door was trying his best to study, but the survival of the fittest, if the assessment did not meet the standard, he could only be eliminated, this is the rule of the door, it is the rule, it cannot be broken.

Zhang Fan's heart was unwavering, but there was still a little uncertainty on the surface, and it looked like most people behaved, slightly apprehensive, but showing a certain amount of confidence.

"I am the person in charge of this assessment, you can call me Elder Liu, the items included in this assessment include medicine cultivation, martial arts cultivation, identification of medicinal herbs, human body acupuncture points, anyone who does not reach the passing level in any subject will be sent to the outer door, this is the rule, do you understand?" Elder Liu, who was in charge of the assessment, narrowed his eyes, and his majestic gaze swept over the faces of the sixteen children.

After scanning it, Elder Liu found that there were no objections or surprises, so he said, "The assessment begins!"

"Everyone starts the assessment according to the order of the entry time, and the first assessment is the internal strength cultivation! Zhao Xian!"

A boy took a step forward when he heard the voice.

Elder Liu put his hands on Zhao Xian's wrists, closed his eyes and pondered, and after a while, Elder Liu nodded with satisfaction, and said in his mouth: "Yes, the cultivation period is three layers, and the martial arts content assessment has passed, and the evaluation is excellent." ”

A comment came out, and the children who started in the same year as Zhang Fan turned their envious eyes to Zhao Xian, who was assessing him.

And Zhang Fan saw this scene, but he felt a chill in his heart, he never expected that the so-called martial arts internal strength assessment would be an elder from the twelfth layer of the physical cultivation period to personally check his body.

"Next, Chen Feng ......."

Zhang Fan's nervousness kept going, and none of the children in front of Zhang Fan failed the martial arts test.

After a slight analysis, I figured out why, children are very fond of martial arts, so the practice of martial arts must be extremely serious and hard-working, as for the things in the books that save people and cure diseases, these children may not be interested.

And the real elimination may lie in the knowledge of curing diseases and saving people.

The assessment continued one by one, and finally, it was Zhang Fan's turn.

"Zhang Fan!" Elder Liu was already standing behind him.

Zhang Fan trembled when he heard this, and took a step forward, and at the same time felt nervous in his heart.

"Reach out. ”

Zhang Fan nodded, stretched out his left hand, and at the same time the tension in his heart was even stronger, when it was over, his strength would be exposed.

Just when he was ready to expose his strength in his heart, the misty energy in the dantian actually began to change!

The mist-like energy quickly dispersed, directly dispersing into his whole body and limbs, as if he was invisibly draped in a layer of clothes, Zhang Fan only felt cool and indescribably comfortable.

At this time, Elder Liu's blue and black hand also grabbed Zhang Fan's wrist.

Perhaps it was because he felt the external power and Zhang Fan's mind, and the misty energy in his body actually ran on its own, following the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, through the acupoints all over his body, from the dantian to the head, and then to the limbs, and ran in a circle quickly, while running, he took away a large part of all the internal force of Zhang Fan's cultivation! And returned to the dantian in an instant, Zhang Fan was shocked in his heart! A panicked look also appeared on his face, this is not pretending.

"Huh?" Elder Liu couldn't help but let out a question from his mouth.

Then his brows furrowed again, and at the same time, the blue and black palms also began to emit a wave of heat, probing back and forth in Zhang Fan's body, and after half an hour, he finally let go of his hands, and said in his mouth: "The second layer of the cultivation period, the content of the martial arts assessment has passed, and the evaluation is medium." ”

I have also reached the expected goal, medium level, but my own internal strength!

The trace of panic on Zhang Fan's face was clearly captured by Elder Liu, and Elder Liu patted Zhang Fan's shoulder, "Don't be nervous, medium level, not bad." ”

Zhang Fan nodded gratefully on his face to express his gratitude, but he was still furious in his heart, the eighth-layer internal strength he had worked hard to achieve for a year had actually fallen to the second-layer realm!

What the hell is going on!

And just when his heart was in turmoil, the misty energy in the dantian swam around his body again, and the original second-layer power was actually transferred back to the eighth-layer!

Huh? This energy even has the effect of concealed cultivation?

The assessment was still going on, and Zhang Fan didn't care about thinking about what had just happened in his body, just looking at his nose and nose, and standing in his position decently.

Elder Liu walked towards the young man whose legs were trembling as observed by Zhang Fan, stretched out his blue and black hand, and grabbed the young man's wrist.

"Unqualified! Go down the mountain and become an outer disciple!"

With a simple sentence, he directly kicked the young man out of the ranks of the inner disciples, and when the young man heard Elder Liu's judgment, his whole body went limp, and he seemed to have lost all the strength of his body all of a sudden, his eyes were gloomy, and he actually fell to the ground.

This situation seemed to be commonplace, and he didn't care, after Elder Liu's words fell, two men in black suits appeared behind him, and the word "punishment" was embroidered on the chest of the suits, and the two men were expressionless, just carrying the lost young man out of the assessment venue.

Then another teenager was hit by Elder Liu and stretched out his hand to probe.

"Unqualified, go down the mountain. ”

"Unqualified, go down the mountain. ”

"Unqualified, go down the mountain. ”

After the content of the martial arts assessment, only twelve of the sixteen disciples of Zhang Fan's generation remained, and four were brushed down in the first link alone.

"The following is the assessment of the identification of medicinal herbs, as well as the cultivation of medicinal herbs, follow me. ”

The remaining twelve disciples followed Elder Liu to a room, the room was full of various medicinal materials, and each disciple had to say the names, categories, and medicinal properties of the ten medicinal materials separately, and if they answered a question incorrectly, they would be brushed off.

After this link, the children in the same year as Zhang Fan were brushed off by six more, and there were a total of sixteen Medicine Valley disciples this year, and so far, there are still six left.

"Well, you have performed well, the next is the last assessment, the assessment of the meridian acupoints of the human body, you can continue to stay in the inner door if you pass, and those who don't pass will still be sent to the outer door. Elder Liu cleared his throat and said.

The last assessment is to bring up a wooden man, and every disciple must depict the twelve canons of the human body, the eight veins of the strange scriptures, and all the acupoints around the body on the wooden man, which is considered to be passed.

After this last assessment, the remaining six disciples instantly brushed down three more, and in the end, only three disciples remained.

"Yes, you have passed the assessment of the first year, and in the next year, you can continue to maintain the status of a disciple of the Inner Sect Medicine Valley, enjoy the treatment of the inner disciple, and the respect of all the disciples in the entire True Martial Sect, you must continue to work hard and not slack off. ”