Today is the most important year of the year for Mino Pavilion, and it is the middle of December.

Today, we are going to start the Imperial Pavilion, the annual year-end assessment of the outer disciples. The results of this assessment will determine which disciples will enter the inner gate, which disciples will continue to stay in the outer gate, and which disciples will be expelled from the Imperial Pavilion.

Disciples who are ten and eleven years old can not participate, or they can choose to participate, if they are ranked high, they can also directly enter the inner gate, and if they do not enter, they can also continue to stay in the outer gate and continue to cultivate until they are twelve years old.

Twelve-year-old disciples must participate in the assessment and rank into the admission range, which is entered into the inner gate, otherwise they will be directly expelled from the Imperial Pavilion.

The number of places to be admitted is not determined according to the number of people in the outer gate, but according to the number of disciples needed in the inner gate. For example, if the inner gate needs a thousand new disciples, then no matter how many disciples there are in the outer gate, there will only be a thousand admission places; Similarly, if the inner sect needs 10,000 new disciples, then even if there are not enough outer disciples for 10,000, it will be counted as 10,000 - in that case, all the outer disciples will directly enter the cabinet, which should be the most comfortable thing for the outer disciples.

At this time, it was not long after dawn, and all the disciples of the outer gate gathered in a square, which was the place where the passage between the outer gate and the inner gate was located, and the year-end assessment place of the disciples of the outer gate was deliberately set here, because here, you could see at a glance the gate engraved with the words "Mino Pavilion Inner Gate", and that was the gate to enter the inner gate.

"I don't know if all the disciples have arrived, according to the rules, those who have reached the age of twelve must participate in this assessment, and those who are less than twelve years old can not participate, now, the disciples who are twelve years old, and those who are not over twelve years old but want to participate in the assessment, please move to the gate engraved with 'The Inner Gate of the Imperial Pavilion', everyone should be able to see it, this is there."

As soon as the words fell, about 4,000 out of about 8,000 people jumped up and set off for there, Ling Zeru and Mu Xiqi were all mixed in the crowd, as if they didn't want to attract attention, but only Ling Zeru achieved his intention.

The square was not far from that gate, and it didn't take long for the disciples to reach the gate. When they arrived, they found that the door was so tall, about 50 meters wide, about 80 meters high, it was really majestic, and the words "the inner door of the Mino Pavilion" were engraved on the eaves of the highest part of the gate, and if you got closer, it was a little difficult to see, and at the same time there were many steps in front of this door.

At this time, the gate was open, and inside the door, there was already a group of people gathered, it was the major elders and inner disciples of the inner gate of the Imperial Pavilion, and at this time, when they saw the outer disciples and mentors coming one after another, they also walked out of the door one after another, standing on the big platform in front of the door. One of the most eye-catching is an old man with white eyebrows, who is wearing a long windbreaker, his beard is like dust, up to his chest, his complexion is gentle, and his hair is grayish-white.

Seeing that the number of people had almost arrived, the Master of the Sect Master said loudly, "Disciples, here should all be for the year-end assessment. Although this is an internal competition, it is also a real battle. Although you only need to point to the end, you don't need to keep your hand when you have hole cards. The winner is up to us. Look at that place, there are 1,999 stone platforms, which represents 1,999 places to enter the inner gate, from bottom to top, the stone platform is from large to small, the smaller the stone platform, the higher the ranking, and the first stone platform is, that. ”

Everyone looked in the direction of the fingers of the palm, only to see a stone platform, which seemed to be a jade cast, the glass brilliance was flashing, the size was also the smallest, and the position was also in the middle and high, and it was really a king.

"In addition, in addition to these 1,999 places, we also have five additional places this year, from those disciples who are actually very good, but have not been able to compete for a stone platform, they are recommended by me and other elders, only truly excellent and potential disciples can get these five places."

At the bottom of the stairs, when the disciples heard these words, they couldn't help but feel excited in their hearts. Ling Zeru just listened blankly at this time, blending in the crowd, silent, perhaps because of his heavy heart, Ling Zeru didn't notice that Mu Xiqi was looking at him from time to time.

In fact, Mu Xiqi had been paying attention to Ling Zelu for a long time, as early as when he came, he knew that there was a person who got up early every day and went to the cultivation ground to cultivate, so he decided that he would get up earlier than him before he met him, so Mu Xiqi became the first from then on. When Ling Zeru first knew that there was a new disciple who got up earlier than himself, he was still very surprised in his heart, but he didn't get up earlier because of this, because he didn't like to fight for these, on the other hand, he also wanted to see how perseverance this new disciple was, after all, getting up so early is not something that anyone can insist on doing every day, and then this look is two years, and Ling Zeru has been the second for two years.

A year ago, Mu Xiqi, inadvertently walking, strayed into a trail, he had never walked this road, and he didn't know where he was for a while, but fortunately he found a person at that time, and that person seemed to know these trails very well, so Mu Xiqi quietly followed him and walked out. Since then, Mu Xiqi often went to that path, only to find that the person often came to this path, especially when eating, he liked to take this road the most, and he unconsciously developed the habit of going to that path to relax when he was upset.

A week ago, he was once again distracted on that road, he was thinking, that person worked so hard, I heard that he had been working hard for six years, but he was still in the ninth order of the first fluid, so this year-end assessment, did he have no chance to enter the inner door, but his efforts, he actually knew that his efforts were no worse than his own, but his efforts were not rewarded, how unfair this was. One day, he sat down in a tree, but found the man flying by at great speed, presumably in a hurry to eat. He found that the man's cultivation seemed to have made great progress, but something was very wrong, and for a while, emotions of joy and worry surged up, although he did not know what he was happy or worried about.

In Mu Xiqi's mood, the year-end assessment has been announced to have officially begun.