Chapter 371: The Target
After knowing that the next opponent was not the inner disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, but was invited by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to participate in the selection of the inner sect, the tension in He Zhi's heart suddenly disappeared halfway.
Fighting against the eight inner disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was the biggest advantage for He Zhi was that it allowed him to determine the true position of his strength in the current cultivation realm - there were few opponents below the spirit realm.
This is not Ho Chi's arrogance, but Ho Chi's self-confidence built up after a series of battles.
The loose cultivators invited by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to participate in the selection of the inner gate were naturally all monks below the spiritual realm. As for those casual cultivators who have already cultivated to the spiritual realm, they will never be among the invitations of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
The main reason is that the spiritual monks themselves are already deeply rooted. If you don't have a teacher's background, it will be difficult for you to practice to the spiritual realm on your own. And those monks who have a history of teaching, even if they are casual cultivators, will not easily change their courts.
And more importantly, if a monk has already cultivated to the spiritual realm, then his own fundamental exercises have already been fixed. Unless the other party is practicing a large-scale lineage-level exercise like the "Fighting the Fa", otherwise, there is almost no way to transfer to other exercises. But where is the level of the "Fighting the Fa" level of exercises, where is it so easy to come across? If you really have such exercises in your hands, then you are basically thinking about starting a sect and claiming to be a system, so why do you need to devote yourself to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?
Therefore, even if a monk above the spiritual realm has the idea of switching to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect must carefully consider whether to accept it or not.
And these things, He Zhi had heard them talk about when he chatted with Wei Yue'er and Huangfu Tianchi before. Therefore, He Zhi was very sure that among those foreign cultivators invited by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, there would never be a spiritual realm cultivator. Moreover, even the vast majority of them are just like Wei Yue'er, in the realm of pseudo-Taoism. I am afraid that there are very few monks who can break through the level and enter the realm of initiation.
Since the other party is only below the spiritual realm, if He Zhi is not even sure that he will win the battle after encountering them, then it will be too cowardly!
After finishing the round of trials in the morning, He Zhi and his party of Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples who were about to participate in the next round of inner gate selection also rested for a while. Then they set out again for the next battle.
In the morning selection, all the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect passed the test in the end, and not even one was eliminated. In He Zhi's opinion, this process was not like testing these outer disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, but it was conducting special training for them!
However, if you think about it, you can see that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect has two rounds of trials before letting these outer disciples fight against the disciples they invited back from outside, maybe there are really considerations in this regard.
Everyone knows that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect is a sect that protects shortcomings. Even those who were favored by the Jindan elders of the main sect of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and invited back from the outside to participate in the selection of the inner gate might become a member of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in the future. But there is a difference between the so-called intimacy and intimacy. How could those disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect who had become monks halfway through the world catch up with the disciples who had really been cultivated from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect since childhood?
Therefore, in the selection of the inner gate, it is reasonable for the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to hope that its own descendants can perform better.
After relaxing down, He Zhi was very tolerant of these practices of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
Anyway, He Zhi himself didn't think that he really wanted to pass the final test in the inner gate selection and become one of the inner disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. So he doesn't care at all. Even if the Ten Thousand Swords Sect is biased towards its own disciples, what does it have to do with him He Zhi?
He Zhi now feels that he is purely a spectator. Moreover, he didn't have to watch this excitement for long.
In short, with a very relaxed and happy mood, He Zhi spent a peaceful noon. Just as the sun had just passed overhead and set a little to the west, the Jindan real person from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect came again.
This Jin Dan real person of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect is really quite elusive. Every time it appears and disappears, it happens suddenly. Even if He Zhi has the support of the subtle and clear realm, he can't detect when this Jindan real person came and when he left every time.
This made He Zhi quite interested in this Jindan real person. I also deliberately observed him. However, He Zhi's attention had just focused on this Jindan real person, and he suddenly turned around and glared at He Zhi fiercely.
He Zhi hurriedly turned his head away. waited until the Jin Dan real person snorted coldly and continued to walk forward, then he breathed a sigh of relief and stuck out his tongue.
The group followed behind the Jindan real person, walked about twenty miles of mountain roads, and finally came to a very wide and flat place, like a square.
When he walked here, He Zhi couldn't help but look back, and found that the scene behind him had also undergone subtle changes, as if the space of the mountain road had been slightly distorted.
Obviously, this is obviously another immortal method of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. The square where they are now is not in the Immortal Mountain of the Inner Gate of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Instead, it was moved from somewhere by an immortal with great mana, forcibly superimposing the space where this square was located with the space of the Immortal Mountain of the Inner Gate of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.
And when He Zhi and his party came to the square, He Zhi saw that there were already a lot of people in the square—a total of almost seven or eight hundred people.
The men stood in a dark position around the square, and almost all of them wore silver or bronze swords.
It was also at this time that He Zhi remembered that the selection of the inner gate of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect began to open to the outside from this link. Those bronze sword and silver sword disciples who came from the original path and obtained the qualification of spectators were able to see the performance of their fellow disciples in the inner gate selection from this link from this point on.
Among these Silver Sword disciples, He Zhi also saw his old acquaintance Lin Dong. Of course, Lin Dong didn't forget He Zhi, who helped him make a windfall in the Thousand Machines Workshop.
At this time, Lin Dong stood in the middle of a group of disciples from the outer sect of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, waving his hands at He Zhi.
Of course, He Zhi himself was also standing among the outer disciples who participated in the selection of the inner gate, so when Lin Dong waved his hand, the people next to him couldn't tell who he was aiming at.
However, He Zhi could see that Lin Dong was waving at him. He Zhi couldn't help but smile, and waved his hand lightly at Lin Dong.
The people who came to this fighting arena selected by the inner sect of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in advance were not only these outer disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Those scattered cultivation geniuses who were going to compete with the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect today were also caught in the middle. While discovering Lin Dong, He Zhi was also aware of their existence.
Moreover, He Zhi also found that when those casual cultivators saw them appear, they all looked at this side with ill-intentioned eyes. At the same time, they kept whispering to each other, as if they were looking for someone in the crowd here.
"Could it be that these people have an enmity with which outer disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?" He Zhi thought to himself, but he couldn't help but smile.
Although He Zhi's subtle and clear realm was very powerful, after all, the distance between him and those scattered cultivators was too far, and there were still a large number of Ten Thousand Sword Sect disciples chattering like sparrows in the middle, so He Zhi couldn't hear what the other party was talking about.
However, what He Zhi can be sure of is that among the group of loose cultivation disciples, except for Wei Yue'er and Xiao Su, He Zhi doesn't know anyone!
Moreover, Wei Yue'er and Xiao Su did not go with those scattered disciples, but the two of them got together alone and landed at a considerable distance away from those scattered disciples.
Of course, He Zhi couldn't have imagined that Wei Yue'er and Xiao Su would actually bring him a lot of hatred. Therefore, He Zhi naturally thought that since those scattered cultivators did not know him, there was no grudge between the two sides. The person the other party is looking for will definitely not be him.
After He Zhi and his party came to the arena, the protagonists in this inner door selection battle were all there.
Under the control of several inner disciples who were presiding over this selection battle, many outer disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect finally quieted down. Then, they found their own positions around the arena to stand or sit, and they all craned their necks and waited for the next selection to officially begin.
Of course, before the selection begins, it is not the group of people who participate in the selection that will take the field first. Rather, it is a few inner disciples who are responsible for presiding.
He Zhi soon discovered that in this selection, after all, there were still inner disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect above the Spirit Realm.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jin Tianhong, and I am an inner disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and I am also the examiner of your selection today. I believe you all know the rules of this selection in advance. In the selection, the winners will advance to the next round of selection, and the losers will be eliminated. In other words, out of a total of thirty-eight of you now, only nineteen of you will be able to pass the test. Jin Tianhong smiled and summoned the Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and those scattered cultivators to his side and said to them.
As soon as Jin Tianhong finished speaking, the group of people below suddenly boiled like boiling water.
"What? Only nineteen people have passed? But I heard that in previous years, didn't it say that when the Ten Thousand Swords Sect opened the mountain gate, twenty people could enter the inner gate?" Maybe the group of Golden Sword disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would be afraid of Jin Tianhong's might and would not dare to be too presumptuous, but that group of loose cultivation geniuses could not care about so much. Someone below couldn't help but ask loudly.
After all, even if it's just a spot, it can be a matter of life and death for them.
And look at the meaning of Jin Tianhong's words. This round of selection is not the end of the road. Maybe more people will be eliminated later! Doesn't that mean that there are not even nineteen places that can enter the inner gate of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in the end?
This is big bad news for the genius boys who are burdened with the hopes of their families or the dreams of becoming immortals.
"Previous years are previous years, and this year is this year. This is the decree of the true monarch of the netherworld. This year, the mountain gate was opened, and the main gate only accepted a maximum of fifteen disciples. Well, you hear me, it's fifteen at most. If your next performance can't satisfy me, or the Jindan elders of this sect. Then there are not even fifteen places. Jin Tianhong smiled, but the words he said made the hearts of that group of genius teenagers chill.
As Jin Tianhong finished speaking, the atmosphere in the arena also suddenly tightened.
The reduction of the number of places to pass the test made these disciples who participated in the inner gate selection suddenly feel the pressure. Even the most confident genius teenagers don't dare to laugh at this moment.
One by one, they all pursed their lips, and they all showed obvious hostility towards the people around them.
Maybe from twenty to fifteen, a reduction of only a quarter of the places, but this suddenly broke the friendship of those talented teenagers who were already very false.
Looking at Jin Tianhong's understatement of a few words, which created a tense atmosphere among everyone, He Zhi found it very interesting. In a crowd of people who are ready to erupt like a volcano ready to erupt, He Zhi is obviously an outlier. His expression was so relaxed that it didn't fit in with the current atmosphere.
Perhaps, that is, Wei Yue'er could be a little more relaxed, and came to He Zhi's side and greeted him with a smile.
Regarding the matter of joining the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, although Wei Yue'er can't be said to be indifferent, at least she doesn't have the same desire as other genius teenagers.
After all, Wei Yue'er didn't take the initiative to come to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to learn the arts, it was completely because Dan Sheng had a meeting with a certain Jindan elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and that Jindan elder himself took a fancy to Wei Yue'er's talent, so he offered to accept Wei Yue'er as a disciple.
In other words, in fact, Wei Yue'er was eliminated in this inner gate selection, and she was still able to enter the inner gate of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. That Jin Dan elder would naturally use his authority to take her directly under his door. Wei Yue'er is now participating in this selection, just going through a procedure. It's just that Wei Yue'er herself is a very competitive girl, so since she came to participate in this selection, she naturally won't want to be defeated easily.
However, Wei Yueer was originally incompatible with the "genius boys" who came with her to participate in the selection. So Wei Yueer didn't participate in the discussion of those genius teenagers at all. So she didn't know that she had caused a lot of trouble for He Zhi.
Moreover, it was okay when she didn't say hello just now, those genius teenagers didn't know which one He Zhi was, so they could only look around in a group of Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples, trying to find the one that was more similar to He Zhi.
But now that Wei Yue'er waved to He Zhi like this, all of a sudden, the nervousness caused by Jin Tianhong's words among those genius teenagers found a target for release.
Almost instantly, all the genius boys in the arena turned their gaze and looked at He Zhi.