The next day, in front of the inn, Zhu Qianqiu and his party had already gathered, marching grandly towards the center of Celestial City.
Today, the whole Celestial City was bustling because the Celestial Travel Sect’s disciple recruitment was being held today. Just a few days ago, the city had gathered more than half of the young talents from Celestial City.
Geniuses are always proud, so friction is inevitable; in just a few days, rumors about various fights among geniuses spread all over Celestial City, with discussions about the outcomes of these battles.
"This time, out of the geniuses coming to participate in the assessment, three are the most famous!"
Beside Chu Ming, Zhu Hongxue said casually. Over the past few days, Chu Ming had been cultivating in his room, while Zhu Hongxue collected a lot of information in Celestial City. However, it can’t be said to be intentional since these renowned geniuses were already the talk of the town.
Chu Ming’s eyes flickered slightly; although his strength is very strong, he wouldn’t be arrogant enough to consider himself invincible in the world.
"The first is the eldest prince of Hanfeng Empire, Huangfu Jian. He is rumored to be a swordsman expert, having once killed a True Dao Eighth Layer martial artist with a single sword stroke. I estimate his strength is enough to rank within the top five hundred in the Celestial Travel Sect inner sect!"
Zhu Hongxue slowly introduced, with a hint of admiration on her face. The Celestial Travel Sect has thirty thousand inner sect disciples; being among the top thousand is already considered an elite. Those within the top five hundred are key cultivation targets of the sect, and will undoubtedly become peak Guiyuan Realm experts and pillars of the Celestial Travel Sect unless unforeseen events occur.
"The second person is called Black Teeth, a body refining martial artist with innate divine power. He has dug out his divine power and now holds the strength of two thousand five hundred tigers, his reputation! It’s no weaker than Huangfu Jian!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Ming frowned. Martial artists with innate divine power, he has not seldom seen them before. Zuo Pengfei of the Great Yan Kingdom, for example, has innate divine power. However, he has never fully excavated his divine power, thus the strength displayed was only the tip of the iceberg. If he fully excavated his divine power, he would have long dominated the young generation of the Great Yan Kingdom.
"The third is Wang Ruyi from the Wang Family of Manyue Empire. The Wang Family is the largest family in the empire, besides the royal family, with profound heritage and considerable influence within the Celestial Travel Sect. Wang Ruyi is the most powerful genius of his generation in the Wang Family, and his reputation alone is enough to overshadow many geniuses!"
After hearing Zhu Hongxue’s introduction, Chu Ming slightly nodded. Indeed, these three haven’t entered the Celestial Travel Sect yet, but their strength is already enough to rank at the forefront of inner sect disciples.
"However, perhaps they would never have imagined such a monster like you among them!"
Zhu Hongxue’s eyes slightly shifted, stubbornly said.
Indeed, if the strengths of the previous three rank within the top five hundred of inner sect disciples and can be considered extremely strong, Chu Ming’s strength is enough to rank within the top hundred, making him an absolute monster!
Soon, Chu Ming and his party arrived at a huge hall. The hall was immensely large, surrounded by stern and cold stewards and guards of the Celestial Travel Sect in white attire, all poised and ready.
Slaughter is forbidden in Celestial City, but in this grand hall, anyone who engages in conflict will be ruthlessly killed by them!
Zhu Qianqiu turned and instructed the group.
Everyone nodded. At this moment, even their genius arrogance seemed to diminish in front of this magnificent hall.
Inside the hall, a sea of people, all young faces with uncommon expressions, nervously lined up instinctively, forming a long queue extending to the hall’s entrance.
At the forefront of the queue, a skeletal-looking elder of the Celestial Travel Sect stared at everyone like a hawk. Beside him was a steward who was recording something in a thick book with a pen.
The elder of the Celestial Travel Sect spoke in a hoarse voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, a purple-robed youth nervously stepped out of the queue and walked to a green mirror.
The elder of the Celestial Travel Sect said softly.
Zhang Yu took a deep breath, gently placed his hands on the indented part of the mirror, and closed his eyes. Instantly, several green dots of light floated up from the mirror’s base, looking like fireflies, extremely dazzling.
"Thirty-four points, fail!"
The elder only glanced briefly before speaking mercilessly.
The more glowing dots, the stronger the talent.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu’s face showed dejection. With a talent score of only thirty-four, even if the other two items were full marks, he still wouldn’t be able to join the Celestial Travel Sect, not to mention the chances of full marks in the other two items were virtually nil.
Although Chu Ming’s party was standing at the back, the elder’s words were still clearly audible to them.
"That’s the enlightenment-testing instrument. Generally, people have only twenty points of enlightenment. Thirty is considered good, forty is an elite, fifty-plus is a normal genius, sixty-plus is an intermediate genius, seventy is a top genius, while eighty-plus is more than a genius, but should be called a prodigy. Ninety-plus, in the history of the Celestial Travel Sect, has appeared only a few times, and those are monsters!"
Zhu Hongxue explained to the group. Her enlightenment was only seventy-plus; her entry into the Celestial Travel Sect was mainly through the combat strength assessment. Zhu Qianqiu, as the prefect of one city, invested a lot of resources into her, making her combat strength comparable to the Celestial Travel Sect disciples.
"Next, Huangfu Jian!"
As soon as the elder of the Celestial Travel Sect finished speaking, all eyes turned towards the young man at the front of the queue. The youth was dressed in brocade, with a cold gaze, carrying a blue treasure sword on his back, with a fierce look in his eyebrows.
Huangfu Jian stepped forward, took a deep breath, and gently placed his hands on the mirror.
As soon as his hands touched, countless green dots of light floated up from the mirror, eye-catching.
Seeing this, a hint of shock appeared in everyone’s eyes, even the elder, whose expression never changed, showed a rare smile.
"Huangfu Jian, eighty-nine points, excellent!"
Instantly, the entire hall erupted. An enlightenment score of eighty-nine points could rank at the forefront in the entire Celestial Travel Sect.
Upon hearing this, Huangfu Jian frowned slightly. Geniuses have their pride. His goal was to challenge ninety points, but underestimated the difficulty of the testing instrument!
Next, the geniuses behind him continued to be tested one after another, but the scores were low, incomparable to Huangfu Jian’s.